Ft F:1- t 'CF "'C AN >. A 1 L N" _.-;~1A, i~UJ .... .< WOLVERINE BASEBALL SQUAD WILL MAKE JAPAN r TRIP TRIP EXTENDS ROM JULY UNTIL OCTOBER Schedule For Coach Fisher's Squad Is Now Being Arranged By I.G Joga Otsuki Basketball Quintet Starts Work For Game With Iowa C+ SIXTEEN TO MAKE TOUR Michigan's Varsity baseball team will make the long contemplated trip to the Orient this summer, it' was announced yesterday by Field- ing H. Yost. Present incomplete plans call for a two and one-half month's stay in the far ea'st, 30 days .of which will be spent in Jap- an, during which time the Wolver- ine nine will meet various col- legiate teams. A squad of 16l"players and Coach. Fisher will probably go on the trip, leaving the United States the lat- ter part of July and returning early, in October. The decision made at the meeting marks the completion of many months of work on this project, during which time the Ath - letic association has been in corre- spondence with G. Jogi Otsuki, di- rector of intercollegiate athletics at Meiji University of Tokio, Japan, at whose invitation the Michig.n. team will make the trip. Mr. Otsuki is now arranging the schedule for the Varsity nine. Series with the numerous teams which have come into #existence with the tremendous growth ofI popularity of the game in Japan, aid elsewhere in the Orient will be' scheduled, according to reports from Mr. Otsuki, who will take care of the itinerary for the team from the time it leaves the United States. In giving permission for the,Var- sity to make the trip, the Athletic Association board is following the precedent set by Chicago, which has been sending its baseball teams to Japan and the far east at four year intervals. The object of the trip will be to promote closer rela- tions between the Orient and the SIX CHAMPIONS DEFEND HONORS IN TRACK MEETI (Special To The Daily) Each will memories of a personal 1 triumph scored last year, six ath- letes from four . universities will come trooping back to the Univer- sity of Iowa field house March 8! and 9 intent on defense of West- ern conference indoor champion- ships. Five of the men will transact their important business upon the track, largest indoor cinder cir- cuit in the country, and the other athlete will center his efforts upon the high jump bar.! The University of Illinois, indoor and outdoor track champion lastl year, will send David Abbott, twoi miler; who cracked the indoor ree- ord, Joe Novak, miler, and R. J. Carr, high jumper. George Baird, the Iowan who cracked the indoor record, will race in the quarter mile; and Orval Martin, Purdue, holder of the record, will compete. in the half mile. From. Ohio State will come George Simpson, 60-yard dash champion and therefore pos- sessor of the record since Big Ten sprinters traversed that distance for the first time last winter. International competition has* been faced by Baird and Abbott since they won their: titles. Both were members of the American Olympic team. Baird helped the: Yankees to set a world's record in the 1,600-meter relay at Amster- dam, and Abbott was. one of. four; Americans in the 5,000-meter run.. MANAGER. HARRIS,7 MEN LEAVE F Stanley Harris and his first de-I tachment of Detroit Tigers were. en route yesterday for their spring training site at Phoenix, Arizona, where they will start on Monday, to condition themselves for the 199 hacehall cam Tain n . adi- GREENLEAF WILL MEET WILLIE IIOPPE AT UNION VEENKER SENDS TEAM THR-OUGH LONG DRILL Cagers Test Out Defense Aganst Iova Plays; clCoy Shines In Free Throw Test HAWKEYES EAgER TO WIN _4 , Far from being eliminated from the running for the Big Ten basketball championship, t h e Michigan basketball team : Ldownr to serious work again yesterday1 preparing a reception for the Iowa quintet at the field house this Sat- urday. Four Conference games still remain on the Wolverine schedule with/ the final and con-. cluding tilt against Wisconsin, the present leader of the race.# The long trip out' to Minesota was the main cause in the Michi- gan defeat on Monday night when the Iflini quintet won in an over-; time game, 27 to 24, according to Coach Veenker. The Maize and1 Blue showed the effects of so much travelling and the overtime pe-l riod brought out more clearly thel tired condition of the players. Y S'ckers Take Long Shots. The annoying habit of the Suck.- ers in sinking long shots also some-1 what upset Michigan and threw the' Ralph Greenleaf defense off balance. The second Who will meet Willie Hoppe in a basket scored by the ultimate win- series of. matches Tuesday after- nersin the overtime period was a: noon and night at the Union. beautiful shot by Harper madej from well back of the center of thel TIGER BATTERY flor. Coach Veenker said the Wol- OR TRAINING CAMP ]thefinal whistle had sounded, but the Illinois' five was a bit better. Harris himself, late of Washington, ---- Francis Sigafoos, who has had pre- Hoosier Teams Have vious experience with the Athletics and George Uhle, who was received Full Week-End in a trade with the Cleveland In- dians. The most ,notable newcom- ers to the club, besides Harris and :(Special To The Da*,> Uhle, are Roy Johnson, who has BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 19. - A been touted as a second Ty Cobb crowded' week-end of athletic and who hails from the San Fran- events is in store for local fansI cisco club, Dale Alexander, a slug- with Indiana's basketball, swim- ging first baseman, and Johnny ming, and wrestling teams'meeting, Prudhomme, a promising pitcher, Big Ten foes here Friday nd Sat- both from Toronto, and Heinie urday. The main event of the pro- Scheuble, former Cardinal, who will gram is the Indiana-Illinois bas-: fill in the gap at shortstop left by ketballg the departure of Jack Tavener for intet fi game which will be played Cleveland. in the field house Saturday night. BADGER FRESHMAN COURT ILLINOIS GRIDDERS D IBE[ IN SE'OND SQUAD LOOKS PROMISING LACK PEP, SPIRIT UNU (Special to Daily.)Coach Bob Zuppke is experienc The showing of the Wisconsin ing quite a great deal of trouble1IUJKEY bUNtM 3 Freshmen basketball squad under with the Illinois spring football Coach George Nelson this seasonhg indicates that Dr. Walter E. Mean- candidates. The squad, which is Wisconsin Displays Reversal Of well will have at least a dozen out-|now in its third week of training, Form To Gain Revenge For Defeat standing sophomores on deck when!'has dwindled considerably until In First Contest he issues the first call for practice# now even the lettermen, the nuc- next autumn. leus of the team, are strangely JOSEPH AND HART STAR Nelson, who finished three years i missing from practice. as a Badger forward and guard last The last few drills have lacked Wisconsin gained revenge for year, has been giving the yearlings the snap and vigor that is desired, their 3-2 defeat at the hands of the same plays that are used by the in a football team, although the the Wolverines Monday night by varsity, but his chief concern has reason for this apparent lack of1 coming back to take the second been in teaching the men the com-! interest on the part of the players game of the series Tuesday by a plicated pivots, blocks, and passes may be due to the fact that the 3-0 score. This game was marked of the Meanwell system. I work on fundamentals is becoming by the unusual number of penalties The frosh have met the regulars irksome and is wearing on them. inflicted by the referee, a steady in several practice games, losing by The condition at Minnesota, stream of players being waived by a two points score on one occasion, however, is exactly the opposite. the penalty box during the greater 20-18. Several athletes who can The call for grid material there has part of the contest. boast exceptional prep school rec- been answered by the largest squad Play was fast throughout, but ords have added strength and class ever to turn out for spring football i lost of the men showed a tendency to Nelson's squad. The freshmen willgoson'Northwestiern Feb.23to' practice at that institution. There to play their opponents rather than see the varsity meet the Wildcats in are, in fact, so many candidates he puck, thus incuring many of a conference battle, according to1 that Dr. Clarence W. Spears, the the penalties. Eighteen of these, present plans. coach, has planned a round robin fouls were called during the melee, schedule between the teams repr and the desire, of the Wolves to Two members of the Watertownpre- stop their opponents led to their five, Wisconsin high school cham- sentin the various colleges on the shaving to play at one time with pions last season, are on the squad. campus. Dr. Spears is confidentI only four men on the ice. They are Harold Dornfeld, at guard, that the keen competition aroused The Badgers played a much bet- and Lester Zoelle, forward. How- by this type of schedule will stimu- ter game Tuesday evening than ard "Whitey' Jensen, whose bril late interest in the sport and thus !they did Monday, when their shnw- liant play at forward helped the encouraged more men to try out ing was rather ragged, and were (Continued on Page Seven) for the Minnesota varsity. only kept from scoring two more goals by wild shots which were al- "STRETCH" MURPHY LEADS WAY IN most sure scores. The Wisconsin defense, composed of Thomson and RACE FOR BIG TEN SCORING HONORS Meiklejohn proved very effective in keeping the Wolves at bay, and Retaining the position which he ability to score from the penalty when the Michigan men did break sheldsince early in the season, stripe that has given him his high through, goal-keeper Frisch was "Stretch" Murphy still leads the position. I right on the job. e Y pack in the race for individual . Murphy's 34 field goals place h scoring honors in the Big Ten. The only two ahead of Strickland lanky Purdue center is within a that department, but he has dr field goal of the century mark in ped in 30 free throws, whereas1 total points, having tallied 10 Hoosier has totalled only six. Ov against Indiana last Monday. zealousness on the part of oppos How of Illinois has vaulted into guards, who endeavor to keep1 seond dace in the standings Purdue threat fm I United States.p gi LV Z.J4.4acA.CL. *4.c 41 tion to Harris, there are three pitchers, two catchers, Business WOLVERINE SWIMMERS Manager Sheehan, and a group of] DOWN GRAND RAPIDS Y newspaper correspondents and pho- 4tographers who were in the party Michigan easily defeated the which formed the advance guard GrandgapidsiY d.f A.swim- of the Tiger squad. Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A. sThe team is taking 37 players ming team 53-20 in a meet held south with it this year, the great- in the Furniture City last night. est total ever taken on the spring The results were: . training trip by a major league 160 relay:-Won by Michig an, club. Besides the pitchers and (Walker, Seager, Reif, and Ault). catchers who will be given a 110 yard breast stroke:-Won by chance to get into condition befqre Goldsmith, (M); second, Mertz, the rest of the squad arrives, out- (M), third; Clark, (GR). fielders John Stone and Roy John- 40 yard dash :-Won by Walker, I son are making the trip. (M); second, Rose, (GR); third, I The balance of the Detroit squad Reif, (M). will report at Phoenix on March 3, 220 yard free style:-Won by Ault, giving Manager Harris just 15 days (M); second, Mertz, (M); third, in which to condition them-proper- Kolenda, (GR). ly for the first exhibition game 100 yard back stroke:-Won by with the Hollywood club of the' Hubbell; (M); second, Spindle, (M); Pacific Coast league on March 18. third, Clatworthy, (GR. The whole squad will contain 19, Diving:-Won by Mitchell, (GR); players who finished the 1928 sea- second, Stewart, (GR); third, Bai- son with the club, four who were ley, (M). sent back to the minors for season- 100 yard free style :-Won by Wal- ing, 11 newcomers to the ;Tiger ker, (M); second, Seager, (M); ranks from minor league teams and third, Uhlinan, (GR). three who have seen service with Medley relay:-Won by Michigan, other major .league clubs. (Hubbell, Goldsmith, and Reif). These three include.- Manager boosting his total to 75 as a result of four field goals and two free throws againstsMichigan, but thea Illini forward is far back of Mur- phy, trailing the Boilermaker by 23 points. Van Heyde, star Buckeye center, is right on Dow's heels with 74 counters. Michigan is the only Conference team not represented in the first 3 uu~i flliga, 1V. c;o;rjng, I given Murphy a greater opport ity to tally on free throws. r BENNIE MIGHT HAVE WON, TENTH LETTER IN TRACK Bennie Ooosterbaan apparently forewent an opportunity to winj four major letters in one season when he neglected to try for a place on the track team while a student here. The Wolverine nine letter winner, now an assistant on the coaching staff, picked up a 16 pound shot the other day in the field house and heaved it 43 feet, 10 inches. No Michigan weight man was able to attain that distance last year. However Bennie was busy holding down first base on the baseball team and bringing another diamond championship - to Michi- gan. The Crimson wrestling team will 10 scorers. Ohio State has two compete in its first home meet Fri- high scoring players in Van Heyde day night, since its Eastern jaunt. and Ervin, both among the first Northwestern will furnish the op- five. position. The Purple matmen have With only four contests remain- several veterans on their roster who ing on the Conference schedule, were the main contenders in the Murphy seems virtually assured of Big Ten championships held here the Big Ten title in individual last Mar'ch. Coach Paul Thomp- scoring. Although he leads the son's swimmers will open the home other players both in field goals (Continued on Page 7.) and free throws, it has been his The 10 leading scorers: FG Murphy, Purdue.....34 How, Illinois........30 VanHeyde, Ohio State .30 Strickland, Indiana....32 Ervin, Ohio State....28 Gleichmann, North'n...27 Gist, Chicago..........26 Foster, Wisconsin......25 Wilcox, Iowa...........21 Otterness, Minnesota. .24 I FT 30 15 14 6 13 14 16 17 22 14. im Frisch played a great game at in his position, making many. diffcult op- stops. In addition to the fine the playing of the Wisconsin backs, the er- Badger forwards hampered the ing Wolverine attack continually. the Gordon Meiklejohn, with one goal and one assist to his credit wasth,e has best man on the ice, however his un- teammates were not much behind him in effectiveness. For Michi- gan Joseph and Hart played, best. TP These two men repeatedly swept 98 down the ice all alone only. to lose I the puck to their opponents. 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