star lifted the shot 39 feet 8 inches an c Y ' sisli- TRACK MEN Hamilton, of Northwestern, won from McCosh in his final in the relay. nearly sprint , Un NF-j I I L. J VOf SEASON .5 BG STORI Games Played by Wolverines Are Closely Fought; Year Successful EAT OF ILLINOIS GIVES MICHIGAN FOURTH POSITION Ices has crowned the efforts of Wolverine basketball team dur- ;he present season. e improvement over last year's rtunate record is the spectacular re of the year. Jumping from ast place to fourth among the Big teams, and surpassing in excel- the quintets representing the t basketball schools of the West, as Wisconsin and Purdue, may onsidered a creditable achieve- e first teams of collegiate stand- which the Wolverines ran upf it were on the trip between se-, ers, It was at that time that9 squad lined up against the. De- College of Law, and Toledo uni- ty, defeating them by comfortable s. These clashes formed the op- mnity to eliminate doubtful can- .es. e successive defeats of St. Mary's ge, the University of Detroit, and mazoo Normal at the hands of the erines gave rise to such high s for the year that disappoint- was often predicted for the near e. -_ First with Indiana e first Conference game was with tua. This proved that Michigan not playing on her luck and that Varsity could stand up under the k of a Conference five. This resulted in a score of 28 to 22 in Michigan's favor.r From that time on until the trip to Chicago and Northwestern took place the squad were put through the hardest of practices and drillings. Chicago was rumored as being the black horse of the Conference having at that time a perfect record with several Conference scalps on her belt. 'The team was placed at the dis- advantage of playing on a foreign floor and was forced to bow down before the Windy City men. The in- stallation of glass baseboards in the strangers' gyms was one of the causes. for the fall. Accuracy in basket shooting had not been attained by the Wolverines to any extent and this. new type of backboard contributed to their confusion. The game was lost by a score of 21 to 13. The most bitter defeat of the whole season came the following evening, when the Maize and Blue quintet lost the contest with Northwestern by only one point, 17 to 16. This team was considered one of the 'fastest in the Big Ten circuit. Illinois Wins Then followed the third Conference defeat. In an uphill battle Michigan fell short of overcoming a big lead acquired by Illinois in the first half of the initial meeting of these two quintets and lost 25 to 22. Two games with service teams, the Detroit Naval unit and the U. S. Hos- pital unit, No. 36, followed immedi- ately and resulted in victories by overwhelming scores for Michigan. . The M. A. C. contest when Michigan won, 19-17, was the first of two in- teresting games which the Wolverines had with the Farmers. The Lansing men were not satisfied until they re- ceived their revenge later in the sea- son. Michigan then won from Ohio State university. This team has been in the Conference for six years and has not been able to cinch a place among the first five teams. Chicago Game Close Then followed the second game with Chicago. The visitors were com- ing here with a record which was supposed to be good enough to frighten any team. They were picked as the !undisputed champs. It was the sur- prise which astounded the basketball world when Michigan scored over 20 points on this team. M. A. C. then took the revenge for which she was aching, coming here and defeating Michigan on the Ann Arbor floor to the tune of 33-24. This ! game put the team in the fighting mood for the more important game with Northwestern the following night. Perhaps it may be said that the biggest single achievement of this year was the victory over North- western. This game upset the .dope once more, and again attention was drawn to the team which held last place last year but which was doing such astounding work in 1919. Win Fourth Place The final trip south decided Michi- gan's status for the present season. In the first game played Ohio was beaten 23 to 20. The following even- ing the team went to Urbana, where they met Illinois on Monday night and defeated the Suckers 22 to 18, placing Michigan securely in fourth position. The final game of the year was schedule with Indiana to be played at Bloomington. It was generally be- lieved, particularly after the two vic- tories of the preceding days that the Wolverines would make the trip a clean sweep. The strange floor and the strenuousness of the previous bat- tles were too much for Coach Mitch- ell's men and the Hoosiers won 24 to 16. "I am more than satisfied with the way the team has acquitted them- selves this season. It was more than I dared to hope that we would land in fourth place although I knew that we would improve ,decidedly over last year. What pleases me is the fact that whatever we have done has been by teamwork and not by the work of a few stars." This is, all Coach Mitch- ell had to say MITCHELL TO COACH FRESH BASEBALL AGAIN THIS YEAR Plentiful material is awaiting the call for the freshman baseball squad. Coach Mitchell will issue the first call as soon as the weather conditions per- mit. Indoor practice is impossible as the Varsity squad is using the gym every afternoon. Several men who were on last year's freshman team are making'a strong bid for some of the positions held by the veterans. Although the fresh- men are handicapped by the Confer- ence ruling, which allows no outside competition, they will have enough practice with the first team to assure them a chance to develope team work. Numerals will be given to the men who make the team. Willie Ritchie's sweetie said that she would marry him if he knocked out Benny Leonard. So Willie did the same and won a fight and a home at one blow. Coach Farrell announced Tuesday that trials would be tonight from 3 to 5:30 o'clock in the 440 yard dash and 880 yard run. The first four men place in the 440 will be chosen for the team in the western Con- ference meet. Men who can do 2:05 or better in the 880 will also be chosen. One trial will be given in each event. Any man who finds that it is impossible to tryout this after- noon may make arrangements with the coach and have a spec- ial appointment at which time he will receive attention. MICHIGAN VICTORY ASSURED BY MEETS Judging from the results of the track meets last Saturday, Michigan should have no trouble in cleaning up the Conference meet at Northwestern next week. Notre Dame lost to Illi- nois 44-42 at Notre Dame in a meet that was not won till the relay had been taken by the Illini team. Hoar, who was running the third lap of the relay for the Catholics, fell down and the lost ground could not be made up. Using the same list of events Coach Farrell's men had no difficulty in win- ning froi the Indiana team, 63-23. Chicago, already defeated by Mich- igan, put the- skids under Northwest- ern, 49-37, at Patten gym, Saturday. Gorgas' shot putting, and the sensa- tional finish of the mile relay were the feature events. The big Maroon IPLACEORDERSI Using comparative scores as a basis, none of the Conference teams have done as Well as Michigan and it is hard to see how the Maize and Blue squad can be headed, unless some of the points counted on fail to mate- rialize. New, Spring Indoor sports are to- be spon by the Minnesota Union throu billard, pool, chess and ch tournament next month. 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