THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAtn. V. VVWw THE MICHIGAN DALYib A V.U' UW I i ; Minnesota Icei p - I Mays Fights With Gomez In BallPark SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ()- The Willy Mays-Ruben Gomez in- cident was passed off yesterday by Pedro Zorrilla, president of the Santurce team of the Puerto Ri- can League, as "one of those in- cidents arising every day on every club because of horseplay among ball players." A report Wednesday said the two New York Giants stars, play- ing with Santurce, got into a fist fight during batting practice. Mays, voted the National League's most valuable player last season, is a centerfielder. Gomez is a pitcher. Zorilla Tells Story Zorrilla said he had been pres- ent at the practice session Tues- day in which Mays and Gomez scuffled and saw all that hap- pened. "This is the whole story," said Zorrilla. "Gomez started kidding Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh rookie, his teammate, who was having his swings. Gomez said he wanted to get in a couple of swings but batting practice pitch- er Milton Ralat said Clemente wasn't through yet. "Gomez, still kidding sat on home plate. Mays was behind the cage, watching the horseplay, and stepped out to ask Ralat to pitch to him while the other two decided their argument. "Ralat refused, fearing he might hit either of the other two. Final- ly, Ralat threw some slow ones to Mays. He hit one directly at Ralat, knocking off his glove. Ralat got mad and said something like, "What are you trying to do, kill me?' "That led to arguing between Ralat and Mays and finally got to blows. s To Meet Tonight Wolverine Pucksters Must Sweep Gopher Series To Keep Faint NCAA Hopes Alive SAVE TIME! Let Us Handle Your Laundry Problem For You %NO JUST BRING IT IN- We do the rest NEW DROP-OFF PICK-UP. SERVICE By PHIL DOUGLIS Michigan and Minnesota, the fallen giants of the Western Inter- collegiate Hockey League, clash at the Coliseum tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the opener of what could well be the most explosive series of the season. It should decide once and for all which of the two will go on to make a bid for an NCAA berth, for both squads hang delicatelyon the precipice of elimination from the WIHL race. The once haughty Gophers of Johnny Mariucci must sweep this series or be automatically remov- ed from the contending list. The thinly manned Wolverines must win both games to keep alive the very, very faint hopes of that NCAA Colorado trip next March. Gophers Slump The Gophers are off to their worst start in recent years. They have already lost both ends of their series with Colorado Col- lege and North Dakota. They won one and tied one with Denver. Thus they rest near the bottom of the WIHL pile with a very poor 1-4-1 mark. Another loss or two to Michigan would mean only disaster. Michigan meanwhile is in the midst of a come-back after a hor- rible start out west. Last week, the WIHL STANDINGS W L T Pts. PL* Colorado College ,. 5 1 0 8 2 Michigan State ., 4 6 0 6 8 Denver.............3 4 1 5/ 6%f MICHIGAN ....... 3 3 0 4 6 North Dakota .... 4 2 0 4 2 Minnesota ........ 1 4 1 11/ 41/ Michigan Tech .. 1 1 0 1 1 *Point Explanation. When a team plays another team twice in a sea- son each game counts two points in the standings. When teams meet four times, each game counts one point. PL means Points Lost, which showseven more clearly the status of each team. tic. "Our boys are awful tired" said the genial coach. "It will take some hockey to beat those Go- phers." The Wolverines still have a po- tent scorer in Bill MacFarland who is currently running 12th in the league scoring race with 17 points. They also have the league's top goalie, Lorne Howes who has a sparkling 2.8 average for 10 games, and probably the WIIIL's most aggressive defenseman in Bob Schiller, whose return to ac- tion gave Michigan the wins over MSC. After these, the list quickly thins, and it will take more than ordinary hockey to knock the Go- phers off twice. Mayasich and Co. Mariucci still has such key men as the second highest scorer in the league Johnny Mayasich, the fleet George Jetty, fifth in league scoring, rugged defenseman Ken Yackel, and stellar goalie Jim Mattson. Other veterans include Dick Meredith, Jack Petroske, Bruce Shutte, and Fred Pulicic- chio. Following the Minnesota inva- sion; and the examination period, the Wolverines will fly to Hough- ton on Feb. 4 to take on the im- proved Huskies of Michigan Tech in a two game series. Tech has only played one se- ries, splitting with Michigan State, thus proving themselves at least as good as the Spartans, if not better. More about the potency of the Huskie attack will become known this weekend when final returns are in on their two game set-to with North Dakota at Grand Forks. Minim u Bundle 80c 10c lb. "We wash your duds in separate tubs." *FINISHED SHIRTS AND WASHABLE PANTS 48-Hour Service *DRY CLEANING - 10% discount PACKA R D 715 Packard (near State Ample Parking SELF SERVICE St.) Laundry Phone NO 2-4241 Open Evenings Beginning Monday, January 17, our menu will be changed to the following: Home Made Chili Hot Beef Sandwiches Grilled Steak Sandwiches 2 Home Made Soups Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers French Fries JOHN MAYASICH ... Gopher goal getter 11 man aggregation of Vic Heyli- ger showed surprising strength in whipping favored Michigan State twice. This weekend will be the acid test. If Heyliger can steer his squad past this desparate Gopher band, Michigan can be definitely counted on as a challenger. Minnesota Favored Despite their poor record, Min- nesota will go into this series as the favorite. With an 18 man deep team, Mariucci figures his squad is due to explode. "We played our best game of the year in last Sat- urday's 5-3 loss to North Dakota" he said. "I know that one of these days we're going to combine three good periods of hockey with some help from Lady Luck and give someone a real beating." Heyliger meanwhile is pessimis- SANDWICHES: Baked Ham, Roast Beef, Liverwurst, Bologna, Hard Salami, Tuna, Egg Salad, Swiss Cheese;, and American Cheese. Salads HOME MADE DONUTS - PASTRIES - PIES Banana Cream and Chocolate Cream Pies with whipped cream, our specialty. ICE CREAM - MALTEDS - BEVERAGES DUGOUT CAFETERIA 1121 S. University Open 7:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Saturdays 7:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. - Closed Sundays 11 i U, SPECIAL PURCHASE SLACKS NYLON and RAYON GABARDINE SHARKSKIN BETWEEN SEMESTERS: Swim Squad To Face Three Opponents assorted colors REG. 8.95 . . . Only 583 h By LEW HAMBURGER Michigan's powerful swimming team faces an unknown quantity in its three-day swing through the east and south between semesters. Coaches Gus Stager and Bruce Harlan know relatively little or nothing about Army, North Caro- lina, and North Carolina State's potential strength. The Wolver- ines meet the three teams in that order on February first, second and third. "We have a little information about North Carolina, but the other schools remain question marks. North Carolina State is the outdoor champion," said Sta- ger. Fagden Leads State State is lead by Dick Fgden, who paced their outdoor AAU victory this summer. Fadgen won both breaststroke events in the meet, and was chosen to represent the United States in Japan a week later on the basis of that per- formance. State is also last year's Atlantic Coast Conference champions. In that meet they handed North Carolina its first defeat in 15 years by a southern team. Then, a week later, at the East- ern Intercollegiate championships, both State and North Caroli.. placed well. Tommy Dunlap, of N.C. State, and Warren Heeman of North Carolina, finished two- three in the backstroke behind Army's Pete Witteried. So Michigan's backstrokers face a rugged trip. Bert Wardrop and Jim Kruthers, who handled the backstroke chores against Iowa State in the opener are likely candidates to face the three east- ern teams. Bob Mattson of State placed second in the Eastern Intercol- legiates a year ago in the individ- ual medley and Jack Ruppenthal, also of State, placed fifth in the 440 yard freestyle. North Carolina Sophs Strong North Carolina has gained con- siderable strength from last year's freshman team. Graduated to var- sity level are Charley Krepp, back- stroker-freestyler, and Phil Drake, breaststroker. In the National AAU champion- ships this summer Drake placed fourth behind Fadgen in the breaststroke. In the same meet Krepp, Drake, and Dick Baker combined to break the conference medley relay rec- ord with a fine 2:54.5 effort. + The three teams, however, do not appear to be too much of a threat to the Wolverines' record. Michigan is strong in every event, and the big problem at the mo- ment appears to be a lack of sprinters to back up Ron Gora. Gora Wins By Touch In the Iowa State meet Gora just touched out Jim McKevitt, but has done better times andVis capable of going all the way un- defeated this season. In the breaststroke events Sta- ger can call on Mike Delaney and Jim Thurlow. If necessary Bumpy Jones or either of the Wardrop twins could be called upon to face Fadgen. The middle distance events are well taken care of by Jack Ward- rop, and a number of lesses lights on the Michigan roster. John O'Reilly, who shows signs of im- provement, and sophomores Tom Prunk and Harrison Wehner can fill the 220 and 440 positions. 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