FRIDAY, iWAY 16, 1941 THE MICHIGAN D A TIN 1D a r%-w nqnvwmmvm TH tel:1 . U 1 1l N ,f 11 JAt1 x L x rAU E THIRTEEN Ri Four Lettermen To Return For 1941-42 Basketball season aptain-lect Cart milIHeads Veteran Team Added Height Will Make Michigan Big Contender In Conference Title Race By BOB SHOPOFF When next November rolls around, the basketball court will be laid down in the Field House and Coach Ben- nie Oosterbaan will start looking for a quintet on which to base his cham- pionship hopes for the 1941-42 sea- son. Right now the Wolverine cage mentor has his hopes in the back of his head. Before he could turn out a squad that could cop the Big Ten conference title, he will have to plug holes left by graduation, but Michi- gan looks good enough to finish higher than sixth as they did the past year. Four Lettermen Next season Oosterbaan has four lettermen returning. They include Captain-elect Bill Cartmill, Jim Mandler, Leo Doyle and Mel Comin. The biggest thorn in Bennie's side is the fact that he doesn't have 'an ex- perienced guard coming back. Of the four men returning, only Cartmill and Mandler saw much ac- tion in last year's campaign. How- ever, the Maize and Blue squad will boast of more height than they have in recent years. Bi Jim ranges six feet four inches. while Doyle and Comin are shorter by only two inches. Cartmill tops six foot by one inch. The coaching staff was worried about Cartmill's draft status, but at the present it looks like he will be deferred. His position is not defin- ite yet, however. Bill is expected to hold down one of the forward spots. He is a capable leader and a fine shot from any position on the floor. Mandler Returns Mandler is slated to see plenty of action at center since he held that spot all during the 1940-1941 season. Jim's height allows him to handle the ball off the backboard where his ball hawking saved the Wolverines many points last year. On the of- fense Jim is a great threat, especially on pivot plays and push shots from the foul circle. Oosterbaan will lose three good players by graduation when George Ruehle, Herb Brogan and Mike Sofiak are handed their sheepskins. At for- ward, Mike led the Michigan squad to several victories single-hnded by his sparky play. He was the favorite of the home fans as his antics on the hardwoods kept the spirit of the team up throughout the year. His shoes will be hard to fill since he was the leading scorer of the team besides being a star ball handler. Guards Graduate Ex-captain Brogan and Ruehle played the guard spots during the past year and their graduation leaves these positions wide open. Herb and George teamed up to turn in some fine defensive games and both were able scorers. Quite a bit is expected of Leo Doyle and Mel Comin for the next year. They lack experience, but with work they can turn in the brand of ball that is needed to win. Both players were forwards last season, but the coaching staff might find it advan- tageous to change one of them to a, guard position. Along with these four men, 17 -! Many Gridiron Stars Are Lost By Graduation (continued from Page 9) At center, senior Bob Ingalls seems to have his position pretty well clin- ched. Bob has long since shown his ability to stay in there and battle when the going gets rough around the pivot spot. Count him in. In the tackle slots, Crisler will be able tto count on two veterans who were tops at their positions last year in Al Wistert and Reuben Kelto. Wis- tert narrowly missed receiving All- American mention last season, no a draft number but he is an engineer- mean feat for a sophomore. Kelto has ing student and may be deferred for that reason. Rogers Back At End At the vital end positions, the Wol- verines have one regular returning in the person of Joe Rogers. The other flank post is wide open and there are a host of candidates trying to grab it. Tops among these are Phil Sharpe, husky junior, and Walt Frei- hofer, Don Long and Jack Petoskey, all sophomores. In the backfield, two positions seem safe. One will go, without the slight- est doubt, to Captain-elect Bob West- fall, a hard-driving fullback who has been smashing through the line con- sistently for gains since he first join- ed the squad as a sophomore. George Ceithaml gets the call at quarter- back by reason of the great work he did in filling in for Evashevski when Evy was out with an injury last sea- son. George, like Evy, is an excellent blocking back and has plenty of foot- ball sense. He proved this when he was shoved into the signal-calling spot against Pennsylvania last Octo- ber. Nelson, White Are Wingbacks The fourth position in the back- field, the wingback spot, may go to either Davy Nelson, who held the job during the 1940 season, or sophomore Paul White but there are several others after the position. Class this one as a question mark. National Leag Batting Char Sits On Ben Listed on the roster of the burgh Pirates is one Debs Gar fielder and outfielder, and b champion of the National Leag ,year. And Manager Frankie Frisch Pirates is anything but joyful racks his brain in a vain a to place Garms on the starting For the Pirates have Mauric Robays, terrific long ball hitter ing in left field, Garms' favorit and Lee Handley, a dependable er at third, Garms' infield pos Robays can hit home runs cons ly. Garms can't. Handley can f third, Garms catches them o chest. So Frisch just sits and w as to where he can place the1 ue Mermen Will Lose Three C (Continued fro Page 9) ed to wear the khaki of Uncle Sam ~ h before the Wolverines take to the t the greatest of them all, Adolf Kief- water. er, will no longer fill a Wolverine John Sharemet, number two breast- Pitts- suit. For Frannie Heydt, backstroke stroker on the Maize and Blue crew, ni-ace who holds the Big Ten and Na- Tommy Williams, ace utility man, m ts, in-ationalCollegeiate 150-yard back- and T-Bone Martin, flashy diver, are atting stroke titles, will be another to re- the three who, in all probability, will ue last ceive a diploma. be shouldering muskets instead of As if that weren't enough havoc treading water when Mann sends of the created in the backstroke ranks, Bill his team mo action. as he Beebe, captain last season, will also Yet there are some bright spots in ttempt take leave of Ann Arbor via the grad- the swimming future, for Mann has team. uation route.two ace sophomores to form the e Van Then there's Jack Wolin, Michi- nucleus of his aggregation. r play- gan's dependable diver, and Blake Up from the sophomore ranks will e spot, Thaxter, distance man who could al- be Jim Skinner, sensational breast- field- ways be counted on for points. These stroker. National Collegiate, Na- t. Van two form another pair of Michigan tional AAU, and Big Ten 200 yard istent- stalwarts who will depart from the breaststroke king, Slinner is the field at tankers in the traditional cap and greatest in the nation in his event. ff his gown. Last-year he came within 5-10 of a vorries But Mann has another source of second of tying the world's record, leagueIdepletion to contend with-the Unit- and during the coming campaign he ed States Army. Three men are slat- will probably shatter it. The other half or last season's great sophomore diuo is Jack Patten. Forced to take a back seat because of Welsh's brilliance, Patten still shone. Now, with a year's' experience behind him, Jack should be ready to fill Welsh's suit. Other Point-Getters Although the Michigan i;eam will be formed around these two men, Mann 'still has some other paddlers who will take many points for the Wolverines. In the backstroke he will have Dick Riedl, junior ace, and sophomore Ted Horlenko. Reidl will take over Heydt's number one spot while Horlenko will swim in the number two slot. And then Matt can call upon free- stylers Bruce Allen, Claire Morse, and Bob West. All of these men will be juniors, and their potentiali- ties are vast. Capt. Dobby Burton, the smallest man on the squad, will naturally see duty for the Maize and Blue. Burton isn't the best swimmer on the team, but his fight and spirit more than make up for it. Last, but not least, stands the "Great Gusto," Gus Sharemet. He was terrific as a sophomore, a terrific flop as a junior, and will be a ques- tion mark as a senior. Potentially one of the greatest swimmers of all time, it will be up to Gus to live up to the promise of his sophomore year. Frosh Squad Weak Mann can look for little aid from this year's yearling crop. Among the freshmen there are no red hot swim- mers, with two freestylers, Lewis Kivi and Dan Felski, being the best of the lot. The diving will be the weakest de- partment of all. With Wolin and Martin gone, Mann will be forced to turn to two freshmen about whom little is known, Lou Haughey and Al Cania. hampions From 1940 Team b ating king. man on the squad, will naturally see Al Canja. K r I ha ven't a thi~ng to wear I just sent my last outfit to Greene's Summing up, the team could1 better (if Harmon and Evy we back, for instance) but, on the oth hand, anyone who figures Michig to be a weak sister will be making mistake. Don't count them out that Big Ten race for a while yet, an how. be ere ier an a of -l freshmen numeral winners will be fighting for starting berths on the Varsity quintet. Oosterbaan and Ernie McCoy, assistant coach, hope to find the men that they need for winning team from these players. Standouts during frosh practice last season were Ralph Gibert, Paul White and Merv Pregulman. 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