AGE SYN. THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, MARCH ii, 1945 ~GE SIX ~3NDAY, MARcn 11, 1~45 indermen Ed s tars B 14' Illinois by Eyelash 55.1-54.1 .Michigan Puck Dust, -1 Wilson Named As Conference Commissioner Attempts To Broaden Authority Forestalled Wolverines Cop But Two Firsts in Narrow Victory Canadian Army Sextet Scores Dg Decisive Win in TPh1rn T it Hume Twins Tie for First Place in Bob Hume Scores Win in Two-Mile Mile; Event Gre er, Li lienfield Graham, Bow Out Bringing the 1945 hockey season to an end last night, the Wolverine sex-j tet dropped its final match of the year 4-1 to the Middlesex and Huron Regiment, a Canadian Army team from London, Ont. Last night's tilt was probably one of the fastest games that Michigan had played throughout the year. Each period was characterized by speedy passing, shooting, and skat- ing and because of these factors both squads displayed an extremely ag- gressive spirit which made the game an exciting and interesting contest. It was also avery colorful match due to the several fights which took place on the ice during the tilt. Greer Gets Tally Captain Ted Greer, playing his last hockey game for the Maize anl Blue, scored Michigan's only goal at 15:55 of the opening period, but previous to this the Canadian sextet had marked up two points. Ted In- glis, with an assist from Gordon Col- lins, and Jack Schnarr, unassisted, broke through the Michigan defense GIVE! to the lED CROSS to score for the visitors. The initial stanza closed with Coach Vic Hey-I liger's charges behind 2-1. The Wolverine team tried vainly to capture the lead, but it was to no avail and before the second period ended Middlesex increased its lead when Inglis again crashed through Michigan's net to make the score at the end of the period 3-1 in favor of the London squad. Rally Fails Michigan's pucksters came out fighting in the third stanza and tried to capture the lead and win the game which would have given them a .500 average for the season; but the only scoring, in the last twenty minutes of play, was when Schnarr put the disk through the Wolverine defense to make the final goal of the game. This was the final puck match for three members of the Wolverine sex- tet; besides Greer, it was also the last time that Bob Lilienfield and Bob Graham donned a hockey uni- form for the Maize and Blue sextet. Also participating in the final match of the year was goalie Dick Mixer, defensemen Herb Upton and Paul Groth, wing Fred Lounsberry, and centers Carl Sulentich, and Francis Allman. John Jenswold, vet- eran of the 1945 squad, missed the contest due to an injury he received in Friday's game with Vickers. I, - S* SPRING IS NER Don't be caught with your racket unstrung! Our Restringing Service DICK BAR-NARD, who placed in Charlie Birdsal, who was edged out1 for second place, at the Conference to mark up the extra point whichl A.AAU. PLEASE NOTIE! T exas S ports I Allow Libeuil NEW YORK, March 5--(P)--There will be much emphasis after the war on the physical development of the younger generations, and a million schemes, give or take a couple, will be advanced to organize generally ac- ceptable programs. There is one plan to encourage vol- untary sports participation already functioning in Texas, and it has met with such success that the mechanics of the organization might bear in- vestigaltion by other states, The otani;ation is lknon as the Sexas Athletic Federation, a setup something like the Amateur Ath- letic Union. The chief differences are that members, although pros in another sport, are allowed to compete as amateurs in the sports in which they have no pro affilia- tion, and the fact that mass parti- cipation is encouraged in prefer- ence to the development of a few outstanding stars or promotion of big tournaments. Koger Stokes, a lean, quiet gent from San Antonio who originated the Federation idea and is the or- I ganization's president, dropped in recently to outline its purpose and accomplishments.j It was organized 20 years ago at WACO, he said, and was the out- growth of a Sunday school organiza- tion he headed at San Antonio. Six cities formed the original group. Now the Federation covers nearly the en- tire state, with practically all local recreation departments and many sports and athletic associations mem- bers. Mr. Stokes said local and state tournaments are held in various men's competitive sports, such as baseball, basketball, roque, tennis, swimming, track and field, boxing, By The Associated Press CHICAGO, Mar. 10.--The Western Conference today appointed Ken- neth L. (Tug) Wilson, athletic direc- to at Northwestern University ,as athletic commissioner to succeed the late Maj. John L. Griffith, but fore- stalled efforts to hand the new Big Ten chief broadened authority. The 48-year-old Wilson presum- :by will receive $15,000 annually. $5,000 more than Griffith was paid, but salary terms were not disclosed by the faculty group, whose action capped a three-month search for a successor to the first and only prev-. ious Conference commissioner. The Big Ten athletic directors, who yesterday recommended Wilson as commissioner in their fourth can- the half, and one mile run and didate-hunting session, had proposed by Ross Hume in the two mile r the $5.000 yearly salary hike in which meet in Chicago last night, helped the faculty committee must concur. placed Michigan at the top. Wilson released a statement in which he declared that his office was in no sense that of a "czar o dictator," and that he had no inten- tion of making it that. Wilson, whose appointment was for obWsixWyears from May 1, asserted that salary arrangements were "satisfac- Pro' tafl~~tcY~tory. His statement explained that re- ___________- - cent recommendations by the ath- softball, horseshoe pitching and soc- letic directors that additional au- cer, as well as in various women's thority be given the commissioner's competitions, but the primary pur- office will "go over to main meetings pose is to provide organized sports of the Conference." for as many participants as possible. The athletic directors had sought at a previous meeting to give the The federation is by no means commissioner authority to act in eli- antagonistic to the A. A. U., Mr. gibility and legislative matters. Stokes explained. it "just grew," Wilson's selection ended specula- more or less, filling in a need for Lion ever since Griffith died sud- organized local competition. With denly Dec. 7 that H. O. (Fritz) Cris- the exception of the eligibility in ler, University of Michigan Athletic one sport of an athlete who may be Director, would be awarded the post. a pro in another, the rules are pat- Crisler, it was learned, turned down terned much after those of the the offer and backed Wilson for the older national organization. Hie job. said the two groups wor k together --------- - in many instances. 8g e A In recent years the Federation has entered in its competition many Army * *"*l and Navy teams, and the fact the J athletes are in the service qualifies them to play, although in one sport CHICAGO, March 10-()-The -boxing-amateur eligibility rules western conference today clamped are strictly enforced. down on its wide-open eligibility rules The federation functions with a in effect since shortly after Pearl minimum overhead. Mr. Stokes, to Harbor, banning civilians from more whom his duties are simply an avo- than four years competition and os- cation, serves without pay. tracizing professional athletes. Plans already suggested for a The conference faculty committee nation-wide physical education pro- which hadnwaived most of its eligi- gram and after the war include biaity sanctions to capitalize on all !something of a regimentation of available manpower during the war youth fo the deelomentaof wind declared there was need to return youth for the development of wnd and muscles; the building of stout "as rapidly as possible towards nor- bodies whether the subjects are mal rules and regulations." willing or not. Obviously striking at age and ex- perience disparity among conference The Texas plan encourages volun- athletes resulting from unrestricted tary praticipation for the love of play by 4-Fs, the committee limited sport, and it seems to be working out play by civilians, as such, to four pretty well. seasons. s i $0sweet uc so fresh at~ 5FLOWER MIST -...}' A "flust" on ma~.ny a cnotj;r f;A.ordiscrmninn omee it as an fc tr f nth bdo ,,n17 i ve ito Special to The Daily By BILL LAMBERT CHICAGO, Ill., March 9-Michi- gan's victorious track squad barely won their sixteenth Conference In- door track title tonight in the Chi- cago Stadium, when they squeezed past a strong Illinois team by one point, 55 1/10-54 1/10. The final point totals behind Mich- igan and Illinois were: Minnesota, 21?2; Ohio State, 171/2; Purdue,3 11 1110; Indiana, 82; Iowa 7 15; Wisconsin, 6; and Northwestern and Chicago, 0. Wolverines Build Lead Michigan built up a large lead early in the meet as the Hume twins, Bob and Ross, led the Wolverines to a clean sweep in the mile run and 12 of 15 possible points in the two- mile. Coach Ken Doherty's crew failed to score another first, but the closing 1 events found the Champaign boys lacking in seconds and thirds. A good example of Michigan's tradi- tional team balance which has brought them such honors on the cinderpaths, was in the half-mile run, which although won by Bob Kelly of Illinois, saw four Wolverines follow, for a total of ten points. Kelly Wins 440 Kelly won Oie 440 by six inches from Dick Forreste, Wolverine vet- eran, as the two swept past the fad- ing pace-setter, Wallace Desterhaft of Purdue, in the stretch. Kelley wa'; clocked in 50.6 seconds, much slower than the :49.3 that won last year for Bob Ufer. Bob Hume was dethroned as two- mile champion, but the title re- mained in the family when brother Ross loped across in 9:45.4, edging another teammate, Chuck Birdsall, by inches. Bob started the race but developed a stitch in his side and was lapped by Ross. ** * Mile run- Tied for first, Ross Hume and Bob Hume, Michigan; tied for third, Barnard, Parsons and Thomason, Michigan. Time 4:25.1 60-Yard dash-Won by Buster, Il- linois; second, Witherspoon, Michi- gan; third, Brownstein, Minnesota; fourth, Dimanahef, Purdue; fifth, 440-Yard dash-Won by Kelley. Illinois; second, Forrestel, Michigan; third, Martin, Indiana; fourth, John- son, Illinois; fifth, Gonzales, Illinois. Time 50.6 seconds. 70-Yard high hurdles-- Won by Walker, Illinois second, Nichols, Illi- nois; third, Bill Seibert, Ohio State; fourth, Cranston, Minnesota; fifth, Jackson, Ohio State. Time 8.9 sec- onds. Two-mile run - Won by Ross Hume, Michigan; second, Birdsall, Michigan; third, Willard, Michigan; fourth, White, Ohio State; fifth, Hlamer, Illinois. Time 9:45.4. Shotput--Won by Thomas, Ohio State (47 feet, %2 inch); second, Gotthardt, Iowa (46 feet, 5 inches); third, Sprague, Illinois, (44 feet, one inch); fourth, Gaarder, Minnesota, (43 feet, 11 314 inches); fifth, Fuch, Wisconsin (43 feet, 11 114 inches). 880-Yard run-Won by Kelley, Illi- nois; second, Barnard, Michigan; third, Vetter, Michigan; fourth, Tho- mason, Michigan; fifth, Parsons, Michigan. Time 1:56.4. 70-Yard low hurdles-- Won by Walker, Illinois; second, Tharp, Min- nesota; third, Cranston, Minnesota; fourth, Marcoux, Michigan; fifth, Larson, Michigan. Time 8 seconds. Mile relay--Won by Illinois (Bus- ter, Gonzalez, Johnson, Kelley); sec- ond, Purdue; third, Michigan; four- th, Ohio State; fifth, Indiana. Time 3:24.7. Highjump - Won by Bachman, Wisconsin (6 feet two inches); tied for second, Baumann, Minnesota and Groomes, Indiana (6 feet, 1 inch); tied for fourth, Cooley, Illinois; Moore and H. Wilkinson, Iowa; Mc- Nab, Michigan and Kilpatrick, Pur- due (6 feet). Broadjump-Won by Aihara, Illi- nois (22 feet, 11 118 inches); second, Tharp, Minnesota, 22 feet, 7 inches; third, Buster, Illinois, (22 feet, 1 118 inches); fourth, Johnson, Iowa, (21 feet, 6 314 inches); fifth, Dimanchef, E urdue (21 feet, 5 inches). Pole vault-Tied for first, Phelps, Illinois, and Schmidt, Ohio State, (13 feet, 9 inches); tied for third, Lauritzen, Michigan and Busby, Pur- rlue, (12 feet, 6 inches); fifth; Bentz, t A ! f u Harvey, Purdue. Time 06.4 seconds. Michigan (12 feet). -~ N . +- . 1 ° 1 ''t is now available to students. ARMOUR - VICTOR - JOHNSON STRINGS-$3.50 to $9.00 711 North University 902 South State /I IitIWill Stop 1o011 - Every Tiiuie!t FY FY r r Fc Ftr 4v FY 5Fs F-C lie lt L 41 F it _ -I. 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