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2Q Wednesday. Oct. 25. 1950 DETROIT FREE PRESS -'MowelL Koceski' Sub Breaks A rm in U-M rill THEY HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING ON GOPHERS it 'H; 1 Xj (pa- I -1 Critics Losing Patience with Bierman versity of Michigan's invasion of Minneapolis Saturday. ALTHOUGH A COLD and distant individual, Bierman has had almost universal support of the newspapers during his 16 years at Minnesota.

Even in Bernie Bierman is on the football griddle once again. The "hot spot" is old and familiar territory for the University of Minnesota coach, but seldom have the blazes burned with the intensity they do as the Gophers prepare for the Uni recent seasons when Gopher fortunes slumped a bit and Bierman was engaged in a bitter feud with former Athletic Director Frank McCormick, the gray-thatched coach has had strong backing in the press. Through the early weeks of Halfback Hurt Going for Pass Peterson Seeks Job with Witherspoon SiM-tial ta the Frn Pnn ANN ARBOR The injury bug "bit" the University of Michigan's football team again Tuesday when Halfback Frankie Howell broke his left arm. Howell, speedy product of Muskegon Heights, will be lost for the rest of the season. He was the starter last weekend for Halfback Leo Koceski, who is sidelined with an injured knee and who also will be unable to face Minnesota this Saturday.

COACH BEXNIE Oosterbaan is expected to replace Howell with Junior Don Peterson, of Racine, or Sophomore Tom Witherspoon, of Detroit. Howell, whose 12 carries have gained 41 yards, received his injury during a pass defense drill. He jumped for the ball with another player and fell on his left arm. X-rays at the TJniver-clty health center revealed that it was broken between the elbow and shoulder. Baby Face Jones, Television days it will explode," was the general tenor of reports on Minnesota.

Then came the 48 to 0 setback at the hands of Ohio State. That, coupled with the gloomy prospect of what lies ahead with Michigan, Iowa, Michigan State, Purdue and Wisconsin to be met on successive weeks, was too much for the Gopher adherents to stand. The blasts at Bierman have come fast and furious as he worked to rally Minnesota for tjie Wolverines. GEORGE EDMOXD, sports editor of the St. Paul Dispatch, was among the bitterest critics.

"Blerman's statement that the Gophers are so short on manpower and ability that they don't belong in the same league with the other Big Ten teems is the main point of issue. "If Bierman no longer believes his Gophers, have the latent ability to show reversal of Ring Future Together FARE HALFBACK FRANK HOWELL Broken arm pots him on sideline for remaining games As of TODAY Defeats Make Notre Dame iijllS Type ov FiCtAT -Wat sMf im Iff 7 RTwURWMi w.tcfoooc6 jm Ct)0f FURIOUS jMl wmRi Very Unhappy, Grim By LYALL SMITH the 1950 season as Minnesota lost to Washington, Nebraska and Northwestern he retained that support. "This is a sophomore dominated team which will improve as it goes along, One of these By Frank Williams Top Pilots the Tigers together after the loss of Star Pitcher Virgil Trucks, and the injury for an important period to Lefty Ted Gray. The Tigers held the lead most of the campaign, but couldn't stay in there when the pitching got too thin. "WE'RE NOT exactly the happiest people in the world ourselves these days," dryly admitted big Ed (Moose) Krause, Notre Dame's athletic director.

"But we sure have given other football fans in the state of Indiana a big chance to cheer. All we're hoping now is that we can confine victory celebrations at our expense to our own state All of which was just another way of saying that Krause, one of the finest and frankest emissaries any school could have, is worried about the week-end battle at South Bend between Notre Dame and Michigan State. Krause has no excuses for Notre Dame's defeats by Purdue (28-14) and Indiana (20-7). "Both were very fine teams the day they pteyed us," he said. And he let it go at that.

Michigan State is trying for purposes of morale to evade being tagged as favorite in the South Bend engagement with Coach Frank Leahy. But the Spartans' record of four victories and one defeat is so impressive to date, that they are being picked to add the Irish scalp to their list of 1950 victims. form, then the Gophers themselves are likely to feel the same way. In that case we can all give up on the Michigan game and those which are to follow." CHARLIE JOHNSON, of the Minneapolis Star, long the staunchest of Bierman's boosters, said: "The biggest disappointment as far as Minnesota was concerned is that the Gophers have failed to show the slightest improvement over previous appearances. There was confusion everywhere against Ohio State, on the field and on the bench.

"Time and again Minnesota didn't have enough players on the field. Every time Minne- AT OHIO STATE Ioiva, Badgers Sellouts, Too COLUMBUS, (JP) Ed Weaver, director of ticket sales for Ohio State University, said all tickets for the Iowa and Wisconsin football games have been oold. Both games are in Columbus, the Iowa game next Saturday and the Wisconsin game Nov. 11. Weaver previously announced all tickets have been sold for the Michigan game here Nov.

25. A "sellout" Is regarded as 82,000 tickets. sota got possession of the ball it was the same old strategy that got nowhere." JOE HENNESSY, of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, directed his fire against Minnesota's inability to corral top talent: "There must be some reason for the top prep stars not going to Minnesota, a school that less than 15 years ago was the terror of the Nation's gridiron. Whether it's financial Inducement or preference for a certain type of football has not been said." In a coaching career that dates back to 1916, Bierman has pulled numerous gridiron miracles.

He's never been asked to achieve one of the proportions of a Minnesota victory this week over Michigan, however. The Wolverines go into this conference game holding all the trump cards. DEVINE Irish Pointing for, IT WONT BE as easy as it dent in candid fashion. "We have known all along that Michigan State would have a very good team this year," he said. "Our scouts tell us now that they are better than any of the teams we already have played.

We know they are pointing for us. Yet, we actually I are pointing for them, too. It could be Face Detroiter, Art King Go at Olympia Bout to Be Viewed Locally, Nationally THE CARD Harold (Baby Face) Jones, Detroit, vs. Arthur King, Toronto, 10 rounds at 138 lbs. Joe Garza, Detroit, vs.

Don Jones, Detroit, 8 rounds at 150 lbs. Frank Polfzzi, Detroit, vs. Johnny White, Detroit, 5 rounds, 135 lbs. Chuck Davey, Detroit, vs. Sam Ross, Toledo, 4 rounds, 140 lbs.

Tat Burlcy, Bay City, vs. Lou Scott, Detroit, 4 rounds, 135 lbs. Jerry Engel, Detroit, vs. AI Green, Detroit, 4 rounds, 135 lbs. First bout at 8:30 p.

Main go in ring at 10 p. m. BY TOMMY DEVINE An ambitious pretender for the world lightweight boxing championship and the "policeman" of the current 135-pound titlist will meet Wednesday night at Olympia in a 10-round bout. The title aspirant is Haroldi (Baby Face) Jones, a Detroit1 product who has been forced to do most of his professional fighting elsewhere. The "policeman" Is Arthur King, a stablemate of champion Ike Williams who patrols the lightweight division to beat off challengers.

THE BOUT not only is the big hurdle of Jones' career, but it ranks as a major test for Detroit in the hot boxing-television con troversy. The show is one of 10 Wednesday night cards which will be carried by a national TV network from Olympia this season. It is the first televised bout from Olympia since the International Boxing Club took over. The network will have a De troit outlet (WJBK-TV), a factor which may have considerable bear ing on the box-office draw. CONTRACTS for the fight call for King to receive 20 per cent of the net receipts.

Jones will receive 17 per cent. Each fighter will get $1,000 as his "cut" of the television money. King is rated an 8-5 favorite to win. In boxing circles there is a firm belief that the first good lightweight who can persuade Williams to put his lightweight title on the line will bump off the fading Philadelphian. i Williams and his sly manager, Frank (Blinky) Palermo, carefully dodge championship shots.

Instead, there has been a calculated campaign on their part to bring King along and keep the title "in the house." King, from Toronto, currently rates as the No. 2 man in the division. Palermo's strategy calls for any challengers of Williams to beat King first. Jones has been fighting profes sionally for six years. During the last two years he has faced far better fighters than King has met.

The Detroit youngster's opponents have included Art Aragon, Ber- nrd Docusen, Tommy Campbell, Charlie Salas, Enrique Bolanos and John L. ODavis. THE BOUT will be Jones' first since he beat Davis in a brilliant scrap in August at the Motor City Speedway. It is one in which Jones pits his boxing ability against King's superior punching power. The eight round semifinal may steal considerable attention from the main go.

It will send Don Jones, the younger brother of Baby Face, against unbeaten Joe Garza. Garza, the stocky Mexican who has been an Olympia favorite since he made his pro debut a year ago, is unbeaten in 17 fights, Young Jones has won 12 of 13 engagements. His lone loss was to Garza in a six-rounder last January. That bout bristled with action all the way. a very interesting game." What Ed DIDN'T list as another reason the Spartans may find themselves with a man-sized task, IS listed in the record books.

And that information is included in the amazing story on the coaching career of Frank Leahy. When Leahy took Notre Dame into the current season, his record stood at 60 victories, just three defeats and five This sensational string was recorded in seven seasons at Notre Dame starting in 1941 and with time out in 1944 and '45 for Navy as National League Manager of the Year. It was a different story in the American League, where Casey Stengel, of the New York Yankees, won by only one vote in the selections by the United Press. Sawyer was named on 20 of 24 ballots by veteran baseball writers from each of the eight National League cities. STENGEL, who won his second straight pennant and world championship, barely beat out Red Rolfe, of the Detroit Tigers, 10 votes to nine.

In the National League, the only other manager to receive consideration was Leo Durocher, whose New York Giants surged at mid-season after a miserable start and wound up playing the best ball in the loop. Durocher got the other four votes. The American League votes were divided among Stengel, Rolfe, and Bucky Harris, of Washington. Harris pulled the Senators up from last to fifth place, despite the fact that they had been popularly consigned to the cellar again at the start of the season. He received five votes.

Sawyer picked a starting line up and stuck to it except when injuries forced replacements. Stengel jockeyed outfielders, first basemen and third basfmen in a mystifying manner. THERE WERE only three players in the line-up who weren't subject to shifts, Catcher 'Yogi Berra, Shortstop Phi) Rizzuto, and Second Baseman Jerry Cole man. Laggards all year until the vital stretch run, the Yankees suddenly roared from behind and overtook Detroit, then went on to sweep the Phillies, four straight, in the World Series. Rolfe got major consideration for the manner in which he held CASEY NIPS ROLFE AWARD Stengel and Sawyer Peterson probably will get first call at the right halfback spot against Minnesota.

The Racine junior has gained 94 yards on 21 carries this season after seeing limited service last season. THE LOSS of Howell la a serious one with Koceski still unable to return. Although the cast was removed from his injured knee Tuesday, he will not be able to play for another 10 days. Howell was the fastest man in the backfield of Fullback Don Dufek, Chuck Ortman and Quar terback Bill Putich that faced Wisconsin last Saturday. His absence for the rest of the Big Ten campaign will weaken the Wolrerine offense and pose a tough reserve problem for the Michigan coaching staff.

It leaves Oosterbaan with only Peterson and Witherspoon as fill-ins at the vital right halfback post with Sophomore Don Oldham, an inexperienced sophomore from Indianapolis, as the next logical substitute. Frosh Make Like 17-3, Scare Gopher Varsity MINNEAPOLIS (JP) Minnesota freshmen, acting out Mich-gan plays, did "shockingly well" against the varsity in practice, football coaches reported. Coach Bernie Bierman continued to scrimmage the squad, something he doesn't ordinarily, do during the playing season. 'We're getting back to the fundamentals of football," he explained. Ronald Engel, was moved from his right halfback berth in to the fullback position, indicating that Gary Johnson's bad knee won't be in shape by Saturday.

Kermit Klefsaas, a 190-pounder from the fourth squad, got a try at right half with the varsity. Net Tour Plays Everywhere but Detroit Gorgeous Gussie Moran will lead Bobby Riggs touring tennis stars into the Detroit area next month, but no dates are scheduled for Detroit. The professional tennis troupe of Miss Moran, Pauline Befz Addle, Jack Kramer and Pancho Segura will perform at Toledo Nov. 14, at Flint Nov. 15, at Ann Arbor Nov.

16 and at Windsor Nov. 17. The tour opens in New York Thursday night and will wind up in Europe and England. Evans, Buddy Lead Golfers Max Evans and Alex Sinclair won the pro-pro best-ball golf tournament Tuesday at Sunny-brook with a combined card of 64. Emery Kocsis and Tom Talk-ington finished second, a stroke behind the leaders.

ASKED WHEN he would date the start of such a decline, Crisler went on: "It came with the free substitution rule." That, of course, was the thing which made possible the two-platoon system one team for offense and another for defense. Michigan, with Crisler as roach, was nationally noted for its full use of the two-platoon system especially during wartime seasons. "I don't think our teams have enough time to get into good physical shape," Crisler added. "We only get to work out a couple of hours a day. And how many teams nowadays still havt wind sprints MIDDLESWORTH.

duty. Only in 1942 did a Leahy-team lose as many as two games in one season. That season found Michigan and Georgia Tech dumping the Irish. His other setback came in 1943 by Great Lakes. Notre Dame Prestige at Stake WITH LEAHY, or without him, Notre Dame has never lost three games in any one season since the first year of Elmer Layden in 1934.

Fact is, only THREE times in the football history of the South Bend school has a team lost MORE than three games. So here is Leahy, and Notre Dame, looking at the Saturday meeting with Michigan State. They already have lost two games this year. If they lose one more, they will have dropped as many games in this one season as have all other Leahy-coached teams combined. If they lose to the Spartans, they will have opened the door to what could be the worst season in Irish history inasmuch a3 they still have to play Navy, Pitt, Iowa and Southern California.

That Is why Coach Biggie Munn and his Spartans, riding high, will have their work cut out for them if they are to dump Notre Dame come Saturday. There will be more at stake than a football game. The pride of a university is one; the pride of a football coach is another. partans s- looks Krause made that evi- Krause was supposed to be stopped by the new rule this year. "Our opponents either didn't learn the rule or the officials aren't enforcing it." CRISLER SAID that it is probably true some officials don't enforce the new rule but pointed out that the rules committee, of which he is a member, can't do anything about it.

"There Isn't a rule in the book which will enforce itself." Then the Michigan director added: "I believe the main cause of so many injuries is the fact that our boys are not in as good physical condition as they used to be." far 1 1 1. tf fv. i-U? NEW YORK (U.R) Eddie Sawyer, one of the few persons alive who believed his kid Phila delphia Phillies could win the pen nant, was an overwhelming choice Everything Oke with Doak for Sunday LOS ANGELES (JP) There was good news for the Detroit Lions and bad for the Los Angeles Rams when word came that Halfback Doak Walker would be ready to play here Sunday in their National Football League battle. Coach Bo McMillin, in a telephone report from the Lions' temporary training camp at Boyes Hot Springs, said that the former Southern Methodist Ail-American "would resume play against the Rams. alker's ankle injury, though painful, is not as serious as first thought," McMillin said.

"He has a strained ligament which should mend after a few days of rest. We were afraid of a torn ligament or even a broken ankle." WALKER WAS injured in the third quarter of the San Francisco 49er game last Sunday. He had scored a touchdown and kicked two extra points before the injury. San Francisco won, 28 to 27, when Bobby Layne, of Detroit, failed to convert for the tying point in the final minutes. McMillin said that he was still worried over a shoulder injury suffered by Halfback Bob Hoernschemeyer.

OUie Cline, offensive, fullback, has been shifted to Hoernschemeyer'a position and John Panelli will start at fullback. WHY, MR. CRISLER HOW YOV TALK! 2-Platoon System Causing Injuries? Fritz Crisler, the man who invented the two-platoon system for football, is beginning to wonder whether it isn't causing (at least indirectly) a lot of the game's mounting injuries. That puts the University of Michigan athletic director somewhat in the position of slapping his own stepchild. But as a former coach and keen student of the game he can't help wondering.

THE SUBJECT came up at the weekly luncheon the Michigan Football Writers Association. Detroit Tech's coach. Hank Johnson, complained that he was nursing a double platoon of gridiron casualties. "Most of the injuries come from Illegal use of the elbows," be said, "and that LOST TO IRISH Halfback Billy Barrett, Notre Dame's leading ground gainer, gets the news from Trainer Hugh Burns that his football for 1950 is over. Barrett is suffering from calcification of muscles and ligaments above the left ankle resulting from sprained ankle incurred in the Tuiane game..