FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1950 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN ." x ON THE SPOT By BILL CONNOLLY Daily Sports Editor 'UST HOW GOOD are the 1950 Wolverines? A month ago, the newsstands broke out in a perennial rash of national magazines which gave their readers everything from non-commital reiterations of press releases, to out-on-the-limb predictions of things to come in the football world. It is interesting to note that Michigan gained in favor as the early stages of the rash developed into epidemic proportions.. Early ratings had the Maize and Blue battling it out with Illi- nois, Ohio State and Minnesota for top honors in the Big Ten with a Rose Bowl bid as the incentive for all but the Buckeyes. In this category is the prediction of Francis . Powers, quoted from "Illustrated Football Annual": "From this swaying obser- vation post, it looks as if Michigan, Illinois and Ohio State will be among the first four (in the Western Conference). "With a photo finish indicated, no sane citizen will jeopardize life, limb and reputation by saying more unless it is to add the obvious: that no team will go through the Conference scramble un- defeated." RUT IF MICHIGAN followers were at all encouraged by reading. between the lines set down by Mr. Powers, they had only to visit their newsstands a week later to renew an acquaintance with one Tommy Devine. Devine will be remembered as the writer who--through his critical articles in last fall's "Detroit Free Press"-did so much to help the Wolverines upset a power-laden invasion by Min- nesota forces. Blasting the Wolverines as "wilted," "riding on their reputations," and "demoralized," Devine was for a week the most mentioned man in the shadows of Angell Hall and the Engine Arch. The entire student body was incensed as his criticism which was based the Wolverines' showing as they bowed before Army and Northwestern on successive weekends. This feeling was reflected in the spirited support of students and homecoming alumni alike, as they cheered the inspired Maize and Blue eleven to a 14-7 upset over the invaders. And how speaks Mr. Devine this season? Pointing out in Street and Smith's football annual that: "Illinois won the Big Ten crown in 1946 and was the first team to represent the Western Conference under a five-year agreement with the Pacific Coast Conference for a "closed-door" Rose Bowl policy," he adds, "now the arrangement is in its final year and Coach Eliot's out- fit is favored to make a return visit to Pasadena." Inconsistant with the latest prognostications is his comment that: "For the first time in four years Michigan goes into a Big Ten race without the favorite's crown." UT IF MICHIGAN fans lost any sleep over that one, that had only a few nights to do so, for later in that August week, Stanley Woodward's 1950 version of his annual publication directly entitled FOOTBALL hit the stands. This authorities' authority wasn't content to hand the Wolverines the Big Ten crown. He picked them "Best in the Midwest" and gave captain Al Wahl and offensive cog Charlie Ortmann All-American men- tion to boot. Cautiously citing the fact that: "The Western Conference race will be as rugged and uncertain as ever," he continues with: "The best bet to win it . . . is Michigan, where Coach Bennie Oosterbaan has much of his 1949 strength and a helpful sophomore delegation." And that turned on the pressure. The epidemic broke. Grantland Rice crawled out on a limb in LOOK magazine and picked the Wolverines as the fourth best team in the nation. Fred Russell, writing in THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, repeated Rice's prediction by naming Notre Dame, Army, Tennessee and Michigan in that order. The United Press' poll of major coaches-latest and probably last to be released-pushed the Wolverines up to the third rung and dropped Tennessee to the fourth slot. . . . . I-MA Fraternities Set for -1 TitleRace, Sig Eps Seek Fourth ConsecutiveTrophy By KEITH MILLER "Break up the Yanks!" What old died in the wool baseball fan doesn't recall that famous quota- tion? This fall a similar cry is being' heard down on Fraternity lane and that is "Break up Sigma Phi Epsi. lon!" For two consecutive years Sigma Phi Epsilon has won the Intra- mural fraternity sports trophy, symbolic of athletic supremacy on campus. Under John Branaman, athletic director, the Sig' Ep's won six titles in handball, volleyball, pad- dleball, bowling, cross country and softball. They also tied for the foul throwing contest., Last year's second place squad was Sigma Chi. Bob Ohlheiser, this year's ath- letic chairman at Sigma Phi Epsi- lon, says, "We have lost a lot of. men, but we will be in there fight- ing." Competition in football begins next week with track and cross country soon to follow. The following are the final standings for competition last Ltivities O TO --aily-lan Reid FLYING HIGH-The parallel bars and trampoline pictured above are just a small part of the equipment available to all men students in the gym room of the Intra-Mural building. I~rtt Unique Rules. overn I-M . The Intra-Mural football season which starts next week, has a set of rules all its own. The teams are composed of sev- en men; a center, two ends and four backfield men, all of which are eligible to receive passes. No tackling is permitted.' The ball is declared dead when a de- fensive player touches the runner between his head and knees with both hands simultaneously. The, field itself is marked off differently having four twenty yard zones instead of the usual ten yard stripes. To earn a first down, the offensive team must ad- vance the ball from one zone into the next within four downs. A fumble or pass is dead at the spot of the fumble. A backward or lateral pass is dead where it touches the ground. A kick be- comes dead and is a touchback if it touches anything behind the' receiver's goal line., Blocking is permitted but must be done without the use of hands or extended arms. The blocker must remain in an upright posi- tion. Running over or battering down an opponent is penalized for unnecessary roughness. In the event that the game ends in a tie after regulation time (two 15 minute halves), each time will play a series of four downs and the } team with the greatest plus yardage will be awarded a touch- down. LACROSSE Lacrosse has been added to this year's program after a very suc- cessflul beginning last fall. This year, however, it is hoped that enough people will turn out to make possible regular league com- petition. Anyone who would care. to take part should sign up at the Sports building. Next ,; a..i W ../ J ' .Announces All A Students (Continued from Page 2) Alice Lee Platt, George M. Porters Marcia Rabinowitz, Dorothy Jean Rapp. Virginia Florence Reese, Jasper Braley Reid, Jr., Daniel Edward Riley, Robert L. Roensch, Richard George Roland, Ella Kathryn Ross, Edna Alberta Russell, Mar- shal David Sahlins, Charlotte Sar- kowski, La Verne Marie Schmit- kons, Nigel Phileda Schnauder. Richard P. Schulze, Robert Lynn Shaffer, Carl Wilson Sig- nor, Jean Harriet Silvers, Lee James Silverthorn, Jr., Nary Patricia Simmons, James R. Simonsen, Raymond J. Smit, Pamela Stamp, Mary Louise Stone, David Hessig Strack, Norma Kay Streaker, Bailey T. Strain. Joseph William Streidl, Roy Richard Swift, James M. Thorne, Frederick Donald Truesdell, Rod- ney L. Veenstra, Richard John Wall, Richard Kress Werr, Robert E. Wester, Ralph Harding White, William Dean Wilkins, John Ken. neth Wilkinson, John Edward Wil- liams, Richard Lawrence Wood- hams, Rollin Harry Yale. Pro gram Notes STANDINGS * * * INDEPENDENTS 1. Mich. Christian Fell.«. 2. Newman Club ......... 3. Forestry ....... 4. Hawaians'.......... 5. Robert Owen Coop..... 6. Big Reds ......... .... 7. Lutherns........ 8. Michigan Coop....... Residence Halls Prepare For Football Competition By JERRY BALBUS With the opening of the I-M sports program slated for next week, the residence halls are hard at work getting their teams in shape for the first competition in football. Last year's race for the top hon- ors in over-all activity went to Hayden House as they garnered a record breaking total of 1542 points. The Haydenites pushed their victory home with championships in five individual sports and run- ner-ups in four others. They fin- ished ahead of the pack in hand. ball, paddleball, 'A' bowling, re- lays and indoor track and will be looking for repeats in these events this season. In the second slot in the trophy race was Williams House which compiled a total of 1417 points during the year. It was Hayden's ability, however, to beat"Williams on the playing field which told the tale in the end. The East Quadders won six of the nine contests they had with their rivals from the West. Williams House took champion- ships in both football and wres- tling and placed two of their men on the All I-M eleven. Backfield stars Bob Fancett and Al Leavitt were the ones chosen. Neither of these men will be back this year, however, to try and keep the title for the third straight year. Football was one of the few times Williams took the measure of Hayden but they had to go into overtime in the final round be- fore finally doing it, the game being tied at 0-0 after the regula- tion time was up. The following are the final standings for residence hall com- petition last year: 1. Hayden ............. 1542 2. Williams ............ 1417 947 904 845 606 520 420 400 370 year: 1. Sigma Phi Epsilon ... 2. Phi Delta Theta. 3. Beta Theta Pi. 4. Chi Psi. 5. Sigma Chi ... 6. Theta Chi.......... 7. Sigma Alpha Epsilon . 8. Delta Upsilon ..... 9. Kappa Sigma ........ 10. Zeta Psi........ 1519 1373 1315 1305 1241 1217 1170 1160 1136 1096 PROFESSIONAL FRATERNITIES 1. Nu SigmaNu.........947 2. Law Club 'A' ......... 817 3. Delta Sigma Pi ........ 792 4. Phi Delta Phi........ 791 5. Delta. Sigma Delta .... 724 ALL-CAMPUS The first of the All-Campus Tournaments to be held this year will be Fall Tennis. All men in- terested should contact the Intra- Mural Department before next Wednesday, October 4. These events are open to all male stu- dents on campus, graduate or un- dergraduate. 3. Tyler ................ 1291 4. Michigan.......... 1229 5. W~inchell ........ 1200 6. Wenley .............. .1173 7. Lloyd ............... 1152 8. Adams .............. 1116 9. Prescott ............. 1106 10. Cooley .............. 1087 11-Greene, 1049; 12-Anderson, 908; 13-Hinsdale, 839; 14 - Pravs, 827; 15-Chicago, 823; 16-Allen-Rumsey, 738; 1 - v augnn, 735; 18-Fletcher, 587; BAD. -} Because you lose valuable time waiting for haircuts? 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