WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THIEX Gridders Sharpen Attach For Ohio State Invasion RUDE GUESTS FOR"DEDICATION: Wolverines Upset Buckeyes in OSU Stadium Opener Michigan's footbll squad held a vigorous workout yesterday aft- ernoon in preparatic for Vie sea-l son's football finale aainst Ohiol State this Saturday at the Michi- gan Stadium. The line, which has performed rather erratically through the pre-t vious eight encounters, was given a great deal of blocking practice. Scrimmages between the varsity and second string lines followedl the dummy workout. THE LINE and backfield worked1 diligently in an effort to musterE the sorely needed offensive punch the team has lacked. A great deal of dummy scrimmage, to improve the blocking for the Michigan pass- ers, was used by Coach Oosterbaan.t Tony Branoff and Ted Kress, the nucleus of the Wolverine ground attack, covered the num-t erous play sequences. Quarter-i backs Lou Baldacci, Ray Kena- ga, and Bill McKinley alternated; in throwing the pigskin in theX aerial end of the offense. Michigan's runnin game, which has gai'ed only 207 yards in its last three games, also received a good working over. ** * THE FRESHMEN squad ran through some Ohio State patterns and then scrimmaged with the var- sity in order to giye the first- stringers the needed defensive practice. Notable by his absence from the ; heavy drills was Wolverine right end Gene Knutson. Knutscn, vRho is ho'Aed by a twisted knee ie- ceived in the Michigan State game,, dii not respond to treatment Fr d it is feared he may sit out his last conkgiate game.a A; ieplacements f'r the six -fuot- five- inch senior from Beloit, Wis- consi,. Coach Oosterbaan has b(en re'rtyintg Gerry Williams and Jclhn Veselenak, a pair of Flint re- se:ve.. Both men have seen actt.n previot sly this sea)i. By PHIL DOUGLIS Never before did a guest of honor want to spoil a party as much as Michigan did back on October 22, 1922. The Wolverines had been in- vited to play Ohio State in the dedication game of the Buckeye's huge 62,110 seat stadium, and Fielding Yost wanting nothing better than to open the Ohio horseshoe with a Michigan vic- tory. RARELY HAD a game attract- ed as much attention as this one. Ohio State 'had drubbed Yost's men three years In a row, and Michigan's Ohio alums were yelp- ing for his scalp. This alone made: Michigan fighting mad, but the fact that the mammoth arena wasj to be dedicated made them even more determined to win.1 Over 6,000 Michigan students treked to Columbus for the bat- tle, more than half the student enrollment. This was the larg- est student group to ever travel to an away game up to that time.' Trains and cars bulged with football crazed fans as the eyes of the nation focused on Columbus. Under sunny skies, the million and half dollar double-decked structure was dedicated amid pag- eantry, and the teams took the field. Back in Ann Arbor, fans jammed Hill Auditorium to view a "grid-graph," an electric device which reproduced the plays with small lights as the telegraphic re- ports came in. MICHIGAN, clad in snappy maize and blue uniforms, was a slight favorite as the Scarlet and Grey kicked off. The Wolverines showed their fangs for the first time late in the first period, when captain Paul Goebel booted a 27 yard field goal, and the initial period ended with Michigan in front, 3-0. The Buckeyes were not out of it by any means, and fought back doggedly as Hodge Work- man pounded the Wolverine for- ward wall again and again. bMichigan, however, had a little bit more defensive ability than the Buckeyes that day, and midway in the second period smashed Voigts Boots NU Starters EVANSTON- - A)-) Coach Bob Voigts of Northwestern an- nounced a drastic lineup revi- sion for the Wildcats' final 1953 football game, against Illinois Saturday. Voigts said only cne of the players who started against In- diana -center John Damore - will be in the Wildcats' opening lineup. Three sophomores - quarterback John Reardensand halfbacks Bob McKeiver and Jim Troglio-ani$ junior full- back Jerry Weber will make up the starting backfield. Alongside Dainore in the line will be ends Ziggy Niepokoj and Ed Demyan, tackles Merle Sear-* cy and Curt Krueger and guards Bob Higley and Frank Hren. Demyan is the only sen- ior. through the Ohio line, plowing and Harvard. Michigan however under Isabel, the hapless Buckeye would not give in, and with Kipke ball carrier. Isabel fubled the ball punting almost perfectly the Wol- on his own 26. and Goebel fell on verines were rarely in trouble. it for the first real break of the * * * game. KIPKE stole the show from here ** * THEN YOST reached into the past for an old play he used back in the "point-a-minute" days. It was "old number 83," a tricky end run, and Michigan's All- American Harry Kipke was selected by Yost to carry it out. Carry it out Kipke did, as he raced 25 yards around left end for a touchdown to give Michigan a 10-0 lead. Halftime came with its spec- tacular pageantry as the Michi- gan and Ohio bands dueled, much the same as they will duel this Saturday when the time honored rivals clash again in Michigan's Stadium. Ohio came out for the second half determined to pull the game out of the fire. The Bucks desired this game badly, for they wanted above all to avoid the dedication jinx which had plagued other schools before them, such as Yale on in as he single-handedly'marcn- ed the Wolverines to victory. Mid- way in the secopd period he in- tercepted a Workman pass, and threaded his way 45 yards through a broken field to score. The con- version was missed and the Wol- verines were ahead, 16-0. Michigan continued to hold the Buckeyes at bay, and very late in the game Kipke made the score 19-0 with a spectacular 37 yard drop-kick which split the uprights cleanly for a field goal. Thus the game ended with Michigan on top, 19-0, and bed- lam broke loose in Columbus. The Michigan band marched on the city, thousands of cheering Wol- verine students trailing it. Never before and never again was there a greater display of enthusiasm as followed that game, a game which wrote a new chapter into Michigan's athletic history. BOR TON'S HERE AGAIN: M' Seeks To Revenge '52 Loss to OSU 4> By JACK HORWITZ In an effort to gain revenge as well as salvage a dismal Big Ten record the Wolverine grid squad will be shooting for a win over the Ohio State Buckeyes next Saturday afternoon. After a stunning defeat at the hands of the Ohioans last year, the Michigan gridders will be prac- ticing hard to gain an important victory. The Buckeyes downed the Wolverines, 27-7, in a battle domi- nated by the spectacular quarter- backing of John Borton. * * * ENTERING the game, Michigan had high hope of 'a trip to the Rose bowl. They had a 4-1 Western Conference record behind them and the victory over Ohio State would assure them of at least a tie for the title. The hope-was soon turned into misery cs the Buckeyes turned numerous Wolverine mis- cues into a substantial victory margin. Michigan just couldn't do any- thing right. It fumbled, had sev- eral pass interceptions, and ruin- ed every scoring opportunity it had. The Maize and Blue errors were enough to hand Ohio State a two touchdown lead at the half and from then on the Scar- let and Grey couldn't be caught. 'l he first score came on a pass from Borton to sticky -fingered end Bob Joslin early ir the second quarter. The pass was the climax to a 26 yard drive and covered eight yards. Tad Weed added the extra point and the Ohioans led 7-0 with 14 minutes left to go in the half. * * * THE BUCKEYES added what proved to be the winning .tally two series later. Borton again threw to Josin for the score. This time it was a 61 yard march with Borton's 28 yard pass into the end zone where Joslin leaped for the call counting the tally. Weed again converted and Ohio held a 14-0 lead. Michigan's only touchdown came in the dying minutes of the second half. Ohio state had jus- shoved over its fourth score of the day and was again kick- ing off to the Wolverines. Michigan received the ball on its own 29 and began to roll. In eight plays, the ball was moved to the Ohio six. Fullback Dick Balzhiser took it to the two. From there lit- tie wingback Frankie Howell took, it around end for the score. It was the climax to a 71-yard drive. Russ Rescorla added the extra point to make the final score 27-7 Borton was literally an .aer.al wizzard in the game. He completed 11 of 18 passes with no intercep- tions. This gave him a total of 151 yards and three touchlowns. In addition he carried the ball five times and plunged over for one touchdown. The superb gridiron play of Bor- tou throughout last season and thus far on the 1953 slate hlas pie- sented an obstacle to every oppos- ing team. With the aid of fullback Bobby Watkins and sophomore Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Bor- ton will show his prowess in the Michigan Stadium this weekend. Aerial Arm Rates Surprising as it may seem, Michigan's seemingly inept of- fense ranks with the best on the nation's collegiate gridirons in one department-passing. In official statistics released by the National Collegiate Ath- letic Bureau the WOlverines are rated fourteenth among the major college teams in aerial of- fense. The Maize and Blue has com- pleted 71 and 157 attempts for a .452 percentage, rolling up 1029 yards in eight games on the successful tnsses. Seven touchdowns have been picked up through the air. Gophers Seek TV For Wisconsin Tilt MINNEAPOLIS -P) - Min- nesota, its Saturday game with Wisconsin a complete sellout, Tuesday asked the NCAA televi- sion board to pe'mit local tele- casts of the contest. NCAA approval of the request wouid put the Gophers on tele- vision for the third time this seaaon. Local television was authorized for the sold out Minnesota-Michi- gan State game here in October. The Minnesota-Pittsburgh game three weeks later was played be- fore a nationwide television audi- ence. Hillel presents the ISRAELI DANCE GROUP for BEGINNERS and EXPER TS EVERY WEDNESDAY, 7:30 P.M. 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