FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DfAtly PAGE SEVEN a.{ilit Lnlli 1 We c .f~ 17 rYLl 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. rY 1AF i f i I vi in OSL Molds aide 1Series 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 '' ."} { F:r }garnered most of their Michigan 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 PHOTO 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. I 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 -Michigan-Ohio State. .. r - - ----------- r J i r r II , r ;; 4::' The RUGBY Jacket you saw in "Esquirei This all wool Norwegian Ski Jacket, The "Skol," sure scored a sensation in November "Esquire" and we are the only Store in Town to have it now. The brilliant woven chest band is of authentic Norwegian design and the Jacket reverses to the brightest of bright red. 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