THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1953
THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1903
Cagers End Successful Season
CLAY-JONES FIGHT:
Rematch Possible
After Split Decision
with Bill Buntin setting Michigan
i scoring records in both Big Ten
action and throughout the season.
r Buntin also topped everyone in the
conference in rebounding. Buntin's
23.5 points per game average in
the Big Ten placed him fourth
in scoring, behind Gary Bradds,
Jimmy Rayl, and Tom Bolyard.
Although it was a "successful"
season, it promised even more
success based on the first games
of the season. Strack's men jump-
ed off to a 10-1 mark after nine
non-league games and two in the
conference.
They defeated teams represent-
ing every part of the country:
Yale from the East; San Jose
State from the West; Houston and
Texas Christian from the South-
west; and Creighton and Evans-
ville from the Midwest. The Wol-
verines also defeated their first
two foes in Big Ten play, North-
western and Iowa.
Bubble Bursts
Then the bubble burst. Ohio
State, Minnesota and Detroit
dumped Michigan in three straight
games in the month of January.
But the Wolverines came back to
finish the season with six wins out
of their last ten encounters. These
upsets were over two of the three
teams which finished ahead of
the Wolverines in the final stand-
ings, co-champion Illinois and
third place Indiana.
On the surface, eight losses is
quite a few for a successful sea-C
son, particularly when six of them1
are in conference play. But delv-t
ing a little deeper into the situa-l
tion it becomes apparent that al-
most all the Wolverine losses weret
close.
Out of ItE
As captain-elect Bob Cantrellt
pointed out, "We were really only
out of one game all season." He
was referring to the let-down at
Indiana two days after the sea-
son's biggest win, the victory over
Illinois at Yost Field House.-
In spite of the fact that the1
Indiana defeat was thb only gamel
which the players felt they were,
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LEAPING BUNTIN-Bill Buntin (22) shows his rebounding form
here that helped him to the Big Ten rebounding championship.
Buntin snags a rebound from Wisconsin's Tom Gwyn (40). In the
background are Michigan's Doug Herner (40) and Wisconsin's
Mike O'Melia (4).
NEW YORK UP) - A slightly
subdued Cassius Clay still talked
boldly of whipping heavyweight
champion Sonny Liston yesterday
but his next fight probably will
be a return bout with Doug Jones
at Madison Square Garden in late.
May.
Jones, declaring he had won
everything but the decision Wed-
nesday night and that he would
knock out Clay the next time,
promptly accepted the Garden's
proposition.
Sings Praises
Clay, after singing the praises
of the man he outpointedisaid it
was up to his manager, Bill Fav-
ersham. The Louisville distillery
executive said he wanted about
ten days to make up his mind
about the proposal and one from
British promoter Jack Solomons
to fight in England.
Matchmaker Teddy Brenner said
that because of the closeness and
the controversy over the decision
for Clay, the return bout would
sell out the Garden again and at
double the prices.
Sold Out
Because of Clay's massive, one-
man publicity campaign, the fight
sold out the Garden to the tune
of 18,732 people and $104,943 at
prices ranging from $2 to $12.
Thousands more milled outside the
Garden trying to buy up any loose
tickets.
Brenner said he was confident
he would be able to make the re-
turn fight but added there also
was a possibility of a Clay-Inge-
mar Johansson fightL
"I cabled Edvin Ahlquist, Jo-
hansson's manager about a fight
with Clay," said Brenner. "He's re-
plied that he was interested and
wanted more details. If we don't
make the Clay-Jones return I'll
fly over to Sweden and talk to
Ahlquist and Johansson."
Happy To Fight
Asked about fighting Sweden's
former heavyweight champion,
Clay said, "Sure, I'd be happy to
fight him. But.all of these deci-
sions are up to my manager."
"Jones is the toughest and the
best fighter I have ever met,"
said Clay in a Jam-packed room
at the Garden. "He's a much
better fighter than Liston. I can
beat that big, ugly bear and I
sure want that fight.",
Wrong Prediction
"I didn't feel too good this
morning," said Cassius, raising
his voice so that all could hear,
out of, it was only an eight-point
loss. This can be compared with
the biggest deficit of the season,
13 points at Detroit immediately
following final exams. However,
this was a strange game in that
Detroit saw a 16-pont lead melt
away to only one, 59-58. Then Bun-
tin hurt his leg and the lead
zoomed up to - 13 as the game
ended, 83-70.
Worst Loss
Aside from the losses to Detroit
and Indiana, the next biggest
margin of defeat came at Yost
Field House when Ohio State
humbled the home team by seven,
after Michigan held the lead up
until the final six minutes of ac-
tion.
The other five losses were games
which could have gone either way,
as verified by the'fact that they
were all decided by three points or
less: three-point !osses to Min-
nesota and Wisconsin at home; a
two-point loss to Ohio State at
St. John Arena, and one point
losses at Northwestern and against
Butler at Yost Yield House.
Consider these facts: Illinois
and Ohio State tied for the cham-
pionship with identical 11-3 rec-
ords in the conference. Michigan
was only a game and a half be-
hind the two leaders. Four of
Michigan's losses in the Big Ten
were by margins of three points
or less. Maybe Coach Erickson had
a point.
Exhibition
Baseball
Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2
Los Angeles (N) 5, New York (A) 2
Milwaukee 4, Detroit 3
Washington 4, New York (N) 2
Kansas City 5, Philadelphia 1
Chicago (A) 11, Pittsburgh 5
Los Angeles (A) 5, Chicago (N) 2
Baltimore 11, Minnesota 7
Houston 12, Boston 11 (10 inn)
"because I didn't make the right
prediction and that shook me up.
He was much tougher than I fig-
ured. He tagged me harder than
I ever was tagged before. And
we fought the fight as fast as
middleweights. Liston could not
stand that kind of pace."
"Next time I fight him I think
I'll knock him out," said Jones.
"He never hurt me. Most of his
punches didn't hit me. I've fought
better fighters and this one was
not one of my best fights."
"I think Clay can develop to be
a good fighter," said Doug, "if he
doesn't let the decision go to his
head."
Tunney Comments
Gene Tunney, the former heavy-
weight champion, and several oth-
er experts offered the same opin-
ion."
"He's not much of a fighter
now," said Tunney after watching
Clay rally in the last two rounds
to gain a narrow decisi6n. "But
with hard work he has the poten-
tial to become a real good fighter
and champion in about five
years."
Liston Watches
Liston, who watched the closed
circuit telecast at Miami Beach,
spoke less kindly of the youngster
who has been needling him con-
stantly.
"Clay showed me that I'll get
locked up for murder if we're
.ever matched," said the hulking
heavyweight king.
He said, however, that he
thought Clay earned the decision.
Bradds Wins
Scoring Title
CHICAGO VP) - Gary Bradds,
Ohio State junior, won the Big
Ten basketball scoring race with
an average of 30.9 points a game
fourth highest in conference his-
torY.
Bradd's season average in 14
conference games placed him in
the all-tine scoring list behind
Purdue's Terry Dischinger, Ohio
State's Robin Freeman and Indi-
ana's Jimmy Rayl. The Big Ten
announced the final statistics
Thursday.
Rayl Second
For the second time, Rayl, a
senior, finished second in confer-
ence scoring. Rayl's average this
season was 27 points a game com-
pared to 32.5 points a game last
season when he was runner-up to
Dischinger's all-time mark of 32.8
points a game.
Bradds gave Ohio State its first
scoring champion since 1956 when
Freeman won the honors with a
32.5 point average. Bradds also
led the league in field goal aver-
ages wth a percentage of .526 and
was high in the free throw depart-
ment with 125.
Three Records
Rayl capped a brilliant two-
year scoring career with three
single game scoring records:
most points, 56; most field goals,
23; and most field goal attempts,
38, all against Michigan State, Feb.
23.
Michigan's Bill Buntin was the
league's best rebounder with 216,
which was 17 per cent of all re-
bounds in the 14 games he played.
His scoring average was 23.5.
Tom Bolyard of Indiana was the
third best scorer in the confer-
ence with an average of 23.7
points a game.
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Buntin 132-312
Garland 122-266
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Magdanz 91-253
Brens 104-234
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Gent 94-221
Cole 85-190
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Burwell 84-175
Sanders 69-182
D Van'dale 60-138
74-101 36 107 23.7
65-95 58 216 23.5
79-95 36 55 23.1
62-84 42 52 21.0
66-87 47 143 20.9
68-102 42 127 18.4
43-57 27 63 18.3
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37-62 49 177 17.5
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN NEWMAN CLUB PRESENTS
THE 1963 SPRING LECTURE SERIES
"CATHOLIC VOICES"
FRIDAY, MARCH
15 :
"Philosophy, Science and the Human Situation"
JOHN J. FITZGERALD, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
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