THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1949,
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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ON TE SPOT
By ROG GOELZ
Associate Sports Editor
(Today's column was written by Ted Papes)
YESTERDAY MORNING a Detroit newspaper printed details of a
press conference between George Wilson, assistant coach of the
Detroit Lions, and mem bers of the Michigan Football Writers' As-
sociation.
Wilson's quoted remarks are a blot on professional football
and could have far-reaching results in forming a hate philoso-
phy in the game. He contended that the Lions are not as bad
as the record shows, that about 10 players on the squad are in-
terested only in their paychecks. In addition he leveled a blast at
pre-game association between former college pals who find them-
selves on rival pro elevens.
Said Wilson, "Fraternizing before a game between rival players
who may have been college teammates is an indication of the im-
proper mental approach. Frcm the time a man steps out on that
field every guy in a different-colored jersey should be his bitter
enemy. You can't operate any other way."
This seems to indicate that sportsmanship has no place in
the sport. Wilson would have his Lions emulate their animal
namesakes to an absurd degree, regardless of effects upon par-
ticipants and paying customers, until finally we might have some-
thing approaching a revival of the old Roman gladitorial battles
to the death.
As if he had not done enough damage to the Lions' manage-
ment, Wilson further intimated that the team may soon have re-
course to illegal play in order to break into the victory column.
"This is a rough, tough business in which you have to connive
- and maybe even cheat a little - to live. Believe me, before long
we'll operate that way too."
AN INTERESTING situation is about to arise Sunday at Wrigley
Field in Chicago when the Lions face the Bears for the first time
this year. Wilson said he'd rather see his player slug an old college
buddy than shake hands with him. If rookie quarterback Frank
Tripucka wants to protect his job with the Lions he may feel obli-
gated to bound up to his former colleague, Johnny Lujack of the
Bears, and blacken his eye as a show of enthusiasm..
After all, it was Lujack who kept Tripucka on the bench
while the two were at Notre Dame. That's an ideal setup for a
grudge fight ala Wilson.
These statements represent a new low in Detroit Lion policy.
The team has perennially been the doormat of the National Foot-
ball League, and has embarked during the last few years on fantastic
publicity schemes designed to convince Motor City fans that the Lions
are about to roar.
Despite all the promises they always come up with a scrubby t
aggregation to the dismay of ever-hopeful followers and financers. b
This season is no exception.a
Evidently the Lion organization has completely lost sight of the1
fact that the professional gridiron game is followed by youngsterso
almost as closely as big league baseball. Such policies certainly haver
no place on the nation's sport scene.n
Youthful fans idolize the Tommy Thompsons, the Sid Luck-t
mans, and the Sammy Baughs just as they do the DiMaggios. Are
they to be so rudely disillusioned?
'M' Girds Against Hoosier Upset
Buckeyes Stress Defense
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Rigorous Practice Held
For Air-Minded Indiana Foe
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -(IP)- Ohio
State gridders ran through a two-
hour drill yesterday afternoon em-
phasizing defense against the pow-
erful running attack they expect to
meet when they play Illinois here
Saturday.
Despite his earlier promise of no
more contact work this week, coach
Wesley Fesler sent his defensive
platoon through a brief scrim-
mage against a freshman eleven
using Illinois plays.
JERRY KRALL, veteran left
half injured Tuesday, was running
without pads. Trainers said that
it is probable he will be able to
play some against the Illini. He
HOOSIER KICKER-Bobby Robertson, Indiana halfback shown
above, is one passer who can kick, also. The husky 5' 10" Negro
from South Bend, currently setting the pace for Big Ten punters,
has kicked 19 times thus far this season for an average of 42.2
yards per punt. Last week against Illinois, Robertson averaged
44.5 yards on seven punts.
GO WEST YOUNG MEN:
MSC WaryjfOeonSae
WOrill__ Season in West
Taking no chances on meeting
an Indiana team with the word
'upset' in their minds, the Wol-
verine gridders ran through a
rigorous practice session yester-
day.
A combination freshman-Jayvee
squad was used to simulate In-
diana's offense in running the
Hoosier plays against the Michi-
gan defense.
* * *
EXPECTING INDIANA to take
to the air waves this Saturday,
long pass defense practice was
held with George Olson doing the
HUGH QUINN, Night Editor
passing for the "Indiana" team.
Early in the afternoon the Wol-
verines held a passing drill with
Chuck Ortmann, Wally Teninga,
Chuck Lentz, and Dick Kempthorn
in the throwing slot.
Coach Clyde Smith's Hoosiers
bring a record of one win and
six losses to Ann Arbor this Sa-
turday. Their sole triumph was
an upset over Pittsburg. They
have tasted defeat at the hands
of Notre Dame, Ohio State,
Texas Christian, Iowa, Wiscon-
sin, and Illinois.
According to Smith, however,
his confidence in his team and in
himself grows with every, per-
formance.
"THE BIG scores have naturally
been a little bothersome to us,"
he says, "but playing such talent-
ed teams as Notre Dame and Ohioj
There will be no co-educa-
tional recreational activities at
the I-M Building this Friday
evening because the Pan Hel
Ball will be held there at that
time.
State does something for a coach
that less formidable foes failto
do. It shows a coach early in the
season which one of his players
possess the real courage and po-
tential ability."
Apparently, Smith has learned
a great deal about his players
this season.
Indiana was literally crippled by
graduation losses last year. Only
NHL Scores
sixteen lettermen returned for
this season while twelve did not
return. Their major losses in-
clude halfbacks George Talia-
ferro, Del Russel and Johnny Mc-
Donnel, fullback Harry Jagade,
end Frank Hoppe and tackle John
Goldsberry.
* * *
TALIAFERRO, an All-American
tailback selection last fall, has
passed up his senior year of
competition to play professionally
with the Los Angeles Dons.
The Hoosiers are definitely un-
dermanned. Many of their second
half failures are attributed to
their lack of depth. In the Notre
Dame game the Irish used 49 men
with the Hoosiers using only 29.
Against Ohio State, Indiana used
only 26 players while the Buck-
eyes had 55 men on the field at
one time or another.
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received a bad cleat bruise in
scrimmage.
Vic Janowicz continued to sub
for Krall at tailback in offensive
work, and the Buck coach in-
dicated that the publicized soph-
omore from Elyria is in line for
offensive chores at both left half
and fullback against Illinois.
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EAST LANSING - UP) - Well-
warned about the wild men of
the West, the Michigan State foot-
ball team was ready yesterday for
a trip beyond the Rockies and the
last two games of the season.
The Spartans staged the windup
of their short week of practice on
home grounds yesterday after-
noon. Their next workout will be
this afternoon at Portland, Ore.
* * *
THE 36-MAN squad was to
Grid Rule Confuses Players;
'Look, Ma, No Hands' Is Cry
NEW YORK-(iP)-An inno-
cent-looking little paragraph on
page 44 of the football rules book
for 1949 appears to be the cause
of more strained relations than
usual between officials and
coaches this season.
Scarcely a week end passes that
some overwrought mentor does
not accuse a group of officials of
having robbed him blind. Penal-
ties are up and so are blood pres-
sures. All because article 4 (the
Little Joker) says :
"WHEN A teammate of the
runner uses a hand or forearm in
blocking or to supplement a
shoulder or chest block the hand
must be in contact with the body
during the entire block."
Know what that means?
Only that the poor offensive
lineman, who always has taken
a wicked mauling from the un-
fettered defense, now is even
further restricted. He can't
even rooster-fight this year
without incurring a 15-yard
penalty.
Once he was permitted to lock
his hands and flail around pretty
good with his elbows. Then last
year, the locked hands were abol-
ished and it was decreed that the
offensive blocker had to keep his
hands "near" his body. This year
the rules makers went whole hog.
* * *
NOW THE only way the poor
bloke who is trying to carve a
hole for a ball-carrier can make
certain of avoiding "illegal use of
hands" is to take a firm grip on
his jersey with either paw when
a play starts and hold on for dear
life until it ends.
If a hand slips loose and an
official sees it-whambo-15
yards. That usually happens
just after a teammate has run
83 yards for a score. That was
what coach Frank Leahy was
raving about earlier in the sea-
son, after Notre Dame's win over
Washington.
Difficulty is, of course, that
certain officials are enforcing the
new rule more closely, more liter-
ally, than others. The yelps are
coming, mainly, from coaches who
have been bitten by a zealot.
leave the Lansing airport at 8 a.
m. today aboard a chartered plane.
After fueling stops at Chicago
and Denver, the East Lansing
delegation is due to arrive in
Portland at 4 p.m. Pacific Coast
Time.
Uniform sacks and traveling
bags were packed last night for
the trip. The squad was still
bruised and weary after the
Notre Dame game but spirits
lifted at the prospectofuthe trip
West.
After a knockdIown scrimmage
Tuesday, Munn took it easy on
the squad yesterday. Only star
left half Lynn Chandnois, who
was suffering from a bad cold,
limping slightly and still smart-
ing from face cuts, was excused
fromrthe last contact session.
END COACH Earle Edwards;
who scouted the Oregon State
team coached by former MSC end
coach Kip Taylor, warned the
squad again yesterday that they
will be up against some rough
opposition.
Edwards told the Spartans
that Ken Carpenter, the triple-
threat back of the Beavers, will
be dangerous at all times.
He said that Oregon State is
ready for this one as they had it
rather easy while winning 35-25
from Idaho last week.
"They were sitting back in a
rocking chair while we went all-
out against Notre Dame," Ed-
wards said. "They will be ready to
give us all they have."
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