The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-10
sierra To REMAIN
OUT Of CONTEST
"a good defense is the best Of


"a good defense Is the best Of
Tense"
Although the great majority OF
The gridiron faithful would dis
agree with this statement, the
Michigan Normal football team
must Of necessity adopt 1t as IFS
SLOGAN for the game with the Uni
versity OF Detroit at L. OF d. sta
dunn Friday evening.
The plain truth is this the
Hurons have no offensive threat
II they gain any ground at all
AGAINST Detroit, they will have 70
take to the air TO do IT,
Whatever hopes Michigan Nor
nal might have entertained OF up
setting the powerful Titan eleven.
rated as the strongest Red and
White aggregation since that or
1928. were wiped out completely
when Capt. Walt Sierra, stellar sem
for halfback. wrenched his left
knee severely last week against
Illinois Normal University.
Sierra. who deserves the triple
threat" adjective is the Huron
pacemaker in running, passing
and punting Without him, there
simply is no offense.
Although Sierra Internationally
recovered to see limited actio
AGAINST the Titans, Coach Elton
]. Rynearson has decided not TO
49, -. o.. III Tf TIa ~, 20 n, rk Walt
should once more injure that knee,
he would be out for the rest OF
the year.
Outmanned Detroit has at
least three full teams. Normal
barely two-the Hurons can gen
orally bank on forward passes
and trick plays 10 give the oppo-
sition some bad moments. They
cant do that this time. however,
because they haven't a good pass
er or a bunch Of alert ball-hand-
lers
Bill Hart, promising sophomore,
throws a near aerial. but his pre-
sence in the Michigan Normal
lineup is doubtful Harris alter
nate. Andy Newlands. has the
fighting spark but can neither
pass nor kick.
Added to this offenive defect.
Michigan Normal is in poor con-
dition physically. John Palmer.
for instance, has sore back, and
a half-dozen others possess minor
ailments.
The strategy the Hurons will
have to follow is to prevent De-
troit from staging a touchdown
parade and to take advantage of
every scoring break that presents
itself
The Titsns themselves consider
the game with Ypsilanti as
breather between the tough tussle
with Catholic University a week
ago and Manhattan College a
week hence. AS a conservative es-
innate. they are given four or
five-touchdown edge over Normal.
Without needing the Hurons
necessary plea OF mercy, Detroit
will turn on the heat against Nor
NAL. testing the plays 1t plans to
use against Manhattan. Coach
Charles Z. (Gusl Dorais has even
indicated that he will start his
first team.
This was the eleven that sound
ly thumped Wayne University,
42-7, and humbled stubborn
Catholic U team. 1870 And the
man to watch. the one Titan on
the spot marked OK, is Senior
Al Ghesquiere.
Ghesquiere, a rangy six.footer,
has carried the ball from his left
halfback spot 33 times this season
for a gain Of 1914 yards. or an
average Of yards on each at
tempt. In addition. he has COM
pleted TO Is passes thrown, net
ting 81 yards. He Is also an out
standing punter
Hardly less spectacular is Mick
ey Mclaughlin. second-team al
ternate with Ghesquiere. who has
covered 100 yards In IL attempts
Quarterback Jack Biringer is the
Titan field general.
VI NAS 4AhrtAcis AOui were to
gulars last year. They are Capt.
Cashmere Brovarney and John
Mechanical. guards, Ted Pavelec.
right tackle. and Meyrle Toepfer,
right end. Wing Howard Keeting.
a junior; Ed Rice. left tackle. and
Center Vince Banonis fill out the
Detroit line. Banonis ranks as one
OF the best suapper-backs in the
country.
The only likely changes IN the