PAGE THREE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1952 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Denver Pucksters Out To Even Score By DAVE BAAD The Denver Pioneers have an important score to settle when they face Michigan's hockey team in a two game series next Mon- day and Tuesday nights. Last year Denver tied Michi- gan for second place in the Mid- vest Hockey League and since the top two teams are selected to play in the NCAA championship tour- nament, a poll of the circuit's teams was necessary to pick the other tourney representative. * * * MICHIGAN WAS selected, pri- marily because of a somewhat bet- ter season's record of 20 wins against four losses as compared to 18. wins and six losses for the Pioneers. This, of course didn't make the Denvecites very happy and it hurt even more when the Wol- verines went on to annex the title. The mile high city club hasn't forgotten this slight by the lea- gue's officials and is prepared to demonstrate its superiority over Vic Heyliger's aggregation in the coming series. IT APPEARS as if they are well prepared. They have fifteen let- termen returning from last year's squad including high scoring wing- man Bill Abbott who notched 49 points last year in 25 games. Denver demonstrated its strength in its first two games this year by blasting Toronto twice in a row, 7-2 and 8-3. These victories compare favor- ably with Michigan's win over. Toronto last Saturday night by a 6-3 margin. The Pioneers are coached by former Michigan great 1STeil Celley who two years ago pacec'the Wol- verines to a national title while playing right wing for Heyliger's sextet. THE LIKABLE Eveleth, Min- nesota product was Michigan's high scorer and most valuable player that year. He took over the coaching reins at Denver the following season and has been very In- strumental in the upswing of Pioneer hockey fortunes. In .the two years previous to his ten- ure as hockey mentor its record equaled 15 wins against 25 de- feats. Since Celley has been in com- mand the Pioneers have copped 20 decisions while dropping only six, ANOTHER interesting sidelight. on the game is the presence in the Denver lineup of Mel Mullen, brother of Michigan's third line center, Doug. Although both Doug and Mel are returning lettermen, this will be their first meeting in collegiate hockey *competition. The Denver product from the Mullen family didn't Join his team until mid-season last year somewhat after the Wolverines and Pioneers had squared off in late December. Playing in less than half of Den- ver's 25 games he racked up nine goals and eight assists and is con- sidered one of the Pioneers' most dangerous scorers. * * * DOUG MEANWHILE has been keeping up his end of the family reputation and last year paced Wolverine goal scorers with 18. He has picked up a goal and two as- sists in action so far this season. The two game series next week concludes a rugged four game road trek for the Wolverines. They play Coloradortomorrow and Saturday before the set with Denver. Since Colorado and Denver are generally considered Michigan's most dangerous competition in its quest for a third straight NCAA title, the Wolverines must break even to stay in the running. * * * LAST YEAR Michigan and Den- ver split in two games, the Wol- verines taking the first 7-5, and the Pioneers the other by a 5-4 count. In 1950-51 Denver, despite a mediocre season, managed to earn an even break with Michigan in two games played in Denver. FAMILY FEUDING-will mark Michigan's vacation engagements with Denver University as Mel Mullen (left) of the Pioneers will face brother Doug (right) of the Wolverines. Although Vic Hey- liger's Maize and Blue squad encountered the Pioneers last year, the intra-family squabble did not take place due to the fact that Mel was not playing with the Denver sextet. (Wolverine Cindermen Compete In Annual Intra-S quad Contest By ED SMITH Coach Don Canham unveils his 1953 edition of the Wolverine thinclads to track fans in the an- nual pre-holiday time trials in Yost Fieldhouse tonight. Field events will begin at seven with running events starting a half hour later. OF TOP interest is the debut of numerous talented freshmen, who will team with the sophomores in an effort to outscore the juniors and seniors. The feature event on the card is the mile run. Five men are entered who have bettered 4:20. Top gun, of course, is John Ross, Big Ten mile indoor and outdoor champ. Competition will come from fellow junior George Lynch and sophomore John Moule. Also running are two men who will not compete for the Wolver- ines this year. Bill Hickman, who will graduate in January, and Graduate student Frank McBride. McBride, who spent his under- graduate days at South Dakota, ran a 4:15 mile there last year. THE QUARTER mile rates as another thrill packed possibility. Jack Carroll, Joe LaRue, Bill Bar- ton, and Dan Hickman of the up- perclassmen will match strides with Grant Scruggs, Bob Rudesill, Pete Sutton, and Ross McNab. In the hurdles event the em- phasis on youth has left Van Bruner the only upperclass rep- resentative in the highs, but he will be assisted in the lows by Al Rankin and Dale Brown. The results of the 880 may well decide who will carry the mail for the Wolverines later in the season. At present it boils down to a duel between sophomore Geoff Dooley and junior Roy Christian- sen. WITH LYNCH running in the mile some of the keenest compe- tition in the meet may result in the two mile. Bob Hall, Bob Cut- ting, and Buzz Guise will carry the standard of the upperclassmen against Al Lubina, George Jayne, and George Rockwell. The seniors will be without the services of ace weight man Fritz Nilsosn tonight. The Swedish shot- putter has not as yet completely recovered from a leg operation which he underwent early this fall and will be unable to com- pete. DID YOU KNOW: that three Michigan graduates are head foot- ball coaches in the Big Ten. Ivan Williamson '33, of Wisconsin, For- est Evashevski '41, of Iowa and our own Bennie Oosterbaan '28 all won letters in football at this institution. Sigma Chi Takes Frat Swim Title Gomberg Crowned DormitoryChamp Sigma Chi edged out Sigma Nu, 29-26, last night to win the Fra- ternity Intramural S w i m m i n g Championship while at the same time Gomberg House was splash- ing its way to a, 37-20, victory over Kelsey House to annex the Resi- dence 'Hall crown. Although weak in r e s e r v e strength, Sigma Chi swept all the firsts in the four individual events to clinch its victory. After the 100 yard freestyle relay ended in a1 tie, Stu Waters of Sigma Chi start- ed the individual scoring with a victory in the 25 yard breast stroke with a time of 15:4. * * * THE 25 YARD backstroke was taken by Jim Peterson and the 25 yard freestyle was won by Dave Higgins, both of Sigma Chi. The medley relay was won by Sigma Nu when Sigma Chi was disqualified. The 50 yard free style was taken by C. A. Mitts of Sigma Chi. Although Sigma Nu did not take an individual first they did take all the seconds as well as the Medley Relay and tie for the freestyle relay thus accounting for the close score. Gomberg house grabbed five firsts to pace its triumph over Kel- sey in the Resident Hall finals. The only Kelsey victory was garnered by Ted Tandourjian in the 50 yard freestyle. * * * , GOMBERG EASILY won both relays, taking the 100 yard free- style in 49:0 and the medley relay in 44:0. Dunc MaGoon and Norm Ziegleman took a first and second respectively for Gomberg in the 25 yard breast stroke to give their team a lead tiat it never relin- quished. The 25 yard backstroke was taken by Bob Sewell of Gomberg while Jack Birchfield of Gomberg copped the 25 yard free style. LATE SPORTS SCORES BASKETBALL Albion 64, Alma 57 Adrian 62, Aquinas 53 Detroit 74, Houston 64 Notre Dame 53, Loyola 45 PRO-HOCKEY New York 5, Boston 0 * Read and Use * Daily Classifieds By DICK BUCK The Michigan gymnastics squad has a nucleus of veterans back but Newt Loken's charges will still feel the loss of tumbler Dunc Er- ley and ex-Captain Connie Ettl in their new 1953 campaign. The Wolverines had a 4-2 rec- ord in Big Ten competition last year and went on to take fourth place in the Conference meet be- hind Illinois, Michigan State, and Minnesota. * * * LEE KRUMBHOLZ, Don Hurst, Harry Luchs, Frank Adams, and Mary Johnson form a quintet of experienced point-getters from last year's edition, but other than these five and possibly Dick Berg- man, Coach Loken can count on only limited help from new blood. Captaining the team Hurst was part of a one-two punch on the trampoline along with Remo Boila, but Boila, No. 2 "tramp" man, was drafted earlier in the year. Hurst, a senior who fin- ished ninth in the Conference on trampoline last year, will also double up on tumbling. He has had experience in both events, Luchs may prove to be one of the best all-round men in the Big. Ten. The Latvian-born sophomore exhibited beautiful form on the parallel bars, high bar, and flying rings in leading all Michigan scd'- ers in 1952 with 72 points. He cap- tured the Conference champion- ship on the parallel bars. * * * THE SIDE horse is junior Lee Krumbholz's chief claim to fame but he also picks up points on the parallel bars and flying rings, making him a good all-around man. He finished second only to Luchs in the scoring column last year. Another junior Mary Johnson competes on parallel bars and high bar. He is No. 2 man be- hind Luchs on parallel bars and totaled more points than Luchs did on the high bar in the pre- vious season. Frank Adams, a sophomore, rounds out the quintet strength- ening the team on the trampoline, WOLVERINE GYMNASTS STRONG: :* Loken Drills Veteran Team for Opener i the tumbling mats, and high bar. As a freshman he gathered 36% V points to make him No. 4 man on the team. ALL OF THESE five should show improvement this year and will be higher in the ranks of their * s.- , NEWT LOKEN . . . gymnastics boss events with many seniors gradu- ating from other Big Ten squads. Another year of experience should enable junior Dick Berg- man be one of the Wolverines' top flying rings men. Loken can boast two good fresh- man prospects in Jim Barbero and John Eckle; Barbero having made good practice showings on the side horse and parallel bars while Eckle is strictly a trampoline man. THE TWO freshmen round out an eight man squad which will try to make up for lack of depth with versatility. An excellent trampoline pros- pect Bill Winkler is ineligible but may be able to see action next semester. An intra-squad meet was held last Thursday at the I-M Building with the gymnasts displaying their complete routines. It was decided that more of this "battle condi- tion" practice was needed before the season opener on January 10 with Indiana. The 1953 schedule: January 10-Indiana, Home January 17-Ohio State, Away February 7-Wisconsin, Away February 14-Illinois, Home February 20-Northwestern and Minnesota, Away February 28 -- Michigan State Away March 6-7-Big Ten Meet (at MSC) March 27-28-NCAA Meet (at Syracuse) Moore Becomes Light-Heavy King ST LOUIS-(P)-Archie Moore won the light-heavyweight cham- pionship of the world last night by pounding out a unanimous 15 round decision over the defending titleholder Joey Maxim before 12,- 000 fans in the St. Louis Arena. Ignored by one champion after another for over five years, the "Uncrowned Champion" made it official by blasting the steel-chin- ned, 30-year-old Clevelander with a blistering barrage of punches from beginning to end * * *, THUS MOORE became the old- est light-heavyweight king since Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons grabbed the crown at the age of 41. Maxim im's defeat came in his third de- fense of the crown he won nearly three years ago. The challenger, fired up for his big moment, rocked the champion in the very first round, staggered him often afterwards but couldn't. bring the game Maxim down. DID YOU KNOW: that Michi- gan stands fourth in the Western Conference-in the all time winning basketball percentages. The Wol- verine hoopsters trail only Illiy nois, Wisconsin and Purdue. Read and Use Daily Classifieds. ........... i' ;'r: °7::"}:'::":? vt;:}'i:: }:"?. C.;:"};"{:'''":"?'S: "'s'":v:"a'"yi'':"i}'r;.:};.v::}}:.": :::.}":.' : a;"ii:;R"? /C: r1ae.. 1....1.Yw1t}iA:S '.14YuS'n11:::.u. ':1':'.51::::1.:i.'l.:iY:"i4'.1:: w1'.:'nlt+"! ..:::::K. ' S!.::+tS(:5 PURDUE, WILDCATS WEAK SISTERS TOO: MSC Bases Cage Hopes on Newcomers hAiMmestime By DICK LEWIS (Last in a Series) Little more than a scramble for the upper. reaches of the second division is in store for Michigan State, Northwestern, and Purdue -the weaker sisters in the West. ern Conference basketball race. Of this trio, Coach Pete Newell and his defensive-minded Spar- tans are accorded the best chance of finishing close to the league leaders. s s s FOUR REGULARS have depart- ed from last year's squad that compiled six wins in 14 league en- counters for the fifth position, but Newell has available some young blood that showed to good advan- tage in Michigan State's opening 62-51 defeat of Marquette. Lone holdover in the East Lansing camp is forward Keith Stackhouse, a 6-1 junior who led all MSC scorers in his sopho- more year with 236 counters in 20 games for an 11.8 average. Stackhouse goes at one of the forward spots and his running mate in the front-court is 6-3 Erik Furseth, who played a prom- inent role as a spot player in 1951- 52. * * * OFF HIS showing in the 11- point verdict over the Hilltoppers, 63 sophomore Al Ferrari Will see a good deal of action at a forward position. Ferrari entered the Mar- quette game when Stackhouse suf- fered a cut eye and proceeded to go on a scoring splurge that net- ted 13 tallies. Biggest noise up at East Lan- sing is 6-8 sophomore pivot op- erator Bob Armstrong, the man who is supposed to fill the shoes of graduated all-around athlete Bob Carey. Armstrong proved a strong boardman against Marquette and dumped in 19 points on a variety of hook shots and one-handers. ** * A COUPLE of shorties, 5-5 Rick- ey Ayala and 5-.10 Dick Wesling cavort in the Spartan backcourt. Ayala turned in a creditable per- formance for the first half of last season before being sidelined with a broken leg. Down at Evanston, a new $1,300,000 field house and a new $10,000 a year coach don't seem to be the answers to North- The new gymnasium with a maximum seating capacity of 12,- 000 is named McGraw Memorial Hall, while the new mentor is Waldo Fisher, one of the Wildcats' great all-time athletic heroes. Fisher succeeds Harold Olson, who piloted Northwestern to a 4-10 Big Ten record and tie for ninth- place in his swan song. FISHER'S initiation to the cage wars was not a happy one as Wes- tern Michigan overpowered the Evanston quintet by a 95-79 mar- gin. The new coach, however, has some good talent to work with in an effort to lift his charges out of the depths of the confer- ence second division. Center Frank Petrancek, now in his junior year, heads a group of nine returning lettermen. As a sophomore, Petrancek placed sixth in the Big Ten scoring fight with 215 points, averaging 15.4 markers per game. * * * EXECTED TO share the brunt of the Wildcat point-getting punch is 6-2 Captain Larry Dellefield, top man against Western Michigan with 16. Dellefield, one of the starting Northwestern forwards, came home 15th in Big Ten scor- ing last season with 155 markers and an 11.1 average. Another veteran on an out- fit which shows only one sen- ior is Frank Ehmann, the other first-string forward. Ehmann stands 6-3, and is being pushed for the front-court spot by 6-4 Rob LeBuhn and Bud Grant, a 6-6 hustler who goes at either a center or forward spot. The Wildcats are well fortified at guard where last year's regulars, 6-3 John Biever and Don Blaha both return. These two combined for 28 scores in the loss to the Broncos. * * * COACH RAY EDDY faces a tough job in elevating a hapless Purdue five from the loop cellar. The Boilermakers suffered 11 con- ference losses last season to oc- cupy the basement all by them- selves. Two early-season defeats this year have perked up Purdue hopes. In an 89-85 loss to rug- ged Louisville, Eddy's charges established an all-time single game Boilermaker scoring rec- ord. A late rally fell shy in a 67-61 defeat at the hands of Butler. By far the outstanding prospect in the Riveter scheme of things is 6-5 senior center Glen Calhoun, who has done the bulk of the scor- ing in the first two scraps. CALHOUN RANG up 16 count- ers in the Butler contest and came. back with 27 more against Louis- ville. This is quite a jump for a performer who could net only 81 points in 19 games over the '51-52 campaign. Four other returning letter- men make up the balance of the starting outfit. Jack Runyan and John Toeppe gain the nod at the forwards while 6-3 John Der- mody, second high Boilermaker point-man in his junior year with 179 tallies and sophomore Denny Blind go at the guards. On tap for relief duty are five other lettermen and 6-3 sopho- more Don Beck, who is pressing Runyan for the first-string for- ward slot. F i r i e r, t ~ 4K .. " ' " . .,t CHEROKEE OPERA $6.95 .I BALBOA CHIEF (Hard Sole) in Glove Leather 8.95 BALBOA OPERA (Soft Sole) 6.95 . SPECIAL! 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