PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, SEPTVMRVR 17. 153 SPORTS SLANTS . .. By Ed Whipple '52 Grid Schedule Holds Some Rugged Opponents for Michigan MEN OF MICHIGAN! Sam's Store welcomes you to Ann Arbor WHY PAY MORE? * # # I'M WRITING my first column as Daily Sports Editor, just as you are probably perusing your first issue of The Daily. This must indicate a parallel, even if it's only you don't know what to expect and I don't know what to write. But there's a hole on page six, so here goes with some columnish comment aimed at explaining our sports department and inviting you to try out for it: On behalf of the sports staff, may I be the thirty-fourth person to welcome you to Michigan. We endeavor to make our sports report- ing match the high quality of Michigan athletics. We offer direct coverage and crusty comment on all Michigan sports events, from Rose Bowl football to Intramural paddleball. For example, I had the privilege to cover on the spot last spring the National Collegiate Hockey Championships at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Although local news and related events take top priority on our sports page, through the Associated Press wire service we do carry the latest from around the nation. The reason for a priority on local copy is this: The Daily simply cannot compete with metropolitan morning papers on the basis of national sports coverage. Half a page (if we're lucky) of our news- paper is devoted to sports; it is useless to try to cram into half a page what The Detroit Free Press, for example, puts into three or four pages. Comments Welcomed WE MUST OFFER what the Free Press cannot-detailed, first-hand reports of all Michigan athletic doings, including intramurals and activity at other colleges. At the minimum, results of professional contests appear regularly in The Daily. And when something big happens in the world of sport, you may rest assured we carry the story no matter where it occurred. Into this category fall the World Series, and Stanley Cup playoffs. "The Latest Deadline In The State" means just what it im- plies-that The Daily prints late stories no other morning paper in Michigan can print. Our Fairchild photo-engraver and a top- notch photography staff bring you up-to-the-minute pictures of athletic action. All-in-all, the sports staff makes a vital con- tribution to one of the best college newspapers in the United States. We like to think you will benefit by reading our pages; we know we will benefit from any and all comments from our readers. Nothing sharpens up an I-M reporter like a blast pointing out mistakes in his work; by the same token, there is no reward like a pat on the back. for a good story. Your criticisms will be gratefully considered. * s* * Sports Staff Beckons UTTING OUT A sports page takes manpower, so if you think you might make a sports writer, trot yourself over as soon as possible to find out. An outside activity like newspaper work becomes more and more valuable as the years go by. About all you need to fit into our staff is an interest in athletics. Used to be freshmen couldn't be in activities until their second semester, but now you can start at The Daily your first day of classes. Here's what's in it for you as a member of the sports staff: Instruction in writing copy, night-desk procedure, and page make- up; assignment to a beat, where you will cover Michigan sports events and write news stories and features; and a chance to work up to night editorships and senior editorships (all paying jobs, by the way). Well, space has run out, so congratulations on choosing a truly great school, and good luck to all of you (to coin a phrase) from all of us. MSC, Purdue, Illinois Head Stadium Slate By IVAN KAYE Michigan will open its 1952 football campaign at home on September 27 against the power- ful Spartans of Michigan State College. Michigan State is currently rid- ing the crest of a sixteen game winning streak and was consider- ed by many to be the best team in the land in 1951. Last year the Spar}- buried Michigan under a four toucbown avalanche, 25-0. * * * UP AT East Lansing Coach Big- gie Munn has twenty-six return- ing lettermen from which to fash- ion his 1952 edition of the Green and White The main problem will be the replacing of the graduated Al Dorow. New linebackers must be found, but a telented freshman team will probably supply the needed material. The Spartans will enter Big Ten football com- petition beginning with the 1953 season. Mihigan has a score to set- tIe with Stanford. The Indians became the first coast team ever to beat the Maize and Blue when they turned in a 23-13 victory here in Ann Arbor last year. Stanford went on from the tri- umph over Michigan to win the Pacific Coast Conference Cham- pionship. Prospects are lean for a repeat however, since Coach Chuck Taylor has lost twenty-five lettermen, including Bill McColl and Gary Kerkorian. The offense will be built around the running of fullback Bob Mathias, the 01- ympic Decathalon champion. * * * THE THIRD opponent this fall will be the Indiana Hoosiers, who will be playing their first season under new coach Bernie Crim- mins. The offense will be centered around the passing of veteran quarterback Lou D'Achille and the running of fullback Gene Gedman. While no one is booming In- diana for the conference title, the Hoosiers are capable of up- setting any team as their per- formance last year against Ohio State indicates. Indiana also came within a few minutes of upset- ing heavily favored Michigan BIGGIE MUNN * - another powerhouse? * * State in last season's game against the Spartans. MICHIGAN will invade the lair of the Northwestern Wildcats on October 18 to do battle with the team which has been tagged by the pre-season experts as the dark horse of the conference football race. Coach Bob Voights has a core of twenty-eight lettermen in- cluding quarterback Bob Bur- son, fullback Chuck Hren and end Norm Krakseth. An indication of how things will go at Dyche Stadium may be gleaned from the observation that Northwestern beat Michigan last ear and the Wildcats are defin- itely stronger this season. What no ore will venture to say at this da °.. .*... 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