THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1953
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
PAGE TIMEE.
Oore o Take Big Ten Swimming
Crown
Wolverines
t Rated Good
U set Threat
By IVAN KAYE
Ohio State has been installed
r as a pre-meet choice to capture
the Big Ten swimming crown at
the 43rd annual Western Confer-
ence championships opening to-
night at the University of Iowa
natatorium in Iowa City.
The Buckeyes of coach Mike
Peppe have won four consecutive
league titles, and six in the last
seven years.
* * *
OHIO HAS BEEN accorded the
favorite role on the strength of
the past performances of swim-
mers.Ford Konno, Yoshi Oyakawa
and Jerry Holan; and divers Bob
Clotworthy and Morley Shapiro.
The Buckeyes were beaten
twice in dual meet competition,
by Michigan and Michigan
State. In each case however, the
Ohioans were not at full
strength. Against the Spartans
they missed Konno and sprin-
ter Dick Cleveland, and at Ann
Arbor they faced Michigan with-
out the services of Cleveland.
Cleveland remains on the doubt-
ful list. His presence would mean
points in both the 50 and 100
yard freestyles as well as a strong
t third man on the medley relay
team.
MICHIGAN is tabbed as the
runner-up, with the Spartans of
Michigan State figured for third
place. The title struggle however,
is a two-team affair.
Michigan will be looking for
' a number of seconds and thirds
to bolster its point total in the
hope of springing an upset. The
Ohio points being centered on
first place finishes seem to be
more certain than Michigan's
expectations.
The Wolverines will look to Don
Hill and Tom Benner in the
sprints; Bumpy Jones, Ron Gora
- and captain Wally Jeffries in the
middle distances; John Chase in
the backstroke; Glen Miller in the
breaststroke and Jimmy Walters
in the diving to carry their hopes
for their first conference title since
1948.
JONES APPEARS to be a cinch
in his specialty, the 150 yard in-
dividual medley, while the Maize
and Blue freestyle relay quartet
of Hill, Benner, Gora and John-
ny Ries is almost as certain to
capture its event.
Michigan State should provide
some stiff competition in the mid-
dle distance freestyle events with
star swimmer Bert McLachlan
Northwestern will place its hopes
o1i sprinter Kieth Peterson, who
has done 22.7 in the 50 yard free-
style this season.
Chances of a school other than
Ohio State or Michigan winning
a conference swimming title are
almost nonexistant. In the last
22 years only Iowa in 1936 has
broken the dual monopoly.
Sigma Chis
Topple Phi
Delta Theta
Tau Delts Roll Over
LambdaChis, 47-21
Sigma Chi advanced into the
quarter-finals of the Class B fra-
ternity basketball first place play-
offs last night by edging Phi Delta
Theta in a tightly contested game,
28-23.
The winners held only a slim
two point halftime lead, but grad-
ually pulled ahead in the second
half to build their winning mar-
gin. Sigma Chi's scoring was even-
ly divided with Russ Chandler
leading the teamwith six,
* * *
CHUCK BARAF rolled in 26
points to pace Tau Delta Phi to an
one sided 47-21 victory over Lam-
bda Chi Alpha in a second place
playoff game. The 26 points, high
for the evening's fraternity acti-
vity, enabled the Tau Delts to turn
the game into a rout in the sec-
ond half. They held an 18-12 half-
time lead.
TITLE FAVORITES:
Wrestlers Embark for Conference Meet
By DAVE LIVINGSTON
As they embark for Bloomington
and the Big Ten Wrestling Cham-
pionships this morning, Coach
Cliff Keen's Wolverines leave be-
hind them a string of seven
straight conference victories,
enough to notch the favorite's role
for the weekend festivities.
In dual meet competition the
power-packed Maize and Blue
matmen have swept through every
conference squad but Minnesota
and Wisconsin, whom they did
not face.
INCLUDED in their perfect rec-
ord is a slim 17-13 win over Mich-
igan State, a team rated right be-
hind Michigan in pre-meet specu-
lation as to who will replace de-
fending titlist Illinois in the hon-
ored spot.
The Illini were dealt a 23-3
pasting by Keen's potent grap-
plers earlier this season, but
still figure to play a strong role
in the chase for the crown.
The Gophers loom as the dark
horse in the title scamper, boast-
ing an unblemished mark in Big-
Ten engagements. Their impres-
sive record is a little misleading,
however, since the Minnesotans
I.
have not met Michigan, Michigan
State, or even Illinois.
THE REST of the field are not
considered dangerous title con-
tenders, although several teams,
notably Iowa, boast strong indi-
vidual talent.
Last Saturday's slaughter of
Ohio State gave a pretty good
indication where Michigan's
strength lies.
The local grapplers won five
matches-every one of them by
a fall. Andy Kaul, Snip Nalan,
and Dick O'Shaughnessy all had
their opponents fiat on their backs
in a matter of minutes to remain
unbeaten for the season, with
teammates Joe Scandura and
Miles Lee completing the pinning
epidemic.
* * *
ALL FIVE of Keen's stars rank
among the Big Ten's best in their
respective weight divisions.
Nalan will be favored to re-
tain his conference 130-pound
crown, while sophomore Kaul is
expected to battle it out with
Illinois' 137-pound title-holder,
Pete Compton, for top laurels in
their weight division. Earlier
this season Kaul delt Compton
the first dual meet
career.
defeat of his
I
For the championship meet
Keen has moved O'Shaughnessy
down to the 177-pound division,
where the Wolverine senior plays
the role of defending champion.
* * *
O'SHAUGHNESSY'S current
season as a heavyweight, where
he almost always faced a big
weight handicap, netted him a
record of seven wins, blemished
only by a pair of draws.
Michigan's Scandura rates a top
spot as he goes into the Champion-
ships undefeated in Big Ten ac-
tion, although he dropped an ear-
ly season decision to Pittsburgh's
147-pounder, Bob Cook.
Lee, at 157 pounds, has won six
matches, lost two, and fought to
one draw over the current cam-
paign, while Keen's other entries,
Joe Atkins at 123 pounds, and
Bronson Rumsey in the 167-pound
class carry. mediocre records into
the fracas.
-Daily-Don Campbell
SPARTAN GOALIE THWARTS PAT COONEY'S TRY FOR A GOAL
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BIG RED SHAVE got the final
Michigan goal when he powered
a long shot from the left side of
the blue line that skimmed off
the pole and into the nets behind
Bergin who had come back to the
ice in the final period.
The game was one of the
roughest played in the Midwest
League this season, with 30 pen-
alties being called. By winning,
the Wolverines now have a total
of 15 points in the MCHL stand-
ings which puts them in a third
place tie with Denver.
the fracas.
If the Wolverines can win one
of their two games with Michigan
Tech this weekend, they can as-
sure themselves of a bid to the big
NCAA tournament next week.
Michigan Statera bruised and
battered club after last night's
rough and tumble contest plays
first-place Minnesota at East
Lansing tonight and Friday.
* * *
STATISTICS
FIRST PERIOD
1.-Michigan: Chin, (unassisted),12:40.
2.--Michigan State: Olson (King),
15:50.
3.-Michigan State: Olson (Mayes),
17:42.
Repeat Win over Illini Clinches
Big TenCage Title for Indiana
Indiana is the new Big Ten
basketball champion.
The Hoosiers sewed up the con-
ference crown by taking the meas-
ure of second place Illinois last
Saturday at Champaign, 91-77.
The victory was the fifteenth con-
ference win without defeat for In-
diana and it followed it up with
number 16 Monday over North-
western.
* * *
BIG DON SCHLUNDT, Hoosier
center, who has set all kinds of
Big Ten scoring records, tossed in
33 points in the fllini clash.
Schlundt has scored 424 points
in 16 games for a 26.5 per game
average.
Indiana, suffering a letdown
after its hard fought struggle
with Illinois, barely managed to
get by Northwestern, defeating
the Wildcats in overtime, 90-88.
Paul Poff, newly eligible soph-
omore sank a 40 foot set shot
with two seconds to go to give
the Hoosiers their victory.
In the process of capturing the
league title, Indiana has set the
following records: most points in
one game, 113; most points (1140)
and free throws (352) in 14 games
(length of the old Big Ten sea-
son); first team to win 14 con-
secutive games in a season; and
most poits (367) and free throws
(135) in 14 games by an individual
(Don Schlundt).
ELSEWHERE around the lea-
gue the battle for third place goes
on.
Michigan State went down to
a 66-53 defeat at the hands of
Illinois Monday, but despite its
loss remained a half game in
front of Minnesota. The Goph-
ers missed their opportunity to
regain the third slot as they were
upset by Iowa on the same night.
In the race for scoring honors,
Schlundt is running away with all
honors. Behind him comes Paul
Ebert of Ohio State with a 21.7
point per contest average and
Chuck Mencel of Minnesota with
297 markers in 16 engagements.
John Kerr, Illini center and Bob
Leonard, Indiana playmaker round
out the top five.
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Indiana
Illinois
Michigan State
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio State
Northwestern
MICHIGAN
Purdue
STANDINGS
16 0 1.000
12 *E4 .750
10 6 .525
10 7 .588
3 3 .500
8 8 .500
6 19 .375
5 11 .313
3 13 .188
3 14 .176
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