THE MICHIGAN DAILYwPAGE PRESS Track Squad Cops Lion's Share Of Place At Illinois Relays PASS AMIN- -By BUD BEN] Back To The Grind... COLUMNISTS shouldn't take vaca- tions. It loosens the binds, des- troys the perspective, and renders one slightly incapable of surveying the swift moving panorama of the local scene. Back from a Florida sojourn, and going on layer two of skin, your chronicler is reminded of Gen. Hugh Johnson's recent wail in his daily column. The General, who exhibits more than a modicum of good sense despite occasional vitriolic outbursts, was faced with a problem similar to mine. He had been busy in New York for some six weeks publicizing and promoting the infantile paralysis benefit sponsored by President Roosevelt. Upon returning to Wash- ington he complained that he had suffered two severe setbacks. First, he had entirely lost con- tact with Capitol undercurrent- the whisperings, the rumors, and the inside information-essential to the writing of an intelligent column. Secondly, and more im- portant, he had lost touch with his most important current of all--reader opinion. The mail lay unopened, and the General faced the monumental task of getting organized. And so it is with this reporter. Even such important occurrences as the Michigan swimming team exact- ly emulating the Jan. 20 Ohio State meet, the basketball squad getting bopped by Chicago, and the track- mien starting off auspiciously become mere trivia to one basking on a Flori- da beach under a 90 degree sun. This department must get organized. The slight undercurrent that has "eached our ears to date informs us that the 'M' club will come forward with an important announcement this week, one that will shed an in- teresting light on an important topic of the day. Also two prominent foot- ball players will issue statements of importance as soon as they are cer- tain that their facts are ready for publication. The question of eligibili- ties will soon be decided, and the wiseacres predict unpleasant ramifi- cations. All of this should make life interesting for the local followers. ,_In the mail, I find a letter from Phil Pack, 'University publicity. director, who is interested in finding out why a certain sport doesn't click. Since I share this interest with Mr. Pack, this will bear investigation. Also I have re- ceived a very informative letter from Mr. Edward Koblitz of the Wisconsin "Daily Cardinal" with a complete analysis of the box- ing situation and setup at that institution. This will be highly illuminating to those, this corner included, who have advocated adding this sport to the Univer- sity curriculum. The rest of the 'mal is filled with the usual pack of press releases, whic must also be perused. Today, your reporter is homeward bound to unload an automobile, 4,000 miles the worse for wear, and after this brief respite, I will have to start throwing a few punches again. This inactivity is killing. 0- N THE WIRE in Baton Rouge, La., the AP reports the death of A.S. Pettit, who played with the Unversity of Michigan football team nvr what is believed to be the second intercollegiate football game held in the United States. The contest, played more than 60 years ago, was with Racine College, and Pettit re- cently recalled that the University won, 18 to 0. IT HAPPENED in the Big Ten. A cage coach was having trouble getting a prize prospect past the academic department. There was a little matter of a research paper which the athlete had to write, and upon which much depended. The coach, an enterprising lad, promptly ob- tained a finished paper for his protege. Instead of copying it, the damnably lazy athlete handed it in as it was. The pay-off came when the prof, a bit dubious of the handwriting, asked the boy, the topic of this masterpiece. You guessed it, sonny-boy didn't know and teacher promptly pressed the button which sum- moned the bouncer. -- RANDOM JOTTINGS: Note to Ray Courtright:22 former caddiesare being educated at Northwestern University on scholarships provided by the Western Golf Association .. . Doesn't that spell a pretty fair golf team for the Wildcats, Ray? Bob Considine of the I.N.S. reports' that Husing, who made enough from betting on Lawrin in the last Ken- tucky Derby to keep Betty Lawford By DICK SIERK Michigan's traveling tracksters re- turned to Ann Arbor from the Illi- nois Relays with five titles, eleven gold wrist watches, two plaques, and sundry medals. Elmer Gedeon repeated his win of last year in the high hurdles and Stan Kelley won the low stick event. Bill Watson lost his shot-put to El- mer Hackney of Kansas State but came through in the broad jump. The Wolverines also won the mile team race and the shuttle hurdles team repeated its win of last year. Relay Disappoints The biggest disappointment for Wolverine followers came in the mile relay when Michigan finished third behind Ohio State and Indiana. Al- though Ohio State's winning time of 3:18.2 was remarkably fast the ex- planation of the failure of the highly- touted-Michigan quartet may be that the race was lost in the locker room before the meet. Phil Balyeat, running second for Michigan, broke his glasses just be- fore going out for the race and, at the end of his stint, the close tim- ing necessary in passing .the baton was missing because Balyeat's sight was impaired and Doug Hayes failed to get it from Balyeat. The dropped baton meant that Michigan had no chance to overtake the Buckeyes and Hoosiers. Although the incident of the dropped baton cost Michigan a chance for victory, Coach Charlie Hoyt is offering no alibis. "Ohio has a great team," says Charlie, but adds,' ''and so have we." Michigan will get two more cracks at the Ohio State team indoors, how-1 ever, in their dual meet at Yost Field House and at the Big Ten meet at Chicago. Sprinters Look Good Most encouraging to Coach Hoyt was the performance of sprinters Al Smith and Carl Culver. They finished third and fourth respectively in the 75-yard dash in doing so shut out John Davenport, Conference indoor champ. Both Smith and Culver showed a lot of improvement, ac- cording to Coach Hoyt, who, inci- dentally, refereed the meet. Michigan will now train its sight on Notre Dame, the team that gavej Michigan its greatest competition at ,Champaign. The Irish invade the Field House Friday night for the sec- ond dual meet of the local indoor season. Another Mericka Bids For Athletic Laurels Another Mericka has broken into the sporting circles, but this time it's boxing and not wrestling. George Mericka, 18-year old broth- er of Jim Mericka star 136-pound University of Michigan wrestler, reached the semi-finals of the Grand Rapids Golden Gloves tournament, only to be outdecisioned by Archie Allen of Flint. George fought in the 147-pound open division. He had previously won top honors in that class in his home town, Port Huron. VARSITY BASEBALL All scholastically eligible can- didates for the Varsity baseball team should report to me in the Field House any day this week. Batting practice will start March 1 and all players must have bat- ting assignments before that time. Ray Fisher, coach. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana 45; Iowa 40 Illinois 35; Purdue 26 Ohio State 30; Northwestern 26 Defensive Play Of Lowly Maroons Defeats Hard-Playing Wolverines Michigan's basketball team came home Sunday victims of a rangy Chi- cago team that finally learned howl to play a full 40 minutes without7 fading near the finish. As all Wolverine cage fans are now tryingato forget, the last-place Ma- roons staged a last half rally Satur- day night which brought them their second win of the season 34 to 29 and further added to the woes of Coach; Bennie Oosterbaan who has long since forgotten Michigan's pre-con- ference victory string. There was one bright spot in the dark picture and that was a re-evi- dencing of fighting spirit. "Those kids fought awfully hard," says Bennie. "I was especially pleased with that. They had the height ad- vantage and I believe that was per- haps the deciding factor. "Of course our shooting was not so good," he admit. "Both Eddie Thomas and Danny Smick missed quite a number of shots and with the Chicago zone defense function- ing, that hurt." It was this same zone defense which proved puzzling to the high- powered attacks of Minnesota and Indiana and the Maroons used it ef- fectively against the Wolverines. After Michigan had pulled several fast breaks' early in the game to beat the defense to the punch, Chicago be- gan to desert their offensive board and race back to set up the defense-a procedure which stopped the fast break in a hurry. The Wolverine of- fense then bogged down as long shots failed to drop and the passing attack didn't materialize. Physically, the squad rates a "fair diagnosis. Leo Beebe, Eddie Thom- as and Dan Smick are in good shape but forwards Tom Harmon and Char- ley Pink are still bothered somewhat by colds which hampered their per- formance in Chicago. Center Jim Rae who didn't make the trip is still on the sidelines. The squad began drill yesterday I for this Saturday's battle with Pur- due at Lafayette. ti Varsity Meets Gophers' Tank Squad Tonight Swimmers Out To Break Marks Ins Three Events At Intramural Building Iii (Continued trom Page 1) for the hundred-which is plenty fast. The only other free style relay mark listed in 100-yard legs is at 400-yards. Said Matt Mann: "that one's ours. We'll leave that 'til next year." The dual meet with Minnesota will not be without its excitement. The team as a whole is mediocre but has its individual stars. Leading the Gophers will be Capt. Lyman Brandt, who finished third in last year's Big Ten meet. His dual with Michigan sophomores Beebe and Barker should show the strength of the Wolverine dorsal stars as com- pared with the rest of the Confer- ence. In the distances, Minnesota's chief threat will be Sylvester Jablonski. Jablonski, a converted sprinter, whipped Irv McCaffery in both 220 and 440 last Saturday when the Gophers whipped Northwestern, 46- 38. According to Matt, "anyone who whips McCaffery must bear watch- ing." John Sahlman is the invader's hope in /the breast stroke while Sheldon Lagaard and Phil Broderson will lead the sprinters. Matmen Clash With Buckeyes Ohio Threatens Wolverine Record Saturday Night After polishing off the Michigan State Spartans with apparent ease last Saturday night for their fourth straight triumph of the current cam- paing, Coach Cliff Keen's Varsity grapplers have now turned all eyes toward their first Big Ten dual meet of the year Saturday night at the Field House. The Buckeyes of Ohio State, who will furnish the opposition, loom as a definite dark horse in the path of a possible undefeatedmWol- verine season. The Ohio State grapplers, coached by "Spike" Mooney, who knows all the tricks of the trade, are a strong outfit this year. They have lost but one dual meet this year, that to Illi- nois, and have three men who will be risking unbeaten1recordsdSaturday, at 121, 145 and 165. pounds. The Wolverine squad came right back yesterday and continued where' it left off Saturday night, with stiff practice matches the order for the next three or four days. 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