PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEI)NEDA , FEIRUARY 24, 1926 - .. _ Try _. r __,_ ,z r ..._ L --. 'i 1 - __ _ -.._ _ , ,.,-a ., s,,,4.-. .-.... d ,... -s+ r , .. e.,_, - _,z,., .,,,,, - -wommvmft _ ..:.._ _ 4. 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. a aa 711 N. Universily Ave. Next to Arcade Theatre .U t E - _, i ' '' " i 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. 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