SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Michigai Varsity Seeks Win For Third Year In Row Buckeyes Become Threat As Jesse Owens Returns To Competition RecordsMay Fall Michigan Mile Relay Team Expected To Crack Old Meet Standard INDIANAPOLIS, March 21. - Twenty-one teams headed by the Un- iversity of Michigan squad, defending champion and slight favorite to take the crown for the third successive year, will compete here today in the fourth annual Butler Relays. Standing between Coach Chuck Hoyt's Wolverines and permanent possession of the Butler team trophy are such formidable opponents as Indiana's vaunted Hoosiers, Notre Dame's Central Intercollegiate cham- pions, and Ohio State, reinforced by their crack sprinter and broad jump- er, Jesse Owens, who yesterday re- gained his eligibility. Face Buckeye Threat Twice victorious over Indiana, the Michigan squad was suddenly called upon to face the new and more dan- gerous Buckeye threat. The loss of Bob Osgood in the hurdle events due to an injury, which Coach Hoyt re- fuses to take a chance on aggravating also made the Wolverines hopes more precarious. The Maize and Blue will enter the mile, two-mile, four-mile and medley relays and is expected to crack the meet mark in the mile event, as the team has run the distance in 3:21, five seconds under the present stand- ard. Records In Danger Sam Stoller, the only runner to equal Owen's time of 6.1 for sixty yards, is set to give the Buckeye flash the race of his life. Moreau Hunt will compete in the hurdles and White, Fisher, and Townsend will represent the Wolverines in the shot. Many records are in danger before the onslaught of such individual stars as Don Elser of Notre Dame in the shot put, Owens and Stoller in the 60-yard dash, Dave Albritton of Ohio in the high jump, and Dan Calde- meyer of Indiana in the hurdles. One of the closest races of the eve- ning will take place in the four-mile relay in which Indiana and Michigan should put on a battle royal. The Hoosiers will have their star distance trio of Lash, Deckard and Smith with the fourth man still undecided while Bill Staehle, Clayt Brelsford, Ray Fink and Walt Stone will run for Michigan. The record of 18:02.6 seems almost sure to fall. Wolverine Centers Use New Machine To Gain Accuracy By BURTON BENJAMIN The football stooge is a forgotten' man at the Yost Field House these days where the grid squad is indulg- ing in a bit of spring practice. No longer need valuable material be wasted in serving as a blocking ob- stacle or in warming up centers. The day seems to be passing when pros- pective gridders would get the unwel- come job of standing as a target for some husky to practice blocking on, or to hold out their hands in the manner of the baseball catcher so that centers could practice accuracy. Hatch Is Inventor Believe it or not, the Michigan foot- ball coaching staff has definitely be- come mechanically inclined. Along with the new blocking machine at the Field House is a new contraption which we will call, for the sake of convenience, the Accuracy Target. This device was invented by Henry Hatch, not an inventor or mechanic but equipment manager of the Field House, a job which he has held for seventeen years. Little need be said concerning the disastrous effects of inaccurate passing by a center, and Coach Harry G. Kipke, realizing this fact only too well, encouraged Mr. Hatch to expend some effort in de- vising a machine which might elimi- nate this difficulty. Admirable Target Mr. Hatch readily complied, and now he can proudly look out over the Field House and watch his machine in action. The whole idea is based around a regulation basketball hoop and its net. This is suspended be- tween a metal rectangle, and pros- pective centers aim the pigskin at the net, an admirable target indeed. The machine seems to be serving its purpose excellently, for the cent- ers were dropping the ball into the net with a regularity which became Trackmen Defend Butler Relays Crown Morris Outpunches Scott In Amateur Feature The )T S TOV E -- By BILL REED- FROM present indications tonight may mark the most important date in the athletic career of Sam Stoller, Michigan's Crooning Cannon- ball. For tonight, if he is ever to do it, he may best Jesse Owens of Ohio State in the sprint. Although Owens, who is expected to compete in the Butler Relays to- night in his first appearance of the year, and Stoller have been compet- ng against each other for the past' even years, Stoller's only victory was in their first year in high school. Tonight, however, conditions are favorable for a win by the Michigan sprinter. In the best shape he has ever reached, not feeling the effects of a muscle cramp which bothered him in the finals of the Big Ten sprint last week after he had tied Owens' world's record of :06.1, Stoller will have the advantage of a winter's competitin while Owens will be without any. And Stoller recognizes the fact, oo. His last remark before' he left yesterday was, "It's this time if it's ever going to happen." A RARE experience in track com- petition, a close four-mile relay, is in prospect at the Butler Relay to- ight, between Michigan and Indi- ana. With Don Lash recovered from the throat ailment which put him out of the running in the Conference meet, and supported by Tommy Deck- ard, Jim Smith and Duke Hobbs, the Hoosier quartet will be a strong ag- gregation. But the Michigan team, also, presenting the winners of 15 points in the two distance runs in the Big Ten meet, will also be hard to beat. Michigan will run Walter Stone, Bill Staehle, who holds the Yost Field house mile record for freshmen although he has competed only in the two mile while on the Varsity, Ray Fink, who has done 4:22 or bet- ter, and Clayton Brelsford, who was timed at better than 4:18 as he finished second in the Big Ten mile last week. Although the best individual per- formances of the Michigan team would. point to a better than 17:40 total, the obstacles in the way of a good mark are great. For one thing the Butler track, cut up by the large field entered, is not an ideal running track and secondly, a ten-lap track such as Butler's is confusing to the pace judgement of the runner used to an eight-lap track. The Butler record for the four-mile relay is Michigan's 1935 time of 18:02.6, the American indoor record 17:21.7, set by a University of Penn- sylvania team in 1933, with Gene Venzke running the first leg. SKIP ETCHELLS, Big Ten dis- cuss champion, is working out these days with a bandaged left hand, badly cut when a tea cup broke in his hands while he was washing it. Etchells, who coined Sam Stoller's latest appellation, "Crooning Cannonball," says that had the south end instead of the north end of the cup broken, Michigan would have been with- out one defending champion this spring. Etchells, incidentally, has already registered a throw indoors of 150 feet. His winning throw in the Big Ten meet was 154 feet, 10 inches, and he has his eye on 160 feet this year and a possible Olympic berth. JOHN CHARLES Laggona Gains Knockout Win Over Underhill Ann Arbor Gloves Winner I Drops Rematch In Fast Bout With Indian By FRED BUESSER Tommy Morris, vengeful little In- dian who dropped a decision to EddieI Scott in the finals of the Ann Arbor Golden Gloves tourney and then went on to punch his way to the semi-finals of the Chicago Tribune tournament, after cleaning up the Detroit area en route, returned to the Armory last night and gained his revenge. Scott, a beautifully built negro with an effective jab and good timing, was just not good enough as the stocky Indian featherweight, resorting to body punching in the first two stanzas of the five round go, softened up the Ann Arbor champion, and then pro- ceeded to go to work. Fast Slugging Duel Mixing a vicious overhand right with a right cross, Morris carried the fight through most of the last three rounds and effective infighting piled up points. Morris who fights for the Neighborhood House in Detroit, took plenty of punches himself, but his poker face never changed expression as he waded back into the battle. Pummelling both hands to Scott's head and then to his midsection, Mor- ris kept crowding in, and in the final round caught the negro first with a right hook and then followed with a right smash to the side of Scott's head. Down for the count of nine, Scott struggled to his feet and kept dancing away until the bell. Is Terrific Puncher Red Underhill, redheaded South Lyons youth who won the award as the most promising fighter in the no- vice class of the Ann Arbor Golden Gloves, ran into another terrific puncher in Jim Laggona of Detroit. Underhill and Laggona stepped into the ring and for two and a half rounds, put on one of the best slug- ging matches local fight fans have ever seen. Underhill, packing a lethal left and a powerful right, came out swing- ing, but a moment later the boy Lone Michigan Man Tennis Squad Working Hard For Opening Meet With State By CARL GERSTACKER The Varsity netters, under the tute- lage of Coach John Johnstone, are practicing diligently these days in an attempt to get themselves in shape for the opening meet with Michigan State, April 21. Ranking matches are being played which should go far in determining the po- sitions for the first meet. Coach Johnstone is well pleased with the way the team stacks up at the present time. The squad, led by the diminutive veteran Capt. Howie Kahn, would line up about as fol- lows: No. 1 position will probably go to Capt. Howie Kahn. Kahn, who while not a brilliant player, plays a cool, Competing as the lone Michigan representative in the National Col- legiate wrestling meet which is be- ing run off today at Lexington, Va., Earl Thomas is accorded a good chance of gaining a place among the first four men in the 135-pound class. This would make him eligibe to compete in the Olympic tryouts. the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Sher- wood is going great guns in the rank-1 ing matches, having already defeated' Johnny Rodrigue and Ted Thorward. Dean has not played enough matches this year to show in what kind of shape he is, but should be given a No. 2 or No. 3 place on the strength of his performance last year. He has a great deal of "fight" and is never beaten until the last point is scored. Johnny Rodriguez in No. 4 positionj shows more possibilities of improve-, ment than any other man on the squad. He has a world of speed, but is decidedly weak at the net. He seems to lack experience in picking his time to go up to the net, and then seems at somewhat of a loss as to what to do next when he gets there. He is a hard worker, however, and should overcome his weaknesses in court generalship by the time the squad gets outside. He is in the best physical condition of any man on the squad and should show up well on those scorching June days. Jesse Flick, Ted Thorwt ard and Bob Edmonds are the other members of the Varsity squad. Flick looks the part of a very good tennis player at times and may develop into a star by the end of the season. Ted Thorward is having trouble with his eyes which has handicapped his play to some extent, but should show up better when he gets outdoors. Tonight t Armory Michigan Crowned BilliardsChampiol Michigan, Purdue and Cornell wer announced yesterday as national in tercollegiate billiard champions. Th Wolverines copped the pocket billiar title last week, but due to the late ness of the result report, official an nouncement has just been made. At the time of the deadline, In diana led with a total score of 30, but the Wolverine report 24 hour later put them in first plade with 404 total. Indiana has protested th decision but it is very doubtful if an change will be made. Players who participated in th pocket billiard event were: Ralph Sid man, Ed Zak, Steve Uricek, John Ku bow and Harry Sheffman. Chocolate Sunda e lOc MADE WITH OUR OWN HOME MADE ICE CREAM AND CHOCOLATE SYRUP. Y1 T ..nive.Lrsit the canvas listening to Referee Charles Sutherland toll out numbers - a victim of the Detroiter's destruc- tive left. On his feet at the count of seven, Underhill rushed at Laggona and after a toe-to-toe slug fest dropped him for a seven count. Laggona got to his feet and from his peculiar crouching style came back to lace Underhill throughout the remainder, of the fight. His left, connecting with various portions of the Underhill anatomy, had the redhead in trouble throughout the rest of the fight, but Red is a game boy and it was not until his more experienced rival had floored him for the fourth time in the final round - and knocked him halfway through the hopes that Un- derhill was actually beaten. Even then his seconds had to toss in the towel. The decisions in several of the ten bouts appeared questionable last night and the crowd continued to be hostile to the judges after they gave Bob DeMarce, local boy, the nod over Ted Sarris of Jackson in what appeared to be a touch of local favoritism. In other fights Steve Poules out- pointed Dave Scott, Mike Lowler bare- heady game and seems to be in form to go far this season. He is definitely a "money player," doing his best when the going gets rough. His steady style of play is especially ef- fective against a hard driving smash- ing type of player. Miller Sherwood and Jarvis DeanI will most likely be the selections for Fisher Puzzled When Four Reply To 'Captain' Anyone prowling among the base- ball men in the Fieldhouse had better be careful or they're liable to run into a captain of some sort. With John Gee's election as next year's basket- ball captain, the Wolverine nine can now boast a quartet of team leaders. The other honored gents are Matt Patanelli, football, Vic Heyliger, hockey, and Berger Larson, of course, the baseball skipper. So if Coach Ray Fisher hears any- one reciting, "Captain, 0 Captain," on trips, he'll have a hard time de- termining who the culprit is, except that Larson doesn't recite. Banquet Programs We suggest that you bring your next order of banquet programs to us for printing. 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