SATURDAY,' FThIUIA,,tV lI, 019 THTE AMWTICAA1I)AITY PAC ..... ..... ichigan Wolverines, Illini Favored Over Purdue in Cinder Meet Puc men Down Gophers Nea tly, 4-1 1, By ROG GOETZ Michigan will face its first Big 'ine track competition of the in- door season when it tangles with Illinois and Purdue in a triangu- lar meet at Champaign. Rated as co-favorites with Illi- nois, the Wolverines will attempt to strengthen their bid for a West- ern Conference Title. COACH -DON CANIAM listed middle distance runner Herb Bar- ten as a doubtful starter and has deqlded to start the Wolverine ace in only one event, the 880. Competition in the pole vault is expected to be close with Michigan's Ed Ulvested, Russ Osterman and Tom Elmbled against the Illini soph sensation, Don Laz and the Boilermakers' Lawrence Busby. Minnesota Rated T ops I D fensiv* ~k (Continued from Page 1) DESPITE the presence of Mct Intyre and Skoog, however, the Maize and Blue isn't conceding a thing. After dropping their first two Big Nine tilts to the Gophers and Purdue, which led many ob- servers to say that Michigan presented the shortest title de- fense on record, the Wolverines have stormed back to take five straight Conference starts and a 49-38 non-Conference decision over Michigan State. In addition the Maize and Blue can point to the improved shoot- ing of Mack Suprunowicz in the past few games. AGAINST OHIO STATE andl Indiana, Michigan's most notable Conference victories this year, "Supey" netted 19 and 23 points' respectively, to account for al- most half of his 90 points in the Big Nine. Contrasted with the Wolver- ines' quick recovery, the Minne- sota fortunes have recently been fluctuating. After winning 13 straight games, the Gophers saw Illinois come from behind to take a 45-44 deci- sion. Then they whipped Northwest- ern, but the next weekend saw the Minnesotans drop another one, this time to Ohio State, and they had to come from behind in the closing minutes of the game l i %%7P F f, n .n r i - th n 1 Cri,, r l i I M' Defense Halts 'Skiumah' (Special to The Daily) MINNEAPOL fS - Michigan's high-flying pucksters moved a step closer to another national championship last night by de- feating a highly rated Minnesota sextet, 4-1, before 2,415 fans. The two squads meet again to- McMllan. Each scored -one goal. McMillan and Renfrew also had assists to give them each two points for their evening's work. Despite the eleven penalties called, seven on the Wolverine s and four on the Gophers, the con- test was cleanly played with very little "rough stuff." JACK McDONALD was out- standing in the Wolverine net, playing his best game of the sea- son. For a short time at the be- ginning of the second period the Wolverines had two men in the penalty box and held a precarious 1-0 lead. Here McDonald rose to great heights and prevented the Northmen from tallying. Connie Hill drew first blood at 8:03 of the first period by scoring on a pass from Bob Fleming. The shot hit John Mc- Ewen, the Minnesota goalie, on the shoulder and was deflected into the net for the score. When the Wolverines regained full strength after two penalties early in the second period, they' struck for their second goal. With an assist from Neil Celley, Wally Grant blasted home the score at 2:13 to climax a scramble in front of the Gopher net. - * * * AT 14:03 of the same period, the Wolverines took a three goal lead when Captain Al Renfrew beat the Gopher goalie. Gordie Mc- Millan received credit for the as- sist. McDonald succeeded in shut- ting out the Gophers until the third period when center Jerry Lindegard tallied the only Min- nesota goal at 5:21. Cal Engel- stad, Gopher wing assisted on the score. The Wolverines got the goal back a few seconds later, when McMillan with an assist by Ren- frew scored the final counter at 5:57. McDonald made 27 saves with 13 coming in the penalty-crammed second period. McEwen of Minne- sota stopped 32 Wolverine shots, 17 of which were in the final pe- riod. By DICK HURST Michigan gets back to its diet of one-man teams when the swim- mers take on Northwestern at 3 this afternoon at the I-M Building pool. This time the tidbit is long dis- tance swimmer Bill Heusner. Wolverine- Wildcat Meet To Display New Talent I coach Matt Mann will have a chance to try out a few experi- ments. AMONG THE swimmers who haven't had much chance to show their stuff against the rest of the Conference are free stylers Bob Byberg, Jay Sanford and Dave Neisch; and back strokers John Donaldson and John Arbuckle. Mann isn't guaranteeing any- body for any one event but it is a pretty sure bet that some of next year's team are going to be en- tered in the Northwestern meet. Bob Sohl will probably go in the 200 yard breast stroke along with either Bill Upthegrove or Bill Austin. * ,* * MATT MANN III and Gus Stager will get their work-out from Bill Heusner in the distance events and in the 50 and 100 yard free style events entries will be selected from Weinberg, Moss, Tittle, Kogen. Michigan will probably be rep- resented in the diving event by Jim Hartman and George Eyster who, incidentally will get some ex- cellent competition from Chuck Chelich, Northwestern's elongated diver. The Wolverines will have all day Sunday to get ready for their next, opponent, Minnesota. The Gophers will be here Monday af- ternoon for the last tune-up be- fore Ohio State's Buckeyes hit the water against the Wolverines next Saturday. Laz Busby topped both Ulvestad in the MSC relays. and PURDUE IS favored in the 60 yard dash on the basis of Charles Mays pre-meet performances. Michigan will enter Bruce Vreeland and Shel Capp in the long two mile run. The Wolver- ines will be up against stiff competition from the Illini ace Walt Jewsbury who turned in an amazing 9:26.6 in a meet with Minnesota. Coach Canham will count on Pete Dendrinos and Harry Allis to place in shot put competition for the Wolverines. * * * THE MICHIGAN duet will face Purdue's Norm Waysser who is rated as the man to beat in the I Big Nine title meet. Herb Barten nursing a foot injury will carry Wolverine hopes in the 880. Barten, crack middle-distance runner for Michigan will get an Everyone interested in try- ing out for the golf squad, in- cluding freshmen, report to coach Bert Katzenmeyer Tues- day, February 22, at 4 p.m. on the 1-M golf driving range. insight to his expected conference opponents for the Western Con- ference title when he runs against the middle distance starts of the Illini and Boilermakers. Michigan's Tom Dolan and Art Henrie will be out to top Purdue's Ed Jones and Harry Anderson of Illinois. BUD GRANT sights set. 'M' Gymnasts Meet .Indiana With a victory over a highly rated University of Chicago gym.; nastic aggregation under their belts, the Wolverine tumblers worked over-time this week in an attempt to maintain a perfect average when they meet Indiana in the Hoosier state this after- noon. Although Indiana is a newcom- er to Big Ten gymnastic competi- tion, Coach Otto Ryser has devel- oped enough potentialities to give any team a good battle. The usual participants will be on hand for the contest which will in the words of Newt Loken, gym- nast mentor, begin the toughest weekend of the season~ Coach Loken announced that ten men will be on hand to meet the Hoosiers. The list starts with Pete Barthell, Bob Checkley, Ed. Buchanan, Dick Fashbaugh, and Jeff Knight. Dave Lake, Gorden Levenson, Bob Schoendube, Tom Tillman, and Bob Willoughby will also make the trip. CONNIE HILL- his were -. - night at Rochester, Minnesota, in the second of a four game home and home series. LAST NIGHT'S victory gives the Wolverines a 2-1 record against t heir regional oppIonents,' Late Basketball Scores Trinity 56, Hamilton 41 Alma 60, Adrian 42 Beloit 96, Cornell 39 Baldwin-Wallace 65, Case 49 St. John's 67, Fordham 48 Cincinnati 91, St. Prancis 62 Western Reserve 52, Miami 50 Bowling Green 77, Ohio 63 TALKING SHOP with Bud Weidenthal Associate Sports Editor BILL HEUSNER .his are too Aside from the personal challenge that Wolverine Matt Mann III will offer Heusner in the 440 yard free style, the meet shapes up as a1 laboratory full of water in which lase wUeK l 5U ('(WW l~ ULIOWI' y J .1311' t - Hawkeyes, 54-49. Ainnesota and Michigan Tech. jICHIGAN'S REVITALIZED track team which has been feeling Coach Ernie McCoy will prob- Minnesota. now has a 3-2 regional the mild effects of a rather disconcerting talent famine for the ably start Suprunowicz and Hal record, having dropped one game past four years will get its first taste of Conference competition ill Morrill at the forward posts, and to Michigan Tech. the huge Illinois Armory today. Leo VanderKuy at center, while Wolverine scoring was divided the guards will be Pete Elliott between Connie Hill, - Wally The outcome of this important triangular meet with the and Bob Harrison. Grant, Al Renfrew and Gordie Illini and Purdue will go a long way in determining whether our Wolverines are properly cast as favorites to grab the forth- coming Big Nine championships in this same arena March 4-5. GleFe ) Although the Wolverines' last title was in 1945 the Maize and Blue would definitely not be out of character in the role of "toast of Big Nine track. . . . &~~~~~ ~ I ra ptr a e'~u g d o i th at fiftee years, Michigan track teams have "run" Indiana M atinien T oda away with ten indoor titles. Illinois during that period won two, __Ohio State two and Indiana one. Cliff Keen's winless mat squad the day is in the 145-pound match In the thirties when Michigan football was at its lowest ebb, tests a tough aggregation from which pits Michigan's Jim Smith the Wolverine athletic tradition was ably sustained by the men Indiana at 3 p.m. today in Yost against Andy Puchany. Smith is of track and field. . . . The Ann Arborites won every title from Field House. Conference champ in the 136- 1934 to 1940. . . . Their superiority was unchallenged and famed The Hoosiers present a fairly pound division, but was moved from coast to coast. well-balanced team with the 121- up to the next class this year. And during the war years the Wolverines had the situation and 175-pound classes being about Puchany beat Illinois' Joe Garcia, well in hand and in 1944 they ran up the amazing total of 751} the weakest links. who had been undefeated up un- points by far surpassing the previous high of 53, set by the O OTotilo ohmetr tosp prrmers on Wolverines the year before. A total of forty or more is usually ONE OF THE BEST matches of the Hoosipe squad are the Bra- sufficient to win a Conference crown in track.... bender brothers, Bob and Bill. The post-war famine appears finally to have come to a welcome 'M' Rifle C u Bob will wrestle Jack Keller in halt, a return to Michigan superiority in track and field is in the the 128-pound match, and Bill cards, but whether it be this year or next will be determined to sorte will take on Tom Miller in the extent by the results at Champaign today. (1T 1'TTClrU11 136-pound division.= x :I{II The Pk AR C ROT Restaurant NOW OPEN ON SUNDAY From 9 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. Lr NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Cage Expert Picks Gophers To End Wolverine Win Streak The finest of al white shirts VAN IHIE UISSJEN By PRES HOLMES Riding high on the crest of a five - game Conference winning streak Michigan's cage squad goes into tonight's contest with Minne- sota as the underdog. * * A CERTAIN national prognosti- cator has gone out on a limb and picked the Gophers to win by sev- en points. The fact that gives this prediction added weight is that the same man stated, before 'the first game between these two teams last January 8, that Mich- igan would lose by 14 points. The ,final score was 45-31 with the Gophers on top. A point in favor of the Wol- verine cause, however, is the fact that Michigan hasn't lost a game in Yost Field House in almost two years. On February 24, 1947, the Illini Whiz Kids staged a late second half spurt to defeat the Maize and Blue, 45-36. IN ANTICIPATION of an over- flow crowd tonight additional bleachers have been set up on the wrestling balcony which will in- crease the capacity of Yost Field House to approximately 10,000. Ticket hanager Don Weir stat- ed yesterday that the doors would be opened at 6:30 p.m. for both student and paid admission. ID cards are required for students. * * * THE WOLVERINE cage team will be out to make up for half of their "lost week-end", as As- sistant Coach Bill Orwig calls it, early in January. In their first two Conference games, against the same opponents they face the next two days, Michigan lost twice. Both games were away then, however, whereas this time 'the Maize and Blue have the advant' age of their home court. * * * ERNIE McCOY, coach of the basketball team, in a recap of the season's play to date took full responsibility for the losses in the opening Conference games. "In my desire to get the boys ready, I worked them too hard and they were just too tired to play a good game," he said. "The between semester recess gave them a chance to more or less rest up, and we've been going along ok since then. I give all the credit for those wins to the boys, though. They worked hard on the floor and earned each victory." o1.IUM 1 s 1 y"L First of a series of rifle tryout matches was conducted recently on the ROTC range under the sponsorship of the Michigan Rifle Club, an independent organiza- tion. The next match will be held next Thursday. The purpose of these trials is to pick a team which will enter the National Intercollegiate Rifle Champion- ships to be staged April 9. Five men and one alternate will be selected to compose the team. The rifle club hopes to organize shoulder to shoulder matches with teams representing nearby col- leges and later postal matches with colleges throughout the country. In the first match Sam Kalow and Albert Demmler posted ex- cellent 199 scores while Douglas Covert scored 198 out of a perfect 200. Robert Martin tallied 192 while Morse Davis and Robert Bessler recorded 190 and 184 re- spectively. MICHIGAN'S captain, Bob Bet- zig, will have his hands full in his SPORTS JOHN BARBOUR: Night Editor 165-pound fight. Richard Fisher, an Indiana senior, is Betzig's op- ponent. Simon Prizant, the Hoosiers' 155-pounder, meets Phil Carlson, in what is expected to be one of the best matches of the after- noon. Bob Cunningham, Michigan's 121-pound entry, is opposed by David Miller, while in the 175- pound class Jack Powers tangles Indiana's Robert Johnson. j To top off the afternoon's ac- tivities heavyweight By Lasky grapples with Charles Hurly. The announcement that Army-Navy game authorities ar shopping around for a new site for the annual classic is welcom news. They have made it quite clear that they are looking for2 site where they can make the most money, since the game goe a long way toward supporting both schools' athletic program This should be an eye-opener to Michigan State officials w seem to think that big, bad Michigan is the only school that pl football for profit. Concerning the service clash, the Cleveland Press said yester day that the game would be played in that city's Municipal Sta dium Nov. 26. No official announcement has yet been mad however. - * Mal Whitfield, Olympic half-mile champ has been reinsta on the Ohio State tarck team. 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