0, OCTOBER 14. 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAIGE THREE -- ''-- - -. +. a4 c E Ti TRE 1 d/ Sztmmies Enter Playoff s rby First-Place Bea ting Chi Psi A'S TO DECIDE MONDAY: Kansas City Offer Gains AL Approval 'M' Line Set For NU Tilt Saturday Although a rash of injuries has played havoc with Michigan's backfield, the Wolverine line is probably in its best shape of the season. The stalwart forward wall, which to the surprise of practical- ly everybody, outplayed the high- ly vaunted Iowa line last weekend, has been greatly strengthened by the return of center Jim Bates. Walker Nearly Recovered Coach Bennie Oosterbaan said yesterday that Bates, although still not in top condition, will see more action this Saturday against Northwestern than he saw last weekend. Tackle Art Walker, who has been bothered recently with a bruised heel, is also nearly recov- ered. Sophomore left end, Ron Kra- mer, who suffered a bruised hip in the season opener against Wash- ington, is back in top shape again. But the picture is a bit darker at the other end where Jerry Wil- liams is bothered with a sore chest. Oosterbaan said that Williams will start against the Wildcats } Saturday, and even if the injury is aggravated the right end posi- tion is still in good shape with rangy sophomore Tom Maentz backing up the able Williams. Backfield Riddled With Injuries The backfield, on the other hand, is literally riddled with injuries. Fullback Lou Baldacci, who was out of the Iowa tilt with a bruis- ed shoulder and a stomach dis- order, has been working out this week, but has not had any bodily contact as yet. His shoulder is still sore, and he is eleven pounds un- der the weight at which he start- ed against Washington. If he plays at all against Northwestern it will only be limited action. Defending Ch With Last Ha By DAVE GREY Defending I-M football cham- pions Sigma Alpha Mu managed to sneak by Chi Psi, 7-6, yester- day afternoon under clear blue skies at South Ferry field. The Sammies earned the right to enter the first-place play-offs mainly through tailback Warren Wertheimer's passing and running attack. After the losers' had caught the defense napping to take a 6-0 lead in the first half on a 25 yard pass from Dale Ewert to Bob Brown, Tom Kovan scored on a screen pass from Wertheimer. JIM BATES- ... return strengthens line Injuries Plague MSC, Irish; Boilermakers Stress Passing ampions Rally if Touchdown The all important extra point was chalked up on a toss over center to end Paul Groffsky. Play was marked by hard blocking and fast charging line play, but neither team was able to score again. Mazin Scores Twice Other first-place qualifiers were Alpha Epsilon Pi and Tau Delta Phi. Don Mazin led the AE Pi's to a 12-0 win over Kappa Sigma by scoring twice on a lateral from Mary Gersuk on a punt return and a pass from Irwin Solomon. The Tau Delts finished its schedule undefeated by walking over Theta Delta Chi, 13-0. Chuck Baraf threw passes to Al Shuster and Aaron Po hurst for touch- downs and to Podhurst for the extra point. ZBT Wins Easily Zeta Beta Tau rolled over pre- viously undefeated Theta , Chi, 20-7, in another important league contest. The final standings hinge on whether or not Triangle can down Delta Chi in a later game. Outstanding for ZBT were tail- back Mort Siegel, and back Harry Israel, who scored twice on tosses from Siegel. Alpha Sigma Phi made the sec- ond-place playoffs by beating Phi Kappa Tau, 13-6. After Rex Youse had run the opening kick-off back for a touchdown for the losers, the Alpha Sigs struck back with Bob Vievers scoring on an interception and a pass from Bruce McCubbree. Eaddy Passes for Score Alpha Phi Alpha also won, 7-0,' over Theta Xi. On a short pass: from Don Eaddy to Myron Wahls. Barney Putnam added the seventh, point. Psi Upsilon downed Phi Sig- ma Delta, 7-0, with the one score being registered by Hugh Ban-I ninL a,. Chicago (R)- Hard cash and club owner caution made the dif- ference between Kansas City and Los Angeles as new home of the, Philadelphia Athletics. ' In their nine-hour meeting Tues- day when Kansas City-bound Ar- nold Johnson got the nod, Ameri- can League owners gave serious thought to Los Angeles which might have won the A's if an of- fer by the Texas Murchison inter- ests was acceptable. It wasn't, not only because it fell far short of Johnson's $3,375,- 000 in cold cash-although match- ing it on paper-but also for rea- son that the club owners doubted Los Angeles would be easy to crack for a major league team, according to a reliable source. There was some sentiment for a jump to the West Coast, beat- ing the National League to the punch, even though it was argued it would be impractical to have one member club that distance from the rest of the league. The Washington Senators, par- ticularly, preferred to have the A's shifted to Los Angeles where according to two county officials, appearing at the meeting, Wrigley Field probably could be obtained for the 1955 season on a Major League level. There was a suspected tie-up be- tween Robert F. Thompson of Dal- las, who made the Los Angeles pitch for wealthy Clint Murchison; the two Los Angeles County emis- saries; and Bill Veeck, who long has been surveying the West Coast for big league ball. Actually, though, it took an im- passioned plea by Roy Mack's at- torney and long-time personal friend, C. Brewster Rhoades, to convince his client he had to give up the Philadelphia ghost and that Johnson's offer was his only sal- vation. With tears In his eyes, Roy Mack CONNIE MACK ... an era ends and his son, Connie III, left the meeting room after Roy said he would consider the Johnson offer, He has until Monday to make offi- cial acceptance, a grace permitted to inform his wife whom he was unable to reach Tuesday night. By The Associated Press j EAST LANSING - Another knee injury is worrying Michigan State football backers. Henry Bullough, thehbig senior guard from Canton, Ohio, is the latest to be bothered with knee trouble. The same type of injury Sets Track Mark LONDON (A)-Chris Chata- way, of Great Britain, van- quished the mighty Vladmir Kue, of Russia, last night and established a world record time of 13:51.6 in the 5,000-meter feature event of the Moscow vs. London track and field meet. has been slowing down halfback Leroy Bolden in practice this week. Bullough has been limping on a swollen left knee. Unless he is able to shake off the injury by Satur- day, Bullough's loss could slow down the line play against Notre Dame. One of the key players on de- fense, Bullough has more game time this season than any other linesman. Bullough has a total of 123 min- utes in the 180 minutes played dur- ing the first three games. Against Wisconsin, he played 46 minutes. SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame's Fighting Irish engaged in their second scrimmage of the week yesterday as Coach Terry Brennan continued to bear down in preparation for Michigan State's invasion. Halfback Paul Reynolds, who has a pulled leg muscle, and Gene Kapish, No. 2 right end, who has a knee injury, are not expected to face the Spartans. Dean Studer, a sophomore, replaces Reynolds. The Irish fullback position still has no definite starer for Saturday.{ * * * LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Quarter- backs Leonard Dawson and Fron- cie Gutman spelled each other in the throwing department yester- day as Purdue sharpened its aer- ial game for equally aerial-rninded Wisconsin. Bob Springer, who sat out the Duke game with a leg injury, saw limited action in the workout and may be able to appear briefly in Saturday's Big Ten opener. I-M Track Meet Schedu led Today The annual campus-wide Intra- mural outdoor track meet will take place today at 4 p.m. There are separate divisions for residence halls, social fraterni- ties, professional fraternities, and independents. GRID SELECTIONS (Consensus appears in capitals) MICHIGAN at Northwestern ARMY at Duke Illinois at MINNESOTA IOWA at Ohio State Michigan State at NOTRE DAME NAVY at Pittsburgh Purdue at WISCONSIN 8. Southern Methodist at RICE 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Stanford at UCLA OKLAHOMA at Kansas SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA at Oregon (Portland) Auburn at GA. TECH. Missouri at INDIANA Tulane at MISSISSIPPI III' 15. North Carolina at MARYLAND * * * * To end the afternoon's contests Tau Epsilon Rho edged Alpha Chi Sigma, 13-6, in a professional fra- ternity overtime game, while Del- ta Sigma Delta whipped Alpha Omega, 13-0.j E PHIL DOUGLIS-(33-12, .733). - Michigan, Army, Minnesota, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Navy, Wisconsin, Rice, UCLA, Oklahoma, Southern California, Ga. Tech., Missouri, Mississippi, Maryland. * * * * KEN COPP-(31-14, .688)-Michigan, Duke, Minnesota, Iowa, Notre Dame, Navy, Wisconsin, SMU, UCLA, Oklahoma, Oregon, Ga. Tech., Missouri, Mississippi, Maryland. JIM DYGERT-(31-14, .688)-Michigan, Duke, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan State, Navy, Purdue, SMU, UCLA, Oklahoma, Southern California, Ga. Tech., Indiana, Mississippi, Maryland. ALAN EISENBERG-(31-14, .688) -Northwestern, Army, Min- nesota, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Navy, Wisconsin, Rice, UCLA, Okla- homa, Southern California, Ga. Tech., Missouri, Mississippi, Mary- land. DAVE LIVINGSTON-(31-14, .688)-Michigan, Army, Minne- sota, Iowa, Notre Dame, Navy, Wisconsin, Rice, UCLA, Oklahoma, Southern California, Ga. Tech., Indiana, Mississippi, Maryland. * * * * HANLEY GURWIN-(30-15, .667)-Michigan, Duke, Minnesota, Ohio Statq, Notre Dame, Navy, Purdue, Rice, UCLA, Oklahoma, Ore- gon, Ga. Tech., Indiana, Mississippi, Maryland. CORKY SMITH - (30-15, .667)-Michigan, Army, Minnesota, Iowa, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, Rice, UCLA, Oklahoma, Ore- gon, Ga. Tech., Indiania, Mississippi, Marylanr DAVE BAAD-(29-16, .644)-Michigan, Army, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan State, Navy, Wisconsin, Rice, UCLA, Oklahoma, Southern California, Ga. Tech., Indiana, Mississippi, Maryland. * * * * JACK HORWITZ-(28-17, .622)--Michigan, Duke, Minnesota, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Navy, Wisconsin, Rice, UCLA, Oklahoma, Oregon, Ga. Tech., Indiana, Mississippi, Maryland. * * * * BOB JONES-(8-7, .533)-Michigan, Duke, Illinois, Iowa, Notre Dame, Navy, Wisconsin, Rice, Stanford, Oklahoma, Southern Califor- nia, Ga. Tech., Missouri, Mississippi, Maryland. Freshman interested in bas- ketball please report to the Sports Building today at 3:30 p.m. Please bring your own equip- ment. Locker space is available. -Dave Strack "Keep A-head v of Your Hair" " 0 Collegiate styles to please 11 Haircutters-No Waiting Complete tonsonial service HOCKEY Detroit 2. Montreal 2 The DASCOLA Barbers near Michigan Theatre xv a.x vxv v .a avxx va awx rv ( A Michigan Favorite For 64 Years! - ,__ -____________",__ " --rU- - l , 111-1 r,7L m..- A d p p F . , - , W W , , 1 ,., - --