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Three for the Swimmers FROM QUALIFYING,
By Morris Quinn maining entrants finished in the
\Northwestern's crew of star per- following order: Wisconsin, 11;.
formers fell 10 points short in their Chicago, 7; Minnesota, 4; Purduc,
bid for the.1929 Conference swim- 1, and Iowa 1.'
ming title and the evenly balanced
Wolverine tank team bore out their Perhaps the biggest upset of
threat of Friday night's prelimin- liminaries of the 40 yard dash
ary heats to capture the crown for which witnessed the elimina- 1
the third consecutive time. tion of Al Schwartz, North-
western's star free styler.
From the outset of the quai-r
fying heats, it was evident that Ernie Reif, Michigan sprinter,-
the Wildcats and he Wolverines, was off to a fast start the momentE
would battle it out for the title the gun cracked and captured . the
as was the case a year ago. beat in :19.4, while Schwartz muff-.
ed his turn and failed to finish inn
With a dual meet victory to their the money, Sweetman of Illinois, :,
credit over the Mannmen the week # eking second, and Lange of Wis-
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consin,Third.

The failure of the Purple star
to qualify undoubtedly dimmed
any hopes that the' Northwest-
ern team had of taking the
title because it left them with-I
out a representative in this
event, while the Wolves were
assured of at least two places
with both Walker and Seager
in the finals.
Reif barely missed qualifying for
both the 40 and the 100, his time
being just two-tenths of a second
slower than that of the winner of
second place in both events. In the
40 Oket of Chicago, nosed him out,
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} Ernic Reif
Wolverine free styler who sprangI
one of the biggest upsets in the
Big Ten swimming meet by de-
cisively defeating Al Schwartz,
Northwestern star, in the fourth
qualifying heat of the 40 yard
swim.
Two Conference Title Holders And}
Other Strong Material May
Win National Crown

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Speaking of Basketb~a
fly Dick Callum
IT MUST BE OUR ERROR, FOR SOME OF THE A
competent judges are on the other side, but, right or w
we cannot drop the view that Mr. Joe Truskowski of Mic
belongs on any all-Conference basketball team.
So far we have seen four more or less authoritativeE
tions, two by ranking press associations and two by baskE
officials who officiated two or three times a week througl
season and saw a great deal of basketball. None of
selections ranked Truskowski on either the first or sf
teams, which shows just how wrong we can be, for we sl
have placed him on the first team.
Not by a spectacular style, for he did not have that
by his balance, judgement and dependability he appeal
us as the perfect player around whom to build a team's a
and defense.
Certainly he saved Michigan from defeat by Minne
The Gophers were well ahead in the first ten minutes o
game and were outplaying the Wolverines by a percey
margin. Then Truskowski was sent into the game a:
turned toward Michigan immediately, and for no other rE
than that Truskowski was in there.
He steadied the Wolverines. He was always clear to re
a pass and always in, a position to deliver a pass or to
shot. He was so powerful that nobody could guard
effectually and he was a genius for getting a great deal:
with* very little effort.
It was clear that Michigan had just an ordinary
when Truskowski was out of the game. When he was in
Michigan was good enough' to tie for the Big Ten chaml
ship. That makes Mr. Truskowski look like a pretty
basketball player.
It is just as well to remember that Michigan lost two g
while Truskowski was suffering from injuries and two g
are all that it. lost during the season. When Truskowski
his health Michigan defeated Wisconsin twice and thos
all the games that Wisconsin lost. That is soTe more
dente for Trukowski.
It was easy to see by his appearance and action o
basketball floor that he was a natural athlete and not a
man to arouse. He looked like a football player and
experts have said that he was a football player during1
games when Michigan remembered how to win through
vember of last year. We shall see him in Memorial Sta
next fall and we have a suspicion that he will show us s
thing. -St. Paul Dispatch,, Mar

wll1 i'ALKER LEADUS -TEAM
HOST
irong, Star Free Styler Tops Swimmers
higan With 33 Points In Four Big
Ten Meets -
selec-
etball HURBELL IS RUNNER-UP
h the -
these E Bob Walker, star free styler, led
econd the Michigan swimming team in
hould individual scoring against Big Ten
teams, the records reveal. Walker
tran up 33 points in iour Conrer-
;,but ence dual meets scoring more than
ed to double the points of his nearest
ttack competitor, George Hubbell.
In piling up "bis large total
esota. Walker captured four first places,
f the while he also swam on four win-
ptible ning relay teams. His only defeats
nd it were suffered- at the hands of ,Al-
d Schwartz, Northwestern ace, last.
eason Friday night.
I The remaining points garnered
ceive by Michigan in dual. competition
ake a were scattered among 17 members
him of the Varsity squad. Hubbell, back
done stroker, was in second. place witn
16 1-2, while Frank Walaitis was
third with 16. Walaitis won the
team individual scoring honors last sea-
there son by amassing 35 1-2 points in
pion- the diving and free style.
good Outscore Opponents
The Wolverine natators out-
ames scored their Conference opponents,
a1 77 toI105, in dual meets this sea-
ames son. Indiana was vanquished, 49-
Shad I22, while Minnesota was submerged
t are 1by the Maize and Blue, 51-20. Wis-
evi- consin lost by a 45-26 score, but
Northwestern tuIned the table in,
n the registering a 37-32 victory.
good In the four dual meets the Wol-
1 the verines won 20 out of 32 events. Six
those losses against Northwestern pulled
No- down the Michigan record. The
dium ' events lost included one free
Some- style relay (by disqualification),
ch 17 1 two medley relays, two short
Ssprints,one century free style,
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River Rouge Defeats /VlCRACKEN I$ ELECTED
UniversityHigh Five' NET CAPTAIN AT INDIANA
Losing their first game in seven- (Special To The Daily)
teen starts the University high Branch McCracken, of Monrovin,
school basketball team was defeat- center on Indiana university's bas-
ed 27 to 29 by Our Lady of the ketball team, has been elected cap-
Lourdes of River Rouge in the final tain of the 1929-30 Crimson net
round- of the class C regional team. Coach Everett S Dean alsot
tournament at Ypsilanti Central announced his recommendations
gym' last Saturday night. Through- for ten "I" sweater awards. Mc-
out the contest the outcome was. Crack en was the bulwark of, the
in doubt, the game ending 27 to !Indiana offense this season.
27. A long slot by Page of thej
River, Rouge school in the over-
time period decided the result.
Captain Dale and Cummings of
the U school played good defen-
sive games while Fuoss starred on I
offense sinking six field goals and
two free throws. Cicotte, lanky
center, was the mainstay of Our
Lady of the Lourdes.
University high drew a bye in ----
the first round of the tournament
in which seven schools were enter-
ed. In the semi-finals they de-
feated Tecumseh 22 to 17 in a hard z ti
fought contest.

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SQUAD IS WORKING HARD1
With Ed George and Dougovito of
the Wolverine mat squad counted
among the favorites to win in their
weights at the National Inercol-j
legiate meet Coach Keen is driving
his men hard in an attempt to an-
nex the national title. With men inj
every event except the 115 division1
who have won most of their match-
es this season, the Michigan coachj
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