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Are Selected on AP
All-Star Big Ten Eleven
TAKING IT EASY*
By ED ZALENSKI
Daily Sports Editor
Smeja, Pregulman, Wiese, lirsch
Named on Powerful Second Team
TIIOSE BADGERS AGAIN:
Wrestling Team Has Asset
In Oberly, Marine Transfer
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The Case of Tom Harmon
YESTERDAY'S page one Daily headline, "Tom Harmon Found Safe in
China," excited opposing reactions among readers. Many, naturally,
enough, expressed surprise and amazement that Michigan's great athlete
had cheated death for the second time in approximately six months. We're
' not concerned with them.
No, our guns are aimed at the ranks of the sarcastic, the abusive,
the shallow thinkers-men who make Harmon the butt of their sup-
posedly facetious wisecracks and biting; remarks.
By way of explanation, we pass on to you several remarks overheard at
a breakfast conversation, on campus and in a classroom. The most-repeated
one seemed to be,;"What! Harmon in the headlines again!" Or "Has Har-
mon scored again?" Or "I see football is again saved for posterity" Or "Is
Harmon more important than the war?" Or "There's that man again!" Or
"Let's fall on our knees before Allah. Our hero is saved again!"
UNDOUBTEDLY, some readers feel that news stories of Harmon's
disappearance and safety have been unduly emphasized in the
newspapers. They argue that hundreds of other upstanding American
boys have been lost or are "missing in action." Harmon, they say, is
no better, no different.
We ask these readers this simple question, "What about the thousands
of boys throughout the country who recognize Harmon as a great athlete,
who have heard or read about his immortal gridiron career, who hold him
as an idol to emulate, a hero to look up to?"'
Ask any young lad who is a lover of sports what he thinks of Tom
Harmon. The kids who are familiar with his name, his history at Mich-
igan and his greatness; idolize and even worship him. And why not.
Harmon is a pattern for them to follow. They were proud of his "98."
Many a sandlotter sported Tom's number on his jersey.
HXW ABOUT the young boys who saw Harmon perform here at Michigan?
Kids used to mob Tom as he left the field after a game. They would beg
for pieces of his torn jersey. They would fight to shake his hand; touch
him; speak to him; or just look at him.
Put yourself in the kids' shoes. You haven't been away from
adolescence long enough to forget your childish feelings. These kids
worshipped Harmon so strongly they would try with all their ability and
strength to be just like him. Certainly it was a" goal that any parent
would be proud to have his boy strive for. "
Harmon, you must have realized by now, was.not an ordinary football
player or person. That he was a great gridiron hero and a football immortal
is an accepted fact. What seems to have been forgotten is that Harmon
was the kind of a man real red-blooded Americans want to be. Fathers en-
couraged that feeling in their sons. '
BUT Tom was more than just a great football player. He was a lover
of clean sports, clean living. He was a- likable young man at Mich-
igan, on the football. field, off the campus. Many times we saw him
roughed up lir a charging lineman on a. pass or.bounced just' a bit too
severely.on an out-of-bounds tackle. He'd get up with a laugh, pat his
rough opponent on the back and promptly forget about it..
*aturally, when Harmon was first lost last, spring over Dutch. Guinea
The'Daily and most midwest papers plastered his nameand" the story of his
life all over their front pages. And his subsequent 'return to safety was
agaih the occasion of front page headlines.
'It'sobvious that Harmon will be "hot copy" for any editor the next
time he's lost. It isn't often that a national sports celebrity who is
"missing in action," comes back to renew the fight. When Harmon
licked death the first time he unconsciously assured himself of page one
the next time he ran into trouble.
CHICAGO-(P)-The most unusual
Western conference all-star football!
team in history-including for the
first time a freshman, a player who
was performing in his fourth year of
varsity competition, and another who
made the team last year but repre-
senting a different school-has been
selected for the Associated Press by
Big Ten coaches.
The conference's three powerful V-
12 teams-Purdue, Michigan and
Northwestern-grabbed seven places
on this 1943 All-Star squad, but the
Star Fullback
Ends: Herb Hein, Northwestern,
and Pete Pihos, Indiana.
Tackles: Paul Mitchell, Minnesota,
and William Willis, Ohio State.
Guards: Richard Barwegen and Al-
ex Agase, both of Purdue.
Center: Fred Negus, Michigan.
Quarterback: Robert Hoernsche-
meyer, Indiana.
Halfbacks: Otto Graham, North-
western, and Tony Butkovich, Pur-
due.
Fullback: Bill Daley, Michigan.
Thus Purdue, co-champions with
Michigan, took three places, Michi-
gan, Indiana and Northwestern two
apiece, and Minnesota and Ohio
State one each.
Hunchy First Frosh
Hoernschemeyer, actually a half-
back but liked so well by the coaches
that many of them listed him at
quarterback to make room for Gra-
ham, Butkovich and Daley in the
backfield, is the first freshman ever
to appear on this annual honor group
because this is the first season that
yearlings have been eligible for Big
Ten play.
Daley had played three years at
Minesota before being transferred to
Michigan's V-12 unit last summer so
this made his fourth season: on Big
Ten gridirons. Incidentally, two years
ago as a Gopher junior, he rated this
All-Star team but failed to repeat in
1942 because he was handicapped by
injuries.
Negus Repeats
Negus, the only repeater from the
1942 team, was Wisconsin's varsity
center then, but, like Daley, played
with Michigan's V-12 assemblage this
year.
Graham, a brilliant performer for
Northwestern for three years but ne-
ver previously named to the all-con-
ference team, received unanimous
first team support from eight coach-
es, the ninth not having seen the V-
5 student perform this season. Five
listed him as a left halfback and
three as a quarterback, so he was
placed at the former position, which
moved Hoernschemeyer to quarter.
Butkovich and Daley, too, were vir-
tually unanimous selections. Al
though both are fullbacks, every
coach but one thought each deserved
a place on the honor team, and Daley
received more designations as a full-
back. Neither player finished the sea-
son, being transferred by the Marines
at the end of October.
Fifty-one players from eight of the
nine football-playing schools drew
votes. Michigan and Purdue tied with
10 nominees apiece.
SECOND TEAM
Ends: Rudy Smeja, Michigan, and
Frank Bauman, Purdue.
Tackles: Mike Kasap, Purdue, and
Merv Pregulman, Michigan.
Guards: Alex Kapter, Northwest-
ern, and Robert Liddy, Iowa.
Repeater
By HANK MANTHOs
We have been hearing all about thes
Wisconsin "Whiz Kids" that werel
transferred here with the Marine8
Corps and composed the main partt
of the football team that brought
Michigan its first Big Ten title inz
ten years. It seems that these Mar-t
ine transfers from Wisconsin intend
to dominate the sport spotlight in
other fields, too, now that football is1
over for the year. Lowell Oberly is
one of these boys and his particular
talents are limited to the wrestling1
team.
Oberly is not big of stature, but iss
plenty sturdy for his size and will
give a good account of himself in
matches that he participates in this
year. Lowell hails from Washington
High School in Milwaukee, Wis. While
in high school he only wrestled two
years and those were his last two
years in high school.
Has a Knack
However, Oberly seemed to have a
knack for this strenuous sport as he
copped the state championships in
both of those last years, winning the
first in the 125-pound division and
the second at 136 pounds. Lowell was
also co-captain of his high school's
cross-country team.
While attending the University of
Wisconsin, the present world-wide
conflict arose and Lowell enlisted in
the Marine Corps, being shipped here
in the first detachment. Before leav-
ing Wisconsin, he had gained him-
AAU To Vote
On Standards
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-()-Head-
ed by Gunder Haegg's three records
established during his tour of the
United States last summer, 63 new
track and swimming. standards will
be up for approval when the Amateur
Athletic Union convenes Friday at
Columbus, Ohio, for its annual three-
day session.
The American records which will
go down opposite the Swede's name,
providing they are accepted by the
AAU, are: 4:05.3 for the mile, 3:47.8
for the 1,500 meters and 8:51.3 for
two miles. The mile clocking will re-
place Glenn Cunningham's American
figures of 4:06.7, his 1,500 time will
supersede Walter Mehl's 3:47.9 and
his two-mile time the 8:58.3 put into
the books by Don Lash.
self a bit of prominence by his out-
standing mat work, when he was se-
lected captain of his freshman team
at Wisconsin. His sophomore year
there, Oberly made the Wisconsin
varsity as its regular 128 pounder and
made his first letter at his Alma Ma-
ter.
First Matches Disappointing
The first Conference matches that
he participated in were quite a dis-
appointment to Oberly last year, as
he did not place in them. He lost a
tough match in the semi-finals of his
weight division, and his one hope
this year is to give a better perform-
ance than he did last season.
Oberly likes Michigan very much
and as a preparation for his future,
he is entered in the Physical Educa-
tion School of the University, his
present major. He maintained a fine
B average while in school here last
semester. Lowell doesn't like to
dance and stated that he wasn't much
of a social man, but he admitted that
he had a comely lassie anxiously
awaiting him "back home." He de-
rives quite a bit of pleasure out of
hunting, fishing and golfing, his fav-
orite hobbies.
Should Be Threat
As long as his Marine detachment!
remains at Michigan, Oberly will be
one of Coach Courtright's main guns
on the wrestling team this season, anld
he should prove to be a constant
threat to all opponents that he will
encounter in matches this year.
- Be A Goodfellow --
Bruins Defeat
Blackhawks 6-5
BOSTON, Nov. 30.-(IP)-The Bos-
ton Bruins fought grimly against six
of the Chicago Blackhawks forwards
during the last 55 seconds of play to
protect a hard-earned lead for a 6-5
National League triumph tonight be-
fore a 10,000 crowd at the Boston
Garden.
The Blackhawks, unbeaten in six
of their last seven starts, were trail-
ing by a 6-3 margin with about five
minutes to go. Their furious closing
drive gave them two goals and, with
55 seconds to play, manager Paul
Thompson pulled out his goalie and
threw a sixth forward into the mad
scramble for the tying counter.
The Bruins, however, gave Maurice
Courteau, their rookie goalie, air-I
tight support.
BILL DALEY
"have-not" schools like Indiana, Min-
nesota and Ohio State took their
share of glory, too.
Picked by Majority
This is the list of players who com-
pletely dominated-in the voting, plac-
ed in positions assigned them by a
majority of the coaches:
FRED NEGUS
Center: John Tavener, Indiana.
Quarterback: Robert Wiese, Michi-
gan.
Halfbacks: Elroy Hirsch, Michigan,
and Ernie Parke, Ohio State.
. Fullback: Don Buffmire, North-
western.
Carl Hubbell Leaves Major League Baseball
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T WASN'T a surprise to anyone when his disappearance over China last
October hit the front page headlines again. This time it seemed to be the
real thing. He was missing nearly a month before he returned from the land
of the missing. What more could any newspaper do but play his story on
page one? It was a must. What other well-known figure had been on the
"missing in action" list twice and had come back to tell about it? It seemed
a s if providence was watching over him.
And now we come back to the sardonic wiseacres with their sar-
castic puns. Is it Harmon's fault that he should be lost twice and found
again? Is he to blame for becoming page one copy for every Midwest
editor? Why should he take the brunt of this abuse? There is no reason
in the world. It is only those shallow thinkers who can't see beyond the
edge of their book or the end of their pencil.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-(A)-End-v
ing a 16-year run as one of the top
left hand pitchers in baseball, King
Carl Hubbell today left the active
playing lists and was signed as head
of the New York Giants' growing
farm system for "a long term."
President Horace Stoneham and
Secretary Eddie Brannick made the
announcement at the winter baseball
meetings.
Landing on the Giants in 1928,
after brief runs in Toronto and Beau-
mont, Texas, in the minor leagues,
and a quick stop with the Detroit
Tigers, Hubbell ranks up with Lefty
Grove as a top southpaw elbower
in the game in the last two decades.
He pitched the Giants to three Na-
tional League pennants in that
stretch-1933, '36 and '37. Twice he
was voted the league's most valuable
player-'33 and '36.
From July 13, 1936, until May 31,
1937, he didn't lose a single league
game, running up a string of 24
straight triumphs during the stretch
-16 in '36 and 8 in '37.
Irish Hold Lead in Final A.P. Poll
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Cagers To Face Central Michigan
In Opening Game Saturday Night.
By HUGH D. MILLER
The 1943-44 edition of the Michi-
gan basketball team will make its
first appearance of the season at
7:30 p. m. Saturday at Yost Field
House with Central Michigan.
The entire Chippewa team is drawn
from the 450 men in the V-12 unit
which is stationed on the campus. In
the absence of the regular coach who
is now a Naval officer, the squad is
being coached by Athletic Director
Ronald Finch. Under his tutelage
the Chippewas have played and lost
two games to date. Last Friday, they
dropped a close one to Fort Custer,
29-28, and Saturday evening they lost
to Western Michigan, 51-24. The
half-time score of this contest was
20-19.
Most of the Central Michigan play-
ers have had experience on various
midwest college cage squads. In the
first two games Finch has started
forwards Mario Fortino, who won his
letter last year at Michigan State,
and six-foot, three-inch Joe Dale
from Detroit. The pivot man has
been John MacDonald, who has had
three years experience on the Wayne
University varsity. The starting
guards were Everett Pepper, former
Iowa State cager, and Bob Polk who
played at Wheaton College
First-line replacements include sev-
eral well-known athletes. Johnny
McHale, former first string center on
the Notre Dame football teah and
also an understudy to Rudy York at
first base for the Detroit Tigers early
this season, is playing guard for the
Chippewas. George Dalman, former
Hope College star, was placed on the
all-MIAA Conference team as a for-
ward last year. The other all MIAA
forward was Wayne Thompson, for-
merly of Kalamazoo College, who is
now holding down a regular position
on the Michigan quintet.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. - (P) - The
Irish are still No. 1 in the opinion of
131 sports writers voting in the final
Associated Press poll of the 1943
footballseason.
The voting retained Notre Dame,
despite its loss to the Great Lakes
Sailors, in first place but with a
drastic cut in the Ramblers' prestige.
Only '86 of the Scribes rated the
Irish as the best in the country and
some of the remaining 45 listed the
club no better than seventh. As it
was, Notre Dame garnered 1,159
points on a basis of 10 for each first
place vote, nine for second, and so
forth.
The Iowa Pre-Flight aggregation
captured 12 first and finished a
strong runnerup with 1,028 points.
Michigan, Navy,- Purdue, Great
Lakes, Duke, Del Monte, Calif., Pre-
Flight, Northwestern and March
Field of Los Angeles, completed the
first ten in that order. Great Lakes
was 21st a week ago and zoomed to
sixth following its 19 to 14 decision
over Notre Dame.
- Be A Goodfellow -
Phillies Want General
Manager, Pennock Asked
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-P)-Herb
Pennock, the one-time southpaw
pitching ace and more recently head
of the Boston Red Sox farm system,
couldn't make up his mind today
whether or not to take the job as
general manager of the Philadelphia
Phillies.
He talked for an hour behind closed
doors with young Bob Carpenter, the
new president of the Phillies, and
afterward Carpenter announced that
Pennock "wanted more time to think
it over."
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