THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Sigma Na Romps to Cage Whin DEPENDABLE VETERAN: Cooney's Ice Play Shows Consistency 4 -_ Illinois Rated Best Bet y For Gymnastics Crown Alpha Delts Wallop Tekes-; Kappa Alpha Psi Nips SAM By PHIL DOUGLIS When sizing up the impending Big Ten gymnastic season, it once again appears that the fighting Illini of Charlie Pond hold the trump cards, but close on their heels follow Michigan, Mipnesota, and Michigan State. The Illini, defending champions of the conference and second rank- ing squad in the nation, appear stronger than ever this season. Perhaps the main reason will be the presence of Dick Browning, 'the best tumbler in the nation. ALONG with Browning, Pond has captain Frank Bare and Tom' Gardner to give opposing squads nightmares. Both are outstanding all-around men, and give the Illi- ni a devastating 1-2-3 punch that could conceivably carry them all the way to a national title. The rest of the Big Ten will not lie down and play dead how- ever. Michigan coach Newt Lok- en says "this is our year," al- though Michigan' State and Minnesota s p o r t tremendous depth. Iowa has a national champion back again, Ohio State and Wisconsin have pos- sibilities. O n l y Northwestern and Indiana can be discounted entirely. Loken's Wolverines, sixth place finishers last year, vow it will not happen again. This season Harry Luchs and Lee Krumbholz, Michi- gan's outstanding all-around men, are eligible once more. Michigan hasn't had such depth in years, and a Big Ten title is definitely a possibility. Loken expressed Wol- verine hopes when he said "We have the bos to do it. It's in their hands now." THE SPARTANS of Michigan State, coached by George Szypu- la, are also a distinct title threat. In the person of Carl Rintz, the great NCAA side-horse champion, the Green and White have a sure winner. Backing him up is Ken Cook, master of the flying rings. who is eligible once again. Minnesota bioasts plenty of depth, enough to possibly bring the gymnastics crown to the Northland once again. Minne- sota ruled the conference from 1947-49, and coach Ralph Piper is hoping that such all-around performers as Duane Eckland, Doug Day, and the duo of George Olson and Fred Johnson will turn the trick. Iowa's Hawks have one threat, Dick Hazlett, NCAA champion on the trampoline. Hazlett is also By MARV SIEGEL In what was the high point of a crowded "A" basketball sched- ule at the I-M Building last night, Sigma Nu, paced by Jules Hans- lovsky's 18 markers, crushed Aca- cia, 60-14. In another rout, Alpha Delta Phi scored 37 points in the first half and coasted to an easy 50-25 victory over harassed Tau Kappa Epsilon. Andy Andrews, who net- ted 17 tallies, and Foster Ashen- brenner, with 15 points, paced the Alpha Delt attack. A FAR CRY from the astronom- ical scores that characterize I-M basketball was the squeaker in which Kappa Alpha Psi registered a field goal and a foul in the last minute of play to edge Sigma Al- pha Mu, 18-15. Gridder Lou Baldacci turned to the hoop game long enough to lead Alpha Tau Omega to a 48-15 win over Delta Chi. The Akron flash deuced six shots for twelve points. Alpha Sigma Phi overcame a half-time deficit to defeat Delta Kappa Epsilon, 23-20. Jim Lynn led the victors with twelve points. * * * REX YOUSE with 14 markers and Hank Levering who garnered 8 points were the big guns in Phi Kappa Tau's 36-28 conquest of Alpha Phi Alpha. The winners held a 21-15 half time bulge and main- tained it for the remainder of the contest. Phi Delta Theta went off on a scoring binge and humbled Phi Sigma Delta, 61-26. Sharpshoot- ers for the Phi Delts include Jack Corbet whose eight field goals were good for 16 counts. Bill Wisner who swished 14 points through the nets, and Frank Moore who accounted for 11 points., Kappa Sigma ripped a hard- pressed Phi Upsilon quintet 32-15. The losers held Kappa Sigma to a close 13-9 score at half time but folded as the game progressed. Don Mitchell was high man for the victors with 5 field goals and 2 free throws for 12 big markers. * * * THE RESULTS of the Frater- nity "B" basketball while not as high scoring as the "A" games provided an extra measure of thrills as tight conflicts liberally dotted the schedule. . Phi Upsilon and Chi Phi hook- ed up in a see-saw contest which saw the Chi Phis nip their op- ponents, 30-29. In another tus- sle which stressed possession ball Beta Theta Pi turned back the Phi Kappa Tau aggregation, 30-18. Sigma Phi Epsilon really poured it on Sigma Nu as it romped the Oxford Road five, 49-15. The Sig Ep total turned out to be the most points amassed by a "B" team all evening. * * * DELTA SIGMA Phi was able to tally only 13 points against Kappa Sigma and this was the cause of their downfall. Kappa Sigma cop- ped the game 36-13. In another low-scoring tilt Phi Gamma Delta defeated Theta Chi, 29-17. The easiest triumph of all was recorded by Phi Kappa Psi. They won their contest on a forfeit when Alpha Delta Phi failed to show up. PAT COONEY .. . steady senior LEE KRUMBHOLZ . .. return bolsters M' hopes sharp in tumbling, but he can not carry the Iowans to a title by him- self. However coach Dick Holzaep- fel has two good all-around men behind Hazlett, Ray Sorenson and Sam Bailey, and if they all come through, the Hawkeyes must be watched. * * * Fisher Given College 'Coach Of Year' Title Ray Fisher, University of Mich- igan baseball coach, was awarded the "coach of the year" title by the American Association of Col- lege Baseball Coaches last night. The award was presented to Fisher by Warren Giles, president of the National League, after the coaches voted him the award at their annual meeting in Cincin- nati. * * * IN PRESENTING the award to Fisher, Giles recalled that the vet- eran coach was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Redlegs when he made the decision to give up his play- ing career in favor of college coaching. He commented that Fisher has made "a great contribution" to- ward improved relationships be- tween college and professional baseball. Fisher has coached Maize and Blue baseball team sfor 33 seasons, coming to Michigan in 1921. His squads have captured 16 Western conference crowns and last season copped the N.C.A.A. title. Fisher has produced many out- standing players who have gained fame in the sports world. Dick Wakefield, whom he considers one of the most talented players he tutored, reached the heights of major league baseball. Bennie Oosterbaan, now head football coach, was also a standout on Fisher's squad. By MARV SIEGEL As in every team sport, the suc- cess of a hockey team hinges to a large measure on the sound, re- liable player who game after game turns in a consistently competent performance. Michigan boasts such a player in wingman Pat Cooney, current- ly in his third year for Vic Hey- liger's sextet. Cooney isn't the type of puckman who often snares newspaper headlines or emblazons record books, but his steady, de- pendable brand of hockey has played a dominant role in Michi- gan's annexation of the N.C.A.A. crown the past two ice seasons. * * * THE 22 - YEAR - OLD senior, along with forward George Chin, flanks Doug Mullen on the Wol- verine's flashy first line, which in six games this season has tallied half of Michigan's 24 goal output. Cooney, with four goals and six assists for ten points is very much in the race for team individual scoring honors. In fact, in the sea-son's open- er against McGill University it took Cooney just 44 seconds to score Michigan's first goal of the campaign. He rocketed in two more scores that game and wound up with the first "hat trick" of his Wolverine career to date. Cooney has played hockey since he was a six year old toddling around the rinks of Windsor, On- tario. Several years of play in Ca- nadien juvenile hockey and the International Amateur League coupled with three years exper- ience on the champion Assump- tion High School sextet molded Cooney into the speedy skater, ac- curate shooter and fierce body- checker he is today. * * * WHILE AT Assumption High, Pat lead the league in scoring and was named to an all-star starting team berth. Cooney teamed with his current Michigan mates Bill Lucier, Telly Mascarin, Lou Pao- latto, Bob Schiller and Detroit Red Winger Glen Skov on that for- midable high school sextet. Pat really broke into colleg- late hockey with a bang in the Hogan Named Athlete of Year NEW YORK - (P) - Ben Ho- gan, called by many the greatest golfer who ever lived after he cap- tured the British Open champion- ship with a record-smashing final round last summer, was voted Male Athlete of 1953 Wednesday in the 23rd anual year-end Associated Press Poll. Ice campaign of 1951-52. As a wing on Michigan's sophomore line of Chin and Doug Philpott, Cooney was leading the Wolver- ine scorers all season until an injury slowed him up near the tail end of the schedule. Never- theless his 17 goals and 18 as- sists for 35 points still was pro- lific enough to place him up with Bob Heathcott and Earl Keyes as the individual scoring leaders of the Maize and Blue. The 1952-53 season gave birth to the high-scoring Mullen-Chin- Cooney line. Although Pat's scor- ing output slipped to 30 points that year, 24 of those markers came in the all-important Midwest Hockey League contests. Cooney climaxed Michigan's uphill fight t4 gain national recognition that year by leading the Wolverines to a 13-2 victory over vaunted Montreal University. His two goals and four assists put the crusher on the fav- ored Canadiens. PAT IS ONE of the few hockey players sporting eyeglasses while on the ice. Cooney feels that the specs, composed incidentally of Hardtex unbreakable lenses, has aided his play immensely. He first conceived the idea of wearing them for hockey after it sharpened his batting eye while playing in a Canadien baseball league during the summer. Pat's playing days won't be over when he leaves Michigan. He plans to do post-graduate work in Geol- ogy at the University of London and has received offers to play hockey while in England. HAIRSTYLING for particular men featuring PRINCETON CUTS CREW-CUTS FLAT TOPS NEW-YORKERS The D ascola Barbers Near Michigan Theater JOE HEWLETTS' Ohio St gymnasts appear fairly tou again this year, and may impr some on last year's fifth pla finish. The Bucks have Don Per a great tumbler and tramp m along with Ed Rossi, versatile p allel bars performer. Wisconsin's Badgers, who w meet Michigan here on Janua 16 in a dual meet, posse few outstanding men. Howev coach Dean Mory may have threat in the person of Do Schneider who is an able sid horse man. The Boilermakers of Purdue not compete in gymnastics. NHL HOCKEY New York 4, Chicago 3 ;ate agh ove .ace ry, an, ar - ill ry ss er a n e- do By ART EVEN (Fifth in a Series) Although handicapped by lack Qf height and a balanced scoring attack, Ohio State hopes to im- prove its seventh place finish of last year in the Big Ten race. Coach Floyd Stahl has built the team around veteran Paul Ebert and newcomer Robin Freeman. * * . I. Spartan, OSU Cagers Show Improvement in Early Games a, .. : fi ri t Wild's Clearance of Men's Clothing and Shoes EBERT, THE Buckeyes agile pivot man, has rewritten nearly all of Ohio State's scoring records. The 6-4 All-Conference star has dumped in 920 points in two years of varsity competition. He needs only 220 points to break the three year mark set by Dick Schnittker. Ebert is the teams best rebounder and the fastest man on the squad. Freeman, flashy sophomore guard, has been a pleasant sur- prise so far. In the Buck's seven non-conference games he aver- aged close to 20 points a game. His movements are very sharp and quick and he is the best de- fensive player on the club. As a running mate to Freeman at guard, Ohio State has Dean Cook, a fast aggressive player, who is a dribbling specialist. Cook av- eraged about 10 points per game last year. AFTER THESE three men the' Buck's lineup seems to run out of gas. Weak scoring forwards may prove to be the biggest pitfall. At the present John Miller, 6-4, and Cleo Vaughn, 6-2, are holding down these positions. Coach Stahl's other headache is lack of team height. Both guards are 5-11 and captain Ebert is 6-4. This gives the Bucks an average height of "only" a little over 6-1. Despite this they managed to win five of seven non-conference games including an 84-83 victory over the always tough St. Louis Billikens. The Scarlet's only conference battle resulted in an 85-76 defeat at the hands of Michigan. A much stronger bench, more height, and improvement shown by last year's fine sophomore group are the prime factors in the Michigan State basketball pic- ture this year. * * * THE SPARTANS, who finished in a third place tie last year in Big Ten play, have a veteran club headed by forward Al Ferrari and center Bob Armstrong. Ferrari, voted most valuable by his teammates, set a Spar- tan 22-game scoring record last year by dumping in 351 points. The 6-22 junior was the Big Ten's highest scoring forward during the 1952-53 campaign. Armstrong, also a junior, is State's big man, standing 6-8. He provides the team with fine offensive and defensive rebound ing. Rounding out the forward wall is 6-2, 190-pound Julius McCoy. DeNeal Hartman, 6-4 forward, is a veteran:f three seasons on the Spartan varsity and should pro- vide the front line with plenty of reserve strength. THE LEADING guard candi- dates are Keith Stackhouse, Bob Devenny, and Rickey Ayala. Stackhouse, 6-1% senior, was the team's leading scorer in 1951-52 and last year was second only to Ferrari in total points scored. For the last two years he has been a regular forward but Coach Pete Newell has switched him to guard to better utilize the personnel. Devenny, 5-11 junior, showed great scoring potential in a num- ber of games but lacked a con- sistency of performance. Ayala, at 5-5, is the shortest regular in the Big Ten. 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