WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAIT PAGE THREI Tennessee First in APPoll for Third Straight Week TOM SHINES IN LINE:y Johnson Slee s4WPae fWe - By HERB COHEN In Michigan's third "battle of the blizzards" in the last two years Tom Johnson turned out to be the Wolverine player most praised by the men in the pressbox. Johnson played his usual flaw- less game on both offense and de- fense and especially attracted the eyes of the sportswriters when he trapped many Illini backs for long losses throughout the game. WITH 40-mile per hour winds and a 29-degree temperature to combat right from the start of the conflict, it was thought that the game would be decided in the line. That, it seems, wasn't the case, For Michigan's line constantly broke through and hauled down Illini backs before they could get started. Both lines sparkled throughout, and with two minutes to go it ap- peared as though both teams would be halted by the elements. * * *, BUT THEN TOM O'Connell, Il- linois'sensational sophomore quar- terback, took over and proceeded TOM JOHNSON . . . fifth Illini back * * * to lick not only the weather but also a fighting Wolverine eleven. After Don Peterson had quick kicked out of bounds on the Il- linois 16-yard line, Johnny Kar- ras, who had been bottled up SA TO-Phi Gai Football Playoff Snowballs' into Futile Finale mostyofthe afternoon gained two .yards. Bill Tate gained two more and then with a third down and eight yards to go Karras broke away to gain 12 yards, giving the Illini a first down on their own 32-yard, marker. THEN O'CONNELL decided that he didn't want a tie, and so figur- ing that passes would be the best way to win, he proceeded to coin- plete one to Rex Smith, an old high school teammate. That one gained 23 yards. The next pass was completed to Joe Vernasco for 11 yards. It appeared that the Michigan pass defense became ruffled after the first long completion, and with Karras gaining on the ground, the Wolverines didn't know what to expect. THE NEXT PLAY was again a pass to Smith who was tackled on the Michigan 20-yard line. Here Red Wings Tie BOSTON-(P)--Detroit's Red Wings and Boston's Bruins played hard but cautiously while turning in the first scoreless tie of the National Hockey League season last night at the Boston Garden. O'Connell gave evidence of his sup- erior play calling. With passes working almost at will he decided to set up the Wolverine defense. On the next play he shook fullback Tate loose for a 10-yard gain. After tightening up the line with two running plays, neither of which were intended to do anything, he spotted a completely uncovered Smith and lofted the ball to him in the end zone. That was the ball game. The Wolverines had put up a gallant struggle, had played magnificent- ly in the line, and had fought gamely. But in the end it was a sensational sophomore quarterback and his pass-catching end who put out the fire in the Wolverines' hearts.j *i * * Illi*ni Lead llaryland U. For Second Loss to Illinois Drops 11 from Top Twenty NEW YORK --(R)-- Powerful Tennessee is the nation's top No. 1 college football team for the third straight week but the spot- light will shine on several other ranking powers this week. Top clashes of the weekend pit1 sixth-ranking Southern California (7-1) against all conquering Stan- ford (7-0), rated seventh, and fifth ranking Michigan State (6-0) against improving Notre Dame (5-1), ranked 11th. THE LOS ANGELES clash of the two leading Pacific Coast Con- ference teams probably will de- termine the PCC's Rose Bowl re- presentative. Michigan State, aim- ing for Notre Dame, had an open date last week while the Irish bat- tied to a 19-0 victory over Navy. Tennessee (6-0) will be rated a heavy favorite over Washing- ton and Lee (5-2) this week but the Generals could give the Vols fits. They've done it before. Last year Tennessee just squeezed out a 27-20 victory on three long runs. Illinois (6-0), which moved into second place in this week's Associ- ated Press poll of sports writers and sportscasters, should be able to brush past Iowa (2-3-1). The Illini are favored to cop the Big Ten title and win the trip to the Rose Bowl. ILLINOIS MOVED into the run- ner-up spot from third while Mich- igan State dropped from second to fifth. Michigan, which was rated fif- teenth last week, dropped out of the first 20 this week, as a Iresult of its 7-0 loss to Illinois. The top ten with first place votes in parenthesis are: 1-Tennessee (60)............1,23O 2-Illinois (29)......... ......1,150 3-Mlaryland (21).... .........1,026 4-Princeton (6)...............997 5-Michigan State (12)....... 991 6-Southern California (6) .... 640 7-Stanford (8) ................ 474 8-Georgia Tech (1)..........383 9-Wisconsin (3)................344 '10-Texas ...................287 Wolverines Brave Snow For Practice Yesterday's blizzard didn't pre- vent Michigan s Wolverines from holding their routine Tuesday, practice. For about an hour Coach Ben- nie Oosterbaan's team braved the swirling snow to work on kicking and pass defense. Then then squad moved into the south end of Yost Fieldhouse for the balance of the r r'.y a:practice to sharpen its offense. LOWELL PERRY DEFENSIVE maneuvers were . . . may be sidelined designed to keep the Wolverines from suffering a fate against Cor- nell similar to last Saturday's, Five Veterans when a sharp passing Illinois quarterback, Tom O'Connell, engi- or n ] ucle s =neered a 7-0 defeat in a snow Cornell's counterpart to O'Con- f tnell is ,Rocco Calvo, who is one of the top throwers in the Ivy League. Pitching from the T- Swirling snow and chilling winds formation, Calvo is particularly make tennis season seem a long adept at hitting end Vic Pujo way off, but Michigan net mentor and halfbacks Stu Merz and Bill Bill Murphy is not one to be duped Whelan. into procrastination by adverse In case of bad weather this weather. weekend at Ithaca, Michigan will Murphy has his Wolverine ten- be better prepared than it was for nis squad hard at work in the the Illinois tilt, but the Wolverines Intramural Building preparing for will be facing a Big Red outfit in- the 1952 season, following fall tent on regaining prestige after workouts on the outdoor courts. two straight defeats. Tg sMISSING FROM yesterday's sITH FIVE of six regulars back drills was star end Lowell Perry. from last year and a couple of, Perry suffered an ankle injury promising freshmen on hand, Mur- against Illinois, and the ankle has phy is looking forward to "not a swollen so that it may keep him great team, but a good one. " ouof the Corne a . i BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - (R) as somewhat of a shock to his Clyde B. Smith, under fire from assistants and the squad. some Indiana University alumni * * and campus critics, quit yesterday SMITH told them of his decision as head football coach, effective when they assembled for yester- at the end of this season. day's practice. Smith submitted his resignation Seniors on the squad pleaded to Athletic Director Paul J. Har- with him to reconsider. He told rell, and said: them he had his mind firmly made "I'd like to be happy for the up to quit, but he urged them not next three weeks and coach the to relax. boys like they deserve to be "We've all got work to do be- coached." fore we play Minnesota Satur- He said that "under no circum- day," he said. stances" would be reconsider his Dissatisfaction with Smith be- decision to quit. It had been reach- gan to crop out after the loss to ed after he had mulled over it "for Michigan. several weeks." He had been In- * * * diana's coach since 1948. FRANK LINDSEY, a Chicago ' asi 4 alumnus, was the first outspoken THE FIRE began to light under critic. Smith after early season losses, "We 'feel that Clyde Smith's 48-6 to Notre Dame and 33-14 to record has shown that he can't Michigan. But it. died down after give us the coaching we're entitled his "fighting Hoosiers scored their to," Lindsey said. "We have taken stunning 32-10 upset over Ohio the leadership in what you might State October 20. call the anti-Smith camp." Subsequent losses to two West- William N. Stack, president of ern Conference opponents, Illi- the Chicago Indiana University nois and Wisconsin, dimmed Club, said that as an organization somewhat the lustre of the vic- it was taking no action but he tory over Ohio State. added that many Chicago alumni Nevertheless Smith's announce- felt that Smith "hadn't done a ment was unexpected, and came good job." -(0m ,- kn sHoosier Football Coach Resigns under Pressure By NEIL BERNSTEIN Old Man Winter invaded Ann - Arbor yesterday, but Phi Gamma Delta and Alpha Tau Omega re- fused to bow to him. Scheduled to play the finals of fraternity football the two houses refused to let a little snow or bad weather stand in their way, and so the game went on. THE FIELD was completely cov- ered with almost eight inches of snow, but a few passing students were commandeered to act as line- markers as the teams took the field. After a minute or two the ball was a slippery mass, which lim- ited play primarily to rugged blocking and power running. At the end of the regular game# period, neither team had scored, so the numbed players had to line up again for an overtime period. ATO took the ball first and gained eight yards in its allotted four downs. * s PHI GAMS took over. After col- lecting eight and a half yards on three plays they gambled on a quick quarterback sneak to just get the ball to the line of scrim- mage. The alert ATO's were wait- ing for the runner, however, and nailed him before he made the line. After some hurried measure- ments the referees decided that Phi Gam had also gathered ex- actly eight yards, and the over- time period ended in a tie. This time the officials, fearing that their human linemarkers would freeze to the spot and rea- lizing the havoc this would cause next softball season, called the game off. It is now up to IM Director Earl Riskey to decide how the tie will be played off. In all probability an entire new game will be played. When asked for comment last night both houses answered quer-I ies wvith, "This was a football game?" And you know, they might be right at that. Seniors Steve Bromberg, Jack Smart, and Mike Schwartz, and juniors Gene Barrack and Bob Curhan are the five regulars re- turning. All performed credit- ably in the Big Ten meet last spring at Evanston as Michigan surprised the experts by finish- ing second to Michigan State. Supplementing this quintet are freshmen Al Mann, from Grosse Pointe, and John Powless, both considered by Murphy as great prospects. Powless currently is working out with the basketball squad, but he demonstated his tennis ability during the annual intra-squad tourney this fall. BROMBERG, rated top man on the squad, earlier feared that law school studies might hamper his net activities, but he is practicing regularly. Last spring law finals fell on the same weekend as the Conference meet, and if that situa- tion prevails this year, Bromberg probably won't compete in the Big Ten tournament. Chief obstacle in the path of a Big Ten title for Michigan appears to be Michigan State once again, Murphy believes. Northwestern, after a lean year in '51, figures to have a strong outfit this spring. Perry had a rough afternoon against Illinois, failing to get his hands on the ball once dur- ing the game. At least two Illini covered him on every play. Roger Zatkoff, stellar lineback-. er, was in uniform for the work- out, but he left early for the train- ing room for treatment for a hip bruised at Champaign. WITH/ THE RUBBING COVERS SCUFF MARKS1 GIVES SHOES --. RICHER COLOR! Black, Tan, Brown, Dark Tkn, Mid-Tan, k am Blue, Oxblood, Kan l oovMahogany, F and Neutral (-E SHOE POLISH Poll Calls Frisco, TCU Backs Standout Competitors of Week .. Van Gab gabardine sport shirts by Vtll a Heus REG. T. M. 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