TUESDAY, 6CTOBER 4, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4,1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Jl.. [1 LAL 1a114L LIOyd, Gom berg 0 0 Win in 'Underdogs 'in Pro Football Continue to Upset Favorites By JIM BAAD Byrne, Podres to Clash In Series Finale Today (Continued from Page 1) After six games last weekend, the National Football League standings are more turned around than ever. In both conferences teams fore- casted to lie deep in the last div- ision came through to upset their so-called stronger rivals. The three teams that have created the most sensation in dumping heralded opponents are the Green Bay Packers and Bal- timore Colts of the Western Con- ference, and the Washington Red- skins of the Eastern Conference. Three-Way Tie The Packers and Colts are cur- rently riding in a three-way first place tie with the Los Angeles Rams. Both the Packers and Colts are not only undefeated, but to attain this feat they have each beaten the highly touted Chicago Bears and the defending confer- ence champion Detroit Lions. After winning two weeks ago, these two rebellious 'weak' teams switched opponents last week, but not results, as the Packers com- pletely stopped the Bears Sunday afternoon, 24-3, after the Colts had beaten the Lions Saturday night, 28-13. , Redskins Undefeated In the Eastern Conference, the Washington Redskins have been doing the impossible, according to the preseason forecasts. They are still undefeated after playing two of the supposedly toughest teams in their conference. The Redskins have dropped the world champion Cleveland Browns and last week- end edged a hard fought 31-30 vic- tory away from the Philadelphla Eagles, a team picked for second place in the Eastern division. Besides the surprises afforded by these three undefeated 'cellar' teams, the Chicago Cardinals pul- led another unexpected victory over the weekend when they down- ed the Eastern Conference's pick, the New York Giants last Sun- day, 28-17.- In the only game between two recognized powers, the Cleveland Browns rushed over the San Fran- cisco 49'ers, 38-3, completely hold- iny in check the 49'ers powerful offense. WHITEY FORD - .. extends Series All even at three victories each, the clubs come up to today's cru- cial game with a pair of lefthand- ed pitchers-Tommy Byrne, the 35-year-old star of the second game for the Yanks, and Johnny Podres, the 23-year-old speedster who got Brooklyn on the win path in the third. Spooner was in trouble with the first man he faced. He walked Phil Rizzuto on a 3-2 pitch. As Billy Martin struck out Rizzuto stole second. Then Gil McDoug- ald walked. Yogi Berra singled into center field, scoring Rizzuto. Hank Bauer grounded a single to left, driving in McDougald. Skowron Homers With two runs across the plate and two men on, Manager Walter Alston let Spooner stay in to pitch to Bill Skowron. The husky first baseman fouled off two pitches and then sliced a fly ball into the lower stands in right field, about four rows back. Russ Meyer blanked the Yanks for 5% innings and Eddie Roe- buck took them through the last Come Seven SNOTES IN THE MARGIN Sby alan eisenberg Daily Associate Sports Editor ^:;~:°. ;}.:"";%"' ? : ifi ti ' ?;::%::jjim 2 $$ K m:5 "v"}:..:" :i::y:: :;,."":?:? ii}::??": THERE HAS been a lot of talk and many things have been printed in papers the past few days concerning Michigan's one-touchdown victory over Michigan State that seems rather silly. Heard many times around these parts was the opinion that the Wolverines could have whipped the Spartans by more than, seven points. They say that Michigan played under wraps and showed just enough to defeat their East Lansing neighbors. And this theory concludes with the idea that the Wolverines were looking towards Army, a team they have never beaten. Well, there seems to be absolutely no sense to this belief - and the same opinion was echoed by Bennie Oosterbaan as he called it "ridiculous." Admittedly, the Maize and Blue did not pull any razzle- dazzle stuff; they used a conservative ground game and only passed twice. Michigan did this not because they were "holding back" but because they had no other choice ! Except for a few sparse moments, the Spartans dominated the game; many times the Wolverines were deep in their own territory and could not afford to gamble. Big Ten Title More Important... ONE OTHER point must also be considered. Last weekend's game was a Conference tilt and means more than a victory over the West Pointers. The Michigan coaching staff would not endanger a Big Ten title in order to win a non-conference game. The plague of all coaches - the injury - hit the Maize and Blue. It has not yet been determined how serious some of them are, but Oosterbaan glumly commented, "We're not in good shape." Tackle Bill Kolesar, with a knee injury, will definitely miss next Saturday's game - and maybe some after that. How much action Dave Hill, Jim Bates and Terry Barr will see is problematical. Lou Baldacci and Tony Branoff - "Tony is taped up like a mummy," said Ooster- baan - will be in there against Army. Some more x-rays will have to be taken before anything definite can be said about Jim Van Pelt. One heartening note is that end Tom Maentz will probably be back in action against Northwestern. After the long layoff Maentz may be a little rusty but it shouldn't take the big boy too long to round into top shape. Podres Against Byrne... 'TODAY WILL be the last big day baseball will enjoy this year. The final game of the World Series pits Johnny Podres against Tommy Byrne; it will be the old battle of age and experience versus youth. Both pitchers have done well, Byrne winning the second game at Yankee Stadium and Podres capturing the third contest at Ebbets Field. The. Yankees are hoping that a precedent will not be set. No team that won the first two games has ever lost the fall classic and, also, the Dodgers have never beaten the New Yorkers (or anybody else) in the Series. Soph Wins First Daily 'Grid Picks' Dwight Newton, a sophomore in LS&A, won top honors in The Daily's first weekly grid contest by picking 13 out of 15 winners. Newton, who missed only on the Rice-LSU and Ohio State-Stan- 'ord contests, has received two free tickets to either the State or Michigan Theater for this week's showings. He missed on Rice-LSU because losses are counted as ties. Ten Tie for Second Place Ten readers tied for runner-up honors by guessing correctly on 13 of the week's 15 games. ! Entries for this week's contest must be mailed or handed in by 5 p.m. Thursday evening. Address entries to "Grid Picks," The Mich- igan Daily, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, or bring them to the main desk on the second floor of the Publications Building. This week's 15 top football tilts: 1. Army at Michigan 2. Cornell at Harvard 3. Indiana at Iowa 4. Georgia Tech at Louisiana S State? 5. Notre Dame at Miami 6. Stanford at Michigan State 7. Pitt at Navy 8. Minnesota at Northwestern 9. Illinois at Ohio State 10. Wisconsin at Purdue. 11. Clemson at Rice 12. Missouri at Southern Methodist 13. Oregon State at UCLA 14. Southern Cal. at Washington 15. Mississippi at Vanderbilt BROOKLYN Gilliam, 2b, if Reese, ss Snider, ef a Zimmer, 2b Campanella, c Furillo, rf Hodges, lb J. Robinson, 3b Amoros, if, cf Spooner, p Meyer, p c Kellert Roebuck, p. Totals NEW YORK Rizzuto, ss Martin, 2b McDougall, 3b AB 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 30 AB 3 4 3 3 4 2 1 4 4 0 4 32 O A 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 7 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 24 8 O A 1 5 4 2 0 5 8 0 0 0 6 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 27 14 in 4th Berra, c Bauer, rf Skowron, lb b Collins, lb Cerv, cf Howard, If Noren, If Ford, p. Totals a-_Struck ou b-Walked fo c-Popped ou Brooklyn New York t for Snider or Skowron in 5th t for Meyer in 7th 000 100 000-1 500 000 00x-5 1 - - - I '4 I .,.. " " c * * * Injuries have played a big part in this year's inter-league battle. Don Newcombe won't get a second chance against New York because of an army injury and Mickey Mantle has seen very little service. Hany Bauer is back in the lineup but his bat was missing for a few days. Celebration or wake in Brooklyn this evening? / I- t Need Extra Trousers? MEN! 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