THE MICHIGAN DAILY Spring Ushers In Grid Michigan Mermen Will Defend National Crown This Weekend To Carry Colors --- Practice Crisler Faced With Problem Of Rebuilding As 40 I In Nation's Service By BUD HENDEL Facing almost hopeless odds, sure of the prospect of battling with its back to the wall, and conceded little chance of retaining its title, an un- derdog Michigan swimming team will meet a record-breaking assault of the country's best mermen in the National Collegiate Meet this week- end at Harvard. Only a mighty aggregation from Yale has defeated the Wolverines this season, handing them the worst licking ever inflicted upon a Maize and Blue crew during the 22 year tenure of Coach Matt Mann. The score was 59-16, and that same Eli powerhouse, packing the same devas- tating speed and punch, is favored to sink the Wolverine natators once again-this time relieving them of the most precious symbol the swim- ming world can offer, the National Collegiate crown. Second-Place Battle Not only that, but the Michigan mermen will have a battle on their hands to salvage second place in this aquatic World Series. - Both Ohio State and Princeton are rated good enough to give the Wolverines an even fight, and both are hitting their season's peak. The Buckeyes, dig- ging deep into a seemingly unend- ing reserve of unquenchable spirit and sheer determination, gave theim all and forced Michigan to the last event on the program before finally succumbing, 54-50, in the recent Big Ten Meet. And the Tigers of Princeton, were it not for the presence of the great Yale Bulldogs, would far and away be the class of the East. Their times to date stack up with those of the Wolverines and give promise they will be in the thick of the heated second- place battle. Yale Power But to Yale, barring the accomp- lishment of a natatorial miracle by Michigan, Ohio State or Princeton, will go the top spot and the coveted trophy. Coach Bob Kiphuth's Elis are deemed by many to be the great- est collection of swimmers ever to hit the water under one banner. And their overwhelming streak of victories this year, the most recent coming in last week's Eastern Inter- collegiate Meet, shows, more than words ever could, the relentless power of the growling Bulldog. With a legion of stars from all over the nation participating, Yale, de- spite its tremendous balance, will be extended to its utmost before vie- tory is insured in this gigantic par- ade of swimming ability passing in review before the staid New England fathers at Cambridge. No event can be singled out as the one which will provide the most ex- citement. In the diving, five of America's brightest stars will vie for both low and high board champion- ships. Classy Diving Field Ohio State's'Frank Dempsey and 'Charlie Batterman, Eli Jim Cook, Wolverine Strother (T-Bone) Mart- in, and Sammy Lee, the tiny Oriental from Occidental College are all cap- able of capturing at least one of the springboard titles. Michigan's Mart- in will be attempting a comeback after his fourth place showing in the Conference contest, and if he ap- proaches his early season form it may be he who will be proclaimed succes- sor to Buckeye Earl Clark. In every event it will be the same thing. No man can be established as the one who will churn home to victory. Since it isn't a dual meet, and since Yale may be upset in al- most any race by almost any entry, it is conceivable that Michigan may sneak in the winner by virtue of valu- able second and third-place points. The possibility is there, but the prob- ability is remote. Keen Tob Traini Navy Mtmen Varsity Coach Takes( Post At GeorgiaUniversity (Continued from Page 1) the southern unit of the Navy Air Corps' program are also from the South and Cliff understands that the majority of them are even from his Oklahoma A&M alma mater. The Michigan mat coach's job will be analogous to the one held by Min- nesota's Bernie Bierman at the Navy's mid-western school, the Uni- versity of Iowa. Bierman is football coach there and is in addition the head of the entire coaching unit.It is not yet known who will be chief coach at Georgia. . Cliff's departure was so sudden that he did not have time to apply for an official leave of absence This he will immediately do and thus his return to Michigan when the emer- gency is over will be assured. In his 17 years as coach here, Keen's teams have compiled the highly creditable record of 88 tri- umphs as against 34 losses. In 1928, 1929 and 1938 his men took the Big Ten title and in the former year four' of his boys represented the United States in the Olympic Games. In the absence of their coach right before the vital National Collegiates the Varsity wrestlers are proceeding through their preparatory paces with a certain new light in their eyes. Ver- satile Ray Courtright, Michigan's golf coach, has assumed Cliff's coaching duties, and Capt. Jim Galles is as- sisting him to the fullest. Each mat- man wants Cliff to be able to read good things about him in the paper Sunday morning. W illiams' 44 0ai t Takes Track Tile Hopefuls Report More To B Candidates Needed Plug Up Holes Left Graduating Seniors Strother (T-Bone) Martin, ace Michigan diver, will attempt to re- gain his early season form and walk cff with one of the N4tional titles in the Collegiates at Harvard this weekend. Martin will meet the classiest field in the nation, and nobody can be rated a favorite to succeed Earl Clark. * * 4 **In (;ollegiaius By STAN CLAMAGE Spring was kind to Fritz Crislert yesterday, handing the head Wol- verine mentor, his staff and some r° 40-odd grid hopefuls a brisk, bright March afternoon on which to open - play for a six-week spring football program. Many of the old familiar faces are gone-Bob Westfall, Joe Rogers, Whitey Fraumann, Rube Kelto, Bob Ingalls and others. But another crew has rolled around from which Cris- For three years a member of ler and his aides hope to mold an- Michigan's great football teams, other great Michigan gridiron team. IHarlin "Whitey" Fraumann has Two Problems Confront Crisler shifted his fighting spirit to the Confronting Crisler as the spring bigger game of war. Fraumann session gets under way are two tre- reported yesterday for ensign mendous problems: 1 - replacing training at Annapolis. many of his stand-outs of the past g____ na___is-_ season; 2-the possible call into mil- itary service of some of his remain- Dodgers Defeat Detroit, ing and coming-up prospects. These are the obstacles which the Maize 7-2, In Exhibition Tilt, and Blue coach will face before the ten-game schedule gets under way LAKELAND, Fla., March 23.-UP)- next September. I Two Brooklyn southpaws, veteran "Bullet" Bob Westfall has vacated Larry Frenchand rookie Bob Chip- the fullback slot, Ingalls and Ted man, held the Detroit Tigers to three Kennedy leave the center post wide hits today-one an inside-the-park open, and that's the way it goes right homer by Pinky Higgins-to give the dlown the line. Hover, Crisler has National League champions a 7 to a fine nucleus about which to round 2 victory. out a team, and some promising freshmen add to the possibilities. Brooklyn. 001 040 002--7 6 1 Light Werkout Yesterday Detroit ...... 000 000 200-2 3 2 Yesterday's play was typical of a French, Chipman (7) and Dapper; first-day workout with the gridders Trucks, Herishaw (6),, Manders (9) going through signal drills, trying to and Tebbets. iron out kinks accumulatccd since-the last pair of cleated shoes were hung up in the Field HiOUst cage. Stiff, H1at Leters Awarded sluggish muscles were given alight going-over, with the only hard work To Nme Varity Men handed out consisting of a half dozen wind sprints. Varsity wrestling monograms were Captain George Ceithaml and his awarded yesterday to the following teammates will be ready to hit a fast nine men: pace in the near future, but Coach Mauritz Anderson, Evanston, Ill.; Crisler had one fact to note: many Herb Barnett, Ponca City, Okla.; more prospects are needed if the Wol Mary Becker, Ann Arbor; Bill Court- verines are to hit the high road next right, Ann Arbor; Ray Deane, Cresco, fall. And making the team depends Iowa; Jim Galles, Chicago; Dick on hard work right nxow! Kopel, Detroit; Manly Johnson, Tul-1 I sa, Okla, and Al Wistert, Chicago. NATIONAL BASKETBALL RESULTS I Reserve awerds were presented to: West Virginia 51, Toledo 391 Mel Becker, Ann Arbor; Harvey W. Ky. State 49, Creighton 36 Littleton, Corning, N.Y.; Vic Werth- eimer, Cleveland, and Ed Wight, Ann: Wolverine Wrest Collegiate Cro By HOE SELTZER, You see, Cliff Keen didn't have time to see his boys and talk to them before he left. All he could do was talk to them over the phone at mid- night and tell him he was on his way.! He told them something else too. He said he wished he could have' hung around just One more week be- cause he would have liked to watch his boys stack up against the best the country has to offer in the way of mat class. Mr. Keen thinks very highly of his boys and he firmly be- lieves that they will have to take no lip from no one in the National Col- legiates at East Lansing. Six Wolverines Entered And well may he believe it. There will be six men representing the Maize and Blue against the nation's finest and not one timid soul among them. This doesn't mean that Michi- gan is going to have six national titles by midnight Saturday. It does 'mean though that we may quite con- ceivably have one, and further that we may have several who blast their way well up into the final playoffs. Now take Johnny Johnson, our welterweight Big Ten champ. Just to get a line on Johnny's chances in the big show,-listen to this. Arndt Holds Title Buddy Arndt is the national champ at that weight. He's from Oklahoma A&M, unsurprisingly enough. And two years ago, when Johnny was at the same institution, the Nationals' came along and the Okie toach for the life of him couldn't decide which one of his two invincibles to enter. So for three whole days prior to the meet he had them wrestle it out and kept track of each point made. Buddy Arndt beat Johnny John- lers Will Seek wn In E. Lansing son by one point. And two days later he had won the national 145 pound title. Mr. Arndt is to date still invincible. But our Johnny had such a pie time of it in the Conference meet that it is safe to assume he has plenty in reserve which has not yet been un- loosed. And with this weekend being the end of the line John is sure to pull out all the stops. When he and Buddy Arndt tangle it will be great to watch. Mary Becker and Ray Deane are two other guys who are going to go up at State. There are those who saw the Big Tens who still say that Marv can take Illinois' title-winning Ted - Seabrooke and that with a break or so he might have had the opportunity to do so. Now Mary gets another chance, which is all he asks. Deane Out To Win As for Ray Deane, one of the sour notes of the Conference meet was his nose-out loss of the 136 pound title in the finals. In the semi-finals Ray had absolutely drubbed a nasty little customer from Chicago who had pre- viously kleen butchering all oppo- nents. And in - the title bout he showed the same dynamiting stuff- but in vain. Thus it is that Mr. Deane has grown sick and tired of dropping close decisions. This week- end he aims.to cop a couple. Pitt To. Play Great Lakes PITTSBURGH, March 23.-(/)- The University of Pittsburgh an- nounced tonight it has scheduled a football game with the Great Lakes Naval Training team for October 10. The game will be played at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Colorado School .of Mines Summer Session 'July 0Sp.2 Engweerig Courses May Be Completed Epivalent to Half a Semester's Wor/ Chernistr); Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Petroleum Engineering; 1cSccriptive Geometry; Eugineering Drawing; Economics; English; Geology; Mathematics; Mining; Physics; Metallurgy. Also Field Courses in Geology, Metallurgy, Mining, Petroleum May 25 to July 5; and Plane Surveying May 25 to July 3 and July 27 to Sept. 5. For further inform'tion write Director of the Summer Session., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. Arbor. Good Pitching Outlook Raises, Varsity Hopes By MYRON DANN Coach Ray Fisher's biggest pre- season headache, the pitching prob- lem, seems to be gradually diminish- ing because of the presence of four promising sophomores and one cap- able senior on the Wolverine base- ball squad. The senior is Mickey Fishman of Detroit. Brother of Herman, who was an ace left hander for Michigan sev- eral seasons back, Mickey has plenty of control and at the rate he is im- proving should be one of the main- stays of the Wolverine pitching corps. Boim Looks Promising Sophomore Irving Boim, a right hander from Chicago, is proving to be a sensation among the sophomore hurlers. "Pro" has plenty of speed and needs only a little more of Fish- er's efficient coaching before he can be counted on for his share of vic- tories. The left hander who will probably assume the pitching burden when- ever the Wolverines need the serv- ices of a southpaw is Phil Alix. The sophomore flinger has been receiv- ing much attention from many of the local "predictors" as the dark horse of the Michigan mound staff. Smith And Savage Show Stuff George Harms, Varsity baseball captain, thinks that Don Smith and Dick Savage are two moundsmen that may be an all important link in the Wolverines' quest for their second consecutive Big Ten championship. Fisher has cut his squad down to 22 players and plans to keep to that number until lie announces the tra- veling squad for the southern trip. Mary Becker, scrappy Wolverine grappler, will receive his chance to garner a championship this week- end at Michigan State when he seeks the National Collegiate 155 pound crown. M CLUB NOTICE There will be an important meet- ing of all M Club members at 8 p.m. today in the Union. Election of officers for the coming year will take place at that time. Gus Sharemet, President I I , "(I a1 ~yrn I , ,I Grabbing five of 10 firsts, a power- f p1 Williams House track team com- pletely overwhelmed all opposition last night to win the Dormitory track meet by 28 points with 44% markers. Almost as astonishing as Williams' overwhelming triumph was the as- sault the runners made on the rec- ords. New marks were chalked up in seven events. Jerry Lavender, (W), ran the 60 yard dash in 6.6, Bill Hanley (W), a winier in both high and low hurdles, established a record of 8.6 in the latter, Don Straka (W) did the 440 in 55.6, Bob Taylor (C) legged the mile in 5:23.9, Cecil Bo- vee (W) also a double winner, jumped 18 feet 9 inches to set a new record in the broad jump, Dick Coulton (C) put the shot 37 feet and Ken Fryer (F) set the other record of the meet as he pole vaulted 11 feet 3 inches. In the Independent League a close meet ended with Forestry winning with 39% points over Club 924 (35 points) and Robert Owen (26% points). Fraumann, Flora Leave For Annapolis Training Harlin "Whitey" Fraumann and Bob "Flop" Flora left for Annapolis yesterday where they will receive en- sign commissions after an extensive training course. 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