THE MICHIGAN DAILY Cagers' Moral Victories Fail to ImpressStrack FUR TO FLY AT HOUGHTON: leers Vie For Playoff Berths "To be sure, we've come a long way in developing a good sound defense, as was evident in our last two games," said the Michi- gan mentor, "but we are still mak- ing too many errors when we get control of the ball." In the Purdue game, Michigan committed 13 such mistakes and 11 against Iowa. By mistakes Strack means stolen passes and offensive violations. "Once we get possession of the ball, we can't afford the luxury of giving it away without a shot," Strack added. When asked about Captain John Tidwell's recent letdown in shoot- ing accuracy, Strack replied, "John is in a slump, as happens to the best of players. "He (Tidwell) feels worse than anybody about it, but I have all the confidence in the world that he will be up to his usual high shooting average soon." Commenting on the rest of the team, Strack was pleasedtwith the general improvement, and was es- pecially happy with the fine show- ing of strong rebounders Scott Maentz, Tom Cole, and Charlie Higgs in the recent contests. "With better ball handling and an improvement in shooting per- centage we should be able to fin- ish the season successfully," Strack added, as he began walking down to the court where the squad had begun another arduous practice session in preparation for the up- coming Northwestern and Wiscon- sin games. By TOM WEBBER Shades of 1960-well, let's hope not, but here they are, the final throes of another WCHA season and Michigan is involved in an- other race for its very playoff existence. It's not exactly the same prob- lem because, this year, the Wol- verines are assured of a playoff berth, whereas last year they weren't, but the problem concerns how long they will remain in the playoffs. For, you see, the Wolverines are involved in a dogfight for fourth, third, or, more hopefully, second place. The respective re- wards are the opportunity to play the first round of the playoffs in Denver, Minneapolis, Houghton, or home. And it's no secret where Michigan's sentiments lie. Three-Way Battle The three teams participating in the battle are Michigan, Min- nesota and Michigan Tech, and the different combinations of the f ' a ,i finish are many. The teams do have one thing in common, how- ever-they all want second place. The reason for this selfish de- sire is that the successful club will be the host of the third place finisher in the first round of the playoffs. The inside track now belongs to Minnesota, which has four games left with also-rans North Dakota and Colorado, while Tech and Michigan beat their heads to- gether at Houghton. 'M' Outsiders The outside track belongs, sad- ly, to Michigan, which plays three of its remaining four games on the road. Two of them against the Huskies in their own playground, and another against that old nemesis, Michigan State. In order to finish second, the Wolverines must win one more game than the Gophers, and this means that the Golden ones must lose at least one of their remain- ing games. In addition, Michigan must beat Michigan Tech at least once in order to insure a third-place finish ahead of the Huskies. Third! Anything but third! Or at least that's what Coach Al Renfrew has been heard to mutter over a third cup of cof- fee. It seems that Renfrew isn't too happy about his charges meet- ing Minnesota on its own ice. The reasons are obvious. Just ask any coach who has heard that famous cry of Minnesota mentor John Mariucci. "Wait'll we get them on our own ice." The rumor is that everything and everybody are against a visiting team at Minneapolis. Everybody? Everybody! Go Blue Take heart, though, Wolverine pennant wavers. The Huskies have recently lost two hind feet and a couple of teeth. Or, translated in- to hockey lingo, they are missing two of their best defensemen and three forwards via the injury list. Gone are rear coipsmen Don Lauriente and Elvo Seger, forwards Tom Bourke, John Ivanitz and Jerry Fabbro. Loss of these erst- while gentlemen was listed as the primary factor for Tech's double loss at Minnesota last weekend. Coach John Maclnnes listed two other reasons, but they won't be at work at Houghton. Well, at any rate, this weekend series at Houghton, beginning to- night, will decide the order of fin- ish of the two clubs. Michigan Tech still has a chance at sec- ond, however slim, but there isn't much future in a third or fourth place finish. Strange, isn't it, how Michigan always seems to be in a battle for some position, whether it be hock- ey or basketball? 'I -Daily-James warneka WOLVERINES IN COMBAT-Houghton their Waterloo? PRO FRATERNITY BASKETBALL: PEK, Falcons Score Easy Wins By PETE DiLORENZI Sparked by standout perform- ances by former varsity athletes, Phi Epsilon Kappa and the Fal- cons gained important victories in Pro Fraternity I-M basketball action last night at the Sports Building. Wolverine gridders Reid Bush- ong and Gary McNitt, and team- mate Bob Zuffela paced PEK to a 78-39 victory over Tau Epsilon Rho. With the same defensive ability he showed on the gridiron, McNitt was a constant thorn in the side of TER, intercepting nu- BASKETBALL SCORES NBA Philadelphia 129, Detroit 121 Syracuse 144, St. Louis 116 COLLEGE Duke 112, Seton Hall 78 Providence 80, Lemoyne 50 Bradley 57, Wichita 56 North Carolina State 78, Villanova 65 New York University 70, Wake Forest 61 Air Force 75, Valparaiso 66 merous passes and converting them into unassisted field goals. He and Zuffela led PEK with 22 points each, along with Bushong's 14. Si Coleman led the losers with 15 points. Leading 27-20 at halftime, PEIC stayed ahead 44-38 mainly as a HOCKEY BROADCAST WCBN will broadcast the Michigan-Michigan Tech hock- ey games tonight at 7:45 and tomorrow night at 8:45. result of Zuffela's drives and Mc- Nitt's interceptions. With twelve and one half minutes remaining, PEK turned on its defense. In the ensuing twelve minutes, PEK scored 32 points while TER scored none. Former Michigan basketball great M. C. Burton led the Fal- cons with 16 points in their 35-16 win over Nu Sigma Nu. Burton's value to the Falcons consisted not only in his scoring ability, but in his rebounding and playmaking as well. Burton's defensive rebounding and that of teammates Bob Topp and Nick Kredich accounted for the relatively low score of the hard-fought contest. The NSN de- fense also maintained some form of cohesiveness except, of course, for Burton's irrepressible drives to the basket. OTHER SCORES Delta Sigma Delta 62, Alpha Kappa Psi 21 Bacteriology 32, Prescott ? 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