The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-26
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Squad Out

Resuming footall competition AZ
ter lapse OF one year; the State
Normal Colleg grid prospects are
bette than Coach Elton Rynearson
had hoped. Tuesday, 80 men re.
ported, and more indicated they
would join the squad in time for a
scrimmage with the University Of
Michigan reserve team. Friday.
Most promising OF the llnemen
is Charles Kalbfleisch, who attend
ed school here before being shifted
to Western State in the Viz pro-
gram. He played for Western
state one year as tackle. He was
outstanding IN the line at Fordson
High School.
Jim Walton, Flint. is a promising
guard as is William Wilson, Belle.
Vile
Robert Schafer. Carleton. played
cente' on the high school team.
He is a little light for college com
petition. however
Glen Simmons. Belleville. is
tackle
Edward Edwards, Belleville, Is
an end
Reinard Heiniger. Belleville. Don
Rock Plymouth. and Gene Felty
Brighton. are also ends
William Tschierhart. st. Thomas,
Ann Arbor; Jim Logan. Jackson:
eddie Bitner and Henry Gillen. De-
troit: David Jennings. Flint: Leon
ard Dalton, Jack Shannon. High
land Park; Jim Black. Harry MI
Ter. Saline; Tony Comito. Detroit
Northwestern: W ]. Adams, Paul
Fisher Don Street. Walter Gordon,
Mehran Thomson. Wesley Shan.
non. and Bob Spencer are also out
TO make the squad.
Dick Ross. Belleville, is a pros
pectiye fullback. ROLAND Chicerel.
Monroe. is a former halfback. An
CELLO Piazza is a halfback from Haz-
el Park. Ezra Speed" Ander-
son IS halfback from Richmond,
Va. Charles Opie, Pontiac, is
halfback.
A six game, home and home
schedule has been arranged. begin
ming with Albion here. October G.
The rest Of the schedule is
Oct Hillsdale, here.
Oct 20-Open.
Oct. 27-Hillsdale, there.
Nov. 3-Albion, there.
Nov 9--Wayne. there.
Nov. 16-Wayne. here.
Men Returning
Don't worry said Dean OF Men
James NJ. Bling" Brown. They'll
be back. a lot Of them. You see,
good many OF our men went into
the Navy and they'll be slower get
ting out, maybe the second semes-
ter Brown is particularly proud
OF the Normal College men who
won important posts in the Navy.
First, there's 1t. Cm. L. W. Odds
in charge OF the physical fitness
program of the 18th Naval Dis
trict, the largest In the country. 1t.
Com. Charles +. (Chuck) Forsythe
of Lansing, a Normal College man
formerly in the office OF the state
OF public instruc-
ton, who was executive officer with
Gene Tunney in charge of the
Nays entire physical fitness 'ac-
tivities. It. Com. William II. Dunn
was placed in charge Of the Re-
Mobilization program OF the Navy.
His text for this program" accord
ing to Brown, was Prof. WILDER
Bowen's book on "Kinesiology"
the fundamentals OF exercise.
Major Albert Lunley, Normal
College man at Amherst College
in charge OF track, was placed in
charge of the Army's Rehabilita-
ton program in the Corps Office at
Dean Rockwell wanted
to get into active service so he be-
came a Is - lieutenant in the
Navy, specializing in amphibious
operations. He was in charge OF
a flotilla of - ships landing In
Normandy on d. day For BRAY
cry under fire he was awarded the
highest Navy award, the Navy
Cross. and later. the Croix de
Guerre with palms by the French
government"
Dean Brown is confident that
former students will be back In
school. They'll come back TO finish
and graduate" he said.