THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954 HTE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2,1954 THE MTCHIGAI~ DAILY Groff sky, MacFarland Head 'M' Basketball, Hockey Squads V 7 - 11 111 11 HILLEL t?~ PAUL GROFFSKY steady performer Seixas, Trabert Cop Net Match MELBOURNE (P)-Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert sent America's Davis Cup stocks up another notch yesterday when they subdued Aus- tralia's Lew Hoad and Ken Rose- wall in a bitterly fought, five-set semifinal doubles match in the Victorian Tennis Championships. The U.S. tandem, surprise win- ners in the challenge round dou- bles last year, turned back the 20-year-old Aussies, 10-12, 6-2, 3-6,m6-2, 6-4. Now they go into Friday's finals against Wimbledon champions Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose, an- other Australian cup possibility. The Davis Cup matches will be at Sydney, Dec. 27-29. I, .1 By JOHN HILLYER Paul Groffsky was a Michigan sports fan long before he entered the University. A mutual admiration society has been formed in recent years, how- ever, since Michigan has become quite a Groffsky booster. The 6-4, 205-lb. captain of this year's Michigan basketball squad has virtually lived sports, dating back to his boyhood days in Map- lewood, N.J. "It's about half of my life, I guess," he admits. This would have to include ac- tive participation as well as ol- lowing of athletics. In addition to his success on the hardwoods, Groffsky was selected recently as all-fraternity intramural football end for the past season, having sparked his fraternity, Sigma Al- pha Mu, to the first-place playoff finals. Competes in blsrael Paul got a thrill in the fall of '53 when he was selected as a member of the United States cage team which participated in the Maccabeean Games, a sort of Jew- ish Olympics, in Israel. Competing against other Jewish entries from various parts of the globe, the American squad swept all of the six games it played. He had to wear glasses last sea- son to correct his near-sightedness, but no longer needs them. He was anything but near-sighted when it came time for him to choose a college, however. Overlooking the nearby eastern institutions, Groff- sky found Michigan to his liking. Switches to Forward Having played center for Col- umbia High in Maplewood, Paul remained at the position during MSC, OSU, Iowa Win Cage Openersl Three Western Conference teams. opened-the 1954-55 basketball sea- son with victories last night as Michigan State dumped Mar- quette, 91-72, OhiodStateddowned Pittsburgh, 98-87, and Iowa crush- ed Washington of St. Louis, 80-61. The Spartans set a new modern- day, one game scoring record as Coach ForddyAnderson made his initial debut with the team. his first two years here. He began to look and feel like a midget, how- ever, after playing for a while against such giants of the Big Ten as Don Schlundt of Indiana, John Kerr of Illinois, Chuck Kalafat of Minnesota, and Paul Morrow of Wisconsin, and he became regular forward last season when six-foot- eight-inch Harvey'Williams arriv- ed on the scene. Paul came under the freshman- eligible rule when he entered school, and thus boasts three years of Varsity experience to his credit. Although just an ordinary player in high school, averaging about 11 points a game, he stuck with the squad. Although he wasn't what the coaches call a "natural," his determination and aggressiveness prompted Coach Bill Perigo to give him a shot at a Varsity berth. Most Valuable Just how well he did procede to prove himself is brought out by the fact that his teammates select- ed him as the squad's most valu- able player during his sophomore year, when he scored 301 points to lead the Wolverines in that de- partment. Paul is very enthusiastic about Michigan's chances for the com- ing season. He points out that all Starting with this Saturday, the Intramural Building will be open every Saturday afternoon. --Earl Riskey of last year's starting five are re- turning, and that they have really been "hitting" in practice. He hesitates to predict a first-t place for the Wolverines, since a jump from last to first is rare in any league, but definitely feels that "we should finish in the top five" in the Big Ten. With Groffsky in there, don't bet against it. By DAVE RORABACHER A spirited jet who last year thrilled hockey fans whenever he got his stick on the puck, Bill Mac- Farland, is back again, this time in the role of captain, to lead the Michigan pucksters in their an- nual struggle for the Western Hockey League crown. Coach Vic Heyliger had nothing but praise for his protege. After lauding his "great instinctive abil- ity," Heyliger added, "he's a fine playmaker and works all the time when playing." Ties Record A favorite of fans and players alike, MacFarland tied the NCAA Hockey Tournament scoring record at Colorado Springs last season by garnering five goals and four as- sists in the championship match- es. This topped off his season's record of 26 goals and 18 assists, a total of 44 points in 21 games. It placed him as the second leading scorer and helped earn him the title of the team's most valuable player along with Doug Mullen. MacFarland, who hails from To- ronto, Ontario, started playing hockey while still in grade school. At Lawrence Park Collegiate High School he played on the varsity hockey team and during his ten- ure there, lost one of his front teeth, a silent testimony to the ruggedness of the sport. During his high school hockey career he played against former Michigan pucksters John McKen- nell and Doug Philpott and their success here influenced his deci- sion to come to the U of M. Starts at Center Last year he established himself as one of the mainstays of the Wolverine squad and he will un- doubtedly figure prominently in the fast approaching season. In the opener against McGill tomor- row night, Coach Heyliger will have him playing center between sophomore wings George Dunning- an and Jerry Karpinka to form one of the two available lines. As both of these wings are the "pass- ing type," Heyliger has high hopes for this combination. A junior in Business Adminis- tration, MacFarland still has two seasons of athletic eligibility left. Whether or not he will be able to lead the small squad of twelve players to another highly success- L! BILL MacFARLAND ... goalie's nemesis ful finish remains to be seen. Friday Evening Dinner December 5-6:00 PM. RESERVATIONS must be made and paid for by Thursday Evening at Hillel 7-10 P.M. Marriage for Gridders Key to OSU Success? 11 HILLEL Friday Evening Services with RABBI JOSEPH KATZ and CANTOR MARTAIN GLANTZ of Saginaw, Michigan By LEE MARKS Now that the Michigan-Ohio State game is two weeks past and the smoke of battle has settled, football analysts are giving way to sociologists in throwing out theories to account for Michigan's loss. Bill Corum, Hearst papers' col- umnist, scoffs at the superficiality of analysing football games in terms of "T-formations," "single wing power plays," "buck-later- als" and mundane pass patterns. Instead he claims to have dis- covered the real difference be- tween Michigan and the nation's number one team: marriage. According to a report in Time Magazine, Dec. 6, Corum's column carried a conveniently written let- ter from an unnamed Michigan "undergraduate," explaining the new theory. Not Enough "Of course," said Corum's Mich- igan friend, "we have some mar- Student Christmas Vespers First Presbyterian Church TODAY at 5:10 P.M. FORGROP 7.4 ~tINP(R GO TOGETHER To: Sports Events - Parties! Convenient, private, amazing- y low in cost. Try it! GRID POWER RETURNS: Chicago Bears Climb to Second Place vied men too but we just didn't have enough of them." There are four married men on the University's squad, 12 on Ohio State's. The letter, supposedly written by a University student, described the second halg: "The Buckeyes settled down like steady-going married men checking over the monthly bills on the first of the month and they took charge and beat us pretty handily. "Little Women" "I guess those State players got to thinking that they didn't want to be hearing all winter how the Little Women had missed a trip to Los Angeles just because they weren't men enough to beat us Wolverines." "They might have also been thinking that if they didn't beat us, they might wind up with a can of beans and franks for Thanks- giving dinner. A thing like that can bring out the college spirit in a man mighty fast." A University student commented, "Ohio State's team didn't seem so steady the first three quarters -when did they get married, at half-time?" Duncan McDonald, '56, claimed, "Being married doesn't affect my playing in the least. I don't think there's much truth in the theory." Dick Balzhiser, '55E, former Michigan fullback, said "Being married has a stabilizing effect on everything you do but I don't know how much it helps your football playing. We had a lot of married men on the team last year and it didn't do us much good. The theory is entirely irrelevant." 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The only team left with a chance' to catch the leading Detroit Lions in this year's Western Division race, the Bears must win its re-: maining two games against the archrival Chicago Cardinals and the leaders themselves, the Lions, while Detroit must win just one game of its last three, in order to snare the title once again. What has made this team, a' second division squad last season,I into a contender this year? Whatj lays ahead for the Chicago outfit! that boasts one of the greatest tra- ditions in the game? "Monsters of the Midway" For years, the big burly Bears of George Halas were known as the "Monsters of the Midway" as. they rolled to nine pro champion- ships in the years 1921-46. With names like Jack Manders, Red Grange,Bronco Nagurski, Beattie Feathers, Norm Standlee, Ray'{ Nolting, George Traf ton, Bill Hew- itt, George McAfee, Joe Stydahar, George Wilson, Danny Fortmann, Ken Kavanaugh, Bulldog Turner,' Sid Luckman, Johnny Lujack, and Bobby Layne dotting the roster, it is no wonder that the Black and Orange were the most feared team in the league.I Suddenly, following the Second of the score. George Blanda, a World War, the roof fell in. Luck- second rate quarterback from Ken- man, for years the pass master of tucky was supposed to fill Luck- Basman's shoes, but he didn't. Attend- the T-Formation, which the B ance fell off at vine-cald Wrigley were instrumental in establishing, Field. retired. The veteran center Tur- This ner hung up his cleats for good. That something as theappe The Osmanski brothers reached of many of these rookies into top the end of the trail, and Halas, the flight pro players. Hill became owner coach of the Bears, had to one of the most sensational ends rebuild. to grace the league in years. The Bears, for years an insti- Stone became a feared scatback, tution on Chicago's Northside, and Blanda's passing ability im- suddenly fell in the standings. Up- proved threefold. land Browns, and Los Angeles Bratkowski Subs starts like the Detroit Lions, Cleve-B s Rams came to the forefront. The More recently, last week in fact, "Old Guard" was dead, and teams a Georgia youngster, Zeke Brat- "ld Guhrd"wasdegtnanedskmswkowski, stepped into the injured like the Washington Redskins, New Blanda's shoes, and proceeded to York Giants, Green Bay Packers,, toss the Los Angeles Rams into and Philadelphia Eagles, longolon Alo Aneesfamscm- powers in the league, slump~ed right oblivion. All of these factors com- pwersh theHlame.lubined to boost the Bears into sec- with the Halasmen. and place in the rugged Western Halas Rebuilds Division, where they currently rest. 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