Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
TEAM NO Stronger
THAN ITS GENERAL
Wolverines Success Varies
According to Ability of
Their Pilot.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

A mn ARROR, Mich, October
~ 16.-Some foot ball teams
4 \ succeed without a good
quarterback, but not Mich
igan. The quarterback always is
the barometer of the Wolverine
eleven, for he is chosen, when
possible, for his brains more than
his ability to kick, pass or run
with the ball.
Michigan's quarterback always is
field general of the team, and when a
good one Is found or developed the
Maize and Blue flies high. When one
Is lacking Michigan's success is
mediocre.
During Fielding H. YoSt's long reign
as head coach Of the Wolverines Mich
igan had some great quarterbacks.
Boss Weeks of the famous 'point-a-
minute" machine was one Of the best,
and in the postwar days there also
were Norcross, James and Hughitt
Over the last decade there have been
only two really good oneS-Irvin Uteritz
and Benny Friedman. Since Friedman
graduated there have been no good
Quarterbacks at Ann Arbor and Mich
igan has been just one Of the Big Ten
teams.
Newman Is Promising.
Now the gap seems to be filed and
Michigan men are claiming great
things for Harry Newman, the stocky
Jewish boy who took the helm against
Purdue last Saturday and drove the
Wolverines to an unexpected victory
over the BoilermakerS. So fine was his
generalship and play that around Ann
Arbor it is believed no team, with the
possible exception Of Harvard. will de-
feat the wolverines this season.
Newman halls. from Northern High
School Of Detroit and in appearance
and mannerisms is not unlike Fried
man. AS matter Of fact, he was
coached in passing and kicking, while
in high school, by the Incompatible
Benny and makes his throws with the
same style and ease that made Fried
man one Of the greatest in modern
foot ball.
Ordinarily Michigan's quarterbacks
are seldom used as ball carriers, but
Newman Is such a fine runner and car
ries so much power on his daShes that
he Is becoming an integral part Of the
attack. The young man also place
kicks with deadly precision, and in that
knack he also recalls Friedman. New
man Is not afraid to gamble when the
occasion permits and Yost has q high
opinion OF his capabilities.
FuIIbacIks Abundant.
The team that Harry Kipke has
welded to face Ohio State at Columbus
Saturday win include no less than four
former fulibacks. It might be called a
made-over team, for Morrison 1T CEN
ter originally was q fullback; 90 was
Hoser at guard and Cox at end. Corn
well, now o guard, started as end and
sanuels has been shifted from guard
to tackle.
Cox and Morrison have become the
outstanding players on the Michigan
line. Cox, until last week, was third
string fuilback Then Bill Hewitt,
regular end and the best passer on
the team, suffered q fractured ankle.
In desperation End Coach George
Veenker took Cox, who stands well over
SIX feet and weighs close to 200, and
bcgan schooling him in wing play.
Against Purdue his tackIing was the
most vicious and deadly on the field,
and he proved himself to be fine bali
handler. He has made such progress
in q few days that Draveling, senior,
has been driven 70 the side line. Nor
rison shows his backfeld training in
the way he backs up the line, and when
he throws his 210 pounds into . block
some one feels 1t.
The remainder Of the Wolverine line
y good. but not outstanding.