WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, iMS4 Tilt MI WA RAMP rAGr -H M---G A ------ "wpmTfl Wolverine Cagers COLLEGE PUCK CLASSIC: 'M' To Face Powerful Toronto Sextet I orm mm But Play 'Steady' Game A gainst T oledo--cCoy IIarris on, McCaslin Share Scoring Llad After First Three Gaines with 29 Points MY Over itt Sam mies Win in All Divisions To CopIM Wrestling Crown By B. S. BROWN Michigan's claim to interna- tional hockey supremacy will face the first of two tests Thursday night in the Chicago Stadium, home stamping grounds of the National Hockey League's Black- hawks. Meeting the University of To- ronto, which usually tops the col- legiate parade across the border, in the first of a two-game series, the Wolverines will be playing be- fore one of the largest throngs ever to witness a college hockey game. The Stadium is the largest in- door sports arena in the country, with a seating capacity approxi- mating 18,500. A sell-out is expect- ed. Michigan will return to Ann Ar- bor Friday night to complete the commitment with the Canadian sextet. THE WINDY CITY is display- ing a definite liking for collegiate hockey, especially when it is played by the cream of the college circles. Last year, Toronto was the un- disputed champ of Canada, while the Wolverines clubbed the top U.S. outfits at Colorado Springs for the NCAA crown. But last season's game, played at the Chicago Arena, which has about one quarter the seating capacity of the Stadium, came SPORTS ROG GOELZ, Night Editor early in the season. Neither To- ronto nor Michigan was assured of a national crown or even a winning season, but the fans turned out in force. And what they saw went over big. Two weeks ago, 13,000 seats had been sold, and they were going f ast. Michigan won that game last year, 3-2, playing one of its best games of the year. The Wolverines jumped into an early lead in the first period on goals by Al Ren- frew, on a solo, and Ted Greer, with an assist by Bill Jacobson. But Toronto was ranked as the best Canada had to offer, and it showed its potentialities two min- utes later when Bill Henry, second line center, took a lift from Don Bark and beat Michigan goalie Jack McDonald with a five-footer. BOTH TEAMS picked up single tallies in the middle frame to up the score to 3-2, and that's the way it ended. Wally Gacek netted the final Wolverine score, while Cecil Turcott did his part for the Can- adian cause with a goal in the closing seconds of the period. Michigan not only won a game that night which would lay open its claim to the mythi- cal international crown later in the season, but it also defeated the team which never before fell to a Wolverine attack. Michigan had tried nine times before and failed. For their win- ning efforts, the Wolverines were presented with the William Thompson Memorial Trophy. The two teams met again the following night in Ann Arbor and fought to a 4-4 deadlock. For Michigan Coach Vic Hey- liger, Friday's game will have a special significance. The Michi- gars mentor is a former member of the Blackhawk organization and for him it will mean a re- turn to familiar surroundings. Heyliger will probably remember the first game Michigan played with the Toronto team. It was in 1937, and Heyliger was a member of the Wolverine squad-a very successful one at that. He had just been named captain and center on the all-Midwest sex- Coach Wally Weber requests all 1948 freshman football nu- meral award winners to report to the Athletic Administration Building today to obtain copies of the 1948 team pictures. tet. Michigan lost that game, 4-2. but both of the Wolverine scores were set up by the present pilot and scored by his line-mate, Gib James. Wolverine hockey has come a long way since then. Toronto re-' tained its supremacy over Michi- gan until last year, but the tide has begun to turn. Whether it will continue or not rests entirely upon{ the shoulders of the latest edi- tion of Wolverine hockey. DO YOU KNOW THAT . . . In 1947, Michigan lost six coaches, two in basketball, two in foot- ball, and one each in track and tennis. Michigan's cagers beat Toledo Saturday night, 51 - 40, and whipped Pitt two nights later, 62- 44, but the outfit that clipped the Panthers' claws wasn't the same one that took the Ohioans. Coach Ernie McCoy put it this way: "Saturday night the team played a good, steady brand of ball; against Pitt we were way off.,,I He said that he was happy to beat the highly respected To- ledo quintet, but added that the Rockets are capable of a much better brand of ball. The Wolverine mentor predict- ed that the next game between contest, so McCoy gave him the nod when it came to picking the starting center against Pitt. The blond sophomore rose to! the occasion once more, and dumped in five field goals and three tosses from the free throw line to end up as the second high Maize and Blue scorer for the night with 13 points. In addition he used his six- foot five-inch frame to good advantage, and nabbed many rebounds off the backboard. Another heartening sight to the Wolverine faithful was the return of Mack Suprunowicz to the form- that made him the top Michigan scorer last year. Against Michigan State and Toledo, "Supey" had a hard time finding the mark and dumped in only 10 points in' those two games. When he walked off the court after the Pitt contest, he found1 himself topping the Maize andl Blue scorers with 14 points. The play of Boyd McCaslin over the weekend was another gratifying sight. Always noted as a steady play- er, the Bremerton, Wash., seniorl netted 15 points against Toledo, the highest any Wolverine has made in a single contest this year. Ile is now tied with Bob Har- rison for the scoring lead with 29 points over the three-game stretch. In all the games, though, it was the defens e that stood out. Coach McCoy has instituted a; two-team system at bie guards, using Pete Elliott and Harrison as the starters and sending in Hal Morrill and Bill Doyle to spell them. Elliott, Harrison, and Morrill have turned in the fine perform- ances expected of them, and Doyle, a sophomore, has shown! up so well in competition that he's been teamed with Morrill to give Michigan a second line of defense. DO YOU KNOW THAT . .. Cliff Keen, varsity wrestling coach, was the United States wrestling coach in the Olympics last year. Sigma Alpha Mu, a real dark- horse, walked away with the Fra- ternity wrestling crown last night at the I-M Building as the Sam- mies amassed 15 points and three individual titles. Three points back of S.A.M. came Kappa Sigma, while Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Gamma Delta finished third and fourth, with 9 and 8 points respectively. Championships came to S.A.M. in the 121- pound, 175-pound and unlimited division. Bud Hill scored a 3-0 decision over Lloyd Jewell, of Sig Ep, in the lightweight class. Jerry Morris, the Sammy 175- pounder, got his title the easy way GREGG COLLEGE A School of Business-Preferred by College Men and Women 4 MONTH INTENSIVE COURSE SECRETARIAL TRAINING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES A thorough, intensive course-starting June, October, February. Bul- letin A on request SPECIAL COUNSELOR for G.I. TRAINING Regular Day and Evening Schools Throughout the Year. Catalog Direcr, Paul M. Pair, M.A. THE GR EGG COLLEGE 37 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 3. Illinois as Phi Gam Bob Spiegel forfeited. In the Unlimited division Dave Gomberg picked up two points in "riding time" to edge Phi Delt Tom Kelsey. Over in the Residence Hall di- vision, the favorite Williams House, with seven finalists scored 25 points to walk away with the crown. Cooley House was second with 11 and Wenley, Tyler and Lloyd Houses tied for third with 9 pointE each. H OLIDAY Adventure in Good Smoking BOB HARRISON .. tied with Boyd lip (* . PENS. Typewriters Games Hobbies Tools Craft Materials Puzzles 1 WE HAVE ITY Maybe You Won't Find It at Home. Come in and see our HOBBY DEPARTMENT - Gifts for All Ages - Office Outfitters 115 W. Liberty St. BOYD MeCASLIN his 2 Ipoints are igh .. . the tivo squads, which is being held in Toledo on January 1, will probably turn out to be a lot harder. Michigan's victories are more notable when onc considers the fact that Bill Roberts, the start- ing center, was unable to play because of a sore knee. Irv Wisniewski was therefore se- lected to open the first game at the pivot position, and shared the duties with Leo Vander Kuy and! Dick Rifenburg. Vander Kuy was the most outstanding of the three in that Team o Year Awai d Give lb (ilvelles NEW YORK - (VP) -- Purdue, which almost pulled the upset of the decade against Notre Dame and then folded up, is college football's "flop team" of the year. And Michigan -no surprise here --is the "team of the year." That was the opinion of sports writers and c otches who took part in the M~ociated Press' an- nual poll at the end of the grid season. Purdue was mentioned for the floperoo nomination more times than all other teams together. Tulsa, which had a Delta Bowl in- vitation accepted before the sea- son began, and Navy ran two- thrce behind the Boilermakers for the "award." Behind Michigan came Notre Dame, North Carolina, California, Oklahoma and Army. That was the same order in which they fin- ished in the final AP rating poll of the year. 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The DASCOLA BARDERS Liberty off late $150,000 to $200,000 and two play- ers for . the St. Louis Browns' Gerry Priddy was not accepted. The Tigers are trying hard to dig up a capable second baseman. They also are interested in the In- dians' Johnny Berardino and the Chicago White Sox' Cass Mi- chaels. The New York Yankees, who thought they blocked the other contenders by last night's deal for pitcher Fred Sanford from Ohe gowns, were disilbisioned ASE SlNG wialways can, 2 be countedi on for a new slant on a problem, told lobby sitters: "I went to bed last night with a pennant winner and woke up thbis mnorning in second." I!President-1billI W'eck of the In- d ios was J11)1I n1, About the swap. *WiE HAVE added speed that -koisld help us,' he said, "Vernon is a fast man. Last year when Eien Kltier, Lou Boudreau, and Eddie Robinson were on base, it took three long singles to score three runs." Robinson was one of the three players who went to Washing- ton in the transaction. The others were pitchers Joe Haynes and Ed Klieman. Baseball men did not hear of the deal, which broke about 5 o'clock in the morning, until breakfast time. There was a great deal of surprise on all sides, espe- cially in the announcement that 1o casih was involved. Dick Bartell having been named recently. Two veteran pitchers were shuffled in other deals announced today. Ken Trinkle, who had a 4-5 record for the New York Giants in 53 relief appearances, was sold to the Philadelphia Phils. The Chicago Cubs peddled Hank Wyse, who was at Shreveport, La., of 'the Texas League last year, to Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast. I'i st 1baseman Steve Souchok, too? liss lwei o rid(lig the Yankee SPlain Toe with Buckle * Hand Moulded Insoles w Rubber Heels A Storm Welt SAM'SSTOREt- i)(lrlcl I, W(I t to t he White Soxt VT'J', NO CASH?" wac; hewircr lie will be a regular, The utniversal comment. 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