I THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1949 T HE MICH IGAN DAILY FALL THR 1' High Scoring Ohio To Test M'Defense for FORMAL RENTALS All New -All Sizes See RABIDEAU-HARRIS 119 So. Main SL. Phone 6924 iT'S A HAI RC UT!! Midget Gridders Strive For Title Tie in Windup Buckeye's Offense Tops A mong Big Nine Teams Whisler, Verdova, Krall Spark Runners; Savic Rated One of Nation's Best Passers By MERLE LEVIN Normally a winless Uall club wouldn't be considered much of an obstacle in the path of a team battling for the Conference cham- pionship. But these still aren't normal times and Michigan's 150-pounders one victory away from a tie for the Little Big Nine title, aren't tak- ing their Friday afternoon en- counter with Ohio State lightly de- spite the Buckeye's record of no wins and three losses this year. And the little Wolverines have several reasons for their cautious attitude. 13d4; ll 1a ai i SPORTS MERLE LEVIN, Night Editor Big N*ine Cag~e Play To Start By The Associated Press Big Nine teams will meet 40 outside opponents during the 1948-49 basketball campaign which opens Dec. 1 and closes in March in addition to playing 12 Confer- ence games. The Western Conference has au- thorized a 22-game schedule to consist of 12 Conference games and up to 10 non-Conference games. Formerly, the Conference schools were limited to a 20-game schedule. As of today, Illinois has a 22-game schedule, Indiana, 22, Iowa, 20, Michigan, 20, Minnesota, 21, Northwestern, 21, Ohio State, 19, Purdue 22 and Wisconsin, 21. Iowa and Wisconsin are the first conference teams - to open the 1948-49 campaign, playing Omaha University and Ripon College re- spectively, Dec. 1. Illinois launches its season Dec. 3 against Butler, while Indiana, Michigan, Minne- sota, Northwestern and Ohio State open Dec. 4. FIRST OF ALL, despite their unimpressive record, the Ohioans' worst loss was a 26-12 defeat at the hands of Wisconsin's powerful Badgers who are already assured of at least a share of the confer- ence crown. The Buckeyes' other defeats were a 6-0 licking from Illinois and a 13-6 loss suffered here two weeks ago in the first of the home and home series with Michigan. The closeness of that score alone is enough to enable the midgets to realize they will meet no setup at Columbus. ** * ANOTHER POINT still fresh in the Wolverines' minds is their last encounter with a victory-starved football squad. In their first game of the season Michigan traveled down to Champaign, Ill. to play an Illinois team that hadn't won a game in six starts over a two year span. Michigan was being touted as the team to beat in the light- weight division but an inspired Illini eleven didn't quite believe what they read and consequently knocked -off the Wolverines, 13-6. S * * THEN TOO, that old bugaboo Tradition rears its time worn head. If there is anything an Ohio State team would rather do than beata Michigan football squad it's to beat two Michigan football squads. And on this Homecoming week-end they'll have three cracks at Michigan gridders. A triple win would send the rabid Buckeye fans into the throes of ecstasy and the Scarlet and Gray footballers will be up as they have never been up this season. So the little Wolverines have been working until darkness set in every night this week to make sure this won't be a repeat of the near- disastrous weekend at Illinois. They want a- share of that championship to take back to Ann Arbor with them. It seems that Michigan grid squads have devel- oped a tradition of their own-a championship tradition. PANDEL SAVIC ... passing ace Bill Fischer Named Week's Best Lineman Bill Fischer, Notre Dame guard, was named football lineman of the week yesterday in this week's Associated Press poll. The 21-year-old senior from Chicago gained the honor for his sterling defensive play against Northwestern, a factor that helped keep Notre Dame in the unbeaten and untied ranks. Fischer was a standout in a bat- tle of fierce line play. In addi- tion he recovered a fumble deep in Northwestern territory in the last quarter. Linemen nominated this week include: Ends-Hart, Notre Dame. Pra- ther, Kansas State. Rifenburg, Michigan. Centers - Sarkisian, Northwes- tern. Bednarik, Pennsylvania. Yeo- man, Army. Dworsky, Michigan. Michigan's defensive unit should have its hands full this Saturday, when they run up against the Big Nine's top offensive team, Ohio, State, in the season windup for both squads. The Buckeyes boast a powerful running attack with fullback Joe Whisler and halfbacks Alex Ver- dova and Jerry Krall leading the pack. Their passing too, is well above average, quarterback Pandel Savic doing most of the chucking for the Bucks. The Yugoslav-born back has been hailed as one of the best passers to face the Wolverines all year. Reports coming into the Michigan camp have ranked him with Van Brocklin in accuracy. ** * OHIO HAS JUST recently come into its own this season. Before the year opened, they were re- garded as the weak-sister of the Conference, but in their last two games have come up tremendously so that both the team and the student body are fired up for the game. Missouri provided the opening opposition for the Ohioans, the Buckeyes winning an inauspi- cious 21-7 game. A far from strong Southern Cal team took some of the wind out of the OSU sails the following week, when they trimmed them, 20-0. Ohio was kept off victory lane in their next game by an under - dog Iowa squad pulling off a 14- 7 upset. *~ * * THEY CAME BACK, however, winning the next two games, downing Indiana 17-0 and Wis- consin 34-32, before losing to, Northwestern 21-7. Then the Buckeyes really got hot, grinding out a 41-0 verdict over Pitt and riding roughshod over Illinois 34-7. Ohio State has also improved' greatly over the team that Mich- igan dropped 21-0 in the conclud- ing game of last season and the fans that saw that game will agree that the Bucks were far from weak. CAPTAIN DAVE TEMPLETON, who played such a great game last year, will be 'back in his guard post for the Ohioans along with tackle Jack Wilson and 15 other letter winning linemen. Couple this with the OSU at- tack and the 76,677 fans will probably be in for quite a ball game. Despite their "on paper" su- periority over the Bucks, the Wol- verines aren't taking the game lightly. One for 'M' BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-(/)- The Indiana poll by the nar- rowest of margins yesterday picked Michigan as a better team than Notre Dame. The two teams, both top- heavy victors over Indiana this season, have dominated the As- sociated Press poll for two sea- sons. Michigan led comfortably this week. Twenty-five Hoosiers who played against both gave Mich- igan the nod, 12-11, with two calling it a draw. The concensus was that Notre Dame has the better line and Michigan the better backfield. Indiana line- men favored Notre Dame and backs voted for Michigan. .:. WINTER'S COMING: Hockey Returns to Spotlight As 'M' Pucksters Take to Ice LOOKING FOR YOUNG IDEAS? By B. S. BROWN' Dear Boss: I heard the Coliseum was open again, so I thought I'd go down and watch some of the figure skat- ers work out. I was given a bum steer; there was just a bunch of fellows down there. They weren't bad on the skates, so I stuck around, figur- ing I might be able to pick up a story. One of the guys skating around kept blowing a whistle so I decided he must be in the know. I finally got to talk to him after chasing him all over the ice.aIncidentally, next time I go down there, how about supplying me with a pillow? I caught his eye when a little black disk hit me in the head while I was running in front of some sort of netting. He came over shouting. "Do you know," he breathed, softly, "that you just broke up a scoring play?" I wiped the blood out of my eyes and apologized. "Pardon me, sir," I said, "but I'm from The Michigan Daily. Can you possibly give me a story?" "We'll be out," he started and I grabbed my pencil and some paper, "to retain the national title we won at Colorado Springs last year." "What title?" I asked timidly. He didn't smile. "Hockey, son. Hockey. It was the first championship tournament ever held in the U.S., and we won it." Following his lead, I asked him how he thought he'd do. "Well, we have a lot of let- termen back, but our schedule is much tougher than last year. We start off next month with the Toledo Mercuries. They're in the International Hockey League, you know." I didn't, but I looked impressed. "Well, Gordie, McMillan, Al Renfrew and Wally Gacek are back. 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