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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1951
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
PAGE THREE
Wenley Captures Grid Title,
7-0
Failure of MVA to Act on Bright Case
Results in Drake's Withdrawal from Loop
t
r i THE MORNING LINE
By TED PAPES
Daily Sports Editor
COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S BIG HEADLINES for 1951 are history
now, and that's the signal for all good press and radio men to
start manufacturing some of their own to amplify post-season details.
Get ready for the usual assortment of all-America, all-Confer-
ence, all-Midwest, all-opponent, and other sundry selected teams, de-
signed to stir up some reader interest in the interval before winter
sports gather momentum.
Two press wire service organizations have started the flood early
with all-Big Ten nominations. Michigan qualified her two top players,
Tom Johnson and Lowell Perry, on both of them. The honors were
well-deserved.
Members of the Wolverine varsity took care of a couple of im-
portant details yesterday in electing Tim Green as the 1952 captain,
and Don Peterson the most valuable player in the current campaign.
Peterson's Rise Predicted
PETERSON'S SELECTION REMINDED me of a conversation I had
with his older brother, Tom, two autumns ago. I was a green foot-
ball writer trying to get acquainted down at Ferry Field, and Tom was
senior fullback playing his third season for Michigan.
s He took me under his wing, so to speak, and pointed out some
of the important phases of what was happening, and somehow the
discussion swung over to the topic of his younger brother's gridiron
future. Don was a new sophomore who looked good in practice sessions.
Tom knew that the youngster had a lot of football in him,
but pointed out that he was breaking into the picture at a tough
time because Bennie Oosterbaan had a flock of good backfield
candidates such as Chuck Ortmann, Don Dufek, Leo Koceski, Wal-
ly Teninga and Bob VanSummern.
Oosterbaan was trying Don at every position except quarterback
and he handled all the assignments well. Brother Tom told me that
Don would make the grade before he was through at Michigan, and
he was correct.
Last season he served as a handyman filling in at the halfback
spots while Dufek held down the assignment at full. This year
he took command and led Michigan's ground-gainers to earn the
acclaim of his teammates and make a prophet out of his big
brother.
The 1951 season may have given Wolverine football fans a new
perspective and sense of appreciation for victory. Even though there
was little at stake in the windup game with Ohio State, celebration
of the hard-earned triumph was as enthusiastic as any we've seen.
It put the contest in a class with the upset of Minnesota two years
ago and the Rose Bowl gem of last January.
It was quite a contrast to the complacency evident during the
1948 schedule when nine consecutive decisions went Michigan's
way and fattened the Wolverine football legend.
All that remains on the college agenda is the playing of a few
final traditional games such as Army-Navy and Southern California-
Notre Dame, as well as the usual array of Bowl promotions.
* * * *
Pro Football Takes Over
" UT THERE'S A LOT MPRE football left before Christmas. The
pros are still in the thick of their championship squabbles and
k local interest is picking up steadily as the Detroit Lions show signs
of acute title contention.
As of today they are riding atop their half of the National
Football League with a half-game lead over Los Angeles and
Chicago, and three games left to play.
That remaining schedule is a real champion-tester, however.
Two of the battles are with the rugged San Francisco 49ers and the
third is a showdown with the Rams.
Los Angeles and the Bears will have a chance to eliminate or
be eliminated this Sunday when they meet in Chicago. The failing
Monsters of the Midway close out against New York Yanks and
Chicago Cardinals, while the Rams still must play Green Bay in
addition to the Lions and Bears.
In the other division of the league, Cleveland's inexhaustible
Browns appear to have another pennant in the bag.
Their stunning rout of the Beats Sunday made them a solid choice
to win the December title playoff, and many observers believe that
only the Lions have enough weapons to beat Cleveland.
Who Launders KYER MODEL There will be a meeting of
LAUNDRY the "M" Club in their field-
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tonight.
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Wertheimer Leads Team
To Victory over Hayden
MERRITT GREEN
* . . captain-elect
Teammates
Name Green.
'52 Captam
Merritt 'Tim' Green was elected,
yesterday as captain of the Wol-
verine football team for the 1952
season.
It was also learned that Don
Peterson, the Maize and Blue's
hard charging fullback was chosen
this year's Most Valuable Michi-
gan Player.
* * *
CAPTAIN-ELECT Green was
virtually unknown in his sopho-
more year but this past spring he
was awarded the Meyer W. Mor-
ton Trophy for being the most
improved player to appear in
spring practice.
Living up to this honor he
played an extremely strong,
game all year at his defensive
end position, and many a time
was found filtering his way
through enemy backfields.
The six-foot 185 pounder is a
hard tackler who also makes use
of his speed particularly when
covering downfieldgonpunts and
kickoffs. He also grabbed enemy
fumbles on several occasions
throughout the year that seemed
to come at key moments in the
game. .
THE MOST VALUABLE Player
selection of Peterson is the second
straight year that a fullback has
received the award as Don Dufek
was similarly honored last year.
Actually Peterson is a half.
back but Coach Bennie Ooster.
baan placed him at the full.
back position despite his 175
pounds where he churned up the
most yardage of any Wolverine
back.
His 549 yards gained in 152
rushes gave him an average of 3.6
yards per try, which could please
any coach.
Don also added 191 yards to the
Michigan cause through the air-
lanes as he completed six of 12
passes, one going for a touchdown.
Peterson crossed the goal line
four times himself, his last touch-
down against Ohio State being the
only score of the game.
Not to be forgotten is his quick
kicking ability that made him the
team's only triple threat man.
By DICK LEWIS
Wenley House scored a first
period touchdown and staged a
dramatic goal line stand to defeat
Hayden, 7-0, for the residence hall
football crown.
Quarterback Warren Werthei-
mer was the offensive and defen-
sive leader for the winners, com-
pleting eight of 16 tosses for 87
yards and the lone touchdown,
and making a vital interception to
e n d Hayden's biggest scoring
threat.
THE WINNER'S tally came on
the final play of the opening quar-
ter to cap a 42-yard drive.
With the ball on Hayden's 42
via a 39-yard punt, Wertheimer
flipped 18 yards to end Jim Mc-
Cormick for a first down on the
24 and then found Jim Robert-
son on the 16 for another first
down.
Wertheimer faded back again,
but was trapped on the 25 for a
nine yard loss. Seemingly trapped
behind the line for a second time,
the diminutive passer threw a
screen pass to Bill Waldner who
ran the pigskin to the three yard
line.
On the very next play, Werthei-
mer hit Pat Williams in the end
zone for the six-pointer. A Wer-
theimer to Jim Ensign aerial ac-
counted for the extra point.
HAYDEN'S BIG push came late
in the third stanza. Hal Keefer
inaugurated the thrust by clutch-
ing a 15-yard Dick Dennis heave
on the Wenley 33.
Ron Davis followed with a
six yard throw to Ralph Keefer
and a 14-yard toss to Bert Stod-
dard which was good for a first
down on the 13.
An offside penalty threw Hay-
den back to the 18, but a 15-yard
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-Sheldon Chambers
roughing the passer infraction
gave the East Quadders a first
down on the three yard line as the
quarter ended.
DENNIS OPENED the final ten
minutes by throwing two incom-
plete passes. Davis then threw in-
to the end zone, and Wertheimer
made a leaping interception to
end the march.
Two other interceptions end-
ed Hayden offensive maneuvers.
On the opening play from
scrimmage, Robertson picked a
pass out of the air and ran it
back to his own 48.
Midway in the second quarter,
Don Byron cow-tailed an errant
Hayden toss on the two yard line,
and cleverly ran the ball back to
the fourteen.
The time element put an end
to the loser's only other extended
drive. Hal Keefer snatched a 15-
yard Davis aerial, but was col-
lared on the thirteen yard stripe
as the first half whistle blew.
Wenley racked up only five first
downs as compared with Hayden's
seven; however the West Quad-
ders made four in their scoring
quarter. Hayden, after handling
the ball on only two plays in the
first period, dominated play with
four first downs in the next'
stanza.
Referee Pete Palmer doled out
100 yards in penalties, Wenley be-
ing set back on their heels for 65
of the total.
Trades Start
As Browns,
Sox, Swap 8
Chicago Obtains
Lollar, Widmar
CHICAGO -R)- The Chicago
White Sox and lowly St. Louis
Browns negotiated a three-for-
five player swap today to the ap-
parent satisfaction of both.
From the Browns to the White
Sox went catcher Sherman Lollar,
pitcher Al Widmar and shortstop
Tom Upton.
THE WHITE SOX continued
their trading spree by immediate-
ly sending Upton to Washington
in exchange for Sam Dente, an
infielder, 29 years old. Dente, who
plays short, second and third, bat-
ted .237 for the Senators in 88
games last season.
The Browns, rebuilding un-
der new manager Rogers Horns-
by, in exchange obtained first
sacker Gordon Goldsberry, out-
fielder Jim Rivera, pitcher Dick
Littlefield, catcher Gus Niar-
hos and infielder Joe De Mas-
tri.
General - manager Frank Lane
broadly intimated that robust-hit-
ting Lollar would help the White
Sox improve their surprising 1951
fourth-spot finish.
HORNSBY, ON the other hand,
is happy to get two of his former
Seattle proteges, slick - fielding
Goldsberry and fleet, hard-hitting
Rivera.
Speaking of Rivera, Hornsby
has been quoted: "He's the only
player in all baseball today that
I'd buy a $2.00 box seat to watch
play."
In Niarhos, the Browns are get-
ting a catcher whose injury last
season threw Sox receiving out of
kilter after a sensational start in
the American League race by the
Pale Hose.
Anticipating the loss of Lollar,
who batted .280 last season, the
Browns also acquired catcher
Clint Courtney from the New York
Yankees for pitcher Jim McDon-
ald last Saturday. Niarhos batted
.256 in 66 games and drove in 10
runs.
Right-hander Widmar, 26, had a
4-9 Brownie record last season,
while Upton, who bats left-hand-
ed, was a .198 hitter in 52 games.
Lane, who said no cash was in-
volved in the deal, made it plain
Lollar was the man the Sox were
after.
DES MOINES-()P)-Drake Un-
iversity last night withdrew- from
the Missouri Valley Conference
and severed athletic relations with
Oklahoma A&M.
The athletic council of the uni-
versity gave the refusal to the con-
ference to investigate what it
termed "The assault upon John
Bright in the Drake-Oklahoma
A&M football game at Stillwater
Oct. 20" as the reason for its ac-
tion.
BRIGHT, DRAKE'S star half-
back and the nation's all-time
leading ground gainer, suffered a
broken jaw early in the game with
Oklahoma A&M. After viewing
pictures of the game, Drake of-
ficials charged that Bright was
the victim of "vicious and pre-
meditated" attacks. The specific
charge was that Bright was slug-
ged by Aggie guard Wilbanks
Smith.
The council said the severance
of all athletic relations with Ok-
lahoma A&M is effective "at
once," but that it will fulfill all
athletic contracts with all other
conference schools.
The council in a statement is-
sued after a meeting of less than
one hour, said:
"Recent expansion of the con-
ference to include schools from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of
Mexico has created numerous con-
ference problems. Lack of confer-
ence action in the Bright case was
the culminating event forcing the
council to its decision.
"DRAKE HAS BEEN a member
of the Missouri Valley Conference
for 43 years and has long been the
oldest member; therefore, it is
with a measure of reluctance that
this action has been taken.
"We wish to assure the indi-
vidual members of the confer-
ence of our continued interest
in them and of our best wishes
for the future."
Missouri Valley Conference fac-
ulty representatives and presidents
broke a four-week silence in the
controversy last Wednesday by an-
nouncing the conference "holds no
power to take disciplinary action
against an individual player."
A STATEMENT ISSUED at the
secret meeting at St. Louis last
Wednesday said no further action
in the Bright case is under con-
sideration by the group.
Tonight's special meeting of
the Drake athletic council was
called to hear President Henry
G. Harmon's report on the St.
Louis session of last week.
The council's statement said its
action has "been concurred in
and approved by the president of
the university and by the commit-
tee on athletics of the university's
board of trustees."
The statement said the "im-
mediate reasons" for withdrawal
were these:
1. Refusal of the conference to
investigate at either Stillwater or
Des Moines the assult upon John
Bright in the Drake-Oklahoma
A&M football game at Stillwater
Oct. 20.
2. Failure of the conference to
investigate the total situation sur-
rounding that game.
3. Refusal of the conference to
take action in any way.
* '4 *
BOTH PRESIDENT Harmon and
athletic council members stressed
that the university's action was
not a de-emphasis of sports at
Drake.
"We reaffirm our belief in the
values that are found in inter-
collegiate athletics when conduct-
ed on a high plane of sportsman-
ship and when carried on as an
integral part of the educational
program of the university," it con-
cluded.
The council said it had notified
the conference of its action.
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