r... H.3 M IHIGAN D ii AY 1.V~AU PAGE .. a as a ~~T A A MICAi(A IS 1 dt I A A. Pucemen Open Home Serie s Agaist MichignTc e 2 , -t eel 1]~ II li , '!V K T ~Xi£Z~LL Tow-day i Freshmen Win' Cage Numerals Fisher Praises Yearling BasketballSquad "This is the best bunch of freshman basketball players that I've had in recent years" That's what Coach Ray Fisher commented yesterday when he announced the names of 13 frosh basketball numeral winners. Indeed, Coach Fisher has been very pleased by the showing of his year- ling players during the past season. In a recent game against the Varsity, they gave the regulars plenty of trou- ble before losing in the final quar- ter, 61 to 48. Several of the frosh should see action next year on the Varsity. Those that received the 1945 num- erals included Stratton S. Brown, Ann Arbor; Thomas K. Buchanan, Imlay City; Alex Eisenstein, Chicago; Harold E. Fix, Akron, O.; Robert P. Hurley, Grosse Point; Donald H. Lund, Detroit. The list continues with Charles E. Ketterer, Detroit; William H. Mik- ulich, Traunik; Eugene W. Moushey, Marshall; Walter B. Pipp, Grand Rapids; John F. Piepenbrink, Crete, Ill.; David H. Strack, Indianapolis, Id.; and Robert L. Wiese, James- town, N.D. Ted Williams May Enlist CHICAGO, March 4.-(/P)-Ted Williams, who batted .406 for the Boston Red Sox last year, was re- ported today to be in Chicago, indi- cating that he may be ready to enlist in the armed services. HORSES Ride at GOLFSIDE STABLES Free Transportation to and from stables SUPPER RIDE Every Friday Call 2-3441 HIGH AIND INSI D By Alt''11111 (The perpetrator of this heinous crime, High And Inside, has not been enrolled in universitate during the current semester. Now, wI' the troop-ship on the tide, hie takes pen in hand for "the last tlime. He'll be around for more than ia month but, this being asstudent jourual, his works will ot more hieie appear.) SPORT WRITERS, you may have inferred long ecre this, are a strange and ridiculous lot. They sit around football locker rooms and banter with the players and then, never having played anything more strenu- ous than a good fast game of draughts, they go back to the office and confide to their cohorts that Joe Blotz, all-conference tackle for the last seven years, couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag. In the spring, they lie on the green grass behind third base while a coach, who has forgotten more about baseball than most of them will ever know, hits hot ground balls at a recruit infielder and snort when the kid bobbles one or makes a throw that pulls the first baseman a little to his right. They call their columns names like High And Inside or Sportfolio or something similar to let their readers know that the dope contained therein is straight from the proverbial feed-box. They write inspiring epics which begin, "Our head is bowed but our sad heart is filled with hope," or something equally preposterous. Most of all (and this, for student writers at least, is by far their most unforgivable sin), they write farewell columns containing the most maudlin tripe ever created. Always, they assure all who are interested (and there usually aren't many) that, when the end comes, they will not write a sad, nostalgic column, dealing with their lives since they were small boys living in snow-covered cabins in the Adirondacks. BUT NOT US. We knew from the beginning that we'd succumb so, as we sit down at our battered typewriter for the last fateful time (that phrase is merely a heart-rending product of the sports writers alleged art and no reflection on the Daily's typewriters), let's start by admitting that it's been a helluva lot of fun. The beer and the laughs have"flown freely up here and down there. Now, don't get us wrong, good gentlemen of the Board. What we're trying to say is that the laughs have been abundant up here (what with such buf- foons as Paul Chandler, Gene Gribbroek, Joe Walker and the rest around) and that the beer has been plentiful in other places. New York, Chicago, oh, a guy really gets around while writing for The Daily. And at his own expense, too, which gives him such a sense of freedom and laissez-faire and poullet roti au cresson and all that sort of thing. AND WE MIGHT MENTION that several of the athletes with whom we deal have given out with the chuckles in no small way, oo. There's genial Bob Ingalls of the football team. This year's baske ball and baseball squads are doubly blessed with two jokers name of Whitey Holman and Bill Cartmill. And there are lots more. All athletes aren't so dumb. That's just a fallacy. We've been lucky in that we came to the University of Michigan when we did. Few collegiate sports scribblers have had the chance to eulogize anything like the beautiful ball-carrying style of a halfback like Tom Har- mon. Few people, in fact, will ever see a back as great as Tom. AND, NO SOONER had the Hoosier Hurricane stepped down, than along came a 19-year-old kid who could hit a baseball so far (and look so good doing it) that every major league club in the business was after his services, down to and including the Philadelphia Phils. And since prophecy is part and parcel of the trade, we might as well include a pre- diction here too. We hereby unequivocally predict that Dick Wakefield, '44, of the Detroit Tigers, will become a fine, yes, even great, major league bell player, even if he never learns to field a fly ball better than passably. At the plate, Dick is little short of poetic. Finally, to Hal Wilson and all the other guys who are here now or have gone before, especially my good friend, Gene Gribbroek, now of Uncle Sam's4 sea arm, so long. And thanks for the laughs. And, if Hal and the Board in Control of Student Publications will okay it, I'll write another one of these things before I shake the dust of the Uni- versity City from my feet.' Varsity Minus Paul Goldsmith For First Tilt Today's 'Best Bet -Skinner Michigan Spirit May E rda itler IBuckeye Hopes For Track Title Minnesota Measles On List Ganit Pl ace Of c h iju ry, C lipaii I nactives To Wiln Titk fy noB S These track prognosticators axed sports dopesters, who have been By BUD IENDEL shouting from the roof-tops that A big guy with a perfect build and Ohio State would breeze through to a grim look on his face plunged into an easy victory in the Western Con- the Sports Building Pool at approxi- ference championships at Chicago mately 4:30 p.m. yesterday and Friday and Saturday, seem to have breaststroked 500 yards in the light- forgotten one very important angle ning time of 6:48, just eight seconds in making their predictions- and shy of the world's record. that is the traditional Michigan The big guy was Jim Skinner, ace spirit. Michigan butterfly ace who holds the Long associated with Wolverine Big Ten, National Collegiate and Na- athletic teams, this intangible qual- tional AAU breaststroke titles. He ity called spirit has been especially was also the same Jim Skinner who evident in Michigan track teams of (Continued from Page 1) was one of the top individual per- formances seen on the Coliseum ice this year. Holding down the nets will be plucky Hank Loud, junior goalie. Hank was hot last night in the Freshman-Varsity battle, and if he can do as well tonight, the Miners will find goal-getting a bit more dif- ficult than they have experienced in previous contests. Ruh], Tech Star, Injured Like the Wolverines, Michiganj Tech has received a big setback byI virtue of an injury. Jack Ruhl, scrappy junior wing, broke his wrist in a game with Minnesota last week.] Ruhl had been the key man in the Miners' attack, and his loss weakens the visitors very much. With the exception of Ruhl, Tech will ice the same team that beat and tied the Wolverines earlier in the season. Coached by Doc Rommes, former Toronto Maple Leaf star, the Miners will present one of the small- est squads seen on Michigan ice. Robillard Leads Miners Best Michigan Tech bets to watch in tonight's game are Bob Robillard, Fred Meyer and Captain Bob Petaja. Robillard is a little fellow who barely tips the scales over 100 pounds. A spectator's player, Robillard moves his tiny frame around with amazing speed. Captain Petaja is a clever stick- handler with speed to burn. He is also one of the Miners' best shots. Meyer, one of the biggest men on the squad, is a very capable goalie who received much praise after the recent series with Minnesota. lost a dual meet race to unheralded Joe Jodka of Massachusettes State College in the early part of the sea- son. And the big guy was the same Jim Skinner who not very far back was defeated by Johnny Meyer of Yale. And that's why the big guy with the perfect build is wearing a grim look on his face these days. Skinner Has Score To Settle For the Wolverine star has a score to settle with those two New Eng- land lads. He's out to wipe those defeats right off the record by show- ing Jodka and Meyer a rear view of his flying arms when they tangle in the National Collegiates at the end of this month. That's why he's train- ing now with more dogged concentra- tion and determination than ever be- fore in his life. Skinner first broke into the na- tionwide spotlight when he won the National AAU 200 yard crown as a freshman two years ago. Last year he continued his brilliant work as he made a clean sweep of the Big Ten, National Collegiate and National AAU titles. But this year the great Wol- verine breaststroker struck a snag from which, as yesterday's perform- ance indicates, he is just beginning to untangle himself. Unofficially Broke World's Record Last season Skinner tied the Mich- igan 200 yard mark set by Jack Kas- ley as he reeled off a 2:22.5 clocking against Northwestern. In a time trial last year, the Maize and Blue star broke the listed world's record of 2:22 held by Richard Hough, streaking the 200 yards in 2:21.8. To date this season, his best is 2:26.8, a time good enough for most swimmers but a far cry from Skinner at his best. But the champ is now rounding in- to shape. By the time the National Collegiates take place he expects to be in the best form of his career, Both he and Coach Matt Mann are sure of one thing: Joe Jodka and Johnny Meyer are due for a beating. And it seems a safe bet. the past-and especially when the cinder squad has been pitted against Ohio State. For records show that only once in the 26 year history of track competition between the two schools have the Buckeyes squeezed out a win over the indomitable Wol- verines. Wolverine Spirit Has Done It From way back in 1916, up through the days of the great Charlie Beech- am and Jesse Owens to the present, Michigan track teams have found themselves with their backs to the wall, underdogs to supposedly super- ior Buckeye squads. And time and time again these same Michigan track teams have reared back on their haunches when the chips were down and fought through to upset those Buckeyes. This 1942 edition of the Wolverine track dteam has a'cady given evi- dence that it is thoroughly imbued with that requisite Michigan spirit. In the Notre Dame meet two weeks ago, for example, the Irish. with what is probably the best team in its his- 1ory, were favored to trounce the Michigan crew without too much trouble. But the Wolverines, remem- bering that they were supposed to be the "Champions of theWest," out- did themselves that night and emerged from the meet with a 12 point margin of victory. May Do It Aginl It is for this reason that Michigan track fans refuse to become discour- aged in the face of the onslaught of stories emanating from the Buckeye camp, telling of the tremendous pow- er of Ohio State. As Coach Ken Doh- erty put it, "Michigan teams have a habit of coming through when the Conference meet rolls around." With a few breaks in the right direction, coupled with some of that spirit, the Wolverines might fight off that Buckeye threat once more. elt y! Joe "Havye you tried a Facial, Scalp treato- ment - Person lity hair style - cus- tom-made for you alone - recently?" The Itscola Barbers Between State and Mich. Theatre \ cu& th UN/ON THE Michigan Loud Gillis Reichert Bahrych Kemp Bradley PROBABLE LINEUP Pos, Tech G Meyer RD Mars LD Beebe C Petaja (c) RW Robillard LW Lyford BASEBALL MANAGERS Sophomores interested in trying out for baseball manager should report to the Field House between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. any afternoon this week. --J.M. Hlallissy, Senior Manager -1 TRAINING if I that C 0-f GET READY NOW! Business is looking for trained as- sistants. The job you look for- ward to will 'expect to find you Ufer Out To Break National Record prepared when your moment ar- rives! This is the time to prepare. Here is the .capable, practical In- struction you need. Serious, am- bitious students here, today, are the men and women of tomorrow's opportunities! Hamilton William at State By ED ZALENSKI Before this week wanes and passes into eternity it may take with it the unforgettable story of a new national indoor record in the 440-yard dash, surpassing the sensational 48.2 per- formance of Indiana's 1941 cham- pion, Roy Cochrane. A slim, be-spectacled and smooth- striding Wolverine quarter-miler has his heart set on erasing that record from the books and establishing a new mark, and he can do it if pushed hard enough. To Michigan fans he is Bob Ufer who even cautious Ken Doherty, Wolverine varsity track coach, admits is the greatest indoor quarter-miler in the country today, And Doherty is not in the habit of speaking mean- ingless words. To his fellow track- men Ufer is affectionately known as "Hose-Nose." Yes, Ufer is definitely out to topple Cochrane from that mythical throne. In fact, Bob has been con- centrating on that quarter all year in an effort to remove all flaws from his racing form. Ufer still must overcome a certain amount of ner- vous tension from the starting blocks and that tendency to "swing it" the last 20 yards when his muscles be- gin tightening up. Friday night in the dual meet with Pittsburgh, "Hose-Nose" breezed through a quarter in 49.1 seconds, ty- ing the five-year-old Field House record established by Pitt's long- striding Johnny Woodruff back in 1937. Two weeks before he had dashed through his first competitive quarter- mile of the indoor season in 48.8, only six-tenths of a second off Cochrane's national record. Michigan first heard of Ufer in 1938 when Doherty was attending the Penn Relays at Philadelphia with a team. The good-natured kid from Mt. Lebanon was anchoring a crack Mercersburg, Pa., Academy relay quartet that year. Events took their natural course, as they usually do, and Bob turned up at Michigan the following year. Under the guidance of Frosh Coach Chester Stackhouse, "Hose-Nose" de- veloped rapidly. Showing little regard for existing all-time frosh records, Bob made his name immortal among Michigan track fans by cracking all marks from the 100 through the 880. Four records were marked in the books- the 100 in 9.8, the 220 in 21.2, the 440 in 49.1 and the 880 in 1:56.5. As a sophomore, Bob chased Roy Cochrane, Indiana's 1941 national in- door quarter-mile champion, across the finish line in the indoor confer- ence meet at Purdue last year. Bob led until the last 30 yards, and Cochrane had to hit 48.4 seconds to beat him by a stride. 11I 0il The editorial and business staffs of the Michigan Daily represent a real opportunity tort (r' \\\\\\\\O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ,r / dot the / -AVER N / for practical experience in writs ing or business. This semester you are eligible to become a member of one of these staffs. Plan now to work on NO SIR! r food at the T