11 ! M, ki a i 'mY " lam: ti u :. ' .. k, r yu i iii;. c K. . . . . . . ........ ..,., - Wolverine Cagers To Meet Wisconsin at Madison Toiight ,,. Crippled Squad Fights To Stay in First Division Doubleheader Vital to Big Ten Standings; Ankle Injury Stops Wiese from Making Trip By DAVE LOEWENBERGt An injury riddled Michigan basket-r ball squad meets Wisconsin tonight at Madison in the first of a two-game series. Two losses to the Badgers wouldt practically eliminate Michigan's- chances of finishing up among the leaders. Even a split would put a damiper on Michigan's title hopes. A double victory of course would keep the Wolverines in the first division. The Maize and Blue cagers have not been playing up to par in the scrimmages this week. They appear- ed to be far below the peak that was peached in their play against the Uni last Saturday night. I Lost To Team Wiese who started the last NW a 4 against Northwestern and :%qIs, will not make the trip to l bon because of a twisted ankle. 's loss, according to Coach Ben- 4 tran is quite a blow to* 1igan's hopes. Wayne Thompson, who suffered a 4slocated shoulder in Friday's game giainst Northwestern, is still not wpmpletely recovered. However, Oos- rbaan did strike an optimistic note ben he asserted "that Thompson tcn't appear to favor his injured ihoulder in the last scrimmage." It's ppssible for Thompson to be used ef- Wtively against Wisconsin if his AIoulder injury is not aggravated. *Weise's loss and the uncertainty of fTompson's injury will undoubtedly aice Coach Oosterbaan to make some ranges in his starting line-up. A probable line-up would include Dave Srack. and Tommy King at forward, Don Lund and Dick Shrider guards, and at center Elroy Hirsch. It is possible, however, that Oosterbaan will start Thompson at forward and iove Strack over to guard., 11-Man Traveling Squad "Coach Oosterbaan will carry an 11- man squad to the Madison strong- hold. The three civilians making the trip are Don Lund, Bill Seymour, and Bruce Hilkene. The remainder of the traveling roster will be composed of. Dave Strack, Tom King, Elroy Hirsch, Wayne Thompson, Bob Ste- vens, Dick Shrider, Charley Ketterer, and Tom Cook, all of whom are en- listed personnel in the Navy V-12 program. John Leddy, who by virtue of his fine play in theWestern Michigan game, had elevated himself to a starting berth, notified Coach Ooster- baan that it is doubtful if he will make proper train reservations to join the team at Madison. Leddy is now on a two-week furlough at his home in San Francisco. Wendlund Was All-Conference The Badger starting line-up will have Des Smith and Don Kirk at for- wards, Bill Johnson and Russ Wend- lund guards, and at the pivot posi- BY WAR BONDS & STAMPS tion Ray Patterson, 6 ft. 3 in. scoring ace. Wendlund was an all-conference guard at Northwestern last year and is the sparkplug of this year's Wis- consin team. He is first beginning to acclimate himself to Wisconsin's Star Guard Shines T anke T'so \ Compete in Two Meets By BILL LAMBERT Coach Matt Mann's swimming team is embarking at noon today on what promises to be one of its big- gest assignments of the season-that of meeting Northwestern and Great Lakes in two dual meets. Chuck Fries, ace sprinter, will cap- tain the 14-man squad which is op- posing a comparatively unknown Northwestern team in their first dual meet of the year. Mann is counting on Mert Church, Ace Cory, Achilles Pulakos, Richard Branch, and Larry Koppin in the sprints and the 200- yard relay which they won in the AAU meet last Saturday. Paul Mal- oney and John McCarthy are expect- ed to supply the power in the middle distances; Willard Cooley, Gordon Puflord in the backstroke; Heine Kessler, Charlie Mack in the breast- stroke; and John Krygoski and John Ayers in diving. Wolverines Have Fine Team Going by last week's performance in the AAU meets, it appears as though Mann has another well- rounded team, and will be a threat to any swimming team it opposes this season. He will need all of this pow- er, however, when the Wolverines face a versatile Great Lakes team tomorrow night at the Bluejackets' camp. Great Lakes Coach Wallie Strother possesses an array of starsv namely Wolverines "T-Bone" Martin, and Dobbie Burton, and Billy Smith,.the sensational record-breaker who last year led Ohio State to the National Collegiate and AAU championships. The Sailors are well-balanced, and have Jahn Galvich, former Wisconsin AAU low board titlist, Carl Ahlman, flashy backstroker, and a new dark horse sprinter in the person of Jerry Kerschner. Meet Ohio State Here Jan. 23 Following this week end's dual meets, the Michigan tankers will mark time until their first home engage- ment which is with Ohio State Jan. 23, in the Intramural Building pool. 'jug' .hers a New Rccijd ... Harold "Jug" MeSpaden of Philadelphia is wearing a smile on his countenance after winning top money in war bonds in the Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament. His brilliant showing, with a 72- hole score, that included a 66 on his final round, set a new record for the Wilkshire Country Club. Eight Teams Practice for Army Tourney The Army will start another intra- mural basketball league tonight. The new tournament which will be round robin in form will have eight teams entered, one from each com- pany and one from the Reserves. The actual competition will not begin un- til Friday. January 21, as this Fri- day's time from 8:40 until 10:15 will be used as a general practice session for all the teams. There is no limit as to the number of players that can make up a team. In the last tournament the teams were limited to ten men. Final se- Puck'sters bT Play Woodstock Saturday Night Lowrey Pleased Over Improved Team Play; Derletl Ready To Go By JIM STELT After putting his team through gruelling practice sessions in the last two days Coach Eddie Lowrey plans to start the same sextet he used last Saturday against Sarnia in this week-end's game against the Wood- stock Army Team. Lowrey had planned on rearran- ging his forward lines for this com- ing game but Captain Bob Derleth has looked so good the last few days at the center spot with Ted Greer and Johnny Jenswold on the first string forward line that he has de- cided to keep his forward lines in- tact. Derleth's injured knee is get- ting stronger every day so Saturday should see him playing at full speed. Mixer Improves Tom Messinger and Bob Hender- son will be at the defense posts and Goalie Don Mixer will again start in the nets. Mixer has been improving steadily since the first of the year and if given the same quality of de- fense play as in the two previous games, Woodstock should have a low scoring evening. The Wolverine second line will again consist of Gordie Anderson. Jack Athens and Herb Upton, who have also improved their teamwork in this week's practice tilts. Vince Abbey, who rates a spot on either the first or second line, will not return from his furlough until about Mon- day and thus will not see action against Woodstock. No advance information on the Woodstock starting lineup is avail- able because even the coach of the team does not know from day to day which players will be able to make the trip here to Ann Arbor. However, Michigan will not have an easy time Saturday as a good many top flight amateur hockey players are stationed at Woodstock and probably will be available for the game. Game Scheduled for 8 p.m. The opening face-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday evening at theI Michigan rink. A good-sized crowd is expected as the stands were more than two-thirds full for the Sarnia game even with a basketball game and swimming rreet gonig t the same time. TAKING IT EASY Dy ED ZAJENSKI Daily Sports Editor Champions Come Home ... MICHIGAN'S only 1943 Big Ten Conference wrestling champions, Dick Kopel and Manly Johnson, now both in the Army, hit campus simultan- eously this week on flying visits from their respective camps. Kopel, winner of the 128-poqnd Conference crown, was captain- elect of the 1944 season, while Johnson, victor in the 145-pound division, led the team last year to a second place in the finals. Kopel was easily the Conference's outstanding grappler and had little trouble with any of his opponents throughout the season. Dick dropped into The Daily office to say hello, and we found him little changed since last March. Army life and a conscientious training schedule have kept him down to 124 pounds-the same weieght he wrestled at last season. At present, Kopel is an instructor in radio school at Truax Field, Wis., with aspirations of landing in communications Officer Candi- date School eventually. FROM KEESLER FIELD, Mass., comes a card signed by Bill Matney, Michigan quarter-miler, who enlisted in the Army Air Forces as a cadet Dec. 31. Bill writes: "Greetings from 'No Man's Land.' The gulf breezes gently blow-in a storm weekly. Our tents are floating around like Commando barges. Ann Arbor was never like this." Matney would have figured a great deal in Coach Ken Doherty's track plans for the 1944 season had he remained here this year. The lean-legged senior who transferred from Wayne University in 1942, was to have been number three man on Michigan's mile relay team along with Bob Ufer, Willie Glas, and Mel Detwiler. We had a talk with Doherty some time ago about Matney and Ken thought that Bill would be flirting with 49 seconds for the 440-yard dash this season. "He had the form, stamina and desire to be a great runner," Doherty pointed out. It was nice to imagine Ufer and Matney battling it out for the Conference quarter-mile crown in the indoor finals March 11 at Chicago, Ill. A NECDOTES about sports celebrities are similar to a woman's version of secrets--they're either too good to keep, or else not worth keeping. And so this story concerning Lew Jenkins, former lightweight champion of the world, falls into the first class. Jenkins, a first class seaman in the Coast Guard Mediterranean forces, seems to know his generals as well as he knew his hooks, jabs and uppercuts. During the first stages of the invasion of Salerno, when German resistance was most severe, a group of high-ranking Coast Guard and Army officers were reconoitering aboard a small Coast Guard invasion barge, which was stealing along the enemy's flank. Jenkins was bow lookout on the tiny boat. It was his job to watch for mines which were liberally strewn off the beach. As he was pearing into the semi-darkness a soldier asked him, "Aren't you Lew Jenkins, the fighter?" "Yes, sir," Jenkins replied as he in turn recognized a two-star general as the interrogator. "And aren't you General so-an-so?" The officer smiled. "You're right, Jcikins. I remember the night you knocked out Lew Ambers in the Garden. That was some scrap." JENKINS REFLECTED and answered, "Little different scrap now, sir." Then, with complete nonchalance, the seaman-fighter asked, "Say, Gen- eral, do you ever see Eisenhower?" The general was taken aback by the informality. "Yes, once in a while." "Well .tell him hello for me next time you see him," said Jenkins as he went on with his job of watching for enemy mines. ... Dick Shrider, guard on the basketball squad, is slated to see plenty of action in the important games with Wisconsin this week- end. style of play and against Michigan Wendlund should be ready to play his best game of the year. Servicemen [ C Big Intramural ']j The military track meet to be held this Saturday afternoonat 4:00 p.m. has been gaining wide interest during the week and promises to present many exciting events as there are numerous boys on the campus with college experience but who do not have the time for varsity competition. This track meet is being held prin- cipally to stimulate interest in track among the servicemen. The coaches and officials for the meet do not ex- pect the times to be of record break- ing calibre as many of the runners who will compete have had little ex- perience gn the cinders. Some of the outsanding men who will run for the Army are Ron Smith, 11 lection of the team rosters will be ' V made by the individual companies, however, after tonight's practice ses- sion. [rack ieet Four games will be played each Friday night for seven weeks. The S yactual games will consist of ten mi- a boy from Kalamazoo College, Bruce nute' quarters.. Each team entered Turner from Springfield Y.M.C.A.- in the tournament is required to sup- College, an outstanding broad jumper, ply one official and a scorekeeper- Connie Carpenter, and IDan Mallory. timekeeper. Bob Caspari, a good hurdler, Jim Captain B. W. Jennings will be in Wallace, a sprint man, and Bob charge of running off the tourna- Grandy, also a hurdler, seem certain mhtrgef inge fsite t.urna- to gather points for the Navy. Mar- ment. He will be assisted by Lt. C. C. ine trainees although not having as Garrick of Company F and Lt. Sam- many entrants seem certain to gather "The men showed a great deal of their share of points. Running for enthusiasm in our last intramural the Marines will be Henry Ewbank, tournament and we have had numer- Earl Van Holton, S. M. Shuster, and ous requests to play off another one," Phil Salter. commented Major L. P. Warner. Pinney To Compete To add color to the event two mem- Willie Hoppe Wins Again bers of the last year's varsity track team will also compete. They are CHICAGO, Jan. 13. - (A') - Willie Chuck Pinney, a hurdler, and Art Hoppe, world's three cushion billiards Upton, a middle distance runner. champion, defeated Welker Cochran In order to make certain that all in the ninth and tenth blocks of their boys will be given a chance to enter exhibition match here today, 52 to 44, the events entrees may be made up in 44 innings, and 50 to 33 in 52 in- until meet time on Saturday. nings. 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