THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wolverine Basketball Team Will Not Compete Unsatisfactory1 Record Is Cited By Cage Mentor Participation Would Take Players From Baseball And TrackSquads Michigan's Varsity basketball team will not enter the Olympic cage elim- ination tournament Coach Franklin Cappon said yesterday. An unsatis- factory record so far this season was given as the major cause for this de- cision. Coach Cappon said that because the tourney is scheduled to be played after the close of the regular season, the harm that entrance would do to the baseball and track teams would hardly justify playing in the elimi- nations. Such men as John Gee, George Rudness, John Jablonski, Matt Patanelli, Manny Slavin, and Herm Fishman would be unable to report to Coach Ray Fisher until late in the season. Must Report Late John Townsend, ace shot putter, and Bill Barclay, a member of the golf squad, would also be unable to report until late and would handi- cap the performances of both of these teams. The Wolverines, had they entered, would be forced to compete with Pur- due, Indiana, Notre Dame, DePaul, Illinois, and Ohio State for the Fifth District includes Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. The District tour- nament will be held at Butler Field House in Indianapolis and will in- clude eight teams. The Fifth Dis- trict champion will meet the Sixth District winner. The Sixth District is made up of teams from Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. Plans Not Final Although final arrangements have not been settled as yet, it has been indicated that winners, or both win- ners and runners-up, of the collegiate section will meet Y.M.C.A. and ama- teur champs at Madison Square Gar- den in New York City. Seven members of the winning team, three from the runners-up, and one from each of the two semi-final squads will make up the team that will travel to Germany to compete for the first Olympic basketball title. It is rumored that the Olympic court will be of gravel or dirt and that no 10-second line will be used thus allowing free use of the "old time" stalling game. Wrestlers To Meet Chicago Here Saturday Returning home for the first time since the Michigan State meet which preceded the second semester, Mich- igan's matmen face Chicago's grap- plers at 3:30 p.m. Satuday and Washington and Lee next Monday night. Both meets will be held in the Yost Field House. Having defeated the Windy City team last year 19-15, the Wolverines will not only attempt to make it two straight but also avenge the recent Ohio State loss. There is also the opportunity of winning their first Big Ten meet of the season before the home fans that is spurring Coach Keen's proteges on to greater heights. The Maroons' star wrestler is Lein- hardt, who also plays football for the Chicago institution. He is the "handy- man" on the aggregation being able to compete anywhere between 155 and 175 pounds. Judging from their past record Washington and Lee may be called "the wrestling king of the South." They have only lost one dual meet in the last eight years and have annexed the Southern Conference mat title for the past seven years. So far this season Washington and Lee has registered three shutout vic- tories including a 32-0 win over Duke University. The Leemen are coached by Mr. Mathis, a former Western Conference champion from Illinois. Michigan lost to Washington and Lee last year by the score of 19-13, thus you can expect a victory as far as the Wolverines are concerned. The Varsity will close their home season on Feb. 29 against Northwest- ern. Hockey Team The HOT Prepares For STOVE Gopher Tilts' By BILLREED - Coach Lowrey Looks For AT- . in k . W 1- r C Drugstore Coaches Call John Townsend 'Standout' Center, PITCHERS, CATCHERS CALLED All pitchers and catchers wish- ing to try out for the Varsity or freshman baseball teams are I IT SEEMS the Olympic Hockey com- petition was a big success but for the fact that there weren't enough Canadians to go around. x. . Practically unnoticed in the A.A.U. meet Tuesday night was the brilliant mile run by Ralph Schwarzhoff of Saginaw Eastern. Only three interscholastic per- formances during 1935 are listed in the annual Athletic Almanac as bettering Schwartzhoff's time of 4:29.4, and they were all reg- istered outdoors. ,4 411 Best high school time listed there was that of Louis Zamperini, Tor- rance High, Los Angeles, in 4:26.3, andonly two other were better than 4:30. The national interscholastic record is held by Glenn Cunningham, running.from Elkhart, Kan., in 1930, when he set a mark of 4:24.7. Cunningham is today the center of controversy among the track dope- sters as they wonder whether he may be used up following his successive defeats in the mile by Joey Mangan and Gene Venzke. The concensus, however, seems to be that the Kansas Flyer is still the man to beat for the Olympic post at 1500 meters. At any rate, he will certainly be in the thick of it. Few miles, be it remembered, will be run indoors or outdoors faster than Mangan's 4:11 in the Millrose Games, and Cunningham was very much in that race. Local track dopesters are turn- ing their attention to the Mich- igan-Indiana dual meet here next week as probably the closest event on the year's card. One of them was figuring the points yesterday and gave Michigan a one-point margin-a very slim edge so early in the season. The tough breaks which have to date been the practical extent of Davey Barnes' collegiate athletic com- petition have hit again. This time it's another pulled leg muscle which kept him from the A.A.U. meet and which will definitely keep him from the State dual meet Friday night. b k :k BILL WATSON, just enrolled as a fieshman, impressed observers Tuesday night in a number of ways, not the least of which was the whip in his right arm as he shoved the 16-pound shot almost 46 feet despite deplorable form. But most striking was the physical resemblance to Willis Ward which was noted. A little more than two inches shorter, Watson weighs 192 as did Ward and carries himself almost exactly as Willis. While Varsity athletes have ceased to breathe or are just re- suming regular respiration after announcement of their first se- mester grades, there are some an- nouncements which are possible before the meeting of the eligibil- ity committee tonight. And head- ing those announcements are the straight A records of Nelson Drou- lard and Harvey Patton of the track team and Earl Townsend, who plays basketball. Earl, it ap- pears, turned the tables on brother John, who could do no better than one A and four B's. Discovery Is 'Hot' For Track Classic LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19. - W)~ Discovery, champion of the American turf, was reported "dead right" today for Saturday's racing extravaganza, the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap. Bud Stotler, Discovery's trainer, said he was convinced the horse was ready for the race of his life after Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's big mon- ey winner ran a mile and orie-quar- ter yesterday in 2:08. This final tune-up over the Handi- cap distance was run on a sloppy track with Discovery's stablemate, Scotch Bun, furnishing the opposi- tion. Regardless of weather, Discovery will go to the post a pronounced fa- vorite. He was 8-to-5 in the future books today, and has been since Head Play and Cavalcade were with- crawn. Victory Despite Lack OI Reserves Eddie Lowrey began tuning up his 2-cylinder scoring machine in a stiff drill at the Coliseum last night in preparation for the forthcoming title series with the Minnesota Gophers here Friday and Saturday nights. Much encouraged by their impres- sive 12-5 win over St. Thomas Tues- day night, the players went through a spirited drill, at the conclusion of which Lowrey announced that Minne- sota would be in for a real battle despite the Wolverines' lack of re- serves. Boast Great Record The rampant Gophers have com- piled a great record this season and will be seeking their seventh con- secutive win when they face the Michigan pucksters Friday night. Victorious already in two of the four- game series to determine the Confer- ence champion, the Gophers will be favored to sweep both Friday and Saturday's tilts, but the fact that 1 Coach Larry Armstrong has raised a considerable row over the question of who will officiate in the series seems to indicate that the Gophers are tak- ing the two games very seriously. Coach Lowrey, as is the intercolle- giate custom, has already selected Paddy Farrell, International League referee to act as arbiter. 'Minnesota ' has never made any bones about pick- ing the officials when we played in Minneapolis," said Lowrey, "and they aren't going to come down here and pick them too." Shalek Is Keyman jSince Michigan fell before the Gophers in mid-January, Minnesota has not lost a game, but four of their j wins have been at the expense of Michigan Tech. With James and Heyliger working together Michigan will have a good chance to stop the Gophers at least once this weekend. The new found scoring punch which was so evident against St. Thomas will stand the Wolverines in good stead, but it is upon Irwin Shalek, Michigan's goalie that the responsibility will fall for keeping the Michigan net clear. Shalek had a bad night against Minnesota in the first game of the series this year, but came back in the second tilt to hold the Gophers to one questionable goal. If Shalek can deliver this week Michigan will have an excellent chance to take both games and tie for the Conference title, Lowrey thinks. FROSH BOXERS REPORT All freshmen interested in box- ing, including members of the freshman boxing team, should re- port to me immediately. Coach Vern Larson. By RAYMOND A. GOODMAN Michigan is due for its first All- Conference basketball player in three years. The candidate - John Town- §end, of course. .With the end of the basketball season only a few weeks away the drugstore coaches are beginning to mull All-Conference possibilities over in their minds and the Wolverine sophomore is a standout at the cen- ter position for despite the fact that he is listed as a forward in the line- up and John Gee does the jumping for the Wolverines, Townsend is ac- tually the Varsity center and pivot man. Scored 70 Points With eight Big Ten games played John has scored 70 points to rank seventh in individual scoring with four of the six men ahead of him having played at least nine games. But the Michigan "wonder boy" has not only been outstanding in the scoring columns. As a passer it is doubtful if his peer is to be found in the Conference or even in Con- ference history. As a ball handler he is definitely tops. Pick Townsend Coach Benny Oosterbaan, Cappon's scout, has seen the pick of the Con- ference, including Earl Thomas of Ohio State, John's major competi- tion for the selection, and he rates the Michigan sophomore as the class of the league. William P. Fox, Jr., director of the Fifth Olympic basket- ball district, rates John as the best center he has seen in the state of Indiana and all of the Big Ten teams have played in that state this year. Townsend's impossible passes have been the talk of the Big Ten and Michigan's recent opponents have held him in such high regard that they invarably put two men on him in what have been vain attempts to stop him. At Indiana Monday night Vernon Huffman and Wendel Walk- er, the Conference's most capable Gib James Gives John Jewell's Pads Workout Johnny Jewell, former Michigan goalie and co-captain of last year's championship team, was considerably embarrassed after the conclusion of the Michigan-St. Thomas puck tilt Tuesday night. Bud Connor, St. Thomas net mind- er, forgot his pads, and Johnny, who plays for Tool Shop in the Michigan Ontario League, generously donated his big leg protectors to Connor. "Twelve goals, why that's the most that have ever been scored on those pads," Johnny grinned, as he con- gratulated Gib James after the game. But the real blow came just before the start of the third stanza, when the score 7-1 in Michigan's favor, Connor, still wearing Johnny's pads, stuck his head in the Wolverine dres- sing room and in a pleading tone asked, "How about letting up this period, fellows?" asked to Fisher at afternoon. YostrField House ti Coach Ray Fisher. 11 Don't Let Your Appearance Slide Down Hill Come in- Look around- Our Spring Shirts-Neck- wear- Hats - are in too! A pleasure to show you. JOHN TOWNSEND brace of guards, both, covered John. True, they stopped his passes, but only at the expense of allowing him 13 points. As impressive as John's passing, scoring, and ball handling is his "brains" and desire to win. A loose ball isn't lost until it is actually out- side as far as he is concerned. Indiana Still Talking Some fans may recall John's use of the retaining net at Yost Field House in the Iowa game to recover a loose ball. Indiana is still talking about the manner in which he went around Huffman to pick up a rolling ball for a basket after the Hoosier guard had knocked down John's piv- ot shot. These incidents aren't the exception - just the rule. Townsend's outstanding. competi- tion for the All-Conference center post is Earl Thomas of Ohio State. The Buckeye center is leading the Big Ten pivot men in total points scored, if not averaged, with 80 points in 10 games played. Despite the fact that he is, along with War- ren Whitlinger, one of the main rea- sons for O.S.U. success so far, he has not shown himself to be on the same plane with Townsend as an all- around player. Patty Berg Is Winner Over Glenna Collett THE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN I1 and KENT Collar Attached Shirts At Genial British Si Pooh Poohs L By GEORGE J. ANDROS "He must be good" is the naturalI reaction of any layman when shown the record of Matt Mann, coach of Michigan's perennial national cham- pionship swimming team, and while the observation is exactly correct, the genial Britisher waves aside the suggestion that het has anyparticular recipe to offer for the development of championship swimmers. "I don't profess the power to work a miracle," Matt laughs, "two boys of the same build, strength and tem- perament, if such a thing can happen, come to me for college training. One of them becomes a member of our team and wins high honors. The other fails to develop in spite of all the teaching and coaching I can give him. "Why? Simply because one has good swimming habits and the other, is tied hand and foot by bad habits i he has picked up in his prep schbol wimming Coach PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 19. -(/P) aym an's 1raiSes -Patty Berg, sensational young golfer from Minneapolis, today de- feated Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, na- days. All I can do for a boy is givef him a great deal of training on fun- tional women's champion, 3 and 2 in damentals - the blocking and tack- the second round of the Palm Beach ling of swimming, to borrow a foot- golf tournament. Ironically, the score ball phrase." of their first, encounter since the . Fca I... f'f: fJ.:.-.. . : ! f .; ; ti fyT ' ' " : :'iiYi . "J r:: 1J J, .. Ji ' ,''.? ::ti:'rsJ :: J: Jft."::1 JJJll :". :!JIV{lf:".. tom.'{J'Ji " "'f . 1 "JJ : :%rf3 rJJ ""J'f1:" {tiJ'.' J JN 1::.} . J.JY.: 1 :r :ti r:?j " ' j "r {i1; '{ : i Matt feels that in swimming more than in any other sport bad habits contracted early in the athlete's ca- reer affect him in later years. When he gets his hands on a pros-' pect, the Wolverine mentor has a defi- nite idea how he wants the boy to' swim - and then comes the work. "Work, work, work, and more work" -that is Matt's gospel and only work in the pool after the season starts, contrary to the majority of coaches who put their men through gym workouts every day during the sea- son. The results speak for themselves. Six national collegiate championships in nine years and five consecutive Big, Ten titles. 1935 Interlachen was the same as that by which the Philadelphia veteran beat the seventeen-year-old Minne- apolis schoolgirl for the national title. Outstanding in today's 18-hole clash on the Palm Beach Country Club links was Miss Berg's remark- able shot on the thirteenth that earned for her a 2 up advantage - a sizzling 150-yard approach. Struck with a four iron, the ball rifled to the very lip of the cup. Mrs. Vare's companion shot was trapped. 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