PAGE SIX: THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1965 rAGE SIX TUE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1. 19~5 . _._.._.. _ _..,._... a .. ....,.. ... ... .. ...vuv Wolverines Open Against Tennessee By HOWARD KOHN Latest scientific news flash: Michigan cagers officially end the 1965 estivation period in head-on; combat against an invasion of theN Tennessee Volunteer species in the. perennial fight for survival of the fittest.. This, in effect, means that Wol-' verine fans can see the two-time defending Big Ten champions to- night as they test their preseason ratings and predictions against the hard reality of game competition in one of the toughest openers in Michigan cage history. Michigan is ranked No. 2 by both wire service polls and Ten- nessee is rated No. 17. However, as Michigan head coach Dave Strack explained, "Our high rank- ing has been based on the great performance of last year's team. We are going to have to prove that we're worthy of this honor all over again." * * * * R * * Vols' Starting Five points in the freshman scrimmage. His scoring productivity has been of the "hot and cold" kind in previous seasons, rating him a po- tential terror on offense. McIntosh stands 6'1" and has earned his starting slot mainly on his ballhawing ability. He is fam- ous in the conference for his de- ceptive feints with the ball, in- cluding his specialty: the reverse dribble At 26, McIntosh is the dean of the Vol cagers, from the standpoint of age. Guinn will be a newcomer to the Vol lineup after transferring to Tennessee as a junior and then missig last year due to a knee injury. The 6'1" guard replaces graduated Pat Robinette in the backcourt. r Guinn is a fluid, natural per- former whose shooting from the outside is rivaled on the team only by Widby. Among those sitting on the bench will be a pair of two-year sophomores who should see some action - center Tom Boerwinkle and forward Mac Petty. Boerwin- kle towers over the rest of the squad at an even seven feet and has exhibited some very powerful play under the boards. Petty is a one-hand shooter whose offensive talents overshadow defensive de- spite his ijury. ficiencies. At center for the Volunteers will ichigan will counter with a be 6'5" Howard Bayne, co-captain starting nucleus of guards Cazzie and a senior. Touted as a fine Russell and John Thompson,I defensive player, the returning Oliver Darden and John Clawson letterman speared 198 rebounds in at forward and center Craig Dill. 25 games last year. Offensively, Jim Myers is scheduled to head he does most of his shooting from the list of reserves followed by in close. ucina the hnk mnfPf_ - 0 More Than Qualifying . And Tennessee. appears to be C. more than just a qualifying, run . for the Michigan hardcourt boys.- The Vols boast of three returning.......... . regulars and a towering corps of reserves from last year's squad- s .. .; 7kV f .. 425 45iaJ z G 2 ;. an outfit which, incidentally, fin- . ,:. . ished 20-5 .overall and second in the rugged Southeastern Confer- cop honors as the nation's top can honorable mention. He sat der the boards. An ankle injury ence. . 1defensive quintet, out the scrimmage last week but limited his game activities last At the helm of the Volunteer Hand in hand with his game is expected to start tonight. year and was responsible for his platoon is Ray Mears, beginning tactics go the pre-game weapons Opposite Widby at the front shift from center to forward. his fourth campaign as head of psychological warfare employed posts will be rangy Red Robbins. Robbins, as fiery and aggres-I coach. This individualistic men- by Mears. The Vol warm-up drills, At 6'9" the 200-pound Robbins sive as his nickname indicates, tor, rated by coaches and critics complete with stunt dribbling, furnishes impressive stature un- averaged 10.1 ppg in 1964-65 de- across the country, including trick ball-handling and fervent C '. 'Sr- 0 0 Tickets The Wolverines open their 1965-66 basketball season to- night against the Tenneessee Volunteers. There are still tick- ets available for this encounter which features the nation's No, 2 and No. 17 ranked teams in preseason polls. Ducats can be purchased at the ticket office at State and Hoover for one dollar and an identification card for each ticket. Two tickets maximum to a customer. Tickets. for the Bowling Green game, Saturday after- noon, and the Ball State clash, Monday night, go on sale today. Purchase procedures are the same as for Tennessee. Season tickets are also on sale. Thesee guarantee the fan a reserved seat at a cost of $25. The ticket office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. f a n s singing Sweet Georgia Brown," are remembered for in- stilling hard-to-overcome spirit in the team members. Strack credited Mears with "a much different all-around style in coaching," a style which has earn- ed him a 49-24 career record down in the bluegrass country. "He has innovated a control type of basketball," explained Strack. "Tennessee uses a slow break, trying to dictate a very ,11 g61 e19 '. ool IUMost eI - fectively.' Fast, Competitor Bayne is unusually fast in re- lation to his 234-pound frame and his coach has called him "one of the best competitors in the game today. Holding down the starting guard positions will be senior Larry McIntosh and junior Bobby Jack Guinn. McIntosh, the other co-captain, has been one of the standouts in practice drills thus far, dumping in a game-leading total of 23 Dennis Bankey, Jim Pitts, Dan Brown and Van Tillotson. Michigan and Tennessee have tangled three previous times on the hardcourt with the Vols hold- ing a 2-1 edge. The most recent encounter was in 1960 when the Wolverines suffered a 75-64 set- back. Game time for all who want a firsthand look is 8 p.m. Channel 50 will televise a special rerun of the game at 11 p.m. SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: DALE SIELAFF 0 slow tempo'on the court. The play- ers take comparatively few shots, and they try to make every one count." Strack contrasted the Tennes- seean brand of ball to Michigan's fast-breaking, fast-moving execu- tion of the cage art. "We shoot the ball more often and thus take the . chance of losing it. Playing against a team like Tennessee will be a new experience for the team and for me." The Vols lost their leading scorer, A. W. Davis, through grad- uation last spring and his clutch baskets (much like Bill Buntin's) wil be sorely missed. Slated to fill the void left by Davis' depar- ture is 6'4" forward Ron Widby who averaged 14.5 points per game and led the team in rebounds last season. Soph of the Year Widby, a junior, was named sophomore of the year in the SEC last year and received All-Ameri- UNIVERSITY LECTURES IN JOURNALISM 75th Anniversary of Journalism at The University of Michigan PAUL MILLER. President of The Gannett Newspapers President of The Associated Press, will speak on' "The Crisis of Confidence in the News" HOOP IT UP Strack, as "a truly excellent coach," has rejuvenated a sagging Tennessee five into one of the top national powers. Tennessee Trademarks Mears' strategical trademarks of1 a combination defense and the 1-3-1 offensive attack have be- come synonymous with the name of Tennessee basketball. Last sea- son the Vols alowed an average of only 55.6 points per game to Wecnesday, December 1 at 3:00 P.M. a Rockhatn Amphitheatre 40 The Public Is Invited '65 Letterwinners, '40 Squad Honored -Daly-Kamalakar Rao MICHIGAN'S JOHN THOMPSON (25), who was replaced as a starter by George Pomey last year, is back in the starting lineup for Michigan tonight against Tennessee. In last year's Dayton game, Thompson saw action (above) and is one of five returning lettermen in the Wolverine starting lineup. SPORT SHORTS: Cager Hit by Cancer; Baseball Vets Switch Michigan's 1940 grid team, along; with the '65 version of the Wol- verines was honored at the annual football bust at Cobo Hall in De- troit Monday night. The 1940 team included All- Americans Tom Harmon, Bob Westfall, and Al Wistert, and Forest Evashevski, now athletic director at Iowa. The '40 Michigan team had a 7-1 record, finishing second in th eBig Ten. In addition to the awarding of, 16 'M' rings to the seniors on the team, Detroit Tiger catcher Bill Freehan received a ring for his play as a Wolverine end before signing with the Tigers. Quarterback Pete Hollis receiv- ed the Patterson Award, going to each year's outstanding academic senior. Hollis carries a 3.8. Tackle Bill Yearby was awarded the Lou Hyde award as the team's most valuable player, as selected by his teammates. In all, 44 letters were awarded to the '65 team, which finished with a 4-6 overall record, and 2-5 in Big Ten play. The letter winners: Don Bailey, guard; Mike Bass, halfback; Tom Brigstock, half- back; Tom Cecchini, linebacker and captain; Jack Clancy, end; Floyd Day, tackle; Joe Dayton, center; Paul D'Eramo, center and, kicker; Jim Detwiler, halfback; Dave Fisher. fullback; Dennis Flanagan, guard; Wally Gabler. quarterback; Jeff Hoyne, end; Paul Johnson. guard; Bill Keating, guard; Stan Kemp, punter; Char- SCORES NBA Baltimore 129, Philadelphia 108 Cincinnati 126, Los Angeles 11O New York 138, Ft. Louis 1194 r HOCsrY Detroit NHL 3, Pittsburgh AlIL 0 lie Kines, tackle; Craig Kirby, end; Louie Lee, halfback; Tom Mack, tackle; Bob Mielke, tackle; Dennis Morgan, linebacker and fullback; Frank Nunley, lineback- er: Tom Parkhill, end; Ray Phil-r lips, tackle; Tom Pullen, end; Tim. Radigan, fullback; Roger Rosema, end; John Rowser, halfback; Swim Meet Michigan's c o e d swimmers will compete in the Women'sA Intercollegiate Championship in Kent, Ohio on Saturday at 3:00. The female tankers go into the meet favored to retain theirx title which they have held for the past four years. The girls t hope to repeat last year's per- formance with a second straight :undefeated season. Charlie Ruzicka, tackle; GaryE Schick, fullback; Ernie Sharpe, halfback; Steve Smith, end; Rick Sygar, halfback; Dick Vidmer, quarterback; Rick Yolk, halfback;I Carl Ward, halfback; Dick Wells, halfback; Clayton Wihite, end; Ken Wright, guard; Bill Yearby, j tackle. i F with the San Francisco Warriors By The Associated Press SJohn Rudometkin, f o r in e r last year. basketball star at the University Frank Malzone and Del Cran- of Southern California, is in a dlfre l-trcniee resn hop t s fiinf o i;Ball, former All-Stars, considered Fresno hospital suffering from in- operable cancer near his heart. ' to be washed up by their previous His doctor confirmed reports employers, have both hooked up Tuesday that Rudometkin, 25, with new clubs for the '66 season. was suffering from :cancer and Malzone, an All-Star third base- said nothing in the way of surgery man seven times for the Boston can be done for the condition. Red Sox was given his outright He said, however, that other release, and yesterday signed with methods, such as radiation treat- the California Angels. ments, will be used to try to stop Crandall, who played for the the malignancy which is in lymph Braves and Giants before moving glands near the lung. to Pittsburgh last year also played Rudometkin played at USC from in seven All-Star games. Given his 1960-62. After graduation, he release by the Pirates on Monday, played with the New York Knick- he was signed as a free agent by erbockers for two years and was the Cleveland Indians.! 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