-. -.a.. THE MICHIGAN DAILY ichigan Cagers, Minnesota Tan kmen Brush-Off Give 'Gophers Bow In Overtime Battle 52-48 By TED PAPES Ozzie Cowles waved his magic wand and nothing happened! For the first time since he left Michigan three years ago to take the reins at Minnesota, a Wol- verine basketball team stopped the Gophers, 52-48, in a colorful overtime Big Ten battle at the Yost Fleldhouse last night. It was Michigan's second loop 'victory against six setbacks and Minnesota's fifth loss in ten tries. * * * TWO NEWCOMERS, six-foot- seven Dick Williams and Doug "Lawrence at five-eight, made sparkling debuts before a slim' but highly partisan crowd of 2500 -age fans. They carried the fight to the visitors throughout the contest and then delivered knockout blows after two Michigan regu- lars, Leo VanderKuy and Jim Scala, had fouled out.. The second half ended with the "teams deadlocked at 48 after Min- nesota had stalled out the last minute and a half looking for one good shooting opportunity to gather in the chips. * * * GOPHER AO-Myer (Whitey) Skoog failed on an attempt from jn close with ten seconds left and Lawrence fired a long return des- peration shot from the ten-second "-ine which fell short as the buzer sounded to terminate regulation slay. . With 3:45 left in the overtime Michigan's Tom Tiernan' lofted a one-hander from the side which overshot the mark but Williams was there to tip in the rebound and cash the points that won the game. Tiernan came on with the clin- -,her when he drove through the Minnesota defense with 28 sec- onds left to play. Lawrence had replaced Bob Olson midway in the first half .and showed blinding speed and Iloor play so coach Ernie McCoy left the sophomore from Fort 'iWayne, Indiana in the lineup. IN ADDITION to his fire-engine rebounding he whipped up a pair of Hoosier specialties, two long set shots, and a couple free throws 'to contribute six important points. The workmanship of Law- rence and Williams failed to overshadow the brilliance of Michigan's Mr. Basketball, how- ever. Big Leo VanderKuy crash-, ed into the Gopher offense all evening to keep the boards clean ' a whistle. He registered 14 points in sen- sational fashion with an assort- nment of five field goals and four charity tosses to st the pace for ~,is team before leaving the game on fouls with 1:46 left. His performance pulled the Wolverines out of the vacation slump which produced two Con- ference losses (to Michigan State, 49-36, and Northwestern, 60-56) and one non-league vic- tory, a 67-49 decision over West- ern Reserve. Only Tiernan and Captain 4larlie Murray of the regulars were in the lineup during Michi- gan's overtime test. Lawrence, Williams and Frank Gutowskt withstood the late pressure and when Lawrence injured his right knee in the last two minutes, Iysle Smith came off the' bench Ao take over. Skoog was the game's top scor- er with 15 points. Maynard John- 'son and Virgil Miller, both of WORLD RECORD HOLDERS-Michigan's distance medley relay team, left to right, Al Rankin, Charles Whiteaker, Aaron Gordon and Don McEwen, pose with Coach Don Canham. * * * * . * 4 * 4 'M' Distance Relay Quartet HighlightsTrack Showings A world record breaking per- formance in the Michigan State Relays by the distance medley re- lay team highlighted a busy but successful vacation schedule for the indoor track team. Runping the two and one half miles in 10:8.9, the quartet of Chuck Whiteaker, Al Rankin, Aar- on Gordon, and Don McEwen erased the former mark of 10:10.3 set by Indiana's foursome of Coch- ran, kIoke, Hedges, and the great Campbell Kane. * : HIGH ON THE list of notable track happenings also was the resounding 77 2/3 to 36 1/3 thumping of Purdue last Saturday night in the first dual meet of the season. Michigan showed much power and good balance in topping the Boilermakers easily. The Wolverines won ten of the twelve events, with both Dave Stinson and McEwen being double winners. Stinson won both the broad jump and the 60 yard dash. McEwen put on another of his sterling exhibitions. He just miss- ed setting a new varsity and Yost Fieldhouse record in the mile run by one-tenth of a second with a time of 4:11.8, and came back a half hour later to run a very sub- stantial 9:19.2 two mile. TOP TIME of the meet was made by Hurdler Don Hoover, who tied a ten year old Yost Field House and varsity record of Al Thomas in the 65 yard low hur- dles with a clocking of :07.4. Chuck Whiteaker ran one of the top half miles by a Wolver- ine in the last few years with a ADD FOUR VICTIMS: Wrestlers Run Streak, To Eight over Vacation 1:56 flat effort. Other firsts were recorded by Russ Oster- man in pole vault, Tom John- son in the shot put, Rankin in the 440 yard dash, and the mile relay team. . Wolverine cindermen also par- ticipated in the Michigan AAU meet, with the big surprise being Still No Grid Coach at OSU COLUMBUS, O. - )-- Ohio State University, which has had a lot of experience picking football coaches, failed to name a successor to Wes Fesler yes- terday in the biggest letdown after the biggest buildup in Buckeye history. The naming of Fesler's suc- cessor was delayed until next Sunday, when three of the sev- en-man Board of Trustees, which has final say on the selection, turned up missing. They were out of town. the defeat of the distance medley relay team by Loyola of Chicago in the fair time of 10:20.6. In the MSC Relays, Coleman was second and Ron Soble third in the broad jump, the shuttle relay team was first, George Ham- mond second in the shot put, Stinson fourth and Konrad fifth in the 75 yard dash, LaRue fourth in the 300 yard dash. HOOVER placed first in both the 75 yard low and high hurdles, with Bruner fourth and Wally At- chison fifth in the high hurdles. Michigan took first in the two mile relay and third in the mile relay besides the distance medley triumph. Individually, in the record breaking relay performance, Whiteaker ran a 1:59.1 half mile, Rankin a very excellent :50.1 440, Gordon a 3:08.3 three-quarter mile, and McEwen a blazing 4:11.4 mile. McEwen's effort was better than his present varsity mile rec- ord, but cannot be counted as such because it was made in a relay race. McEwen also ran a very good half mile race of 1.56.1 in helping the two mile relay team to vic- tory. After a highly successful East- ern trip the Michigan swimming team downed Minnesota at the Maize and Blue pool yesterday afternoon by the score of 47-37. Michigan won on depth rather than individual stars. John Reb- ney of the Gopher squad was by far the outstanding swimmer of the day. * * *P MICHIGAN WON only four of the nine events, namely the two relays, the fancy diving, and the 200 yard breast stroke. At no time were any records in danger of being broken. Min- nesota does not have a strong team and were not expected to do as well as they did do. On the other hand the Wolver- ines with a better than mediocre team were unable to swim some of their top men due to bad colds picked up during the Eastern swing. * * * REBNEY TOOK the 50 yard free style in :24 fiat and the 100 yard free style in :52.9 in gath- ering 10 of the Gophers 37 points. Wayne Carlson gained five points for Minnesota by win- ning the 200 yard backstroke in 2:24.8. Bernie Kahn, star Mich- igan backstroker, was unable to participate due to a cold. On the eastern trip the Maize and Blue beat LaSalle College and the Newark Athletic Club without too much difficulty. Michigan also beat the New York A.C. by a 44-40 score. Feature of this meet was Bob Nugent of NYAC who was un- officially clocked at :49.2 in the relay. * * * 300 yd. Medley reay-won by MICH. (Dick Howell, Stew Elliott, Dave Neisch). 2. MINN. (Wayne Carlson, Wayne Harmala, Paul Lukens). Time 2:58.8. 220 yd. free style-1. David Ander- son (MINN). 2. John Reis (MICH.) 3. Wayne Leengren (MICH.). Time 2:15.9. 5o yd. free style-. John Rebney (MINN.) 2. Dick Martin (MICH.) 3. Jim White (MIC.). Time :24. Fancy diving-1. Jim . Hartman (MICH.) 2. Gil LaLonde (MINN.) 3. Frank Keller. (MICH.). Points 319.9. 100 yd. free style-1. John Rebney (MINN.) 2. Walt Jeffries (MICH.) 3. Bob Byeberg (MICH.) Time :52.9. 200 yd. breast stroke-I. John Da- vies (MICH.) 2. Stew Elliott (MICH.) 3. Wayne Harmala (MINN.) Time 2:20.5. 200 yd. back stroke--1. Wayne Carl- son (MINN.) 2. John Arbuckle (MICH.) 3. John HiU (MINN.) Time 2:24.8. 440 free style-1. Dave Anderson (MINN.) 2. Luis Child (MICH.) 3. Wayne Leengren (MICH.) Time 4:51. 400 yl. free style relay-won by MICH. (Jim White, Dick Martin, John Reis, Walt Jeffries). Bulletin Special to The Daily ..SAGINAW - Ed. Grenkoski, pitching star of Michigan's 1950 baseball squad, left here last night for Phoenix, Ariz., to join the New York Yankee farm organization. After two weeks of pre-training, Grenkoski will drill in Florida with the Kansas City club of the American Association. Grenkoski, victor in four con- ference games last season, will be a severe loss to the 1951 Wolver- ine nine. He plans to re-enter Michigan in September. 9 Michigan's wrestlers grappled their way into contention for the Western Conference title during the between-semester period when they extended their winning streak to eight straight mat victories by besting- defending champion Pur- due, swamping Northwestern and Marquette in a triangular meet and soundly thrashing Illinois and Iowa in duel encounters. Purdue fell by a 15-14 score while Iowa was shut out by the Maize and Blue grapplers, an al- most incredible wrestling feat. LAST SATURDAY night, the matmen subdued a strong Illinois squad, 23-2, before a capacity crowd at Yost Field House. Mich- igan matmen were victorious in seven of eight matches, tying the eighth. Larry Nelson Started off the evening's festivities in the 123 pound class by besting the Ili- ni's Henry Price, 7-0. Nelson showed excellent form and con- dition and dominated the match all the way. At 130 pounds, Jack Gallon, a sophomore sensation undefeated this season for the Michigan grapplers, edged Dick Picard, In- dian captain, 5-3. JOE SCANDURA and Dave Space continued winning ways at 137 and 147, Scandura finishing strong in the last three minutes to beat Bob Lutz 6-2, and Space edg- ing Paul Riggins, 6-4 with the aid of two riding time points. Captain Bill Stapp won at 157 pounds, scoring a 5-1 win over Ray Pigazzo via a strong third period in which Stapp reg- istered three points. Bud Hol- combe remained undefeated at 167 pounds, shutting out Phil Abramovich of the Illini, 4-0. The lone Illini points were scored at 177 pounds where Mich- igan's Joe Planck and Illinois' Martin Schwartz battled to a 1-1 draw. -In the heavyweight match, a rapidly improving Art Dunne, scored Michigan's final points, trimming Wayne Gaumer, 8-7 in the evening's most exciting match. Dunne had a large weight advantage. M M n a M Minnesota, had 13 and 12 re-I , spectively. * 4 MINNESOTA (48) Miller, f Gelle, I Wallerius, C Means, . Johnson, e Skoog, g Schnobrich, g Totals MICHIGAN (52) Skala, f Tiernan, f } Williams, f Gutowski, f 'Vander Kuy, e "Murray, g Olson, 'g Lawrence, g Totals Halftime score: Minnesota U. * * FG FT PF 5 2 5 1 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 3 4 6 3 4 0 2 2 18 12 23 FG FT PF 3 1 5 4 0 2 11 2 1 0 0 1 5 4 5 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 .1 0 0 0 20 12 18 Michigan, TP 12 4 0 2 13 15 2 48 TP 7 8 4 0 14 11 2 6 0 52 25, - ----- iii MEDICAL-DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH BOOKS and SUPPLIES II Photographic Supplies for the Amateur and Professional Free throws missed: Minnesota- Gelle, Johnson; Skoog. Michigan-- Vander Katy 4, .Murray 4, Lawrence. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Michigan State 52, Northwestern 48 Indiana 63. Iowa 54 6. It 11 II_______________________ ® ® -®-~ - - m