PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY .. -- ~ Congratulation ildcat, Buckeye Ins Give Michigan Title A. j to the Champions of the West and Our Rose Bowl Team The Dascola Barbers Liberty near State * * * * Rejuvenated Running Attack Brings 34-23 Win over Dogged NU Team By BILL BRENTON Associate Sports Editor IMichigan's improving Wolver- ines parlayed a crisp running at- tack and a hard charging defense into a crucial 34-23 win over Northwestern's stubborn Wildcats yesterday at Michigan Stadium. "" I Let's make it MICR-AGAIN The triumph in one of the most thrilling spectator games in five years at Ann Arbor Stadium kept1 alive a slim mathematical chance of a Rose Bowl berth in January. THE GAME was not as tight as the final count indicated since two -desperation passes in the waning minutes tallied twice for the Pur- ple, largely against third and four- th string defenders. With Don Dufek, Chuck Ort- mann and Ralph Straffon lead- ing the way, the Maize and Blue r rushing machine put on its most impressive show of the season,l marching to a net total of 315 yards. They completed five of thirteen passes to make the fi-a nal offensive figure read 374 yards. The Wolverines capitalized on Wildcat breaks for three of their five touchdowns, the biggest scor- .ing surge in eighteen games for a Maize and Blue eleven. One of the i breaks, a third period fumble set up what proved to be the winning tally. MICHIGAN was leading 20-9 when Harry Allis stayed on his knees to recover Rich Athen's fum- ble on the visitors' 30 yard line.' Despite a clipping penalty Mich- igan covered theremaining dis- tance in eight plays. Dufek got a first down to the nine and on fourth down powered over right tackle for the clincher. Northwestern's first score re- sulted from their use of a deep punt formation. Their kicker, Norm Kragseth, punted from 15 yards behind the line of scrim- mage with a minimum of block- ing protection. This allowed the whole Purple line to get down Sfieldunder his kicks. In the second period Don Old- ham bobbled one of Kragseth's boots on his own two yard line and was tackled behind the goal line as he was recovering posses- sion of the ball for a Northwestern safety. * * *1 Wolverines Battle Drifts For 9-3 Defeat of OSU By BILL CONNOLLY COLUMBUS-Michigan's relentless Wolverines saved the space for another chapter in the rags-to-riches tale that records the activities of the 1950 Maize and Blue gridiron squad, by beating Ohio State's Buckeyes in a blizzard here yesterday. By plowing through the foot of snow which blanketed the playing field to upset the Buckeyes, 9-3, the Wolverines earned the right to represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl next January first. An assist on the play was credited to the wondrous Wildcats of Northwestern who forced an overcon- fident Illinois team to cancel westward travel reservations by beating the Illini, 14-7, in Evanston. Michigan's big break came in the waning moments of the first half with the snow-covered scoreboard reading: time * * *. to play: 47 seconds; and the Bucks' I I I -Daily-Ed Kozma BILL PUTICH SKIRTS END AGAINST NORTHWESTERN * * * * * * :x4 Best of Luck To Bennie and His Boys!! SAM'S STORE 122 E. Washington St. SAMUEL J. BENJAMIN, Owner "27-Lit" NORTHWESTERN VS. MICHIGAN NU MICH. First Downs 17 12 Rushing Yardage 243 315 Passing Yardage 124 59 Passes Attempted 24 13 Passes Completed 8 5 Passes Intercepted 1 2 Punts 10 7 Punting Average 29.6 34.1 Fumbles Lost 2 2 Yards Penalized 5 45 I 1 I G O0 GOOD IPdiI u the le tob -Daily-Ed Kozma DON DUFEK TACKLES ALL-AMERICAN VIC JANOWICZ AFTER SHORT GAIN ON A SNOWY OSU GRIDIRON -d .1F L-- U" Arm9L-Am BUCKEYES DRIFTED: Blizzard Showers Roses Ui Wolverine Gridders one-man team, Vic Janowicz, back on his own two-yard line for a third-down punt. At that point, Wolverine line-backer Tony Mom- sen crashed through the middle of the OSU line, blocked Janowicz' effort and fell on the ball in the end zone to score the game's only touchdown. With 20 seconds remaining in the first half, Harry Allis con- verted successfully, making it 9 to 3, and ending the scoring for the afternoon. Earlier Michigan had scored two points on a similar blocked punt which resulted in a safety. IN TALLYING the safety it was Michigan's captain Al Wahl, who crashed into Janowicz' well-exer- cised kicking leg. The ball bounc- ed erratically to the right of the onrushing Maize and Blue line- men and was floundering less than a foot outside the end zone when speedy Al Jackson caught up with it. Six inches closer and the Wol- verines could have added six more pounts. The Bucks opened and closed their part of the scoring when Janowicz sent a 40-yard field goal through the uprights with 4:08 clocked out of the first period to give his team a short- lived 3-0 lead. The Wolverines earned their nine points without the aid of a single first down and by gaining only 27 net yards, all of them on the ground. Ohio registered only three-first downs and 41 net yards, 25 of which were due to Janowicz' passing. IT WAS A GAME of football in the literal sense, Michigan's Chuck Ortmann booting the ball 24 times for a 30-yard average. The ver- satile Janowicz handled all the punting chores for Ohio, his 21 kicks averaging 32 yards in the ceiling zero blizzard. Western Conference records were shattered by the total of 45 punts, with Michigan tying the previous records of most punts by a singleteam-14-in the first half alone. Exceptional line play was dem- onstrated by the Wolverines on defense as the Maize and Blue defenders repeatedly refused to be moved, thwarting several touch- down threats by the Buckeyes. ESPECIALLY brilliant were the efforts of defensive ends Ozzie Clark and Allis who consistently crashed through the Ohio block- ers to bottle up Janowicz' running and passing. Center Carl Kreager effective- ly handled the difficult assign- ment of passing the icy ball to the backfield, Michigan's six fumbles being much less than might be expected under such difficult playing conditions. The Wolverines returned only two of the Ohio punts registering a scant eight yards on the two returns. The pigskin was as slip- pery as an ice-cube and ball- handling was kept to a minimum. LUCK, CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST! CRA LAUNDRY & CLEANERS, Inc. 721 North University For Michigan i en are ~omn Swissitlusical 1'vmnu1 Cigarea cik I Books}tore'St, 5tt. c'd Notb U1 By BOB SANDELLI COLUMBUS-From a winding, swirling snowstorm in Ohio's huge stadium to visions of beautiful sunny California on January first. The joyous Wolverines could hardly believe it, long after the final gun had ended one of the weirdest days of Big Ten football in history. It had been a season where nothing had gone right. Injuries and inclement weather had hampered and harrassed the Wolverines to the point where they were apparently headed for their worst season in 13 years. Then in the space of about twoI and a half hours they had once again soared to gridiron heights by taking the conference glory and gravy. i and apparently unflustered over the fact that he had just won his third Big Ten title in three years of coaching. He said he was very happy for the boys and thought the playing conditions were the worst he had ever seen. He thought it was impossible to compare the two big guns of the game; his own Charlie Ortmann and the great Vic Janowicz. Bennie thought Ted Toper did a very good job of replacing the injured Roger Zatkoff as lineback- er, and naturally had some good words for Tony Momsen, the hero with his blocked kicks. * * * ORTMANN, whose sensational kicking kept the Buckeyes in a hole most of the afternoon, said, "It was the happiest game of my life. We beat a good team, and the Rose Bowl is a four year dream come true." Little Leo Koceslki had a big smile on his face and could only- say "wonderful." Leo played a great deal, although still ham- pered by his bad knee. 1 0 - I . - -- . I - ; A, j I A WHOLE host of newspaper- men beset smiling Ben Ooster- baan after the game to offer their congratulations. But Bennie, as always, was completely composed -- - ~ 11 1 ___ "- I \ I I Wahr's offers a Complete Stock of School Supplies and Campus Needs Congratulations To The Team! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL . . . from. . . ANN ARBOR'S HEADQUARTERS . for . THE FINEST IN THINGS MUSICAL RADIOS PHONOGRAPHS - TELEVISION RECORDS - SHEET MUSIC INSTRUMENTS . .. SERVICE First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Punts Punting Average Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized osu 3 16 25 18 3 0 21 32" 1 30 MICH. 0 27 0 9 0 2 24 30 0 25 CONGRATULATIONS To Bennie and the Mighty Men of Michigan on another Western Conference Championship and a third visit to the Rose Bowl. 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