.L iii, iii¢ _- Loss of New Puckinel To See Action In Paris Tilt When the Michigan hockey team takes the ice next Saturday in search of its second victory of the year, at the expense of a sextet from the Paris A.C., there will Ie three new men in uniform for the Maize and Blue. The new faces tiwt the fans will get their first chance of seeing in action belong to two sophomores, Dave Pontius and Charles "Chuck" Berthoud, aid a Junior, Bob Mulli- gan. Mulligan, a wingman, is the only one of the trio who has had any ex- perience in organized hockey, having played several games for Coach Low- rey last year before becoming ineligi- ble. After practicing for a week, he has regained his very fast shot, and after a few more weeks should im- prove his skating and stickwork so as to be a real asset to the team. Pontius has been practicing with the freshmen this past semester, and although has not yet rounded into form will probably develop into one of the mainstays of the second line. The third new man, Berthoud, who earlier in the season was practicing at both defense and on the line, will see action this Saturday on the second line. He also shows promise of devel- oping into a fine hockey player; but as in the case of the other two men needs time before he will be able to play a good game. All three are almost assured of seeing plenty of action in the Paris tilt on Saturday. Lofti s Weaken Grapplers for Wildcat Match IN WILL MICHIGAN RULE? Cindermen Leave Tomorrow For Michigan State Relays Maize and Blue supremacy in the two-mile relay is expected to continue Saturday night at East Lansing when the Wolverine cindermen battle nine other teams in the Michigan State Relays. The quartet of Bob Ufer, Captain Dave Matthews, John Roxborough and Ross Hume which blazed through a 7:47 two-mile at the Millrose Games last Saturday, should have little trou- ble in taking first-place honors. Mile Relay Strong Another Wolverine quartet, the one-mile relay team, clipped off a 3:23.6 performance in the dual meet against Michigan State at Yost Field House Tuesday night, and this time fares well in comparison with Ohio State's 3:25.9 at the Millrose meet where the Buckeye runners took first place. Coach Ken Doherty will enter a sprint medley quartet of Jim Sears at 440 yards, Len Alkon at 220 yards, Jack Martin or Bill Newcomb at 220 yards, and Art Upton at 880 yards. Hurdle Team Entered The Wolverines' distance medley relay team will consist of Roxborough running a half-mile, Chuck Pinney taking the quarter-mile turn, John Ingersoll for three-quarters, and Bob Hume finishing up with a mile. Liv Stroia, Bud Low, Bud Byerly and Elmer Swanson are entered in the 240-yard shuttle hurdle relay. The Ohio State quartet appears to have anedge in this event. Coach Doherty is taking along a four-man freshman medley relay team to compete against other uni- versity frosh quartets. The men se- lected by Frosh Coach Chet Stack- housesaresDon Sternisha, 440 yards; Bob Nussbaumer, 220 yards; Dick Hall, three-quarter mile; and Bob Ed- monson, mile. Three special individual events are listed on the meet program, including the Invitational 300-yard dash which 128-Pounder Breaks Wrist;. Out for Season Luikart Will Replace f Loftus; Kopel Shifted t As Coach Revamps Team By ED ZALENSKIt Daily sports Editor1 Michigan's upset victory over thet champion-laden Michigan State wres-' tling squad Wednesday night at Yost Field House cost the Wolverine grap- plers the services of Larry Loftus, 128-pound division entry, -for the re- mainder of the current season. The blonde-haired grappler suf- fered a double fracture of the left wrist, and a slight brain concussion in losing to Merle (Cut) Jennings, Spartan national champion, on a pin in 2:55. Loftus was moved up from 121 pounds. Loftus Lands on Head The injury occurred shortly after the bout opened. Jennings had slipped behind Loftus, pulled him off his feet, and then slammed him down on the mat. Loftus landed on his head with his left hand caught underneath. Jen- nings was fined one point for the foul as he failed to touch his knee before slamming Loftus-required by col- legiate rules. Loftus was revived and continued until pinned. Coach Ray Courtright, having pre- viously lost Bob MacDonald and Don Yost to the armed services, will rely on Max Luikart in the 121-pound division, while Dick Kopel will move back up to 128 pounds. Courtright's ailing 165 - pounder, Bob Allen, suffered no ill results in losing to Burl Boring, and reported his ear infection improved. His sore throat will not keep him out of the Wildcat match. No Other Shifts Outside of the two changes men- tioned, Coach Courtright plans no other shifts in his lineup. Chip War- rick and Hugh Mack are contesting Hal Rudel and Tom Mueller at 136 and 175 pounds, respectively, but no changes have been indicated in these divisions. Northwestern is slated to play host to the Wolverine matmen at Evans- ton, Ill., tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. The squad will meet at the Michigan Union, and leave by car at 12:45 p.m. Courtright, and Captain Manley Johnson who pinned State's Bill Max- well, national champion last year, in 5:20, Will be in charge of the squad. CHICAGO, Feb. 11.- (P)- Gov- ernmient approval of plans to hold the 1943 Kentucky Derby elated Col. Matt Winn today-and thousands of turf fans throughout the nation beamed, too. Joseph B. Eastman, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, an- nounced in Washington that plans by the management of the Churchill Downs track to restrict attendance to the Louisville, Ky., streetcar area, if adhered to strictly, "should meet the requirements of the transportation situation." Winn, the 81-year-old president of Churchill Downs, Inc., was jubilant, and reported that scores of the Derby faithful were so pleased that they had swamped him with telegrams of congratulations. Winn figures that thousands of others, who regard the classic for three-year-olds as the No. 1 racing event of the year, were gratified by the developments, and predicted the Derby's "listening-in audience" would be the greatest on record. The race will be run on Saturday, May 1. It will be strictly a trolley car Der- by. r Government Gives OK to Derby I LINCOLN DAY fTO TH UNION TH E,"U/esie by BILL SAWYER GEORGE OSTROOT . has not returned to his old farm asyet "because of illness last summer, but he is regaining his strength and should provide plenty of trouble for future opposition. will find Ufer pitted against the Buckeyes' Russ Owens and Notre Dame's Gene Fehlig. Doherty has en- tered Glas, Upton and Ralph Gibson in the 600-yard dash, and Ross Hume in the special 1,000-yard run. Also listed on the Relays program are the 75-yard low and high hurdles, the 75-yard dash, the mile run, and three field events-the pole vault, shot put and high jump. Improved Cagers Meet Boilermakers Monday By DON SWANINGER To most people Purdue University, hailing from a state where basketball champions are the rule rather than the exception, will probably be rated heavy favorites when they invade Ann Arbor next Monday to tackle the Wol- verine cagers. Yet such a rating is undoubtedly a bit premature. In the first place Purdue, tradition- ally able basket-makers as well as Boilermakers, have upset that tradi- tion somewhat this season, salvaging but three victories in seven Big Ten contests. In a bad slump, they have lost three of their last four encount- ers; the latest to Northwestern by the overwhelming score of 67-40. Wolverines Improve In the second place, the Wolverines, a young team, have been improving perceptibly with each contest. In their first game with Indiana, who had pre- viously s w e pt through fourteen straight games without a defeat, they set up a defense that had the Hoosiers worried all the way and limited the high scoring Indianians to only 32 points, the smallest total that a Mc- Cracken-coached Indiana quintet has ever scored. And in the third place one of the three Purdue triumphs was at the ex- pense of Chicago, a team which has proved to be everybody's "cousin," losing 36 consecutive Big Ten games over a three-year period. Purdue No Pushover All this is not to imply that Coach Ward Lambert's five is any pushover, because it is not. On their roster they have Al Menke, rangy center, fifth highest scorer in the Big Ten with 86 points, and Ed Ehlers, slippery guard, who is tenth in the league with 73 points. They have a fast breaking attack that is apt to break out at any moment in a wild flurrie of baskets. But what, it does imply is that they lack the consistency and team play that have made them title contenders for the last four or five years. They defeated Michigan twice last season by topheavy scores. Michigan will go into Monday's contest sporting the second best de- fensive record in the Big Ten. They have limited their opponents to 265 points in six games for an average of 44 points a game, which in this day and age of high scoring is something to talk about. Jim Thorpe, All-American From Carlisle, in Hospital DETROIT, Feb. 11.- (A)- Jim Thorpe, the fabulous Indian athlete, was reported tonight at Henry Ford Hospital to be somewhat improved following a heart attack this morning at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant where for the last year he has been employed as a plant guard. He is 54. Thorpe, Carlisle Institute All- America football player of 1911 and 1912 and Olympic Games hero, has lived in relative obscurity with his four sons at suburban Romulus. ATTENTION! All eligible second - semester freshman and sophomore men and women interested in sportswriting are urgently requested to report to the Sports Desk, Student Publica- tions Bldg., to relieve the under- manned staff. Ed Zalenski, Daily Sports Editor IL A, I i ... I THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINE ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF AN EVENING SANDWICH COUNTER Batile without headlin es! '. The men and women of Bell Telephone Laboratories are directing their energy these days to developing new and DELUXE SANDWICHES FOUNTAIN SPECIALS better communication equipment so vital in today's swift- SHE IS YOURS e movig glbalwar. Pecetim7e developments, pioneered by Bell Labora- tories, arc seeing action on every front. Many of their wzar- t: i i :hiiemplts should Drove stein~rn s tnes to for Me a'nq BEVERAGES A beautiful "SEVEN SEAS GIRL" in an 11 x 17 color portrait as pictured in a recent issue of Esquire 11 I II I, I