WEI) PAT, JANUATtY 5, 1949 Aii u fif 9w s-44-7r 4 ,o-,i -A' iicv- 4a' i 4 qr airy. THE . MICHIGA&N,-D-ALL). mrAGE THRTI F WED~E~At 3A~UAR~J~ 1~) TAL*Wj TUKJ~ Big Ten Improves National Cage Rank McMillan Paces Wolverines For Hockey Scoring Honors Post Impressive Record In Non-League Contests Minnesota Boasts Undefeated Campaign; Five Teams Have Suffered One Setback Michigan's hockey fans will not be too surprised to hear that re- liable Gordy McMillan is once again pacing the Wolverine puck- men in scoring. Figures compiled for the first ten games reveal that the flashy redhead center has amassed 24 points on 8 goals and 16 assists. WITH THIS tremendous start, McMillan appears bent on estab- lishing a Michigan scoring record far out of the reach of any future Maize and Blue iceman. Not too far behind McMillan is the little speedster, Wally Gacek. Wally has slammed in 11 goals and has assisted on 8 others. Strung out behind the leaders are Gil Burford with 17 points, and Wally Grant, Captain Al Ren- Hockey tickets will be on sale today, tomorrow and Friday at the Athletic Administration Building for the games with Queens University Friday, and Saturday nights. Remaining tickets will be sold at the coli- seum before the contests Fri- day and Saturday. frew, and Neil Celley with 16 points. Renfrew has collected the most goals on the squad with 12 markers to his credit. * * * COLLECTIVELY the Wolver- ines have garnered 64 goals for an impressive 6.4 average in the ten contests played to date. Bowl ficials Want Big Nitne King Annually11 PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 4 -(WP)--Spokesman for the Pasa- Jlena Tournament of Roses were reported today to have repeated a plea that the Big Nine-Pacific Coast Conference Rose Bowl pact be changed to permit the Midwest- ern champions to appear in the Bowl regardless of previous en- gagements there. The tournament's football com- mittee, headed by Lathrop Leish- man, huddled with the confer- ence's Rose Bowl committee at the annual winter meeting of the coast directors. Under the present setup, no Big Nine team can pay a return visit to Pasadena within a span of three years, Michigan, for in- stance, played at Pasadena in the 1948 game but could not return this year, even though it was again the Big Nine champion. Five Wolverine skaters have performed the "Hat Trick" with Wally Gacek leading in this de- partment with two. Others who have accomplished this feat are Neil Celley, Gil Burford, Al Renfrew, and Gordy McMillan. On the defensive side of the ledger, the NCAA champions have been nicked for an average of 2.4 goals per game. Much of the credit for this record must be given to the stellar defensive trio of Connie Hill, Dick Starrak, and Ross Smith along with Goalie Jack McDonald. Vic Heyliger2s high - geared pucksters have not been beaten in their last 19 games. Their last defeat was a 5-4 licking at the hands of the Minnesota Gophers last February 14. Away from home the Maize and Blue icemen have not been beaten since March 1, 1947 when the Windsor Spitfires edged them 6-5. The consecutive "away" game unbeaten streak has now reached 15. Long recognized as the tough- est football conference in the na- tion, the Big- Nine's basketball teams are rapidly giving it the stature of one of the most power- ful basketball loops. Last. year sav them take 49 games in 71 starts against non- Conference opponents for a re- spectable average of .690. The best showings were made by Illinois (8-0), Iowa (7-0) and Indiana (7-1). This year, Big Nine teams have fared even better against non- Conference foes, winning 55 games and losing only 15 for a .786 aver- age. Only one quintet, Minnesota, has managed to go through the cam- paign so far without a beating. The Gophers have taken eight straight contests, spearheaded by All-Conference center Jim Mc- GORDON McMILLAN ... Leads 'M' Puckmen Wolverine Tankmen Face Nation' s Best Intyre and soph forward "Whitey" Skoog. But five outfits have lost only one game to opponents. They include Illinois and Indiana (8-1), Michigan (7-1), Iowa (6-1) and Ohio State (5-1). Of the other three teams, both Purdue and Wisconsin have win- ning averages against non-Con- _SPO IITS ROG GOELZ, Night Editor ference opponents, while North- western is the only squad with a less than even break. Offensively Illinois is picking up where it left off last year. TheIlilini topppd all Con- ference teams in scoring, and have a wide margin over Iltdi- ana, the nearest rival. In nine games each Illinois has found the mark for 651 points, a 72.3 point per game average, while the Hoosiers 497 gives them a 55.2 average. Minnesota's undefeated Gophers have dropped in 479 points in eight starts for a 57.4 mark. As far as the points per game go, Ohio State and Iowa both have better averages than In- diana and the Minnesotans. In defense it's Michigan's cham- pion Wolverines again, but there's a lot of pressure from Iowa, Pur- due, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Wolverines' 40.9 point mark barely shades the 41.4 and 42.3 averages of Iowa and Purdue. Name Indians Team of Year In APPoll NEW YORK-(A )-The World Champion Cleveland Indians were voted the nation's outstanding team of 1948 in the annual poll of sports writers by the Associated Press. Michigan's powerhouse foot- ball team, which finished No. 1 in the Associated Press' year-end poll, gained runnerup honors with 122 points. The Wolver- ines drew down 17 first place votes, 27 seconds and 17 thirds. The U. S. Olympic Squad fin- ished third with 86 points. Uncle Sam's athletes, who won the over- all Olympic Championship in Eu- rope last August, received 24 first place nominations, four seconds and six thirds. Cleveland's mighty Browns, All- America Conference football champions for three consecutive years, were fourth with 67 points. They were followed by Kentucky's basketball team, 43; the Phillips Oilers cage squad, 29; and the Notre Dame eleven, 11, in that or- der. Did you know that the Mich- igan Wolverines have won more Western Conference titles than any other Big Nine school, the total now running over 100? By BEV BUSSEY Sports Feature Editor When time comes to appraise the '48 showings of the Michigan athletes, local sports fans cer- tainly have no complaints to make. Their Wolverines howled. They clawed through each campaign, and came out with the lion's share of the spoils, which in heartwarm- ing figures, means: three na-' tional titles, three and a half Big Ten team championships, a "mythical" Conference crown, and two individual Big Ten crowns. * * * THE NATIONAL ruling trium- verate include King Bennie's foot- ball warriors, Vic Heyliger's hockey charges, and father Mann's swimmers. After two years of plugging away on fundamentals and a deliberate brand of ball, the gangling basketball team devel- oped into a polished, self-as- sured unit. It came up with the first Big Ten cage title since they shared the penthouse with Wisconsin in '29. In spring competition, the ten- nis squad bowed to Northwestern in the Big Ten finals. But Andy Paton stroked his way to the sin- gles title, and later joined Captain Bill Mikulich to take the Confer- ence doubles crown. * * * THAT PUZZLING "half" title belongs to the baseball squad which split the prize with Illinois. With an 8-2 record, the Wolverines swept the Northwestern series, while the Illini lost their final game to OSU. The remaining Conference jackpots were hit by the swim- ming and football teams. It was squad strength that worked like a strong kick in favor of the Wolverine tanksters' victory over the menacing Buckeyes. As for the gridders, the 23 game win streak speaks for itself. The "mythical" crown went to he hockey squad which decisively defeated its only Big Ten oppo- nent, Minnesota. Three National Titles Go to Michigan in 1948 III I Ii- .I If Michigan's championship swimmers drop their Big Nine and NCAA titles next spring it won't be because they weren't ready for the stiff competition. For the Wolverines are about to embark on a schedule of dual meets that will pit them against a good share of the nation's finest tankmen. TIlE NATATORS open their schedule at Purdue on Jan. 15 and will find themselves up against lanky Keith Carter, Big Nine champion in the 50-yd. free- style and 200-yd. breaststroke, holder of the world's record in the 100-yd. breaststroke and runner- up in the Olympic breaststroke event. On Feb. 9 LaSalle College will come to Ann Arbor sporting the man who is probably the best known swimmer in America to- day. lie is, of course, Joe Ver- deur the peerless breaststroker who will be returning to the pool in which he set his amaz-' ing world record time of 2:14.7 in the 240-yd. breaststroke last spring. Verdeur, who was so afraid of water that he had to be pushed in by friends the first time he en- tered a pool also numbers the Olympic breaststroke champion- ship and the Swimmer-of-the- Year awards among achievements. * * * his 1948 MICHIGAN STATE will comeI TRY OUR GENUINE ITALIAN SPAGHETTI Served Daily and To Take Out. Also -- * SANDWICHES 0 FRENCH FRIES 0 PLATE LUNCHES, 0 FOUNTAIN SERVICE La Caja' CONGEN IAL ATMOSPHERE with GOOD FOOD Open Daily 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Closed Sundays MIELKE'S Cafre 1i to town three days later bring- ing two more Olympic stars with them in the persons of freestyler Georgie Hoogerhyde and back- stroker Howie Patterson. Hoogerhyde, one of the na- tion's finest middle-distance men, was named to the All- American Collegiate swimming team in the 100 and 220-yd, free- style events last season. Another Olympic ompnetitor will be here on Feb. 19 when Bill Heusner will lead his Northwest- ern teammates into actionragainst the Wolverines. Heusner holds the NCAA title in the 1500-meter freestyle and was near the top in the 440 and 220 events. HAVE-NOT Minnesota will be here on Feb. 21 boasting only Don Benson, a good freestyler, as a genuine star but on Feb. 26 Ohio State will move into Ann Arbor for what undoubtedly will be the top dual meet of the collegiate season. The mighty Buckeyes, rated with Michigan at the top of the college list, will be captained by little Halo Hirose who showed signs of slipping last year but who is rated by Coach Mike Peppe as the best dash man he has ever tutored. Bill Smith who won the Olym- pic 400-meter freestyle event and who must be ranked among the finest competitors of all time is back at Columbus, as is Bruce Harlan, another Olympic cham- pion, who will be favored to take every diving title available this Black Never To Pitch Again For Cleveland CLEVELAND, Jan. 4 -(/') - Tough luck swatted Don Black another hard one today with a re- mark by Bill Veck that he'l never pitch agiUn for th' aIWorld Cham- pion Civeland Indians. Black himself couldn't be local,- ed, but the Tribe's President, Veeck, made his future with the Indians unmistakably clear with these words in conversation with a reporter: "If he is deterined to try it again, I won'tsadidin his wy. I'll give him his release, but I would not accept the responsibil- ity of Don trying to pitch again." That was all Veeck would say. But the words came as Black was recovering from a second long siege in the hospital with a serious brain ailment that started back on the Indians' diamond Sept. 13. On that day, Black fell head- long at the plate during a game with the St. Louis Browns. For weeks after that, he lay in the hospital near death. Then, after a brief spell outside, he returned for an operation to eliminate re- curring severe headaches and managed to get out in time for Christmas at home with his daughters. season now that his sidekick Mil- ler Anderson has graduated. Another Buckeye who will come in for considerable attention this season is Bunny Nakama, younger brother of the great Keo. Bunny is a middle distance man who won the NAAU outdoor one mile free- style event way back in 1940. After that the Wolverines travel to Purdue to defend their Western Conference title on March 3, 4 and i5 and the following week they go dto Iowato meet a good Hawkeye team led by Wally Ris. Ris won his Olympic 100-meter freestyle, handing France's high- ly touted Alex Jany the defeat which supposedly broke the young Frenchman's spirit and forced him to withdraw from the rest of the Olympic competition. I! - I GRAPPLING BARRISTER: Keen Begins 21st Year As 'MVI' Wrestling Mentor SEMIANNUAL CLEARANCE Beginning Monday at 9 AM. Here is your chance to save real money,. CHECK THESE ITEMS FOR VALUES! Clifford Keen is a member in good standing of the Michigan Bar, and 150 pound football coach at Michigan. "In addition to his other duties," Coach Keen is be- ginning his 21st year as top men- tor of the Wolverine matmen. Discounting years 1942-44, Keen has continuously supervised wres- tling activities here since 1925. Having graduated from Oklahoma A. & M. in 1924, the coach was literally fresh out of college when he joined wrestling enthusiasts scattered throughout the nation who were selling the skeptics their new body-building tonic. * * * THlE PROMOTION - MINDED coaches during the twenties pub- licized their sport by staging ex- hibition matches during inter - missions of the "accepted" com- petitive contests. Wrestling at Michigan commenced in 1922 by Coach Thorn. Being somewhat of an ath- lete in his own right, the coach knows a few things about the grappling game. During Keen's undergraduate days at Okla- homa A. & M., he copped the Southwest Conference Cham- pionship three consecutive years plus picking up a National Title at 158 pounds. The interim period between Ok- lahoma and Michigan saw Keen pilot the Frederick, Oklahoma, It was erroneously reported in yesterday's sports calendar that the Michigan wrestling team would meet Ohio State Saturday night. The meet is against Illinois rather than the Buckeyes. high school eleven to a conference and state championship. Knock- ing over all their opponents dur- i.ng the 1925 season, the boys from Frederick rolled up 364 points to their adversary's meager three. * '* WOLVERINE FANS may thank another fellow traveler, John F. Maulbetsch - a Michigan All- American halfback in 1914, for guiding Keen here to Ann Arbor. Maulbetsch, former football tutor of the Oklahoma Aggies, provided the "open sesame" that dropped Keen on Fielding H. Yost's door- step. Behieving that most wrestlers are developed and not born, Coach Keen points to the four men from Michigan that made the 1928 Olympic team-Bob Hewitt, Russ Sauer, Al Watson and Ed George. None of these boyshad wrestled before com- ing to college. Later, George went on to win the world's pro- fessional heavyweight title. Michigan in 1932 was repre- sented by Carl Dougovito, an- other Keen tutored protege. 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