THE MICHIGAN DAILY _ wsrrlirr i I. PRESS PASSES - By BUD BENJAMIN - If East Met Us-.-. THAT the National Collegiate swim- ming title will remain in the West this year is aptly demonstrat- ed by the margin which only one school, Michigan, holds over thec cream of the eastern swimming crop. According to the times made inĀ£ Eastern League competition, Michi- gan could win four out of eight events if the Wolverines were to meet an all-star team representing the East- ern Intercollegiate League. And when you consider that there will be an abundance of talent from the other schools-especially Ohio State and Texas-you can count the eastern representatives 'out of the running with little misgivings. For evidence you may peruse the following: j 50-yard dash: The best time made in this event this year by eastern swimmers in League com- petition was 24. attained by Eric Perryman of Yale. For Michi- gan, Walt Tomski has done 22.9; Charley Barker, 23.3; Bill Holmes, 23.8; and Bill Beebe 24 flat. 100-yard dash: Johnny Good of' Yale leads in this event with a 53.6 performance. For Michigan, Tomski, 52.1; Barker, 52.6 (flying start); Ed Hutchens, 52.9 (flying start); Capt. Tom Haynie 53.3; and Holmes 53.5 have all bettered this mark. 440-yard free style : Top east- erner is Eric Cutler of Harvard; his time, 4:59.4. For Michigan, Jim Welsh has done 4:54 and Haynie, 4:54.5. 150-yard back stroke: The all-East team would cop this event. Prince- ton's great Albert Vande Weghe has a 1:35.7job to his credit while Michi- gan's, best has been 1 :38.6, whih both Barker and Beebe have accom- plished. But before jumping at con- clusions read on a little further. 200-yard breast-stroke: Top eas- tern performance of the year- 2:24.5 by Richard Hough, Prince- ton star. This means another all- East victory for Michigan's best is John Haighs 2:27.6. Also wait before you decide. Fancy-dive: Russell Greenhood of Harvard with 408.3 points leads the eastern divers. Hal Benham has hit 390, but boys, don't forget Mr. Patnik ,and Mr. Clarke, our Ohio friends. 300-yard medley relay: De- spite the fact that Beebe, Haigh and Hutchens copped this event in 2:58.2 in the Yale-Mihigan dual meet, the Eli's team of John Brueckel, Edwin Gesner, and Wil- liam Moonan have a 2:57.9 to their credit which is one-tenth of a second better than the Wolver- ine trio have been able to do this year. Prineton's trio is the East's strongest but has not shown, it in League competition. But .again, hold tight. 400-yard free-style relay: Michi- gan takes this one with Holmes, Bar- ker, Tomski and 'Hutchens having reeled off the event in 3:34.1 this year. Best time made in the East to datde is 3:42.5 by Yale's Eric Perry- man, Brinton Young, Willis Sanburn and Ellery Snyder. NOW here's why you ca't count these eastern advantages too seriously. The University of Texas is entering a team in this National o1- legiate meet, and two of the probable entries from way down thar' are a couple of lads by the name of Adolph Kiefer and Ralph Flanagan, a. pair of pretty fair country swimmers. Flanagan, if he is here, will monopo- lize the distance events without too much trouble. Kiefer will nose out Mr. Vande Weghe in the back-stroke -so discount that first-and with Kiefer and Flanagan pairing up with Mike Sojka, who finished second out- doors this summer, in the medley, Yale can forget any delusions of grandeur. In fact, if Texas can get those two champions eligible, the East's only possible first ,it seems to me, will be in the breast-stroke where the brilliant Hough, Ohio's great Johnny Higgins, and Texas' Soj- ka will fight it out. Hough in this book holds a slight edge. In case you've forgotten, by the way, Texas is coached by a Michigan. alumnus, appropriately named Tex Robertson. And it seems that Mr. Robertson must have read Dale Car- negie's "How To Win Friends And Influence Peope" since his under- graduate days. He certainly has rounded up a couple of lulus to repre- sent his adopted institution. Meanwhile Matt Mann whispers that he will win the Big Ten at Lafay- ette this weekend and in the same whisper he'll tell you: "That national meet will be a tough one all the way." 11.1t4AfimA A T-oaiPtt . Varsity Cagers Whip Wildcats To End Season 32-26 Win Leaves Crowd Unimpressed; Quintet' Climbs From Cellar , (Continued from Page I) end of the first period, came back after five minutes of the second half to finish out. Beebe was knocked out later when his head cracked the floor in a scramble for the ball, but also stayed in the game.- While Pink was out, reserve Milo Sukup, stubby guard, inadvertedly furnished the comedy relief of the evening. Twice as he was engaged in making' typical Sukup solo dashes the length of the floor, Milo's scamp- ering feet flew out from under him and both charges he finished on the seat of his pants. Sidelights on the Game: "Well, we won," Coach Oosterbann grinned rue- fully after the contest. "Their close defense is tough to get through and when the- longs aren't dropping ..." The referee was John Getchell of "wrong decision" football fame. Varsity letter winners were an- nounced after the game. The awards go to Capt. Leo Beebe, Dearborn; Ed Thomas, Ishpeming; Charley Pink, Detroit; Jim Rae, Toledo, O.; Tom Harmon, Gary, Ind.; Dan Smick, Ha- zel Park; Milo Sukup, Muskegon Hgts.; Mike Sofiak, Gary, Ind.; Russ Dobson, Ann Arbor; and John Nich- olson, Elkhart, Ind. Third And Fourth Place Points To Decide Big Ten Swim Meet By MEL FINEBERG If Matt Mann, Tom Haynie and the rest of the swimming team appear to be suddenly affected by an aggrevated case of estropia (cross eyes) it's only because they've got one collective eye on the Big Ten meet this week-end, and the other on the National Collegiates in Ann Arbor two weeks later. This year, as it was last, the ap- pellation "Big Ten Meet" is some- what of a nisnomer. If tradition could be successfully flaunted, the meet this week-end would be known1 as the "third Michigan-Ohio State dual meet" or "why eight Western Conference teams are somewhat cha- grined." Teams Evenly Matched But anomalous as it might appear at a casual glance, it will be outside strength that will throw the balance of power to either the Bucks or the Wolverines. The dual meets could- n't decide the superiority between Ohio and Michigan; the two were too evenly matched. It will be some other Big Ten swimmers sneaking in for a lowly third, fourth of fifth to snatch a coveted point away from one of the rivals that will decide the meet. For Michigan, the white hope might well be Capt. George Lowe of Illinois. Lowe can offer material aid to the Wolverines in the distances by finishing ahead of Ohio's Bob John- son in the 220 and in front {of Buck- eye Elwood Woodling in the quarter. Lowe, against Northwestern, went the 440 in 4:56 and the furlong in 2:15.5. Although this was in the 20 yard son's best. Of course, Mr. Lowe could carry a good thing too far by beating either of Michigan's Tom Haynie or Jimmy Welsh in one of the distances. Both Welsh and Haynie have swum faster than the Illini captain but Lowe, who finished second behind Haynie in last year's Big Ten 440 and third be- hind Haynie and Johnson in the 220, might whip Welsh in the longer event or athird Michigan entrant in the shorter. Nunerals Awarded Michigan Sends Entries To Yearling Cagers The University of Michigan, team champion of the Butler University In- Freshman basketball numerals will door Relays the last five years, en- be awarded, it was announced yester- ered 34Indianapois Mac .ve t e day by freshmen Coach Ray Fisher, Wolverines first must go to Chicago to Robert Antle, Saginaw; Roland for the Big'Ten this weekend. Brandau, Detroit; Carl Bernstein,' Chicago, Ill.; Wayne Fitzgerald, Kal- BIG TEN BASKETBALL amazoo; Tom Gamon, Rod Bank, N. Chicago 28, Purdue 26. J.; Charles Gieson, Superior, Wis. Minnesota 54, Iowa 43. Others earning the award are James Grissen, Holand; Bob Hassel- Ellicott City, Mr.; Ray Tritten, Utica, tine, Bristol, Vt.; Don Holman, De- N. Y.. Werner Wassmandorf; Scotia, troit; David Nelson, Detroit; Bob N. Y., and Henry Zeller, Orchard Raddatz, Muskegon: Ray Schneyer, Park, N. Y. ' I .d ynor irysuaie Sets World M --i - 11- Taylor Drysdale, former University of Michigan :backstroker, continued his assault on world back stroke records when he shattered the 100- yard record over a 50 meter course, Sunday at the Miami Biltmore pool in Coral Gables, Fla. His time, 1:01.8, shattered the for- mer record held jointly by Al Van de 'Weghe of Princeton University, and Adolph Kiefer of the University of Texas, by 1.2 seconds. READ THE WANT ADS , i I A Happy Endingi I !. Northwestern FG Butherus, f .......2 Melchoir, f .......3 Harman, f'........ 0 Davis, f .........1 Koble, c ..........1 Shepard, c....... 0 Voigts, g......... 2 Vance, g.........0 Currie, g ......... 1 Totals .......10 Michigan FG Harmon, .......2 Pink, f .......... 1 Sukup, f .........0 Sofiak, f-g .......0 Smick, f .........0 Rae,' c ........... 3 Beebe, g .......... 2 Thomas, g ........ 2 Totals......10 Half time score: Northwestern 11. V x FT PF 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 3- 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 6 13 FFT PF 2 2 2 1 0 1 00 0 0 3 3 4 1 1 4 12 12 Michigan TP 4 8 0 2 3 0 6 1 2' 26 TP 6! 4' 0 0' 0 9 8, 5 32 14; pool, Lowe's time in the longer is far better than Woodling's his 220 is about as good as, event while John- Strength In Sprints Ohio State will be rooting for Iowa's Jack O'Mahoney for all they're worth in the 50- free style. Michigan has shown three men, Bill Holmes, Char- ley Barker and Bill Beebe who can beat Ohio's best in the short sprint. Add Walt Tomski to this list (he didn't swim against the Bucks in either meet) and you have a four- man entry that spells trouble for Ohio. O'Mahoney is the only man who can interrupt the Michigan pa- rade here-a consummation devoutly to be wished by Ohio. Michigan is headed for trouble in the dive. Ohio has the first two places assured with Al Patnik, last year's winner, and Earl Clark. Mich- igan needs at least a third here with Northwestern's Tommy Powell offer- ing the competition to Hal Benham and Adolf Ferstenfeld. Outside of these events, it should be all Ohio State and Michigan. And if it's Ohio State, Matt Mann's estro- pia will be replaced by a bad headache. Frosh Trackmen Win Telegraphic Meet From OSU Keeping right in stride with the varsity, Michigan's freshman track team chalked up their first victory of the season, last Saturday after- noon, when they defeated the Ohio State frosh, 57 to 38. It was the first of a series of three "telegraphic" meets in which the yearlings will engage this ,year. In winning, ken Doherty's charges won eight first, places and a tie for first in another out of the 11 events. Bill Coffman, of Lakewood, Ohio, turned in the outstanding perform- ance of the meet, when he ran the quarter-mile distance in :51.5, tying the freshman Field House record set by Stan Birleson in 1934 and tied last year by Jack Leutritz. Another noteworthy feat was Johnny. Kautz' 1:59.2 in the half- mile, bu't three-tenths of a second over the present freshman Field House mark. The Wolverine quartet of Coffman, Walter Jacobs, Herb Leake, and Hal Whittemore won the relay race, while first places were .won by Al Thomas in the 65-yard low hurdles, Bill Ack- erman in the one-mile run, Bill Dan- nacher in the two-mile run, George Ostroot in the shot-put and Charlie Decker in the pole-vault. Al Thomas tied for first in the 60-yard dash. - ANN' ARB1.1OR FASHION.S T HE M IC H IG AN D A ILY e pera eni Ar b or 's F or emaos t Sh o ps - FRIDAY MARCH 10th 3:30 till 5:30 T HE M IC H IG AN L E AGU E \)4 w I-M Sports In the all-campus winter singles tennis tournament, Irv Zeiger ad- vanced to the semi-final round by de- feating Dick, Knowe, 8-6, 3-6, 6-1. Two more fraternity teams, Beta Theta Pi and Psi Upsilon, advanced to the quarter-finals in the bowling matches, by beating Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Alpha Delta Phi respec- tively. Psi Upsilon won by the score of 2174 to 2137, and the Betas won by 2148 to 1965. Sigma Chi has reached the finals of the basketball playoffs in both Class "A" and "B". This is the first time in the history of Intramural sports at Michigan that a team has done this. The all-campus wrestling tryouts will start soon with the preliminaries scheduled for March 13, and the finals on Open House nigtht. Also, all tho'se interested in boxing on the night of Open House, March 15, should report to Coach Lewandowski at the I-M building immediately.' Free throws missed cButherus, Voigts 4, Harman, Vance 2, Mel- chior 2, Currie, Harmon 2, Pink. Referee, John Getchell (St. Thom- as); Umpire, Lyle Clarno (Bradley). Hoytmen See Sixth Straight Indoor Crown By DICK SIERK "Michigan," says Qhio State Coach Larry Snyder, "will be twice as good as any other team." This opinion, while somewhat an overstatement of fact, is true in that Michigan will enter the Big Ten Indoor meet at Chi- cago this weekend as the overwhelm- ing favorite. From the records of the past five Indoor Conference meets it may be seen that casting Michigan in the favorites' role is not just a ruse on Mr. Snyder's part but rather the re- sult of five straight championships for Hoyt teams and the fact that Michigan looks every bit as strong as any one of past victorious Wolverine teams did before the meet. Indiana Dethroned This string of five straight tri- umphs, unparalled in Big Ten history, began back in 1934 when the Hoyt- men dethroned Indiana. /Michigan made 38 points to the Hoosiers' 33 2/5. Bill Watson's forerunner as a one- man track team, Willis Ward, led the Wolverines to victory that year as he won the 60-yard dash, 70-yard high hurdles, and the high-jump. The only other Michigan victory of the meet was that of Neree Alix in the two mile. In 1935 Michigan clicked for the greatest winning total turned in by any team since the Indoor meet was first held in 1911, when it rolled up 491/2 points to win by 27 over second- place Ohio State. Margin Grows Smaller The following year, the margin dropped to only 1 /23 points as Michli- gan nosed out Wisconsin 33 to 31 1/3. Only Bill Staehle in the two-mile and the mile relay team gave Michigan first place awards. In 1937 the Wolverines upped the margin of victory with 35 points to Indiana's second-place total of 28. In this meet Bill Watson set the Big Ten shot put record that still stands at 50 Ift 4 3/4 in., Stan Birleson won the 440- and the relay team set a new Conference record of 3:20.3. 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