THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1950 J- . I LOW PRICED for Christas giving - Outlook Brighter f or Keen's Wrestlers GRAPPLING PREVIEW: BY HERB COHEN As the Michigan grapplers head into their final pre-season prac- tices in preparation for their home-opener with Toledo this Saturday, they look forward to a year better even than last, al- though last season was indeed adequate in itself. This year Cliff Keen, Michigan's grappling coach, even though he may be short of material in some classes, has at least experience in almost all weight divisions. *E * ,m LAST YEAR at this time Keen OFFICERS'S STYLE TRENCH COAT ZIP-IN LINING $ 5 a GABARDINE " WATER REPELLANT a CREASE RESISTANT OPEN 'TIL 9 P.M. MON DAY EVENING LMONDAYEEAEEma I I was vastly short of just that champ at 136 who was one of the thing, experience. The wrestling University of Minnesota stalwarts. squad was literally full of un- Rice promptly proceeded to elim- tried but extremely promising inate Nelson without too much sophomores. trouble. In fact last year Keen had 54 * * aspirants for berths on his DAVE SPACE AND Bill Stapp, squad. Of these only one, Cap- the two men who came through so tain Jim Smith, had ever well for Coach Keen throughout wrestled in varsity competition. the year, were the only two Wol- Keen was particularly short of verines who took part in the fin- men in the 136 and 155 pound als. classes. But soon his worries were They both lost to men who definitely eased. For into the pic- Just had too much "savvy" for ture came two most promising them. But the. important thing grapplers. These men were res- is that these men had come up pectively Dave Space in the 136 from untried performers to pound class, and Bill Stapp in the finalists in the Conference 155 pound class. Championships, all in the course * of one year. THEY DEVELOPED along with These two men are back this a Michigan team which turned year. Along with Nelson, who is from an unknown quantity at the the other outstanding veteran of beginning of the year to a definite last year, they compose the nucle- threat in the Conference champ- us of a determined Wolverine out- ionships at the end of the year. fit. ON T[E SPOT By GEORGE FLINT Sports Night Editor The day of the prognosticator has arrived. When a modern sportswriter wants to take a crack at the kind of thing a guy named Nostradamus used to specialize in, the reading public smiles indulgently and allows him his bit of fun. . v M ,{ 1 1 1 r . , G i t t "Why read my comic books if They scare you so?" e.~a. Ift The Wolverine grapplersJ opened their season with a de-1 cisive 25-9 victory over Toledo. In this match Space, Stapp, and another unknown sophomore Larry Nelson showed up well. From here the Wolverine mat- men upset a strongly favored Pur- due squad, 19-9 although Purdue was injury-riddled. After this the Michigan men were quite highly regarded throughout the remaind- er of the year. WITH ONLY losses to Illinois and Michigan State to mar their path, the Wolverines entered the Conference Championships at the University of Iowa on March 3 and 4 as definite threats to the crown which had been given to an inspired Purdue teams the pre- vious 2 years. But the cards were just not stacked in Michigan's favor. Larry Nelson who was a strong candidate in the 128 pound classi- fication drew as his first round opponent Allen Rice defending SAM'S STORE 122 E. Washington St. Berra's Face 'Stimulating' NEW YORK -(AP)- We can't blame Yogi Berra if he isn't sure whether he should feel compli- mented or insulted in being se- lected as having one of the 10 most stimulating faces because it stimulates women's subconscious yearning for the neanderthal man. 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BALFOUR Co. 1319 South University . * * * * FOR, AFTER ALL, it's great fun to recall his follies when the season in question has passed, and note the usual discrepancies be- tween the prediction and the actual fact. But let it not be said that I fear such eventualities. With another basketball season in full swing, and popularity polls fluttering about again like the snowflakes upon my crumbling window-sill, I forthwith present my own patented, sure-fire, offi- cial forecast-of-things-to-come for 1950-51: * * * * EAST-With enough good basketball players cavorting on Cove- nant Avenue to make many a collegiate coach turn blue with envy, Nat Holman at City College looks again like the kingpin of Atlantic Coast cage circles. His best bet for All-American: Ed Warner. Place and show: LIU, with the usual fast, tall team that Clair Bee turns out (and Sherman White); St. Johns, the perennial also-ran in the metropolitan area. Outside of New York, keep your eyes on Niagara, Cornell- among the Ivy Leaguers, and Syracuse. * * * * SOUTH-A team which Michigan's Wolverines will face on December 18th' North Carolina state, appears to be the class of the section, even without the fabulous Dick Dickey. Everett Case has another fast collection of imports from the hinterlands of Indiana and Kentucky. Possible challengers-Vanderbilt, Louisiana State. MIDWEST-It's a dogfight between Kentucky and Bradley, with the latter basketball-conscious school given a slight edge. Kentucky has a seven-foot plus center named Bill Spivey, who calculates to give Wildcat opponents the whim-jams, but Bradley's seasoned com- bination, led by fiery guard Gene Melchiorre, has the experience and class to end up the season with slightly more prestige. In the Big Ten, it's another close one, with Iowa and Frank Calsbeek the best bet at this point, Indiana in a challenging spot. Look for some surprises--from Illinois' sophomores, and from the Ray Ragelis-led Northwestern Wildcats. S * * * WEST AND FAR WEST-The college with more square feet of basketball player than any other that's come to my notice, Okla- homa A & M, should lead the parade in the West, with 6 foot 11 inch Clyde Lovelette the biggest gun on a team of big guns. Lovelette prepped at Terre Haute Garfield in Indiana, when that team ran up 32 in a row in the very rough competition found in Hoosier high school basketball. Phog Allen's Kansas team should again be a con- sistent winner. San Francisco will be once again one of the faster teams in collegiate cagedom, and San Jose State, Montana, UCLA, and Utah could give several teams trouble. * '. * NATIONAL-For both the NIT and NCAA tourneys, it's defend- ing champion CCNY again, but by a whisker. With Kentucky and Oklahoma A & M vastly improved, the Beavers will have to work considerably harder. to achieve the fabulous 'double' again in 1951. 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