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...second play of the game, Michigan's spinning fullback gave the ball to a halfback who smacked Army's line for two yards. When the players unpiled, blond, 188-lb. Chuck Ortmann, Michigan's passing ace, was lugged off on a stretcher. That was the first omen of calamity. Then it seemed as though the big stadium had begun falling...
Last step in Blaik's plan was to bring the Army team to a physical and emotional peak between the hours of 2 and 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 8. He did, although two defensive guards and Fullback Gil Stephenson, his star ballcarrier, were nursing injuries. Then the players were on their own, blocking and tackling fiercely, while Blaik watched tensely from the sideline, burning up nervous energy. Between the halves, he wandered calmly among his athletes, making a quiet suggestion here & there...
Army's kickoff was returned by Noonan nine yards to the 19. John West, spelling Paul Shafer at fullback, carried six times in seven plays to bring the ball to the Army 36 before Elmer Stout intercepted a fourth-down Lowenstein pass and ran 65 yards to score. Mackmull converted again...
Blaik has had to do nothing to bolster his offensive team. It has a great first unit and excellent reserves, so excellent that though fullback Gil Stephenson indulged in but two plays against Michigan, his presence was not particularly missed. We can compare this with a Harvard team without Howie Houston--as was the case at Columbia--and come to a horrifying conclusion...
...first place Munro may move standout fullback Rick Drake all the way up to center forward--to get one of his best players into the scorer's position. And secondly the coach may switch lineman Charlie Weiss to halfback--to give the forwards a better feed-man behind them...