AUGUST 18, 1946 THE MICHIGAN DAILY OPE RATION PIGSKIN 11 D-DAY... ILLINOIS By DICK KRAUS THERE'SA NEW SOMETHING in the air at Champaign these days and all the loyal Illini are sniffing it with great appreciation. It's the smell of a Conference football title, something long missing from the Champaign ozone. Buddy Young's back and Army can have Glenn Davis. Flashy Bud- dy leads a host of returning Illini veterans back to Coach Ray Eliot's fold. With him are such proven backs as Paul Patterson and Julie Ry- kovich, such standout linemen as All-American Alex Agase, John Genis and Mike Kasap. Add these to the collection of football talent that injuries kept out of the title picture last fall and you get an idea of Illini's potentialities. Eliot has veteran material at least two deep for every spot except center, and the one man available there is enough for any coach. He is Captain Mac Wenskunas, a substitute at the outset of last season, an All- Conference center at the end of the campaign. THERE WON'T BE a finer trio of guards in the land than Agase, Ralph Serpico and Bob Lunn, last year's regulars. Lunn played one of the finest games of his career that afternoon last fall he spent in Michigan's backfield. At the tackles, two pre-war regulars, Mike Kasap and John Genis are going to have plenty of trouble ousting 280-pound Les Bingamon, and Lou Agase, '45 starters. Joe Busceni, and Frank Bauman are out of service and in the midst of a scramble for their old end Jobs. Ray Ciszek and Bill Heiss, back from last year, and Fred Green the stratospheric basketball player, are also strong candidates for duty on the Illini flanks. The only weakness, if it is a weakness, appears to be at \the fullback post. Eliot hasn't had a real powerhouse operator since he took over from Bob Zuppke, but he has such a plethora of outstanding breakaway runners that even a mediocre driving back should be a cinch to pick up yardage down the center. To stop Young, Patterson, Rykovich, and even Tom Zaborac, and Jack Pierce, the sprinter, opposing ends will be forced to play wide, and quick thrusts into the line should be effective. 0UTSTANDING FULLBACK candidates seem to be Rudy Krall and Ray Florek. Both are famous prep performers. Krall rates with Harmon, Kuzma, and Taliaferro in Gary high school football annals. Florek was a tailback at Chicago's Fenger high school, and he was one of the best. Always a hard driving back, he's put on enough weight to make him a good bet to solve Eliot's fullback problem. Chick Maggioli, an ex-Notre Dame fullback is listed on the Illinois roster as a halfback, but he could easily be converted should Krall and Florek fail. The same holds true of Dwight Eddelman, the all-sport ace. "Dike" won All-State" laurels as a high school fullback at Centralia. Eliot doesn't have any other worries about his personnel. His able '45 signal caller and punter, Bill Butkovich, should handle the quarter- back spot again. Clyde Perkins and Don Fortunato, last season's second and third string quarterbacks are also available for '46 action. Even without devastating Buddy Young, Illinois would be a serious title threat, but add him and Paul Patterson, a blocker fast enough to keep up with "the fastest thing on cleats," you get some idea as to the reason for the smell of "Big Ten Title" which saturates the Champaign atmosphere. Piorates Prepare To Hold First Union Election Murphy Organization Faces Crucial Trial By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH. Aug. 17-The Pitts- burgh Pirates-low in the National League pennant race but high in the news standings in a tumultuous sea- son-will make baseball history here Tuesday as principals in the game's.' first collective bargaining election. This epochal effort to have base- bal chattels unionized results from the single-handed efforts of Robert Murphy, one-time Harvard law stu- dent of Boston. He's the father, the motivating spirit and "the voice" of the Ameri- can Baseball Guild which seeks re- cognition as the players' bargaining agent. The election was ordered by the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Aug. 7 after the National Labor Relations Board dismissed Murphy's petition last June because of reluctance to raise the question of jurisdiction "at this time." Murphy visited Chicago today to make an apparent last ditch fight for survival of his projected organiza- tion. 'Cinderella Girl' Loses to Suggs CLEVELAND, Aug. 17-(IP)-Ano- ther golfing great from that golfing state-Georgia--carried on an illus- trious tradition today when 22-year- old Louise Suggs marked up her se- venth major tournament triumph of the season by annexing the 46th annual Women's Western Amateur Championship at the Country Club. Displayingestartling consistency, the little brunette swinger from Lith- ia Springs turned back the challenge of 19-year-old Mary McMillin, who had rocketed into the finals with a pair of startling upset wins over de- fending champion Phyllis Otto and Mrs. Mildred (Babe Didrikson) Za- harias. A combination of, over-powering golf and cracking nerves was too muchafor the little Green Bay, Wis., stenographer as Miss Suggs breezed through to an 11 and 10 triumph. Tigers Take Slugfest; Creep Up On Yankees Banonik Bolts All-America WAUKESHA, Wis.. Aug. 17-(P)- Vinee Banonis, former University of Detroit center, who signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns of the All -American Football Conference this year. has returned to the Chicago Cardinals of the rival National Foot- ball League, with whom he played in 1942. a spokesman for the Cards said today. By The Associated Press DETROIT, Aug. 17-Pounding Bob Muncrief for 10 hits in the first five innings, the Detroit Tigers captured a free-hitting contest from the St. Louis Browns, 7 to 3, today, sending the seventh place Brownies to their fifth straight defeat. Al Benton, who pitcned eight inn- ings and allowed all of St. Louis' 11 hits, was the winning pitcher as De- troit moved within a single game of second place in the American League. Hank Greenberg's 25th home run was the only extra-base blow in the 14 hits the Tigers collected off three Jeffries Appoints Three To ,Bid for '52 Olympics DETROIT, Aug. 17- Of') - A three-man committee of Detroit sports enthusiasts has been ap- pointed by Mayor Edward J. Jef- fries, Jr., to present the Motor City's bid for the 1952 Olympic Games to an international com- mittee which meets late this month in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Detroit delegation, consist- ing of Fred Mathael, J. Lee Bar- rett and Jack Tompkins, will leave New York by plane Aug. 24 to meet with representatives of 50 nations at Lausanne. and 717 North University Ave. y ac-.o.. ....w....s . St. Louis pitchers. Walter (Hoot) Evers, with three hits, and short- stop Eddie Lake, with two, each drove in three Tiger runs. Bosox Give Boo No. 21 BOSTON, Aug. 17-Boston's lea- gue-leading Red Sox continued their march toward the American League pennant today by beating the second place New York Yankees, 7-4. The clubs are now separated by 14 games. The victory was the 21st. and ninth in a row, for Delta Dave Ferris, who had the New Yorkers well under con-, trol until the ninth when they rallied for three runs. Reds Blast Dodgers, 8-3 ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17--The Cincin- nti Reds lashed out five runs in the first inning tonight and stayed ahead to down the St. Louis Cardinals 8 to 3 and push the second place Red- birds two and one half games behind the rained out Brooklyn Dodgers. * * * Chisox Nip Feller, 4-1 CLEVELAND, Aug. 17-Capital- izing on three errors, the Chicago White Sox exploded four runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Cleveland Indians and Bob Feller 4 to 1 tonight before a crowd of 30,519. LAW, MEDICAL, DENTAL and PUBLIC HEALTH students will find advantage in our well-stocked Book Service. VETERANS' ACCOUNTS in these fields capably handled. OVERBECK BOOKSTORE 1216 South University Phone 4436 11 - WAG N E R'S 98 YEARS AT MICHIGAN Esquire AS CRISLER SHOOTS FOR 2ND 100: suggests a Michigan Gridders Acquire New Suits, Flying Scout, Brother Act, Pre-War Flavor for '46 v Michigan's 1946 football team will spruce up a bit sartorially this fall. The Wolverines' traditional blue jersies will carry an added touch of color with maize shoulders. The new uniforms will be worn only against opponents wh6 wear blue or black jersies similar to Michigan's regular game garb. Thus, Head Coach "Fritz" Crisler hopes to avoid confusion among players and add to the spectators' enjoyment of the game. For other games Michigan will continue to wear its standard blue jersey with the maize numbers in keeping with Wol- verine tradition. * * * Michigan may have a "flying Major League Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE scout" this fall if plans of Ernie McCoy, Wolverine intelligence chief, go through. McCoy, ex-Navy athletic officer, is completing flying tests for his pilot's license and plans to fly to scouting assignments where possi- ble this season. * * * Whether the second 100 victories are harder to score than the first will be a problem that "Fritz" Crisler will start worrying over this fall. When Michigan defeated Ohio State in the season finale here last season it marked Crisler's 100th vic- tory in 16 years of major college coaching competition at Minnesota, Princton, and Michigan. During that period his team's lost 30 games and tied seven. It's a foregone conclusion that the 101st triumph will be a tough one to negotiate, since Michigan meets In- diana's Western Conference champ- ions September 28 in their opener. The Wolverine 1946 football squad will feature a double "brother act." Two, and possibly three, Freihofer brothers from Indianapolis will be seeking guard berths. Walter, 1941 letterman, Cecil, letter winner in 1944-45, and Charles, a freshman, make up the trio. The Whites, Paul and J.T., form the other brother-combine. Paul was 1943 captain and right half and he may be taking direct center passes from kinsman J.T. this year. J.T., center and end at Ohio State in 1941- 42, is expected to try for the former berth here. * * * The right side of Michigan's line this fall will have a real pre-war flavor, for Elmer Madar and Bill Pritula, right end and right tackle respectively on the 1942 forward wail, are listed as number one can- didates for their old positions. Both were members of the famed "Seven Oak Posts" who played practically the entire season without injury or relief. refresher C1o .. ,.AW C fT jouF5r AIL. your BTS . wardrobes J Michigan's reputation for fullbacks like Bob Westfall and Bill Daley, who pulverized enemy lines in 1940-41 and 1943, may be enhanced this fall if candidates invited back all report for practice August 26. 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