THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TIE ,. PAGE THRIf .Y Wolverine Pucksters Easily Ice Spartans, 10-i EE is b TRIPLE TANK TITLIST: Taylor Sparks OSU Swim Champions 4 * a*6 By RODNEY COOK When the Michigan swimming team goes into action at the Wol- verine varsity pool against Ohio State Saturday, they will face a team which has been unbeaten in two seasons. This Buckeye squad is stronger than last year's team which scor- ed an all-time high total of 93 points in the 1950 Big Ten Championships. * * PROBABLY THE best reason for OSU's recent dominance of the Big Ten swimming scene is a gentleman by the name of Jack Taylor, a junior. Taylor stroked his way to k three first places in the last Conference . meet, setting an American record for the 1500- meter free style in 18:58, a mark which he later lowered by 20 seconds in the NCAA compe- His other victories came from the 150-yard backstroke in 1:33.4, and a 4:45.5 440-free style victory. THIS YEAR, Taylor has been concentrating more on the back- stroke, and it has already payed off with a new American record for the 100-yard distance in a time of 56:4. Ably seconding Taylor in the backstroke events is Bill Son- JACK TAYLOR . *leading OSU performer * * $ ner, Ohio State senior, who took the 100-yard backstroke for the Buckeyes last year in Confer- ence championships. In addition to this backstroke strength, Buckeye Coach Mike Peppe has maintained his year after year stranglehold in the div- ing competition. Wakefield Offers To Play 'With Oakland for Free SINCE 1937, Peppe has coached eight national champion divers, of which Hobart Billingsley, Char- lie Batterman, and, greatest of all, Bruce Harlan, are merely three of the more distinguished of a picked group. This year, in spite of the gra- duation of five senior divers from last year's championship squad, the Buckeye coach has one of the best divers in the country in -junior Joe Marino. Marino placed second in the high-board diving competition in the 1950 Big Ten Meet. With more experience, this year, he's even better. As a matter of fact, Marino is probably the equal of Harlan in the execution of his dives, al- though the Buckeye swimmer is not yet quite as effortless in his entry as Taylor, the holder of 20 national titles. M1ann Plans Swim Tour Of England Matt Mann, Michigan's veteran swimming coach, will return to his native England this summer with a group of both past and present Wolverine natators in an exhibi- tion tour -of the Islands. In 1939 Mann was all set to make a similar trip, but was forced to cancel all plans when war broke out in Europe only two days before his cheduled departure. HIS HOME TOWN of Leeds, where he swam as a young boy under the tutelage of his father, will definitely be visited, as will London, Brighton, Liverpool, Man- chester, Birmingham, Sheffield Newcastle, and also Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland, among others. Most of the financial support will come from England, espe- cially from the Shiverers Swim Club of Brighton, who are spon- soring the tour, with the Uni- versity's athletic department strongly sanctioning the trip and offering aid where needed. The members of the visiting squad will- also contribute to their expenses, and official permits have been granted by the National AAU and the British Amateur Union. Scheduled to leave on the Maur- itania August 14 are freestylers Matt Mann III, Wally Jeffries, Don Hill, Tomn Benner, Burwell "Bumpy" Jones and Rusty Carlis- le; breaststrokers Stu Elliott and John Davies; backstroker Bernie Kahn and diver Alex Canja. Bur ford Gets'Hat Trick' To Pace Lopsided Win Special to Tihe Daily Michigan'spuckmen found Mich- his three goals for the evening at igan State easy pickings last night 11:46 when Celley skated behind and walloped the Spartans, 10-1, the Michigan State net and passed in a game at the Demonstration out to Burford who knocked the Hall Arena in East Lansing before puck in from about 10 feet out. a small crowd of 1,200 people. Celley and Matchefts assisted The issue was never really in Burford as he again tallied, and doubt after Eddie May notched his Bob Heathcott and McKennell first goal of the season to give tallied to make it 8-0 before Michigan a 1-0 leaearly in the Connie Buck scored to ruin first period. Downes' shut-out. *i*s e McClellan and Burford added THE SPARTANS were unable to late goals to run the final score to muster any scoring punch, and 10-1. Burford and Celley each had their defense was woefully inade- 4 points for the evening. Celley quate. MSC goalie Del Reid was scoring once and Burford count- peppered with 55 Wolverine shots ing 3 times. during the course of the game, 10 TIcHeGN MC.sTAT of which slipped through for goals. Downes.....................Reid Hal Downes, on the other McClellan.,....RD........'Suarez Heathcott.......LD........... Doyle hand, handled only 16 Michi- Matchefts.................... Buck gan State shots, and the Spar- Burford.........RW......... Brooks tans did not tally until the Wol- Celley..........LW.........Revou First Period Scoring: 1-Michigan, verines had opened up a com May (Marmo), 3:51; 2-Michigan, fortable 8-0 lead. Celley (McClellan), 10:44; 3-Michi- The 10-1 final score does not gan, Keyes (unassisted), 17:08. Penalties: Cragg, McClellan (2). really indicate the fact that the Second Period Scoring: 4-Michi- Wolverines did not try to run up gal, McKennell (Keyes), 1:03; 5-f a big score against the Spartans, Michigan, Burford (Celley), 11:46; 6-Michigan, Burford (Celley, Mat- conserving their strength instead chefts), 17:49; 7-Michigan, Heathcott for an important two-game series (Burford), 19:07. with the University of North Da- Penalties: May, Lord.1 kota in Ann Arbor this weekend. Third Period Scoring: 8-Michi- * gal, McKennell (Keyes), 6:30; 9- Michigan State, Buck (Revo), 1:10; THE WOLVERINES jumped off 10-Michigan, McClellan (Matchefts, to a 1-0 lead in the first period Celey), 13:11; 11-Michigan, Burford when May pounced on a rebound (Keyes), 1627. of Joe Marmo's long shot and tap- Penalties: feathott, Buck ped it into the MSC net from about 5 feet out. NO HAPPY MEDIUM: Seven minutes later Neil Celley tallied oin an assist from Alex0 scoring for th first period whenF ast, he scored on a solo effort to " make it 3-0. Fail for 'M The Wolverines picked up where they left off early in the second period when John McKennell scor- By GEORGE FLINT ed on a beautiful drive in which Basketball is a funny game. he streaked past two Spartan de- The way Michigan's cellar- fensemen and rifled the puck high dwelling Wolverines play it, there into the corner of the net past is less predictability involved in Reid. the sport than in horse-racing or * * poker. GIL BURFORD got the first of * * * IN THEIR last two contests, Ernie McCoy's cagers played two PCC Talks different types of basketball. And the odd thing about it1 About Bowlis that if the styles of play had been reversed, the Wolverines1 might well have won both ball Pact Today games. Against Michigan State, the SAN FRANCISCO - )-(M- Whe- Maize and Blue tried to beat the ther the Pacific Coast Conference Spartans at their own specialty- will continue its affiliation with control basketball. the Rose Bowl football game is * * expected to be determined in im- THE SPARTANS were infinte- portant meetings here today and Iy better at that type of play, and Friday. the result was a slowly-played, The time honored pact between workmanlike, 43-32 win. the big far western college circuit Then came the Ohio Statej and the Tournament of Roses contest, which was figured as Association is the No. 1 item on one of the easy games on the the agenda of the special sessions, conference schedule. The Buck- * * * eyes are a fast-breaking ball THE MATTER of continuing club. Michigan tried to run withl the Rose Bowl set-up will be dis- them. Ohio State ran a bit fast- cussed at the top level by presi- ter, and overcame a good lead1 dents of the member colleges. to take the clash. Most of the heads of the nine Had the Wolverines played a institutions are expected to be on fire-house brand of ball against hand. the Spartans, a game which was There was no indication in always in State's control might advance as to the stand the have opened up and allowed the prexies would take. Michigan cagers to shoot from Renewal of the Rose Bowl pact close in, where they are much between the Big Ten and the more effective. Coast Conference also depends on : * * the outcome of the forthcoming IF, ON THE other hand, the meeting. The five-year agreement Buckeyes had been slowed down between the two conferences end- by a control game in the second ed with the bowl contest last New half of Monday's contest, they Year's day although the actual might never have made the start- contract will not terminate until ling succession of lay-ups, push next June 1. shots, and rapid fire set shots NEW YORK-(P)-A New York grand jury yesterday plunged into the greatest scandal' in collegiate sports history, the multiple fix case that has rocked big-time basket- ball. The jury bent to its task amid persistent rumors-none confirm- ed-that the alleged admissions by eight cage stars of accepting bribes to fix games is just the be- ginning. THE BROOKLYN Eagle said in a story that three unnamed play- ers from still another New York school are jittery in anticipation of being called on the carpet. The eight stars thus far involved play- ed for Long Island University, City. College of New York and New York University. And there were other rumors that the scandal was by no means confined to the New York area but might be festering be- low the surface from coast to coast. Adding fuel to these unconfirm- ed reports was a statement in Pe- oria, Ill., today by a former Uni- versity of San Francisco player, Frank Kuzara. He said he and a teammate, Don Lofgran, were of- fered $1,200 to hold down the points in a game last season with the University of Southern Cali- fornia. KUZARA SAID AN unidentified man telephoned him and Lofgran and "asked how we would like to make some money." Both players shrugged off the bribe offer, refused to accept further calls from the would-be briber and went ahead to help their team whip USC. Both boys since have left San Francisco. San Francisco's former coach, Pete Newell, said Lofgran told him last summer of the purported brib- ery attempt. "THE BOY DIDN'T think much of it at the time," said Newell, now cage coach at Michigan State Col- lege. "He hung up on the caller. At first he thought it must have been a joke."- Newell said he knew nothing of the purported bribe bid to Kuzara. The New York grand jury went into session armed with business records and books of Salvatore P. Sollazo, the alleged brains be- hind the latest explosive fix case. * C * CC SOLLAZZO IS ACCUSED of get- Schedul e Corrections The following schedule lists time corrections and an addition to 'This Week in Sports' as printed in yester- day's C"Daily." SWIMMING Feb. 24-Ohio State University at Ann Arbor at 3:00 p.m. WRESTLING Feb. 24-Ohio State University at Ann Arbor at 4:15 p.m. GYMNASTICS Feb. 24-Ohio State University at Ann Arbor at 4:15 p.m. TRACK Feb. 23-Michigan State Normal at Ann Arbor at 7:30, p.m. SPORTS WORLD STILL ROCKING: Latest Fix Rumors Involve West Coast ting to Ed Gard, Long Island's basketball captain last season, and paying him to hold down the points in three games. Gard, in turn, is alleged to have drawn into the fix three of the top stars of LIU's present team, LeRoy Smith, Adolph Bi- gos and Sherman White. The four players were said 'by District Attorney Frank S. Hogan to have admitted fixing seven games-three last tear and four this year-in return for $18,500 in bribes. * * * IN ADDITION, Gard is accused of acting as go-between for Sol- lazzo in bribing Ed Warner, Ed Roman and Al Roth, star of CCNY's national championship cage quintet, and Harvey (Connie) Schaff, a leading scorer with NYU. The eight players have admit- ted taking $25,000 in bribes, Ho- gan said. Long Island University announ- ced last night that, as a result of the scandal, it was dropping all intercollegiate athletics and can- celling its remaining basketball games. TODAY, HOWEVER, Dr. T. W. Metcalf, president of LIU, said it was possible LIU might continue a minor sports program. Basketball has been the only major sport at LIU since it dropped football during World War II. Five other schools-big names in collegiate basketball--also have, pulled out of the Garden since the scandal broke Sunday. They are Bradley, Denver, Oregon State, George Washington and South Carolina.' LAKELAND, Fla.-(P)-Outfiel- der Dick Wakefield, one time $52,- 000 bonus baby of the Detroit Tigers and last year a $17,000 player with Oakland of the Pa- cific Coast League, said today he'll play baseball this season just for the fun of it. "I don't want a salary and won't take one unless there's something in baseball law that makes me," he insisted earnestly in an interview. * * * HIS STATEMENTS constituted it complete about-face on the sal- ary question. "I decided to do it last year at the end of our season at C Oakland," he explained. "I went up to see Brick Laws (Oakland Club president). "I told him that I was one guy he wouldn't have any trouble signing for '51 . . . that I felt I hadn't been given a real chance in '50 but knew I could play good ball. "SO," WAKEFIELD continued, "I said I would play for exactly one dollar this season. He was i ; _, surprised but we shook hands on it and I haven't heard from him since. He said he has seen newspaper reports that Laws sent him a con- tract calling for a salary slice of $12,000 from the $17,000 he re- ceived under a big league pact last year. * * * BUT, DICK insists, even $5,000 is too much. "I am playing for nothing," he said again. "The dollar bill is just to make the contract legal. And I'm not counting on any bonus at the end of the year, either. Cash, I mean. "If I have a good year and he wants to give me a Cadillac or something like that . . . okay." * * *. WAKEFIELD, sent to Oakland last year by the New York Yan- kees after he refused to go to the Chicago White Sox, said he thought maybe it would help "if I don't have any money prob- lems." "By playing for nothing, it sure ought to convince them that I'm serious this time." Slow Styles Hoops ters which spelled the Michigan de- feat in the final period. When the Wolverines did seek to slow the tempo down, they chose a highly questionable mo- ment. With the score 66-66, and a minute and a half to go, Michi- gan declined a free shot, took the ball out of bounds, and stalled with the intention of taking just the one good shot. THEY FAILED to get it, and1 the visitors grabbed lnoff-bal- ance attempt by Leo anderKuy which caromed off the boards in- to the hands of a fast-breaking Buckeye. That was it-Ohio State cag- ed a push shot and led by two. The crux of the matter was the free throw which the Maize and Blue failed to take. THEY HAD been converting, charity tosses with more than their usual precision, and had a better than average chance to make that one. A one-point margin would have put the pressure on the Buckeyes. 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The only oppon- ent who has come close to beating him was Manuel Macias of Iowa, who finally succumbed 4-3. ~l~~wpexreel ell Innn JACK GALLON, the team's next man in the lineup has also shown up extremely well. In nine matches so far this year, Gallon has been tied only once, while win- ning eight. This tie occurred in the Indiana meet where Dick Wil- der, the "Hoosier" candidate at '137 pounds, managed to pull out a 5-5 tie. The next grapples in the Wol- verine setup is Joe Scandura, who has wrestled most of the year at 137 pounds. Here he has compiled a record of four wins and two losses, which is very adequate for a man who has had to work his way up into a starting position. Dave Space, the Michigan "mat master" at 147 pounds, has lived up to all of his potentialities. Last year after Space had finished sec- ond in the conference great things were expected of him. THIS YEAR he has sparked the Wolverine cause, and even though he has faced some very adequate men he has managed to compile a five won and two lost record. At 157 pounds the Michigan men are sparked by their cap- tain, 'Bill Stapp. Stapp has come through with eight wins and one defeat. The defeat came at the hands of Earl D'Amico of Purdue. Bud Holcombe, who has done his grappling at 167 pounds, has been an unexpected source of joy to the Michigan mentor, Cliff Keen. Holcombe, who until last weekend was undefeated, was not counted on too heavily at the be- ginning of the season. However, he has beaten some good men and his seven victories have certainly helped the Wolverines get where they are today. JOE PLANCK, the Michigan grappler at 177" pounds, has also shown up well to date. He has worked up a total of five wins, two losses and two draws. 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