Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Weise Sparks
Winning Attack
Old Post
BY BOB MURPHY

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ANN ARBOR, Nov. 6-"You'd
be so nice TO come home TO
You've heard that swing ditty
as yodeled by Fireball frankie
Sinatra and others. Well. there
was man putting the words to
music out in the big stadium here
this afternoon as Michigan's VOL
verines rolled over Indiana's
young all-civilian team, % TO S.
Bob WeiSe came home TO his
old fullback job today. And ii
ration points were available there
would be more than one tatted
calf killed around these parts to-
night.
KEY MAN ON ATTACK
Although Weise didn't score
point, he was the man around
whom the Michigan offensive re-
volved.
He was spinning and blasting
through Indianas line almost at
will. And it was his thrusts at the
middle that set the pattern for
Michigan'5 scoring punches.
The Wolverines scored in every
period. They put on 68-yard
march in the first period with
Weise as the main pressure force
that carried 10 the 2-yard line.
From this point Elroy Crazy
Legs Hirsch took lateral from
Jack Wink and went over
In the second period Michigan
had the ball on Indiana's 43-yard
line and from this point Hirsch
stepped back and threw long.
wobbly pass that Wally Dreyer
\ gathered in on the 10-yard line
and scooted on across.
Attempting to pass from behind
his own goal in the third period.
the aHeh-diSeHssed Bob Heefn-
schemeyer stepped out of bounds
for an automatic safety.
WELLS ADDS POINTS
The final Michigan touchdown
went to guy who has played
swell football for Crisler all sea-
son--Rudy Smeja. The Michigan
end intercepted one of Hoern-
schemeyer's passes on the In
diana 35 and went all the way.
A new name entered Michi-
gan's scoring column today when
Rex c. Wells, a guard from Twin
Falls, Idaho, kicked three extra
points out of three tries to take
up where the departed Merv Pre-
gulman left off a week ago.
Pregulman and big Bill Daley.
as you know by now, have gone
/ TO play their part in big
I ger game as members of Uncle
/ Sans navy
Daley's departure was the
reason Weise was back AT full
back instead of handling the
quarterback and blocking chores.
The change made this look more
like the Crisler offense of past
seasons than at any time this year.
Michigan was using a modified
''T' formation, shifting most OF
the time into an orthodox single
wing.
GOOD IN FIRST HALF
At times, especially in the first
half when they went IA points
ahead, the Wolverines ball-han-
ding was expert and battling. At
other times il was as untidy as
the back room at Sloppy Joe's.
The young Hoosiers were all set
TO rush TO the dressing room and
see if Christmas hadn't arrived
early in the third quarter when
they scored their touchdown.
Bob Nussbaumer of Oak Park.
= III H. Mhe -is- one of tAe- fleetest and
hardest-trying young men in the
= Crisler outfit played the role of
st. Nick.
Bob had made a brilliant end
sweep to carry the ball to Indiana's
49 and part of the estimated crowd
of 10000 was beginning to think
heavily on plans for departing
from the stadium, where only rain
and chill and touchdowns for
Michigan were in order.
Nussbaumer threw a lateral.
intended for Dreyer Instead. the
bdii ldllbtu III lllt lidtihc "a Gnu
Frank Hoppe, Hoernschemeyer's
favorite receiver.
Hoppe (who must be some rela-
ton of Willie Hoppe, Judging
from how he controls the balD
was on his way NuSSbaumer put
on a terrific show of speed to
oVertake him on the s
After two running plays, In
diana had lost 2 yards. But then
Hoernschemeyer passed 20 Pete
Pihos who fell across for the
score. The extra point was
missed.
Michigan made I2 first downs
70 10 for Indiana. outgained the
HooSierS rushing. 269 yards TO