sm THE MICHIGAN DAILY +RIMAY, JANUARY 'Cagers Meet Spartans Here i EVERYBODY ON: Football Has Returned To Horse, Buggy Days . ath- By DICK LEWIS "Football has returned to the haorse and buggy days." So says Alabama football coach *fed Drew and he is backed up by :just about 80 per cent of the ,other coaches in the country. Drew is justified in his statement ,when you consider the dozens of misfortunes that the "iron-man" nterpretation will bring back. I * * BIGGEST gripe from the spec- tator's viewpoint is the poorer brand of football which will ulti- mately emerge. The two-platoon system provided fans with the best type of play possible-spe- cialists in every phase of the dame. . But with specialists gone a cut in team efficiency will re- sult, causing less fan interest and consequently fewer spec- tators. Two platoons made for a faster, more efficient, more interesting type of game. Now athletes with exceptional offensive and defensive talents are a matter of the past. It's goodbye for the end-skirting skat- back and the T-formation quar- terback-and all the other color- ful one-way performers. MICHIGAN'S immortal Field- ing H. Yost said "Athletics for All." Just the opposite of this statement is one of the faults in the new "iron-man" rule. It pre- vents boys who ordinarily would have played from participating on the gridiron. Squad reduction means that countless players who were formerly on the field at least half the time will now never play at all. The big boys have been preach- ng all along about giving more LATE HOCKEY Detroit 4, Boston 0 college students a shot at letics, but when it comes to actu- ally instituting such a program no such thing happens. DON'T BE surprised if suddenly next football season a rash of serious injuries breaks out in con- tests across the nation. This is merely another manifestation of the new ruling. In the past, avoidance of over-fatigue through the two- platoon method rested players and reduced injury. Now tired players can't be rested; at least not without the loss of their services for the rest of the per- iod they leave. If the high-handed St. Peters- burg decision proved anything it showed that football coaches have little to say about the conduct of the game today. * * 4 A FEW DAYS before the Florida conclave, coaches voted by a 4-1 majority to retain the free-sub- stitution regulation. Then, with financially -frustrated small-col- lege administrators in the driver's seat, the momentous change was reached by a "unanimous" vote. The gruelling task of building whole new teams to play both ways (and the subsequent break- up of some of the best football talent ever assembled) is the inevitable outgrowth of the NCAA move. Longer practice sessions and less time for studies will be required. Add to this super-charged re- cruiting methods for topnotch two-way talent, the dropping of scores of coaches who made the sport what it is today, and slow- ed-down and lull-filled action. Then you'll have an accurate picture of what college football will look like comes the Fall of 1953. Seek Upset Over Third. Place State Michigan's Wolverines will be shooting for an upset victory to- morrow night as they renew their old rivalry with the Spartans of East Lansing on the basketball court. The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the Yost Field House. MICHIGAN STATE is presently occupying third place in the Big Ten standings behind Indiana and Illinois with a 3-2 record while Michigan hangs on the brink of the cellar, sporting a 2-6 Con- ference history. Led by speedy Al Ferrari, 6-2% sophomore forward, State has marked up wins over Northwest- ern, Ohio State, and Iowa. Ferrari, a reserve at the begin- ning of the season, has worked into a starting assignment as the Spartan top scorer, averaging around 15 points a game. At 6-8 center Bob Armstrong will be tallest man on the floor. Playing opposite Ferrari at the other forward post State boasts veteran forward Keith Stackhouse, captain of the team. Little 5-5 Ricky Ayala and Dick Wesling provide a short fast com- bo at the guard spots. Coach Bill Perigo will depend on the same men he has been playing all year to produce a Wol- verine victory. He will start Don Eaddy and Ray Pavichevich as guards and work-horse Paul Groffsky at cen- ter. Along with Mead, John Cod- well is slated for a forward spot. Michigan's only other Big Ten game in the between-semesters interlude matches it with Illinois, second ranked Conference team, on February 9. A third non-conference game with Washington University of St. Louis will be sandwiched in between Michigan's two Big Ten meetings. This is slated for Jan. 31 at St. Louis. By IVAN KAYE The NCAA rules committee's de- cision to abolish two platoon foot- ball is a step in the right direction. The action will return the game to the all-round player and re- move it from the hands of the "chrome-plated, hand-tooled spec- ialists" of the post war era. The accent is now on versatility rather than on mass produced' special- ties. PRO: New Grid Rule Change MeansEnd of Specialist t to the GOES! enough, under the platoon system more men at a given school may play, but an overall index of the sport would undoubtedly show a decline in the number participat- ing. LUE OOK ALL 11 4 '1 1 41 a The a Winter of with delici impus capers ill for Coke ccent's on hi-jinks at the Carnival and a happy part the occasion is refreshment... ous ice-cold Coca-Cola. OOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OP tHE COCA*COLA COMPANY SY ANN ARBOR COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY 4 1 AA. J I *Cbke' is a vgistered trademairk. © 1953, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY "','..." va'e }r '"' w fi T .?r"}"+' .: d;;T7', - .ri j ., ..;,1,..w .r ;k,,, r " ",F-_; ; :;" , .. *..Y"- IfM SO zALOU RALDREA Y! 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