THE M GCHIGADAIY PAGE Elevens To Battle Before 102,000 Today Wolverines' Marks Up For Approval ..,..... s s \9\ I e . Coach Oosterbaan Will Stress Speed In Michigan Cage Attack JACK KASLEY By TOM PHARES1 Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan's new head basketball coach, will this sea-{ son introduce to Wolverine fans an. offensive weapon little used during the "Townsend era"-the fast break. For the past three years "Jake" was' the key man in the Varsity offensive, the team's scoring leader and the greatest ballhandler ever to perform for the Maize and Blue. As a pivot man, he knew no equal when it came to making those seemingly impossible passes to his mates for set-up shots. Small But Fast But this year it's a different story. Townsend has graduated and the first string lineup promises to include three men who are classed in bas- ketball circles as small. Forwards Charley Pink and Eddie Thomas, and both soph candidates for the one guard spot, Mike Sofiak and Herb Brogan, all are well under the six foot mark. Oosterbaan's trump card however is the fact that all these boys are fast and can qualify as real sharp-shoot- ers. Last years center, Jim Rae; I r 1 ELMER GEDEON 1:2.8 and 100 meters in 1:9.7 at Cleve- land on Jan. 8, over the 20-yard course, and 100 meters in 1:8.6 over the short course at Detroit on April 2. TOM HAYNIE The marks of three present Michi- gan athletes and one'former Wolver- ine captain will be up for approval as American records when the A.A.U. holds its annual convention at Wash- ington Dec. 2, 3 and 4. All records approved by the body will automa- tically become American records. Former swimming captain, Jack Kasley, has three marks in the breast stroke which will be considered by the body. He swam 100 yards in Varsity swimming captain Tom Haynie's free-style mark of 1:24.7 for 150 yards over the 20-yard course, also made at Cleveland on Jan. 8, and his 1:34.7 over the shorter course in the 150 yard medley on April 2 at Detroit will also be up for considera- tion. Bill Watson, Wolverine track cap- tain, and Elmer Gedepn, varsity hurdler, are also slated for recogni- BILL WATSON tion. Watson put the s-pound shot 70 ft. % in. at Randalls Island, N.Y.j on July 17. Gedeon's mark over six 3 ft. 6 in. hurdles on a dirt track was made in the Conference Indoor meet at Chicago March 12 when he won the 70 yard high hurdles in :08.6. Watson's 8-pound shot put mark and Hayni's medley record, if ap- proved, will be listed as "noteworthy performances" as no record for these events is listed. ,! Armstrong Hammers Out Win MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, holder was unanimous by Referee New York, Nov. 25-(P)--Geared only Arthur Donovan and the two judges, to a forward speed that never let up, but even then some of the "gallery Henry Armstrong did a hand carving gods" in the crowd of 15,725, who con- job on Ceferino Garcia's face for 11 tributed to a gate of $79,931, didn't rounds tonight and then fought back like it. Booes rang down from the against the Filipino Flailer's closing upper deck after the verdict was an- rush to retain his world welterweight nounced, but all, observers at the championship by a 15-round decision. ringside decided these were unfair. The Little Brown Bomber from The Associated Press score card Los -Angeles, spotting his rival 12%/2 gave Armstrong nine rounds, five in pounds in this first defense of his a row from the seventh to the elev- 147-pound crown, chopped both of enth. Garcia was credited with five, Garcia's eyes with vicious short taking three of the last four. swings and never gave the challenger a chance to take the pace through- out the entire 15 tough slugging ses- Gehringer Is First Tiger sions. Then, in the end, Garcia, obvi- To Sign Pact For 1939 ously outpointed, threw everything into a knockout attempt in the final DETROIT, Nov. 25-P)-Never a four rounds that hurt the little "Ham- holdout 'during a long major league mer" but never made him slow up career, Charles Leonard Gehringer his terrific pace. today became the first Detroit Tiger In the final analysis, it was this to sign a contract for 1939. everlasting forward drive that decid- Recently returned from a Mediter- ed the issue. Garcia tried time and ranean cruise, Gehringer dropped in again to make Homicide Hank give on Walter O. Briggs,. Sr., owner of ground. Buhr it didn't work. Henry the Tigers, grabbed a pen and signed poured in all the time even with his a one-year pact. right eye closed and Garcia's feared Gehringer is the oldest Tiger in bola punch doing damage in the late point of service, and the contract he sessions. accepted today was the fourteenth he The decision in favor of the title- has signed since joining Detroit. Strickland Wins Crown In Squash Tournament. Russ Strickland became the new All-Campus squash champion when he defeated John Fechnay, 3-0 yes- terday in the final round of the tourney held. at the I-M building. In the semi-finals played earlier this week Strickland beat Howard Rogers, the defending title-holder, 3-1, while Fechnay whipped Robert Bogert 3-2, Twenty-three students entered this year's tourney. Lowrey's Puck Squad Displays A 4V Form In Drill Coach Eddie Lowrey's 1938 edition of Michigan's hockey team went through a two-hour ' practice at the Coliseum last night in a manner which brightened the Wolverine hockey hopes for the coming year. With the opening game against McMaster University only two weeks off, Lowrey's charges have finally be- gun to round into shape. Last night attention was given putting the soph- omores through their paces and drill- ing them on fundamentals, Meanwhile, the probable first line of returning lettermen continued to polish their passing attack. EVie Dor- an worked as playmaker at the center spot of the first line, while George Cooke and Al Chadwick flanked him at either wing. "Spike" James, colorful varsity goalie, donned the pads for the first time this year after being kept from practice by an ankle injury. back for his second year of compe- tition, has benefited by his workouts on the track team and is also show- ing the speed which will keynote the Michigan attack. Capt. Leo Beebe, veteran guard, has shown too that he can stand the pace. Team To Break Fast "Take it down fast," shouts Bennic in practice scrimmages. "Go right in and shoot." And his team does. As soon as they get the ball they break fast; that is, they either pass to a teammate well down the floor in enemy territory, or relay the ball down court by a series of fast short passes, or else one man breaks for the basket upon seeing an opening and dribbles clear in to take his shot. "I like the fast game," explains Oosterbaan who played that style of basketball when he was an All-Con- ference forward and leading scorer for Michigan in 1926. "Bven if we should not use it to a great extent during the season, it is a great help in getting a team in shape and furthermore it is much easier to slow down your offense than it is to speed it up." Speed Is Keynote The men on the team who have been practicing since the regular drills began will testify that they are already in better condition than they were all last season when they had to run less with the set play type of offense. It's new to them. None of the regulars played the fast break in high school, but they're learning every af- ternoon. The regular daily scrim- mage consists of two 20 minute halves, and during each 20 minutes it's the fast break with scarcely a let- up. Speed and more speed is the slo- gan, which makes one fact certain. If Michigan court fans are bored this season it won't be for the lack of action. 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