- ftSbAY, MARC.01 17, 1931 VARITYFNESl CAPTAIN FOR NI James DeStefano yesterday was electedn tothe captaincy of the Var- sity fencing team for the 1932 sea- son. DeStefano, at the present time, is a sophorhore in the school of Education, and will go down as one of the few men in Michigan athletic history who has attained the leadership of a Varsity sport in his junior year. His home is in Albany, New York. The new leader was a consistent winner in all of the dual meets held and promises to develop into one of the best sabre men who has ever represented the Maize and Blue before, he completes his ath- letic career. The showing of the Wolverines in the Big Ten meet was something of a surprise to followers of the sport, inasmuch as the dope sheet gave them an excellent chance to finish one, two. The men seemed to work as well as usual, but were - - I ...r.... Y .Th. w TH E MICHIGAN D Aii Y PAGE SEV! -ECT DESTEFANO9 ,' EXT YEASSAO Meyer, Avrunen, Marshall, Ide, Ir- win, Nahrgang, and McCluskey are also expected to be on hand when the roll is called next year. Workouts will continue for some; time to come in an effort to build for next season with the entire' Varsity squad and freshman merg- ing into one group. Several infor- mal meets are planned between the members of the two squads to add interest to the workouts which sometimes become dull when no in- tercollegiate competition is offered1 as an incentive. All of the mem- bers of the freshman squad are planning on competing in the In- tramural meet Wednesday night and members of the Varsity squad' are to assist in the judging. BIG TEN-N. C. A. MAY END SCRAP' unfortunate enough to run into Both Groups to Seek Amicable soe opponents who were distinct- CocsonnCnfrce ly "hot." Conclusion in Conference. Prospects for a winning team next year appear to be excellent (continued From Page 6) with four members of this years but when it started to inquire into squad returning in addition to one the administration of athetics at member of last year's squad who the Evanston institution officials of was ineligible this season. Besides the university stopped it, until the Captain-elect DeStefano, C o a c h; Johnstone will have Lovell, Winig,' Big Ten could be consulted over and Goellner, with whom to start the committee's rights- in the mat- the season. A fine crop of fresh- ter. man including Barlow, McMillan, Conference is Strong. Ever since the Western Confer- ence has been in existence it has been the leading group of univer- sities in the country, scholastically W IT and athletically, barring none. Over TO MLT_ OB [LL 45 different conferences in the Uni- edStates have been patterned af- _er_,the example set by the Big Ten. Every rule that goes into effect in Old Rivals Will Clash Saturday regard to Conference athletics is in Field House; Michigan formed to be of the greatest pos- Seeks Avenging Win. sible benefit to the athlete, and at kgthe same time to fit into his inter- (Continued From Page G) scholastic program in the best pos- of these men will provide plenty sible manner. of oppsition toElesproeveny ifN. C. A. Interferes. of opposition to Egleston even if Now, after 30 to 40 years of rule the latter is in the best of form, which saw the Big Ten build itself but for the past week or so he into the most powerful body of uni- seems to have suffered somewhat versities in the country, its right of a letdown. to administer athletics among its Lose Class Relay. members has been questioned by Although Michigan's performance the North Central Association. at the Illinois relays last week was How a body embracing such small1 not so bad considering the wealth institutions as are s c a t t e r e d of opposition from the 57 other throughout the middle west, with c&lleges and universities, the Wol- no interest in common with the verines suffered somewhat of a dis- Big Ten, could hope to run the ath-i appointment in the mile relay letics of a group of schools thei event when Mueller failed to come size of the Western Conference, isr through in his 440 share and lost rather doubtful.J almost 25 yards. which Russell, - - Glading, and DeBaker were forced to make up. Despite this great set.- back Russell, running as the Wol- Y O U A NI verine anchor man, was but inches tr behind Beetham of Ohio State as he hit the tape. Eknovich will a- gain replace Mueller at his old post as leadoff man on the quartet. Tolan Wins. Out side of that, the Michigan placings of a first and fourth in the 75 yard dash, a third in the mile relay, a second in the two mile classic and a third in the shuttle, placed the Wolverines on a par with most of the other outstanding com- petitors. Tolan showed a mighty burst of speed at the finish of his sprint to win, making up for a poor getaway at the blocks. Tolan Campbell, and Klein will have to carry all the responsibilities of the sprints in the Cornell meet as . Smyth has failed to come around into shape after tearing a tendon and will be unable to compete Sat- urday. Another man on the sick list is Capt. Pottle, pole vaulter, who is sick in bed with an attack of the flu. Several of the other wmen on the squad have had a touch x i of the same during the past week:{8 i or so. FRATERNITY SOFTl ALLa Fraternity softball entries must :.: be in by 9:30 tonight. Call up the Intramural office as soon as possible and leave your lineups so that the men can be checkedI for qualification to save time later. Intramural Department. "ead ihr'.r ic frir' ;TH E quick dry DA1 B (Edit teenth ing wit league+ Cinci disapp his firs club. A season age the new qu a grou that he team g the hel Of al to Cin in livin he had League star, pr for the that d field,o Speaker good ez regular other lived u field, 1 weakia Yankee and ha Cinc: with H outfiel into sh other t be deci fast an beck a present Chan Sr (C foret Wolv the f he ra the havin ordsc eveni thisf ord o Mgich r HOWLEY WILL HAVE TO BUILD REDS TO IMPROVE THEIR STANDING y Sheldon C. Fullerton. Moore, and Roettger are the fav- ored trio. or's Note: This is the four-retrio of a series of articles deal- It was originally intended that h the chances of the major Mickey Heath, star Coast League clubs in 1931.) first sacker, would start the season innati proved to be a big at first base for the Reds. Lately, ointment to Dan Howley in however, a barrier has arisen to st year as manager of that this plan, with the result that t the beginning of the 1930 Heath may not even be able to Howley was signed to man- start the year with the team at all. e Reds and with him on his I Pat Crawford, one of the players uest for a pennant he took who was sent to the Coast League p of American League stars team in exchange for Heath, has e was sure would benefit his decided to retire from the game, greatly in his first year at and unless the Cincinnati manage- im. ment can find someone acceptable Meusel Failed, to go in his place the deal will fall 11 the men he took with him through and Heath will be re- cinnati, only one succeeded turned ig up to the reputation that Joe Stripp, last year's first base- established in the American man, will again return to that posi- Harr Heimanex-Tgertion in case Heath has to leave the roved to be a great slugger club, otherwise he will play third Reds, leading the team in base. At second base Howley will epartment of play. In the have Tony Cuccinello, who starred although he was no Tris last year at that post in the Redleg r in chasing fly balls, he was infield. Horace Ford and Leo Diw nough to keep him on the rocher, a pair of weak hitters but nine. Leo Durocher, .an- clever fielders, will battle it out for former American Leaguer, the shortstop position, while Char- ip to his reputation in the ley Dressen will take care of third but as usual was woefully base if Stripp is used at first. t the plate. Bob Meusel, ex- Sukeforth to Catch. star, was a disappointment Clyde Sukeforth, one of the best is since been reelased. catchers in the National League is innati will start the season expected to take care of the major eilman in one position in the share of the catching burden. His d, providing he can round hitting and fielding should be a ape, but just who will fill the great asset to the club, making the wo garden posts remains to catching staff one of the team's ded. Howley has a group of strongest departments. Styles will id promising players at his be the chief assistant. nd call, but the positions at Cincinnati's pitching staff is only remain a toss-up. Cullop, mediocre, although several brilliant ------ ----- individual stars are included on the staff. Larry Benton, Red Lucas, and vpion Wolverines Eppa Rixey are three of the men nash Tank Records who are expected to do the lion's share of the work, with a rookie, continued From Page 6) Frey, also coming in for his share the powerful strokes of the of attention. erine sophomore came in Changes Scarce. inal qualifying event when Cincinnati has not made enough in away from the field in changes from its 1930 lineup to 220-yard free style after insure it of climbing much higher ng already set two new rec- in the National League race than during the progress of the where it finished last year, although ng. His time of 2:17.4 in the team may work together well event superseded the rec- enough to nose out the Boston f 2:18.2 set by Samson of Braves. igan in 1927. -- --_------ - --.__- i - -- -I Frank Kennedy another Michi- gan sophomore, also came in for his share of glory during the pre- liminaries by winning his heat in the quarter-mile swim in 5:06.4, also a new Conference mark, the former record of 5:09.8 being hung up by Samson in 1927, in the same meet in which he broke the 220- yard mark. SWIMMING INSTRUCTION Assistant Coach MacMahon has just started a class of .free instruction for beginners in swimming. Men students who are interested should report to the Intramural sports building pool on Wednesdays at S p. m. Intramural Departmnt. DO m etc 31 > ra _i better with gq= LARGE plant, small plant, it's all one to gas heat. 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