Nq~ 'THE MTC1H1CAN 1DATEY ____ > Squad to See First Big Ten Action This tWe RSITY WILL PLAY OPHERS IN INITIAL ONFR1HENCE GAM ontest Is Scheduled for Minneapolis Rink. Vichigan's championsip hockey n appears to be definitely going swing into action this week-end.' e Wolverine puckmen will face a ryr sthr~n Mnnesota, sextet p lneapolis on Thursday and Fri- ynights. lhe 'excellent showing made by e Gopher squad against Harvard, ted as one of the strongest teams the east, when the Westerners 1 only .after a hard battle, 7 .to shows great scoring power. The rsemen boast an entirely veteran un from 1930. Action Delayed. MIchigan has been long waiting swing into action, the opening mes of the Big Ten season, aeduled to be played\ at Wiscon- . last week, being called off due poor ice. A similar fate awaited e team on their planned trip to1 arquette, these contests also be- g postponed due to mild weather. Coach Frank Pond,, of Minnesota .s one of his best teams since the troduction of hpckey at Minneso- Seven men, including three de- rses and a goal-tender have re- mned from last year's sextet, ile a member of the famed Buzza ckey club, well-known amateur oup, is putting in a stiff bid for forward position. Gopher Veterans Retun. Captain Ryman, Todd and Gibbs , the returning forwards, with nes thie experienced net-minder, d Mattison, Carlson, and Ander- n, the veteran back wall men. Be- le Schaeffer, the former Buzza Ayer, other promising sophomores e Toth, McInnes and Parker, for- Ards, Clausen, a goal tender and re new defensemen of whom Suo- i and Holiday are the best., Although the Wolverine squad ok a bad bum lng in their 7 to victory over Haey the squad will Ve had a rest of over a week and ould enter the fray at full rength. Just how many men will ake, the trip has not been defin- ly .decided. The probable start- g lineups are: innesota Michigan nes Goal Tompkins rlson .......LD.....Chapman iderson.....R.....McCollum >dd ..........c.. Crossman rman, 'c.....LW.........Reid .bbs ........RW... Frumkes or .........Sindles l ichigan spares: Porte, David. innesota spares: Clausen, Schaef- r, Toth, Parker, Mcnnes, Holiday, inderson, Jensen, Suomi, LaBatt. ARSON IS GIVEN AMATEUR STATUS Vernon Larson, University stu- nt, has been reinstated by the ational A. A. U. to the status of nateur after boxing in the pro- ssional ranks for several years. e will enter the Olympic tryouts Comes to Terms ~F SS -1 . 4 " Y .' Melvin Ott, young outfielder and second baseman for the New York Giants is the first of the 1932 hold- out brigade to come to terms for the coming campaign. Along with other Giant stars, Ott was forced to take a substantial salary cut. GOPHERS TENDER TESTIMONIAL TO BERNIEBIERMAN MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 18.- A testimonial banquet honoring Herbert 0. "Fritz" Crisler, retiring Gopher football coach and Ber- nard "Bernie" Bierman, new men- tor who comes to Minnesota from Tulane, was attended by more than 500 students, university, govern- ment and business leaders of thel Twin Cities Monday night. Principal speakers at the affair were Major John L. Griffith, Big Ten Athletic commissioner, and ~Edward H. Lauer, athletic director of the University of Iowa. Other notables present included Gover- nor Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota, Mayor William Anderson of Min- rieapolis, Mayor Gerhard Bundle of St. Paul, and H. A. Scandrett, pres- ident of the Milwaukee railroad and captain of the Gopher eleven in 1898 and 1899. Bierman, after compiling a re- markable record as Tulane coach during the past five years, returns to coach at the University from which he was graduate. 16 years ago. 'He 'was captain - of, the 1915 Minnesota team that won the Big Ten championship. Crisler is continuing as athletic director at the University. in Detroit next month in the 128- pound division. Larson, an Iron Mountain pro- duct, has never been on the Univer- sity boxing team as he entered school'after he had become a pro- fescol.- He has fought in Detroit, Kalamazoo, Flint, Pontiac and in nearly every Michigan city where there have been .any boxing shows. Although Larson is a lightweight, tipping the scales at 137 pounds at present, he will attempt to train down to the lighter division before the tryouts. He has not fought pro- fessionally for more than a year. COUNDITION PROVES BIG MAT FEA TURE Longer Training After Holiday Lay.off Gives Spartans Edge Over Wolves. A nine letter word spelled de- feat for Michigan's Varsity mat-' men in the State match last Sat-I urday night. That word is "con- dition," the most important single factor in athletic success. Michigan State had the advan- tage when it came to condition as the Spartans had returned to the mat shortly after Christmas and had an additional week of work over the Wolverines, who had not reached their best condition since th'e holiday lay-off. Drills Men Hard. In order not to be caught in this same situation again Coach Cliff Keen is going to work his prote- ges every day posibl from now un- til the Northwestern meet almost a month away. If these workouts continue to be as strenuous as yes- terday's session in the 'wrestling room, the Wolverine mnntor need not worry as to the condition of his grapplers. The Spartans used one of their rides to exceptional advantage, it proving to be the downfall of near-I ly every Maize and Blue wrestler, who. fell before the State men. The Wolverines captured four oui of eight bouts by decisions and gain- ed a draw in afifth. Thomas Takes Decision. Blair Thomas, the 135-pound vet- eran gained the first Michigan win by taking a decision over the Spar- tan leader, Captain Byam. At 155- pounds Art Mosier gained a win over Jensen, holding an advantage of 6:15. Jim Wilson added another vic- tory by taking the decision over Marsa in the 165-pound class with an advantage of over seven min- utes. The big veteran Stoddard an- nexed the fourth triumph by a decision over Reavely iii the heavy- weight bout. The draw was in the 175-pound weight with Reif of the Wolverines and Leapard of State battling it out with n'either hold- ing a one minute advantage. State gained her 14% points to the Wolverines 13 V by two falls and a decision in addition to the draw. SELECTIONS MAD With the series ofropening tank Lack of Ice in New York wState meets safely recuordid inCac Varsity Natators Practice for Big Meets of Season Precludes Possibility of Final Trials. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 18.-(iP)-- Dry as dust records of past per- formances, instead of the hot com- petition of final trials, have decided the American speed skating team for the winter Olympics at Lake Placid next month. The entries for the bob sled races were to be named in New York City in the same way. The unusually warm weather of the past week, which leftthe state without ice or snow for tryouts,: and the fact that the entries must be filled by Jan. 21, forced the Olympic committees to act. The skaters were picked here yesterday. The speed skating team: Jack Shea, Lake Placid; Allan Potts, New York; Lloyd Guenther, Detroit; O'Neil Farrell, Chicago; Raymond Murray, New York; Milford Dietz, Chicago; Edward Schroeder, Chi- cago; Herbert Taylor, New York. Faculty Volleyball Tourney Progressesl Play goes on space in the Faculty Vclleyball Tournament. Six teams are now entered in the competition. The Lits defeated the Army in the curtain-raiser last week while the Architects easily won from the En- gineers 15-10; 15-12; 15-13. The Chemistry team, newest en- try into the league, showed power in defeating the new Mathematics squad by a score of 15-6; 15-4; 15-3, an overwhelming victory. A post- poned match will be played off to- morrow afternoon when the Archi- tects clash with the Army team. Forty-six freshmen at the Univer- sity of Minnesota won football numerals for the 1931 season. SHOWING OF FENCERS IN WEEK-] MEETS PLEASES COACH JOHNS' Matt Mann's history book, the Wol- verine natators are now getting v. a. u . s~t~ down to business in preparation for the big meets of the year. Af- Especially pleasing was the show- ter an exhibition at Battle Creek ing of Al Little, sophomore sabre high Friday night, Coach Mann aspirant, who defeated Captain took the boys on another excursion Stonex of Michigan State in the last night to Dearborn high to only bout that the Spartan star demonstrate what national "chai- lost..Stenox had defeated Captain pionship swimming is like. DeStefano by a 5 to 2 score and The big affair this week is the the victory by Little is evidence meet in the Detroit Yacht Club that Johnstone will have material tank next Saturday night with the brilliant Yacht Club representa- tives. This meet proved to be the toughest on the schedule last year, roach Mann said, with the Wolves barely ekeing out a 39 to 36 win in the home pool. The meet this year promises to be just as close for I both teams are at least equal to (SEE OUR. last year's strength. Three other exhibition meets have been arranged for the nata- t Ioa tors, it was announced. An exhi- bition will be given Jan. 27 at Jackson and Feb. 19, after the be- ginning of the second semester, the team will make a trip to Culver Military academy where Frank Walaitis is coaching. Coach Johnstone is well satisfied with the showing of the varsity fenlcing te(Aaml in thetir two mej(ets QVel the week ened, whenthe swourdsmen won from Toledo Y.M.- C.A and Michigan State. for next year. Barlow showed well in tl matches, winning two out of the only match hie lost bei the state captain by a 5 to 4 Lovell duplicated the perfor of his teammate by winnir bouts and losing one to Stc to 3; Winig Crashed throw the epee with two wins in as bouts while Nahrgang split in his two. In the foil May( all three of his bouts while I tain DeStefano in the sab his first match to Stenox ar from Wells in the other, 5 t S al i WINDOWS) / today a mal Glover Saffell & Bi State Street Ann r_ r EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY SALE II Hats Clemson will play two football games in Atlanta next fall, meeting Georgia Tech and Oglethorpe. ft3 Y Just received a large shipment of Spring Suits and Topcoats. Walk a Few Steps and Save Dollars t SPORT EVENTS k I }A AT M ICHIGAN II- I I at 20% discount N addition to the many sporting events regularly taking place in Ann Arbor, Michigan athletes will entertain other schools this year in na- Borsalino tional and conference meets. THE MICHIGAN DAILY is especially Stetson prepared to cover these stories through its student staff which is in close Flannlfelt Hodgson connection with the athletic program of .the University. Plans are al- I ready being formulated to give DAILY readers full coverage on these additional events coming to Ann Arbor this year. I We are now showing ", complete lines of overcoats, suits and shoes at prices in many cases less than f. I original cost. Prices on spring merchandise will be substantially higher than these clearance prices. Follow The Sport Columnns of I ['I 4F~ tatr 4F m~p 4b 4,0V An4616A 4b I