sIxc TIDE IY IC IICA N IDAIILX SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY Barris Improves, Stars for 'M' Hockey Team Prepares For Series with MSU By TOM WITECKI The date was December 7, 1957 and Michigan led by Messrs. Til- lotson, Burton and Lee had just put a game in the bag against a weak Nebraska five, when Coach Bill Perigo began the noble act of clearing the bench. A m ong st the emancipated benchwarmers was a rather sturdy looking sophomore, who was mak- ing his varsity debut. And it didn't look too impressive to the Yost Field House spectators. He stumbled, he stepped, he threw the ball out of bounds and his rifle like shots nearly splin- tered the backboard. The sopho- more was Lovell Farris. Work, Determination Today, through what simply must be called work and a lot of determination, Farris is the Wolverines starting center, third highest scorer and second leading rebounder. The husky Cleveland senior has come a long way from the stumbl- ing sophomore, who entertained Yost Fieldhouse fans with his mis-plays, just two short years ago. Wolverine Coach Perigo recalls Farris' sophomore year. "We didn't have too much hope for Lovell then. We didn't give him much of a chance of ever really becoming first string material." Tries Football And Farris must have thought so himself, because he went out for football the following spring, determined to win his letter as an end for Coach Ben Oosterbaan's team. But fate in the form of pulled ankle ligaments ended Farris' football career, early the follow- ing fall. Now a junior, Farris waited un- til his ankle healed and then joined Perigo's cage corps once again. He worked and worked, and when he appeared very brief- ly in a few contests early last winter, it looked as if he might have a chance to earn a letter as an occasional substitute. But then fate, or whatever you want to call it, intervened once again. Opportunity Knocks. While the Wolverines were practicing for the forthcoming Motor City Tourney in Detroit, Gordie Rogers, then the regular center, missed a practice session. Perigo inserted Farris in Rogers' place. Michigan cage fans were some- what surprised that December evening in Detroit as they watched the teams line up for the opening game of the Motor City Tourney. For starting at center for their alma mater, they saw the stumbling sophomore of last winter'. Shouts of surprise and aston- ishment at the sudden promotion were quickly stifled, as Farris, making the most of his oppor- tunity, scored 32 points in the tourney's two games and was named to the all-tournament team. Things didn't go quite that well all season for Farris, but he man- aged to start most of Michigan's Th i clads To Compete Twice During Vacation 0 games and win himself a coveted letter. This winter Farris returned to his first string job, but just be- fore the season started he caught a bad case of strep throat. "Lov- ell wasn't quite himself early this season. He had taken all kinds of penicillin shots and just wasn't sharp," said Coach Perigo. "But, gosh, he really has come along in our last couple of games," he added. Fans, who saw Farris and his teammates in their red- hot battle against Indiana Mon- day night, will agree. His 23 points was second high for the night and his rebound to- tal was tied for first amongst the Wolverines. A lot of Farris' field goals came on long one-hand jumpshots from the edge of the foul circle. Hits From Outside "His outside shot is hitting now. A thing like that can lift a play- er's whole game up. It give a per- son a lot of confidence," said Perigo. Six-foot two-inch Faris was rebounding against an Indiana forward wall of 6'14", 6'7" and 6'5" with surprising success Mon- day night. He and his teammates finished the evening with as many rebounds as the sky-scraping Hoosiers, 33. "Lovell doesn't have exception- al spring, but he handles his weight real well under the boards," said Perigo. "He's a real scrap- per." What does the soft-spoken, modest Farris credit his recent success with? "Nothing special," says he. "Perhaps a little bit more work on my outside jumpshot lately." Just work. It's nice to see people who do it, get ahead in this world. By MIKE GILLMAN "They're going to be tough." That's what Michigan hockey coach Al Renfrew has to say of the Michigan State Spartans as his squad prepares for its weekend pair of games with MSU. Renfrew scouted State last Saturday at East Lansing where they won their first game of the season, 4-3 upset nod over North Dakota in overtime. "They looked much better than the last time I saw them," said Renfrew. "They have four new men thatrhelped them a lot and figured in three of their four Soaks." New Players The Spartans, working on the quarter system, picked up the new quartet with the start of their new term this month. Claude Fournel and Real Turcotte, two of the newcomers, picked up three goals, with Fournel getting a pair in the win. Michigan will play MSU here Friday night and then travel to East Lansing on Saturday. to com- plete the home-and-home week- end. The two game series will be be- tween the top and the bottom of the league. Michigan on the strength of the double win over Michigan Tech, coupled with Min- nesota's pair of stunning upsets over Colorado College, has climbed into first place in the Association standings with a .750 percentage. Cellar Dweller State is currently the cellar dweller, with a record of 1-8-1. But the Wolverines aren't expect- ing an easy time from the Spar- tans, as the Michigan locker room echoes with the thought that "when you're on top, they all aim for you." A goal and two assists kept Bob White in a healthy lead for team scoring honors over the weekend. and a pair of unassisted tallies by Steve Bochen gave him the lead in goals scored with nine. To Jerry Kolb went the dubious distinction of picking up the most penalty minutes in the series. Kolb's four-penalty splurge in the second win over the Huskies gave him 10 minutes in penalties for the two game set. Michigan B. White ochen Kelly Mattson Watt Lunghamer Kolb Cushing MacDonald Mateka Hinnegan Palenstein Nielsen C. White Wilson WCHA SI Scoring G A TV PM 3 17 20 26 9 3 14 4 7 6 13 2 5 7 12 s 7 5 12 x 3 8 11 14 4 6 10 14 35'S8 8 4 3 7 12 34 7 2 2 2 4 4 0 33 B 0 00 0 000 0 Landing 4" A P's Top Ten 1. Cincinnati (147) (12-0) 2. California (6) (12-1) 3. West Virginia (12) (12-1) 4. Bradley (10-1) 5. Ohio State (9-2) 6. Georgia Tech (2) (10-1) 7. Uta~h (11-2) 8. Texas A & M (10-0) 9. Villanova (9-) 10. Southern Caifoarnia (10-4) By TOM WITECKI Track fans will have to stay in the Ann Arbor area during the se- mester break, if they hope to get a glance at the 1960 edition of the Michigan track team before it de- fends its Big Ten indoor title in March. Due to a lack of dual meets both of the Wolverines home meets will be in the 10 day period between the last day of finals and the first day of class in the spring semester. The first meet will be the Mich- igan AAU Relays, Saturday, Janu- ary 30. Most of the Wolverine varsity men and a good share of the freshmen squad will be on hand for this event. However, the 'big' meet .will be 1716 1455 1356 1036 864 688 412 352 263 236 Friday night, February 5 at 7:30 p.m. when the Wolverines will host the Chicago Track Club, in what promises to be a memorable dual meet. Included on the Chicago roster are several Olympic stars includ- ing hurdler Lee Calhoun and steeplechaser Phil Coleman. Also slated to perform for the Chicago group is former Michigan track captain Mamon Gibson. Michigan had Illinois listed as a tentative opponent for a home dual meet on February 20. But the Illini have canceled the agree- ment, saying t#hat they "didn't like to run on the Yost Fieldhouse track." The real reason could be that the Illini are saving all their am- munition for the weekend' of March 4 and 5, when they are ex- pected to give the defending Wol- verines a tough battle for the Con- ference indoor title. Two other indoor meets listed on the Michigan schedule will be held in East Lansing. One is the Michigan State Relays on Febru- ary 13 and the second is a dual meet with the Spartans on the 27th. College Basketball SMU 66, Texas A & M 64 Texas Christian 86, Rice 63 Butler 79, DePauw 67 Notre Damne 73, DePaul 74 Pittsburgh 75, William & Mary 59 W. Kentucky 71, Tennessee Tech 67 W L T pct. Michigan 3 1 0 .750 Denver 8 3 1 .708 Michigan Tech 7 5 0 .583 Colourado College $ 6 0 .571 North Dakota 5 4 1 .550 Minnesota 2 7 1 .250 Michigan State 1 8 1 .150 LAST NIGHT'S SCORE North Dakota 5, Colorado College 1 t ,' r r, '° OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS-Lovell Farris (34) got his first chance to start for the Michigan Gagers in this game against Princeton in the Motor City Tourney last winter in Detroit. M. C. Burton (24), graduated last spring. FANS DON'T APPRECIATE OFFICIALS: Renfrew Calls This Winter's Referees 'Best Ever' (.) By FRED STEINHARDT Many hockey fans do not realize that officials can change the com- plexion pf a contest. Often, good officiating goes un- appreciated. When a home team player draws a penalty, fans boo the referee. When a visiting team player is banished, they cheer the officials. Otherwise, the referees are almost forgotten men. According to Wolverine Coach Al Renfrew, the present quartet of referees working all of the Mich- igan and MSU home games: Doug Young, Marty Pavelich, Connie SPORT SHORTS: Sha yes Hits 15,000; Titans Whip Warriors i U By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Powered by Dolph Schayes, who became the first National Basketball Assn.' player to reach 15,000 points, and George Yardley, the Syracuse Nats defeated slumping Boston, 127-120, last night. In the second game of the Con- vention Hall doubleheader, Phila- delphia rolled to its ninth straight victory-a club record-by defeat- ing St. Louis, 126-108, on the, strength of Wilt Chamberlain's 37 points and Paul Arizin's 26. * , , CINCINNATi - New York's' Knickerbockers whipped Cincin- nati last night, 141-123, in a' National Basketball Assn. game. MILWAUKEE -- Detroit last' 'night snapped Marquette's mk home ~game winning streak, that hadj reached 23 by taking an 89-85 de-' cision in a free-scoring basketball game. Larry Hughes was high scorer for the Titans with 31 points, while DaveDeBusschere had 27. The Titans' Charlie North did not play because of a leg injury. * Adams, and Jimmy Peters, is pro'- viding the two schools with the best officiating ever. Adams is a former college star while Pavelich, Peters, and Young are former professional players. Rotating Is Successful Along with Peters, Young and Pavelich, Adams, who has refereed at MSU for 4 years, believes that the present system of rotating assignments is largely responsible for the success of this season's officials. Until this year, the same two officials worked every home game at the same school. As Connie says; "Last year, the fans and players got too familiar with the referees and got on their backs as the season wore on. Now with two new officials at every game, the fans can concentrate on the game and the referees can work under much less pressure." Adams, who ironically played. against Coach Renfrew as captain of Michigan Tech 10 years ago, was raised in Birmingham,' Mich. and learned the game on the small ice ponds around his home. He referees because, "I want to stay in hockey and I enjoy refereeing." Former Red Wing Marty Pavelich should be fa- miliar to Detroit Red Wing fans. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Marty was one of the four men to play on every one of the Wing teams that won a record seven consecutive National Hockey League titles from 1949-55. Presently, he is trying to do his part to promote hockey and to help amateur players. Pavelich, who referees for the enjoyment of it, operates a clinic in Detroit for promising players, and until last year, refereed in Detroit's recrea- tion system. Peters played for the Red Wings and Black Hawks from 1949-54. Jimmy sees college refereeing "as a challenge which I wouldn't pass up." Peters, who refereed at Mich- igan last year, says that "the ro- tation system is easier on the nerves." Coaches Juniors When in Detroit, he coaches the Junior Red Wings. Peters tries to persuade all of his boys to attend college unless the player has un- usual professional potential. Young is the dean of the four- some, having officiated Michigan games for the last five years. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Doug played with the Red Wings from 1931-39 and with the Mon- treal Canadiens from 1939-41. He captained the Detroit Stanley Cup Champs of 1936. Doug says that he got into officiating at the suggestion of Red Wing general manager Jack Adams in 1941. He was an NHL linesman from 1941-57 and is presently the official scorer at Red Wing home games. He also runs a clinic for boys from eight to 16. Education Emphasized Each of the four could not over-emphasize the importance of a college education. 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