SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1941 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE THE MI HI AN DAIY-AG-T-E . ... .... .... don wirtehafter's DAIL Y DOUBLE DEAR DOUBLE, Why don't Michigan rooters grow up? No matter how uninteresting or dull a basketball game is, they still manage to find something to be childish about. When Harmon was awarded the two trophies at the Minnesota game, it was a fine thing and a great tribute to Our Tommy. But there were some of us who wanted to see the game go on. There were also a goodly number of basketball players standing around getting cold waiting for the ceremonies to end. But that didn't phase the loyal fol- lowers of the Maize and Blue. They insisted on prolonging the proceed- ings by repeating all that asinine "roll-em-up" stuff which, in my opinion, is the corniest form of humor. At the Ohio State game, they took great pleasure in throwing pennies at the Buckeye reserves who were practicing between halves, an unsportsmanlike act in the first place and one which, as Benny Oosterbaan himself pointed out, might have caused serious injury to one of the players. But my biggest gripe is the way in which Michigan students display their juvenility in refusing to recog- nize the merits of a visiting player or the defects of a Wolverine cager. For instance, whenever Michigan takes the floor for a basketball game, it's a safe bet that little Mike Sofiak will be the roughest player on the court. He's got all the guts it takes. I'm ready to admit that. But is that any reason to applaud his rough- house tactics? When Mike tackled Don Carlsonf in the Gopher tilt, he was kicked back by Carlson and from that moment until Carlson left the game on fouls, he was booed all during the game. I almost came to blows with a raucous heel behind me who kept yelling, "Kill that number 30," in my ear. I wouldn't have liked to have tangled with him, even though he had a weak face, because I'm not very handy with my dukes. A little man can participate in ath- letic contests without playing for the sympathy of the crowd. Witness 5 foot 3 inch Bob Robillard of the Michigan Tech hockey team. He played a good game but he played straight hockey. If Mike wants to play rough ball, well and good. But when he gets hurt, let him take it too. Yours, Ferdinand the Frosh DEAR FERDY, Your note is nost interesting, and proves beyond a doubt that the longer a guy stays in school, the dumber he gets. Honestly, you've got more sense than Jake the Junior and Sophomore Sammy put together. The Double has always had much the same opinion of the Michigan rooter. They're "childish," ignor- ant, stupid, corny, and anything else you care to add. They delight in being moronically unfair and disgustingly unsportsmanlike. You're perfectly right about the old and sacred traditiorn of "roll-em- up." Really, you'd think by now that Wolverine followers would have had enough of that sort of thing. Frank- ly, I'm sick and tired of seeing those same fuzzy legs and, gaily painted socks everytime a guy gets up to speak. And that penny tossing party. Wasn't that the great display though? Did those foolish spectators ever realize what they could have done? A stray hunk of copper on a basket- ball court could easily result in a sliding cager and a broken leg. But the Michigan fans were having their fun, and who worries about acci- dents under those conditions. Perhaps the prime example of the Wolverine spectators' insipid attitude is the amount of smoking that goes on in the Field House duing every game. Watch the matches flicker during halftime to- morrow and remember that every cigarette lit will send off a cloud of smoke which will contaminate the air the battling cagers are at- tempting to breathe in. I can't exactly back} up your terms about Sofiak. I like his scrap, de- spite the many mistakes that he makes. To the Double, a little fight of that sort can make up for a lot of technique. You've got to admit that our cagers this year have a real dose of spark. The little punks, Brogan and Sofiak, will never give up no matter what the score mad be. That's why they are still getting fair- ly big crowds at the Field House even though the team has ben losing. Write again soon, The Double. Swimmers Sink Purdue In Home Opener, 63-21 Patten Leads Varsity; Wins In 220, 440 Heydt Takes Backstroke Duel; Mann's 'Champs Capture Every Event (Continued from Page 1) almost stole the show, there was much more to the meet than just the dis- tance events. In one of th best races of the evening, Francis Heydt. swim- ming stroke for stroke with Ted Hor- lenko for the first 100 yards, pulled out ahead with two laps to go and won out in 1:39 in the 150 yard back- stroke. Matt Mann's veterans, not to be outdone by their sophomore team- mates, came through in great style. Besides Heydt, there was John Share- met. Charley Barker and T-Bone Martin who punched out victories. John Sharemet Pressed John almost had his hands full with Joe Williamson in the breast stroke but with a tremendous burst of speed in the last 15 yards, the Michigan ace left the young Boiler- maker far behind. Tingley gave Pur- due a third place. A typical Charley Barker 'kick' in the 100 yard free style and the lanky senior had a race over Bruce Allen and the Purdue entry, Fred Herr, who swam in three different races throughout the evening. Martin, who dove off the low board for one of the few times in his ca- reer outclassed the field to finish f-,r ahead of Mack Hayes and Harry Och- stein of Purdue. Varsity Wins Relays In true Michigan fashion, the Wol- verines swept both relay events. Gus Sharemet swama leg on both teams while Jim Skinner, still recovering from a cold, took the breast stroke on the opening medley race. Horlenko completed the medley\ team and gave Skinner a swell lead which was increased by both Jim and Gus as they finished far ahead in 3:03.6. Bob West, who took the 50 yard race, Allen and the 'peepuls choice' Bill Holmes filled out the closing 400 yard free style relay team which' also had things its own way. Poor Purdue had a tough time chasing the Wolverines but it nev- er gave up as Matt Mann's invincible champions registered consecutive vic- tory number 22 over a three-year; stretch. Like 0l' Man River 300 yard Medley Relay: Won by Michigan (Horlenko, Skinner, G. Sharemet). Time 3 mins. 3.6 sec- onds. 220 yard Free Style: Won by Pat- ten, Mich.; Carney, Purdue, second; Williams, Mich., third. Time 2 mins. 13.8 seconds. 50 yard Free Style: Won by West, Mich.; Allen, Mich., second; Herr, Purdue, third. Time 24.7 seconds.I One Meter Diving: Won by Martin, Mich.; Hayes, Mich., second; Och- stein, Purdue, third. 355 points. 100 yard Free Style: Won by Bark- er, Mich.; Kratzer, Purdue. second; Garvey, Mich., third. Time 55 sec- onds. 150 yard back stroke: Won by Heydt, Mich.; Horlenko, Mich., sec- ond; Anderson, Purdue, third. Time 1 min. 39 seconds. 200 yard Breast Stroke: Won by J. Sharemet, Mich.; Williamson, Pur- due, second; Tingley, Purdue, third. Time 2 mins. 32.6 seconds. 440 yard Free Style: Won by Pat- ten, Mich.; Thaxter, Mich., second; Carney, Purdue, third. Time 5 mins. 6.6 seconds. 400 yard Free Style Relay: Won by Michigan (G. Sharemet, Allen, West, Holmes). Time 3 mins. 42.6 seconds. h Cagers Upset ny Wildcats; Puck Team Loses Double Duty Herman Northwestern Tops Michigan Quintet, 45-34' Bill Cartmill Scores Nine Points As WolverinesI Drop To Ninth Place (Continued from Page 1)® first half, poured in two field goals to put Michigan ahead, 7-6. Bud Hass: hit for two points and McCarnes scored two charity shots to send the Wildcats ahead to stay this time. George Ruehle ran the Wol- verine total to nine points with a crib shot, but Clason scored another; Sarnia A.C. Tallies Four Goals In Last Period To Triumph, 5-2 (continued from Page 1) I ln t at 4.,'in.-c-. Ted Horlenko, blond sophomore for a 12-9 advantage. swim star, played a large part in Before the Wolverines could con- the Wolverines' victory last night nect again, Al Butherus connected as he swam the backstroke leg in for three field goals and Clason hit the 300 yard medley relay triumph, another, leaving the visitors 11 points and finished second in the 150 yard in the rear. Thereafter the Wildcats backstroke event. were able to stay ahead nine points most of the time, Michigan cutting their edge to six points in a brief Track a m en second half rally. Hasse Ruins Losers' Hopes The Wolverines tried valiantly inI the second half to better the 23-141 score at the intermission. But Hasse in Tim e Tria Ls smothered their hopes with a field goal early in the period. Bill HerrmanG matched this with two free throws be- Several members of the Varsity fore Hasse came back with two free track team gave definite evidence throws himself. that they are rounding into good Cartmill and Brogan aided the condition for the approaching in- cause with field goals and Mandler door season by turning in commend- dropped in a charity shot to make able performances at yesterday's time the score read, 27-21. Wendland and trials at Yost Field House. McCarnes, however, scored from long In a 660-yard run Bill Dobson and range and then Clason dropped in a Bob Barnard each raced the distance dog shot and Northwestern was safe- in the fine time of 1:22.9, which ly in front again. 33-21.X compares favorably with the Field Cartmill, Herrmann Score Five House record of 1:20.5 held by War- Cartmill and Herrmann poured1 ren Breidenbach. Dobson's showing five points through the hoop, butt in the event was the best of his this time McCarnes and Hasse camei career. right back with four points and Big Bob Hook demonstrated that thereafter the Wildcats were never his 47 foot 11%V2 inch shot put mark of in serious danger. last week was no mere accident when Mandler, who has been scoring con- he tossed the iron apple just one sistently for the visitors, was held and a quarter inches less yesterday, to one field goal by Hasse, thus handi- and succeeded in bettering the 47 capping the Michigan attack con- foot distance five times. siderably. Clason led the scorers with Several days ago lanky Wes Allen 12 points, all field goals, while Cart- climbed a couple more rungs up the mill scored nine for Michigan. comeback ladder when he high jumped six feet with no serious re- action on his knee. Two years agol How'd This Happen? Allen was one of the best high jump_- II ers in the country and established N.U: G F T Mich. G F T the Field House record of 6 feet '7 Clason, f 6 0 12 Comin, f 0 0 0 inches before he developed water on Buthrus, f 4 0 8 Sofiak, f 1 1 3 the knee. The injury put him out of Hasse, c 3 3 , 9 Mndlr, c 1 2 4 action, but now he is again showing Wedlnd, g 2 0 4 Brogan, g 4 0 8 flashes of his previous brilliant leap- McCnes, g 3 2 8 Ruehle, g 1 4 6 ing form. _ _Kruger, f 1 0 2 Cartml, f 4 1 9 Seder, f 1 0 2 Hermn, f 1 2 4 Notre Dame Hoopmen - Doyle, f o 0 0 Defe Totals 20 5 45 - Defartans,4Totals 12 10 34 corner shot from five feet in front of the net. The lead was good for four minutes and forty seconds but then Chuck Levan took a pass from Tom Pru- deuce, skated up to the blue-line and fired a long shot at Loud. The puck bounced in front of the net, as Hank left his feet in an attempt to kick it out, and went right over the goalie's legs to tie the score at, 1-1. Sarnia forced the play during the remainder of the first period but were unable to score on Loud who made several sensational saves. The second period was scoreless until the final minute when Bahrych scored to give Michigan a 2-1 lead. Max flipped Bert Stodden's rebound into the nets from about fifteen feet out. At 7:41 of the last period, Chuck Levan tied the score with a close-in' shot after Bucky Hystead had given him a pass at the blue line. Four minutes later, Hystead made his freak goal to give the visitors a lead which they never relinquished. Michigan tried hard to get the goal back but it was here that the visitors' greater experience told the story. They checked expertly and kept the loyal boys away from their net until the end of the game. While the Michigan power play was on, Stew Couzens and Tom Pru- dence had opportunities to break Lnglund Leads Badgers To 46-31 Win Over OSU MADISON, Wis., Jan. 25-0P)-The powerful University of Wisconsin Badgers scored their fifth straight Big Ten Conference basketball vic- tory tonight by overwhelming prev- iously undefeated Ohio State 46 to 31. Gene Englund, current Conference scoring champ, connected with six field goals and four free throws for 16 points, for a total of 77 points in Conference competition. lOse anc tscore ~ un1ssed glS, Couzens' tally coming at 18:43 while Prudence scored just ten seconds be- fore the final gun. Michigan was handicapped through- out the game by the absence of Paul Goldsmith who has been suffering from the flu for the past several days and was unable to play. On A Tough Break Michigan Loud Stodden Ross Bahrych Gillis Samuelson Pos. G D D C W W Sarnia A.C. Pacand Morrison Gutteridge Couzens Hystead Levan Mel W ins ile; Schwarzkopf Fifth hi Two-Mile Run BOSTON, Jan. 25. - P- Walter Mehl, the vastly improved Wiscon- sin graduate, turned in the fastest mile in Boston's track history-4.09.7 -while outsprinting the favored John M1unski of Columbia, Mo., by about a foot in the Prout Meet's K. of C. feature tonight before a 10,000 crowd at the Boston Garden. J: * 1 Both Greg Rice, recent Notre Dame star, and Don Lash. the Indiana fly- ing cop, indicated they were out to improve the former's indoor record of 8:56.2 when they and five others started in the Larrivee two-mile spe- cial. They put on an exciting duel, but Rice used up nine minutes, four- tenths seconds, before he broke the tape 15 yards ahead of Lash, a former record-holder. That performance, however, was the fastest in the meets history. Forest Efa w of Stillwater, Okla., wound up third, a half lap ahead of the veteran Joe McCluskey of the New York A.C. The other finishers were Ralph Schwarzkopf of Michi- gan and George DeGeorge of New York. Summaries: First Period 1-Michigan: Bahrych (Samuelson), 0:59. 1-Sarnia Levan (Prudence), 5:49. Penalties - Rudder, Mara. Second Period 2-Michigan; Bahrych (Stodden)'a 19:04. Third Period 2-Carnia; Levan (Hystead), 7:41. 3-Sarnia; Hystead, 11:24. 4-Sarnia; Couzens, 18:43. 5-Sarnia: Prudence, 19:50. Penalties - Samuelson, Morrison. Goalies' stops - By Loud 28, By Pacand 25. UN 1 FINAL CLEARANCE O'COATS & TOPCOATS Includes Reversibles Sale closes Jan. 31 Van Boven Inc. I Get the Habit WALK a few steps and SAVE on Haberdashery *. . of course it's CANTON'S WILLIAMS at STATE r U1 WILL YOUR FACE - SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan 25--(P)--- The Notre Dame basketball team beat Michigan State 46 to 39 tonight for its sixth straight victory of the season. The defeat was Michigan State's first in seven starts. 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