SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1952 THE MICHIGAN DAILY P"AGE THREE Football Experts Fared Well in 1952' C" Upsets Not So Numerous As in Previous Seasons LOOP ENTERS SECOND YEAR: Heyliger Active In Creating MCHL - By IVAN KAYE The 1952 football season didn't really make the experts look to ' bad. There were upsets, but they were not quite as numerous or stunning as those of the previous seasons. « . s THE ONLY sector which pro- duced any major surprises was the heartland of football - the Middle West. Notre Dame knocked over Oklahoma and Southern California, both of which were unbeaten and rated in the top three at game time. Pitt had pre- viously sprung an upset on the Irish. The Big Ten race was the wildest of* them all. Going into the final game, four teams: Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue and Wisconsin were in conten- tion for the crown and Rose Bowl Invitation. The Woverines wound up in fourth. For the first time in years, the Big Ten champion was not present in the nation's top ten teams. There was such a divergance of strength in the conference this year that even the champion Badgers and Boilermakers were each beaten and tied. It isn't very often that a team can take a Big Ten title with a loss and a tie. * * OUTSIDE of the Western Con- ference, each of the major leagues produced at least one team which posted an outstanding record. In the Pacific Coast Confer- ence, Southern California was unstoppable, with U.C.L.A.'s right behind. Penn edged Princeton to finish with a clean Ivy League slate. Georgia Tech and Mississipi, both unbeaten led the Southeast. They did not meet during the regular season, but will square off on New Year's day in the famed Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. Tennessee and Duke were su- preme in the Southern loop, while Texas rolled through the pass- happy Southwest Conference with- out defeat. s a s THUS THE established powers of the various sections would up at the tops of their respective con- !erences. The pre-season dopesters tabbed Michigan State as the nation's strongest team, and Biggie Munn's Spartans proved them absolutely right. Georgia Tech, Princeton, Purdue, Wis- consin, Penn, Oklahoma, Ten- nessee, Duke, Texas and U.$.C. were all figured to be prime forces in their conferences and the record has upheld the for- cast. Penn, although winning the Ivy League crown, experienced a ter- rific late-season slump and lost to Penn State, Georgia and Army. The loss of stellar tackle Captain Bob Evans hurt the Quakers chances of finishing unbeaten. WITH FEW exceptions, the teams that were figured to be strong were strong throughout the season. Biggest disappointment of the year was Ray Elliot's Illinois [E U R OPE udgt ,*urs OTHER TOURS MEXKCO " HAWAI - JAPAN .$0. AMER. S.T.O.P AND MEET THE PEOPLE - - EUROPE: Unique first class spring tours. Low cost summer tours designed for young- er people " MEXICO: Summer session'* JAPAN: Study Cruise Tour via A. P. . 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Now under Lowell "Red" Dawson, who for- merly tutored Biggie Munn's back- fields up at East Lansing, the Smokey City lads used triumphs over Notre Dame and Ohio State as stepping-stones to a highly successful season. PRIME REASON for Pitt's re- surgance was the influx in great- er numbers of the products of Western Pennsylvania high school football. For years the talent beds surrounding Pittsburgh had sent their finest to other campuses from Knoxville to East Lansing. Now the home grown athletes were be- ing routed to the capable Dawson and the result was as expected. That Western Pennsylvania products were in evidence dur- ing this football season can eas- ily be shown from a lo6k at the All America teams which in- - cluded Dick Tamburo of New Kensington and Frank Kush of Windber, both of Michigan State and Dick Modzelewski of West Natronaand the University of Maryland. As Pitt gets stronger, some of the nation's foremost *gridiron powers may find it dif- ficult to lure promising material away from the Quaker state. In retrospect, the 1952 football season went more according to the form chart than did its predesses- sor, and produced among other things Bill Vessels as its best back and Dick Modzelewski as its best lineman. Michigan State captured the AP poll, but it remained for Frank Leahy's Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, with victories over four conference champions,to steal the fancy of the nation's football faithful. By PAUL GREENBERG Wolverine Hockey Coach Vic Heyliger, who made the ice sport a leading attraction in the Mich- igan winter schedule, scored an- other success last season when he helped organize the Midwest Col- legiate Ice Hockey League. The ice loop, in its inaugural season received the plaudits of col- legiate puck enthusiasts through- out the nation. It has made com- petition keener-with the tangible award of a bid to the NCAA tour- nament in Colorado Springs going to the two top teams. SM* * d |SEVEN TEAMS, all midwestern ice powers comprise the league in- cluding: Colorado College, Denver University North Dakota, Min- nesota, Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Michigan. Last year Colorado and Michigan got the tournament bids. The Tigers, under the tutelage of Cheddy Thompson, collegiate ice "Coach of the Year for 1951- 1952" took first place with a ten won, two lost record. Michigan tied for second place with a sur- prising Denver team that was coached by ex-Wolverine star Neil Celley. The Maize and Blue and Denver had identical 9-3 marks, and the Western Selections Committee picked Michigan for the tourna- ment on the strength of its more impressive over-all record. EACH TEAM plays every other team in the league at least twice, two points scored for a win and one for a tie. If a team plays four games with a given opponent, each win counts a point while a tie goes for half a score. The NCAA rules committee moved last year to eliminate the possibility of ties by adding a ten minute sudden-death over- time period to the three regular 20 minute frames. However, if both teams go scoreless in the extra time, the games goes into the record books as a tie. The Woverines open their loop season during Christmas vacation when they journey down to tne land of high altitudes to engage Denver and Colorado in four games in five days, December 19- 23. These contests will go a long way toward deciding the league championship since Denver and Colorado are expected to provide Michigan its major competition in the quest for first place. HOWEVER, there isn't really a weak team in the whole league. 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