TH1JD.~i ;T ~t4 IItiE LI AllI Aiii Natators Favored To Defeat Gophers At Minneapolis' Today ________ ________________________ - IN THIS CORNER By MEL FINEBERG. iir- . .. - ~ Nothing's Impossible.. . WE ENTERED into that den of in- iquity with qualms, fears and great trepidation. It was our first acquaintance with that inferno; we knew not what to expect. The first thing that met our eye was four bil- liard balls-with one of the balls, raised two feet above the rest and, wonders of wonders, talking to an as- sembled group. A closer glance disclosing that the discourser at the Union bil- liard room was Charles "Show Me A Shot I Can't Make" Peter- sen. After making every shot we showed him and a few that we had never seen before, the travel- ing salesman of collegiate bil- liards began to speak of his ad- venture in Hollywood where he was making some shorts (motion picture not underwear). "That's how I lost my hair," he said, "but at that it came in handy. I'd walk through the studio carrying my brief case and everyone would think I was a director. At times it proved highly advantageous." We didn't question him further. Charles "Show Me etc., etc" Pet- ersen was engaged in a two-day ex- hibition of showing them shots he could make at the Union. He did quite well, thank you, The mailman brought us this this morning: Dear Corner. Just read the article in your sports column this morning, and think there has been a slight misinterpretation of statements. "He sprang eight feet" might not refer to vertical height at all, but to the distance between the low- er deck of his own boat and the lower deck of the German boat horizontally. That is his boat approached to within eight feet of the German boat, the lower deck of his boat was on approxi- mately the same level as the German boat, and he simply took a running broad jump (sprang) to the lower deck of the German boat. This latter interpretation makes his pushing the German guard aside more plausible. Hoping t h i s interpretation meets with your approval, and serves to remove any misconcep- tion from your mind, I am Sincerely yours, Marvin Spiegel. Well if this is going to remove any misconception from your mind it'll have to do the same for Mr. Webster, of dictionary fame. We quote from that quotable source: "Spring, v.t.-to start or rise suddenly, to leap or jump up. To tower; to be relatively higher. To shoot up, to pass over by leaping as to spring a fence." Forrest Jordan called Butch by his intimates and something else by his friends, is back from Penn State where he won his heavyweight wrestling match by default when he broke his opponent's leg. He walks around campus these days, growling threateningly and warning all and sundry "I still have the formula." Hockey Standings F ' Rangers ... Boston.... Toronto . Chicago ... Detroit ..... Americans . . Montreal ... W .23 .25 .19 .16 .13 .11 .9 L 8 8 15 16 20 25 24 T 8 -4 5 6 6 3 4 Thursday's Games Toronto at Detroit. Rangers at Americans. Montreal at Chicago. All Varsity baseball candidates are requested to sign up at Yost Field House any afternoon this week. Ray Fisher, Coach 2 STUDENT SUPPLIES PARKER PENS and PENCILS - NOTEBOOKS TYPEWRITER RIBBONS - TYPING PAPER Ball & Thrasher' . eekendWorries Miuhigan's battered quintet will again encounter "Wild" Bill Hapac, who is leading the Big Ten scorers with 108 points when they tangle with the fighting Illini at Cham- paign Saturday. Hapac connected for 20 points in the first batttle be- tween the two teams, which illi- nois won, 48-43. Comiskeys Battle Sale Of White SoX CHICAGO, Feb. 21.- tUP) -The baseball Comiskeys opened their battle today to keep the name in a sport of which it has been an integral part for half a century. Mrs. Grace Comiskey, widow of the former owner of the Chicago White Sox, J. Louis Comiskey, re- nounced her original one half in- terest in the will in favor of an out- right one-third share of the estate, hel B in trust by the First National This move, combined with another actisonke o4 bhlfofMr..o m y 's d u g h e r, ro t hy , w s i - terpreted by Attorney Thomas J. Sheehan as the initial blow in a fight to prevent the bank from selling the White Sox on the grounds baseball is a "hazardous" business unsuitable far aorustlivesenty COLLEGE BASKETBALL Long Island U. 44, Depaul U. 43 Duquesne 42, Waynesburg 37 Colgate 31, Rochester 25 Appalachian 52, U. of Mexico 33 Jordan-Ber Will Head! By GENE GRIBBROEK Two of the most powerful heavy- weights in collegiate wrestling circles will face each other in the climax bout on the colorful Navy-Michigan card Saturday afternoon. Forrest Jordan, captain of Michi- gan's Big Ten title threats, will be making his farewell appearance be- fore local mat fans in what comes close to being the high spot of his career when he squares off aganst the Naval Academy captain, Allen Bergner d Jordan strongest Wolverine Jordan's six foot, 198-pound frame Las earned him the reputation of be- ng the strongest grappler in Wolver- ne athletic history. His foe Saturday brings with him a physique that tops Butch's by a couple of inches and a good 15 pounds, and with it a claim to the same distinction at the Naval Academy. Bergner's advance notices herald him as one of the top all-around ath- letes the Middies have ever turned out. A letterman in lacrosse and boxing, the Midshipman drew nation- al attention last fall as he captained the Navy gridders at his tackle post and carried on a much publicized rivalry with his former Kankakee High SchobI teammate, Capt. Harry Stella of the Army. Stakes Reputation Against Jordan, When he steps onto the mat with Jordan, however, he will be staking his impressive reputation against one of the top heavyweights in the Mid- west. Coach Keen placed the Wol- verine in this category when he de- clared him to be the best man to compete in his division at Michigan since Ed "Don" George left school to enter the pro ranks. Butch has learned a lot of wrest- ling since the day when, as a year- ling fresh out of Clare, he found him- self a locker-room neighbor of the M1a s rewv Out To Extend Victory Streak Wolverines Have Enough Strength To Take First Place In Every Event (Continued from Page 1) Benham and Jack Wolin, the junior who came in first in the Spartan meet. Dick Riedl will swim in the backstroke, while John Sharemet will be the lone Michigan entry in the 200-yard breaststroke event. For free styling duties, the Wolver- ines have Jim Welsh, Tommy Wil- liams and Blake Thaxter in the middle distance, and Gus Sharemet, Bill Holmes, Charley Barker, John Gillis and Ed Hutchens in the sprints. Francis Heydt, the backstroker, and Johnny Haigh, a breaststroker, will be used only in the opening medley relay race. Against this powerful squad, Coach Thorpe will pit almost the same team' that placed the Gophers in third place at the Big Ten Championships last March. Leading the Minnesota natators are co-captains John "Red" Sahlman, a breaststroker, and Sy "Jabby" Jab- lonski, who swims in the 100-yard' free style. The Gopher backstroke department took a sudden rise for the better last week with the return of Elmer Green to eligibility. The husky junior did a 1:44.6 in winning the event against Northwestern. Aside from Jablonski, Thorpe has Judd Ringer, Jerry Liedl, and Ted Bloom in the sprints. For the dis- tance events, he'll use Harvey Robin- son and Dick Livermore., Larry Perry will be the only Gopher entry in the diving while Ringer and Sahlman will swim in the breaststroke. The Minnesota combination in the medley relay will be Green, Sahlman and Liedl. In the 400-yard free style relay Thorpe will use Liedl, Sheldon Lagaard, Bloom and Jablonski. Move Louis-Paychek Bout NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-(1P)-Mike Jacobs today announced a switch in the dates for the Joe Louis-Johnny Paychek heavyweight title fight and the Ceferino Garcia-Ken Overlin middleweight championship bout at Madison Square Garden. Louis and Paychek will meet March 29 instead of April 3 and Garcia and Overlin on April 3 instead of March 29. Tagging right behind Confer- ence scoring leader Hapac is the' Wildcat sophomore sensation, Dick Klein, with 92 points. Klein ran wild against Michigan two weeks ago and scored 24 points, and the Wolverines will get no rest over the weekend for they meet Klein and Co. on Monday following the Illini tilt. Maki, Nurmi To Run In AAU Track Meet 229 South State Dial 3955 o /'tom i . l ner Heavyweig ine Navy Wresi PUNCTUALITY i3 eientain .Ann Iror Be on time with one of our dependable watches priced as low as $9.95 PowerfiilMinesota Puck Team Boasts 14 Game Winning Streak V YORK, Feb. 21.-(P)-A last- change in plans will enable Maki and Paavo Nurmi to ap- at Saturday night's National Indoor Track Championships ,dison Square Garden, it was aced today.I i, who broke five world records tance-running last year, and his trainer-coach, will run laps on the Garden track mid- irough the championship pro- - -"Far enough," said Dan Fer- o enable track fans to study tyles and compare them to the ght Americans." i on March 5 at San Francisco n the first of a series of races e funds for the Finnish Relief He leaves for California with 'r on Thursday, Feb. 29. freshman numeral winners otball please see me at your !st convenience. Important! Wally Weber rht Clash ling Meet ng mentor and decided to take 1 at the mat sport. pite of a series of injuries that apped him throughout the first ars of his varsity career, Butch ed the lessons that Keen gave id last season demonstrated his as a pupil by taking second at the Conference meet. . His acy this season is, in part, a to the courage that made him >ack. BIG TEN SKETBALL STANDINGS - W L Pet. Pts. Opp. e .... 7 1 .875 337 251 na .. 6 2 .750 352 279 is ...'.. 5 3 .625 308 283 State .. 5 3 .625 312 317 igan .... 4 4 .50 284 307 iestern 4 4 .500 322 301 .......3 5 .375 294 309 esota .. 3 5 .375 291 334 nsin . 2 6 .250 270 300 go ... 1 7 .125 225 296 4 ro-~- By WOODY BLOCK The Golden'Gophers of goal-getting fame skate onto the Coliseum ice Sat- urday night with as enviable a scor- ing record as any coach living or otherwise could wish from any collec-, tion of hockey players. Minnesota's power-packed sextet of puck chasers seems to have a special knack of humiliating their opponents with the sharpest shooting band of goal getters ever to take the ice. In winning 14 straight games thus far this season, Coach Larry Armstrong's crew has drilled 108 goals past oppos- ing net minders. Machine-guning 108 goals in 14 games brings the Big Ten Hockey Champions an average of 7.7 goals per game which is shooting in any man's league. Seven of the fourteen contests have been won by an 8-goal margin, which shows further the superiority that the Gophers hold over the country's best collegiate teams. Leading the Minnesota rifle squad are the "Terrible Three,"-Co-cap- tains John Mariucci and Frank St. Vincent, and Harold Paulsen. Paul- sen is the diminutive, blond right winger whose stick handling ability and tremendous speed have hoisted -F 1 him into the top scoring position for the second straight year with 21 goals and 11 assists. St. Vincent is the center and play- maker of the front line and has col- lected 13 goals and 17 assists, while defenseman John Mariucci, Michi- gan's personal headache, has scored 20 goals and collected 7 assists. Even the Minnesota goalie, Marty Falk, has had his share of scoring glory, being one of the few goalies in the history of the game ever to score a goal. Falk takes the penalty shots for his team and has kept up the team's reputation by beating the Illinois net minder twice in the past two seasons. Just as a means of comparison, against Michigan Tech the Cham- pions unleashed their full artillery and virtually wore the net thin with an amazing total of 33 goals in four games. The Wolverines, meanwhile, in the same number of battles against the same team were able to collect but one goal. So it is no wonder that opposing teams fear the merciless "Goal Get- ting Gophers" They're powerful and they're potent, and what's more, they can score! !net ... 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