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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1952
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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PAGE THREE
Cager,
A.P. A-vards
Top Honors
To Kentucky
By The Associated Press
New York-t's Kentucky again
as the No. 1 college basketball
team in the nation for 1952, just
as it was in 1949 and 1951.
For the third time in four years,
Kentucky's Wildcats won the top
rank in the final Associated Press
ranking poll of the 1951-52 sea-
son, easily holding the place they
assumed six weeks ago.
* * *
ONLY ONE other team the 1950
Bradley outfit, has finished on top
since the AP poll was begun four
years ago.
The Wildcats, who breezed
through to their ninth straight
Southeastern Conference cham-
pionship andran their winning
streak to 22 straight when they
beat out Lousiana State, 44-43,
last Saturday in the conference
tournament finals, won by a
comfortable margin.
They polled first place votes of
39 of the 121 sports writers and
sportscasters who participated in
the final poll and a total of 1,033
points.
* * *
THE UNIVERSITY OF Illinois,
one of the few teams to challenge
} Kentucky's right to the No. 1 po-
sition this season, finished second
with 750 points and Kansas State
third with 672.
Stop
Purdue
in
Finale,
68-60
badger, Gopher Matmen
Expected to Stay Buried-
* * * *
Skala Scores 23 Points Illini Clobbe
To End Michigan Career Lowl 'Cats;
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33Y DICK SEWEL
Michig an's much abused basket-
ball team put a successful end to
the 1951-52 campaign with a 68-60
win over Purdue at Yost Field-
house last night.
The easy triumph lifted the Wol-
verine cagers out of the Big Ten
cellar and into ninth place with a
conference record of four wins and
ten losses. At the same time the
defeat left the Boilermakers in
sole possession of last place.
CAPTAIN Jim Skala, playing his
final game in a Michigan uniform,
poured 23 markers through the
hoop to lead both squads in the
individual scoring column and
boost his three year varsity total
to 508 points.
The lead changed hands five
times during the first half. An
over-the-head bucket by Ray
Pavichevich put the Wolverines
ahead, 29-27, a minute before
halftime and7'Purdue never
caught up.
Another basket by Pavichevich
and three points by freshman cen-
ter Paul Groffsky helped the Maize
and Blue to a 34-30 margin at the
midway mark. '
IT WAS MICHIGAN'S. strong
third period spurt that put the
game on ice. With Skala pacing
the way the Wolverines built their
lead into a comfortable 13-point
margin late in the stanza before a
last second fielder by Carl McNulty
cut the lead to 52-41 as the buzzer
sounded.
The Boilermakers outscored
the Wolverines 19 to 16 in the
final period, but the damage had
been done.
McNulty's inability to maintain
his 20-plus average greatly hin-
dered the visitors. John Codwell,
Milt Mead and Skala all shadowed
the Boilermaker ace, holding him
to only two points in the entire
first half.
* *
SHOT AVERAGES for both
quintets were good. Michigan fired
27 of 79 attemptsthrough the nets
for 34.2 percent, and Purdue man-
aged 30.9 percent from the field.
Don Eaddy followed up his fine
showing at Michigan State Satur-
day with 19 counters, 14 coming on
long two-handed set shots. His
effort also topped the Boilermak-
ers' best. McNulty and forward
Take Crown
.. Champaign, Ill ,-Illinois rolled
up its biggest score of the season
in drubbing Northwestern 95-74
last night and won its second
successive Big Ten basketball title
as Wisconsin upset Iowa 78-74 at
Iowa City.
The Illini victory, one of the
team's most impressive of the
season, was its 13th against one
loss. Iowa, ending its Big Ten
campaign, wound up with an 11-
3 mark to take second place.
Illinois, ranked No. 2 in the AP
poll this week, was paced by cen-
ter John Kerr, Sophomore Kerr
funneled in 34 points while play-
ing only three full quarters. It was
the best sharpshooting of his col-
legiate career.
INDIANA 70, MSC 67
Bloomington, Ind. - Fourth-
place Indiana edged fifth-place
Michigan State last night, 70-67,
in the Big Ten basketball windup
for both teams.
Indiana refused three free
throws in the last minute after
breaking the tenth tie of the game.
BADGERS 78, IOWA 75
Iowa City, Ia.-A redhot Wis-
consin team upset Iowa 78-75 last
night and ended the Hawkeyes'
chances of sharing the Big Ten
basketball title.
-Daily-Bruce Knoll
THROWS STONE-Milt Mead, 6-7 Wolverine center drives un-
derneath for a final quarter bucket. Trying to stop the Bay City
sophomore is Jim Stone, a 6-3 reserve forward for Purdue.
(This is the first of a series of
three articles to deal with the forth-1
coming Big Ten Wrestling meet to
be held this weekend in Ann Arbor.)
By HERB COHEN
The Big Ten's wrestling teams
can be divided into three classes
this year-the excellent teams
(Michigan State, Ohlo State, lli-
nois and Michigan), the good
teams (Indiana, Iowa, Purdue and
Northwestern), and the u n -
knowns (Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin).
This series of articles will try to
treat each of these categories in
a separate article, the first of
which will deal with the Badgers
and the Gophers.
MINNESOTA, although not a"
likely title threat this year, has
come up with, a team that should
fare decently in the Big Ten meet.
The Gophers have managed
to break even in their first six
meets, and though they have
met defeat three times, the
losses were at the hands of three
of the country's best teams,
Ohio State, Iowa State and
Iowa Teachers.
Coach Dave Bartelma has come
up with a team with very little
varsity experience before this
year, but one which possesses
great potentialities.
WIT/r# 4 GU W
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How do you know when
your best foot's forward?
' Once there was a Senior who
( It permits certain liberties
"as Sly. (Look, this is a sry
with the truth.)
He'd call up a Girl, stamn.
mer incoherently through the
Preliminaries, gurgle help.
lessly through the Bicuspids, and hang up.
Dateless. One day his room-mate took him
in hand. "Herman, old buddy," he said,
... and unfolded a Plan.
Next day the Big Girl on Campus got a
Telegram. A terse message. Simply: "Will
pick you up at eight P.M. Friday. Regards.
Herman H. Glockenspiel." She was In-j
trigued. Friday evening she was bibbed and
tuckered and waiting when Herman sheep.
ished up the steps of her Sorority house.
"Are you Herman H. Glockenspiel?"
she cooed. "Ulp," said Herman. "Oooooh,"
she said, taking his arm, "I just love Orig-
inal, Masterful Men." Herman was on his
way.
Now Herman has more dates than the
Syrian Desert. ,Still makes 'em all by Tele.
Igram. No fool, this Herman.
When you've got a Date in mind -
Whether it's with the Campus Queen, a
Smith Siren or a Big Moment Back Homne
-a Telegram has the Man-of-the-world Ap-
proach that pleases. Equally effective, too
for birthdays, Mother's Day and Easter
Messages, congratulations, or yaps to Pop
for Cash, or to Sis to Airmail you The Baggy
Sweater. Just call Western Union and see.
SERVING YOU
THE KEY
TO TOP VALUES
DICK. MUEL16ER, a 123 pound
freshman from Minneapolis heads
the list of outstanding Gophers.
He is undefeated in. dual meet
competition this year, and prob-
ably will be one of the most pro-
nounced threats to Michigan's
Larry Nelson, Conference cham-
pion at that weight.
Willis Wood, heavyweight
newcomer, and Don Zastrow,
the only senior on the squad,
are other very prominent
threats in the Gopher lineup.
Wisconsin likewise could do
some heavy wrecking in the meet
this weekend.
THE BADGERS are paced, as
they have been for two years, by
two-time Big Ten champion Don
Ryan. Ryan before this year was
undefeated in 19 straight dual"
meets over a two years span.
He stretched that out for six
more meets this year before he
finally met defeat last month at
Colorado State.
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POTENT MERMEN:
Michigan Pins Hopes on Davies, Eliot
Jack Runyan each
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Records Points
Kentucky (39),
Illinois (10)
Kansas State (1)
Duquesne (2)
St. Louis (1)
Washington (1)
Iowa (1)
Kansas (8)
West Virginia (7)
St. John's
28-2
18-2
17-4
20-1
21-5
24-4
19-2
20-2
22-3
21-3
* * *
BIG TEN STANDINGS
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Illinois 12 1
Iowa 11 3
Minnesota 10 4
adiana 9 5
mSC 6 8
Ohio State 6 8
Wisconsin 4 9
Northwestern 4 10
MICHIGAN 4 10
Purdue 3 11
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(Editor's Note-This is the second in
a series of stories spotlighting the
Western Conference swimming meet,
scheduled for March 6, 7, and 8 at
East Lansing, Michigan.)
By HERB NEIL
Strength and weakness are con-
trasted in the Michigan breast-
stroke and backstroke departments
on the eve of the Big Ten cham-
pionships.
The Wolverines boast two na-
tional champions and the defend-
ing Big Ten winners in the 100
and 200-yard breaststroke races,
Stew Elliott and John Davies, re-
spectively.
* * *
ON THE BACKSTROKE side of
the picture the Wolverines have
been able to garner first place in
only three dual meets this season.
A close, fast race is expetted
in the 200-yard breaststroke
when Davies, Iowa's Bowen
Stassforth, and Jerry Holan of
Ohio State tangle. Holan finish-
ished second to Davies in the 200
last year in the Big Ten cham-
pionships.
Stassforth, who was not in
school last year, defeated Davies
when the two met at Iowa City ten
days ago. The Iowa star's time of
2:19.7 in downing Davies bettered
the American record for the dis-
tance in a 50-yard pool.
* * *
AGAINST Ohio State last week
Davies inched out Holan on the
last stroke with a time of 2:16.3,
the best time recorded in the Con-
ference this year. The race was
swum in the usual 25-yard pool.
In the 100-yard breaststroke
the Wolverine co-captains, El-
liott and Davies, will be out to
duplicate their feat of 1951 when
Elliott won the race and Davies
finished right behind in second
place.
Both Stassforth and Holan will
challenge the Wolverines in the
shorter race; but both the oppon-
ents are better at the longer 200-
yard event. Illinois' Jim Pendle-
ton is another potential scorer in
either the 100 or 200-yard breast-
stroke.
THE BACKSTROKE seems to
be all Ohio State with defending
champion Jack Taylor leading the
Buckeye contingent. Taylor took
both the 100 and 200-yard races
in last year's meet after garnering
the 1500-meter free-style event.
Taylor should have no trouble
in winning both races again this
year, and probably will break his
own 200-yard Conference record
of 2:08.7.
The Buckeye backstroker's best
200 time for this year of 2:07.1 is
nearly five seconds better than the
second best in the Conference.
TAYLOR'S CHIEF competition
will most likely come from his
teammates Yoshi Oyakawa and
Joe Prata. Prata, who placed fifth
in 1951, was the last of four Buck-
eye backstrokers who scored in the
200 in last year's meet.
The Wolverines' best oppor-
tunity to score in the backstroke
evehts rests with Bumpy Jones,
who holds the third best time for
the 200 thus far this season.
However, the versatile Jones has
swum the backstroke in just one
of Michigan's meets this season
and may confine his swimming to
the free-style and the medley this
weekend.
(Tomorrows Divers and Medley)
PURDUE
Runyon F
Calhoun F
Stoner F
Schorr F
McMullin F
McNulty
Brewster C
Toeppe (G
Blind G
Banas G
Server G
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Mead C
Codwell F-C
Groffsky C
Eaddy G
Lawrence G
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