Y SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE ! JildcattsSu Michigan Grappiers Nip Illint in Thriller, 19-11 Wrestlers Win Second Straight on Road As Wolverine Stars Take Five Matches rprise M y Q ulltet MSC NIPS ILLINI: Hoosier Cagers Blast Minnesota Five I Special to The Daily CHAMPAIGN - The Michigan wrestling team continued on its winning ways as it defeated a tough Illinois squad, 19-11, be- fore a crowd of 1,200 wrestling fans here yesterday afternoon. This was the first loss of the season as against three wins for Coach "Pat" /Patterson's Illinois team. Patterson, in his fourth year as head coach at Illinois, is still In quest of his first victory over a Michigan wrestling team. He had whipped his team up to f ever pitch in hopes of getting the victory badly wanted-but to no avail. IT WAS AN uphill fight for the Wolverines. They trailed early in the contest, 6-0, and with two matches to go were behind 11-9. But Michigan had it in the clutch, as it won those last two matches to defeat the Illini. The most exciting event was fought in the 137-pound class where "Snip" Nalan defeated Bill Turner, 7-5. Nalan, captain of the Michigan squad and both Big Ten and NCAA champ, had to go all out to defeat the un- heralded Turner. In the 123-pound class, highly regarded Dick Meeks of Illinois' defeated sophomore Charlie An- U derson, 11-4. Meeks, who was a strong favorite, has placed third in the last two NCAA Champion- ships. * * YUKIO MATSUMOTO, captain of the Illini squad, defeated sopho- more Frank Hirt, 6-2. Hirt, who was victorious at Bloomington Fri- day, now has a record of one vic- tory and one defeat. Andy Kaul continued on his winning ways as he defeated Ed Jackson, 8-3, in the 147- pound class. Kaul, a junior from St. Mary's, Pa., finished as run- ner-up in the Big Ten in the 137- pound group last year. In the 157-pound class, sopho- more Don Haney won his second match in as many days as he de- feated Frank Kastor, 13-4. Kastor, who was twice state champion in Illinois, was behind from the be- ginning and didn't have a chance. * * * LARRY TEN PAS, Illinois' most outstanding grappler, pinned John McMahon in the short time of two minutes and 50 seconds. Ten Pas, who is undefeated in four matches this year, is a sophomore from Waukegan, Ill. Michigan forged ahead when "Pepper" Holt pinned sophomore Richard Dix in 6 minutes and 59 seconds in the 177-pound class. In the final match of the day varsity football player D i c k O'Shaughnessy pinned s e n i o r7 Paul Mechling in 4 minutes and 57 seconds. O'Shaughnessy, confer- ence champion for the last two] years, had little trouble with his opponent. The summaries follow: 123 - Richard' Meeks (I) defeated Charles Anderson (M), 11-4 130 - Yukio Matsumoto (I) defeated Frank Hirt (M) 6-2 137-Norvard Nalan (M) defeated Bill Turner (1), 7-5 147 - Andy aul (M) defeated Ed Jackson (I), 8-3 157 - Don Haney (M) defeated Frank Kastor (I), 13-4 167- Larry Ten Pas (I) pinned Jack McMahon (M), 2:50 177 - Harold Holt (M) pinned Rich- ard Dias (I), 6:59 Heavyweight - Dick O'Shaughnessy (M) pinned Paul Mechling (I), 4:57 Maize and Blue Five Falls To NU Fourth PeriodRally