THE ICEHiGAN DAILY GRAPPLER GETS IN FIGHT: Bill Courtright, Mat Captain, Leaves School; Plans to Enlist _.1 I t RENCHCOMDEB r. i News that Captain Bill Courtright, wrestling captain, had withdrawn from school and intends to join the army came as a distinct setback to the hopes of the Varsity matmen. Not only will Bill's presence be missed be- cause of his ability on the mat-he is the present National Junior A.A.U. titleholder in the 165 pound class, but also because of his leadership quali- ties. Bill, however, has decided that he can better serve his country by enter- ing the armed forces -nove than by remaining in school waiting to be called. "I might just as well go now," Bill modestly stated, "because every- body else is going up and I don't see why I should be an exception." To those who know Corky this reply will not seem strange for he has never been the last to get into anything. This season, having been chosen to lead his teammates, Bill would have been invaluable both from a wrestling and coaching standpoint. Since Ray Courtright, his father, is coaching wrestling for the first time, Bill was being counted upon heavily to assist in tutoring the rest of the squad in the intricacies of the "wing," "guil- lotine," "stretcher" and other similar grappling techniques. Likemany other athletes, Bill did not become a star in' college, rather he remained one. After a rather fair career in high school in which he only won the State mat crown three times in the 155 pound division, was voted the most outstanding wrestler in the state. in his senior year, and also won letters on the football team, Bill moved into the big time colle- giate ranks. But he was unimpressed by the supposedly big names and he immediately won a varsity berth. In both his sophomore and junior years Corky finished third in the Big Ten. Both years he also came close to win- ning the National Collegiates, being beaten each time by Virgil Smith of Oklahoma A.&M. by the narrowest of margins. Each time Smith went on to win the title. Last year Corky placed third, however. Besides being a top-notch wrestler, Bill is also no mean golfer, playing on the varsity links squad for two years. Monday Bill will undergo an oper- ation to fix a trick knee which has been bothering him since last season when it was injured. After that he will remain in Ann Arbor long enough to recuperate before the Army calls hii to active service. Keep A-Head of Your Hair We specialize in Military cuts - scalp; treatments - personality hair styles. A trial is convincing. The DASICOLA BARBERS Between State and Mich. Theatres .i Just like [)amon & [ythipa s! Arrow ensembles .were made :for each other! The Arrow Shirt has a special Arrow Tie de- signed for it, and the * extra comfortable, seam- less - crotch underwear comes in the same pat- tern as the shirt. Shirts and underwear have the Sanforized label, fabric shrinkage less than 1%. Comein andr see the k , new Arrow ensembles ! SOMEHOW or other, a certain ex-e Michigan athletic star pops up inv this column as regularly as a certainN breakfast food company would havea you eating their product every morn-P ing. , Well, that man is here again,. His name is Bill Combs, Wild Bil Combs, the rough and tough little gent with the Texas drawl who captained the Wolverine wrestlers in 1940. Not so long ago we reported that Wild Bill, now in the Marines, had held off single-handed an attacking force of eight Japs in the Solomons and then killed the last one with a grappling hold after his tommy gun had jammed. Next it was learned that indestructible Billy had laid flat the jiu-jitsu instructor at the Marine training school in Quantico when said instructor had selected Mrs. Comb's most famous offspring as his guinea pig in a demonstration to the class. And now the amazing young man7 is in the news again. We receivedz this report from Lou Carpenter, formerly of The Daily business staff, who has been corresponding with the former nemesis of Mid-t western mat circles since he: left school to serve the armed forces. In that battle with the Japs, Combs was wounded an sent to the .Marine Hospital Base in San Diego. He planned to enter Marine Officers School as soon as he recovered, but something happened to change his mind. Here's what. If you remember, 30 Marines were killed when they attempted to take a group of Japaneserwho had waved the flar 'of truce to-signify surrender. When the Marines ad- vanced, they were mowed clown by. machine-gun fire. Of the 30 casual- ties, 14 were men in Combs' com- pany, the 14 remaining of the origi- nal 22.. And~ that's why Wild Bill 9,s giving up his commissiontofight again as' a leatherneck. From his letter to Lou, "Those fel- lows were responsible for saving my life more than once and our friend- ships weren't 'just casual ones. I've never wanted to do anything so much 'before in my life as get those- Japs." And, believe us, we'd hate to be in some slant-eye's shoes when Bill Combs talks like that. SOME hardy soul, who bravely signs "Joe Fan" to a letter, writes in to The Daily and asks us why America's favorite collegiate newspaper has giv- INTRAMURAL Sport Shots By DON SWANINGER The Campus Bowling League has been going for only three weeks, but already it is threatening to become a runaway race with a tean known as the Splits doing the runfing away and seven other teamns doing the chasing. The Splits have played nine games without once being 'on the short end of the score. Their closest rivals are the Kingpins and the Bil liard Room Blimps (that's what they are called) who have each won six of nine games. The last team to unsuccessfully challenge the Splits was the Kingpin five who last Tuesday dropped three straight games to their fast stepping opponents while the Splits set a new league high series of 2,563. They're Arrow -sistable! " This may lbe a bad pun-but those Arrow ensembles are wonder- full Shirt and tie were made for each other - and the. seamless-crotch underwear is the most comfortable you've ever worn! (Shirt and shorts are Sanforized - labeled BUD HENDEL ily Sports Editor en so much publicity to Tom Kuzma while practically ignoring the other Wolverine backs, whom he claims are every bit as good as the Gary Flash. He' also suggests that Daily sports writers could better direct their energy to the rennaissance of something resembling school spirit. Well, Joe, here's your reply. Tom Kuzma, contrary to your opinion, is a great halfback. He was handi- capped all year by injuries, and when he finally did shake off these injuries to show his old form, the story by Bob Shopoff you mention was printed. And if you'll look up here in The Daily files, you'll find a similar story on every other Michigan back who has turned in good performances. Neither Bob Shopoff nor this writer is preju- diced in favor of Tom Kuzma or any other particular athlete, and when an athlete does come through, we like to boost him along as much as we Can. Now about this school spirit stuff. It's .great, and .I'm sure you'd enjoy reading about in this column and other. columns every day. And I'm sure such articles would put school spirit in your ;heart and in the hearts of all Michigan students. No, Joe, you either have it or you don't. Nevertheless, Joe, did you see the crowd waiting for 'the Michigan team when it came home from that Minnesota loss? And did you see the really spirited throng that greeted the Wolverines at the sta- tioj, after, the victory over Notre Dame? As said before, you have it or you don't. And if you have it, we don't need to give .it to you, and if you don't have it, we can't give it to you-s nach 'as. we'd'.like to. L O *0 Michigan to Pilay -Fewer Cage Games, Shortages of transportation facili- ties forced radical changes upon the 1942-43 Michigan basketball sched- ule. Most notable changes were the elimination of the usual home-and- home basis of Big Ten tilts and the reduction of Conference games from 15 to 12. To save on wartime travel the Western Conference makers decided to have each team play only a dozen games instead of 15, last year's num- ber. Also the teams will meet in two-game series on the same court rather than each going to the other school, thus reducing travel about 50 per cent. MICHIGAN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE, 1942-1943 Dec. 7-Michigan State College At Ann Arbor Dec. 12-Marquette. . . .At Ann Arbor Dec. 17-Selfridge Field At Ann Arbor Jan. 4-Michigan State College At East Lansing Jan. 9-University of Illinois At Champaign, Illinois Jan. 11-Northwestern University At Evanston, Illinois Jan. 16-University of Wisconsinb At Ann Arbor Jan. 18-University of Wisconsin At Ann Arbor Feb. 6-University of Indiana At Bloomington, Indiana Feb. 8---University of IndianaI At Bloomington, Indiana Feb. 15-Purdue University At Ann Arbor Feb. 1h-Purdue University At Ann Arbor Feb. 20-Ohio State University At Columbus, Ohio Feb. 22-Ohio State University At Columbus. Ohio Feb. 27 -University of Chicago At Ann Arbor Mar. 1-Northwestern University At Ann Arbor U Roy Bradley Awarded Scholastic Scholarship The Board in Control of Athletics for the University of Michigan an- nounced yesterday that Roy K. Brad- ley has been awarded a $100 'scholar- ship for the Michigan athlete with the highest scholastic record for the 1941-42 school year, Bradley is a wing on the hockey team. rI?\s or Y" Hickok Belts and Suspenders 1 Lounging Robes ks' Wilson Pajamas ;*, Brentwood Sweaters v" Interwoven Socks Jockey Underwear ' Handkerchiefs and Ties Last night the University of Michi- gan Alumni Club of Detroit gave its annual football banquet at the Mich- .igan Union. Because of the war, the coveted 'M' rings were awarded to all of the major letter winners in- stead of only to the seniors. Detroit Alumni Club Has Annual Grid Bust J i *BuynA Bonds and i Sextet~ t Open Michigan's hockey team will be out for revenge this Saturday night when it meets an experienced outfit from tle London A.C. in :the -first home game of' the season. It was this same London ,Sextet ,that ,handed Coach Eddie 'Lowrey's charges two defeats last year, ' two the year before, and so on for several years back. But this year it may be a' different story, for the Wolvdtin'e. puckmen have .more than a fighting chance for victory. The face-off will be at 8:00 in the Coliseum.. The probable starting line for Here Saturda Michigan will see Bob Opland, a sophomore 'who may be the star of the team this year, at center, and Bob Kemp and Bill Dance at the wings., The first string defense com- bination will probably be footballer Bob Derleth and Bob Stenberg, who has, seen action for the Wolverines both on the gridiron and diamond. Hank Loud, team captain, will tend the nets. The second line will be Roy Ander- son, at center, and Roy Bradley and Jack Athens at the wings. Fred Bryan and "Black Rudy" Reichert will form the second defense combination. Y Sladel& Walker FIRST' NATIONAL BUILDiNG . s Ell I 1 Shirts, $2.25 up Ties, $1 up . NCE 1848.. INTR OD UCING A NEW MR. FOSTER'S REMEMBRANCE SHOP (55 Years in Business) I STATE STREET AT LIBERTY t p -.. 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