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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
WEI)NEDA , FEIRUARY 24, 1926
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DRILL COURT TEAM
FOR 1IL IlI GA
Suckers, Leading Conference With
Six Victories And Two Defeats,
Have Hard Going Ahead
MICHIGAN HAS CHANGE
By Jacques O'Grady
Coach Mather will finish polishing
up his new pasketball combination
today and tomorrow in preparation
for the crucial encounter with the
pace setting Illinois five at Urbana
Friday night.
The contest with the Illini will
determine whether or not Michigan
wll stay in the running for the Big
Ten title, for a victory over Coach
Rubys quintet will make it possible
for Michigar tieing for the title,
providing she wins her last three
games.
This may appear a tremendous task
for the newly reorganized five, but
considering that two of those teams,
Northwestern and Wisconsin, were
beaten by the Wolverines, and th
third, Ohio State, barely nosed out a
win over Michigan, the job is far from
impossible.)
Victories in the four remaining
games will give Michigan' a record
of eight games won and four Ihst,
and there is but one other team in
the Conference that can finish better
than that. Ilinis now heads the
list with six victories and two de.
feats, but she still has Michigan and'
Indiana to meet on' her own floor,
and Purdue and Minnesota to face
,way from home.
With this quartet of games still to
play, Illinois' lead is dangling by a
thread, as both Purdue and Minnesota
are practically unbeatable on their
home courts, while Michigan and In-
diana are bound to force the Illini at
Urbana.
Lurdue, Ohio ,S)to and Iowa are
deadlocked in second phice with five
wins and four defeats and the best
record th y cnmak&in the race is
eight victories and, four defeats.
Michigai, Wisconsg&- and Indiana
are tied with a req! of four and four,
being alhalf a gae ,behind the other
trio. Chicago, Northwestern and Min-
nesota are the only three teams that
can be counted ut of the race.
Unless the Illinois five rides safe.
_y over its tail end of the schedule,
there will be at least two teams
kmntted it first place whentIthe final
ganme of the season is played, ac-
cording to the way the schools are
jammed 'at the present time.
Michigan displayed splendid defen-
sive tactics in the .game against Wis-
consin Monday night, and if this same
defensive work is in evidence Friday
night, a battle royal is bound to en-
sue.
Sunday Manager
Of Cards Named
Syracuse Pilot
Burt Shotten;
By Bud Hampton
Central Press Sports Writer
The only "Sunday manager" in the
maj qr leagues has lost the job.
.Foifour seasons Burt Shotten was
first base coach during six weeks and
a manager on Sunday in his' unique
position with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Now Shotten has been appointed pi-
lot of the Syracuse Internationul
league club.
The veteran outfielder gained wide-
spread mention as Branch Rickey's
man Friday during the many cam-
paigns that Rickey was at the helm
of the Cardinals. Rickey, an ardent
church may, would not handle the
team on the Sabbath and Shotten au-
tomatically pecame famed as a once-
a-week manager.
Rogers Hornsby has no scruples
against working seven afternoons a
week, and with Bill Killefer and Otto
Williams already signed as his as-
sistants there is no room for Shotten.
Starting his major league career
with the St. Louis Browns in 1911,
Shotten was a regular outfielder un-
til he was traded in 1918 to the Wash-
ington Nationals. After a season with
the Senators he was sold to the Car-
dinals, where he became Rickey's
lieutenant.
HOCKEMEN| HgOL More Than 8,000
-Athletes Compete
DRIL 'AOn Badger Teams
With the most extensive an 1vxrit 1
program in the middle west, if not the
Squad Will Leave Tomorrow To En- United States collegiate cirles, the
gage Badgers And Gophers At University of Wisconsin has the en-)
Madison And Minneapolis viable record of more than 1,000 ienII
competing on its major sport Varsity
MAY MEET MARQUETTE elevens and a record of more 11811
7,000 listed in the coinplete at hietic'
program, Varsity and intramural.
Lastn ght the Varsity hockey team tFootball, under the d' .to hi of1
journeyed to Windsor and staged ; :Coach George Little, has a 1' held
practice session with the Windsor for 1925 having a turnout of :' n mi
Hornets of the Ontario hockey as- last fall. Track with i was not far1
sociation. This practice gave the behind, closely pressed by 1 a.iaalL and
men some added experience and will j its 175 candidates. Basketball for t heI
benefit them on their long trip to meet Varsity and freshman fives had 125,
Wisconsin and Minnesota. while crew and cross country ran
The squad will leave tomorrow about even with Cs each.uTy sin
afternoon for Madison and two games spoirts alone turned oa an agix
will be played with the Badgers, the of more than athousand.
first of the series on Friday night and Under the direction of Ceorge 1erg-
the second on Saturday. From there the intramural program has been in-
Coach Barss' squad will travel on to creased beyond the expectations of the -
the Gopher stronghold where a series most rabid followers. A grand total
of two games will be played with Min- of 7,162 participated in one sport or
nesota on Monday and Tuesday nights, another. basketball topping the list-
Marquette postponed the game, with 1,170 entrants. Baseball was not
which they were supposed to play in far behind with 1,905 while tennis
Ann Arbor on Monday night, and if drew almost 900.
the present plans go through, the The field from which the Badger
I Wolverines will meet the Marquette sport enthusiasts can pick his event
t sextet at Milwaukee next Wednesday is a long and varied one. Indoor and
night. If this game is played the team outdoor sports have an equal place in
wilt return to Ann Arbor a week from the list which is made up of 26 (if-
tomorrow. Otherwise they will be ferent sections. The program is one
back a week from today, coming di- that is sure to make Badger athletes
rectly from Minneapolis. leaders in the fields of'competition in
Coach Barss is very well pleased the Big Ten Conference.
with the puck team's comebackI
against the Gophers in Saturday's I
game and feels that the new combi- MANAGER TRYOUTS NOTICE
nation with Fisher at center, Rey- __I
nolds and McDuff at the wings, Gab- Sophomores wishing to tryI
ler and Roach at defense and Wietzel out for interscholastic manager,
at goal, is by far the strongest team j report to the Administration
he can put on the ice. Michigan | building at Ferry field at 3
clearly outplayed the Gophers in 1 o'clock today. I
every department of play in the sec- JAMES NEWTON,
ond game, and with the benefit of Manager.
this week's practice promise to give
a good account of themselves next
week.
A practice was held Monday morn-
ing at the Coliseum in the form of
a short workout and scrimmage.
There will be another short practice
tonight to get the team in final con- j
dition before their departure tomor-
row afternoon.The Gophers use artifi-
cial ice so the weather conditions will I
not affect this match. Both Wisconsin
and Marquette use natural ice, so if
the weather is too warm, the team
may be forced to lay over and play
the scheduled matches at some date
after the originally planned time.
VARSITY TENNIS TEAM F
STARTS INDOOR1RIL
Pih ~ICKNt[US FOit 'l'HlIRO
IME INAl SX Tx
IOA C_ ITY, Ia., Feb. 23.-
Thre(' times an all-American se-
le ion in the 220-yard low
hurdles is the unusual record of
Charles R. Brookins, University
of Iowa 92-1track captain and
holder of the world's records for
his event. lHis most recent rec-
onij ion cane last week from
F. W. iubien, secretary-treasur-_
car of the A. A. U. who annually
conipiles the nation-wide choices.
Brookns, crossing the thres-
hold of faine's door won all his
low hurdle races in 1923, in-
(iuding the National A. A. I.
championship and was chosen
as an all-American. At the crest
of his achievement the year fol-
lowing, he was again named al-
though he did not race in the
National A. A. U. meet.
A new record was set by
Brookins at the National A. A.{
IT. meet at San Francisco lastI
summer.
PAY YOUR SVBS~iIIlON M)W
COBB CHOOSES BASEBALL TALENT
FROM MINORS ON BOTH COASTS
(111)I ta o foir third basing that
TI)1'Ydl]'IT. eb. 1, - -)etroit's new would ilndicate he is ready for the big
talent for its : __Ann .\ r'can league show.
-entry has been pic ked from minor The Eastern league furnishes Tole
auloeA both'atic a nd- McCarthy, a catcher, who was drafted
.eagus l ., '' from the Waterbury club. Clyde Man-
cifie coasts, with by I'ar ih great e:t ion, familiar to Detroit fans in other
number of nwconers arrvin: .i, the yeari, has been brought back from
International leag e the Toronto club of the International
The Pa eifi coast lein as sent 'league where he caught last year.
. . The Toronto club also was drawn ut-
Clyde la rfoot, and m a r, on for Safnuel Braxton Gibson and
though Warner, sit 1pt'm :, ON (eorge Smith, right handers. Gib-
1o a new meme m I he u, hay- son was in the Tiger training camp
ing played i thef on s oft last year and pitched successfully for
1925 iseason. Bafohot 8 l tit-1 ~ Toronto after Detroit had decided ie
ishod anmong the lea dcrs of his (~, needed more seasoning.
cuit last year, desgne the tact he was
a member of the tail-end 'm t iui. From the South Atlantic league the
The Westem ge pio Tigers get Arthur Rubble, purchased
Owen hubbell, who pitched for Okhi- from Charlotte. He is the' only new
hom City las year.1 1uwl is a outf ielder on the list.
left hander. From Fort Worth cf the
Texas league come a pit chr, ,Art BERKELEY, Calif. - The Univer-
Johns, and a third baseman, William sity of California baseball team will
"Moon" Mullen. Johns t!rows from tour Japan during May and June and
the left side. his club won the Texas on the return trip will stop at the
league penmuat in 1925 for the sixih lHawaiian Islands to play leading
consecutive time. Mullen conies with niines there.
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Ever since the squad returnedj
from the western trip, Coach Mather1
has been spending considerable time s
coaching the nien in' playing close
to their opponents, as their tendency
to stay 2 feet from their men has
resulted in many baskets being
scored.. The results of the Skipper's.
labors were apparent against the
Badgers, the Wolverines playing so
close to their men that the visitors
found it difficult to even attempt
shots.
INDIAN QUINTET TO
MEET WHERS FIDAY
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 23.-Af-
ter hovering around the top in the
dizzy i'ace of the Western Conference
championship for several weeks, Indi-
ana university's basketball quintet
starts its last four Big Ten games
Friday night when the Hoosiers seek
a second victory over Minnesota at
Minneapolis. Indiana tumbled the
Gophers here Jan. 9. but face a re-
juvenated combination on Minnesota's
home floor.
While so-journing in the northern
state, Dean's five will take on Carle-
ton college at Northfield, Minn., Sat-
urday night. Dean piloted Carleton
two years ago and it is his desire to
go back and score a triumph over his
former proteges.
The Gophers are a feared number
on their home floor. Since the race
has developed into a "You beat me
there and I'll trim you here," affair,
Minnesota isn't being taken any too
lightly despite the easy victory scored
t' Bloomington.
"ILLINI" MEANING TRACED
BACK TO INDIAN ORIGIN
Many people doubtless do not
know the old Indian meaning of
the word "Illini." The term has
come to include any Illinois stu-
dent, or in fact almost anything
pertaining to the Illinois campus.
When the land of what is now
Illinois and parts of Indiana and'
Missouri was first settled by
white people, it was inhabited by
a tribe of Indians who called
( themselves "The Illini." Later,
when the state was named, it
was called "Illinois" after that
that tribe of Indians.
Early in the athletic annals of l
the University the Indian idea
was revived and used in theI
naming of campus institutions.
The athletic teams were called-'
E "Illini" after the old Indian
tribe and because of the mean-
ing of the word, which is "the
brave men," seemed appropriate.
The use of the word became
more and more popular, until
today it is used without thought'
of the old Indian significance.
Captain Krickbaum and several of
last year's Varsity tennis squad have I
begun active preparation for the com-
ing season, practicing being held
daily in Waterman gymnasium.
For the present, practice in the
gymnasium is limited to the members
of last year's squad and men who
niade their numerals last spring on
the freshman squad. No general call
will be issued until the practice sps-
sions are transferred to Ferry field.
Although it is too early to make any
definite predictions, it looks as if
Michigan should again have a string
team which should make a real bid
for Conference honors. With Captain
Krickbaum, two other veterans of last;
3 year's team will be on hand, Vose and
Crane who played number four and
number two respectively, the latter
being captain last spring.
Leighton Stephens is by far the {
most promising of last year's num-
eral men, although some of the
others may develop into Varsity call-
ber. Olian and Slowinsky of last
year's squad also show promise of
stepping in to fill the gap left by the !
' graduation of Paul Jerome.
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