/ W HE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1923 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ~, 1923 . . . .....,.,. ' t w .l'! I It NPNW 0 ..._ . _ .. -a- ... _: BEN S LASHED COURTS SQUAD , ... . .. -"--- ----"-i Poltir i 9 jPURlDUE QUINTET I W IIN I1 Y /Iilww7www wPl/lR } }4[i llwlllwlliNi111Ymn1 Alwlnl urui , . '.' 1 , by this time, there still remains on the schedules for the freshmen sec- tional group speedball teams, two games which must be played before Christmas vacation arrives. They have Reduces Basketball To Only Twenty Candidates Tryouts FOOTBALL PLAYERS EXPECTED i TO REPORT WITHIN WEEK Just when Jimmy Dunn, manager of Carl Tremaine, had part of the Four men were cut from the Varsity world interested in assertions that asketball squad Mvfonday night. This Carl was really the uncrowned king ashetl reduces . thenumbnht.aTh-sof the little fellows Frankie Genaro, lash reduces the number now ain- U. S. flyweight champ, steps into the wering the evening practice sessions ring against him on forty-eight hours o less than 20 names, but this numn- notice, and gives Carl a tough battle. er will be incueased by four or five Sote critics cay Carl won by a shade. ien within the next few days. But he ought to have done better Herbert Steger, football captain for than thatagainst a substitute. What ext year, is the first gridiron- man would Pancho Villa have done tohim. o report to Coach Mather for bas- had th Fili le etball. Others including Harry Kip- through with the bout as first plann- e, Hernstein, Palmer and Brown are ed. Kpected out sometime-within the next w days. Kipke, however will not port until next Monday night. lie the only basketball letter man who as not reported for practice as yet. 1 When all the men get out 'for pract- e, Coach Mather will have about 25 en from whom to select the members this year's team. He expects to op several of these men within the ext 10 days so that his Squad will e reduced to 15 or 18 men. At the present time the team does >t look very strong on offense. The iskets shooting has been bad during e past several practice sessions and esent indications are that Michi- i's chances to win their games dur- g the coming season will largely, pend upon the defensive work of e team. If the offensive work of e team does not show quick im- 'ovement Coach Mather will be forc- spend a large part of his time per- cting the defensie of, the team so that oring by the opponents will be re- Luis Firpo wires Tex Rickard that he will be in fine shape for another bout with Jack Dempsey next May. "Will have 500 per cent .more pep," says the Argentine wild man. That's fine. But what Firpo needs most is some knowledge of boxing. Harry Kipke, captain of the past season's football team at the Uni- versity of Michigan, finished his coll- ege career on the grid with the dis- tinction of never having played in a losing game. While Kipke may have been born under a lucky star yet it must be said that Harry Kipke has been the main reason why Harry Kipke never, has tasted defeat. His very presence on a team helps fire it with the con- fidence needed to turn defeat into vic- tory. In addition to this attribute he is a wonderful kicker and all around player. Pat Moran is referred to as a lead- ing contender for Benny Leonard's crown since the Pal person knocked out Johnny Mendelsohn in Milwaukee the other night. Moran has been a first rate battler for some time. Can't see where the Mendelsohn fight gives him much added prestige, how- ever. George Haggerty, forward of the 1922 team, has been out of the actual scrimmages for the past several days with an injured leg. He will-be back on the team within the next few days, and. his work will greatly improve Michigan's offense. However, unless some of the other men come through strong, Michigan's offense will prob- ably be ineffective when Michigan plays teams on which big heavy men are forming the defense. Coach Mather is still at work in an effort to uncover a center who will compare with Ely, who held down the pivot position last year. There are a number of likely prospects, but no one man seems to enbody all the re- quirements for a high-class center. With 'tutelage, however, at least ,one of the men should devedop into a reli- able pivot man. to fight for the heavyweight champ- ionship of Europe in the Augusteo, Rome's largest and most beautiful music palace. But art patrons raised such a hub- bub, that Senator Cremonesi, royal commissioner of Rome, submitted the matter to Senator di Martino, presi- dent of the St. Cecelia Academy of Music. The latter gentleman ruled against the exhibition of brutetstreng- th in the home of art and so the bout was moved to a theatre. The promoters face a loss-and the fighters do also. John brown's body ies suiolderiig I the grave, but his na iesake, Jobn- ny Brown, h asI just won thi i nsdale belt, embemtic of the bantaweghi clhlimpionship of Europe lie won it by defeating "Bugler" Lake in a -20 round battle in London the other night Mike McTigue, in accepting a battle with Joe Beckett in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, automatically removes himself from the prospect of facing the winner of the Gene Tunney- Harry Greb battle. But one can't blame Mike. Beckett's duck soup for any fighter of class above the feath- erweight class and Mike is to get big money for taking him on. "Then why let Gene or Greb take a few cracks at my chin?" queries Mike. Owner Ebbetts of the Brooklyn bod- gers says he is willing to trade any member of his ball club with the ex- ception of Jimmy Johnston and pitch- ers Dazzy Vance and Burleigh Grimes. Did he forget Zack Wheat and Dutch Ruether? HACETT RAPS TLDEN A5 DOUBLES PLAYER New York, Dec 4.-William T. Til- den may be the greatest singles tennis player of all time, but his doubles game is quite another matter, accord- ing to Harold H. Hackett, member of the Davis Cup committee of the Unit- ed States Lawn Tennis Association, in an article which appears today in American Lawn Tennis. The nation- al champion absolutely fails to under- stand the great fundamental of the doubles game, which is position play, Hackett asserts. Stirred by Tilden's charges that the committee over-stepped itself in giv- ing him advice during the doubles match between America and Austral- ia in the Davis Cup challenge round at Forest Hills in September, Hackett de- clares the champion gave an atrocious performance in 1922 and in this year's doubles again "parked his intelligence outside the stadium." Hackett held the national doubles title for four years. "After verbally refusing the advice of instruction of the committee dur- ing the intermission," he asserts, "the national champion went out to the court and proceeded to follow this ad- vice or instruction to the letter, and i the result was that he played tennis I of the highest calibre, and the matchi was won." Patronize The Daily Advertisers.t been scheduled or tomorrow and are as follows: 4 o'clock, team 6 vs. team Coach Lambert Uncertain as to Make 10, team 5 vs. team 8. up of Squad;Three eter. Make ans Out Practice periods for the fraternity and class basketball teams for tomor- F~OOT'BA LL MEN COUNTED ON TO REPLACE LOST STARS As in speedball -this fall, a profes- Rho Chi has had little difficulty in row is as follows: 6 oclock, Peers, sional fraternity will meet a general disposing of their opponents thus far Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta ChI; 6:30 Special to The Daily for a championship, this time the con- and a great battle for the entertain- o'clock, Cygnus, Delta Alpha Epsilon, Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 4.-With' only tenders being Alpha Rho Chi and Kap- ment of the handball fans is looked Pi Kappa Alpha; '7 o'clock, Trigon, nine days left to prepare the Purdue pa Nu and the bacon at stake being for when the opening whistle sounds. Sigma Phi Epsilon, Xi Psi Phi, fresh squad for its opening game of the the handball championship of the fra- The definite time for the game, which j engineers; 9:45 o'clock, Beta Phi Del- 1923 schedule, Coach Ward Lambert ternities. will be played tomorrow afternoon has ta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Alpha Tau Om- is still perplexed as to the make-up Kappa Nu has the edge for the game not been set as yet. I ega. of the regular squad, and is drilling and has already taken two previous ---- - Three practice periods have been as- his men hard in an effort to uncover cups in this sport with the same team Although most of the speedball en- signed for Friday and are as, follows: all of the material. 'Ias is playing for them today. Alpha thusiasts have taken to indoor sports (Continued on Page Seven) A trio of letter men of last year's five are loosening up, and together with 20 other candidates who have been out since the opening of prac- tice and a half dozen football men nh"o M ans Vh o who madetheir first appearance on t the court last night, will furnish the candidates for the squad. Captain Gullion, Robbins and Trav- is are the veterans who will be able to play again this year, and among them will take care of the center and guard positions. Between now and the time of the opening game Coach Lamb- ert will endeavor to find a pair of fast forwards. A quintet of regulars were lost fro mthe squad by graduation last June and unless at least three or four dependable men are developed by the opening of the Conference schedule, things will go hard with the Boiler- maker outfit. Wellman, Roseberg, Spradling, Sparks, Kramer, Rigsby, and Baugh are the most likely looking of the candidates, Wellman having played in several Conference games last season although he failed to make his letter. The opening game of the season will be played with Rose Polly, Dec. 14. M.1A. C, COACH DENIES EAS COURT SCHEDULE The boxing game has been handedI an esthetic lnockout in Rome. John Henry Art, in his first public bout, turned the trick. Erminio Spalla and Mariane Barbaresi were booked 60 TRY FOR POSITIONS ON 1927 COURT SQUAD Waterbury Team Signs Up Uteritzl According to the "Union", a news- paper in Springfield Massachusetts, rwin C. Uteritz, Michigan's baseball, and football star, has been signed up with the Waterbury team of the East- ern League for the coming baseball season. Uteritz captained Michigan's nine ast year, and was one of the best hortstops in the Conference. His play was of such caliber as to attract he attention of big league scouts. [he Springfield paper goes on to state hat the Waterbury team obtained Jteritz from the Boston Red Sox, who iad an option on the Michigan ath- ete's services. The report has not. been verified, ut if it is true, "Ute" will find him-) elf with a fast aggregation when the eason opens. The Eastern League is omposed of the eight teams from hree- states. Massachusetts is repre- ented with three aggregations, Spring ield, Worcester, and Pittsfield. The onnecticut teams are Waterbury, 3artford, New Haven and Bridgeport. Jew York has one team in the cir- uit, that of Albany. On the baseball field, Uteritz was nuch the same as on the gridiron. esides his excellent all-around play e was constantly "talking it up" to is teammates. He is a sure fielder nd a consistent hitter. With a little xperience, he should develope into a ine player. Ray Fisher, freshman basketball coach, in commenting on the mate- rial now on hand, says that this year's yearling court squad will be better than that of either of the two preceding years. Already 160 men have had their try for a position on the 1427 team but only about 40 have survived the num- erous cuts that have been necessary. With the close of the football season many freshman gridders have turned their attention to the court game and Fisher has divided up his outfit into {two main groups. One of these groups, consisting of regular men who have been in attendance since the begin- ning of the season hold their practice hours from 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock in the evening. At 8:30 o'clock the foot-- ball men take tjie floor and go through' their paces until 9:30 o'clock. Fisher is not working the foot- ballers hard as yet. Realizing that football must have taken much time from their studies he is giving them an opportunity to catch up in their scholastic work and to get ready for a stiff season on the court. In its entirety the squad looks good and Fisher believes that the class of 1927 will furnish men who will make basketball history for Michigan. Last year the state basketball tournament was held at Waterman gymnasium and, as a result, quite a number of good basketeers from 'all over the state have entered the University. Next week the divisions are to be united and real work will begin. East Lansing, Mich., Dec. 4-Coach Fred Walker, of the M. A. C. basket ball team, today denied that he hadl issued the school's court schedule without the approval of Ralph Young, athletic director, or the athletic board. Coach Walker also denied that the games he announced completed the schedule. "M. A. C.'s schedule will be stiff en- ough," he said. "I have games with Chicago and Lombard, subject to ap- proval of the board. Also, with ap- pr'oval, I am negotiating for games with Creighton, Butler and Yale, when the latter makes its western trip. We played 16 games last year. Ten of the teams we defeated last year are not on this season's schedule. Six of the teams that beat us are to be played ag'ain. Notre Dame and Michi- gan are among our opponents. I do not call such a schedule a set-up." Chicago university will be played at Chicago Dec. 22 and Lombard at Lansing Feb. 1, Coach Walker said. Protesting the suspension of two of their football players, more than 150 .high school students have gone on strike at Harbor Beach, Mich. A national harrier run will be held in the spring to pick American rep- resentatives in the Olympic games of next summer. 48 in number---reduced. to the point where any one considering a new coat should not fail to see them. 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