I I DAIL ' P-447T THR-TIF iHi~i: IC HI i iIZ~iIA ?~ TU~T~ mmb Wolverine Pucksters 1Fit'P Strong llinois Sextet tgon ht TAKING IT EASY By ED ZALENSKI Daily Sports Editor A Torch for Basketball Daily policy in past years with regards to Wolverine athletic squads has been sharply defined. We have never attempted any sharp criticism of a Michigan team, but the sad plight of our current cagers is pitiful. Something should be said in defense of a disastrous season at this time, considering the fact that our shaky quintet is threatening Chicago for the honor of the Con- ference cellar. Coach. Bennie Oosterbaan's boys have just two games left on the Conference schedule. Saturday night they entertain the hapless Chicago Maroons at Ann Arbor, and we hesitate to pick a winner. The season's swan song comes Monday night when the lads will entertain the North- western Wildcats at a picnic in Yost Field House. IT COULD HAPPEN--Wouldn't it be embarrassing if that pitiful Chi- cago quintet decided to choose our poor Wolverines as an excellent chance to nip a 37-game losing streak? The uncertain successes of Coach Bennie's boys all season have been a constant headache to Michigan students who like to boast of Wolverine athletic prowess. Michigan has been a leader in Conference sports with the exception of basketball and hockey. Since the cagers seem to be our problem at the moment, we will forget about Coach Eddie Lowrey's hapless pucksters. Their turn will come at a later date. This tirade wasn't prompted solely by the team's sporadic successes during the 1942-43 campaign. The lethargic type of basketball displayed by Wolverine teams in the past few years has been a source of constant argument to Michigan fans. Where is that dynamic type of basketball that we expected to see at college? We had heard so much about the powerhouse Midwestern quintets before coming to Michigan that we expected to see something startling. To say that Michigan's cage quin- tets were disappointing is putting it mildly. WHAT'S TO BE DONE-Much has been said about the style of basket- ball taught by Oosterbaan. That fast break which has, characterized some of the Conference's outstanding teams this season, is unknown to Michigan. Here, we believe in taking our time about moving down the floor, in order to let our opponents get their defense set. Then, we start passing madly in an effort to penetrate that defense. Yes, we did succeed in upsetting Wiscon- sin. Frankly, we believe that the boys got excited and started playing the type of basketball they are capable of. Can we blame it on lack of material? Take a look at the Michigan, roster and you will hesitate on that score. It isn't every school in the Conference that has its Jim Mandlers, Dave Stracks, Bob Wieses, etc. Well, we have the material. Where can we look neat? It's up to you to solve that tough problem. Varsity, OSUI Track men Aim For Records Dual Meet To Be Held 1 Here Tomorrow; Ufer t Runs in Featured 440 Three records that have withstood the onslaughts of Michigan and Ohio State athletes for a long succession of dual meets appear to be headed for oblivion Friday night at "Yost FieldW House when the two potential 1943 Conference champions of indoor track pair off in the greatest battle of the series. Interest is centered on the quarter- mile event in which the Wolverines' sensational Bob Ufer will attempt the dual task of defeating the Buckeyes' Russ Owens and erasing the meet record of :49.7 established by the Michigan ace in 1941. Owens has cracked 50 seconds and should push Ufer to a new mark. Record Foreseen in Half Varsity Coach Ken Doherty was prepared to blot out the record of 1:56 in the half-mile from the record books. The mark, held by Wolverines' Dye Hogan and Johnny Kautz, isi headed for oblivion with Captain Dave Matthews picked as the one tol turn the trick. The Buckeyes' Johnny Jones should be in there for a place. The third record endangered is in the running broad jump. The mark of 22 ft., 2/4 in., established in 1941 by Michigan's Frank McCarthy, will not tax the ability of Dallas Dupre, Ohio State jumper, who can be counted on to clear 24 ft., if he has sufficiently recovered from an injury suffered at the Michigan State Re- lays recently. Hurdle Events Close Fans can expect a battle in both the low and high hurdle events. Should Dupre enter the meet in top physical condition he can be counted on to nip Michigan's Chuck Pinney in the 65-yard low hurdles, while Hoeflinger and Elmer Swanson are closely matched in the 65-yard highs. Don't be surprised if the 60-yard, dash turns out to be a hot duel be- tween Lennie Alkon and the Buck- eyes' two sprinters, Trepanier and Chet Thomas. Trepanier is favored to take first with Thomas right behind him, but Alkon is capable of upset- ting the dope sheet. There is a lot of interest centered on the pole vault in which Bob Seg- ula will make another attempt to break his own record, and, inciden- tally, defeat Schmidt who has been clearing 13 ft., 4 in. Michigan Seeks First Conference Victory Over Favored Illini Team Harris Signed To Manage Phils By WALT KLEE Victory over the favored Illinois hockey team was the only thing in the minds of the Michigan pucksters as they left Ann Arbor last night bound for Championship and two games tonight and Saturday with a fighting Illini sextet. The home team, after giving up hockey temporarily due to a player shortage, has won five out of six contests and must be given the nod over the victory hungry Wolverines. They split with Minnesota. took two from Michigan Tech in the Upper Peninsula, and one from the Chicago Hornets, an amateur aggregation. Leading the Illini will be their sex- tet's captain and star defenseman Amo Bessone. It was this same Bes- Championship team. As Coach Vic Heyliger is having player shortages1 of his own, both defensemen will see sixty minutes of action along with Michigan's Bob Stenberg and Bob Derleth. This year's version of the Illinois front line presents as formidable an offensive threat to the Maize and Blue as any line met this year. Vet- eran center Lou Ferranti will be I flanked by Hershell Benson, a mem- ber of last year's team, and Glenn Rolle, a newcomer to the Illinois hockey front. Illini Line Strong This line has proven its worth by tallying four goals against the Goph- ers and eight against the Michigan Tech Miners. The only spares on the fighting Illini sextet are two wings, Tom Aus- tin and Tommy Twitchell. Austin is the second new man that Heyliger is relying on to help the Illini on to victory while Twitchell saw action last year. In the Illinois nets will be Tom Karakas, brother of Mike Karakas who tended goal for the Chicago Blackhawks several years back. Tom, in his first year for Heyliger, has had one of the best records in many years for an Illinois goalie. Gophers Clinch Title As Minnesota has already clinched the Big Ten Title, the two teams will be battling for second place. Illinois has a record of three losses, two of them forfeits, and one win. Coach Ed Lowrey's boys have to their credit three losses and a tie. The Michigan team must win two and tie one if it is to climb out of the cellar slot in the Conference standings. Frosh Cinder Squad Defeats Irish Yearlings Results just published reveal that the undefeated Wolverine freshman track squad has swept to another victory, defeating the Notre Dame frosh, 60-44. Each team held time trials last Saturday and exchanged their best marks by mail. The Michigan fresh- men actually ran against competition, Michigan Normal sending a small squad over from. Ypsilanti. The Wolverines made their great- est show of strength in the field events. Paul Bander captured the high jump with a leap of 6 feet 1 1-4 inches, and Fred Weaver was a close second with 6 feet 3-4 inch. The broad jump was won by Mich- igan's Varskin Baydarian, who cov- ered the excellent freshman distance of 22 feet 1-2 inch. Gene Moody vaulted 12 feet to make the pole vault. Other Wolverine firsts were Nelson and Fisher in the 65 yard low hurdles with a tie in 8.1 seconds; Jim Pierce in the 440 in 52.1 seconds; and Bob Edmondson with a 10:29.8 victory in the two-mile run. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24.-(P)- Stanley (Bucky) Harris, who has spent 23 years in the Major Leagues as second baseman and manager of the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, was given the job today of rebuilding the last pace National League Phils. He was selected as manager by Wil- liam D. Cox, 33-year-old New York sportsman, who purchased the Phils last week from the National League. Enthusiastic over signing Harris, Cox wagered a carton of cigarets with a Philadelphia sportswriter * that the Phils would be sixth at the end of the first month of play and would finish the season in sixth place or better. Harris, now 46, gained fame as the "boy manager" in leading Washing- ton to the 1924 American League' pennant and a World Series triumph over the New York Giants. GOLFSIDE STABLES Indoor and Outdoor Riding Wooded Bridle Trails Class or Private Instruction CALL 2-3441 .I 'Loose Talk can cost. Lives! ROY BRADLEY . . . first string wing on the Michigan hockey team who scored both Wolverine goals in the Min- nesota fray last Saturday night. sone who scored five goals and three assists in the four Michigan-Illinois games last year. Amo is a scrappy lit- tle defenseman with plenty of spirit and fight in addition to an aptitude for getting in the way of on rushing linement as they bring the puck up ice. Bessone's colleague at defense will be George Balestri, who played sec- ond string defense on last year's How to ELECTRI I make your IclCRDS Five Swimming Records May Fall In Big Ten C ha ipionshi p Meet PUD TELL C G I Tw "...sails tonight, world's biggest, Packed with trooPs..Berlin waiting" Keep, it, under your, When one of Damon Runyan's fic- titious oracles such as Sam the Gonoph, Hot Horse Herbie or maybe Liverlips Louie uttered the gem of wisdom that nothing between hum- ans ever rates as bad as 3 to 1, he doubtless failed to foresee the 1943 Big Ten swimming championships, to be held at Evanston March 5 and 6. But then, none of the aforemen- tioned Runyan creations is hardly such a guy as would deliberate long on antics of the swimming pool unless maybe the public's clamor for ducats made it worth one's while to indulge in a bit of pasteboard broker - age. Five Records Expected However, among those who do evi- dence enthusiasm concerning how long it takes to splash given dis- tances in the water ranging from a mere 50 yards through two furlongs, 3 to 1 would not be such a bad price to give that at least four and maybe five new Big Ten swimming records will be written into the books at Evanston. The new records expected are those for 220 yards, 150-yard backstroke, 300-yard medley relay, 400-yard free style relay and also the 200-yard breast stroke if Ohio State's Jim Counsilman is still on the scene at that time. Reports have it, however, that Counsilman may don an army uniform before then. Michigan Favored Michigan and Ohio State, it is safe to assume, will take care of all the record breaking and anyone thinking differently could ask odds ATTENTION! All eligible candidates for the baseball team should report today or tomorrow at Yost Field House any time after 2 p.m. to sign up for practice. -Coach Ray Fisher PAATO ap opER as long as from here to Christmas. Also, either Michigan is going to win the Conference team title the fifth season in a row or it will go to the Buckeyes. The price on the field would be out of sight. In the 220 both John Patten of Michigan and Keo Nakama of Ohio havetbettered the existing record at w\ill this season. 10 ~ DON'T yank cord 'from wall like this. Grasp plugand pull firmly DON'T drive nail or tack through cord .. <:.. i S TETSON "WONDER WHAT THAT FELLOW THINKS ABOUT ON THE WAY DOWN" gtson "Playboy"... America's most popular hat... raw edge, narrow band, springy light-weight felt. Now made by the exclusive Stetson Vita-Felt Process... $5.00. *Reg, U. S. Pat. Of. And quality you Count on. 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