Not that alcohol is celebrated by local authorities on campus today, but in 1931 we were still a couple years from the end of Prohibition. This was a little more serious. Word of the raid made the front page of the February 12, 1931 Chicago Tribune which provided some of the spicy details of the “Rum Raid” including a pretty lengthy listing of the more prominent students arrested. Among them (and the first listed) was James "Ducky" Simrall--the captain of the 1930 football team and a Phil Delt.
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TWIMFbH: A Booze Raid, a Double Header and Battling The Depression (1931)
The 1930s are a underappreciated period of Michigan football, and the goings on in 1931 alone provide a representative morsel. Click below for a spicy version of This Week in Michigan Football covers a wide range of events on campus
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Charity Schmarity (1931) | A Benefit at Michigan Stadium
In 1931 the Western Conference agreed to schedule a full slate of games to benefit a fund for the many Depression-era unemployed worker at the end of the season. The league also agreed the games would count in the tight conference standings.
