THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949 erdeur Shi McMillan Near Fourth Hockey Scoring Crown Gacek, Renfrew Battle for Second Place; Puckmen Meet North Dakota This Weekend nes but n/j9 lvl Natators Win! _...... 1 NEW TIESI ISIT AT WILD'S Gardella Suit ichi gan Balance Trims Gets Federal 'LaSalle College, 49-26 _;_ Tribunal OK Olympic Ace Wins Breast Stroke by Margii,_Grabs 220, AnchorsRelay <.> _________ Large Team Setting a new Michigan record with evey point that he notches, Gordie McMillan looks like he is well on the way to his fourth straight scoring crown. McMillan, currently leading the pack with 33 points won the title outright in the 1945-46 and 1947-1 48 seasons and tied with linemate Al Renfrew in 1946-47. LAST SEASON, McMillan broke the former record of 116 held by Wolverine coach Vic Heyliger and, having the advantage of four; years of competition, seems cer- tain to set a mark that will re- main on the books for a long time. Although leading the team, he is far behind his record-break- ing pace of last year which saw him garner 59 points on 30 goals and 29 assists. His game aver- age this season is a creditable 2.35, but falls short of the 2.81 piled up during the last cam- paign. The battle for second spot in the scoring race grew tighter dur- ing the vacation period and now finds five Wolverines closely bunched. Scimitar Club opens Varsity StausDriv HERB RUSKIN, NIGHT EDITOR CURRENTLY HOLDING down the second slot is Wally Gacek with 27 points, but pressing close- ly on his heels is Captain Al Ren- frew, pnly a single point separat- ing the two players. Michigan's second line offers a good example of unity. All three of the men on the line are tied in the race with 23 points apiece. NEW YORK-{P)-Danny Gar- della, a wartime ball player who By MERLE LEVIN jumped to the Mexican League, Versatile Joe Verdeur departed yesterday, was given the green from the script and stole the show light to proceed with a $300,000 last night as Michigan's natators damage suit against organized splashed to a 49-26 victory over a baseball for having deprived him hustling but cutmanned LaSalle of means of livelihood. squad at the I-M pool. In a split decision, 2-1, the Verdeur's touted duel with U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that breaststroker Bob Sohl fizzled increased use of radio and televi- badly when Sohl tied up in the sion has impressed upon baseball last 100 yards but the Olympic "an interstate character," bring- breaststroke champion provided ing it within provisions of the plenty of excitcment for the fans anti-trust laws. neavrtheless. ;, Past records don't win games though and with a pair of tough games on the docket with North Dakota this weekend, Coach Hey- liger sent the team through a fast workout at the Coliseum yester- day. Hurt by the loss of ace defense- man Ross Smith because of a shoulder separation, Hey li g e r named John Griffin to fill the hole. Griffin, who played for the first time last Saturday, per- formed well. GARDELLA'S SUIT, brought! against Commissioner A. B. Chandler, the New York Giants and the presidents of the two ma- jor leagues, charges that base-I ball is a monopoly because of the "reserve clause" which binds a player to one club.I Without the clause, a player could offer his services each year to the highest bidder. Chaos would result, officials of the game declare, if the reserve clause ever is successfully at- tacked. Today's decision, written by Senior Judge Learned Hand, re- verses a ruling made last July 14 by Judge Henry Goddard in Fed- eral District Court, when he dis- missed Gardella's suit before trial. The reversal came as a shock to the leaders of the national game. Renewal of the drive to re- tore fencing as a Varsity sport at Michigan was announced today by Ed Miellef, captain of the Scimitar Club which has repre- sented Michigan in competition, unofficially. Fencing enjoyed Varsity status until 1934 when the University withdrew its support. MICLLEF REVEALED that the petitions will be circulated during the remainder of this week and all of next week. The Scimitar Club will ask the Board in Control 'of Intercollegiate Athletics to active- ly consider the restoration of fenc- ing to varsity status. During this wek, petitions will be available for signing in front of the Unions at the en- trances to the West Quadrangle and at the "M" Club. Petitions will be circulated on the cam- pus proper next week. Five Big Nine schools boast varsity fencing squads. They are Northwestern, Illinois, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The sport is officially recognized by the Conference and Northwestern is defending champion. BASKETBALL SCORES West Virginia 49, Penn State 47. Villanova 67, Navy 46. Army 54, Harvard 52. Clemson 79, Presbyterian 29. Rutgers 69. Lafayete 58. Yale 68, Brown 45. Syracuse 65, Duquesne 58. Columbia 57, Princeton 50. Kansas State 53, Kansas 48. 'M' Thinclads Open Dual Meet Season with Big Red Saturday Michigan's track team opens its 1949 dual meet season against a strong Cornell team Saturday night at Yost Field House. In an earlier meet this season, Cornell swamped a weak Dart- mouth squad, 89-24, and showed considerable strength in the dash and hurdle events in doing so. BRIGHT SPOT of the Cornell team is high jumper Paul Robe- son, Jr., who has cleared 6 ft., 5 in. in his specially event, and jumps around 6 ft., 3 consistently. Robeson, also a fair shot putter, is the son of former All-American gridder Paul Robeson, famous movie singer. With Wolverine Tom Dolan jumping around 6 ft., 4 in., a good battle is expected in the high jump. Another close duel will pit sprinter Art Henrie, of Michi- gan, against Cornell's Bob Hunt. Hunt, a six foot sophomore, won the 75-yard dash against Dart- mouth in :07.8, good time for early season. Henrie, also a soph- omore, matched that time at the Michigan State Relays last Satur- day, running in the preliminaries. HUNT PLACED second in both the high and low hurdles against' Dartmouth. The 75-yard lows, were taken by versatile Bill Owen in the excellent time of :08.4. With Michigan's Jim Mitchell and Clay Holland matched. against Hunt and Owen, a close race is likely to develope in both hurdle races. Cornell, regarded as a threat in Eastern track circles, will have its only chance to test Midwestern track power Saturday. The Big Red has one remaining dual meet, with Yale, the IC4A meet at New York, and the Heptagonals at Bos- ton. SportsShots{ By The Associated Press Scoring five times in the second period, the Detroit Red Wings held on to their 14 point lead in the NHL, as they blanked a jinx New York team 8-0. It was their sixth victory in a row and Lum- ley's second straight shutout. Over in Boston, the second place Bruins kept pace with the Wings grinding out a 5-3 victory over the hapless Chicako Black- hawks. It was the fourth loss in succession for the Hawks. Montreal retained, their slim one point lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs as the two teams bat- tied to a 2-2 deadlock in Toronto. Montreal currently holds third place in the standings and To- ronto fourth. A FINE freestyler but usually witheld from middle distance events to compete in the relays, Verdeur stayed out of the medley relay to hook up with Michigan's Matt Mann III in the 220. The result was a neck and neck race from the starting gun that ended in an eyelash win for Verdeur who turned in a fine 2:09.8 timing. Mann was timed in 2:1O..L Sohl who had turned in a blaz- ing 60.7 leg in the medley relay kept pace with Verdeur for the first four laps of their 200-yard breaststroke battle but he tired rapidly and finished a good ten yards back. VERDEUR'S WINNING time was 2:16.7 just two seconds under his world record set here last March. Both of Michigan's relay teams turned in notable per- formances. The medley relay made up of backstroker Bernie Kahn, Sohil and freestyler Dave Tittle touched out in 2:57.1 a full 25 yards ahead' of LaSalle while 'the 400-yd. free- style team composed of Tommy Coates, Dave Neisch, Jay Sanford and Charlie Moss finished in 3:35.5 as Moss fought off a strong challenge from the redoutable Mr. Verdeur to win by a body length. ** * MOSS WAS TIMED in 52.7 for his 100-yard stint to climax a highly successful evening for him- self. Earlier the elongated junior had finished right behind Dick Ienberg in lbe 50-yard free style as the Wolverine duo dunked LaSalle's highly regard- ed Bob Regan. Weinberg was timed in 23.1 seconds. Regan, however, came back to whip Bill Kogen in a photo finish in the 100-yd. free style. Kogen got off to a poor start, forged into the lead at halfway mark and held it till the last five yards when a closing surge by Regan brought the Explorer star back into the lead. RALPH T RIMBORN and George Eyster finished one-two for Michigan in the low board div- ing thanks to a closing rush by Eyster. Trimborn turned in a steady performance as he easily won his second victory in as many meets. LaSalle's Ed Richards and Wolverine Tom Smith provided another thriller in the 150-yd. backstroke as they matched stroke for stroke down to the wire with Jack Arbuckle coming {p right behind them. Richards got the decision in 1:43.7. Johnny McCarthy touched out in 5:00.3 to take a decision o vr LaSalle's Tom Devlin in the 440- yd. freestyle. It was an impres- sive triumph for McCarthy who turned in one of his finest per- formances in whipping the man who had upset Michigan State's George Hoogerhyde in the 220 Monday. SUMMARIES 300 yard Medley Relay--Won by Michigan (Sohl, Kahn. Tittle); second LaSalle: Time 2:57.1 220 yard Free Style-Won by Verdeur (LaSalle); 2nd Mann (Michigan); 3rd Devlin (LaSalle): Time 2:09.8 50 yard Free Style-Won by Weinberg (Michigan); 2nd Moss (Michigan); 3rd Regan (La- Salle): Time 23.4 Diving (Lowboard)-Won by Trimborn (Michigan); 2nd Eyster (Michigan); 3rd Flack (LaSalle): Points 320.9 Boxing Show Will Highlight OpenHouse' Seven Bouts Slated; Weightsat 118-195 The event for which the whole _ampus has been waiting these nany long wintry months has fi- aally rounded the corner into view. On March 23, the IM is present- ng its annual "Open House" where the best in intramural ;ports will display their talent. The highlight, and one of the izost exciting events of the eve- aing is the boxing show which eatures some of the finest pugi- Asts on campus. Here is the chance for those who have any boxing ability to strut their stuff. WHETHER YOU are a slight bantamweight weighingin at 118 )r a bruising 195 pound heavy- weight your division will be rep- resented in at least one of the seven bouts at the show. No participant will suffer from exhaustion at the end of his contest for bouts consist of three, minute and a half rounds. The winners of each division will be well rewarded not only by attaining campus wide fame as the best of their class but with the more tangible award of medals with a personal trophy going to the most outstanding boxer of the night. The names of the -hampions will also be preserved for posterity by being inscribed on the huge gold cup which is kept in a glass case at the IM Build- ing. THE ONLY RULES for partic- ipation in the contest are working gut at least five times between :ow and the preliminaries under the supervision and competent in- struction of Lee, Satch, Setomer in the boxing room at the IM Building. 3 1 South State * * * 100 yard Free Style - Regan (LaSalle); 2nd (Michigan); 3rd Coates gan): Time 53.4 * * * 'rI~gIUU~mn.~u~u.umm r'U rrrrrrrro r&°~ artwwra~ "f " w~ °'~~~ r~ rr~ ~ t % % w° Ur rwr *r % I! t U °9 See ourArrw delertody an pik ot a ew eatkno . w tingArros fr yor faorie stdentor rofesor #tm 'r Aro iscm nawd asrmn fpten n 1 fa rc n£aeap rf c ae tn it * * Arro tie ...$1.0 to 2.5 tiU r A R R UrSIT adTE r NEWA ADECIF PRSSIT r1 so I U Ded,",adUeCasfe d Won by Kogan (Michi- EM ARROW poiss to 150 yard Back Stroke-Won by Richards (LaSalle); 2nd Smith (Michigan); 3rd Arbuckle (Mich- igan): Time 1:43.7 200 yard Breast Stroke-Won by Verdeur (LaSalle); 2nd Soh' (Michigain); 3rd Upthegrove (Michigan); Time 2:16.7 * * * 440 yard Free Style-Won b; McCarthy (Michigan); 2nd Dev- lin (LaSalle); 3rd Byberg (Michi- gan): Time 5:00.3 400 yard Relay-Won by Michi- gan (Coates, Neisch, Sanford. 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