THURSDAY, MARCH 5,1936. THE MICHIGAN DAILY rtnu J * .L Z bE ... r-- T I The HOT STOVE By BILL REED Record Crowd Expected At Purdue Game "1 R' it )UR CONGRATULATIONS to Ray Roberts, "master of the lamps" in the Field Houre, for a double score in the field second closest to his heart - flying. Ray has not only completed final written tests for his private pilot's license, but has been elected president of the recently organized Ann Arbor Aviation society, a club of local fliers using the facilities of the Ann Arbor Airport, whele Ray took his lessons. The Class of 1939 in athletics, it appears, are no shrinking violets. First it was a yearling swimming squad which established itself as "the best team in the country." Now a freshman wrestling squad has hurled a challenge at Coach Cliff Keen's Varsity. And Otto Kelly, who directs the freshman mat activities, stands back of them with the claim that his 48-man squad will take the Varsity in a meet with two bouts in each division. The meet will probably be staged tle last week in March, following the Conference meet. Varsity Points For Third Spot In Court Race Boilermakers Must Score' Victory To Tie Indiana For First Place Ace Of Yankee Hurling Corps Works Out Matmen Hold Workouts For Indiana Matchl In preparation for their hardest meet of the year against Indiana, the Conference champions who have been undefeated in dual meet com- petition since 1930, the Michigan Var- sity wrestlers are holding strenuous I workouts to sharpen up on their of- fensive and defensive maneuvers. Coach Keen plans to take his charges to Bloomington Friday where they will meet the Hoosiers the fol- lowing day. The Wolverine matmen fwill undoubtedly enter the meet as underdogs, but the home team will know that they all have been in a match if the Michigan boys show the same spirit they have displayed in practice sessions. * * * A REALLY FINE TRIBUTE has come to this department, to one fine scholar-athlete from another who has already established himself at Michigan for his own fine qual- ities as student and athlete. It comes from Tom Fisher, who played bas- ketball with Bob Kessler at Ander- son, Ind., in high school and who played basketball and was on the track squad his first two years here. ** * DEAR BILL: "Piggy" Lambert is bringing Bob Kessler and the rest of the Pur- due lads up to A.A. this weekend for the final Big Ten tilt for both teams. I do not wish to do any prognosticat- ing, on the grounds of personal ex- pediency, since I am both a close friend of several members of that suc- cessful ball club and also a loyal Michigander. However, I should like to call your attention to a brief con- sideration of their highly touted star forward. You have heard, of course, of this fellow Kessler. You know that he was All-America last year, and that he is supposed to be one sweet ball player. I just want to back up all of that dope a full one hundred per cent, plus adding a little of my own "say," in order that you may better un- derstand him as he goes through his crazy antics on the floor this coming Saturday night. Kes, in my opinion, represents the ideal athlete. In the first place, he is the practical example of that neb- ulous term, "good mental attitude," for his very presence seems to buoy the Boilermakers on to wilder scoring sprees. In the second place, he com- bines with an athletic career, a scho- lastic record which has frequently placed him on the much honored "distinguished list." That he really has something to him is evidenced by the fact that he has continued from successful high school days his winning ways inboth basketball and scholarship. As to his basketball ability, the records are sufficient, needing little elaboration. You will find that he is as colorful a playei as Purdue has turned out since "stretch" Murphy. His native adeptness with the left hand has brought general despair to his guards and high scoring honors to himself. Paradoxical as it seems, his one weakness is a di- rect result of an especially strong point of his. Driving in under the left side of the floor, he literally "milks" fouls out of op- posing, apparently-i n n o c e n t guards. Yet when he steps up to the free throw line he does well to bat .500 on the conversion. But equally true is it that with five players on the other team hang- ing all over him, he somehow managers, by a couple of inside- out twists, and a left hand, to hit the nets for a goal. One thing about this game Satur- day: it will probably be the best Michigan fans have seen for several seasons. Keep your eye on Kes; yell for Michigan; and truly, may the better team win. As ever, T. K. Fisher. As has been mentioned in this col- umn before, the meeting Saturday night of Kessler and Michigan's John Townsend will be a basketball event, not only for a comparison of the cage abilities of the two Hoosier state products, but because few of our acquaintance as perfectly fit Tom' Fisher's tribute to Kessler as does Townsend. A record-breaking crowd of 9,500 persons is expected by officials to jam Yost Field House to capacity Satur- day night when the Michigan basket- ball team, playing its last game of the year, will make a last effort to jolt the Purdue Boilermakers out of the title race in what is looming up as the crucial game of Big Ten sea- son. Purdue is tied with Indiana, which has completed its schedule, for the lead. The only crowd on record rivaling that expected to witness the Purdue tilt saw Michigan defeat Wisconsin back in 1929 in the final game of that season to go into a tie for the Conference crown. Drill Against Frosh Should the Michigan five upset the sharp-shootingtBoilermakers they would finish the season with eight wins and four losses. Benny Ooost- erbaan, assistant coach, has pointed out that this was the same record turned in by the Michigan team of 1925, of which he was a member, when they won the title. Third place, however, is the best that the Varsity can do, win or lose. Coach Cappon put the Wolverines through a practice drill against Ray Fisher's freshman team working Matt Patanelli in Earl Townsend's forward position. The elder Townsend broth- er played only a short time taking no chances on injuring his bruised heel again. This bruise is the result of Townsend's style of jumping on the back-board play by which he always hits the hardwood heel first. There- fore practice only irritates the al- ready sore spot. Squad In Good Shape George Rudness, Matt Patanelli, and John Gee are also hampered by sprained ankles but both have been rounding into shape fast. All four will be in prime condition in time for the final game Saturday night. The Varsity encountered the same difficulty with the freshman squad yesterday that they have encountered for the last three weeks. In the first short drill the Varsity was nosed out 17 to 16. This has been the usual procedure since the Indiana game at the beginning of the semester. How- ever, it was apparent today that the first string cagers were taking no chances and were merely coasting in their scrimmages with the frosh. Cl1i Psi Advances In I-M Basketball With the score tied at six all, Jack Palmer dropped a charity toss to give Chi Psi a 7-6 victory over Pi Lambda Phi and a place in the quarter-finals of the play-offs in the fraternity Class "A" basketball league, Tuesday at the Intramural Sports Building. The game was marked throughout by ex- tremely close guarding. Theta Chi and Nu Sigma Nu en- gaged in a battle that was every bit as close with Theta Chi finally com- ing out on the long end of a 25-24 score when Russ Coward sank a free throw in the last few minutes of play. Theta Chi was beaten in the finals last year by Alpha Omega. The quarter-final pairings are: Lambda Chi Alpha vs. Theta Chi, Alpha Delta Phi vs. Delta Kappa Ep- silon, Sigma Phi vs. Chi Psi, and Sig- ma Alpha Mu vs. Theta Delta Chi. CUBA AMERICAN ZONE Mexico, Cuba and Australia are entered in the North American zone Davis Cup tennis eliminations with the United States. 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Just to remind you of some Real Bar- gains in PIPES and Smoking Accesso- ries .. .. .. ...at I Trackmen May Lose Davidson For Ohio Meet Beetham And Albritton To Lead Visitors In Friday Night's Encounter Michigan's track team will make its last home appearance until May 9 when it faces Ohio State tomorrow night in Yost Field House, and the Wolverines appear intent on serving a final notice to the rest of the Big Ten that they will be the team to beat in the Conference meet, March 13-14. Michigan may not be at full strength for the Buckeye clash, how- ever, due to the illness of Howard Davidson, star half miler. Davidson is suffering from intestinal influenza and may be kept out of tomorrow's engagement. Charles Beetham and Dave Al- britton will lead the Buckeye delega- tion and will probably collect at least a pair of first places between them. Beetham, the Big Ten's defending outdoor 880 champion, is also an ex-, cellent quarter miler and may take both of these events. To win the 440, however ,he will have to outrun Stan Birleson of the Wolverines, which is a full evening's job in itself. Michigan's mile relay team ,having run the, fastest race outdoors ever turned in east of the Rockies, will have its last crack at the Field House mark Friday. Birleson, Osgood, Pat- ton and either Fred Stiles or Capt. Frank Aikens will carry the baton and Swimming Summaries 400-yard free-style relay: Won by Michigan (Drew, Blake, McCarty and Osgood); second, Ohio State. Time- 3:54.4. 200-yard breast-stroke: Won by Kasley (M); second, Kirbert (0); third, VanderVelde (M). Time-2:32. 150-yardback-stroke: Wonhby Rieke (M) ; second, Salie (0) ; third, Smith (0). 50-yard free-style: Won by Faul- kenstein (0); second, Mowerson (M); third, Williams (0). Time-:24.9. 440-yard free-style: Won by Bar- nard (M); second, Woodford (0); third, Figley (0). Time-4:57. 100-yard free-style: Won by Mow- erson (M); second, McCarty (M); third, Smith (0). Time-:55.5. High-board diving: Won by Pat- terson (0); second, Kallman (0); third, Grady (M). 220-yard free-style: Won by Bar- nard (M); second, Woodford (0); third, Mowerson (M). Time-2:18.8. 300-yard medley relay: Won by Michigan (Rieke, Kasley and Drew); second, Ohio State. Time-3:01.6. PHILLIES ARRIVE WINTER Haven, March 4.-- (4") - Arriving Phillies - 24 of them- had their first workouts on schedule for today. are given an excellent chance of low- ering the present mark of 3:22.9. That record was set by DeBaker, Eknovitch, Turner and Russell. If the present quartet of stars is not able to best that, it is at least a ser- ious threat to the dual meet record of 3:23.7. By GEORGE J. ANDROS< Victor in his first three appearancesf as a Michigan swimmer -all of themE Big Ten races against the second and third ranking All-American back- strokers - Harry Rieke is fast be-t coming the favorite to win the Con-1 ference title in the 150-yard event in1 the annual championships at Min- neapolis next week. Two question marks hanging over the back-stroke events in next week's1 meet, however, threaten to reduce Rieke's status to that of dark horse.I The first and greater of these is the mystery surrounding Danny Zehr ofI Northwestern, and the second is the problem of how great an advantage Minnesota's 20-yard pool will give' Dick Westerfield of Iowa. Handicapped By Injury Zehr, member of the 1932 Olympic team and point-winner in the in- ternational meet between the United States and Japan last summer, has given up the back-stroke in favor of the 220 and 440-yard free-style events in every Conference meet Northwes- tern has had this winter, supposedly because of an arm injury suffered last fall that is said to handic-p him only; in the back-stroke. Yet the Wildcat sophomore turned in one back-stroke time in a meet last December with Northwestern's freshmen that came close to the Na- tional Intercollegiate record. Defeated Westerfieldl Now it remains to be seen whether Coach Tom Robinson will put his star in the back-stroke in the champion- ships next week or leave him to tryI his luck in the distances. And then again will Zehr be able to go fast enough to beat Rieke even if he does enter the back-stroke? Several ob- servers at the Intramural pool are answering this question in the nega- tive even though Zehr's times in the past have been better than anything Rieke has done. Rieke defeated Westerfield easily in Michigan's 25-yard pool, but the Iowa star recently set up a new In- tercollegiate record for the 150-yard event in 20-yard pools with the fine time of 1:36.6. Considering the fact that "hitting the turns" means a great deal in a back-stroke race, Wes- terfield's familiarity with a 20-yard course (Iowa's pool is this length) may give him an advantage at Min- neapolis. The Wolverine sophomore was Il- linois interscholastic champion from Carl Schurz High of Chicago. Ohio Freshmen Foes In Telegraphic Track Meet Sixty-one yearling trackmen get their first taste of action in a tele- graphic meet against the Ohio State freshmen squad Saturday afternoon at Yost Field House. 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