THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE k I Betas Down ATO, 6-0, To Capture League Title 4 Player of the Week' Honors Gained by Branoff, Gedman By BOB MARGOLIN A sparkling running game high- lighted by key dashes in all four of Michigan's .touchdown drives earned right halfback Tony Bran- off the designation as Wolverine Player of the Week by sports- writers in the press box Saturday. Fullback Gene Gedman, who scored both touchdowns for the losers, was named Indiana Player of the Week by the scribes. BRANOFF, playing his first home game as a first stringer, thrilled the partisan crowd with his battering-ram style of run- ning. Time and again the Flint freshman lowered his head as he approached the Hoosier sec- ondary to pound out a few ex- tra yards. In the third quarter his recklessness paid off as he Sign up for Senior Pic- tures, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.' Monday through Friday. Peadline is Fri., Oct. 17. leaped over a solid mass of In- diana and Michigan linemen to score the second Wolverine touchdown. Branoff, who got his chance to play regularly when Frank Howell was injured in the opening game of the season against Michigan State, led the Michigan ball car- riers with 77 yards gained in 15 attempts. Only an effective Wol- verine passing attack prevented him from handling the pigskin more times in the 28-13 victory. BIG GUN in the Hoosier offen- sive, Gene Gedman scored both touchdowns for the losers and was the only gridder to have a large measure of sultess both through and around the Wolverine line Saturday. His twisting 33 yard run the first time he got his hands on the ball was the longest and one of the more spectacular dashes of the afternoon. In addition, his alert and steady defensive game clearly demon- strated why he is considered one of the best fullbacks in the Big Ten this year. MSC Takes Leadership In Grid Poll NEW YORK -(P) -Michigan State, the pre-season favorite, was back on top of The Associated Press Football Poll yesterday but cannot afford to relax and take it easy. At least two other teams with impressive, unmarred records- Maryland and California -- are ready to step in the moment the Spartans let their guard down. THE SPARTANS recaptured the No. 1 position this week from Wis- consin, upset victim of Ohio State. They impressed sports writers and newscasters with the decisive way they manhandled Texas A&M, 48-6. The first three weeks of the AP Poll have produced no single powerhouse whfch completely dominates the scene. Michigan State led the first poll before losing out last week to Wis- consin. This week the Spartans won only a slim advantage over Maryland and California, both in first place ballots and in overall points. s * IN THE POLL, ten points are given for each first place vote, nine for second, and so forth. Michigan State received 39 first place votes and a total of 1,026 points. Maryland, which whomped Georgia 37-0, got 31 first place votes and 961 points compared with 21 first place votes and 889 points for California. The Golden Bears beat Oregon Saturday, 41-7. COMPLETING the top ten are Georgia Tech, Duke, Oklahoma, Southern California, Kansas, Pur- due and UCLA. Wisconsin dropped out of the first ten on its 23-14 loss to Ohio State. Notre Dame, beaten 22-19 by Pitt, plummeted from eighth posi- tion and Princeton, its 24-game winning streak broken by Penn, fell from 10th to the "also rans." New members of the top ten are Oklahoma, up from 12th to sixth; Purdue, from 16th to ninth, and UCLA, from 11th to tenth. DU Buries Phi Sigs, 27-6, Reaches First Place Play-offs Tarrant's Overtime Pass Wins for Betas; Pannes, Brown, Spark Delta Upsilon Attack "I By DIANE MOWREY A 50-yard paydirt pass from Gordon Tarrant to Terry Iverson during overtime play gave Beta Theta Pi its league championship over Alpha Tau Omega, last year's defending champion, by the score of 6-0. In a thrill-packed game which had spectators running from one end of the field to the other, the Betas reached the eight-yard line with their passing attack, only to be stopped cold. The ATO's re- taliated with a last quarter drive to the Beta's six-yard line, and were also halted. * * * THEN AS THE game went into overtime with each side having four downs to win, Tarrant tossed the high, spiraling aerial to Iver- son for six points. The ATO's, in their four downs, failed to make the touchdown needed to tie Beta Theta Pi. Led by the passing of Steve Pannes, Delta Upsilon won its third straight league game from Phi Sigma Delta, 27-6. In the first half, Delta Upsilon's Jim Laarman tossed a long spiral to Pannes for a six-point tally, and a pass from Pannes to Bob Brown scored the extra point. In the second period, the DU's ran wild with Pannes heaving to Brown for both the second and third tallies. The extra points were made both times by pitches from the consistent Pannes. The Phi Sigs made their touchdown after Delta Upsilon's second goal with a 30-yard pass from Phil Barad to Bob Blumenthal. A 50-yard toss from Laarman to Pannes was stopped short a few yards from the end zone, but the DU's fav- orite pitcher then threw to Earl Cline in paydirt territory for the last score of the game. * * * SIGMA PHI snapped Sigma Phi Epsilon's two game winning streak with a 12-7 victory. Bruce Bradshaw tossed a 40-yard aerial to Al Brodhead for Sigma Phi, but Brodhead was stopped just short of a touchdown. Bradshaw then crashed through center to mark up the tally. The Sig Eps came right back with a long toss from Bob Hoy- dic to Paddy Haas worth six points. Hoydic threw the extra point pass to Jack Main, and the Sig Eps led 7-6. But a Bradshaw to Hibbard touchdown aerial gave Sigma Phi the game., Sigma Alpha Mu beat Phi Sigma Kappafi 22-6, to win its third straight victory and league cham- pionship. Warren Wertheimer starred for the Sammies with a 35-yard aerial to Mort Friedman for the first tally of the game; then he threw to Al Wolin for the extra point. Phi Sigma Kappa countered with Hank Dykstal heaving to Bob Mueller in the end zone, and then to Gay Pedesta for the extra point. AFTER TOSSING a long one to Irv Tobocman for 40 yards, Werth- eimer ran 8 yards around right end for SAM's second TD. Other Sammy scores came from a Werth- eimer to Wolin pass, and a safety scored when the Phi Sigs dropped a pass in their end zone. Kappa Sigma also won its third straight game by taking Delta Sigma Phi, 21-6, thereby moving into the first place play- offs. Tom Case of Kappa Sigma threw to Don Mitchell for two TD's, and Mitchell intercepted a pass and ran it back for the Kappa Sigs' last tally. The Delta Sigs scored on a pass from Jim Olson in the last minute of play. Other scores in the IM football leagues were: Psi Upsilon, 26; Sigma Nu, 0. Alpha Epsilon Pi, 24; Delta Tau Delta, 6. Chi Phi, 13; Zeta Psi, 0. Zeta Beta Tau, 8; Phi Kappa Sigma, 7 (overtime) Alpha Delta Phi, 1; Triangle, 0 (forfeit). DID YOU KNOW ... that the Western Conference has racked up six Rose Bowl victories in a row over the Pacific Coast Conference. DID YOU KNOW ... that Mich- igan has been champion or co- champion on the Western Confer- ence grid scene 18 different times. Varsity End. Corps Beset By In juries Merritt Green, still recovering from an ankle sprain found him- self in an important spot as the Wolverine football team prepared for its second conference game against Northwestern Saturday. Green, captain and first string defensive left end may have to play the whole game on defense against the Wildcats, as his num- ber one and number two substi- tutes have been hospitalized with knee injuries. * * * JOHN VESELENAK, of Flint, was injured a week ago in practice and his knee has failed to re- spond to treatment. The number three man, Sophomore Jim Bates from Farmington, was roughed up in the Indiana game, and most likely will not be in shape for Northwestern. The right halfback situation, which had been dimmed by in- juries took a turn for the bet- ter when Frank Howell return- ed to his old spot yesterday. The shifty, experienced wing- back still has his right leg heav- ily taped but he will probably be ready by Saturday. Tony Branoff, the freshman whiz from Flint who performed so well against Indiana will share the wingback job with Howell. Branoff has more running power than Howell, but he doesn't start as fast and he lacks the finesse of the Muskegon Heights senior. * * * AS A DIRECT result of his fine performance Saturday, Ron Wil- liams seems to have won him- self a starting role at defensive left guard. Against the Hoosiers, Williams, a junior from Massilon, Ohio, blocked a try for the point after touchdown and made him- self generally annoying to Lou D'Achille, the vaunted Indiana passing ace. Williams joins Don Dugger, Jim Balog, Art Walker, Gene Knutson and Tim Green on the number one defensive line. Yes- terday the defense took a long workout, operating against a simulated Northwestern attack. Notable during a dark and over- cast afternoon was the Wolverines spirit and life as they ran through their drills and a rain-shortened scrimmage. ANN ARBOR-(M)-Ted Kress, a black-haired Detroit junior, is giving new hope to Michigan foot- ball fans. Coach Bennie Oosterbaan and his staff are cautious in their ap- praisal of the 20-year-old, 175- pounder. But there is a growing feeling in the Wolverine camp that Kress may develop into the long- sought triple-threat left halfback so necessary to Michigan's single wing football system. INJURY last year forced a be- lated start on Kress. His total col- lege experience was one pass thrown, one pass intercepted by the opposition. Amid many a qualm and doubt, he was installed as the Wolverine left halfback in the opener against Michigan State three weeks ago. Though Mich- igan lost, Kress showed the poise and potential that impressed Oosterbaan. He was Michigan's best per- former in the succeeding loss to Stanford. And last week he blos- somed against Indiana to give the Wolverines a winning Big Ten de- but and an indication that Michi- gan may make a stronger bid for conference honors this year than was at first. supposed. * * * A HARD runner with a long stride, Kress picked up 45 yards on his 14 rushing attempts against Indiana. But it was his passing that delighted the Michigan fans. He completed 11 of 14 throws for 180 yards and tossed two touch- down passes to his favorite re- ceiver, end Lowell Perry. With veteran// poise, he got off two kicks for a fat 47 yard average. Inexperience elsewhere in the Wolverine squad and lack of back- field depth keeps Oosterbaan from making optimistic statements. Kress Raises Championship Hopes of 'M' Grid Partisans BUT A steadily-improving right halfback, freshman Tony Branoff, is providing more power than Michigan had in that position last year. And quarterback Ted Topor is living up to expectations as a spirited leader and prime blocker. 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