wH is,1960 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Sig Eps
Win
Twice; Reeves and Greene
Take
Title
'A' Team Wins Easily,
Belts Press B' Squad
South, East Quads TaL
* One Championship Ecu
By MIKE GILLMANN
Sigma Phi Epsilon rolled to a
double-barreled win in the fra-
ternity basketball championships
at the I-M Building last night as
they topped both the 'A' and 'B'
leagues.
With an unprecedented scoring
splurge, the Sig Ep 'A' team
rolled to a 63-30 win over Alpha
Tau Omega after watching their
'B' squad take a low-scoring, 25-
20 nod from Delta Tau Delta for
the 'B' crown.
Paul VanColin and Dennis So-
flak led the Sig Eps in the sur-
prisingly easy win over a bigger
and heavier ATO quintet with 20
points apiece.
Set Pattern
The first period set the pattern
for the rest of the game as Sig
Ep broke ATO's back with one of
the finest quarters of I-M basket-
ball played this season. The ATO
crew played well enough to win
most games, but never once held
the lead.
Bill Roman tipped in the open-
ing basket for Sig Ep and Van-
Rockets Win
Independent
Cagre Crown
The Rockets spurted in the final
period to wrap up a tight 42-36
victory over Newman Club to win
the Independent Basketball title
last night.
The six-point final margin of
victory was the largest spread of
the game. Newman led 14-12 at
the end of the first period and
was down 22-20 at halftime as the
Rockets picked up 14 points in the
second period to only six for New-
man.
The Rockets managed a 31-30
lead going into the final period
when they shattered any hopes of
a Newman victory by sinking two
quick shots and then outscoring
their opponents 11-6 for the per-
iod.
Dick McLaughlin of the Rockets
led all scorers with 13 points.
Teammate Fred Schwarze added
11 and played an outstanding floor
game.
Charles Omeha and Chuck Van-
dergriff each had 11 for Newman.
Football Cards
Rent Stadium
ST. LOUIS (R) - The newly
transferred Cardinals of the Na-
tional Football League, agreed to
terms today for lease of Busch
Stadium but urged speed in the
building of a larger stadium.
Managing Director Walter Wolf-
ner of the football Cardinals said
a fair and equitable agreement
had been reached with Anheuser-
Busch, Inc., owner of the baseball
Cardinals, for the use of Busch
Stadium.
Wolfner, pained upon discover-
ing there is a five per cent city tax
and a two per cent state tax on
reasonable delay in completion of
a proposed stadium on the river-
front would jeopardize the future
of pro football here.
Colin put the game completely
out of reach little more than a
m inu t e later, sinking three
straight set shots from different
angles, to run the score to 11-2.
An effective Sig Ep zone de-
fense kept the door shut on most
ATO scoring tries, except for an
occasional set or jump shot by
Bill Earl from the corner.
Impressive Shots
Meanwhile VanColin, Sofiak
and Tony Trodden kept pouring
in an impressive array of shots.
Layups, hooks, and set shots kept
dropping in as the Sig Ep five
stayed hot throughout the game.
Nothing could stop Sig Ep as
even a half-court shot with two
seconds left to play in the third
period by Mike S t il lwa g on
dropped through without touch-
ing the rim.
VanColin's 20-point effort came
on the shoulders of a 50 per cent
average from the field (7-14) and
a perfect six-for-six from the foul
line. Earle's nine points led the
ATO scoring.
It was a completely different
story in the 'B' encounter with
the Delts, however, as the Sig
Ep squad had to overcome a cold
first period in which they could'
score but two free throws.
Teams Nervous
Both teams were nervous and
often threw the ball away in the
opening minutes, as Delt John
Krause was the only cool man on
the floor, dropping a pair of quick
buckets.
But Sig Ep came back strong at
the beginning of the second
frame with four straight baskets.
Tom Hodgeson's two-pointer from
the pivot gave the Sig Ep team
its first lead, 11-10, one that was
never relinquished.
Sig Ep rolled out a 13-1 margin
in that second period to put the
game on ice. Hodgeson tallied a
pair of driving hook shots in the
late stages of the game to hold
off any Delt threat.
He led the winners' scoring with
eight points.
SAE Takes Si
-Daily-Phil Niffenegger
STARS RETURN-M. C. Burton, taking a shot at the left, was just one of four former Michigan players who participated in last night's
pro fraternity championship at the I-M Building. Others were: Pete Tillotson, Jimmy Shearon and Bob Topp. Nearly stealing the show,
however, was former Carleton College star George Wells.
Falcons Defeat Phi Delta Phi in Overtime
By BRIAN MacClowry
Reeves House, led by Joe O'Don-
nell's 14 points, pulled away from
Gomberg House in the second
half last night to win the Resi-
dence Halls "A" basketball cham-
pionship, 43-29.
Earlier in the evening, Greene
House had defeated Adams, 46-16,
for the "B" title.
The victory for Reeves gave
them their first I-M champion-
ship of the year and stalled Gom-
berg hopes of moving into a com-
manding lead in the I-M all sport
standings.
In the first quarter the lead
changed hands five times as the
two teams battled on even terms.
But O'Donnell hit a Jump shot in
the first minute of the second
quarter to put Reeves ahead,
13-11, and from that point they
were never headed, although it
remained close until the third
quarter.
In the third quarter, Gomberg
moved from a man-to-man de-
fense into a zone in an attempt
to slow the streaking Reeves who
had moved from a 20-15 halftime
lead into a 32-21 lead at the third
quarter mark. But when the zone
cooled O'Donnell off forward Jim
Wares took up, the slack with
jump shots from the corner.
Gomberg started fast breaking
more in the fourth quarter in a
desperate attempt to catch up,
but when center Gary Joachim
left the game with an injury,
Reeves took complete control of
the boards and the ball game.
The final minutes of the game
turned into a pier six brawl as
the shorter Gomberg five at-
tempted to steal the ball from the
taller Reeves forwards who would
come down with the rebound un-
opposed.
Ken Mike with seven points
and Joachim with five helped
keep Gomberg in the game for a
half, but it was hardly enough
to match the Reeves duo of Wares
and O'Donnell for the full 4
minutes.
In the "B" championship gam
Greene House, of East Quad, par
layed an air tight zone defens
with a fast break offense to com
pletely overwhelm Adams of Wes
Quad, 46-16;
The game was never close a
the East Quadders jumped intc
an 8-0 lead and increased it tc
31-5 at halftime. By the thir
quarter they were substitutin
freely.
Greene's zone defense was si
effective that the game was fliv
minutes old before Adams wa
able to sink their first field goal
In the meantime, Greene wa
breaking forwards Gary Cook ane
Doug Walker, and center Bol
Fogg loose under the basket fo
easy layups. Fogg was the game,
leading scorer with 13 points.
When the fast break was slower
Greene got deadly outside shoot
ing from guards Larry Stinsor
and Gerry Goolish, who combines
for 16 points.
Ron Bolt and Bill Boyer led the
Adams scorers, each bucketing
five points.
NCAA Cage
Meet Opens
SAN FRANCISCO (A)-Colleg
basketball's three top - ranke(
teams plus the surprising Nei
York University Violets open fir
tonight for the National Collegiat
Title with California striving t
make it two in a row.
The opening semifinal at 7:3
p.m. matches NYU against th
Buckeyes of Ohio State.
At 9:30, the defense-minder
Bears of California tangle witl
the the Bearcats of Cincinnati
voted the No. 1 team but rate(
three-point underdogs locally fo
the Cow Palace encounter.
By TOM WITECKI
the Falcons, and former Carle-
In one of the 'finest' games in! ton College star, George Wells,
I-M history, the Falcons edged spearheading Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Delta Phi, 64-62, in quadru-
pal overtime, to win the profes-
sional fraternity basketball cham- Then midway in the fourth
pionship last night. period, the future lawyers par-
Played before a large crowd in layed some brilliant shot-making
the I-M gym, the exciting con- by Wells into a seemingly insur-
test was a fitting climax to the mountable 47-38 lead.
I-M department's 29th annual Ho wever, Bu uton, coming
Open House. Associate I-M direc- through in the clutch, hit six
tor Rod Grambeau called the straight from the free throw line a
game, which featured several for- to put the medical students back
mer college stars, "one of the within striking distance. Then
best"' he has seen in his many with just seconds remaining, Bur-
years with the I-M department. ton delivered the key shot, one of
ye th tembattedepoimnt., his patented one-hand jumps
The two teams battled point from outside the circle. This tied
for point throughout the regula- the score at 50-50 and sent the
tion time period with ex-Wolver- game into overtime.
mne great M. C. Burton leading From then on, thrills were a
dime a dozen as the two squads
battled through four three-min-
im Title ute overtime periods.
goals and then the Falcons elect-
ed to stall for a last second shot.
However, Burton's jump shot
bounded high off the rim as the
second extra period ended.
Frustration reached a peak in
the third period when both teams
missed game-winning shots with
the score remaining tied at 58
apiece.
Burton got the fourth overtime
session off to a fast start with
a driving layup. Shearon coun-
tered with a long one-hander
from the side. Then another for-
mer Michigan cager, Bob Topp,
tipped in one of Burton's shots
and Ken Snyder sunk a free
throw to give the Falcons a 63-60-
margin, which proved to be
enough.
Wells brought the Phi Delta
Phi team back within one point
with a long jump shot, but time
had run out.
Burton, who sank a free throw
as the game ended to make the
score, 64-62, was the game's lead-
ing scorer with 34. Wells led Phi
Delta Phi with 28, while Shearon
contributed 18.
Playing a brilliant defensive
game until he fouled out in the
fourth quarter was still another
former Michigan player, Pete Til-
lotson. He did a fine job of guard-
ing the spectacular Burton and
added 11 to the Phi Delta Phi at-
tack.
Gomberg Also Wins;
By FRED STEINHARDT
Sigma Alpha Epsilon won the
fraternity swim championship
last night, compiling 39 points to
21 for second place Alph Tau
Omega and 16 for Sigma Alpha
Mu.
Earlier, in the evening, Gom-'
berg House fought off strong
challenges by Allen-Rumsey House
and Anderson House to win the
residence hall swim crown with
24 points.
SAE had two double winners,
Mike Martin and Jim Boylan.
Martin took the 50-yard freestyle
in the fine time of :24.9 and fol-
lowed up with a win in the 100-
yard freestyle in :59.8. Boylan
won the 50-yard backstroke in
:29.0 and ran away with the 75-
yard individual medley, which he
did in :43.1. Boylan also swam on
the winning 200-yard medley re-
lay team.
Other First Places
Other first places were taken
by Mort Haaz, Phi Epsilon Phi
in the 50-yard orthodox breast-
stroke; Dave Hood of Phi Delta
Theta in the 50-yard butterfly;
and Dan Goldsmith, Sigma Al-
pha Mu in the 200-yard freestyle.
Alpha Tau Omega won the 200-
yard freestyle relay.
Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma
Epsilon Phi were fourth and fifth
with 12 and 11 points respectively.
Gomberg relied largely on su-
perior depth and strength in the
200-yard medley freestyle relays
to edge Allen-Rumsey. Relays are
worth eight points for first place
and individual events five. Gom-
berg won the two relays and add-
ed a second, third and three
fourth places for its 24 tallies.
Allen-Rumsey won four indi-
vidual events and failed to place
another man in any event or gain
a point in either relay.
The meet had two double win-j
ners, both of Allen-Rumsey. Jim
Kwasny won the 50-yard breast-
stroke in :33.8 and the 50-yard
butterfly in :29.2. Xhafer Orhan
took the 100 and 200 yard free-
styles, turning the 100 in :58.6
Overtime Tension
In the first tension-packed
three minutes, Phi Delta Phi got
off to a fast lead on the clutch
shooting of another former Mich-
igan player, Jimmy Shearon.
Again only bare seconds were re-
maining when the Falcons tied
the score to prolong the contest.
This time it was a lay-up by Jerry
Baker that knotted the score at 56
apiece.
In the second period, Burton
and Shearon exchanged field
Tiger!"Drills'
Cut by Rain
LAKELAND, Fla. (R) -- Heavy
showers forced the Detroit Tigers
indoors again yesterday.
The team's Grapefruit League
game against the St. Louis Car-
dinals was washed out. The same
two clubs will try it again today
at Lakeland with 17-game winner
Jim Bunning due for his second
start of the spring. Hank Aguirre
and Pete Burnside will follow
Bunning.
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