SCRAPBOOK ii M ART IN, Daddy Sports Edito° THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAOI ophersHost ToSextet Tonight Track Team Will Fac ___________VSC Here Tomorrow Heyliger Shifts Lineup in Quest-_ FoW E Tt Expalnsion.. . Spartans SeekoFnrst inover lve Of Mythical Conference Title N W (Cutmed from Page)Domn Q.lle ro Bale Dianeti in YESTERDAY afternoon the Michigan sports scene had settled to some semblance of calm and quiet, and the indecision and sion which had everyone from the Athletic Board to the grounds- .rs in throes of speculation had disappeared. Seated in his Ad- tration Building office - and seated there to stay - was H. 0. z" Crisler. And California had again become a mere state 2,000 away. 3ut the storm, while it lasted, was fierce. Rumors rained down a hundred different ilaces, and opinions changed with every gust of gossip. By suppertime last Wednesday people who only morning had declared over a cup of coffee that "Fritz could leave Michigan," were swearing that Crisler would fly to Cali- a, within the hour. Rumors collapsed finally a little after 1:00 a.m. Thursday m the bulletin that ended the matter came clicking over the ociated Press teletype in the Michigan Daily office. Out of welter of "no comments" news had finally come. Coach Crisler 1 called the California officials and said, "I like Michigan." e story of the past few days was explained yesterday morning the Wolverine coach called a special oress conference. "I called Hamilton (Brutus Hamilton, acting athletic manager at Cali- 30 at midnight and told him I couldn't accept the offer." Later clared that the Bear official was "speechles" when he heard the on. BRAL THINGS influenced Coach Crisler's decision to remain at ichigan. Chiefly, it was the assurance he received that the future rsity of Michigan would be the same as the past. "I was very concerned with what was going to happen at Michigan," he "especially in regard to any increasing emphasis put on graduate I inasmuch as it de-emphasized the 'undergraduate side, and in d to any continued rigid restriction on out-of-state admissions." 'he athletic director then declared that he now felt certain that bions will get better with each succeeding semester. Coach r was obviously worried over recent reports that Michigan's graduate departments would gradually be absorbed by Wayne U. It appears that the deciding point in this mental tug-of-war Coach Crisler's conversation with President Alexander G. hven Wednesday morning. Before that Crisler could not have wn what the University's official position was in regard to change in the school's set-up. President Ruthven evidently wered the questions in his mind. When those questions were wered, the balance began definitely swinging toward a decision tay in Ann Arbor. i his press conference, Coach Crisler scotched one opinion that )een advanced by some quarters as one factor influencing his )e resignation and departure to California. This was that alumni sm was bothering him. "Of course Michigan alumni were dis- nted over the outcome of last season, just as I was," declared oach, "but there was never any criticism by any alumni of the hat would get under my skin." You'll cheer too, for these By HERB LORENZ A confident, but injury-riddled Michigan hockey team will play the first of two important week- end games against the Minnesota Gophers tonight at Minneapolis. The Michigan sextet, current possessors of the mythical Confer- ence title, must win at .Ieast one of the games to maintain their grasp on the crown. With a 5-4 win and a 4-4 tie against the Gophers in previous games this season, a victory tonight at Min- nesota would assure the Maize and Blue of the title for another season. Lineup Changed Coach Heyliger has juggled his lineup to compensate for the re- cent wave of injuries that have hit the team. The number one line will see Bill Jacobson back at his old center position with Ted Greer at his usual right wing spot. Dick Starrak has been moved up from his defense position to the left wing slot on this line. Playing in his first conference game, Wally Gacek will be at the left wing position of the number two line, teaming with Gordie MacMillan and Al Renfrew. Ren- frew was able to return from Tor- onto yesterday in time to leave with the team. MacDonald To Play Heyliger's goalie problem was relieved when regular netminder Jack MacDonald was released from the University hospital in time to make the train for Minneapolis. The big problem facing Heyliger is finding a capable defense com- bination. George Balestri has been suf- fering from a strained back and has not been on skates this week, and reliable Connie Hill is nurs- ing an injured hand. Both men will be available for limited ser- vice, but Big Bob Marshall will be called on to carry the brunt of the defensive work. This is right to \arshall's liking, for in the last Minnesota game here Bob shook the Coliseum foundation with his smashing body checks. Gophers Win Last Four Minnesota's coach Larry Arm- strong plans to use the same team that has netted the Gophers four victories in their last four games. Octopus-like Tommie Karakas will again be in the nets, and the Michigan sharpshooters will have to train their sights well to drive the disc past him. When the Gophers played here, Karakas Ray Robinson Faces Board NEW YORK, Feb. 13-(APX--The State Athletic Commission, which banished Rocky Grazano from boxing after he thought two $100,- 000 bribe offers to throw fights were "a joke," calls up Welter- weight Champion Ray Robinson tomorrow to tell about a $25,000 bid he received not to go through with a match at all. Specifically, the Harlem Sugar Man will be asked about an offer he received to announce that he couldn't make the 147-pound weight limit for a title tussle with Marty Servo last summer. The fight never came off, because Servo retired with an ailing nose. Robinson later outpointed Tommy Bell to succeed to the welter- weight throne. Just what the commission will do about this will be a mystery un- til after tomorrow's hearing. Robinson received the offer last August while he was training at his Greenwood Lake, N.Y., condi- tioning base. In December, while he was getting ready to belt Bell, he casually mentioned it to sports writers one afternoon. gave Michigan fans one of the Chi Psi and Sigma Alpha Mu finest exhibitions of goal-tending closed the lid on a long drawn out seen in many a season. fraternity handball tournament The Gophers' number one line with Chi Psi taking a 2-1 win to of Remole and Meyer at the wings emerge wearing the fraternity and Rolly DePaul at center will crown until next semester. give Goalie MacDonald plenty of Jim Donovan of Chi Psi showed worries. DePaul and Remole are amazing form and finesse as he tied for the individual scoring overwhelmed Fred Epstein, 21-2, honors of the Gophers, and the Wolverines must figure some way 21-0. The second singles match to stop this combination. gave the new champions their Bud Prick centers the number margin of victory, but it took a two line with Fleming and Bill lot more work for Bob DenUyl to Hodgins at the wing posts. Dick get by Bob Zelony, 21-9, 21-12. Roberts is the mainstay of the Scrn A sloepitBb Gopher defense. Michigan fan Scoring SAM's lone point, Bob will remember Roberts as the man Tisch teamed with Bernie Meislin who used the "kick shot" so ef- to defeat Hugh Mack and Erwin fectively when the Gophers were Coveney in three games, 21-15, in town. 20-21, 21-11. CELLAR CELEBRITIES: Cagers To, Face Talent Lade Hawkeye Quitet Ozzie Cowles' fourth place basketball team will entrain at 8:26 this morning for Saturday night's game with one of the roughest cellar dwelling squads in Big Nine cage history, the Iowa Hawkeyes. Coach "Pops" Foster's squad, bulging with tested talent, looked like a good bet for the top honors in the Conference, but a disastrous five-game road trip dropped Iowani from second place to a last place tie with Northwestern. The Hawkeyes, despite a 2-6 wori-lost record, have only drop- ped only one game at home, a CO N T4 heart-breaking 63-62 decision to the front running Badgers, who F( make a habit of winning the close ones. Some of Foster's most highly CONTAC touted performers have failed to come through for him this sea- son, and he has been forced to W offerou revise his lineup repeatedly. Another of his frequent per- sonnel experiments has been and 1IreiariI, planned for use against Michi- gan. All-Conference Dick Ives, once the Hawkeyes chief scor- - ing threat, will sit on the bench. A newcomer, Stan Straatsma, will pair with Murray Wier at forward. In another shift, Herb Wilkin- son, another ex-Al Conference cager, will switch from guard to center in an attempt to strength- en the pivot post which has been 410 WOLVERINE BLDG. weak since Noble Jorgenson was declared ineligible. Another. rookie, Billy Hall, will take over Wilkinson's guard duties. 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