SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGEI SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE Buckeyes Tr or First Stadium Win Since 1937 KEN VARGO .. . Buckeye co-captain JIM PARKER JIM BATES ... All-American guard? .. . senior 'M' center TONY BRANOFF nears the end of his football stardom today ..Playrys Ready Tfhemselves I For te, 'Game o the Year LOU BALDACCI TOM HENDRICKS DAVE HILL ... Lou's last appearance ... senior speedster .. . out for revenge SPORTS Night Editor DAVE GREY U By DAVE GREY FRANK MACHINSKY .., top-rated tackle ALL-AMERICAN "Hopalong" Cassady ends colorful career 13 Senior Lettermen Play In Finale You're a Michigan football play- er and the big'game is now only a few hours away. You've gone through a week of drills and are now ready to play the "game of the year" for the Big Ten title and a possible trip to California. After a spirited, light workout yesterday afternoon in your clean uniform, you ate a "man's meal" at the Union. The coaches had asked you and about 30 other teammates to be out at the Uni- versity Golf Course clubhouse ear- ly in the evening. You went back to your room to pick up some clothes and then got out to the overnight hideaway about 7:30. You relaxed with the paper for awhile, watched a little television, and saw some films of last year's game. Other players were playing cards with some of the coaches or writing letters home. Some had already gone to bed. You retired about 10 o'clock. This morning you awake early and eat breakfast. Some of your 1 :30 Start Ticket manager Don Weir has requested that spectators should try to get to the Stadium today as early as possible to avoid pre-game congestion. teammates have gone off to church, others get themselves tap- ed up. Your big meal comes around 9:30-tea and toast with honey (not butter), no milk, potatoes, fruitcup, and a lean piece of steak. After this there is a final re- view session with the coaches. Bennie gives a short talk, and the machinery: starts in motion. Some of the players are still getting taped. One of your bud- dies walks out to the 18th green alone. You sit around . . . walk around ... think about the game - and try to relax. At 12:30 the team will leave the clubhouse and walk with police protection the actually-short but seemingly-long distance to the Stadium. You will dress carefully for the game. Chances are that on heading on- to the field you will be met first by a growing crowd that will swell to over 97,000. Soon, everything but the action on the field will pass into the background. Your object is now only one- to win a football game . . 'M' CAPTAIN Ed Meads plays last home game Today's The Day (Continued from Page 1) foe stopped them was co-incident- ally the last time they played in the Michigan Stadium. The entire key to the outcome apparently rests in the ability of Michigan to stop the slashing thrusts of the galloping Redhead whose dynamic running has shat- tered just about every Ohio State mark in history. This leaves it squarely on the shoulders of the Michigan defense-a defense which must contain Cassady within the tackles if it expects to win. Coach Woody Hayes, who drilled his team in near-secrecy all week long, has several injuries to worry about, while Michigan apparently has none. His star right halfback, Jerry Harkrader is reported out for the game, and his understudy Jim Roseboro is also hobbled. Never-the-less, he boasts the Con- ference's best offense. The Bucks have no passing at- tack (at least up to today) and are rumored to have an inadequate pass defense. Yet they do not lose when it counts. This premise will be put to its sternest test of the year this afternoon. + The odds makers have installed Michigan as a slim six point favor- ite, but when these two perennial titans annuallly collide in the last game of the season, you can throw it all to the winds. The Ohioans remember well their last visit to the Michigan Stadium . . . a 20-0 beating in 1953. In fact, the record books) ,show that Ohio has not won at Michigan since 1937. This jinx' goes on the line again today. j The tremendous drama will not be televised, but the greatest-radio coverage in Michigan history will beam the game from coast to coast. Sixteen major radio sta- tions, two national networks, along with sportscasters such as Mel Allen and Harry Wismer, are on' hand for the battle. It will be the last appearance in the Michigan Stadium for 13 Michigan senior lettermen. Tony Branoff, for four years one of the brightest stars in the Michigan constellation, bids adieu to the home folks tomorrow, along with such stalwarts as fullback Lou Baldacci, an inspirational leader for three seasons, right halfbacks Ed Hickey, Stan Knickerbocker and George Corey, left halfback Tom Hendricks and fullback Dave Hill. Linemen playing in the Stadium for the last time include Captain Ed Meads, guard Jim Fox, tackle John Morrow, centers Jim Bates and John Peckham, and Bob Mar- ion, guard. One of the largest pep rallies in Michigan history rocked the cam- pus last night to set the stage for this titanic battle. The scenery is ready and waiting, the actors are in the wings. The matter is now in the hands of the 22 men and more who rep- resent their respective schools. Only one thing is sure. No matter who wins, football history will be made-made to live as long as football itself exists . . . out there in the turf of the Michigan Sta- dium today. 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