rimmers ace Bucks Tommorrow Clash of Season Features Two Unbeaten Tank Teams ex L' Hockey Team Satur * ._. * * * * Oatmen May ace Badgers hy Courtright Due to the knee injury he suf- red in the Illini meet last week- d, Captain Bill Courtright quite obably will not see action this Lturday when the wrestlers face isconsin following the Gopher ge clash. Courtright sustained his injury the third period of his bout with we Shapiro of Illinois, National )legiate 165-pound champ, but turned to the mat to finish out e final frame in addition to two ertime periods. pith, Allred Return A little sunshin'e somehow man- ed to peep into the Michigan mp this week when regulars aurice Smith and Johnnie All- I returned to action after a brief nit on the injury list. Coach Keen ay use these boys at 136 and 8 pounds, respectively, against e Badgers if they round into rm. The Badgers have a seasoned tfit, well stocked with returned termen from last year's squad. isconsin will be strongest in the wavier brackets where Tony Bar- ro will wrestle at 175 and Bill nnett, a 230-pounder, will grap- at heavyweight. George Curtis, Conference amp at 145 pounds back in '44, s returned to the Michigan estling scene and may appear the Wolverines this Saturday. s 4 Fencers Seek Approval Ray Chambers Leads Foilmen In Quest of Formal Recognition By JERRY ALEXANDER A faithful band of fencing en- thusiasts are constantly working out at the Intramural Building and Waterman Gymnasium these days with no hope of representing the school in formal competition- in the near future. Back in 1942 over 4000 names were submitted on petitions.to the appropriate individuals for even- tual action and recognition by the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics. Nothing has since been heard about the request. Yet the men are practicing continuously day after day. Impressive Group The group at the I-M Build- ing includes some skilled fenc- ers; namely Norman Barnett who boasts a midwest rating, Jack Dreher, Minor Vandermede, and the unofficial coach Ray Cham- bers. The Waterman group is mentored by Richard Suswerda, an old hand at the sport. He claims to have several men under his tutelage that are really top notch. It is his opinion that if the school had a fencing team, it could win the conference cham- pionship in a year with the avail- able material. He went on to say that he had previously been re- quested to coach a fencing team here, but without any compensa- tion. Fencing today has spread to' most schools in the country. The Big Nine is represented by Ohio State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Illinois and Purdue. In the local area Wayne, Michigan State, the University of Detroit, Lawrence Tech, and Case have teams, but NOT Michigan. No Special Build As an indication of the popu- larity of the sport here, before the war there were 170 men and 130 women taking instruction. At the present time the figure is less impressive but growing steadily as more and more students are find- ing out about 'the fencing facili- ties. The reason for such wide- spread interest is apparent on realizing that in 1939 a national poll of sport coaches voted fencing tops for the qualities of timing, coordination, sportsmanship, quick reactions, grace, carriage and posture. Fencers need not be of any spe- cial build, for the sport consists of three weapons, the epee, sabre, and foil, each of which is par- ticularly adapted to different physiques. Although the season which ex- tends from October to February is just about over, the men are hop- ing for some sort of miracle to occur so they would find them- selves on a team representing Michigan for next year. Any ac- tion of this sort depends solely on the Athletic Board. Anyone interested in learning how to fence will be gladly* ac- cepted at either Waterman in the afternoons, or at the I-M Building on Wednesday and Friday from 4 to 6 p.m., and other afternoons for practice. i 4 sPOiI By JACK MARTIN Daily Sports Editor DURING the past decade sports at the University of Michigan have become crystallized into a set form, with football on the top ped- estal, and basketball, baseball, swimming, hockey, wrestling, ten- nis, golf, and track arranged side by side on a slightly lower rung. The objectionable fact is not that these sports occupy a top po- sition in the athletic heirarchy- they warrant their emphasis be- cause of their high spectator-ap- peal. But what is dangerous is that other sports have been com- pletely crowded out of the var- sity picture; as often happens, crystallization has meant sterili- zation. Yesterday The Daily present- ed a few facts and arguments concerning boxing as the first of three activities which should be introduced into the Wolverine athletic system as letter-win- ning sports. Today, in the ac- companying news article, the story of fencing as seen, or not seen, at Michigon today is un- folded. The case for fencing may even be considered a little stronger than that of boxing; for the es- tablishment of the sport on a var- sity level would not be an intro- duction, but a re-introduction. Fom 1927 until 1933 Michigan had a recognized inter-collegiate fenc- ing team participating in offi- cial Western Conference cham- pionship and dual matches. After the conclusion of the 1933 season the sport was dis- continued as the result of a policy of economizing initiated by the University due to the depression. It has never been re-instated. Now that the finanial situation is a little different, there is no valid excuse for the continued ab- sence of fencing from varsity com- petition. Asking the same four questions raised in connection with boxing yesterday, we arrive inevitably at the same conclusion. WHILE fencing would probably not develop into a self-sup- porting activity, the overall fi- nancial picture'at Michigan, as mentioned yesterday, is certainly not a dark one. Just as an exam- ple, official figures have revealed that the University had the larg- est football attendance of any school in the nation last year. That interest exists in fencing is attested to by the continued daily practice of enthusiasts at the I-M building. Answering the third question, competition is readily available. In the conference, OSU, Minne- sota, Northwestern, Illinois, and Purdue have fencing squads, while locally Wayne, Michigan State, Detroit, Lawrence Tech, and Case all have teams. Finally, facilities are already on hand. It doesn't take an elabor- ate arena to stage a fencing meet. For Real a I Dancing Enjoyment By MURRAY GRANT "They'll know they've been in a meet, before the night is over," Coach Matt Mann stated yester- day, referring to the highly-touted dual meet scheduled for 8 p.m. to- morrow between the two ranking powers in national swimming cir- cles, Ohio State and Michigan. Both squads are unbeaten this year in dual competition and the Buckeyes have not lost a dual meet since 1945. Coach Mike Pep- pe's charges last year swept aside all competition to annex the Big Nine, National AAU, and NCAA titles. Feature event of the evening will undoubtedly be the diving in which Peppe will pit Miller Anderson and Bruce Harlan against Michigan's Captain Alex Canja and Gil Evans. Anderson won almost every diving event of last year and is unde- feated this year. Evans and Canja have rounded into peak condition and have been spending every available minute in practice. Diving will be from the high board and the expected crowd should witness some of the finest exhibitions of diving ever seen. In other events the Buckeyes are equally well-fortified. In the free- styles, Michigan's Dick Weinberg will meet the cream of the crop in the persons of Halo Hirose, Bill Smith and Ted Hobart, while in the longer freestyles, Jack Hill, national 220 and 440 champ is re- garded as tops in his events. In the breaststroke, Bob Sohl, Michigan sensation, may expect a rough evening from Buckeye Jim Counsilman. Sohl has recorded, as his best time this year, a 2:21.5, while Counsilman has negotiated the distance in 2:25, and another Buckeye, Earl Trumble, has bet- tered Wolverine Bill Upthegrove's best effort of 2:29.8. The backstroke is virtually con- ceded to Michigan on the strength of Harry Holiday and his record breaking tactics,- In the relays the Wolverine trio of Holiday, Sohl and Weinberg have recorded a time six seconds better than Ohio in the 300 yard medley, while the Buckeye quar- tet of Smith, DeGroot, Hobart and Hirose are favored to cop the final event, the 400 yard freestyle relay. Tickets for tomorrow night's Michigan-Ohio State swimm- ing meet at the Sports Build- ing will go on sale at 8:30 a.m. today at the Athletic Admini- stration Building. Tickets for Saturday night's Michigan-Waterloo H o c k e y Club game at the Coliseum will go on sale at 8:30 a.nm. to- morrow at the Athletic Ad- ministration Building. By CHUCK LEWIS After annexing the mythical Big Nine championship and split- ting a pair of contests with the Minnesota Gophers last weekend, the patched-up Michigan hockey squad is preparing to stave off the invasion of the Waterloo (Ont.) Hockey Club this Saturday' at the Coliseum. The hardest blow is the possi- bility that George Balestri, stal- wart defenseman, will be unable to participate in the Waterloo tilt. Both Bill Jacobson and Al Ren- frew are recovering from injuries sustained in the Gopher series, but they expect to be ready to go Saturday. Jack MacDonald, Wolverine ace goal tender, is fully recovered from the note infection that put him in the ,University Hospital last week. MacDonald's stellar play in the Maize and Blue nets last weekend was outstanding, and his improved tending has been instrumental in the Wolver- ines' winning ways in the last two months. Coach Vic Heyliger is planning to shift his forward lines again. For the first time this season, he will use the high-scoring line of the 1945-46 campaign together. 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Co c o sSatisfied with Cager's Play "I'm very well satisfied with the performance of the team," com- mented coach Ozzie Cowles cop- cerning the Wolverine cagers' week-end road trip. "The boys are in good spirits and played well against both Iowa and Purdue," added the cage mentor. Iowa Played Freshmen "Even though we were playing away from home and under a se- vere handicap, we gave them both real -scares and looked like a mighty good ball club." Commenting on the 55-46 defeat suffered at Iowa Saturday night, Cowles revealed that the Hawk- eyes started two new freshman stars in the place of Dick Ives and UerWb Wilkinson who contributed largely to their victory. Mikulich Plays Well Cowles was very pleased with the performance of Bill Mikulich in the game against Purdue Mon- day night. The Wolverine mentor started the flashy guard in order to contend with the speed of "Red" Anderson, Boilermaker forward. 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