SATTMDAV, r M. 19, 1 ,14 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rAGX IMY - It . ..,. r _._.. Tankers in Evanston; Track Team Meets Notre Dami D Here Mermen To Try for Big Ten Crown Wolverines Favored; Wildcats Expected To Prove Strongest Rival By BUD LOW Michigan's mighty Wolverines, win- ner of 13 Conference championships and 12 National Collegiate champion- ship, are the overwhelming favor- ites to regain the Big Ten crown they lost to Ohio State last year as the Conference swinlming meet gets under way this afternoon in spacious Patten Gymnasium, home of the Northwestern natators. Matt Mann's charges are favored to capture five of the nine events, and are figured to place heavily in the remaining four with only North- western's Wildcats given even an outside chance of keeping the Maize and Blue swimmers from garnering their 14th Big Ten title under their amiable coach. The Buckeyes, who won the National Collegiate and Na-I tional AAU indoor and outdoorj titles in addition to the Conference crown last year, are sending only Captain Keo Nakama and freshman diver Bob Stone to Evanston and consequently will be out of the run- ning for the crown. Nakama is Favored Nakama, only Buckeye holdover from last year's championship team, is slated to repeat his performance of last year by taking the 220 and 440 freestyle races. Nakama set rec- ords in both events last year and should have little trouble in finish- ing ahead of the field. Mert Church, only other defend- ing champion besides the Hawaiian flash from Ohio State, is entered in the 50 and 100 along with teammate Charlie Fries. Church won the 50 last year and he and Fries should battle it out for top honors in both the sprints. It was the loss of Fries, who was ill with pneumonia, that caused the Varsity to lose the cham- ponship to the Bucks last spring. Heini Kessler, freshman Ann Ar- bor product, has been beaten only once this year and should be the favorite to take the 200-yard breast- stroke, although he probably will be pushed by Wildcat John Walsh. Each holds a decision over the other but Kessler's winning time was four see- onds faster. Michigan Scheduled To Take Relays Michigan is scheduled to capture both relays, as both the medley and 400-yard freestyle teams are unbeat- en in Con'ference competition this year. The Wolverines' chances are mighty dim in the diving and .it seems to be a fight between Ohio's Stone and Ronnie Trumble from Northwestern. Bob Tribble, another Purple swimmer, should have little trouble in winning the backstroke, while Wolverine Bill Cooley is a pos- sibility for second. Jiaize and Blue Favored' Wrestlers To Seek Big Ten Grown Above insi Tininciacis Ufer Ma"es Last Indoor Appearance; Blanchard on Sidelines with Injured Muscle Grapplers Will Pucksters Gun Enter Finals at For Canadian Cagers Will Play Last Game Of Current Season Tonight By BILL LAMBERT A favored Wolverine track squad makes their second and final indoor appearance at 8 p.m. tonight in the Yost Field House when they meet the Notre Dame thinclads in the first athletic engagement between the two schools since Notre Dame's 35-12 gridiron victory over Michigan last fall. Tonight's meet also marks the last indoor track appearance of "Bullet" Bob Ufer, veteran dash ace, who is competing in his last season of com- petition for the Maize and Blue. Ufer, through a change in eligibility rules, was able to again don the spikes for Coach Ken Doherty, but this season definitely winds up his Big Ten activities. He will be running the 440-yard dash and the mile relay tonight after last week winning the "Hollis" 600-yard dash in the Boston Athletic Association's invitational meet. Blanchard Injured Bruce Blanchard, the new sprint star, who won the 60-yard dash last week in the surprisingly fast time of :6.4, will undoubtedly be on the side- lines against the "Irish," as the re- sult of a strained muscle. However, Jack Martin, a letter-winner on last year's squad, will be competing in the sprints along with Bob Nuss- baumer. Martin did not run against the Broncos because of a foot injury, but has rounded back into shape and is expected to bolster the sprint de- partment considerably. Fans who attend the meet have a good chance of seeing some records broken in view of the fast times that have been turned in so far this season. If the Hume twins, Ross and Bob, are "pushed" in the mile, they appear to have a good chance of slicing the meet record. Other events which have this same possibility are: the 440, with Ufer performing in his usual manner, always provides thrills; the 880-yard run, in which John Roxborough, Wolverine crack half-miler, and Ralph Pohland, who placed second in the Conference for - Minnesota last year, will be fightings it out; the pole vault, which offers the possibility of seeing Bob Segula 3 Davis wings ' T Big Upset r A 4 to 1 underdog, Davis came outt swinging to register the biggest fistic upset of the year. In the first 15i seconds he hooked a left to Mont-c gomery's jaw, and the Pennsylvanian went down for a count of four. He was still groggy as he came up, and I Davis caught him along the ropes,h his left still swinging. A rugged punch, a left to the jaw, caught Montgomery, and the ex- champion fell flat on his face in the middle of the ring. He was counted out by referee Frank Fullam. Davis was making his first start in the Garden ring since he was barred in November of 1940 for hitting Frit- zie Zivic with a series of low blows. It was also Montgomery's first Gar- den start since last November when he lost his title to Beau Jack, whom he is scheduled to meet here two weeks from tonight in a return match. soaring to new heights, and the Evanston broadjump, where Carl Nichols. the Today Outfit Tonight former Missouri star. will be trying to shatter the meet record. Wolverines Classed as Gardner Makes Last Appearance Favorites on Basis of Bob Gardner, the standout shot- Four Previous Wins putter and highiumper who collectede nine points against Western Michi- Special To The Daily gan, and Carl Nichols, who tops all EVANSTON. Ill., Feb. 19.-Michi- the Wolverine broadjumpers, will both be making their farewell ap- gan's undefeated wrestling team will pearance against Notre Dame, as start their quest for their first Big they are being re-assigned to other Ten championship since 1938 at 10 a.m. today, when they enter the Con- ference finals at Patten Gymnasium, Evanston. The Wolverine matmen, after sweeping aside four straight dual meets against Ohio State, Purdue, Minnesota and Indiana with jugger- naut-like power, have been set up as strong favorites to take the crown from the hands of a weak Indiana squad, who are defending Big Ten champs. "Barring any injuries, we should do all right for ourselves," stated Coach Courtright. as he continued to keep his fingers crossed. The principal opposition will come from a vengeful-minded Boilermaker team, with Illinois providing strong competition in the lightweight divi- sions. However, Northwestern, Ohio State and Iowa, each will enter the best men on their team, and this will put the Maize and Blue squad on the spot. as all of these teams will be gunning to upset them. Coach Courtright has not been working his boys too hard as he did not want them to get too keyed up before the match. However, the men have been working out every day to keep their fine condition, and they will enter the finals in the best shape that they have been in at any time this year. b~.,-if Lowrev Olfi(fent of Fifh Win for Squad in Last Game of Season By JO ANN PETERSON Confident that it will take its third victory in a row and its fifth win ofI the season, Michigan's hockey team will face-off at 8 p.m. tonight against a sports club from Brantford. Ont.' in the last scheduled game of the, season. Coach Eddie Lowrey seems to have none of the fears that have oppressed him before other contests this season. He says. "The boys cer- tainly should win this game." His squad is at full strength for the encounter and during practices this week has shown a mastery over those weaknesses which have been preva-' lent in other games. Lowrey Starting RegularsI Lowrey is starting his old depend-. able lineup, which has proved cap_- able of leading the attack into enemy territory, and has played the larger1 portion of the last few games. Tom MesAinger and Bob Hender- son, capable defensemen. who have improved more than one hundred per cent since the beginning of the season, will again be called on tc perform the invaluable job of keep- ing the puck out of the Michigan danger zone. These two players. perhaps more than any others. be- cause of the fact that they are given practically no opportunity to rest have been tenacious mainstays of the team.1 Forwvard Line Counted On The cooperative front line of Vince- Abbey and Johnny Jenswold at wing, and Ted Greer on center ice, will again be counted on to hit pay dirt for the Maize and Blue, and if theyE fulfill their duties as scrupulously as they have in recent contests Michi-. an can expect a not-too-difficult# win. . Brantford is bringing a starting' lineup which should be a headache for officials. Two pairs of brothers will enter the game-the two Torti'sI playing defense, while the Easto', will hold the wing spots. And just in case that isn't enough of a problem1 to handle, a third Torti is the sub- stitute defenseman. Two of the Tor- ti's played here in the recent Paris. Ont. contest which Michigan won, 6-2, as did one of the Easto's. Probable starting lineups: MICHIGAN BRANTFORD Alixer G Lee Henderson D Torti Messinger D Torti Jenswold W Easto Abbey W Easto Greer C St. Amand By DAVE LOEWENBERG Michigan's cage squad will con- clude its 1944 season when they op- pose Northwestern's high - riding Wildcats tonight at 9 p.m. in the! Evanston Township Gym. Coach Dutch Lonborg's quintet is only one-half game behind Purdue's league-leading Boilermakers and that is because the Wildcats have playedl one less game than Purdue. The The basketball team of the 3651st Service Unit will play the team of Fort Custer at 8 p.m. today in Waterman Gym. Boilermakers have a record of seven wins and one loss, while Northwest- ern has six wins against one defeat. Michigan goes into tonight's fracas it full strength, with the exception of forward Wayne Thompson, who suf- fered an eye injury earlier in the week. Thompson will make the trip '1 Chicago, but it is not known wheth- r he will be available for active duty. Wildcats Lose Graham The Wildcats will be playing to- aight for the first time without the 'ervices of their great athlete, Otto "raham, who reported to Colgate Post(Cagers M(feI Fo>rt Custer- Tonigh The 3651st Service Unit post bas- ketball team will meet the Fort Cus- ter varsity at 8:00 p.m. tonight in Waterman Gym. The newly organized post basket- )all team of 14 players, includes for- mer college stars from all over the country. This will be the second encounter for the post team. They won their first game from an Ypsilanti Service Unit squad in a close one, 45-44. NIGHT SCORES Basketball Minnesota 48, Indiana 47 Ohio State 52, Illinois 41 Boxing Wisconsin 4!t2, Iowa Pre-Flight 3?2 University in the Naval Air Corps Tia ining Program. Graham's loss is unquestionabyiV a sever blow to Nor'thwestcrn's cage plans, and with- out Gran the Wildcats will have to be in top form if they expect to whip the Wolverines. Nick Vodick, a regular on last year's Wildcat squad, is expected to start in Grahamn's place. Vodick i a seasoned performer, and has see a great deal of action in this year campaign. Teaming with Vodick at the othecr forward spot will be Johnny Ward. wuo scored 14 points in Michigan's ig Ten op "ner against theWildcat. S cter \ll be 0 ft. 4 in. Georg Felt. whose baekboard play has bee'r a grat Ssst to the Wildcat attack. Schadler and Carle Stay at Guard BeneSchacller andi Jerry Carle North western's regular guar'ds, wll le at their usual position. This duo, since Grab anm's departure, leads the i t tam in 'orin. and n'ow forms Northwestern's nT1in offensive threat. No changes are anticipated in the M ffj ian startinl,'inel-up?, 1with Dave' '''wtlk and Tom King sluted to start at forward, Elroy (Crazy-Legs) Hirsch at ceter, and Don Lund and John tdiy at guards WVAR BONDS ISSUED ERE! AP ARBkS_ NtA T THE T !U Ends Tonight 1P1 ROSS flUME schools. Nichols is a Marine trainee and Gaidner is in the Navy unit. Both men will be missed greatly in. the rest of the season's meets, for' they were consistent point-getters in their specialties. The mile relay promises to be one of the highlights of the meet, inas- much as the Notre Dame relay team turned in the time of 3:29 in the MVillrose Gaines two weeks ago. This! is three seconds faster than the time yet recorded by the Wolverine mile quartet, and with the two teams running on the same track, the cin- ders should really fly in the Yost Fief? House. CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY CLASSIFIED RATES $ .40 per, 15-word insertion for one or two days. (In- crease of 10c for each additional 5 words.) Non-Contract $1.00 per 15-word insertion for three or more days. (In- crease of 25c for each additional 5 words.) Contract Rates on Request I 1 - - - _ - , . Secretarial, accounting, Civil Service, and office machine courses: beginning, review, and advanced. Day or evening. Placement Service. 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