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THlE M~ICHI1GAN fDAILY
VAGS TUBES
Michigan Trackmen Rout Championship Ohio State
Squad
Wolverine Cagers Face
Maroon Squad Tonight
Quintet Favored To Drub Hapless Chicago;
Wiese Out of Lineup with Sprained Ankle
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By DON SWANINGER
A Chicago team that can't sink any
lower and a Michigan squad that
doesn't want to will square off this
evening in a contest that will see the
Wolverines in the strange role of
favorites.
No one in the league can touch the
Maroons in the matter of losing
basketball games, and no one wants
to, so that anything else but a vic-
tory for the Wolverines and a defeat
for the Chicagoans, who have already
lost 37 censecutive Conference games,
would be out of place. Iowa, who pre-
viously had but one Big Ten win this
season, last week set the Maroons on
their ears 63-34.
Wiese Is Out
Oosterbaan's line-up will be with-
out the services of sophomore for-
ward Bob Wiese who has a sprained
ankle and possibly Mel Comm whose
injured heel has been slow in re-
sponding to treatment. Their starting
line-up will thus probably be com-
posed of Gerry Mullaney and Ralph
Gibert as forwards, Captain Jim
Air Corps Calls
Hayes, Star
Breaststroker
Ohio State Loses
Counsilman; Offsets
Michigan's Loss
By JOE McHALE
The Army Air Force dished out a
blow to Michigan hopes for a Big
Ten swimming championship when
it called up Patrick Hayes, the bar-
rel-chested Irishman who was count-
ed on for a third place in the meet
next week-end behind Buckeye Jim
Counsilman and Wolverine Jim Skin-
ner.
Believing in equality, however, the
Arniy also struck in Columbus, for
it is reported that Counsilman has
also left for active duty. This is
perhaps even rougher on the Bucks
than on the Maize and Blue, but
Patrick will be sorely missed by
Coach Matt Mann's team.
"Irish,".gs Matt loved to call him,
was a great believer in hard work in
the swimming pool. A freshman, on
being asked by Matt why he wasn't
working, said that he was just try-
ing to find out what made Hayes go
so fast. "Well, do you know now?"
asked the Wolkerine mentor. The
immediate reply was, "The answer
is a four-letter word- W-O-R-K."
This work paid dividends in meets
and would have paid more of them
if sophomore Pat had had more time
in which to get over his tendency to
tighten up" in competitiond Mayes
was the type of swimmer who relied
a lot on brute power for his speed,
smoothness being an attribute ac-
quired since coming to Michigan.
So, Patrick was used in the medley
relay to get full use out of that
power, since it was hard for him to
maintain full speed for 200 yards.
Hayes swam his fastest competi-
tive 100 yards to greatly help the
medley relay trio of Harry Holiday,
Hayes and Johnny Patten to a new
world record in the Michigan State
dual contest. He finished third for
the longer distance in the first Mich-
igan-Ohio battle and tied for third
with Ohioan Emil Mamaliga in last
week's thrilling meet. Teammates
claimed that he could have taken an
undisputed third ifhe had seen how
close the Buckeye was; Mamaliga
was riding low in the water on the
opposite edge of the pool.
His best performance for 200 yards
came at Iowa City, where he butter-
flied his way to an excellent clocking
of 2:24.3, given the advantage of a
twenty-yard pool.
Matt was counting on him to hit
his peak next week in Evanston, as-
suring Michigan of an easy first in
the medley relay and an important
third in the 200. This latter has lost
some of its significance with the de-
parture of the Ohio All-American,
but Patrick's loss will be felt.
Now the burden of the number two
breaststroke spot falls on Irvie Ein-
binder, a fast-improving sophomore
who won the 200 against the Spar-
tans and, swimming with Patrick at
Iowa, took a second. The recent loss
to Uncle Sam of Dave Levy, Matt's
other varsity breaststroker, leaves
the issue solely 'in the hands of Irvie
and Jim Skinner.
State Grapplers Win
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Mandler at the center post, and Dave
Strack and Leo Doyle at the guard
positions.
It was way back in 1940 that the
Maroons managed to bunch together
enough points to turn back Minne-'
sota, but since then all has been mis-
ery for them. Tonight their starting
five will be Forwards Edgar Nelson
and Dave Zimmerman, Center Bob
Oakley, and Guards George Krakow-
ka and Harold Ellman.
Anticipate Big Night
All season Wolverine fans have
been begging for a big night of scor-
ing, and it ,a like tonight might
be it. The Maroons' opponents have
scored upon them without mercy at
an average of 58 points per game.
Thus it is rather appropriate that
before the Maize and Blue start
pouring baskets into the hoop to-
night a scoring record of the team be
posted:
Uf er Breaks
Old Record in
Quarter Mile
Large Crowd Watches
Easy Win, 75%/2-28%/2;
Conference Meet Next
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The bespectacled Wolverine sprin-
ter who holds the national indoor
quarter-mile record at :48.1, took the
lead on the back stretch and was
never in danger, although the
smooth-running Owen pulled up a
few feet in Ithe last stretch. Jim
Sears of Michigan was third. It was
the first of two records established.
Michigan prepared the fans for
what was to come in the opening
event when Johnny Ingersoll and the
Hume twins, Bob and Ross, snapped
the tape holding hands. It was a
three-way tie and gave the Varsity a
nine-point lead. The time of 4:25.6
was slow.
Alkon Pulls Upset
The first upset of the meet was the
triumph of burly Lennie Alkon in the
60-yard dash in :06.4. Alkon, in
fourth place at 20 yards, bulleted
across the finish line three feet in
front of Ohio's Dave Trepanier with
Wolverine Chuck Pinney a close
third.
When big Elmer Swanson and Bud
Byerly both beat State's George
Hoeflinger in the 65-yard high hur-
dles the meet victory was assured.
Swanson won in :08.4 with Byerly
right on his heels.
Bill Dale gave the surprising Wol-
verines another unexpected tie for
Breaks Another Record
By WALT KLEE
After taking the 6-0 drubbing ad-
ministered by an alert Illinois hockey
team on Thursday night, the Wolver-
ine sextet has turned its attention to
the second contest with the Illini to-
night at Champaign.
Thursday night the Michigan of-
fense never got moving and with the
exception of lone forays down the
ice by Bill Dance, Roy Bradley,
Johnny Athens or Bob Derleth, the
Wolverines played the whole evening
in their own territory with their
backs to the wall.
Loud is Brilliant
The first period saw some of the
most sensational goal tending ever
witnessed in the Big Ten as Hank
Loud turned back shot after shot.
Loud spent one of the busiest eve-
nings of his career, and was one of
the most active players on the ice.
He turned back 48 attempts of the
ever onrushing Illinois forward line.
Henry Coupe, brilliant sophomore
center for Vic Heyliger's six, scored
three goals and two assists to be the
Player
Mandler
Doyle .....
Strack ..
Mullaney
Wiese ..
Gibert ..
Comin..
Lund ....
Pregulman
A Runner and Sportsman
Hockey Team To Battle
Illini in Return Contest
FG
31
30
31
19
14
12
4
1
0
FT
11
10
6
8
3
5
10
1
2
TP
73
70
68
46
31
29
18
3
2
142 56 340
After tonight's encounter with the
hapless Maroons, the Varsity will re-
turn to the Field House Monday to
conclude the season against a pow-
erful Northwestern quintet that has
been picking up speed as the season
has progressed and is now entrenched
in third place in the Conference with
six victories and three losses. The
Wildcats, who tonight will be trying
to end the domination of Illinois in
the Big Ten race, will come to Ann
Arbor with Otto Graham of football
fame and an all-star basketball cast.
Matmen Seek
Redemption in
Big Ten Meet
Occupying the "roost" of the Yost
Field House, the wrestling squad is
not a very pretentious group, but
anyone who bets their bottom dollar
that the grapplers aren't working
hard preparing for the Conference
next week in Chicago are, in the jar-
gon of the mat men, flip-dippy.
The team, right down to the last
man, is doing its utmost to be in top
form for the Big Ten championships
which start Friday morning. They're
out to win the title for several rea-
sons. First of all they deserve it, be-
cause, despite the fact they lost sev-
eral key men to the armed services,
the squad hasn't conceded a thing to
anyone.
Secondly, Coach Ray Courtright's
charges are out to avenge the 25-3
defeat they absorbed at the hands of
Illinois two weeks ago at Champaign.
The match was a lot closer than the
score indicated, and with eight other
teams thrown in to grab some places,
the Conference meet is going to be a
wide open affair with Illinois and
Michigan heading the parade.
This is the first year that Coach
Courtright has ever coached wrest-
ling, and it would be a fitting climax
if his proteges presented him with the
crown. Few men, if any, have ever
coached their teams to a champion-
ship in their first season as mentor,
and this is especially true in the
Western Conference where experience
of the coaching staff sometimes
spells the difference between victory
and defeat. Let's keep our fingers
crossed.
GLIMPSES OF THE GRAPPLERS:
Tom Mueller pinned Stan Clamage
yesterday afternoon and earned the
right to meet sophomore Bob Allen
to determine the Wolverine's entrant
in the 165-pound division in the Big
Ten meet ... Chip Warrick, who at
the beginning of the season was a
155-pounder, has come down to 128
and has been looking extremely good
the last few days.
Manley Johnson is taking on every-
one and anyone in order to be in tip-
top shape for next week ... Johnny
is defending titlist in the 145-pound
class and unless the Army gets him
first, he's a cinch to repeat ... little
Dick Kopel is another one to watch
if he doesn't win the 121- pound
crown we'll give Manhattan back to
the Indians.
BOB UFER
. . . whose 49.0 bettered Field
House record for 440. "Hose Nose"
gave a performance last night that
previews a possible new record in
the Conference meet next Satur-
day.
run when Captain Matthews, John
Roxborough and sophomore Art Up-
ton tied for first place in the slow
time of :01.5. Matthews and Rox-
borough had the race to themselves
and deliberately slowed up at the
home stretch to allow the sophomore
to pull up. State's Johnny Jones
was far back-
Segula, Schmidt Tie
Bob Segula cleared 13 feet and tied
State's John Schmidt in the pole
vault. Both men failed at 13 ft., 3 in.
Michigan's Fiank Maclear and
State's George Finnerty tied for
third.
The climaxing event, the mile re-
lay, went to Michigan as expected.
Alkon took a three-foot lead over
Paul. Hatfield on the first lap, and
Willie Glas made it 12 in his duel
with Bruce Hullinger. The third lap
between Sears and Jones saw the
Wolverine stretch the lead to 25 feet,
and then Ufer boosted the lead to 40
feet over the fast and game Owen.
The time of 3:25 was slow.
Michigan Now Favored
The one-sided triumph of Coach
Ken Doherty's Maize and Blue thin-
clads sets up Michigan as a definite
choice in the Conference indoor
championships at Chicago next
week-end.
A recurrence of a muscle injury to
his leg endangered the chances of
State's Captain Leroy Collins in the
Conference. Collins fell while run-
ning the 65-yard high hurdles and
had to drop out of the relay.
State was also handicapped by the
absence of its star performer, Dallas
Dupre, who had been counted on for
firsts in the running broad jump, low
hurdles and 60-yard dash.
TAKING IT EASY
By ED ZALENSKI
Daily Sports Editor
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DAVE MATTHEWS
half-miler and captain of
thinclads who finished in three
way tie for first place in 880.
offensive big gun for the victors.
Capt. Amo Bessone played a bangup
game both on defense and on the of-
fense as he garnered two assists and
slipped the puck past Loud for a goal.
However the six goals scored are
not a true indication of the defen-
sive game played by defensemen Bob
Stenberg and Bob Derleth who played
brilliantly in front of Loud and the
Michigan nets. Three of the Illinois
tallies were scored in scrambles in
front of the net, where Loud had no
real chance of watching the puck afs
it was shot toward him.
Athens Looks Good
Johnny Athens kept on playing the
same fine hockey that his size and
weight permit. Showing plenty of
spirit he made many solo thrusts into
the Illini's ice only to be Quickly bot-
tled up before he could send the puck
flying at goalie Tom Karakas.
The Wolverines' only real scoring
threat came in the second period as
Bill Dance split the defense of Bes-
sone and George Balestri to draw
Karakas off balance and have his
shot miss the cage by inches. Several
other times in this period Dance and
Bradley let shots fly at the Illinois
nets, only to have the alert goalie
stop the puck before it could hit its
mark.
Just because the Wolverines were
trounced Thursday night, is no.rea-
son to believe that the result of to-
night's clash will be the same. Eddie
Lowrey's charges have changed over-
night in the past and may do so
again.
Offense Must Improve
If the Maize and Blue is to over-
come the jinx of no Conference vic-
tories, they must organize their of-
fense instead of relying on solo
dashes down ice to dent the nets for
a score. The two lines must operate
together if they are to be effective.
Loud, who finally has returned to
the form that the fans expect of him,
can be counted on for another fine
performance in the nets. Stenberg
and Derleth have become steady cap-
able defensemen.
Then it is up to the first line of
Dance, and his two flankmen, Brad-
ley and Anderson, to build up a
score in favor of the Michigan team,
if the Wolverines are to come off the
ice victorious.
The two hockey teams return to
Ann Arbor on next Thursday and
Saturday to finish the current sea-
son.
It's Still Basketball .. .
The burning question of Michigan's
apathetic showing this season on top
of four almost equally poor com-
paigns in the previous years of Coach
Bennie Oosterbaan's five-year reign
has aroused an interested student
enough to blast back at this column.
We are running his rather
lengthy analysis en toto, because
we believe the other side should
have a chance to express itself.
This does not necessarily mean
that we agree with all or anything
the writer says.
Dear Boss:
"To state it simply, I disagree with
your last two columns regarding the
Michigan basketball team. And I, too,
have been disappointed at the Michi-
gan basketball team for not only this
year, but for several years back.
"The fact that you chose the
week before the Chicago game, in
what will prove to be the most tin-
portant game of this year, if we
lose, is, I think, poor. Your column
has put both the members of the
team, and its coach, Bennie Ooster-
baan, on the spot. And because of
the column, the team might lose.
"This past week you have implied
that Michigan needs a new basketball
coach. While I, and the great major-
ity of the basketball fans on campus,
will agree that Oosterbaan is not the
best basketball coach in the Big-Ten,
this is not the time to bring the sub-
ject before the eyes of the public.
In the first place, this is probably
the last dying gasp of collegiate ath-
letics for the duration. In the second
place, there are no basketball coaches
available. And lastly, nothing can be
done about the matter until time re-
turn to normal.
You also imply that Michigan
has the material for a champion-
ship ball club. I have not been con-
nected with basketball in any other
way than as a fan; and as a fan
I see no Andy Phillips, Johnny
Kotz, Bill Hamilton, or any other
star or even potential star on the
Maize and Blue's ball club.
"There are good men, several of
them, on the cage squad. But they
are not great. In my opinion, Ooster-
baan has too many prospective cen-
ters and not enough forwards and
guards. Dave Strack is the only man
playing the position that he is physic-
ally built for. Jim Mandler, Bob
Weise, Leo Doyle, Ralph Gilbert,
Gerry Mullaney, Mel Comin and Har-
old Anderson all have the physiques
of centers and probably played that
position in high school.
"Now what is the reason for the
apparent lack of stars on the
Michigan five. The state of Michi-
gan is a notoriously poor high
school basketball state. Indiana
and Illinois are superb basketball
states. It is natural then for these
high school players to go to their
state universities and colleges
where there are good teams. Most
of our players come from Michi-
gan. We get occasional athletes
from out of state, but these men
come here not to play basketball--
as they would if they went to
school at home-but for education
"Then there is the 'fast break'-a
subject popular with campus strateg-
ists for lo, these many years. Is it
the solution to Michigan's basketbal
problem? Better yet, is it even a prac-
tical solution today? It is too late in
the season to change systems of of.
fense. But with the personnal of the
1943 basketball team, a 'fast break
would be next to impossible. Look at
the men who make up the team. With
the exception of Strack and Doyle
and possibly Gibert, there are not
men who have the speed to fit intc
this type of offense. And I think that
even these men are not fleet enough
Mandler, Mullaney, Weise, Anderson
Comin; not one of these men could
work the 'fast break' with any degree
of success.
"I certainly think that Michigan's
team should have a better record
than it does. Mandler, our star
center, has never hit the form that
he seems to have. Strack has found
the basket in but one or two games.
Weise has but'one shot, that be-
longing to a center, and that shot
has not been "on" since the first
two games of the season. Doyle and
Gibert are sporadic scorers. In
other words the team never got to-
gether enough to function as a
good club should function. Nor did
it ever get the confidence that a
team should have.
-Walt Klee
We're Surprised Too
GEORGE OSTROOT
. .. amazed everyone by taking
top honors in the shot put with
a toss of 44 ft. 8% in, Nice going,
George.
first in the high jump when he
cleared 6 feet. Hoeflinger and John
Clark of Ohio State also cleared that
height.
Ostroot Surprises
Showing the best form of the in-
door season, George Ostroot, Wol-
verine shot putter, tossed the 16-
pound iron ball 44 ft., 8 3/4 in. to
take an unexpected first. State's Bill
Willis had to be content with second
on his toss of 44 ft., 3/4 in. Merv
Pregulman, Michigan football and
basketball star, took third with a
heave of 41 ft., 2 in.
Pinney, blonde timber topper from
Detroit, came within one-tenth of a
second of tying the meet mark in the
65-yard low hurdles when he breezed
home in :07.5, followed by teammates
Jack Martin and Swanson.
Ohio's Chet Thomas broke the
meet record in the running broad
jump with a leap of 22 ft., 21/2 in.
The old record of 22 ft., 2/g in. was
set by Michigan's Frank McCarthy
in 1941.
Leonardi Wins Two-Mile
Ernie Leonardi led two mates home
in the two-mile run in 9:53.4. The
fans' interest was centered on the
battle for second and third between
Bob Hume and Lew Germanson.
Hume trailed by 50 yards until the
last two laps when he started to close
in, and then legged by Germanson in
the home stretch to win going away.
Another slam came in the 880-yard
Mile Run-Three-way tie for first
between John Ingersoll, Bob and Ross
Hume (M). Time: 4:25.6.
60-Yard Dash-Alkon (M), Trep-
anier (OSU), Pinney (M). Time: 06.4.
440-Yard Dash-Ufer (M), Owen
(OSU), Sears (M). Time: :49. New
meet record. Old record was :49.7
made by Ufer in 1941. Also breaks
Field House record of :49.1 held
jointly by Ufer (1942) and Johnny
Woodruff of Pittsburgh (1937).
65-Yard High Hurdles-Swanson
(M), Byerly (M), Hoeflinger (OSU).
Time: :08.4.
Two-Mile Run-Leonardi (M), Bob
Hume (M), Germanson (M). Time:
9:53.4.
Shot Put - Ostroot (M), Willis
(OSU), Pregulman (M). Distance:
44 ft. 8% in.
High Jump-Three-way tie for first
between Hoeflinger and Clark (OSU),
and Dale (M). Height: 6 ft.
880-Yard Run-Three-way tie for
first between Captain Matthews, Rox-
borough and Upton (M). Time:
2:01.5.
65-Yard Low Hurdles-Pinney (M),
Martin (M), Swanson (M). Time:
:07.5.
Broad Jump - Thomas (OSU),
Clark (OSU), Pinney (M). Distance:
22 ft. 21,4 in.
22 ft. 2z in. New record breaks old
mark of 22 ft. 214 in. set by McCar-
thy (M) in 1941.
Pole Vault - Segula (M) and
Schmidt (OSU) tied for first place,
Maclear (M) and Finnerty (OSU)
tied for third place. Height: 13 ft.
Mile Relay-Michigan (Alkon, Glas,
Sears, Ufer), and Ohio State (Hat-
field, Hullinger, Jones, Owen). Time:,
3:25.
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