THE WITGAII.TAT- M', Illini Dominate lichigan Qualifies Seven In Big Ten Track Trials Track; Purdue Wolverines Place Space, Stapp in Wrestling Final Leads Mat Fiek By BILL CONNOLLY (Special to The Daily) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Wol- arines led the qualifiers here last 4ght by placing 10 men in the -reliminaries o f t h e hurdles, broad-jump, 880, 440, and 60 yard dash to rank as the number one challenger for the Big Ten Track and Field Indoor Title. Powerful Illinois was close be- hind, qualifying 9, and Purdue fol- lowed with seven men. Northwest- ern, Ohio State and Wisconsin tied with five qualifiers and Min- nesota placed four runners. * * * FIVE OF the 10 places earned by Michigan came in the hurdles, with Jim Mitchell and Don Hoov- SP ORTS BOB VOKAC, Night Editor er qualifying in both the highs and lows and Wally Atchison also placing in the highs. Sophomore Bruno Boelster got as far as the semi-finals of the lows, but was eliminated in a fast heat of the semis. The high hurdlers must get past semi-final heats scheduled for today, before running in the fi- nals, while Hoover and Mitchell are two of the six men slated to run in the finals of the lows to- day. Running in an unheated field house, the runners were warming up wrapped in football parkas and blankets, as the mercury hovered in the vicinity of 60 degrees. IN THE half-mile, the Wolver- ines quilified George Jacobi and Sophomore Ciuck Whiteaker, who ran second to Wisconsin's Don Gehrmann in the fastest heat of the evening. Gehrmann, last year's cham- pion, was clocked in 1:56 flat, and Whiteaker was close on his heels. Jacobi finished second to Law- ton Lamb of Illinois, who was clocked in 1:58. OTHER WOLVERINE qualifi- ers are Art Henrie in the 60 yard da'sh and Eck Koutonen and Bob Fancett, both in the broad jump. The Michigan jumpers were the fifth and sixth placers, res- pectively but will get a chance to advance on the Illini's Don Laz wnd Captain Lou Irons, who placed just ahead of them, when the finals are contested today. Michigan's prospects brighten- ed when Irons injured his spurred heel in his final qualifying jump last night. He was expected to win the high jump and rank higher in the broad-jump, but with Irons' heel injury aggravated, Ed Jones of Purdue looms as a strong con- tender for the high jump crown. Other best qualifying perform- ances were turned in by Iowa's hurdler Russ Merkel who ran :08- flat in the lows and :08.8 in highs to pace the contestants in both events. 'Vetory Marks 'alcott Return NEW YORK - (P) -- Jersey Joe Walcott celebrated his return to Madison Square Garden last night by stopping wild swinging Omelio Agramonte of Cuba in 2:11 of the seventh round of a sched- uled ten-rounder. Walcott, a 1 to 4 favorite, outweighed his foe 198 to 183%. Making his first fighting ap- pearance in the Palace of Sock; since he almost lifted Joe Louis' heavyweight crown on Dec. 5, 19- 47, the 36-year-old veteran from Camden, N. J., floored his crude opponent five times. Two of the knockdowns came in the seventh when referee Jack Watson wisely stopped the uneven contest. 'M' Wins 400-yard Freestyle Relay;_Mann Takes 220 Race GIL BURFORD so near MIichigan Hits Huskies Hard For 9m3 Win Buford Still One Point off Record By JIM PARKER In one of the rowdiest hockey games to be seen in Ann Arbor in many a moon, Michigan's Wol- verines blasted out a 9-3 victory over Michigan Tech before a near-capacity crowd at the Coli- seum last night. Between the numerous scuffles that saw but ten penalties in- flicted by the referees, right wing Gil Burford posted two goals to bring his season's total to within one of Gordie McMillan's record 61 points. * * * NEIL CELLEY, Len Brumm and Eddie May each ruffled the nets twice as the Wolverines chalked up their 19th win of the year and their second straight over the Huskies, the only American team to beat Michigan this season. May opened up the barrage against the Engineers' goal at 3:41 when he sank a screen shot from inside the blue line. Assists went to Brumm and Earl Keyes. At 8:26 Brumm followed up Bur- ford and Celley's two-man break- away to drill the puck past goalie Jack Noblet on Celley's rebound. WITH LOU PAOLATTO and Huskie Ten Olson both off the ice for high sticking, Tech narrowed the margin to 2-1 on Mike Sulen- tich's goal at 14:00. Then Burfordracked up his first goal of the evening at 19:26 after taking Brumm's pass from behind the nets and batting the puck high into the rigging. Keyes also assisted the play. The second period featured puck tight defensive play until Burford converted on Celley's goal-mouth pass at 12:48. Five minutes later Wally Grant caught Marmo's pass and breezed the disk past Noblet. * * * ENTERING the ice for the third period without the services of Marmo, who was banished for brawling, the Wolverines sand- wiched an unassisted goal by Brumm between two Engineer tal- lies before swamping the Huskies with a three-goal outburst. Celley scored at 10:57 on a pass from Paolatto and six minutes later finished off a passing act by Paul Pelow and Bob Heathcott. May wound up the scoring at 18:15 when he took a picture pass from Keyes and sifted the disc through Noblet from the left side. The final game of the series will begin tonight at 8:30. DO YOU KNOW . . . . that George Stirnweiss of the New York Yankees won the AL batting championship in 1945 with an av- erage of only .308? By CY CARLTON (Special to The Daily) IOWA CITY-Michigan's wres- tlers could do nothing to stop the march of Purdue's Boilermaker to their third consecutive Western Conference Title, last night, de- spite the fact that two Wolver- ines qualified for the finals. Two sophs, Dave Space and Bill Stapp, are the finalists for Mich- igan. Both won their semi-final bouts and will compete this after- noon for the 136 and 155 pound crowns. SPACE WILL meet Charlie Far- ina of Purdue for the diadem while Stapp will battle Don Ryan of Wisconsin, in quest of his first Big Ten wrestling crown. Space won his way into the finals when he beat Warren Jones, of Ohio State, 9-5. Wres- tling with unaccustomed fero- city, Space scored five points in the final period to gain the victory. Stapp reached the finals the hard way. Forced to compete in an extra match because he was the odd man in the nine man draw, Stapp registered three victories to gain the finals. S * * * ' IN HIS OPENING match he de- feated Iowa's Miles Benda on a referee's decision. Later in the afternoon he pinned Howard Dick of Northwestern in 5:05 to gain the semi-finals. Stapp then took Indiana's Simon Prizand, 6-2, and thus earned the right to compete for the championship. Four Michigan men reached the semi-finals but only Stapp and Space survived. In the 121 pound class, Byron Deal won his way to the semi's by defeating Wisconsin's John De- Witte. Dean later fell by the way- side when he lost to Mike Tatone of Minnesota, 4-3, in a close match. Dean also lost his conso- lation match to Iowa's Manny Macius, by a pin in 3:36. * * * JIM SMITH, Michigan Captain, reached the semi-finals of the 145- pound clash but was eliminated Mat Sums 121 pounds: Tatone (Minneso- ta) decisioned Dean (Michigan) 4-3. Plaza (Purdue) decisioned Carlin (Indiana) 6-2. 128 pounds: Rice (Minnesota) decisioned Carman (Iowa) 13-3. Patacsil (Purdue) decisioned R. Brabender (Indiana) 3-1. 136 pounds: Space (Michigan) decisioned Jones (Ohio State) 9- 5. Farina (Purdue) decisioned Zastrow (Minnesota) 7-3. 145 pounds: Keough (Ohio State) decisioned Smith (Michi- gan) 4-0. Moreno (Purdue) de- cisioned Dwyer (Illinois) 5-4. 155 pounds: Stapp (Michigan) decisioned Prizant (Indiana) 6-2. Ryan (Wisconsin) decisioned Schwartz (Illinois) 5-0. 165 pounds: Van Cott (Purdue) decisioned Gaumer (Illinois) by referee's decision, after score tied 6-6. McLean (Ohio State) de- cisioned Lessl (Wisconsin) 3-1. 175 pounds: Scarpello (Iowa) decisioned Dasso (Purdue) 7-1. Ragouzis (Northwestern) deci- sioned Vohaska (Illinois) by ref- eree's decision, after score tied 1-1 Heavyweight: Nomellini (Min- nesota) decisioned Perrin (Iowa) 6-3. Miller (Ohio State) threw l Ford (Northwestern) in 8:58. when he was shut out by Ohio State's Bryce Keough, 4-0. Smith neat Wisconsin's Paul Peterson, 4-3, to gain the semis.>"::rr:>::r Jack Powers, attempting to defend his 165 pound title, was knocked out by Purdue's Walde- mer Vancott in the elimination bouts, 7-3. Vancott has been runner-up in the 175 pound class two times. In a 175 pound bout, Joe Planck lost a 2-1 decision to Illinois' Bill BILL STAPP Vohaska. Planck lost the decision . quite decisively on a riding time point. Season's Final Hardwood Tilt Matches Wolverines, Purdue By TED PAPES uniform. He is on the brink Michigan and Purdue. close out becoming the team's top poi the current basketball season at maker for the fourth consecuti Yost Fieldhouse tonight with both year. Last season he was an al teams battling to escape the West- Conference forward. ern Conference's cellar. Game time is 7:30. He and McIntosh and Morril * awere members of the champion THE BOILERMAKERS and ship 1947-48 combination. Wolverines enter the contest with Although Purdue has won or identical records of three games nine of 21 starts so far it cann won and eight lost in Big Ten be regarded lightly. In an ear traffic. One of Michigan's set- season meeting with Bradley, t: backs was accomplished by Pur- Boilermakers emerged with a 7 due at Lafayette last month by 65 decision. Since then Bradl a score of 61-53. has surged to the position of tl country's best basketball team. A trio of seniors has been the Most recent accomplishment backbone of the visiting team the visiting quintet was a 55- all season. They are Howard conquest of Minnesota, a tes Williams, guard and leading which has -defeated Michig scorer, Dick Axness, forward and twice. most accurate sharpshooter, and The host quintet will be fig- Andy Butchko at center. ing to snap a losing streak whi Sophomore Carl McNulty will extends through its last five 10 display his ball-handling talents at contests. one forward while Norm Greiner is slated to team with Williams at the other guard position. THE LATTER was a first team selection among the all-Big Ten nominations by International' News Service this week. Butchko received honorable mention. Wolverines Mack Supruno- wicz and Leo VanderKuy also were singled out by INS for their performances inebearing the team's scoring burdens.I Tonight's clash marks the end of five Michigan hardwood car- eers. Seniors who will play for the MEMORIAL CH RISTlAI last time are Suprunowicz, Hal Morrill, Don Macntosh; Iry Wis- (Disciples of Christ) niewski and Al Martin. Hill and Tappan Streets * * * Rev. Earl Grandstaff, Acti SUPRUNOWICZ, the captain in Howard Farrar, Choir Dire his fourth campaign, has woven 9:45 AM.: Student Clss. a brilliant record in a Wolverine 10:50 A.M.: MorningCWorsl "The Compassion of Jesus (Continued from Page 1) score by placing fifth. This event meant 11 points for the Maize and' Blue. MICHIGAN picked up a juicy twelve points when Dave Neisch touched out Iowa's Rusty Garst to give the Wolverines the 400- yard free style relay. Charlie Moss was slightly behind OSU's Herb Kubayashi at the end of the first leg. But Dove Tittle and Dick Mar- tin swimming excellent legs, made up the deficit and gave anchor- man Dave Neisch a narrow lead. Garst made a strong bid in the stretch but Neisch outlasted him and brought home the bacon in 3:31.5. Ohio's relay squad of Ko- bayashi, Frank 'Dooley, Bruce Ransom and Chuck White took third with Wisconsin and Min- nesota bringing up the rear. The 50-yard free style was won by Garst of Iowa in the time of 23.6. The best Ohio State's entry, Kobayashi, could do was salvage, a fifth, surprising, to say the least. Second place went to Purdue's Chuck Thomas with Jim Erkert of Northwestern, and John Rebney of Minnesota taking third and fourth respcetively. JACK TAYLOR, who smashed the record for the 1500-meter event on Thursday, became the first double winner when he won the 150-yard back stroke in 1:33.4. Everett Brooks of Purdue took sec- cond and Buckeye Bill Sonner of OSU placed third. Bud Dunlop won the 200-yard breast stroke for the Boilermak- ers in 2:19.9, just touching out Iowa's Bowen Stassforth. Jose Balmores came in third for Ohio while Michigan's two entries, John Davies and Stew Elliott garnered fourth and fifth. The championships continue to- day with preliminaries in the aft- ernoon at 2:30 p.m. and the finals tonight at 8:30. TODAY'S EVENTS are the high board fancy diving, the 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard b r e a s t stroke, 100-yard freestyle, 440-' yard freestyle,h150-yard individual medley and the 300-yard medley relay. Tickets are still on sale for today's sessions at the price of $1.50 for the evening finals and sixty cents for the preliminaries in the afternoon. The scoring in the meet is six points for the first, four for the second, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. The re- lay scoring is' twelve points for first, eight for second, six for third, four for fourth and two for fifth. Last night's showing by the Wolverines came as a mighty pleasant surprise to Michigan fans and a rather rude jolt to Mike Peppe and his Buckeyes. It was widely expected that the Buckeyes would make the session a runaway but the Wolverine's surprising strength coupled with timely wins' by Iowa and Purdue are thus far keeping the Ohioans from widen- ing the gap. 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