FE iDAYOCTQOBER , 14 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 5SEVEN Surrisn IOuTor1SR11OuinMi~chi an oni S S. a om1 , Frosh Dis play Promise In Scrimmage with JV's By BOB SANDELL Michigan's freshmen griddars tangled with the jayvee squad yes- terday afternoon, and displayed a brand of football that Coach Wally Weber and his assistants can be extremely proud of. It was the first really stiff com- petition for the first year squad, and they showed plenty of fight and spirit in the unusually rough scrimmage with Don Robinson's crew. A series of fumbles, bad center passes, and general bad play start- ed the Freshmen off on the wrong foot when they were handed the ball to begin the scrimmage. It looked like a hopeless task for them to do anything against the bigger and more experienced jun- ior varsity aggregation. WHEN THE white-shirted jay- vees were given the ball, they pro- ceeded to move down the field and score with comparative ease. How- ever, that was the last time they were going to have things their way. Wally Weber's determined band of first year men took the ball on their own ten yard line, and in four plays they complete- ly electrified the jayvees by rolling the whole distance to the goal. Don Zanfagna, playing in the tailback slot, started the drive by smashing over right tackle for about five yards. This set the stage for one of the most beautiful runs any freshman has turned in this year. DON PETERSON, operating from the same fullback position that his older brother does for the varsity, broke through left tac- kle, cut sharply to his left and ran nearly 70 yards before the dazed junior varsity could catch up with him. It was a brilliant display of broken field running. Zanfagna then threw a jump pass to the right end for .five more yards. On the next play the speedy left half slashed over right tackle from the ten yard line to score easily. The surprised "B" team then ftarted from their ten yard line in an attempt to repeat their earlier success. They could do very little against the rampaging frosh, how- ever, who tackled and played so viciously that the jayvees fum- bled several times before the prac- tice session ended. They had bare- ly managed to move past the mid- field stripe when play was halted. Detroit Exhibition Carded for Lonis v DETROIT - (A') -- Heavy - weight champion Joe Louis will make his first home town exhibi- tion appearance in four years here Nov. 19 when he goes six rounds with Vern Mitchell of Detroit at Olympia Stadium. z Olympia's matchmaker, Nick Londes, said negotiations were closed yesterday for Louis to ap- pear here during his exhibition tour of the Midwest. "range and Blue E xhibit MidSeason Improvement 'M' Gridders Ease Off in Final Sessions; Punting,_Passing Feature Light Workout By B. S. BROWN It has become some sort of ad-- age that whenever a team runs up against the massive Gophers, it By MARSHALL SAIaNS Back in 1931 a tradition that Ehreatens to outlast the Democra- tic presidents was started on the Michigan gridiron. "Wi tert at tackle" was destined o echo and re-echo through the lands of Michigan Stadium and -lhe pages of Michigan football history. Beginning with brothers Fran- is and Albert, the Wistert dynasty can currently boast of another great' in the person of "Li'l Al- vin," 6 ft., 3 in., 218 pound bul- wark of the Michigan line. W sOLVERINE hr1 N: Wtstert_ hir.1 i __layfr' GENE DERRICOTTE ... back in form Bearden Wins Best Rookie' onors in AL Gene Bearden, the tall south- paw of Cleveland Indians, has been voted the American League's rookie-of-the-year. The cool 28-year-old knuckle- ball artist who hurled the Tribe to the American League pennant in the epic playoff game with Boston at Fenway Park, thus joined up with shortstop Alvin Dark of the Boston Braves as the frosh standouts of their respec- tive circuits. Both received the accolade in an Associated Press poll of 220 baseball writers throughout the country. While Dark had an easy time of it, beating out Richie Ashburn, 160 votes to 57 for the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder, Bearden had strenuous competi- tion from the Red Sox's Billy Goodman. I undergoes a softening-up process. And there are still a lot of people who think Michigan's romp over Northwestern's Wildcats was due to the working over the lead- ing contenders for the Rose Bowl took from the Northmen th; week before. LAST YEAR the Wolverines were all but ground into the turf at Ann Arbor by Minnesota's muscle men and the following week found themselves pushed to the limit to win out over the Illini. And the situation is the same this season. Both the men on the lines and the backfield stars teok an awful pounding at Minneapolis, one which might prove to be an important factor in the outcome of Saturday's contest. Illinois hasn't gotten off with- out bruises, however. Ray Eliot sent his boys against the Minne- Dave Strack, freshman bas- ketball coach, has announced the start of practice sessions for this year's frosh squad. All freshmen interested in coming out are requested to report to Strack at the I-M Building next Monday, November 1. sota maulers two weeks ago and watched them take it on the chin, 6-0. But the Gophers evidently didn't do a thorough job. FOR LAST WEEK the Illini bounced back and threw a surprise package at Purdue, rated earlier in the year as one of the Confer- ence powers, and came out on the happy end of a 10-6 count. , And you've only to look at the Illini's last three games to de- Li o hwei as Renew Battle For Positions Still smarting from their defeat at the hands of an underdog Illi- nois lightweight squad, Michigan's little Wolverines will be batting for positions all over again today. The 150-pounders will run through their third intra-squad game of-the season as Coach Cliff Keen seeks to reassemble his grid- ders into a winning combination. Keen will also have a chance to judge the effectiveness of his new punters, Jerry Burns and Ed Morey, under fire in to- day's game. Burns and Morey have been pressed into action in the boot- ing department as the result of a back injury to Frank White- house who had done most of the lightweight's punting during the last two seasons. The midget gridders ran through a long signal drill yestvr- day and then went to work on the tackling dummies in an effort to smooth out rough spots before next week's clash with Ohio State. That game will mark the Wol- verines 'home debut and will be the first of three "crucial" games the boys must win in or- der to at least duplicate "st season's feat of tying Wisconsin for the 'Little Big Nine' title The Badgers, who play here on Nov. 12 have beaten Illinois and Ohio State this year to boast the only unblemished record in the four team circuit. I - MERLE LEVIN, Night Editor cide that perhaps theywon't be the pushover they have been slated to be. Army had been going strong again this year and seemed to be having an easy time of it when the first half ended at Champaign three weeks ago. The score was 20-0 with the Cadets on top. ELIOT DECIDED things had gone far enough. He was watching his pride and joy heading for its second straight setback. What he said in the dressing room is a mystery, but it must have been a mouthful, for the I llini camue out and Proc~eeded to out-score' the black Knights, 21-6, in the second half. T'hen came the Minnesota game and Illinois did a remarkable job in staving off the Gopher attack, Sbut faltered in the closing minutes and lost, 6-0. THE ILLINI put themselves back in the black last week with the upset at Champaign. And now that the Illinois gridders have found the winning way, they're going to be awfully tough. Again, the Illini would like nothing better than to halt the Wolverine 19 - game winning streak, one which started two years ago after Michigan bowed to Illinois, 13-9. You can say that Michigan has been softened up; you can say that Illinois is primed for the game; you can say that Michigan will be over-confident; or you can say that the Wolverines will be under pressure as they again take to the field in an attempt to ex- tend their skein. But no matter what your rea- sons are, you still have to come to the conclusion that this game Sat- urday is going to be more of a contest than was bargained for earlier in the season. hclding a job and serving in the Army. When the war ended he got a chance to go to school under tPe G.I. Bill. * * * IN 1946 HE entered Boston Uni- versity where he gained the dis- tinction of playing varsity ball in his freshman year. Then in '47 he followed the footsteps of his illus- trious brothers and came to Mich- igan. The Moose's specialty is pull- ing-in the offensive half-backs on punts. In this particular play he breaks through the line and pretends to charge the punter. This fakes the half-backs out of position and enables the Michigan end to sneak inside tackle and block the intended, punt. Al and Ed McNeill, big Michigan end, worked this play with amaz- ing efficiency against Minnesota last week and the two punts Mc- Neill blocked were of vital im- portance in setting up Wolverine scores. 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Wally Teninga and Leo Ko- ceski shared the punting duties while Charlie Ortmann and Gene Derricotte took charge of the passing. Derricotte has looked particul- arly impressive this week in prac- tice and though he may be rele- gated to defense, there is the pos- sibility that he will see some offen- sive action. For the second consecutive week, all members of the Wolverine squad were reported physically fit for the game. John Ghindia, who p]lays quarterback behind Pete_ Elliott, twisted his leg in practice Wednesday, but showed no indi- cation of injury yesterday. ra "At the next signal, light your Dr. Grabow Pre-Smoked Pipe" $ p Ann Arbor CTH -AI TE Clothiong 113 SOUTH MAIN.. Next to Sugar Bowl .97 $6 77 HOMECM EAT NG! 4 S J s 00 00 k a_ i ° 1 4+ qq f 9 1 i _ fffff11111 ~,,, 4 4 y DICK MALOY City Editor of The Michigan Daily It isn't -Homecomiig ivithiout a DANCE! t ^r ..-..' t l f ..1 t , a ,,JJ,° t / '_ ~ t ,r .,. 1 and we're having two!! 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