Huskies To Test M's Ability 'To Take Punch'

HUSKIES TO TEST M’S ABILITY ‘TO TAKE PUNCH’
By Wane DeNeff

Boxing fans will tell you that one of the key question concerning any young pugilist showing championship potential is: “Can he take a punch?”
It applies today to the Michigan football team which showed lots of promise in a 42-14 victory over Vanderbilt in the season’s opener.
Now the question is, can the Wolverines take a punch?
Vanderbilt was a comparatively small team by collegiate football standards. Now the Wolverines will come up against Washington, one of the biggest teams in the nation, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Michigan Stadium.
The Huskies’ punch refers mainly to the tackle-to-tackle blockers who will average something over 240 pounds per man.
Tackles Ernie Janet and Augie Rios tip the scales at 230 and 238, respectively. Guards Tom Nelson and Lane Ronnebaum weigh in at 250 and 242 and center Bruce Jarvis is listed at 245.
While Jarvis has just rejoined the team following some questions about enrollment, the feeling at East Lansing, where the Huskies have been practicing since their game with Michigan State last Saturday, seems to be that Jarvis, one of the best players on the squad, will provide a tremendous boost to the forward wall.
Jarvis, who is a 6-7 junior, just may be the best blocker Washington will throw against Michigan. He has speed, size, agility, and one year’s experience as a regular.
Janet, a junior converted from tight end, was selected as the most improved Husky by the coaching staff at the end of his sophomore season. Rios, a two-year letterman and a heavyweight wrestler, is the most mobile of a fine Washington tackle corps.
Nelson is one of those few athletes making the grade with a major collegiate team as a sophomore lineman. He was the only Washington sophomore in the last 10 years to open spring drills on the first team and has never lost his position. Ronnebaum, a junior, is the only veteran among the guards.
Lining up for action on the front defensive line for Michigan will be middle guard Henry Hill (210), tackles Pete Newell (220) and Dan Parks (238) and ends Cecil Pryor (235) and Mike Keller (215)—a group which did a good job of stopping the Commodores but now faces a different kind of test.
Washington Coach Jim Owens is expected to start letterman Ace Bulgar (6-4, 221) at tight end and non-letterman junior Ralph Bayard at split end.
The quarterback starter is letterman junior Gene Willis who some say is potentially the best at Washington since Bill Douglas. The halfbacks are letterman junior Buddy Kennamer or sophomore Cal Allen and Herman Houston, a converted split end who is a junior college transfer. Bo Cornell is a letterman fullback who was third in team rushing last season.
Willis came into his own last season. Although he can be expected to run the ball most of the time, he is a capable passer and needs only a bit more cooperation from the receivers to put some variance in the Husky attack that could loosen up the opposition.
Willis pitched 19 last Saturday with only five completions and two interceptions. Sophomore Steve Hanzlik hit six of 11 with one interception.
Washington’s defensive troops, always among the best in the land, are led by 6-3, 228-pound linebacker Clyde Werner who intercepted two Michigan State passes in the error-filled MSU victory, 27-11.
Werner, a senior linebacker, is an excellent All-America prospect but another All-America candidate from the Pacific-8 school, halfback Harvey Blanks, was left in Seattle. He suffered a broken ankle last spring and has not yet been able to rejoin the squad.
Another outstanding defensive player is Lee Brock, 6-2, 252-pound senior end.

BOX TEXT: Michigan To Sell $2 Tickets: Two dollar tickets will be available to grade school, junior high and high school students for the Michigan-Washington football game which starts at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Michigan Stadium. Tickets will go on sale at noon at gate three. Students will not be allowed to carry horns, signs or placards into the stadium and are required to remain in their assigned sections at all times, say Michigan officials.