E _.HE__ _ . t , _ _WAn DAILY PAGE ELEV. MichiganSports / Review By BOB CLINTON The 1943-44 sports year was one of the greatest of all Wolverine history, as teams representing the Maize and Blue won seven of eight Big Ten titles, and are well on their way to an eighth in baseball. The most Confer- ence crowns ever won by Michigan before was six in the season of 1922- '23. We'll try to bring back a few of those exciting, heart-throbbing moments of the past year. Sept. 20: The much publicized. Wolverine football team, minus the services of All-American guard Julius Franks, who has been confined indef- initely to the University Hospital with a lung ailment, started the season off with a bang when, with the aid of Elroy Hirsch and Bill Daley, two V-12 gifts, they trimmed a stubborn Camp Grant eleven. 26-0. Sept. 27: Playing their first game at home, the mighty Wolverines rolled to a 57-6 victory over Western Mich- igan. Oct. 2:' Michigan played its first Conference tilt of the season at Ev- anston, and won over Northwestern, 21-7, with the aid of Daley's 64- yard touchdown romp. Oct. 9: You can frame this para- graph in black as a token of great mourning. It was to. be "the game of the year," and 86,123 fans, the larg- est in Ann Arbor history, packed the Michigan stadium, but it was only a day of sorrow for the Wolverines. Bill Daley carried the Wolverine strength, but was unable to with- stand the Notre Dame power, and .REMFMBER YOUR F IENDS s with the Irish, paced by Angelo Bertelli and Creighton Miller walked off with' a 35-12 win. Oct. 23: The Liitle Brown Jug came back to Ann Arbor, and let's hope forever. It took a former Gopher to do it though, as Daley crushed Minnesota with terrific line smashes. He was forced to share the glory with Hirsch, how- ever, who romped 67 yards through right tackle on the opening play of the game as Michigan won easily, 49-6. Oct. 30: At Champaign, a fast but young Illinois eleven was no match for the Wolverines as Daley and Merv Pregulman, playing their last game for Micgigan, paced the team to a 42-6 victory. Nov. 6: Elroy Hirsch took over where Daley left off and set the Wol- verines off on the right foot before retiring with an injury, as Michigan bowled over Indiana, 23-6. Nov. 13: Wisconsin came to Ann Arbor, and Michigan sent their for- mer Badgers out on the field to facer them. Elroy Hirsch rushed off the bench in the last period when Coach Fritz Crisler wasn't looking to boot an extra point and thereby score one of 27 points against his former team- mates. Nov. 20: It was a great day in Ann Arbor,as the Wolverines closed their season with a 45-7 win over Ohio State, but the most important thing was that the gridders had won a share of the Big Ten Foot- ball Championship for the first time since 1933. Nov. 25: Bob Weise was elected captain for 1944, as well as being named most valuable player for 1943. A good man, and a good choice. Dec. 8: Bill Daley and Merv Pregulman became Michigan's 27th and 28th All-Americans when they were nameda on Collier's 1943 All- erican team. Dalcy was a unani- mous choice on all the mythical sqiuads picked. Dec. 18: The previously unbeaten Wolverine basketball team, fell down in their first real test tonight, los- ing to Western Michigan, 48-38, des- pite Dave Strack's 13 points. Jan. 9: Michigan's quartet won a close one from Illinois, 52-47 when Tommy King scored 16 points. Last night, the quintet lost their opening Big Ten tilt to Northwestern, 57-47 despite King's 24 points. Jan. 22: Great Lakes brought their great swimming' squad to Ann Arbor, and Bill Smith came within .i te 2r Greatest one-tenth seconds of his World's Rec- led the Great Lakes sailors o a 54 201 ord in the 220-yard free style as { win over Michigan. Adolph Keifer Great Lakes coasted to a 48-36 win broke his own world's record in the over Michigan. Basketball wasn't medley and almost duplicated ther going so good either, and the Wolver- feat in the 150-yard backstroke. Yes, ines dropped their second straight to we had a great swimming season as Purdue, 51-35, but the hockey team long as Great Lakes wasn't around. was having its best season in years, April 29: The outdoor thinclads and our sextet shut out Fingal RCAF, went to the Penn Relays and came 8-0" back with an outstanding perfor- Feb. 19: Our wrestlers and swim- mance of two firsts and two thirds. mers brought home two more Big Ten The baseball nine was one of the titles. The grapplers had a tough best in Michigan history and they time, but managed to edge out Pur- beat Notre Dame for the second day' due, 28-27, while the swimmers coast- in a row, 7-2, the previous day's ed to an easy 72-42 win over their score being 5-4. The netters looked nearest opponents, Northwestern, like champs as they downed Minne- March 11: The varsity thinclads sota 8-1, but the lone sad note came broke the Big Ten scoring record from Ohio where the golfers dropped when they amassed a total of 75%4 one to Ohio State, 12-6. points compared with 4012 for May 13: Elroy Hirsch stole the . Illinois at the Western Conference show when he broadjumped 24 ft., 2 meet. The Hume twins, Bob and inches to aid the Michigan track Ross, dead-heated the mile, with team in an all-important win over' Bob winning the 2-mile and Ross Illinois, 71-54, and then put on his second in the 880. Elmer Swanson baseball uniform and hurled a one- won both hurdle events, while Bob hit shutout against Ohio State as the Ufer captured the 440, and Bill nine won, 5-0. Yesterday, they beat Dale tied for first in the high- the Buckeyes, 2-1. The tennis team jump. j scored two 9-0 victories over Illinois March 25: Alan Ford won the and Wisconsin, while the linksmen triple crown and paced Yale to a avenged the previous Ohio State de- 39-38 victory over Michigan at the feat with a 16-2 win as well as a NCAA swimming meet at New Hav- 16%-1%l/ victory over Western Mich- en. The Wolverines, however, took igan. only seven men, all civilians. The May 27: It was a great day for thinclads captured the Purdue Re- - lays with 49 points as compared with 23 for Purdue and 22/L for Illinois. CREW-CUTS for Coo®ness! March 30: It was two great eve- You're invited to one of our nings at the varsity swimming pool as styles for you alone. Michigan was host to the best swim- THE DASCOLA BARBERS mers in the world at the NAAU's. TE Libert A oSaeR Bill Smith, who won three crowns,__ Liberty off State ear A - -- A arg e SeleC tion POP ULA R and C LASS ICA L . A SPhone 3542 . . .North End of Diagonal . . 715 N. University Authorized RICA VICTOJI Dealers -.<> < :: l - > 4-/'- 4 50 -. .r~ of Michigan teams as they broke their previous record of conference championships, but Elroy Hirsch again was in thetspotlight. In the morning he leaped far enough to place third in the broadjump and help the tracksters win the title over Illinois, 70-58 1-10. Hirsch then hopped into an awaiting au- tomobile and drove 120 miles to Bloomington where he hurled the nightcap of a doubleheader as Xthieties lVMichigan twice beat Indiana, 1-3, 12-1. The linksmen were in Chi- cago where they won the confer- ence golf sweepstakes by 27 strokes, and Johnny Jenswold won the in- dividual award with a 36 hole total of 153. The netters had their toughest time of the year, but fin- ally edged out Ohio State for the title, 18-17. And so fella's, that's all till next year. GREETING C ARDS Your Serviceman - your friends want to hear from you often - not just on special occasions. 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