THE MICHIGAN DAILY

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1953

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'THINKING' PLAYER:
Pavichevich's Smart Play Team Asset

Gavilan Smashes Davey
With TKO, Keeps Title

Hardworking, unassuming Ray
Pavichevigh is not the most con-
spicuous Michigan player on the
basketball court.

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At 5-11 he can easily be lost
among the "big boys" but Pavich-
evich is the stable, smart type of
ball player that can hold a team
together.
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THIS BEING his second year or
varsityf-competition he tossed in
73 points in Big Ten games last
season on 25 field goals and 23
free shots.
Pavichevich seldom goes on
scoring sprees but is a steady
contributor in the points col-
umn. He has an excellent assort-
ment of shots including good
hooks with both hands which net
him a high percentage on shots.
A fine faker, he is hard to stop
when driving in for layup shots.

One of those persons who fall
under the classification of
"thinking ball players," his mind
is always one step ahead of his
hands, which are usually one
step ahead of his competition.
An -East Chicago, Indiana pro-
duct Pavichevich played his high
school basketball in an area where
many of the country's best men are
produced. He faced ,competitors
such as Don Schlundt and Bob
Leonard.
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PAVICHEVICH was on the
Michigan baseball team last spring
and saw some action on this front.
During the summer he follows this
interest up by playing in an in-
dustrial league in and around his
home town.
A physical education major he
plans to return to Indiana after
graduating and find a coaching
job somewhere around the state.

CHICAGO - (RP) - Cuban Kid
Gavilan, a rugged champion from
the school of hard knocks, floored
college-bred Chuck Davey four
times Wednesday night with his
explosive punching to hold his
world welterweight title on a 10-
round technical knockout.
The previously unbeaten Davey
was unable to answer the bell for
the 10th after absorbing a bloody
beating in the savage ninth.
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SWITCHING southpaw at times
against his left-handed foe, Gavi-
lan flunked the Michigan State
grad in the finals of his graduate
course in pugilism. After the bout
was stopped, the Kid gaily danced
a few rhumba steps in his corner
while waving to the roaring crowd
of Davey partisans at Chicago
Stadium.
It was no contest, although
the game Davey kept flicking

his impotent punches in annoy-
ing fashion against the 27-year-
old champ from Camaquey,
Cuba.
Downed for a nine-count in
the third by a furious fusillade
of right-hand punches, Davey
survived until the sleek xkeed
turned on the heat in the ninth.
Gavilan amused himself by switch-
ing southpaw in the, fifth and
sixth.

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