Y, JANUARY 14, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TUREE I I Field Events Are Puzzle In Indoor Track Picture CAGERS VACATE CELLAR: Wolverines Look Sharp in Iowa Victory SPORTS SLANTS . ..By Ed Whipple S BLUE LINE BANTER as Michigan's hockey team prepares to go after another victory over Michigan State tonight: Athletic Director Fritz Crisler has long since sacrificed "Terrible John" McKennell's stick-handling talent to "the best interests of col- lege hockey," but implications of McKennell's case remain. 1-Rival coaches aren't fussy about the means they use to try to wreck Vic Heyliger's hockey crew. Which means the Wolverines must be super-careful on hostile rinks from here on. The slightest display of temper will bring the same treatment McKennell got. 2-Some sort of procedure and regulation is needed by the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League to handle disputes. As of today, what rules the Midwest loop have specify no penalty or no course of action in the event of altercations with officials. 3-Hockey officials, especially in the Rocky Mountain area, are too scarce and too incompetent. Even the Colorado coaches and sportswriters lately have been criticizing their referees. Reports indicate there would have been no disagreement after the game in Denver had the referee known his business. Nearly all the Rocky Mountain officials are former Colorado Col- lege players. They need experience badly. More clinics and more jobs working juvenile games would help. Ace and 'Rabbitt' ... 7 IN THE Michigan-MSC area there are only three referees of any note, namely Ace Lee, Clifford (Rabbitt) McVeigh, and Ed Sabbe. This trio manages a half-way competent job generally, but their num- ber should be supplemented. Heyliger has been attempting to break in a new man, Connie Hill, former Michigan defenseman. The bespectacled Hill has been a third official in the Coliseum several times. The Colorado hockey forces may find themselves buying tickets to see the NCAA championships in March at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Denver has already lost four league games, and Colorado Col- lege has dropped three. The two will be cutting each other's throats this weekend when they clash twice in Colorado Springs. Michigan has lost only once and North Dakota is unbeaten in sit games. Don't discount Minnesota, either. The Gophers are only two down in the important "Loss" column of the standings. * * * * All the fans who crowded the Coliseum last weekend are still wondering how a hockey team can beat a foe 13-2 one night, then t lose to the same outfit, 2-1, the next. It ain't easy, but some nights you can't make the right move and others you can't make a mistake. Friday the Wolverines were hotter than a depot stove. Everything they shot went at the net. Doug Mullen even scored from a faceoff with one whack at the puck, which is an unusual feat in any hockey league. h * * * * change iI Form.. SATURDAY WAS A different story. Earl Keyes, usually a dead shot, wsllalone in front of the net with a chance to tie the game at 2-all in the third period. Keyes' blast was wide of goal by three feet. If you're less mystically and more logically inclined, here's further explanation: Heyliger turned prophet after the 13-2 runaway and declared, "It'll be different tomorrow night; they're not that bad, and they're tired from a long train ride." Also, the Michigan puckehasers had been busier than a cat on a tin roof, with three games in four days, having beaten Michi- gan State a week ago today. That's a lot of hockey, even for hockey players. The same curious phenomenon occurred Monday night on the basketball court. Three fans in the East Quad had been following the I Mihigsi-Iowa battle via radio for the first half. The Wolverines were working' so well the trio raced down to Yost Fieldhouse to enjoy the second half first hand. They saw Michigan dump in exactly two field goals in 23 attempts, plus three free throws for a grand total of seven points in 10 minutes. Then Michigan found the range again and tal- lied 21 :to win In the last stanza. " It was Just another one of those g unpredictable reversals of form that keep players playing and fans following all sorts of sports. STUDYING LATE? FRITZ NILSSON . . . Mr. shot put Ski Journey T-o lBe Made January 28 University skiing enthusiasts will get a chance to shake off the exarn week blues on a five day holiday at Boyne Mountain oe- tween semesters. Sponsored by the University Ski Club, a group of men and women will leave Ann Arbor by bus Thursday evening, Jan. 28, and return the following Tuesday night. ** * NAT NEWKIRK, in charge of the trip, has planned the week- end with an eye towards the nov- ice as well as the expert skier. He claims that newcomers to the sport will also enjoy the change of pace from the exam week grind. Equipment can be rented for a nominal fee for those who need it, he said. Transportation to the ;up- state Michigan resort, meals, lodging, qualified instruction, and ski tow fees will all be in- cluded in the assessment of fifty-nine dollars. A meeting of the Ski Club will be held at the Union at 7:30 o'clock tonight. All those who wish to sign up for the trip will be able to do so then, according to publicity director Ken Ross. A five dollar deposit will be collected then. (Last in a series of stories dealing with the prospects of Michigan's track team. Today's article concerns the field events.) By STAN BERNSTEIN The field events loom as a big question mark in Michigan's quest for the Big Ten indoor track championship. The Wolverine thinclads have lost more men from last season's field events squad than any other Big Ten school. * * * HORACE COLEMAN, winner of the indoor broad jump title, and Tom Johnson, who placed second to Roland Nilsson in the shot put, have graduated, while Milt Mead, who tied for the outdoor title, will not compete in the high jump un- til the end of the basketball sea- son. Even with these men missing, Coach Don Canham feels he has a better than average squad. Of the four field events, Michi- gan is strongest in the shot put. Nilsson's best toss of 54'6" far out- distances his nearest rival, Ohio State's Joe Morgan. The Buckeye's best heave is just over 52'. JohnI Bauer of Illinois is the only oth- er man in the conference who achieved a mark of better than 50' last season. * * * SUPPORTING Nilsson in the shot put are Roy Pella and George Hammond. Both have had tosses over 48'. With Mead limiting his jump- ing to the basketball court, vet- erans Bob Evans and Howard Liverance will carry Michigan's hopes in the high jump. Both have cleared 6'3". Their main competition will come from Ron Mitchell of Illinois. Two other outstanding confer- ence jumpers are James Harper of Indiana and James Vrooman from Michigan State. THE WOLVERINE track team's two weakest events are the pole vault and the broad jump. Brennan Gillespie and Roger Maugh are Michigan's chief threats in the pole vault. Both 1-M9 Volleyball Nu Sigma Nu 4, Delta Sigma Delta, 3 Museum 4, Aero Engineers 2 Dental Lab 4, Public ]Health 1 Social Research 4, Air Force 1 Education 4, Psychology "A" 3 WBRC Didgits 4, Psychology "B" 1 cleared 13' consistently last sea- son. Jerry Welbourne of Ohio State is considered the best vaulter in the conference. His high of 14'4" is a foot better than any other Big Ten pole vaulter. Junior Stielstra and Lowell Per- ry are the Maize and Blue's top broad jumpers. Stielstra, a sopho- more, was consistently around 22'6" as a freshman. The conference will present plenty of competition for the Wol- verine broad jumpers. Ohio State's William Hairston, out of action last season because of an injury, had jumps of over 24' in high school. Last year's outdoor broad jump champion, Northwestern's Art Kurtz, also will compete. 'M' Puekmen Bid For Win Over Spartans (Continued from Page 1) Since North Dakota is unde- feated, Michigan can't afford to lose a conference contest if they desire to keep pace with the No- Daks until the two clubs clash Feb. 20 and 21 in Ann Arbor. TO MEET the immediate threat from Michigan State, the Wolver- ines will ice practically the same combinations that they have play- ed the last three games. Captain Johnny Matchefts, Earl Keyes and Doug Philpott make up the first line. Convert- ed defenseman Jim Haas will center the second combination, with George Chin and Pat Cooney on the wings. Doug Mullen willskate between Burt Dunn and Telly Mascarin on the third line. Louis Paolotto, Alex McClellan, and Reg Shave will see full time duty on defense. Ron Martinson, who saw brief action in the games last week, still is not ready to take a regular turn on the ice. His leg is satis- factory but he hasn't worked him- self into playing shape as yet. Martinson, who broke his leg in late November, should be ready for regular action next semester, just in time to take the place of Earl Keyes whose eligibility ex- pires at the end of this term. Wolverine cagers found out Monday night that heads-up, hus- tling basketball pays big divi- dends in the Big Ten hardwood scramble. Their come-from-behind 66-61 victory over Iowa pushed them out of the conference cellar and gave them their second loop win. * * * MICHIGAN'S rebounding, pass- ing, and defense were all unusual- ly sharp as every Wolverine who made an appearance on the floor added something to the Maize and Blue cause. Flashy Ray Pavichevich was a particular thorn in the Hawk- eye scalps, breaking up passes and stealing the ball nearly every time the Iowans turned around. The tricky guard's passing into the pivot slot kept Iowa on its' collective toes, too, as center Paul Groffsky turned- about everything tossed him in the first half into Wolverine buckets. * * * THE 6-4 pivot-man hooked and rebounded eight of 16 shots through the nets before halftime. One underhanded, twisting layup in the second period brought the crowd to its feet with a roar that must have made the late Fielding H. Yost's ears ring. Groffsky, who added only one free throw to his 18-point half- time total, combined with sev- eral other Wolverines to give his team a rarely-enjoyed su- BIG TEN CAGE STANDINGS Indiana ......... 6 0 1.000 Illinois .......... 5 1 .833 Michigan State ...3 2 .600 Minnesota....... 3 3 .500 Ohio State....... 3 3 .500 Wisconsin....... 3 4 .429 Northwestern ... 2 3 .400 Iowa.............2 4 .333 MICHIGAN...... 2 6 .250 Purdue..........1 4 .200 premacy off both the offensive and defensive boards. Groffsky's scoring outburst was particularly pleasing to Coach Bill Perigo, for the big center has been in somewhat of a slump in the last couple of games. JOHN CODWELL and Ralph Kauffman must have given Iowa's' McKinley "Deacon" Davis fits, for the Michigan forwards combined to hold the Hawkeye scoring ace to four field goals out of 14 shots from the floor. Codwell was particularly ef- fective, limiting Davis to two free throws in the first quarter. Guard Don Eaddy pumped in several long field goals to pull the Hawkeye defense out and give Michigan the balanced attack it has been lacking. His 12-point output for the Maize and Blue was second only to Groffsky's 19. THE WOLVERINES' old person- al foul nemesis plagued them again against Iowa. Michigan, who holds the dubious honor of standing third in the nation in fouls committed, added 24 more to its total in Monday's winning effort. Perigo's boys are excelled-in the art of fouling only by John Car- roll and New Mexico. In the individual Wolverine scoring derby Groffsky built his first-place total up to 163, while Don Eaddy with 152 tallies and Milt Mead with 111 also exceed the century mark. Individual scoring statistics for eleven games: Player G FG FT Pts. Ave. Groff sky ......11 61 41 163 14.9 Eaddy........11 57 38 152 13.8 Mead.........11 38 35 111 10.1 codwell.......11 30 39 99 9.0 Pavichevich ..11 33 23 89 8.1 Kauffman ... 17 30 64 5.9 'Lawrence ...10 19 13 51 5.1 Allen..........9 10 4 24 2.7 Topp.......... 7 3 8 14 2.0 Schlicht....... 8 4 1 9 1.1 Totals 11 272 232 776 70.5 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Texas Christian 67, Texas A&M 36 Oklahoma City 59, East Texas State 47 Furman 96, Georgia 74 Dartmouth 67, Holy Cross 61 Western Kentucky 99, Tennessee Tech 61 North Carolina State 62, William and Mary 58 Dayton 82, New York Univ. 75 Niagara 57. Buffalo 46 (4-- GOOD LUCK to all you "GUYS AND- GALS" on your exams SAM'S STORE 122 E. Washington Street SAMUEL J. BENJAMIN, '27 Lit, Owner F i j i Clearance Sale NYLON CHUKKER BOOT 4 AVM66 Ar" It I i CLASS OR 'SZ MEET YOURSELF- 10 YEARS FROM NOW Ever wonder what you'll be like when the class of '53 holds its 10th reunion? 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