S ,ITTURL'1-7, TU:XCH -7, 1%- TH~ MIUIIGAN IJAIfY ---------- Swimmers F ce OSU ii FaeTuneup for Gollegiat es *1th Natatory Expected To Triumph to All Except, y HANK Divin;Lnatty ~yDiance Freestyle Events Today*JIYPOt lu i a T111-til Iac sat', i (J 0 't~fi sEditor A IX Si}c i an T a ke gntrp i R By BUD IO VITI In their last dual Conference tweet of the 1945 season, the ]Maize and Blue swimming squad will face Ohio State University today, at Columrbu. in what promises to be no more than a final ttaie-up for the Initer-Colle- giates, two weeks hence. Riding on the crest of the Big Ten Ch~anmpionship, in which Mat Mann's boys collected five out of nine first places over the seven other major Midwestern college; last Saturday, the Michigan natators are expected, according to pure statistics, to triumph over the Buckeyes handily. _____- -~Ohio State, which camne in second I -~ Jto thc Wolverines by twelve points ini W orl oi c ies the Confeirnce meet, will threaten maizLe and Blue supremacy only inj f Ba e b ll th e diving and long ditstantrce free'-3 Of B"asket al istyle events. B~uckeyes to Take Diving Sat ..O a4li jRoy Billingsley, Kenr Chlristak:lo,} and Bob :Stone, the Buckeye triumn- fvirate of springboard artists, dlue toI NEW ORK Mar l6-IPYColegetheir fine showing all through the basketball's world series, a two-tour- season's comrpetition, are expected to nament affair leading to the crowning breeze through the fancy diving event. of the champion on March 29, opens with little difficulty. in Madison Square Garden tonight I Michigan's opposition to this for- ? vt~ili wo thefirt rund ame inmidable trio lies wholly on the shoiu1- withtwoof liefirs rond ame iers of little Ullyses Lopez, the c- the national invitation tournament, adorean gymnast, and according to Rensselaer Plolytechnic Institute of coach Matt Mann, "one of the gaini-I 'troy, N. J., whose 13 straight victo- est fellows on the squad"j ies comprise the only perfect record leo Nakama To Coupete i' By HANK MVANTIIO Another highlight of the Chicago Relays this Saturday which will have a coniglomerationi of famned athletes competing in the various events, the most notable of whom being G-under Haegg of Sweden, who will attempt to win the Bankers' Mile championship, will be the return of veteran, Jimmy Yler'beirt wlio will be seeking his fifth chiampionshiip am 6001 yards in the stadium. He will le coinpjering againist the newest star of middle distance men, l hiore IHarris of Mo'gaii State. College, who is the National A. A. U. chai- Pion at 600 ;yardls, and this contest between these two stalwarts will continue a series of mneetings in New York and B~oston earlier in the season. Herbert, whose old rival and neyresis Bob Uf c of Michigan was d-la red a jrcies iconal ft short time ago it) a shady decision by the National ,. A. U. officials., defeated his new opponent Harris in their first two outings this season. However, Harris, who was new to the hoards this year, managed to bidk uilleliougli valuable campetitive experience to entale hint to turn the tables on his veteran adversary atnd pioutid out victories in the Bueuineyci' 00 of the New York A. C. games and over 600i yards in the National Championships to eveny the it Bob Hume To Oppose Haegg in Banker's Mile Ross Out for 1,000O-Yard dash. Crown Ry MURRAY GRANT Six members of Michigan's Western Conference indoor track cham- paions will Journey to Chicago today to face some of the top thinclads of the world in the annual Chicago Relay carnival. Coach. Ken Doherty has named the Hume twins, Bob and Captain Ross, Dick Forrestal, Julian Witherspoon. Dick Barnard. and Chuck Laur- itsen as the Wolverine delegates to the relays, which will feature the famous Banker's Mile. i a r c'ou~t at two-all. That these defeats at the hands of a comparaitive newcomer humiliating to Herbert, is attested by the remarks made by the latter were after in either the invitation or the NCAA tournaments, tangles with Bowling Green of Ohio in the opening en- counter. Tennessee's defensive-mind- ed Southeastern conference five meets the razzle-dazzle rams of Rhode Island state in the second game. TDAY MATINEE at 2:30 NIGHT at 8:-30 On Stage MU BC £,y ,RAN.Z AI4U B1?O zci .f4F .2-1 Ei y "- Seats Still Available .i t G The other two events generallyk conceded to the Ohio Staters, are the 220 and 440 freestyle distances. Keo Nakama, the Hawaiian speed- ster, and Seymour Schlanger, the New York schoolboy, placed numbers one and two respectively in these events in the BSig Tren tourney, and it is to be doubted whether they cant Kbe beaten. Opposing them will probably be Charlie Fries, Gordon Pulford, or maybe Mert Church. If Mann jug- gles h is line-up around to put Church. in the 220 and 440, and leave Fries for the shorter distances, the compe- tition between Church and Nakama jmight p ossibly result in a much keen- er race. The rest of the events are fairly well catalogued as to the point totals., Mann summarized them completely before he went to Columbus yester- ' dlay as follows: K~essler Picked in Breaststroke "Munson should take the 150 yard backstroke, by dint of his second place to Bob Knight of- Indiana in! Saturday's meet. The breaststroke E will probably be won very handily by{ k I ' i. s E t f i i i t t I i i Hlarris had beaten him. in the Nationals. He had all the racing luck, and I had all the bad luck. One- of the bowl veered out on me twice, making me cat my stride. Itt wasn't bad enough, that T was almost left at the post when the starter gave us a quick gun. Nor was it had enough that I: drew the orutsIde lane, something that seenms ito:,happ1en 1.o me more than it does to anybody else." These reasons by Herbert for losing were no dboubt authentic, but it was always by impression that an. established athleteiof thre calib~er of Herbert could. take defeats as gracefully as he could victories. After all, this is the real test of a true athlete and it could easily be the distinction that is drawn between a good athlete and a great; one. That Herbert was disgusted and bitter is readily apparent, but that lie sh~nild express his emrotions on such an impulse was rather purzling. His defeat at the hands of Harris did not detract from his previous records, ti'or discredit him in any way. It merely focussed attention on the rise of a new star among the middle distance r-unners. When Herbert opened the carp p aign with a triumph in the Mel Sheppard 600 of the Millr'ose Meet, there were not protests heard from Harris, who, because of his inexperience, stumbled and fell to the track a -few yards from the starting line. Nor were there any complaints the following week at Boston Gardenu when Herbert had the better of the racing luck in winning the. tilt with a 1:15 mark. Bob Hume is Coach Doherty's nm no-ination for this mile run and he will Diam ond Crea~ce three strong opponents. Gne es E aeggholder of many distance rec- ( # ords, will be the man to beat in his .' EItiO~ third American appearance of his * current tour. Haegg,' however, has A lost his first two races this season, P ractce lboth times to Jim Rafferty, New eise I-~e sLatest judfae nsvnsat hsyear. ShmoI~to PropectRosy Hume Expects Trouble The second of the "dead-heat" Michigan's baseball squad againj twins, Captain Ross Hume will carry h eaded for the outdoor diamond yes- the Maize and Blue colors in the 1,000 ' torday after a first excursion Wed- yard dash, Ross will have consider- ;nesday was washed out and two teams able difficulty in annexing this crown ,hooked up in a game which, said as hie will face two of the best middle Coach Ray Fisher, showed that' distance men in the country, Les "things aren't going to be bad with Eisenhardt, former Ohio State star us at all this season." and now running for Great Lakes, According to Fisher, the brightest; and Charles Beethiam, veteran holden newc, prospect for the Michigan nine £ er of many records, will provide Hu - is JIack Weisenburger, an infielder me's ch ief threats as he seeks to add Iwho has demonstrated one of the fin- ; to the glory he piled on himself when est throwing arms the Wolverine h le took two first places at the Con- mentor has ever observed on Ferry ference meet. Field. Barnard to Run 100 Weisenburger Probable Shortstop Also in the 1,000 yard dash, Coach aWeisenburger will probably go at DoetEa hse madt u shortstop this year, filling the shoes beside Hume. This will further en- of Bruce Blanchard, who was both a Ntan~ce the Wolverine possibilites in hitting arid fielding star last spring. tr 1,000 yard run. Fisher says that although Weisen- burger may not hit as well as Blan-I Running in the 600 yard dash will chard he will be just as good other-I be Dick Forrest-al who placed third wise, in the Mel Shepard 600 at the Mill-; Rounding out a fine short to sec- rose Games, and who has been a and combination will be Walter Kell, consistent point-winner for the thin- second string third baseman last clads all season. season. Kell, Fisher states, will be( Forrestal Faces Kelley as good as last :year's second sacker, 1 Forrestal will face two for'mer con- i Charlie Ketterer. querors when he competes in this Stevenson, Lund Buack; race. They are Bob Kelley. who nos- Thus, the Wolversines will have i ed out For'restal in the Conference Thus, the Wolverines will haveI half-mile, and Jimmy Herbert, vet- marks a good ball club, With Bob eran New York Athletic Club runner.I jHerbert defeated Forrestal in the - j Sheppard 600 as lie copped this race here will be a meeting of Sphinx ! for the sixth time since 1937. at 12:110 p.m. today at the Milichi- Witherspoon~ will again face his gai Union-all old and new mem~f-; nemisis. Larry Buster. Illinois 60 yard I Lens are asked to attend.1 dash man, who has beaten "the - ________ Spoon" in both their meetings. An- other serious threat in the 60 yard~ Stevenson back as catcher and Don 1 dash will be Barney Ewell, who has Lund in center field. the "middle" made this his specialty. combination looks strong,. The final competitor for Michigan I Two uld otswllbfledb will be Chuck Lauritsen, who hasI Bill Gr'egor, last year's cleanup hitter been improving steadily this year, who poled several basehits yesterday, and is expected to figure highly in thej in left field, and Lund in center. Bill poevut Nelson, a reserve last season, will ___ proba-bly play in right field, vacated by last spring's regulars, Bob Wieseg i't D Tirt and Bob Nussbaumer. Mri a tr FBob Morrin, a reserve second base- I K illed in Italy Hence, this match promises to he a wild and wooly affair, with both contestants ready to go all out in an effort to establish their supremacy over each other' and with eye on past events, it would not be at all surprising to this scr'ibe if Harris once more turned the tables on Herbert. TO/MORROJJ S WINNER: ThomasonShows ThatY iit (All"14old Its Own AgintAe Come to inner rje o lu a t th e P-B ellI y.IC . FU DA frm1:0t7 TUSA thuSTRAY-:0t PRTEFELTqlR 12 CatLbrt4t~e By BILL MULLENDORE A lot of people have said that: col- lege freshmen are not capable of holding their own with older athletes in normal times, even though they have done pretty well inder relaxed war'timne eligibility rules. But the IMichigan track s juad boasts at least one goo~i argtument against that no- rtoiiiith oe person. of Bob Thonmason, 63--year old distance runner. TI'oxzasonr, ta fryeshmarn from As- F ts Tger 1EV1ANSVILLE, mId(], Mar'. 1.l~- Arrival of rookie catcher Milton IWelch, 20-year-old prospect from Farmerville, Ill, today boosted the Detroit Tigers baseball training camp squad to 13 men, mostly pitchers and catchers, as Manager Steve O'Neill senrt his charges through their first batting workout under a blazing southern Indiana. sun. Fully a half dozen 'Tiger pitchers tossed 'enit into the hitters, throwing I longer and harder than in any p3re- viol.s drill. Both. Newhouser, who won 29 games for Detroit last year, and. "Trout, who copped. 27, took their turns throwing to the hitters. i [ i : ' ( 1 i # ( ( 4 . bury Park, N.J., is the youngest var'- sity athlete in Michigan athletic his- tory. Apparently, yoath is no liandi- cap to him, for lie has done more thaa all right against older, mnore matt:-e athletes. Tvaok Coach Kerr Doherty has no tniig but praise for his protege and sees a brilliant future for the boy "who is as good now as the Hittie twins were as freshmen." Comimentin g'oni the performance of Thomiason, Doherty enthused, "Hipovmne's making rapid improvement man oriui ±-± GWOzyears g and should develop into a first- with the squad, and has be !rate miler. Rob has a fine rn xnirng jing out at thiird base. iiisl style alid 'good eompetitive spirit.'" Morrin "ok" in the field, that it is likely that he Thomas has been a miler for most. down the third base post. (,f his cinder career but also does a 3 With starter Bo Bowman competent job) in the halft-mile. Corn- I Ray "Red" Louthen, former ing here more or less unheralded,i Michigan pitching star, no: the long, lean New Jerseyite drew !home uniform. Fisher shot Doherty's eye early and soon estab-! for the season. Only first lished a reputation for himself. And !mains the big question mar hie ts getting better all the time. 'Thomason's best performance , , . came when it was most needed-at ICLA I 1 the Conference Indoor meet last jweek-end. There, hie ran a. 4.27. { L4 1 4 mile, good for a three-way tie for {second place and incidentally al -_____________ Smost four seconds faster than his________ best previous time. He also doubledI LOST AND FOU1 back for a. much-needed fourth __- __ Ten work- WASHINGTOYN, Mar. 16.---'~ her terms, and says Tech. SOt. 'Torger D. Tokle, the chain- will hold j pon ski ;jumnper, was killed. in action. March 3 in Italy, the WUtar Depart- back and I ment announced today. kr Western 'roke. born in Orkdalil, Norway. ow in the March 7, 1919, came to this couintry rld be set fin October, 1942, His mother. Mrs. tbase re- Emma Tokle. lives in Lokkenverk, irk.. Norway. and a" brother, Kyrre, lives - fat N oroton, Conn. I, ~ ---~---- ___ EDt BY --Lost Day Andrews Sisters "HER LUCKY NIGHT" -- Starts Sunday I I 4D . f Fui yBilLyo 0-- P-1 "nn .--. v)a, 4 ': place in the half-mile at a time I LOST: Brown leather wallet con- when every additional point could I tamning about $15. Reward. Call have meant the different between Mary Anne Berger, 22543. victory or defeat for' the Wolver- ines. LOST: Liberal reward for man's Hamilton watch. Left in room 1121I With teammate Archie Parsons,! Natural Science Wed. a. m., Call artother' newvcomer to the Wolverine j Psychology department office. f squad, Thomas entered the National ___-__ AAU 1,000-yard run at M~adisoni LOST: Silver' thunderbird pin, green Square Garden between semesters stone, Sentimental value. Finlder and carne away with a third place. call 5974. Reward. ie iihdasatfu ad eid--- the winer, Don Burnlhialr. LOST: A lady's wrist watch. Re- t mn te tig,+ eerty's I16.- ward. Call Betty Blaske; 24471. year' old find has clipper: half a seer-- -_WANTED a nd from the old freshman three-_____I____WANTED_________ quarter mile mar-k of 3:13.1. And iWILL PAY NEW PRICE for used t hinS. ays Doherty is only the begin- "Student's Cambridge Edition of, ring. With the outdoor s~'asonr still Shakespeare." Call 8703 afternoons to come and the draft a distalt pos- or evenings.j sibili ty, Thomason should have plen--*________________ tycf time to benefit from Dohierty's; HOUSEHOLD GOODS : Furniture, expert tutelage. 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