TIE MICH IGANI DAILY PAGE flHREE Open Season With London A"C Tomorrow . Michigan to Pit Power against Fleet Canadians Freslunen Are Picked to Win Track Contest Putting the stress on offense, par- ticularly power plays, Michigan's hockey team wound up its practices last night for the first game of the season against London here tomorrow night. The task of giving the Wolverines a scoring punch seems to rest on the shoulders of Bob Opland, tall sopho- more center from Highland Park. A good passer, he has a hard, accurate shot and is one of the best stick- handlers to play for the Maize and Blue in several years. He's one of the few who have played organized hockey before coming to Michigan, having played amateur hockey with Calumet in the Upper Peninsula. 1irst Line Strong Teaming up with Opland on the first line are Bob Kemp, senior from Oakville, Ontario, and either Ed Reichert, Ann Arbor senior, or Bill. Dance, senior from New York. Kemp is a fair stick handler and a good shot and should do his share of the scoring, while Reichert, changed from 'a defenseman, to a wing, is an excellent back checker, but not as good a shot as Opland or Kemp, The second line of Roy Bradley, Jack Athens, and Roy Anderson is lighter than the first but makes up for its lack of weight with its fighting spirit. A smooth passing unit, it's liable to break loose at any time. Captain Hank Loud will be back at his spot in the nets for the Wolver- ines, kicking 'em out almost as fast as they come in. Small for a goalie, Loud has made Michigan fans forget about his size by his performance in goal for the past two years. Seldom spectacular, he has always been hard to score on even when his defense has been almost pathetic. Gridders on.Team At defense Coach Eddie is planning to start two gridders, Bob Derleth and Bob Stenberg. Big and rugged, Lowrey hopes they'll give Michigan the hard checking defense lacking in, previous years. If they stop their London opponents as well as they. stop practice foes, they'll make Loud's Job an easy one. Derleth is also a good stick-handler and passer, and moves up with the front line on power plays. These two, alternating with Fred Bryan, will probably play the whole game. According to Lowrey, the team as a whole is green and lacks smooth- EDDIE LOWREY will send another fighting Michigan ice sextet against the Canadians tomorrow. ness, but its fighting spirit should help even the match with the more experienced Canadians. Tonight the players will rest while the frosh puckmen hold their first workout. Tomorrow's game at the Coliseum will begin at 8 o'clock, and admission to students will be 40 cents' with identification cards; to others, 75 cents. All eligible sophomores and sec- and semester freshmen are urged to try out for The Daily sports staff. This includes women. No previous journalistic ability is needed. See Bud Hendel any af- ternoon at the Student Publica- tions office.. Qualifying Heats to Be Today and Tomorrow; Finals Next Saturday By ERIC ZALENSKI Combination of superior numbers and better than average quality es-{ tablished the Michigan Frosh squadc as favorite in the inter-class track meet December 12 at Yost Field House. Qualifying heats for the Univer- sity's first class battle in more than 10 years will begin this afternoon on the Field House cinder track for near- ly two score athletes who are sched- uled to participate in ROTC war maneuvers tomorrow afternoon. The, remaining contestants will qualify tomorrow as scheduled previously.. Frosh Are Enthusiastic Varsity Coach Ken Doherty em- phasized the enthusiasm of the Frosh trackmen as another vital factor in their favor. "The boys on Coach Chet Stackhouse's Frosh squad are all pepped up about the meet and are set on winning," Doherty declared. An analysis of the Frosh squad re- veals balance and power in both track and field events. With four high jumpers, three pole vaulters, several outstanding entries in the middle and long distances and sure point-winners in the other field events, the Frosh are set for a scoring picnic. Howison Looks Good Heading that class of '46 is a trio of outstanding performers, including Bob Howison, Midland youth, who has held the state scholastic quarter- mile crown during the past two sea- sons; Eugene Moody, Oak Park, Ill., who has sailed over 12 feet in the pole vault; and George Kraeger, Indian- apolis, Ind., whose 40-foot tosses set him up as a threat in the 16-pound shot put. The Senior squad appears to be destined for runner-up honors. Head- ing the lads of '43 is Captain Dave Matthews, Varsity half-miler. Listed on his team are Bob Ufer, national indoor 440-yard titlist; Chuck Dona- hey and Earl Newcomb, sprints; Chuck Pinney, low hurdles; Bud Bier- ley, high hurdles; Willis Glas, mile; Bob Segula, pole vault; and George Ostroot, shot put. Finals on Dec. 12 The Juniors are baniing on Len Alkon, sprinter; Livius Stroia, hurd- ler; John Roxborough, John Steward, John Ingersoll, Jim Sears and Jim Conant in the longer distances, and Frank MacLear in the pole vault. Sophomore strength will be in the half-mile with Ross and Bob Hume listed as entries, as well as in Art Upton, miler, and Keith Chapman who has vaulted 12 ft. 6 in. this fall. Winners of a specified number of places in today's and tomorrow after- noon's trials will qualify for the final meet December 12. Swim Gala to Feature Varsity Swimming entertainment at its best is the slogan for the eighth an- nual edition of Swim Gala, to be staged by the Varsity natators Fri- day night, Dec. 11, at the Sports Building Pool. Matt Mann, coach of the Wolverine mermen, will direct the big show. Departing from the usual carnival atmosphere, the show this year will feature patriotism and preparedness. Recruited especially for the occasion will be a select group of swimmers from the Physical Education for Men classes. These lads will put on a demonstration of modern war tactics in the water. Nor is that all. The Wolverine varsity tankmen, last year's Big Ten champions and runners-up to Yale in the Collegiates, will put on their usual sparkling show. Included in this part of the performance will be races between varsity relay teams and individual competition among some of the coming Wolverine stars. Other acts are in the offing and from advance reports, an expected capacity crowd will see plenty of ac- tion crammed into one night'. Wrestling Squad Loses Coffield' Another blow has been dealt to the Varsity wrestling team, this time di- rected at Tom Coffield, last year re- serve award winner, who underwent an appendectomy yesterday morning at the University hospital. Tom, who was one of the most promising mat- men this season, was counted upon to carry the Wolverine hopes in the 175 class. He will be lost for the remain-1 der of the year, but Coach Ray Court- right expressed the hope that Tom' will be able to wrestle again after the Christmas holidays. This bad news comes just after the similar news that Captain Bill Court- right had left school for the army. Michigan now has only three remain- ing lettermen and no experienced re- serves left for this season. However, the Varsity is not giving up hopes for a successful season for many newcomers are showing much polish and form in pre-season work- outs. Two of the most outstanding new men are Larry Loftus and Bob McDonald who are currently waging a hot battle for the 121 berth. Coach Courtright has expressed the opinion that they should become established performers before the season is over. Michigan's matmen were unable to arrange a match for tomorrow but will hold an inter-squad meet instead. These matches will give a good indi- cation of who will earn starting berths for the first encounter with the De- troit YMCA next Saturday. Soplis to Play' against State Basketball Squad Is Best in Recent Years Sophomores will play a large part in the season's opening basketball game against Michigan State next Monday night. At least two sophs will be in the starting line-up at the opening, whistle. Several of these sophomores have made exceptionally fine showings in - recent practices. These include. Dave Strack, an all- state high school star from Indiana; Harold Anderson, one of the best high 'school basketball players ever to come out of Stambaugh; and Gerry Mul- laney, an all-city boy from Milwau- kee, Wis. ' Two varsity fullbacks, Don Lund and Bob Wiese, have been doing es- pecially well in practice. Lurd was an all-city guard at Detroit's South- eastern High, while Wiese used his six foot four inch frame to good ad- vantage as a forward in Jamestown, North Dakota Charlie Ketterer is also doing re- markably well despite his short stat- ure. He more than makes up for his lack of height with his speed, ball handling, and basket swishing. His speed is especially useful in the fast breaking type of play that Michigan uses this year. Coach Bennie Ooster- baan ran his squad through a tough workout last night in hopes of aven- ging the.57-34 defeat the Wolverines suffered at the hands of the Spartans last February. In a game previous to that, Michigan beat State 37-20. "We have more height, bigger men, and better basketball players this year than we have had in recent years," said Coach Oosterbaan. "It is poten- tially a great team." Ceithaml, Wistet, Franks Accorded Further Plaudits Still more honors were conferred upon Michigan's famed trio, Captain George Ceithaml, Al Wistert, and Julius Franks yesterday in reports from two national grid polls. All three were named on the WGN Big Ten first team, an honor they had similarly received from the Big Ten coaches last week. Captain Ceithaml was also named on the Collyer's Bureau All-American team for his outstanding work of masterminding the Wolverines this past season. He was the only Michi- gan man mentioned by the poll. w ,1 BENC By] Da MAJOR JOHN L. GRIFFITH, the white-haired gentleman who goes7 by the title of Commissioner of West-I ern Conference Athletics, made a speech yesterday.1 Now, ordinarily there is absolute- ly nothing sensational about the Major delivering a profound ora- tion. But this time his utterances take on a rare quality of differen- tiation and interest that cannot be ignored. For yesterday the Major lashed out at civilian critics of intercollegiate sports and asserted that they were using the war to abolish such compe- tition. Addressing the Michigan High School Athletic Association, the Ma- jor declared that military and gov- ernment officials were in favor of continued sports, but a small group was pressing to achieve now what it had failed to do in peace time. Quote the Major, "Representa- tives of old 'Ivy Leagues' are quietly working to induce other institu- tions to abandon interscholastic sports not only for the duration but for all time." AND NOT SO LONG AGO we made' that same contention in this col- umn, a contention that was blasted' by editorial writers as stupid and as a hindrarce to the war effort. But the Major proved our point yesterday. In answer to the critics who object to sports because of the transportation difficulties involved, he said, "We di'd without automobiles and buses in another day, and we can do it.again." He also said that recent revisions of the Big Ten bas- ketball schedule had eliminated 110,- 000 man miles. Griffith pointed out that Trans- portation Director Joseph B. East- man has called it a mistake on England's part to cancel all sports, a move which resulted in recalling of coaches from the armed forces to revive recreational pastimes. More than that, the Major empha- sized that Germany saw fit after the last war to adopt American athletic techniques and abandon its system of routine exercises. "It would be ironi- cal," he stated, "if after Germany takes our sports system, we adopt the old German plan." All we can say, Major, is "thank you." We agree wholeheartedly with what you say on the subject. Intercollegiate sports do not need to be discontinued during wartime. Their value as conditioners and as providers of morale, recreation and competitive spirit are needed now more than ever. Nearly four mil- lion boys played basketball last year in this country, and they could never get that same competitive spirit by going through routine physical drills. Blast away, Major, we're with you this time. * * * DRIFTWOOD AND SPLINTERS: Coach Fritz Crisler paid a glow- ing tribute to his Michigan football team at the Detroit Alumni Banquet Wednesday night . . . Crisler said the 1942 Wolverine aggregation was the greatest in his experience . . . Al Wis- tert, All-American tackle, stole the show, however . . . the "Ox" told how he almost quit school after his poor junior season, and how glad he was LEAHY TO REJOIN TEAM SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 3.- ()- A mild recurrence of the spinal arth- ritis that forced him into activity for three weeks in October confined Coach Frank Leahy to his home to- day, but he said he expected to be with his Notre Dame football squad tomorrow when it meets Great Lakes at Chicago. iJhe HCOMBEB BUD ENDEL ity Sports Editor now that Crisler, line coach Biggie Munn, and end coach Bennie Ooster- baan challenged him to stay . which reveals some of the coaching psychology used to make a great foot- ball player. Something new to us in the world of intramural sports . . but it's old at Loyola University . . . they hold an annual turkey trot there before every Thanksgiving, and the fastest intramural trackmen participate ... the winner gets a turkey, the runner-up receives a duck, and the third place man gets the bird too- a chicken . . . fourth man wins a gallon jug of cider, and the fifth- placer takes home a vacuum-pack- ed can of cranberries just to make him think his labor has not been in vain ... the speedsters run a two mile course in order to gain the! prized drumstick. Shortest of all football covers was written by Alex, Zalenski, sports edi- tor of the Pitt News after the Ohio State-Pitt game, won by the Bucks, 59 to 19 .. . wrote Zalenski, "We tra- veled to Columbus last Saturday with the football team. We watched the game. The final score was 59-19. We have nothing to say.".... and who can't remember when the Punchless Panthers were the best in the land? 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