:TUESDAY, -AIYA~tY 'Fij48 TIEM, TCRI1T1GN IYAH7-Y- __ olverine Cagers Toppled by ortlwesterin, 5-8 l i> 'M'-Penn Tilt On Grid Off Schedule Difficulties Prevent '48 Contest PHUADELPHIA, Jan. 12 (i The University of Pc:lnia announced today its proposed football game with the University of Michigan next IpClmbr has been called of i because of sched- uling difficulties. MSC Unable to Shift Dr. Leroy Mercer, dean of the University's physical education department, said the decision had been made after a conference with Fritz Crisler, Michigan's coach and athletic director, in New York. The proposed date, September 25, originally was slated for a game between Michigan and Michigan State. Dr. Mercer said that when the Penn game came under discussion, Michigan State authorities thought they could move their game back to October 2. Confers with Crisler But, said Dr. Mercer, Michigan State later advised it had a con- tract for an October 2 game with the University of Hawaii and was unable to shift that date. "We at Pennsylvania are very sorry that the game with Mich- igan could not be scheduled," said H. Jamison Swarts, Penn's direc- tor of athletics. "We still owe Michigan a game and hope to play it within a few years." Michigan Five Suf fers Initial Conference Defeat Suprunowicz Paces Quintet with 14 Poiits; McIntosh Astounds Crowd with Shooting Brother of ' Puckslers Prepare for Minnesota Tilt Gym Coach Ion in Pai with N. Dakota Gopher Squad -- (Continued from Page 1) tackle spot, did considerable more damage tonight in addition to, sending Northwestern in front in the first half. He added three points in the final two minutes to help decide the issue. Once Northwestern took the lead Michigan was unable to regain its early shooting form. Boyd McCaslin managed to tie it up once at 14-14, but North- western surged back in front and stayed there. Leading 24-22 at the half Coach Cowles pulled Elliott and McIn- tosh out of action when they both were charged with their fourthl personals late in the first half and that didn't help matters. Pete had held Sticklen to seven points-five of them free throws-before leav- ing. Capt. Bob Harrison guarded the flashy guard after that. Just as it took Northwestern 11 minutes to catch the pace in the first half, it was 11 minutes before the Wolverines caught up in the second. Suprunowicz and McIntosh set the stage, and Gerrit Wierda's one hander put Michigan in front 36-35. That lead was built to 40-36 and 42- 38 but then Maddock went to work. lie collected five points in quick order and Northwestern led 43-42 with two minutes and 45 seconds left. The lead changed six times in those final two minutes with Su- 1 prunowicz getting two field goals' for Michigan. Mikulich dropped a free throw to tie it up at 47-47 with a minute and 20 seconds to go. But Sticklen dropped a long set shot. Maddock tossed in a free throw after Morrill fouled him as he stalled for time and Joe Zurav- leff's sleeper killed all chances. Mikulich sang a final free throw at the gun. Clawed' Tunbling is a farnily+ a o the Lokens. Newt Loken, coach of Mici- igan's varsity gymnastics team used to spend his Sunday after- noons in high school teaching his two kid brothers the funda- mentals of tumblin~g. Ncxt Satur- day afternoon one of those kid-' brothers is coming to Ann Arbor to prove brother Newt's work was not all in vain. In fact, he will meet his big brother face to face when Minnesota's champion squad faces Michigan Saturday afternoon at the Intramural Building. Number One Tumbler Hailed as the number one iin- bler on the Gopher team, 23 year old Herb Loken is expected to make those Sunday afternoon workouts in a Minneapolis saw- dust pit pay off in a big way. A former high school champ on the parallel bars, Herb served with a paratrooper outfit in the Euro- pean theater and is now a soph- omore at Minnesota. Another Brother Herb is not the last of the Leap- in' Lokens either. Don, a fres hman performer for Minnesota, will be along next year to give brother Newt another family headache. For the rest of the Michigan gymnastics squad, Saturday's met will be anything but a family af- fair. Realizing that they will be facing a veteran outfit that boasts three Big Nine champs, the Maize and Blue acrobats worked right through the weekend in order to be in top form against the Goph- ers. By P" S. " oW X~it th qur~e nirk h the 1,1 c'"ey season a;lft behind n111the North Dakot a series, Coach Vic Heyliger's veteran skaers are rap- idly shain: into one of the finest puck agrcgations ever to repre- sent Michligan. In avenging the one loss sur- fe7-d this year Saturday night, whe-n the fast-sktating Nodaks were rudely upset, 5-2, the Wol- verines racked up their fourth win of the season in six starts. One of the two games with the Univcrsity of Toronto ended in a tie. The theme for the rest of this week will be "practice and more pry, ci ice" ',s the Maize and Blue .ce contingent prepa res for the invasion of Minneapolis this week- end where it will lock sticks with the Gophers of Minnesota in a two-game series. Ross Smith, who performed magnificently in the North Da- kota series, Connie Hill, "the old reliable," and Dick Starrak, whose role as a "de-icer" has LET'S START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT... . . with a PERSONAL I ZED HAIRCUT from between Mich. & State Theatres been earned by crushing body checks, wil; strongly aid Mich- igan's cause in the big "M" riv- alry which dates back to 1921. Goalie Jack McDonald's below- par performance in Friday's game was overshadowed by the fine job of net-tending displayed in Satur- day night's victory. McDonald had been inclined towardsc1 wandering from the crease all last season. but until the first game with the Dakotans he seemed to have the nomadic spirit licked. How the Wolverines will fare against their only Big Nine op- ponents will depend largely on how much of an attraction the netting will hold for McDonald. I i with Gordie McMillian pacing the goal-getters in the point depart- ment. McMillan has ruffled the ebb sevenltimes in the six ma1: 1 11