WENSDAY, XVMWMETI 10, 194&. TH ICHIGA- A-TX PAGE TAR. Z Michigan Recaptures Lead From Irish in A . .Poll ---e+,> Wildcats Vie To Halt Irish Victory Chain CHICAGO-(A)-Will the Rose Bowl distract Northwestern's once - beaten Wildcats against unde- feated Notre Dame Saturday? THE IRISH better not figure it that way. Because from the open- ing whistle, the Wildcats will be swinging their Sunday punch in the nation's top football game at South Bend, Ind. The scrap before a capacity 59,- 000 should be a real wing-dinger. First of all, it will be the last meeting between the two schools after 23 straight years of feuding. * * * NOT SINCE 1940 when North- western last triumphed, have the Wildcats turned up with so potent an aggregation. They'll want to humble the Irish, not only for long-overdue revenge, but also to take a carload of prestige into the Rose Bowl, if they get by Illinois. Wolverines Trail in Top Votes, Lead by 61 Points Tarheels, Georgia Tech Falter in Hot Race; Army Moves into Third Spot, Bears Fourth COMPLETE COLLISION SERVICE s Grant Alexander says: "You can still get our complete paint job for only $69.50." BODY AND FENDER WORK WHEEL ALIGNMENT WELDING of Any Kind All Work Guaranteed Knoll & Erwin YOUR HUDSON DEALER 4' (By The Associated Press) Michigan has turned the tables on Notre Dame and once again reigns as the top football team in the nation. The Wolverines supplanted the South Bend Irish as the No. 1 team, gaining the upper hand in their dual tug o'war that has carried over two seasons of bitter rivalry. * * * LAST WEEK, Michigan piled up more first place votes than Notre Dame, only to find themselves SPORTS B. S. BROWN, Night Editor runners-up as the second and third place votes pushed the Irish three points ahead of the Wol- verines. This time it was the Ramblers who had the edge in top votes, but Michigan picked up enough other ballots and wound up 61 points ahead of the second place Irish. The Wolverines had 77 first votes and a 1,836 vote total, while Notre Dame captured 80 initial ballots, but were able to amass only 1,775 points. MICHIGAN'S recapture of first place marks the third week in the season that they have occupied that spot. Following their 28-0 rout of Northwestern, the Wol- verines took over from the Irish and remained on top the next week when they slapped Minne- sota down to the tune of 27-14. But when Notre Dame wal- loped Navy and Michigan had a tough time with Illinois, the ever fickle sportswriters swung enough votes to the Irish, and Michigan dropped to second, The old yardstick of compara- tive scores came out again this last week, when the Wolverines took on Navy. The Irish had piled up a 34 point margin by sinking the Middies, 41-7, so Michigan proceeded to pound out a 35 point difference in their shut-out vic- tory. equalled their performance of last year, when they topped the list three times over the entire season. ARMY MOVED into third place in this week's selections on the strength of its 43-0 rout -of Stan- ford, while the Golden Bears of California moved up a notch into fourth with a 28-13 victory over UCLA. The point standings on a 10-9-8- 7-6r5-4-3-2-1 basis with first place votes in parentheses: 1. MICHIGAN (77).....1,836 2. Noter Dame (80) .....1,775 3. Army (14) ............1,553 4. California (11) .......1,244 5. Penn State (1) ........840 6. North Carolina (7) 757 7. Southern Methodist 625 8. Northwestern ..........575 9. Oklahoma (5)......... 466 10. Clemson (8)....... .284 11. Georgia Tech 205; 12. Mich- igan State (1) 158; 13. Georgia (1) 152; 14. Minnesota 135; 15. Oregon 126; 16. Nevada 95; 17. Pennsylvania 82; 18. Tennessee 59; 19. Wake Forest 39; 20. Mis- souri 31. Others receiving points in- cluded Ohio State, 8, and Illi- nois, 7. Scimitar Club Asks Varsity Recognition The Scimitar Club, led by its president, Ed Micllef, has begun a vigorous campaign to have fenc- ing recognized as a varsity sport by the University. MOST OF THE other Big Nine schools already look upon fencing' as a. major sport and this small group of Wolverine dueling enthu- siasts believe is high time that Michigan followed suit. As a means to further their in- terests and to gain experience in competition, the Scimitars entered the Invitational Free Weapon Fencing Team Tournament this past weekend at Detroit. WITH PRESIDENT Micllef showing the way, the lads from Ann Arbor copped second place in the ten-team meet, nosed out only by the La Salle de Tuscan. Micllef won first place in the epee event by copping eight out of nine duels. THE CLUB must have more new men if it is to carry out its cam- paign to gain official recognition and President Micllef requests that anyone interested in fencing should come out for the team. Instruction is offered at the IM building Monday through Thurs- day from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., and to coeds on Fridays, 8-10 p.m. By REV BUSSEY Sports Feature Editor One of the "staunch old guards" of the Wolverine party has been named lineman of the week by members of The Michigan Daily sports staff. He's Quentin Sickels, defensive left guard who has seen more years of service for the Wolverines than any other teammate except Dick Rifenburg and Gene Derri-3 cotte. * * * NAVY'S GAME was just an- other contest to Sickels. He car- ried out his assignments with the same adeptness and fervor as in previous games. The Middies couldn't even trickle through his side of the line. Along with tackle Al Wistert, Sickels continually outwitted the Navy blockers with his cross- charges. According to Quent, 'We had to outsmart them because they were so fast." * * * EVENTUALLY Baysinger, Haw- kins and the rest of the crew wised up. They simply stopped trying, to crack through the impregnable defense thrown up by Sickels and Wistert. The Middie struggle is typical of the performances he has turned in every week. The Michigan coaches regard Sickels as "a consistent player. He charges hard and never quits." And yet when laurels are passed out, Sickels is too entan- gled at the bottom of the pile to get his share. *. * * THE F4NS did sit up and take notice of Sickels in the first game last year against Michigan State. Over the loud speaker was heard, "Attention, please. This is an emergency. All plumbers are wanted in the locker room. It seems that the water pipes are out of order and the room is being flooded." "Sickels was also in on that last play," the announcer continued in the same breath. Although they weren't at that game, the Navy boys will never forget that "Sickels was also in on that play." v LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Sickels Thwarts Middie Runners .,. 624 S. Main -- Phone 2-4407 OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9:00 NO HOLDS BARRED -- Navy admitted this when Q u e n t Sickels started ramming through. its line to thwart any Middie at- tack. His play helped blank the Sailors Saturday. T= - Lightweights Meet Wisconsin Friday in Championship Tilt ANOTHER IMPORTANT factor in Michigan's surge to the top of the heap came in the defeat of Georgia Tech by Tennessee and William and Mary tying North Carolina. Both these teams had prev- iously gotten the lion's share of the southern vote and with them out of the picture, the Maize and Blue snared some of these important ballots. Thus, with two weeks remaining in the season, the Wolverines have It will be up to lightweights to do it themselves Friday afternoon. "It" in this case will be the task of beating Wisconsin's unbeaten 150-pounders when the Badgers invade Ann Arbor to battle Mich- igan for the 'Little Big Nine' championship. * * SHOULD Wisconsin win, it will mean an undisputed title for the Badgers who last year shared the crown with Michigan. If, on the other hand, the little Wolverines can upset the Badgers, then they can once again tie for the title by whipping Ohio State in their return game with the Buckeyes Nov. 19. On the always uncertain basis of comparative scores, the Wis- consinites rate an edge over the Maize and Blue. They have whipped Illinois twice by scores of 6-0 and 14-0 and have beaten Ohio State 26-12. WHILE THE BADGERS were compiling their perfect record, Michigan has dropped a 13-6 de- cision to Illinois and tripped Ohio State by the same score. The little Wolverines came out of the Ohio State tussle in pretty good physical condition with the exception of starting tackle Berry Breakey who injured his leg. 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