.sa fl9 RU, THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAC xE THREE Nine Spartan Lettermen To Face Wolverines Michigan Cagers Hold Edge over MSC Quintet Michigan State's basketball team, ten strong, will invade Ann Arbor to- morrow night, in an attempt to upset the favored Wolverine cage crew when the two quintets meet at 7:30, in Yost Field House. The Spartan's roster boasts nine lettermen and all menron the tenta- tive starting lineup have had previous varsity experience at State. Coach Ben VanAlstyne, MSC's basketball mentor, has named the six chief con- tenders for starting berths, adding that tomorrow night's first string lineup will include five of those cited. Michigan' State's varsity hoop crew will stack up somewhat as fol- lows: At the forwards, Sam Fortino Trojans Picked To Beat UCLA Bowl Bid at Stake in Saturday's Grid Clash By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29-One of the West Coast's most persistent jinxes makes the Southern California Trojans strong favorites to whip the UCLA. Bruins in Saturday's Rose Bowl trial. Since their series began in 1929, the Trojans have won nine times, the Bruins but once, and four games were tied. The Trojans-aided by 76-0 and 52-0 scores in 1929 and 1930 when the Bruins were just getting started in Coast Conference Competi- tion-have amassed 350 points to the Uclans' 105 in the 14 previous games. Four times before, the USC-UCLA' closer has decided the Coast's Rose representative. In 1938 the Trojans walloped the Bruins, 42-7, to earn the bid over California. In 1939 El Trojan again went to the Bowl by holding UCLA to a 0-0 tie. UCLA's big moment came in 1942, when a 14-7 victory sent the Bruins bowlward the only time in their ath- letic career. With the background of last Sat- urday's impressive 34-7 count over Oregon State, the experts have un- hesitatingly installed the Trojand favorites by at least seven points, with some predictions scaling up to 14. *f and Robin Roberts have been given the nod, Don Pjesky and Pat Peppler have received the guard assignments, and either Bill Krall or John Cawood will handle the center spot. Fortino looms as the power-man on the squad. The veteran from Alma, Mich., was nominated the "most val- BIG GUN--Sam Fortino, named the "most valuable player" in the state last year, is back again seek- ing more laurels for his play on the boards. SPOUT S NEWS + VIEWS + COMMENT By BILL MULLENDORE, Sports Editor RUMOR HAS IT that Bo McMillin, coach of the Conference title-winning Indiana Hoosiers and a sure bet for the "coach of the year" award, may leave the scene of his 1945 triumph and take up the tutoring reins at the University of Kentucky. Pulling the strings behind the scenes, so the story goes, is none other than Baseball Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler, who seems to be a pretty busy man in the world of sports these days. Chandler, they say, is at the back of an effort to bring Kentucky to the forefront on the gridiron. McMillin, Chandler's lifelong friend, is said to be the man favored by the ex-senator from the Blue Grass State for the job. According to our source, who must remain nameless, Chandler has, in effect, ordered the president of the University of Kentucky to hire McMillin away from Indiana at any cost, The bait may amount to as much as $25,000. That's all we know, and it may be just another of those stories that always start once the football season has ended and the boys in the backroom begin shooting the breeze. But it does make a lot of sense in some ways. McMillin is a great coach, but up until this year has not had much of a chance to exploit his talents. Football at Indiana has never amounted to very much, as is shown by the fact that 1945 saw the Hoosiers win their first Big Ten title and hang up their initial undefeated season in history. SO, RIGHT NOW, McMillin is at the height of his glory,'the number one man in the coaching business. It took him 11 years to reach those heights, 11 years of indifferent campaigns with poor material. His teams were regarded as one of the "door mats" of the Conference, a "breather" for the tougher games. That's all changed now, but the question is, for how long? Indiana isn't a traditionally strong football school. McMillin's labors have been appreci- ated there, as a recently signed 10-year contract will show, but the chances are he will never attain the fame he deserves coaching the Hoosiers. It would seem, then, that McMillin's smartest move might be to capitalize on his present good fortune, to get out into better things while his bargaining position is good. When a personal friend, who might also help to steer some likely player prospects his way, offers him 25 G's for taking over at Kentucky, well, what could be better? All this, of course, hinges on the supposition that the story is true. We don't know, and probably won't know until something more develops. But it does seem to us that, if McMillin actually is offered a chance at a $25,000 contract with a school that can't go anyplace but up in the football world, he'd be something of a fool not to take it. Anyway, it's interesting to think about. AS TIME GOES BY: Cinderinen Will Cmeeiii First Time Trials Today By 27 Army Favored Over Middies Wolverine Hockey Tearn Praised by Jack Adams "Best Michigan Aggregation I've Ever Seen" Is Red Wing Manager's Lofty Comment 'Nvyu 'Iopes Dim As IRai Suhsides By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29-Pros- pects of firm footing for Army's bril- liant ball-carriers helped maintain the West Pointers as staunch 27- point favorites over Navy in Satur- day's epic struggle here as the two undefeated elevens began converging on the battle site tonight. Uain Subsides A two-day rain which had threat- ened to mar the championship game subsided during the afternoon, and the best long-range forecast was for cool,'cloudy weather when the teams 'collide before some 100,0,00 lucky ticketholders, including President Truman. The Municipal Stadium turf had been covered against the downpour. Coach Swede Hagberg's Midship- men, fired up for a furious effort to snap Army's 17-game winning streak, left their camp on the Severn after a final light workout and passed through here late today en route to Pine Valley, N. J., some 20 miles out- side Philadelphia, where they were to spend the night. Army's mighty squad, under Coach Earl Blaik, was scheduled to leave the Point early tomorrow and to arrive here in time for a limbering-up at the stadium. 70 Bucks for 2 Ducats What few good tickets have trickled into the black market here are re- ported changing hands at as high as $70 a pair, with less favored locations scaled down to around $30 the brace. In vast Municipal Stadium the latter seats strongly call for field glasses. Probably never before in the his- tory of the Army-Navyclassic has one team been such a nearly unani- mous choice to win. About the only question heard is "how many points will Army win by?" Some private Army supporters, in a possible excess of enthusiasm, have spotted Navy as high as 40 points. Never has either school, no matter licw strong, beaten its chief antogo- nist by such a margin, though the cadets of 1903, back in the days of shinguards and flying wedges, crushed a navy team by 40 to 5 in Philadelphia. That is the record, TYPEWRITERS Bought, Rented Repaired STUDENT and OFFICE SUPPLIES U.1). MORRILL 314 S. State St. Phone 6615 BY DES HOWARTH "Vic's boys really look great," is the enthusiastic appraisal of Jack Adams, Detroit hockey coach and manager, after watching the Wolverine puck squad scrimmage his Red Wings at the Coliseum yesterday afternoon in Thanks to a new policy insti- tuted by the Athletic Depart- ment the bewildered winter sports fan will no longer have to flip a coin to decide which of two events he will attend. The new system will be put in practice for the first time tomor- row night when both the basket- ball and hockey teams are in action. The basketball game, between Michigan and Michigan State, will get underway at 7:30 p. m. in Yost Field House. The hockey game, between Michigan and the Windsor Spitfires, will not start until 15 minutes after the cagers are finished to allow time for those in the Field House to move over to the Coliseum. Admissionfor students topthe basketball game will be by pres- entation of a cashier's receipt for the fall term since identification cards have not yet been issued. Student admission to the hockey game is 40 cents plus cashier's receipt. preparation for Michigan's Saturday night opener with the Windsor Spitfires. The genial Red Wing mentor was high in his praise of Coach Vic Hey- liger in particular and the Michigan squad in general as he proclaimed this 1945 edition to be "the best Points SKYSCRAPER-Bill Krall, 6 feet 7 inches of center from Michigan State, will probably be the tallest man to be seen in Ann Arbor this season. GIFTS for him from a Man's Store Beau Brummell Ties. $1.00-1.50 Cooper's Sox .......39c to 1.00 Pioneer Wallets . . . .1.50 to 6.50 Pioneer Suspenders. 1.00 to 2.50 Pioneer Belts ........1.00-2.50 Wool Gloves ..............95c Wool Scarfs .........1.95-3.50 KUOH N'S CLOTHES SHOP 122 EAST LIBERTY On the Corner STARTING FORWARD - Robin Roberts, Fortino's fellow forward, is another Spartan who will seek to upset the favored Wolverine cagers. uable player" in Michigan basketball last year, just edging out the Wol- verines' Bob Geahan. Roberts, also a veteran, gained top experience on' the Spartan's 1944-45 squad, earning a letter for his var- sity play. Both Pjesky and Peppler, the two guards, are returned service- men, and both starred on VanAl- styne's '42-'43 quintet. If Bill Krall starts at the center slot, 6 ft. 7 in. of basketball player will stride onto the hardwood tomor- row night. Cawood, a returned Navy flier, served on the Spartan's '43 team, and is given an even-money chance of starting in place of Krall. With an eye to seeing what his charges can do against the stop watch, Coach Ken Doherty will send his charges through the first of three December weekend time trials today and tomorrow on the cinder track of the field house. The Michigan mentor wasn't ex- pecting much more than seeing just who can run in what events in the first trials this weekend. However it will be the first time this season that the cindermen have run against time. The important trials will be held Fri- day and Saturday, December 14 and 15. On each of the weekends the sched- ule will follow more or less the same pattern, the field events on Fridays and the running events on Satur- days. This afternoon the pole vaul- ters, the high and broad jumpers, and the men throwing the shot will com- pete with each other, while tomorrow afternoon the majority of the men out for the squad will engage in the various events from the dashes to the mile and two mile runs. After this weekend, when the vari- ous men will be assigned the events in which they will compete in during the season that starts in February, it can be expected that the men will start making better times. Buy Victory Bonds! The trials will give the Wolverine coach some idea as to what the num- erous prospects that are out for posi- tions on the team can do under pres- sure. He hopes to form some idea as to the material he will have to work with in building the team that will have to defend its Indoor Conference title in March. 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