Evening star., 1932-10-18
WOLVERINES SCORE |
BY QUICK THRUSTS
BoiIermakers' Points Few,
With Many First Downs.
Five Big Games On.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

- 111Sh1o, oCUOOCI 1O-1eOA-
ing along toward the 1882
i Western Conference cham
pionShip, Michigan and
Purdue are winning on widely
different varieties of foot ball.
Michigan gets few first downs and
numerous scores, which is an old
Wolverine custom, while Purdue
amasseS much yardage and few
points.
Michigan Is an opportunist that
scores easily and, of the two, Purdue
seems more likely to come cropper, be-
. cause the Boilermakers are not per-
forming with the finesse expected be-
fore the season opened. In defeating
Northwestern and Ohio State, the VOL
yerines have made exactly three first
downs from serimmage, yet have scored
four touchdowns and field goal. Both
touchdowns against Northwestern and
the first against Ohio State were directly
due to fumbles. When Michigan gets
within scoring range, its highly polished
and deceptive forward pass attack gets
results and gets them quickly.
DURDuE made ls firss downs in in
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when Wisconsin was defeated, to
6, last Saturday. The touchdowns
against Minnesota came after 43-yard
march, and Wisconsin was whipped on
q 65-yard drive in which passes played
q heavy role.
Both Michigan and Purdue have stall
wart defenses that in case Of need be-
come their best offense. Ohio and
Northwestern found it impossible to get
many running plays around Petosky and
Williamson. the giant and capable
Michigan f1ankers. Barnard, the center.
and Regeczi, the fullback, buttress the
middle of the line so well that few I'M
portant gains have been made through
what is obviously the weakest spots on
the Wolverine team. Purdue's line
proved its mettle when it stopped Jack
Manders, the Minnesota catapult, on the
goal line and also repelled several Wis
consin threats.
MICHIGAN is smartly coached and
lv1 plays smart foot ball. Ohio State
built a forward pass defense Tor the
Wolverines, and Harry Newman crossed
the Buckeyes by using plays new 1or
the occasion. RegecZi, the fullback,
did not perform as pass receiver in
the Michigan State or Northwestern
games, so Ohio left him more or less
uncovered at the outset Of the con-
test. Consequently when Newman
tipped RegecI pass, the fullback had
no opposition in running across the
goal line. Michigan's second touch
down was on the most deceptive and
best executed pass play witnessed this
season, a halfback decoying the Ohio
secondary away from Williamson, the
right end. That pass attack, plus Re-
ND a Rnnnrnto
defense. will carry Michigan long
distance.
Ohio State has failed dismally once
more, despite its splendid man-power.
Carl Cramer, sensation as Ohios quar-
terback last year, has slumped badly in
his generalship, punting and running
and was replaced by Oliphant In the
Michigan game.
IITISCONSIN'S great play against
w Purdue is an excellent commen-
tary on the fine job of coaching done at
Madison by DR.. Clarence Spears. After
much shifting of players, Spears Is de-
veloping a fine power attack. In Wnlch
Linfor and Mcclure are the spear
heads November will find Wisconsin
one Of the best teams in the West.
Purdue beat the Badgers because it was
a better ce-ordinated machine, with a
crafty quarterback in Pardonner. and
probably the best driving fullback the
Western Conference will develop this
year in Roy Horstman. -
Northwestern regained some OF It's
1881 brilliancy against Illinois. Rent
ner was in stride once again and the
team was greatly strengthened when
George Potter was shifted from quar-
terback to left half. Potter still runs
the team from that position, and
Kawal, the new man at quarter, almost
doubles the blocking power OF the back
field.
INDIANA moves ahead, becoming
i more Of d championship threat each
week. It greatly outclassed Iowa in
beating the Hawkeyes by touchdown,
a field goal and safety. Chicago, how
ever, slipped back after its tie with
Yale, and for three periods was held
scoreless by little Knox College. The
Maroons won only after hammer1ng
the Knox team into exhaustion. Min
nesota caught q Tartar In Nebraska
which needs only more flame to be-
come a great team, and it needed all
of Jack Manders' battering power to
give the Gophers a victory. Notre
Dame went on another scoring spree
against Drake.
This week end brings up five major
engagements in the Middle West. Pur-
due will give its championship hopes
rugged test against Northwestern. Notre
Dame goes up against its first impor-
tant foe of the year when Carnegie
Tech is played at South Bend. Ohio
State visits Pittsburgh; Indiana meets
Chicago and Minnesota plays Iowa.
Illinois and Michigan go at 1t again,