PAGET THE MICHIGAN DAILY -- II The HOT STOVE By BILL REED ------- -- -- ---- Purdue's Fate In Title Race At Stake Here; Here's Why Townsend Is All-Big Ten ii '# , THE annual Daily all-Conference basketball team has in past years suffered from what every annual all- star team but one must suffer, lack of originality. In order to show a degree of independence not possible by post-season selections, the Daily sports staff this year presents a team selected before the conclusion of the regular schedule. Also, in the past, Daily all-star teams have been charged with fa- voritism, a charge which had no grounds last year, of course, for ob- vious reasons. But this year, with the best team to represent Michigan in six years due principally to the presence of one individual, we will de- ny every charge of favoritism in nominating John Townsend at center as Michigan's first all-Conference cager since Ed Garner in 1932. And we are confident that other all-star teams will support us. Forwards. Kessler and Haarlow and no discussion is even neces- sary. Bob Kessler is sure of re- peating his All-American selec- tion of 1935 and Bill Haarlow is not far behind. Despite the fact that every team in the Confer- ence was laying for these two boys, they dropped field goals through the basket as easy as Bobby Jones dropped one-foot putts. As one person now at Michigan who has played both with Bob Kessler and the Wolverines writes, "Kes in my opinion represents the ideal athlete. In the first place, he is the practical example of that nebulous term, 'good mental attitude,' for his very pres- ence seems to buoy the Boilermakers on to wilder scoring sprees. In the second place he combines with an athletic career, a scholastic record which has frequently placed him on the much honored 'Distinguished List'." Ken Gunning of Indiana and Jew- ell Young of Purdue get our vote for the second team posts. Gunning is third in scoring with 124 points be- hind Kessler and Haarlow and Young is sixth with 104 but has played only 11 games and so will probably end up behind Gunning when the season has closed officially. Warren Whitlinger, the Ohio State flash, deserves more than casual men- tion. Also deserving of mention are Trenkle and McMichaels of North- western, Rosenthal of Iowa, and Combes of Illinois. Center: John Townsend gets our huzzahs and he'll probably get every one else's. Spectators were treated to a complete lesson in passing in every game he played. His shooting was be- yon reproach and to call his ball- hawking and team play remark- able would be under-statement to say the least. The comments contributed on Bob Kessler fit Townsend as well. It is rare when a boy six feet five inches tall and weighing 215 pounds is well coordinated, but when he is plain lightning under- neath a basket - it's basketball history. Ohio State's Thomas was Town- Swimmers In Last Dual Meet Of Season Tonight Michigan's Varsity swimming team closes its 1935-36 dual meet season tonight in Columbus, meet- ing Ohio State for the second time this winter. Having defeated the Buckeyes 50 to 34 in their first encounter in the Intramural pool two weeks ago, Coach Matt Mann's Big Ten and National Champions should have another romp tonight despite the usual handicaps of competing away from home. Particularly watched will be Harry Rieke's second meeting with Capt. Charlie Salie, Ohio State's All-American back-stroker, and the renewal of the Frank Barnard- Dexter Woodford duals in the 220 and 440. send's only competitor for the pivotDfeat B Michigan Would post and gets the second team selec-DeeaB Mihga Wol tion by a breeze. He stood out in Give Crown To Indiana; every game he played both offensive- ly and defensively. Boilermakers Favored Honorable mention goes to Fecht- Indiana's 40 to 34 victory over Ohio1 man, Indiana's giant, Riegel of Il- State Monday night left the Hoosiers linois largely for his jumping ability, in a virtual tie with Purdue for the and Smith of Northwestern. Big Ten basketball title and the Con- Guards: The Conference was a lit- ference winner depending on the tWe short on guards this year. For Michigan-Purdue game Saturday first team we pick Wendel Walker night. and William Henry Harrison "Tip- The ictory over the Buckeyes py' Die of Indiana and Ohio State closed the season for the Hoosier five respectively with Vernon Huffman, with a record of 11 wins and one loss another Hoosier and George Rudness while the Boilermakers lag a few of Michigan rating second team. percentage points behind with 10 wins The big question n this divi- and one defeat. Should Michigan up- sion was Walker or Huffman and set the Purdue team the Red Raiders on the word of the Townsehid would win the title and the Lafayette brothers who have played against team would be forced into second these two Indiana bruisers for a place The Varsity, however, can do number of years we gave Walker no better or worse than third place. the nod.( Monday night's surprisingly easy Walker didn't have the color of win over Illinois gave Indiana sup- Huffman and perhaps was a notch porters hopes that the fast-breaking, below him in scoring ability, but he sharp-shooting Boilermaker quintet was a 'stone wall' on defense and that might be upset. Especially encour- is primarily what a guard is for. Of aging were the activities of the Town- course he must be a capable offensive send brothers on the back-board play player, but it is his defensive skill for it is here that the Wolverines that is of primary importance. have the great advantage over "Pig- Dye, who has harressed every gy" Lambert's team Michigan team he has ever played no This ability to control the ball off matter what the sport, also put on a the back-board might stop Bob Kes- defensive performance that ranks sler, Purdue's "jumping-jack" whose way above the average and still re- boarding house reach and indefa- mained a scoring threat every minute tiguable constitution has made him of the game. most dangerous under the basket. Huffman, of course, gets the If the Wolverine giants can keep second team post. With him is him from getting his usual number Rudness, Michigan's speed-mer- of rebound shots, they will stand an chant. Ratig at the top of the excellent chance of beating the Boil- heap in scoring for guards, he ermakers. --Photo by waiter A. Crow. A fake to the right and then an amazing right-handed hook pass from the left side back to the right. So difficult that not another man in the Conference could do it even in practice, John Townsend, The Daily's sekciion for all-Conference center, executes this pass with the greatest of ease. It was on passes like this one that the Michigan soph- omore ran rings around Illinois Monday night and it is passes like this one that Wolverine fans hope will defeat the title-bound Purdue team in the closing game of the season Saturday night. The picture shows Herm Fishman, guard, taking Townsend's pass trailed by Don Brewer. Bill Lane's "lost" look implies the difficulty of the pass. 10 Pitchers In Daily Sessions Under Fisher; Capt. Larson At Head Of Hurling Corps; Infield- To Be BigProblem With reports from southern base- ball camps pointing to the fact that the 1936 season will ouen within a few weeks, 10 possible Varsity pitchers are working out daily in Yost Field House under the expert tutelage of Coach Ray Fisher, ex-majorl league mound ace, in preparation for the strenuous campaign that has been scheduled for the Wolverines this spring. Headed by Capt. Berger Larson, this corps of moundsmen is one of the largest ever to report to Coach Fisher for indoor drill and with the end of the basketball season Saturday another pair of hurlers, John Gee and Herman Fishman, will also turn out. Larson and Gee are expected to be the mainstays of the staff this year and if a dependable supporting cast can be found among the other 10 men Fisher will be more than pleased. He has a group of six let- termen returning to form the nucleus of his team and the biggest task will be the building of a formidable infield. Starts 16th Season Fisher, who is starting his 16th season as Wolverine baseball mentor, has issued a call for candidates for all of the other positions but until the end of winter sport schedules is not expecting many men to report. Larson, Gee, George Rudness, Kim Williams, Vic Heyliger and Joe Lerner are the lettermen returning. Wil- liams, confined to the University Hos- pital at present, will probably see most of the service behind the plate while Rudness, Heyliger and Lerner are all outfielders. Besides Larson and Gee, the hurlers now working out are Settle, Tange, Hertz, Harnden, Lahti, Andronik, Greenblaugh and Kremer. Jablonski Eligible The overcoming o, the eligibility hazard by John Jablonski was cheer- ing news .to the Wolverine coach who is depending on him to handle one of the vacated infield berths . Of the 14 members of the basket- ball squad, nine will probably report for baseball. Gee, Rudness, Jablon- ski, and Fishman are all on the court aggregation as are also Matt Pat- anelli, Stark Ritchie, Don Brewer, Bill Lane and Manny Slavin. Fritz Rad- ford, as well as Heyliger, of the hockey squad will report next week. The first game will be with Ohio Wesleyan, April 10, and will open a 10-game spring training trip and a hard 28-game schedule. SWEET AS HONEY li^I THE ONE AND ONLY . S 1 RINK WILL CLOSE The Michigan skating rink will close Sunday, March 15, it was an- nounecd ;yesteriday k)-=Eddie Low- icy, Varsity hockey coach. Skating ticke*.: purchased be- fore that date and not used up this year can be used at the beginning of the next skating season. Starts Sweet Smokes Sweet Stays Sweet NOTHING ELSE HAS ITS FLAVOR Also Imperial Yello Bole $1.50 Daily All-Conference Basketball Team l First Team Kessler, Purdue Haarlow, Chicago J. Townsend, Michigan Walker, Indiana Dye, Ohio State F F C G G Second Team Gunning, Indiana Young, Purdue Thomas, Ohio State Huffman, Indiana Rudness, Michigan LI Honorable Mention--Forwards: Whitlinger, Ohio State; Mc- Michaels, Northwestern; Rosenthal, Iowa; Combes, Indiana; Trenkle, Northwestern. Centers: Fechtman, Indiana; Riegel, Illinois, Smith, Northwestern. Guards: Suessens, Iowa; Malaska, Purdue; Bender, Northwestern. vm w earns his post despite certain weaknesses in his guarding. His team play was excellent and his ball-hawking made him the fa- vorite of every fan. Honorable mention goes to Suessens, Iowa, Malaske, Purdue, and Bender, Northwestern. Patty Berg Shoots 74 For Low Medal Round ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 3. - (IP)- Patty Berg, of Minneapolis, eighteen-year-old golfing sensation, today won the medal in the annual Florida East Coast women's tourna- ment with a score of 74, two over men's par. The youthful Miss Berg shot par 37 on the first nine and another 37 -two over regulation figures - on the incoming route. Her medal 74, however, was six strokes under the 80 which is considered women's par for the course. Mrs. Maureen Orcutt Owens, of Mi- ami, finished second with 38-38 -76. Third place went to Mrs. Opal S. Hill, of Kansas City, with a 39-38- 77. Kathryn Hemphill, of Columbia, S. C., shot a 40-40-80; Mrs. Marion Turpie Lake, of New York, finished with a 41-40-81, and Jane Cothran, of Grenville, S. C., a 40-41-81. Hockey Summaries Hoytmen Given Big Edge Over Ohio Thinclads Despite Coach Chuck Hoyt's predic- tion that Ohio State's track team will give his Wolverines a good battle in the Field House Friday night, a com- parison of individual records pointss toward an overwhelming Michigan victory. With Indiana and Illinois both holding decisive wins over the Buck- eyes this season, it seems unlikely that the latter can do much to threaten Michigan's perfect six-year indoor dual record. Against Illinois last week the Bucks displayed power in only the 440, shot put, high jump and pole vault. Undoubtedly the ineligibility of Jesse Owens has weakened Ohio to a great extent but the consensus of LET US MAKE YOUR PORTRAIT opinion is that even with the inimi- table colored star the Buckeyes would not be exceptionally strong. Dave Albritton and Charlie Bee- tham appear to be the stars of the present Ohio squad and the chances of Albritton's breaking the field house high jump record are unusually good. Against the Illini he cleared the bar at six feet five and one half inches. Beetham is a good 440 and half-mile man, turning in a :50.8 quarter last week. Slams in the mile and two-mile runs for the Wolverines are not im- possible and a great majority of the first places will probably be garnered by Michigan. Bill Staehle is ex- pected to take the two-mile from his teammate, Walt Stone, and although he is not expected to lower the Field House mark he may duplicate his feat of last week when, with a mark of of f):25.6, he turned in the fastest two- mile a Michigan man ever ran. Kessler Leads Big Ten Scoring Race CHICAGO, March 8. - (P) - Pur- due's Bob Kessler had a lead of eight points over Chicago's Bill Haarlow in their Big Ten individual scoring duel today but the modern record of 167 set by Joe Reiff of Northwestern in 1933 seemed reasonably safe. Haar- low pitched in 19 points last night against Iowa, running his total to 138. One that you will be proud to give as a Gift The leaders GFGFT Kessler, Purdue ... .11 Haarlow, Chicago . .11 Gunning, Indiana . .12 Whitlinger, Ohio .. .12 McMichaels, N'ws . .11 Young, Purdue .....11 Rosenthal, Iowa . .. .12 J. Townsend, Mich. .11 55 50 45 37 46 42 34 36 36 38 34 34 13 20 33 28 TP 146 138 124 108 105 104 101 100 STUDIO On South State Street Dial 5031 -- dy Ir - _' I i1 11 AS SEEN IN ESQUIRE HALF I HALF MAKES' ONE SWELL SMOKE'U Michigan Shalek Simpson David Heyliger Febello James Pos. Goal D D C W W Wayne Durocher Widlak Robinson Forrest Peckham Ehrlich Spares: Michigan - Merrill, Rad- ford. Wayne - Wolfe, Newsted, Sei- del, Seppalo, Kuhn, Cassin, Avery. First Period scoring: Heyliger (Da- vid) 10:00, Penalty: David (Charging). Second period scoring: Fabello 10:10, James (Heyliger) 11:16 Hey- liger (James) 11:52; Fabello (Merrill, James) 14:47 Cassin (Seidel) 19:05. Penalty: Simpson (Holding); Sei- del (Tripping); Widlak (Tripping). Third period scoring: James 11:46. 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