THrMSDAY, NOVEMEIR 1, 1945 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN Yerges To Replace Injured Ponsetto Saturday Three Winter Sports Begin Varsity Practice Basketball, Track, Swimming Coaches View New Tryouts Keen To Doherty, Form Wrestling Squad This Week ; Barclay To Use Many Lettermen By MARY LU HEATH Associate SportsHEditor ' Practice in three winter sports on Michigan's 1945-46 varsity athletic program is already underway as the fall term begins, and a fourth team is expected to organize this week. Assistant Basketball Coach Bill Barclay, Track Coach Ken Doherty, and Swimming Coach Matt Mann an- nounced that their squads are all preparing for the approaching sched- ule, while Wrestling Coach Cliff Keen, returning to Michigan after a stint as a naval officer, predicted that his matmen will swing into action "just as soon as they can get organized." Barclay Has Cagers Barclay, who is supervising the cage workouts until Basketball Coach Bennie Oosterbaan is able to retire from his duties as end coach on the football squad Nov. 26, held drills during the last six weeks of the sum- mer term. Regular practice was re- sumed Monday in preparation for the opening contest with Central Michi- gan, Nov. 16. At present, Barclay finds himself in the comfortable position of having too much talent on hand, and the squad will consequently be cut to 15 men tomorrow. Five lettermen are returning to the team, including reg- ular guard Walt Kell and forward Don Mullaney, who is at the guard position this fall. Kell and Mullaney, both civilians now, will be joined by teammates Keith Harder and Bill Gregor, who were forwards last sea- son. Strack Back Dave Strack, captain of the cagers in 1943-44, has been discharged from the Marines, and will again be on hand at his old forward post, along with Glenn Selbo and Ray (Red) Louthen, starters for Western Mich- igan last year. Other prospects in- clude guard Bill Walton, a letterwin- ner on the crack DePa.uw otfit last season, and forward Hrison, a 1944 high school all-stater from To- Track Coach Ken Doherty struck All-American Is in Tokyo Bay Merv Pregulman, Michigan All- American tackle in 1943 and a Wol- verine standout for thre years un- der Coach Fritz Crisler, is now an ensign in the U. S. Navy stationed aboard a ship in Tokyo Bay. In a letter "to T. Hawley Tapping, of the Alumni Association, Pregul- man revealed that he had seen Da- vy Nelson, understudy of Tom Kuz- ma in 1941 and, at 155 pounds, one of the lightest men ever to play in a Michigan backfield. Nelson, now discharged, recently returned to the campus. Pregulman gained a reputation as one of the most versatile linemen ever turned out at Michigan in his playing days. He saw service at tackle, guard, and center during his career. All freshmen and sophomores who wish to try out for football manager are reqested to call Senior Manager Bob Kesering at 9158. Both Navy men and civilians who are managers will be excused from P.EM. an optimistic note over the indoor cinder squad hehas been working with since Monday, and predicted that Michigan's traditional team bal- ance would be more in evidence this season than last year, when the in- door season opens Feb, 2 at the Mill- rose Games in New York. Doherty will build his team around a nucleus of veterans, including Ju- lian Witherspoon in the sprints, John Larson in the low hurdles and broad jump, George Shepherd and Orval Johnson in the quarter mile, Bob Thomason and Archie Parsons, ex- tremely promising milers, Chuck Birdsall in the two-mile, and Warren Bentz and Chuck Lauritsen in the pole vault. Veterans Return Among the discharged servicemen who will be on hand, Elmer Swanson, a regular hurdler two years ago, and grid star Bob Nussbaumer, sprinter and low hurdler, are standouts. Although Swimming Coach Matt Mann has been working with varsity candidates since the middle of Aug- ust, the fight for regular berths is still undecided. Mann expects to sup- plement the performances of regulars Chuck Fries, Gordon Pulford, and Heini Kessler with those of members of last year's freshman team. Hockey Sextet Drops Practice Tilt To Detroit Michigan's hockey team, encoun- tering the Detroit Red Wings Tues- day evening in the Motor City, dis- played promise of becoming one of the top collegiate ice squads in the country, in spite of coming out on the short end of a 13-6 score. Vic Heyliger, starting his second year as coach of the Maize and Blue sextet, named a squad composed en- tirely of freshmen and was very pleased with the showing of his team. Sextet Leads Wing Taking the ice for the Wolverines in the first period were Walter Gacek at center and Neil Selley and Wallie Grant at wings. Ross Smith and Bob Marshall were at defense and John MIacnnes in the nets. Gordon Mac- Millan was flanked by Bill Jacobson and Allan Renfrew on the second line. Jacobson Scores Twice Crashing through t~he Wing's de- fense for six tallies, the Wolverines were in front twice during the con- test. Jacobson's two markers were tops for the Wolverines, while Gracek, Grant, Selley, and MacMillan each scored one. Start Practice Early The pucksters opened practice ses- sions September 13, the earliest in Michigan hockey history. The squad has taken two defeats, 7-1 and 6-0, against the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey Association. Coach Heyliger has lined up 20 games with the hopes of having 25 in all. The schedule includes four games each with the University of Toronto, University of Minnesota, and Michi- gan Tech. Colorado College, Colgate, the University of Western Ontario, and McMasters also appear on the tentative schedule. The Minnesota Gophers are the only other team in the Western Con- ference this year. I-M Program To Include 16 Major Sports Cage Team Entries Are Being Accepted A full 16-sport fall intra-mural program has been planned for the coming semester, Earl Riskey, di- rector of intramural athletics, an- nounced yesterday. Team play in basketball, swimming. track, water polo, and volleyball has been planned along with individual competition in badminton, boxing, cross country, fencing, gymnastics, handball, paddleball, squash, indoor tennis, and weight lifting. In addition, opportunity has been provided for students wishing to re- ceive special instruction in individual sports to enter special classes. Competition Divided All inquiries as to entries, special classes, schedules, and other matters pertaining to the program should be made to Riskey to the Sports Build- ing. Competition in all sports will be divided according to age and resi- dence groups. Such divisions as resi- dencehalls, fraternities,rgraduate students, military units, foreign stu- dents, veterans, independents, and faculty have been tentatively listed. Enter Basketball Now Entries for basketball are being ac- cepted now, Riskey said, adding that the team manager should contact the intra-mural department toenter a team. Any student may take the initiative and organize a team, he said. Managers, he continued, should fa- miliarize themselves with the rules and regulations of intro-mural com- petition. Practice periods will be ar- ranged when entries are posted. The Navy Physical Training Pro- gram will be in operation during the semester and will require all facilities of the Sports Building between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoons, Riskey said. Therefore, he continued, team and individual tournaments will be held between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Magnates Feud Over Fight Loot Larry, Horace Dispute Louis-Conn Proceeds NEW YORK, Oct. 31-(')-There's a feud a-brewin', pardner, between Laughing Larry McPhail and Happy Horace Stoneham over just how the Yankees and Giants would cut up the rent from Uncle Mike Jacobs for the Joe Louis-Billy Conn clout party next June. Seems that the two clubs have al- ways split rentals from fights and college football down the middle, no matter which ball park was the battle pit. But professional football was a horse from a different garage. The New York Pro Grid Giants play all their games in the Polo Grounds, so the Baseball Giants always have had the rent for themselves. Naturally, Laughing Larry wouldn't mind get- ting a piece of that, if it could be worked out. From what you hear around and about now, Laughing Larry expects to be the landlord at Yankee Stadium when Uncle Mike trots out Joe and Billy in June. Uncle Mike, of course, is still giving off about the possibility that Philadelphia, Chicago or De- troit may be the spot, but insiders in sist the way matters stand now the Bomber and the pretty boy will do their nose-mashing no further than a subway ride from Times Square. Larry has told Stonenam that he considers the agreement between the Yanks and Giants on fight rentals to be slightly worn out now. The Louis- Conn clambake figures to draw up there around $2,000,000 at the gate, anyway, and the nine per cent rental "take"-a mere $180,000-makes a neat apple pie to cut. Happy Horace realizes that. All candidates for this season's wrestling squad are requested to report to Wrestling Coach Cliff Keen at 3 p. m. today in Yost Field House. Callahan May Also Be Out of Gopher Tilt Loss of These Two Causes Serious Weakness in Place-Kicking Department Joe Ponsetto, team captain and quarterback of Michigan's 1945 football team, will definitely miss the Minnesota game Saturday, Head Coach Fritz Crisler has announced. Ponsetto was injured in the third period of Michigan's 19-0 win over Illinois last weekend and was carried from the field. Whether he will be able to play in future contests has - -- - not been determined. I the Illini the Wolverines turned in Replacing Ponsetto, a virtual 60- their best defensive showing of the t UNDERSTUDY MOVES UP--Howard Yerges (left), second string quarterback, will replace Team Capt. Joe Ponsetto (right) in the Michi- gan lineup when the Wolverines tangle with Minnesota here. HOLD THAT LINE! I -9 Big Ten's Leaders in Offense, Defese Departments To Meet Modification of the old football rule competition, has the enviable aver- -"the best defense is a good offense" age of 371-yards net gain per game. -may be in order after the annual This figure, including both passing Michigan-Minnesota fracas Saturday, and rushing attempts, was established which will s the es fei in 58 offensive plays per game. minute man all season, at the all- important signal-calling and block- ing back position will be Howard Yer- ges, 175-pounder from Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. Yerges has won a letter at Michigan and Ohio State, both times as a substitute. Loss of Ponsetto, plus the possible loss of tackle Bob Callahan, leaves the Wolverine place-kicking depart- ment in depleted condition. Ponsetto is Michigan's number one toe artist with Callahan, who is suffering from a cleat wound, his chief understudy. In the event that neither is avail- able for kickoffs and points-after- touchdown, the job may fall to any- one of several squad members who have shown ability in recent prac- tices. Walt Teninga, Pete Elliott, Bob Derleth, Bill Pratt, and others have all taken turns booting the ball through the uprights during the week. With the exceptions of Ponsetto and Callahan, the Wolverine squad should be in excellent physical shape for the all-important clash with the Gophers. Several players are nurs- ing minor wounds sustained in last week's bruising battle with Illinois, but none are expected to be kept out of the lineup Saturday. Practice sessions this week have been devoted to intensive drills both on offense and defense with the for- mer receiving especial stress. Against season but displayed a notable lack of offensive punch most of the way. MULLENDORE baseball Draft Will Probably Yield Bad Crop CHICAGO, Oct. 31-(P)-Baseball will find pickings unusually slim in the annual player draft tomorrow as rep- resentatives of the Major League clubs meet to comb the minor leagues for fresh talent for the 1946 season. Although 5,434 players are eligible at prices ranging from the top $7,560 downward, the selections will be of low quality because the topnotch stars of the minors already have been snapped up. Virtually all players cal- culated to be of value to a Major League club were purchased before the close of last season at prices above the draft level. The Major Leagues, figuring on the return from military service of a wealth of tested veterans before the spring training season opens, do not figure to be in the frame of mind to risk paying fancy prices for untried minor leaguers. defensive teams in the Conference renew their traditional, closely-con- tested rivalry. Minnesota, tops in offense after playing only two games in Big Ten MSCPract--ices Lateral Defense EAST LANSING, Oct. 31-(P)-So his Michigan State College players' won't be fooled again by the lateral passing tactics of the Missouri Tigers as they were last year, Coach Charley Bachman lectured his charges on de- fensive strategy at a skull practice last night. Scouting reports on Missouri show the Tigers to have a pair of adept break-away backs in Bill Dellasta- tious and Leonard Brown, who lateral to each other on the run. The Gophers are not only tops in the general offensive department, but also in both passing and rushing. They hold a comfortable 36-point margin over Ohio State in yards gained rushing, with a 256 average. In the passing category, Minnesota Coach Bernie Bierman's traditional powerhouse aground is also surpris- ingly ahead of the pack with a gain of 115yards per game. The Wolverines, however, have an edge over the Gophers in defensive statistics. In three games, the Cris- lermen have kept their opponents to a mere 197 yards net game average, the best defensive mark in the Con- ference. They have had only 20 points scored against them in the Big Ten this year. Although they rank second to Min- nesota in stopping enemy rushing plays, the Wolverines outshine their arch-rivals in pass defense, ranking third in the Big Ten in stopping op- posing aerials. 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