FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1946 THE MICHIGAN DAI LY PAGE THREE Sextet Matmen, Winds Up Best Hockey Season in History Natators Begin Conference Meets,(Michigan Tech Is Foe in Last Weekend Series at Coliseum Wrestlers Grapple for Big Ten Michigan Swimmers Threatened I Crown at Illinois This Weekend By Ohio State in Contest for Title Hopes Lie on Stark, Wayne Smith. Smith also has a X olv;Tiies IleVy T;ean lince Iiving K p , C rtr h chance to take honors in his weight, ;St-el ili 'IA oRtain Big 'fen Chah ipiolship tlW , Mi'r but due to a recent illness it is doubt- ful as to whether or not he can regain fly CLARK BAKER Michigan's eight man wrestling his earlier form. Dairy Sports Editor squad left yesterday afternoon for Chaimes Wrestles at 165 Michigan's Big Ten swimming champions will put their 1945 clown on Champaign, Ill, to compete in the The 145-pound weight division will the line in the opening of the annual two-day Conference tank champion- Western Conference Championship have as its entrant from the Wolverine ships today at Minneapolis, Minn. matches to be held there with talquad, Maurice Smith. Smith has Although the finals in all events will not be run off until tomorrow night, breliminaries tonigranoe had an off and on season, and is not the preliminary trials today are expected to provide a good yardstick of' Keen's squad will have the oppor-'rated as a threat for the crown. At the final outcome. Coach Matt Mann's Wolverines will rely almost entirely tunity to take top honors in three Chaimes. Chaimes has won only one on team balance in the races and strength in the diving. weight divisions. Those who are match this year, but is expected to Ohio State is a big favorite to lift the title, and the meet will probably, favored are Jim Stark at 121 pounds, put up a tough fight. resolve into a two-way struggle between the Buckeyes and Michigan. Coach Dick Kopel in the 128-pound class, Mie___p'_cewdfetdh adk Capa in Bill Co-u ndrigh cass- Ward Peterson is Michigan's entryMike Peppe's clew defeated the Maize- --------------- and Captain Bill Courtrightwrmtl- in the 175-pound division. Having a and Blue natators last month at Co- yard breast stroke title but Ohio's mediocre season, Peterson is not con- lumibs, 57-27, but the Wolverines are Jim Counsilman is a big favorite to Stark Defeated Once ceded a chance to cop the title. counting on their quota of four men regain the crown he held in 1943. Bob At the completion of the current Dan Dworsky will complete Mich- to an event and individual strength of Sohl and Bob Matters will join Kes- season, Stark had only one defeat on igan's lineup, wrestling in the heavy- the other Conference teams to aid sler for Michigan with Northwestern' , his record. Stark has wrestled con- weight division. Due to his inexperi- them. Al Craig and Ohio's Earl Trumble sistently and has a good chance to ence, Dworsky has but an outside CRelavs Are Closest Races providing stiff competition. walk off with the 121-pound crown. change to clinch top honors in the Closest races on the slate will be the The pair of relays will be another Grappling at the beginning of the unlimited division. 50- and 100-yard freestyle sprints two-team monopoly with the Buek- season in the 165 pound class, Bill where Michigan's Cliarley Fries, Dick ye d Mii bttlig it out Courtright was shifted to the 155- Weiinberg, and Dave Tittle will op- Ohio is favored in the 300-yard med- pound division after he was defeated NeW Ito(Iser , I r>t t pose Ohio's Halo Hirose and Illinois' Iy relay but has little edge over the by illini Dave Shapiro. Shapiro had . . ohni Hauletibeek. Haulenbeek has Wolverine trio. Illinois' threesome an unblemished record for the season. I(Y()I iI (11 l(IIU4N the Big Ten's best time in the 50 withray also put up a good fight for a Wrestling at 155 pounds, Courtright a :23, while Hirose's :52 is a tenth lso put up a dight for is very consistent, and should cop LAKELAND, Fla., March 7--(IP)-. of a second better than Haulenbeek's plae. Mhigan ates -ad rslgh tege top honors. Hal Newhouser explained today how 100-yard time. over Ohio for the 400-yard relay title. Veteran Dick Kopel, recently re- he and Dizzy Trout count on tighter Diving will probably be an Ohio- Michigan's weakest spotwill be the turned from the Armed Services, is defensive play to make pitching for Michigan monopoly. Buckeye Ted 150k-yad badkstro event Iowa's- a former conference champ. To date Detroit an easier job this summer. Cristakos will be favored to beat Wol- Dick Maine and Ohio's Dick Fetter- he has wrestled in only one meet, Old Diz agreed witn roommate verines' Alex Canja and Gil Evans manwith Northwestern' Dick Tannehill and that was against Michigan State Newhouser about the 1946 pitching on the strength of his performance with Nrhester's Digck ATannl where he defeated a former Okla- prospects. Both expect the Bengals against the Michigan duo at Colun- raind g Mann will rely on Willard homa State champ, Kopel weighed to show added speed afield, especially bus. Wolverines Ralph Trimborn and talg ann will relyson W ilklap in at 136 pounds for the State meet, in the outfield, and count on an im- Tommy O'Neil may also figure in the Metcalf and Art Johnson to pick up but he will compete in the 128-pound proved defense to cut down many of scoring along with Miller Anderson points. division tonight. the enemy runs which sifted through and Jack Tolar of the Buckeyes. At 136 pounds, Keen has enteredT last season. Mann Faces Hill The 200- and 440-yard freestyle E : W akened WoiV erines Gu for Wins 16, 17 Ill 'A'.3-40Filizle Agaiiist IIU'Allmt" Six lx l~y SI? tO'AAIt 1'ning. Clem Cossalter will team with Il itit ei S 1)or( Ed it Hill and Jim Johnson will fill in on Closing outthenotsacsflea son in Michigan hockey history Coach relief. Jack Macl~onald will tend the Vic Heyliger's high-scoring sextet will Michigan nets. attempt to end the season in a win- Wolverineon slop i the Wolver- ning way tonight and tomorrow in Ines displayed the form that carried !games with Michigan Tech to be them to 11 straight wins at tht start played at 8 p.m. at the Coliseum. of the season, in trimming the Auto Last week the Wolverine crew split Club for the second time this sea- a pair of games with the puckmen I son. The two forward lines were pass- from Houghton, but after Wednes- ing and shooting with finesse, and day's very impressive showing, in de- goalie Lloyd Storie, who gave a great feating the Detroit Auto Club, 9-6, exhibition in Ann Arbor last Decem- will rate favorite in this weekend's ber, was beaten cleanly several times. series.IJacob.on, with three goals, Mac- Marshall May Be Sidelined t Millan and Wally Gacek looked espe- Ma higan will be without ,the s'rv- cially good for the Wolverines. Hill ices of several of the season's regulars, played a stellar iron-man game on 1 iowever, s Ro Smith and Jack defense, and MacDonald, after a Maclnnes are now ineligible and Bob shakey start, turned in a good per- Marshall is a doubtful starter. Mar- formance. shall received an injury to his (heck- bone in the Tech series last week. Going into the season's final two games the Wolverines have won 15 games, lost seven and played one tie. In the 23 conte-.ts they have aver- aged over six goals per gone. Gord y MacMillan is practically a certainly to cop individual scoring honors ftoj the year having scored 26 goals and getting 26 assists. Top Scoring Line To Start For tonight's game Heyliger has in- dicated he will start MacMillan at center with Bill Jacobson and Al Renfrew on the wings. This line has tallied 63 of the Wolverines' markers. Renfrew, who has played the last seven games with a broken wrist, is runner-up to his line-mate with 40 TUX and FULL DRESS points, including 20 goals. RENTALS If Marshall is unable to play to- night, the Maize and Blue will be left Au sizes . . . with or without with only three defensemen as was accessories. the case against the Auto Club. Cap- 6 days notice required tain Connie Hiii, wilo played 50 min-- , utes in that game, will probably see KJ 'N considerable action again this eve- ___-CLOTHES SHOP Give to the Red Cross 122 EAsT LIBERTY GORD MacMILLAN . . . veteran center who leads the Maize and Blue pucksters in scoring as they enter their final match of the season. Hockey Scoring THE WORLD'S MOST HONORED WATCH WINNER OF 10 World's Fair Grand Prizes, 28 Gold Medals and more honors for accuracy than any other timekiece._ -" " j 1 ,l Uhl\ l~ \ r III fill 11 Illlillll ll! I11 11111oll ltll ) events will prodive a touch of indi- vidual rivalry when the Conference's two top men, Jack Hill of Ohio and Matt Mann, III, of Michigan tangle. Hill will be favored to take the 220 but the 440 is anybody's race. The Buckeye has the fastest 440 time but Mann has never been pressed. Pur- due's Dick Hennigan may get points for the Boilermakers. Heini Kessler will defend his 200- Coach Barclay Announces '46 Golf Schedule Bill Barclay, who has just finished his duties as assistant basketball coach, now resumes his position as chief mentor of Michigan's golf team and announced yesterday a 12 match schedule for the 1946 Wolverine linksmen.I Maize and Blue golfers will en- counter four Big Ten teams, Ohio State, Northwestern, Illinois, and Purdue. Barclay, commenting on the coming tilts said, "They comprise one of the best schedules that Michigan has had since the war." Play opens April 20 with a match here against Michigan State, followed by contests with Wayne University, University of Detroit, and Notre Dame. The season ends with the Conference meet which will be held May 31 and June 1 at Minneapolis. The schedule is: April 20, Mich- igan State; April 24, Wayne Univer- sity; April 27, Ohio State (there); May 3, University of Detroit; May 4, Northwestern; May 8, Michigan State (t he r e); May 11, Illinois (there); May 13, Notre Dame (there); May 18, Purdue; May 20, Ohio State; May 25, University of Detroit (there); and May 31 and June 1, Western Conference Championships, Minne- apolis. 1iO()rs Trimi Nais In Fxhibition, 4.43 LAKELAND, Fla., March 7-()- The World Champion Detroit Tigers opened their Florida exhibition sched- ule here today with a 4-3 victory over the Washington Senators. The Tigers, using 16 men, collect- ed 11 hits off three Washington pitch- ers, scoring twice off Sid Hudson in the third and twice more off Vern Curtis in the fifth, Dick Wakefield, Bill Hitchcock, Murray Franklin and rookie shortstop Connie Berry of the Tigers each made two hits. (continued from Page 1) gain points away from the two fav- orites. Both the Illini and Michigan may well surpass the rest of the eight schools in the matter of total points. Ohio State and Purdue look like theI next best teams, yet neither has enough strength to become an im- portant factor in the scoring. How- ever, a second or third taken by either team could throw the team crown into the hands of either of the favorites. Michigan's chances for its fourth straight title will be strengthened if Ross and Bob Hume have regained their form of former years. The "dead heat twins" have not been able to attend practice regularly this sea- son due to Medical School studies. G MacMillan . .26 Renfrew .20 Grant.......23 Gacek......21 Celley.......15 Hill ........6 Marshall 5 Kuznier ......5 Cossalter.....1 Smith.......2 Sulentich .. 2 Arnot.......2 Starrack. 1 Steadman 1 MacInnes 0 Johnson......0 MacDonald .. 0 A 26 20 15 14 18 15 6 4 5 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Pts. 5 40 38 35 33 21 11 8 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 Pen. 13 Min 26 8 " 4 " 6 37 " 26 " 8 37 " 49 " 4 " 16 " 4 2 0 " 2 " 0 Marion Signs With St. Louis Star Shortstop Ends Long Holdout Siege .uST. LOUIS, March 7--(/P)-The The Humes can run any distance odds- on pennant figures quoted on over the half-mile. the St. Louis Cardinals looked better Hurdles Most Interesting than ever tonight as Marty Marion, Two of the most interesting races generally rated the best shortstop now are expected to be in the hurdle in the business, ended his holdout events. In races here, Wolverine siege and prepared to leave for the Elmer Swanson finished inches behind Red Bird training camp. the Illini's fleet George Walker in "Mr. Shortstop" affixed his much surprisingly good times. sought signature to a 1946 contract The strongest event for Illinois will after a one-hour con'terence with be the dash. Jack Pierce, Bill Mathis, President Sam Breadon at the Car- and Bill Buster could easily take three dinal office today. places. Wolverines may take three As usual, Breadon refused to dis- places in both the half and mile runs -I-se the tr'rns of the ag:'ement but with such men as the Humes, Bob the popular guess is that Marion Thomason, Herb Barten, Archie Par- probably signed for $17.000, approxi- sons, and Cuck Low. If he can fly mately $3,500 -more than he drew to Chicago and has not suffered from last year and $1,000 less than he was a two week layoff from practice, said to have sought. Chuck Birdsall looks like a likely con- The signing ended sueculation over tender for the two mile title. the possibility the star short fielder Last Event May Decide Imight be on the trading block---a field events Michigan's spot on which many Red Bird stars In the Fied eosge Anlylhave found themselves when they Chuck Fonville and George Artley become involved in money disputes rate closely behind Purdue's star shot with the player- putter, Bill Bangert. Bob Baker and John Larsen may take valuable points in the broad and high jump events for the Wolverines. It is entirely possible that the out- Fveitl Sthe hird are talkig alboit . . . the POLLY PARKER SUITS at JUNE GREY'S. These spring suits with the new dashing Eisen- hower jackets are already the talk of the campus. JUNE G R E YV 1121 SOUTHI UNIVERSITY AVENUE IV i r He'll responC to a 60ND AT RII~ S'TORES EE y,/ Iddsmallm, Free booklet: "WARDROBE TRICKS". Write Judy Bond, Inc., Dept. A, 1375 B'way, N. 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