"JTHE MICHIGAN DAILY P,,i F THPUEs FluyRidden restling eam Weidig, Paup T Out Of Tough Spartan Clash Wolverines Will Default In 128-Pound Match; Galles To Meet Hutson (Continued from }age 1) To Invade East Lansing Today 4 ft still StOel Bio Te Race; Varsity Ninth For Strong Track Aggregation By HAL WILSON sophomores, Frank McCarthy and Despite the loss of 10 lettermen Neil ManentvrP wh h bv h The Spartans have won in the sane fashiontover Wheaton College and Ohio State. With exceptions in the two flu- ridden classes, Coach Cliff Keen in- tends to start the same Wolverines that faced Northwestern here on January 18. Jim Galles, Art Paddy, and sophomore Ray Deane will each be after a third straight victory. Deane will attempt to lengthen his streak 'of falls to three against a tough Spartan opponent. Varsity gridder, Jack Butler should do better than he did last week against North- western's Lyman Grover, when he lost his match by default by using an illegal body slam from a standing po- sition. PROBABLE LINEUP: 121-pounds: Klemach, Michigan, against Jennings, State. 128-pounds: Defaulted by Michi- gan. 136-pounds: Deane, Michigan, against Merrill, State.. 145-pounds: Mary Becker, Michi- gan, against Maxwell, State. 155-pounds: Combs, Michigan, against Riggs, State. 165-pounds: Paddy, Michigan, against Novak, State, 175-pounds: Galles, Michigan against Hutson, State. Unlimited: Butler,.Michigan, against Thompson, State. Cobb Proposal Taken Lightly By Fisher, Gee Ty Says That Expansion Of Home Plate Gives Edge To Pitchers By MYRON DANN Ty Cobb's recent proposal to ex- pand the width of home plate from' 17 inches to 19 inches is not being accepted too well in most quarters, nor does it strike a responsive note with Ray Fisher, varsity baseball coach, or with pitcher Johnny Gee, former member of the Michigan base- ball team and now on the roster of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The "Georgia Peach" recommended that, becausebaseball is all offense now, with defense having little or no chance, the plate should be in- creased in size. Ty claims this would give the pitcher a real advantage be- cause the number of long hits would be cut down and there would once again be pitchers like Pete Alexander, Christy Mathewson and Herb Pen- nock, who pitched with control and brains. % Better Attendance Cobb further maintained that the proposed rule would bring back into circulation thousands of fans who quit the parks for the movies when the lively ball made baseball a slug- ging match instead of one in which brains and speed played a part. Commenting on the proposed rule Coach Fisher pointed out, "the in- creased size of the plate would make the players use longer bats and con- sequently raise havoc with their bat-, ting stance." Gee Disagrees Pirate Pitcher Gee disagrees with Cobb, saying "the only thing that will give the pitchers a real break is by getting rid of the lively ball." Although Fisher maintained that he personally liked the dead ball be- cause it gave the outfielders chance to throw base runners out, and in general because the defense had more of a chance. He thinks the matter should be left up to the fans as to what kind of baseball they like. High Scores Popular The Michigan coach thinks the fans have already decided that they like high scoring games, or a strong offense because of the huge crowdsf that attend the parks today as com- pared to those that witnessed ball Get the Habit SAVE at CANTON'S XfandIler, Sofiak, Brogan who walked the graduation gang- well over the 6 foot 2 inch mark. Ranik Amiionig Leaders plank last June, Michigan will in Also Michigan's best bet in In Conference Scoring 1941 once again send forth a strong, broad jump, McCarthy has done well-balanced track outfit into in- feet 6 inches in this event an If the Wolverine cagers can derive door cinder warfare. improving steadily. The annour some measuie of consolation from Indiana I4 Powerful Imnnt of the loss of Minnesota's C Monday night's defeat, it might pos- Whether or not Coach Ken Doher- sibly be the fact that it's never any ty's second Wolverine varsity team ference champion, Welles Hodge disgrace to be beaten by "the best can successfully defend its string of to Uncle Sam's military service al in the business." the broad jump situation consi For that's exactly what the Var- ably, throwing it wide open. city's Indiana conquerors must be - Decker Is Back rated at the present stage of the BigL tee-vu fock Ten basketball race. The Hoosiers Leading the pole-vault forces is are all alone at the top of the Con- for Charlie Decker, who has cle I ference scramble with a record of the bar at 13 feet 6 inches, and three victories in as many games as should be one of the best vau the Big Ten campaign reaches the in the Conference. Jack McMa midway vacation lull. n hoedConfrtne. a Coach Branch McCracken's quin- . tied for fourth in last y t s lhve a tentsranddoor meet, is also back 'to lend tet shudhvr ateo t ad strength to the squad. Bob Sel to maintain its lofty, perch, however, Wilbert Wedenoja and Bob Can] when the Hoosiers meet their tradi- form a promising sophomore tri tional rival, Purdue, at Lafayette, In the shot put Doherty ha Saturday.nmbrostogm ,icu Should Indiana be upset, Wis- number of strong men, inclu consin's second place Badgers, who :. Bob Hook, who has bettered 47 have compiled a record of five wins consistently in practice, and vet against a single setback, are ready -Tommy Lawton, as well as a pa to jump into the Hoosiers' top posi- newcomers, gridder Rudy Sengel tion. has tossed the iron apple aroun the e 22 A is mce- Con- Oson, lters der- jun- ared who ilters ster, sin- his gula sham o. as a ding feet eran L of who d 46 Capt. Bill Combs on the left, .: :":::.:":.. ' seeks his 19th straight win in the S/ dual meet with Michigan State :. to- ......day. Marvin lBecker, abvis18 pounds. Art Paddy, right, is 165. Raph Sh warzkjzfs FaingRae 'Are Due To Lack OfGood Condition BIG TEN STANDINGS By HOE SELTZER AST YEAR Ralph Schwarzkopf, captain of the Wolverine track forces, was one of the best if not the best collegiate two-milers in the na-- tion. And this year, within two weeks, he has placed sixth and fifth respectively in his specialty, where aI year ago he was never any worse than in show position when the winners' names were chalked up. All of which causes more than one track devotee to ask: how comes this about? Let Schwarzie tell you himself about his performance in the Veteran of Foreign Wars meet: "They made me set the pace," he says. "They just dropped be- hind me and there I was in front, running eat y, saving myself. Then with two laps to go Rice and Lash made their bid and tried to meet it. But something was wrong. I just couldn't turn it on, there was nothing left. I've never felt likeI that before. Something was wrong." So Ralph finished sixth when Greg Rice won in a mediocre 9:12, a full eight seconds slower' than Schwarzie's best time. But what really hurt was that he was even beaten by Joe Mc- Cluskey, whom all the other track- men call "Mister" out of respect for his age. THEN last Saturday the finished fifth in the two-mile in theI Prout games. And more than one of the loyal sports fans reading of it in the paper, snorted to the ef- feet that Ralph was washed up. But these hasty critics did not know the whole story: At the mile and a half mark Rice, Lash and Schwarzkopf were running in that order so close together that it looked like the start of the race instead of the three-quarter mark. The time was 6:46 which may be significant to but few people until it games when Cobb used to slide around the bases. Fisher concluded by saying that "all legislation undertaken by the baseball moguls in the last several years has been designed to aid the offense, and that is why Ty Cobb's suggestion is not likely to be acted upon." is pointed out that the time of the record breaking mile and a half run in the Finnish Relief Fund meet last year, when Ralph crossed the line a step behind Don Lash, was 6:39. That; is to say the first three-fourths of that race Saturday night were run at distinctly more than a dog-trot. And Schwarzie stayed right up there with the boys. The fact that he faded in the last half-mile and finished fifth is but anti-climactical and only indi- cates that he's not in shape. So O.K., he's not in condition yet. But just wait a few weeks until those pins of his regain thedendur- ance they had the night he drubbed Taisto Maki here last year, Maybe he won't even be ready by this Satur- day, when he runs in the Millrose Games. But keep your gleamers on him Feb. 15, when he runs in the New York A.C. meet. Then we'll see. f W Indiana..........3 Wisconsin ...... 5 Illinois ......... 3 Iowa 2 Ohio State..... 3 Minnesota ......3 Purdue....... Northwestern ... 1 MICHIGAN .... 1 Chicago ... 0 L 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 6 3 Pts 141 254 176 128 236 183 117 199 262 99 Opp 107 219 164 124 209 176 137 226 287 146 feet and Gene Hirsch. Varsity Cagers To Meet Frosh WES ALLEN seven consecutive Conference indoor crowns against the onslaught of a very powerful Indiana crew which was virtually untouched by gradu- ation, however, is a question which will remain unanswered until March 8, the date of the Western Confer- ence championships. Yearlings Under Get Fire First Test Today Change In Collegiate Wrestling Rules Provides Greater Thrills Michigan's Jim Mandler, Mi Sofiak and Captain Herb rog were among the leaders in the Co ference individual scoring race f lowing the weekend games. Gene Englund of Wisconsin toss in 16 against OSU, Saturday, maintain his lead, while Ohio Stat Dick Fisher connected with 24 poi against Minnesota, Monday, to p up in a tie for runner-up hon with Mandler. Sofiak was in four place and Brogan tied for sixth. ike an )n- 01- By LYONS HOWLAND One of the main topics of conver- sation on the Wolverine wrestling front these days is this year's revi- sion of wrestling rules by the Nation- al Collegiate Athletic Association. -Designed to make wrestling more interesting to the spectator, the change, which the Big Ten has now been using three years, consists in establishing a point system to deter- mine winners of matches. Previous to this year, the situation was such that all matches held un- der the auspices of the N.C.A.A. were nine minutes long, with the referee deciding the winner. Comment came time and time again that nine min- utes of straight wrestling was boring from the spectator's standpoint, and that without some kind of point sys- tem, no spectator knew who was winning. This year, however, officials of the N.C.A.A. decided that wrestling could be one of the country's leading show sports. A point system similar to the one which the Big Ten has been us- ing was initiated. Matches are now composed of three three-minute peri- ods, during which the referee awards points for take-downs, escapes, re- versals of position, near-falls and time advantage. Under the new rules, if a fall is gained by a contestant in the first three-minute period, he wins. How- ever, if he gains a fall in the second period, his opponent gets another chance to show it was all a mistake by getting an advantage position in the third period. Glad that non-conference oppon- ents of Michigan can now use a point system, Coach Cliff Keen says "The initiation of the point system will make wrestling a much more interesting sport, from the competi-I tor's as well as the spectator's stand- point." Purdue Trounces Detroit LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 28-(, P)-- Purdue University returned to hardy wood action after an examination layoff and defeated the University of Detroit, 38 to 16, tonight in a drab non-conference game. Purdue's tight defense had the Titans helpless in the first half, which ended 19-6. In the second per- iod Detroit missed many shots and was outclassed by Purdue reserves as well as the regulars. THE LEADERS FG FT Englund, Wis. ...28 21 Fisher, OSU ....30 4 MANDLER, M. 26 12 SOFIAK, M. ....20 21 Clason, N.W.....23 9 Kotz, Wis. ......20 8 BROGAN, M. ...19 10 Carlson, Minn. . .17 13 TP 77 64 64 61 55 48 48 47 PI 12 12 9 8 11 8 7 9 An encouraging factor for Maize ;ed and Blue fans is the added strength to which looms in the field events. e'sI High Jump Strength nts Best fortified, perhaps, is the high ull jump. Capt. Don Canham, National ors Collegiate and Big Ten titleholder, rth appears to be the class of the Con- ference. Lanky Wes Allen, who leaped 6 feet 714 inches as a sopho- more two years ago, is back again PG after a knee injury, and has already .8 done 6 feet in practice without ill .8 effects. .1 In addition Doherty has a pair of .0 .1 .4 of1 Just how good is this year's promis- ing batch of freshman basketball tal- ent? Coach Bennie Oosterbaan will have a chance to find out for himself to- day at 4 p.m. when the yearlings will be tested in a regulation game against the Wolverine varsity at Yost Field House. TheVarsity will employ its regular lineup, while Freshman Coach Ray Fisher will select his starting five from a group that includes: Ralph Gibert, Wally Spreen, Morrie Bik- off, Bob Shemky, Wait Freihofer, Merv Pregulman and Bill MacCon- nachie. Freshmen John O'Hara, Marty Cooper and Harrison Caswell are among the others who will see ac- tion against the Varsity. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Defiance College 59, University Mexico 54. Georgia 59, Mercer 47. University of Virginia 37, Unive sity of Richmond 22. Calvin 77, Ferris 46. Lawrence Tech 43, Assumption I* mm or,..L m..oAmAm ar- 25. KenrucKy CduD . Do8a co and Julep Cigarettes ., present VOX POP '4 7' /, Faultlessly Correct EVENING CLOTHES Correct style and perfect fit are the necessities in dress clothes. 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