*15, 1a44 ""HE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE T am ~a a~ m r . A S TO PLEASE- Harder Leads Cagers in,. Scoring with 39 Points I By MARY LU HEATH As far as Coach Bennie Ooster- baan and the 1945 cagers are con- cerned, the state of Virginia has produced a much more valuable prod- uct than that now-elusive weed named, in its. raw state, tobacco. This invaluable product is iden- tified in athletic circles as Harder, Keith,;and sleeps and does a good deal of work for Uncle Sam's V-12 unit at the West Quad. Most of his afternoon hours, however, are spent on the basketball court of the Field House. To be specific, Harder is one of the two starting forwards on Coach Oosterbaan's five times victorious quintet. Not only has the lanky, 6' 3" cager started every game, but he is cur- rently leading the Wolverines in scoring honors with a neat 39-point total, which is a little better than seven points per game. His closest rival is guard Don Lindquist, whose two 12-point nights helped to give him 34 markers. Harder's total received a mighty bost last week when his 19 points helped guide the Wolverines to a 46-34 win over Western Michigan, a team which the Maize and Blue will again face tonight in the Field House. From all reports, another Harder scoring splurge will come in handy at this evening's fracas. In the field of vital statistics, it is revealed that Harder has "got- ten around." Born in Fairfield, Iowa,r189years ago, he traversed the nation to Washington, D.C., via Chattanooga, before the Navy stationed him at the University of ~ I I I r4& tet/ Z 1 Arrow's new fall shirts (of which we have recently got. ten a goodly supply) are our choice for the :handsomest of the season. We won't tell you about them here; so you gotta come in and see them. Sanforized-labeled (less than 1%" shrinkage!). $2.24 up. Harmonizing Arrow Ties, $2 up. A Since 1848 STATE STREET AT LIBERT Virginia, where he played regular forward for the cage quintet. During his sophomore and junior years at Redbank High, in Chat- tanooga, he was elected to his dis- trict's All-Tournament team. At McKinley High, in the nation's capi- tal, he showed so well on the basket- ball team that he was selected to receive the annual Best Player award for the entire city. By the time he reached Virginia, he had developed to such an extent that he scored 226 points in his only season there, to be the highest scorer in the state. He was trans- ferred to the University last sum- mer, in order that he might get additional courses in his major, aeronautical engineering. If Lindquist, forward Ted Berce, and guard Walter Kell expect to catch Harder in the individual scor- ing race, they will certainly have to hustle, because of all the things which the Virginian will want to do this season, topping his old 226-point mark, will be his major objective. Fifth Army Leads Boxing Championship Africa, Adriatic Are Two Dangerous Threats ROME, Dec. 14-(P)-The Fifth Army's defending championship team put two more men into the finals of the second annual Mediterranean in- terallied boxing tournament this aft- ernoon to boost its total to six final- ists and to take a commanding lead over the North African and Adriatic zone squads, which loom as the chief threats. Cpl. Leroy Jeffrey of Kansas City and Corp. Melvin Pullen of Dayton, O., reached the finals in the short afternoon session, joining Pvt. Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati professional mid- dleweight, Pvt. Milton Glass of Ak- ron, 0., Sgt. Adolph Labrecoue of Holyoke, Mass., and Pvt. Adolph Bar- low of Philadelphia. Jeffrey, a long, lean M. P., came Off the floor after suffering a first-round knockdown to outpoint Harold Sam- mis, New York sailor, in thelamateur light heavyweight semi-finals. Pul- len, an amateur bantam-weight, be- came the first boxer in the tourna- ment to chalk up two knockouts when he flattened Pvt. Claude McLaughlin of Rockville center, Long Island. Mc- Laughlin was hurried down from the fighting front to compete in the tournament after being located in a line outfit and appeared to be out of condition as a result. Chicago Hoopsters Are Looing Better CHICAGO-1P )--Things are look- ing up on the basketball court at the University of Chicago this season. The Maroons, not competing in the Western Conference after more than 40 consecutive league losses in the last two years, have a .566 rating. They beat Fort Sheridan Thursday, 34 to 2-, for their fifth victory against four defeats. They have scheduled games this season with smaller colleges and service teams. WHO'LL BE ROSE QUEEN?---One of these seven girls will be named Tournament of Roses Queen at Pasadena, Calif., if the perplexed judges succeed in making un their minds. The others will form her court of princesses. Finalists are, top, left to right: Juanita Ough, Barbara McCausland; center, Mary Rutte, Jeanne Bartlett, Mary Alice Keene; bottom Betty Osmond, Marie Wales. FUTURE LOOKS ROSY: Ball Clubs Lose Many Stars To Services; Gain Veterans Current Season Is Inaugurated By Swim Gala Captain Church, Fries Kessler, To Lead Squad In Championship Tries: Michigan's stellar mermen are all set to exhibit their prowess in the an- nual Swim Gala to be held Saturday night at the Varsity Pool in the Sports Building. Led by Captain Mert Church, Chuck Fries and Heinie Kessler, the powerful Wolverine squad is expected to capture many winning berths in the Michigan AAU competition. Stars To Take Honors Other Maize and Blue stalwarts, namely Charlie Higgins, Gordon Pul- ford, Bob Munson, Jack Zimmerman, Don Drake, Jack Bridges, Jerry Baily, Jack Fulkman, Harry Westerburg, Ralph Chubb, and Frank Anderson are exhibiting promising , form in practice, and it is believed that many of them will run off with champion- ship honors. Michigan spectators will be watch- ing especially Captain Mert Church and Heinie Kessler. Church, Big Ten 50-yard champion, and lead-off man in the 200-yard relay event, is re- ported as being in top condition this season. Coach Matt Mann expects Mert to churn his way to a new Big Ten record, and is hoping that this great Wolverine tankman will cap- ture the National AAU 50-yard title later in the season. Kessler To Be Victorious Heinie Kessler, Sophomore breast stroke star and Big Ten champion in that event, is counted on to overcome easily all opposition and to speed to victory in record time. Attention will be focused on Bill Lopez and Carl Agrieste who will rep- resent Michigan in the fancy diving competition. The squad was hit bad- ly by the loss of Bill Dugan, a Navy boy, who was counted on to star for the Wolverines in this season's spring-board events. It is hoped that Lopez and Agrieste can fill the gap left, by this former Maize and Blue squadman. Golfers Start 72-Hole Open RICHMOND, Calif.-(/P)- Golf- dom's players for pay, augmented by amateurs, moved into this war-boom- ing shipyard city today for the start of the first Richmond $7,500 72-hole open golf tournament. The new event added to the winter open tournament trail will be played over the 6,209-yard-long Richmond course with a par of 36-35-71. The course fronts on part of San Fran- cisco Bay. Favorites in the chase for war bond prizes were Sam Snead, winner of the Portland Open; Byron Nelson, winner of the San Francisco Open, and Sgt. Jim Ferrier, of Camp Rob- erts, Calif., winner of the Oakland Open. Clem Bauman, who held down the right tackle position will be competing, as will his teammates George Burg, center John Lintol, Jim Artley, and John Babyak. Bob Grandy, who was working out with the team last year, also will be one of the contestants. All of these men are new additions to the squad which is typical of all the members this year. In all other departments except the dis- tances, there are only a few return- ing letter-winners who are endeavor- ing to hold down the positions they won last year, the result being that it is a wide open race as far as var- sity spots are concerned. The Wolverines have always been noted for their famous weight- tossers, and each year some shot- putter has made a name for him- self in this event. Some of the stars in this department have been, Bill Watson, who threw the shot 54 ft., 6% in., Johnny Townsend, who reached 50 ft., Bob Hook who also hit 50 ft. or better, and last year George Kraeger, who hovered around the 49 ft. mark. With all the burly candidates who are seeking a position on the squad, Coach Ken Doherty should surely come up with another such a per- former, which would in turn guar- antee points so sorely needed in close meets. Tonight's program will get under- way promptly at 7:30, and will in- clude all the events on a regular meet except the two-mile run. Pre-meet dope has the Servicemen classed as favorites, because of their numbers, Shriners' Grid Tilt Is in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO.--(IP)-The 20th annual Shriners' East-West football contest will be played here New Year's day so William M. Coffman, director of the post-season affair, undertook to find out what had be- come of some of the players who had participated in previous years. Colleges represented in one or more of the 19 games since 1925 reported more than one-third of the 878 play- ers who appeared in these charity games are in the armed forces. Intram-Squad Track Meet Gets Under Wa Toniht Main Event Will Feature Five Football Stars In Servicemen Versus Civilian Competition By BILL LAMBERT From the gridiron to the cinderpaths-this will be the case tonight, when five of Coach Fritz Crisler's footballers compete in the intra-squad track meet which will get under way at 7:30 p. m. in the Yost Field House. In this, the first actual competition for the 1944-45 squad, which feat- ures the Servicemen versus the Civilian element of the team, five men who played varsity football will be tossing the shot, in an effort to see who will make good in the weight-throwing department. but the civilian's quality insures fans of a photo finish score. The distance events will be in- teresting from the standpoint of seeing the newcomers to the squad challenge last year's milers and half-milers. So far, in the time trials, the times have been on par, and it remains to be seen who will grab the money positions. i , is sure Bad Company Winter weather brings harsh treatment to sensitive lips. But with a tube of Roger & Gallet original Lip Pomade in your pocket, you can laugh at "Sloppy Sleet". Just smooth on Lip Pomade's invisible, soothing film and defy the climate. There's no safer, surer protection against painful chapping and cracking. Stop at any drug store and ask for the handy pocket tube. ROGER & GALLET 500 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 18, N.Y. By JACK HANDI Associated Press Correspondent! NEW YORK, Dec. 14-Twice as many big league ball players have. been inducted into the army and navy since the end of the 1944 season as have been discharged but club own- ers today look ahead with confidence' to another campaign and a rosy post- war future. The trickle of returning servicemen has yielded Van Mungoof the Giants. Mickey Livingston and Harry "Pea- nuts" Lowrey of the Cubs and Les] Mueller and Al Benton of the Tigers.t Dick Wakefield, who slugged the1 Tigers to within an eyelash of the American League flag, heads the out- going list that includes Thurman Tucker of the White Sox, Hal Epps~ of the Athletics, Fred Schmidt of the Cards, Al Zarilla, Paul Dean and Bill Seinsoth of the Browns, Jim Ta- bor and Roy Partee of the Red Soxa and Bob Malloy of the Reds among, the better known. Although increased drafting of the 26-37 age group and reviews of well- known servicemen before discharge are expected to tighten the manpower situation, the leagues have made pro- visions for taking care of the army of national defense list players when and if they come back. The American League has 239 men in the service and the National 231 but the minors with 3406 on their de- fense lists present the big problem. 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