T~_tSDY ECEMBER 9,~1947 THE M ItCtlGAN flAI1Y' PAGE THREE .... . . ... . PAGE T1IR~ rf JUST KIBITZING By DICK KRAUS Daily Sports Editor Lettermen Boost Illini Cagers Sextet Hopes To Retain Scoring Punch on Ice "JERSEY JOE" WALCOTT brought boxing's "Operation Haircut" " to a successful conclusion last Friday night when he gave cham- pion Joe Louis the scare of his life and in the process set the stage for a rematch which may well gross the largest total in the history of boxing. Walcott's showing against Louis was so impressive that the long time policy of at least one white contestant in any battle involving the heavyweight championship has been knocked into a cocked hat. The discrimination in boxing circles was of a less outspoken genre than that practiced by the local barber shops, but it was still prac- ticed. Walcott waited for his title shot until everyone but the lead- ing lady at the Metropolitan Opera got a chance, and then the fight was originally scheduled as an "exhibition" match not in- volving the itle. FIGHT CROWDS are a heterogenous mass. And one segment, one small loud segment always yells "kill him" a little louder if there is a Negro involved. Like the barbers, the powers that be in the fight game overesti- mate the influence and importance of that segment, mistakenly mix- ing up the vocal and the actual strength of the group. Consequently they have insisted that two Negroes should not fight for the heavy- weight title. Sure they made one exception. They let poor old half-blind John Henry Lewis fight Big Joe, biut that was practically a char- itable investment. The epitaph, at least temporary epitaph, for discrimination in the fight game was written by one of the officials of the Twentieth Cen- tury Sporting Club (Mike Jacobs' outfit) who predicted publicy that the Louis-Walcott rematch would gross nearly two million dollars. When finance and discrimination lock horns, the almighty buck doesn't lose many rounds. The most confirmed bigot modi- fies his views when they begin to cost him money. ANOTHER ASPECT of this changed attitude in boxing is the result of Louis himself. The dignity with which he has always worn his crown has been a large factor in convincing the monied inter- ests that a Negro champion is not necessarily a target for elimination by a "more suitable champ." It's been a long time since anyone has been billed as the "White Hope." And that billing did not become passe because It smacked pf the doctrine of White Supremacy, but because it stopped paying. Louis was so much the best that he ran out of logical contenders, that's when they dug up Walcott, who was the only logical con- tender off his record. When a business man-fight promoter or barber shop pro- prietor-has too many customers, he can pick and choose his clientele., But if enough of his customers think he should amend those ar- bitrary selections and convince him by not patronizing his fights or his barber shop, it's a fairly safe bet that he'll suddenly remember that "the customer is always right." Crisler Team Will Resume Grid Practice Michigan's Rose-Bowl bound Wolverines will return to daily practice tomorrow afternoon, Coach Fritz Crisler announced yesterday. In case of inclement weather, the gridders will work out for seven days at Yost Field House' before embarking for Pasadena on! Dec. 18. A section of the huge arena has been ploughed up for Coach Crisler asks that mem- bers of the varsity football team be on hand at the Field House at 3:30 p.m. today for a special session for news photographers. football drills and willbe used if the ground is frozen at Ferry Field. An additional nine practices will be staged at Pasadena, it was an- nounced. Crisler stacted that the selection of his 44-man Rose Bowl squad would not be announced until the end of the local practice session. The Wolverine coach personally scouted Notre Dame's victory Sat- urday over Southern California at Los Angeles. lie was assisted by Art Valpey., To Belt' Walcott NEW YORK, Dec. 8-(/P)-N. K. Perlow, managing editor of the Police Gazette, said today a $2,- 500 silver and jewel studded belt would be given,"Jersey Joe" Wal- cott "as world heaveyweight box- ing champion" within 10 days. Indiana Expected To Use-M ROUND-UP: 'Firwago' Tpeof~ay Frats Begin eagoTpeoCampus Mat (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond in a series of articles surveying the Big Nine basketball teams this season.) By ROGER GOELZ While Michigan and Minnesota are generally favored by Conferenc coaches as the two teams to de- throne Wisconsin in this year's Big Nine title race, two other schools-Illinois and Indiana-are also given a chance to capture the Western Conference champion- ship. Illinois, under the direction of its new coach, Harry Combes, is out to regain some of the glory that was held by the Illini dur- ing the stay of the "Whiz Kids" at Champaign. In support of their claim to the title, the Illini will be able to start two teams composed entirely of returning lettermen. Two of these lettermen, Dike Eddleman and Russ Steger, both outstanding football players, are expected to furnish the core for this year's squad. Coach Combes is also count- ing on the services of return- ing forwards BillErickson and center Fred Green to give the starting Illinois quintet a sus- tained scoring attack. Coming up from the jayvee and frosh squads to give much-desired depth to'the Illinois team are such hopefuls as Jim Marks, Benton Odum, and Sam Franczak. From the standpoint of materi- al, Coach Combes is frankly opti- mistic over the team's chances but believes that the final success of the Illinois quintet will depend I chiefly on the squad's ability to round into a smooth-working com- bination and, of course, how the team fares against the other teams of the Big Nine in actual com- petition. Indiana, already impressive in its 59-43 conquest of DePauw. is pointing for its first Western Con-1 ference title since 1936.- The Hoosiers are expected to' play their usual brand of "fire- wagon" basketball and are de- pending on the services of high- scoring aces like center Lou Watson, who tallied 22 points against DePauw, to pace thel squad to the coveted title. Indiana will have four letter-j men back from the squad that finished second to Wisconsin last year to form the nucleus of this year's team. In addition five other numeral winners will be on hand to augment Coach Harry Good's team which opens its 1948 West- ern Conference season against Purdue on Jan. 5. BASKETBALL SCORES Illinois 40, Notre Dame 38 Wisconsin 61, Butler 53 Purdue 60, Nebraska 56 Indiana State 71, West Texts State 50; Marquette 69, Wayne 59 Georgetown 64, Denver 60 Bowling Green 95, Bliss College 42 (first game) Bowling Green 102, Detroit Tech 31 (second game) Hinsdale 32, Angola 30 Iowa State 43, Simpson 29 MeetTonight Preliminaries and semi-finals in the All-Campus fraternity wres- tling tournament will be held at 7:30 tonight in the Intramural Gym. These matches will be followed by the fraternity finals and resi- dence halls preliminaries and semi-finals on Wednesday, with the residence hallsfinals sched- uled Thursday night. Sport Fans Invited All of these matches will be open to the public and seats will be provided. Every entrant will wrestle twice in the preliminaries. All men who checked out equipment for varsity or freshman wrestling squads are ineligible for these matches. Volle'yball News The fraternity volleyball semi- finals will be held at 9 p.m. today when DKE meets Lambda Chi Alpha to decide who will meet the Betas for the championship. All men on campus are reminded that they can still sign up to play basketball this week regardless of whether they are on a team or not. There will be a meeting of the Independent League managers at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in the Sports Building office. New teams wishing to enter the league should send their manager or represen- tative. l1iniiT rip Irish CHAMPAIGN. Ill., Dec. 9-(P) -The University of Illinois, dis- playing a well-balanced attack, came from behind in a last half surge tonight to upset highly- rated Notre Dame 40-39 for its second consecutive basketball vic- tory of the new campaign. YOUR APPEARANCE IS IMPORTANT! Let us blend and style your hair to one of our specialties in haircutting. FOR THE DISTINGUISHED MAN OF MICHIGAN The Daseola Barbers between Mich. & State Theatres Michigan's hockey squad made an auspicious start in the first match of the 1947-48 season last Saturday night when it trounced a hapless McMaster team, 13-1. Scoring five goals in each of the first two periods, the Wol- verines showed some of the scor- ing punch that they hope will carry them through one -of the best seasons in Michigan ice history. Gordie MacMillan, who has ledj the scoring parade for the last two seasons, jumped into the point lead by virtue of his three goals and two assists, a total of five points. Ted Greer, veteran second linesman, also turned the hat trick against McMaster and added one assist to trail Mac- Millan by one point. Michigan's ability to halt the scoring attack of McMaster was made evident by one goal gar- nered by the Canadian visitors and the fact that they were only able to get 15 shots at the Michi- gan net-tender, Jack McDonald. Coach Vic Heyliger uncorked a minor surprise when he made i use of four offensive units. Bob Marshall moved to a wing position on the second line when not playing defense, and Owen McArdle was dropped to the third line center position. The fourth line was composed of dimunitive Al Nadeau, center, and Sam Stedman and Herb Upton, who also played on the defensive line. Seeking its second win In as many starts, the Wolverines will play host to the Windsor Spitfires Friday night at the Coliseum, The following week, on Dec. 18, the Maize and Blue travel to Chi- cago to meet the University of To- ronto in a benefit match. "PARDOON MlE, 11, BUT A SPOT OF WILDROOT CREAM-OL WILL KEEP YOUR HA!IR iN PLACE ALL DAY! " 2 ;tn; t! j{ ,4 1 r Q -o 'M' COACHES REPORT- StateToHoldOlypiTant 1 i Drive a New Car to LOS ANGELE for the ROSE BOWL GAME- Share expenses basis CONTACT: MR. OSBORN Temple 1 -6630 Detroit - 3513 Woodward, Rm. 17 By MURRAY GRANT Wolverine coaches Matt Mane and Cliff Keen, swimming and wrestling mentors, respectively, re- turned yesterday from the Omaha meeting of the AAU all smiles as they disclosed that the State of Michigan has been awarded both the Oympic swimming trials and the regional tryouts for Olympic wrestling berths. Mann stated that the Detroit Olympic Club would sponsor the swim tryouts at River Rouge Pool on July 9-11, while Keen said that either the Detroit Boys Club or the Detroit Police Departmentl would sponsor the wrestling trials. Squad Limitations In the tank sport the Olympic squad will consist of three men in each event and six men in the 800-meter freest le relay, Mann said. He added that the chances of a number of Wolverines making the squad are quite high, and was highly elated at the selection of Dick Weinberg, Gus Stager and I pL- . Harry Holiday as members of the YMCA meet as well as two qual- All-American swimming squad. ifiers from meets sponsored by Aim To Uphold Record both the Army and Navy. Coach Keen was also pleased with the Nebraska meeting and said that Michigan has always had at least one man on the Olympic squad and that there is a strong chance that there will be a Wol- verine on the 1948 Olympic team. He said that the district tryouts would be held in either the last week in March or early in April. From these tryouts would come two finalists in each of the eight weight classes. These finalists would compete against a like number from each of the 16 other districts in the fi- nal trials the latter part of April or the beginning of May. In addition to these qualifiers, Coach Keen stated that four champions from the AAU meet would compete as would four from the annual NCAA championships at Lehigh University. There would also be two qualifiers from the These fourteen men would not represent any oneaweight class but would be chosen as the outstand- ing wrestler from these meets. They will meet the 272 other qual- ifiers from the 17 districts in a final elimination tourney to de- termine the two men in each weight who will represent the United States in the 1948 Olym- pics. i.d HAIR got you down in the dumps? Then take Cream-Oil Charlie's advice and get busy with Wildroot Cream-Oil. Just a little bit grooms your hair naturally-without that plas- tered-down look. Relieves annoying dryness and removes loose, ugly dandruff. Helps ydu pass the Finger-Nail Test. Remember,;Wildroot Cream-Oil is non-alcoholic...con- tains soothing Lanolin! Get a tube or bottle of Wildroot Cream-Oil today. Get some for your mangy old roommate, tool For a generous trial supply free, send this ad with your name and address to Wildroot Co., Inc., Dept. C-F, Buffalo 8, New York. tl ; , DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN III I I GARGOYLE ain't so bad if you look real close and of course you can always buy 'em for people you don't like.t (Continued from Page 2) "The Mikado" either Dec. 10 or 11 have late permission until one- half hour after the close of the performance. Varsity Debating: All debaters check bulletin board, 4th floor, Angell Hall. Refunds on Rose Bowl Tickets:, Students, faculty, and staff mem- bers who have made applications for Rose Bowl tickets and will be unable to use them may secure re- funds Tuesday and Wednesday of this week at the Ferry Field ticket office. OO Such persons wishing refunds should present their receipt and identification card at the office. University Community Center: Willow Run Village Trues., Dec. 9, 8 p.m., Year- Round Garden Club; 8 p.m., Fac- ulty Wives' Meeting. Wec., Dec. 10, 8 p.m., Modern Dance Group: 8 p.m., General Meeting, Coopeiaative Nursery Mothers. Program: Music for Children; 8 p.m., Creative Writers' Group. Thurs., Dec. 11, 8 p.m., Church Nursery Mothers Discussion: Christmas Traditions. 8 p.m., Co- operative Nursery Discussion Groups. 8 p.m., The New Art Group. (Continued on Page 4) h HEAR YE!1 HEAR YE! 05e Make HER Christmas Perfect!. A wide choice frota our luxurious rack of dinner and cocktail rins in 14 K. solid gold mountings . . . Aquamarines, Opals, Zircons, Tourmalines, Onyx, and Cultured Pearl clusters . . . You're certain to delight HER! Gifts for Men, to (E NUINE HEMITITI EINTAGLIO . .'. Onyx 1Titr I'Eye)Cameo, and many other genuine stones . . . A perfect gift for any man . . . Make n s Chbis w nmas one he w'on't forget. 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