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In the backfield, tailback Pote Petrille, wingback Nick Athans, and quarterback Hugh Edmonds, all veterans of former Crimson Varsity and Jayvee elevens, are now back following leaves of absence. Other men, notably tailbacks Jim Noonan and Chuck Roche, quarterback Bill Henry, and tackle Doug Bradlee are looking more poised than...
Valpey's not used to losing. Since he joined the Michigan staff six years ago, Wolverine elevens have won 48 out of 58 games. It's nice to have coaches like that on your side.
Barclay should know. He became "a very close friend" of Valpey's when the two played on the same Wolverine elevens in '35, '36, and '37. Both men broke into the Michigan coaching organization together in 1942.
These elevens plus the Jayvees and Freshmen paused in turn before leaving to give a rousing cheer to their comrades of the past 11 weeks. Then the managers picked up their footballs and put the padlock on Soldiers Field for 1947.
Pouncing on one of the few remaining rays of gridiron hope, Ernest I. Sly ocC yesterday disclosed the results of his revolutionary football rating system, which ranks the Crimson far above all the nation's other elevens.