THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1952 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREI PhiDelts, Sammies Win Football Duels I .r. _. __._. SPORTS SLANTS 1I . By Ed Whipple Ii THERE'SAN UNWRITTEN baseball axiom that talking about a no- hit game in-the-making jinxes the effort. Here's hoping the same doesn't hold for football, because the Rose Bowl picture has taken on a distinct Maize and Blue hue, and a lot of fans have taken to discussing Michigan's chances for a trip to Pasadena. All the Wolverines need is a perfect effort-four victories in four remaining Big Ten games. Admittedly, that's a hulking big "ALL," but it's nothing compared to two weeks ago. Then it didn't seem to matter what any other Big Ten teams did, because Wiscon- sin had just polished off Illinois, and the Badgers were a cinch to go unbeaten (or so most experts figured). But a few predictors looked good when Ohio State, smartiig from a shellacking by Purdue, rose up to smite Wisconsin, 23-14. Meanwhile, Michigan was rolling over Indiana and Northwestern to grab the driver's seat for the Big Ten title chase. How long Bennie Oosterbaan's team will stay there remains to be seen. At the moment the schedule gives the Wolverines the upper hand. Only two other teams, Minnesota and Purdue, are unbeaten in { Conference play. Wisconsin and Ohio State have one League loss apiece. Hence, if Michigan defeats Minnesota, Illinois, Purdue and Ohio State, nothing can keep the Wolverines from the Rose Bowl as undisputed Conference champions. (Michigan is eligible again this season because the new bowl pact signed with the Pacific Coast Conference last year specifies a school may return every two years. Michigan represented the Conference in the 1951 game.) Purdue Has It Rugged... THAT MAY SEEM a rugged row to hoe, but how about Purdue and Minnesota? Michigan gets Purdue after Illinois, Michigan State, and Minnesota (in that order) have finished with the Boilermarkers. The Wolverines, by contrast, have two tough ones in Min- nesota (this week) and Illinois followed by weak Cornell. Then come Purdue and Ohio State. The Buckeyes tangle with Illinois the Saturday before Michigan invades Columbus. Minnesota, after handing Illinois its second Big Ten loss last week, must play Michigan and follow with games against Iowa, Pur- due, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Here are the remaining schedules of the three teams undefeated in Conference play, plus Wisconsin: (sea- son records in parentheses) Playoff Goes To Phi Delts In Overtime Wertheimer Passes SAM to 14-6 Win By DON GOOD Gil Sabuco's touchdown pass to Don MacClaren in the last of four overtime plays gave Phi Delta Theta a 12-6 storybook win over Pi Lamba Phi to keep the Phi Delts in the race for the IM Football crown. The Phi Delts were trailing 6-0 in the last minute of regulation play when Sabuco threw a 25 yard touchdown pass to MacClaren who made a sensationalaone-hand- ed catch to tie the score 6-6. AFTER the Phi Delts missed their try for the extra point, the game went into overtime and with the Pi Lams holding a three yard advantage going into the last play, Sabuco dropped back and fired a 30-yard pass for the winning score. The Pi Lams' lone score came midway in the second half when Jerry Rovner swept around end for five yards on fourth down. Rovner led the Pi Lams on a 50 yard sustained drive with his running and pin-point passing before going over for the score. In the other first place playoff game played yesterday, Sigma Al- pha Mu defeated Alpha Sigma Phi 14-6. Warren Wertheimer sparked the Sammies with his southpaw passing, hitting Marc Jacobson and Mort Friedmanrfor touch- downs and also passing for two extra points. THE ALPHA SIGS scored their lone touchdown in the opening minutes of the game on a 10 yard pass from Dave Wei el to Al Mil- ler. In the second place playoffs, SAE blanked Theta Xi 26-0 and Chi ,Psi whitewashed Tau Delta Phi 19-0. Tony Corneliuson scored two touchdowns and John Taylor and Dick Young each scored one to account for SAE's points. Ron Foulds tossed three touchdown passes to Pete Banzhof in pacing Chi Psi to victory. In other IM games, Phi Kap- pa Psi defeated Phi Kappa Tau 19-0, Theta Delta Chi edged Delta Chi in overtime 1-0 and Delta Kappa Epsilon forfeited to Kappa Nu. GOPHER GREAT: Giel Provides Minnesota Triple-Threat By DICK LEWIS A win-thirsty 185-pound foot- ball player, out to quaff the parch- ed throats of a flock of hungry Gophersand an even hungrier flock of alumni, will reach both of his talented hands for some aged, ten-year-old brew Saturday. That's the day when Minnesota duels Michigan for the coveted Little Brown Jug, a football tra- dition that has been lacking in the Ski-U-Mah trophy room since way back in 1942. And the player thirsting to take the biggest swig out of the time- honored Jug is triple-threat half- Top Back Ted Kress, 20-year-old Michigan junior who blasted his way to a new Big Ten rushing record Saturday, was named Back of the Week yesterday by the Associated Press in a poll of sports writers and sports casters. back Paul Giel, the record-setting- est gridder in the Gopher record book.' Wolverine faithful remember the 5-11 Winona, Minnesota jun- ior as the one-man gang who chalked up 281 yards of total of- fense against the Maize and Blue in Ann Arbor last fall. That was Giel's greatest offen- sive splurge in nine games which saw him establish an all-time Gopher record of 1,473 yards pick- ed up through rushing and pass- ing. Included in his massive total were 185 yards rushing, for an 87.2 average per game, and 688 yards through the air lanes, good enough for a 76.4 average per con- test. In six conference outings, the phenomenal sophomore rushed for 651 yards and passed for 428 more to run his total to 1,079 yards and a new Big Ten standard. Giel's 180-yard total average offense per league encounter gave him an- other Western Conference mark. Giel ranked 15th in the nation in total net offense and estab- NHL HOCKEY RESULTS Toronto 5, Detroit 4 New York 3, Boston 3 lished eight school records in the process. Over the nine-game Minnesota schedule, Giel tallied 38 markers, passed 124 times (a school record) with 57 completions (a school rec- ord) for 688 yards (another school record) and three six-pointers, and received 12 passes for 134 yards and a TD. Although hampered by a leg injury this season, Minnesota's first all-conference halfback since Bruce Smithin 1941 has taken up right where he left off in his first record-breaking campaign. While the Gophers have split even in four tough clashes, Giel has carried the pigskin 90 times for 306 yards, one touchdown and a 3.4 average. He has found the range on 14 of 36 aerials for 193 yards and three scores, and has received one toss himself for a 15-yard gain. All these figures put Giel only 23 yards behind his running-pass- ing net for the first four games of the 1951 season. Giel's punting, however, has been way off this year, The Wi- nona wonder has booted the ball 17 times for a slim 469 yards, an average of 27.5 per kick. Statistics tell only part of the story of Giel's value to the Min- nesota team this fall. After the Gopher attack failed in losses to Washington and California, Coach Wes Fesler assigned his versatile ace the signal-calling duties from the tailback spot. Since that time, the Minneapolis eleven has scored two consecutive upset victories over Big Ten op- position to move into a triple-tie for the league lead. 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One loss for Michigan and a 5-1 Conference record would probably mean a tie with Wisconsin and others for the lead. In which case the Big Ten would vote on a bowl representative. The vote would probably go to Wisconsin for the best looking season record. And two defeats would mean virtual extinction for the Wolverines. However, much has happened in the Big Ten race already, and a lot more is scheduled to happen. Picking the games week- by-week is risky, so conjecture like the foregoing is downright foolish. Besides, there's always the jinx. Such is the attitude around Ferry Field, where no one so much as mentions "Rose Bowl." The Wolverines will be playing 'em one at a time. But you can't help figuring what could happen if Ted Kress quits fumbling and keeps on gaining yardage; and Lowell Perry continues to snare passes; and the line gives some more performances like at Northwestern; and the pass defense stiffens a bit. 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