4'lrt~tSJbAY, JANUARY 6, 1,919 TIlE M icligAN DAILY AVA I tI .F... i mom a0 nj uriesu nkle Strains lague Squad McCashn, Rifenburg Latest Cage Mishaps The Wolverine cage squad still s operating under a relentless and verpowering Indian sign. Two more of Coach Ernie Mc- oy's charges suffered injuries in ractice this week, as Dick Rif en- urg and Boyd McCaslin, Mich- igan's leading scorer, both were ut under the "twisted-ankle" ign. This brings the total of cag- rs on the tape and benzoin list o eleven. RIFENBURG was injured Tues- ay and spent yesterday after- on taking treatments on his in- ured foot. McCaslin limped into he dressing room a while later o join him after a strenuous ses- ion on the floor resulted in his hap. Still nursing leg bruises, Cap- tain Bill Roberts and Hal "Lefty" Morrill are working out, but are hampered by the sea- son-old injuries. Bill Doyle continues to wear a upport on his left knee which uffered rather heavily when "a ig monster from Bowling Green ell on it." * * *A MOST OF THE rest of the boys ho felt the jinx earlier in the eason have just about returned o normal but a quick glance at he fourteen-man squad reveals 23 aped ankles. Bill Roberts and Pete Elliott as yet have not needed the ad- ditional ankle support, while Bob Harrison has only one of his bound. The other eleven members of the team all have found tape necessary. Outstanding sophomore Leo anderKuy, stellar guard Pete El- iott, center Irv Wisniewski and usky Chuck Murray are the only embers of the squad who have ot been subjected to the jinx. athias Voted 1948 Sullivan Trophy Holder NEW YORK-(P)-Bob Mat- hias, the 17-year-old marvel from Tulare, Calif., who won the Olym- pic decathlon championship at ondon, has been voted the James E. Sullivan Memorial Tro- phy as the outstanding U.S. am- ateur athlete for 1948. The award, most coveted in the world of amateur sport, has been given annually since 1930 to the amateur "who, by per- Aormance, example and good influence, did most to advance the cause of good sportsman- ship during the year." Mathias, now a student at Kis- ki Preparatory School at Salts- burg, Pa.,- was given 201 first place votes out of 525 ballots cast by sports leaders throughout the country. NFL Champs Put On Sale by Owner PHILADELPHIA-(A')-- Owner Alexis Thompson agreed yester- day to sell his champion Phila- delphia Eagles of the National Football League if he gets at least $250,000. Thompson said he is anxious to sell-but only "if the price is right." He claims he lost money on the Eagles the last two sea- sons despite winning teams. General manager, Charley Ewart has been given 60 days to sell the club-at Thompson's price and if Thompson gives a final okay. Hamper 'M' Hoopsters Gaeek's Pressure Goals Turn Heat on Opponents SEASON OPENER: Prapplersful.TcI IW I-I rel Powerful Illin Saturday Jz, - " _ 'p - .--.- _-42 ~ A6_ MEW 1' L By BOB SANDELL; Vic iHeyliger's Wolverine pucks- ters might have had a much harder time copping the National Collegiate hockey crown last March if the New York Rangers had been more successful re- cruiters a few years ago. Back in 1944, Wally Gacek, speedy little left winger on the current Wolverine squad, had a chance to play for a farm team of the National Hockey League club and turned it down. * * A INSTEAD WALLY came to Ann Arbor to become one of the stars SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: B. S. BROWY of the first NCAA puck classic held last year at Colorado Springs. Wally has never regretted his decision and neither have Michigan's hockey fans, for the Winnipeg born iceman's five goals and three assists in the two tournament games was one of the determining factors in the Wolverine triumph. It was in the hectic overtime period of the first game with Boston College that Gacek began his spectacular performance. He tallied both goals to break the 4-4 deadlock and send his team into the finals with a 6-4 victory. * * * HIS SECOND MARKER, a tremendous 130 foot shot, came when the Bostonians pulled their goalie in an attempt to knot the score using six forwards. Another oddity of the unusual play was that Goalie Jack McDonald was given an assist. The following night Wally really turned on the heat in the pay-off game with Dart- mouth. With all the pressure of a national championship on him, he slammed in 3 goals and assisted on 3 others to lead in the 8-4 conquest of the Eastern collegians and help give Michi- gan the coveted title. Gacek's terrific offensive dis- play in these two crucial games will not be soon forgotten by fol- lowers of the ice game at Michi- gan. * *' * IT IS NOTEWORTHY that four other young puck candi- dates, who played in the same junior A league with Wally in Winnhipeg, accepted the Rang- er's offer and today are all mem- bers of the New Yorker's regular team. Two of them, Raleigh and Shero, played with the Wolver- ine speedster and the other two- some, Albright and Mickoski, played opposite him. Gacek, who is in his fourth year of play for the Maize and Blue, is one of the fastest skat- ers on the squad and is an es- pecially adroit stick handler. Last year he was second in scoring behind McMillan with 46 points in regular season competition. Wally was the center on the well-known three G's line of last year's campaign, being flanked by wingers Ted Greer, and Wally Grant. This trio particularly dis- tinguished themselves in the tournament and caused one writ- er to dub them as the "G-Whiz Kids." WALLY GACEK ... fine clutch play Cager Reveals Attemnpied 'Fix' NEW YORK-(P)-A New York county grand jury yesterday be- gan an investigation of an alleg- ed attempt by four men to "fix" a college basketball game with a $1,000 bribe. The witness was David Shapiro of Brooklyn, 25-year-old co-cap- tain of the George Washington team to whom the $1,000 alleged- ly was offered. Authorities said he co-operated with them whole- heartedly in a four-month inves- tigation which exposed the at- tempted gambling coup. District Attorney Frank S. Ho- gan, praising Shapiro's "honesty and courage," said the player came to the district attorney's office last September. Coach Cliff Keen's jinx will be here Saturday to open the 19413 wrestling season. From Champaign, coach Newt Law brings his Illini. Grapplers to Ann Arbor, hoping to do again- what has become almost habit forming for Indian Wrestlers in recent years-beating Michigan Matmen. * * * , IN ELEVEN encounters during the last 25 years, Michigan's mat- men have emerged victorious only twice, their last victory coming in 1940 when the Keenmen trounced the Orange and Blue, 18-8. However Michigan is not the only squad to feel the pangs of defeat at the hands of the Illini, one of the perennial powers of Western Conference Wrestling. They have won four conference championships, two of them in the postwar period. Last year, they narrowly missed taking the crown for the third consecutive year, finishing in a second place dead- lock with Michigan and Iowa, a point behind the victor, Purdue. * * * DURING THE DUAL meet sea- son, the Illini lost only one con- ference match to Indiana. They were narrowly defeated by Michi- gan State and Cornell College, two national powers, in outside com- petition. In national competition the Indians have shown well, fin- ishing third in 1946 and 1948, in the NCAA championships. Another interesting aspect of this "jinx" will come into focus, Saturday with the rematch of Bob Betzig and Ken Marlin in the 155 pound divisions. MARLIN, defending champ at that weight was pinned by Betzig with a, cradle hold at the confer- ence championships last March. FORMAL for RENTALS All New - All Sizes See RABIDEAU-HARRIS 119 So. Main St. Phone 6924 The hold which Betzig had used several times prev iously in the meet was dc .lared Uilleg~al and lre-. sulted in the loss of the conference championship for both et2ig and Michigan. Mich ga~sill,] t' to I krei the ]lliinoit jinx ;lould ib' aided1 vy the Illini schedule which finds them opposing Michigan State, one of the grappling giants of the nation and runner up to Okla- homa A&M for the NCAA title, on Friday night before coming to Ann Arbon. HOCKEY SCORES Toronto 4, Boston 0. New York 3, Chicago 1. 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The Hoosiers RIone, on the basis of pre-Conference play, have done just that. Ending up in a tie for eighth place with Northwestern last year, and with a season record of eight games won in twelve starts, the Hoosiers have taken eight out of the nine games they've played so far this year. Seven lettermen are back from last year's squad, two of them starters. After five games, only one of the regulars, guard Lou Watson, had retained his post. Tom Schwartz, a two-letter winner, had taken over the center posi- tion, and three sophomores, for- wards Bill Garrett and Bill Tos- heff and guard Gene Ring, were apparently fixed in their spots. Beginning the season as a reg- ular, Tosheff's accurate long shots give the Hoosiers some- thing the quintet sorely lacked last year. Along with Watson, Schwartz and Ritter, the returning letter- men are forwards Bob Lollar and Bob Armstrong, center Charley Meyer, and guard Jerry Stuteville. The more promising soph can- didates besides Ring, Tosheff and Garrett include forwards Phil Buck and Bob Lukemeyer, centers Ty Robbins and Ted Kaufman, and guard Gordon Neff. If the Hoosiers can continue to roll along in Conference play as they have in their first nine games, they're going to cause their Big Nine brethren a lot of trouble. They might upset the dope and end up on top. The other entry from the Hoos- ier state, Purdue, is proving some- thing of a problem to friends and foes alike. After taking the first six games in a row, the Boilermakers ma- chine suddenly went into reverse and dropped the next three to Rounding out the list of in- dividual titles won by the Wol- verines in '48 are Bob Schoen- dube's twin Big Nine and Na- tional AAU trampoline tri- umphs and Jim Smith's victory in the 136-pound Big Ten wres- tling finals. These names were omitted from yesterday's paper. strong quintets from Butler, Notre Dame and Loyola of Chicago. Purdue is operating this sea- son with pretty much the same outfit that took six out of its 12 Conference games last year to finish in fifth place. Returning lettermen include forwards, Dick Axness, leading scorer last year, and Norris Cau- dell; centers Andy Butchko, who also works the guard post, and Bill Butterfield; guards Bill Ber- berian, Howard Williams, Ralph Theissen and Bill Banks. Outstanding newcomers include forwards Rex Sebastian, Bob Ras- mussen, Ronald Bland and Glenn Bahler and guards Bruce Coldwell, John Blair and Norman Greiner. The "three B's," Bland, Bahler and Blair have especially seen plenty of action in the Boiler- maker games to date, and have shown up well against competition. None of the sophs, however, has been good enough to crash the starting line-up. Therefore, Purdue will have to depend on the experience of veterans to improve its position over last year. 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