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THE BIG NINE STORY:
Western Conference Formed at Purdue

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Begorrah, and it was a tough
fight.
The electric organ at the Sports
krena in Toledo Monday night
sounded the tempo of the battle
between the Michigan hockey
team and the 1948 champs of the
AHA, the Toledo Mercuries, five
minutes before the face-off.
AS MICHIGAN TOOK to the
ice, the organist played "The Vic-
tors" in honor of the visitors, but
when the Mercury squad followed
a few minutes later, the challenge
was made.
The organ blared out the
strains of the Notre Dame fight
song, in tribute to the Mercur-
ies, who wear green uniforms,
and the stage was set.
Three hours and 17 penalties
later, the game ended in a 2-2
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SPORTS
MERLE LEVIN, Night Editor
deadlock, but the final tally in no
way indicated the showing made
by the Michigan sextet.
* * *
MOST OF THE GAME was
played, in Toledo territory; five of
the Wolverine shots hit the post
supporting the net and bounced
away from.. the crease; and the
ice, which was only about an inch
thick, cracked in several places,
causing the players to trip.
One of those cracks cost the

Wolverines a goal. Wally Grant,
who scored the first Michigan
goal, streaked in on goal with
only the net-tender in front of
him in the final stanza, but
tripped on a rough spot in the
ice. The puck rolled harmlessly
off to the side.
Both of the home squad's goals
came on rebounds, in the first and
second periods. The latter came
after Jack McDonald, Wolverine
goalie, had made three brilliant
saves on close-in shots.
TWICE, the Michigan net-
tender pounced on the puck only
to have it knocked from his, grasp
by a Toledo stick. According to
the rules, when the goalie holds
the puck, play is dead, but the
officials, who went whistle-mad
in the last period, failed to;stop
the action.
In the final third of the game,
there were eight penalties
called, with play becoming: so
heated at one time that sticks
began to fly. But the disagree-
ment was quickly squelched as
one man from each team was
shown the way to the sinners'
domain.
In all, the Wolverines showed
improvement over their perform-
ance against the Red Wings a
week ago and promise once again
to set the pace for the rest of
the nation's collegiate sextets.
The jayvee basketball team
will play the freshman team
tonight at 7:00 p.m. The game
is to be played at the Yost
Field House and admission will
be by student identification
cards.

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BOB SOUL
... record breaker
'M' Natators
Make Debuta
In SwimdGala
Michigan's swimmers snuck in
their last bit of competitive prac-
tice before Saturday's Annual
Swim Gala last weekend when the{
team traveled to Erie, Pa. to put
on an exhibition for local swim
enthusiasts.
Coach Matt Mann missed out
on the activities when his plane
was grounded in Cleveland but
Bob Sohl took over the emcee job
and announced and analyzed the
proceedings for the crowd.
THIS WEEK the natators will
devote their practice time to
cramming for the all important
test Saturday night. The scheid-
ule of events promises to produce
an evenin of e"""ll""nt swimming
and demonstration with the breast
stroke event right at the top of
the entertainment lit.
Probably never has one leam
been blessed with so many but-
terfly artists as Michigan has
this year.
Best known of the current crop
is Bob Sohl. Last year Sohl was a
member of the crack medley relay
team that now holds the world's
record for the 300 yard event. In
addition Sohl was unique in be-
ing the one Wolverine swimmer
from Michigan's National Cham-
pionship team to win a berth on
the Olympic squad.
BACK AT MICHIGAN after a
stretch in the service is Pat Hayes,
an outstanding swimmer, who was
one third of the Wolverine med-
ley relay team that held the
world's record until the Holiday,
Sohl Weinberg combination got
together.
Bill Upthegrove is the third
returning letterman. An Ann
Abor product, Bill has been a
consistant performer for the
past two seasons
Charlie ,Moss who earned a
varsity letter in 1947 and sopho-
more Bill Austin are two other
prospects of whom Matt Mann
expects big things.
COMPLETING the group is
Stewart Elliott.GA freshman, El-
liott won't be tackling Conference
competition until next year, but in
his initial performances he has
impressed Mann as being one of
his outstanding prospects, already
a fine breast stroker.

THERE WAS A. TIME not too long ago that the word of Grantland
Rice, the dean of American sportswriters was accepted as thet
gospel by the majority of enthusiasts throughout the nation9
But grandpa Rice seems to have lost the golden touch .
Switching this year from highly-regarded, well-established Col-
liers to the somewhat sensationalized Look magazine the granddaddy
of All-American pickers has gone off the deep-end and sealed the
eventual fate of the annual post-season fiasco:..
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RICE, WITH TIME ASSISTANCE of 440 football "experts," most
of whom didn't even see Western Reserve play Case Tech on Thanks-1
giving Day picked three "All" teams that were obviously the result
of coipromise and sectional appeasement.
When a national magazine pays a fantastic sum for the
services of friend Grantland it is with one purpose in mind .. .
to enhance its national prestige and circulation . . . they must 1
appeal to all elements . . . and when you are dealing with 440
sportswriters, believe me you've got a lot of soft-soaping to do.
Consequently, this year the athletic department here at Michigan
is not, as they have done in the past, accepting Rice's selections as
official ... it would be pointles
INSTEAD coach-of-the-year Oosterbaan and ex-coach-of-the-year
Crisler will put their heads together in the near future and come
up with an All-American All-American which will give official recog-
nition to two Wolverine gridders Al Wistert and Dek Rifenburg .
"Wisty" was left off Rice's first team, Rife was ignored by Colliers:. .
They're both All-Americans, however, and will survive the
dilemma to become numbers 32 and 33 on the list of Michigan
immortals ...
Getting back to Rice-the guy just couldn't leave well enough
alone and stick to picking All-Americans. In his article released yes-
terday in Look he gets tangled in an involved dissertation on the
relative merits of the nation's three top teams .
OBVIOUSLY WIUTTEN more than'two weeks ago Rice says 0the
following . . . "Whether Army rates ahead of Michigan as a team is
debatable. But nobody can criticize Notre Dame's right to number
one, not while Notre Dame wrecks all opposition and Army. Michigan
and other powers refuse to meet her. It is senseless tofault Notre
Dame's schedule when Notre Dame is willing to take on all comers

(This is the first in a series of ar-
ii[l( s coni ceniing th- e weterii Con-
feren ce.)
By PRES iIOLMES
This weekend the faculty rep-
resentative from each of the Big
Nine schools gather for the an-
nual winter meeting in Chicago,
with the major topic of discussion
whether or not to accept Michigan
State into the Conference.
Perhaps you are wondering what
it is or isn't about the Western
Conference that makes people,
MSC. in particular, want to be on
the inside looking out.
THE WESTERN Conference
has built up the reputation of be-
ing one of the finest athletic or-
ganizations in the country. Its
members are held to high stand-
ards and as a result the quality
and caliber of competition in this
league is admirably high.
Throughout the country there
are 115 conferences of various
sizes, shapes, and descriptions,
but only about six are capable
of coming close to eqqalling the
Big Nine.
They are the Big Seven, the
Eastern College Athletic Confer-
ence, the Pacific Coast Inter-
collegiate Athletic Conference, the

Southern Conference, the South=
eastern Conference, and the
Southwestern Conference.
None of these organizations,
however, have the prestige or re-
spect that the Western Conference
holds.
OVER 50 YEARS ago, on Janu-
ary 11, 1895, President Smart of
For a statement of Michi-
gan's position on the question
of admitting Michigan State
College to the Western Confer-
ence see Prof. Ralph Aigler's
Letter to the Editor on page 4.
Prof. Aigler is Michigan's Big
Nine faculty representative.
Purdue University called a meet-
ing of seven midwestern universi-
ties at Chicago.
His purpose was that of con-
sidering the regulation and con-
trol of intercollegiate athletics.
At the meeting an organization,
consisting of an appointed fac-
ulty representative from each
institution, was blueprinted for
the control of athletics.
At the same meeting it was
voted to restrict eligibility for ath-
letics to full-time students who

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but gets few takers ...
Mr. Rice's face must be awfully
laughing . . . Yes, no doubt about it,

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were not delinquent in their stud-
ies.
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SHORTLY MORE than a year,,
later the properly appointed fac-
ulty representatives from each of
the seven institutions again met
in Chicago, and this time they es-
tablished standards and machin-
ery for the regulation and ad-
ministration of intercollegiate ath-
letics.
They designated themselves as
the "Intercollegiate Conference
of Faculty Representatives," but
the organization was almost
immediately labeled the "West-
ern Conference," although the
original title is still the offi-
cial name.
The seven members of this new-
ly formed organization were: Chi-
cage, Michigan, Illinois, Minne-
sota, Northwestern, Purdue, and
Wisconsin. -
(Tomorrow: additions and sub-
tractions to the Conference.)
DO YOU KNOW ..,. that Glenn
Davis and Doc Blanchard are the
only two teammates ever to be
chosen three straight years on the ti
Associated Press All - American
team. The years were 1944, 1945,
and 1946.

red today . . . and we're just
the guy is losing his touch .


SPORTS IN BRIEF:
(J.Nfvymn pi Eres No
Nuvy Apptias Athltetic HlCtid
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By The Associated Press
CINCINNATI - Ray Nolting,
who sought to give the University
of Cincinnati "Big time" football,
today was ousted as head coach
and assistant professor of UC's
Teachers College.
The University's Board of Direc-
tors voted unanimously not to re-
new Nolting's coaching contract,
which expires in February. The
same vote applied to the 35-year-
old mentor's assistant professor-
ship, which also is up in February.
After the final action of the di-
rectors, Nolting told newsmen he
would "take any necessary steps"
to retain his assistant professor-
ship, "including asking an inves-
tigation by the American Profe-
sors Association."
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A Navy
captain who has been "closely
associated" with football coach
George Sauer this past season,
was chosen yesterday as Navy's
athletic director.
Capt. Howard Caldwell, 43,
former Antarctic' explorer and
World War II combat hero will
take over the job to be relin-
quished February 1 by his 1927
classmate, Sapt. Tom Hamil-
ton.
WASHINGTON-Sammy Baugh

yesterday signed a contract for
the 1949 season, his 13th as a
member of the Washington Red-
skins.
The announcement halted those
rumors, always current at this
time of the year, that the old
pass master is about to retire to
his Texas ranch and take life
easy.

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