____, UH Zo, 147 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Varsity Trackmen To Compete In Chicago Relays Tonight .._ _ _ Michigan, Indiana Clash AgainIn Two-Mile Relay Hank Loud Elected Hockey Captain Ufer To Face Cochran, Herbert In 600 Thomas To Meet Carter, Stickel In Yard Dash; Sprint (Continued from Page 1) the former Hoosier ace's time for the 440 already this year and may repeat that performance in the longer dis- tance tonight. Herbert, moreover, is the past record-holder for the 600 yard dash and will also be very much in the running. The second Michigan entrant in tonight's giant track carnival will be the two-mile relay team, composed of Johnny Kautz, John Roxborough, Dave Matthews, and Ufer. With the prospect of battling it out with Indi- ana, their traditional arch-rival for the title, the Wolverine baton-passers will be seeking to make up for the setback handed them by the Hoosier quartet in last week's Butler Relays. Thomas Battles Carter, Steckel Al Thomas, star sprinter of the Michigan aggregation, carries the Wolverine colors into the 60 yard dash tonight against another out- standing group of thinclad artists. Pitt's Bill Carter and Hap Stickel will probably break for the tape when the starter's gun sounds, along with Ohio State's Ralph Hammond and several other of the country's fastest speed- sters. Hampered by a flaw in the way he broke from the blocks for most of the season, Thomas has not displayed as much speed this season as he had last year. Constant work under the tutelage of Coach Ken Doherty has improved his starting form, however, and it is possible that the blond sprinter may be another Wolverine to turn the trick on the rest of the field tonight. Many more of the nation's track stars will appear in the Chicago Re- JOHN ROXBOROUGH lays, most famous of whom is prob- ably Cornelius Warmerdam, the greatest pole-vaulter of all time. With a phenomenal vault of 15 ft. 7%4 inches to his credit already this season, Warmerdam will be striving for the first 16 foot vault in the his- tory of track tonight. Fisher Is Looking For Players To Fill Open Positions On Nine By MYRON DANN With the opening game less than a month away, Wolverine baseball coach, Ray Fisher, is hard at work attempting to fill vacancies on last year's Big Ten championship team. Fisher must find a first baseman, a shortstop and a right-fielder be- fore the season starts, to assure Michigan a strong chance of retain- ing its crown. Apparently the "Vermont Wizard,"! will have his biggest difficulty in try- ing to replace the capable and color- ful Mike Sofiak. Last year at the shortstop position little Mike was a driving spirit behind much of Michi- gan's inspired play. Not only was Sofiak a better than average hitter, but he was also considered to be one of the best fielding shortstops in the Conference. Johnny Erpelding, sandy haired junior, and footballer Don Robin- son have been leading candidates for the shortstop position, but until the squad gets a chance to work out- doors. Fisher will refrain from cen- tering his attention on any of he candidates for Sofiak's old berth. Wakefield Slugging Gone With the graduation of Dick Wakefield into the professional ranks, Michigan lost their number on1e sluggezr. 'The s ophl~omore bean - pole (as is teammates called him) provided the slugging poyer that won many of the Wolverines' impor- tant games. Naturally, Fisher doesn't expect to find anybody who will fill Wakefield's shoes, but with many ex- cellent sophomore candidates work- ing out inthe field house,l e feels a competent left fieldier will be found. Duane Pagel, who played some first base for the Varsity last year, and halfback Paul White are strong con- tenders for George Ruchle's old posi- tion at first base. Pagel is an excel- lent fielder while White, although a sophomore, has ite a reputation as a hitter. Scrappy Goalie Is Workhorse Of Pueksters Replaces Paul Golsinith As Wolverine Leader; Lowrey Gives Letters (Continued from Page 1) been definitely handicapped because of his size. Standing just under five and a half feet, and no bruiser when it comes to pushing his weight around, Loud has tackled his job in high fashion. . Sharp thinking has brought him out of the nets to cover pokes in front or to the side of the goal. And watching him clear a long, hard shot with his mammoth gloves or stick has brought many Michigan fans to their feet game after game. Most of all, Loud's peppy chatter has kept the spirit of his teammates high just when the going began to get tough. Following Paul Gold- smith, great retiring captain, Loud is sure to be an important spark next year when the Wolverines start to climb into the position where they rightly belong. Coach Lowrey announced yester- day that 11 members of the puck team will be awarded Varsity letters. Including Loud, four seniors are recipients of awards - Goldsmith. Swampscott, Mass.; Bob Collins, De- troit; John Corson, Birmingham and Johnny Gillis, Hibbing, Ont. The remaining letter-winners are: Max Bahrych, Syracuse, N.Y.; Roy Bradley, Detroit; Bill Dance, Brook- lyn, N.Y.; Doug Hillman, Grand Rapids: Bob Kemp, Oakville, Ont., and Edward Reichert, Ann Arbor. Warner Forsythe will receive a sec- ondary award. Gilman Gambs, '43, was selected to succeed Art Hawley, '42, as senior manager of the hockey team. Assist- ing him will be Bob Rees, '44, and Fred Marble. '44. Three Netters For Top Spot By 1ICK SIMON Although the opening tennis match of the 1942 season is still a month away, Coach Leroy Weir is having quite a problem finding who to put in the number-one singles spot left va- cant by the graduation of Jim Tobin, last year's captain. Tobin, who won the Detroit Pub- lie Parks tournAment last summer, went to the finals in the Big Ten matches at Chicago last year before he was beaten by SeymourIT Green berg, Northwestern southpaw who is ranked among the l irst 20 a imaitnrur in the count ry. El i~iflI'.at, stifle(w ' rP(ff'i io'(far this seasL5Oi, (co-captains Lawton iIlaniet t and1(1 V/YiicStill, and Jim Porter have been playing such even tennis that Weir hasn't made up his mind who will take over the first singles position. Last year Hammett played in the second spot, Porter in the third and Sillf in lw four th. Just the other night in the 1-M Open House, Porter tagged a 6-2, t-3 defeat on Hammett while in practice on the Sports Building indoor courts, Hammett and Porter have been put- ting on a daily battle which finds the score ,iust abouet veni at this point. Stille, who was recently plagued with the German measles, has also had his share of victories and defeats in the daily clashes with the I wo net- men. All Tlree Use Different Style All three play a, different style of aune. Hammett, an excellent net player, consistenly rushes the net to score points, while Stills varies his gamne---sometimes playing the base- line and other times rushing to the net to gain points by placeinents. Porter serves left-handed and plays' right-handed, and very seldom rush- es the net. All three have hard, fast serves, with Stille's probably the most difficult to return. T HREE DAYS yet remain beforel Head Coach Fritz Crisler's grid- men sink the initial cleat in Michi- gan's 1942 spring football session-a practice drill that shapes up as the most vital in Wolverine grid history. Legislation concerning war- born scholastic and eligibility prob- lems was ground out in Chicago two weeks ago at the Western Con- ference Athletic Director and fac- ulty representatives' meeting. The many ranifications of their action will appear in various forms next fall. But it is in this impending spring practice that the ground- work, the foundation for much of the alteration in peace-time pro- cedure will be laid., VIRTUALLY all Conference schools will play 10 game schedules next fall, including no less than two con- tests with service teams. The bur- den of a pair of extra games will force many universities to lengthen their grid cards at both ends, open- ing the season one week early and closing seven days later. A solid 10- game slate, with at most only one open date. will naturally throw an extra burden on the physical capaci- ties and endurance of the players. This, coupled with the fact that the potential squads of all schools will be depleted by the demand of the{ nation's armed forces, indicates that1 manpower will take on added signi- ficance in the forthcoming campaign. It is with this idea securely lodged in the forefront of the train- ing strategy formulated by the Wolverine coaching staff that spring drills will get under way Monday afternoon. There will definitely be a greater need for new talent. Men who perhaps had high school football background1 but failed to throw themselves into the stiffer competition of college freshman ball may find themselves in demand on varsity squads. How great an extent to which this the- oretical situation becomes fact de- pends, of course, upon the inroads upon present depth of material made by the armed forces in the dear future. AT PRESENT Coach Crisler and his capable aides have a sound nucleus of 14 lettermen around which to mold a gridiron combination equal to what will perhaps be the stiffest of all Michigan football schedules, including clashes with Notre Dame, Minnesota. Ohio State, Northwestern, Michigan State, Iowa, Illinois, Har- vard, probably the Great Lakes Naval Station, and perhaps Bernie Bier- man's Naval Commandos of the Iowa Aviation Cadet training center. Com- prising eight linemen and six backs, this group of returning veterans from last fall's highly successful team is, of course, subject to military call. A fairly sizeable group of fresh- men, including several very prom- ising members of Wallie Weber's yearling team of last year, will have much of the coaches' attention placed directly upon them. Their capabilities and potentialities of making next fall's, club will be carefully noticed and filed away in retentive memories. Impressions made in spring drills are of utmost importance in formulating plans for the forthcoming campaign. A BSOLUTELY nothing can be set down in type these. days and categorized as definite. But if you want a pretty good tipoff on Michi- gan's grid fortunes in 1942, grab a sideline seat at the annual intra- squad game early in May. This year, they're playing for keeps. SWIMMING NOTICE All Varsity swimmers report to Rentschler's Studios at 12:30 p.m. today for a team picture. Bring your swimming suits with you. - Coach Matt Mann I-M NOTICE Tonight is the last night for foul-shooting in all divisions. All shooting must be started between '7 and 9:30 p.m. It Can Be YOU! PORTFOLIO * Spring Football Practice *9Theoretical Obstacles By HAL WILSON Daily Sports Editor * * * * Varsit 'M's'a(sV yven To 15 Swimmers Coach Matt Mann announced yes- terday that 15 swimmers had been awarded varsity letters. The letter-winners are Capt. Dob- son Burton, Battle Creek; Bruce Al- len, Milwaukee, Wis.; Alex Canja, Flint; Lou Haughey, Battle Creek; Ted Horlenko, Buffalo, N.Y.; Lou Kivi, Ann Arbor; Strother Martin, Jeffersonville, Ind. Jack Patten, Carbondale, Pa.; Dick Riedl, Buffalo, N.Y.; Gus Sharemet and John Sharemet, Detroit; Jim Skinner, Ann Arbor; Walt Stewart, San Diego, Calif.; Perry Trytten, Ann Arbor; and Bob West, Jackson. Dave Levy, Detroit, received a secondary award. The Wolverines will leave next week to defend their National Col- legiate title at Harvard. Grapefruit League... 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