SUNDAY, JAN. 14, 1945 T HE MICHIGAN DAILY Wolverine Cagers Routed by Illinois Five, 55-37 Capacity Crowd Sees Five Lose Return Match Kirk Leads Illinois Onslaught with 21 Points; Lindquist Tops Maize and Blue with 12' Tallies Pucksters Lose; Matmen Minnesota Deals Firm, 10.0- Natators Me Defeat to Wolverine Sextet First Big Te Win Over Wildcat et r By MARY LU HEATH Proving that there are always two sides to a story, a fighting Illini bas- ketball team which had met with disaster at the hands of the Michi- gan cagers a week ago defeated the same Wolverine quintet in a 55-37 rout before another capacity crowd last night in Yost Field House. In dropping this contest, Michigan lost its second Conference game, while the Illini hit the Big Tep vic- tory trail for the first time this season. Obviously keyed us to a ter- rific pitch from the opening whistle, the boys from Champaign jumped into the lead on a field goal by Wal- ton (J'unior) Kirk, and were only headed once in the game from that point on. Kirk Stars for Mlini Kirk, who led both teams with 21 points, turnel in by far the best per- formance of the game, which also saw fine play by forward Howard' Judson of the Illini, who came up with 14 points, all but two of which were scored during the first half. Guard Don Lindquist led the Wol- verines with 12 points and was fol- lowed by forward Bob Geahan with nine. Although they managed to keep pace with Illinois during the first half of the opening stanza, Michigan seemed too tense to take advantage of any of the few breaks that did come its way, and was the victim of many costly miscues. Not only was the passing ragged, but the shooting was erratic, and the smooth play which characterized other games was generally lacking. niini Show Polish Illinois, on the other hand, was the smoothest combination which has set foot on the home hardwoods this year. The ball handling was excel- lent and shots were clicking from all over the floor, as the 30-22 score at half time would indicate. Judson was, particularly outstanding in the first period, scoring. eight points in the last ten minutes of the half. After Kirk's opening goal, Illinois cut loose with an assortment of shots which were matched by Michigan! until Judson suddenly found himself and connected with three, field goals' in succession from out-court. Wolverines Fal Behind The second half was just a con- tinuation of the earlier stanza, with the Wolverines falling farther and farther behind as time ran out. The Illini scored three baskets and a free throw before Michigan registered a point, but Lindquist finally came through with a shot from mid-court. Halfway through the period, the score was 42-29 and the Wolverines fell five more poinits behind before the game ended. Lindquist turned in a fine game for the Wolverines, adding fine defensive play to his asset as a scorer. Bob Geahan also contributed his usual aggressive style of play to the eve- ning. The game was a rough contest resembling last week's Michigan-Illi- nois game in that respect. The teams committed a total of 29 personal fouls, and three men were one under the limit when the gun sounded. Nice Comeback. MICHIGAN Fg Ft Pf Tp Geahan, f 3 3 4 9 Mullaney, f 1 0 2 Berce, f 0 1 1 1 Harder, f 0 0 0 0 Lund,e, g 2 2 1 6 Rifenhurg, c 1 0 2 2 Lindquist, f 6 0 2 12 Kell, f 2 1 4 5 TOTALS 15 7 14 37 ILLINOIS Fg Ft Pf Tp Staab, f 2 1 2 5 Judson, f 7 0 3 14 Orr, f 1 0 4 2 Delaney, c 2 1 2 5 Seyler, c, g 0 1 2 1 Kersulis, c, g 0 0 1 0 Kirk, g 8 5 021 Burmaster, g 3 1 1 7 Gedvilas, g 0 0 0 0 Bubas, g 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 23 9 15 55 College Sports . . Iowa 64, Purdue 31. Wisconsin 46, Minnesota 37. Ohio State 53, Northwestern 46. Swimming Purdue 43, Northwestern 41. Wrestling Indiana 15, Minnesota 13. Penn State 17, Bucknell 11. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 13 - (P - Minnesota's fast-skating hockey1 team swamped Michigan tonight, 10 to 0. The visitors were out of the run-l Iowa Takes Lead In Big Ten Race IOWA CITY, Ia., Jan. 13-()- Undefeated Iowa shot into the un- disputed lead in the Big Ten basket- ball race tonight by trouncing Pur- due 61 to 34 for the Hawks' second conference triumph. The Hawks, profiting by Ohio State's victory over Northwestern to take over first place handed the Boil- ermakers their worst defeat by an Iowa team. ning practically from the start as the Gophers stormed their nets with a volley of shots. After taking an early advantage, the Gophers were I never threatened and their close de- j fense held off the Wolverine attacks. This marks the second defeat of the Wolverines this season after los-1 ing to Vickers, 12-6, in the opener. Layden Slated For New Post WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.- (P)-- Professional football sources said to- day Elmer Layden is slated to be- come coach of the Chicago team in the newly-organized All-American Conference. Layden's contract as commissioner of tle National League expires in April, 1946, and reports of dissatis- faction over Layden's administration have been current for some time. George Preston Marshall, owner of the Washington Redskins, said that "persons who put Layden in as our commissioner have organized the All-American Conference, and it's entirely plausible that he will become the coach of Chicago's entry in that circuit." These additional factors were point- ed out by Marshall: Due to wartime conditions, it looks as if the All-American Conference will not be able to start its first sea- son until 1946, and this would make it possible for Layden to fulfill his existing National League contract. Layden, highly successful in col- lege coaching circles before he be- came commissioner, is believed to be eager to return to the coaching field. Foe of Season INTRAMURAL Sport Shots By HANK KEISER Michigan's swimming team, com- peting in its first conference meet of the season, will clash with a high- ly-touted Northwestern crew on Sat- urday, Jan. 20, at the Varsity Pool in the Sports Building. Smarting from a defeat at the hands of an under-rated Great Lakes squad, the Wolverines are determin- ed to redeem themselves in no un- certain terms. Many extra hours of practice have been put in by Coach Matt Mann's charges, in anticipa- tion of the tough opposition the Wildcats are expected to offer. The Northwestern natators were also the victims of the powerful Great Lakes attack and, therefore, it is impossible to make predic- tions as to the outcome of the com- ing tilt on the basis of compara- tive scores. However, the Maize and Blue squad are given the edge over their opponents from Evans- ton on the strength of their power in the freestyle and breaststroke divisions. The Wildcat squad is built around Bob Tribble and Ed Walsh, two of last years returning stars. Tribble, a stellar performer in the backstroke event triumphed over Wolverine en- trant Gordon Pulford in last year's meet, and he is slated to again nose out the Maize and Blue crewmen. Tribble may meet unexpected com- petition in neophite Bob Munson, but Coach Mann feels that Munson, al- though greatly improved, still lacks the experience necessary to defeat the Wildcat veteran. Service League-- Naval Supply, 35, Rangers, 33 Company C, 39, RONAGS, 30 Battalion I, 40, Sigma Chi, 26 Fourth Lloyd, 24, Sangeneers, 18 Professional Fraternity League- Alpha Kappa Kappa, 30, Phi Rho Sigma, 19 Xi Psi Phi, 32, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 30 Delta Tau Delta, 52, Phi Chi, 43 Nu Sigma Nu, 37, Delta Sigma Delta, 24 General Fraternity League-- Phi Sigma Delta, 2, Phi Delta Theta, 40 Sigma Chi, 61, Zeta Beta Tau, 14 A Only %) 95 7ak-n9 the &unt By DAVE LOEWENBERG Associate Sports Editor This is, you will remember, the year in which prognosticators predicted that basketball scores would soar to new heights, because tall men are now restricted from batting the ball away from the goal, a regulation cal- culated to let six or eight more shots a game reach the hoop. Do we get more points from the arrangements? The statistics, which are always more reliable than the experts, answer with a fiat "no." Last year, acros the 58-game title campaign, Big Ten teams pro- duced an average of 95 points a game. The year before the average was 92. So far in six contests .this season only one game has seen as many as 90 points scored. That was Michigan's 54-53 victory over Indiana last Friday. The other five games have averaged barely 80 points, and one puzzling question confronts all Conference big-wigs. Where are all the points? Even more amazing than the phasis down Lafayette way has lack of high scores was Purdue's always been on speed. 37-36 win over Ohio State, which Last week against the Buckeyes, Purdue played deliberately, using sounds like a half-time score if its speed only at sporadic inter- you stop to consider past Boiler- vals. This new innovation was maker scoring marks. For many good enough to hold All-American seasons Coach "Piggy" Lambert's Don Grate scoreless and provided crew has expounded the merits of the Big Ten with the first major fire-wagon basketball, and the em- upset of the new campaign. Another peculiar oddity in the opening round of Big Ten cage con- tests was Iowa's 41-34 win over Minnesota. The Hawks, in pre-Conference play, averaged 71 points a game and were considered 15 or 20 points stronger than the Gophers. Reports that Iowa operated on a fairly deliberate attack were even more surprising to the average cage fan, for in the first six games, five Iowans tallied over 100 points. The problem becomes even more obscure when discussing Northwest- ern's 52-37 win against Wisconsin. High point man for the Wildcats was Max Morris, a comparative midget as centers go these days. Morris popped in 21 points, even though he was opposed by Don Rehfeldt, who has at least four inches on Max in altitude. All this confusion and disorder has one distinct advantage. Basket- ball's reputation as a crazy game has not been damaged. o _N N ow! Walsh, Northwestern's powerful nie Natke of Northwestern, 8-2. registering an additional two poin breaststroker, gave Heini Kessler Weight-175-Jim Galles of Mi- the difference in team scoring some stiff competition last season, chigan won a decision from Skip tween a fall and a decision. but iever managed to nose out the Kulyan of Northwestern, 9-1. Michigan's only two losses to Wolverine ace. Weight-unlimited-Ken Bray- Roy Greening's men came when E As usual, Wolverine stalwarts Mert man of Northwestern scored a fall Brayman scored a fall over W Church and Chuck Fries will com- over Wt4T Blumenstein of Michi- Blumenstein in the heavyweightt pete in the freestyle events; swim- gan in 8:37 (body press), vision and Red Hanson took the de ming with the odds heavily in their Team Totals - Michigan 22, sion from Newt Skillman in the 1 favor. 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