THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, F~EBRFUARY 27, 1920 ."..Mods SPARTAN TANK SQiAD WILL OPPOSE VARSITY TODAY AULTWILL SHOW HSSPEED TODAY jC FIA- IVE KILI' BIG TEN? TIP INSI HIEAVY IE1HT BATTLE ii i Trfl rnn TALinIiIT REIF TO START IN STATE MEET TOP RUNO N 816 'TEN Remaining Games Seem to Assure Bafgers Of At Least Tie For Championship TWO TILTS STILL LEFT All doubts as to the certainty of the fact whether or not the Car- dinal of Wisconsin would wave from the crest of Western Confer- ence 1929 basketbalidom were dis- pelled with the Badgers sensational defeat cf Coach Piggy Lambert's1 Purdue cagers. Only two games remain on the Madison card. The Badgers willI enjoy a layoff for the. remainder of this week, and will renew activ-t ities with Coach Veenker's #econd place Wolverine five next Monday and then journey to Chicago for the seasons' final. Granting the Meanwell coached team a win over the weak Maroons the Cardinals are at least assured c a tie for the} top position. Wolves Have Two Two more games likewise remain on the Wolverine card. The Wolves journey to Columbus to engage the rejuvenated Buckeyes Saturday and then return, for the all im- portant finale with Wisconsin. Ohio's brilliant showing against the .Hawks argues for an unexpect- edly hard fought battle. Showing perhaps the best offense of the year, the Bucks stormed the Iowa citadel with close in shots and ne- gotiated a 42-23 win. The scoring combination of Evans, Van Heyde, and Fesler should test the vaunted defense of the Maize and Blue team to the limit and the result is largely a matter of conjecture with the Veenkermen of a necessity pointed toward the Wisconsin game on the following Monday. Cardinals have Troubles Wisconsin's high geared basket- ball machine proved to have some difficulty in getting underway, against Purdue Monday night but before the second half was a few minutes old the offense which has characterized the play of the Mad- ison team all season was much in1 evidence and the champions went under by a 27-24 count. Northwestern's Wildcats. success- fully closed their home season by defeating Indiana iA a hard fought game which was forced into an, overtime period. Captain Hal Gleichmann's goal with a fraction of a second to play of the extra period proved the margin of vic- tory. O --o. SWIMMING MEET} Michigan will engage Michi- I gan State in a dual swimming meet at 4:30 o'clock this after- } noon in the Intramural build- } ing pool. Admission will be } free. An exhibition water polo } } game will follow the meet. } 0o Even though the Wolverine bas- keteers failed to show the expect- Betting Tends To Favor Sharkey, ed form in Monday night's tilt with In South's First Heavyweight Minnesota's lowly cellar quintet, Bout In Many Years Coach Veenker's cohorts establish- they were the only Big Ten oppo- BROADAST TO BE MAIDE Garnet Ault One of the fastest collegiate swimmers in the country, who will show his speed this afternoon when he opposes Michigan State in the quarter mile. Ault is un- defeated this season, and was only beaten once last year when Shields, the Brigham 'Young sensation, finished ahead of the Wolverine star in the national collegiate championships at Philadelphia. ent o the uophers who hnave not i rolled up their largest score of the year at the expense of McMillan's charges. Another interesting f: -t of the past two games is that in each instance the opposing guards, who are quite general- ly considered among the weak- est in Conference circles, were the main scoring threats. In the Hawkeye battle it was the husky Farroh who caused mosi of the trouble for the Wolverinc defense, caging three of Iowa's six field goals. Then in Monday',, hectic tussel Tanner and Engebret- I son accounted for no less than five of Minnesota's six field goals be- sides a couple of penalty shots. It eainot be said, however, that the Michigan defense, which has been one of the out- standing factors in the team's success thus far, falteredi ap- preciably in either tilt. The feared Iowa sharpshooter' were limited to two field goals from thee field in the first half and four in the second, while the Gophers were limited to three in each of the 20 minute periods of play. Individually Captain McCoy and Chapman stood out head and shoulders above their mates with respect to close de- fensive play in both tlhd Iowa and the Minnesota contests. Assigned the difficult task of guarding Captain "Rags" Wilcox the high scorer of the Black and Goldquintet, McCoy held him to a single field goal, and against the Gophers he repeated the good work in spite of the fact that he was delegated to check George Ot- :ternes4, :Minnesota's captain and. chief scoring threat. The work of Chapman was even more remarkable although he confined his activities to somewhat lesser lights. Two- good, veteran Iowa forward, spent a profitable evening with lanky Bog dogging in his foot- steps, failing to snare a single basket, while Nelson, Minne- sota's husky tip-off man, en- joyed no better success. On the other hand, aside from the first half of the Iowa fray, the Maize and Blue offensive machine has failed to run with the degree of clock-work essential in a cham- pionship ball club. The Veenker- men have flashed undeniable bas- (Continued on Page Seven) (lv associated Press) MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 26.- The melodrama of Miami Beach, 'hat strange and mystifying affair _eft upon the sand dunes here by rex Rickard, is moving toward its ;limax in a series of episodes that teed only a little soft music, the strumming of a few guitars, to nake the fantasy complete. It is strange, yet also true, in its ,ropically colorful background and' n its astonishing assurance of. inancial success; but still mystify- ng, in so far as who shot at Jack )empsey yesterday just before the lawn and what will happen In the, .ing when W. L. "Young" Strib- ing, the heavyweight pride of the :outh, and Jack Sharkey, the Bos- on sailor, fight for ten rounds to treferee's decision at F'lamingo. ?ark tomiorrow night. This is the south's first heavy-. weight fight of national interest since the palmy days of New Or- cans as a fistic center and few of hose in the gathering here can -ecail that. This is also a major yid for fame by William Lawrence Stribling, 24-year-old Macon youth --the son of an acrobatic father, and the father of 'an acrobatic ,hild, who has helped enliven the training proceedings. Thebetting, such as there has been of it, ranges from odds of G 'o 5 on Sharkey to even money. [f there is any change in wager-, ng sentiment it probably will be in Sharkey's favor. Flamingo Park, the new octang- ular shaped wooden arcna built especially for the fight, will seat nearly 35,000 spectators. It may, ar may, not be filled to capacity: but the higher priced tickets, $25 each for the "ring side," have, been sold. The "gate" probably, will be near $350,000. The bout will be widely broadcast. HARD DRILL I GIVEN CAGERS Spurred on by renewed hopes ofs a tie for the Conference title, the Wolverine basketball squad is being sent through strenuous workouts this Week by Coach Veen- ker. Most of the practice session last night was spent in drilling the team in passing against the Junior Varsity. All of the rough spots which were apparent in the last game against Minnesota Monday night are being taten up one by one and polished off for the two remaining tilts against Ohio State Saturday and the formidable Conference leading Wisconsin five next Mon- cday on the local court. Ernie Reif One of the letterman on 1the Wolverine tank team, upon whom Coach Mann ' is relying to bring further aquatic honors to Michi- gan this season. Reif is a free style sprinter, and will be seen in action this afternoon in the 50 yard event. He has also been used on the Wolverine relay team. Murphy's Chance For Big Ten Record Slim Despite the fact that "Stretch" Murphy, Purdue's elongated center has virtually clinched Western Conference individual scoring lau- rels with a total of 114 points in' 10 games, his prospects for shat- tering the all-time record are not so bright. The Boilermaker sharpshooter was held to a pair of field goals and similar number of gratis tosses by the diligent defense proclivities of Messrs. Foster, Malthusen, and Kowalcyk at Madison Monday night and must average 10 points per game in the remaining tests on the Purdue schedule against the close guarding Ohio State and ,Illinois teams. The.race for the runnerup posi- tion which has proved to be the feature of the individual race seems to have developed into a dual race between Van Heyde, Buckeye center, and Foster, the Badger pivot star. The 1Ohioan has a one point margin with 89 points, but with games against Michigan and Purdue it is -doubt- ful whether or not the lanky Buck- eye will be able to add materially to his total while Foster will be seen against the weak Chicago team in the final game of the, season along with his appearance against Michigan Next Monday night. Players who have accounted for 70 or more points in Big Ten com- petition are: Murphy 114, Van Heyde 89, Foster 88, Gleichmann, Northwestern, 83; McCracken, In- diana, 80; How, Illinois 79; Chap- man, Michigan 76; Strickland, In- diana 75; Gist, Chicago 74, and Wilcox, Iowa 71. Subscribe to The Michigan Daily. $2.25 for the half year. MATMEN W u HR FOR HUOOSIERINVASION Result Of Meeting Will Decide Title Holder Of Eastern Half Of Conference OLYMPIC STARS TO SHOW Pointing his men for the meet with Indiana this Saturday for the championship of the eastern divis- ion of the Conference, Coach Clif- ford Keen, of the title-aspiring Wolverine mat team, has outlined a program of hard work for the rest of the week. With most of the Varsity wrestlers working their holds to satisfaction., the time b~e- fore the crucial test will be used in getting the men in the -best of condition. Ed George, who did not wrestle last week because Coach Keen felt that - he was not in good enough shape, has been working hard this week, and will appear in his role of heavyweight defender against the Hoosiers. George was not elgi- ble the first semester, and could not work himself into condition fast enough so that Coach Keen did not feel justified in using him against Ohio State. When the two teams meet this Saturday, there will be three men who went abroad with the United States Olympic wrestling team scheduled to appear, George and Hewitt of the Wolverines, and Scott of the Hoosiers. Scott will go to the mat in the 178 pound match, and will be opposed by either Cap- tain Warren, Parker, or Dougovito. Hoosiers ,Are Strong Coach Keen feels that any of these three men have at least an even chance of winning from the Olympic entrant, as he is not un- beatable as was demonstrated by Hooker of Purdue. 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