Y, OCTOBER 27, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Michigan JY Downs Spartans in Bitter Battle, 7-6 THE MORNING LINE Topp's Extra Point Boot Decides Rough Contest. By TED PAPES Daily Sports Editor STORM WARNING FLAGS should be flying above every Home- coming banner on Michigan flagstaffs this morning. The once dreaded Golden Gophers of Minnesota are here and they're as mad as a bunch of pelicans with lockjaw. Someone has spread the word among them that the Wolverines are looking right past this afternoon's Brown Jug engagement in anticipation of a title showdown with Illinois a week hence. Coach Wes Fesler couldn't have a better weapon to introduce into battle. His boys don't particularly like the idea of being slighted, and they're planning an explosive surprise for their hosts. - A few reports leaked out from the Minnesota contingent after its arrival here by air yesterday. The Northmen are fired up to a season peak for this traditional struggle. * * * Toss Out Form Charts THE RIVALRY BETWEEN these two schools has produced more than a normal number of form reversals in the past, and Michigan fans hope that today will not see another in the parade of upsets, because the home team rates a slight favorite in pre-game conjecture. After talking with Wolverine players yesterday it seemed that there was little justification for the rumor Fesler will try to use against his foe. Most of the boys seemed as keyed up as expectant fathers when they discussed the impending battle. Sage Bennie Oosterbaan has always been known for his policy of playing football from week to week rather than planning ahead for key contests. In a conference like the Big Ten where anybody can beat anybody it simply doesn't pay to overlook any opponent regardless of past performances or other mathematical factors. The Michigan coach has not deviated from that rule this week, so there isn't much chance of overconfidence. The only real danger stems from the belligerent attitude of the visitors, who may become inspired enough to defy the form charts and come up victorious. * * * e Opponents Get Tougher ACTUALLY THIS MINNESOTA affair is another in a long list of graded tests for the Michigan team. A glance at the record shows that the Wolverines failed their preliminary exams in two non-league games, pulled down their first passing grade against Indiana and then did even better with their Iowa problem. If they qualify this afternoon they can continue the slow journey down the title trail, a journey which could find them at the head-Af the class for a fifth consecutive season. There's considerable similarity in the present conditions of the two combatants. The Gophers also had a poor start, losing to Washington, California and Northwestert in their first three games. Last Saturday they finally unwound themselves and may have begun the upswing in their cycle of gridiron fortunes. Nebraska was their victim, by a 19 point margin. More significant than the score was the fact that many of the blocking, tackling and ball-handling problems which had plagued the squad were ironed out in the Cornhusker game. Fesler Strategy Failed WHEN CALIFORNIA SMOTHERED Minnesota, 55 to 14, three weeks ago, Fesler was at his wit's end. Both he and Oosterbaan had two losses to their credit at the time, but each handled his problems in a different way. Fesler benched his seniors and poured a flood of yearling players onto the gridiron against Northwestern the next week in an attempt to snap the Gopher lethargy. NThe strategy failed, however, as the Wildcats took full advantage of Minnesota bungling to win by two touchdowns. Oosterbaan might have done the same thing after the Stanford defeat, but with the Conference opener on tap he elected to string along wih his vetreans, and they rewarded him with an excellent per- formance. In fact, they did so well that the Michigan coach had an op- portunity to test his rookies in the late stages against Indiana, get- ing the benefit of the Fesler maneuver without the penalty of a lost game. Those gambles, all part of the game, are history now. Fesler is still burning a bit over the humiliation he suffered last year at the hands of another Oosterbaan-coached club. Wes was the pilot at Ohio State in the famous 'Snow Bowl' which sent Michigan to Pasadena last New Year's Day. A victory for his new charges today would probably heal that scar. By ED WHIPPLE A hard-diving Michigan Jun- ior Varsity football team fought its way to a 7-6 victory over Mich- igan State's JV's in a vicious bat- tle on Ferry Field yesterday to give the Wolverines their first grid triumph over MSC in two years. Michigan's victory came at tLe expense of the same ou'X t wbich dealt the Maize and Blue a 20-7 'defeat just two weeks ago in East lansing. YESTERDAY'S contest showed a complete reversal of form from the first Spartan tilt. This time it was Michigan who had the abundance of hard running backs and the charging line, while the Spartans failed to show the back- field power and driving line play they utilized two weeks ago. At that, the Wolverines bad to overcome an early Michigan State touchdown with one of their own midway through the second quarter to tie the score and then go ahead to stay, 17-6, on Bob Topp's conversion. Tailback Doti Evans, a chunky powerhouse who ran hard. and passed well until he was injured and carried off the field in the last quarter, scored the Wolverine touchdown, smashing off tackle for two yards. Evans was report- ed to be in good condition last night, however. TOPP THEN MADE good his try for extra point, despite the pres- ence of two Spartans in the Mich- igan backfield who were called offside. Michigan declined the penalty.' Evans' smash climaxed a Michigan sustained drive that started on its own 35. Alternat- ing ball carrying duties between Evans, Dick Balzhiser, and Dan Becker, quarterback Mark Scarr moved the Maize and Blue to the MSC 15, in six Slays, where a fumble momentarily halted the thrust. But Balzhiser plunged for a first down on the 11. From there, Stan Knickerbocker made four, Evans got four, and Balzhiser injured his leg while picking up one more. ON FOURTH DOWN, Evans contributed his clincher. The Spartans opened the game as if they were going to repeat their previous win. After an exchange of punts, they Touch Football. Teams. Clash For Gold Cup The fourth annual "T-Bowl" football battle between Tau Delta Phi and Triangle will be waged at 9:45 this morning with the Tau Delts out to wrest the gold Loving Cup from the Triangle gridders Scene of the contest is South Ferry Field. * * * ' drove 60 yards to score half- way through the opening quar- ter. Vic Postula plunged two yards for the score. Jerry Luzador attempted the conversion, but his boot was wide to the left and low, leaving the door open for Michigan's one- point margin. IMMEDIATELY following the Spartan score, Michigan threat- ened, as Balzhiser took a'screen pass from Scarr and went 25 yards for a touchdown which was nullified by an offside penalty. The Wolverines failed to capi- talize on several, other scoring opportunities, especially in the last quarter. Largely through Evans' efforts, Michigan gained a first down on the State 30, where an injury to the Wolverine tailback took the sting out of its attack. EVANS HAD RUN off tackle for four yards, and he was kicked in the pileup and carried off the field on a stretcher. A 15 yard penalty for roughing Evans gave Michigan a first down on the State 15, but a fumble halted the drive. Excessive penalties and an alert Michigan defense kept the Spartans well bottled up after their initial score. Dave Ray intercepted three wayward MSC aerials. Coach Don Robinson was visibly pleased with the play of his Mich- igan eleven, although he felt the margin of victory could have been much greater if the Wolverines had capitalized on more of their scoring opportunities. On the line, standouts for the Maize and Blue were Captain Ron Williams, a guard, tackle Bob Mil- ligan, and end John Veselenak. The Michigan JV's have row won two and lost one this year. TOM JOHNSON ...bulwark of line Marciano KO's Louis in 8th: Still Unbeaten NEW YORK - (IP) - Joe Louis sprawled at the end of the glory road last night-a stunning tech- nical knockout victim of the crunching fists of savage Rocky Marciano in 2:36 ,of the eighth round at Madison Square Garden. Referee Ruby Goldstein never bothered to count when a stunning left hook and right to the jaw dumped the once great Brown Bomber on the ring apron in help- less condition. The balding 37- year old, vet had just got up from a eight-count knockdown when ,the end came. Stopped for the second time in his glorious 17-year career and for the first time since Max Schmel- ing knocked him out in Yankee Stadium June 19, 1936, Louis was a badly beaten shadow of his old self. Wolverines Rated Edge In TiltToday (Continued from Page 1) Don Swanson, an 18-year-old from Hibbing. So Michigan must rate an edge on experience.. Only Dick O'Shaughnessy, a sophomore, is in his first year of competition among the Wolver- ine starters on offense. Michigan has been an improving team this season. Although Coach Oosterbaan was moaning low after defeats at the hands of Michigan State and Stanford, the Wolver- ines' performance against confer- ence teams - 33,,.14 over Indiana and 21-0 over Iowa-hasshown that they can wield a well-bal- Principals: Michigan (2-2) vs. Minnesota (1-3). Coaches: BenniesOosterbaan, Michigan; Wes Fesler, Minne- sota. Captains: Bill Putich, Michi- gan; Wayne Robinson, Minne- sota. Kickoff Time: 2:00 P.M. Probable Attendance: 87,000. Probable Weather: Cibudy with possible rain. anced attack and are a much bet- ter team on defense than they were at season's start. This may well be the deciding game for the Maize and Blue. The lightly-regarded Gophers could provide a stumbling-block in Michigan's drive for a fifth con- ference title. The Wolverines have an even bigger game next week- against Illinois-and if they have their minds on that crucial con- test instead of the business at hand, Fesler may get his revenge this afternoon. An additional bit of color will be provided for today's contest by the alumni, who return for the an- nual homecoming festivities. * * * S S'TLNG LINEUP By STEVE JELIN Alpha Tau Omega battled its way into a semi-final berth in the first place play-offs of the I-M football league with a 19-7 win over Phi Delta Theta yesterday. Howie Maturen's accurate pass- ing had the hard-blocking Phi Delts dizzy and air-sick, as he chalked up nine completed passes, including three touchdown throws. Captain ob Weir and Don Fack- 1er did m~ost of the receiving in this aerial assault. * * '; IN THE SECOND place play- offs Delta Tau Delta overcame a 13-0 halftime handicap to nose, out a confident, surprised Theta Xi team, 14-13. Al Hanson, inter- cepting and running, personally accounted for eight all-important points. At the clock ticked out the last two minutes of the game Hanson jumped up to intercept a Theta Xi pass, and set out like a lightning bolt for the goal. Then, to finish off the after- noon, he caught the pass for the conversion and the winning point. In a one-sided contest Sigma Phi Epsilon downed Delta Sigma Phi, 20-0. A pass interception and a 45-yard run by Joe Hipfel, and some deceptive ball-carrying by Patty Haas provided the thrills and the points in the game. In other league games Phi Gamma Delta defeated Psi Upsi- lon, 14-0; Beta Theta Pi eked out a 6-0 victory over Phi Sigma Kappa; Sigma Phi trimmed Zeta ATO, Delts Win in Playoffs For IM Semi-Finals Places Beta Tau, 20-0; Sigma Chi wal- loped Phi Kappa Psi, 32-13; and Alpha Chi Sigma scored a 7-0 win at the expense of Phi Delta Epsi- lon. Meanwhile, Delta Chi forfeited to Kappa Alpha Psi and neither Phi Kappa Epsilon nor Theta Delta Chi showed up for their game. * * * WM'Y si Tie, 3-3, inSoccer The University of Michigan's American team of the Interna- tional Soccer League, in its first game of the season, fought to a 3-3 tie with a well-drilled Michi- gan State Normal eleven. The experienced Ypsilanti team completely outplayed the Ameri- cans on the Michigan soccer field. A dazzling performance was registered by Jorge Lince, State Normal inside right, who scored all three of his teams goals. For the American team freshman Herb Martin played a fine game and gave promise of a bright future. Capitalizing on an early mixup in front of the goal, Art Nicholas chalked up the Americans' first score. Later Mack Emshwiller and Herb Martin scored to end the game in a deadlock. 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The District Attorney's office said the. three also told of discus- sing fixes on nine other games. * * * THE PLAYERS -- Alex Groza, Ralph Beard and Dale Barnsta- ble-pleaded innocent and were released on k,000 bail each. Five alleged fixer also were indicted and released on bail ranging from $2,500 to $10,000. Groza and Beard were both former All-American players and members of the United States' championship Olympic basketball team in 1948. Barn- stable, a teammate, is coach of Manual High in Louisville. The players specifically are charged with shaving points in the National Invitation Tourna- ment game at Madison Square Garden March 14, 1949, against Loyola of Chicago. Loyola won the game, 67-56. GROZA ALLEGEDLY received $1,000 and Beard and Barnstable $500 each for keeping the score below the point spread. Kentucky was a 10,,to 12 point favorite. Thus Kentucky, which had a 21-game winning streak going, could have won by nine points and remained within the spread so that those betting against the Wildcats would have collected. Three counts of the indictment covered t h e Kentucky - Loyola game while a fourth charged the three with conspiracy covering the entire schedule from November, 1948, to March, 1949. Assistant District Attorney Vin- cent A. G. O'Connor said the play- ers admitted getting $100 each for each of three games which they won by more than the point spread. Minnesota McNamara Hansen Anderson Robinson Heidenreich Drill Foss Swanson Giel Engh Engel Pos. Michigan LE Perry LT Johnson LG Kinyon C O'Shaughn'sy Rd Wolter RT Stribe RE Pickard QB Topor LH Putich RH Bradford FB Peterson i ,i ,u 'ti },-.:- i 1 titi N " {. :ti : J ( ti C , . ,.{,y7 r. "::: !'i: , t j 4 }$ a }:.;. 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