it --- . - r .y ." r-,i fit-' - y /,, I * .i , .,y .. . ., , - . i. J. -= .6- 1Xl- -. .'. i .. . L '-L V r s y , . .. w . ~ _ .r h1 u- .L vru+0i Wolverines Upset Badgers, 38-34, For First Big Michigan ' Fight Stuns Visitors; Cormin Stars Lead Changes Hands 16 Times in, Nip-and-Tuck Battle; Strack, Mullaney Pace Varsity Scorers By CLARK BAKER David met Goliath last night and David triumphed again when Michi- gan's underdog cagers felled Wiscon- sin's mighty giants from the West, 38-34, before 3,500 howling fans at Yost Field House.. Sheer fight stunned the high-pow- ered Badgers and a few accurately- placed shots coipleted the job of, mastery by the Wolverines. So closely fought was the battle that the lead changed hands 16 times and the par- tisan crowd yelled' itself hoarse. Bob Sullivan, visitors' forward, took scoring honors for the evening, but it was the whole Michigan team led by Mel Comm that stole the show. Comin went. out on fouls toward the close of the contest, but his alert, Michigan's cagers willt try to make it two in a row over Wiscon- sin tonight at 7:30 at Yost Field House., fighting play appealed to the crowd which gave him a tremendous ova- tion when he left the floor, Gerry Mullaney, starting his first. home game for the Wolverines, and Dave Strack paced the winners with eight tallies apiece. In addition, the cool-playing Strack supplemented his scoring by checking all-American Johnny Kotz with a meagre, hard- earned seven points. The game wasn't a particularly good one, but it had all the crowd-. pleasing elements from its slow start right up to its rousing finale. Both teams left their shooting eyes at home, Michigan caging only 18 of 72 attemnpts and Wisconsin faring even worse with 13' of 63. Michigan, with Leo Doyle and Mul- Let's Do It Again laney showing the way, jumped into a 5-0 lead before the visitors could locate the hoop. Then three quick Badger scores pushed them ahead, and from then on it was nip and tuck C DENCICOMBER By BUD BHENDEL. Daily Sports Editor *. * * * A FEW DAYS AGO we read in the papers-reading the papers is one of our many hobbies-that Bud Foster, Wisconsin basketball coach, was dissatisfied with the cage schedule drawn up by the powers that be in the Western Conference. Foster out and out said that the current schedule favored the ,defending champions from Illinois by not calling upon the almost legendary "Whiz Kids" to meet the hoopsters from nearby Purdue and indiana, two of the better crews in the league. Strangely enough, his statement came just after his own Badgers had absorbed a neat shellacking from the "Whizzes". But, to Fosters credit, he did not try to- alibi the Illini defeat. So last night we went to the basketball game with more than our ordinary interest in such affairs. We wanted to see just how good was this Wisconsin basketball team that the schedule-makers had practically deprived of a chance to win the coveted crown, And we wanted to see if the Wolverines, who had clowned their way- to defeats by- Illinois and Northwestern, could hold the score down to a respectable margin against the heavily-favored Cardinals. Well, we saw. And Foster saw too, He saw a team, that had no better break in the schedule .than Wisconsin, come out on the court in a grim manner and settle down to the business of upsetting the Badger title applecart with a fighting fire whose flame enveloped every move of the action-packed 40 minutes, BEFORE last night's game, nobody knew just what the trouble was with the Wolverines. Nobody knew why they couldn't click. A lot of people laid the blame on several shoulders, but nobody ever heard an alibi com- ing from Coach Bennie Oosterbaan or any of his players. Before last night's game, Michigan had met the same two teams that Wisconsin had, Illinois and Northwestern. But nobody connected with the team ever once breathed thit they had been dealt a hand from the bottom of the deck by the schedule-makers. Instead, the Wolverines trotted onto the court determined to show that the two defeats had been nothing but bad mistakes. And they showed it by fighting their hearts out. They worked together as a team, and they fought together as a team. They outfought Wisconsin, and by outfighting the Badgers, they outplayed them. MICHIGAN will need the same fight tonight if she is going to throt- tle Wisconsin again. For the Cardinals will be high tonight They'll be mad, furiously mad. But they'll have something to reckon with tonight that wasn't present last night. That's Michigan confi- dence, a confidence which came into being after last night's seesaw battle. The Wolverines won't be cocky, because they know that Wisconsin has a fine team. But they also know that Michigan is good enough to beat Wisconsin. They have proof of that. And they know too that they'll have to fight even harder tonight to make that proof stick. THE ADMIRAL will conduct another unveiling tonight. The Admiral, of course, is Matt Mann, venerable swimming coach of Michigan's Big Ten champions. For years now the Admiral has come up with teams that few, if any, have ever equalled. Last year, Yale turned up with a better one. This year, Ohio State is threatening to do the same. Tonight, the Admiral will show just what he has to meet the Buckeye threat. The occasion is the State AAU championship meet, which the Wolverines are expected to sweep in short order. All eyes will be focused on Harry Holiday's attempt to crack the world record in the Jo0-yard backstroke. But the Admiral has other men of no mean ability besides Holiday. He has Jack Patten, Jim Skinner, Lou Kivi, Chuck Fries, Ace Cory, Alex Canja, and a host of others- who may make Ohio State quit conceding the Big Ten title to Ohio State. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Loftus Injured, Out of Spartan W tlin Meet Michigan's chances for an upset victory over the Michigan State wrestlers at East Lansing Monday were definitely lessened today when Mat Coach Ray Courtright disclosed that Larry Loftus, Varsity 121-poun- der, would probably not see action in the Spartan meet because of an in- jured arm. Loftus, one of the squad's most promising sophomores, hurt his arm in practice this week and may not be back with the Varsity until the Ohio State meet a week from. Saturday. Bob MacDonald isscheduled to take his place against State. JohnsonrMaxwell Battle Feature Michigan will again be counting on its three letter-men to withstand the ,Spartans' main threat, and Captain Manley Johnson will have a really tough nattle on his hands when he encounters Bill Maxwell;, national 136-pound champion, in a match at 145 pounds. This match alone should be worth the price of:admission, being the top- attraction of the evening. Dick Kopel, at 128 pounds, will be facing another NCAA titlist, takingI on; the Spartans Cut Jennings,. while! Johnny Greene~ will be up against the 215-pound Mike Dendrino in- the heavyweight class. Last year, Greene triumphed easily over this behemoth of the mats, but this year Greene has not been-able-to get into as good.con- dition as he should be, due to a lack of heavyweight competition on both the Varsity and freshman squads, and may have a little trouble. Puckmen Hope to Turn Tables on Gophers, Even Series Tonight By WALT KLEE spectacular exhibition of defensive Seeking a split in their first Big hockey. He and Loud were the stars Ten series and revenge for Thursday of the contest for the Wolverines. night's defeat, Michigan's hockey The Wolverines need a win, or at team will try to turn the tables on least a tie, in tonight's game to re- Minnesota's Gophers in the second main in the Big Ten race. With the and last game of the Minneapolis ser- withdrawal of Illinois from Confer- ies tonight. ence hockey circles, there remain but The Wolverines will try to show the Wolverines and Gophers. A loss that they have offensive power, power tonight would mean that the best the that was sadly lacking in the first sextet could do would be to gain a tie, game. The Gophers spent most of the and that by winning both of the tilts evening down deep in Michigan ice, with Minnesota here next month. swarming around goalie Hank Loud Michigan Has Yet to Win like bees around honey. It was only The Wolverines will be out for blood spectacular net minding by the sex- tonight. In the three home games and tet's captain, that kept the score the one away, they have not yet tasted down to three for Minnesota. the fruits of victory. In at least one Couldh't Get Started of the games they completely out- The aizeand Blu neer seme played their opponents. The boys feel. The Maize and Blue never seemed that they are due, and will try to keep to get- started Thursday night, and the puck down deep in Minnesota ice only for six minutes in the third peri- where they can get enough goals to od did they put on any kind of offen- return to Ann Arbor with their first sive drives that seriously endangered victory under their belts. The lineups the Gophers' goals. It was the first will be the dame for tonight's game: time in four outings that the Wol- verines were held scoreless. MICHIGAN . MINNESOTA Although the Michigan lines could- Loud G Thayer n't keep the puck after they crossed Reichert LW Graiziger the Minnesota blue line, there is no Kemp RW Ryan indication that they won't be able to Opland C Kelley muster the power in tonight's fray. Derleth LD Nolander These lines have met better opposition Stenberg RD Leckie this year on the Canadian teams that -________ the Wolverines have faced and have 'CAPITALIST BALL' IS TONIGHT scored at least twice against veterans The business administration of many years in hockey circles. Bob school's annual "Capitalist Ball,".with Opland and Bob Kemp were off records, refreshments and dollar sign Thursday and are due to come decorations will be held today from through tonight., 9 p.m. to midnight today at the Rack- Derleth and Loud Star. ham Building. Bob Derleth, by brilliant body - -y checking and puck stealing, gave a BASKETBALL SCORES WISCONSIN G F. ?F Kotz, f. ............ 3 1 1 Sullivan, f........... 3 5 2 Patterson, c. ..... ...3 1 2 M ills, .c. ........... . 1 0 0 Lautenbach, g. ......1 0 0 Rehm,g . ........... .2 1 0' Totals.....~ 13 8 5 MICHIGAN G Mullaney, f........... 4 Comm, f........... 3 Wiese, f............1 Mandler, c....... 3 Doyle, g. ......'..... 3 Strack, g......... 4 Totals ...........18 T 7 11 7 2 2 5 34 T 8 .7 2 6 7 8 38 MEL COMiIN . playing the best game of his career, his aggressiveness was an important factor in the Wolverines' first Conference win. all the way. The whole Wolverine team started pitching and when half- time arrived they held a narrow 17-16 margin. Throughout the initial half, the Maizeand Blue worked well off the backboards. They had almost com- plete control off their own and were - - getn cohir hare off the Wisconsin board. The Badgers, seemed some- what bewildered by the Michigan de- fense. At close quarters the Wol- verines jammed the area around the basket, making accurate shots from close range almost impossible. The Maize and Blue opened the second half like a house afire, racking up. two scores before Wisconsin got aI good look at the leather. At this point the Badgers resorted to a weave and succeeded in baffling the Wolverines long enough to move into a 25-23 lead. But, the Wolverines roared right back. Jim Mandler dropped a pivot and Strack came through with one of his favorite set shots to once again give the advantage to the Maize and Blue, 29-28. From then on the winners managed to hold their slim margin despite repeated shots from all 'angles by the desperate Badgers. MERMEN HAVE BIG EVENING TONIGHT: AA U Meet Features Wolverines, College, High School Standouts F 0 1 0 0 2 PF 2 4" 0 3 2 1 12 Halftime Score: Wisconsin 16, Michigan 17.. Free Throws Missed: Wisconsin- Patterson, Lautenbach, Rehm 3; Michigan-Comin, Mandler 3. Officials: Russell Rupp and E. C. Krieger. By JOE McHALE- The 1943 Michigan swimming team gets its first taste of competition to- night at 7:30 in the Sports Building pool. The occasion is the annual Michigan AAU swimming meet. Coach Matt Mann seems to have come up with another winning team, as he apparently is able to do every year; last year the Wolverines won ten out of eleven dual meets, losing only to a miracle team from Yale after running up a string of 35 suc- cessive dual victories. The mermen also won the Big Ten title and out- classed everyone but the Elis in the Intercollegiates, where they grabbed the runner-up position. Many Teams Compete Returning veterans- of this squad plus a batch of unusually promising sophomores will be much in evidence tonight. Other organizations repre- sented are to be the Wolverine fresh- men, the Michigan State freshmen and Varsity, Kronk A. C. of Detroit, and high schools from Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Flint, and Detroit; many unattached entrants will also swim. Of the sophomores performing for, the Maize and Blue one will capture a good share of the attention of the fans; he is Harry Holiday, a swimmer who performs best on his back. In fact, he is expected to smash the world record in the 100-yard back- stroke. Harry lowered Adolf Kiefer's world mark unofficially in the Swim Gala last month and. he. is out to make an even greater effort for the books. That will have to be some real. speeding for his Gala time was 57 seconds, better by two-tenths of a second than the present accepted mark. The fact that this is an AAU meet makes all records official. Other races besides the backstroke are, in the championshipdivision, the 50 and 440-yard freestyles, the 100- yard breaststroke and the 200-yard freestyle relay. Handicap contests are the 50-yard freestyle, 50-yard back- stroke, 50-yard breaststroke and 75- yard individual medley. A champion- ship diving ev.ent is also scheduled. Preview of Buckeye Meet Unfortunately for Michigan fans, this week and next mark the only home encounters of the squad; other engagements are at Iowa City, Col- umbus and Evanston. For the Wolverines this meet comes in the middle of a concentrated effort toward handing the Buckeyes of Ohio State a drubbing next week. That is the big meet of the season, in the minds of all Mattmen. Tonight's con- test will show to what extent this effort has been achieving results and will point the way for another week of toil. 'STAGE DOOR' ENDS TONIGHT Play Production of the speech de- partment will close its four day run of the well-known Broadway comedy hit, "Stage Door," locally directed by Prof. Valentine Windt, at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. MI CHIGAN NOW SHOWING - - - - (Continued from Page. 2) ART CINEMA LEAGUE presents HAROLD LLOYD in "TH E FR ESIAN" plus Five Shorts Sunday, JIn. 17 - 7 and 9 P.M. Lydia MENDELSSOHN Theatre Box Office Opens TiCKETS - 40c 2 P.M. Sunday (including tax) Ill Guinea, Solomon Islands, Africa, England, etc. This particular series will be exhibited until January 16. First floor rotunda, University Muse- ums. Open daily 8-5; Sunday 2 to 5. The public is invited. Exhibition- Rackham Galleries- Mezzanine Floor. The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies presents "Tunisia afd the Mediter- ranean in Water Colors" by Mrs. Alice Reischer. The opening is Janu- ary 20 at 7:00 p.m. and the galleries will be open thereafter daily, except Sundays, 2-5 and 7-10. Events Today The Saturday Luncheon Group will meet at 12:15 p.m. today at Lane. Hall to continue their discussion on "Determinism." Professor William Frankena of the Philosophy Depart- ment will be present. All interested students are invited. Coming Events Varsity Glee Club: Regular rehear- sal Sunday afternoon. Return Michi- gan Song Books and bring deposit for music folders. Churches First Presbyterian Church: 9:30 a.m. University Student Bible Class meets under the direction of Mr. Ma-, 'lan and Mr. Lampe. Morning Worship--10:45 "A Life- Size Religion" subject of the sermon' by Dr. W. P. Lemon. Westminster Student Guild supper at 6:00 and program at 7:00 p.m. Professor Lionel Laing will discuss "Politics and the Peace." ----------- se Michigan League Chapel. The Rev. Alfred Scheips will preach on "Our Saviour Exalted." Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club, will have a sleighing party. Meet at Lane Hall. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church- 8:00 a.m. ;Holy Communion; 11:00' a.m. Junior Church; 11:00 a.m. Morn- ing Prayer and Sermon by the- Rev. Henry Lewis, D.D.; 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer; 6:00 a.m. H-Square Club meeting, Page Hall; 7:30 p.m. Canter- bury Club for Episcopal Students; Harris Hall. Mr. Robert Kemp, a member of the faculty of Boon Col- lege, Wuchang; China, recently re- turned to this country, will speak of" his experiences ;in Japanese occupied China. (Continued on Page 4), THE UNION, A NNOJNC S A SPECIAL DANCE IN HON OR OF THE NEW SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE Limited Number of Tickets for willt go on General Sale MONDAY at the Union Travel Desk UNION AND DAILY STAFFS sta rting at 12 noon I 11 I ilt 1l 11