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DETROIT FREE PRESS Wednesday. Jan. 24. 1951 7 Mill COUNCIL PRAISES PIN WRITER Chalk Up Strike for Peters City Sports Figures Fete All-City Team 200 Legionnaires Join Tribute to 25 Prep Stars, on Football Niglit More than 200 members of the Thomas A. Edison American Legion Post and a cross-section of Detroit's leading sports Neyland Gets Tennessee Job 'for Lif e' Entire Football Staff Granted Pay Raises KNOXVILLE (JP) Gen.

Bob Neyland was handed a lifetime contract to continue developing precision, power-packed football teams at Tennessee. Extension of Neyland's contract followed one of his most successful seasons. His 1950 team won 10 games, lost one and upset Texas, Detroit Common Council passed a resolution Tuesday commending Dick Peters, Free Press bowling writer, for his "untiring promotion of the Captain-Sponsor tournament and fine reporting of bowling events." The resolution, in engrossed form, will be 'presented to Peters Saturday during the 11th annual Free Press Captain-Sponsor tourna- ment. The action was sponsored by Council President Louis C. Miriani.

LAST WEEK Council passed a resolution honoring Howard W. McCullough, originator of the Captain-Sponsor idea, for "bringing fame to Detroit, city of bowling champions." A copy of that resolution also will be presented to McCullough Saturday. East Side Crown All but Clinched Tars Pare 15-Point Deficit, Just Miss BY GEORGE PUSCAS Miller High School's four-time City League basketball champions became classic squanderers and champions again as they beat down a rallying Denby quintet, 52 to 46. The unbeaten Trojans, who with victory virtually sewed up their third East Side title in five years, had to whip the Tars twice to register their sixth straight triumph- They blew all but three points of a bulky halftime lead and salvaged their slender edge in the final minute of play. celebrities paid tribute to members of the 1950 All-City highjUprA'c frnnfi 'school football team Tuesday.

bww" Tnesdav. to remember it standout high school players in City League Box Scores Putich Named Grid Captain But Army May Take Quarterback by Autumn BEDFORD Shlrldii.f 7 19 Andrrws.f Oil Varin.f 4 19 KmTth.e 12 4 5 10 Muznott.K 10 3 COOLEY (37 OFT Sica.f 3 3 9 Kuntzman.f Oil Wnrrrll.f A 111 Jamm.f Oil MrClunr.e OflO Kcdfnrd.r 3 3 9 Cases 3 0 6 Sniai to the Free Pre s. i The Wolverines' new captain is ANN ARBOR For the seventh 'Quarterback Bill Putich, of Cleve- time in the last 25 years, a land. He is 19 years old and will Totals 17 11 45 Total 14 37 8rore at half: Bedford S3. Cooley 23.

be a senior next fall, 20 to 14, in the Cotton Bowl. Tennessee was the No. 4 team in the country in the final Associated Press poll. Salary terms were not disclosed, but Chairman N.W. Dougherty, the Tennessee athletic council, said that the new agreement quarterback will lead the University of Michigan football team in 1951.

Putich may, however, be a military uniform instead of MILLER 51 Detroit. The youngsters heard brief comments from: Coach Clarence (Biggie) Munn, of Michigan State "Regardless of the war crisis, all of you should go to college as long as you can." Everett (Sonny) Grandelius, All-Amercian halfback from MSC "I owe my All-American" honors to the team and our coaches." GUS CIFFELLI, of the Detroit Lions "Its lots of fun to play pro ball, certainly not as much pressure as I had at Notre Dame when we had a long winning streak going." Johnny Greene, veteran Lions end "I feel that I've still got a couple of good years left." Danny Arena, speedboat pilot "Unless our sport is curtailed by the war, I predict new speedboat records." Teddy Gray, Tiger pitcher "We'll miss Art Houtteman more fi 14 Yes, here's the winning nun: ber, WOodward J-9330, foi businessmen who want to save time and effort, and who want dependable value in all their office supply needs. By calling one number you can make Gregory, Mayer and Thorn your one source of supply and when it comes to quality, value, selection and service, there's no need to look anywhere else. Start dealing with G. M.

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Cdach Bennie Oosterbaan sent him into action with a special pass play which worked. Putich threw Jl yards to Irv Wisniewski, who fecored the only touchdown of the day to give Michigan a 7-3 victory. Neyland. MILLER WHIZZED through the Tars with characteristic ease in the first half. It built a 15-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and led, 29 to 14, at the intermission.

When the teams returned, however, Denby suddenly caught fire, The Tars poured in 21 points in a torrid third quarter to cut the Trojan lead to 43 to 35. Totals 21 10 Hi Totals 151B4B Score ak half: Millrr 29. Denby 15. NORTHERN (63) WRIGHT (21) MeOonald.f 3 6 Martin.f 1 Youne.f i Kniin.r i 9 7 25 llest.c 1 3 3 0 6 IlarriH.e 1 3 4 2 10 B. Harrit.c 1 1 10 2 Krlrkuin.K 1 3 6 Belfont.r 1 1 3 0 6 Triroff.r 1 2 IawHOn.c Nelson.

Stranehn.K Sherrill.K Kvans.f than anybody thinks, but we still! 6 1J Totals 27 9 63 Totals new agreement called for a "slight increase" for Neyland and his entire staff. Neyland's salary has never been announced. Speculation has placed it at $16,500, plus $2,500 annually for "expenses." The new contract is expected to run his pay well above the $20,000 mark, making Neyland one of collegiate football's highest paid coaches. THE 58-YEAR-OLD Tennessee mentor is the second disciple of the single-wing system to receive a "lifetime" coaching contract in recent weeks. Princeton gave Charley Caldwell a similar contract after he piloted the Tigers through a perfect campaign last fall.

Store at half: Northern 35. Wright 12. They continued the surge through the fourth period. In six minutes, Phil Nelson and Marv Melanson whipped In 10 points and Denby drew the count to 48 to 45. With the big lead gone, Miller was forced to stall.

It proved a better offensive than defensive weapon. Twice the Trojans intercepted passes in the final minute. 8'EASTERN (45) EASTERN (47) BarelaT.f 3 2 8 1 1 Daris.r Sorinter.f H. Dtike.e VonKteel.f Brewster. T.

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Putsch's best single game was against Wisconsin, when he snared three passes for 53 yards and scored the only touchdown of his career. That was on a 28-yard pass from Halfback Chuck Ortmann. Oosterbaan said later "You'll never see that play run any better." Totals 16 15 47 Totals 15 15 45 Southeastern 18, Eastern IB. S'WESTERN (12) CHADSEV (56) I 2 0 14 Ostezan.f Cox.f Snlak.f Kantinkl.e Carey, Powers. Samottiik.c Kennedy.

Summcrlin Punches Out TKO at Arena 3 9 Davis.f 8 10 Ciotti.e, 1 5 Enns.r 2 8 onion. 1 1 WriKht.e 1 3 Szifaicy.i Dohbs.c rare 3 2 8 0 2 2 4 3 11 3 6 1 41 2 1 9 0 2 2 16 10 42 Totals 17 16 50 Totals ers? Varipapa, Varipapa, and Varipapa." Certificates and awards were presented to each of the high school stars by the Edison Post. SILL PUTICH BENNIE OOSTERBAAN U-M coach congratulates 1951 football captain-elect HE IS THE first quarterback-captain since the 1945 season when Joe Ponsetto led the Wolverines to a 7-3 record. Since then, captains have been End Art Renner ('46), Tackle GERALD HUTCHIXS got the first right under the Denby basket. Adolph Smith got the other at the same spot only seconds later.

Both converted their chances with unhurried shots to kill the Denby rally. Smith bagged 21 points and Hutchins 14 to pace the scorers. Nelson got 12 and Wally Rentz 10 for Denby. Southeastern came up with a similar rally, but like Denby, the Jungaleers fell short. They bowed to Eastern, 47 to 45.

Southeastern trailed at one time by 11 points, then cut the Indians' edge to 46 to 45. A foul in the final minute gave Eastern its two- point margin. Dick Wright bagged 19 points for Southeastern and Hal Dukes and Bert Springer picked up 13 and 12 for Eastern. John Summei lin, Detroit heavyweight, scored a fourth round technical knockout victory over Ronnie Wulf, of Ludlow, in the scheduled eight-round main Going to Cal BERKELEY, Calif. (U.P.) Herm Meister, 37, line coach at Bruce Hilkene ('47), Guard Dom event at Arena Gardens.

1 Pittsburgh, signed as line coach at the University of California. Balky No. 7 Pin Spoils 300 Game Dick Benzenberg, 23-year-old unemployed auto worker, came within one pin of a perfect bowling game at Grand Central when the No. 7 pin refused to budge Tuesday night. A 190-average kegler, Benzenberg put 11 balls in the pocket on Alleys 19-20 before losing his 300.

The 299 game gave him a 691 se Saturday Meeting Set for Brown, -Ohio State COLUMBUS, O. (U.R) Paul Brown, the man who at one time or another has been mentioned as most likely to succeed every jobless football coach in the Nation, will meet with Ohio State University officials Saturday to discuss the Buckeye job. Tomasi ('48), Tackle Al Wistert ('49) and Tackle Al Wahl last season. But quarterbacks have been popular as captains at Michigan. Starting with Bennie Friedman in 1926, there were six before Putich.

Leads Spartans Siimmerlin, who weighed 188 dropped Wulf for a nine-count and the bout was halted at 1:04. Wulf, who weighed 201 4, was a substitute for Tom Giorgio, of New Jersey, who withdrew from the bout because of a hand infection. Two semifinal bouts also ended EAST LANSING (JP) Jim Kepford, sophomore from Muskegon Heights, was elected cap tain of the Michigan State College Athletic Director Richard Lark cross country team. ries. ins said that the coach of the 1 champion professional i Cleveland Browns agreed to come Roy Hudson, who also played halfback, led the team in 1931.

Rill Renner ('35), Forest Eva-shevski ('40) and Ceithaml ('42) continued the tradition before Ponsetto's election in 1945. There were four other quarterback-captains In the earlier days: W. S. Horton in 1881, James Baird asked that he be allowed to meet with the entire athletic board rather than with only members of the screening committee, Larkins said. Brown previously had indicated that he also wanted the univers- in TKOs.

Jay Watkins, 134, of Flint stopped Moe Harvey, 136, of Barberton, in the fourth round of their six-rounder, and KO Morgan, 127, of Detroit, halted Rufus Holliday, 123, of Cincinnati, at 1:14 of the first round. A meager crowd of 334 paid $687.90 to witness the show. here. Brown will meet at 6 p. m.

with Larkins, the entire athletic board and the board's special coach screening committee. ity's board of trustees to sit in 1894, Harrison S. (Boss) Weeks the conference. in 1902 and Fred Norcross in 1905. CASS STOPPED Mackenzie, 67 to 47, in a non-league contest.

George Gatewood tossed in 23 points, and Walt Godfrey added 16 for the winners. Big John Lawson flipped in 25 points to lead Northern to a 63-24 triumph over victoryless Wright. Redford spurted in the third period to whip Cooley, 45 to 37, and gain its first victory of the season. Ken Shields bagged 19 points for the Huskies to keep alive their chances to making the playoffs. LARKINS also announced that the screening committee would interview Coach Herb Eisele, of John Carroll University, on Monday.

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