/ PAGE THREE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY M k Y a i A /} a :., A j .. .by Ivan N. Kaye Varsity Cagers Trounce Topp's Play Boosts End r r M Freshman Squad I S THE scoreboard lights blinked out the final seconds at the' Stadium last Saturday afternoon our minds wandered back across the nine games to touch on the high points of this 74th season of Michigan football. It all started on a warm afternoon late in September wihen an untested Michigan team overwhelmed the visiting Huskies of the University of Washington by the absolutely unbelievable score of 50-0. There was the silent Washington locker room . .. a personable coach John Cherberg telling us that his team was not that bad and that he would prove that before the season was over . . . the tie with Southern California was proof enough TULANE did not roll over and play dead as the experts had figured, but as we rationalized at the time, the varsity had been up for the opener and was bound to suffer a drop in effectiveness. There were the first indications in this game that Michigan's inexperience at the vital linebacker positions would cause trouble when the varsity came up against a hard-running team ... there was Max McGee, who could really kick a football . . . and there were looks of doubt on the faces of the Michigan coaches after the game. It had taken a blocked kick to put the game out of Tulane's reach, and that was not the most encouraging note in view of the opposition's undistinguished record. IOWA meant lomecoming three weeks early for Forest Evashevski,t Bump Elliot, Bob Flora and the likable Archie Kodros, who had been with us while scouting the Wolverines in the first two games . . . Archie's warning of trouble for the overconfident Michigan squad r fell upon deaf ears . .. until the first Iowa touchdown . . . the "Split T" drove the Michigan linemen to distraction . . . it looked hopeless at halftime . . . but the Wolverine is a fierce animal, and all the nore so when cornered . . . Dunc McDonald's fourth down strike to Gene Knutson evened it, and the sophomore quarterback from Akron, Lou Bald.acci sent everyone home happy with a successful conversion. ' The Unsung Heroes ... NORTHWESTERN . . . another game in Michigan stadium. the fourth in succession . . . McDonald's finest hour . . . a burlyj Wildcat lineman and a 15 yard penalty for unnecessary roughness ' almost put the Michigan quarterback out of the game, but not quite ... he got up . . . the crowd cheered. . . he threw a pass to hometown pal John Veselenak for a touchdown . .. the crowd cheered again, a lot louder . . . the Wildcats- almost tied the score late in the game . . then came a short screen pass to the flashy Ted Kress . . . 66 yards to the clinching touchdown behind beautiful blocking by those unsung heroes-the linemen, without whom not even the best backsj would look any better than scrubs.I MINNEAPOLIS . . . the Queen City of the Northwest . . . un- excelled hospitality .. . cozy accommodations arranged by the Wol- verine Club . .. the tradition of the 50th anniversary of the Little Brown Jug, a trophy, it might be said, which arose spontaneously ... some of the original team members who played in that memorable spectacle were on hand ... Michigan's great little Fred Norcross, the inspiration behind the 1903 Wolverines. The game ... a perfect foot- ball day . . . Paul Giel, who had to be seen to be believed . . . the inadequacy of mere words to describe his one man exibition . . . a game marred by the tragedy of four heart fatalities in the grandstand HOMECOMING brought only 58,000 to Michigan's giant bowl ... Pennsylvania's big, tough line ... that beautiful left-handed pass from Tony Branoff to Bob Topp ... Topp's great catch with three Quakers on his back ... no extra points in four tries .. . Baldacci wearing a grotesque mask to protect the face cut sus- tained in the Minnesota game.., the quiet Penn locker room.. . George Munger, a coach with no worries and a suicide schedule ....this is his last season, win, lose or draw .. . were the Quak- ers looking over Michigan toward Notre Dame? ... Munger said no, but Penn's performance against the Irish said yes. By WARREN WERTHEIMER IN Michigan's varsity cagers fell IN THE SECOND hALF{ it be- just shy of the hundred mark as came just a question of how high they trounced the freshman team, the score would go and despite the 99-69. last night at Yost Field fact that they had 98 with two House. Once they took over the lead late It was announced yesterday in the first quarter. the winners that Glen Bearss '55 of Goodells, were never headed and they stead- Michigan, will be senior man- ily opened the gap. Six men hit in ager of the 1954 football team. double figures for the Wolverines Bearss succeeds this year's led by Jim Barron with 22. manager Dick Petrie. Cap *e* * Grathwohl, J B. Davenport, To AP Big Ten Honors It is not without reason that the AP Press Poll picked Michigan's Penn intercepters. and raced into -- - ---- Bob Topp as the All-Big Ten right the end zone. His other TD catch end was made in the Iowa game after and a half minutes remaining, theTe.ds a beautiful 27-yard toss by Louis Wolverines were unable to make Topp a 6 foot. 2 inch seio Baldacci. the double zero appear on the from Kalamazoo. Michigan, rank- coreboard ed 12th in the nation in pass re- Besides regular pass receiving Harvey Williams, despite the ceiving. He caught 23 passes for duties. Topp proved himself to fact that he fouled out of the 331 yards, averaging 14 yards be a big asset to the team as he game. contributed 11 markers to gained on every completion. The blocked and tackled expertly, the Michigan total and helped 21-year-old end also snared two carried the ball on end arounds Paul Groffsky dominate the back- touchdown passes in his nine and occasionally made kickoffs. boards. Groffsky with 10 and John game spree. Topp recovered the fumble that Codwell with the same number of * * * set up Michigan's field goal in the points were the other varsity ONE TOUCIHDOWN pass, a 66 Illinois game. He also intercepted hoopsters to sore in double figures. yard aerial from Tony Branoff to passes at strategic points in sev- Kramer and Jim Sharron with Topp electrified the Pennsylvania eral games, including one on the 16 and 14 tallies respectively led game crowd as Topp took the ball Michigan State 35-yard line late the frosh five. from the hands of three would be in the game. TED CACHEY ... captains gridders BARRON. scoring most of his points on jump shots from around the keyhole area, hit four field goals to help Michigan grab a 22-20 lead at the end of the first quarter. olverin1e With the entrance into the Wrgame of Tom Jorgenson and Don Eaddy, Bill Perigo's hoopsters G rid Captain, proceeded to open up a 15 point halftime lead. The Varsity began clicking with B$ranoff Chosen its fast break and despite the work fa.A11hose1 of Ron Kramer, the freshmen were M ostValuablunable to stay with the winners. Eaddy racked up ten of his 16 points while Jorgenson connected Ted Cachey, a 185-pound line- for one more than half his total man from Chicago, will captain of eighteen before the intermis- the 1954 Michigan football team. sion. His election to the post yester -_________________ day came as a surprise to some but on football field Cachey's able play 1953 Football as a replacement for right guard Reserve Awards Dick Beison during the 1953 sea-j son earned him the solid respect The following 36 names were list- of his teammates. ed as Michigan reserve award win- * * ners yesterday: o-U_.+ Am c Alnn r Rirh_ Ivan Bender, and Adam Mick- owski were selected as junior managers. Popular Gloves at Popular Prices 717 TWO-PURPOSE GLOVE A double woven Fabric Glove Sidewall Style with a Wool Liner that's detachable. Worn separately or in combination. Attractive colors: Maroon, Camel, Grey, Brown, Navy, Green: with contrasting liner colors. KUOHNS 217 S. Liberty Ph. NO 8-8020 Open Monday till 9 P.M. 1 III I is w WANT TO BE THEIR FAVORITE? - Sweaters -6' Sweatshirts - Pop lin Jackets IN CHOOSING Cachey the squad stayed with a tradition of{ having a lineman as the captain of the Wolverine team, and with l IBeison's graduation in FebruaryI Cachey should inherit the startingr berth at right guard. Coach Bennie Oosterbaan was in agreement with his players in calling Cachey a "fine choice" for the captaincy. At the same time the squad vot- ed halfback Tony Branoff as the Smost valuable Maize and Blue player of the 1953 campaign. BRANOFF, a. speedy, compact Flint product, led the Wolverines in total offense for the season with 614 yards. He picked up 501 yards on the ground in 101 carrying at- tempts during the nine games in which he competed, and added 113 yeards through the air on the com- pletion of three of five passes. Scoring six touchdowns and making good on three conver- sion attempts Branoff's 39 points topped all Michigan scorers. Tailback Ted Kress finished 1 lnse behind BrRnnff in total Roer T Aes, Algonac, cn. Gordon L. Barnes, Jackson, Mich.; James V. Bates, Farmington, Mich.; James N. Bowman, Charlevoix, Mich.; Wilbur P. Brown, LaSalle, Mich.; Howard J. Buchanan, Dear- born, Mich.; George R. Corey, Bad- en, Pa.; Larry Cox, Dowagiac, Mich.; Donald D. Drake, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Peri Gagalis, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Jerry 1. Gonser, Saline, Mich.; Thomas Hendricks Jr., Detroit, Mich.; Earl Johnson Jr., Muskegon Heights, Mich.; Carl R. Kamhout Jr., Grand Haven, Mich.; Stanley P. Knickerbocker, Chelsea, Mich.; Andrew E. Koski, Detroit, Mich.; Joseph W. Krahl, Wheaton, Ill.; Charles H. Krahnkefi Charlevoix, Mich.; John M. Kuchka, Berwick, Pa.; G. William McKinley, Norwalk, 0.; Robert L. Marion, Muskegon Heights, Mich.; Robert D. Milligan, Dearborn, Mich.; George C. Muel- lich, Bowling Green, O.; Douglas R. Murray, Muskegon, Mich.; Norman A. Niedermeier, Newport, Mich.; Bruce O. Nord- quist, Troy, O.; David F. Rentschler, Detroit, Mich.; Charles A.sHitter, Cassopolls, Mich.; Leo R. Schlicht, Madison, Wis.; Joseph G. Shomsky, Flint, Mich.; Robert E. Sriver, Mis- hawaka Ind.; Raymond Vander- Zeyde East Chicago Ind.; Richard J. VorenKamp Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jack C. Wheeler, Ann Arbor, Mich.; David L. Williams, Dearborn, Mich.; Peter Wolgast, Petoskey, Mich. Take home MICHIGAN T-shirts- 711 N. UNIVERSITY HAROLD S. TRICK 90;. STATE sm THE BIG WEEKEND at Champaign, and another homecoming points with six TDs for 36 points. .only this time it was Illinois' . . . fantastic displays . . . a beau- tiful campus with space around the buildings . . . some more fine Big Ten hospitality . . : the game and the flashing J. C. Caroline, who also had to be seen to be believed ... a crunching Illinois groune attack that chewed the Michigan line to pieces ... Baldacci's amaz- ing 38-yard fieldgoal, a football oddity that we will remember for W at OuZZ years. Illinois' microscopic pressbox . . . another long ride back to Ann Arbor. MINNEENNOMMEMONOM an , Cousin? The Trophy Nobody Wanted... EAST LANSING ... another beautiful campus ... television cam- eras to bring the intra-state classic to 50 million fans across America . . . LeRoy Bolden, a better all-round performer than Caro- line . . . Michigan's best game of the season . . . Jim Balog playing defensive tackle like an All-American .. . O'Shaughnessy's return to the lineup ... a fine game by the Captain at center and linebacker ... Dick Beison grabbing a big fumble to set up the touchdown . an almost touchdown, thwarted by the great State end, Don Do- honey ... the pride we all had in the Michigan team even in defeat . . . The Trophy nobody wanted. OHIO STATE .. . spirit versus manpower and an overwhelming triumph for spirit . . valedictory for Hurley, Kress, Balzhiser, Dug- ger, Beison, Williams, Strozewski, Balog, Bennett, Topp, Knutson, Stanford, Dutter, and Captain O'Shaughnessy .. . a crippled Mich- igan team playing its greatest game of the season . . . the gleam in Don Weir's eye as the merrily clicking turnstiles signaled the year's greatest crowd ... Bennie being carried from the field on the should- ers of the Michigan team . . . the only way to end a season. Last Saturday the season passed into history. As always it was productive of thrills, good plays and bad. The one platoon system did not make the game any less enjoyable to the Michigan Stadium crowds, than in the past. Next year they will celebrate a diamond jubilee down at Ferry Field. Three-quarters of a century ago football was brought to Michigan by Charles M. Gayley to be played and enjoyed as a game. The very life of football will depend upon how well it is preserved .. . as a game. 1 SAFEGUARD YOUR MONEY Carry your cash by means of IE TRAVELERS CHEQUES 9 CONVENIENT * SAFE " PRACTICAL I t n) sophomore at a midwestern college was bothered by buzz- ing in his ears and headaches. He went to doctor after doctor ...had his appendix and tonsils removed... his teeth pulled. But nothing helped. Finally, the doctors gave up and told him he had only 6 months to live. The young fellow decided to "live it up" for his last 6 months. First, he went to his college sportswear shop for the smartest sport shirts money could buy. Naturally, he chose Van Heusen's VAN GAB. "VAN GAB is completely washable," beamed the sales- man. "See the saddle-stitched trim about the collar and pock- ets. Feel the silky texture of the fabric. And only $5.95. With a 15 neck like yours, I suggest a Medium size." "Don't waste my time," snapped the fellow. "Give me one of each of the 18 smart solid colors. Size rj." "But sir," gasped, the salesman, "your neck is much larger than a 14. You need at least a 15-." "I've worn a 14 all my life, and I don't feel like changing now," replied the youngster, greatly annoyed. "Okay," muttered the salesman. "But I warn you, that tight collar will give you buzzing in the ears and headaches!" ]7 1 S T O R E H OU R S D A I L Y 9 T O 0 0O I