FI 1iDI ;\Y M ate lTI 2 '5 E40 I-- r 'I ir i t -A l Swimmers Defend National Crown; Matmen Fight Fo III Title Wolves IEdge Out Foresters In Tank Meet Upsetting the dope bucket, the Wolverines tank team nosed out the favored Forestry Club, 42-36, to take the Independent Swimming crown at the I-M pool last night. The Hill Billy A. C. scored 17 points to take third and Robert Owen placed fourth with 10. J ohn Stephens was outstanding for the winners, tying for first in the 50-yard breast stroke, taking first place in the diving, and swimming anchor on the winning medley relay team. Capt. Oscar Traczewitz turned in the best performance for the For- estry Club; winning the 220-yard free style in addition to swimming anchor on the championship 200- yard free style relay team. 200-yard Free style Relay: Won by Forestry (Traczewitz, Maddox, Morgan and Houser). Time-1.53. 50-yard Breast stroke: Tied for first, Cowing, Hill Billy A. C., and Stephens, Wolverines; third, Brink- ley, Forestery. Time-:34.3. 50-yard Free style: Won by Houser, Forestry; second, Maddox, Forestry; third, Sutnick, Wolverines. Time-- :28.1. 220-yard Free style: Won by Trac- zewitz, Forestry; second, McCulery, Wolverines; third, McKeown. Time- 2.42:3. 50-yard Back stroke: Won by Blumberg, Wolverines; second, Wills, Robert Owen; third, Kyro, Forestry. Time--:34. 100-yard Free style: Won by Hart- man, Wolverines; second, Mountaine, Robert Owen; third; Fiedler, For, estry. Time-1:08. 150-yard Medley Relay: Won by Wolverines (Blumberg, Stunick and, Stephens). Time-1:14. Diving: Won by Stephens, Wolver- ines (27 points); second, Cowing, Hill Billy (22 points); third, Kyro, Forestry (19 points). Rowe Looks Good As Tigers Lose, 3-4 LAKELAND, Fla., March 28.-(IP)-- The Boston Bees made extra base hits count today as they defeated the Detroit Tigers, 3 to 1, in a Grapefruit League game behind the steady pitch- ing of Jim Turner and Bill Swift. Each side got five hits, but. the Bees, scoring all the runs off School- boy Rowe in the seven innings he was in the box, made three good for nine bases, but Rowe looked very good. E il- i Tan lK r teamt11 Is Miehigan's Chief Opponent Wolverine Chances In Bid For 1940 Swim Title Hurt ByWelsh's Loss (Continued from Page 1) bruster and Al Vande Weghe from Princeton to break up the Michigan backstroke dominancy. In the same manner, the Wolverines will be count- ing on Wayne's Andy Clark and Eric Cutler of Harvard in the distance events. The performances of these inermen from colleges that don't have a chance will play a big part in de- termining the team champion. And while the observers and experts do their figuring, the coaches will be gathered in the gymnasium for their annual meeting in which the official entries are submitted and heats drawn up. Today the fireworks get under way with the grueling 1500-meter swim in the morning, qualifiers in the afternoon, and finals in five events in the evening. On Saturday qualifiers and finals in the remaining five events will complete the pro- gram. An expected backstroke duel be- tween Vande Weghe and Francis Heydt, the Michigan junior, promises to headline tomorrow's activities. The Princeton ace has taken the title two years in a row, but he will find his Wolverine rival a serious con- tender in the 150-yard struggle. Heydt captured the Big Ten dorsal crown two weeks ago in record-smashing time. Another important battle on the opening day card is the 50-yard sprint with Barker defending his title against such outstanding performers as Wolf, Guy Lumsden from Wayne, Army's Charley Cowell and Bob Percy from Louisiana State. Other first day events are the med- ley relay, one-meter diving and the 220-yard freestyle race. Ig~, f T \ IN TlHIS CORNER II There is little tii;.l1hood that anyone will annex the two diving Browns that Ohio "tats Al Patnik will defend in the National Collegiate Swimmie Chanl;iAonships at New Haven. Patnik, holder of the one- meter and three-meter board titles for the last two years, will have as his clo:est competitor Earl (lark, his teammate. Clark has consistently been taking Oei second pla e points for the Buckeyes for the past two seasons as Patnik took top honors. Joe Louis Is Odds-On Favorite To Beat John Paychek Tonight NEW YORK, March 28. --._{A)F--un- nier things have happened in the fight game than the possibilitiy that John- ny Paychek will take the heavyweight title from Joe Louis in Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. But, despite the Jim Braddocks and Max Schmelings who pulled in the 1 to 10 shots in recent years, there just doesn't seem any chance that "it can happen here" this time. Some- how, the' Brown Bomber doesn't ap- pear in any more danger for his tenth title defense than in pulling on his britches in the solitude of his own boudoir. Not only has he the physical equip- ment, particularly in the cannon he wears at the end of his arms, to dis- pose of the fighting fiddler from the Corn Country, with an expected crowd of 15,000 looking on, but his pride is hurt as a result of his mediocre showing against Arturo Godoy last month. Now, when Louis' pride is hurt, it pains him indeed. In fact, it hurt him much worse than his opponent- although not in the same places. In the past, when these pains set in, sympathies invariably were directed toward the next guy he met. As usual, the odds-makers have tabbed Louis at 1 to 8 or better. This corner goes along with that belief, picking Louis to make his 11:45 p.m. train connection for Chicago with plenty to spare, after taking four rounds or less to dispose of the busi- ness on hand.. Paychek has a few things in his favor, however, in spite of how the whole thing looks on paper. He has a world of speed in his finely built legs-probably the fastest boxing man Louis has had a look at to date. 41nBy MEL F OLYMPIA ARENA. Detroit, March 28--The war zone was widened considerably here tonight as the Tor- onto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings, dissatisfied with the smaller squabble overseas, started one of their own. Everything went, including stcks, fists and tempers as Reg- gie the ed Horner and Al Mot- ter niearly start-d initernational complications of-their own. It all started after four min- utes of the se.ond period had passed. The first canto, one of the season's roughest here as the Leafs counted twice, was only a prognosis of things to come. Motter and Horner weren't satis- fied with the mildness of things and decided to get together, with fists. Before anyone could say Sylvanus Apps, the rest of both teams were in the melee with both goalies just on the fringe. The referees could have thrown 10 men off the ice, but the game wouldn't have been very in- teresting with just goal tenders on the ice so just Motter and Horner were handed five- minutes penalties. The two went to the box, and just as it appeared that hostilities had closed and the dove of peace had settled on everybody's shoulders, it happened again. Horner muttered to Motter "Blank, blank, blank." Motter answered with four blanks of his own and Horner exploded his blank in the form of a right cross, on the Red Wing's chin. The pair went to the floor with the big red head on top. They were at it for 30 seconds until the referees could get through. One official said to Horner, "Don't hithim," and that sweet tempered gentle- man replied, "I ain't hitting him. I'm just protecting myself." Then the gent in the press box next to us took exception to something someone said and started a few swings himself and before we knew it, Hor- ner was in our lap and three hockey sticks were in our face. We retreated to a safe distance (about 40 yards) and an armistice was called with the aid of four, count 'em, four, cops. We'd never have returned if they hadn't been there. The penalty box was brought in front of us, and mayhem appeared imminent. Suddenly a hand reached out from behind us and grabbed Hor- ner by the shirt and grabbed him rudely off the bench (really a quite ungracious thing for the Detroit host.) Horner, swinging and swearing, turned around with his fists up to find, of all things, a woman. Now he couldn't hit a woman could he? So all he could do was swear and swear. My, such swearing hasn't been heard in these parts since the English burned Detroit in the early 19th century. So he turned to one of the four cops and said meekly, in between swear words. "Protect me." A moment later Sid Howe SPORT COATS I penalty box. But it wasn't over yet. With seven minutes to play in the third period,t Orlando went down the right side of the ice and lost the puck. So he decided to make the best of a bad situation and deliberately clubbed his old friend Horner over the head with his stick. Off the ice it would have been called manslaughter. But on the ice it's just fun. Horner went down as though shot, lay unconscious{ with blood streaming down his neck. Sticks started flying again, and Horner got up with more blood in his eye than on his face. He went at Orlando but teammates intervened. The Wing got five minutes. It started again with 31 seconds left in the game. Grosso threw off his gloves and went at Apps. In a second every man on the ice,sinclud- ing the goalies, were at it. Finally Eddie Wares got Horner to retreat out of the danger zone, but the Wings weren't to be cheated out of their prey. While Wares tried to fight them, off, they surrounded Horner and then it all started again. For fully three minutes, while the organ played "I Love You Truly" teeth, blood and all but their hearts poured out on the ice. Sporadically it would stop and then start again. Finally it ended. The, remaining 31 seconds were played and we left this mad house of Mars. Give us Wars, give us Manslaughter, give us anything; those guys can have their hockey. FINEBERG_ tripped Apps and collected two trouble-free minutes and no sooner was he out then Jim Or- lando got a pair for high stick- ing. One more penalty and they would have had a quorum in the i An old rivalry will be resumed today and tomorrow at the National Intercollegiate wrestling meet at Champaign, Ill., when Michigan comes up against the favored Okla- homa A. and M. matmen. The Wolverines will have no easy task in dislodging the Aggies from a three year reign of wrestling su- premacy and the burden of trim- ming them down rests upon the five- man squad Coach Cliff Keen took to Champaign yesterday. The Aggies, undefeated in dual meet competition this season, are favored to take their seventh national crown. The intense Michigan-Oklahoma rivalry, with the added feature that Coach Keen of the Wolverines was a star wrestler for Oklahoma A. and M. in his undergraduate days, be- gan back in 1929 when the Aggies nipped Michigan in the nationals, 24-22. Michigan was without the services of its most famous mat star, Ed "Don" George, Olympic and na- tional titleholder, whose brilliant work helped the Maize and Blue garner four places on the Olympic team the year before. MibIigan's hopes are also carried by four other Wolverine grapplers. Harland Danner, called the finest college wrestler ever to enter the University and this year's Conference champion, is figured a top-heavy choice to win at 155. Bill Combs will be out after the 145-pound crown, his injured knee which lost him the Conference title to Ohio State's Tony Montonaro being completely healed. Sophomore Jim Galles may have an- other shot at Indiana's Chauncey ;;J. Five Wrestlers Carry Varsity Title Chances Oklahoma Aggies Rated Heavy Favorite To Take Seventh National Crown Shortage Of Tested Pitching Staff 'Worries FisherAs Spring Trip N ea rs By the way, and this is quite inci- McDaniels, while Capt. "Butch" Jor- dental, the Wings were eliminated dan, Conference heavyweight title- from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Final holder, will be seeking the National score was 3-1. Collegiate crown in that division. kl """®. By NORM MILLER Fisher as the Wolverines enter the Pitching, the imposing factor that final week of indoor drills in prepara- plays such a dominant role in the tion for the annual southern trip. making and breaking of many a Nor is the inclement weather that baseball team, is still a big question l is keeping the squad in the Field mark in the mind of Coach Ray House and has the Michigan hurlers straining at the leash for a few 1.- Headquarters for MANHATTANSHIRTS ITHE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN ? SWerve to seve A'gnm" 300 SOUTH MAIN STREET "Silent Jack" the number-one spot on the Wolverine firing line. Russ Dobson and Lyle Bond fit into Fisher's plans for the other starting roles. Dobson can go places if he develops the necessary confi- dence to go with his wealth of pitch- ing ability, while the Wolverine men- tor is confident that Bond needs only to improve his control to blos- som into a first-class twirler. Stoddard Slated For Relief Mickey Stoddard, who saw quite a bit of relief service last year,' appears headed for the job of "fireman" again this season. Anyone who watched Mickey walk into the Mich- igan Normal game last year, with the bases full and no one out and retire the side scoreless, will attest to his coolness in the tight spots. Two more promising possibilities are "Lefty" Mase Gould and Les Veigel. Gould has shown more im- provement in a year's time than any pitcher on the Michigan. squad and may turn out to be the answerto Fisher's prayer for a top-notch southpaw. 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