TUE SDAY, FEB. 1, 1944 THlE MI-CHIFGAN IJAVLY PASSE UMEZ ........ . .. .. .. . Relay Team Will Defend Millrose Title "IAKtING IT EASY Quartet Will Appear in Garden Saturday Night Ufer, Nosed Out by Short Last Year, To Taugle With Bourland, Herbert, in 600-Yard Dash ,4 Grapplers Get Set for Meeting With Gophers ig Ten Scoring Ace By ED ZALENSKI Daily Sports Editor A veteran Michigan two-mile relay team will defend its 1943 Millrose Games championship Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, New York, in this year's renewal of the famous event. Bob Ufer, National Indoor and Big Ten Conference quarter-mile cham- pion, will anchor the crack quartet which includes John Roxborough, Captain Bob Hume and his twin brother, Ross. Ufer Points for 600 Last year's Wolverine team with 1943 captain, Dave Matthews, run- ning instead of Bob Hume, defeated the East's topnotch quartets in the Tank Suad To l 'h Fce 014), State Here Sat-iday By JIM LEWY ith Conference victories over Northwestern and Purdue behind them, the members of the University of Michigan swimming team are looking forward to the coming meet with the Buckeyes of Ohio State, which will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Sports Building pool. Matt Mann's boys have started practice for their all-important meet next week, which will feature Ohio's Kio Nikama, second member of the Hawaiian twins who brought fame to Columbus last season. Nikama teamed with Bill Smith to form one of the finest swimming combinations in the history of Inter-Collegiate competition. The stalwart boy from the East will swim in the 220-yard and 448-yard freestyle events. Swim- ming against him for the Wolverines will be Ace Cory in the 220 and Paul Maloney in the grueling quarter-mile race. Mann Expresses Confidence "The boys all did well Saturday, and the team is shaping up much better than I expected," commented Coach Mann when asked about the performance of his team against the Boilermakers. "We should make a fine showing against Ohio State and Kio Nikama next week," he added. The Purdue meet was highlighted by the excellent showings of Chuck Fries and Heini Kessler in their re- spective events. Fries made the best comparative time of the afternoon, by winning the 100-yard freestyle race in the excellent time of :52.9. He barely nosed out his teammate, Mert Church, in the event. With this fine performance, it is expected that both Fries and Church will give their Buckeye opposition quite a run for their money Saturday. Kessler also turned in an impressive performance by finishing far ahead of the field in the 200-yard breaststroke event. Buckeyes First Conference Test Larry Koppin and Bob Branch proved that Coach Mann can ldepend upon them in future competition, by their fine showings in the 50-yard freestyle event. These two boys are freshmen on ihe Squad, and Satur- day was their first actuil meet con- petition, The Ohio State meeting should further show who in the Big Ten will be seriously considered for the Con- ference championship. The Buck- eyes have several of the members of their last year's championship team besides Nikama and this aggregation of mermen will give the Wolverines their first hard Conference test. fast time of 7:47.4, just short of the Millrose record of 7:44 set by George- town in 1925. The odds are favoring the Maize and Blue team to retain its crown and break the 19-year-old record. Ufer will carry a double load again this year. He will compete earlier in the evening in the special 600-yard dash with his principal opposition coming from Cliff Bourland, South- ern California comet, who won the National Collegiate Outdoor 440-yard dash last year, and Jimmy Herbert, three-time Millrose winner, who was nosed out by Ufer in the 1943 Mill- rose event. Wolverine Broke Record In losing last year's 600 to Hugh Short, sensational Georgetown star, Ufer forced the winner to a terrific 1:10.2. This tied the world's record set by the late Johnny Borican. Ufer's time of 1:11 broke the former Millrose record of 1:11.2 set by Her- bert. Herbert came back in the 600 at the Chicago Relays and nosed out Ufer in 1:11.7. Indications point to a terrific battle between Ufer, Bour- land and Herbert, especially since the California runner holdsathe 1943 outdoor championship in the quarter at 47 second flat. Ufer's winning time in the best indoor 440-yard ever run was 48.1 second last year. Ross Hume Enters Mile Michigan's other individual com- petitoi' will be Ross Hume, who is scheduled to compete in the Wana- maker mile besides the relay. The all-star field in the mile includes Gil Dodds, 1943 Millrose king; Bill Hulse, Metropolitan AAU champion; Frank Dixon, former National Scholastic mile champion, and Earl Mitchell, former Indiana ace. The Wanamaker event is strictly invitational, Hume receiving his bid on the strength of his victory in the Conference mile last spring. Hume appears to be in condition to run a 4:20 mile, which should not rate him more than a fifth place in this all- star field. Coach Doherty has indi- cated that he did not expect his miler to do any better than that against these men. Swanson, Segula To (o Doherty has also announced that Elmer Swanson, burly hu'dler, will definitely compete in the high hur- dles against such performers as Whitey Hlad, former Michigan Nor- mal timber topper; Bob Wright, Ohio State's Conference champion in 1942, and Jim Fieweger, second in the 1943 Nationals. Sixth member of the team will be Bob Segula, pole-vaulter. Dick Bariard, a 1:58 half-miler, is still being considered as an alternate for the relay quartet. Cagers Look to National Meet NEW YORK, Jan. 31,-(/P)-The country's leading college basketball teams can start checking time tables for Kansas City and New York. With the announcement today of the dates for the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Gar- den, the 1944 Tournament book was filled. The Invitational, bringing to- gether eight hand-picked quintets, will be held March 16-20-22 and 26. During the same period the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Association will run off its western tournament in Kansas City, March 24 and 25, and its eastern finals in the Garden March 23 and 25. Coach, Pleased by Win Over Purdue, Expects To Eliminate Faults By HANK MANTHO Jubliant over their impressive victory over Purdue's grapplers, thereby establishing themselves as the Conference favorite, the Wolver- ine matmen started preparations this week to meet Minnesota at 3 p.m. Saturday in Yost Field House. Coach Ray Courtright feels that his boys should have had more falls than they did. and the wrestling squad is going to undergo an inten- sive practice this week, correcting some of the mistakes made and working on pinning holds, as well as take-downs. Corky stated that "I was well pleased with the match as a whole. Of course we made some mistakes, but they will be corrected this week." Michigan is now rated as the chief contender for the Big Ten title, and they have more than an even chance to cop the crown in Chicago Feb. 19. However, Coach Claude Reeck, Pur- due mentor, said that the Boilermak- ers were not at full strength when they met Michigan here last Satur- day, but would be looking ahead to the Conference meet. Commenting on the individual matches, Coach Courtright said that three of them could have gone either way for the Maize and Blue, "and the decisions could go in our favor the next time." In the lightweight divisions, Corky thought that Bob Reichert and Bob TOM KING Michigan's own "mighty mite," who once more forged into the Western Conference individual scoring lead with a total of 109 points in eight games to top his nearest rival by three points. Gittins looked good for newcomers, and mentioned the fact that Michi- gan needed more matches to give some of his boys more experience. He thought that the matches of Lowell Oberly and George Curtis could have gone either way; "they were that close." However, Corky did not feel that either of these boys lost any credit in those close match- es, and that Oberly and Curtis have confidence that they will do better in the Conference finals against these same men from Purdue. . Courtright liked the showing Hugh Wilson made, and attributed his de- feat to the superior experience of his opponent. Coach Blames Cage Defeats o Poor Conif idenice Team Closes llonie Stand Against indiana; King Tops in Scoring By DAVE LOEWENBERG Two setbacks at the hands of Ohio State's Buckeyes have entrenched the Wolverine cagers deeper into seventh place in the Conference standings with a record of one win against seven losses. According to Coach Bennie Ooster- baan, the main trouble with this year's squad "has been a lack of con- fidence in their own ability to cope with the more highly-touted teams in the Western Conference race." Since Michigan's 52-45 triumph over Illinois, the Wolverines have suffered six consecutive defeats at the hands of Wisconsin, Purdue, and Ohio State respectively. Oosterbaan also stated that "in each one of the two-game series against these three teams, Michigan has held the lead in all of the first games, but lacked that final drive which is so essential for a team's success. After having met de- feat in the first game of these two- game series, naturally the Wolverines were at a psychological disadvantage for the second game." Oosterbaan made another valuable observation when he said "that the spirit of this year's squad was the finest he has seen in a long time. Even though the team realized that they were out of the running as far as the Big Ten championship was concerned, the boys-continued to dis- play 'excellent spirit,' in the face of heavy odds." About the only bright spot on Mich- igan's cage front this week was the return of Tommy King to first place in the race for 'individual scoring honors. King bagged 39 points in the two games against the Buckeyes giv- ing him a total of 109 points in eight Conference tilts, or an average of approximately 14 points a game. The Wolverine cagers will conclude their home season this week-end in a pair of games against Indiana Fri- day and Saturday. The Hoosiers are still in quest of their first Conference victory, having dropped five games this season, two to Ohio, another pair to Iowa's unbeaten Hawkeyes and a single game to Purdue's champion- ship-bound quintet. This record stands as one of the poorest ever accumulated by an Indiana aggrega- tion. The Hoosiers have in the past been noted for teams of consistently, top-flight calibre. Ay)U ZiILENASKI Ol#Ig Stpors L d I to r Just to refresh your memory, Michigan won five of the eight miaitchels, one on a fall by Jim Galles, former Conference champion at 175 pounds. Three of these victories were scored over oppbnents who were not originally listed on the program. Casey Stengel subbed -for Sam JIohnson at 128 pounds and lost to Bob Gittins; Bob Amnistrong replaced unbeaten Art Aerne at 145 pounds and was easily deesioned by Chip Warrich; and Bruce Porter wrestled for Joe IHersch at 175 pounds and was pinned by Galles in 7:08. (OACH Claude Reeck, who has been at Purdue for six years, gave me Sthe inside story on the substitutions. Johnson, Aerne, and Hersch were restricted for the week-end by the service units in which they are .enrolled, and could not make the trip. This required three last-minute changes in the line-up and put inferior men against Gittins, Warrich, and Galles. Coach Reeck felt that Michigan .would not have beaten the team he had originally filed with Michigan's wrestling mentor, Ray Courtright. I doubt that and I am sure that Corky does too. On the basis of mast nerformances and exherienee, Johnson would have beaten Gittins at 128 pounds. And, if Reeck was giving me the straight done on Aerne, his undefeated '145- pountder is as good as Newt Copple and could have taken Warrick. This sounds plausible and I can believe it. But when Reeck told me that Hersch could have given Galles a battle at 05 pounds and escaped being pinned I scoffed, Maybe Herschi was better than Porter, but he would have had his hands full trying to keep from being pinned. ALLY WEBER, assistant football coach, who announced the match, kept up a running line of chatter during the Galles-Porter battle. When Porter walked out Wally called him 'a study in insipid inertia." After the first few minutes of the bout were over and it became obvious that Galles was playing a "cat-and-mouse" game with his Purdue foe, Wally compared the match at that stage to the first words from a recent hit tune, "Won't you tell me when?" The only \thing tough about the Purdue grappler, Wally said, was the growl on his face. The growl soon changed to a look of desperation at the impending fall. Wally hit home when he compared the match to "a Gestapo going after a dying soldier." Porter, he said, "couldn't even stand on 'his constitutional rights in a situation like that." At one state 'of the match, Jim had his Purdue opponent tied in knots and Wally came out with "Galles, you're a doctor (he is enrolled in Michigan Medical School). not a chiropractor." When the match was over Wally thought the janitorial staff should thank Jim for sweeping the mat so well. And Galles, trying to make a match out of it despite his foe's inexper- ience and inferior ability, couldn't help laughing when he pinned Porter and looked up at the referee as if to say, "Well, I guess It's about time to stop this foolishness. Is it okey if I pin him now?" And he did. Porter appeared crestfallen and unhappy. BUY YOUR WAR BONDS HERE E i HOURS - 9 A.M. to 6'P.M. DAILY I Jni' ( .mui Purd e 0oit. " ON'T scrac:h Purdue ofi your list of Conference title possibilities just because the Boilermaker grapplers took a 17-9 beating from Michigan Saturday at the Field House. The match, it is true, set up the Wolverines as a definite threat, but it failed to do.justice to Purdue's previously un- beaten squad. The story lies in the first three changes made in the Purdue line-up. Ice men Ouplay Vickers Sextet But Stumble 7in Tthird Period By JO ANN PETERSON Michigan's hockey team took a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the VickersI Sports Club Saturday night, afterI holding the visiting club to a 2-2 tie during the first two periods of the contest. The fact that the score was tied after two periods was important be- cause it indicates that the varsity squad was, at least equal in strength to the Vickers crew. It doesn't tell the whole story, however, because during the major portion of the first E period and the entire second period, the Michigan sextet looked far super- ior to the Detroit team. Ted Greer and Vince Abbey, first string for- wards, were playing clever hockey, outskating their opponents at almost every turn, catching each other's passes, and back-checking carefully. Third Period Was Bad One The third period was the stumbling block for the varsity squad. The pe- riod started sluggishly and the Maize and Blue sextet seemed to have lost all the spirit that was so apparent in the earlier periods. There were several examples of sloppy stick- handling, and when Vickers' de- fenseman Eno Tullpo made a goal after only four and three-quarters minutes of play, it was no great sur- prise to anyone. From this time on the puck stayed consistently on Michigan ice, and it was only because of the sustained CLASSIFIED DiRETO-BY CLASSIFIED RATES $ .40 per 15-word insertion for one or two days, (In- crease of 10c for each additional words.) Non-Contract $1,00 per 15-word insertion for three or m ore days. (Tn- crease of 25c for each additional 5 words.) Contract Rates on Request MISCELLANEOUS MIMEOGRAPHING: thesis binding. Brumfield and Brumfield, 308 S. }State. HIGHEST CASH PRICE paid for your discarded , wearing apparel. Claud Brown, 512 S. Main Street. LOST and FOUND THE University clocks may be off but mine's a darn good wristwatch and I'd like it returned. Lost it Saturday night enroute from efforts of defensemen Henderson and Messinger, plus the well-timed cage- minding of Dick Mixer, that Michi- gan managed to hold off the con- centrated Vickers' drive until 12:18. Rally Starts at Eend of Game It wasn't until the last five min- utes of play that the Michigan for- ward line again showed a, ay fight, and then it was the second string line that started the action. Little Jack Athens made three rapid at- tempts to score but was stopped each time by Eno TulIpo and Frank Gres- nick, stalwart Vickers' defensemen. Then Gordie Anderson pulled inside the defense but was unable to make his shot count. Herb Upton finally made the last Michigan tally. Coach Eddie Lowrey was disap- pointed in the outcome of the game, mainly because it could so easily have been another victory for his squad. 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