FIRIDAY; JAN. 7, 1944 VlXLE MIJCHIG(;AiN DAILY, PAGE TIIIEE Michigan Plays Northwestern in Big Ten Opener Wolverine Matmen Face Ohio State Sa urday in First Test of Season Fae TVC - W l dcaits Wolverines Bid for Win Over Powerful Wildcats By HANK MANTHO The Wolverine wrestling team will absorb part of the sport spotlight this week, as they travel to Colum- bus to meet the Buckeyes of Ohio State Saturday. This year's mat schedule has been short compared to previous years,{ and the first match is also later in. the season than usual. Therefore, the wrestling team is quite anxious over this match, and they are point- ing for it. If practice and hard work are any indication of success, this team should not have much trouble, as the squad has been practicing diligently since Nov. 1. They started practicing, Saturdays after the last football game, and last week, the 'grapplers went all out, practicing every day, which included New Year's Day and Sunday.I Team Has Intensive Practices Coach Ray Courtright has had sev-' eral inter-squad matches and the team has been having individual matches for the past two weeks. This WAR BONDS ISSUED HERE! rANNRBAIl'S N EW STTHEAfT - Last Times Today 'intensive practice was given by Corky actual fire, leaving no basis for sport to get his team in top shape, and in experts to forecast the outcome. an endeavor to correct any mistakes Starting Lineup the members.of his team would make Michigan's starting lineup will be: n the heat of battle. Bob Reichert at 121 pounds, DickI Even with these tough practice Freeman at 128 pounds, Lowell Ober-I sessions, Courtright is rather skepti- ly in the 136 pound division, Chip cal on the shape of his team, as he Warrick at 145 pounds, and George feels the Christmas holidays knocked Curtis in the 155 pound class. To the edge off his squad. Whether or round out the rest of the team, will not they have attained the edge held be Hugh Wilson at 165 pounds, Jim before the holidays remains to be Calles at 175 pounds, and Johnny seen. Greene in the heavyweight division.j Other blows to the Wolverines this This squad will be accompanied by early in the season were the losses of Bob Harris, the manager. Bob Allen, 165 pound letterman, and The Michigan fans have been won-1 Tak Tsuchiya, 137 pound Pacific dering just what kind of a mat squad Coast champion for the remainder Corky would put out this year, and of the year. These losses took some they have been inarticulately mum-I of the pre-season gleam out of Cor- bling about a Conference champion-1 ky's eyes, and reduced the potentiali- ship. This match will give these fans ties of the squad for the year. some idea of their team, and if the Ohio State is the first testthat squad comes through with an im- the Maize and Blue wrestling team pressing triumph over the Buckeyes, will have to hurdle. This will be the these inarticulate mumblings may first match for Ohio State too, so start gaining momentum and grad- neither team has been tried under ually become a roar. Michigan Hockey Squad Plays Veteran Sarnia; team Saturday .. Don Lund, guard of the Michi- gan basketball squad, will draw a starting assignment against North- western's Wildcats Saturday night. IM Cage Tourney Continues Tonight The fourth round of the Navy in- By DAVE LOEWENBERG Michigan's basketball team will make its conference debut at 7:30 this evening in the Yost Field House against a powerful Northwestern five sparked by Otto Graham. On the basis of comparative scores the Wildcats hold a decided edge. Their only defeat in pre-season com- petition was a 47-45 win registered by Western Michigan, but the Wild- cats were minis the services of their top scoring ace, Graham, who was down with the flu. Simultaneously with Graham's re- turn to * the lineup, Northwestern bounced back and chalked up two impressive victories over the Notre Dame and Great Lakes quintets re- spectively. The Irish fell by the way- side 48-32 and the sailors were swamped 54-36. As far as comparative scores go it is interesting to note that Western Michigan, which had previously whipped the Wildcats 47-45, barely eked out a 46-42 triumph over the fighting Irish, while Northwestern with Graham back in the lineup rode roughshod over the boys from South Bend. Team Looks Better Coach Benny Oosterbaan was hes- itant about making any pre..game speculations, but he felt quite confi- dent that the Michigan team would give a good account of themselves. Oosterbaan said, "The squad seems to have a little more confidence and are hungry for the spoils of victory." Most of the time yesterday after- noon was spent in polishing up the Wolverine attack. The team scrim- maged briefly and looked better than they have all week. They were click- ing on their free throws and coupled with the fine spirit of the team, one got a favorable impression of the Maize and Blue cagers. Michigan's lineup is still a question mark, but it is almost certain that F LNG 0 1 94.31 four boys, Dave S track, Don Lund, Tom. King, and Elroy Hirsch will draw starting assignments. The oth- er starter will probably be selected from a list which includes Wayne Thompson, Bob Wiese, or Dick Shri- der. Michigan Uses Strategy If Oosterbaan decides to use Strack at a forward, the other guard posi- tion will probably be taken over by Dick Shrider. If Strack stays at guard, then Thompson or Wiese will get the starting call. With a player of Graham's scoring ability in the lineup the Michigan board of strat- egy may decide to keep Strack at guard in order to hold down the highly touted Waukegan flash. The Wildcat starting lineup will have Graham and Johnny Ward at forward, George Felt, 6'4" rebound expert at center and at guards, Ben Shadler, star sophomore from Ben- ton Harbor, and Jerry Carle, Minne- sota letter winner. Both Otto Graham and Ben Shad- ler were in the Northwestern back- field last fall, and naturally are anxious for revenge over the Wolver- ines. However, these two Wildcat pigskinners will be opposed by two Michigan gridiron heroes, Elroy Hirsch and Don Lund, who are just as anxious for Michigan to maintain its athletic supremacy over the boys from Evanston. It may well be that these four boys will have just as much to say about tonight's basket- ball game as they did when Michigan opposed Northwestern on the grid- iron in October. After tonight's fracas all that' awaits the Michigan basketball team are the "Gee Whiz Kids" from Illi- nois the following night. Boxer To Report for Army Induction NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-P)-Bobby Ruffin, 23 - year - old Long Island lightweight, has passed his Army induction test and is to report at Fort Dix on Jan. 26. He will go through with his Jan. 14 scrap with Tippy Larkin in Madison Square Garden. Tonight sellout Crowd AAU Title Meet A captcity urowd is expected to witness the annual Michigan A.A.U. swimm'ing and diving championships at the University pool tomorrow night. The starting time has been set for 8:15 p.m. and tickets are being sold at the University Administration Building ticket office. Besides intra-state entries, a full team from the University of Michi- gan, will highlight the meet. Among the general events will be a 50-yard freestyle feature, which will be con- ducted in five heats. Heading the list of entries for this race are four of the University of Michigan's crack swimmers: Merton Church. defend- ing Big-Ten champion in this event, who placed second in the 1943 edi- tion of the National Collegiates, will be matched against three of his teammates. Ace Cory, Chuck Fries, and Achilles Pulakus. These Wolver- ine tankmen will swim together later in the meet 's Matt Mann's entry in the 220-yard relay. Leading the special features will be a special 200-yard relay for Navy teams. There have been numerous entries for this race, and the com- petition should be particularly keen. In answer to a challenge declaring that he cannot swim a stroke, Coach Mann will demonstrate his ability to excell at the sport which he has taught for so many years. He will give a special demonstration in the pool at the conclusion of the meet. BUY WAR BONDS & STAMPS ~- NUTaNBBLE E 339 South Main Phone 2-4832 ,i By JIM STELT The Sarnia Hockey Club, which is sometimes referred to as the Point Edward Club, will bring four veter- ans from last year's team to help make up their first string sextet when they meet the Wolverines Sat- urday night on the Michigan ice. Leading the four returning players is goalie Jack Rutter, who was out- standing in the nets against Michi- gan in two games last year. Coach Lowrey's boys will have to have their shooting eyes with them Saturday if they hope to outguess Mr. Rutter. On the forward line the center and. one wing played last year. Tom Pru- dence was at the pivot spot, while Charlie Levan held down left wing. Both Prudence and Levan are good playmakers and have shooting abil- ity' to spare. On defense is Len Rutter, new tramural basketball tournament will playing manager, who filled the left be played off Friday night beginning defense slot last season. This Mr. Rutter plays a lot of defense at all at 7:00 o'clock. times. In the first period on court one the The two remaining spots on the Sea Gulls will meet the Fins, and the first team are taken by a pair of Paper Dolls play the league leading newcomers, Scrap Perry, right de- Bulldogs on court two. On court fense, and Pete Nastunch, left wing. three the First Company of the Sec- Little is known about the playing of ond Batallion meets the Sea Wolves these two boys, as Sarnia has played and the Otters play the Barnacles on few if any games to date. court four. 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