The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-25
Normal, Hope
Set For Clash

with less than two full weeks
Of practice behind It, Michigan Nor
malls football team win usher in
the 1871 season Friday night
against Hope College, former
MLA.A. opponent of the Hurons.
at Holland,
Although Hope is not ranked as
enc Of the major collegiate elevens
in the state, Elton ]. Rynearson,
Michigan Normal skipper, is still
deeply concerned over the probable
outcome of the struggle with the
Dutchmen.
Only four men in the probable
starting lineup for the Hurons have
acquired considerable experience
at their respective positions Tack
lie John Grant, who joined the team
on Monday. is the sole member OF
the quartet who has earned two
varsity letters.
Lowell Beach. Vic Apple and
Carl Schram are back at the po-
sitions they held last year. Beach
played the entire season at end.
but Apple and Schram saw only
occasional action at guard and
fullback. respectively.
The remainder OF the backfield
Is made up of Harold Syrett at
quarterback. Howard Slabaugh at
left half and Chuck Nemeth at
right. Nemeth quarterbacked the
Huron squad a year ago. Syrett
and Slabaugh are both sophomores.
Tackle Clare Krawczak and End
Benny Standen are other sophie
mores who will open against Hope.
Art Lieder, converted from a quar-
terback to a guard this year, and
Lawrence Tremper. dynamic cen
ter, complete the lineup.
The starting line averages under
$50 pounds, but the reserves which
Rynearson must shove into battle
average nearly 10 pounds less per
man. The center of the forward
wall is especially light, Tremper,
Apple and Lieder each weighing
less than l75 pounds.
The substitute line which Ry-
rearson will probably use will con
sist of Jack Van Osdol and Bob
eager, ends; Bill Bloomer and Art
Maschke, tackles. and Ralph Buck
les and Dick Fell. guards. Apple
will move over to center when
ever Tremper becomes weary.
Jack Brown, unquestiOnably the
best running back on the team, and
Bob Osburn will spell Slabaugh and
Nemeth at the halves, and John
Palmer will alternate with Schram
at fullback. Brown has been hob
bling around with a knee injury
for the past two days, but he ex.
poets to have fully recovered BY
Friday night.
Either Schram or Nemeth will
handle Michigan Normals punting
duties, and the latter will probably
throw most of the passes which
the Hurons use. Slabaugh, who
also has remained inactive during
the greater portion OF the week
with a face injury, may also get
chance to pitch some forwards.
Rynearson has selected a travel
ing squad of % men. Others who
will make the trip are Steve Koz-
ma, end; Pete Savina, tackle, and
Bob Urquhart, tackle.
Michigan Normal has not met
Hope in football in over a decade,
grid relations with the Holland in
stitution having been severed when
the Hurons withdrew from the
MLA.A. The two schools have
maintained an annual homeland
home basketball series, however.
Hope will enter Fridays contest
with one victory under its belt.
The Dutchmen broke loose in the
third quarter to down Grand Rap
ids Junior College. 10. last week.
Art Thinner and Dan DeFouw
paced Hope to its triumph.
The Dutchmen have an experien-
ced backfield but their line Is
composed chiefly OF newcomers.
They lost one of their outstanding
backs of year ago this summer
when Whitley Riersema Joined the
Army Air Corps