'4iTY11, 1943 T HE M ICIGiAN ~DAYU Cagers Face Spartans, Merm en Meet Ohio State Today Michigan Seeks Repeat Victory; Comin May Get Starting Berth (Continued from Page 1) lieves that his quintet will give the Spartans a good showing. He was very pleased with their play against Minnesota during the weekend of finals, and thinks that they will con- tinue it tonight. The Wolverine squad was hurt by the loss of Ralph Gibert, soph star, who failed to at- tain his scholastic averfage. How- ever, Coach Oosterbaan said that while the team would be weakened defensively, they might be stronger on offense. Comm Has Starting Edge In place of Gibert, Oosterbaan will start either Mel Comin, Morrie Bikoff or Bob Shemky. Big Mel Comin seems to have the edge be- cause of his extra height, but Bikoff has given the Wolverines plenty of spark by play of late. Rangy Jim Mandler, Michigan's ace center, is he big threat of the invading Wolverines tonight. He led the quintet to its first victory over the Spartans as he looped in 15 points. He also has topped the squad in scoring honors throughout 'the season, and State can be counted on to keep their eyes closely pinned on the big Maize and Blue pivot man. Mandler has played aggressive ball during the whole season and his height-six feet four inches-adds to his importance. Gerard Is High Scorer Facing the Wolverines will be "Jumping Joe" Gerard, who has al- ready broken the Spartans all-time record for points scored in one sea- son. The flashy State forward has scored 176 points in 17 games, which tops the record of 173 points set in 1938 by George Falkowski. Com- bined with Gerard is Chet Aubuchon, who has been shifted from guard to a forward spot. He has found this position to his liking and has greatly helped the Spartans' offensive at- tack in their recent battles. Assistant Coach Ernie McCoy, who saw the Michigan State-Butler tilt last Saturday night, said that the Spartans are playing a different type of ball than they showed the Wol- verines in their last meeting. They are now using the fast break and have shown that it was just what Return Match Is Strong Test ForMichigan Buckeye Swimmers Boast Big Win Over Gophers; Wildcats, Purdue Next (Continued on Page 2) 1 1 S PORTFOLIO w w 0 What Will Happen Now? *!Acute Rubber Shortage By HAL WILSON Daily Sports Editor * * * * JIM MANDLER they needed to give them that added punch. State was nosed out by the Butler squad, 36-34, as they tossed the game away by missing nine free throws. With 40 seconds left in the game State failed to connect on two free throws which would have tied up the fray. McCoy said that, while they lost, Michigan State looked plenty tough and that it took all that Butler could give to win. Butler defeated Michigan earlier in the season, 45-37. Tonight's tilt will start at 8 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Michigan Pos. Michigan State Cartmill F Gerard Comin F Aubuchon Mandler C Stone Doyle G Peterson MacConnachie G Burk that the Wolverines will battle a vastly superior Ohio State team as compared with the one that suffered the 16 point defeat here a few weeks ago. In two events won by the Buckeyes against Minnesota, the times were faster than those turned by Coach Matt Mann's victors when they last beat the Columbus crew. Ohio State Capt. John Leitt won the 50 yard freestyle in 23.9, two-tenths of a second faster than Michigan Capt. Dobby Burton churned against the same Leitt. And Jack Ryan covered the 440 distance in 4:58.1 in com- parison with Wolverine Johnny Pat- ten's 4:58.7 winning time when he defeated Ryan. Not only that, but every one of Ohio State's natators swam a faster race against the Gophers than they did when they invaded Ann Arbor. Particularly impressive was sopho- more Don Schnabel, who whipped a highly-favored Arne Elchlepp in the 220 yard freestyle. Schnabel can be counted upon to give Michigan's Pat- ten a tougher battle than he did the last time out, and he may press' the Wolverine ace to a record- breaking performance, Spotlight On Diving But the spotlight of tonight's meet will once again be focused on the diving, where Michigan's colorful T- Bone Martin will meet the return challenge of Ohio State's two spring- board stars, Frank Dempsey apd Charlie Batterman. Generally re- garded as the three best divers in col- legiate circles today, they were locked in a diving duel as close as ever seen in Ann Arbor before Martin closed with a rush to take first place with 417.1 points and break the sev- en year reign of the Buckeye diving corps. Tonight Dempsey and Bat- ternan will go all out in an attempt to turn the tables on the Wolverine ace, and anything can happen be- fore the final figures are tabulated. The feature paddling event of the night will likely be the 150 yard back- stroke, where Maize and Blue star Dick Reidl will match strokes with the Scarlet and Gray sophomore sen- sation, Mark Follansbee. The Col- umbus lad barely touched out Reidl in their last meeting and tonight's race promises to be just as close, with the winner being a toss-up. Allen Returns To Team With a few exceptions, Mann will stick to the same lineup that handed the Buckeyes the 50-34 beating. Jim Skinner will swim the breaststroke leg of the 300 yard medley relay in place of John Sharemet, and Bruce Allen, who was just declared eligible, will team with Dobby Burton in the 50 yard freestyle. Allen churned his way to a mildly sensational 23.3 time trial two days ago to offer con- clusive proof that he is ready to take up where he left off before the in- eligibility axe struck him. Reidl and Gus Sharemet will round out the medley team, while Patten will probably take absent Tommy William's spot in the 400 yard relay event to make that quartet read Bur- ton, Gus Sharemet, Patten and Lou Kivi. Patten will also swim the 220 and 440, with Kivi as his running mate in the former and Walt Stew- art in the latter. Gus Sharemet and Burton willbe seeking a revenge vic- tory over Leitt in the 100 yard free- style, and Skinner and John Share- met will once again team up in the New Matmeii Compensate Keen For Loss Of Mel Becker, Wight HERE'S a story I didn't hear in church. It's an old story but now perhaps it has a modern twist. A golfer died and, like most golf- ers, did not go to Heaven. He went to the other place. When he arrived, Satan took him out and proudly showed him a golf course. It was the most magnificent layout the newcomer had ever be- held, as green as an emerald, mani- cured to the last detail. Then the golfer was handed a set of clubs which were a joy to feel. "Well," he grinned delightedly, this is not so bad. Now give me a couple balls and I'll try it." To which Satan replied: "That's the hell of it. There aren't any balls." rf TE SITUATION is becoming more acute every day. Not only the golf ball, but the tennis ball, the bladders in basketballs and footballs, the rubber used in all types of sports equipment-these, the base of the entire athletic industry, are begin- ning to feel the pinch of a tightening war effort. The day is rapidly ap- proaching when some of them will not only be scarce, but, in fact, virtu- ally non-existent. It is generally understood that most manufacturers of athletic equipment still have supplies on hand which are not being delivered to their salesmen. What equipment is being delivered to the general pudic, then, is being distributed in some cases on a sort of voluntary rationing basis. TAKE, as an example, the case of golf balls. Most manufacturers will dole them out to the pros at various clubs as they see fit. Thenj the pros will hand them out to the' club members to meet the demand as equitably as possible. The club members in turn will be expected, of course, to observe the greatest pos- sible care of the balls. Thus, there will be several controls on the supply. This is a fine method of conserving; the present supply. But even if this sort of plan is carried through to ri perfection, the manufacturer's stocks will sometime run completely out. And this is where the greatest source of trouble to sports is anticipated. Federal officials, as previously re- ported, have adopted a policy of placing sports equipment manufac- turers high on the priorities list for rubber supplies, when immediate de- fense needs are filled. Under all-out war emergency, it may be a very long time until the conditions of this last clause are fulfilled. Leigh Plummer, nation-wide rub- ber expert, brings the problem into stark reality when he says: "We still are faced by the grim fact that if we have only enough rubber for vital defense needs, we can not take care of sports . . . the shortage (at present) is so des- perate that the sports people are going to have to wait." O NARROW the shortage problem down to a local angle, Hank Hatch, Michigan's equipment man- ager was consulted last night. Hank reported that the University has not been hit yet by the situation, that Wolverine sports teams have been promised delivery on equipment through this fall. But after that looms a rather ominous question mark. "It will be considerably more difficult for retail dealers to ob- tain equipment than it will for a large institution such as the Uni- versity of Michigan," Hank de- clared. "This is so because of the extremely high morale value of intercollegiate competition." By HOE SELTZER There is a rule of long standing here at Michigan which bars Cliff Keen from the Carillon Tower at' this time of year. With the semester grades of his Varsity matmen daily dribbling in at the Administration Building, these reports usually hacking to bits a team he has been moulding into a unit since the season's start, it has been ever feared that the sorely be- leaguered coach would take the easy way out by doing a Brodie out the eighth floor window. This year any such precautions will be highly unnecessary. Because Mr. Keen is today happy as a lark, almost. True, he has lost some men, but to date none of them have been' through ineligibility, and to compen- sate for these losses a brace of very valuable matmen have been newly I . S IINI , ' . '! ",. .* tailored by GLOBE Greater Sleeping Comfort' Globe Polarjamas Really give you something to remember - freedom from the winter shivers, because they're made with just the right kind and weight of fabric to protect you. Smartly Styled n Three Modern Colorings blue, green and ton admitted to the Varsity wrestling club. Those who are no longer with us are 145 pounder Mel Becker and 136 pounder Ed Wight. Mel signed up with the Navy the other day and Ed has dropped out of school to work. This clearing of the ranks leaves Herby Barnett unchallenged as the Varsity welterweight representative and Ray Deane equally without com- petition among the lightweights. The duo whose recent O.K. by the eligibility department has pleased Cliff Keen no end is 145 pound Man- ly (Johnny) Johnson and 128 pound Harvey Littleton. Johnny is a trans- fer from Oklahoma A&M, and for anyone in the wrestling know at all this is the acme of recommendations. Harvey is a grappler of such ability that the coach is going to have a rugged job choosing between him and lion-hearted Bunny Anderson for the starting featherweight post. ;i IN TWO WEIGHTS LIGHT and HEAVY [F, HOWEVER, Hatch continued, the government desired to grab the existing supplies of raw rubber which are now in the stocks of athletic equipment manufacturers, and this is likely at any time, then the fl(Sw of finished products, al- ready lessened, would cease entirely. As that famous guy once said: "War certainly is - - -!" NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Boston 8, Montreal 1 Chicago 5, New York 2 Varsity. Spartans, Hurons Vie In Track Meet At East Lansing o - .- $3.00 pr.. Sizes A-B-C-D THE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN $ttb & JLV 211e seret e10'ew cgdz 300 SOUTH MAIN STREET By BOB STAHL The 1942 edition of the Michigan track team will see its indoor season off to a big start in a triangular meet with Michigan State and Michi- gan Normal Saturday night at East Lansing, and from the looks of things, this opener has more angles to it than the most complicated geometric design. Regardless of the fact that some of these angles may turn out against the Michigan team's favor, and that the thinclads from Ypsi are stronger this year than they have been for many years past, followers of the fortunes of the Wolverine cin- dermen are fairly confident that the Maize and Blue runners will start the season off on the right foot and sail through to a victory over their two traditional intrastate oppon- ents. Foremost among the interesting angles of the meet is the very close race expected in the quarter-mile event between Michigan's Bobby Ufer and Michigan Normal's sensational sophomore, Joe Matyunas. Matyun- Fraternities To Hold Relay Trials Today Approximately 30 fraternity relay teams will set their four best 220 men on the Yost Field House track at 8 p.m. tonight in the preliminaries of the half-mile relay chaimpionship. Sigma Chi, defending champions, will lead the field in the tests which will leave four teams to vie for the title which will be run off the night of the Michigan-Notre Dame track meet on Feb. 27. At 4:30 p.m. today Sigma Alpha Mu and Thelta Delta Chi will battle for the fraternity handball crown. Two singles and one doubles match will determine the new title-holder. COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES Wayne 51, Cincinnati 43 Ohio U 42, Youngstown 40 (O.T.) Kalamazoo 43, Adrian 37 Hope 55, Hillsdale 37 as turned in the surprise win of last June's outdoor AAU meet when he defeated Warren Breidenbach, one of the Wolverine all-time greats, in the 440. From all indications so far this year, however, Ufer is enjoying the best season of his career so that the outcome of Saturday's race ap- pears to be just as unpredictable as Ann Arbor's traditionally unpredict- able weather. Hlad In Hurdles Another event that will be watched with interest by track fans in Satur- day's meet is the low hurdles. Run- ning for Michigan Normal will be Whitey Hlad who ranks with the foremost timber-toppers in the coun- try today and so is expected to have little difficulty in sweeping both the highs and lows. The Wolverine interest in the low hurdles, however, will center around Al Thomas, one of the most versatile men on the Maize and Blue squad. Thomas, who has been a star sprint- er and member of the Michigan crack mile relay team in seasons past, has shown much capability along the timber-topping lines this year, and is expected to give Hlad pretty much of a run for his money. Scott Has Edge In Mile Another angle to the meet is found in the distance events. Bill Scott, the Spartan miler, holds the edge at that distance and should have little trouble in breaking the tape ahead of Normal's Duane Zemper and Mich- igan's Will Ackerman. If the Ypsi coach elects to run Zemper, the best of the two-milers, in the shorter dis- tance, however, the Normal star. can- not be expected to fare so well in his two-mile stint and it is probable that that race will see Ernie Leonardi, the Wolverine sophomore distance flash, take the honors in that event. Whatever the outcome of these angles and the close competition ex- pected to occur in several of the events listed on the card,however, it is not expected that the Wolverines will have too much trouble in tak- ing home top honors in their first indoor meet. Important, too, is the fact that the meet will afford some indication of how the Wolverines are to fare in the Big Ten meet at Chi- cago, which is only three weeks away. Red Ruffing Eyes New Series Mark Of Seven Victories LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 10.-(P) -Red Ruffing, going into his 20th year of baseball, has his arm cocked for a World Series pitching record of seven victories. If the New York Yankees win the American League pennant, Red's likely to achieve his goal n'ext fall. He already has notched six triumphs to tie the mark of Chief Bender and Waite Hoyt. He hasn't been beaten in the classic since Carl Hubbell nipped him in 1936. "I really thought I'd get a chance to break the record last fall against the Dodgers," the big righthander said today. ."But Manager Joe Mc- Carthy wouldn't let me pitch again after I won the first game, so that was that. Of course, it's a long time until October and the next series, but if we make it I'll be out there firing for that seventh win." FOOTBALL CANDIDATES An important meeting of all candidates fornthe 1942 football team will be heldt at 4:15 p.m. to- morrow in Room 319 of the Union. -Fritz Criser. VU. FIW SHI The editorial and business staffs of the Michigan Daily represent a real opportunity for practical experience in writ- ing or business. This semester i t ,) al ,I , _ ,, }. 3, t s 200 yard breaststroke. you are eligible to become a member of one of these staffs. Plan now to work on 74 rnhechi an lCai4 Enjoy Your Breakfast at the LANtERN 'SFIQp - '- - '~ -' El - -"- .w urn I -~ - - '~v -~-- -. ~yIf ___I'