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LINEMAN OF THE WEEK:
Stellar Defensive Work
Earns McNeill Award
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By BOB VOKAC
Ed "Scotty" McNeil, nemesis of
Gopher punters, proved his claim
to fame as "Lineman of the Week"
as he turned in a stellar perform-
ance in last week's tilt with Min-
nesota.
McNeill, though, working - in
close collaboration with big Al!
Wistert, blocks punts. The icing of
Minnesota last Saturday was due
in large respects to a pair of foiled
Gopher punts by the dash, courage
and ability of the Wolverine de-
fensive left end.
ONCE BEFORE the hard-
charging McNeill doomed an oppo-
sition aggregation to failure when
in 1945 the seventeen year old
wizards of Michigan and Illinois
were battling out a scoreless duel.
"Scotty" completely ruined a cru-
cial Illini punt that Lenny Ford
scooped up to score and Michigan
went on to rout the Eliotmen,
19-0.
Incidentally, it was right af-
ter the Illinois game that Fritz
Crisler instituted the two team
system and so far, the Wolver-
ines have remained undefeated
in nineteengames.
Coming from the same town
that has produced Bob Chappuis,
Irv Wisniewski, Bob Harrison and
Charlie Lentz, McNeill culminated
his high school days in Toledo in
1945 fully prepared to trek down
to Ohio State University.
BUT FOR SOME unexplicable
reason, the big twenty year old six
foot end changed his mind within
several days of registration and
took off for Michigan.
Although Bill Orwig is now
varsity end coach, since Art Val-
pey departed for Harvard, Mc-
Neill was tutored in Civics, his-
tory and football from him at
Libbey High in Toledo.
Much in the same fashion that
Dick Rifenburg exploded in his
first collegiate game in 1944
against the Iowa Seahawks, Mc-
Neill repeated the situation in 1945
aganist Great Lakes.
Minnesota Victory
Convinces Scribes
Lead Boosted Over 2nd Place Notre Dame;
North Carolina, California, Army Follow
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. . . Lineman of the Week
Series Rivals
Dominate A.P.
All-Star Team
Red Sox, Cards Each
Place Two on Squad
NEW YORK,-OP)-The Celve-
land Indians and the Boston
Braves, rivals in the last World Se-
ries, each gained two berths on the
Associated Press' 1948 major'
league all-star team.
THE REMAINDER of the dream
squad is composed of two players
each from the St. Louis Cardinals
and Boston Red Sox, and one each
from the New York Yankees and
New York Giants.
Manager-shortstop Lou Bou-
dreau and his keystone partner,
Joe Gordon are the Indians on
the squad. Third sacker Bob
Elliott and pitcher Johnny Sain
are the Braves' representatives.
Of the ten men selected by 220
experts polled by the Associated
Press, six are holdovers from the
1947 team. The incumbents are,
Gordon, Boudreau, Elliott, first
baseman Johnny Mize of the
Giants, and outfielders Ted Wil-
liams of the Red Sox and Joe Di-
Maggio of the Yanks.
NO PLAYER WAS an unani-
mous choice. Williams, the all-
star left fielder and American
League batting champion and
Stan Musial of the Cards, Na-
tional League batting king, drew
the most votes, 212.
Musial's votes were scattered
over three positions. The Card
star drew 195 votes for right
field, five for center and 12 for
first base.
DiMaggio won the centerfield
berth in a breeze. The Yankee
clipper gained 210 votes, third
highest among the 63 vote getters.
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By B. S. BROWN
They started out slowly, but the
nation's scribes are slowly piling
on the Wolverine bandwagon.
Up until last week, when Michi-
gan rated the most nods from the
members of the fourth estate, No-
tre Dame seemed to have the
greenest fields. Johnny Lujack
was gone but the votes kept com-
ing in just as though the sling-
ing quarterback were still toting
for the green.
* *' *
BUT 11 DAYS AGO, Northwest-
en's Wildcats met their nemesis
at Ann Arbor and Michigan did
it up brown. Bennie Oosterbaan
saw his squad climb into the top
spot with 74 first place votes and
1336 total points. Notre Dame
picked up only 23 first place votes
but trailed the Wolverines by a
mere 128 points.
Last Saturday, Michigan con-
vinced a few more of the sports-
writers. Coming from behind
twice, the Wolverines sent the
burly Gophers reeling for a full
count, 27-14, while the wearers
of the Green had to be satis-
fied with a 27-12 win over a
mediocre Iowa squad.
Result: Michigan first this week
with 117 first place ballots; Notre
Dame second with 19 top votes.
The Wolverines increased their
point margin, totalling 1,885 to'
1,615 for the Irish,
* * *
NORTH CAROLINA's Tar Heels
more than held their own in the
show position as they received 12
more first place votes than they
had last week. The 46 votes gar-
nered by the Southerners, how-
ever, failed to give them second
place over Notre Dame since their
point total was 47 short of the
Irish's 1,615.
It was just one year ago today
that the two top positions were
occupied by Michigan and No-
tre Dame, but in the reverse or-
der.
Fritz Crisler's greatest aggrega-
tion had built up a Michigan myth
in the first four games of the sea-
son, as all of the opposition fell
before a mighty attack in on-
sided contests.
* * *
BUT AFTER Minnesota pushed
the Wolverines to the limit, mak-
ing them come from the precipice
of defeat to a 13-6 triumph, the
scribblers voiced one loud opt-
ion, "Michigan's myth has been
exploded."
That, plus the fact that No-
tre Dame was still "supposedly"
playing "under wraps," gave
the men of Leahy the top rank-
ing honor.
Prior to the Brown Jug clash,
Michigan was on top with 147 of
the 168 first place votes. The Tues-
day following the bruising battle
at Ann Arbor, Notre Dame had
78 votes for first and 1,734 points
to 69 first place ballots and 1,689
points for Michigan.
TEXAS WAS IN third place
after the Michigan-Gopher game
with 25 first place votes and 1,516
points and Penn filled out the four
top positions with 11 first place
votes.
Folowing the Gopher test,
Michigan met Illinois as the
Irish took on Navy. Michigan
won, 14-7; Navy fell to' the
Green onslaught, 27-0.
Not taking cognizance of the
quality of the foes of the two
teams fighting for the top slot,
the writers added to the Irish
margin by handing them 28 more
votes than they had the previous
week. Michigan held its own, but
the first place votes of Texas
went to the South Bend squad.
S* *
AGAIN THIS SEASON, the foes
in the fifth week of the campaign
will be the same. Michigan meets
the Fighting Illini and Leahy's
shamrock toters will face a vic-
tory-starved Navy eleven.
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Neither Michigan nor Notre
Dame is slated for much opposi-
tion, but any Big Nine game
will produce more competition
than a match with the Sailors,
whose last great victory was off
the coasts of Nippon.
But those illustrious members
of the fourth estate are a fickle
bunch. If Notre Dame romps over
the Blue and Michigan wins by a
small margin, watch for Leahy to
flash a broad smile, for his boys
will certainly show strenigth in
the poll, if not captivate it com-
pletely.
(By The Associated Press)
The point score with first-place
votes in parantheses (points fig-
ure on basis of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-
MICHIGAN (117).....
Notre Dame (19) .....:
North Carolina (46)
California (13) ....... .
Army (4) .............
Georgia Tech (1).... .
Pennsylvania .........
Missouri (1) ..........
Northwestern .........
Nevada (3) ...........
1,885
1,615
1,564
1,239
1,214
929
505,
386
325
297
LEADS CONFERENCE-Chuck
Ormtann, flashy Wolverine tail-
back, who's outstanding work in
Michigan's three Conference
games to date has given him the
number one ranking on offense
for the Big Nine. His top rank-
ing in the passing department
placed him at the top of the
heap for the week.
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717 North University
The second ten: 11-Southern
Methodist, 257; 12-Penn State
(1), 176; 13-Clemson, 125; 14-
Oregon; 82; 15-Minnesota, 78; 16
-Oklahoma (1), 64; 17-Michi-
gan State, 61; 18-Georgia, 53;
19-Tulane, 51; 20-Baylor, 45.
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Ortmann Rated Top Offensive
Threat in Big Nine Competition
CHICAGO - (A' - Charles tained his position as the confer-
-"Chuck" Ortmann, Michigan's 19 ence's top rushing back. In Ohio's
year old sophomore halfback, to- 34-32 defeat of Wisconsin, Clark
day ranks as the No. 1 offensive carried the ball 16 times for 104
threat in the Big Nine on the yards to give shim a three game
basis of three conference games he total of 31 carries for 186 yards.
has played to date. Leo Koceski of Michigan re-
The 6-foot, 1-inch 183 pound- ceived one of Ortmann's aerials
er is the conference's No. 1 for- against Minnesota for a touch-
ward passer. He has completed down to maintain first place in
15 in 26 attempts for a .577 av- the scoring race with a total of
erage and 288 yards gained. He 30 points.
also is the leader in "total of- While Michigan ad Minnesota
fense," having gained 87 yards tossed a total of 56 passes at
on 28 rushing plays to go with Minneapolis last Saturday, the
his 288 passing yards. This gives Wolverines' Dick Rifenburg
Ortmann a total of 375 yards on stamped himself as one of the Big
54 plays for an average of 6.9 Nine's great receivers. The fleet
yards per play. His predecessor, Michigan end caught four passes
Bob Chappuis, averaged 6.5 for 95 yards and one touchdown,
yards in 1947 when he was "to- giving him a lead with a total of
tal offense" king. eight catches for 209 yards and
Ohio State's Jimmy Clark main- two touchdowns.
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