TIIE MICHlIGAN -DAILY .PAGfI TRW. Sextet, Wolverines' Star Wingman Lost for Game Renfrew Breaks Wrist in Practice (Continued from Page 1) and it is doubtful if he will see any action again this season. Renfrew, who played an outstand- ing game against the Spitfires last week and scored the first goal of the contest, was counted upon highly by Heyliger to flank the starting line of Gordon Mac Millian and Bill Jacob- son. Connie Hill, defenseman for the Wolverines will be moved up to Ren- frew's position for tomorrow night's tilt. Another Wolverine casualty is Clem Cossalter, hard-checking de- fenseman who hails from Eveleth Minn. Cossalter will probably see mied action tonight, having suf- fered a slight leg injury in the Red Wings scrimmage. Ross Smith will replace Cossalter in the starting line- r up. Otherwise, Michigan will start the same team which opened the Spitfires. Mac Millian, Jacobson, and hill will be the first line. Smith and Bob Arnot, who has been switched to fill the gap caused by Cosealter's absence will operate on 'the defense. Jack MacInnes will assume the goal bending duties. The Wolverines have been practic- ing hard all week, including scrim- maging with the Red Wings, in try- ing to iron out the defects evident in their play in last Saturday's contest. Although Michigan won in a con- vincing manner against the Windsor Spitfires, Heyliger warns that the Owen Sound club undoubtedly will be a more formidable obstacle and has the edge in experience over the Wol- yerines. Coach Heyliger has indicated he will change his lines frequently, al- ternating his starting combination with the Walt Grant, Neil Celley, Wally Gacek. and Sam Steadman, Chet Kuznier, Dick Starrack lines. All three lines saw considerable ac- tion last Saturday. The Wolverines will have five de- fensemen available for duty also. Bob Marshall, almost fully recovered from the effects of influenza, is back in top form and probably will pair with Ching Johnson on the other de- fense line. Johnson did not see much action in the first game. Owen Sound will bring a 17 man team to Ann Arbor for tonight's fray, headed by Coach Buddy Marakle, former International League star, and three times leading scorer of that league. The Mohawks present a much older aggregation than the Spitfires of last week and are one of the better outfits in the Ontario Sen- ior A hockey league this season. They won their opening encounter and also gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a battle before losing an exhibition to the Stanley Cup holders. Owen Sound's first line will con- sist of Bernie McArthur at center, Freddy Smith at right wing, and "Fuzz" Foster at left wing. N"et minder Don Sutherland will be given support from defensemen Tom Pol- Iock and Vic Bishop. M >- M Cagers Face trong Opponents SPORTS i NEWS + VIEWS + COMMENT By BILL MULLENDORE, Sports Editor i, OF ALL THE EXPERTS-and others-who annually go about the business of selecting All-American elevens, NBC's Bill Stern employs the most rational system, in our estimation. Stern is at least honest. He makes his selections solely on the basis of personal eye-witness acquaintance and not on hearsay as all too many of his compatriots do. He has seen, in action, every player he names. The result may not be satisfactory to some people. Stern is not a miracle man. He can't see 'em all. But his final selections at least have an air of authenticity about them. That is more than can be said for a let of so-called All-American teams. All of which leads up to a little nominating of our own, although we are not even going so far as to call the result an All-American. The eleven men we will name here are simply the best at their positions we personally saw all season, period. Naturally, we did not see nearly all of the nation's best football players. We did not see Army play all season, so we cannot include Glenn Davis or Doc Blanchard. And we did not see a lot of other aggregations boasting players of All-American calibre. Hence, our field is limited to perhaps a dozen football teams, some of them so minor as to be removed immediately from consideration. But we still think our method of selection is the only sensible one. News- papers, radios, and newsreel's do not, in our estimation, provide a sufficient basis for deciding that one football player is better than another. At the ends on our own personal "dream team", we would put Navy's Dick Duden and Indiana's Ted Kluszewski, and we defy anyone to name a superior pair of flankers. Both men turned in consistently good per- formances all season, and both were superb against Michigan. Russ Thomas of Ohio State is a cinch at one tackle. His work in the Michigan game was nothing short of phenomenal. The other tackle is not so easy, but Purdue's Tom Hughes probably rates the nod. Like his teammate, Thomas, Warren Amling is a shoo-in for one guard spot. But the best guard we saw all season was Navy's Jim Carrington, a boy who will be lightly regarded by most All-American selectors. Carring- ton's play against the Wolverines left everyone gasping. Center is easy. The position belongs to Michigan's own Harry Watts, hands down. Watts played against some mighty good centers this fall among them Navy's Dick Scott. In every case, he was the better man. No more need be said. Two of the four backfield choices are also simple. Georg'e 'alia- ferro, sensational Indiana freshman, was the best all-around back we saw all year. Ollie Cline of Ohio State is likewise an easy choice on the basis of his play against Michigan. It would be hard to leave out Navy's Tony Minisi, who was in the Wolver- ines' hair all the time he was on the field at.Baltimore Our fourth selection is Marion Motley, Great Lakes' fullback, who turned in a whale of a line- bucking job behind a mediocre forward wall in"the opening game of tIh, TO SEE ACTION TONIGHT - Dave Strack, Michigan defenseman recently discharged from the Marines, is expected to start at guard for the Wolverine cagers tonight. Professional Grid Leagues Battle Leaves Players in Desirable Spot Western Michigan's Freshman Quint Boasts Enviable Record Broncos, Michigan, Both Undefeated to Date; Wolverines Seek Third Victory of Seaoon (Continued from Page 1) squad in that year. Rounding out the varsit;, five, at they did with its predecessor. Al- center, is Glen Selbo, transfer Navy though the Western squad is com- student. Selbo was sent to Ann Arbor posed entirely of freshmen it boasts this summer from Western Michigan, a bevy of cagers with previous bas- where he starred for the Bronco's ketball experience, all of whom top cage crew in '45. the six-foot mark. Freshman Quintet to Start Against this young crew Coach Oos- Coach Herbert "Buck" Read's terbaan will pit a team composed of Brown and Gold varsity list will be returning lettermen, transfer stu- the same as that which toppled St. John's earlier this week. Read will start Captain Melvin Van Dis and See Them Both! Robert Fitch at the forward stations, Andy Moses and Robert White at the Again this week as last, Michi- guards, and Don Boven at the pivot gan winter sports fans will be able spot. to see both athletic events sched- All of these cagers are freshmen, uled for this evening. but 6 ft. 4 in. Van Dis played a half Due to a new policy, the basket- year for Western in 1942-43, before ball game between the Wolverines leaving for the service, while the and Western Michigan will begin other four earned reputations for at 7:30. The hockey game will start themselves playing high school ball. 15 minutes after the completion of the basketball game. D dents, ex-servicemen, and freshmen. The Wolverines' starting lineup has Big T1l not been definitely named, but it has been indicated that the men who led CHICAGO, Dec. 7 - OP) - The off in last week's Michigan State orn Conference, which yemter- game would probably make up to- day devised a system for determin- night's first five. ing an annual Big Ten football Harrison Leads Scorers cnampion by counting tie games as At the opening tip-off the Maize 1/2 won and 1/2 lost, today set dates and Blue forward assignments will for its 1945 spring sports champion- most likely be handled by Bob Har- ship meets following a day-long rison and John Mullaney. Harrison, schedule session. a first year man fresh from Toledo, Conference I vimming, wrestling O., is Michigan's high-scorer to date, and indoor track championships all having racked up 19 points in the will be determined March 8 and 9, Chippewa tilt and 15 against the with the swim meet scheduled at the Spartans, for a total of 34 marks. Univerity of Minnesota, the wres- Mullaney, a letterman from the '44- tling meet at the University of Illi- '45 club, clinched the other forward nois and the indoor track meet at berth by virtue of his top-notch per- the University of Chicago. formances both this and last season. Tennis, golf and outdoor track The guard spots will be. filled by meets were slated for the wtekend letterman Walt Kell and Dave Strack, of May 30-June 1, with the tennis a returned serviceman. Strack also championships at Northwestern Uni- earned his "M" at Michigan by play- versity opening May 30, the outdoor ing on the Wolverine 1942-43 quintet track meet at Illinois May 31-June 1 before leaving for the Marines. He and the golf tournament at North- was elected honorary captain of the western also May 31-June 1. q- - - NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- (/4) - The most gleeful onlookers at the brawl involving the National Football Lcagie and 'the blueprinted All- America Conference undoubtedly are the lads who play or plan to play tlhe game for money and who until tow were just con'ks in a whirlpool as far as having anything to say about their working arrangements was concerned. They ;lust played when. where, with whom and for how much they were told, and if they didn't like those con- ditions they could always change suits and get into the game anyway. Chat)e to the grey tweed and get in b ly paying their $4.40. that is. They were helpless in the clutch of the National League's tight little monopoly, and now, glory be, they see a ray of light. With two leagues at each other's throats, and no current sign of even a negotiated peace, the players suddenly find themselves with the key to the mint. Suppose Thaddeus Ibbleneck is a r 1 7 f 1i J { season here.sensation on the college gridiron. All There they are. It's undoubtedly not the best team that could be gleaned ahis fenewspape headl schto b from all the nation's colleges. But it does represent the best we saw in a great drawing card when he turns 1945, and we leave it at that. pro, which he plans to do. Assuming the National League and OPEN WARFARE! the new All-America League still are clawing at each other's pocketbooks, and seek supremacy by turning out Minor Leagues Buck Chandler the better teams, they are a cinch to go after Thaddeus. He's up there on TR lethe auction block and doing his own Approving _ -____S___auctioneering. If a National League club offers COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 7 - P) game's high commissioner, A. B. him an orange, say, an All-American The hottest - but "untradingest" (appy)shandler sioe A. club will offer him an orange and a st(Happy)Chandler.knife to cut it with. The National club Minor League meeting in years wound Not since the attempt to oust minor will come back with the offer of an up today with approval of a law bar- league czar Judge W. G. Bramham, orange, a knife and an orange squeez- ring all player bonuses in baseball failed three conventions ago because er, and the All-American club will add and a green light for the Pacific the late Commissioner Kenesaw M. a napkin to that offer. And so it will Landis merely walked into the meet- go on and on until one club runs out Coast loop to move up into the big ing room, has any annual meeting of accessories or says to heck with leagues, if it can get the big leagues' aired a battle inside baseball such as Thaddeus. By that time Thaddeus is "okay." the legislative punches the minors assured a pretty fair remuneration Both of today's actions, of course, threw at Chandler here this week. for his services, so he takes the last Coming up, next week will probably offer. must be seconded by the major be at least a few more player deals leagues at their get-together in Chi- to accompany the lone major league The only way the two leagues can cago next week. But, just as it was ivory transaction put across at the kee t from squeezing each other dry here, the hotfoot in next week's ses- meetings here - the sale of pitcher is to get together and agree on some sions will be the fight that now Johnny Humphries by the White Sox erig the acquisition of amounts virtually to open warfare be- tothPiles players. They might squabble over tween baseball men generally and the It is known more or less definitely everything else, but for their mutual that Cleveland outfielder Jeff Heath, protection it would seem like common 4 Cincinnati first-sacker Buck McCor- I sense to draw a line somewhere on salaries. The players wouldn't like that, nat- urally. As things are now they are caught in the middle, and like it. The New York situation is just something of an overt act that brought a more or less open declara- tion of hostilities. The showdown has been brewing for some time with the All-America Conference steadily pro- gressing with its plans and the Na- tional League studiously ignoring the upstart. Now, through Dan Topping throw- ing the Yankee Stadium into the All- America League, the National no longer can gaze frigidly straight ahead as if nothing was happening. A guy just can't be unconcerned when somebody pops him on the chin, and Topping's move was no love tap. For a league without a football the All-America certainly has been mak- ing some good gains. Olymptcs Head Warns Athletes Of Pro moters RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 7 -- (1P) - Amateur athletics of the post-war world not only must fend off the pri- vate promoter, but must also avoid the temptations of governments and clubs seeking political gain, Avery Brundage of Chicago, President of the U.S.A. Sports Federation, told delegates to the Fifty-Seventh An- nual AAU Convention today. "I have just returned from Europe where plans for the 1948 Olympic games were discussed, Brundage said. "London, which had been awarded the 1944 games before World War II started, likely will be the site and a mail poll of the International Olym- pic Committee is now being taken." After last summer's committee meeting in London, Brundage said he made a tour of numerous Euro- pean countries and there learned that some nations were aiding ama- teur athletes almost to the point of subsidization and that in other coun- tries athletes were divided into clubs by political beliefs. All letter winners are urged to attend a meeting of the M Club, today at 1 p.m, in the Union. Officers for the coming year will be elected at that time. flqktanda9 PEACE OF THE W -will be found at LEO I i ~ LUNCH. Plus the quiet of1 osphere you can have a si ing steak as tasty as one coaled over an open fire. DON'T RELY ON THE GRAPEVINE Go see for yourself all the good food, scrumptious mid-afternoon treats and friendly atmosphere of the PARROT that everyone is talking about. SHE'LL PRIMP AND POWDER I r ~-if you tell her you'll take SOPHOMORE CABARET day night in the ballroom Michigan League. Lowry band will furnish the mus TABOO TO THOSE TEARS Tell her you'll treat her to chicken- in-the-rough at METZGER'S. It's an evening of enjoyment for the whole family. " . RIDING PLEASURE at Golfside Riding 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 mick and 20 of the World Champion Detroit Tigers, headed by first base- man Rudy York, are on the block. The Indians are also willing to sell second baseman Roy Mack and pitch- er Jim Bagby. Bagby may go to the Red Sox. The minor league presidents, who efused yesterday to change their own bonus regulations which Chand- ler ruled "illegal and unfair" voted 14 to 2 today to have all baseball majors and minors alike-wipe out extra-curricular payments to players. The Pacific Coast circuit was given unanimous permission to retain its membership in the Minors' National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues pending decision next week on its bid to break the 44-year ex- elusive major league circle formed by the American and National loops. I U. 1945-46 LECTURE COURSE p r e sents> FRANCES PERKINS Former Secretary of Labor, Recently Returned from the International Labor Parley in Paris. TUESDAY_ DEC. 11 .-30 PM. E II I I .__T '®/^I' ** AI~bLlaI