16, 1937
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WHEN TOMMIE HAYNIE had won
his second Conference swimming
ch' mpionship Saturday night and
put a second new record on the books,
he decided it was time someone kissed
the "Queen" of the meet, Rosemary
Redens of Delta Delta Delta. So the
:Detroit sophomore climbed out of the
pool at the end of the 440, put on
his' robe, wiped his mouth on his
sleeve and amid the yells of the 100
spectators and 150 competitors and
ofiicials approached her majesty's
throne seeking more than his gold
medal. The queen handed Tom his
medal and ducked. Haynie blushed
purple and grinned sheepishly, while
the Michigan squad jeered his un-
successful effort. This should end
the story, but it doesn't. In a few
minutes her majesty repented and
sent her victim an autographed pro-
gram inscribed with: "To Tommie
with a kiss-Rosemary."
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AS FORECAST in this column some
few months ago, the dual-meet
winning streak of Yale's swimming
team was broken at something over
150 straight victories Saturday night
at the hands of a well-balanced Har-
vard squad. The score was 39 to 36.
In view of the fact that Coach Bob
Kiputh of Yale would not consent to
meeting Michigan in recent years, it
is quite satisfying to Matt Mann to
know that the team that finally did
beat the Eli is coached by one of his
own pupils, Hy Ulen, who was Matt's
assistant at the latter's summer camp
for several years. Now that the cod-
dled winning streak is no more, a
Michigan-Yale meet in the near fu-
ture is not improbable.
THANKS to the wrestling ability of
Bill Farnsworth, I am in posses-
sion of a choice bit of doggeral com-
posed by a certain free-styler and in-
tended for the eyes of a certain very
attractive.co-ed member of the wom-
er's Olympic swimming team. Here
itis, but I'll be kind enough to keep
yur niame out of it, Walt.
Close to my heart, dear,
For "you I 'would
That I could
Win' a Big Ten title.-,
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IGHT NOW I am starting a one-
man campaign toward the con-
struction of a trophy case in the
east windows of the Intramural Pool
large enough and appropriate enough
to hold the scores of cups and tro-
phies the Varsity. swimming team las
collected in the 12 years of Matt
Mann's reign at Michigan. I carried
one of the three won at Blooming-
ton on my lap for 360 miles Sunday
and I am convinced that it and the
many others like it deserve a better
resting place than a towel locker
underneath a stairway or a closet off
the Intramural locker room.
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THFEY SAY in 'some jealous swim-
ming circles that Matt Mann's
swimmers are champions before they
ever get to him. Here are some facts
that should quiet a few of the dis-
gruntled brethern for a spell. If you
want more facts, boys, I have them.
Ed Kirar's fastest effort in the 100-
yard free-style until he came to Mich-
igan was 55 seconds fiat in a 20-yard
tank. In the same sized pool at
Iowa a few weeks ago, "The Moose"
did :51.4. Walt Tomski's best time
for the century until he matriculated
here was :55.6. The gangling sopho-
more swam the distance in :53.8 Fri-
day night, and watch him go next
year! Bob Mowerson was a 59-sec-
ond man three years ago; but he
paced the relay team in 53 flat Sat-
urday night.
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Penthouse Five Unpopular Results Are Feared
Loses To Flint i.As Center Jump Is Eliminated
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Indiana, Ohio State Offer
Stiff Test To Michigan
In Meet This Wek
Their lease on the indoor track
throne of the Western Conference re-
newed for another year, Michigan's
thinclads yesterday started pointing
for the Butler Relays, to be hold this
week-end, where the Wolverines will
again be seeking a fourth consecutive
title.
Last year the Wolverines scored 41
points in the Indianapolis meet while
Ohio State was taking second with
40 2/3 with Indiana pulling up third
at 23 1/3. This year the same three
teams will probably be battling it out
for top honors.
Notre Dame, who last Saturday
won the C.I.C. indoor championship,
will also be at the meet but the Irish
are not expected to prove a serious
contender for the crown.
Wolverines Loaf
The Wolverines let down somewhat
yesterday because of their strenuous
week-end which saw them beating
out Indiana and Wisconsin for the
Big Ten title but bykSaturday will
be back at their peak.
Four Michigan relay teams will run
at Butler with two of them defending
titles. These two are the mile- and
two-mile teams while the four-mile
and medley teams will be out to do
at least as well as they did last year
when they were both second.
Sammy Stoller will again clash
with Bobby Grieve of Illinois in the
60-yard dash with the Wolverine
sprinter out to avenge his defeat in
the finals of the Conference meet.
Capt. Bob Osgood will also be running
again in the hurdles where he will
be favored. At Chicago he hit the
first liurdle, lost his stride, was
j fourth at the half-way mark, and
still finished second.
In the field events Bill Watson will
be the center of attention. Saturday
he set a new Conference record of
50 feet 4%/4 inches in the shot put
and this week will attempt to estab-
lish a new Butler mark. He will
also be competing in the broad jump
with Alan Smith and Stoller
Mile Features Relay
The big feature of the Relays will
be the mile run in which three of
the world's most outstanding distance
stars will clash. GlennrCunningham,
world record holder, Archie San Ro-
mani, Kansas star who has zoomed
to the heights since last spring, and
Don Lash of Indiana will match
strides in this race.
Jim Kingsley, Wolverine sopho-
more pole vaulter who pulled a ten-
don in his left leg at Chicago, is
out of competition until the outdoor
season, Coach Chuck Hoyt announced
yesterday. The meet will be the final
one of the Michigan indoor schedule
and the Wolverines will be idle until
April 17 when they face California
in a dual meet at Berkeley, Calif.
Anderson Tires 60
In Grid Rehearsal
Hunk Anderson demonstrated con-
clusively to a squad of 60 aspiring
gridders yesterday'that work and lots
of it will be his tonic for the local
football situation as he sent his
charges through a three hour prac-
tice to feature the first day of out-
door drills.
Anderson had many of Michigan's
hopefuls wishing they had kept in
better shape during the off season as
he drove them in a strenuous ses-
sion that lasted till dusk. Stiff calis-
thenics and a lot of diving for flabby
stomach muscles was the ex-Notre
Dame mentor's way of showing that
he meant business.
If
Sam Stoller, Wolverine sprinter,
who was upset Saturday in his spe-
cialty by Bobby Grieve of Illinois,
gets a chance for revenge this
week-end at the Butler Relays.
Sam is co-holder of the world rec-
ord for the 60-yard dash, with
.06.1 performance to his credit.
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Illinois Places k
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Wins Mat Titlet
By BUD BENJAMIN
The storm is over, the smoke hase
cleared and only a serene quiet, sym-r
bolic of a new Conference mat cham-x
pion, is left to tell the story.
The Illini, with a powerful, well-
balanced crew of grapplers, took the9
honors Saturday night in the Field
House scoring 24 points and nosing1
out Coach Cliff Keen's Michigan1
squad by five points. Minnesota'sF
Gophers were tied with 15, Indiana,N
the defending champion, fourth with
9.
It was a nip-and-tuck meet all thef
way, one in which the slightest breakt
would decide the outscome. The,
breaks came, but not Michigan's
way, and when it was all over those
very breaks meant the margin of vic-
tory and defeat. .c
No Sour Grapes
No sour grapes are herein intended.]
Coach Hec Kenny brought a fine
squad down to Ann Arbor-the power
of which is shown by the fact that
they garnered points in no less than
seven of the eight weight divisions.
But nothing broke right for Mich-
igan, and a couple of the breaks
almost led to disaster. Paul Cameron,
the clever veteran 126-pounder won't
forget his match for a long while.
Meeting the new Conference champ
Al Sapora of Illinois in the semi-
finals, Cammy actually had one of
his opponent's shoulders down and
was applying pressure on the other
in a sure pin hold when the horn
blared ending the match. An over-
time was rightly called-and in the
extra session Sapora won by one of
the closest decisions ever recorded.
&lowv the referee ever decided between
the two is one mystery that must re-
main unsolved.
Danner Loses First
Sophomore Harland Danner lost
his first match of the year at 165
pounds to Illinois' John Ginay, an
Olympic wrestler, senior, and third
in the Conference last year. Har-
land was not outwrestled, he was out-
smarted. He never could get to using
his aggressive tactics against the wily
Ginay who stayed behind, attempted
no pin holds, and just rode along
comfortably while a frantic Danner
attempted to break into the open
where he excels.
The rarest exhibition of courage
in the meet was Earl Thomas', new
Conference champ at 135 pounds,
battle with Archie Deutschman of
Illinois. Thomas, far ahead in the
first three minutes, possibly on his
way to a pin, was the victim of
a punishing wristlock, severely
wrenching his arm. Michigan, pro-
testing an illegal hold, took timeout,
and Earl, wrestling with one arm,
finished the bout managing mirac-
ulously to keep away from a deter-
mined opponent.
Speiher Off
Johnny Speicher was a disappoint-
ment. The wee junior 118 pounder
was definitely "off" in the tourna-
ment, for after losing in the semi-
finals to "Two-Bit" Myers, the new
champ, he dropped a decision to
Illinois' Dan Blum, ranked far below
Johnny by coaches and spectator's
alike.JIt was simply Blum'shnight
and Johnny had to content himself
with a single point and a third
place.
Had Cameron pinned his man, had
Danner won as was expected, had
Speicher taken an expected second, a
different yarn would be forthcoming.
But "if" is an elusive word-one that
is practically meaningless in the ath-
letic world.
In 1-11 1Gamei
Winners Meet Wildcats In
Independent Finals At
Annual Open House
In a real story-book finish the
Flints came from behind in the last
second to eke out a victory from the
Penthouse basketball team, 12-11,
last night at the Intramural Building.
The game advanced the winners to
the finals of the independent division
playoffs which will be held tomor-
row night at the Open House against
the Wildcats.
With the exception of one player
the Flints are all from Flint, Mich-
igan, and that one player, a Cats-
kill boy, won the game for them.
In the last instant of play, after
missing all his attempts up to that
point, Walter Singer grabbed the ball
and shot blindly off balance to sink
the winning margin just as the game
ended.
The game which featured the ref-
eree's whistle as only the Intramural
referee can feature it, was badly
played in many respects. Poor passes
and ball handling combined with
faulty shooting tended to dull the
game.
Starting off after two minutes
Aaron Shnirman sank a long fol-
lowed by George Gens to put the
Penthouse in the lead. Earl Hollo-
way followed with a long and I.
Orris and Shnirman continued with
a foul and another dog respectively
for the Pents as Red Stevens ended
the quarter for Flint with a free
throw.
The second period saw Holloway
score three points plus a long by
Freddie Trosko on, a pass from Nate
Goldberg to bring the score up to
9-8 just as Corelitz sank an overhead
for penthouse. Three free throws
was all the shooting in the third
canto, one by Steve Uridek for the
Vehics and one each by Gens and
Shnirman.
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By RAY GOODMAN
And they still call it basketball-
though the reason for 'the retention
of that name seems mighty obscure.
Sunday the Big. Ten basketball
coaches decided to eliminate the cen-
ter jump except at the beginning of
the game, the start of the second
half, the opening of overtime, and
after technical and double fouls. At
all other times play will be begun by
the team scored upon from its own
end zone.
The reasons for the change are cer-
tainly obvious. Its supporters say
that it will speed up the game, allow
more minutes of actual competition,
and most important eliminate, par-
tially at least, the advantage of su-
perior height at the center circle.
"So What?"
The supporters of the plan, prin-
cipally from the west, are probably
right in all these claims, but what I
want to know is-"so what."
Who wants these so called "im-
provements" and where did they get
the idea that they were improve-
ments. Basketball is a pretty fast
game right now, especially with the
wide use of the fast break. More
speed certainly isn't going to do it
I much good. A little slowing down
might, however.
Not For Basketball
This racehorse stuff is all right,
but it can go too far. If you want to
see a lot of boys tearing around at
top speed patronize the track meets,
but don't bother basketball with it.
Why not give $he set offenses a
break. They're as pretty to watch as
anything in the game, and especially
when they're mixed with a fast break
as when Michigan plays Purdue.
also took much of the wide open play
out of the game.
Then, seemingly not satisfied with
this piece of vandalism, they got to-
gether and introduced the' three-sec-
ond rule which was supposed to do
away with the pivot play and did
nothing of the sort. It just called
for more whistle blowing and little
else.
And now they've done away with
the center jump. Why its like taking
Piggy Lambert off of the Purdue
bench.
It's "'Rulebook Ball"
This isn't basketball; it's "rule-
bookball," at least that's a truthful
title.
What's going to happen to the old-
time finishes. When there's 50 sec-
onds to go, and the score is Jones-
ville 31, Brownstown 28, and then
Brownstown comes through with a
long shot to make it 31 to 30 and the
referee gives the ball to Jonesville in
the end court. And Jonesville just
freezes the ball and the game is over.
Excitement Lost
The old-time scramble at that last
tip-off, the excitement as those last
30 seconds go by seem to be a thing
of the past.
Remember that whirlwind finish
when Michigan's Varsity came from
behind to beat Northwestern, 34 to 31,
when the Conference opened this
year, remember Illinois' amazing vic-
tory over Purdue in the last few sec-
onds to turn the Big Ten race upside
down, and think back to last year
and the Boilermaker's terrific finish
to beat Michigan, 38 to 37, as the
gun sounded.
Well, that's all over. There's no
center jump. Give me the good old
days.
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NOW'S the time
I N EED IT!
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Table Tennis Champ
ToPlayHere Tonight
Coleman Clark, probably the
greatest ping pong player in the
United States, will give an exhibi-
tion of his skill at 7:30 p.m. today
in the billiard room of the Union.
Clark, who is noted for his
strong all-round game and his
trick shots, will team with Abbott
Nelson, the Illinois State Doubles
Champion and number 27 in the
national men's ranking, for the
exhibition.
A master of the sport which has
proved such an indoor pastime,
Clark has written two books on
table tennis and contributes to
"Esquire," "Popular Mechanics,"
and "Country Life" as well.
Among his crowns are former
national singles champion, twice
western singles titleholder and al-
so western doubles champion.
Another example of his ver-
satility was his recent stardom'
in Metro-Goldwyn Mayers Sport
movie "Table Tennis."
Serious illness often strikes in
the spring. Changeable weather
... a more active life . . damp
rains . .. all lead, to illrhess in
a rundown body. That's why
it's so necessary to retain vital-
ity and build resistance by
drinking plenty of West Side
Dairy Milk.
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In the last four years the boys
have just about taken the basketball
out of basketball. All that's left is
the backboards and the baskets.
First they put one half of the floor
out of commission with the 10-secondj
rule, which it did away with stalling,
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"READY, WILLING AND ABLE"
Joe Louis May Fight
In England July 30
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CALL MANAGERS
All second semester freshmen
and first semester sophomores who
are interested in trying out for
football manager report to Fred
Colombo, Varsity manager, in Yost
Field House at 3 p.m. today.
LONDON, March 15.-(A)-Brown
Bomber Joe Louis will show his fistic
wares in London this summer if Brig.
Gen. Alfred Cecil Critchley's promo-'
torial plans materialize.
Arriving home on the Queen Mary
from a flying trip to the United
States, the British promoter said
Louis would fight on July 30 in. the
White City Stadium against the win-
ner of a current heavy weight elim-
ination series involving Max Baer,
Ben Foord, Tommy Farr and Walter
Neusel.
Farr tonight won the British Em-
pire heavyweight championship, out-
pointing Foord in a 15-round bout.
Farr weighed 203 pounds; Foord 206.
The winner will meet Max Baer,
former world's champion, here April
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YORK MAY PLAY THIRD
Rudy York, rookie Detroit Tiger
first-baseman may be tried at third
base in order to make use of his
hitting ability. Hank Greenberg, if
his wrist is okay, will most likely play
first.
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