'PAGE I 'T HE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDA'YDECEMBM 6, 1951 0a lPIchign 'age s Defeat Pitt, 78-69, In Opener Wolverines Wreck Pitt's (.. ..7 Hoosier Cagers Favored To Cop Big Ten Crown Landy Fails in New Attempt To Break Four Minute Mile Home.Debut Special to The Daily PITTSBURGH-The Wolverine cage squad opened its 1953-54 sea- son with a convincing 78-69 victory. over Pittsburgh last night in the Smoky City. Harvey Williams, who tallied 21 points in the contest, sparked a third quarter Michigan rally as Bill Perigo's cagers broke open what had been a fairly close en- counter. Williams used his height advantage to score six buckets from in close as the Wolverines opened up 59-44 third period lead. PITT SPURTED in the final period, but the closest it could come was five points as the win- ners coasted to victory. In the early action the lead see-sawed back and forth with Michigan moving out to a three- point lead at the end of the initial period. Don Eaddy entered the contest in the next quarter and hit a couple of jump shots to help the Wolverine dribblers With Williams, Paul Groffsky and Milt. Mead dominating the boards, the Panthers had to be satisfied with just one shot at the hoop time and time again. The Pitt zone defense failed to stop. the victors attack as the Michigan cagers tallied on 35 percent of their field goal attempts. (First of a series reviewing the Big Ten basketball teams. Today's story is on Indiana.) By WARREN WERTHEIMER "First in the Big Ten and pos- sibly tops in the nation" is the way pre-season forecasters are rating Indiana's hoop squad this year. And well do they deserve this rating. Last season's NCAA champs have lost but one man, reserve for- ward Jim Schooley. * * * RETURNING are All-Americans Don Schlundt and Bob Leonard, Dick Farley, Chuck Kraak and Burke Scott, last years starting five for the Conference titleists. Behind theni, Coach Branch McCracken has five proven let- termen, Jim DeaKyne, 6-3, Dick White and Paul Poff, both 6-1, 6-11 center Lou Scott and Phil Byers who is a foot shorter than Scott. The 6-10 Schlundt tossed in 459 points in 18 Big Ten games as he set three new Conference scoring records last season. An All-Amer- ican o'n just about everybody's pre-season dream team, the South Bend junior is the "Mr. Inside" of the Indiana five. "MR. OUTSIDE" is the 6-3 Leonard, the "quarterback" of the Hoosier attack. Leonard, a senior, has a deadly outside shot, and is an excellent ball handler and floor man. He too is a favorite choice for All-American honors this sea- son. Farley, called by many "the Big Ten's most underrated player," will be at one of the forwards. The 6-4 senior, over- shadowed by his more publicized teammates, Schlundt and Leon- ard, is according to McCracken "the most versatile player on the team." ..Kraak, a 6-5 rebounding ace, and Scott six-feet even and a ball- hawking floorman, figure to round out the Indiana starting five. * * * DESPITE the fact that they led the Hoosiers to the Conference and NCAA crowns, these five men are by no means secure in their positions. Wally Choice, a 6-4 forward up from the freshman team, is accorded a very good chance of breaking into the starting line- up. Jim Phipps is another soph who looks very promising in McCracken's book. Height, speed, shooting ability, depth and experience will make Indiana very tough to handle. And yet McCracken is still worried. y "SIX of our 17 Conference vic- tories were won by an average of three points, one an overtime and another a double-overtime. If these had gone the other way, and it wouldn't have taken much to turn the scores around, then we wouldn't have come close to tak- ing the Big Ten title." "In the NCAA playoffs, we toppled DePaul by a field goal and squeaked past Kansas in the final by a single point." "No sir," says the Hoosier coach stubbornly, "you have to be lucky as well as good, and we used up a lot of luck last season." True or not, few coaches are sympathizing with McCracken's words of pes- simism. .* * * Indiana opened its basketball season last night with a home con- test against Cincinnati. Tomorrow night Kansas State, one of the three teams to knock off Indi- ana during the 1952-53 season, moves in to play at Bloomington. The Hoosiers first Big Ten en- counter will be at Michigan Jan- uary 2nd. MELBOURNE-(A')- Australian miler John Landy missed out in his effort for a four-minute mile yesterday, turning in a slow 4:09.5 but he ran smack into a hot dis- pute involving a watch used in timing the race. Landy, who startled the track world a year ago with a 4:02.1 clocking, slowed down yesterday after the first quarter mile when the time came over the loud speak- er as 62 seconds. He realized he then would have no chance for Gunder Haag's 4:01.4 world record, much less the coveted four-minute mile. * * * THE UPROAR began after the race, when it was discovered that the correct time for the first quar- ter was 59.5 seconds. Similarly, his time at the half was announced as 2:05 instead -of the correct 2:01.8. Landy complained bitterly about the incorrect time an- nounced by officials, "if they want to make is hard for me why don't they put hurdles on the track?" Harried officials announced aft- er a huddle that only one watch was in error. Unfortunately, they said, this was the watch used to give the lap times and inform the runners of their progress. Landy, who .told newsmen, "I immediately lost interest in my Christmas dinner when I heard the time announced," was still keen to put up a strong race next -Saturday and two weeks from Saturday. ( DON SCHLUNDT ... leads Hoosiers a --Daily-Don Campbell PAT COONEY scores for Michigan in the third period of last night's ,7-5 loss to McGill. Indiana Cagers Win, 78-65 MSC Romps Over Creighton MICHIGAN G Groff :sky F 3 Jorgenson F 3 Codwell F 1 MeadF 2 Williams C 10 Pavchevich G 1 Barron G 5 Eaddy G 5 Totals 30 PITTSBURGH G Bryant F 0 Resutek F 0 Novakevich F 2 Pavich F 0 Duessel C 5 Dietrich C 4 -Sari C 1 Burch G 1 .Artman G 3 Fenwick G 3 Totals 22 Michigan 23 17 Pittsburgh 20 13 F 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 3 18 F 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 6 1 1 25 18 11 PF TP 3 10 4 9 2 6 4 5 1 21 4 3 5 11 4 13 27 78 PF TP 3 2 0 1 2 6 o 0 3 14 4 8 2 2 1 8 3 7 3 7 20 69 20-78 25-69I By The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-Indiana# University's defending national champions got off to a slow start last night before ripping Cincin- nati wide open with a 33-point fourth quarter to win, 78-65. The decision was the 24th straight opening game victory for coach Branch McCracken's hurry- in' Hoosiers, defending Big Ten and NCAA champions. AS USUAL, it was 6-10 center Don Schlundt and set shot sharp- shooter Bob Leonard at guard who led the Hoosiers. Each had 20 points. EAST LANSING - Michigan State opened its basketball season last night by setting a new MSC single game scoring record with an 88-51 runaway over Creighton of Omaha.. The total was a new high for Michigan State-breaking the old mark set in an 82-49 victory over Northwestern in 1952. Michigan State dominated the game all the way, leading 44-27 at the' half through 21 field goals to only 6 for Creighton. Forward Al Ferrari, who set a new season record for MSC last year with 351 points, was high man for the Spartans with 26 points Saturday night. THE HIGH scorer for Creighton was guard Ed Cole, with 18 points. NORMAN, Okla.-Illinois ran away from Oklahoma last night in their intersectional basketball game 86-61 with John Kerr, 6- foot-9 Illini center, setting a new fieldhouse record of 34 points for scoring honors. Hoop Results COLLEGE BASKETBALL Navy 86, Virginia 75 Michigan State 88, Creighton 51 Northwestern 69, Western Michigan 53 Rio Grande 88, Providence 87 Boston College 68, St. Anselm's 64 Fordham 77, Niagara 59 Indiana 78, Cincinnati 65 Michigan 78, Pitt 69 Detroit 77, Buffalo 58 Michigan Normal 71, Hillsdale 55 Wayne 67, West. Ontario 37 South Carolina 50, Georgia Tech 45 Stetson 74, Florida 55 Duke 101, Tennessee 61 Ohio Univ. 83, Marieta 72 Iowa 51, Washington St. Louis 45 North Carolina State 99, Davidson 41 Iowa State 76, Grinnell 62 Illinois 86, Oklahoma 61 Pennsylvania 78, Delaware 50 Penn State 66, W&J 41 Minnesota 75, Nebraska 64 Kentucky 86, Temple 59 Vanderbilt 86, Texas Tech 71 Ohio State 93, Butler 78 Purdue 71, Wabash 61 Wheaton 81, Great Lakes 78 Lawrencet86, North Central 73 Kansas State 70, Denver 41 Hanover 69, Ball State 68 DePauw 81, Evansville 62 Indiana State 63, Lincoln Mo. 49 Concordia Ind. 68. Rose Poly 60 Manchester 76, Detroit Tech .39 Taylor 68, Wilberforce 58 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Toronto 3, Detroit 0 Montreal 4, Boston 2 Chicago 2, New York 1 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Rochester 72, Baltimore 65 Fort Wayne 92, New York 73 Boston 97, Milwaukee 79 : STUDENTS TOP Quality - GOOD Service If you've indulged Until you've bulged Come see us today! K. Jewell R. Jewell K and R-J Health Studio Ground Floor 324 E. Liberty, Phone NO 2-6428. OPEN EVENINGS Located next to Colonial Yarn Shop NOW! Get in trim So you'll be slim For the coming holiday: ,.' 6 Sports Proficiency Examined By Startling University Survey Bring your Dry Cleaning and Laundry to ACE HAND LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING 1120 South University or HOME HAND LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING 503 Liberty "PO-WOW THIS WEEK: Conference May Lift MSC Probation CHICAGO-(P)-The Big Ten is expected to lift the probation of its Rose Bowl entry, Michigan State, during the conference's an- nual winter meeting in Chicago this week. Rams ,Humble Colts, 45-2, In NFL Clash LOS ANGELES--()-The Los Angeles Rams, with only a slim mathematical chance for division laurels, handed the Baltimore Colts their worst beating of the season, 45-2, yesterday. These" were the same National Football League teams that bat- tled two weeks ago in Baltimore, with the Rams winning in the final period, 21-13, but it wasn't evident yesterday as the Los An- geles club advanced 50 yards on their first play and thoroughly dominated the game. Some 26,- 656 fans in the Coliseum and a national television a u die n ce watched in 79 degree weather. ON'ONE SERIES of plays, Quar- terback Norman Van Brocklin had four consecutive pass completions -to Tank Younger for 12 and 21, to Elroy Hirsch for 11 and finally to Dan Towler for 14 and a touch- down. That made is 45-0 in the third period. Baltimore's depleted quarter- back corps took a further beating when George Taliaferro was forc- ed from the gaie with injuries in the second quarter. Jack Del Bello and Ed Mioduszewski, mov- ing in from halfback, shared du- ties at quarterback. * ~* * Other important items on the agenda are the mapping of a new football television plat for presen- tation to the *NCAA and a thorough review of conference legislation governing recruiting and subsidizing. IT IS believed that every effort will be made to remove Michigan State from the probation status placed on the school last Febru- ary. The action was taken because of the existence of a booster- sponsored fund, allegedly used for recruiting, called the Spar- tan Foundation, Inc. Money in the fund was not supervised by the school. Commissioner K. L. Tug Wilson has repeatedly said this fall that Michigan State has shown "satis- factory progress" in discharging the terms of probation. Wilson is to report on the Spartans status, to faculty representatives and he is expected to recommend that the probation be lifted. RECOMMENDATIONS by the Conference Television Committee, possibly for live regional TV will be made. "Discussions of TV policy will reflect unrest and dissatisfac- tion with present NCAA tele- vision policies," Assistant Coin- missiorier Bill Reed said. The review on legislation gov- erning recruiting and subsidizing will involve consideration of con- trasting reports from two special committees. "ONE OF THE rules revision committees reported to the con- ference last May with a set of re- commendations that were consid- ered highly restrictive," said Reed. "A second committee then was appointed to make a contrasting report and is expected to make recommendations that would broaden opportunities for finan- cial aids to athletes." The meetings will start Wednes- day with a session of the football coaches and the TV committee. Athletic directors and facultymen will open their sessions Thursday and continue through Saturday. You too can be an efficient duck pin bowler, even at the ancient age of 34, according to a recent university survey on sports pro- ficiency. This and many other startling facts were unearthed by this study. For example, did you know that you can be still a top corn-husker at the age of 30, or a good ice hockey player at 27? A PRO BASEBALL player has one of the longest spans of pro- ficiency. Major league batting champions reach top form any- where from 26 to 29 years of age, and the big league's hurlers are at their best from 26-31. All would-be bowlers may take heart also, for the survey dis- closed that an individual bowl-, ing champion reaches his or her peak at the age of 30, and stays on top for four years. If you are still stumbling around a golf course to the tune of 120 or so, relax, for your time of great- ness will come. The survey re- vealed that both English and Anferican Open champions all reached their peak at the ages of 25-34. IF YOU INTEND to make your living stealing bases in the big leagues, you are expected to reach your peak at about 28 years of age, but if billiards is your game, then you will have to wait until 35 before you hit maximum pro- ficiency. A champion tennis player will hit his peak at about 25, but the tremendous wear and tear of the game will hold you to only two years of really top- flight play. If pro-football is your game, you better move fast, for a player reaches his peak at 24, and begins falling immed- iately. Are you a wild, reckless auto- mobile racer? (On the track, that is.) If so, you will hit your peak at about 28, and will stay on top until you are 30. Rifle and pistol shooters get most of their bulls- eyes at 27, while a pro boxer hits top form at 25 or 26. So sport fans, gather up your equipment, and head for the arena, course, alley, court, or what ever it may be, for you still have a chance to become a good athlete. At least that's what the survey says. 2 MI ti I DID YOU KNOW THAT.. . In his 28 years of coaching Michigan swimming teams Matt Mann has annexed 15 Western Conference titles, 13 National Championships, possesses a dual meet record of 205 wins, as against 24 losses and 3 ties, and upon adding nine sec- ond places to the other 13, ,has been first or second nationally in 22 out of 28 years? SPORTS HANLEY GURWIN Night Editor FLY ITE g AIR STOURIST Low fares, frequent schedules, fast flights on DC-6 Tourist planes help you make the most of your vacation. ALSO Famous st Class pMain- liner Flights with full- course mealtime service at fares comparable to 1st ® .A Michigan Christian Fellowship Scoring summary: Baltimore ... 0 0 Los Angeles .14 17 presents THE RETURN OF 0 14 2-- 2 0-45 Baltimore scoring: Safety, Bu- kich tackled by Agase and Don- ovan in end zone. Rams scoring touchdowns, Towler 3, Smith, Younger, Fears. Field goal, Fears. Conversions, Fears 3, Hirsch 3. Mr. C. 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