This Saturday, at Ann Arbor, Minnesota and Michigan will fight for the Little Brown Jug, a trophy that has survived 38 years of football rivalry. Until last week, this year's Michigan team"wrecked" by the loss of Tom Harmon and Forrest Evashevskiwas written off as a pushover for Coach Bernie Bierman's gigantic Gophers, favorites to win the mythical 1941 football championship of the U.S. as they did the 1940. But last week Michigan's omens improved: Michigan outsmarted Northwestern (14-to-7). More important for the superstitious, its victory was won with brilliant touchdown passes of a...
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