ATURDA, MAC 28 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Eli Mermen Dominate ield t Halfway Mar In Corn
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Johnny Patten SetsPool Mark
To Take 220Freestyle Race
Dobby Burton Paces Medley Team To Second Place;
Wolverines In Third Spot Behind Yale, OSU
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Kayoes Simon
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17,000 Spectators Watch
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IPORTFOLIO
i Great Lakes Team Weakened
" Grid Stars Transferred
By HAL WILSON
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Four Wolverines, Four Spartans
Enter Semi-Finals At Lansing
of 2:10 to set a new pool record and
to give the Maize and Blue its first
title of the meet.
Patten was clocked in 56 seconds
flat for the first 100 yards, but even
then he was not better than second
as Dartmouth's tall Fred Worthen
was setting a blistering pace that
found him five yards ahead at the
century mark. Then at the 150 yard
post, Patten made his great bid and
as he started his closing kick, both
Johnson and Chouteau began to pull
up, while Worthen faded, a victim of
his own pace.
But Coach Matt Mann's ace was
not to be denied. Smoothly and
speedily he opened up gaping holes
of water between himself and the
second place Johnson. When it was
over, Patten was the winner by-more
than three yards and the Yale star
had been paid back for his victory at
Ann Arbor. Tomorrow night they'
meet again, in the 100 yard freestyle.
Chouteau was third, Worthen fourth
and Jack Ryan of Ohio State fifth.
lKelly Misses Turn
Then the high-geared Yale aggre-
gation struck a snag which many
thought would seriously impair its
churning quest for its first National
Collegiate title. Dick Kelly, the sen-
sational Bulldog who was favored to
win the 50 yard free style, missed his
turn in the semi-finals this afternoon
and did not qualify. Capt. Dobby
Burton of Michigan won the heat in
the time of 23.6, while Kelly was a
poor last.
But even so, Yale received ample
compensation for the mishap. Gus
Sharemet, carrying the Maize and
Blue banner in the other semi-final,
was far in front at the turn and
was powering his way down the lane
to victory when his flailing arm hit
the lane rope. Sharemet lost his
stroke and the race. So two of the
brightest free style stars in the na-
tion did not compete in tonight's
finals.
Amundsen Wins 50
Bob Amundsen, Northwestern soph-
omore who took the Big Ten title,
won the final 50 race tonight ii the
same time that brought him victory
in the conference, 23.4. Ed Hall, the
new-found discovery from Massa-
chusetts State, finished second, bare-
ly edging the battling Burton. The
Michigan pocket battleship covered
himself with glory today, however,
for he not only swam the speediest
half-centuries of his life, his final
time being 23.7, but he also anchored
the Wolverine Medley Relay team!
where the stop watches clocked him
in the most spectacular 100 yard
sprint of the entire cast.
In the qualifying trial for the med-
ley, Michigan drew the lane next
to Yale. At the end of the bac-
stroke and breast stroke legs, the
Wolverines were three yards in ar-
rears.
Burton Edges Pope
And it was then Burton took com-
mand. With Eli Ed Pope three yards
in front, the Maize and Blue parti-
san crowd called for full steam ahead.
Responding. with every bit of power'
in his tiny body, Burton flew pastr
the streaking Pope on the last lap
to touch him out. The Wolverine
relay time was 2:59.7, and Burton's
time for his 100 yards was 51.7. The
stands let loose with a bellowing roarj
as the clocking was announced.
But in the finals tonight it was a
different story. Not even Burton,
this time propelling his small frame
through the water in 51.9, could make;
upthe huge 10 yard deficit which
was handed him. Dick Riedl finished
the dorsal leg nine yards behind
Bulldog Lou Dannenbaum, and Mich-
igan lost another yard to breast
stroker Ted David. Burton hit the
water and vainly tried to catch Pope,
but the best his heroic effort netted
him was the runner-up spot, after
regaining six of the valuable yards.
Yale's winning time was 2:54.8, while
Michigan did no better than 2:58.9.
To further sink the Wolverine
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Daily Sports Editor
New York, March 27.-(P)-Joe Louis
won a big one for Uncle Sam's soldier
boys tonight. GREAT LAKES Naval Training
The first heavyweight champion in Station has a tremendous foot-
ring history to come out of the Army ball schedule lined up for next fall.
to defend that honor felled the game But right now it has neither a coach
giant from Long Island, Abe Simon, nor a team.
in six rounds, and with his fists ran It will acquire a top-notch coach
the cash register for the Army Emer- in the not-too-distant future. Make
gency Relief Fund to the tune of no mistake about that. But it be-
50,000 or more, comes increasingly apparent that
With the roar of a crowd that Great Lakes will not sacrifice its
nearly filled this sports palace ring- function as a training center for
ing in his ears after Under-Secretary naval officers and men just to field
of War Robert Patterson paid him an unbeatable football combina-
tribute as a "fine soldier and a truly tion on the gridiron.
great champion," the Bomber chop-
ped the huge 255%4-pound man- A quick glance at the big name
mountain down finally at 16 seconds stars who have been stationed at
of the sixth round, but only after Great Lakes and already transferred
firing his Sunday shots at a challen- to other centers is rather indicative
# ger who took everything and asked of this. Such outstanding football
for more. In fact, Abe was getting players as Ed Frutig of Michigan,
CAPT. DOBBY BURTON up to come back to the wars at the Bruce Smith of Minnesota, Dick Plas-
_____________-finish, but arrived on his feet just man and George McAfee of the Chi-
a split second after Referee Eddie cago Bears have been transferred to
hopes, Riedl failed to qualify in the Jo ephs tolled the clinching "ten." other bases or enrolled in other
150 yard backstroke. In second place branches of the service.
and sure of entering the finalist fold Twice earlierT Abie the Ample, who
at the last turn, he missed the wall went 13 rounds with Joe in Detroit BUT, although the Traing Sta-
and lost the momentum of the push- a year ago, was on the floor. The tion is not the haven of stellar
off. As a result he was last in the bell sounded ending a round each E grid talent it's popularly thought to
field of five, and Michigan was with- time, but once the next heat got un- be, you need not start counting
out a backstroke entry. derway, he was right back in there Wolverine touchdowns in next fall's
Dannenbaum won the final in 1:36.4 with a bothersome left jab and a opening game with the Sailors. For
heMak onte fi i tt:36.4rushing, crowding, body attack. by the naval officers' own admis-
while Mark Follansbee of Ohio State Yet, all the time you knew it could- sions, Great Lakes will have a
ws epeyPlcs.n't last-that sooner or later Joe team, a good team in order to carry
Dempsey Places First would put the crusher on. He did, out the dual purpose of naval ath-
Frank Dempsey and Charley Bat- finally, just as everyone-even Abe's letes-recruiting value and receipts
terman, Buckeye diving twins, can be best friends-expected, thus adding for the Navy Relief Fund.
given most of the credit for the fav- to his great record as a fighter and Trainees at the station right now
orable Ohio State standing. Dempsey a citizen. It was the second time in include such former gridiron greats
was first in the low-board contest 11 weeks that he had fought for as Missouri's Paul Christman, North-
with 134.8 points, and Batterman was nuthin' 'cept my country," as he put western's Bill deCorrevont, Notre
a close second with 128.4. The best it. Dame's Joe Kuharich, and Washing-
alsfrd Jim Cook could garner hdton's Rudy Mucha. Furthermore,
Howie Jaynes of Northwestern was Yanks Win Exhibition Tilt Great Lakes has a constantly-shift-
fourth, and little Sammy Lee of Occi- ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 27. ing complement of 50,000 able-bod-
dental, a full blooded Korean, fin- - -Hank Borowy regained his ied, physically fit sailors. Mark it
ished fifth. Michigan's only low pitching form today as the New York down for certain that Great Lakes
board contestant, Alex Canja got to Yankees defeated their Newark farm will have Navy football that's a credit
the finals, but ended sixth and did team of the International League, to the Navy,
not add any points to the Wolverine 3-1, in an cxhibition game limited to '
cause. eight innings by the weather. SPORTS HASH: Former Tiger
manager Mickey Cochrane was
ordered yesterday to report to Great
Varsity Golf Squad Bolstered Lakes Monday the fiery baseball
Varsty G lf~q~ad olstredveteran will handle the Sailor's ex-
tensive diamond campaign as a lieu-
Bretenant in the Naval Reserve.
-- The highly-efficient Associated
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a pair of ties in their 18-game cam-
paign . . . and the cagers took six
out of 20.
Dobby Burton, Michigan swim-
ming captain who is fighting for
points in the National Collegiates
at Cambridg'e today, was born in
Belfast, Ireland . . . after Athletic
Director Fritz Crisler's name was
so prominently linked with the
Great Lakes coaching berth, let-
ters poured in from coaches all
over the country who sought his
position here at Michigan . . . ex-
perts say, however, that when (the
if is becoming more remote) Fritz
leaves, the coaching reins will re-
main right here in the present
Wolverine athletic setup.
DON BOOR, sophomore first base
candidate for Coach Ray Fisher's
Conference championship baseball
team, is the second Wolverine ath-
lete to lean on contact lenses for in-
creased vision, following gridman
Bob Ingalls . . . Don reports he can
now wear them for a couple of hours
at a time without undue strain.
Tounoh Season
Faces Netters
Michigan's Title Opposed
By Wildcats,_Chicago
By DICK SIMON
NET VOLLEYS: Big Ten sports
releases are starting to find their
way to The Daily and from all indi-
cations the Wolverine netters will be
in for a tough battle to retain their
Western Conference crown . . . with
most of the opposition again coming
from Northwestern and Chicago.
Back for his final year at North-
western is Seymour Greenberg, 20th
ranking amateur in the country
in his two previous years of compe-
tition the Wildcat southpaw has not
lost one Conference match . . . last
year lihe walked off with the Big Ten
singles title and then teamed up with
Capt. Gene Richards to beat Michi-
gan's Capt. Jim Tobin and Lawton
Hammett for the doubles crown.
If Bobby Jake is able to compete,
the Wildcats will again have a doubles
combination that will be pretty hard
to beat . . . Jake, former National
Boys' title winner three years ago,
injured his shoulder playing basket-
ball and there is still some doubt
whether he will be in shape to play
tennis before the championships in
May . . . if his shoulder is not both-
ering him, the Milwaukee star will
play in the number two singles spot
and team with Greenberg in doubles.
Out Chicago way, the Maroons will
again have a strong aggregation . . .
Cal Sawyier received special permis-
sion from the Big Ten officials to
play another year of tennis and will
be giving the leaders a good run for
their money in the number one
singles spot . . . the whole squad is
practically the same as last year's and
has been strengthened by a couple of
freshman racqueteers.
The Wolverines, who open their
season April 17 with Michigan State
here, plan to go outdoors the early
part of next week-if the weather
stays nice . . . this will mark the
first time in many years that Coach
Leroy Weir has been able to take the
team outside before April first.
By BUD LOW
With varsity golf coach Ray Court-
right spending practically all of his
time with the wrestling squad this
past week, Michigan's linksmen have
been strictly on their own. Eighteen
hopeful golfers have been working
out diligently for over a month in the
driving nets at the Sports Building,
preparatory to going out to the Uni-
versity course in another couple of
weeks to put the finishing touches on
their drives, iron shots, and puts.
Wolverine Chances Good
The Wolverines' chances for a suc-
cessful season are considered very
good. Added to four returning let-
termen are half a dozen sophomores,
all of which are good enough to see
varsity competition this year.
Holding down the number one spot
honors, Bill Stewart, and Phil Mar-
cellus.
For two years in a row Wolverine:
golfers have finished second to Illi-
nois in the Western Conference tour-
nament, and this year they are hop-
ing to end the reign of the Illini
golfers. Last year at the conference
meet at Columbus, Michigan tied the
Buckeyes with 1268 points, while the
Orange and Blue men hit 1228. '
Despite the fact that Courtright
will be without the services of three
of last season's letter winners who
were graduated last June, "Corky"
is confident that Michigan will come
forth with a good showing against
Illinois and Ohio State, top-ranking
contenders for team honors in the
Big Ten meet which will be held here
in Ann Arbor on May 18 and 19.1
The Wolverines have been too long
without a golf title, and it seems that
this may be the year.
Press had this to say in advance
of the American Congress Bowling
Tourney last week: "If you're plan-
ning on staying at a downtown
hotel this week, don't look under
the bed before you settle down for
that much-needed snooze but
shake out the covers well. Two
teams of practical jokers from Big
Spring, Tex., are bringing 250
Horned Toads with them" ... but
the AP missed a good bet by not
following up with a play by play
account.
WOLVERINE sports teams have
closed a very mediocre winter
campaign with a record of 25 dual
contest victories since the end of
football season against 30 defeats .. .
with three ties mixed in . . . Michi-
gan had winning percentages in three
of the five winter sports, but records
of the other pair pulled the won, lost
mark below 500 per cent . . . swim-
mers won nine dual meets, lost only
one and added the Western Confer-
ence crown . . . the mat crew took
five dual engagements, dropped one
and tied one, while the trackmen took
their two dual meets . . . hockey,
however, snagged only two wins and
again this
sophomore
Even before
conceded to
year will be last year's
sensation, Ben Smith.
the season starts he is
be one of the top con-
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are Captain John Leidy, Dave Osler, Klinger, Lanning (7) and Baker;
a seasoned veteran of the past two Rigney, Dietrich (6) and Tresh.
years, and junior Bob Fife. Each of
these men showed exceptional prom- At Los Angeles
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The Bulldog Growls!
50-Yard Free Style Final: Won by
Amundsen, Northwestern; second,
Hall, Massachusetts State; third,
Burton, Michigan; fourth, F. Lilley,
Yale; fifth, Hueber, Pennsylvania;
sixth, Wenstrom, Iowa. Time 23.4
seconds.
150-Yard Back Stroke Final: Won
by Dannenbaum, Yale; second, Fol-
lansbee, Ohio State; third, Shand,
Princeton; fourth, W. Ryan, Ohio
State; fifth, White, Yale; sixth, Ham-
mond, North Carolina. Time 1:36.3.
220-Yard Free Style Final: Won by
Patten, Michigan; second, Johnson
Yale: third. Chouteau. Yale: fourth.
pecially, can be counted on to turn
in very creditable performances dur-
ing the forthcoming campaign.
Sophomores Show Promise
Added to this nucleus of returning
varsity linksmen are Breard Fish..
burnwho won his reserve award last
year and three particularly outstand-
ing sophomore candidates. These new
prospects include Fred Brewer who
won the Trueblood Trophy last year
which is emblematic of all-campus
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Geehrman and Campbell, Todd
8); Flores, Meers (6) and McCul-
lough.
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Students..
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service it has provided the students of Ann Arbor.
Conveniently located right on campus, the Ann Ar-
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with any matters pertaining to banking.
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(IP)-Rod Munday, a tall quiet pro
from Toledo, O., who believes seri-
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in golf, turned around and putted
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