Y, JANUARY 24, 1942 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE Cagers, Swimmers To Battle Invading Ohio State Teams {fig Powerful Buckeye Quintet Favored; Zlernwen 's String Of Wins At Stake ____________*_*4 Basketball Team Will Tr Victory As Natators O On The Hardwood .v.*. (Continued from Page 1) trate the close-knit Ohio State de-I fense.I But the Michigan team these Scar-r let and Gray cagers will face will bet somewhat different in frame ofc mind than the one that was soundlyc trounced by Wisconsin earlier in theE week. This Wolverine team is filled with fight and spirit and has itst teeth sharpened to claw the Buck-C eyes down to ordinary size. All week long the slogan has been "Beat Ohiot State," and tonight's clash will tell] the story.I To date the Buckeyes hold deci- sions over Iowa and Northwesternl while the Wolverines have beaten only the Wildcats. Ohio State has suffered defeats at the hands of; Minnesota, Purdue and Illinois as1 compared with Michigan's losses to the Hawkeyes, the Boilermakers, thet Illini, the Gophers and the Badgers.- To Use Same Team Coach Harold Olsen will start the same team against the Wolverines that he did against Northwestern. Fred Miller ahd Bud Wise will be at; forwards, Jack Wilce at the pivot, spot and Capt. Jack Graf and Max< Gecowets at the guard positions. Miller is a six foot two inch junior who is one of the scrappiest players1 on the Buckeye team. He's been im-] proving with each succeeding game and dropped no less than 13 points through the hoop against the Wild-; cats. Wise, a clever ball-handler, is playing his first season in a Scarlet and Gray uniform and has been one of the main cogs in the Ohio State machine. At center, Olsen has been alternat- ing Wilce with Bob Shaw, regular end or the Buckeyes' 1940 grid squad. Both are sophomores, but Wilce will probably get the starting assignment because of his shooting ability. Gecowets Leads Scoring Captain Graf sets up many of the Ohio State plays but is no sharp- shooter when it comes to scoring points. That particular job has been capably handler by Gecowets, who has totaled 49 points in the last three games. Wolverine cage mentor, Bennie Oosterbaan stated he would start Capt. Bill Cartmill and Ralph Gi- bert at forwards, Jim Mahdler at center and Leo Doyle and Bill Mac- Connachie at guards, but indicated that both Mel Comin, who sparked the Maize and Blue cagers to their only Big Ten victory, and Morrie Bikoff would see plenty of action. Cartmill's ankle is in tip-top shape and Doyle's has recovered suf- ficiently to allow him to. play. Gi- bert was bothered by a cold earlier in the week, but showed no ill-effects in yesterday's practice session. Comin's touch of pink eye has disappeared and Bikoff's injured hip, which kept him from playing in the Wisconsin game, has healed. All this is very gratifying to Ooos- terbaan who said that "tonight's game will be one of the hardest fought games Wolverine fans will see all year." *I * * For Second Conference pen HomeCampaign In The Pool (Continued from Page 1) Lou Haughey versus Ohio State's Frank Dempsey and Charley Batter- man. In Martin, Dempsey and Bat- terman the fans will see the three outstanding divers in collegiate cir- cles pitting their abilities against each other. There is some likelihood, however, that Batterman won't be able to compete due to a vertebrae fracture suffered during Christmas vaca- tion. In this case, the colorful Mar- tin will battle Dempsey for the first- place points, with the winner being a toss-up. Some think T-Bone is better than Mann's last champion- ship springboard artist, Dick Dege- ner, while Dempsey and Batterman are the pre-season choices to cop the national crown. Anyway you look at it, it should be the hottest diving duel seen in the Sports Build- ing Pool for these many years. Equally outstanding will be the 150-yard backstroke race in which Maize and Blue ace Dick Riedl clashes with the sensational Buckeye sophomore, Mark Follansbee. Gen- erally acclaimed the two top back- strokers in the Western Conference, Riedl and Follansbee will match strokes in what Matt Mann thinks is the pre-scheduled racing of the Big Ten title event. Another battle in which the win- ner can't be figured on paper is the 300-yard medley relay. Opening up the meet, this event will give the Wolverine relay trio of Riedl, Skin- ner and Gus Sharemet their tough- est assignment to date. Swimming for the Columbus lads will be Fol- lansbee, Charley Spangler and Capt. John Leitt, each one a star in his own right. Skinner Vs. Spangler Maize and Blue breaststroke star and national champion, Jim Skinner will face his nearest ,rival for Con- ference honors when he tackles Spangler. The Wolverine is favored to win, but not without a battle. John Sharemet will carry the rest of the Michigan hopes in the breast- stroke, while Steve Grimm will team with Spangler in an effort to upset the Wolverine aces. Jack Patten and Gus Sharemet should have things their own way in the 100-yard freestyle where their toughest competition will come from Capt. Leitt of the invaders. The Buckeye leader, however, is more than capable of pulling an upset but chances are that he won't be able to whip both of the Wolverines, let alone one. In the 50-yard freestyle Michigan's captain Dobby Burton and teammate Lou Kivi are slated to finish one- two. Peppe can call upon Leitt, John Martin, John Florence or Albert Al- meida to battle the popular Wolver- ine, leader and Kivi, with Almeida and Martin probably getting the nod. Almeida may give the Maize and Blue entries some trouble, but Bur- ton and Kivi should be able to stave off his closing sprint. Patten To Swim 220 The 220 freestyle will see Patten, one of the most highly-rated tankers in the nation, swimming his favorite distance against the visitors' much- publicized sophomore, Don Schnabel. With Patten expected to take first place with ease, the real battle should be between Schnabel and either Tommy Williams or Bill Stewart of Michigan for the runner-up and third place marker. Without Patten carrying the Var- sity hopes in the 440, the Buckeyes, with Schnabel and Ryan entered, have a better than even chance of garnering the first spot in this en- counter. Mann will probably call upon Stewart and Perry Trytten to attempt to halt the lads from Colum- bus at the quarter-mile distance. Wolverines To Win Relay Final event of the night, the 400- yard freestyle relay should wind up on the Michigan side of the ledger. Burton, Kivi, Patten and Gus Share- met can give any quartet in the land a battle not to be forgotten and should have little trouble in dispos- ing of the invading entry of Leitt, Martin, Florence and Almeida. On paper it figures to be the clos- est meet Matt Mann's natators have had in a long time, but the Wolver- ines are favored to have another notch in that victory belt when it's all over. To Lead Teams- NE M Y r r ~~:gp rs n g||gg Matmen Face Strong Squad From Findlay Courtright Out Of Lineup; Keen Claims Opposition Is Of Unknown Quantity (Continued from Page 1) to be one of the best tussles to hit the Field House mats this season. There will be several line-up changes for the Wolverines today. Stepping down a notch from nis 128- pound class, "Little Dynamite" Dick Kopel will take on one Tony Bonito in the 121 division, while either Vic Wertheimer or Maurie Anderson, both sophomores, will start at 1281 against the Oilers' Lester Latta. Since the Wolverines' ace 165- pounder, Bill Courtright, will be out of the meet with a sprained knee, Keen has decided to move some of, his middleweight grapplers up. With Deane or Barnett at 145, it will be Mel Becker or possibly Barnett again in the 155 spot to take on the Oilers' only other returning letterman, Keith Hummon, a junior, in what promises to be at least the second best match of the meet. Taking Courtright's job over at 165, Mary Becker has another tough assignment in stopping the Oiler's Frank Gren. Gren went to the finals of the Inter-States Meet last year before succumbing. Findlay took third in that meet behind Kent State and Michigan State. Captain Jim Galles looks like a sure thing as usual against sopho- more Orris Sheldon at 175. Galles is undefeated against some very tough competition this year, and only a very surprising upset will put Shel- don in the win column. Rounding out the afternoon's pro- ceedings, young, reliable Johnny Green, replete with 190-odd pounds of tricks and power meets an oppo- nent of unknown quantity, fellow sophomore, Dick Faykosh. From the lack of publicity given Faykosh we should judge that Johnny ought to come out ahead in this scrap, but who are we foolish mortals to taunt fate with a prediction.f Capt. Bill Cartmill, fully recov- ered from a recent ankle injury, leads the victory-hungry Wolver- ines against the fast-stepping Ohio State quintet at 7:30 p.m. today at the Field House. Michigan enters the tilt as an underdog, but Cart- mill and his mates are shooting for an upset. . , Against Invaders Stutieit-Coacha-Star Var'isity Pucknien Seek Second Victory Over Minnesota Tonight When the Findlay College Oilers meet the Michigan matmen at 3 this afternoon in Yost Field House, they will be led by somewhat of a phenomenon these days in inter- collegiate athletics, a student- coach-captain, husky 145-pound senior Jake Diemert.j Biff Jones' Days As Grid Mentor Ended By Army WEST POINT, N. Y., Jan. 23.-( P) -The football coaching career of Major Biff Jones, guided largely by the War Department for 21 years, was ended today by an Army order that brings him back to the U. S. Military Academy, scene of his first assignment as a gridiron mentor. Head coach at the University of Nebraska the past five years, Jones was ordered back to service by the Armny from which he resigned in 1937 to continue his football work. He will report to West Point Feb. 2, officials said, and will succeed Col. Louis E. Hibbs as Graduate Manager of Athletics.' (Special to 'The Daily) MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 23. - At- tempting to bring its conference rec- ord up to .500. Michigan's fighting hockey team meets the Minnesota Gophers here tomorrow night in the final encounter of their two game series on Minneapolis ice. The Wolverines finally got into the win column by virtue of their 3-2 victory over Coach Larry Armstrong's outfit last night. This followed six games in which they were only able to garner one tie while taking losses in all the rest. Wolverines Second In Conference So far in the three-cornered con- ference race, Michigan is second by virtue of one win and two losses- both to Vic Heyliger's Illini in last week's series-while the Gophers are lodged in the cellar having playedI only one game, and that was last night's thriller in which they took it on the chin. Should the Michigan puckmen win tomorrow, they will have a firm hold on the position until the next Minnesota mix-up to take place February :26 and 28 in Ann Arbor. In trying to hold his advantage over the Golden Gophers, Coach Ed-1 die Lowrey will probably start the same team which took the ice at the opening face-off last night. Starting in the nets will be de- pendable Hank Loud, who hand- cuffed the Minnesota team, holding them to two scores while they were sending shot after shot at the goal. At right defense will be Jim Hull, while at left defense will be "Rudy" Reichert. "Rudy" has been doing a, great job this year, and is one of the toughest boys on the squad when it comes to a body check. Corson, Bradley And Collins Probable starting front line con- sists of Johnny Corson at center, Roy Bradley on his left wing and Bob Collins on the right. Roy played last night with a bandage on his head to protect it from possible re-opening of the cut he received in the first game with Illinois last week. Collins has been turning into a scoring threat lately, having scored twice in the last two games. Coupled with Captain Paul Goldsmith who 'scored the winning goal last night, he THE Michigan Loud Collins Bradley Corson Hull Reichert PROBABLE Pos. RW LW1 C RD LD was outstanding against the Minne- sota outfit. The other Wolverine line will be made up of Johnny Bra idford, Max Bahrych and Captain Goldsmith. Bahrych was the third varsity skater to score in last night's nmiee Minnesota will take the ice with the same sextet which faced the Wol- verines in the first game. Goalie will be Burt Joseph, who played a fine game last night.. Bob Smith and John Peterson will take care of the defense. Bob Arnold, who was the outstand- ing player for the losers, will again take the center post, and with him will be Fred Yunger and Captain Al Eggleton at the wings. They will be I out to take their first conference win. Radio Stars To Team With Pros In Hatch MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Jan. 23.-(R) -Those long, whistling tee shots- the envy of all duffers-are going to lose some of their lustre in a golfing exhibition here Sunday. National Open . Champion Craig Wood called on a couple of players whose success in the entertainment world doesn't extend to the links to help him put the golf drive in its pro- per place. Al Jolson, the Mammy singer, and Ben Bernie, the "Old Maestro" of band fame, will be the guinea pigs in the little experiment cooked up by Wood and Frank Walsh, his fellow pro at the Normandy Isle Municipal Course. Wood and Bernie are going to team against Walsh and Jolson and the teammates will swap drives-Bernie getting to play Wood's straight-down- the-middle 250-yarders while Wood must worry along with the sort of tee shot that helps the band leader score a 90 or so, on a good day. LINEUP Minnesota Joseph Eggleton Junger Arnold Smith Peterson THE PROBABLE Michigan Pos. Cartmill (c) F Gibert F Mandler C Doyle G MacConnachie G LINEUPS Ohio State Miller1 Wise Wilce (e) Graf Gecowets Relay Quartet To Be Picked In TimeTrials By BOB STAHL The track team's weekly time trials, which are scheduled for the Field House each Saturday afternoon, will have an added significance for four Wolverine thinclads today, for it is today that Johnny Ingersoll, John Purdue, Buck Dawson and Will Ack- erman will be competing in a special half-mile race to see which of them gets the nod to fill in at the fourth position on the Michigan two-mile relay team which is to compete in the Millrose Games in New York's Madi- son Square Garden, Feb. 7. Track Coach Ken Doherty has al- ready selected three members of the baton-passing crew which is to give its allsin the big eastern spectacle. Johnny Kautz and Dave Matthews, both members of last year's cham- pionship two-mile quartet, have been named by the thinclad mentor to make the trip, along with Bob Ufer, foremost quarter-miler on the Wol- Capt. Debby Burton, pupular vest-pocket battleship of the Mich- igan titlehclding swimming team, will lead the natators into action tonight against a strong Ohio State aggregation to open up the home season. The Maize and Blue star will see action in two events against the Buckeyes, swimming one leg on the 400 yard relay team as well as being favored to cop the 50 yard freestyle. Willie Hoppe Wins Again CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-(P)--Willie Hoppe tonight won his third straight World Championship in three-cush- ion billiards, defeating Welker Coch- ran, 50 to 21, in 36 innings. "CVest Grande"' Soy! "Ummh! Ummh!" We can hear a famous French chef saying "Flautz's food, she is so good I think I cook it my- self!" and Flautz's dinners are just that good. All they need is you at one of our tables to make the picture perfect! We don't cook ni r 1Fnnrl a f s ners in the country will be assembled in New York to take part in the activ- ities next month, but it is an aggrega- tion from Manhattan College, sub- ject of much advance publicity, which is expected to cop the special two- mile relay event.