II14~ MIfAHIGAIN DAILY RAGE Vi Michigan Tankmen Aim For Initial Big Ten Win Strong Northwestern Furnishes Opposition As Wolverines Defend Conference Crown In their initial Western Conference clash of the season, the Maize and Blue natators are scheduled to meet a powerful Northwestern squad on Saturday at the Sports Building. The Wolverines, defending Big Ten champions, are anxious to prove their mettle by registering a decisive victory over the Wildcat squad to compensate for their 44-40 defeat by Great Lakes. Sparking the Michi- gan attack are such stalwarts as Captain Mert Church, Big Ten 50-yard freestyle champ, Chuck Fries, Conference 100-yard champ, and Heini Kessler, Big Ten breaststroke champ. Northwestern's power is centered around backstroker Bob Tribble and Ed Walsh, ace breaststroke performer. Tribble bested Michigan's Gordon Pulford in the breastroke event last season and it remains to be seen whether he can repeat this performance. The. big question mark in the com---- ing clash is Bob Munson, another which he will develop steadily as Maize and Blue backstroke contest- the season progresses. ant. Munson, a young and inexper- T ienced member of Coach Matt The explanation is substantiated Mann's squad, is exhibiting great by Kessler's exhibition in his 100- promise in practice sessions and his yard leg of the medley relay, when speed and form are improving stead- he picked up generous yardage on ily. He surprised everyone by put- the Navy men. Therefore, Coach ting up a terrific battle in the Great Mann believes that Kessler will still Lakes meet, finishing second to Blue- prove to be the undisputed confer- jacket Everett Turley. In that tilt ence champ by registering a decisive Munson grabbed the lead at the' defeat over Walsh and, thereafter, sin gunrand tremaed ot in over all Big Ten opponents. startmng gun and remained out in Graham Davis and Bill Huesner front, the undisputed leader, until pose definite threats to Maize and the final lap, when the Navy man Blue supremacy in the distance free- just managed to nose him out.- High Scoring Race Marks I-M Contests Bob Youngdahl Leads In individual Scoring Although the Intramural court season is still only in the embryo stage, several individual hoopsters have already produced some impres- sive records in the point-garnering department. High man among all the leagues is Bob Youngdahl, who continued his speedy pace by sparking his quintet, the Rebels of the Independent League, to its second win of the sea- son. He bagged nine field goals and one free throw to boost his season's total to 45 points. Other leading point-getters of the two-days old campaign are Lamar Kishlar of Sigma Chi (General Fra- ternity League team) with 33 to his credit, Joe Picard of Phi Chi totaling 32, Warren Aylward of the Rebels boasting 30. Robert Revis, Rangers, with 29, Dick Freeman of Delta Tau Delta with 28 and Nick Krusko, who has collected 27 for Alpha Tau Ome- ga. The following are the team stand- ings in the leagues including the games played last Saturday: I E i l . ti t{ t, t' I y t s { t(iI{ t THE TEAM TO BEAT-(Left to right) Iowa's coach "Pops" Harrison;. Clayton Wilkinson, center; Herbert Wilkinson and Co-Capt. Jack Spencer, guards; Dick Ives and Co-Capt. Ned Postel, Yorwards- STILL FIGHTiNG FOR LEAD: SERVICE LEAGUE Although Coach Mann believes that the young Wolverine star lacks the competitive experience necessary to defeat a veteran such as the Evanston boy, an eye should be kept on him, as his :past per- formances show that he can be counted on to garner added points for the Maize and Blue. Wildcat Ed Walsh finished right on the heels of Kessler in the breast- roke event of last year's meet. Walsh is a powerful swimmer and a figlt- ing competitor, and he poses a threat to any opponent. - But Coach Mann believes that Kessler, defend- ing Big Ten champ, will repeat his performance of last year and clinch a victory for the Michigan squad. Kessler was the victim of an early season upset at the hands of Ray Mundro of Great Lakes. Mun- dro, competing against the Wol- verine star in the 200-yard breast- roke event, churned his way to a last-lap victory. This defeat is attributed, by Coach Mann, to the fact that Kessler was not in top shape and lacked the endurance War -Demands but Reserves Major Leagues Lose 24 Players to Service NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-(iP)-Man- power demands continued to bite deeper into major league reserves today as the number of big time baseball players entering the service since the close of the 1944 season rose to at least 24 as compared to six discharged veterans who may return to the game. Although the number of players who left their clubs was less than five per cent of the total on the 16 reserve lists, many more entered essential industry and jobs helping the war effort, giving no hint of their 1945 plans. Joe Cronin's Boston Red Sox, nick- ed heavily last summer when Tex Hughson, Bobby Doerr and Hal Wag- ner were called up in the thick of the four-way American League pen- nant fight, again were the hardest hit. Catchers Bill Conroy and Roy Par- tee, third baseman Jim Tabor and rookie pitcher Mel Deutsch, up from Louisville, joined such stars as Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky in the service of their country. Even the St. Louis Cardinals, the world champions who were generally accepted to be the only real big league club last season, lost pitcher Fred Schmidt and will give up out- fielder Stan Musial to the Navy Fri- day. The Donora, Pa. slugger who finished second to Fred "Dixie" Walker in the National League bat- ting race, passed his physical exami- nation some time ago. Lefty Max Lanier received his reclassification and is on.-call. CLASSIFTEY DIRMECtpOY syle evenu. -.he geat es clash revealed the fact the Michigan isI sorely lacking in distance men., Church and Fries, although tops in the short distance division, can not compete successfully against experi- enced swimmers in the longer runs.' Wolverine hopes are pinned on these1 two and Dave Zimmerman, Don Bridges, Bill Breen, and Charlie Hig- gins to wrest victory from the Wild- cat's hands. Roberts States! Better Training M eans Records Ray Roberts, veteran Michigan trainer, believes that better coaching methods rather than better athletes. are the real reason for a steady low- ering of the records in practically all sports. Roberts stated that the athletes of the early '20's were better individual-; ly than those of today or even those i immediately preceding the w a r. What is his reason? It is this: "The old timers worked and trained harder to attain condition and success. But coachmg and coaching methods have improved to such an extent that marks continue to be bettered despite the fact that few modern athletes ever approach the condition of the old timers." If athletes of the '20's were given the benefit of today's coaching, they would wreck the modern.record book, Roberts stated. TEAM NavySupply 4th Lloyd ... Co. C ....... First Batt. .. . Raigers..... Sangeneers RONAGS .... Sigma Chi ... . . . . WON LOST .2 0 . 1 1 . ....1 1 . ....1 1 .0 1 . ... 0 2 . ....0 2 Two of the four Michigan basket- ball -players among the first six in the Conference individual scoring race two Saturdays ago remained1 in that bracket over the weekend schedule of games, according to statistics released by Big Ten auth-1 orities. Bob Geahan, Michigan forward leading the scorers a week ago with# a 40-point total, dropped to second place with 49 markers to his credit, while first place honors went to Max Morris, Northwesterncenter, who rose from the third spot which he occupied two weeks ago with 21 points garnered in a single game.! Morris now boasts a stratosphericI 56 point total for three games, which is an average of better than 18 markers for each contest. The' Northwestern center, a product of West Frankfort, Ill., has scored 22 field goals and 12 free throws so far this season. Michigan center, Don Lund, who was tied for second place with Ohio State's center, Arnie Risen, in the iritial release of the standings, ad- ded only three points to his 31 point' total in the game with Illinois Sat- urday, and dropped to fourth place.; Risen went down a notch to third, with 40 points. Wolverine guard Walt Kell, who was originally among the first six, wound up in 16th position with 23 points, while John Mullaney, tied with Kell two weeks ago at 18, only scored two points Saturday for a total of 20. Forwards in First Place The team standings this week find Iowa in undisputed possession of first place. The Hawks have a per- feet record, with two wins registered against no losses. They are fol- lowed by Northwestern and Ohio State, tied for second with a two and one record for a .667 average. Illinois and Michigan come next, each with an even break, and are followed by Wisconsin, Purdue, Min- nesota, and-Indiana. Only the Hoo- siers have failed to win a victory in the Conference. Meanwhile, the Wolverines are preparing for their clash with Iowa here Friday. The Hawkeye team shapes up as the most formidablef opponent the cagers have faced all season, but the Michigan team will, as usual, be "up" for this contest., Five experienced men form the nucleus of the Iowa team, which has won Big Ten contests from Minne- sota and Purdue. Big Ten Standings . . . . Roosevelt Gives Baseball 'Go Ahead' Sign for 1945 Season Game To continue Unless Sport Interferes With Personnel of Essential War Industries By BUSS HAM Associated Press Correspondent . WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-President Roosevelt today gave baseball the "go ahead" sign for the 1945 season. If it can operate without inter- fering with the war efort. At a news conference, he said he favors continuation of the game so long as it does not rob the services or essential industry of needed manpower. This was accepted by baseball meni as the official approval for which they have been waiting for weeks." But the President left no doubt that it is up to baseball to get along as best it can without using men who can fight or man war-essential jobs. He pointed out that he does not think any perfectly healthy young man should be playing baseball in these times. Nevertheless, baseball felt that the President had befriended the game for the second time during the war. Shortly after Pearl Harbor he took thee position that the sport should keep going as a morale builder. Since War Mobilization Director Jimmy Byrnes called for re-examina- tion of professional athletes and 4-Fs, baseball has had the jitters, but the, President's comment dissolved much of this doubt about the immediate future. Iowa Northwestern Ohio State MICHIGAN Illinois Wisconsin Purdue Minnesota Indiana G 2 4 2 2 4 1 W 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 L Pet 0 1000 1 667 1. 66'7 2 500 1 500 1 500 2 333 3 250 1 000 i -. t . i k PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE Nu Sigma Nu ...........2 Xi Psi Phi.............1 Delta Tau Delta...:....1 Phi Chi...............1 Alpha Kappa Kappa 1 Delta Sigma Delta ...... Phi Rho Sigma........0 Sigma Alpha Epsilon ... 0 GENERAL LEAGUE Sigma Chi.............2 Delta Kappa Epsilon ,. .1 Sigma Phi Epsilon ...... i Alpha Tau Omega.......1 Phi Sigma Delta ........ 1 Lambda Chi Alpha ......1 Zeta Beta Tau.........0 Phi Delta Theta ........0 INDEPENDENT LEAGUE Rebels ,.................2 Golden Bears 1...., .. Robert Owen ..........1. Foresters ...............0 IHi-Temnps ...... . .. .... .0 Navy Spurns; Army Takes 0 0 1 1 1 1 I 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 .1 2 2 { 1 3 i i r f t A I i DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Different Ment To Lead Squad Coach Wally Weber of Michigan's wrestling team announced yesterday that no permanent captain will be chosen for this year's squad but a different man will be selected before each meet on the basis of his pre- vious week's work Weber further stated that he and Jim Galles would confer before mak- ing the choice and that most of the men on the squad would get a chance to be captain before the season is over. At the end of the campaign the squad will meet to elect a captain for next year's team. The practice of challenging the leader in each division will still be continued with the slight variation that each challenger will have to wrestle the other men in his partic-' ular weight bracket in a simulated tournament and the winner will be permitted to challenge the top man. Especially in the heavier weights where there is a dearth of competi- tion, the leaders are anxious to take on all challengers. (Continued from Page 2) be a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Union. Research Club: The January meet- ing of the Club will be held in the' Amphitheatre of the Rackham Buil- ding, this evening at eight o'clock. Professor Carl D. LaRue will read a paper on "Studies on the Growth and Regeneration of Plant Embryos and Endosperms in Culture" and Profes- sor C. C. Fries a paper on "Some Illustrations of Modern Linguistic Principles and Techniques." La Sociedad Hispanica announces that the first lecture in the annual1 series will take place this evening atI eight o'clock in Rm. 316 Michigan Union. Professor Hayward Keniston will speak on "Impressiones de la Argentina y de los Argentinos." Tick- ets for the series may be purchased! in Rm. 112 Romance Language Buil- ding or from any teacher of Spanish. Coin t ' Eveti s the East Engineering Building, Mr. M. J. Sinnott will speak on the sub- ject "Photographic Methods for En- gineers." All persons interested aree cordially invited to attend. Alpha Phi Omega will hold a meet-X ing in the Michigan Union on Thurs- day, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. All mem- bers are requested to attend. Alpha Phi Omega extends a special invita- tion to this meeting to any faculty member interested in becoming at faculty advisor of the fraternity. Will those attending please come prompt- ly, as the Engineering Smoker is at the same time and some members would like to attend this smoker.- Attention Engineers: All engineers are invited to a smoker, sponsored by the Engineering Council, to be held at the Michigan Union, Thursday evening at 7:30. Freshmen and trans- fer students are especially urged to attend. The purpose of the smoker is to acquaint the students with Engineering organizations and how- the individual may participate in these extra-curricular campus activi- ties. Short talks and exhibits will be presented by the ditferent organiza- tions. Geological Journal Club meets in1 Rm. 4065, Nat. Sci. Bldg. at 12:15t p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19. Program:i Davies, Kellum and Swinney, "Geo- logical Explorations in the Wide BayI Area, Alaska." All interested are cor- j dially invited to attend, 1 Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, said that "Base-. ball is pleased that the President has said to go ahead without inter- c ference in the war effort."t What caliber of teams the clubs field will "depend on the rejectedv and returned players that we get," Griffith added.t Most of the teams have a few men above the age limit as well as a handful of "kids about 17 who will have a wonderful opportunity tof play in the big leagues," he said.I "I think we can continue all right under Mr. Roosevelt's outline,"t Griffith declared.C Approximately 500 players including 223 4-Fs, were on the rosters of the two Major League clubs last season, but a substantial percentage of these were farmed out to the minors. Army physical standards have not been lowered and it is presumed that some 4-Fs will again be rejected unon re-examination. However, these are expected to go into essential industry. Many already are taking jobs in war plants in order to help out in the war effort and be available for whatever baseball is possible under existing conditions. Baseball officials have maintained all along that they will put teams on the field, if they have only nine men to a side, unless the government definitely halts play. j The President's encouragement was. the third good break for base- ball the past few days. A War Manpower official and the War Committee on conventions said that restrictions on lighting and conventions do not apply to sports events. Foriner Grid Star Is -omnoted Lieutenant Don W. Robinson, a member of the 1941 and 1942 foot- sustained operational activity against the enemy." He is a pilot ball squads, has been promoted to of a 15th AAF B-24 Liberator. the rank of First Lieutenant, accord- As a member of the Wolverine grid ing to an Army press release. squad, Robinson was a reserve half- Since his arrival overseas last Sep- back in '42 and replaced Tom Kuz- tember, he has earned the Air Medal ma in '43 when Kuzma was injured for "meritorious achievement in and forced to give up gridiron ac- aerial flight while participating in tivities. 24 NAVY p. 3 MI Garand NEW HAVEN- (!P)- The New Haven Register says that Willie Pep, of Hartford, holder of the world fea- therweight boxing championship in New York and several affiliated states, was accepted for general Army duty at the New Haven Induction Center. Pen served nine months in the United States Navy before he was granted an honorable discharge for medical reasons in June. Pep was the first nationally-known athlete to be re-examined for active duty after a medical discharge from the armed forces. Willie's acceptance for service may mean that hundreds of professional athletes, now classified as 4-F may be placed in khaki or blue: BUDAPEST QUARTET The Geometry Seminar will meet Thursday, Jan. 18, in Rm. 3001 An- gell Hall at 4:15. Professor Anning will speak on Integral Distances. Tea at 4. At the regular Seminar meeting of the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering on Thurs- day, Jan. 18, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 3201 of CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL RACKHAM LECTURE HALL WANTED WANTED: Dates for Ships Ball. All nice girls! Call 24561, room 483. You may meet girls on request. LOST AND FOUND LOST: Gold diamond and rubies ring. Reward. Call 6961 or 2-4 2521 ext. 307. LOST: Black Schaeffer pen, Jan. 10, A ----- III LAST TIMES TODAY wiA Continuous from 1 P.M. IIF Mvich~igan. Ad Playing through Wednesday THE GAYEST... MER RIEST ... PICTURE OF THE YEARI 0UR HEAUSAERE b Friday, Jan. 19, 8:30 P.M. QUARTET IN D MAJOR, K. 499 . QUARTET . . . . . 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