109 THE MICHIGAN DAILY C gers I~(1eiflg JUST KiBITZING! M'Athle icsFallShy of DesiredGoal i * * +1 By ]DICK;.KRAUS Daily Sports Editor ACADEMICALLY Michigan may have all the best of it, but as far as athletics are concerned, Michigan State is a better school. If you admit that the function of a University's athletic pro- gram is to fulfill the athletic needs of its student body, the Spartans come a lot closer to coin- plete success than this illustrious institution. In addition to offer- ing varsity competition in all the sports recognized by Michigan. they have inter-collegiate activ- ity in cross crountry, boxing, and fencing. This doesn't mean that Mich- igan State's student body is in- terested in those sports and ours isn't, it means that we are too slow in recognizing new nteeds, or too fast in weighing the amount of interest as against the probable drawing power of a new sport such as fencing. For the past year or so there has been a concerted campaign afoot to secure University recog- nition of boxing and fencing. A year ago the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics ap- pointed a committee to find out whether college boxing is dang- erous or not. Boxing already has met the Board's first test, the financial one, since it outdraws everything but football and bas- ketball everywhere it has been sanctioned. To say this committee is slow is an understatement. Michigan State and Wisconsin have had boxing teams for a num- ber of years with plenty of fi- nancial rewards and no harmful effects reported. If the sport is too dangerous it should be outlawed altogether. but it isn't as evidenced by the pression. FLASII: The depression is over. Not only is it a very inex- pensive sport but Michigan al- ready has most of the necessary equipment on hand. 'There are about $200 worth of sabres and epees at Waterman and the I-M building. Another $100 would be enough to buy all the epees a teeam would need. There is a definite campus in- terest in fencing and there are two separate groups working out on this campus. At the I-M build- ing the nucleus for one of the best squads in the Conference is on hand. Ed Miellef (see cut), Pete Wong, and Andy Turner have proved themselves among the Midwest's best fencers in recent Detroit tournaments. Meanwhile Richard Suzwerda has been instructing a promis- ing group at the Waterman gym. As early as a. year ago Suzwerda said that Michigan had enough talent on campus to be a Big Nine title threat within two years. A few days ago Micllef expres- sed the same opinion. This is a big, wealthy Uni- versity. Whenever we have in- terest and facilities, there is no reason for it to be unrepresent- ed in any sport officially recog- nized by the Intercollegiate Athletic Association. When Fritz Crisler, chairman of the Board in Control of Inter- collegiate Athletics, decided to i stay here rather than go to Cali- fornia last year, he announced the University's new athletic building project (scheduled to get underway in about six months), he said the program was necessary "if all students are to have the opportunity to participate in ath- letics." Let this column tall Mr. Cris- ler's attention to the fact that the boxers and the fencers are caner to hell) him achieve his goji the opportunity of all students to participate in athletics. C1g+rl Facing. Ru '1).404411" Bitli With 13iAce yes Selhnfit Itlr Leads Foe for Saturday's Game "I won't be able to rest easy un- til the next two games are over." This is Coach Ozzie Cowles sen- timent on the pending home games against Ohio State and Iowa-which are certain to be no bed of roses for the front running Wolverines. The Buckeyes, in their last four starts, have knocked off three of the most formidable Con- ference quintets plus a not-so- weak Michigon State five. Off to Slow Start After a slow start, Ohio State came roaring past the mid-way point with a 70-66 win over the Wolverines in Columbus. Since then, they've been going in one di- rection, straight up the Big Nine standings where they are now tied for fifth with a 5-6 record. Coach Tippy Dye, a second year mentor like Cowles, will bring a sophomore group, led by Dick Schnittker, into Yost Field House Saturday night. In the first en- counter the Wolverines tried un- successfully to gum up the sharp- n'fast shooting OSU cagers a man- to-man defense, but they did everything right that night and the percentages were with them. Schnittker Third in Scoring Schnittker, who has vaulted into third place in individual scoring, is a 6'4" forward and the target for passes under the bas- ket from his feeding teammates. Because of his height and speed, the Sandusky, O. product is deadly on pivot shots according to Wol-, verine Don McIntosh. Stopping Schnittker, however, is not going to be the complete an- swer to stopping Ohio State, for it is not a ome-man outfit. Whether Michigan will stick by its man- 1( nan or change to a zone de- lcense won't be decided probably until ten minutes before game time. Wolverine Tracksters Face Good Spartan TeaniiF' idbay Smliith, Dianetti, Sehepetlrs, joinlson l I4a Central Conference Chaimpionhi ip Sqiuai I The Wolverine track team is in for another tough one Friday night when they tangle with their intra-state rivals from Michigan State in Yost Field House. It will be the final warm-up for the Michigan cindermen before the Big Nine meet a week hence in Champaign. The Spartans, who sport a nar- row victory over Ohio State, will bring to Ann Arbor one of the finest squads ever to represent the Lansing school. Thanks to Mr. Jennison, of scholarship fame,the State team has rocketed to national promi- nence with such performers as Horace Smith, Jack Dianetti, Jack Schepers and Fred John- son.. At least one of this quartet per- forms in every event and it was they who were the big guns which brought MSC the Central Collegi- ate Conference championship. Fortunately for the Wolverines, Schepers, who is the MSC's best quarter miler will not participate because of illness. In defeating the Buckeyes by less than a point three weeks ago State was able to overcome the menace of timber topping Lloyd Duff. In the high hurdles Horace Smith nipped the versatile Ohio by a step and in the lows both Smith and Fred Johnson finished ahead of him. Jack Dianetti who is the Spar- tan's pride and joy in the mid- die distances will probably duel Michigan's Herb Barten in both the mile and the half. Dianetti beat Ohio's Bill Clif- lord in their meeting up in Lan- sing and is capable of giving Bar- ten quite a race. Although the Spartans wer'e able to squeeze past Ohio State. their lack of depth and their concen- tration of strength in only a few events coupled with the absence of Schepers should provide Mich- igan with a better than average chance for taking their intra- state rivals into camp. Performing as they did against Ohio last week the Wolverines can win with a little to spare. Track is unpredictable, how- ever, and one bad break can send a coach's plans astray and re- verse the outcome of an entire meet. Herkimer Hoedager bought a '48 Ensian. CAMPUS FENCER-Ed Micllef, University of Michigan fencer who recently won the Michigan State Junior Epee champion- ship and who could be the mainstay of a Wolverine fencing squad. * n* * * State Street I-M boxing tourney, which al- ready has a large number of entries. Last year the tournament was carried out with success and no mishaps. Amateur boxing differs from professional boxing in just as great a measure as amateur Ohio State Wrestlers Next Foe For Maize and Blue Mat SqiUad It's no disgrace to lose to the best team in the country even if the majority of its members are from your state. Such was the case last Monday night. Seven of the eight grap- pers of the Michigan State wrest- ling team hail from Tulsa, Okla- homa, while our own coach, Cliff Keen, is a product of Oklahoma A. and M. College, long a manu- facturer of championship wrest- ling squads. It was a friendly rivalry but Keen himself stated that his boys were just fighting over their heads. The Spartan team was bol- stered by three national champs, besides having a more experienced, squad. Michigan's next foe will be the Buckeyes of Ohio State whom we take on this Saturday at Colum- bus. The Buckeye record runs parallel to that of the Wolver- ines, having downed Northwest- ern and Minnesota with relative ease, tied Purdue, and lost to Michigan State by a similar lop- sided score. Keen will employ the same line- up Saturday as he did against the Spartans. With the confer- ence meet less than two wveeks away, Keen has been stressing quick take-down holds, tricky strategy, and general all around aggressiveness in an attempt to sharpen up the team. wrestling differs from the prok variety. Why Michigan has no fencing team is something that only the powers-that-be can say. From 1928 to 1933, the Wolverines had a varsity fencing team. It was discontinued because of the de- NC State A gain Tops Nation 's Court Squads NEW YORK, Feb. 25-(IP)- Averaging 311/2 points more than their opposition, North Carolina State's "Hoosier Hotshots" soared to the top again this week in their see-saw battle with Rhode Island State for the scoring crown in ma- jor college basketball. The Wolfpack has tallied 2,004 points in 26 games for an average of 77-1 per contest. These figures include games of Feb. 21. N.C. State's overall record .is 24 victo- ries and two defeats. Rhode Island, which led a week ago, dropped into second place.) I REVENGE MOTIVE: Wolverine Tankmen .eady To Snap.Ohio State Streak KEEPA -HEAD OF YOUR HAIR Our personnel is ready to serve you with the latest hair styles and tonsorial services. You are welcomed. Headquarters for the B.M.O.C. The Daseola Barbers Liberty off State >h 'DISTINCTLY VAN 4 .-d i3OVENiN2\ ''-\\ One thought seems uppermost in the minds of every member of Matt Mann's swimming team as they resumed practice with a ven- geance yesterday, and that was the forthcoming duel with Ohio State Saturday and the chance to prove that Michigan is deserv- ing of the ranking of the best tank squad in the country. The task before them is to stop the Buckeye string of 20 consecu- tive dual victories and two years of "grand slam" champions. Led by the amazing Hawaiian, Bill Smith, the men of Mike Peppe have amassed a brilliant record and the Wolverines are deter- mined to end that streak. Smith Favored Smith, who swims any free- style will probably go in the 100, 220 and 440-yard freestyles and should be tough to beat in all three events. This, coupled with the abundance of divers, makes a difficult assignment for Michigan. In addition to Smith the Buck- eyes have Halo Hirose and Bill Zemer, two topnotch sprinters as well as Lenny Adell in the dis- tance events. Bob DeGroot, who I ' A turned in a 1:36.2 clocking against Michigan State last weekend and Bill Rodenbach, who has improved tremendously give the Bucks con- siderable, strength in the back- stroke. 'M' Breaststroke Strong In the breaststroke, Peppe will rely on Earl Trumble, who has not shown too well this year and here the Wolverines are expected to pick up their biggest accumula- tion of points. 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