THE MTCH14AN DATEY _. : . en, Troupe to Give x hbition Here To nig: ---------- COURT TEAM TAKES REST AFTER GAME Use of Floor by Tennis Troupe Necessitates Suspension of Practice. Because of the fact that "Bill" Tilden and his tennis troupe weret using the basketball court in Yost' Field House, Coach Cappon yes- terday gave his basketeers a day, of rest before starting preparations in earnest for the meeting with Michigan State College Saturday. Anyone who watched the exhi- bition Monday against Westernk State Teachers College will admit that the Wolverines have plenty of room left for improvement. How- ever, the game Monday was not without its compensations. Thel forward line for the most part handled the ball well, except when underneath'the opposing basket. The defensive play was also rag- ged, but- this can probably be at- tributed to the fact that the team .which took the court had spent less than one week working together. When Williamson and Daniels, who had been kept out of practice be- cause of football, regain their play- ing form there is every reason to believe that the Wolverines will show 'a decided improvement.' On the whole the basket shooting was good. SWIMMERS WILL MEET TOLEDO NATION'S OUTSTAND ING COURT STA Tfl MEET BURKE IN fEATUE MTCH Tilden Encourages Cooperation Between Amateur and Professional Tennis Bodies Twelve Mlen, Including Captain Miller, to Make Trip. Toledo Y' natators will present the first opposition of the season for Coach Matt Mann's tank vqugatc next Saturday night at the Toledo pool. Twelve men, led by Capt. Bob Miller and the veterans of the 1931 Western Conference champ- ionship team and ably supported by three sophomore aspirants, will make the trip. Besides Miller, the men who will compete include Schmieler, Ken- nedy, Smith, Fenske, Marcus, Cris- ty, Drysdale, Lamak, Raike, Bailey, and Sanborn. This will be the only meet before the swimmers leave for Ia pre-Christmas trip ins the East, meeting such, teams as the Cleve- land 'Y,' Pittsburgh A.M.A., New York University, and New York A. C. tank teams.,I Coach Mann will be minus the services of Ladd, Meigs, and Clint- worth, all veteran swimmers, wiho will be ineligible for competition during the remainder of this sem- ester. Degener in the diving events and Drysdale in the backstroke are two sophomores who are counted on to add several points in the meet competition this season. Shaver Leads Scorers. Gaius Shaver's three-touchdown splurge against Washington last week enabled the star Southern California quartetback to replace Nollie Felts of, Tulane in fourth place in the national list of individ- ual football scorers compiled by The Associated Press. Will Instruct Tennis Varsity Early This Afternoon at Field House. William T. Tilden, for many, years amateur tennis champion of the world, and today perhaps the leading exponent of good form inr that sport, will play before an Ann Arbor gallery at Yost Field House tonight at 8 o'clock. The "Old Maestro" of the tennis -vorld arrived in Ann Arbor early yesterday afternoon to supervise arrangements for the matches and to give press interviews. Members of his troupe, other net stars, ar- rived later the same afternoon. "Big Bill" is scheduled to play Al-, bert Burke, noted Irish star. Otherf members of the troupe are: Em- met Pare, of Chicago, former nat- ional \clay-court champion, Bobby Seller,, San Francisco, former West Coast cha'mpion, and Bruce Barnes. former University of Texas star. Have Special Stage. Tonight's matches will be played on the basketball floor in the Field House, which will be covered over for the occasion with specially con- structed canvas costing more than .$7,500to make. The cover provides net and backstops. Practice for the visiting netmen is scheduled for this afternoon on the improvised court, and the drill will be attended by members of the Varsity squad here, for the purpose of gaining pointers from Tilden, the dean of tennis. A free lecture for the general public will be given by Tilden at four o'clock this after- noon in the Natural Science audi- torium. 'The demonstration at the Field House is for 'members of the varsity and freshman squads only, and will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon. Is Outstanding Critic. Tilden's wide and varied experi- ences in the realm of amateur ten- nis have made him one of the best and widely respected critics of the game. In but few instances have youngsters predicted for court fame by the iaster failed to attain the highest ranks of American ten- nis. Few who have seen "Big Bill" in the days of his great amateur fame can doubt that tonight's ex- hibition will be a- display of tech-] nical skill as well as the hard smashing play which has always given spectacular drive to the care-i Entries for the All-Campus nis tourney begin today and close January 9. te'n- will ::::::> . ... .,yam* . . .. +. ful accuracy and studied precision of Tilden's strokes. Starts at Eight. The other members of the troupe, while decidedly no match for thie former world's champion, are suf- ficiently good to put on a far bet- ter display of tennis than has been demonstrated locally. Tonight's matches are scheduled for eight o'clock, and students with identification cards will be charged fifty cents adnission. Otherwise, the general admission charge will be one dolla,, with reserved seats selling at two dollars. WRESTLING SCHEDULE Jan. 9--University of Toronto, here. Jan. 16--Michigan State, there. Feb. 15-Northwestern, here. Feb. 20-West Virginia, there. Feb. 27--Ohio State, there. Mar. 5-Indiana, there. Mar. 11-12-Conference Cham- pionships, Bloomington. By Sheldon.C. Fullerton "Amateur tennis need not suffer from professional tennis, but they can go hand in hand," William T. (Big Bill) Tilden II, in Ann Arbor for his exhibition match in Yost Field House tonight, stated yester- day. "The success of the pro game is due in a large part to the help of the amateur body, and as long as it is played in the same spirit that characterizes the amateur game it will continue its present success." Tilden, long recognized as the master of all net stars and one of the most dynamic and in- teresting figures in the modern sports world, will stage another of his sterling exhibitions of the court game as it should be played here tonight. The suc- cess with which this nation- wide tour of cities by the great American net star and his troupe has met can be approx- imated when it is realized that these players have performed before 350,000 people since Feb- ruary 18. "People don't care whether I'm getting paid for playing or not,, so long as I really play a good game of tennis," Tilden went on to say. "The only thing that will kill the professional game is the crooked promoter." Suspicion has been di- rected to boxing and to wrestling, while baseball has not yet recover- ed from the bad name it received in 1919. So far, however, tennis has remained clear of all charges." The tendency towards profes- sional tennis in the past two years was attributed by Tilden to economic conditions. Few young players can afford to tour the circuit playing for nothing unless they are finan- cially independent, and inas- much as the majority of rank- ing players coming into popu- larity now are boys just out of college, they cannot stand the expense entailed in p l a y i n g amateur tennis. . Tilden, for many years the out- standing figure on American Davis Cup teams, does not look for the cup to return to the United States this year, although he admits that the young men making up the per- sonnel of the teai are exception- ally good players. When the cup leaves France it will probably go to England, and from there to the United States, in the opinion of the United States' premier professional star. This opinion is founded on the fact that different condi- tions in Europe will give the English team a 25 per cent ad- vantage over t h e American youngsters in the coming Davis Cup matches. "It took France six years to win the Davis Cup after th9y had selected the young men that would com- prise their team," Tilden said. "But instead of changing the team year after year as it met with defeat it sent the same men back until they finally came, home with the cup. America should follow the same policy." Tilden had the highest praise to give young Ellsworth Vines, the present amateur title holder of the United States. "Vines is a fine ten- nis player," Tilden stated. "Al- though he is still a bit crude, he has the power and the ability to make the winning shot at the cri- tical time, and that is what counts." Tilden also praised Sydney Wood, who suffered an off year in 1931. In' Tilden's opinion' Wood is just as good as ever, but was merely the victim- of unfavorable conditions t h a t proved an obstacle to all play- ers engaging in matches on foreign soil, where the climate, crowds, food, court surface, and difference in ball make vic- tory doubly difficult for those not used to such conditions. MAJESTIC SAT. HIT OF ALL TIME "FRArNNSTEIN" -11 AE NfVANI I A s 7 ', ovW, fo, MICHIGAN MATM TO GEIT LONG RE Coach Pleased With First N Results Against Normal Toronto Comes Next. Coach Cliff Keen's Varsity g plers will have a month's rest intercollegiate competition b they encounter the Universit Toronto matmen on-January The Wolverine wrestling me was well pleased with the sho his men made against Micl State Normal Monday afterr Michigan lost orly one of the bouts, and the matmen looked they will go place's this season though the opposition which 1 lanti afforded them was ra weak. Michigan is strongly represe in every weight division this with a great abundance of pow the heavier classes. - NORTHWESTERN'S athletic terest turned to basketball in w, sport the Wildcats will be c upon to defend another Big championship. Burr, Patterson & Auld M~~cur.,t, F,.t.,eny Jw Detroit, Michigan & WalierviIle, O A yQ For your convenience ^R F R Ann Arbior 603 ChurchS AANK OAKES' Stor St. I i THRILLING-CHILLING I it I ~ ~ ~1 DRUGS KODA .:L~ . . -, . :t.- ,.. r . ; s; ;i; ,i . . ; . ' .. i COLONIAL FOOD SHOP 609 East University Phone 3607 COME IN AND TRY OUR EXCELLENT H6ME COOKED FOOD Ei it Ts-8 P.M. Tonight 11 11 ig R-Ill TIlden WORLD PRO-CHAMPION Luncheon ... Dinner . . . . $5.00 Meal Ticket $5.00. Ladies Invited 35c 45c for 11 For A Merry Christmas Give a Kodak' V8. 0 N NIL A ertBurke PRO-CHAMPION OF FRANCE Bring in your Christmas list. For every person on it, there's a Kodak that will please. Kodak is the perfect gift. A congenial companion at home or on travels. 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