SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1950 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Ankle Injury Makes Karras' Sat s Questio inable NEXT YEAR'S STARS? Weber Selects Best Of Freshman Backs Raldovits, Clark Expected To Take Up Offensive Slack Sam Snead Blasts Par; Wins North-South Open By LARRY SPERLING * "We are now entering the stage of the 'Survival of the Fittest,'" observed Professor Wally Weber, world renowned authority on the evolution of Michigan freshman football teams. "That may sound funny, son," the loquacious coach continued, "but it's the truth. We're starting to separate the men from the boys-" "'TAKE OUR backfield for ex- *ample." "If we were * scrimmaging against the varsity tomorrow my starting backfield would be Noun Canty at tailback, Dick Balzhiser at full, Al Shultz at the wingback and Matty Carr at quarterback." "That's pretty fair backfield -not great, but pretty fair." WE'VE GOT GOOD running speed and a big hard driving full- back. That's not all. We have a *smart backfield, too-both on and off the football field." "You know Shultz and Ba!- zhiser have Rackham scholar- ships. It takes pretty good marks to get one of those. They have nothing to do with the fellows' football ability." The other two boys are no slouches either. They have a lot of grid know-how." * * * "PASSING? Well we haven't seen any exceptional throwing ability among these boys-noth- ing that's good enough for Big Ten ball." "We certainly don't have an Ortmann or even a Putich on this year's squad. Now I'm not saying that one of these boys may not develop into a passer of varsity caliber." "Both Canty and Carr throw a pretty nice ball, but as yet they haven't got what it takes in the aerial phase of the game." * * * "IN REGARD to our other backfield material let me first point out that this team stresses quality, but not quantity. We don't have the abundance of backfield talent that last year's squad had." "Here's how my second string backfield would line up. I'd have Ronny Williams at fullback, Ken Smith at tailback, Bill Rahn on the wing and Stan Byrnes call- ing the signals." "These are all the fellows who have shown up well so far. How- ever, there are some other boys who are pressing pretty close to making the grade." BOB VOHASKA ...Indian chief Spitoon Story EAST LANSING, Mich. - (IP) -- Michigan State and Indiana today and in years thereafter will do football battle for glory, cash-_ and a spitoon. Student leaders at both schools have accepted a 100- year-old cuspidor as a trophy for the victor In what could be an annual~game. They recalled probably the Mid-West's most famous trophy, the "Little Brown Jug," a prize each year in the Michigan-Minnesota battle. The spitoon, according to Bob Rombouts, MSC Student Council president, came from one of Mich- igan's earliest trading posts. (Continued from Page 1) Fans may be spared this feel- ing tomorrow through the grace of Indiana's Hoosiers. Karras twisted his ankle after sprinting 67 yards for, the first score and spent the w~eekend with hospi- tal ice packs. Doctors warned Coach Eliot that the Karras' sprain will "hamper him Satur- day and possibly keep him from playing." Without their poten- tial All-American, Illinois' chances would be slim-. Oih the other side of the ledger, Michigan's liabilities could more than balance trie asset of a weak- ened Karras. * CHUCK ORTMANN, chief en- gineer in the Maize and Blue's race for California roses, is still nursing a tender ankle and sore back. Roger Zatkoff participated in his first practice Thursday af- ter spraining an ankle in the Wis- consin triumph. John Hess is still recovering from a leg injury sus- tained at Minneapolis. Bill Ohlen- roth has a bad back. Then there's the jinx right halfback position. With five wingbacks on the varsity list, only Wes Bradford, who has yet to see his first minute of col- legiate play, is in top physical shape. In the order of seriousness, Frank Howell is out for the sasocn with a broken arm; Leo Koceski will miss the Illini game, sidelined for at least three weeks with a leg ailment; Don Oldham aggravated ol leg ruls n Donweter-e in practice. AL OF THE Michigan 'crip- ples," except Howell and Koceski, could see considerable action, IF injury stays out of Ann Arbor. Michigan's Rose Bowl loco- motive can4 ill afford an injury derailment, because Oosterbaan knows that even without Karras, the Illimi have a great ground attack, in addition to a rock-like defense. Dick Rakiovits, a light, Jack Weisenberger type fullback, boasts a six-plus yards-per-carry average --good for six touchdowns. And back of him are speedsters Ronnie Clark and Sam Piazza, all capable of breaking the game wide open once they get in the clear. CENTER JIM COLE, taking over for Captain Bill Vohaska when Michigan gets the ball, leads the Conference's top defensive team. The Illini have given up only 27 points in five games, per- mitting Big Ten teams a stingy 144-yards-gained in two outings. Trying to make that average soar will be the veteran Michi- gan backfield of Ortmann, Bill Putich, Don Dufek and Peterson. Barring injury to Ortmann, the speedy Peterson will take over at right halfback, the position he played so well last year, Sophomore Dave Hill may be thrown into the tailback gap, if needed.' Dufek, having his best season, will perform the spinning fullback chores with the hot and cold Pu- tich at quarterback. fi hi ro in hi Ci to hi PINEHURST, N. C. - () -- ammy Snead bested par by twe ctor over Johnny Palmer to win s second straight North and )uth Open Golf Championship ith a 72-hole score of 275. Snead, leading money winner of rof essional golf two years in a w, pocketed $1,500 in first money the $7,500 event to boost his ~ar's earnings to $35,258. * * * HIS ROUNDS of 68-71-66-70 left im 13 under par for his four trips ver the 6,952-yard Pinehurst ountry Club Course. His winning tal was the third best in the tent's 48-year history. A year ago e won with 274 as against Ben ogan's record 271. In 10 years Sammy has won he tournament three times. Act- mally, over that span he compet- ed in only seven tournaments. In addition to his three victories he has finished second three times. Palmer, chtinky Badin, N. C., tournament regular, finished with a par 72 for second money of $1,- 000. His rounds were 65-70-72-72 as he moved from 11th to ninth in money winnings this year-$12,035. HE HAD LED the tournament the first two rounds and was tied for second, two strokes back of Snead, with Jim Ferrier of San Francisco, starting the final round. The leading money winners: (X-amateur). Sam Snead, 68-71-66-70-257, $1,500. Johnny Palmer, 65-70-72-72-- 279, $1,000. Claude Harmon, 68-72-71-70 281--$75&. Julius Boros, 71-72-70-69- I282, $550. H DUFEK'S DRIVES up the mid.. dle and screen pass gains hav et pulled the Wolverines out of sev- DON ENGELS t eral tight spots already this year. . . . Illini airforce ( Putich called a great game against . -- - -- - Wisconsin, but uninspired quar- terbacking, part of the general in- PIGSKIN PA R ADE: efficiency of the backfield, bogged the attack last week. The Maize and Blue have a three-pronged aerial receiver- Sophomore Lowell Perry has NW YR-I)A fobl fully lived un to his promise of a fan with the deieand the mea 1 second Bob Mann; Fred Pickard It tedtdystpcleegm has grabbed 13 tosses, and Harry coul aw tas aon lge Asin t Allis flashed old-time form when d Seatte Wtash. Ann Arsbor, p1 the pike upfvehavsagis Mich., and Philadelphia and not goK th a dop ers n far wrong wherever he landed. K watchigar eive kplayer o There is no single stickout, suchF watchn aread liesakingd Ton as Notre Dame established itselfs Mteyn alread estaishd as in recent seasons, and the ponder- ci the e yh in e Michigan ee ns e nouselev ns of the M idw est Co nfe r- son, a whso perforedlianyAl-knocked off right and left by inter- Amercan ast aturay.sectional opponents. There has been a great levelling. OLD MAN INJURY has one leg 4 4 4g on both engines as the Michigan THlE SOUTHERN Methodist- st 1Tilt Head Week's Card BIG TEN ROUNDUP: Bucekeyes Face Hurdle in Northwestern rim Georgetown handily to- The South's other top games day find once-beaten Tennessee aying host to North Carolina at noxville, and Georgia tangling ith Alabama at Tuscaloosa. rom these two games there hould emerge the team which will hallenge Kentucky for the South- Lstern Conference Crown-prob- THE MIDWEST'S second big- ~st attraction from a crowd andpoint will find some 82,000 ,mming into Cleveland's Munici- kansas at Texast A. &uMb. Geor- gia Tech at Duke, T.C.U. at Bay- lor, Texas Tech at Rice, Brown at Rutgers, Duquesne at Clem- son, George Washington at Maryland, Holy Cross at Har- vard, Dartmouth at Yale, Mis- souri at Nebraska, Mississippi at Louisiana State, Oregon State at -UCLA and Kansas at Utah. A * * MICHIGAN vs. Illinois Ohio State vs. Northwestern Wisconsin vs. Purdue Minnesota vs. Iowa Indiana vs. Michigan State Ohio State faces its biggest hur- die to date in annexing the Big Ten title in meeting once-beaten Northwestern at Evanston this af- ternoon, while Wisconsin and Purdue, and Minnesota and Iowa tangle in other Conference tus- sles. The Buckeyes on their way to the Conference crown face their strongest test since their opening 32-27 loss to Southern Methodist. Ohio State is rated a 19-point fa- vorite over Northwestern, which won four straight contests before falling victim to Wisconsin last week, * * * AGAINST common opponents the Buckeyes seem to have had much the upper hand. Ohio State walloped Minnesota 48-0 compared with Northwestern's 13-6 conquest of the Gophers. Northwestern squeezed past Pittsburgh by a 28- 23 count, while the Buckeyes whip- ped the Panthers 4 1-7. However, Ohio State is prom- ised no easy sledding against the Wildcats, who rate second in the Conference on both offense and defense. The Buckeyes pace the offense, while Illinois has been the strongest defensive unit. the Conference standings, is a one- en a one touchdown edge over the "Hawkeyes despite the fact that Sthey have yet to dent the victory column. * * * S IOWA, with three defeats in Conference battles, will be look- ing for its second Big Ten win. Only Purdue has fallen victim to the Hawkeyes who were expected to make a better showing than ~-they have so far been able to show. + The Gophers wvill meet Iowa Ion the rebound from its humili- ating 83-21 defeat at the hands of Ohio State. The Hawkeyes were not as poor as the score * indicates and will be out to prove it against the up and coming Minnesota team. Indiana travels to East Lansing to engage Michigan State in a non- loop encounter. The Spartans rate the edge in this contest after their victory over Notre Dame last week. * * * HOWEVER, the Hoosiers can, also, boast a victory over the Fighting Irish. Indiana conquered Notre Dame by a 20-7 margin, while Michigan State subdued the DICK WHEATON Irish 36-33. The Hoosiers, though, ...Gopher quarterback fell victim to Illinois last week af- * * * ter their Notr'e Dame win. touchdown favorite over Purdue Although the Hoosiers do not at Madison. Purdue enters the appear to be going much of any game with three straight losses be- place in the Conference race this hind them after their upset of' afternoon's game and next Notre Dame. week's encounter with the Wol- * . verines provide the men from WISCONSIN, hopeful of being Bloomington with ample incen- the Big Ten's representative in the tive. Rose Bowl, can ill afford looking Victories over both Michigan ahead to its battle with Ohio State State and Michigan. coupled with next Saturday at the expense of Itheir previous victory over Notre seeing the Boilermakers come out Dame, would place the Hoosiers of their slump and turn the tables in the role of spoiler of the year. on them. and Illinois R-ose Bowl trains make their longest run in the side- by-side race for a single track. A great running game is riding in the Illinois cab, while the sturdy arm of a good passing attack can be seen dangling from the Wol- verine engine. All aboard! * * * MICHIGAN Pos. ILLINOIS Perry ........LE...... Klimek Hess ........ LT .......Ulrich Kinyon ......LG .......Cahill Momsen ..... C Vohaska (C) Kelsey....... RG...... Brown Wahl (C) ... RT...... Siegert Allis . - - --... RE ......... Fox Putich . ..... QB....... Major Peterson .... RH...... Karras Ortmann ... LHI...... .Clark Dufek....... FB ... Rakiovits Who Will Manage Ruins RemisUnaswrd Standings Ohio State * MICHIGAN Wisconsin Northwestern Illinois Indiana Iowa 'Minnesota Purdue (Ties count half game lost) W 3 1 '13 1 1 1 0 0 half L T 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 game Pct. 1.000 .750 .750 .500 .500 .333 .250 .167 .000 won, The Badgers are encouraged in their Pasadena drive by their comeback against Northwestern last Saturday after their defeat at the hands of Michigan. The victory over the Wildcats was sparked by the two touchdown passes of quarterback John Coatta. . Minnesota hopes to continue its improved form of last week against Michigan by subduing Iowa at Minneapolis. The Gophers are giv- HUNTERSN K-Ba r Kn ives $2.25 up Deer Calls ... .. .$2.00 5-Cell Flashlights $2.98 Hand Warmers. .$2.95 Michigan's sailing club travels I to the East this weekend to sail in the New E1ngland Fall Invita- tional Regatta held on the Charles River Basin at M.I.T. This is one of the major re- gattas held during the fall sea- son and the participating schools represent the best teams in the East and in the Midwest. YALE, THE WINNER of this race for the past several years will be favored- to regain the Schell Trophy awarded to the victor. M.I.T., the host school, and Michigan, representing the Mid- west Collegiate Sailing Asso- ciation are the only schools which have been invited and have accepted thus far. Nine other teams are expected to be there at the starting gun. LATE FOOTBALL SCORES Detroit 18, Villanova 7 Vanderbilt 34, Chattanooga 12 Marquette 13, South Carolina 13 (tie) Miami of Florida 42, George- town 7 By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK -- () - While Branch Rickey flaps about the country humming "oh, I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way," there is a little humming in Brooklyn, too. The hum of ac- tivity With the departure of Rickey for parts unknown, the Dodger or- ganization is losing no time in filling various cavities left by the Mahatma. * * * ALREADY two vice presidents have been named to take over his duties. As far as we know no vice president in charge of vice presi- dents has been named. Rickey's leaving was taken pretty much in stride, as only a couple of his key assistants have quit. Sometimes when the top man goes, his staff tumbles with him like a string of dominoes. Only Harold Roettger, publicity director, and Branch Rickey, Jr., have resigned. With Fresco Thompson and Buz- zie Bavasi pooling their brains as the new vice presidents, sharing part of the job Rickey practically did single handed, the front office setup seems to be pretty well com- pleted, leaving only the question of who will run the team on the field. * * "ONLY" is used advisedly, as to the average Dodger fan, the guy who blows a fuse every time the club loses a game, doesn't give a hoot about the front office. The manager is his man. He wants somebody out there he can see, and whom he can second guess. The fortunes of the team interest him primarily, and who gets prais- ed for a team's fortunes? The manager, of course. Practically everyone has been ~-~-^~~~-__ mentioned for the job, even Burt Shotton, who only happens to be still the manager. Shotton has indicated he might consider continuing as manager, a state- ment that comes as something of a surprise. The elderly Shotton seemed quite content with his life of ease at Bartowv, Fla., where he listened to the oranges grow when not cdo- ing a little scouting for the Brook- lyn club. * * * IT WAS ASSUMED that when Rickey left Shotton would lose his incentive to manage, but that does not seem to be the case. The most prominently men- tioned for the job, if Shotton is not reemployed, is Peewee Reese, the classy shortstop who is a born leader. The not-so-little Pee-Wee still looks like the kid who came up from Louisville in 1940, but he's a man among men and when he speaks, his team- mates listen. Texas game at Austin generally is listed as today's biggest at- traction, and it probably deserves natn' o. 1 tami te Asso- ciated Press poll--S.M.U.-and the No. 7. That is high brass. But it would be difficult to convince eastern fans that the clash at Philadelphia between unbeaten Army, No. 2nationally, and once-beaten Pennsylvania is of lesser caliber than the Southwest classic. West Coast fanatics doubtless would prove equally hard to con- vince that the struggle at Seattle between California's Golden Bears, undefeated In 30 straight regular season games, and the Washington Huskies, licked only by flilnols this campaign, is not the week's gift tofotba"ll. As for the midwest partisans, they will give you nll three of the above-mentioned contest and try to fight their way; into Michigan, Stadium at Ann Ar- bor to watch the Wolverines do Ibattle with Illinois. Some 97,000 Iof them will succeed. So you pays your money and takes your choice among the four. The winner at Austin almost certainly will be the host team in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day, while the Seattle victor will be favored to win through to the Rose Bowl at Pasadena. Army and Penn are not bowl conscious. * * * THE DEEP SOUTH'S grid lead- ers have been knocking each other off to such an extent that, at this point, the section boasts only one rea] standout, undefeated Ken- tucky. The Wildcats are expected to add Florida's scalp to their col- lection tomorrow at Lexington. Miami University's Hurricanes also are listed among the dwin- dling group of undefeated, but there is a question whether their schedule quite measures up to major specifications. Coach An- dy Gustafson's boys did, how- ever, upset Purdue. They should ja - BYRLE ABBIN: Night Editor* pal Stadium to watch Notre Dame and Navy scrap It out In the battle of the also rans. Oklahoma, the No. 3 team, an- ticipates no trouble with Colorado at Boulder. Undefeated Princeton, favorite for the Ivy League title since its crushing defeat of Cor- nell, figures to subdue Colgate at Princeton.* OTHER GAMES TODAY IN- CLUDE- Souher Caifoniaat tan Wy worry about the safety of your money while traveling? Travel in Peace. Buy trave- ler's checks. Buy them at the Ann Arbor Bank. 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