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cEwen,
Truex Lead Distancemen in Big
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CLOSE SHAVE FORECAST:
'M' Matmen Leave for Conference Meet
Yank Cindermen Blasted
In Pan-American Games
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By CY CARLTON
Michigan's wrestlers entrain to-
day for Evanston where they will
compete in the Western Confer-
ence Championships scheduled for
Northwestern's Patten Gymnasium
tomorrow and Saturday.
When the men of Cliff Keen
take to the mats tomorrow after-
noon they will enter a struggle for
conference honors which could be'
one of the closest in recent Big Ten
Sgrappling history.
At present the Maize and Blue
enjoy the role of favorites sharing
*that position with Ohio's Buckeyes
and Purdue's Boilermakers, who
are seeking their fourth straight
conference crown.
* * *
THE SPARTANS of Michigan
State play the darkhorse role in
their first year of Conference mat
competition.
The Boilermakers are sparked
by two returning champions,
Captain Charlie Farina, 147
pounds and Jack Moreno, 147
pounds. The men from Lafayette
lost three other champs via
graduation last June.
Farina should have little trouble
in retaining his crown but Moreno
faces a tough battle in the 147
class. The Purdue ace's chief com-
petition will come from Ohio
State's Bryce Keough, Buckeye
captain, who finished second in
that division last season and Dave
Space, Michigan ace, who was run-
ner-up in 135 pounds last winter.
* * * -
MICHIGAN STATE'S hopes rest
on George Bender and Gene Gib-
bons, 157 and 177 pounds, who are
two of the outstanding heavy
wrestlers in the nation. Bender's
chief opposition seems to be cen-
tered in Ohio's Fred McLean and
Michigan's Bud Holcombe.
Gibbons seems to have little
opposition at 177 although Tom
Raugouzis, Northwestern's run-
ner-up in that position and
Michigan's Joe Planck.
Raugouzis is a cagey wrestler
and could cause Gibbons trouble
* * *
Don Ryan of Wisconsin, defending
157 pound champion, who won
nine straight matches as a sopho-
more and is undefeated so far this
season.
Ryan beat Michigan's Bill
Stapp in last year's tourney held
in Iowa City and will be favored
to turn the trick again this sea-
son.
The Wisconsin ace rates as one
of the nation's best young wres-
tlers and is known for his cat-
like reflexes.
Michigan's chief hopes for con-
ference titles lie in the 123 and
130 pound weights where Larry
Nelson and Jack Gallon, both un-
defeated this season, will wear the
tights for the Maize and Blue.
The Buckeyes have a shoe in
at heavyweight where Bill Miller,
Ohio's "Giganthropithicus" and
defending champ will reign. There
should be a mad scramble for run-
ner-up honors and valuable team
points with Michigan's Art Dunne,
a darkhorse, for the spot. ,
BUENOS AIRES - ()P) - The
United States won only one of six
track events at the Pan-American
games yesterday in one of the
blackest days in the history of
U.S. track and field competition.
Gaylord Bryan, of Berkeley,
Calif., a student at Stanford Uni-
versity, salvaged the lone U.S. vic-
tory. He won the broad jump
with a leap of 23 feet, seven
inches, to beat Argentina's Albino
Geist. Geist jumped 22 feet 11 /2
inches.
THE AMERICAN sprint cham-
pion, Arthur Bragg of Baltimore,
was beaten by inches in the 100
meter finals by the surprising Ra-
fael Chacun Fortun of Cuba.
A few minutes earlier Jaime
Aparicio of Colombia had cap-
tured the 400 meter hurdles,
defeating the favored Don Hal-
derman of Los Angeles.
However, the United States did
rack up its fourth title of the
meet on the rifle range and send
a flock of its track stars nearer
titles in the spring and middle
distance eliminations.
* * *
UNCLE SAM'S first victory of
the day was scored by Arthur
Jackson, of Brooklyn, who won
the individual small-bore rifle
competition by scoring 591 hits
out of a possible 600 from 50 and
100 meters.
The red, white and blue qual-
ified three in the women's 100
meter dash semi-finals and three
men in semi-finals for the 800
meter run.
Mal Whitfield looked like the
Olympic champion he is in win-
ning the first 800 meter heat in
one minute, 57.7 seconds. He ran
only as hard as necessary to beat
out Julio Ferreyra Lima of Argen-
tina.
A heavy overnight rain drench-
ed the fields and forced a delay
in the start of the day's program.
The baseball games, including
the United States' scheduled meet-
ing with Mexico, were postponed
until Saturday.
Beloit, LIT,
Dayton Join
NIT Entries
Final Five Schools
To Be Selected Soon
NEW YORK-(IP)-Three small
school powers-Beloit, Dayton and
Lawrence Tech-joined the Na-
tional Invitation Basketball Tour-
nament field yesterday and the
final five teams'may be named
by Saturday.
If all the little pieces fit into
the Madison Square Garden jig-
saw puzzle, Oklahoma A. & M., St.
Louis, LaSalle, Cincinnati and
either New York U. or Fordham
will round out the 12-team field.
BELOIT (16-4), Dayton (23-4),
and Lawrence Tech of Detroit
(20-2) followed North Carolina
State, Brigham Young, Arizona
and St. John's of Brooklyn into
the 14th annual N.I.T. which be-
gins March 10 and concludes
March 17.
La Salle (21-6) and Cincinnati
(15-3) are rated prime possibili-
ties.
Oklahoma A. & M. (25-2), the
second ranked team in the coun-
try, and St,. Louis (21-6), the
tenth rated quintet, are under-
stood to -be willing to compete
unless they tie for the Missouri
Valley championship. T h a t
could happen if St. Louis beats
the Aggies Saturday. Thus a
playoff series would keep them
from coming to New York.
Fordham (19-6) and NYU (11-
4) wind up their seasons against
each other Saturday.
The acceptances of Beloit, Day-
ton and Lawrence Tech were an-
nounced today by Asa Bushnell,
chairman of the N.I.T.'s selection
committee.
All three will be making first
appearances in the tourney al-
though all three have fielded out-
standing teams in past years.
Beloit, a fast-breaking club,
tops the nxtion in scoring. The
Wisconsin deadeyes have aver-
aged. 85 points a game. Their
victims include Washington
State, Loyola of Chicago and De-
Paul.
Lawrence Tech whacked such
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third
in a series of stories spotlighting the
Western Conference Track and Field
Championships, scheduled for March
2-3 in Champaign. Illinois. Today
the distance events will be dis-
cussed.)
By BYRLE ABBIN
World record holder Don Mc-
Ewen and Ohio State's terrific Len
Truex hold top billing among a
group of standout distance run-
ners whorcan guarantee close,
thrilling races with possible rec-
ord times this Friday and Satur-
day at the Big Ten Indoor meet.
Both the Wolverine and Buck-
PUCKSTERS CHRISTENED:
Nicknames Cling to Wolverine Puckmen
COACH CLIFF KEEN
seeks fifth title
* * *
if he has fully recovered from in-
juries, which have hampered them
most of the season. Planck, who
appears to know grappling as an
exact science, can also give the
Spartan ace worries if he reches
his potentialities.
* * *
ONE OF THE outstanding wres-
tlers in this year's competition is
Buckeyes Display Title Formin
'In Tank_ Conquest of Michigan
By HERB NEIL
Ohio State' swimmers, in win-
ning every event except the 50
yard free style and the 400 yard
free style relay Saturday, gave lo-
cal fans an indication of why they
are favorites to annex their third
Sstraight Conference title at Min-
neapolis next week.
From the initial leg of the first
event, the 300 yard medley relay,
when backstroker Jack Taylor
built up a three yard lead over
Michigan's Bernie Kahn, t h e
Buckeyes seemed to have com-
plete charge of the meet.
IN ADDITION to taking seven
of the nine events in the dual
meet the visitors were able to gar-
ner second place in four of these
seven. This enabled them to gain
a seven point advantage over the
Wolverines in each of these events
and a grand total lead of 28 points
which more than accounted for
their large 55-29 margin of vic-
-tory.
Captain Herbert Kobayashi
displayed his all-round useful-
ness to the Buckeyes by swim-
ming three 100 yard free styles.
Besides anchoring both the
medley relay and the free style
tr
relay he led teammate Tom
Whiteleather and Captain Dave
Neisch of Michigan to the fin-
ish line in the 100 yard free
style in the fine time of 51.7.
The Ohio State diving depart-
ment did not appear to have suf-
fered so much from the loss of
Bruce Harlan and Jack Calhoun,
two of the trioawhich grabbed the
first three places in the high
board diving in the 1950 Big Ten
meet.
, , ,
JOE MARINO, the third mem-
ber of that trio, was forced to take
a back seat to Al Coffey Saturday
as the new Buckeye diver dis-
Intramural relays in all three
divisions will be held at 7:30
p.m. tonight in Yost Field
House.
--Earl Riskey
played near perfect form in many
of his dives in winning the fancy
diving with 386.6 points. Marino
was not far behind in second place
wtih 374.2.
Taylor, who passed up the
back stroke to enter the 440 free
style, appeared to swim easily
in winning the event in the very
good time of 4:44.6. Even Stew
Elliot and John Davies, Michi-
gan's strong breast strokers,
were not able to cope with Ger-
ald Holan who took the 200
yard race in 2:17.2.
All was not on the dark side for
the Wolverines, though, as the
free stylers showed considerable
improvement over their early sea-
son form.
By BOB ROSENMAN
Are hockey players human?
An uninformed spectator might
answer "no" to this question after,
watching two brawling hockey
players swinging sticks or gaz-'
ing in horror as a goalie is led
from the ice, his face bleeding
from a direct hit by the puck.
BUT HOCKEY players really
are human. Take the Wolverine
puck team for instance.
You'll never find a better
Wertz, Evers
Reject Final
Tiger Offer
LAKELAND, Florida - (P) --
There will be two star outfielders
on the sidelines as the Detroit
Tigers open spring training today.
Big Vic Wertz and Walter
(Hoot) Evers proclaimed them-
selves "holdouts" today. Both said
they had rejected the club's "final"
offers and would await the arrival
of General Manager Billy Evans
Saturday.
Wertz, who led the Tigers with
133 RBI's last season, was be-
lieved to have rejected a contract
calling for about $20,000. Evers,
whose offer was said to be the
third highest among American
League outfielders, was expected
to get about $30,000.
Wertz already has arrived in
Lakeland. Evers still is at his home
in Bradenton, Florida,. about 80
miles from Lakeland.
Most of the Detroit squad of 38
already had reported to manager
Red Rolfe, but stragglers were still
arriving.
Rolfe said he would start today's
drills with batting practice, assum-
ing that most of the players would
report in sound condition.
With the exception of Evers,
Wertz, pinchhitter Charley Keller
and infielder Eddie Lake, every-
one was expected to take part in
the drills.
Keller has signed but will not
report until the weekend Lake is
a holdout, but Rolfe did not ap-
pear too much concerned.
bunch of men on one squad.
They laugh and joke and have
as much fun as the rest of us.
You might not suspect it after
watching 60 minutes of bruising
hockey at the Coliseum, but the
boys are really as normal as all
of us.
Take their nicknames, for in-
stance. Almost every player on
the team has one nickname or
another. Some have two and even
three. Let's take them down the
line, starting with the goalie and
working forward from there.
GOALTENDER Hal Downes has
been affectionately entitled "Sun-
burn" by his teammates. Accord-
ing to certain Maize and Blue
players, ' the red light behind
Downes' net goes on so often that
he has developed a tan from it.
Strictly a joke of course!
Defenseman Bob Heathcott
has been dubbed with the title
of "Happy," stemming from his
funny antics. Graham Cragg is
known as "the Senator" for his
tendency to burst forth into
eloquent- speech without warn-
ing.
Alex McClellan and Gordie
Naylor, sophomore defenseman
and wing, respectively, have been
entitled "Herky" and "Jerky" by
other team members.
* * *
EARL KEYES is known as "the
Trapper." Keyes used to wear a
red ski{ hat which prompted some
clever person to give him the nick-
Red Wings Pad Lead
With 1-1 Tie in Boston
BOSTON - (A) - Detroit's top
place Red Wings caught the Bos-
ton Bruins shorthanded late in
the final period to gain a 1-1 Na-
tional Hockey League tie tonight
before 9,085 at the Boston Garden.
Johnny Pierson tallied the sec-
ond-period Boston marker assisted
by Larne Ferguson to give the
Beantowners a one goal margin
that lasted until George Gee even-
ed the count for Detroit while Max
Quackenbush was sitting out a
tripping penalty.
name which he now carries.. John
McKennell is frequently called
"the Eagle," springing from his
somewhat prominent nose.
Gil Burford is called "One
Beer" by his teammates, due to
his apparent inability to remain
in a sober condition after drink-
ing one bottle of beer.
Neil Celley is "Nellie" to his
teammates, a name derived on the
recent trip to Colorado, and Har-
ry Stuhldreher, Jr. is called "Skip-
py" and "Screwdriver" on various
occasions.
THE WOLVERINE puck team
has its own "Count Bassey" in the
person of Al Bassey, who got the
title through the inability of an-
nouncers to correctly , pronounce
his last name.
Joe Marmo is "Boston Black-
ie," since he hails from the Bos-
ton area and has dark hair.
Eddie May is kiddingly. spoken
to as "Murphy," a nickname
whose origin is mysteriously un-
known.
Finally, Johnny Matchefts is
"The Fly," due to his small size
and the way he "buzzes" all over
the ice after the puck when the
Wolverines are one man short.
SO THERE you have it: "Sun-
burn" at goal, "Herky" and "The
Senator" at defense, and "The
Fly," "Nellie," and "One Beer" at
forward, with "Happy," "Murphy,"
"Count Bassey," "Eagle," "Trap-
per," "Boston Blackie," "Screw-
driver," and "Jerky" in reserve.
Human? Now I'm beginning to
wonderI
LEN TRUEX
OSU distance threat
eye aces have good possibilities to
emerge double victors in the meet,
with the main fireworks coming in
their overlapping event, the mile
run.
ALTHOUGH feeling the absence
of Don Gerhmann, who set a new
conference mile record last year,
the field still will be tops in the
mile run. Besides Truex, who
chased Gerhmann to his record
time, and McEwen, who holds
Michigan's varsity mile record,
there are MSC's ace Warren
Druetzler, Jack Hagen of Indiana,
Purdue's John Stayton, and Illi-
nois' Lawton Lamb to provide top
competition.
Because Truex has run 4:10.2
court titans as DePaul, Bowling and McEwen 4:11.8 so far this
Green and Niagara. Its only two year, Gerhmann's record of 4:10.4
losses were by two point margins, is in distinct danger of being bro-
67-65 to Washington and Jeffer- ken.
son and 68-66 to CCNY. Truex has it more his way in
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