FRIDAY, FEB. 26,1943 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rAGS TORE I Wolverine Thinclads Meet osU in Field House Tonight i) _ V (. I Fighting Illini Sextet Whips Wolverines, 6-0 Coupe Scores Hat Trick To Pace Visitors; Loud Stars for Michigan, Stops 48 Attempts Special to The Daily CHAMPAIGN, Feb. 25.-- The Uni- versity of Illinois hockey team took a six to nothing victory here tonight from a fighting Michigan sextet, in the first of a two game series. The Wolverine Goalie, Capt. Hank Loud, played a brilliant defensive game as he turned away 48 Illini thrusts at his goal. The win gave the Illini a Confer- ence record of two victories and three defeats. Three of the Illinois goals were scored, by Henry Coupe, sopho- more center. Capt. Loud turned in a magnifi- cent performance at the net all eve- ning for the Wolverines. The Illini failed to pierce his defense in the first period, but roared back in the two final stanzas to score six goals. The first goal came after 2:09 of the second period, with Coupe slip- ping the puck in unassisted. Glenn Rolle gave the Illini a 2-0 lead a few minutes later when he scored during a scramble in front of the Wolver- ines' net. Michigan threatened the Illinoisj goal several times during this period, on one occasion, faking goalie Tom Krakas entirely out of position, Dance missing the goal by inches. Going into the final stanza Coupe scored unassisted after only 20 sec- onds had elapsed. Same Old Story IIN THE pr~n j... ILLINOIS Karakas Bessone Balestri Coupe Rolle Benson P os. G D D C RW LW MICHIGAN Loud Stenberg Derleth Dance Bradley Anderson A young man's fancy lightly turns to serious thoughts of engagement and marriage. May we suggest that you inspect our very fine collec- tion of diamonds before you choose? First Period Scoring-None. Second Period Scoring-Illinois: Coupe (unassisted) 2:09; Rolle (Bes- sone, Coupe) 7:44; Rolle (Bessone) 11:30. Third Period Scoring - Illinois: Coupe (Rolle, Benson) :30; Bessone (Coupe, Rolle) 9:19; Coupe (Rolle, Benson) 13:15. LaMotta To Face Robinson Tonight In Ten-Rounder DETROIT, Feb. 25.- (P)- Ray (Sugar) Robinson, an uncrowned welterweight, and Jacob La Motta; an unranked middleweight., collide tomorrow night in a ten-round show- down match that has aroused the Detroit fight public into putting more money on the line than Joe Louis drew for his sole home town indoor heavyweight title defense. With a sellout.of Olympia Stadium expected almost hourly, matchmaker Nick Landes visioned an $80,000 gate for the third meeting of the two New Yorkers-the skinny Robinson, one of the game's most talented work- men, and pudgy but durable La Mot- tta, who ended Sugar Ray's 129 fight winning streak here three weeks ago. Neither Team Given Edge In Dual Meet Tonight's Result Will Preview Big Ten Title; Ufer Favored in 440 By ED ZALENSKI Daily Sports Editor! Key to the solution of who will wear the 1943 Western Conference track crown this year may be offered fans tonight at 7:15 when the dyna- mite-laden Michigan and Ohio State cinder squads clash at Yost Field House in the most important dual meet of the current campaign. There is little to choose between the invading Buckeyes who are grim- ly hanging onto the 1942 indoor title, and Coach Ken Doherty's great ar- ray of running talent. Both teams handed Michigan State beatings by almost similar margins, and come into tonight's battle on even terms. Preview of Conference Since both the defending cham- pions and the powerhouse Wolverines are picked to sweep a majority of the first places at Chicago March 5-6 in the Conference meet, there is every indication that the meet here will be a preview of next month's championships. Close followers of track have pre- dicted that Ohio State will enter the final event-the mile relay-with an advantage of several points over the Maize and Blue. Knowing that both State and Michigan are traditionally powerful in the mile relay, fans can expect a terrific struggle for the vital five points that would mean victory. Ufer May Star A meeting between these tradition- al rivals has usually resulted in new records, and tonight's battle is no different. Three meet records and possibly two Field House marks ap- pear headed for discard. It is only natural that the center of interest will be the 440-yard dash in which Bob Ufer, holder of the national indoor quarter-mile record at :48.1, is picked to edge out the Buckeyes' Rex Owen. The meet rec- ord of :49.7, held by Ufer, and the Field House mark of :49-1, carried jointly by Ufer and Pittsburgh's Johnny Woodruff, may not last the night. Owen is outdoor Conference champion. Matthews in 880 Of almost equal interest will be the inevitable clash in the half-mile between Michigan Captain Dave Rat- thews and State's Johnny Jones. The meet record of 1:56, held jointly by Dye Hogan and Johnny Kautz of Michigan, will definitely go. Mat- thews has run 1:54.6 this year. Michi- gan's Johnny Roxborough may sur- prise by pushing Jones into third place. He has hit 1:55.1 and is cap- able of even better. Michigan holds a slight edge in the mile relay on the basis of bet- ter times turned in this season. The Maize and Blue guartet hit 3:22.8 in the dual meet with Michigan State, and 3:23.2 at the Spartan Relay Car- nival. Ohio hasn't come near that all year. Is Dupre Ready? Coach Doherty will probably pick Ufer, Jim Sears, Willis Glas and Lenie Alkon. If pushed this Wolver- ine team can break 3:21. There is a possibility that Ufer may have to make up a deficit against Owen in the afichor leg. The meet record of 3:19.8 is not in danger. If State's Dallas Dupre is fully recovered from a recent leg injury Keep Your Eye on Him Off the Cage Bandwagon Two more games remain on Michi- gan's 1942-43 Western Conference schedule and every indication points to this season as the worst in Coach Bennie Oosterbaan's five-year reign, and probably the most disastrous in University history. With only Chicago and Northwestern slated for Ann Ar- bor appearances tomorrow and Mon- day night, respectively, we can hard- ly be expected to do better than THREE victories and NINE defeats. Michigan hasn't had a cham- pionship cage quintet since the 1929-30 season. In the five years that Bennie has handled cage forturnes at Michigan, the Wolver- ines have won 22 and lost 39 in the Conference. A breakdown by sea- sons is interesting. In the 1938-39 campaign, the team won four and lost eight; in the 1939-40, won six and lost six; in 1940-41, won five and lost seven; in 1941-42, won five and lost 10; and up to date this season, won two and lost eight. When Bennie wore the Maize and Blue in the 20's, he was one of the Conference's top cagers. Besides being a cage great, Bennie won nine' Michigan letters, one of the few Wol- verines to accomplish the trick. And this likeable Wolverine has made a name for himself as Michigan end coach. We had a long talk with Bennie during yesterday's practice session. In the course of our conversation we discussed the fast break, mater- ial at Michigan, the team's lack of success, and the current Confer- end compaign. "What's wrong with the team this year?" we asked Bennie. The good- natured cage mentor wasn't sure. "There are a lot of things I could say, but none of them would seem to hold any water under present con- ditions." We didn't push Bennie any further on that subject. However, Athletic Director Fritz Crisler hit the nail on the head when he said that Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin were the hottest teams in the Conference, and prob- ably the best quintets the Big Ten has seen in many years. North- western should also rank up there, although Crisler left the Wildcats out because he hadn't yet seen them in action. What about the fast break? Any- one interested -in basketball who knows anything about the game, would answer that Oosterbaan does not have enough speed in his cagers to resort to that type of play. Bennie admitted he liked the fast break and would probably return to it next fall regardless of other conditions. Up to date he has shied away from it for reasons of his own. What about material at Michi- gan? The Wolverines have had their share of state, and city cham- pions. Bob Wiese was North Da- kota all-state forward. Dave Strack was voted fifth best eager in In- diana. Gerry Mullaney made the all-Catholic five in Milwaukee. Ralph Gilbert was Michigan all- state center in high school. A school like Michigan is bound to attract good material. Here are the facts presented as simply as possible. Somewhere in them is the clue to Michigan's apa- thetic showing this season. EIBLER'y TAKING IT EASY By ED ZALENSKI Daily Sports Editor * * * * 11 U S i f8eweter 308 SOUTH STATE ATTENTION! All students, Including eligible freshmen, wishing to try out for the varsity tennis team report to the Sports Building at I o'clock tonight. You will be dismissed in time for the track meet. Coach Roy Weir JOHN ROXBOROUGH ... stellar half-miler who hopes to better or equal his best time of 1:55.1 for the 880. the meet record of 22 ft., 2% in. in the running broad jump, set by Frank McCarthy of Michigan in 1941, and the Field House mark of 23 ft., 3 in., held by Michigan's Allen Smith since 1937, are slated to be rubbed out. Dupre is a consistent 24-foot jumper, and State's Chet Thomas can be counted on for a second place. Hurdles Are Uncertain Dupre can nip Chuck Pinney, Wol- verine timber topper, in the 65-yard lows, if he is in prime condition, but Hoeflinger may have to bow to Mich- igan's Elmer Swanson in the 65-yard high hurdles. The Conference's ace sprinters will. be on tap also. State's Trepanier and Thomas are pre-meet favorites over Alkon, but the husky Wolverine may upset the dopesters. Bucks Strong in Field Bob Sequla is gunning for 13 ft., 6 in. in the pole vault and may have to do it to beat the Buckeyes' Schmidt who has done 13 ft, 4 in. Segula's ceiling this season has been 13 ft. The high jump and shot put are conceded to Ohio State with Hoeflin- ger picked over Liv Stroia and Bill Dale, while Michigan's George Os- troot appears slated for second place in the second event. We'll Take Distances The Maize and Blue are expected to pick up a lot of points in the mile and two-mile events. John Ingersoll and Ross Hume will bear the mile burden, while Ernie Leonardi and Bob Hume are favorites in the long- er grind. It is a foregone conclusion that a victory tonight will set the winner up as indoor Conference choice bar- ring the loss of key men to the armed services in the intervening time. Baseball Manager's Notice There will be a meeting of all Jiunior, Sophomore, and second semester Freshman baseball man- agers at 4:00 Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27, at Yost Field House. Any other Sophomores and eligible Freshmen who are interested in a manager's position are welcome to attend. Bill Kopke, Senior Manager Carnival International PRESENTED BY A ANN ARBOR FIGURE SKATING CLUB As the 1943 Michigan golf team practices in the driving nets of the Sports Building, each member is eagerly awaiting the coming of spring, so that he can return to the links to help the team retain some of the glory gathered by the 1942 Con- ference title holders. Prospects for this season are bright, as last year's star Ben Smith returns with two other veterans. There are also promising freshmen who shoot low enough golf to provide trouble for any opposition. Last year the Maize and Blue divot artists captured the Big Ten golf crown with the help of the 1943 cap- tain, Ben Smith, Bill Stewart, Bob Fife, Phil Marcellus and Chan Sin- onds. All remain but Simonds and Stewart. Duncan Noble, a promising freshman who has been given a chance to play because of the recent lifting of the freshman ban, will undoubtedly find a place on the team, Bill Ludolph, a junior with some experience behind him, will probably be on this year's team alongside Smith, Noble and Fife. The Wolverine golf team is under the able tutelage of Ray Courtright, who is quite a golfer in his own right. With Ray's help the turf chop- pers are expected to retain their title Golfers Open Indoor Practice; SSmith, Other Veterans Return Keep what you have, and keep it well In these times of scar- city, when we have to make what we have last, it is well to re- member that Pontiac Varnishes are still available to rejuven- ate and preserve your furniture and wood- work, inexpensively. And Remember: There Is No Paint Shortage!l WE DELIVER Pontiac Varnish Co.' I1 this year, against the opposition to be offered chiefly by an improved Wildcat team from Northwestern. Coach Courtright's expert teach- ing can be shown by the fact that in all of the matches played last year the team had an average in the mid- dle 70's. Ben Smith paced the links- men by constantly shooting par or sub-par golf. The rest of the Varsity ranged from the low to high seven- ties. This exceptionally low average for collegiate golfers is indeed a trib- ute to Michigan's able coach. 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