THE MICHIGAN DAILY Favor Michigan, OSU Wrestlers In Big Ten Meet Illinois Choice in 6on ference Track McEwen, Truex, Laz Rated To Better Four Meet Marks McCOY-FOND MEMORIES: Hoosier Hotshots Return to Upset-Land U> ! * # Bly TED) PAPES v By BOB CARPENTER Michigan's undefeated varsity mat masters will pit their strength against some of the strongest ag- gregations the Big Ten has come up with in several years when the Conference Meet starts at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston tonight. Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue, j and Michigan State figure to be the most prominent foursome, with Wisconsin and Iowa as pos- sible dark horses. BOTH THE WOLVERINES and the Buckeyes are undefeated, but tied each other in one of the most thrilling matches ever seen in mamouth Yost Field House. Be- cause of their brilliant records, they will be favored to battle it out for the Conference crown. The Maize and Blue will field a well-rounded mat contingent paced by such capable grapplers as Captain Bill . Stapp, Larry Nelson, Bud Holcombe, and Jack Gallon. Stapp, who placed second at 155 last year, and Fred McLean, who coped second place laurels in the 165 division for the Buckeyes last season, will probably fight it out for the welterweight crown. Mc- Lean squeezed past Stapp during the regular season 9-7 by virtue of a riding time advantage. NELSON, WHO WAS the only undefeated member of Coach Cliff Keen's mat men, is favored to an- nex the Big Ten championship at 123 pounds to his long string of victories. Holcombe; who won eight, lost one and tied one during the re- gular campaign, is a strong contender in the 167 pound class. ' Gallon has displayed a lot of mat savy during this, his first year of varsity competi- tion, and is expected to place among the top three at 130. Joe Planck, varsity regular at 177 is also expected to contribute 7 valuable points to the Wolverine cause in his division. * * * ART DUNNE HAS shown con- siderable improvement during the I_ season despite a not too impres- sive record and could be a possible source of points in the heavy- weight division. Bill Miller, the Brontosaurus of the Buckeye con- tingent, is heavily favored to re- ' tain his crown in this division. Joe Sandura, Wolverine regu- U.S. Rallies In American Cinder Meet BUENOS AIRES-(A)-The Uni- ted States, trailing Argentina for team honors, reared back strongly yesterday to score a grand slam w in the 800 meter run (approxi- mately a half-mile) and win the pole vault with the soaring Bob Richards. Olympic champion Mal Whit- field, Bill Brown and Hugh Maioc- co finished 1-2-3 in the 800 for the first clean sweep of the bemspher- ic contests, completing their third day. * * * WHITFIELD, THE Army Air Forces sergeant on leave from Ko- rea, won in one minute, 53.2 sec- onds, looking apprehensively over his shoulder at the fast closing Brown. Richards, the only other man besides Cornelius Warmerdam to clear 15 feet, won the pole vault with a leap of 13 feet, 2 inches. No one else matched the height. Big Jim Fuchs gave the Uni- ted States another championship when he won the discus throw with 160 feet and four inches. By BYRLE ABBIN Special to The Daily CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-The Fight- ing Illini, for the second straight year, find themselves in the pre- carious position of being picked as favorites to win the Big Ten Track Championship as competi- tion gets underway in qualifying trials here today.- Four records are in danger of being bettered by the top-notch field of athletes led by Michigan's Don McEwen, OSU's Len Truex, and Illin~ois' Don Laz. * * * IN DANGER of falling in this forty-first annual conference in- door meet are the pole vault in which Laz's excels, and the 880, mile and two mile run which fea- ture Truex (in the former two) and McEwen (in the latter two). Per usual the favorite roll is more a hindrance than a bless- ing. Last year Illinois wound up third, much to the prognosti- cator's chagrin, while overlook- ed Ohio State sneaked to the championship with a win in the last event, the mile relay, pro- viding the winning margin. Pr oing that dual meet strength means nothing in the Conference meet, the Buckeyes swept past Michigan and Illinois, both of whom have had much superior duel meet performances. * * * THIS YEAR the same situation exists for Michigan, which has the top Big Ten dual meet squad. The Wolverines have the balance that wins the dual competition, but not enough outstanding stars to take the firsts, seconds, and thirds necessary for the confer- ence trial. Illinois' strength is built around the pole vault, in which they have three sure placings, including first and second. Next to this is the mile relay good for 10 important points by vir- tue of its timings so far this year. Other Illini places are expected by Joe Gonzales in the 60 yard dash, part of their mile relay squad as individual performer in the 440, Lamb Lawton in the dis- tances, Bob Barnum and Hal Berschet in the shot, and Laz in the broad jump. MICHIGAN, basing much of its hope on its top hurdling contin- gent and strength in the distances, will have a fight to ward off In- diana's Hoosiers, who won the outdoor meet last year, for second place. McEwen in the mile and two mile, and Don Hoover, Van Bruner, and Jim Mitchell in the hurdles provide the Wolver- ines with their main basis for contention. Chuck Whiteaker is the other probable Michigan high placer, and possible fourths or fifths ex- ist in the 60 yard dash, shot put, and mile relay. The broad jump, one of the top events in the be- ginning of the season, appears to. be Michigan's weakest event now.. CAPT. BILL STAPP . . . back for another try * * * lar in the 137 pound class, could be an unexpected source of joy to Coach Keen. Harold Holt and Joe Kosik will wrestle in the supplementary 191 and 115 pound divisions if they are of- fered by the Big Ten wrestling committee. However, these two additional classes will not be counted in reg- istering t h e final Conference standings. Finals in all weight divisions will be held Saturday afternoon starting at two p.m. CAPT. CHUCK MURRAY ... once a year ago NHL Results MONTREAL-(P)-The Mon- treal Canadiens turned on their season-long tormentors last night and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1. In Chicago'he New York Rangers moved into a third place tie with Boston in the league standings by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-1. Big time basketball comes to town tomorrow night. Indiana's red fire engine is scheduled to come rolling onto the Yost Fieldhouse floor with the fire chief, bouncing Billy Garrett, at the controls for a struggle with Michigan which might prove to be the season's finest attraction here. THE ACROBATIC Hoosiers face the prospect of winning or else. They still have a slim mathemati- cal possibility of overhauling Illi- nois in the Big Ten stretch drive but they must sweep their two re- maining contests while the Illini are splitting a pair. Visiting coach Branch Mc- Cracken is not fooled by Michi- gan's current eighth place standing and unimpressive rec- ord. His hair is a little grayer since last January when his Indiana machine came to Ann Arbor with a ten game undefeated string and high national ranking, and left with the wreckage of a 69-67 up- set perpetrated by the Wolverines who had previously been a lack- lustre quintet. Big League Nines Open .Workouts NEW YORK - P) - The "flu" bug and some 30 persistent hold- outs plagued major league base- ball teams, which officially opened spring training yesterday in far- flung war weather resorts stretch- ing from California to Florida. Manager Billy Southworth of the Boston Braves is the latest to be sent to bed by the mild influ- enza wave. Brooklyn's peppery new pilot, Charley Dressen, was ordered to a hospital earlier this week. * * * THERE WERE two late signings yesterday, reducing to 31 the num- ber of players who had failed to come to terms with their em- ployers. Jim Hearn, 27-year-old right- hander of the New York Giants, ended his holdout siege by sign- ing his 1951 contract for a re- ported $16,000. Willard Marshall, the Braves' outfielder, signed a contract, mak- ing Boston one of four major league clubs without any holdout problems. The others are both Chicago clubs and Cincinnati's Reds. WITH THE SIGNING of Cleve- land's ace pitcher, Bob Lemon, and the Yankee's catcher Yogi Berra Wednesday, most of the big money players are now in the fold. Lemon signed for a report- ed $50,000, making him probably the highest paid pitcher in base- ball. MANY FANS remember that clash as one of their most thrill- ing sports experiences. Charlie Murray, this year's captain; elec- trified the big crowd with a last- second field goal which shattered a 67-67 tie and brought Garrett & Company out of the clouds. Murray hopes he can ap- proach that performance tomor- row night. He logged a total of The deadline for the Union's All-campus ping-pong, billiards and pool tournament has been extended to March 3. All those interested should sign up im- mediately in the Billiards Room of the Union. --Chuck Webb 17 points against the Hoosiers to help nullify a 26 point bar- rage by Indiana's Lou Watson. The names in the starting Hoo- sier lineup are not new but three that appeared in last year's box score will be missing. Watson and Charlie Meyer graduated and Jer- ry Stuteville, a sensation in the last campaign, was killed in a tragic automobile accident. THEY ARE balanced by three Michigan losses of first string players, Mack Suprunowicz who scored 18 of those 69 points against Indiana,. Don McIntosh and Hal Morrill. Biggest names on the current Hoosier roster are those of cen- ter Garrett and Bill Tosheff. Both rank high In scoring with game averages of 13.1 and 11 respectively. Tosheff and Jack Brown handle the forward positions with veter- ans Gene Ring and Bob Masters at guard. Sam Miranda is the best shooting guard on the club and will have the opportunity to put his ten point average to good use. Coach Ernie McCoy hopes his boys will not suffer a letdown af- ter their upset conquest of Wis- consin last Monday. His Wolver- ines have risen to the heights on a 'few occasions this season and would probably like nothing better than to trip Indiana. 1 SENIORS ^ HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR OFFICIAL MICHIGAN RING? y Standard signet and stone set styles are Available for immediate delivery. 0 Rings with encrusted Greek letters or block "M's" require eight weeks for delivery. Fraternity or sorority coat of arms mountings require six to seven weeks for delivery. 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Winchell House, paced by Dick Miller, Bruce Van Voorst, Bob Coffey, and Deil Wright took the top position among the dorms with a 1:44.3. * * * FOLLOWING right behind the West Quadders was Prescott with 1:44.5, Williams with 1:45.1 and rounding out the top quartet with 1:46.5 was Hinsdale. The best time of the night was turned in by Kappa Sigma as they led the fraternities with 1:42.6. Jerry Dennis, George Grettenber- ger, Ben Jorcik and Bill Cowlin each took a lap for the Kappa Sigs. Beta Theta Pi, last year's win- ners, placed second with 1:45.8, Phi Delta Theta was third -W Six Fraternity Fives Compete For Top Intramural Honors Six teams stand ready to re- place Phi Delta Theta as the I-M fraternity basketball champion. After their 31-17 set-back at the hands of Sigma Chi, ,the Phi Delts find themselves eliminated from the first place playoffs for the first time in four years. * * * - OTHER FRATERNITY fives in contension for top honors besides victorious Sigma Chi are Phi Sig- ma Delta, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi and last night's winner of the Alpha Tau Omega-Chi Psi contest. Sigma Chi advanced to the semi-final round by virtue of their win over the Phi Delts. High-point man for the night was Jerry Davis with four field- goals and one charity flip. Bill Ammerman hit for seven points while Fred Thompson and Paul Fancher both collected five counters. Phi Sigma Delta fought their way to a quarter-final birth by eeking out a 38-36 win over Beta Theta Pi. THE PHI SIGS found the win- ning formula in an evenly bal- anced, fast breaking brand of team play, while the Betas relied almost solely on Harold Harring- ton, who threw in 20 points from, literally, every place on the court. The Blumenthal brothers, Bill and Bob, were two big reasons for the Beta's first defeat of the season. Bill played a fine floor game while brother Bob, who opened the night's scoring with a one- hander from behind the free-throw line and also put the game on Phi Sig ice with a field-goal in the closing seconds, proved to be high point man of the night for the victors with 11. Harrington was the Beta's only hope for a victory in the see-saw tilt. After scoring 11 of his team's 16 points in the first half, he came back to hit for nine more while his teammates only collected 11 among all of them in the final half of the contest. Delta Tau Delta had little trouble getting by Phi Sigma Kappa and thus advanced to the quarter-final round. With Pete Palmer leading the scoring parade, Delta Tau racked up 65 points to their opponent's 39. Palmer plays guard hit for most of his points by driving through the Phi Sig defense and making his own lay-up shots. The team is marked by good, fast pass- ing accompanied by a fast break. Dorm League Titles Decided In CagePlay Four of the remaining six first place playoff participants in "A" and "B" Residence Hall basketball were determined in IM cage play this week, as Chicago and Prescott * clinched league championships. Chicago qualified for one of the two openings in "A" championship play by dumping Adams, 38-24, with Bob Vanderzyl accounting for 10 of the winners' total. Walt Noon paced Adams with eight. * * * PRESCOTT MOVED into the other vacant playoff slot with a perfectrecord on the strength of a 25-13 rout of last place Allen- Rumsey. Duane Possanza was high for Prescott, tallying 10 points. Two squads, Adams and Chi- cago, also made the grade to the "B" first place playoffs, with two others yet to be decided. Chicago outscored Vaughan, 27- 12, with Dick Kocon scoring nine for the winners. 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