SATURDAY, DECEMBIER 1,1. 94" THE MICHIGAN DAILY Hockey, Basketball eams Pucksters Open Season With Windsor Spitfires FOOTBALL FINALE: Harvard-Yale, USC- U CLA Supplement Service Clash 4 ------- - SC ompete 7 Cagers !Jkee Spwruns In Bid for Second Win - Seven Naned for Possible Starting Beits; Three To Be Lines, Two Teams Ready for Action of Defensemen in Tonight's Game *. , (Continued from Page 1) 4 Arnot will be flanked by Dick Star- rak and Sam Steadman. Bob Marshall and Ross Smith will relieve Hill and Cassalter at defense. Thus Coach Heyliger will be able to keep two fresh teams on the ice at all times. However, Marshall may see only limited service tonight, having just recovered from a throat ailment and not being in the top physical condition. Spitfires Boast Vets Coach Jack Dent's starting sextet is an entirely veteran aggregation. For the Spitfires it will be high scor- ing Muff Montforton holding down the center spot, Earl Keyes at left wing and Gord Hailey at right wing. Earl Brandy and Lou Poalatto are the defensemen. Mony Reynolds will be in the goalie crease. Windsor's other forwards include Harry Marchand, Bill Boyce, and Mike Russ. Al Dutchuk and Jack Brown will assist in defense duties. Visitors Youthful Like the Wolverines, the Spitfires are a young crew, but they are an experienced crew. Last year they were good enough to cop the junior hon- ors in Ontario. Indications are that the Windsor club is as strong as last year. The varsity concluded pre-season drills today by concentrating on quick-breaking plays starting from their own defense zone. In practice this week, Heyliger pointed out one weakness in the Wolverine offense. "The boys haven't been clearing the puck from our defense zone the way they should when being pressed. Other than that we're in good shape for the game." Teammates Play Again Playing together again for the Wol- verines tonight will be three former teammates on the Eveleth Minnesota high school squad, Grant, Cossalter, and Celley, who led their sextet to NEW YORK, Nov. 30-(P)-Hidden in the shadow of the Army-Navy classic in Philadelphia tomorrow are a number of top flight football con- tests across the nation ranging from the ivy-laden meeting of Harvard and Yale at New Haven to Southern California's bid for the western Rose Bowl pairing in a game with U.C.L.A. When the returns are in, the sea- son will be over for all practical pur- pc ses with only the bowl extrava- ganzas remaining. Even those pair- ings should be completed. 'Bara Plays Miss. St. Alabama, invited and accepted to the Rose Bowl, finishes its regular season work against a 'Mississippi State eleven that was considered a mild threat to the Crimson Tide's un- beaten season before old Miss upset the Staters last week. Southern California needs at least a tie with the Uclans to qualify for the jobt of trying to stop Harry Gil- mer's Alabama passes at Pasadena New Year's afternoon. If UCLA knocks of the Trojans, like it flat- tened St. Mary's, Washington State will slide into the Pacific Coast Con- ference title and the Tournament of Roses. Irish End with Sailors Notre Dame, still a power despite trimmings by both service academies, finishes against Great Lkes in what may be the final game of a rivalry re- born by wartime conditions. Harvard, absut as. informal as white tie and tails in smothering Bos- ton University, 60-0, is expected to give favcred Yale a run for it in their traditional tilt that closes out the eastern season along with the Army- Navy game. Georgia Tearns Meet Georgia rneet: Georgia Tech in a Scuthern neighborhood scrap, Van- derbilt faces Tennssee, Virginia visits North Carolina, Wake Forest tangles with Clemson, Maryland is at SouthI Carolina and Louisiana State invades Tulane in cther Southern pairings. In the Southwest, Baylor clashes with Rice and Southern Methodist plays at Texas Christian. . - Cubs have (:atchers CHICAGO, Nov. 30-UP)-The Na- tional League champion Chicago Cubs, who had the strongest catching staff in the league last season, will have a stronger one next season, if numbers mean anything. The Bruins currently have nine catchers on their roster. L ett ermien (.0111rise Michigani State f, (C'irn1i tmed Ifrog)lPage I1) Coach Ben VanAlstyne's proba- tarting lineup lists Sam Fortino Robin Roberts at the forwards, Pjesky and Pat Peppler, guards; either Bill Krall or John Cawood. e pivot position. io Is Dangerous cording to advance reports, For- s the man to be watched on the quintet. He was nominated >valuable player" in Michigan etball lta year. In addition, if starts at center, the Wolverines have to contend with 6 ft. 7 in. liplayer, a mighty big order for combination. ite's clash will be the 50th re- I of the Wolverine-Spartan cage Sinitiated in 1909. Of the previ- 49 matches, Michigan has hled 34, while State has come out p in 15. 1943, the last time the two teams Michigan's cagemen put the In- sign on VanAlstyne's boys in :cheduled encounters, 36-31,' 29-26. Reports from the Spar- camp indicate that the State is out to seek a sweet revenge hese two drubbings. r~ Toda *qlar CAGE BOSS-Back at the basket- ball helm after a successful foot- ball season is Coach Bennie Ooster- baan. ICE MAN - Sending his youthful collection of future hockey greats into their initial fracas is Vic Hey- liger. Cadets, Middies np 10 Ta le .n the Minnesota last year. state championship Harris Tutors Figure Skaters "Something new has been added" at the Coliseum since Jack Harris, a professional instructor, has been teaching members of the Ann Arbor Figure-Skating Club. Harris, who started instructiig skaters in Australia in 1923, will resume his professional activities af- ter serving two. and one-half years in the Merchant Marine. He has also worked with skaters at. the United States Military Academy at West Point, at Bremerton, Wash., and In- dianapolis, Ind. All classes of the Figure-Skating Club will be held in the Coliseum. IM Basketball Loops To Open In Next Week Intramural basketball will get un- der way next week with competition in four divisions, fraternity, residence halls, professional fraternity, and in- dependent. The general fraternity division in- cludes the largest number of teams, and has twelve "A" and ten "B" squads. In the residence halls division there will be seven "A" teams and four "B" teams. The professional fraternity#division will be made up of six medical fraternities and two dental fraternities. The independent division to date has eight teams en- tered but it is expected that more entries will come in. Individuals may form eight to ten-man groups and enter this division. Teams are also expected to compete in veterans and foreign students divisions. In all of these divisions, basketball is just one of a number of sports that the teams compete in through- out the year. Points are kept for each team and the team accumulating the greatest number of points over the whole year's competition is the all-year champion. Army, Navy Tussle Is Climax of Grid Season: S - S ~5 ~ -- PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 - () - Undefeated Army and Navy put in their final practice licks on the spongy turf of Municipal Stadium to- day and fell back to await the kick- off of their climatic football duel at 1:30 tomorrow. First the underdog Middies and then the powerful crew from West Point limbered up and took "wind springs" on a stretch of the grass from which the protective covering had been removed, and at the con- clusion each coach announced that he would start his strongest eleven in the championship tussle. Tucker Will Start There had been extereme doubt that Army's clever quarterback, Arn- old Tucker, would be in there to ram- rod the Cadets' T-formation, as he had been bedded since Tuesday with a mild flu attack, but he made the trip with the squad and Coach Earl Blaik said he would start the game. In a surprise move, Blaik an- nounced that Bob Chabot, a fleet 180- pounder from Manchester, N. H., would replace Tom McWilliams at right half in the starting backfield. Carrington Ready Coach Oscar Hagberg of Navy re- ported similar recovery of his several invalids who had brought alarm to Annapolis during the week. Best news' for the future Admirals was that their 205-pound guard, Jim Carrington, had recovered from the sniffles. The field promised to be something less than dry by game time, possibly slippery enough to affect Army's tremendous running attack and to influence the score. The Cadets still were favored by the bookmakers to win by at least 27 points and run their victory string to 18. Cloudy, chilly weather was forecast for the tussle, with the temperature ranging around 40-43 at the kick-off. Trurnar Will See Game Among the 102,000 expected to pack the big stadium were President Truman and a host of Army and Navy brass, including the top com- manders. Attending strictly to logic, there still was no method by which Navy could be given an even outside chance of winning the game. The best the Tars could hope to do, according to the cold figures, would be to hold the Mules to a respectable margin of vic- tory, say, under 40 points. As usual, Army almost certainly will kick off, even if it wins the toss. It is Coach Blaik's great pleasure to have Blanchard get off one of his tremendous, soaring boots into the end zone, and then let the jittery op- position see what it can do offen- sively. Mostly, the opposition either fumbles or gets off a short, hurried punt, and Army goes into action- boom-at about midfield. In the matter of weight the two starting elevens are so ev enly matched that it smacks of collusion. No Forecasts to Offer Say Blaik, Hagberg PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 - (A') -- The coaches of the Army and Navy football teams declined to- day to forecast the prospects of their teams in tomorrow's game. Cmdr. Coach Oscar (Swede) Hagberg of Navy said: "That's one I won't answer, but I will say that we certainly are ready." Col. Earl (Red) Blaik of Army said: "I have no statement to make except that we are ready to play." Army enters the contest a 27- point favorite. The Cadets are looking for their second straight undefeated, untied season. A wet turf was forecast for this the 46th renewal of the series since 1890. BASKETBALL Detroit 72 r SPOrRS NEW + ~VIEWS + COMMENT' By HILL MVIULLENI)ORE, Sports Editor 1_ RIDING PLEASURE at ® ® GofsidSiding Stables Private or Group Instruction INDOOR RING, COURTESY CAR BREAKFAST RIDE, SUPPER RIDE HAYRIDE and PRIVATE PARTIES Phone 2-3441 3250 East Huron River Drive We'd like very much to be in Philadelphia today. More specifically, we'd like to be in ,the Philadelphia Stadium, along with 100,000 other people, to watch Army play Navy in what looks like the football battle of the age. But since, for several reasons, we can't be there, we might as well speculate on what we would expect to see if we were. A guy can always dream. COURT VET-Returning from last year's edition of Wolverine basket- ballers is veteran Walt Kell. I MAKE Christmas Shoppin9Center State Street at North University Open Until 6 P.M. Saturday pe Un --t .xtumca O xua' ca.~"sa.nw .c.cne.c..v.c,.,n..,e _e... r,.....r.............e,......... . .. ......._.-._..« _. ... 1w. a a In the first place, we would expect to see Army win, but not by as wide margin as some people seem to think. Navy, we think, is going to make fight of it. In fact, we think the Middies have a chance to win.. Secondly, we expect the game to prove something we have thought all along, that Doc Blanchard is a more valuable football player than Glenn Davis. Davis can be stopped by a defense strong at the ends, and Navy has the best pair of ends in the business. Blanchard, as far as we can tell, can be stopped by nothing short of homicide. Third, we are looking forward to seeing some team besides Michigan go into a game with the mighty Army aggregation unhampered by plain, ordinary fear. We suspect that very element of being perhaps most im- portant of all in Army's success at running up huge scores. The Mid- shipmen won't be beaten before they start. Fourth, we look for some of the best line play ever produced on any gridiron. Navy's line is, by popular consent, the best in football this year, and one of the best of all time. Army's forward wall ranks second only to Navy's. The battle up front ought to be one for the books. Fifth and finally, we expect the game to be as bitterly fought as any ever played. The stakes are tremendous. The power, the speed, the brawn, the brains, and the tradition are there. That's why we have chosen to call it "the football battle of the century." I I 1* STORE UP ENERGY for a Healthy Start FOOD from (((r" r .- " . . ,,/' ' ' fN L),. , II ! I NONALCOHOLIC 'RUE YES Dtyxiss I / I I I I