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Hockey Team Hopes To End
Long Gopher Mastery on lce
Invaders Boast Veteran, Freshman Lines;
Wolverines To Rely on Speed, Playmaking
By DES IOWARTH
Wolverine hockey fans who have patiently waited for eight long years
to see a Michigan sextet defeat Minnesota on the Coliseum ice may finally
be rewarded this weekend when Coach Vic Heyliger's squad battles the
Golden Gophers in a two-game series
For years the Gophers under Coach Larry Armstrong have held com-
plete mastery over the Maize and Blue puckmen, often piling up scores
running into two figures. But this may be the year for Michigan to turn
the trick Jn the North.men. The.,n1_ < W.
Franks Norninate
By BILL MULLENDORE
Daily Sports Editor
FOR all we know, nominations for the position of successor to Clarence
(Biggie) Munn as Michigan line coach have already been closed.
Assuming they are still open, we would like to add still another candi-
date to the list, even though we realize we are running a good chance of
wasting our ballot.
Our nominee is Julius Franks, Michigan's All-American guard in
1942, one of the finest linemen ever produced at this or any other in-
stitution. To our way of thinking, the Athletic Department could make
no better choice.
All this is predicated on the assumptions, first, that Franks is physi-
cally able to handle the job, and, second, that he would be willing to give
up, at least temporarily, his plans to become a dentist. At this writing, we
have no way of proving either assumption.
Franks was released from the University Hospitai just this past fall,
after fighting and winning a grim three-year battle against perhaps
the most terrible of medical foes-tuberculosis. He has resumed his
studies in the Dental School, but whether he has recovered sufficiently
to undertake such a strenuous job as coaching football, we do not know.
FRANKS, as we have said, was as good a lineman as ever played football, in
our estimation. Big, rugged, fast, and powerful, he was perhaps the most
d for Line Coach
consistent forward Michigan has had in the eight years of Coach Fritz Cris-
ler's administration. He was one of the few players of whom it could be
said, "He never played a bad game."
Unfortunately, Franks was deprived of his last, and probably his
greatest, year of competition when disaster struck in the form of tuber-
culosis. It has always been a source of wonder to all observers that the
barrel-chested Negro, 220 pounds of solid muscle, should have been
struck by the disease, but he was, all the same.
Hoosiers Host
To Wrestlers
In Mlat Debut
Inexperienced Men
Fill Starting Berths
By SY LICHTER
verines have an outstanding record
with nine wins and no defeats. Min-
nesota has a .500 average, having won
twice from Fort William, Ont., while
dropping two contests to St. James
of Winnipeg.
Has Fast Forward Line
Michligan has two of the best for-
ward lines evr to play on the Coli-
seum ice. Both are speedy, and both
excellent playmakers. Gord Mac-
Millan centers one line with Al Ren-
frew and Bill Jacobson on the wings.
Wally Gacek, Neil Celley and Walt
Grant form the second combination.
To match these speed merchants
the Gophers have a veteran line and
one composed of freshmen. Bob
Fleming, Bob Carley and Brad
Thompson are the lettermen on the
Gophers' first line. In reserve they
will have Pat Finnegan, Dennis Rolle
and Cal Engstad.
Hill Leads Defense
At the defense posts the Maize and
Blue have four standouts. Captain
Connie Hill, despite his small stature,
is a clever back-checker and the
team's spark-plug. Bob Marshall is
big and rugged. Clem Cossalter and
Ross Smith are also hard-checking
stalwarts.
Al Opsahl, a junior will be the
Gopher's power on defense, teaming
with Jack O'Brien, Bud Frick, Dick
Roberts, or Jeff Burman. Burman
and Frick are highly-rated fresh-
men. Opsahl has been termed by
Coach Armstrong as one of the best
college defensemen he has ever seen.!
He is playing his third year for Min-
nesota.
Either Duff McDermid, a fresh-
man, or letterman Red McCabe will
be in the nets for the Gophers. Rated
on an even par by Coach Armstrong,1
both will probably see action in the
two game series. Jack Macnnes will'
again draw the goalie assignment forI
the Wolverines.l
Although unwilling to venture ac
SAME OLD STORY:
Wolverines, O
Conference Sw
By CLARK BAKER
With another Conference swim-
ming season in full swing it looks like
Michigan and Ohio State will fight it
out again for top tank honors.
Reports from Columbus indicate'
that the Wolverines, defendingbtheir -
Big Ten crown, will face a better-
balanced Buckeye squad than the
outfit which last year bowed to the
Maize and Blue, 55-43, for the Con-
Terence title and then went on to
turn the tables on Matt Mann's crew
in the NCAA meet.
Plenty Of Free Stylers
Freestylers are abundant in the
Big Ten this year with Michigan,
Ohio State, Illinois and Iowa 'all
boasting crack sprinters. Of lasta
year's point-winner.s in the 50- and'
100-yard free style events only Wol-
verine Charley Fries and Illini ace,
John Haulenbeek, are back. Out-
standing newcomers are Michigan's
Dick Weinberg, Iowa's Kenny Marsh
and Ohio State's Halo Hirose.
Keo Nakama, Buckeye free styler
who monopolized the distance events
for three years, is no longer around.
Ready to step into Nakama's shoes is
Wolverine Matt Mann, Jr. who has
already equalled the Hawaiian's win-
ning time for last year's Conference
440-yard free style event. North-
western's Graham Davis, a point win-
ner last year, is another challenger
in the 220 and 440 events.
In the breast stroke Michigan's
prediction as to the outcome of the
series, Coach Heyliger says his squad
is determined to end Minnesota's
domination over the Wolverines.
"The team showed that it not only
The battle in the hospital was not an easy one, but Franks came Michigan's wrestling team will
haveitsfirst crack at Big Ten com-
through, just as he had always done on the gridiron. He always was the sort havetition this year, when it meets In-
of man, on and off the field, who could be depended upon. diana's matmen Saturday at Bloom-
It does not follow naturally that a good football player will make a ington.
good coach. But when a good football player also qualified in the, i- Coach Cliff Keen, Wolverine men-
Fortant respects of leadereship and intelligence, success in the c tor, has announced that Itis starting
lineup for this meet will be comprised
game is as sure as anything can make it. Franks always was a leader, of mostly inexperienced men.
respected by his teammates and by the camnpus, His scholastic achieve- In the 121-pound bracket Jim
inents. have always been well above average. Stark will start for Michigan, while
And so we say, "What about Julie Franks as the new Michigan line o Alred is slated to open for the
coach?" Provided he is able and willing to do the job, we can think of no Dale Richardson, who is a member of
better, no more logical choice. Franks gave everything he had to Michican >e v-i? unit on campus, will wrestle
while be played football here, It 7ocs .ithout s: lg he would give every- u l -ucund division.
thing as a coach. Julius Franks i ? kind of . guy. jil Si der To St
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By WAEInKJEE6Northwestern here in their sixth Big Chuck Lindgren will start at forwards, urdue's Boilermakers dealt a blow
B WALT L.EE Ten clash. King at center, and Bud Carter and to Indiana's hopes for a Western Con-
One of the most popular questions The Wildcats are the latest college Buzz Wheeler will play the guard po- rence basketball championship as
popping up around the Field House quintet to drop from the ranks of the sitions. .e. defeated their downstate rivals
these days is the ability of Michigan's undefeated. Illinois turned the trick Meet Hoosiers Monday y
track team to continue the domina- Monday night as they handed Coach On Monday night the cagers jour- (might, 49 to 38.
Dutch Lonborg's five a 45-38 setback. ney to Bloomington, Indiana, where
tion they have held i the Northwestern's loss leaves only Ohio they will engage the once-defeated r o Se Slt
events for the last six years. State and Minnesota undefeated in Hoosiers in a return court battle. In- S .( ItitC
In addition to the doubtful entry Conference competition. diana's single loss came at the hands
HEAD MAN -- Sending his all-
winning hockey team out for their
tenth straight triumph tomorrow
night against Minnesota will be Vic
Heyliger.
has ability, but also the fellows
showed they have plenty of spirit
when they came from behind twice to
beat Colorado College," Heylige'r
said.
Of the 87 games played between the
two teams, the Gophers hold a wide
margin of victories with 55. The
Wolverines have won 21 while 11
games have ended in ties. Michigan
last defeated Minnesota at Minneap-
olis in 1942.
hio State Top
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co-champ, Heini Kessler, will have a
rugged time retaining his title.
Northwestern's Al Craig broke the
world 200-yard mark last week
against the Wolverines while Ohio
States' two-time AAU breast stroke
champ, Jim Counsilman, is back to
pick up where he left off for the
Bucks. Wolverine .Bob Sohl is an-
other promising breast stroker.
The Wildcats also boast two of the
Big Ten's better backstrokers in Bob
Tannehill and ex-Wolverine Dave
Robertson. Ohio State's Bob Dennis
and Lenny Adell, Purdue's Pete
Huntington and Illinois' Tony Kon-
stant may all figure in the Confer-
ence backstroke picture.
Trouble For State's Divers
Ohio State's closed shop in the
diving may be seriously threatened
this year with the return of Wolver-
ines Alex Canja and Gil Evans from
the service. The Buckeyes lost their
Big Ten and NCAA title-holder of
last year, Hobey Billingsley, to the'
Air Force but will still have theirl
Conference second-place winner, Ted
Cristakos, around. Reports also have,
Miller Anderson, State's great diver
of 1942-43, back from the armed,
forces.
Michigan and Ohio State clash at
Columbus March 2 in their annual:
grudge meet preliminary to the Con-
ference meet at Minneapolis the fol-'
lowing week.
of the Hume twins, there is the loss
of Dick Barnard to the Navy and'
the loss of Charlie Birdsall at the end'
of the Indoor season or sooner. Bird-E
sall, conference two mile title holder,
will graduate from the N.R.O.T.C.
unit at the end of the current semes-
ter and may .be called to duty soon
afterwards.
Three Veterans Oack
That leaves the Wolverine track
coach with the problem of building'
up a team with men with little or
no experience. Bob Thomason,
Archie Parsons, and Chuck Low are
back from last year's squad. All of
these men showed promise last year
while turning in capable perform-I
ances whenever called upon but are
not yet stars.
Thomason is the youngest man
ever to compete on any varsity team
as a 16-year-old freshman. Today
the Asbury Park, N.J.,athlete is
probably the most experienced 17
year old in the country. In his first
year for the Maize and Blue he picked
up a tie for second in the Conference
Indoor Championships mile run, and
a third in the National AAU 1,5001
yard run in New York.j
Thomason Runs Half, Too
For most of his cinder career
Thomason has been a miler, but he
also does a competent job in the half
mile. The Michigan coach says of his
protege "Bob showed great improve-
ment in being one of the most con-
sistent point winners on the team last
year. He has a fine running style and.
good competitive spirit. He may de-
velop into a real star."
The second of the possible replace-
ments for the "dead heat" Humes is
Parsons, who came to Michigan
from New York University. Parsons
was a sophomore sensation last year
and caused Doherty to comment "He
is as good as the Humes were in their
second year."
Parsons Looks Good
Archie also is a thinclad who is al-
most equally competent in both the
half mile events. Parsons best eventr
so far has been a 1:55.3 half turned
in at the Purdue meet outdoors last
year.
The third of the men to whom'
Doherty is looking to fill the shoes of'
the men who last year amassed thej
amazing total of 39 out of 45 points
in the three distance events is a
freshman out of Chicago, Herb Bar-
ten. Barten last year was high school
mile champion in his home town.
Doherty Likes Trio
"All three, Barten, Thomason and'
Parsons are definite possibilities."
commented the Wolverine mentor.
In the two mile run in addition to
the present Conference champion
'the Maize and Blue nas Herb Voege-
len and Lou Nail who have shown im-
provement in practice so far this sea-'
son. Dave Hess, - a transfer from
Western Michigan, Joe Shea from
M.I.T. and letterman Chuck Low will
also be after points for the Michigan1
The secret of defeating the Wild-
cats seems to hinge on a team's abil-
Harrison
Selbo
Strack
Mullaney
Elliott
Feinberg
Kell
Walton
Dietrich
Baker
Harder
Rosencrans
Westerman
Phillips
G--Games,
-Foul Tries,
fg ft ftm tp pf
11 53 39 20 126 25
11 50 31 23 123 24
11 35 9 6 76 24
11 20 26 20 60 22
10 19 25 14 52 15
11 11 21 15 37 13
10 12 10 6 30 19
8 11 6 4 26 10
6 8 6 4 20' 4
10 7 8 5 19 11
7 4 5 3 11 4
4 2 6 3 7 3
5 1 2 1 3 1
1 0 0 0 0 1
FG--Field Qoals, FT
FTM - Foul Tries
of Minnesota's surprising hoop squad
and the boys from Bloomington are
still very much in the race for the
championship. In their last match
earlier this season the Hoosiers beat'
the Wolverines in an overtime battle,
67-58.
Coach Oosterbaan spent yesterday
afternoon going through offensive
and defensive drills in preparation for,
the coming crucial basketball tilts
of Saturday and Monday nights. Bob
Baker looked particularly impressive
and is certain to see more service in
the coming games.
Following is the scoring record for
jMichigan's basketballers :
NEW YORK, Jan. 16-{A')--TheI
National Football League climaxed
five days of schedule maneuvering to-
clay by adopting a 1946 playing
chart, opening Sept. 22 and closing
Dec. 8, with each club playing 11
games.
The title playoff between the East-
ern and Western Divisional cham-
pions will be held in the home park
of the eastern winner on Dec. 15 un-
less sectional ties should set it back
a week.
Nelson Withdraws
RICHMOND, Calif., Jan. 16--U)-
The field in the $10,000 Richmond
golf tournament was thrown wide
open tonight when Byron Nelson,
leading money winner of the touring
pros, withdrew to tend to his um-
brella business and "get a physical
checkup."
Basketball Scores
Army 95, Penn 61
Navy 44, Maryland 35
Detroit 51, Hillsdale 24
Purdue 49, Indiana 38
Yale 41, Brown 23
hriocke y Results
Chicago 2, Montreal 1
Boston 3, New York 2
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Wa no smith, fresimian on cam-
pus, is the top man in the 145-pound
r was on the
mm last year, will stcAt for the Wol-
~'i~~e a 15 ouds BiCour-
.t. "a aan hold d n the
sl ting IOsLtien in t7 e 165-pound
di son.
in the 175-pound class, there are.
two me who ae compting for a
statig psl i,. hee wo are
Ward Peterson and George Chiames.
Iowever, it appears tha Chiames
will get the nod for Michigan.
In the unlimited division, Dan
Dworsky was to have been the starter
for the grapplers, however, due to a
cold, Coach Keen is not sure if he
will be in shape to start Saturday
Should he still be ill, Stu Wilkins will
wrestle for Michigan in this position.
Indiana Line-Up Set
Charles McDaniel. new wrestling
coach for Indiana, announced that
he will probably start the following
men Saturday night.
Mike Rolak at 121 pounds; Ray
Cantarelli at 128 pounds; Bernard
Berger in the 135-pound division;
Elias George at 145 pounds; at 155
pounds, George McCool will start for
the Hoosiers; Larry Nopalitan at 165
pounds; Robert Johnson at 175
pounds; and Joe Sowinski will start
in the unlimited division.
I-M Results
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE
Bus. Ad. 36, Latin Wolves 1
FBI 36, Forestry 17
Semper "5" 23, Ship's Co. 16
Poontangers 35, Watchdogs 24
Engineers 38. Rangers 26
Jr. Birdmen 30, DDT 25
Che-Mets 25, Division St. AC 24
PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE
j Phi Rho Sigma 28, Alpha KK 18
Alpha Omega 37, Alpha Chi Sig 21
Delta Sig Delta 25, Xi Psi Phi 10
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ity to stop the scoring activities of
both Max Morris and Le Roy King,
lanky 6 ft. 7 in. center. In losing to
the Ililini, Morris and King could only
score a total of 21 points compared
with their 37 point aggregate of last
Saturday against the Wolverines.
Start Same Line-up
Michigan at the moment stands
sixth in the Conference with a record
of two wins and three defeats. Coach:
Bennie Oosterbaan is expected to
stick to the same line-up that faced
the Evanston hoopsters last week.
This will place Dave Strack and Bob
Harrison at forwards, Glen Selbo at
center and John Mullaney and Pete
Elliott at guards.
Made, TP-Total Points, PF--Per-
sonal Fouls.
Louis, Conn To Fight
June 19 in N. Y. C.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -O/)- Joe
Louis and Billy Conn will tangle in
their "hot" heavyweight champion-
ship return match in Yankee Stadi-
um,,New York, on Wednesday night,
June 19, and Promoter Mike Jacobs
predicted today it probably will draw
the greatest gate in fistic history.
Conn will get his second shot at
Joe's crown just five years and one
day after their first encounter in 1941.
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