PAGE SrX THE MICHIGAN D AILY . IDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1953 Samnies Air Attack. Stops dSiTit s e Bid With Warren Wertheimer toss- ing four touchdown passes, Sigma Alpha Mu swept to a 24-8 victory over Sigma Chi yesterday, gaining a berth in the IM fraternity cham- pionship football game. The Sammies battle Phi Delta Theta, semi-final 'conquerer of Delta Tau Delta, in the title game next week. SIGMA CHI, defending league champions, jumped off to an ear- ly 2-0 load, as an SAM pass from center was dropped in its own end zone. But the Sammies, coming back, took to the air andmoved down to the Sigma Chi five on a 40 yard heave from Wertheimer to Paul Rchman. The SAM attack then stalled, as the Sigma Chis held for 3 downs, but on fourth down, pass interference was called and SAM had a first down on the Sig Chi one. Wertheimer then lobbed a touchdown pass to Larry Pearl- man, the'extra point was missed, and SAM moved in front to stay, 6-2. Sigma Chi's kickoff opening the second half was short, and Tommy Kdvan returned it to the Sig Chi 15. On the very first play from scrimmage of the second half, Wertheimer faded back, and be- hind perfect protection, hit Rich- man in the end zone for a touch- down. Again the extra point was missed, but SAM had a 12-2 lead. * * * SIGMA CHI tried vainly to come back, but the Sammies were too strong. SAM gained posses- sion of the ball again, and once more Wertheimer went into ac- tion, this time hitting Kovan for a 30 yard touchdown. The extra point try failed, and the Sammies had an18-2 lead. With only five minutes left, Sigma Chi, under the leadership of Norm Canty, finally began to move 'downfield. Centy hit Bob Littleson with a five yard touch- down pass to cap the drive, nar- rowing the Sammie margin to .18-8. The gathering gloom closed in on Ferry Field, but the Sammies were determined to get one more score in before the end of the game. So once more Wertheimer went to work through the air lanes, and pitched a 25 yard pay- off to Kovan for the fourth SAM tally. In almost complete darkness, the extra point failed, but the Sammies had the ball game and a berth in the title match all wrapped up, 24-8. Next week's championship game will offer a passing duel between Phi Delt's Rusty Swaney and Wer- theimer, and will be played under the lights on Ann Arbor High's Wines Field. for BLENDED HAIR STYLING that pleases try 715 N. University 9ef 0 is Sigma Chi, PRE-GAME ROUNDUP: 24,- Conference Tea ns Windup Drills A Great Tradition Is Born In Michigan's Darkest Hour el it v 1y a. a tl By The Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwest- ern will be near full strength for its football game tomorrow against Wisconsin. Coach Bob Voigts said sopho- more Bob McKeiver, halfback, and Wayne Glassman, fullback, are the only players expected to be sidelined with injuries. Northwestern's strong passing, ombination of Dick Thomas to end Joe Collier will be ready for full service. Thomas was hurt in the Ohio State game last Satur- day and Collier has been hob- bled by an ankle injury. MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota, angling for its third Big Ten vic- tory in five starts, polished off heavy workouts for tomorrow's homecoming game against Indi- ana. Oft-injured right half Bob Mc- Namara, recovered from a twisted ankle, appeared ready to start against the Hoosiers. * * * o COL UMBUS - The Ohio State football team, injured players in- cluded, went through a thorough polish session Trainer Ernie Biggs said every- one on the squad should be in shape for the contest which goilld eliminate either team from the Big Ten title race. * * * IOWA CITY - The University of Iowa Hawkeyes practiced be- hind locked gates with all onlook- ers barred for the second straight day for tomorrow's game with Purdue. q 7lr.Ei2E' .+, E' .? S 1 \ r % I/ it , / 't_ -- - -- I '__.' h IT'S A FACT . . by Jack Horwitz IT'S A FACT THAT Wally Weber, the genial big man with the poly- syllabic vocabulary, who doubles as Michigan freshman football coach, has appeared as a speaker in nearly 400 cities at more than 1,000 gath- erings in the United States and Canada, S* *, * * IT'S A FACT THAT Wes Fesler, head coach of the Minnesota grid squad, was once a player in organized baseball. After his graduation from Ohio State University, at which he won three.letters in baseball, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals and played in their organi- zation. * * * * IT'S A FACT THAT Fritz Crisler, fabulous football coach of the past two and one-half decades, became a coach because he needed a tem- porary means of support. Crisler, who is now athletic director at Mich- igan, accepted an offer from Amos Alonzo Stagg, then University of Chicago coach, to take the job of assistant coach. He was going to earn enough money to pursue his ambition to be a physician and sur- geon. His temporary job flourished into many years of successful coaching and the medical profession's loss was football's gain. * * * * * IT'S A FACT THAT in the first Rose Bowl game, played in 1901, Mich- igan defeated Stanford, 49-0.,Coach Fielding H. Yost took only 15 players to the coast. Eleven men started the game and the same men finished it. No substitutes were used. r _ By IVAN N. KAYE Daily Sports Editor The story of Red Grange's great day against Michigan has been told and retold countless times to the football followers of the Uni-! versity of Illinois, but born in the somber defeat of that afternoon was also one of Michigan's proud- est traditions. "Fight like Steger!" - forgot- ten today, those words rallied Michigan's football teams of a generation ago and form a little known backdrop to the fabled ac- count of Red Grange's day of days. * * * - IT WAS the fourth quarter of that historic Illinois - Michigan game of 1924. Grange had shocked, the Wolverines with four long' touchdown runs in the first ten minutes. Michigan was hopelessly beaten. The immortal Fielding Yost, who had been forced to re- tire due to illness, had stormed down from grandstand seat to in- still the old competitive fire in the Michigan team, but even the Hur- ry-Up man knew that the cause was lost and the lay was Illinois'. Michigan was trailing by 39-7 when an Illinois fumble was re- covered at midfield. The Wol- verines began to march. It was Herbert Steger, the team's cap- tain, who tore through the big Illinois line for a first down. Playing with reckless aban- don.he carried the ball time and again until it rested in the- shadow of the Illini goal posts. Here the Illinois defense stif- fened to stop three straight plays. They were playing their first game in their brand new stadium, these Illini, and they were determined not to give the invaders another touchdown. Steger carried on fourth down and as he lunged for that final precious inch of ground a photographer chanced, upon the picture of a lifetime. *PT E o*e THE PICTURE showed Steger bareheaded, eyes blazing, teeth clenched and fighting the grasp of the three Illini whom he carried, across the goal for Michigan's, touchdown. To look at the picture one might conclude that it showed the desperation of a man who was scoring the winning or ty- ing touchdown for his team. The touchdown that Steger scored only made the final score 39-14 instead of 39-7 in Illinois' fa- vor, but to look at his face and see that picture of spirit no one would ever know it. Jamels Cruisenberry, who cov- ered the game for the Chicago Tribune, saw something in the aft- ernoon's activity which had elud- ed most of the writers who had traveled from far and near to wit- ness the spectacle. He saw the un- quenchable spirit of Michigan when it was never more evident ano never more needed. What he told his audience was that he knew at game's end that Michigan could be outplayed, but never outfought. Those who were there knew just what he meant; those who weren't could never understand. IT WAS Cruisenberry, who upon looking at the picture muttered, "Fight like Steger." So the cry went. The Michiganensian devot- ed its lead page to a color drawing of Steger fighting across the last line with the three Illini trying in vain to stop him. Yost used the story of Steger's spirit to pull many close games out of the fire for his Michigan teams. Tomorrow afternoon another Michigan team takes to the field of Memorial Stadium. 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