THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 10, . TIIE MIC2116AN DAILV PAGE THREE THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1955 'mE filitnibAN iJAIL)~ PAGE THREE Sigma Chi Rolls on Toward 1- B' Hoop Grown Illini Head Psi Upsilon, Delta Tau Delta' Score Impressive Victories y ~ ADROIT DEFENSEMA N: SPitts Outstanding 'l' Hockey Prospect ti . :.;. i. . m- ; .x List of Gym SContestants By DAVE GREY The Illinois gymnastic squad once again this year appears to be the team to beat in the fast approaching Big Ten gymnastics meet, which will be held in Min- neapolis, Minnesota, on March 4th and 5th. Pressing closely the four-time- in-a-row Big Ten champions and last % year's runner-up to Penn State in the national champion- ships should be Minnesota, and Michigan State. Other potential strong teams include Ohio State, Iowa and Michigan. Nine Gym Squads The Big Ten is actually made up of only nine gym squads, since -Purdue does not have a team. :r Michigan so. far this season has a 1-2 record Big Ten dual meet competition. The Wolverines have been whipped by both Minnesota and Michigan State, while holding a victory over Wisconsin and a win over non-Conference member Notre Dame. This Saturday's meet with Northwestern ranks Michigan as a favorite. Illinois mastery in the Big Ten stems from the establishment of a strong winning tradition and the fine performances this year of captain Tom Gardner, senior Jeff Austin, and tumbler Dan Lirot. Other outstanding Conference stars include MSC captain Carl Rints and sophomore sensation Samt Bailey from Iowa, both of whom will prove stiff competition for Michigan's talented flying rings sophomore, Nick Wiese. Winkler Leads Michigan Maize and Blue coach Newt Loken looks for his trampoline squad headed by Bill Winkler to place high in the final standings. Frank Adams, who is now work- ing as all-around entry for the first time, also should rank high with the best in the Big Ten. The rest of the young squad is making rapid progress, but as Loken states, he "is building for next year." By JIM BAAD Sigma Chi rolled to another vic- tory last night to strengthen its bid for the fraternity "B" basket- ball championship. Victims of the 76-11 rout were the Phi Kappa Tau five, who couldn't keep up with the Sigma Chi fast break. Jim Bowman and G. Edgar Meads tossed in 24 and 20 points respectively for the vic- tors. Two other one-sided contests found Psi Upsilon beating Sigma Nu, 53-16 and Delta Tau Delta Saturday night will be Fac- ulty Family Night at the I-M Sports Building from 7:30 to 10:00. The most popular acti- vities include swimming, tram- poline, badminton, volley ball, handball, paddleball and squash. All children must be accompanied by parents. -George Linn overcoming Chi Phi 47-9. Art Kuiper scored 14 points in the Psi Upsilon win and Dick Kruse made 13 points in Delta Tau Delta's tri- umph. Phi Kappa Psi tired out the Phi Kappa Sigma crew, who were playing wit hno substitutes, and won easily, 38-20. George Nichols tossed in 15 points for the win- ners and Larry Catlin sunk 12 points in a losing effort. Pi Lambda Phi jumped off to ,a quick lead vnd was in control all the way as it defeated Theta Chi, 25-15. John Loeb contributed 19 of the 25 points tallied by the Pi Lam's. Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Epsilon stood 14-13 at half time, but the Sig Eps squad poured on the steam in the second half and emerged victorious, 32-21. Tom Gilmore was high for Sig Eps with 12 points, but Dick Buck's 12 points couldn't turn the tide for Delta Upsilon. Theta Xi downed half-hearted Kappa Sigma 56-7. A lack of drive from the Kappa Sigmas and Art St. Clair's 15 points assured the victory. Kadeus Stars Zeta Beta Tau with the help of Mike Kadens' 16 points edged past Theta Delta Chi, 50-37. Lambde Chi Alpha edged out Alpha Epsilon Pi, 20-18, in the closest contest of the evening. Lambda Chi Alpha held the slight advantage most of the game and it managed to hold its small lead until the final buzzer. Other scores of the evening were: Phi Delta Theta 28, Phi Sig- ma Delta 13; Sigma Alpha Epsi- lon 37, Alpha Delta Phi 18; Alpha Tau Omega 45, Tau Delta Phi 14; Sigma Alpha Mu defeated Alpha Sigma Phi (forfeit); Chi Psi de- feated Acacia (forfeit). By JUDIE CAPTOR One of the bright spots on the Michigan hockey horizon this year has been the dazzling playing of sophomore Bob Pitts, Wolverine defenseman. His stick-work in the opening games with McGill showed signs of encouragement to a not-very- hopeful Wolverine squad. He real- ly came into his own when in the last period of the first game in the Michigan - Montreal series he smashed a game-saving goal into the nets. Hails From British Columbia Hailing from Nelson, British Co- lumbia, Pitts be-an his career on the ice at an early -age, when he played on city-organized teams of different age groups. He gained further experience during his four following his graduation from high school when he devoted his time exclusively to basketball. Great Promise as a Freshman Once he arrived at Michigan, however, Pitts was back on the skates, and even as a freshman showed great promise. This year is his first playing for Michigan, and he has participated in at least two-thirds of each game on the schedule. Pitts says he finds that the big- gest difference between hockey at Michigan and hockey as he for- merly played it is that before he was allowed to body-check any- where on the ice, with no rules restricting it, while here body- checking is limited under the NCAA rules.} He feels his biggest games here to date have been the McGill se- ries, but the ones coming up will be the all-important ones and the biggest ones he will play. Great Stamina "Pitts is one of our outstanding defensemen," says Coach Vic Hey- liger. "He is clever with the stick and plays his position well. He shows a great deal of stamina de- spite the fact that he must play during most of the game." Pitts has a pretty good shot for a defenseman, and although he is still a little careless with the stick, this is his first year on the team and he is fast overcoming it. Keep your eye on this rising sophomore, one of the many out- st'inding Wolverine prospects. VIC HEYLIGER ... from gloom to glory? BOB PITTS ... back-line bulwark Michigan Ice Hopes Rise As League Rivals Falter 1 1 Muddled Big Ten Ca Finds Gophers in Fir 4) By HAP ATHERTON As the Big Ten teams roll into the second half of the Conference season, the standings are more muddled then they have been in a long time. Minnesota, sporting a six win, two loss record, tops the confer- ence, with Illinois and Iowa tied for second with five wins and two losses each. Minnesota, although the team to beat, ranks fifth in m For the Sharpest Valentines in Town BUY PANDA AT FO LLETT'S State Street at North University I'm on my way to an OLD-FASHIONEDQ German Dinner - ' Steaks -Chops -Chicken-in-the-Rough 4W and Our SpecialtiesQ CARRY OUT ORDERS Imported beer and wine4 JJ~et~e,'4GERMAN RESTAURANT4 203 E. Washington Open 4 P.M. 'til Midnight except Sunday scoring and shooting averages, but ranks first in defense. But the statistics do not tell the whole story. So many of the un- derdog teams have upset so many of the leaders in the league that it is almost impossible to predict on any given evening which teams will win. Not long ago, lowly Pur- due, conference tail-ender, forced the league's leader, Minnesota to play six overtimes before drop- ping a close one. Michigan scar- ed two of the best teams insthe conference before losing to them, and Purdue has lost several by a handful; of points. 'Breaks' Decide "Except for the breaks, the bot- tom teams in the conference could be with the top teams," stated Michigan's basketball coach, Bill Peraigo. He attributed the unus- ual season to excellent teams in the Big Ten. "The wins against non-confer- ence schools prove that all the Big Ten squads have great potential. It's impossible to predict who will come out on top in any game be- tween Big Ten schools. They're all great." All the conference schools have games this Saturday, and all of them should prove to- be exciting contests. Topping the list are the duels between Illinois and Minne- sota at Minneapolis and between Indiana and Iowa at Iowa City. A Minnesota win would keep them in the lead spot in the conference, but if the Illini win, first place goes to them, unless Iowa wins, in which case the Hawkeyes would tie for the lead with the Illini. But this is less than half of the mud- dle. Spartans Face Wildcats Fourth place MSC takes on fifth place Northwestern at Ev- anston, and a win by either team could raise it in the standings. Michigan State is considered to be the up-and-coming team in the Big Ten, but will be at a disad- vantage. The game will take place on NU's home floor, and the Wild- cats haven't - lost a conference game at home. The other two games in the con- ference Saturday find Ohio State at Wisconsin and Michigan at Purdue. These games, though not as likely to change the standings as the other contests, will be just as colorful as the second division teams try to salvage their records. Just as interesting as the team races is the fight for individual scoring honors. Three players have topped the 27 point per game mark. Robin Freeman of Ohio State leads the pack with 27.8 points per game with Indi- ana's Don Schlundt hot on his heels with 27.7 points per game, By PHIL DOUGLIS Bychg HIsebUldhoc brightening up as its chief chal- Michigan's embattled hockey lengers, North Dakota and Minne- squad is getting some unexpected sota, begin to fold. aid from league rivals this week, The Nodaks, once a prime con- as it prepares to swmig nto the tender, have lost four in a row, big stretch run Friday and Satur- and have not posted a league win day with a home-and-home series since Jan. 14. Colorado College against Michigan State, took their measure, 4-3, and 7-1 Michigan's once dim hopes of over last weekend, and the Denver nabbing second place in the West- Pioneers bounced back to life ear- ern Intercollegiate Hockey Lea- ly this week by smashing Fido gue and a trip to the NCAA ice Purpur's boys, 9-2 and 7-1 on suc- finals next month in Colorado are. cessive nights. Gophers Stumble Minnesota, another prime chal- lenger, looked very weak against Michigan State last Saturday night in eeking out a 3-2 win, and ' la cethen on Tuesday night Johnny Mariucci's forces crumbled before st P la ce Colorado College, 4-2 The sae teams played again late last night. The third challenger to Michi- mann keeping up the pace with gan's ice dreams is Michigan Tech, 27.5 tallies per contest. and according to a story in the When asked about 'M's chances Minneapolis Star early this week, against Purdue, Coach Perigo re- League President Amo Bassone of plied: Michigan State stated that the "I hate to say either team will Huskies were allowed to use fresh- win. They held the Gophers to men by the league but the NCAA six overtimes, while we played ex- bars them. Thus, even if they do finish second, the Huskies may GT -TDGhave to forego the trip to Colorado BIG TEN STANDINGS and the finals. Team W L Pct. Pts Pts. Michigan appears to be a new Minnesota ..... 6 ? .750 661 597 threat on the WIHL horizon. To Illinois........2 .714 597 566 accomplish this "miracle," Vic Iowa5............ 2 -.714 580 537 Heyliger's men will have to win Michigan state. 5 3 .625 653 641 at least eight out of their remain- Northwestern .. 4 4 .500 694 68.9 Indiana........3 4 .429 550 568 ing ten points, a big order for any Ohio State .... 3 4 .429 550 568 team. To get by MSC, Minnesota, MICHIGAN .... 2 4 .333 498 500 North Dakota, and Michigan Tech Wisconsin ... 2 5 .286 493 538 on successive weekends is more Purdue.........2 6 .250 615 651 than a tough job, but don't be sur- prised if Heyliger pulls his boys cellent games against MSC and into the Broadmoor extravagan- the Illini. Our better record proves za after all. He's never missed one nothirng." yet. But Don Eaddy was a little WIHL STANDINGS more optimistic. "We should take Pts. them," he said. And Eaddy backs Colorado College* 10 1 0 18 2 up his words with fight. He is Michigan Tech... 6 5 1 81/ 51 Michigan's leading scorer, and Denver........... 6 9 1 8 13Y2 ranks fourteenth in the confer- Minnesota*.......7 7 1 7s 7 t7 elMICHIGAN....5 6 8 ence. In six Big Ten contests, he Michigan State .. 4 10 6 12 has netted 101 points for a 16.8 North Dakota ... 5 6 1 51/4 51w average. From the free throw line, . Not included is last night's late he has 19 out of 24, a .792 average, game at Minneapolis. while 41 field goals 'in 110 at- POINTS - Every team, which plays tempt giveh a.for a possible total of 24 points, re- tempts give him a .373 average. ceives one point for each victory In sixteenth spot in the confer- over a team it plays four times, ence, and holding onto second and two points for victories over a spot among his teammates, Tom team it plays only twice. Jorgenson has tallied 98 points in six games, a 16.3 point per game average. All varsity baseball candi- dates and freshman battery men please report to me at Yost Fieldhouse this week. -Coach Ray Fisher years in high school, when he sparked the varsity hockey team. "My greatest thrill," Pitts says, "was in 1948 when I played on the team Which won the British Co- lumbia Junior Ice Hockey Crown. This was the first victory of this kind for my team." Pitts didn't stick to one sport, though, and lent his talents to his school's basketball team and a city baseball team. However, he was away from the hockey rink during the two years immediately Cinder Meet In Afternoon The track meet with Notre Dame Saturday, Feb. 12, original- ly scheduled for 7:30 has been changed to 2 p.m. so that stu- dents can attend both the meet and hockey game with MSC Sat- urday night. Late Scores College Basketball North Carolina State 126, William and Mary 99 Duquesne 62, Carnegie Tech 27 Duke 75, Wake Forest 73 Kentucky 86. 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