SATRAY, DECEME 4; 1 E4 THE -,"m icu GA1**DTAitYr PAGER lE TA LKING SHOP with Bud Weidenthal Associate SPorts Editor T HE WOLVERINES brought down the curtain on one of their most glorious seasons in style befitting a champion ofany endeavor. At the annual Detroit alumni "bust" in the Motor City's Statler Hotel Wednesday night, the men of Michigan, the team, the coaches, the University provost, and the entire staff were on display for all ad- miring alums to behold... And what they saw was inspiring... For five hours they talked Michigan and sung its praises to the sky... Every senior who received his M ring award at the banquet had appreciation written on his face and sincerity in his voice.. . You could sense that this was one of the most inportant mo- ments in each one of their lives . . . it was the end of the long gridiron trail at Michigan, a grand and glorious trail... To Pete Elliott went the distinction of being the only Michigan athlete ever to win twelve varsity letters and in doing so having trav- eled more than 75,000 miles from coast to coast. To Dan Dworsky and Ed McNeill went the scholarship awards, .initiated by a group of Fisher Body men, consisting of 1,000 bucks apiece for their B plus averages... Also to Dworsky went the honor of telling the funniest joke of the evening about a nervous alligator and a little boy... TO GENE DERRICOTTE went the evening's most stirring tributes and the biggest ovations-the guy who has been playing second fiddle for four years was the number one man that night.. . Joe Soboleski bowed out with an explanation of why he had trans- ferred this year from guard to tackle . . . he said he had hoped, but to no avail, that for once in his football career he wouldn't have to room with Quent Sickles. Sickles told one on friend Joe in retaliation. . All American Dick Rifenburg was impressive in his sin- cerity as was All-conference tackle Ralph Kohl... Captain Dom Tomasi handed over the responsibilities of leading the 1949 Wolverines to Al Wistert whom he dubbed "the Satchel Paige of football." Charlie Ortmann put on a brilliant display of post-season form tossing a perfect strike to a spectator at the other end of the hall with a door-prize pigskin. . . Toastmaster Jim Brieske almost broke a huge mirror in a previous attempt.. . To Brieske also went the honor of making the most stinging remark, introducing athletic Director Fritz Crisler as "Mr. Crisler -you remember him, he used to coach football." Coach of the year Oosterbaan made what was easily the best speech of the evening . . he won the respect and admiration of all in attendance . . . besides becoming the nation's top coach, he has developed into an outstanding after-dinner speaker. . . . Seasoned Quintet To Start in Opener ____________________________, Suprunowicz, Roberts Lead' Michigan Against Spartans 0> Wings Foil Puckster Attack; 'M' Defense Lacks Punch (Continued from Page 1) Against this lineup of talent, Coach Ben Van Alstyne will send a strong Spartan cage squad bol- stered by Bill Rapchak, guard, andt king size (6'8") Jack Wulf at cen- ter. Rapchak can be remembered forI his hand in the Spartan's mid-sea- son defeat of the Wolverines last1 year. - Although lacking in height (thel Wolverines will rule in this respect at four of the starting positions) Van Alstyne can point to the speed and ball handling of his SPORTS B. S. BROWN, Night Editor squad which overpowered Albion and Hillsdale College in the same night with 52-42 and 43-36 wins respectively. State will be out to seek its eighteenth win in the 53 game se- ries. M' Jayvees Play Spartans Today AS AN APPETIZER for to- night's varsity game, the Wol- verine jayvees swing -into action this afternoon against the Mich- igan State junior varsity, starting at 3 p.m. on the Yost Field House court.- For the past few weeks the jayvees have been working with the varsity squad under the di- rection of coach Ernie McCoy and freshman mentor Dave Strack. As Beg Pardon! There was a serious error committed yesterday in con- nection with Fraternity Volley- ball. Sigma Phi Epsilon defeat- ed Delta Upsilon, 2-0, and not vice-versa as stated in yester- day's issue. yet, no jayvee coach has been chosen. S * * * A FEW HOLDOVERS from last year will be counted on heavily this afternoon. Ted Berce, for-1 ward, denters Bud Royce and George Poretta will be compli- mented by sophomores Bill Eg- genberger, a forward, and guards Les Popp and Bill Agre. From the football fields turn Dick Rifenburg, Chuck Ortmann, Jerry Burns and Pete Palmer. Only ID cards are necessary at the doors. Probable Lineups MICHIGAN MICH. STATE Suprunowicz ... F..... Granack McCaslin ......F..... Papchak, Roberts .......C. ..........Wulf Harrison ...... G...... Dawson Morrill ........G...... Robbins BILL ROBERTS . starting center Michigan Natators Give Prep Exhibition Tonight Fans of Distinction LOS ANGELES - (/P) - It's illegal this year to drink during a football game in Memorial Coli- seum. So, City Council President Har- old Henry reported yesterday, cleanup men are hauling away only half a truckload of empty' whisky bottles after each game. Last year the average was a full truckload. Late Results 11 By DAVE MILLER Fourteen members of Matt Mann's 1949 edition, of the Michi- gan swimming team will put on an exhibition tonight for the Erie, Pennsylvania, High School Associ- ation at the Erie Strong-Vincent High School pool. Erie has long been a center of swimming interest and the towns- people always turn out in great numbers to watch the crack high school teams in action. The city on the shore of Lake Erie has pro- duced many fine swimmers who have later gone on to achieve fame in the college ranks. ' Among the well-known gradu- ates of the Erie pools are Achil- les Pulakus, star freestyler of the 1944 Wolverines, Jim Duke of the present Michigan State squad, and Jack Arbuckle, soph- omore backstroker of the Maize and Blue mermen. Pulakus' father, an ardent fol- lower of the sport, has been in- strumental in getting the Wolver- ines to put on this exhibition. Erie's citizens have been eargerly awaiting the arrival of the 1948 NCAA Champs. The show will give Coach Mann an opporeunity to ob- serve the sophomore members of the squad under fire for the first time. The backstroke con- tingent consists of three sophs, and the outcome of tonight's race may well help in the final selection of starting assign- ments. Besides Arbuckle, newcomers Tom Smith and Bernie Kahn will be out to replace Michigan's great erstwhile captain, Harry Holiday. Interest in the diving event will center around Ralph Trim- born, current number one diver, and sophomores George Eyster and Frank Keller. Co-captain Bob Sosh heads the group of breaststrokers. His com- petition will consist of veterans Bill Upthegrove and Charlie Moss. The freestylers include Matt Mann III, Gus Stager, Bill Kogen, John McCarthy, and sophomore Bob Byberg. BASKETBALL Illinois 67, Butler 62 Colgate 99, University of Toronto 30 S.M.U. 57, Texas Tech 45 Utah 62, Idaho 39 Lawrence Tech 55, Carnegie Tech 44 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Richmond 27, Rollins 27 Vanderbilt 33, Miami 6 By B. S. BROWN You couldn'tNhelp smiling Thursday night when the Red Wings put on an Olsen and John- son version of hodkey at Mich- igan's Coliseum. But there was a serious side to the performance, when you scon- sider Michigan's role in the de- bacle. NO ONE COULD have serious- ly walked into the rink expecting a Wolverine victory, but those who saw last year's team roar through its season losing only two games and climax the season by grabbing the NCAA crown at Col- orado Springs, could have right- fully looked for a better showing by the almost all-veteran squad. In the first period, the Wings, shooting at their ace goalie, Harry Lumley, who was mind- ing the Michigan nets, racked up eight goals with almost ri- diculous ease. No matter how great the Wings are, and there's no comparing them with the Wolverines, it shouldn't have been that easy. Last year, the Wings tallied just twice in the first period. * *, * THERE WERE two apparent shortcomings with the Michigan team, and they are as basic as team, and they are as basic to the ice sport as is a football to the gridiron game. First, Michigan's defense was sad. And it was not the fault of the defensemen. True, on many occasions Wing players faked Ross Smith, Connie Hill, Dick Starrak and Bill Fleming out of position and skated around them to go in on goal. But the main fault was that the forwards failed to pick up the Wing rushers whom the defense- men didn't intercept. There are only two defensemen, but there are at least three and often five men coming in on a rush. YET CONSISTENTLY, the Michigan defensemen were al alone. They had to stave off a four or five man attack, and it just couldn't be done. Even in the second and third periods, when Jack Stewart and Bill Quackenbush were on de- fense for Michigan, the Wings got more shots in on goal than the Wolverines. And very often in those final two stanzas, the Wing line consisted of Michi- gan's Wally Grant, Neil Celley and Gil Burford, who had donned Detroit jerseys in the second and third periods. Jack MacDonald, who was ir the Detroit nets, had an almost dull evening. True, he came u with some brilliant saves, but fo the most part, his most exerting feat was the chewing of a huge wad of gum. * * * IN ALL, the Minnesota-bor goalie made only sixteen saves HOLIDAY An Adventure in ~ Good Smoking "ae 1b Y 'O':.* And from that, it is easy to see that the other basic fault with the Michigan team was its attack.hThe passing was poor and the shooting was even worse. Except for Al Renfrew's amaz- ing 20-footer and Wally Gacek's close-in shot, both in the second period, there was very little close' to an accurate flip. Irish Favored over Trojans LOS ANGELES-(P)-Southern California's loyal Trojan rooters hit a high pitch in their Home- coming celebration today, fully aware that the party may flatten out along about sundown after the football team finishes its en- counter with Notre Dame. Coach -Frank Leahy brought his squad in from South Bend yester- day morning, and gave them a lim- bering up in the afternoon. Notre Dame is rated at least 20-point favorites to wind up their second grid season in a row with- out a blemish on the record, and their 28th consecutive game with- out a defeat. Wolverines Break Two Grid Marssn Records Made Just a couple passing notes be- fore dropping the back cover on the 1948 football year book. 1) MICHIGAN established two Conference records. The Wolver- ine defense held six Big Nine at- tacks to a 70.2 yard average per game, bettering the Minnesotai mark of 88 ypg. 2) MICHIGAN SHATTERED its own passing record of 145.5 set in 1946 when Bob Chappuis limbered up his right wing every Saturday. With ten backs involved in this year's aerial circus, headed by sophomore Chuck Ortmann, the Wolverines averaged 151 ypg. 3) FOR THE SECOND straight season, a Michigan place-kicking specialist wound up as the Big Nine individual scoring leader. Following the footsteps of Jim Brieske, Harry Allis captured the title. He netted 40 points with 22 placements and 3 touchdowns. 4) ORTMANN MADE an auspi- cious debut by taking the coveted passing crown, completing 29 out of 59 passes for 547 yards. FRANK DAILEY'S MEADOW BROOK Cedar Grove, N.J. 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PATENT OFFICE *1/VA _jm I.f By SY SONKIN Last year, basketball experts credited Michigan with having the best guards in the Big Nine, and their beliefs were made increasing- ly stronger as the season wore on. When the season ended, the two starters, Bob Harrison and Pete Elliott, were awarded the guard posts on the All-Conference five. * * * THESE TWO, along with Hal Morrill, will provide the Big Nine champs with a potent defense again, a fact sure to gladden the - E heart of the new cage mentor, Ernie McCoy. The fact that Harrison and Elliott made the All-Big Nine team speaks fairly well for the kind of play to which they treated the crowds every week. But in the game against Iowa last year, it was Morrill's terrific defensive play that caught the eye of the gallery. WITH THE Wolverines ahead by eight points, the substitute guard from Flint came up with two successive interceptions of court-length passes intended for the Hawkeyes' pint-sized seige gun, Murray Weir. Then he completely took over control of both backboards as he captured one rebound after another. Morrill definitely established' himself in that game, but, unfor- tunately for him, he's bucking against two of the finest guards in the Conference. * * * THE VERSATILE Elliott's value to the team was well demonstrated last year. He didn't play in the first six . games (all non-Confer- ence), and the Wolverines gained an even split. During the rest of the year, Michigan won 12 contests out of 14 played, and, in most of them it fell to Pete to stop the opposition's offensive "hotshot." While applying the damper to the enemies' artillery, the Bloom- ington, Ill., senior also found time to drop in a few points for himself, and ended the season with 74 points. HARRISON PLAYED a stand- out game offensively and defen- sively for the Wolverines all year. Now playing his fourth and final season of varsity basket- ball, Bob had the honor of cap- taining the first Michigan five to take the Big Nine cage crown since 1927. And his play proved to all that he earned it. Besides his excellent work under the Michigan basket, he racked up 140 points in Con- ference play, only five behind Mack Suprunowicz, the team's leader. These three, in great measure, accounted for the fact that oifty 556 points were scored against the Wolverines by all Big Nine op- ponents last year, the best rec- ord in the Conference. Upon them Michigan's fortunes this year de- pend to a great extent. DO YOU KNOW. . . that Mich- igan has been ranked in the first ten teams nationally for the last nine years. EASY COME - EASY GOV ;Mal ale I 0 -1 i :: :5 For the Finest in Formal Attire VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS THE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN Otabe & 1)t 1 ..- k. Raw FFP""S &alirty Our J jurt! Christmas Vacation Travel can be just that... 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