4' THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954. ." TIDE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGF THREP. THuRSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954 TIlE MICHIGAX DAILY i : tiwr. nnar. r. I .ankers Clash Nationals To Be Held at Syracuse; Close Races Seen; OSU Favored t By LEW HAMBURGER ByLheWNatnaMlgte50, and in the two races at Ohio As the National Collegiate swim- State a month ago, touched out ming championships get under way Hill in the closest of decisions, tonight with the 1500 meter free- These two will be pitted against style the finest array of talent ev- Yale's Kerry Donovon, Geor- er assembled seems likely to pro- gia's defending 100 yard chan- vide some of the closest races in' pion Reid Patterson, Northwest- history, and possibly shatter exist- en's Al Kuhn, Dartmouth's ing records mn eight events. John Glover, and Tom White- The season's results show that leather, Ohio State's other six of these records have ;been sprinter. broken and are in the process of Oyakawa, called by many "The being applied for. Ohio State's greatest backstroker that ever liv- three Hawaiian stars have broken ed," figures to have no trouble in five standards, and Michigan's defending his 100 and 200 yar Bumpy Jones lowered his own 150 con ikeis Jne shouk yardindvidal mdle reordcrowns. Likewise, Janes shoulCd ekyard individual medley record have no difficulty in capturing his weeks ago in the Big Ten meet, third consecutive medley crown. FORD KONNQ has bettered the His closest competition shoulk FORDKONN ha beteredthecome from teammate Bert Ward-. previous record for the 220 and 440 roptB yard freestyle events; Dick Cleve- * * * land has applied for two new re- THE breaststroke, although none ords in the 50 and 100 yard free- of the entrants have approached style events; and the other Buck- the record, should prove among th eye star, Yoshi Oyakawa bettered closest races of the meet. Dave his own 100 yard backstroke mark. Hawkins of Harvard will probably The new Syracuse pool is be rated the favorite. The East- rated to be exceedingly fast, ern Intercollegiate champion is an and swimming experts say that unknown quantity, but has shown it will provide the competitors evidence of future greatness. with an excellent opportunity to In this event at the Western make a grand assault on the rec- ord books. Conference meet, Bumpy Jones Further incentive to the favorites won by three tenths of a see- stems from the experienced, fast, and over Bob Clemons of Illinois, and large field that are breathing defending 100 yard National at their necks. The distance star Champion, and seven tenths of Konno will have a fight on his a second over John Dudeck of hands if he plans to remain unde- Michigan State who finished feated. Jack Wardiop, one half of third. Michigan's twin act, finished but THE DIVING events will also be six tenths of a second behind the Toey cone e lySapo Ohio speedster in the Big Ten closely contested. Morely Shapire 220 and a second away in the 440. and Gerry Harrison of Ohio State S* * will be co-favorites in both low AT SYRACUSE he will have to and high board events. Harrison contend with Oklahoma's Peter is defending low board champion, Duncan and Springfield (Mass.) while at the Big Tens, Shapiro College's Bill Yorzyk, as well as won both events. In the same meet Wardrop. Jimmy Walters of Michigan be- Cleveland may be forced to came the first to split the combi- set a record to win in the sprints. nation this year as he defeated He was tied by Michigan's Don Harrison twice. Hill at the Big Ten meet in the The relays are usually rather Cage A con KATZENMEYER REBUILDS: 'Of Lofgran Three Veterans To O f* ofg ra n ; With only three lettermen re- the needed loin T erm in a tes turning from last year's team, the University of Michigan golf squad competitive experif prepares for a year of rebuilding Sophomores Bob \ By CAROL NORTH and strengthening. Dick Harrison ran. A little squib buried on the sec This season the linksters have young prospects wit >nd sports page of a small town an 11 meet schedule with the clett showing som newspaper spelled out finis to the Seniors Lanny Roge areer of one Don Lofgn, opening home match listed for Shanneh, along wi The three inch article with the ner, will also be ba almost unnoticeable headline men- sity berths. tioned that Lofgran had been *' picked up by the police for pass- THIS YEAR'S s ing bad checks totaling $700. Lof- missing such veter ;ran, once a brilliant star of col- Wright, last seas legiate and professional basket- : Lowell LeClair, Wa ball, gave himself up to the police of whom graduated, Saying that he had used the mon- ens, who left schoo °y for liquor. reasons. * * * adMe a Lead 'NI' Golf Squad ;1 I E nament and ence. McMasters and k as the best th Chuck Bla- e possibilities. er and Tommy th Boyd Red- ttling for var- * squad will be ans as Hugh on's captain, rren Gast, all and Bud Stev- l for academic hedule follows: 'olina at Cha- April 9-Duke University at lourham. N.C. April 17-University of Detroit at Ann Arbor April 24-Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue at Columbus, Ohio May 1-Purdue, Illinois, Ohio State, at Lafayette, Indiana May 3-Indiana at Blooming- ton, Indiana May 8-Northwestern, Purdue at Ann Arbor May 15--Ohio State, Michigan State at Ann Arbor May 17-Michigan State at East Lansing May 22-University of Detroit at Detroit May 28-29-Western Conference Meet at Minneapolis, Minne- sota VIC HEYLIGER . . . Coach-of-the-Year Heyliger's Hockey Record One Of Most Impressive In History e d .e e Y n n e a e v i a r STADEL & SONS 302 S. Main TogIT, 7WiRL frl BEND IT, CURL IT... r R Revolutionary new soft collar on Van Heusen Century shirts woiit ever! No matter wvhat you do, the one-piece collar of the Van Heusen Century Shirt is always fresh and wrinkle-free! And without starch or stays! Yet it's so easy to launder- just iron the collar flat, flip it and it folds perfectly (right on the fold-line that's woven in for keeps). And because this collar's woven on a curve to fit your neckline, you can't find close, but Michigan and Ohio State are slight favorites to defend, their respective freestyle and med- ley relay championships, State Senate Honors Mann It's official! The State of Michigan Senate has unanimously adopted a reso- lution honoring Michigan's famed swimming coach, Matt Mann. The 69-year-old coach, retiring after 29 years at the Wolverine helm,j thereby adds still another tribute to the growing list of honors al- ready accorded him. Mann, who coached Michigan to 16 Big Ten titles, is presently in Syracuse, where his final team will make a bid for the National Col- legiate Athletic Association cham- pionship. Mann was also coach of the United State's 1948 Olympic team at London, directing it to a lop-sided Olympic victory. I-M SCORES WATER POLO Sigma Phi Epsilon 3, Psi Upsi- lon 0 Phi Delta Theta 6, Alpha Epsi- lon Pi 0 Sigma Nu defeated Theta Xl (forfeit) By PHIL DOUGLIS When Michigan's Vic Heyliger was selected as college hockey coach-of-the-year last week in Boston, it came as no surprise to many fans and experts, for his name has been synonomous with the sport for over 18 years. The stocky Heyliger has piled up by far the most impressive rec- ord of anyscollege hockey coach in recent history. In his first dec- ade as Michigan coach, Heyliger's squad as won 173 games against 49 losses and nine ties, and had garnered four out of seven nation- al championships. * * * THOUGH Heyliger's current team failed to win the NCAA title, the coach-of-the-year title was still well deserved, for he guided the squad to a sensational stretch drive, going 11 straight games without defeat. Add to this roaring finish the service that Heyliger has done for college hockey during hii 10 year reign at Michigan, andI you can readily see why he was awarded the Penrose Trophy. This service was mainly the founding of the Midwest (now Western) Hockey League. Back in the fall of 1951, while raising a family which includes two boys and two girls, and coaching his team to a national title, Heyliger was founder, president, statisti- cian, publicity man, and schedule maker of the new league. HEYLIGER, born 38 years ago in Roxbury, Mass., played high school hockey at Concord, Mass., prep school hockey at Lawrence Academy, and then moved on to Michigan where he made All- American center in 1936 and 193.7, and also played on one of Ray Fisher's Big Ten baseball cham- pionship squads. The cigar chomping coach still chuckles when he recalls his greatest night back in 1937, when Michigan squared off against a rugged Minnesota squad at the Coliseum. In the nets for the Gophers was Bud Wilkinson, now better known as the coach of Oklahoma's pow- erhouse football teams. Heyliger gave Wilkinson a night to remember by pouring in five goals, and that may have been the blow that drove Wilkinson into football for a career. * * * UPON graduating from Michi- gan, the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League sign- ed Heyliger, and a short but bril- liant professional career was un- derway. In each of his first three games, Heyliger scored, and as the season progressed, he aided the Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup play- off berth, Heyliger lost a chance to play in the Stanley Cup series when he acquired a bad case of ton- silitis. But the Hawks won the Cup anyway, and in a few years Heyliger entered the coaching ranks. The aggressive ex-pro found himself at the University of Illi- nois in 1940, and was a fixture in Champaign until 1943. While at the Orange and Blue helm, he coached the Illini to a tie with Southern California for the then mythical national title, and alsoI guided them to two Big Ten titles. * * * IN 1944, Heyliger switched to Michigan, beginning the greatest hockey era in Wolverine history. For a decade now, the black haired coach has been guiding -Michigan ice fortunes, always a stickler for long hard parctice s.essions, hard rugged play, and undying spirit. The Wolverines rose under him to the pinnacle of college hockey, holding their own before the best of American and Canadian opposi- tion. An example of the great in- ternational rivalry that Heyliger has initiated is the Toronto Se- ries for the Thompson Cup. Michigan has dominated this series, the greatest win coming in 1946 Heyliger,who runs a summer camp and is on the NCAA rules committee in the off season, passes most of the credit. to his players. He summed up his coaching phi- losophy after he won the 1948 na- tional title when he said "We have all-around co-operation. No one is an individual star, and it is teamwork that finally pays off, such as it has for us., Hlairstyling to please!! Try our Personnel -- Workmanship Service - 10 Hairstylists NO WAITING The Daseola Barbers near Michigan Theatre IT WAS Lofgran's performance that led the San Francisco bas- ketball team to the championship of the National Invitation Tourn- ament in New York in 1949. The previously unheralded quintet en- tered the tourney an overwhelm- ing underdog, but it defeated Manhattan, Utah, Bowling Green, and finally, Loyola, to win the ^oveted title. The NIT that year, featured some of the best teams in the country. Such famed basketball s'hools as Loyola, Biwling Green, Kentucky, St. Louis, Utah, New York University and Bradley were present to battle for the tourney trophy. Among those impressive names, everybody had overlooked the out- fit from the West Coast. Their quick and easy defeat was expect- ed, and it was with amazement that the country watched them defeat the nation's basketball giants. LOFGRAN, a six-foot six inch center electrified the sophisticated New York audience with deadly one-handed push shots. The. wiry, curly-haired player soon became a favorite of the fans as he rolled up point after point in the "tour- nament of stars." His brilliant performances in play-making, guarding and scor- ing played a major part in net- ting the San Francisco team the NIT crown. From a com- paratively unknown college play- er he zoomed into the attention of the public almost overnight. One newspaper writer summed up his playing: "Lofgran, with the ease of a boy dropping apples into a washtub, flipped in field goals from every angle of the court, and proved a dead-eye shot from the foul line." The ex-star's confession to the Oakland California police and his subsequent jailing, seems to mark the unfortunate end of a career' that had been watched -with inter- est by many basketball fans. A Vote for Bal four'sV isa vote for the finest in . . . Fav ors and Pro rais 1 Beer Mugs . . . Paddles Sweatshirts . ,. . fraterni/ :and sor ori/y) v i welryand gifts.' ^ Michigan Seal /enis BALFOUR5S 1321 South University Geo