TRE -MI- UGAN D.AiILAY 'JWJDAV, DECENME, R G, 1,940 . _ . t _ . , ,.,.... a ,~ ., ~ ~,.,t~ ~TfIE -~MT1AIIGAN DAILY ~z DECEMRR~ 8, 1940 Wolverine Hockey, Cage Teams Play At Home Tomorrow .e don wirtehafter's DAILY DOUBLE 4 rI Nano One Grand Gang BENNIE OOSTERBAAN shouted some advice to his cagers and then leaned back on the bench to relax. "You know." he said, "it's a funny thing, but I can sit here just two days before the basketball season opens and think about football." Just then Brogan dropped in a long one from center court. Bennie sat up in his seat long enough to yell: "Nice going, Herb. That's the stuff," and with that he slumped down again and started back on football. "We had the friendliest team I ever saw this year," he continued. "That's'what I can't get over. I never worked with a bunch that got along better than this one did. I think that's the reason we won football games." That startecj the Double thinking. We thought of the annual football bust the alumni held for the team the other night in Detroit. That was enough to prove Bennie's point. For more than three hours they talked at the banquet, players, alumni and coaches. For more than three hours, they hurled praises, and yet when all was through, their phrases weren't sufficient. It was that night that All-American Tommy Harmon chose his All- American team. He presented his selections with gold footballs, duplicates of those given to the Western Conference champions. He gave those foot- balls to the members of his own squad, coaches, players, trainers, doctors and managers included. Those were Harmon's All-Americans. "I wish people would not call Michigan's season my personal tri- umph," the Ace said in his speech before the crowd of 754 that had assembled in Hotel Statler. "In fact, I'd like to melt down my rings, trophies and other gifts and dis- tribute them among members of the; team, if that were possible. They were responsible for my success. These footballs carry the cham- pionship rating. I think they de- serve them." That was Harmon. That was the lad who took an hour off his recent tour to chat with crippled children in a Buffalo hospital. That was the Harmon who despite his publicity and fame could stand the kidding of his teammates and friends. That was the Harmon who never aroused jealousy among * * those that played along with him. During the bust, he called Eva- shevski "the greatest football play- er I ever knew." Evy in turn of- fered praise to Harmon. "He was an All-American fel- low. Off the field he was just as great as on the field. He never let you down." Every senior that got up to speak, and there were nine of them, talked about the other eight. And when all was through, head coach Fritz Crisler finished it off with: "This was the greatest bunch of men with whom I ever have been associated." No wonder Bennie sits and watches his Gagers with memories of the past grid season fresh in his mind. Those Wolverines are, hard to forget. * * Injury-Ridden, Hockey Team Set For Clash By ART HILL, Latest reports from the Wolverine hockey front indicate that Eddie Lowrey will be able to put six men on the ice tomorrow night for a skir- mish with scme lads from the Uni- versity of Western Ontario. Coach Lowrey issued: this confi- dential report after a cursory survey of the ruin wrought by a little guy in a black overcoat known variously to the sports writing gentry as Joea Jinx or Old Man Injury. Last minute flashes list the fol- lowing major and minor afflictions as being in the possession of sundry members of the squad: One broken nose, property of Max Bahrych. One badly sprained wrist, belong- Ing to Paul Goldsmith. One gashed cheek, nine stitches, beloning to Capt. Charley Ross. One cut leg, ten stitches, owned by Johnny Gillis. This list of course, !s incomplete. There is also a long list of assorted aches, pains and bruises almost too insignificant to nention. Bob Colins has a bruised aw, Jimmy Anderson a cut lip, Bert -todden a sore leg, etc. But hockey is one sport where injuries of such ittle moment as these are hardly vorthy of mention. In fact, looking ahead to tomorrow night, it seems likely that not a single mhan will be missing when the Wol- erines take the ice. The only mem- )er of the squad whose status is doubtful at this writing is Paul Gold- smith, lanky center from Marblehead, Mass. Goldy's right wrist was swollen to wice its normal size last Sunday as a result of an injury received in the season's opening game against the London A.C. It is considerably im- proved now, however, and if the hock- y fates are willing, he'll be ready to ;o against the Mustangs. He will probably team up with Jim Ander- 3on and Gil Samuelson on the second front line. Max Bahrych, who it was thought would be out of the Western game because of a broken nose suffered in practice Wednesday night, has been working out wearing a face-guard and will probably be in there when the team takes the ice. Charley Ross has likewise been wearing a guard and is set to go to- morrow. Gillis, whose injury is over two weeks old, has been improving steadily and will probably hold down the starting center job. Wielding the soggy crying towel with a proficiency that would do jus- tice to "Gloomy Gil" Dobie himself, Coach Ben Van Alstyne, Michigan State basketball mentor, is once again singing his annual pre-Michigan game blues song. But his mournful tune falls on deaf ears as far as Bennie Ooster- baan and the Wolverine cagers are concerned. For on the team that Van Alstyne will start against the Varsity here Morris, six-feet two, hold flown the forward posts for Van Alstyne's men, and Max Hindman, the high scoring center, towers six-two. Bob Phillips and Mel Peterson, guards, both meas- ure one inch short of the six-foot mark. State Out To Break Jinx In addition to this, the Spartans will be out to break the extended jinx that the Wolverines hold over their heads. The Varsity has won nine out of the last ten hoop games with State. All of which makes Coach Van Alstyne's moaning just so much hot air and leads Capt. Herb Brogan and his cohorts to put all the more zip into their practice sessions these days. Oosterbaan sent the Wolverines through their easiest workout of the season yesterday, but paradoxically enough, the session produced a slight misfortune to one of the cagers. Fitzgerald Sprains Ankle Bob Fitzgerald sprained his ankle in a scrimmage and had to retire from practice. The extent of the in- jury will not be known until later to- day when "Fitz" attempts to work out the sprained member. Oosterbaan had been using Fitzger- ald at the left forward on the Varsity first team and may award the lanky junior the starting assignment at that postion tomorrow night if the in- jury is not too serious. Louis To Meet Godoy DETROIT, Dec. 5.-(k)-Promoter Mike Jacobs announced tonight that heavyweight champion Joe Louis would defend his title for a third time against Arturo Godoy, the Chilean, at Los Angeles in April for the windup of Joe's "winter tour." a winner v em up to Berghoff. Spartans Will Furnish Michigan With Stiff Battle In Cage Opener - - - - - - -- - - Bo~4 y lr Qrm. * *. * BERCH0 F "' The AAU "crack down" policy sounds phoney to the Double . . . Evi- dently the boys in Denver are eager for publicity, or something . . . Or else, pressure from the West Coast made them back down from their stand against Harmon rather quickly . . . We liked Ferris' statement concerning the matter . . . "the East-West game is such a worthy event that the AAU is willing to overlook the participation of Tommy Harmon, the pro!" . NatatorsMeet College Stars Today MIKE SOFIAK ... slated to start tomorrow night, every members is a veteran, four of whom are earning their third basketball letter. Wlat's more, every one of the starters was on the team that was defeated twice last year by the Wolverines. And from the leisurely manner that the Spartans drubbed Kalamazoo earlier in the week, State should prove no cinch for Michigan's opener. Varsity Yields Height To make the Varsity's task even more difficult, Michigan will be spot- ting the visitors a height advantage when the two teams collide. Three six-footers are slated to be in the Spartans' starting array. Joe Gerard, six-feet tall, and Bob An 11 man squad of Michigan swimmers will pull out of Ann Arbor at noon today for Cleveland where they will play the feature role in the Greater Cleveland high school cham- pionship meet tonight. Matt Mann's championship team is scheduled to swim against a picked squad of college stars in handicap races at the Cleveland Club as an added attraction to the high school title race. The Wolverines will be pulling no punches as they show the Indian fans what makes a champion tick. They'll see. Gus Sharemet, national collegiate 100 yard free style champ, Read And Use The Michigan Daily Classified Ads Francis Heydt, second man in the country in the 150 yard back stroke. and Strother Martin, number three diver off the three-meter board. Besides those champions Matt Mann is taking Jim Skinner-Michi- gan's great sophomore breast stroker, John Sharemet, who was fifth in the national collegiates in the same event, and a host of brilliant sophomores. 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