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for flpl)Cflic it is New Yeari's day
in a Hilghlandl i'ark hospital.
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CHICAGO MEETS INDIANA
Preliminary skirmishes which have
resulted most disastrously in many
instpnces, partially due to the am-
bitious Pittsburghfive, -will comie to
an end for Western Conference
teams in another day or so and the
inner lid will be pried off S'aturday
when, every one of the ten schools
will engage in the first contests of
what promises to be the greatest race
of Big Ten basketball history.
Defeats have been such every day
occurrences for the Conference fives
that one almost wonders about the
calibre of ball player by them, but
it can hardly be said that they do
not measure up to standard when it
is realized that the eastern teams
which have caused so much trouble
have been playing for quite a bit
longer a time than have the Big
Ten schools. Another factor to be
taken into consideration is that
many of the cagers have just trans-
ferred from the gridiron. Rather than
belittle the Big Ten one might well
speak a word in its favor and con-
demn it for its overainbition. '
Pittsburgh Five Is Strong
A great Pittsburgh quintet stamp-
ed itself as of iron by winning from
four Conference opponents, Michigan,
Chicago, Northwestern, and Iowa In
five days. Pitt has yet to be beaten,
all opponents looking alike to the
wily Panthers who respect no sect
or sector.
Craig Ruby's Illint cagers took a
Christmas Jaunt to the Pacific coast
and dropped two out of three to
Washington but considering every-
thing, this is no disgrace. The Wol-
verines, true to tradition, lost a
second game in ,a row when Penn-,
sylvania finally took a hard-fought,
hair-raising struggle by three points
in the final 30 seconds. But Penn
went on her way and added Ohio
State to her victims' list Monday
night, 33 to 28.
Wisconsin closed a great pre-sea-
son series by walking over Oregon'
Aggies, 36-20, Monday, and it is not
at all impossible that Dr. Meanwell
has one of his great Badger teams
in spite of pre-season dopesters who
predicted a lean year for the veteran
Wisconsin coach.
Probably the biggest feature vie-
tory by a Conference team, however,
was Northwestern's stirring win over
the rather invincible Notre Dame
cagers. This. wad snatched by a 25-
23 score in the closing minutes of'
play, Northwestern accomplishing the
feat .of holding the Irish scorcless
for the last eight' minutes. According,
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Hoia Vacation ar
llold:1 ~ artcip ants Urged
CAPT. DARNALL IS STAR To Undergo Medical
Capturiii four o, ( e o i iie meet, Examinations Early
Michigain' swiinnag eam vcompleteds
a very successful eastern trip (uringI
the Christmas holidays. New Yorkj
Athletic club was the only team (o
I defeat the Wolverines, winning by the1
close score of 38-31. The Winged
Foot swimmers scored their victory
when they won the 200 yard relay by
a matter of inches.
Capt. Bob Darnall was the out-
standing performer for the Wolver-
ines, winning every 50 and 100 yard
free style race in which he entered,i
10 in all. Ie was undefeated in in-'
dividual competition. The Michigan
star scored 50 points in the five meets
)esides swimming cn the relay t(e'am.
Bob 'Wagner was another heavyi
point scorer for the Maize and B1le,
,anassing 24 points in four meets, He
dlid not go to Washington with the
team. I e captured three firsts in the
200 yard breast stroke, bitt 'Iost a.
100 yard race to Cochran at Erie.
He also scored two seconds in the
440 yard free style.
The Michigan swimmers experiene-
ed several close meets bsides the de-
feat at the hands of the New York
A. C. Erie Y. Al. C. A. was beaten
l')-2!), while the Wolverines won from
In view of the fact that 2,000 mer,
are expected, to participate in the
j arious basketball tournaments, it isI
imperative that all men intending to
play with the exception of freshmen,
undergo P. medical examination early
according to an announcement at the,
intranoural office, yestercay. Men,
who have not complied with this re-
quirement, will not be allowed to par-;
ticipate in any of the basketball gam-
ees.
Approximately 1,000 men have not
taken the required physical ex mina-
tion to date, and for the benefit of
these players time has been extended
to Wednesday and Thursday of thisI
week, from 7 to 10 at the Waterman
gymnasium, at; which time there will
be medical examiners to give the re-
ouired tests. All athletic managers
should take note of this fact and per-
sonally see that the respective mem-
bers of their teams have complied1
with the eligibility requirements for
competition.
INTRAMURAL NET SEASON,
Players On l9 > Freh'dineni M iSqd Are
Inferior In Siz' And (alibre
TIo Prlou4' ciavis
PLAN PRACTICE OAMES
Coach Ray Fisher has reduced hi=
I reshman basketball squad to 24I
candidates through a series of cut
and it is irobable that all of the men
now on the squad will be reta ined
until the close of the season, alt hough
all may not receive numerals.
The 192 yearling squad is notice-
ably inferior to that of last two sea-
sons both in the size and the cahjbr'
ci the players, according to Coah
Fisher. The majority o° the men are
much smaller in stature, while the
larger candidates are handicapped by
clun:!siness.
Considerable improvement has been
made by the yearlings since the open-
ing of the season, and Voach Fisher
expects them to show even more d'-
velopment within the rem amini g
weeks of the practice. 'The small size
of the squad enables im to devote
more attention to the individal m m-
hers of the aggregation.
Although the freshman iean plh
no regular contests, 'a number of
scrimmages with the ph sicall edt-
cation outfit and Coach 1\ fler's re-
serves are being Manned for the nea'r
future. For the present the candidates
will continue to drill on the funda-
Although the training season is j and who slumped badly last year, will
still more than two nonths away, the probably be the mainstay of thIe
Cleveland Indians under the leader-;itching staff. Sherry Smith, vet-
ship of their new manager, Roger
Peckinpaugh,, are looking forward to( eran hurler, may also (10 some mound
the 1928 campaign. With Billy Evans duty for Manager Peckinpaugh.
as business manager of the club and First base will be ably handled by
under their new pilot, the Tribe are George Burns during the 1928 sea-
expected to finish in better than sixth- son. He was named as the most val-
place, where they ended last season. uable player in the league for
George Uhle, one of the best pitch- 11926.
ers in the American league in 1926 Glenn Myatt along with Luke Se-
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the strong Penn A. C. aggregation, 33-?
27. New York university anti Wash- Ina
igt on Swimming club proved easy sport
well handles the catching department
Victims
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for the I nians.l He is an experiencet former
backstop. latter si
George Gerken, young outfielder, Hubbe
for Michigan, however. The getI
was defeated. 45-15, while the Class
uccumbed, 50-19. grou
ell's performance in the back uled
,as one of the feauures of the Indic
did not play particularly well last
year, his first season in the majors,
so there is a strong possibility that
he will be involved in some trade.
Iiodapp may alternate with Lutzke
at third base. He is a fast, young in-
fielder.
istr'OKe S
WILL START ON JAN. 9 mentals.
The most promising forwards on
ugurating the intramural winter- the present yearling squad include
trogram, Class A basketball will Arnold, Glochesti, Weinstein, Down-
under way on Monday, Jan. 9. ing, and Rahn. Neither of the two
s A consists of the fraternity center candidates, Dougal and M-
p, in which 74 teams are sched- Grath, have evidenced outstanding
to play for the fraternity title. ability at the position, although the
cations point to a successful sea- latter has considerable natural ability
in this phase of intramural and showsapromiserof developing into
ts. a valuable player.
oh team will furnish a timer and Higgins, Lytle, Libman, and ,Jndc-
orer. Playing a man who has not Lice, the outstanding guard c t-
the required physical examina- dates are all handicapped by their
will be regarded as "playing an smallness of stature. Higgins and
gible man" and in this case the Libman are both small men, Lytle is
es in which such ineligible men a short stocky player, while Justice
will be forfeited. Mencbers o is just about average in size.
CONNIE MACK SEEKS TV
COBB TOPLAY FOR HIM
(By Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3- Connie
Mack wants Ty Cobb to play for him
again. The veteran of 22 maor leagjue
campaigns recently was uncondition-'
ally released by the Philadelphia
Americans because his services were
costing too much.
Mack said today that he intended
to get in touch with the "Georgia
Peach" o see if satisfactory terms
could be arranged.
SPORTORIALS
RE SOL VTION
Be It Resolved-by the University
of Michigan Club of the City of To-
ledo:
1-That we wish to express our
sincere admiration o" the 1927 foot-
ball team of the University of Milti-
gan; that we believe that the football
squad and the coaching staff deserve
the highest commendation for tIe
sport smanlike, intelligent, alert and{
resonreoful tve of game that the
cooperation of an able coaching staff,
an inspiring cantain and a loyal
squad, ulaced at all times the strong-
est possible football team upon the
gridiron and a tean of which we at
I all times have been unqualifiedly
proud.
2-That we hereby pledge our con-
tinuedloyalty to the clean andl
sportsmanlike, athletic teams of our
University, ani lthe coaching staffs
I that we believe have done their share
in building the enviable reputation
that those teams enjoy for sports-
manship.
3-That a copy of this resolntion
trip. He defeated his teammate, Spin-
dle, Big Ten cham'pion at 150 yards,
on four different occasions, although
they tied for the first at New York U.
Young, swimming for the New York
A. C., was the only swimmer toj
defeat Hubbell in the fast time!
1:45.8. Last year, when compet-
ing for Georgia Tech, Young won
the national collegiate title in
the back stroke.
Ault, swimming in the 440 yard
tree style, captured three firsts for
The Wolverines. He lost only to Rud-
Sy o. t he N. Y. A. C. and GlancyE
of the Penn A. C., two national stars.
The former, although only 16 years
old, swam the quarter mile in the
remarkable time of 5:20.6.
Walaitis captured two firsts inI
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the varsity and freshmen basketball
squads will be ineligible for compe-
tition in intramural basketball. In ad-
dition to this, any numeral winner
from last year who is scholastically
ineligible for the varsity is ineligibleI
for intramural competition.
Inter-class and independent. basket-
ball games will not get under way
until after the opening of the second
semester. They will begin competi-
tion on Feb. 8.
PHYSICAL TRAINING
PERIODS
Dr. George A. May, Director
of Physical Education, has an-
noifnced that all practice per-
iods for Freshmen - physical
training will begin Thursday in
Waterman Gymnasium.
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None of the players on Michigan's frequently in the face of the most and Captain Oosterbaan.
championship basketball team of last (discouraging misfortunes and handi TIE H NIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
year were under six feet in heighth. Icaps; that we believe that a happy CLUB OF TOLEDO
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patrons to procure their tickets without standing in line on open-
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Two performances will be given Thursday Evening, Jan. 5th,
starting at 7 and 9 o'clock.' Noone will be admitted exceptinv
a few special guests before 6:45 p. m. There. will be approxi-
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