P* THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THME Wolverines Battle Gophers in omecoming Tilt s * . * s * * * * ,, * * * * * * * Both Squads Enter Contest Undefeated in Big Ten Play r SEVEN YEARS AGO-Michigan scores against Minnesota in the Stadium. The Wolverines humbled the Gophers, 26-0, that afternoon in 1945 under the coaching of Fritz Crisler, who was in the process of fashioning some of his greatest teams. This picture shows how bitterly each game between the two M's is contested. N ATIO NA L GRID ROUNDUP: (Continued from Page 1) Ted Kress, 185-pound junior, who didn't set any records last year. In fact. he played only two min- utes of varsity ball. He's made up for lost time in four starts this season. Last week at Northwestern Kress gained 218 yards to set a Conference indi- vidual record for rushing in one game. The week before, against Indi- ana in the Stadium, the Detroit lad proved he could pass, too. He completed 11 of 14 tosses from the left halfback position. All told this year Kress has hit on 23 out of 40 for 268 yards. Should the respective defenses muffle these two big guns, both sides have other weapons that could play a deciding role in the outcome. ROUNDING OUT Coach Wes Fesler's Gopher backfield are quarterback Don Swanson, full- backs Mel Holme and John Baum- gartner, andright half Joe Meigh- an. Swanson runs and passes, while Baumgartner and Holme rank right behind Giel among Gopher rushing leaders. Fesler's biggest headache is his defense. It has been riddled by all foes except Illinois, and the Illini aren't too potent of- fensively this year. That bodes well for the rest of the Michigan offense, which, with Kress, has assumed the Big Ten leadership for team, offense. The Wolverines averaged more than five yards a play against Indiana and Northwestern. End Lowell Perry enters the game tiect with Kress for the team scoring lead. Each has four toucn- downs. Perry has caught eight passes in two Conference games and ten others earlier 'for 245 yards. Tad Stanford and Bob Topp are other ends who receive passes from Kress and quarterback Ted Topor, usually considered a block- ing back. As a sidelight to his blocking, Topor has completed 16 of 27 aerials. Rounding out the backfield will be Frank Howell, the wingback who performed well against Mich- igan State before being injured and Dick Balzhiser. Howell recov- ered only recently, and he will probably alternate with Tony Branoff, Flint freshman. Branoff filled in capably while Howell was sidelined. Balzhiser is another recent find. He was third-string fullback 'til last week. Then against the Wild- cats he averaged six yards per carry on 12 rushes, and Bennie Oosterbaan moved him into the starting spot for today. Bob Hur- ley, fullback who started at Evan- ston, is out for the season with a back injury. THE REST of the Michigan of- fensive lineup is as follows: tackles, Dick Strozewski and Ben Peder- son; guards Bob Timm and Dick Beison; and center Dick O'Shaughnessy. Defensively, the allignment will be Merritt Green, the Captain, and Gene Knutson, at the ends; Jim Balog and Art Walker at the ta- ckles; Don Dugger and Ron Wil- liams at guard; Roger Zatkoff and Laurie LeClaire at the linebacking posts; Dave Tinkham and Russ Rescorla at the halfbacks; and Perry and Don Oldham will al- ternate at the safety slot. Perry and Walker were still limping during signal drills yes- terday, but both will see action. Minnesota worked out in the Stadium yesterday, and then the Gophers retired to Ypsilanti to spend the night. Quarterback Swanson had his ankle heavily taped, but he too will play today. TEN YEARS AGO-Was the last time Minnesota was able to defeat Michigan. Here Michigan's Tom Kuzma plunges for the first touchdown of the 1942 Wolverine-Gopher clash. Minnesota triumphed, 16-14, in that game for the last in a string of nine victories over Michigan. Since then Michigan has won eight straight, with one contest ending in a tie. OHIO STATE, INDIANA FAVORED: IlliniTangle With Boilermakers Toda ' Strong UCL NEW YORK (P)-Three games Smatching members of the Top Ten, including a possible preview of the Rose Bowl, provide the spice for the nation's college football menu today. The advance peed at Pasadena's Jan. 1 show may be the special offering for the fans who turn out at Madison for the intersectional headliner between Wisconsin and UCLA. * * * BOTH ARE prime contenders for respective conference cham- in the Rose Bowl. pionships which would land them Wisconsin, tenth-ranked na- tionally, has won two games in the Big Ten and lost to Ohio State. Unbeaten UCLA, eighth- ranked, is one of the three big powers out on the Pacific Coast. To get the bowl bid, Red San- ders' Uclans must still take the ameasure of California, whom they will meet next week, or Southern California, to be encountered Nov. 22-or possibly both. s s WHETHER UCLA must, lick both may depend on the outcome of the day's giant attraction at Los Angeles, where California's Golden Bears clash with Southern Cal's Trojans. A near sell-out crowd of 100,- 000 is expected to view this grudge battle between old an- tagonists. Southern Cal, with the advan- tage of playing at home, has one A Eleven Invades Badgers of the best defenses in the coun- try. California has been higher na- tional rating-number four to the Trojans' number seven. s . s ILL FEELING and accusation of "dirty football" followed last year's wrangle, won by the Tro- jans, 21-14. One of the injured players was Johnny Olszewski, who is expected to spearhead the Bears' attack. This West Coast natural shares headline billing with an- other clash of unsmeared elevens on the other side of the Unit- ed States-the game at Char- lottesville, Va., between Duke, number six, nationally, and Vir- ginia, number nine. Duke has won five games, in- cluding victories over Southern Methodist and Tennessee. Virgin- ia has chewed on a softer schedule but has won four games impres- sively, rolling up 152 points against 14 for the opposition. * * ** WHILE THESE engagements among the sport's elite are bound to juggle the Associated Press weekly ratings, the other high- placed elevens seem safe enough, Top-ranking Michigan State will be host to unbeaten but once-tied Penn State at East Lansing. Maryland, number two, has a home date with in-and-out Louisi- ana State. Oklahoma, number three, will play impotent Kansas State at Norman, Okla. * * * GEORGIA TECH, number five, will throw its fast-hitting back- field at Vanderbilt, which has tied Northwestern and Mississippi and beaten favored Florida after los- ing its first two. Army and Navy, both battered last week, will try to regain their poise against Ivy League rivals. Intersection features will send Kansas against SMU, North Caro- lina against Notre Dame, and Ken- tucky against Cincinnati. CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-(T)-Defend- ing champion Illinois, virtually dethroned, will try to stick pow- erful Purdue with its first Big Ten loss in a nationally-televised Illini homecoming football game before a capacity 71,000 at Memorial Stadium today. The kickoff of the third con- ference contest for both teams is scheduled at 2:30 p.m., EST. * * * PURDUE, currently tied with Michigan and Minnesota for the conference lead, has beaten high- ly-regarded Ohio State, 21-14, and lowly Iowa, 41-14, in league play. * * . * * * /. The Boilermakers were tied by Penn State, 20-20, in an opener and last Saturday were upset by, Notre Dame, 26-14. Illinois, despite a phenomenal passer in quarterback Tommy O'- Connell, surprisingly has failed in two Big Ten starts, losing to for- midable Wisconsin, 20-6, and last Saturday to underdog Minnesota, 13-7. * * * OUTSIDE the conference, the Illini trimmed Iowa State, 33-7, and trounced Washington, 48-14. Despite their league setbacks, the Illini were rated a one- touclldown favorite over the Boilermakers whose lone set- back by Notre Dame resulted from a severe case of fumble- itis. Purdue boasts a passer com- parable to O'Connell in cagey Dale Samuels and two exception- ally fine ball carriers in fullback Max Schmaling and halfback Phil Klezek. * * * MEANWHILE, Ohio State and Iowa, whose football teams have not met in Iowa City since 1927, clash today in the Hawkeye lair. The series, which started in 1922, now stands at five victo- ries for Iowa and eight for Ohio *State. The Buckeye attack, which has ground out 76 first downs and 1628 yards in four games, will be paced by quarterback John Borton, who completed 15 of 17 passes for 312 yards and five touchdowns last Saturday, * * * OHIO STATE has two wins and one defeat in conference play, while the Hawkeyes have lost three out of three encounters. Twice - beaten Northwestern renews a five-year dead rivalry , with once-beaten Indiana at Evanston. The Hoosiers, with one victory and one defeat in Bib Ten ac- tion, will be lsightly favored over a Northwestern team that has suf- fered two straight setbacks. BOTH TEAMS bowed to Michi- gan, Indiana losing, 28-13, and Northwestern, 48-14. If this year's game follows the pattern of previous meetings be- tween the teams, a close-fought engagement is in prospect., In the last six games, the larg- est margin of victory has been one touchdown. Two of these games were decided by scores of 7-6, and the other was a 7-7 deadlock in 1945. * s * NORTHWESTERN'S most po- tent offensive weapons to date have been the accurate right arm of quarterback Dick Thomas ,and the running of Bob Lauter, sopho- more left halfback. Newman Club, Foresters Gain Finals in Independent League By JOHN M. KOVAL The Newman Club smashed its Way into the Independent I-M Football League finals with a 20-6 victory over the Presbyterians. The undefeated Newmans spot- ted the Presbyterians six points on the first play from scrimmage when Iuppenlatz Fritz passed to Russ Williams for 25 yards and a touchdown. Just four plays later, the Newmans tied the score when Harvey Deen threw a 15 yard pass to Tony Steimle in the end zone. A few seconds later Steinle in- tercepted a Presbyterian pass and Soccer Squad To Play Match At OhioSchool A group of soccer players known as the Wolverine Soccer Team, vic- torious in their first two starts, will try to make it three straight this afternoon when they meet the Oberlin College varsity on the Oberlin, Ohio campus. Despite the fact that they have had little experience in the way of games, the men are confident they can upset Oberlin, which has fielded varsity soccer teams since 1930. * * * MORE THAN 18 men have been regularly turning out for daily practice sessions and enthusiasm is running high. , The team is strong both of- fensively and defensively and zis in excellent physical shape for the contest. The presence the Newmans scored another quick touchdown on a long pass from Deen to Bob Colby. The extra point was made on a pass from Deen to Steimle and the New- mans led, 13-6, at halftime. The last touchdown of the game was scored only three plays after the start of the second half when Deen connected on a pass to Paul Wolfe, who grabbed it on the ten yard line and ran into the end zone unmolested. The extra point was made on a pass from'Deen to Pat Riley to end the scoring for the game. The Foresters gained the finals against the Newman Club by vir- tue of their 19-0 win over the Ac- tuaries. The Foresters scored two early touchdownson passes to Hampton Wagner and Henry Wil- liams to lead, 12-0, at the half. Their final touchdown and extra point were scored on passes to John McArdle. The Nakamurians defeated an undermanned Roger Williams team by the score of 15-0. The Roger Williams squad, playing with only four men, held the Nakamurians scoreless until late in the first half when Bill Salis- bury scored on a two yard sweep around his own right end. The Nakamuriand scored again on a 30 yard pass from Salisbury to Harry Weston. Lester Co-op-edged out Stan- dish Evans, 6-2, when Dick Hostetler hit Dick Siemens with a 20 yard pass in the first half. In other games, Wesleyan won over L.S.A., 19-12, while the Ha- waiians and Canterbury won over M.C.F. and Pharmacy by forfeit. viae o Lear]? THE GOLDEN APPLES RESTAURANT Now Serving: BREAKFAST LUNCHEON DINNERS BRING YOUR DATE ... She'll Love It!! . rad addtion to THE TCOWER HOTETJ TWELVE YEARS AGO-The great Tom Harmon was punting, passing and running for Michigan. Here he punts from the shadow of his own goal posts at Minneapolis in 1940 against one of Bernie Bierman's powerful Gopher teams of a decade-and-a-half gone by. In spite of Harmon, Minnesota edged Michigan, 7-6, that rainy afternoon. 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