Y, OCTOBER 3, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAILY WAGE Brooklyn DefeatsNew York, 10-0, To Even Playoff Labine Pitches Six-Hit Ball; Robinson Leads Rampage _ NEW YORK -- (I)-Brooklyn's redoubtable Dodgers, a single de- feat from extinction and suppos- edly licked to a frazzle, came off the floor yesterday to hammer the New York Giants into sub- ', mission, 10 to 0. and carry the playoff .for the National League flag down to the final desperate gasp at the Polo Grounds this afternoon. While Clem Labine, 25-year-old crew cut rookie from Woonsocket, R. I., was carving his inaitials on the Giants wrecking crew, Jackie Robinson and his fellow sluggers tore into three second-line Giant pitchers for 13 ringing blows, in- cluding four home runs, to snap a victory string that had reached eight straight. * * * LABINE, w h a rejoined the Dodgers late in July from St. Paul, was a picture of poise as he mowed the Durochermen down methodically through the gloomy, rainy afternoon. He yielded only six hits in gaining his fifth win against one defeat for the season. The Giants only twice came close to scoring on the kid with the crackling curve. 'What the Dodgers did to Sheldon Jones, George Spencer' * and Al Corwin was a brutal thing. Robinson, Gil Holges, Andy Pafko and Al (Rube) Walker, the Flock's substitute backstop, all belted homers. Walker's went clean over the right field stands with two out in the ninth inning to close out the slaughter. Robinson, a somewhat sad fi- gure in Brooklyn's 3-1 deifeat in Monday's first playoff game, also bored two singles into the out- MSC Staf f Belittles Top A PRanking EAST LANSING --(AP)- The Michigan State football team -- particularly the coaches-was un- impressed by its ranking as the top team in the nation on the As- sociated Press poll. In case any of the players might be tempted to take it seriously, Coach Biggie Munn scheduled an afternoon scrimmage yesterday to knock fanciful ideas out of their noggins.- "AS FAR AS I'M concerned," Munn said, "that rating stuff is all the bunk. Most of the fellows who do the voting have never seen us practice and never seen us play. They don't know our problems." Along with the coaches, the squad was leary about getting de- lusions of grandeur following the 25-0 pasting handed Michigan last week. The players remember that last year they beat Michigan 14-7 -for the first time in a dozen years-and the following Saturday were dumped by Maryland 34-7. End coach Earle Edwards, who scouted the Buckeyes, warned that Ohio State is a lot more powerful1 than last Saturday's 7-0 win might; indicate. Perry, Because of Injuries, May Not Be Used Saturday' Scribes Choose Zatkoff Top'M' Player of Week Michigan may be without the ser~vices of first-string end and safety man Lowell Perry against Stanford here Saturday, Coach' Bennie Oosterbaan disclosed after yesterday's practice. Perry spent yesterday afternoon under heat treatment by trainer Jim Hunt for a sore back, while his teammates were being scru- tinized by Oosterbaan and his staff in an effort to find a more potent offensive combination than the one which faced MSC last week. THE MAIZE AND BLUE mentor said that Perry's condition defi- nitely constitutes a problem, since. it is not certain how soon the Yp- silanti lad will be ready for action. All men interested in going out for freshman basketball re- port to Yost Fieldhouse today (October 3) at 3:30 p.m. Please bring own equipment. E. B. McCoy Perry aggravated an old backF injury in the Michigan State contest.1 Another player injured against a the Spartans, tackle Tom John- son, worked out during the light drills yesterday, but he did not appear in the heavy scrimmage that wound up the practice. IN HIS HUNT for scoring punch, Oosterbaan tried several combina- tions at the backfield posts, and off yesterday's performances, it's strictly a tossup on which outfit is most potent. Left halfbacks, at one time or another with various running mates, were freshman Don Ead- dy, veteran Don Oldham, and Bill Putich. Tom Witherspoon saw most ac- tion at fullback, although Laurie LeClaire and Don Peterson got in for a few plays. AT RIGHT HALF were Wes Bradford and Frank Howell. Ted Topor alternated at quar- ter with Putich and ZanFagna, and when Topor was at quarter- back,Putnch played left half. Should Perry be unable to start Saturday, sophomore Gene Knut- son and freshman Leo Schlict, two giant ends, probably will be used in his place. This duo saw considerable action yesterday. Knutson also stood out in de- f ensiv~e drills.j EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of weekly articles on the outstanding Michigan player to per- form in the previous Saturday's foot- ball game. The selection is based on a poll of sportswriters and radio men in attendance at the game.) Roger Zatkoff, bruising line-I backer for Michigan's Wolverines, has been selected as the outstand- ing Maize and Blue player in the Michigan State-Michigan game, a poll of sportswriters revealed yes- terday. Zatkoff, a 210-pound linebacker from Hamtramck, Michigan, al- most lost in the myriad of type ex- tolling the Spartans after their decisive 25-0 victory Saturday, could not be forgotten in the wake of the MSC victory. * * * THE STURDY linebacker play- ed a bang-up defensive game. gave Michigan its only serious scoring threat, and repeatedly roamed well behind the line of 9 kI Tilt on Union TV Today's final Giant-Dodger playoff will be shown on a spe- cial 24 inch television screen, loaned by a local merchant, in the Union main floor lounge. This is in addition to the Un- ion's own new 20 inch screen in' the cafeteria. CLEM LEBINE . ..shuts out Giants * * * will be at stake when they clash for the last time today. It shapes up as a burning bat- tle between two of the game's finest righthanders, Sal Maglie, winner of 23 victories, for the dGiants against big Don New- combe, who notched 20 during the regular campaign. Neither pilot had much choice but to come in with his big one. Preacher Roe, who pitched 22 victories during the season, has not had his re. quired rest. YESTERDAY'S BASHING not only snapped a tremendous sting of eight stretch victories which finally carried ihe Giants into the league leadership for 24 hours, but otherwise cooled off a team which had begun to look unbeat- able. Up to this debacle the Polo Grounders had won 13 of their last 14 games, 38 of their last 45. Labine's magnificient job supplied a tonic sorely needed by the Flatbushers. Leo Durocher gave it a lot of thought before he called on the erratic Jones yesterday. He had half a mind to start Maglie with only two day's rest in hopes of wrapping up the pennant and gaining a day of rest before tackling the Yankees in the World Series on Thursday. It was just as well he didn't. The way Labine was fogging balls past the Giant batters in the ninth inning, he and Maglie prob- ably would have been out there yet. Giants' supporters among the crowd of 38,609 saw a ray of hope for their heroes when, with the Dodgers already five runs to the good, a drizzling rain brought out the infield canvas and interrupted the game for 42 minutes. PROSPECTS LOOM HIGH: Freshmen Again Play Varsity Football o - -- By BOB ROSENMAN Can freshmen play Big Ten football? Tradition says, "No." And it adds an old axiom. "This league is too tough for most sophomores." BUT NEARLY 100 boys just out of high school are seeking an answer for" themselves this season as the Western Conferencesagain permits freshman eligibility. Emergency legislation, enact- ed last spring when selective service threatened to strip uni- versities of older athletes, open- ed Western Conference squads to freshmen for the first time since 1945. That year Michigan fielded a team composed largely of young, light frosh players, causing Mich- igan's coach at the time and now Wolverine athletic director, Fritz Crisler, to develop the now-famous "two-platoon" system, which has been variously praised and criti- cized by football greybeards. S* * By'The Associated Press Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Muskegon still rate as the favorites to grab Michigan's high school football championship - barring upsets of course. Catholic held onto its No. 1 ranking in the third week of the Associated Press poll of state sports editors with 157 out of a possible 160 votes. AND RIGHT BEHIND is Mus- kegon in the No. 2 spot with 140 votes. These two western Michi- gan elevens, favorites to win the Grand Rapids City League and Southwestern Conference titles, respectively, far outdistanced all other schools in the voting. field grass, and it was his second safety which knocked Jones, the Giants' starter, out of the one- sided contest. WALKER, playing for the crip- pled Roy Campanella, also pitched in rith a, brace of singles pre- cedi g his mighty blast. Every Dodger except Carl Furillo scored at least once during the demoral- izing assault. And so, after two contests, the two flaming antagonists were right back where they started, and all the marbles scoring touchdowns and throwing key blocks-many of them aren't physically equipped for the bruis- ing play so outstanding in the Big Ten. But there will be boys getting their first taste of college foot- ball this fall and for some teams the performance of these young men fresh out of high school may mean the difference between a winning season and a losing one. Take the Big Ten, for instance. Most gridiron authorities have pre- dicted that Illinois and Ohio State HERB NEIL: Night Editor will battle it out for top honors, with Wisconsin looming as a dark horse in the Western Conference race. IF FRESHMEN potentialities are a factor, the Illini may have the edge on the rest of the conference. In addition to several returning backfield stars, coach Ray Eliot has a freshman tackle ready to see plenty of action this season. He's Don Tate, a brother of ex-Illini line ace, Al Tate. Also on hand to help Illinois are yearling backs Tim McHugh and Clarence DeMoss plus a massive lineman, Max Ponder. All three are definitely slated to get plenty of game experience this fall. Michigan unveiled three prom- ising freshmen in their curtain- raiser with MSC last Saturday: Don Eaddy, sharp-passing halfback from Grand Rapids;glen Bowers, a giant linebacker; and end Leo Schlict. THIS FALL, naturally, most the yearling recruits won't Grand Rapids Central Catholic, Muskegon Top APGrid Poll ROGER ZATKOFF . .sportswriters' choice scrimmage to haul down Spartan ball-carriers. Here's a quick run-down on Zatkoff's performance Saturday: 1-Backed up the line excellent- ly and proved once again that he is a deadly tackler by consistently shaking off would-be blockers and breaking up Spartan thrusts through an outcharged Michigan forward wall. * * 2-INTERCEPTED two MSC passes, running one down to the Michigan State 25-yard line to set up a potential Wolverine touch- down which never materialized. Also intercepted a Willie Thrower pass late in the game and return- ed it almost to midfield to spoil another MSC touchdown bid. 3-Was used in the line as a tackle on all of Bill Billings' punts and blocked with such devastating power that on at least two occasions, onrushing Spartan linemen were knocked flat on their backs. Zatkoff has come a long way since he entered the University of Michigan in the fall of 1949. At first he was used extensively as an offensive fullback, but he was later converted to offensive tackle and still later to his present job - backing up the Michigan line. * * * FROM ALL indications it ap- pears that the Wolverine defensive ace, only a junior this year, will become one of Michigan's finest linebackers, following in the foot- steps of such players as Dan' Dworsky, Dick Kempthorn, and Tony Momsen. The sporstwriters also agreed al- most unanimously that little Vince P i s a n o, hard-driving Spartan wingback was the outstanding Michigan State performer on the field. Pisano posed a constant scoring threat with his slashing runs off the guards and tackles. of be WHILE THEY were used spar- ingly in the State battle, Coach' Bennie Oosterbaan will probablyj give the gridders, with some vital game experience under their belts, more action in future Wolverine contests. Indiana has come up with a top line prospect in Nate Bor- den, a rugged tackle. The Hoos- iers, always lacking depth in the line, will rely heavily on Borden as a reserve. Minnesota, with Wes Fesler at the helm, may open up their of- fense a bit this fall. Freshman end Jim Soltau, whose brother starred for the Gophers and the San Fran- cisco 49'ers, is a good prospect as is halfback Buzz Meighen. NORTHWESTERN expects to receive a backfield boost with Bob Lauter, an excellent quarterback, in school. Guard Bob Higley, an- other freshman should help. Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin, and Ohio State have remained mum on All soccer players interested in playing on a team of Ameri- cans in the International Soc- cer League, please contact Bob Ely at 2-0805. -Rod Grambeau their freshmen possibilities, but there could be plenty of surprises after the first week of play. All in all, freshman or senior, it looks like the Big Ten is headed for a season as only the Big Ten can have! ,.-1,< '1' Bay City Central, whose Jerry Toyzan has scored 30 of his team's 126 points, paced all the teams from eastern Michigan, and moved from the No. 4 to the No. 3 position-just ahead of Grand Rapids Union. The biggest climb since the poll began was achieved by Benton Harbor of the Southwestern Con- ference. The Harborites, who have carved two impressive victories since losing their opener to strong Hammond (Ind.) Bishop-Noll, leaped from No. 20 to No. 10. * * * ALL THE OTHER spots in the top ten went to eastern Michigan schools. A4 boys$bestfriend is his mother... ,. qi I t r STUDENT SPECIAL (8 MONTHS) I-EI BRtIEFS . TIM E 0 . $2 «i LIE .. Subscriptions for all Magazines taken IirCS ... ANN ARBOR'S BUSY BOOKSTORE in hoc mundo...only the REG. T. 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