FRIDl3X, 4CTQBER 12, .1951 THE NIIGH GAI' 1)AT ..Y PAGE THREE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Delta Upsilon Passes WhipPhi Kappa Sigma, 14-6 TIE MORNING LINE By TED'PAPES Daily Sports Editor' SOMEHOW it doesn't sound just right, but the Champions of the West will open their defense of the Big Ten football title Saturday with everything to gain and nothing to lose. Ordinarily, a team with four consecutive loop crowns to its credit would be very much on the spot at the threshold of a Western Con- ference campaign, but all the experts have written off Wolverine chances with a snicker. With such gridiron giants as Illinois and Ohio State rearing their heads at all comers, the 1951 Michigan entry appears about as potent.as a squirt gun at the battle of Verdun. But that's just because the locals have lost two games in as many attempts. Michigan State came in and spanked them unmercifully on its long safari to a possible national championship, then Stanford dropped around to rake through the wreckage and find the Pacific Coast Conference's first victory over a Michigan football team. What The Doctor Ordered' THOSE harrowing experiences are history now, and the Wolverines, * with very little current prestige to uphold, can set about to do a job on Indiana in the Stadium tomorrow. Ift they can gather in their guts and continue the trend of improvement so evident last week, they could be off and running once again. A real good game is all the medicine needed for the sleeping giant that the experts think is "sick." Bennie Oosterbaan knows a lot more about his supply of talent now, and every passing day sees the team's horns of inexperience sheared down a little more. Going into the first game, Oosterbaan was completely in the dark regarding his new squad's weak spots. Now that the offense has straightened around somewhat, attention can be concentrated to a greater degree on the sagging defensive unit which opened the gates for Spartans and Indians. * * * * Defense Must Improve THE first two invaders piled tup an overwhelming yardage toll which reached 416 by land and 264 by air. At those rates the Michigan victory column will remain as empty as a red schoolhouse in July, but no one anticipates that future opponents will find such soft going.1 The Hoosiers will bring another passing threat to town and some- how Wolverine linemen will have to get at the source of the aerial activities to put Michigan back on the front page of the Free Press. Last week Gary Kerkorian might just is well have been sit- ting in a wheelchair while he was passing behind foolproof pro- tection. Wolverine pass defenders must still be having bad dreams about footballs sailing over their heads into enemy hands after that Stanford incident. You can look for some new tactics by the forward wall this time, designed to take pressure off Michigan's secondary. Otherwise, the offensive unit will have to go into mass production on touchdowns to keep the tally sheet anywhere near balance. Irish Softened Indiana' INDIANA has undergone the steamroller treatment, too. Notre Dame hit the Hoosiers with a lead pipe on opening day two weeks ago and they were dented badly, but still they managed to overcome Pittsburgh last weekend. Michigan hopes this is its week for an about-face maneuver. " Even though the Wolverines seem to be on the ropes, it must ' not be assumed that future opposition will be prone to treat them lightly. Year after year the waves .of maize and blue have in- undated midwestern teams and all of them will try to take full advantage if Michigan experiences an hour of darkness. Thus Wolverine victory records of the past will continue to haunt the 1951 model, but the corresponding pressure of being picked to win every game will be absent. As usual, the rocky Conference road will stretch ovenI six games, but this year the league schedule will be interrupted after four con- tests for a journey to Cornell. That break in the championship season may help Michigan in its building program. It might also be noted that the tougher opponents, namely the Illini and Buckeyes, won't show up until the second half of he campaign, giving Oosterbaan opportunity for a gradual buildup all along the iine.' Miehigan JY Meets State In Away Tilt Michigan's Junior Varsity foot- ball team will be out to extend their one game win streak today when they square off against a' powerful Michigan State JV eleven I in East Lansing. The opening kickoff is sched- uled for 2:15 p.m. * *; * COACH DON Robinson plans to start the same squad which de- feated Marquette last Friday. This includes ends John Conlin and Bob Fox, tackles Gino Pella and Bob Milgan, guards Ron Williams and John Wagner, center Don Drake and backs Mark Scarr, Don Evans, Ed Hickey and Dick Bal- zhiser. Also likely to see considerable action are back Fred Baer, who scored twice in the 26-21 win over Marquette, and end Bob Topp who grabbed one touchdown pass and kicked both Michigan extra points last week. Wolverines Get Set for Hoosier Tilt i QUARTERBACK LOU D'ACHILLE LEADS HOOSIERS NO LONGER 'ONE PLA Y': ** * * Nu Sigs Edge Phi Chi,14-0; ZBT Tops Sigma Nu,12-6 Howell, LeClaire Unable To Play By BOB LANDOWNE An air of increased confidence was evident during the Wolver- ines' lengthy practcie session on the Ferry Field gridiron yesterday. The Maize and Blue squad is hoping it can topple Indiana's Hoosiers tomorrow to break into the win column for 1951 and also hbegin their Conference schedule on the right foot. n* * WITH THE exception of right half Frankie Howell and defen- sive half back Larry LeClaire, the team is in top shape. The fleet Howell is still bogged down by a badly sprain- ed ankle that he received in the Stanford game last week and will not see action tomorrow. LeClaire is also bothered by a leg injury and hasn't partici- pated in drills all week. Wes Bradford is taking oyer Howell's backfield post, joining Captain Bill Putich, Ted Topor and Don Peterson in the Michigan starting lineup. * , PUTICH IS remaining at the tailback post after his fine per- formance at that position last week, while Topor will hold down the quarterback spot where his blocking ability has been very ef- fective. The squad's apparent feeling that they can come through against Indiana is hardly a feel- ing of definite surety, but is due to an increase in spirit that has arisen throughout the week. But everyone is aware that the Hoosiers are far from a pushover. Much hard work has been put in on pass defense which looked so All faculty members, includ- ing teaching fellows and re- search assistants, interested in participating in a faculty golf tournament, October 14 - 20, contact the IM Sports Depart- ment (8109). me .-P at Mueller By DICK LEWIS The offensive trio of Jim Morse, Ed' Whipple and Steve Banners, provided the spark which ignited Delta Upsilon to a 14-6 gridiron, triumph over a fighting Phi Sig- ma Kappa seven. Whipple tallied the first count- er on a thirty yard pass from Jim Morse, who in turn fired 25 yards to Steve Banners for another score. Banners also hit Whipple with short passes in the end zone for the two extra points. Duane Luse intercepted a pass for the lone Phi Sig marker. DAVE WEIGEL was the whole show as Alpha Sigma Phi, first place finalists in fraternity compe- tition last year, passed to a deci- sive 25-6 win over Alpha Delta Phi. Weigel threw four touchdown passes, two to Sohn Worthing- ton and two more to Al Miller. He also found Miller for the ex- tra point. Bob Meader accounted for the sole Alpha Delt touch- down. A strong defensive unit and an alert safety man took victory out of Sigma Nu hands and gave Zeta Beta Tau a 12-6 win. * * * STAN GELBMAN, the defensive star, intercepted two Sigma Nu aerials and ran back forty and thirty yards for the touchdowns. Doug Kerby hit pay dirt folr the losers after snatching a 25-yard throw. In professional fraternity ac- tion, Joe Ponsetto and John Glick traded touchdown passes to pace Delta Sigma Delta to a 20-0 white-washing of Alpha Kappa Psi. A Glick to Ponsetta 20-yard touchdown heave was followed by a 45-yard pay dirt pass from Pon- setto to Glick. Glick turned end for three yards and Dick Brooks got credit fbr a safety to run up the final mar"gin. a * * PiI ALPHA KAPPA had no easy time in defeating Alpha Ome- ga, 9-0. Ross Coaling snatched a 30-yard pass from Ace Vander- zwaag for the only -touchdown. Chuck Mettsma caught another Vanderzwaag throw for the extra point, while an Alpha Omega pass from center went awry for the other two points. Nu Sigma Nu wound up yes- terday's professional competition with an unimpresive 14-0 shut- out over Phi Chi. John Hess took in a 20-yard pass from Tom Peterson for the initial tally, while Ralph Straffon pulled off a tricky 50-yard reverse play for the other six markers. Trinrf Says Ez No t Ready 'For Title Bout PITTSBURGH - (A' --Former heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles. brimming with confi- dence after his technical knock- out victory over game but awk- ward Rex Layne, wants to do a lot of fighting before he meets Jersey Joe Walcott in a return match for the title. To say the 30-year-old Charles needs plenty of work is no under- statement. His handlers all agree on that point after Charles' first comeback fight. He's not fighting like he did when he held the championship. Jake Mintz, co-manager of Charles, hopes to line up a couple more bouts for the champion be- fore the scheduled une nieeting with Walcott. Michigan sport fans are sure to remember many of the outstand- ing games and individual plays which have passed before them in the past few years which now have gone to make up the Wolverine football story. Many fans will recall the Ohio- Michigan game last November 25, when, in a blinding snow storm, the Wolverines defeated a favored Ohio eleven, 9-3. OTHERS MAY remember two years ago, October 22 to be exact, when a blond halfback from Mil- waukee named Chuck Ortmann personally accounted for 207 of the 228 yards gained by the Maize and Blue in its 14-7 victory over the Gophers from Minnesota, -- making "mediocre Michigan Mighty once again." And some may even recall the 24th day of September,'49, whin as 160-pound sophomore qua1t- erback named Bill Putich ran on to the field in his firstcol- lege game and threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Irv Wisniew- ski in the end zone for a 7-3 "M:" victory over MSC. "One-Play Putich," as he was BILL PUTICH . . . gridiron sparkplug ! * * * hereafter called, kept the Wolver- ine's string of 24 consecutive vic- tories alive and wrote another chapter into the annals of the Michigan football story. PUTICH PLAYED halfback for three years at Cleveland's Rhodes High School. In addition, the 5 ft. 9 in., 167 pound senior won three high school letters in basketball. By his senior year in high school, Putich had decided that he definitely wanted to continue his education. Three schools stood prominent in his mind: universities of North Carolina and Michigan, and, of course, his state school, OSU. He applied for an athletic schol- arship at OSU, only to be refused because the administration believ- ed him to be too small to play, Big Ten football. IN HIS FRESHMAN year, the Michigan captain received numer- als in basketball and football. Pu- tich has received letters in these two sports for the past two years and hopes to graduate with six letters and his numerals. As to the question of whether ssamusng plo-piaia-p a1 tu ao Administration student likes to play quarterback or left half he quietly answers: "I'd play guard if they wanted me to." One of Bill's greatest thrills came last year when his team- mates voted him captain of the '51 squad. Usually a team will select as captain a lineman who doesn't receive the publicity and recogni- tion that is given a Backfield star. Although the name of "One Play Putich" is almost forgotten on campus this year, coaches, players and fans alike seem to be thank- ful that Bill Putich, Michigan quarterback and captain is leading the Wolverines through the 1951 football season. Durocher Offered Mysterious Bribe for Three Giant Losses poo ragainst Stanford and must be improved if the Wolverines ex- pect to begin their Big Ten title defense successfully. * * * INDIANA IS definitely a pass conscious team led by quarterback Lou D'Achille with much support from halfback Bobby Robertson. D'Achille is only a junior but has a full year of experience be- hind him, and he already Aas entered the record books on many accounts because of his terial tastics. He completed 76 of 163 passes last year, 20 in one game to tie Otto Graham's Big Ten record. ^/ / NEW YORK--(P)-Crank letter or not, the New York police de- partment today assigned a squad of detectives to investigate a type- written note offering $15,00 if the New York Giants would lose three games to the Yankees in the World Series. The letter, addressed to Leo Durocher, the Giants' manager, had been turned over to baseball commissioner Ford Frick by Dur- ocher, it was disclosed by his ac- tress wife, Laraine Day, * * * WRITTEN ON stationery of the Strand Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J., "1'm taking my girl to A-HOP the letter remained unopened sev- eral days on the desk of Durocher at the Polo Grounds, along with other mail not opened. Durocher, who found the let- ter Tuesday night, gave it to Frick before the final game of the series yesterday when the Yankees won the world cham- pionship. "Leo's immediate reaction was that the letter was the work of a' crank, but he worried all Tuesday night and I finally persuaded him to turn it over to Mr. Frick," Miss Day declared. FRICK HAD no comment, and Conrad Rothengast, chief of de- tectives, refused to disclose con- tents of the letter. Rothengast confirmed the en- velope bore he Strand Hotel name, and was postmarked Oct. 6. Miss Day said it was post- marked from the Fresh Mead- ows, N.Y., postoffice. LET'S GO! 1 " ! over I;,. r ; to-the diagon, today". r.;. t '.r.I K.C '.SIN CAMPUS SAL Senior' pitueapoitens made als %aV~:::.vw~*..*********~' ..c KEG BEER This Saturday Night (October 13, 1951) at the League BOB ELLIOT'S BAND and the STAN KELLER TRIO I the BIG GAME SATURDAY! oc.2 I 114 E. Williams DRIVE THROUGH. * BEER * WINE * MIXER Courteous Service, No Parking Problem Phone 7191 Open daily 10 A.M.-10 P.M. Sw.yndays noon to 7 P.M. 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