SDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TIVa TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1953 PAGE FIVE Michigan-Toronto Icers Battle for Thompson Cup Absence of Red Line in College Hockey Makes for Faster Game THOMPSON TROPHY-Michigan hockey coach Vic Heyliger (right) admires the gold cup symbolic of the Michigan-Toronto rivalry, as members of last year's championship squad, John McKennell (left) and Reg Shave (center) look on. 'raternity' Gifts for Men 0 FRATERNITY RINGS 0 TIE CLASPS 0 CUFF LINKS * LIGHTERS 0 LEATHER GOODS Official Fraternity Crests may be placed on any of these itemsr Burr Patterson and Auld 1209 South University By PHIL DOUGLIS "The Little Brown Jug of Col- legiate Ice Hockey." This is what ice enthusiasts call the guilded, three-foot trophy em- blematic of the Michigan-Univer- sity of Toronto series, a series which will be renewed this com- ing weekend when the Canadian outfit moves into Michigan's Col- iseum for a two game series with the trophy as the winners prize. * * * ACTUALLY called the "J. C. Thompson Trophy," the gold cup was first put up on Dec. 18th, 1947 by James Thompson, Chairman of the Board of Chicago's Mercy Hos- pital. The trophy was to be awarded to the winner.; of the Michigan-Toronto battle, played in the Chicago Arena for charity. It was Michigan's captain, Connie Hill, who led the Wol- verines to victory, capturing the trophy with a 3-2 win over the Blues. Michigan, scoring twice in the initial period, was never headed while Toronto, kingpins of the Canadian league, went down to defeat. A year later, the Mercy hos- pital needed still more money to complete its proposed building program, so Michigan and Toron- to were again picked to meet for charity, but this time in the mam- moth Chicago Stadium, the world's largest indoor sports arena. * * * THE GIANT sports palace on Madison Street was jammed with over 18,000 fans that night of Dec. 16, 1948, probably the largest crowd to ever view a collegiate hocked game. Toronto was the undisputed defending champions of Canada, Michigan the NCAA title holders. Vic Heyliger's Wol- verines were undefeated since February 1947, and were out to retain the Thompson award, but if any team was qualified to end this streak it was Toronto. Thus the stage was set for a. Chin, Mullen Cooney Lead Club Scoring If past records are any indica- tion of what to expect this hockey season from the first line of George Chin, Doug Mullen, and Pat Cooney, then many an op- posing netminder will be glad when this trio leaves the ice. Excluding last weekend's games, Chin has scored 34 goals and has contributed 40 assists to pace all present Wolverines in scoring. Though his 74 points is tops for the squad, goal scoring honors go to linemate Mullen, who has blink- ed the red light 35 times and has assisted on 33 others for a 68 point total. * * *. RIGHT BEHIND Chin and Mul- len comes right-wing Cooney, who has picked up 65 points on 31 goals along with 34 assists. Doug Philpott, who besides captain Jim Haas is the only other player out- side the goalies who is playing in his third full season, has accumu- lated 48 counters in varsity com- petition, evenly divided between goals and assists. Haas, though playing all of the 1951-52 season and a good part of last season as a defense- man, has compiled the amazing total of 39 points. Haas has scored 11 goals and has assisted on 28 other occasions. other Wolverine puckmen who have entered the scoring column in past seasons are Telly Mascar- in, seven points, Burt Dunn, nine points, and Lou Paolatto, four points. real battle, and the Wolverines responded by playing one of their greatest games in history. With Neil Celley and Wally Ga- cek turning in "hat tricks" of three goals apiece, Michigan marched to a 12-1 victory over the Blues, a game which had the mammoth crowd roaring its approval. Scoring seven times in the first period, twice in the second, and three times in the third, the Wol- verines were never in danger, and the yard high cup was returned safely to its niche in Michigan's Coliseum, a permanent addition to the Wolverine award collec- tion. ** * * THE GOLDEN trophy was then forgotten for several years, but in 1951, a Toronto sportswriter sug- gested the idea of renewing the "traveling trophy" idea and Mich- igan officials were impressed. On Dec. 13-14, 1951, a two game ser- ies was played in Ann Arbor for possession of the cup, the team that won either both games or scored the most goals receiving the award. Once again it was the Wol- verine that showed its fangs, as Heyliger's forces smashed to 4-1 and 6-4 triumphs. The big guns in tle Michigan attack were several players who will see ac- tion this weekend against the Blues, namely Pat Cooney, Jim Haas, and George Chin. Present Wolverine goalie, Willard Ikola, starred in the nets, as the Thompson Trophy never even shook on its Coliseum shelf. Last season, the two squads again collided in Ann Arbor, but for only one game. It was a tilt marked by fisticuffs, and the dis- appearance of the Toronto equip- ment trunks. This forced Toronto to send for blue uniforms, which in turn forced Michigan to borrow white jerseys from the football team. Despite the weird events, Michigan once again tightened its hold on the cup, with a 6-3 tri- umph, as John Matchefts and John McKennell led the attack. With this victory, Michigan picked up its fourth straight tro- phy triumph, and the chance for a fifth goes on the line Friday and Saturday nights down at the "Hill Street ice house. Michigan's po- tential should be pointed up all the more during this series, and the trophy, which someday may become as famous as the "jug" itself, should serve to stimulate the Wolverines as they meet the rugged Blues of Toronto Univer- sity. By DAVE BAAD The skaters are speedier, the players are more clever, and the stickmen shoot harder but in a sense professional hockey is still not as fast as the same game the way the collegians play it. Although this statement may seem somewhat confusing, it's an actuality due to differences in the rules concerning some of the fun- damental aspects of the game. ACCORDING to Michigan hock- ey coach Vic Heyliger, who was casually discussing the distinctions before a practice session one day last week, the outstanding differ- ences occur in body-checking leg- islation and in the arrangement of the attacking and defending zones separated by the blue and red lines. Professional ice rinks are di- vided actually into five zones, marked by three lines that run from board to board across the ice. Just as in the college sport there are two blue lines that cross the ice sixty feet from each goal mouth. However, unlike college hockey the pros also have a red line which is marked across the ice exactly at the center of the rink. Before a player can shoot a puck down the ice he must bring the puck past this center line. * * .* COLLEGIANS have only to skate past the blue line nearest their own goal line, before sending the puck flying into their attacking zone. No red line is in evidence in college hockey games. This speeds up the sport be- cause a team may switch from defense to the attack much quicker and doesn't have to spend wasted time trying to work the puck up to center ice before moving into the scoring zone. Long passes are eliminated by the red line, since a pass cannot be executed from a player on one side of the red line to a man on the other if the player passing hasn't crossed his own blue line. THE MORE lenient body check- ing rules in professional hockey' also tend to slow down the tempo of a game. The pro referees per- mit body checks to take place any- where on the ice, thus making stick handling by the offense more difficult. It also enables a team to keep the opposition hemmed in its own end for longer periods of time since the use of -the body facilitates fore-checking. Collegians are permitted to body check only within their own blue lines. A player can take the puck behind his own net and skate up the ice without getting knocked to the ice until he has crossed into the opposition's defensive zone. * * * THERE ARE A few other minor distinctions including the helmet- wearing requirement observed in college games. This season chin straps have been made mandatory for the helmets. Last year, notably in some of the games at the Hill Street arena, non-strapped helmets spent a lot, of their time rolling around on the ice. Michigan forward Doug Philpott lost his headpiece on sev- eral occasions during last Febru- ary's crucial battles with North Dakota sextet. Hockey Schedule December 11 Toronto University ....Here 12 Toronto University ....Here 18 North Dakota Univ. ..There 19 North Dakota Univ. ..There January 5 Detroit Red Wings ....Here (exhibition) 8 Michigan State ...... There 9 Michigan State.......Here 15 Univ. of Minnesota ..There 16 Univ. of Minnesota ..There. February 5 Michigan Tech ...... There 6 Michigan Tech ...... There 8 Denver University ....Here 9 Denver University ....Here 12 Colorado College ......Here 13 Colorado College ..... .Here 19 Michigan Stai,, ......There 20 Michigan State ......Here 26 Univ. of Minnesota ....Here 27 Univ. of Minnesota ....Here March 5 Windsor Spitfires ....There (tentative) 6 Windsor Spitfires ......Here (tentative) DID YOU KNOW . . . that In 27 meetings between the Mici- gan State hockey team and the Wolverines, the Spartans have been able to win only one game, that being a 2-1 victory back in 1928. Against Minnesota the East Lansing sextet has been just as futile, not having won a sing'le game in 17 meetings. * * * DID YOU KNOW . . . that Michigan's enlarged Coliseum will now seat nearly 4,000 spectators in comparison to the previous 1,100 capacity. q>) -a IT"S A FACT . . .by Jack Horwitz ITS A FACT THAT during the past football season the Noatre Dame squad had a play on numbers. The two big ground-gainers in the victory over Southern Cal were All-American Johnny Lattner and Neil Worden. The Irish won by a score of 48-14. Worden wore num- ber 48 and Lattner donned jersey number 14. Worden scored. 48 points during the season. Left Half Joe Heap scored 42 points and by coincidence he wears number 42. ITS A FACT THAT Bennie Oosterbaan is the only individual scoring champion in basketball that Michigan has produced. lie earned this title in 1928. On the same team was Bill Orwig, one of Oosterbaan's assistants on the football field. /C .12b ti amavrea> G Oap giti.4Jeected trom .Jhe fl//u JiCa"e/e RECORD PLAYERS . . . $19.95 up RADIOS . . . $14.95 up RECORDS . . . 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