THE MICHIGAN DAILY P"AGS TIP=5 - - -- Cagers Couldn't Stop Darling IM CAGE ROUNDUP: ATO Edges Phi Kappa Sigma, 37-33 x rt THE MORNING LINE By TED PAPES Daily Sports Editor Iowa Center Top Performer In Sixth Loss for Michigan _r ,.. , IF THERE IS ANY MERIT to the aphorism that experience is thex best teacher, Michigan's basketball team will be the most learned unit in the Western Conference after Saturday night. Illinois, ranked by many as the nation's finest college quintet, will oppose the Wolverines here that night in the third league game for both clubs. All three of Michigan's opening tests have been against *top contenders-the three I's. So far, Indiana and Iowa have tagged defeats on the locals, and the Illini anticipate continued success for the magic letter. The 'I' triumverate squeezed into the top ten listed by the Associated Press in this week's national cage poll, with Illinois qualifying for the number tw3 rating. That gives you an idea of what Michigan has been up against. * 1 * * Michigan Stock Going Up UT WHETHER IT BE DUE to this arduous educational process or to other factors, the Wolverines have made considerable headway in their quest for triumph. It was hard to believe that the team which showed such rebounding fury against Iowa Monday was the same outfit which had blown a game on sheer lethargy against Pennsylvania the night before the holiday vacation began. The Hawkeyes simply had too much ball-handling polish for Michigan. They were at their peak when under stress as shown by their rally at the start of the second half when the Wolverines were within two points of a deadlock. They hit four consecutive attempts from the field (one was dis- allowed because of a rule infraction) and one free throw without a t missed shot of any kind. That gave the visitors a margin they never relinquished. As soon as the clock moved into the final three minutes,1 they calmly slipped the globe into the deep freeze with an assortment of fancy dribbling and passing. Indiana had hung up a 12 point margin over Michigan in the season opener but despite the fact that Iowa produced only an eight point spread, it was generally conceded that the Hawks have the better team. The Hoosiers were unable to get the ball into the hands of their ace pivotman, Don Schlunt, but no one could keep Iowa's Chuck Darling from dominating play at the center slot. What the Wolverines lacked in finesse they almost made up in spirit as they showed considerable strength defensively. Bob Topp put up a stiff battle for defensive rebounds and came up with more than his share. A few cases of fumble-fingers and over-anxiousness on attack proved costly, however. This leads observers to believe that confidence is the final ingredient necessary to manufacture a winning Michigan basketball combination. Fouls Prove Big Burden PERSONAL FOULS HAVE SHACKLED the team's efficiency in many of its losing efforts. Giant Dick Williams has been the most flagrant exponent of the error of commission on the hardwood, having fouled out of games consistently so far this season. Without his height and shooting threat Michigan is not too much. Monday night he really put on an expert demonstration of the art of coming up with three fouls before the game was five minutes old. Coach Ernie McCoy sent him to the b'ench and he was used only sporadically thereafter. If the big fellow can get control of himself, his team will win some ball games. Williams' misfortune against Iowa turned out to be a success key for freshman center Bobby Jewell who replaced him in the lineup. Jewell played as if he had been around the Big Ten a long while, and he promises to become a big favorite with basketball fans hereabouts before his college career ends. He was a headline figure in Indiana high school circles last year as he led his famous Crispus Attucks Tigers of Indianapolis to the state finals where they were upset. The play of Jewell and his team- mates during that campaign made them look like. a junior edition of the Harlem Globe Trotters. Captain Jim Skala is having his greatest year and seems to im- prove steadily as the days go by. He kept Michigan in the contest with Indiana almost single-handedly with a production total of 20 points. It was surprising to see such a sizeable and lively crowd as the one which turned out for the Iowa clash, especially since there was no local pre-game publicity and the Free Press continued its policy of devoting one small paragraph from the Michigan State story to Michigan's activities. The fans were rewarded with a top notch battle and they can look for more of the same as the season wears on. Saturday's struggle with the defending champions should draw a large turnout too. Maybe the Wolverines will start gaining an advantage on their home court if they get some spectatqr support. Indiana Surprised Again INDIANA'SSTARTLING DEFEAT by underdog Ohio State Monday snapped a nine game victory skein for the Hoosiers and added a couple new coats of white to coach Branch McCracken's snowy head. The last-second upset immediately brought to mind the har- rowing Hoosier experience in Ann Arbor two seasons ago. It will be recalled that McCracken wheeled his highly-rated fire engine squad into town with a ten game streak only to suffer a similar pre-whistle loss. In that dramatic struggle Michigan's Chuck Murray tapped in the winning goal after a disputed out-of-bounds play. Against Ohio it was a similarly wild final shot that tore a big hole in Indiana's current title hopes. GEORGE CHIN slumping forward * * * Sextet Stats Reveal Drop In First Line Cooney Still Point Leader with Sixteen The latest scoring statistics for the Michigan hockey squad still finds Pat Cooney leading the Wol- verines, but in general, Vic Hey- liger's men have cooled off some- what from their early season pace. The sophomore wingman added three goals to his total as the Wolverines split four league games during the vacation period. EARL KEYES and George Chin who team with Cooney on Hey- liger's first line have also slumped. Anyone interested in the all- campus paddleball singles tour- nament should sign up in the Intra-Mural Building at once. -Del Wright In particular, the entire line scored only one goal in the North Dakota series that saw each team come off with a 4-2 win. Johnny Matchefts and John Mc- Kennell have moved in behind Cooney in the race. McKennell has 15 points and leads the team in assists with 11. Matchefts add- ed five goals in the last four en- counters to tie Cooney for the lead By DICK LEWIS The good big man is still the key to a winning basketball team. Chuck Darling is a good big man. Iowa has a winning basket- ball team. Michigan's harwood squad was out to stop the 6-foot-8-inch Hawkeye center 1 a s t Monday night. They double-teamed him, blocked him out and boxed him in-but all to no avail. Darling's 17 point total was be- low par for him. The good big man acted often as a decoy for team-mates Herb Thompson and Bob Clifton who threw in another 29 points between them. He was also a work-house under the boards, out-jumping Michi- gan's two big boys, the 6-7 Dick Williams, Milt Mead duo. But Williams, the second Wol- verine in the scoring department with 87 markers in nine outings, .tried too hard to match Darling's board prowess. He fouled the huge Hawkeye three times within the first four minutes of the ball game, and was forced to watch Darling in action from the bench for more than half the contest. Mead, while not a ball hawk, kept the Maize and Blue in the scrap with his accurate shooting. The slim sophomore, third in the scoring race with 85 points, was able to hit with his inimitable one-hand shot when it counted. Captain Jim Skala brought his season scoring total to 111 tallies with a ten-point effort. Two quick field goals by the Chicago senior brought Michigan to within three points of Iowa early in the final period, but he committed his fifth personal foul a minute later and was forced to retire. Scrappy Doug Lawrence was one of the big reasons why Darling counted with only eight points in the first half. In addition to di- recting t h e Wolverine attack, Lawrence bottled up the big boy by playing in front of him while Williams and freshman Bob Jew- ell alternately guarded from be- hind. Jewell is a ball player who re- ally has come along. Hampered by a leg injury early in the cam- paign, the 200-poundhcenter is now operating out of the pivot po- sition with a deft hook shot. He rebounds well too. Although the Wolverines have dropped six of nine outings, defi- nite improvement has been shown since their home opener against Butler. In that contest, Michigan hac the opening quarter blues an could dent the twines for onl fourdtallies, while Butler chalke up 15. The Maize and Blue con- verted on 13 of 26 free throws and hit from the floor on less than 2 per cent of their shots. The loss against Iowa saw Mich. ND Aid May Be New IU Coaeh INDIANAPOLIS - OP) - The Indianapolis Star said last night i has been told Bernarl (Bernie Crimmins, Notre Dame backfiel coach, was "as good as hired" a Indiana University's head footbal coach. The story did not disclose th source of the report. The Indiana athletic committee said last week it hoped to agre soon on a successor to Clyde Smith who resigned during the 1951 sea- son. igan hit for ten points in the op- ening quarter to her opponent's 15. The Wolverines converted on 14 of 18 charity tosses and hit from the floor at a 35 per cent clip. Nine opponents have out-scored the Wolverines by a 12-point total, with Michigan averaging 55.2 points per game and allotting the opposition 56.5. Included in the opposition's 509 point total is a freak basket which was credited to Iowa's Clifton. With his team on top, 43-36, Clif- ton attempted a one-hander from outside that hit the rim and bounded away. The lanky center Williams, brushed the net while jumping for the ball, and two markers went to the Hawkeyes. , * ,* By DAVE LIVINGSTON Alpha Tau Omega, winner of last year's fraternity basketball championship, nipped Phi Kappa Sigma, 37-33 last night, to get off to a flying start in this season's fraternity "A" basketball compe- tition. Scoring was well divided for ATO, who led at the half by a narrow 21-19 margin. Don Fack- ler netted 11 and Bob Dingman and Howard Maturen each got ten points for the winners, while Bob Hurley paced Phi Kappa Sigma with ten counters. * * * DELTA TAU Delta, runner-up to Alpha Tau Omega last year, rolled up the highest score of the night as they swamped Tau Delta Phi, 63-15. The game was never in doubt as the winners consist- ently shook men loose for easy lay- up shots. Don Dodds of Delta Tau Delta dumped in 16 points, all in the last half, to personally account for more points than were made by the entire Tau Delta Phi team. Lou Jaffe bucketed 13 field goals and one foul shot for 27 points to lead a strong Pi Lambda Phi outfit to a 56-24 triumph over Alpha Sigma Phi. The contest was fairly close un- til half-time when the Pi Lambs led 24-11, but after intermission time the victors pulled away to make a route of the contest. Al- pha Sigma Phi was led by Al Miller, who hit for a total of 16 points. PSI UPSILON took their first game in stride last night as they downed Delta Sigma Phi in a hard fought game, 32-22. Psi U was ahead at the end of the ten min- ute whister, 15-12. Jim Dunbar led the scoring parade with 15 tallies. Chi Psi turned in one of the routes of the night when they chalked up a 54-21 win over Zeta Psi. The game was never in doubt. Chi Psi led at the end of the first half, 20-6, and went on to score 34 points in the final ten minutes. Jim Erwin led his team in scoring with 16 markers. Other late IM basketball scores are: Phi Sigma Delta, 26; Kappa Sig- ma 23 Delta Upsilon, 51; Alpha Epsilon Pi, 29 *- lose my head every time laI see a man in an PLAYER G Jim Skala 9 Dick Williams 9 Milt Mead 9 Don Eaddy 9 Doug Lawrence 9 Ray Pavichevich 9 Ralph Kauffman 7 Bob Jewell 9 John Codwell 8 Bob Topp 9 Tom Tiernan 4 Jack Levitt 6 Syd Cook £ Carl Brunsting 5 TOTALS 9 FG 44 35 24 18 12 9 8 3 3 3 2 1 0 193 Arrow FT PTS + 23 111 17 87 23 85 11 59 7 43 9 33 9 27 2 18 4 10 4 10 0 6 2 6 0 2 0 0 111 497 AVE 12.3 9.6 9.4 6.6 4.7 3.7 3.9 2.3 1.7 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 55.2 Shirt! 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