Z SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, JAN.21, 1945 vi ichigan Swimrs Bey Northwestern; 54-29 A Maize and Blue Wrestlers Go D.wj ,a Frs Dual Meet Defeat at Hands of Fightin Illini m}iakif the cwnd4 By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor Initial Conference Clash Won by Maize and Blue Church, Fries, Munson, Mowerson Star for Michigan; Wildcat Squad Misses Bob'Tribble r4 Skiliman Scores Fall for Michigan By MURRAY GRANT A game but outplayed Michigan mat squad went down to defeat at the hands of a very powerful Illinois wrestling team yesterday by the score of 21-10. The Wolverines were in trouble from the very start as Art Sachsel lost the opening match to Bob Bur- well, 3-1. The Illini relinquished the lead only once thereafter and con- tinued to build up their advantage throughout. The bright spots of the afternoon from the Wolverine's standpoint were the pin by Newt Skillman and Jim Galles' 12-5 deci- sion over Louis Agase. Burwell Beats Sachsel Although the match between Sach- sel and Burwell was tied at the end, the decision was given to Burwell since he had registered over two min- utes of riding time. The next match of the afternoon pitted Bob Johnston against George Voorhees, a letter winner last year. After Voorhees had scored a take- down early in the first period, John- ston scored a reversal to knot things up. In the second period Voorhees again went into the lead with a re- versal and during the third period Johnston rode his opponent to tie the match once agotin. The match then went into two overtime periods and since neither SUPPORT THE MARC: man could gain an advantage, the match ended in a 4-4 tie. Referee Pat Rider of Iowa said after the match, however, that he thought the Michigan man had a slight advan- tage but not enough to decide the match, Skillman Scores Pin' With the match score 5-2 in Illi- nois' favor, Newt Skillman put the Wolverines into the lead for the only time during the afternoon as he pinned Bob Smith in 5:37. Fred Booth then lost a close 4-2 decision to Bob Bohannon, giving the lead once more to the Illini. Booth went ahead with a take-down, but Bohannon scored a reversal making the match even. In the second peri- od Bohannon rode all period to add riding time to his score. Then he escaped in the third period to clinch the match. In the 155-pound match, Stu Sny- der, who defeated George Darrow earlier in the week to earn the right to wrestle in this class, scored a take- down over Ed Bower, another letter- man, in the first period. Then Bower turned the tables and even before the crowd realized what was happening, he had scored a fall in 2:14. Captains Battlej The 165-pound match pitted-theM opposing acting captains against one another. Charles Telfer and Roland Harkness fought on even terms throughout the match, but two fine escapes and a minute of riding time H OF DIMES DRIVE! turned the decision to Harkness by a 5-2 count. The second bright spot of the af- ternoon came in the 175-pound match as Jim Galles made Louis Agase, a "grandstand" wrestler, look foolish to notch a 12-5 decision. But this win was short-lived, however, as Ray Snyder succeeded in pinning Walt Blumenstein in 2:56. Blumen- stein up until then held a 4-3 point advantage, and the turning point of the match came when Snyder caught A FACING THE possibility of their toughest week-end series of the year as the Michigan cagers prepared to play Iowa and Ohio State this week-end, the Wolverines played the first of these engagements against.t Iowa Friday night and lost another heartbreaking decision. 29-27. in the1 last minute of play Coach Bennie Oosterbaan's outfit entered this contest as complete underdogs as they entertained unbeaten Iowa, which was currently rated as the outstanding basketball team in the country.l Although none of the critics gave the Wolverines a chance of t winning, Michigan's inspired and scrappy ball club, rebounding after their defeat by Illinois the previous week and striving to stay in the t Big Ten title race, jumped off to an early lead which they didn't relinquish until the final minute of play. The Wolverines held the Hawks scoreless until eight minutes of ther half had slipped by, when Clayton Wilkinson tallied the initial field goal for the Iowans, and although Michigan held a 27-22 point edge on Iowa going into the final minutes of play, Murray Weir, substitute for the1 Hawks, caged three straight field goals to put Iowa ahead for the first time in the game. Co-captain Jack Spencer got the final point for Iowa on a technical foul.7 MICHIGAN did all that could have been asked of any team. The rangy and experienced Hawkeye cagers had all of the advantage in height and sharp shooters, but the superior guarding and deliberate defense and offense by Michigan threw Iowa completely off stride, so that they had to rely on long shots whicl didn't prove to be effective. Michigan stopped the Iowa fast break, controlled the back boards. ruined the Hawks 67.5 points per contest average and managed to hold Dick Ives to four points. Ives, an All-American player last year, was also leading Conference scorer, and he had an average of 14.2 points per game so far this season. However, Michigan didn't put the ' saie check on the 5 ft.# 8 in. Weir, and his last minute tallies turned the tide of the battle. Weir's aggressiveness and speed threw Michigan's deliberate style of play off form, and in the last minute of frenzy, the more experienced veterans from Iowa City squeezed through with a victory. Since the Wolverines have already lost two such tough' games, the first being an overtime decision to Ohio State, and the Iowa defeat, both against the two top teams in the Big Ten when the game could have gone either way, you begin to wonder what effect it will have on the Michigan ball club. ON THE BASIS of past performances, I don't think that this scrappy outfit will fold. There is an old saying that you can't condemn a fighter when he has given his all, and this year's team is characteristic of all Michigan teams, in that they are never outfought. They are never outfought because all of the Michigan coaches impress upon their minds that it is no disgrace to be beaten, kut that it is a disgrace to be out-! fought. I The clearest evidence of this spirit of fight and determination was not only demonstrated by the whole Michigan basketball team last night, but to single out one individual, I would center my attention on Don Lund. For it was this veteran athlete, who not only gave hisj best performance in three years of basketball competition but also paced the scoring column with his 12 points. Lund's defensive guard- ing, his continual fight under the backboards to steal the limelight from the taller Iowa boys, and his general all around play, established this as one of the best individual performances seen on a Michigan court in the last few years. When this stocky cager began to leave the floor after he had received a slight injury in the final seconds of play, not only did the Iowa team run over to congratulate him, but he was also mobbed by the fans. It is this type of spirit that will fill the stands week in and week out, and it is this type of spirit that is, has been, and will continue to characterize Michigan athletes and Michgan teams. Professional Sports Hit Hard :ti In the Casual Shop Those hard-to-get white cardigan sweaters are here.. . they're all wool, of course. Wear theins to top a bright pullover in cherry red, purple, maize or lime .. . any of the heart-stoppers in our sport shop. They're just the thing for cruise- wear. . ..even though you only cruise around the campus in the snow. A Michigan Fashion Institution for 75 Years By BUD ROVIT In their first Big Ten Conference' meet, the Wolverine swimming team, taking seven first places out of a possible nine, swamped the North- western Wildcats. by a decisive count of 54-29. Michigan ace freestyler. Charlie Fries, repeated his performance of tw'o weeks ago by copping first place in the 50 and 100-yard sprints, while teammates Mert Church and Heini Kessler turned the same trick in the 220 freestyle and 200 breaststroke, respectively. Tribble Missing Even though Bob Tribble, North- western star and Big Ten backstroke king, failed to show up at the meet due to a Navy restriction, the 150- yard event still proved to be a high point in the meet, as Bob Munson, up-and-coming Maize and Blue backstroker, churned through the distance to win handily. The Wolverines drew first blood by winning the 300-yard medley, and from there on for the rest of the meet were unchallenged. In the freestyle leg of the medley, Bob Mow- erson, old-time Michigan ace, and now attending graduate school after eight years' absence, showed his old form by slamming out a fast hundred in 55 seconds. Fries Notches First Win Charlie Fries then notched up his first win of the evening in the 50- yard freestyle, a feat which was immediately duplicated by Captain Mert Church in the 220. Church, noticeably fresher than in the Great Lakes meet of two weeks ago, wasI SWIMMING SUMMARIES 300 yard medley-Won by Mich- igan (Pulford, Chubb, Mowerson), second Northwestern (Daskal, C. L. Anderson, Luers); Time--3:14.6. 50 yard freestyle-Won by Fries (M), second, Ruschmeyer (N), third, Opdyke (M); Time-:24.2. 220 yard freestyle-Won by Church (M), second, Koblish (N), third, Zimmerman (M); Time- 2:19.2. Fancy Diving-Won by Keith I(N),second, Lopez (M), third, Kimball (N). 100 yard freestyle-Won by Fries (M), second Higgins (M), third, Luers (N); Time-:53.8. 150 yard backstroke-Won by Munson (M), second Fulman(M),1 third Whitson and Sampson (N)j deadheat; Time-1:46.0. 200 yard breaststroke-Won by Kessler (M), second Daley (N), F. Anderson' (M) was disqualified; Time-2:38.0. 400 yard freestyle-Won by Huesner (N), second, Pulford (M), third, Zimmerman (M); Time- 5:12.1. 400 yard freestyle relay-Won by Michigan (Breen, Higgins, Opdyke, Mowerson), second, Northwestern (Daskal, Merriman, Luers, Koblish) ; Time-3:48.0. ahead all the way, and was never in trouble. In the next event, the Fancy Div- ing for Form, the Northwestern Wildcats collected one of their two firsts, as Herb Keith out-pointed Ulysses Lopez to take the number one prize. Lopez, who was hot on Keith's heels all through the event, showed a tremendous improvement over his previous performances. Fries Scores Again Charlie Fries, now leading point scorer for the squad, hung up his second win of the meet, and his fourth for the last two meets, by winning over teammate, Charlie Hig- gins, in the 100-yard sprint. - ---- ---- - k. JIM GALLES Pihimenstein's left arm, which was injured in last week's meet, in an armlock. Coach Wally Weber said after the match: "They were a better team today than we were," but he inti-! mated that things may be different in the conference match on March 9 and 10., WRESTLING SUMMARY 121 pounds: Burwell (Ill.) dec. Sachsel (M), 3-1. 128 pounds: Johnston (M) and Voorhees (Ill.) drew, 4-4. 136 pounds: Skillman (M) pin- ned Smith (Ill.) , 5:37. 145 pounds: Bohannon (Ill.) dec. Booth (11), 5-2. 155 pounds: Bower (Ill.) pinned Snyder (M), 2:14. 165 pounds: Harkness (Ill.) dec. Telfer (M), 5-2. 175 pounds: Galles (M) dec. Agase (Ill.) 12-5. Heavyweight: Snyder (Ill.) pin- ned Blumenstein (M), 2:56. al u F me Fr Net i . en Is Proposed NEW YORK, Jan. 20-(IP)-A ten- nis Hall of Fame was proposed to- day at the annual meeting of the 'United States Lawn Tennis Associa- tion after- Holcombe Ward of New York had been re-elected president for a ninth term and 1945 tourna- ment dates had been determined. Award of the clay courts title to the River Forest (Il.) Tennis Club on July 9 proved the only disturb- ing note of a two-hour session when Eastern delegates attempted to re- verse the committee's intentions and return the championships to a date "before July 2." The proposal was defeated with the probable result that the entire Eastern grass court schedule will be shoved back to late July instead of the customary Independence Day opening. In direct contrast to last week's action by the U. S. Golf Associa- tion, the tennis group voted to con- tinue with a championship schedule, emphasizing the development of junior players. 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The answer here apparently is In sport circles, this was accepted that not enough professional ath- as the finishing punch. . . . The tes will be rejected to make any as te fiishng pnch. Thedifference in baseball's manpowers answer to the question that organ- sitfatin. ized baseball and professional foot- _ituatin. ball have been asking' "Where do i i i i s 1 i E 'oo I ' Y . s 4 we go from here?" For most of these athletes, the ap- parent answer is that they go into uniform, either for general (com- bat) duty or to do less exacting tasks in this country. The Army's blow landed just when Military Styles are blended and shaped to con- form with your facial features! THE DASCOLA BARBERS Liberty off State # N "., - -'- It sure does get them!! So, you Michigan coeds and you, too, you Michigan men . . . Your worries are f 1) (/~,.AJAk V r _, , ; I ASSOCIATION PRESENTS Elfot e ° DYNAMIC JOURNALIST I'... wt- f r lv, r