v eI pi ipai Swimmers Go To Columbus For Big Tens Heavily Favored Natators Will Be Aiming At New All-TimeScoring Mark Matt Mann's super-charged spe- cial, as swift and streamlined a swimming team as Michigan has ever had, shoots off today toward Columbus to defend its crown in the Conference championships at the beautiful Buckeye Natatorium to- morrow and Saturday Undefeated, untied, in fact, un- approached in dual meet competi- tion so far this season, the Wolver- ines are heavily favored to roll up the highest score in the colorful his- tory of the meet. Last year the Matt Mann charges scored 73 points to set a new mark, but when the Wol- verines start cutting through the waves tomorrow, anything up to 80 points might result. Only one other team has the least chance in the meet this weekend, and that one, Ohio State, lost to the Michigan team two months ago, 47-37. Since then Matt Mann ha added experience and confidence, and a supreme coating of condition as well as backstroker Francis Heydt, to his ranks. At the same time, the Buckeyes have failed to improve to any marked extent. Besides the Michigan setback they have been beaten by' Yale, Wayne and New "York AC. In this dual competition so far, the powerful Wolverines have rolled over four of the nine foes they will swim against this weekend. After losing two of the firsts in the Buck- eye meet, the Michigan mermen won every other event on their Big Ten schedule. All in all, they scored 233 points to 102 for their Conference rivals in the four dual meets. It will be the Michigan freestyle and backstroke strength that will especially be impressive in the Con- fererce this year. The Wolverines have Charley Barker, the collegiate sprinting champion, Gus Sharemet, one of the greatest freestylers of all time, Jim Welsh, the Conference 220- yard champion, Ed Hutchens, a vast- ly improved performer, as well as John Gillis, Tommy Williams, Bill Holmes, Larry Wehrheim and Blake Thaxter to take care of the free style duties. With the addition of Heydt, the Iowa transfer, Coach Mann now has three backstrokers who can consis- tently crack 1:39 over the 150-yard distance. Heydt finished second in the Conference two years ago. Bill Beebe, a junior, was third in the meet at Lafayette last year, and Dick Redl, the sophomore of the trio, has proven he is capable of staying right in his teammate's speedy company. Except for divers Hal Benham and Jack Wolin who ar& already in Co- lumbus testing the boards there, the entire Michigan team sets out at 10 a.m. today in a three car proces-- sion for the Ohio capital. Included in the traveling squad are Gus and John Sharemet, John Haigh, Thax- ter, Wehrheim, Welsh, Hutchens, Williams, Barker, Gillis, Holmes, Heydt, Beebe and RiedL IN THIS CORNER By Mel Fineberg Tidbits ...And Track... We felt very flattered yesterday. Someone called us up and asked us the result of some basketball games (we don't know yet what game it was). Sorry, we said, we didn't hear you. Our anonymous caller repeated his query but it was still unintelligible. Finally, he said "wait a minute," appar- ently turned away from the phone to ask a friend something and then came back to us. "Excuse me," he excused, "I just found out that game is tonight. I guess even you wouldn't know the re- sult." * * * We heard a good story the other day and while'golf is a little out of season, humor never is. And with that little bit of philosophy out of the way, we'll get on to the tale. A certain golfer was playing a hole on some unnamed course. It was one of those affairs where a. good drive would clear a water hazard, a fair drive would drop in the drink with the penalty be- ing ,the loss of a stroke. Well, this' certain golfer hit his first ball into the creek, then a second and a third and a fourth and a fifth. He walked up to the creek (his caddy behind him) and then not so calmly threw his driver in- to the water. Then he turned to his golf bag, threw 17 balls in. One by one he tossed every club in and finally the golf bag.- By this time, the caddy was in hys- terics and burst out laughing. So the irate monster in plus fours picked up the caddy and threw him in too. The payoff came when the caddy couldn't swim and our golfing friend had to jump in himself to save the kid. That made it quite unanimous. Twice each year, the German de- partment's Mr. Philip Diamond takes it upon himself to enlighten others as to the outcome of the Big Ten track meet. He manages this enlight- enment with a great deal of success. This year, he feels, the meet will be much closer than it was last year. The Wolverines will be a one point winner with 35 points with Indiana and Wisconsin breathing hot on their necks with 34 and 251/2 points re- spectively. Here are the Diamond conclusions. Usually they are (pardon the pun) gems. The team scores behind the leaders are: Northwestern 13%/2, Illinois 12, Ohio State 11, Purdue and Minnesota 7, Chicago 3, and Iowa 2. 60-yard dash: Piker, Northwestern, winner; Smith, Michigan; Cochrane, Indiana; Davenport, Chicago; Franck, Minnesota. 440-yard dash: Cochrane, Indiana, winner; Breidenbach, Michigan; Sulz- man, Ohio State; McCown and Downs Illinois. 880-yard run: Kane, Indiana, win- Varsity Faces Serious Indiana Bid In Conference Track Meet No matter what side the dopester is on, he can come to only one con- clusion about the 1940 Indoor Con- ference track meet: it will be a three team race, with Michigan de- feating Indiana by several points, and Wisconsin slightly behind the two leaders. That, briefly, is the way things shape up for Saturday night in Chicago. However, a few breaks here and there can throw the meet into the laps of the gods, with any one of the three winning. A pile-up in the rat race, familiarly known as the 440-yard dash, can make a differ- ence of as much as ten points in the final score. Similar possibilities for upsets are present in almost eve- ry event. Close Struggle Ahead So, the closest struggle in recent years looms ahead of Ken Doherty's first Michigan varsity track team, with the Indiana three-man team of Roy Cochran, Campbell Kane and Archie Harris offering the most ser- ious threat to Michigan's domination of the meet. And, once again, it will probably be the characteristic bal- ance of the Wolverines which will pull them through. While the Hoosiers present the probable winner in four events, the Wolverines will offer only two fa- vorites-Capt. Ralph Schwarzkopf in the two-mile, and Don Canham in the high jump. Kane is the man to beat in both the half mile and the mile, Cochran in the 440, and Ar- chie Harris in the shot put. Wiscon- sin has the favorite Ed Smith in the hurdles, so that the three schools may have all but three of the win- ners. All Depends On Trio In addition to their great'trio, the Hoosiers may place only in the dash (Cochran again!), Hedges in the mile or the two-mile, Hoke in the 880, and their relay team, so their showing will depend directly on how -well the triumvirate can hold up through all the running they will have to do in the trials and the fi- nals. If they fall down in any one ner; Buxton, Wisconsin; Hogan, Michigan; Hoke, Indiana; Jester, Michigan. Mile run:/Kane, Indiana; Holder- man, Purdue; Barrett, Michigan; Eis- enhart, Ohio State; Hedges, Indiana. Two mile run: Schwarzkopf, Mich- igan, winner; Hedges, Indiana; Ack- erman, Michigan; Farin, Wisconsin; Liljgren, Minnesota. 65-yard high hurdles: Smith, Wis- consin, wvinner; Kelley, Michigan; Finch, Northwestern; Olson and Reis- ing, Illinois. Mile relay: Illinois, winner; Indi- ana, Michigan, Purdue, Ohio. Shot put: Harris, Illinois, winner; Paskvan and Malisch, Wisconsin; Lenz, Iowa; Weber, Purdue. Pole vault: Linta, Ohio State, De- field, Minnesota, and Williams, Wis- consin, grouped in first place tie; Thistlewaite, Northwestern; David- son, Chicago. High jump: Canham, Michigan, winner; Smith, Northwestern, and Haarer, Wisconsin, tie for second; Livingston, Ohio State, Butler, Minne- sota and Edwards, Illinois, tie for fourth. event, the meet looks to be in the bag for Michigan. Badgers Fair All-Around Wisconsin presents much more all- around strength, but the men don't appear quite good enough to match Michigan's power. Spoerl in the dash, Outdoor Conference king Ed Buxton in the 880, Harrer in the high jump, Williams and Gardner in the pole vault, Farin and Knox in the two-mile, and Paskvan and Ma- lisch in the shot put tells just about- the whole Badger story. Buxton has- n't shown too well this year, and is being doped to run about fourth. Paskvan will probably take a back seat to Harris, while their other two strongest entries, Harrer and Wil- liams, will have Michigan's Don Can- ham and a host of good vaulters, respectively, with which to contend. Michigan, however, presents many possibilities. Al Smith was barely nosed out at Illinois by the defend- ing Big Ten dash champ, Myron Pi- ker, of Northwestern. Dye Hogan has run the fastest 880 in the Con- ference this season. Breidenbach is practically the co-favorite with Cochran in the 440. Ed Barrett, third outdoors, Jack Dobson, and Karl Wisner are all highly capable milers. Add to this a mile relay team deter- mined to win, and it looks like num- ber secen in a row for Michigan. Brogan Is Eleted Captain Of 1940-41 Basketball Squad (Continued from Page 1) high school circles four years ago when he played for Lansing St. Mary's. At that time Brogan set a new individual season's scoring record with 266 points, and in one contest he put on a one-man performance as he connected for 42 points. Brogan is rated as one of the best long shot artists in the Conference, but his scoring ability is not limited as he can shoot a variety of shots equally as well from any angle on the floor. At the same time that Brogan was elected captain yesterday, William Osborn, LaPorte, Ind., was appointed to succeed Larry Rinek as senior man- ager of the basketball team. George Grover, Owosso, was named alternate senior manager. The following men were chosen to serve in the capacity of junior man- agers: William Schomburgh, Jr., To- ledo; Charles Solar, Ann Arbor; Har- old Stackler, Chicagd, Ill.; and Rob- ert T. Wallace, Rochester, N.Y. I-M Sports All nine residence halls will take part in dual swimming meets at 7:30 p.m. today in the Intramural Pool. The events are: 100 yard relay, 25 yard breast stroke, 50 yard free style, *25 yard back stroke, 25 yard free style, diving and the 75 yard Hockey Team Opens Series Against Illini Sextets Will Play Tonight And Saturday; Varsity Favored ToTriumph By LARRY ALLEN After stumbling through one of the poorest seasons in Michigan hoc- key history, the Wolverines will go into the home stretch tonight at Champaign in the first game of their windup series with Vic Heyliger's Illini. The Lowreymen hung up an easy 8-3 win over the Paris, Ontario, Athletic Club here last Saturday, af- ter being manhandled in four games by Michigan Tech, and Minnesota, and the two remaining contests with Illinois' weak squad should not hurt the Michigan cause in the win col- umn. To date, the Wolverines have piled up 13 losses as against one tie and four wins, and two of these victories came at the expense of Illinois here earlier in the season. Wolverines Took First Two Heyliger, who played brilliant hoc- key for Michigan under Lowrey did not make an impressive debut here as coach. The Wolverines had little trouble with his Illini then, and beat them 3-1, 5-1. Neither game pro- vided a great deal of action, and left much to be desired in the way of good hockey. The only change in the lineups since the last me'eting of the squads is the absence of Larry Calvert, who has been lost to the Michigan team through graduation. Paul Goldsmith will take the cen- ter spot in the first line, flanked. by Jim Lovett and Gil Samuelson. Gold- smith scored two goals against the Illini in the first series, while Gil Samuelson managed to get one goal. Bert Stodden and Charley Ross will be on the defense line for the Lowreymen. Ross had a big night, last Saturday against Paris when he turned the hat-trick with three goals. Against Illinois this season he has also scored three goals. Stod- den tallied only once in that series. James Winds Up Career Captain Spike James will be in the nets for Michigan, and for him these two games will be the last in his great college career. Bill Canfield, Bob Collins, John Corson and Fred Heddle will share the second-line duties. Heyliger will start Captain John- ny White, Joe Lutzer and Wayne McKibbin on his first line. Lotzer has accounted for the only two points Illinois has scored against Michigan this year. Chet Ziemba and Maurice Thompson will pair off at the de- fense posts, with Jack Gillan in the nets. Chuck Mettler, Howie Kopel and Tommy Jaworek will make up the relief line for Illinois. Probable starting lineups: I I MICHIGAN P OS ILLINOIS Plain $5 and up James G Gillan With Diamonds $15 and up Stodden D Ziemba Ross D Thompson0 Goldsmith C Lotzer Samuelson W White JEb Lovett W McKibben * ! P'O Michigan alternates: Lovett, Sam- J etlers uelson, Heddle, Corson. Illinois alternates: Mettler, Kopal, 308 SOUTH STATE Jaworek, Stewart. 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