4 SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, SETEMBER 26. 1951 Crimmage Tops _________________* * * utich Remains at Quarter a WWE lidhamStillat Left Half Slot e . Off Le gthy 1VT' Grid Practi ce PIGSKIN SUCCESS: Ex-Gridiron Aces Coach Present Wolverine Club Jackson Surprises Crisler, Oosterbaan Coach Bennie Oosterbaan guid- ed his Wolverine grid charges through a lengthy practice session climaxed by a 45-minute scrim- mage behind Yost Field House yesterday afternoon in prepara- tion for Saturday's opener with Michigan State. Although the squad spent most of its time polishing defensive maneuvers, the two-score sideline observers were most interested in t h e scrimmage, w h i c h they thought might offer some clue as to who will be playing where in the Maize and Blue question-mark backfield come Saturday. CONTRARY TO newspaper re- ports that Captain Bill Putich will start at the key left halfback post, the Cleveland senior played noth- ing but quarterback yesterday, while Don Oldham lined up at left half. Rounding out the first string backfield were fullback Tom Witherspoon and Frank Howell as right half. This, combination clicked reasonably well on all cylinders, except when Oldham was called upon to pass. The 170-pound junior attempt- ed several aerials, and although two werecompleted, one on a div- ing catch by Lowell Perry, most were of the wobbly, inaccurate variety. *~ * * PERRY, incidentally, showed why he is rated one of the best WELCOME STUDENTS! Try a Collegiate, Personality Hair Style . , . Today! At your service: 9 Barbers No Waiting The Dascola Barbers Liberty near State 1 ends in college football. The Yp- silanti lad, in addition to snag- ging five or six passes, carried the ball twice on the end-around play, and both times he sped for touch- downs. He also threw a couple of blocks that drew compliments from the spectators and team- mates., Putich completed a large per- centage of his passes from quar- terback to Perry, end Fred Pick- ard, and Howell, all against a scrub defense, however. WHEN THE SECOND team took over, the most encouraging play came from quarterback Don Zan- fagna and a freshman left half, Don Eaddy of Grand Rapids, who demonstrated that he can throw as well as run. Zanfagna hit Leo Schlict sev- eral times in succession with passes on one march to the goal line, and the stocky signal caller rarely missed completing his tosses to other receivers. Other members of the second backfield were-Don Peterson, full- back, and little Wes Bradford at right half. PUTICH AND ZANFAGNA var- ied their formations from single wing to T to double-wing, with most emphasis, as usual, on the single wing, despite recent specu- lation that Michigan State is primed to stop it. Oregon State, in losing to MSC last week, was unable to gain with the single wing, but the Pacific Coast team went great guns using a second-half T attack. Defensively, two standouts were end Russ Osterman and guard Don Dugger, a brother of Jack Dugger, All American end at Ohio By JOHN JENKS Despite the scads of publicity Michigan football has received in the last five years, it's really amaz- ing how so many of the University students know so little about the men directly responsible for the pigskin. successes-the coaches. Take H. O. (Fritz) Crisler, for instance. Most students have a hazy notion that Crisler is head man in the athletic department, and that he was tremendously suc- cessful as a mentor the last few years of his coaching career. BUT FEW realize that Crisler attended the University of Chi- cago, where he starred in football under Alonzo Stagg, played bas- ketball and baseball as sidelights, and graduated with high scho- lastic honors. Fewer still know that Crisler coached at Minnesota and Princeton before coming to Michigan in 1938, and that his lifetime record shows 116 gamesj won, 32 lost and nine tied. Besides being athletic director, Crisler is chairman of the NCAA rules committee. He is credited with inaugurating the two pla- toon system in 1945. BENJAMIN Gaylord Oosterbaan, Michigan's head mentor, needs no introduction, as virtually every student possesses a thumbnail sketch of his achievements. But for those who don't, here's the straight scoop: After a highly successful ath- letic career in Muskegon Heights High School, during which time he was everything in everything, Bennie camne to Michigan to further his sporting knowledge. Like Crisler, Oosterbaan played football, basketball and base- ball, concentrating on the first- named. He was quite good at it, too. Soj good, in fact, that he was named LOWELL PERRY ... great expectations Continued from Page 1) that their chances of making the varsity are extremely small." * x PARTICULAR criticism is dir- ected toward what Jackson de- scribes as artificial team spirit, which he feels is manufactured to bridge the gap among players caused by a high degree of special- ization at various positions in the lineup. He further derides the idea that football can be justified for its tendencies toward character building. He visualizes many present-day players . being put on the spot by coaches and pub- licity men who build players up in the public eye only to suffer a shameful letdown when they fail to become star performers. Jackson outlines the case of a Michigan halfback who suffered such an experience last season. That case, he claims, demonstrates how players are "first deluded into thinking that they are great and that football is great; then they are used by the system and finally discarded with at best nothing to show but a scrapbook full of re- dundant and inaccurate clippings." THE LINEMAN-author's point- ed accusations stirred considerable interest in various quarters on campus yesterday. At a staff meeting of football coaches, Oosterbaan perused the article quietly and carefully. He simply stated that Jackson "is entitled to his opinion, but I believe it is an isolated one." "If many of the charges were true," Oosterbaan continued, "I would not be a part of this staff." Meanwhile, Athletic Director H. 0. "Fritz" Crisler was also getting his first look at the completed story in his office. His initial re- action was that "knowing Al as an exhibitionist and sensationalist, W olverine Football Schedule I am not surprised at anything hej might write."1 LIKE OOSTERBAAN, Crisler al- so thought that other team mem- bers "would have honest differenc- es of opinion with Jackson on the whole matter." "I can't understand why he remained out for football feel-, ipg that way," said Crisler. He concluded his remarks with the thought that "destructive ar- The University Golf Course will be closed on the days of all home football games. Golf Course Management ticles usually find their way into print." It was only last New Years Day that Jackson himself stood up in' the dressing room between halves of the Rose Bowl battle to deliver a fight talk to his teammates. AT THE TIME Michigan was trailing California, 6-0, and many observers later credited Jackson with having stirred the Wolver- ines to come from behind and win the game which he now terms the "biggest farce connected with big time football. Jackson is now working in Ann Arbor with his father in the con- struction business. He stated yesterday that if he were asked to find a substitute for the game as it is today he would favor the relegation of sports to an intramural status much the same as they are in England. Under Jackson's proposal, inter- collegiate games would be held to a minimum of one or two each year. 1' 1I f a y _ tr I Morgan, MSC Tackle, Suffers Broken Leg; Lost for Season _______ N I EAST LANSING-(OP)-There is a big, gaping hole in the Michigan State line today. Biggie Munn's football defense was dealt a major blow when Jack Morgan, the 225-pound, six foot two tackle from Detroit, broke his leg in a scrimmage session Mon- day afternoon. ** * MORGAN, A SENIOR, was a letterman last year and also was one of the big morale boosters on the squad. He won the "oil can award" in 1950, annually given to the squad humorist. Big, fast and experienced, Morgan played with the defen- eivs unit through most of the Oregon State game. He went down in a pileup Mon-, day afternoon and had to be helped from the field. X-rays dis- .closed he had fractured the fibula (small bone) in his right leg be- tween the ankle and the knee. ** * TEAM PHYSICIAN Dr. Charles F. Holland said Morgan would be in a cast for about four weeks and could not be expected to play the rest of the season. State several seasons ago. / } FRITZ CRISLER ,successful ex-mentor to the All-Time team picked by the Associated Press. Following his graduation in 1928, Oosterbaan served in various coaching capaci- ties until his appointment as head coach in "1948. " HIS RECORD during the last three years has been sensational. Each time he steered his aggrega- tion to the top, only having to share the crown with arch rival Ohio State on one occasion. If the laws of probability and chance have any merit in Big Ten foot- ball, Bennie's next big winner will come sometime in the 1980's. After Oosterbaan the coach- ing staff drops into complete obscurity as for as the average student is concerned. Jack Blott turns out great lines year after year minus the recognition he deserves. Blott was an All-American cen- ter in 1923 and also was proficient in the art of dropkicking. In the two tenures he has experienced at Michigan he has turned out no less than eight lines for title winners. George Ceithaml and Bill Or- wig are other Michigan grads who stayed on to coach football. 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