WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1952 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Phi Gums Top Phi belts, 45-38' 4> SPEAKING Of lPt BY'GEORGE FLINT b MICHIGAN ATHLETIC COACHES better call for Mr. Einstein. Although most people don't know why everything is relative (in mathematical terms, at least), any Wolverine sports fan will tell you that the recent, Big Ten championships in swimming, track, and wrestling prove the Princeton professor knows what shape the world's in. The reason? In all three instances, the Michigan teams were among the strongest, if not the strongest, in modern history. Yet all three wound up a couple of steps away from the winner's circle. Michigan teams were great, but the competition was Just a trifle greater. Take the dirt track derby down in Champaign. To say that the meticulous Don Canham was loaded this season is an understatement. The personnel on this present Michigan track team holds 11 varsity records, indoor and outdoor. It is young, it is bal- anced, it is cool under fire. At Champaign, captain Don McEwen came through with a. great personal effort, doubling in the gruelling mile and two mile, and picked up nine points for the Maize and Blue. Sophomore John Ross duplicated his fellow Canadian's effort with a record- breaking win in the mile and a close second in the 880. Fritz Nilsson and Tom Johnson turned up first and second in the shot put, the best Michigan has done in that event since the days of Charley Fonville. And another Canadian sensation, Jack Carroll, gave Illinois star Cirilo McSween a lesson in running the quarter mile.. The result of all this was a second place. The Illini had the depth in every event-manpower to burn. And a little of the bad luck which has dogged recent Michigan track teams still remains. Van Bruner failed to touch his best effort in the hurdles, both high and low, and teammate Walt Atchison hit a barrier in the trials for the lows to elim- inate another chance for points. OSURecruits Swimmers .. . IN SWIMMING, it was a different combination of circumstances which yielded an also-ran position for Michigan. Although in- eligibility in mid-season deprived Olympic coach Matt Mann of some of his more valued performers, there was still talent of championship calibre around the varsity pool. But there's a small difference between Mann's teams and those of Ohio State. Whereas Michigan swimmers come here becuse of the tradition of the Wolverine and the personal attraction of the venerable Mann, the Buckeyes draw their personnel through a powerful recruiting net which extends to such farflung spots as Hawaii and South America. In addition, eligibility rules at Colum- bus are not considered the most stringent in the conference. Add it all up and the result is Ohio State aqua-power the like of which has never been seen. Even with Ron Gora and the rest of the men felled by study difficulty, the Michigan! team wouldn't have bqen good enough, even though they've broken enough varsity and pool records to satisfy ten Wolverine squads. Too Little, Too Late .. . FOR CLIFF KEEN, longtime standout among wrestling coaches, it was a matter of too little, too late. The too little was in the matter of individual championships. Dick O'Shaughnessy, a workmanlike sophomore, grabbed a crown along with Snip Nalan. But the large share of the Wolverines didn't even get near the championship round. That was where the too late came in. The all-around ability of this well-conditioned grappling team showedup in the consolation round, where a sudden plethora of points pushed the Keenmen up to second place in the final standings. It was again a matter of relativity. Although in dual meets' the Michigan athletes had been able to handle almost all the conference opponents in their weight class, the potent first round field provided by the team championships was too great an obstacle for the grunt-and- groaners. (They say they don't really grunt and groan in the college sport, but they should if they don't.) It all adds up to a call for Mr. Einstein. Anyone have a logarithm table handy? CRYSTAL BALL: Conference Finish Bears Out McCoy's Hardwood Forecast ® 4 MCF Gains Independent 'HoopFinals By JACK WATSON Phi Gamma Delta led all the way to turn back Phi Delta Theta, 45-38 last night and move into the final round of the first place "A" basketball playoffs. In other court action, the Michi- gan Christian Fellowship over- came a 9-4 first quarter deficit to down the Foresters by a 31-28 count and reach the finals of the Independent "A" playoffs. * * * - a n FIRST PIACE Fraternity "B" playoffs saw Delta Tau Delta edge Chi Psi by an 18-17 margin. The Phi Gams took a com- manding 10-5 quarter advan- tage, and were on top, 20-17 at the half way point. Pacing the winners' attack were Joe Mid- dleton, Bruce Haynam, Jack Stumpfie and Charlie Emery who teamed up for a total of 39 points. Chuck Hoffer paced the losers with 12 markers. As a result of its seven-point victory, Phi Gamma Delta will face the winner of the Sigma Chi- ATO tilt in the finals. FORWARD Herb Spencer, who collected 15 points, paced the MCF to its comeback win over the For- esters. Behind throughout the first quarter, the MCF attack picked up momentum in the next ses-. sion as the winners assumed an 18-15 halftime lead. MCF moved out to a 24-20 margin after three quarters and withstood a last-minute Forester rally to take the verdict. Delta Tau Delta built up a 13-9 halftime advantage and had just enough left to hold off a Chi Psi surge and win out by a single point. Chi Psi was on top late in the game, 16-15, but in the thrill- packed final moments, the first half leaders regained their edge to eke out the win. GORDON TARRANT'S 16-point harvest led Beta Theta Pi into the second place "A" finals with a 34- 24 decisionover Sigma Alpha Epsi- lon The annual professional frater- nity swimming meet returned Del- ta Sigma Delta as the new cham- pion by a38-33 tally over runner- up Alpha Kappa Kappa. Nu Sigma Nu took third place with 24 points, followed by Phi Epsilon Kappa with 22 and the Law Club with 19. In gaining the win, Delta Sigma Delta nabbed firsts in the medley relay, the 50-yard breast stroke and the 200-yard free style event. Dave Siebold paced the winners by grabbing the latter two events. Intramural Scores BASKETBALL (A) Phi Gamna Delta 45, Phi Delta Theta 3t Beta Theta Pi 34, Sigma Alpha Epsi- Ion 24 Sigma Phi 30, Sigma Nu 15 Alpha Delta Phi 23, Delta Chi 13 Alpha Sigma Phi 15, Theta Chi 11 MCF 31, Foresters 28 BASKETBALL (B) Delta Tau Delta 18, Ci Psi 17 PADDLEBALL Hinsdale 2, Reeves 0 Cooley 2, Huber 1 Strauss 3, Prescott 0 Taylor 3, Lloyd 0 Tyler 2, Van Tyne 0 Anderson 2, Chicago 1 Wenley 3, Scott 0 Grapefruit League Pittsburgh (N) 4, Seattle (PCL) 2 New York (A) 7, Boston (A) 6 Chicago (A) 7, St. Louis (A) 6 St. Louis (N) 3, Boston (N) 0 M ajor Injuries Hamper Tiger Pucksters in NCAA Colorado College, a team that was greatly feared by Michigan just a little more than a month ago, enters the NCAA tournament this Friday evening riddled by key injuries and ineligibilities. The Tigers, who, like Michigan, will be playing in their fifth straight collegiate championship tournament, face Yale in the semifinal contest. Should they * * * ond game saved the Wolverines from being eliminated from con- sideration for a coveted bid to Colorado Springs. The Tigers took the first game of the series, 5-3, but lost the second one in an overtime thril- ler, 7-6. However, the series was a costly one for Colorado, as they lost their leading scorer and spark of their first line, Tony Frasca. Frasca suffered a broken ankle in the first game. To add to his troubles, Cheddy Thompson, Tiger coach, has just been informed that Ron Hartwell who led the squad's scoring for the season is ineligible for this weekend's tournament. It has just been discovered that Hartwell was playing his fourth year of collegi- ate hockey. That leaves Omer Brandt as the only remaining member of the Tiger's highest scoring line. However, if the Tigers lack scoring punch, they'll still have plenty of defensive power. Their goalie, Ken Kinsley, was praised by Vic Heyliger, Wolverine men- tor, as the toughest that his squad has seen all season. LATE HOCKEY SCORE Boston 3, Detroit 2 Military Ball Pictures on display Today and Tomorrow 10-4' in Administration Building DUQUESNE WINS, 78-68: Dayton UpsetsFavored St. Louis, 68-58 NEW YORK-UP)-Fluid-moving Meineke scored 16 and Grigsby tussle of it, leading most of the Don Meineke and driving Chuck netted 22. first half and then staging a late Grigsby provided Dayton with a Duquesne, poised top-seeded rally after Duquesne had taken a killngpoe-twond- chded ast. niht favorite, eliminated Holy Cross, 57-46 third quarter lead. to upset second-seeded St. Louis, 786 o*opee h*em-ia the Sugar Bowl Champion. 68-58 b8-c8et ofcmt the semi-fienal NAIB BASKETBALL in the quarter-finals of the Nation- e Eastern Illinois 11Huron 78 al Invitation Basketball Tourna- The towering Dukes will meet Utah state 85, Clarion State 68 ment at Madison Square Garden I LaSalle and Dayton will take on New Mexico A & M 86, Mississippi last night. third-seeded St. Bonaventure to- Lawrence Tech 97, Washburn 80 The graceful Meineke, utilizing morrow night to see who battles it NBA BASKETBALL an almost unguardable pivot shot, out in Saturday's finals. 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