Michigan at Pennsylvania

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 5, 1944, page 15

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  Penn Whipped By Wolverines M Runs Up 4I-I9 Count With Ease PHILADELPHIA, Nov. A. Michigan put hustling. vicious blocking football team on the field here this afternoon and at the end of the day the Quakers Of Penn were buried underneath a 41–⁠19 score as 41,000 mar veled at the spirit and dash and pluck of the boys from Ann Arbor. The Michigan team was master Of the situation from the first play until the last. Actually Fritz Crisler, the Maize and Blue men, tor. could have run up so or more points had he cared to snow under the youngsters who are supposed to carry the mail for dear old Penn. PITY FOR THE FOE Crisler was one of the great humanitariars here this afternoon. Even his own assistants must have nudged and pinched him more than once as he let second and third stringers take over when the Franklin Field crowd was expect ing to see the Michigans rush and tramole the quivering Quakers. Crisler simply gave another coach a break. This was a case of team that looked like a high school outfit taking on a college team wired for hard-going action. AS is so often the case, men destined to play underdog roles got a chance and they made the most of it. Don Lund, a fullback, and Ralph Chubb, a halfback, took over the responsibilities of Capt. Don Wiese and Bob NusSbaumer, navy and marine trainees transferred from Ann Arbor, and they did far better than even their coaches or admirers could have expected. | GETS TWO ToUCHDowNs Chubb, an Ann Arbor boy, scored two of the six touchdowns. Gene Derricotte got one as did Art Renner, Ralph Hilkens and Jack WeiSenburger. Lund scored no touchdowns, but he played a marvellous game and he looks like the man who can keep Michigan moving as Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio State loom ahead. It can be stated here, without fear of contradiction, that none of Michigan’s future foes can expect an easy afternoon. Crisler has his men eager for any kind of action. The way Michigan’s players blocked and tackled today shows to what extent Michigan’s coaching staff stresses fundamentals. REALLY GOT 1T A blocking and tackling team is hard to beat-and Michigan, we can assure you, is that kind of a team. Michigan ran up “a points in the first half and that was when Crisler decided to pour the milk of human kindness. He held out such men as Milan Lazetich, the tackle, and Gene Derricotte, the halfback, who is improving each week. In fact, he held out all his key men until the quivering Quakers sent Edenborn across from the 4-yard line in the third quarter and then back-slapped after Minisi scooted 60 yards for a touchdown in the final period. The last touch down was scored by Engleking from the 3-yard line. Pennsylvania simply was no match for this rip-roaring grid gang from Ann Arbor. 1t was noticeable the first time Michigan got the ball. And much more noticeable the first time ! (COntfnued On Page TWOl

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 5, 1944, page 18

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  Michigan Rolls Up 41–⁠19 Score As Backs Run Wild at Penn the clear as they caught the ball for easy six-pointers. An intercepted pass led to the fifth score. Charles Wahl ran 81 yards with the misdirected aerial and Weisenburger plunged over from the 4. Passes Aid Penn. Andy Gordon’s passes, one to Jack Rosenthal for Is yards and one to Skippy Minsi for e., set up Penn’s first touchdown in the third period, with Harry Edenborn buck ing over from the 3. After Minisi got loose for a 63-yard touchdown run early in the fourth period to make it 34–⁠12, Michigan’s first stringers returned and drove IS yards for score, Chubb running wide around end % yards for the touchdown. Penn’s third touchdown came on four plays that covered 81 yards in the closing minutes Gordon passed twice to Wayne Helman for 80 and 81 yards before Glenn Engleking Smacked over from the 2.

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Michigan leads 11–⁠8–⁠2 in 21 meetings, counting the one since this game.