THURSDAY, M'AR CH 25, 1948 THlE M ICHIIG AN DAILY A.-A swimming M'1eet Starts Here Michigati Thinclads To Make Strong Bid in Purdue Relays The fmnai' of tii indoor t season at the Purdue Relays will see Michigan in its strongest bid for mid-western prominence. One again at full strength the Wolverines will be facing a vir- tual duplication of the talent they met several weeks ago at the Con- ference meet at Champaign. The Maize and Blue lead in the number of entries with 20, closely follow-d by Ohio State's Big Nine champions with 19. Although no team crown will be at stake, there's going to be plenty of competition in both the relay and individual events. In the mile relay it will be Mich- igan's unbeaten quartet against Ohio State which has been strengthened by the return of Ed Porter. 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Not only did the Wolverines cop the national crown but they also left a reputation at Colorado Springs that will live for a long time in the minds of the Rocky Mountain hosts. Gentlemen All Compliments were received by all of the Michigan players for their behavior both on and off the ice. "They are the finest bunch of boys that have ever been here," it was said just before the trium- phant pucksters left for Ann Ar- bor. "They were gentlemen at all times and will always be welcome at the Broadmoor," a hotel repre- sentative said. John Gustafson, one oftthe of- ficials in the tournament, when asked about the playing prowess of the four teams in the play-offs, said, "Michigan plays a pro type hockey. Some fans think it is too rough for colleges, and the NCAA Rules Committee has attempted to make a safer game of the sport with restrictive rules. Gain Respect "But Michigan can't play any other way and I respect them for it," he added. They're smart play- ers, especially those defensemen-. The penalties I called on them had to be called because we had to judge the game under NCAA rules." The Associated Press conducted a poll among the visiting scribes and selected an All-Star tourna- ment team. Michigan placed four men on the first and second teams. Connie Hill, Wolverine captain, and Wally Grant were named to the right defense and the left wings spots, respectively on the first team. Malt ann IlII Carries Hope For'M'Win in 1500 Meters Itoogerhyde Smith, Watts Form Nucleus Of Nation's Top-Notch Distance Competition i t 9a 4// f the 2raft? V /V Buy a Corsage Today so that girl won't give you the air.V CampuS orsage Service Phone 2-7032 Call between 8 and 12 P.M. (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of three articles on the forthcoming NCAA swimming meet being held in the Michigan pool this weekend. To- morrow's article will deal with Sat- urday's events.) By MERLE LEVIN Matt Mann III, Michigan's Big Nine champ in the 1500-meters, will attempt to get the Wolverines off to a flying start tonight in their bid to wrest the NCAA title from Ohio State. The opening event on the three day NCAA program, the first heat of the 1500-meters will get under way in the I-M pool at 8 p.m. Be- cause it is the only event tonight no admission will be charged. Mann will be one of four swimmers, entered by Michigan in the lid-lifter. Gus Stager, Johnny McCarthy and Jay San- ford will swim for the Maize and Blue against such outstanding natators as Bill Smith, George Hoogerhyde and Roger Watts. Two of swimming's biggest men, both literally and figuratively, will feature Friday night's NCAA events. They are Allen Stack of Yale and Harry Holiday of Michigan, two 6'5" giants who are without doubt the two greatest backstrok- ers in swimming today. Holiday, defending champion in the 150-yard backstroke event, has reigned as the undis- puted kingpin in his specialty for the last few years, but the 19 year old Stack has made a strong bid to dethrone the Mich- igan ace and recently broke Hol- iday's national record with a brilliant 1:30.8 timing. On the basis of this record- smashing effort Stack has been established as the man to beat, but the hard-working Holiday isn't going to give up his crown without a struggle, which all adds up to a top thriller on a night which will be chock full of thrills. Some forty men will be out to dethrone Michigan's Dick Wein- berg in the star-cluttered 50-yard freestyle event. Top threats to Weinberg are Keith Carter of Pur- due who defeated Weinberg for the Big Nine championship, Hen- ry Paton of Michigan State who also holds a decision over Wein- berg this season, Don De Forrest of Pen and Halo Hirose of Ohio State. Other top stars competing in this event include Bob Anderson, Stanford Grid star, who has held the NCAA 60 and 100 yard free- style records in the Pacific Coast Conference for the past two years, Ed Broadbent of Yale, and Danny Green of Texas A & M, the South- west Conference champion. The 300-yard medley relay will find Michigan an odds-on favorite to retain its title. Standing head and shoulders above the field, the trio of Harry Holiday, Bob Sohl and either Bill Kogan or Dave Tittle shouldn't be greatly extended by anyone. Their chief competition will come from Yale, Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State, but only overconfidence could beat the Wolverines in this event. The' 220-yard freestyle will find defending champion Bill Smith facing an aggregation of swim- ming stars which for sheer bril- liance of name and performance is without peer. The man to beat will be Iowa's Wally Ris who has replaced Smith as America's finest swim- mer. Holder of thi national collegiate record in the 220 and twice conqueror of Smith in that event this year, Ris has his work cut out for him. Besides Smith, Ris must defeat Matt Mann III and Gus Stager of Michigan, Roger Watts of Iowa State, George Hoogerhyde from Michigan State, Penn's De For- rest, Bill Heusner of Northwestern, Joe Verdeur, LaSalle's brilliant Olympic prospect, and Paul Girdes of Yale. Consider the fact that these men are not more than two or three seconds apart in their times, that each one is being boomed as a top Olympic prospect and that five of them (Ris, Mann, Stager, Smith, and Heusner) finished within two feet of each other in the Big Nine championships and it adds up to a race that will not soon be for- gotten. Low board diving can be sum~med up in two words-Ohio State. Led by Miller Anderson, the boys from Columbus figure to place their whole continghnt which includes beside Ander- son, Hobie Billingsley, Jack Cal- houn and Bruce Harlan. Only Gil Evans, the redhead Michigan star, figures to smash the Ohio monopoly. However a little third string diver from Mich- igan named Tommy O'Neil could pull the upset of the meet. LUCKY THIRTEEN . Mann will be'seeking h teenth NCAA team sw championship as Mi coach during the three d; beginning tonight. Tonight Tigers Down Red Sox, 3-1 LAKELAND, Fla, March 24- \ yl-Although his string of score- less innings was ended today, Vir- gil Trucks hurled the Detroit Ti- g ers to a 3 to 1 victory over the. Boston Red Sox and helped his cause with a home run. Trucks' circuit clout started a three-run Detroit rally in the seventh inning that produced all the Tiger scores. The other two runs came on doubles by Johnny Lipon and Dick Wakefield and a single by Johnny Groth. DETROIT, March 24-(P)-- Scoring twice in. the opening Matt period, the Detroit Red Wings his thir- beat the New York Rangers 2 imming to 1 here tonight before 12 249 chigan's fans in the opener of their first ay meet round National Hockey League playoffs. these records are ivorth crowing about. VICTOR RELEASES -- tT \, f .~ C : -yam ~:: ry : . } . . w. }. : < > r w. :r .,. .. r . t t : ti ' $} V' Y y 7 $ 4 7 } ' i u ;: Y . : , ' ' :: } ?' K {?~ jj . DRESS UP... THE LONG COUNT: Harrison Collects Two Ring Decisions in One Busy Week No Breaking In No Bite No Bitter Taste -- S/ Jts Pre-Smoked ALL IMPORTED $150. $200 . $350 . $500 ?cashioned by Linkman tDR. GRABOW PIPE CO. INC., OICAGO 14, ILL. i I Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos- Vronsky and Babin Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana (complete)- La Scala Opera Co. 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Atkinson* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because lie Flunked the Finger Nail Test Marriage complications almost forced I-M boxing champion Bob Harrison out of this year's intra- mural competition. The Montclair, N.J. fighter had little intention of defending his pugilistic crown when workouts first began, but he sparred a couple times just to stay in shape.. Boxing instructor Lee Setomer and several other friends prac- tically pushed him into the ring for the semi-finals one week after he had married "the girl next door." The rest is history. Harrison de- cisioned Jack Hallberg and was voted the outstanding fighter in the tournament. Setomer thought he was so good last year that he shoved Bob into the Golden Gloves tournament at Jackson where he lost a decision in the semi-finals. This year Bob took the measure of Conny Nelson and Hallberg at 155 pounds and was again judged the top ring contestant. Much of the bald-headed Civil Engineer's success comes from boxing experi- ence picked up in seven years in the RCA.F. "The Eagle" (as he's called by ringsiders) doesn't pack a par- ticularly lethal punch but relies largely on excellent foot work and brains to bring him through his bouts. Without doubt he had the most class in the tournament. Byron Dean, Varsity wrestler, cut loose with a wicked offense in the final round with his bout with Morrie Koblenz to win a split de- cision. At the end of two rounds Koblenz had a slight edge. Dean realizing this really went into ac- cf tion to score repeatedly in the final round. Jim Edberg gave a very good demonstration of counter punch- ing against the more aggressive Dave Ruetenik in the 145 pound finals. Ruetenik was staggered and appeared "out on his feet" in the last heat. Larry Hetrick's right hand punches in the second round took much of the fight out- of Mark Abend. 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