wEDINFESDAY, JANTIAUY 29, VI) THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE i Varsity Quintet To Meet GophersHereSaturday Indiana's Fast Break Too Much For Michigan Team As Cagers Are Given Worst Defeat Of Year Wolverine Relay Team To Face Nation's Best in Millrose Games By BOB STAHJL With more and more news emanating out of the East every day of how good the relay teams are which the Wolverines will have to oppose in the Millrose Games in New York's Madison Square Garden on Feb. 7, it begins to appear as though Ken Doherty's crew of baton passers will have to give slightly more than its best if it is to see a Maize and Blue-shirted anchor man break the tape at the finish of the racing classic. The Michigan two-mile quartet, composed of Johnny Kautz, Dave Mat- thews, Bob Ufer and Will Ackerman, will be at a disadvantage almost before they start because, after having worked out on a cinder track all fall and winter, they will be running on a board track in the Garden. Matthews, Young Griffo, 'Trickiest Boxer Ever,' Yet He Was Never World Chainpion By DICK SIMON The fast break which the Wolver- ine cagers used so successfully against Ohio State last Saturday night really paid off with big divi- dends for Indiana Monday. Led by Ed Denton and Capt. Andy' Zimmer, the Hoosier hot-shots hand- ed Michigan its worst defeat of the year, mainly because the quintet couldn't keep up with Indiana's quick breaking offense. Coach Bennie Oosterbaan's play'- ers stayed fairly close to the Hoosiers during the first half, but tossed away many opportunties to take the lead by making bad passes and by failing to keep control of the back- board. With one minute remaining until the half, Indiana scored five points to take a 25-17 lead. Jim Mandler and Capt. Bill Cart- mill aided Michigan's hopeless cause by pulling them within six points, 29-23, but from that point on they were outclassed and outscored. The Wolverine defense fell apart before the second half was three minutes old, and when the smoke had cleared away, Indiana had add- ed 41 points to make their total 64. Everything Coach Branch McCrack- en's cagers did was right and one out of every three shots they took found the range. Michigan's aver- age, on the other hand, was slightly better than one out of five, not too impressive for a team that scored 53 points aginst Ohio State two days before. Coach Oosterbaan gave the boys a day of rest yesterday, but all hands will be on deck today for a good two hour practice session in preparation for Saturday's game against the sec- ond place Golden Gophers of. Min- nesota. In their previous meeting at Min- neapolis, the Wolverines didn't fare so well, dropping a 44-32 decision to Dave MacMillan's quintet. In fact, Minnesota has only lost two of its eight Conference games, one to Northwestern and one to Illinois' un- defeated team. Current scoring threat on the Go- pher five is center Don Mattson. It was the big red-headed sophomore who led his teammates to their first triumph over the Wolverines. Tony Jaros, also a sophomore, has given Minnesota another scoring threat at his position of forward. MacMillan seems to have found a capable substitute for Don Carlson, one of the leading point-getters in the Big Ten last season, in Warren Ajax. Carlson played three or four conference games for the Gophers this year and then joined Uncle Sam's armed forces. As well as be- ing one of the best marksmen on the squad, Ajax consistently sets up Minnesota plays with his clever ball- handling and accurate passing. Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. THE PROBABLE Michigan Pos. Cartmill (c) F Gibert F Mandler C MacConnachie G Doyle G LINEUPS Minnesota Smith Jaros Mattson Thune Ajax BIG TEN CAGE STANDINGS W L Pct. Pts. OP Illinois .... 6 0 1.000 362 226 Minnesota . 6 2 .750 376 321 Purdue .... 3 2 .600 223 155 Wisconsin . 4 3 .571 324 284 Nor'western 3 3 .500 287 262 Iowa .... 3 3 .500 268 255 Indiana ... 3 3 .500 261 264 Ohio State 3 4 .429 330 340 Michigan . . 2 6 .250 283 357 Chicago 0 7 .000 221 411 Ackerman and Kautz ran on thisq track once last year when they, along with Jack Leutritz, copped the two- mile relay event, but it will be the first experience of its kind for Ufer. This factor of discouragement is not so great, however, as is that of the record of the opposition the Wol- verines will face in the famed track event. The winning time turned in by the Michigan quartet which copped the race last year was 7:55, but the relay crew of Manhattan Col- lege has already claimed an unoffi- cial time of 7:44 over the two-mile distance. Fordham Boast Strong Crew And even if Manhattan's time can be discredited because it was not official, the fact still remains that a quartet of half-milers from Ford- ham, competing in the Metropolitan AAU's two-mile relay in the Bronx Coliseum last Saturday night, ran the course in 7:45.5 seconds. This is just a-little more than a second over the Millrose Games . record, set by Georgetown clear back in 1925, but it affords pretty much of an indica- tion of how rough the going will be for the Wolverines. If Manhattan and Fordham were not enough competition, Indiana and North Carolina are both sending re- lay teams to the meet which are re- putedly far better than average. The Hoosiers, of course, will have the sensational Big Ten 880 king, Camp- bell Kane, running for them, which is enough to make them a serious Scribes Honor TedWilliams Joe DiMaggio To Receive Shannon Trophy Award BOSTON, Jan. 27.-(P)--Since his Minneapolis draft board has instruc- ted him to remain within easy reach, Ted Williams, the American League'sj 406 batting champion, will be hon- ored in absentia as the Boston base- ball writers and 800 .of their readers hail his foremost rival, the Yankees' Joe DiMaggio, in person tomorrow night at their annual dinner. Williams, who expects to be in- ducted into the Army within a few days, has been awarded. the Jacob Morse Memorial Trophy as Boston's most valuable major league player. The Boston writers alsorvoted Di- Maggio, who has been crowned as the American League's outstanding performer, their Paul Shannon Mem- orial Award to commemorate his re- markable 1941 feat of hitting safely in 56 consecutive games. Both of those trophies are dedi- cated to deceased writers. Morse, one of baseball's pioneer scribes, was the originator of the current scoring system and Shannon was serving as president of the Baseball Writers As- sociation of America at the time of his death. By HOE SELTZER say his opponents could literally Now this guy never had anything never lay a glove on him. That bob- to do with Michigan athletics. But bing head slipped every head punch, he was a very colorful character in- and no body blow could penetrate deed and maybe you'd like to hear his perpetually moving hand-elbow- a bit about him, forearm barricade. And since fights His name was Young Griffo, and he are won in accordance with the most was the cleverest, the trickiest boxer blows landed, and Griffo's foes never of them' all-and still was never a landed even one while he was be- world's champion. laboring them with several thousand From Australia To Frisco slaps and caresses, Young Griffo al- Griffo originated in Australia and ways won. showed up in San Francisco in the Strictly A Bar Fly 1870's because he had run out of Now Griffo's punch would un- competition back home. His repu- doubtedly have been of a more lethal tation had partly preceded him and variety had he not done virtually all all those interested in the fight game of his training in the local taprooms. hopped right down to see this wonder But indeed it was his exploits in the man of the ring work out. Because gin-mills and beer-joints that earned Griffo could not fight his way out of him a fame even greater than his a paper bag in a rainstorm, and yet ring renown. he never lost a fight. Even in a drunken stupor he had As soon as the boys saw him in such cat-like reflexes he could snatch action they knew why. The gentle- flies right out of midair bare-handed. man from Australia with the pot Or he'd stand up against a brick belly and the generally unpugilistic wall and dare anyone to try and build was without doubt the swiftest knock his block off. And many a thing they had ever seen in the I brawny simpleton took Griffo up on squared circle. I it. And missed. No figure of speech is it when we Young Griffo went all the way to the top in the lightweight division, beating everything that came along. You might therefore wonder why he was never world's champion. Here's why. Why Ile Never Won A Title The champ was going to retire, but first he decided to fight the three title contenders and declare one of them his successor. Griffo was one of the contenders, and everyone agreed that he made the best show- ing of the three. As a matter of fact the only trouble was he made too good a showing. He made the champ look like a complete fool, and indeed very unhappy at not being able to catch up with Griffo and hang one on him for several insulting remarks apropos of his fighting prowess. So that*ot of spite the champ gave the title to one of the other contenders and the new titleholder would never give Griffo a. match. That's the reason then why Young Griffo was never a world's light- weight champion. Not because he wasn't good enough. But because he was too good. -w. V----_-_.._____ U ' YUI4 t4tin g y I Whenever you eat a piece of pie or anything else be- tween meals, have a large glass of Milk too. It's not only more enjoyable but also more nourishing. 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