WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1955 TnE MIC116AIN DAILY FAGS TIMED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9,1955 'tHE 311(JliI6A'% UAILI PAGE TflREI The Morning After ... by HANLEY GURWIN Cheddy Thompson is probably thinking along about now that maybe his Colorado College hockey team has been a little too success- ful for its own good. While in their process of coasting to their first league champion- ship since 1952, the Tigers certainly aided Vic Heyliger's Michigan Wolverines on their march to the NCAA playoffs. One of the main reasons that the Wolverine icers were able to land the second place spot in the league standings was that Thomp- son's crew was mowing down the other members of the loop. Minnesota, North Dakota, and then Michigan Tech all bowed to the revitalized Bengals, thereby permitting the Maize and Blue to earn the playoff slot with another late season surge, a trademark of the last three Wolverine hockey seasons. Although any NCAA hockey fan would admit that the playoffs just wouldn't be the same without the perennial visitors from Ann Arbor, Thompson most likely is more concerned about his team's chances of winning than he is about tradition. He knows full well that the pressure will be on his local sextet to bring the NCAA Trophy back where the sponsors of the annual extravaganza feel that it belongs. For the first five years, Colorado College, like Michigan, succeeded in landing a spot in the tourney, but only in 1950 did the home team succeed in satisfying. the manage- ment. Broadmoor 'Darlings' .,. For the past two seasons, the "darlings" of the Broadmoor were not even in the spectacle, having been replaced by Johnny Mariucci's Gophers from the Minnesota campus. Now the home team is back in action and the fans are hoping for a repeat of 1950. But while the fans are hoping for a repeat of 1950, in their minds they know only too well that most likely their Tigers will have to take care of Vic Heyliger and his squad if they are to win the title. In Colorado Springs the Wolverines are known as the "New York Yankees of college hockey," a squad that will employ every trick in the book to win a game. The local fans respect the Wolverines, but at the same time they dislike them intensely. When the Colorado team was missing during the last two tourneys, they didn't especially care who won-as long as it wasn't Michigan. In the past few years their hatred for the Heyligermen has grown even more intense, the Wolverines appearing as "mean" hockey play- ers and their coach as a "villain." They blame the failure of Colorado College to win a berth in the 1953 tournament to a last minute eligibility ruling which gave the ax to junior college transfers usually eligible in NCAA and Rocky Moun- tain Conference regulations. It seems that they intimate that Heyliger engineered the eligibility rule and that the ruling helped the Wolver- ines to their third straight championship. The "hate Michigan" complex seemed to mount last year when the Wolverines, playing their usual style of close contact hockey, were handed penalty after penalty by the Eastern referees who were used to watching the "dainty" style of play which is most evident in that section of the country. In any event the Colorado faithful despise Michigan and love the local lads. They will be mighty disappointed if Thompson does not come up with a winner this year. Wolverine Chances.. .. The logical question to ask now is just what are the Tiger's chances of dumping the resurgent Wolverines. A quick review of the past cam- paign might throw a little light on the subject. Colorado started off the season in high gear, sweeping through virtually all opposition until a mid-February slump when they dropped three out of four contests. Included in the early string however, was a fluke victory over Michigan which took a last minute controversial pen- alty to provide the victory margin. Leading by one goal with less than a minute remaining, Michigan seemed to have the game won when a questionable penalty was called on a Maize and Blue icer. Evidently one Wolverine questioned the penalty too vehemently, for he ,too was chased from the arena. Two quick goals gave CC the victory and sent the Ann Arborites home from the Broadmoor smarting from two straight setbacks. It must be'said, however, that the Wolverines, three-quarters of whom had never played in a WIHL game previously, had played the two-game set with a rather depleted squad. Mike Buchanan had not as yet become eligible while Bob Schiller, the other bulwark of the rear guard, was in the hospital here in Ann Arbor still nursing a broken cheek bone. In the meantime Heyliger's crew has come a long way. With the customary late season splurge, the icers swept through eight straight league games as the offensive units began to sparkle and the defense meshed to form a solid wall of resistance.- The team leaves from Willow Run this afternoon for the Broad- moor in the "NCAA Special," knowing full well that it possesses the ability to come back with another championship. No wonder Cheddy Thompson is a bit worried. Illinois GymI' Hockey Squad Embarks Today 'e*,Baebl Win Causes No Surprise Winkler Stars in ' Fifth Place Finish By DAVE GREY If the results of a Big Ten Championship Meet could be said to have come exactly as expected, then the gymnastics tournament held this past weekend at Minne- apolis, Minnesota, would certainly be a prime example. Illinois' sixth straight title un- der the deft tutelage of Coach Charlie Pond was no surprise. The talented Illini, with 139% points, were followed by Michigan State, with 91%, and vastly improved Iowa, with 88%. The rest of the pack fell into logical order. Injury-riddled Min- nesota did exceptionally well to score 56/, followed by Michigan's fifth place total of 38, Ohio State's 25, Wisconsin's eight, and Indi- ana's one. Northwestern, with only three entries, did not score, while Purdue does not have a gymnastics team. Best performance in the other- wise mediocre Wolverine showing came from the trampoline duo of Captain Bill Winkler, who won a fourth place medal, and Frank Adams, who tied for fifth. Wink- The all-campus, residence hall, and fraternity diving con- tests will be held at the I-M Building tonight at 8 p.m. The social fraternity swimming meet will take place Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. -Earl Riskey ler had placed fourth last year and Adams 10th, but third man Jack Burchfield was unable to qualify in the top ten again this year. Tightening up during the quali- fying rounds on Friday afternoon and evening hurt Michigan's chan- ces considerably on Saturday. Vic- tims of elimination in the first round of competition were Wayne Warren and Bob Armstrong in both the flying rings and side horse and Norm Niedermeier in the free exercise. Coach Newt Loken was pleased with sophomore Nick Wiese's fifth in the flying rings and eighth in all-around and Tony San Anto- nio's fifth in the parallel bars against such brilliant versatile competitors as Illinois' Tom Gard- ner, MSC's Carleton Rintz, and Iowa's lively sophomore, Sam Bailie. FRATERNITY BASKETBALL 1st Place Playoffs Phi Delta Theta 50, Beta Theta Pi 38 2nd Place Playoffs Alpha Epsilon Pi 24, Phi Gamma Del- ta 19 Delta Tan Delta 38, Tau Kappa Epsi- lon 36 3rd Place Playoffs 'theta Chi 53, Sigma Nu 37 4th Place Playoffs Theta Xi 44, Phi Sigma Delta 27 RESIDENCE HOUSE BASKETBALL Strauss "B" over Hinsdale "B" (for- feit) INDEPENDENT BASKETBALL 1st Place Playoffs Owen-Nakamura 47, Evans 34 2nd Place Playoffs Forrester Five 38, Newman 28 Forresters 46, Mugwumps 42 Eagles Hawkers 38 Chemistry 24 For Colorado, NCAA Tourney -t Title Chances 'As Good As Any,' Says Heyliger BILL WINKLER ... fourth on trampoline Kra merGains Second Team Big Ten berth Michigan's leading scorer for the 1954-55 basketball season, sopho- more sensation Ron Kramer, was named to the center slot on the Associated Press All-Big Ten sec- ond team. Comprising scorer power and play-making ability, the dream team included Dick Garmaker and Chuck Mencel from runnerup Min- nesota, Bill Logan of Iowa's championship team,nFrank Ehm- ann of Northwestern, Robin Free- man of Ohio State, and placing on the All-Conference team for the third season, Don Schlundt of In- diana. Schlundt, Garmaker, and Ehm- ann finished in that order in the Big Ten scoring race. Freeman, smallest man on the squad at 5-10, was one of the best marksmen in the Western Conference. Vic Heyliger's fighting Michigan hockey squad, 14 men strong, leaves by plane from Willow Run Airport at 1:30 this afternoon for its eighth date in as many years at the Broadmoor Ice Palace, Follows icers In keeping with The Daily's policy of "on-the-spot" cover- age, Hockey Editor Phil Doug- lis catches a plane this after- noon for Colorado Springs in order to send back a first hand report of the NCAA Hockey Tournament direct from the Broadmoor Ice Palace. home of the National Collegiate, Athletic Association Hockey Tour- nament. The Wolverines leave the Mich- igan Union at noon for the air- port where they will board the Broadmoor special, already car- rying the tourney's eastern rep- resentatives, Harvard and St. Lawrence College. On arrival in Colorado Springs, the visiting teams will be hosted by the local sponsors of the play- offs and by the fourth competing squad, Colorado College. Action Tomorrow Action begins tomorrow night at 8:15 Mountain Time when Michi- gan faces the Crimson of Harvard in the semi-finals. Coach Heyliger showed a great deal less than his usual pessimism as he looked ahead to the playoffs during yesterday afternoon's fin- al Ann Arbor practice for his men. Heyliger, who normally expects the worst from his highly success- ful squad, was willing to admit that "we have as good a chance as any team to take the national ti- tle." Although relatively small in numbers, the Wolverines have de- veloped into an offensively power- ful and defensively dependable aggregation. This is also despite the fact that over half the team are playing in their first year of collegiate hockey. Captain Bill MacFarland, the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League's third leading scorer and his team's top offensive threat, is. one of the few Wolverines who will not be appearing in their first na, tional tournament. Few Repeaters The only other repeaters among Michigan's icers are forwards Jay Goold, Yves Hebert, and Neil Bu- chanan and reserve goalie Bill Lu- cier. This means a lot will be ex- pected from such rookies as goalie Lorne Howves and new stars Tom Rendall and Bob Schiller. Ranked as a co-favorite in the playoffs because of their great late-seasonespurt, the Wolverines are expected to take the measure of their first opponent, Harvard, in a game being billed as a "Can- ada vs. United States" battle. All of Michigan's squad hails from the Land to the North, while the Crimson have onlyone Ca- nadian on the team. In fact, Coach Ralph "Cooney" Weiland has oft- en been outspoken in his criti- cism of Canadian boys by Unit- ed States colleges. Colorado or Bust Four fanatic Michigan root- ers will pile into a wierdly dec- orated blue automobile this morning and begin the thous- and mile trek to Colorado Springs where they will cheer on the Wolverine pucksters in the NCAA' Hockey Champion- ships. Members of the ultra-loyal "For-M" fan club, their vehicle sports such slogans as "Hookey for Hockey" and predicts Wol- verine shutouts by tremendous scores over Harvard and Colo- rado College. Letter Winners Only three seniors are among the 10 varsity basketball letter winners this year as announced by Coach Bill Perigo. Leaving the Wolverines after contributing to their sixth place tie in the Big Ten. are forwards Paul Groffsky, captain, Jerry Stern, and guard Don Eaddy. The other letter winners who will still be around to help Perigo next season are Ron Kramer, the Big Ten's sixth leading scorer, Tom Jorgenson, Harvey Williams, Jim Barron, Tom Raisor, Jim Shearon and Milt Lingle. 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