MARCH -5, 1946
THE MIIGAN DAILY
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Trackmen Prepare
for
B ig
Ten ampionships
Miebigan Splits Two Contests
In Tune-Up for Coming Meet
Sextet To Play
Final Matches
This weekend
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Lose Thriller to Illini,
Take Triangular Tilt
By WALT KLEE
Michigan's track team spent the
between semester vacation in split-
ting two track meets held in the
Yost Field House, losing a dual meet
to Illinois by two-thirds of a point
and completely dominating the tri-
angular meet between Michigan
State, Notre Dame and Michigan.
Both meets were warm ups for this
week's Big Ten track championships
to be held in Chicago this Friday and
Saturday and gave a good indication
of the Wolverine's chances of retain-
ing their indoor title.
Saturday, Feb. 22, the Wolverines
met the Illini in undoubtedly the
most exciting meet ever held in Ann
Arbor. The outcome of the meet was
decided by the last event when the
visiting thinclads from Champaign
won the mile relay by two strides to
bring their point total to 52 1/3 as
against Michigan's 51 2/3.
Wolverines Take Spartans, Irish
Then last Saturday the Wolverines
completed their pre-conference
championships tune up schedule by
scoring 70 1/3 points to the 33 1/6
and 25%z gained by the Irish and
Spartans.
The outcome of the Illinois meet
bore out the pre-meet buildup that
the two teams had been given as the
two most outstanding indoor track
teams in the Big Ten, if not the coun-
try. The Illini took seven firsts to
four for the Wolverines, the twelfth
event resulting in a tie.
Walker Scores
The Illini were paced by the double
victories of George Walker in the
high and low hurdles. Walker crossed
the tape inches ahead of Michigan's
Elmer Swanson in both events. Illi-
nois' highly touted Herb McKenley
beat Michigan's Hugh Short in the
quarter-mile in the initial outing in
the Big Ten for both stars.
Michigan's strength in the distance
events were borne out by the fact that
the Wolverines finished first and sec-
ond in the 880 and swept the first
three places in the mile.
Humes Run Again
The dual meet was the first time
this season that both the Hume twins
competed for Ken Doherty's squad.
Bob finished first in the mile while
Ross took third in the same event.
The triangular meet saw the Wol-
verines take eight firsts, the Irish
taking two and the Spartans one.
Michigan and State tied in the other
event. Bob Hume suffered his first
defeat in the mile run, when he
trailed Notre Dame's great miler,
Bill Leonard, who ran the fastest mile
in the Midwest this year, 4:21.7.
Birdsall, I auritsen Miss Out
Notre Dame's Bob Murphy won the
two mile and State's Ted Wonch won
the two mile run and pole vault, al-
though Michigan's best entries in
these events, Chuck Bircsall and1
Chuck Lauritsen, were not present
due to Navy duties.1
Wolverine Captain Elmer Swan-
son's double victory in the hurdles1
and Short's victory in the 440 were
outstanding Wolverine performances.i
Bob Thomason's 1:58.5 winning time
in the half-mile was also noteworthy.
Pucksters End Seasoi itly Sports J.ilor
Against Michigan Tec t
Preparing for Vhe Big Ten winter championships this weekend, Michi-
Coach Vic Heyliger and his Michi- gan's five athletic teams rolled up eight victories in 13 battles over the nmid-
gan sextet returned to Ann Arbor year rece'(ss.
yesterdayfrom Houghton where the r1eM.s-
Wolverine puck squad divided a two Two Wolverine squads, H; swimmers and trackmen, will defend
game series with Michigan Tech and their 1945 crewns while the wrestlers journey to Champaign, Ill. to put
today will begin tuning up for the in their bid for the Big Ten mat crown this weekend. Coach Ken
final three games of the season this cherty's cindermeii stand the best chance of repeating but they'll have
week. te beat off a strong bid by Illinois to retain their honors at Chicago.
Tomorrow the Maize and Blue will Ohio Stat is a top heavy favorite to lift the Wolverine swimming title
journey to Windsor, Canada o meet at Minneapolis. The Buckeyes scored seven straight wins in dual competi-
weekend will play host to Michigan tien, winding up with a convincing 57-27 triumph over the Wolverines a
Tech at the Coliseum in a return week ago. Coach Cliff Keen's wrestlers have shown great improvement in
series. Heyliger's hockey team defeat- the past two weeks but their task will be complicated by strong teams from
ed the Auto Club, 4-2, in a thrilling Illinois and Iniana.
battle early in the season. Friday, The 1 Woliritw cagers wound up in a blare of glory conquering
Michigan lost to Tech 5-4 but came Chicagc 's pe' Marools and the strong Great Lakes team in their
back on Saturday to win, 9-5. To date final fhorIls. The pair of winning curtain-closers gave Coach Bennie
the Wolverines have won 14, lost 7
and tied one. Oosterlaan s team a 6-6 record in Big Ten play and an overall 12-7
Pucknen Can't Score , mark for the season.
Commenting on the two games with The Maize and Blue hockey team struck a snag but managed to break
Tech, Heyliger said that his team even in four natches. Coach Vic Heyligei s crew lost goalie Jack MacInnes
played good hockey both nights but because of scholastic difficulties and bowed to Brantford Hockey Club and
as has been the case in many games Michigan Tech in successive matches. Wins over Paris Hockey Club and
this season, the Wolverines' inability Michigan Tech in a return game salvaged an even break for the sextet.
to hit the open net was the chief
reason for the loss on Friday. After S 1p(As IiQiS
spotting Tech a four goal lead Michi-
gan's puckmen rallied to cut the lead Coa('h Fiiz Crisler has slated spring football practice for April 1. The
to one goal but Wally Grant missed Wolverine mentor will give his charges six weeks of intensive practice. Fall
three opportunities to score in the practice will begin Aug. 26 . . . .. . The Matt Manns got some nation-wide
closing minutes of the game. publicity last week. Newsweek Magazine's Feb. 25 issue gave the father-son
Saturday, however, was a different duo a nice write-up . . ...Iowa's cagers found the going a little tough this
story as the Wolverines tallied three year. The Hawkeyes (1ioppeci their last three games and yielded their crown
Jackie Robinson Arrives in, Camp
To Try Out with Brooklyn Farm
SANFORD, Fla., Marcli 4-
BaSeball broke a precedent of long \veeks ago and realizes full well the
,tanding today when shortstop Jackie problems he may have to face.
Robinson and pitcher John Wright. Robinson played 24 games in Vene-
two Negro athletes, reporeld for zucla with a Negro all-star team, re-
spring training with the Montreal turning in early January. He has
Royals, Brooklyn's farm club in the not played since but said he was only
International League. live pounds overweight at 195.
Robinson is determined to make Both Robinson and Wright are ex-
the Montreal club if he possibly cai servicemen. Robinson was a lieuten-
although he realizes he will have ant in the Army until his discharge
tough competition for the shortstop a year ago. Wright. who was an ace
job with Stan Bread, last year's regi- pitcher at Floyd Bennett Field where
lar returning, and the parent Brook- hie beat the White Sox and blanked
lyn club so deep in rookie infielders. Charley Dressen's big league all-stars,
"I don't know how our league ( the was discharged from the Navy during
Negro American League in which he the winter.
played last year) compares with this Robinson hit "about .350" in Vene-
league," said the former football, bas- zuela and close to the same figure last
ketball and baseball star at UCLA. He (,ummer with the Kansas City Mon-
is personable, 27, married only three archs
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BOB THOMASON-Michigan's
sophomore miler, added another
feather to his cap whipping Notre
Dame's Bill Leonard Saturday in
the half-mile.
10 Hrop f dls Greet
I nitial .Base ball Call
Michigan's baseball coach, Ray
Fisher, issued his first call for dia-
mond candidates yesterday and was
nearly trampled in the rush. All told
about 100 prospects showed up.
The Wolverine mentor was still
trying to get over the rush when con-
tacted last night. He has been work-
ing his hurlers out for nearly two
months and has pronounced the
Wolverine mound corps in fine shape.
There are about 30 odd flingers vying
for spots on the Maize and Blue
squad.
So crowded was the field house that
Fisher could not even find enough
room for all his men to take part in
pitch-and-catch warm -up. The
Michigan coach stated that he ex-
pects to be able to spend some time
with the prospects by this weekend.
Hitting practice is the main item
on tap for the Wolverine hopefuls.
Fisher said that his hitters have a
lot of catching-up to do to reach the
peak of condition of the moundsmen.
Gopher Cagers Nip
Wisconsin, 58-537
Minnesota's basketball team gained
a tie for the Conference fifth spot in
the Big Ten's final game of the sea-
son last night by handing Wisconsin
its eleventh setback in 12 games,
58-57.
FINAL BASKETBALL STANDINGS
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times in each frame to win easily.'
Wally Gacek was the big gun in the
attack, scoring three goals. Bill
Jacobson and Gord MacMillan each
got a pair of goals also.
MacDonald Makes First Appearance
Both contests were played under
adverse conditions with the ice water-
covered. This slowed the games con-
siderably and made the passing and
stick-handling very difficult.
Jack MacDonald, who had been
practicing with the team only a week,
made his season's first appearance
against Tech in the Michigan nets,
and he made a creditable showing in
both contests. MacDonald replaced
Jack MacInnes who fell by the way-I
side scholastically.
Don't Miss 'The
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J-Hop Extra !
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to Ohio State.
Bob IlOernschmeyelr and George Sundleim, both of whom played for
Navy's great team last fall, are back on the Indiana campus but not for
long. Sundheim is classified 1A while Hoernschneyer is awaiting a similar
classification.. . . . Con[erence athletic officials will discuss dropping
Chicago's Maroons from the Big Ten basketball picture. The unhappy Ma-
roons extended their Conference losing streak to 60 games this winter.
Ohio State's basketball team has accepted a bid to represent the
Big Ten in the NCAA Eastern playoffs at Madison Square Garden Mar.
21 and 23. The Buckeyes chalked up a 14-3 season record. ....
Michigan and Michigan State, both of whom walloped the Buckeyes this
year, were not represented on the Ohioans' all-opponent team. Coach
Harold Olsen's men unanimously selected Northwestern's Max Mor-
ris ......Olsen, by the way, has been selected to coach an all-West
team which will play anall-Eastern aggregation in Madison Square
Garen Mar. 30. The "dream" game will be for charity.
Swimming fans who journeyed to Columbus to see the Wolverine-Buck-
eye clash were disappointed when Ohio mentor Mike Peppe didn't use his
ace, Jack Hill, against Michigan's star, Matt Mann, III, in the '440-yard
freestyle race. The two had been expected to stage a real battle ......In
the meet against Minnesota Coach Matt Mann's freshman 400-yard
style relay quartet repeated their record-breaking performance of the
due meet. The team of Charley Moss, Matt Mann, III, Dave Tittle and
Weinberg again broke Yale's 1939 mark for freshmen with a 3:33.8.
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