THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Michigan Faces Holy Cross Cagers Tonight Hoop Nationals To .Be Broadcast Local basketball fans will get a chance' to hear the Wolver- ine-Holy Cross NCAA clash to- night when John Rich of WHRV takes to the airwaves at 9:30 p.m. Rich will utilize the facilities obtained from the American Broadcasting Company by Ned Irish, tournament director. Fol- lowers of the Michigan cagers throughout the season will be able to cheer them on as they attempt to subdue the Crusad- ers in Madison Square Garden. The youthful WHRV an- nouncer began his- basketball broadcasting career last Janu- ary 17 when he aired the Min- nesota clash. Since then Rich has broadcast all Wolverine home games and during the Iowa tilt his voice reached ls- teners over seven stations. Wolverines Ainto Dethrone NCAA Titlists in Initial Tilt Scribes Give Crusaders Four-Point Edge; Pete Elliott Given Task of Halting Bob Cousy By BOB LENT, 1ily Associate Sports Editor EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK-Tonight's the night Coach Ozzie Cowles puts the mid-western version of his particular brand of bas- ketball on display before 18,000 fans in Madison Square Garden when his Big Nine champs square off against the defending NCAA titlists from Holy Cross. Apparently bowing to the propaganda of Eastern cage superiority, sportswriters in this section of the country have done little pounding of the Wolverine victory drums. But the Garden's betting clientele have made the Crusaders a cautious four-point favorite. Backers of the Maize and Blue point to several factors that show} Michigan's case is far from hopeless. (1) One of the biggest myths circulating in these parts (that Holy Cross has practically a home floor advantage) can be counted out since the Crusaders haven't played a single ball game in the Garden __ _ -- this season._ CA GER' S DREA1 RE. LIZED: Harrison Leads Quintet In Garde pTournatment ByIRWI ZCKER ~~~~-~~~~~~~ ~~ y Rstate after graduating from high Ever since he started scoring school with All-State basketball baskets in Toledo schools, Bob laurels in 1945. Returning from a Harrison has cherished the camp that sumer, Bob delayed thought of playing some day on the famous hardwood of Madison .. Square Garden.. This dream will comc tr u Thursday evening when the Wol- verine cage captain leads his Big Nine champion teammates against Holy Cross in the NCAA elimina- tion play-offs.t "With the exception of Boyd Don Robinson Appointed New Jayvee Coach It was announced yesterday af- ternoon that Don Robinson would assume the duties of Jayvee Coach and also act as scout for the Wolverine football team next year. He succeeds George Ceithaml. who has moved up to the back- field coaching spot. Robinson and Ceithaml were teammates on the 1941 and 1942 football teams. This announcement leaves only the end coach spot vacant in the shakeup that has taken place on the Michigan coaching staff. Robinson played halfback in '42. '43, and '46 before he grad- uated in February of 1947. In 1942 and 1946 lie was an outstanding member of the Wol- verine baseball squad. He was elected captain of the 1943 team, but entered the service before the season rolled around. He worked for a year at an in- dustrial firm in Royal Oak, prior to his appointment on the Wol- verine coaching staff. His pres- ent home is in Detroit, Michigan. NIT CHAMPIONSHIP St. Louis 65, NYU 52. Consolation: Western Kentucky 61, De- Paul 59 (overtime) White magic for Easter .7 5 4 1\ I .y 3 Van Housen pulls white magic out of the hat for you -with fine, smooth white broadlloth and oxford shirts in all your favorit'e collar models. These shirts feature the wizardry of Van Ileusen 's sewumanship in every detail: the new low-setting "Comfort Contour' collar styling, action-room tailoring, tapered fit, tug-proof pearl buttons. They're Sanforized, too-a new shirt free if your Van Heusen shrinks out of size. Make like a bunny to your nearest dealer. $3.50, $3.95 and $4.95. PHILLIPs-JoNEs CoRP., NEW PORK 1, hEw YORK. You're the ran most likely to Succeed in 0Van Heusell Shirts T'ES . SPOJ1R T SIII rTS '1 JA IA S VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS SHOWN IN ALL COLLAR SiYLIES (2) It's true, the Crusade high-scoring outfit has scor over 100 points in two gam but against who? Williman State Teachers College andS Anselm's. Against Grade A co petition the Crusaders had more believable 54 point ave age. Michigan averaged points in 12 Western Conferen games. (3) With the small Garden fl and a height advantage of alm two inches per man, Cowlesv have a chance to put one oft country's best defenses to good On the Holy Cross side oft ledger is a ball club that is ess tially the same one they ra through last year's tournam with wins over Navy, CONY a Oklahoma to clmax the sea with 23 straight wins. The o change in this year's starting li up is Bob Cousy who moved from the scrubs to becomet squad's top scoring ace with a 1 average in 26 games. The job of stopping Cousy w undoubtedly fall to Pete Ello Elliott is a specialist in stoppi high scoring aces, but it doubtful if (except in the case Murry Wier) he has hada tough a job as he will be fac with tonight. Even if Elliott stops Cousy',t Wolverines still have to cont with one George Kaftan. The t lest cager in the Crusaders' sta ing line-up, the 6'3" Kaftan b last year's finals wide open w a 30-point effort and holds a point average for this season. Forward Drmott O'Connell a Guards Joe Mullaney and Fra Oftring round out the starting i which is currently sporting a game winning streak. Al-Amet can honors on the team went Cousy who made the Coaches' s ond team and Kaftan who m the third team. The game offers an interes ing parallel in, the careers( rivals coaches, Alvin (Doggi Julian and Cowles. Both came schools whose cage fortunes h reached a low ebb. In 1945 Julian inherited a te that had won only 25 games in starts in the previous six years.: first year at Worcester, Mass. p duced a 12-3 record and the fi lowing year he had a Natio champion. In three years, H Cross has won 63 and lost 9 un Julian. Cowles came East from Da mouth to a Michiga team t hadn't even gotten within first vision shouting distance of the: Nine title, and in two year's tur out. a Western Conference cha pion. Cowles' Dartmouth tea had a personal mastery over H Cross, winning five of the games they played. Tonight Ozzie hopes to mak six out of seven. Championships in the Inte national Center basketba] tourney will be held Saturda March20 at 4:00 p.m. as t Turks face the Europeans f the title. r's ed es, tic St. n- a r- 55 ce oor lost will the use. the en- ced ent ,son nly ne- up the 6,8 ill tt. ng is of as ed the end Fa.1 ROBERT COUSY man to watch. ~'M' P'ucks ters Relax on Trip To Icee Playoff Outlook Brighlteled By Greer'sEligibility By B. S. BROWN (Special to The Daily) ABOARD THE ROCKY MOUN- TAIN ROCKET, March - 17- Michigan's sixteen man hockey squad started on the last leg of its journey to Colorado SpringsM four hours ago when it left Chi- cago after being tendered a lunch- eon by the Michigan Alumni Asso- ciation at the Windy City Uni- versity Club. Arriving in Chicago three and n nhalf hnu cni.rfii ln s+ McCaslin, none of us has ever set foot in the Garden," says Harri- son. "It's a new experience for the rest of us-but we have tremen- dous team spirit to make a good showing anywhere." Loss Provides Spark The deadly-shooting Wolverine guard, who gained All-Conference honors this year, believes "the boys really started to click" when Ohio State handed them a 70-66 set- back on the road Feb. 2. "Even though we lost that one, the team showed plenty of scoring punch in the second half," he added. "That was the touch we needed to spark our offense the rest of the season." With confidence in their well- balanced attack, the Wolverines went on to chalk up a string of eight straight victories. Harrison Consistent And it was Harrison's consist- ent scoring that figured promi- nently in Michigan's successful championship drive. He deposited 140 points in 12 league tussles to finish five tallies behind Mack Suprunowicz, the team's top Con- ference scorer. However, in over-all competi- tion this year, the Toledo-bred cager was the biggest gun for the Wolverines, sinking 221 points, seven more than Mack, who played one game less. Runner-Up Last year, Harrison finished be- hind Suprunowicz in team produc- tion. During the 1945-46 cain- paign, his freshman year, he was also runner-up in squad scoring, trailing Glen Selbo. He almost went to Michigan BOB HARRISON ... leads team in Garden match. * * * his trip to East Lansing mainly be- cause he didn't have enough bag- gage to pack all his personal be- longings. The delay enabled him to think more about coming to Michigan. His high school coach, his friends, and his mother (by far his most avid fan) advised him to head for Ann Arbor. Michigan cage fans have been thankful ever since. Tom McNaII Jest Arrived! and his Orchestra IN TIME FOR EASTER! That fine all-wool Knit-Tex Topcoat is back - in herringbone or diagonal stripes. It's a perfect "topper" for your new Laster wardrobe, Priced at $4 W .4 .04 7;1% t , I- * ' Ii Opening at the WOLVERINE DEN 1311 S. University Directly Across from Withams Dance to the music of TOM McNALL and his Orchestra Fri., Sat. Nights, 9-12 Sunday Night, 8-11 NOTICE! Limited seating capacity forces us to sell res- ervations. Tickets for Fri.- Sat.-Sun., March 19-20-21., available at Withams Drug. Make your date now. Get your tickets today. $1.25 per couple! 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Coacht 19 Vic Heyliger who was introduced An all campus gymnastics meet eri- to the 150 alumni by Hatt endorf will be held tomorrow at the Intra- to presented each member of his mural Building, Coach Newt Loken ec- winning aggregation and gave a announced yesterday. ade brief sketch of their accomplish- Competition in six single events ments during the seasonand one all-around event has been Discuss Cagers planned and anyone eligible to of Back on- the train after the I compete in the I-M program may e) luncheon the mid-Western hockey try his skill. Loken announced that to champs showed little concern over ' 35 men already have signed up for ad the forthcoming play-offis as thy the tourney to be held in the gym- sat around discusir fl a 1,10Mich- nasYics room at t he Irtramiirat igan basketball teams' clm tCc's ill Building. am the Madison Square Garden tour- Loken stated that Fred Knight 73 nament this week-end, studying on the side horse, Gordon Leven- His advance school assignments and son in the tumbling event, Edsel ro- playing bridge. Buchanan on the trampoline and fol- Heyliger expressed his satisfac- Pete Barthell in the all-around nal tion with the National Collegiate event will be the men to watch. oly Athletic Association's reversal on He went on to say that competi- der the Ted Greer eligibilhty decision. tion would take place in the high "It was all a misunderstand- bar, side horse, flying rings, paral- trt- ing," Heyliger said. Ted hid, lel bars, tumbling, and the tram- hat played two years for us when belpoline. di- was in the Navy at Michigan but ; The all-around event, which in- Big the ruling states that a man to be eludes the scores of five of the six ned eligible shall not have played more other events has drawn four com- im- than three years as a civilian stu- petitors. Seven men will compete ms dent l ifor trampoline honors while five oly PhysicallyFit!men will compete in high bar, fly- six The entire squad is physically ing rings, and tumbling. Six will fit following the plague of in- engage in the parallel bar compe- e it juries that struck the Wolverines tition while three are listed for the in the final games of the season. side horse event. Jack McDonald, goalie had suf- r- fered a deep facial cut in the i last game of the campaign with SERVICE WITH A SMILE! y, Michigan Tech which required he eight stitches, Ross Smith badly OUR SPECIALTIES: I or injured his left knee in the first gameuagainst the Engineers and Crnew Cuts was unable to play the second ProaiyCt night. Scalp & Facial .. . Treatments# Wally Gacek's left hand was Rad s slashed in practice last week and Roland says: it needed five stitches to close the "Our shines are good." wound and Gwen McArdle was The Dascola Barbers hit by a stick in one of the prac- tice sessions and had his lip cut Liberty off State and a tooth knocked out. How- ever, all four indicated that they were completely recovered and ready for heavy action, The Rocket is due to -rrive in Coldrado Springs tomorrow at 9:00 am. and the team will begin- its single practice session .,t the The Most Talked About Broadmoor Rink in the afternoon. Pipe Mixture in America ?0L WlApt ,.9t ilas, Con cern: Complete your outfit with a MALLORY HAT. Prices from $7.50 to $10.00. THE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN 300 SOUTH MAIN STIELy NeedsYou The Red Cross E I UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN YS., HOLYC ROSS Direct from Madison Square Garden THURSDAY, March 18 - 9:30 P.M. JOHN RICH at the mike WHRV Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti . .. 1600 on your dial 1. The only extra MICHIGANENSIANS that were ordered we intended to hold for book store sales and alumni sales. 2. Many students are asking if they may still pur- I chase a book. Our sales had closed until the 1(; EVERYTHINGC'S CGRFAT A UW XU1 II i- fI U%* *! Ii's a Date!, Reminder to Club Members: CONTINUING as usual this weekend book comes out May 15. 3, Because alumni may still buy the ENSIAN, the senior staff has decided students should have an equal opportunity. 4. You may purchase an ENSIAN for six dollars at the Student Publications Building. 5. Prices will rise to $6.50 when the book comes I 1111 I