Mic V l iugan Teams Begin Big Nine Title Quests L O olverines Are Underdogs' Ohio State in Swim Meet Matmen Begin Wrestling Meet Prelims Today 4Three-Way Runner-Up Battle Seen in Indoor Track Duel Wolverine Sextet Meets Michigan Tech In Final Two-Game Series of Campaign I } Illinois All But Conceded Cinder, 'M', OSU, Badgers Best Bets for Crown; Second COLUMBUS, 0., March 6-With the idea of having nothing to lose and everything to gain, 15 Michi- gan swimmers arrived here to- night preparatory to throwing4 everything they have into the Buckeye pool tomorrow morning for the opening of the 37th An- nual Western Conference Swim- ming Championships. Ohio State, defending cham- pions and hosts for this year's classic, are top-heavy favorites to repeat their 1946 triumph, and everyone is speculating not on who will win, but by how many points the Buckeyes can take the crown. Coach Matt Mann and his charges are ever hopeful of being able to dampen some of this en- thusiasm, and if determination could spell victory, the Wolverines would come home with the title. The Maize and Blue squad is also enlthusiastically .awaiting the chance to avenge the 58-26 drub- bing they received from the Buck- eyes. Competition tomorrow will start immediately at 9:30'a.m. with the 1500 meter race sdheduled for that time. Coach Mann is not yet de- cided on his entries, but they will be chosen from Gus Stager, Jay Sanford and Wally Stewart. The rest of the day will be taken up in, preliminary heats and diving competition and then tomorrow evening the finals of the heats run during the day will be on the docket. Finals in the 50-yard and 220-yard free- styles, the 150-yard backstroke, the 300-yard medley relay, and the one-meter diving are sched- uled. Wolverine entries in the "50" will come from Harry Holiday, Dick Weinberg, Tom Coates andy Bill Crispin, while Stager and, Sanford will try for places in the 330. In the backstroke, Holiday and Art Johnson will be the Wol- verine choices. , The 300-yard medley trio will consist of three of the following men: Holiday, Sohl, Weinberg and Crispin. And in the diving the Maize and Blue will enter Captain Alex Canja, Gil Evans, Ralph Trimborn and Tom O'Neill. Saturday will be just as busy, with heats being run during the day and the meet ending at night with the 440-yard and 100-yard freestyle, the 200-yard breaststroke, and the 400-yard freestyle relay finals. In the "100" Coach Mann will choose from the same entries as he does in the "50," while Stew- art will try to gain a final berth in the "440." Sohl, Irv Einbinder and Bill Upthegrove are Michi- gan's entries in the breaststroke and the 400-yard relay team will be comprised of four of the six freestylers making the trip. Thus by Saturday night swim- ming fans will know whether the stories of Ohio State's invincivil- ity are myths or reality. ) " G O SPR IN G is just around the corner . . . SPRING FEVER will grip you -.J LOVE will make you do wonderful things . . . It will bring you to 0 THE GA NADA vC'rt OBSERVE OUR NEW HOURS Weekdays . . . 7:30 A.M.-1 1 :30 P.M. Tuesdays . .. 7:30 A.M.- 8:00 P.M. Sundays . . . 11:30 A.M.-1 1:30 P.M. 7.ato <::=>() momo==+> cur Michigan's wrestlers entrained yesterday for Evanston, Ill., where they will begin the preliminary matches in the Big Nine Wrestling Championships t o d a y on the; Northwestern University mats. Maurice Smith, scrappy Wol- verine 136-pounder, was the last addition to the eight-man lineup, having won the nod over Ed Grimes in a playoff match late Wednesday.. Keen Changes Lineup Coach Cliff Keen made several changes in the roster for the big tourney. Offensive strategy led him to.shift Captain Bill Court- right down to his regular weight of 155 pounds where he reigns su- preme in the Conference. Bob Betzig, Michigan's sensational 155-pounder, was moved up to 165 to complete the switch. Wolverine George Curtis, former Big Ten 145-pound titlist, was sidelined with the flu early this week and Phil Carlson was hand- ed the 145-pound assignment. Hugh Mack, regular 175-pound- er, did not make the trip due to an ailing knee, aggravated in the recent Michigan State meet. Let- terman Ward Peterson will wrestle in his place. Johnson To Wrestle A comparative newcomer to the varsity, Bob Johnson, earned the 121-pound assignment by virtue of his fine performances in the last two "B" team meets. John Allred will appear in his usual slot at 128 pounds and Dan Dwor- sky will handle the heavyweight role. Illinois' star-studded aggrega- tion will give the Wolverines their toughest opposition in the tussle for the crown. The Fighting Mini, defending Conference champions,' trimmed the Wolverines, 15-11, earlier this season and will be out to do it again. Illinois will enter the meet with three returning champions from last year in the lineup. Dave Sha- piro, NCAA and Big Ten 165- pound titlist, will spark the Ilini attack. Iowa Has Strong Team Rough competition is also ex- pected from the Iowa squad. The Hawkeye team is built around a talented group of ex-servicemen headed by Joe Sarpello, 175- pounder, who won the National AAU crown in '42. Indiana, runner-up in last year's meet, has another well balanced squad which includes several top- notch e n t r i e s. The Hoosiers dropped a 14-12 decision to Illi- nois in dual competition earlier this season, but surprised every- one by crumbling before the Wol- verines who handed them a 34-6 whitewashing. Purdue, winner of the 1945 championship, has been hampered by injuries this season, but will be in there pitching in the Con- ference clash. The Boilermakers handed Michigan its worst defeat of the current campaign, 20-10. This year's Michigan basketball team finished higher in the Con- ference standings than it has at any time since 1937 when it ranked third. Wise-Choice 'I Cliff Wise, Michigan's num- ber one pitcher last spring, was elected captain of the 1947 baseball team in a run-off elec- tion yesterday afternoon. Initial balloting was held Wednesday and resulted in a tie between the flinger from Jackson, and Howard Wikel, infielder and pitcher from the 1943 aggregation. Wise returned last year to resume his position as leading hurler of Michigan's nine, a spot which he left to do a five year stint in the Army in 1941. The lanky right-hander gar- nered seven wins and no de- feats last season to help pitch the Wolverines to second place in the Big Nine Conference. His best effort of the 1946 cam- paign was a four-hit master- piece as he shut out Western Michigan. i I _-- - i Suprunowwz Earns Ilonors Except for the unfinished Wis- consin-Purdue game, all the re- turns on the 1946-47 Big Nine cage season are in, and the early balloting finds Michigan's Mack Suprunowicz elected on the first team of one All-Star squad and the second team of another. The Wolverine was named to the Free Press All-Conference first team along with Ralph Hamilton, (Ind.) Jim McIntyre, (Minn), Walt Lau tenbacoh, (Wis.) and Jack Smiley, (111.). He was named to the United Press second five as Hamilton and Maclntyre were the only men to make both first teams. The rest of the top UP quintet included Paul Hoffman (Pur.), Herb Wil- kinson, (Iowa), and Glen Selbo, (Wis.) Bob Cook, (Wis.) teamed with Suprunowicz as the UP's second pair of forwards, while Jack Un- derman (OSU), Lautenbach and Smiley completed the runner-up five. By ALYS GEORGE When the preliminaries of the Big Nine Indoor Track Champion- ships begin tonight at Champaign, Ill., Michigan's thinclads will begin a struggle against Ohio State and Wisconsin for runnerup honors, while Illinois, the defending champs, is a sure bet to repeat its victory of last year. The Wolverines' best hope for an individual title rests on the broad shoulders of record-smashing Chuck Fonville. The Maize and Blue shot putter and Illinois' Norpian Wasser will hook up in the rub- ber match of their personal dual. Both Wasser and Fonville hold one decision in their two meetings so l 1 i l far this season. The Conference meet record of 51 ft. 8 3/8 in. has already been bettered by these two iron ball tossers as well as by Fortune Gordien of Minnesota. Close Battle Seen in 880 A battle right down to the wire is in prospect for the half- mile title when defending champion Herb Barten or Don Queller of Michigan, Illinois' Bob Rehberg, Mal Whitfield of Ohio State and Indiana's Tom Deal churn up the cinders. The smooth - striding Whitfield has turned in the best time in the 880 this year, a 1:55.1 clocking against Michigan last week while all the other contend- ers for the crown, except Barten, have broken. 1:56 this season. In the two-mile defending champion Charlie Birdsall of Michigan will have to fight off the bids of John Twomey of Illi- nois and Wisconsin's Don Gehr- mann to retain his title. Of the three distance men, Twomey has come through with the fastest clocking this year, 9:16.2, while Gehrmann has stepped the dis- tance in 9:26.8. McKenley Out for Record Illinois' fast-flying Herb Mc- Kenley should have no difficulty snaring his second indoor quarter- mile title. The high-stepping Jamaican has uncorked a 48.3 quarter this season and has a good chance of lowering the American indoor record of 48.1 which he tied at the Big Nine meet last year. The Illini's strength is not con- fined to the cinder paths. They can count on sure points from Bob Richards, a pole vaulter in the 14 ft. class, and Dike Eddle- man who has cleared the high jump bar at 6 ft. 6 in. Walker, Wright in Hurdles Two former Conference cham- pions will skim overithe hurdles when defending title .- holder George Walker of Illinois and Buckeye Bob Wright tangle in both the highs and the lows. Both, however may find themselves nip- ped at the tape by Bill Porter of Northwestern, w h o hia s tied Wright's Conference mark of 8.5 for the highs this year. A fast mile relay is in prospect when Illinois, with McKenley an- choring, Michigan and Ohio State clash in the final event of the two day meet. The Illini foursome are rated the' class of the field on the basis of their 3:19.2 clock- ing this season with the Maize and Blue quartet a close second. week. To replace Balestri, Coach Vic Heyliger will dress reserve de- fensemen John Maturo and John Griffin. Neither has participated in competition to date. Jacobson is still ailing from a severe groin injury suffered in the Minnesota series and aggra- vated in practice last week. Be- cause of the blond forward's absence, Herb Upton will play left wing on both the second and third lines. i Gordy McMillan 'nd Al Ren- frew, the two leading scorers on the squad, will play on the first line with Dick Stairak complet- ing the trio. Wally Gacek will By CHUCK LEWIS Closing a successful 1946-47 hockey season, the Michigan sex- tet will face Michigan Tech in a two-game series this weekend, the first of which will be at 8 p.m. to- night in the Coliseum. Again the pucksters will enter a contest ' at less than "full strength. George Balestri, ace defenseman, and Bill Jacobson, star center, both will be -out of action. These two men have been instrumental in Michigan's fine showing this year. Balestri, who has a phenomenal total of 11 goals for a defenseman, was called home because of the death of his father earlier this There are still a limited number of tickets available for the Michigan-Michigan Tech hockey games today and Sat- urday. Students may pur- chase them in the Athletic Ad- ministration Building between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. today. I t t a', P'. d center the number two combine with Upton and Ted Greer flank- ing him. Greer was hurt in the Windsor Spitfire game last Satur- day but will be able to play to- night. The third line will see George Peugeot and Sam Stead- man playing with Upton. Captain Connie Hill and Bob Marshall will bear the brunt of Michigan's defense in their last two games of the season, and Jack McDonald will again be the Wolverine's guardian of the goal. The Huskies from Houghton come to Ann Arbor with a record of five wins and 11 defeats, but this does not tell the whole story, as their opponents have scored only seven more goals than they have. Also the Engineers have had 147 more of their shots ped at the goal crease than two goalies, Jack Noblet an( Waite, have halted. There are two brother on the Houghton squad. Mark, and Roy Olsen are al wings, while their Coach I Maki has two brothers, I and Alfred, playing on his I Minnesota holds four vi( over the Huskies, one of went into overtime and which were closely con games. On the other han Wolverines have a record c wins, one loss, and one tie the Gophers, and so the and Blue will have two bus nings tonight and tomorrow Michigan Tech invades the seum. 1k 10 I-M NEWS 1 Hinsdale and Adams House swimmers took both ends of a doubleheader to enter the quar- ter-finals in the residence halls swimming and water polo cam- paigns. The Hinsdale waterpolo outfit dropped Green House, 3-1, with Jack Huckins scoring all three goals for the winners. In the nightcap Hinsdale's natators cap- tured firsts in most of the indivi- dual events to sink Tyler, 36-25. Versatile Art Fields churned in ahead of the field in the 25 yard breaststroke and then won the low board diving for Hinsdale. Adams gained the quarter-finals in waterpolo in a convincing 3-0 manner over Williams, while their swimming crew outpointed, Chi- cago, 33-28. By virtue of a for- feit from Prescott, Allen-Rumsey advanced to the fourth bracket in swimming and to the same po- sition in water polo as they de- feated Winchell, 2-0. Prescott for- feited in water polo to Chicago and Green House submerged Vaugn, 38-23, thus rounding out the quarterfinal list with the fin- als slated for the I-M Open House program. Si-Swig 0,3'k. ALSO AVAILABLE in genuine "ri serf.'quality tough front quarter he ", Fll lenghoti IfiasSippB'; ide. 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Wis- consin's Cook, John Brennan and Kevin O'Shea, (Notre Dame), and Ralph Beard (Kentucky) were al- so named to the Spartans All-Op- ponent slate. All Fouled Up WHITTEMORE, Ia., March 6--- (P)-When a member of th'e Al- gona Independents fouled out in the closing seconds of a basketball game with Whittemore it was the ultimate misadventure for Algona The player who fouled out had just dropped in the basket which deadlocked the contest at 57-57. But lie was Algona's fifth player to leave the game on fouls and Algona had brought only five mer here for the contest. The oppositionless overtime was a breeze for Whittemore. 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