FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954
THE MICHIGAN DfAtly
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SPIRITED LINEMAN:
Injuries, Illnesses Mar
Bdates' Gridiron Career
By JOHN HILLYER
It must be Jim Bates' aggres-
siveness that accounts for the
large number of injuries and ill-
nesses which he has suffered dur-
ing his brief but highly successful
football career.
One thing is certain-he lacks
none of the famous "Michigan spir-
it" one always reads about.
Here is a brief rundown on the
tragic medical history of the blond
senior from Farmington. In his
junior year in high school, he was
incapacitated by a torn hip carti-
lage. In his sophomore year at
Michigan, he tore some knee liga-
ments and was operated on and
missed the whole season..
Last year, he broke his hand and
sat out the entire campaign. This
season, pneumonia sidelined Bates
for the Washington and Army
games, and glandular fever kept
him out of the Illinois and Michi-
gan State contests, and will un-
doubtedly force him out of the
coming clash with Ohio State.
Plays Several Positions
In addition to incurring these
many hazards, the modest, 195-lb.
six-footer has seen service at an
r amazing number of positions. In
high school, he played T-formation
quarterback and single-wing quar-
terback, tailback, and fullback.
At Michigan he started out at
fullback as a freshman, switched
to end ("I was too slow to playl
fullback"), finally being converted
into center during spring practice
his sophomore year "because I
thought I'd have a better chance
at center."
On defense, he has always oper-
ated from the' line-backing posi-
tion, and is considered a top can-
didate for All-Big 10 honors at that
post, although you'll never get Jim
to admit it.
Hard-Charging Gridder
Although an unassuming, quiet-
spoken young man off the gridiron,
Bates becomes a different person-
ality once the opening kickoff
booms through the air. This can be
clearly seen in his fiery charge
from the Wolverines' huddle to his
center position. The first to emerge
from the huddle, Jim's "mad dash"
inspires the whole team and helps
to keep them on edge, leaving one
to wonder at times why he didn't
remain at fullback.
His job is most assuredly not
finished at this point, however.
Jim's number 58 appears in front
of Michigan runners and on the
GRID SELECTIONS
(Consensus selections appear in capitals)
MICHIGAN at Ohio State Marquette at MICHIGAN STATE
Alabama at MIAMI, (Fla.) Minnesota at WISCONSIN
BAYLOR at Southern Methodist Nebraska at OKLAHOMA
Stanford at CALIFORNIA Penn State at PITTSBURGH
YALE at Harvard Texas Christian at RICE
Northwestern at ILLINOIS Southern California at UCLA
Indiana at PURDUE ARKANSAS at Louisiana State
NOTRE DAME at Iowa University
KENTUCKY at Tennessee
This week the Daily has invited two students to pick the top
16 football games of the weekend along wtih the staff. BEV
RILEY, 333 Vaughn, and LEE ABRAMS, 1336 Geddes, have been
selected.
Miss Riley, the only girl to top the Daily sports Staff in two
seasons of football pronosticating, has made the following choices
-Michigan, Miami, Baylor, California, Yale, Northwestern, Pur-
due, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Michigan State, Minnesota, Okla-
homa, Penn State, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
Mr. Abrams, who has beaten the Staff once and tied them
twice, chose the following winners-Ohio State, Miami, Baylor,
California, Yale, Northwestern, Purdue, Iowa, Tennessee, Michig-
gan State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkan-
sas.
DAVE LIVINGSTON-(89-30, .748)-Michigan, Miami, Baylor, Cali-
fornia, Yale, Illinois, Purdue, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan State,
Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, TCU, UCLA, Arkansas.
PHIL DOUGLIS-(86-33, .723)-Ohio State, Miami, Baylor, Califor-
nia, Yale, Illinois, Purdue, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Michigan
State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
ALAN EISENBERG-(86-33, .723)-Ohio State, Miami, SMU, Cali-
fornia, Yale, Illinois, Indiana, Notre Dame, Kentucky, Marquette,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
WARREN WERTHEIMER- (85-34, .714)-Ohio State, Miami, Baylor,
Colorado, Yale, Illinois, Purdue, Notre Dame, Kentucky,, Michi-
gan State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkan-
sas.
JIM DYGERT-(83-36, ..697)-Michigan, Miami, Baylor, California,
Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Notre Dame, Kentucky, Marquette,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
HANLEY GURWIN--(83-36, 697)-Ohio State, Miami, Baylor, Cali-
fornia, Yale, Illinois, Purdue, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Michigan
State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
DON LINDMAN-(82-37, .689)-Michigan Miami, SMU, California,
Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan State, Min-
nesota, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
KEN COPP-(81-38, .681)-Michigan, Miami, SMU, California, Yale,
Illinois, Purdue, Notre Dame, Kentucky, Michigan State, Minne-
sota, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
JACK HORWITZ-(81-38, 681) -Michigan, Miami, Baylor, California,
Yale, Illinois, Purdue, Notre Dame, Kentucky, Michigan State,
Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
CORKY SMITH-(81-38, 681)-Ohio State, Alabama, SMU, Califor-
nia, Yale, Northwestern, Purdue, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan State,
Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
DAVE BAAD-(79-40, .664) - Michigan, Miami, SMU, California,
Yale, Illinois, Purdue, Iowa, Tennessee, Michigan State, Wis-
consin, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rice, Southern California, Ar-
kansas.
BOB JONES-(59-30, .663)-Michigan, Miami, Baylor, California,
Yale, Illinois, Purdue, Notre Dame, Kentucky, Michigan State,
Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rice, UCLA, Arkansas.
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Bitter Rivalry Featured by'
Trick Play, Blizzard Victory
When Michigan's Wolverines race out onto the turf of gigantic
Ohio Stadium this Saturday afternoon for its climactic rose-scented
batle with mighty Ohio State, it will mark the fifty-first meeting of
these ancient foes in one of football's most fierce rivalries.
In the fifty games since the teams first met way back in 1897,
the Maize and Blue have won 33, lost 13, and tied four .. . and many
of these games rank among the best in gridiron history.
The Wolverines of Fielding Yost had no fear of the scarlet and grey,
for after the initial 36-0 win back in 1897, they swept along until 1919
before finally losing to the Buckeyes. This glorious streak included 13
wins and two ties, and among them was 1902's mighty 86-0 Michigan
victory.
Rude Dedicators
Ohio State won three straight in the years just after the first
World War, 1919-21, but the Yostmen went back to work again in
the roaring 20's, and mopped up the Buckeyes six straight times. In-
cluded in this string, was 1922's fabled 19-0 dedication victory, when,
Michigan and Harry Kipke unveiled the magnificent new Ohio Stadium
in very uncourteous fashion.
In the late 20's, and through
Smostof the thirties, the Buckeyes
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scalps, for from 1928-1937, the
Ohioans gained seven wins to three
for the Maize and Blue.
When Fritz Crisler seized the
Wolverine steering wheel in 1938,
the situation changed, and Mich-
igan rolled to four straight, in-
cluding the memorable victory of
"" 1939.
1939-Tommy Harmon slices through the Ohio secondary as
Michigan gains a 21-14 upset win over the Buckeyes on Fred
Trosko's historic "fake field goal" touchdown dash.
JIM BATES
... career marred
bottom of a pile of tacklers more
often than not, as any back who
has tried the left side of thetline
with Bates in there will attest.
The 21-year-old education major
refuses to commit himself on the
one-platoon system. "When you
play it, you can't really criticize
it," he says. "We leave that up
to the fans."
When asked about Michigan's
chances for the Rose Bowl, Jim
agreed that "it would be nice."
When confronted with the question
of undefeated Ohio State's ranking
as the top team in the country,
he pointed out, "Iowa was third
when we played them."
He says that he came to Michi-
gan because he "liked the way it
did things." It would be a fairly
good guess to say that when Bates
is healthy, Michigan likes the way
he does things, too.
1933-Herman Everhardus sweeps Buckeye end as coach Kipke's powerhouse wins, 13-0, going on
to a Big Ten and National championship.
DAILY
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FEATU RE
Story by
PHIL DOUGLIS
Photos Courtesy of the
Michigan Alumnus
1922-Harry Kipke, as a player, sparks Michigan to a 19-0 dedi-
cation win over the Buckeyes in the gleaming new Ohio Stadium.
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Trick Play Spells Victory
In 1939, the great Michigan
steam roller of Harmon, Evashev-
ski, and company, was stalled by
a rugged Ohio eleven until very
late in the fourth quarter, when,
with the score tied, Michigan
found itself on the Ohio 26 with
fourth down coming up. Crisler
sent in a trick play from the
bench, but the alert Evashevski
had actually called the same play
himself .. . a fake field goal .
With Harmon holding, little Fred
Trosko picked up the snap from
center, and behind a wall of blue
raced into the end zone to give
Michigan a thrilling 21-14 vic-
tory.
During the war years of 1940-45,
Michigan won four to Ohio's two,
and in 1946, Michigan added insult
to injury with a crushing 58-6 vic-
tory. This score was incorporated
by OSU into its' fight song, and
Buckeye fans stillsing... On Ohio
--58-6," when they want their
team to get mad.
Seven straight Michigan wins
were chalked up from 1945 to 1951,;
a jinx that to this day bodes evil
to the Columbus downtown quar-
terbacks.
Battle of the Blizzard
Perhaps the wierdest game in
gridiron history was played be-
tween Michigan and Ohio State
in 1950, when, in a driving bliz-
zard, the Wolverines shoveled out
a 9-3 victory, which, coupled with
a Northwestern upset over Illinois
in icy Evanston, sent the Maize
and Blue into the Rose Bowl.
The statistics of this game speak
for themselves. It was a punting
duel between Ohio's Vic Janowicz
and Michigan's Chuck Ortmann,
with 45 punts between the two
teams. Ohio State made only three
first downs, Michigan failed to
make any. Only 68 paltry yards
were gained by both teams com-
bined ... rushing and passing. Yet
a blocked punt led to the Wolver-
ine touchdown, and it was enough
to send the Ann Arborites to Pasa-
dena.
Michigan won again the follow-
ing year, the Bucks smashed Wol-
verine Rose Bowl hopes with 1952's
27-7 win, and last year Michigan
pounded out a 20-0 conquest.
Saturday, these bitter rivals
meet again, and with over 86,000
jamming the big Ohio horseshoe.
and an additional 80 million
watching on television from New
York to California,'one of the best
games of the current season is in
prospect.
If the Bucks, ranked tops in the
nation this week, should win, it
would mean the Big Ten title, and
a Rose Bowl jaunt. Michigan will
be out for a victory themselves-
giving them a share of the crown,
and a possible Bowl excursion.-
With all this at stake a new and
briliant page will undoubtedly be
added to this rivalry of rivalries
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