r. 7x; 'it.: ice, 1. 4 THE MjIMGAIN DAiLX*i MMESM arsity Packrenr -_ , Tough Minnesota Sextet Tonight TAKING IT EASY By ED ZALENSKI Daily Sports Editor * * * 4. Illinois Was Primed Illinois surprised every Michigan grappler, even Coach Ray Courtright, with its unusual display of power in last Monday night's match. That 25-3 score by which the Wolverines lost is hardly indicative of what hap- pened at Champaign for one and one- half hours. Even Courtright was amazed by the show of power put on by the Illini. "I gambled by switching Johnny (Captain Manly Johnson) up to 155 pounds," he declared, and Lee was just too strong for him. That 10-pound weight ad- vanage was too much for Johnny overcome." Several of the bouts were close, Illinois winning on riding time (haV- Jag control of your man for a specified time). The heavyweight division bout with Johnny Green and Alex Agase, the Illini's All-American guard, was one of them. Agase had his hands full before he clinched the victory. IN SMALL PACKAGES-Michi- gan's only triumph came in the 128-pound class with little Dick Kopel, weighing only 121 pounds, Uolding the upper hand all the way ainst Ed Bernardini. The 9-2 *ore tells the story quite thorough- 1W. Kopel's a hot choice for the Conference crown in his class. Through an oversight on the part Of the scorer at thenMichigan-North- western. wrestling match last Satur-' ay night, the Varsity squad lost the i 5-pound and heavyweight matches. Both Hugih Mack- and Greene scored take-downs which they were not given credit for. And they lost because of it. Mack was defeated, 4-3, while Green was pinned in an overtime period. Instead of winning, 18-16, Michigan should have had a 24-8 edge. SCONFERENCE CHATTER-We: should win two Conference titles this year, and don't hand the Illini that team title yet. Johnson at 145 pounds is unbeatable in Big Ten and we predict a successful defense of his 1942 crown. And Kopel is definitely the best man in the Con-' ferncet' 21pounds and probably at 128 also. . Since few of you know the scoring system for the Conference wrestling tournament, here's how it's done: five points for a championship, three for second, two for third, one for fourth place and one point for every fall during the meet March 5-6. Michigan, with Cliff Keen at the controls, took a tie for second with Illinois behind the winning Purdue squad. Besides Johnson's victory at 145, Jim Galles was second at 175 pounds, Bill Courtright was third at 165, and Ray Deane was second at 136 pounds. Purdue won four first places and Illinois two while Michi- gan and Wisconsin had to be con- ent with one title apiece. ODDS AND ENDS-They're all raving about a sensational freshman athlete at Illinois, Dyke Eddleman, who seems to be a combination of Don Hutson, Hank Luisetti and Les Steers, Eddleman has cleared 6 feet 6 3-4 inches in the high jump. In four years of -basketball he tallied 2,289 points, 969 in the 45 games of his junior year. He was all-state -for three years. As a gridder he won all- state honors at halfback and was a numeral-winner on the Illinois Fresh eleven. Quite a boy, eh! ONCE IN A LIFETIME-You'll have to wait a long time before you see another pro gridder like Don Hutson. He set eight new ree- ords last season. He was credited with 74 passes for a gain of 1,211 yards and 17 touchdowns. Added to his lifetime totals as a pro it gave him 336 passes-caught for a gain of 5,515 years and 72.,touchdowns. A RARE COMBIVATION-When, the Wolverines-lost=Don Robinson to the Army Air Corps early this month Baseball, Coach Ray Fisher .ianed Don was to captain his 1943 nifi e and' Ray thinksDcn'f was 'ot the best shortstop Michigan ever had. His football feats are still fresh -enough in our imemory.' dew .persons know that Don could- havehad a'-P6ace"on Coach Kern Doherty's track- scuad for the asking as' a sprinter: 'And "Little Crab" as his 'friends knew him (he's so quiet and never. coniplains) is .at home on the basketball loor. To :this add an all-A record for the past'sem- ester and,,you:'have, 'a .rare :combina- tion. He's bound-to make good with Uncle Sam. Matmen Split Two Tilts onr Week-End Trip Michigan's wrestling squad re- turned to Ann Arbor after their week- end road trip with a .500 per cent average, beating Northwestern 18-16 and bowing to Illinois by a 25 to 3 count. The grapplers' trip was not too! much of a disappointment for the Illini have the cream of the Confer- ence and are definitely the team to beat in the Big Ten championships at Chicago March 5 and 6. Although Dick Kopel was the only Wolverine to win his match, the others were extremely close and with a little luck might have gone another way. Not to take any credit away from the Orange and Blue, they made their own breaks, and several times their craftiness trapped the Maize and Blue wrestlers. Kopel Undefeated Kopel, who remains undefeated after five matches, had little trouble in disposing of Ed Bernardini in the 121-pound class. Max Luickhart, who wrestled at 121' pounds against the Wildcats, moved up one division but was definitely outclassed. One of the biggest heartbreaks of the meet occurred in the 145-pound match when Rolly Rayburnoff of Illinois allowed Pete Speek to fall into a well-planned trap. Captain Manley Johnson suffered his first defeat at the hands of Stanley Lee when he spotted the latter ten pounds in moving up to the 155-pound class. Allen Loses In the 165-pound match, both Bob Allen and Illini John Smerdel twice had pinning holds on one another but neither could score a fall until Smerdel pinned Allen with a half nelson. The final two matches of the eve- ning proved extremely close, and both Hugh Mack and heavyweight Johnny Green ' tried valliantly to pin their Orange-and Blue opponents to bring up the Wolverine total, but each lost a close decision. One thing that the Varsity can count on between now and the Con- ference meet is plenty of hard work and conditioning. Coach Ray "Corky" Courtright said, "Both' Illinois and Indiana are going to be plenty tough, but the Wolverines' chances look as good as anybody's.", By JOANN PETERSON Facing a rough and clever Gopher' sextet, in the first of a two game series, the Michigan hockey team takes on a difficult assignment when it takes the ice at 8:00 tonight at the Coliseum. Michigan hopes for hitting the scoring column are decidely on the upswing today, however, as Bill Dance has straightened out his eligibility problems, and will be able to hold down the center spot in the contest. With Gordon Anderson and Roy Bradley at the wings, the trio will be called upon to take any offensive stand that the team may make, as the second string line is made up of three players who have practiced only a short time and are long on enthusiasm and aggressiveness but lack the necessary experience. Bob Derleth and Bob Stenberg will be depended on to spark the defense throughout the entire contest al- though Bill Pritula may be called upon if either of these two sixty min- ute stalwarts is pulled off the ice. Game To Be Rough The Minnesota fray will undoubt- edly be marked by much roughness, if the first two games played this year against the Gophers are any indica- tion of the type of game to be ex- pected. In the first two contests on their home ice the fast charging Gophers blanked the Wolverines 3-0 and 4-0, outskating and outplaying Battered Savold Wins Bloody Battle Dance Back in Michigan Lineup; Fray First of Two-Game Series the Maize and Blue puckmen at every turn. Led by Co-captains Don Nolander who plays defense and Bob Graiziger, who covers left wing, and is first sub- stitute on defense, the team plays a banging, slashing game that will in no way be bottled up by the varsity puckmen, who are not averse to mix- ing it up with the boys from Minne- apolis. Gopher Wing Fast "Handy-Andy" Graiziger who fits either slot he is called upon to play with equal dexterity, has been one of the leading Gopher scorers through- out the season, and will be one of the chief threats to Hank Loud's serenity in the net spot. With a comparatively untried team, salvaged from the crippling ef- fects of graduation and ineligibility, the game will test the ability of the Lowreymen to the utmost. *. * * Lineups: MICHIGAN Loud Derleth Stenberg Dance Bradley Anderson G LD RD C RW LW MINNESOTA Thayer Leckle Nolander Kelley Ryan Graiziger Lee Savold, Paterson, N. J., heavyweight, battered but victorious, allows referee to hold up his arm after he had felled Lem Franklin, Cleveland, O., Negro, with a savage right to the jaw at the start of the tenth and final round of a bloody battle in the Chicago Stadium. Stewart Promises to Improve Previous Showing Against Bucks SERVICE WITH A SMILE You're welcomed - you new students, to our Modern Shop. Come in and browse!!! The Daseola Barbers Between State St. and Mich. Theatre I I The most dominant idea in the cur- rent talk of the Michigan swimmers is that the Ohio State campus is go- ing to be terribly surprised after the return Buck-Wolverine meet this Saturday in Columbus, if its belief in its team's invincibility is really, sin- cere. For the Maize and Blue mermen can't figure out how the Bucks can possibly garner many more points than they did here in Ann Arbor on Jan. 23. One of the biggest'surprises to the Buckeyes in the first Michigan-Ohio swimming contest was the showing THREE WEEKS, SEVEN MEETS: Frosh Track Squad Faces Heavy Schedule; Field Men Promising, Military Olympics Being Planned LONDON, Feb. 17.- (/)-Tentative plans have been laid to hold Military Olympic Gaines for picked athletes from-the United Nations this sum- imer if war conditions permit, it was learned today. Approval of the high military com- manders will be needed before defi- nite steps can be taken to hold the largest international sports carnival since the last Olympic Games in Ber- lin in 1936. Present discussion of the Military Olympics visualizes soldiers of at feast nine nations participating in ten sports, stressing competition essential for the physical conditioning of fighting men. FOOTBALL NOTICE Freshman football numeral win- ners please report to the Ferry Field Administration Building any afternoon during the next five days for an interview. Wally Weber, Freshman Coach Athletics now are being developed at American bases under the direc- tion of Col. Theodore Arter. Stars and Stripes, which is a unit of the special service branch, is championing the idea. The proposal, under discussion by Col. Arter, Gibson and camp athletic directors, envisions competition among soldiers of the United States, Canada, Great '.Britain, Australia, Norway, Holland, Poland, the Fight- ing French and Czechoslovakia. Ev- ents would include boxing, wrestling, soccer, volleyball, basketball, football, baseball, track, swimming, rifle and pistol shooting. All second-semester freshmen and sophomores interested in be- ing track managers are asked to report after 4 pym. in Yost Field House. They will be excused from P EM classes. Jerry Sheets, Varsity Manager By JACK MARTIN This month is the big one for Coach Chet Stackhouse and his freshman track squad. Within the next three weeks the frosh face seven foes in telegraphic meets, including four Big Ten rivals. Times and distances will be exchanged. with the following teams: Purdue, Iowa, Wisconsin,Ohio State, Missouri, Michigan State, and Notre Dame. No exact dates have' been set for the time trials. To take on this heavy schedule Coach Stackhouse has from eighty to ninety men working out every day at Yost Field House. However, he has lost sixteen to the armed forces, and it remains to be seen if this gap can be closed. Field Events Strong The frosh seem to have their great- est strength in the field events- which news should be very cheering to Varsity Coach Ken Doherty. When talking about his fieldtmen, "Stack" can't hold back his optimism. In the high jump the freshman mentor has three men who have all leaped heights over six feet. Reading from left to right they are Paul Ban- der, Fred Weaver, and Bob Gardner. A trio of jumpers like these is a pleasant sight to any coach. The shotput picture is good, too. On hand is George Kreger, who has put the shot to a distance of 45' 8%". And Bob Gardner, besides competing in the high jump, is only inches be- hind Kreger. Moving to the broad jump, we can find more good news. And here it is again Bob Gardner, who should be a leading contender for scoring honors in the meets to come. Recently he succeeded in reaching 21'. There is another good prospect in Varskin Baydarin. Coming out only a short while ago, he has already cleared 22' with greater distances in sight. Pole Vault Strong For the pole vault, "Stack" has Eugene Moody with a vaultaof 12' to his credit. Right behind Moody is Paul Harvat, another new member of the squad. Coach Stackhouse claims he will be "really pushing Moody shortly," In the sprints there are five men competing for team places. Howard Ccrman, Bob Nussbaumer, Bill Matny, Jim Pierce, Aulden Nelson, and Joel Fisher all should bring in points for the frosh. The last three, Pierce, Nel- son, and Fisher, run the low hurdles. The quarter-mile men are Don Sternisher and a couple of the sprint- ers doing double-duty, Matny and Pierce. "Stack" has a real prospect for the half-mile. Dick Holl has been clocked in the exceptional freshman early season time of 2:00 flat. of a Wolverine in the 220 and 440- yard freestyle, races. That Wolverine was Walt Stewart, who has made a practice of surprising people with his swimming ever since he' arrived at Michigan 'from California. .After' all, the Bucks had for these races Keo Nakama, little -Hawaiian sophomore who had caused asensa- tion last year. by winning the mile and quarter-mile in the National AAU meet, and Jack. Ryan, Big Ten champion for the 440-yard distance. And Stewart, though rapidly 'improv- ing all last year and taking a third place in the Conference 440, was still considered about a 'five - minute' swimmer while Nakamaand Ryan were thought capable of considerably faster efforts. Stewart Finishes Second After 350 yards of the race this year, however, Nakama found himself just a stroke ahead of Wally and Ryan was trailing in the Wolverine's wake. A closing spurt by Keo brought him home four strokes in front of Stewart but Ryan was too far back to challenge the first two. The 'five- minute' swimmer had turned in the best time of his life, 4:56.6. In the 220-yard event, also, Stewart bested the veteran Buckeye. for a third place behind the dueling Na- kama and Captain Johnny Patten of the Wolverines. Thus it was that the hard-working Stewart had caught the Peppe- coached swimmers unawares, as Mike Peppe summed up to Ryan after the 440, saying, "He swam under five minutes; you weren't ready for that." Wolverine Improves Walt was ready then and has con- tinued to become 'readier.' Not con- tent with his time on Jan. 23, Walt covered the 440-yard grind a second and a half faster in the Spartan meet. He thinks that Nakama will be hurrying from the very start this week. Ryan, also, has probably im- proved since the first meeting. But the tall, dark Wolverine junior will still be very much in the picture. Comparing Walt's short, : quick stroke with the long, smooth arm ac- tion of Patten, one doesn't see how he manages to go so fast. During the Michigan State affair Matt Mann said that he doesn't, either. But the fact remains that the transplanted Californian is one of the best men in the country for the longer distances and he manages to keep plugging along almost indefatigably with that stroke of his, much to the consterna- tion of rival swimmers. in less than two minutes- x \N It heats steel r 7/ r i1 I ... one of the thousands of jobs Electricity is doing to win the war The electric induction-furnace is an important tool in helping to speed up war production ..- and it is most unusual in its manner of operation. You can place your bare hand inside the furnace and not feel a bit of heat. But place a steel bar in the same spot, and in one or two minutes it becomes WHITE-HOT. Induction heating has several clear-cut advantages. For example, it is useful in hardening the surface of a steel piece without affecting the toughness of the steel below the surface. Armor-piercing shells are point-hardened by this process. Engines and parts for airplanes, tanks, submarines, armored cars, etc. are made with the help of induction heating. A crankshaft whose surface has been hardened in this way will last five to ten times longer before needing attention than it would without such treatment. Gun barrels of a certain caliber are now centrifugally cast from alloy-steel melted in an induction furnace. Stainless steels and "fussy" alloys are commonly melted in these furnaces, as are most of the high-speed and tool steels used for cutting. And bronze castings for naval torpedoes also come from the induction furnace. Induction heating and melting represents only ONE of thousands of jobs that electricity is doing today in .arsen- als and war plants. Electric power is a weapon of war. .....:..... "c R;" :i: i i ii t >i .I 1 ° Ill 7 ;t tiU W ATTIA i I t