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THE MlC- V--' N- . N D AIIN
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1946,
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By MARY LU HEATH
Associate Sports Editor
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Humes Not To Compete for Cinder Squad
THE MICHIGAN ATHLETIC SCHEDULE confuses us, to say the least.
How an ordinary human being who is interested in all winter sports
could possibly keep up with more than one team here this season is more
than our feeble cerebrum can comprehend.
If a Michigan fan is interested in both hockey and basketball, for in-
stance, he will certainly be hard-put to see both teams in action on the
weekends they play in Ann Arbor. The athletic department has abandoned
its project of starting the hockey games 15 minutes after the end of basket-
ball games, principally because too many fans were suddenly freed to strain
the Coliseum's already-strained capacity.
This is the only conceivable reason we can see for the inconvenience
of the Michigan schedule. If the swimming pool and the Coliseum, with
their limited seating facilities, continue to be thronged as they have
during the initial stages of the winter season, we can see the logic of
the authorities' program. If the schedule was worked out arbitrarily,
however, we would like to suggest an improvement for next year.
Consider the plight of the hapless fan under the present setup. He is
robbed of seeing his two or three favorite teams perform in one weekend,
when the teams are all at home. The following weekend, when he may
contemplate viewing the team he didn't see previously, he is apt to find him-
self unexpectedly unoccupied. For every Michigan squad may be competing
out of town. He is, therefore, robbed twice.
The schedule outlook for the fan has not been bright so far this
season, and it is not slated to get any better. In the majority of cases,
most of the squads go out of town simultaneously, as they did this week-
end. They are, conversely, in town simultaneously.
Our suggestion is that the coaches of all Western Conference schools
coordinate their activities when the time for making out their future sched-
ules rolls around. They should attempt to scatter sports events more evenly
throughout the Conference on separate weekends. In this way, the fan
would get a better break - and gate receipts should also be better.
We realize that schedule-making is a task that no one except a profes-
sional schedule-maker relishes. More agony goes into drawing up a Western
Conference schedule, probably, than in most other official activities of the
Big Ten. But a suggestion, we hear, is always welcome.
Fisher Boasts Enviable Record
T'wins Unable
To Find Time
for Practice
Conflict Is Caused
By Studies, Track
By WALT KLEE
In spite of the recent exception in
the Big Ten eligibility rules that
would allow the Hume twins, Ross
and Bob, another season of compe-
tition, the scholastic requirements of
the Medical school will probably pre-
vent the "dead heat twins" from com-
peting again this year for Michigan.
In December of last year, the Big
Ten Eligibility Committee relaxed its
rules in the case of the Humes to put
them on equal footing with fresthmen
who entered school during the war
and were allowed four seasons of var-
sity competition.
Studies, Track Conflict
Immediately sports pages all over
the country printed stories that the
Humes would run this year: Ken
Doherty, Wolverine track coach, and
the twins themselves doubted that it
would be possible for the former
stars to be able to run.
The "dead heat twins," so named
because of their record of 14 straight
dead heat victories in mile runs
against collegiate opposition, have
been practicing whenever their med-
ical studies permitted. But they
haven't the time for both activities.
In announcing their decision Ross
said, "Both Bob and I would like to
run again, but we have to give first
consideration to our studies. The bur-
den would be too much, and I am
afraid we couldn't do justice to both
school and track."
Doherty remarked, "It is unfortu-
nate that circumstances will not let
them run, but under the circumstanc-
es it is best that the team not plan
on what it won't have.. .Both boys
carry eight hours a day of classes."
Twins Not in Top Form
The Wolverine mentor continued,
"The Humes, who have not had the
benefits of cross country conditioning
in the fall are in the worst shape of
their Michigan track career, and it is
doubtful that they could round into
the form they used to be in when they
compiled one of the best records for
two brothers in the history of track."
It is certain that the Michigan
coach would not let his former stars
compete this year if there were any
chance of thir marring their out-
standing record due to poor condition
caused by lack of training.
In three years as the outstanding
distance runners on any college cam-
pus in the nation, the Humes have
turned in performances that have
won national acclaim. They have per-
formed in invitational events in New
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r4 estlers Hold Contests
StartingPositions
Matches Help Determine Top Assignments
In Opener Against Indiana Next Saturday
Intra-squad matches to help de-
ternine starting oerths in the opening
ldual match of the season against In-
liana next Saturday in Bloomingtor
were conducted by the varsity wrest-
ling team yesterday afternoon in Yost
Field House.
The winners in these matches hole
the inside track in their respectivE
weight divisions. At 121 pounds, Jim
Stark, sophomore engineering stu-
dent is the most promising. John All.
red is the best of the grapplers who
tip the scales at 128 pounds. Navy
trainee Dale Richardson tops the 136-
DEAD HEAT TWINS-Ross and Bob Hume who have announced that Pound class while Wayne Smith,
due to a heavy scholastic burden they will be unable to compete again .freshman from Fort Dodge, Iowa
this year. heads the 145-pound division. Stu
Snyder, Navy student who won hi;
ork, Chicago, in the Drake, Penn. In the spring of 1944 they made weight's title in the all-campu
irdue, and Chicago relays. in ad- their best time of 4:14.6 in the Cen- w.rcstling tournament, is the top-
tion to Michigan and Conference tral Collegiate AA mile event. Their iranking favorite of the 155-pounders
eets. time in the Big Ten Meet of the Courtright Best in Class
on 14 Straight Victories same year was 4:15.4. Captain Bill Courtright, veteran
While compiling their 14 straight In addition both of the thinclads who fought in the Battle of the Bulge:
stories in the mile, the Humes have turned in tremendous perform- is supreme at 165 pounds, while the
intly have gained two dead heat ances at the Penn, Drake, Purdue and top spot at 175 pounds is being con-
ns in the Big Ten Indoor Champ- Chicago Relays. According to press tested. The men competing for this
nship mile event. Ross also has the dispatches covering the Penn Relays, position are Ward Peterson, a local
dividual title in the half mile and "The Humes were easily the best per- Ann Arbor product, and varsity grid-
)b the crown in the two mile run. formers on the field." der George Chiames.
Another football player, Fullback
the headline spot in the 175-pound
division will be held Monday or
Tuesday of next week.
Starting Berths Still Uncertain
Coach Cliff Keen revealed that the
positions are never closed and the
"inside man" can always be replaced
by being defeated by a teammate.
Keen also stated that he was pleased
with the spirit shown by the team to
date and that most of the wrestlers
were getting themselves into condi-
tion with only a few not having
reached their top physical shape.
As most of the team has never
wrestled before, Keen said that he
had no way of predicting the future
of his men in competition. However,
he is confident that each competitor
will exert himself to his capacity
while grappling for the Wolverine's
1946 edition of the varsity wrestling
team.
Cage Scores
Ohio State 41, Illinois 35
Purdue 53, Wisconsin 49
Indiana 45, Iowa 39
Detroit 43, Wayne 33
Marquette 47, Great Lakes 37
Pittsburgh 45, Penn State 38
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service is Ray Fisher, baseball mentor,
who has been tutoring Wolverine
diamond squads for 25 years, coming
to the University in 1920.
Over the 25-year span, his teams
have been Western Conference
champions 10 times. His over-all
winning percentage is .692 with 417,
games won and 185 lost.
Before he signed at Michigan as
coach, Fisher was a successful major
league pitcher with both the New
York Yankees and the Cincinnati
Reds. One season, he had 15 victories
and only four losses while hurling for.
the Reds.
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Cagers L st ton'rtUndts uted
Conference Crown in 1927
By BERNIE MEISLIN all-Conference squad. Capt. Chain-
March 8, 1927, is a date which bers was chosen on the second team.
stands circled on the all-time Michi- Oosterbaan further added to his ath-
gan basketball calendar. letic laurels by taking Western Con-
It was on this day that, in refer- ference scoring honors.
ence to the Wolverine cagers, the Michigan's only two losses of the
Daily printed in bold, black type the 1927 schedule were early-season up-
following headline: "Wolverines Win sets at the hands of Indiana and Pur-
Undisputed Title." It was the first due. These teams finished second
and only time in Maize and Blue his- and third respectively in final Con-
tory that the quintet walked off the ference standings.
Yost Field House court with an un- Teammates Now Coaching
contested Conference title tucked se- Two veterans of Michigan's Chain-
curely in its hip pocket. pionship basketball squad are still
Beat Iowa in Thriller pretty active in Maize and Blue ath-
By efetin a trog Iwa ivetoletics. Bennie Oosterbaan is head
By defeating a strong Iowa five to basketball coach and football end
the tune of 31-29 in a closely contest- coach, and Ernie McCoy is assistant
ed thriller, the Wolverines wrapped basketball coach.
up the Conference championship, After 1927, only the team of 1929
closing the season with a record of 10 was able to approach the record of
wins and two losses in Big Ten play. the title-winning squad. The hoop-
Led by Capt. Ed Chambers and for- sters of '29 tied with Wisconsin for
wards Bennie Oosterbaan and Frank Big Ten laurels, but the cagers of '27
Harrigan, the 1927 outfit was not to stand alone in Wolverine annals as
be denied in its bid for a Conference the only squad in Michigan history
crown. These men had put up a ever to have won an uncontested title.
valiant fight for the title the season
before, only to have the glories of a
championship shared by three other LCa s Deieat WInvs
schools. TORONTO, Jan. 12., (/P)--The To-
This year the title was to be un- ronto Maple Leafs rolled up a six goal
disputed. With this goal in view, Ed lead in the first period as they routed
Chambers, Harrigan, Ernie McCoy, the Detroit Red Wings 9-3 tonight
Oosterbaan, Wilbur Petrie and co- before a crowd of 13,672 fans in the
pany started out on the best basket- Malef ea acrdens., fn i h
bal year in Michigan historyLeaf Gardens.
Throughout the season, the calibre f Syl Apps, Billy Taylor and Jackie
uHamilton played leading roles in the
play was consistently superior, at! Toronto triumph with two goals each.
times brilliant.
Dan Dworsky, is showing great pos-
sibilities in the heavyweight division ' PERSONALITY STYLES
despite having been out for the team
for just a short while and possessing are blended, shaped to your fa-
very little knowledge about the sport cial features. TRY ONE!
of wrestling. At the present time
though, Dworsky is the top man in hi T
weight class. The playoff match for Between State & Mich. Theatres
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