UtJ1AY, :EkEB il, 1941 T HE MICHIGAN DAILY ujury May Keep Bob Shemky Out Of Notre Dame PAGJF TITRFT 3axme Iael -_._ Mermen To Leave Tomorrow I I 'For Florida Swim Convention Comm, (;ibert To- Share Sub Role In Lineup ._ 4_-_-._.. _.... By GEORGE KOZLOFF s Matt Mann, Wolverine' swimming mentor, left early yesterday for the annual Swimming Forum at Ft. Lau- derdale, Fla., to arrange for the ac- comnmodations'of the Michigan swim- ming contingent. Members of the! team are scheduled to leave on Fri- day afternoon and Saturday morn- ing. While making plans. for the yearly swim convention, Mann remarked on the various ideas that have come out of these meetings of the country's! outstanding coaches and swimmers. One statement stood out in particu- lar. He stated, "In teaching. and coaching swimmers, stress is placed on the individual and not on styling the tankster after some distiqi t pat- tern." Too many persons h O e been taught to swim with a constant stress on some sort of "flutter kick" which felt awkward and didn't do any good. Others learned an 'awkward arm stroke that greatly handicapped them. Relaxation Is Important Coach Mann continued that for years relaxation has been the stand- ard in swimming, but whatever they stressed about it was completely'for- gotten by forcing the natators to swim in these awkward ways. Now then, as relaxation is the primary factor of good swimming, they should be taught to swim in any way in which they feel most relaxed. Today, nationally known swim- mers can be seen swimming in vari- ous styles particularly suied to their individual tastes. Jack Medica, for- mer World's distance champ, and Andy Clark, formerly of Wayne 'Uii- versity, swam in their own way and recqrds show what they accomp- lished. Contrasts On Varsity Right on the Varsity tank squad are cases of contrasting "ideas." In the free style events, which consist primarily of the American crawl or some such stroke, Gus Sharemet swims an easy race, but in complete contrast is sophomore Walt Stew- art who seems to be struggling along. Walt, however,~ covers the sprints in a satisfactory time, according to Mann. Every free styler on the Var- sity swims in a different way, but they seem to be hitting the 50 yard event in around 25 seconds which isn't bad! As another example, Mann de- scribed one phase of the breast stroke. James Skinner, national breaststroke champion' comes to the surface and starts his famous "but- terfly strike" immediately after his start. John Sharemet, on the other { i 1 0'.. Apology To Hockey Team *Defense Of rxcke a y H AL IL~fSON IDaily SportsfEditor Michigan Out To Defeat Of Last in Tomorrow's Avenge Season Game JOHN SHAREMET hand, remains beneath the surfaceI for a few strokes before beginning his flying stroke. Jim states, "I feel relaxed in the butterfly so I come, up." John can express the same reason for staying under, but both are still good swimmers. Diving Is Different Diving, however, is an event that follows a set standard. Coach' Mann also expressed a regret that diving is judged by the div- er's physical appearance to the offi-; cials and not on the ability to do the required dives. In climaxing his explanation, Matt Mann said that of course certain things must be taught the swimmer, but these consist primarily of smoothing out the rough spots. From then on, the swimmer is on his own, As far as learning new tricks are concerned. *.CHRIST"MAS GIT Stationery Desk Pads Diaries Bill Folds Leather Cases Zipper Cases Sheaffer and Eversharp Pen and Pencil Set THE MAYER-SCHAIRER CO. SSta/ioners,Printers, Binders, Office Ouf fitters 1 .-Y - - - i By DICK SIMON Injuries struck the Wolverine bas- ketball team Tuesday afternoon when Bob Shemky, a promising soph- omore, suffered a sprained ankle and! will probably be forced to watch1 to- morrow's tilt with Notre Dame rom the sidelines. Shemky was in the starting lineup in Michigan's opening game of the season last Saturday against Michi- gan State and turned in a creditable showing, garnering four points and setting up numerous scoring plays. Yesterday's injury occurred during practice in Yost Field House and was a reoccurance of one which dates back to pre-season drills. Coach Bennie Ooosterbaan has been using Ralph Gibert, another sophomore, and Mel Comm, junior! letterman, at the forward spot in place of Sliemky and both have been filling in quite capably. Cagers Work Hard The cagers have been hard at work this week polishing up on their of- fense and defense in prepar ,tion for the game with the Irish, as they are out to avenge last year's defeat. But despite this 37-27 loss, Michi- gan still holds a three to two edge in its series with Notre Dame quin- tets. The' first game between, the two schools was during the 1922-23 season and the Maize and Blue emerged on the long end of a 42-23 score. The next year the fighting Irish evened the series by copping a 29-25 decision. No games were played until the' 1938-39 season when Michigan man- aged to eke out a 40-38 win over a great Notre Dame outfit, and the following year the Wolverines cap- tured a real thriller, 41-39. This was the game in which Eddie Riska, Irish captain, scored 23 points, just two points underethe modern Notre Dame scoring record. Irish Have Good Team This Is Coach George Keogan's 19th season as Irish basketball men- tor and as usual he has another fast- stepping team. So far tlis year the Notre'{Dame cagers have won two and lost two, but this is not indica- tive' of their strength. Their two losses were at the hands of the Great Lakes Training Station team, led by Bill Menke, former In- diana star, and Wisconsin, last year's National Intercollegiate champions, both being bitterly contested battles. Four Winners Annex Crowns In Mat Contest, Winners in four weight divisions were decided yesterday afternoon at the All-Campus Wrestling Tourney held at Yost Field House. Mel Becker took the 145 lb. title by decisioning George McIntyre, 7-4, while Dick Ko- pel won from Maury Anderson in the 128 lb. division by a fall in 7:37%. At 136 lb. Ray Murray got the nod Iby dropping Louis Rude in 8:48, while in the heavyweight division, Johnny Green won an 8-6 decision over Emil Lockwood.0 In semi-final matches, Don O'Neill nosed out 175 lb. interfraternity champ Carlton McNichols to enter the finals in that group along with Tom\Coffield who beat Ken Levy by a fall in 3:10. Other victors were Harvey Littleton at 121 lb. who beat Tom Loftus in an overtime match, 13-11;,Mike Herwitz, at 155, by de- cisioning Earl Russell, 5-0; Bob Allen, also at 155, who dropped Sid Reynolds in 1:59 of their match. At 165 lb, Tom Mueller came out winner over Chip Warrick by a 2-0 count. SI " H A__- -VE "HO-HUM" LAMPS in your living room! Glaring lamps that make it difficult to read... lamps that cause squinting and frown- SO MUCH for the unfortunate re- ' suit of switching women's and sports' pages' The hockey situa- tion deserves a little 'more detailed comment and elaboration. It is a fact that Michigan's hoc- key team is weaker than a major- ity of its opponents. But it is no disgrace. The set-up, as it exists4 at present, stems from several dif- ferent reasons. It is a matter of record that the material which finds its way to Michigan is often inferior to that which competes for the other schools and athletic clubs compos- ing the Wolverine schedule. A great number of the Maize and Blue opponents are atletic clubs from Canada, such as the London A.C. and the Port Dover A.C., both of whom have defeated the Wol- verines this season. These sextets comprise older, more experienced veteran hockey players. They should be good. There are no such things as graduation or eligibility for these teams. THE REST of Michigan's foes are college outfits such as Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, Michigan Tech. Last year Coach Eddie Low- rey's hard-fighting sextet edged the Miners twice, tied one and lost one to Colorado, and lost eight deci- sions; to the Illini and Gophers. On black and white this isn't a very good record. But there is something deeper than the bare statistics. It con- cerns the manner in which these Wolverine puckmen go about their task, the way in which they keep on, fighting' and trying and giving with everything they have. They get 'all too little credit for their efforts. They're putting forth 100 per cent while bucking probably the greatest handicaps which face any Michigan athletic team. As a rule the hockey team lacks the enthusiastic support accorded most other university athletic representatives. The fans are rabid, but unfortunately the crowds are rather small in most, cases. This is true largely because spectator room is at a premium in the Coli- seum, which forces -officials to charge an extra admission price to students as well as other fans. This , of course cuts down attendance. N THE FIRST PLACE I hope everyone will pardon the frequent use of tpe first person in this column. It is, I think, the easiest method by which to express sincerity. And I am truly sincere about this. I want to express my apologies to the Michigan hockey team, which through no fault of mine, or the sports staff, was subjected to a humorless, misguided form of humor on yesterday's sports page. WANT it thoroughly understood that not a single line, headline or even thought which appeared on yesterday's sports page was written or expressed. either by me or by Art Hill or by any member of our staff. The women's staff and the sports staff traded pages and stories last night. Many people failed to realize this, although it was embarrassingly evident, and they took everything printed in its most literal sense. And undoubtedly some of that material which appeared on the page was unfair to the subject. Specifically, I mean the hockey team which was ridiculed particularly thoughtlessly. The parody on hockey 'was written by a person whose name I will not mention, not because the person deserves to Escape censuie, but because no good could be accomplished by bringing f, into public view. The story was probably written as a take-off on sports writing style. But there is often a vast difference between intent and final product. The effect frequently differs from the purpose. Needless and injudicious ridi- cule was heaped upon the Wolverine puckmen. The damage has been done; I hope this will in some measure make up for it. rr A LL THESE THINGS make it just a little tougher on the puckmen. But they aren't kicking. They go outs against superior opponents and play as well as they know how-fight as hard at they can. Proof of this was brought home to me just last Saturday, "en in the waning minutes of the Port Dover game Michigan was trailing, 2-1. Coach Lowrey wanted to give his captain, Paul Goldsmith, a moment's rest. But Paul wanted to stay in there and try somehow to mace through-the'Sailors' defense to tie up the score. "I'm not tired, coach," he protested, "let me stay in." But obvious- ly he was tired. The entire Wolverine squad, undermanned and de- pleted by ineligibility, was tired, dead-tired, from some 58 minutes of gruelling, jarring action. GOLDIE CAME OUT, then went back in a few seconds later. Michigan didn't score and Michigan didn't tie it up. But Goldy's determination, which was reflected by every one of his teammates, was no less impressive. And that, in the final analysis, is what really counts. Better things loom for the Wolverines. Five men, good, sound hockey players, are cheering from the sidelines now. Barred from competition by eligibility rules, they probably will add their strength to Lowrey's coxpbina- tion in February. Next year the outlook is even finer. A very good yearling team will add its talents to the squad then. But the team isn't through with this year yet. 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