FRIDAY, FEBRITARY It. 1955 711E MICHIGAN D II PAIllit MIKVWV flJDAZ YE~RUARY 11~ 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY U £ .~W Y Y :Strengthened Icers Opena Spartan Series Trlontight 1U1h &jt £purt by dove Livingston J R OM THlE ridiculous to (lhe sulblime yinl thrlee d-'s, 'That's what MVichiglan's luckless basketball team encountered last weekend. WVe doubt if na Big Ten'l team hafis ever beenl forced to hlay suicha ra'ldically differenlt gamne as Coach Bill Peiigo's cagl ers lhad to Ilast Mlonday inl contrast to S nturday- night's fiasco with L,is Ang;eles State ~college. Within tivet mainultes of the earli'1er Contest it btC~e ( evidet that the boy's fromn the Pacific CoaIst would be oultclassed in the 111nals of ao hligh school tournev in mlost staItes. V t two nights later the Wolverines found themselves on the slime court with the tenth-ranked team in the nation. Illinois, and Sproceeded to play thle favored 111nt1 on even terms for 39 mlinuites before giving up that one bid: winning. point in the final seconds of pla). The "battle" with Los Angeles tte t was a lot more fuln, and uch~li mor01e succe'ssfuil, from M ichig;an's stalndpoinlt, than M 1ond1ay',s hair'- riaiser, but unftortunaitely thie contest proved noc more than aI roult inc scrimmlnage 'with thec freshmai~n squad would-and p robaibly gazve the ,varsity less practice. ,The Antics 11"c re Si~,iific alli.I B Y NOW it's well-establishedl in the record books that Miichiga:n won f the gamlle, 92-,,9, establish ing a new Field 1House record for field goals illthle proc*S, but tite antics thlat wlere t rn 'Iciple part of the % contest Provided the mo1st signlificalnce for thet spectators. Perigzo anldril\1coach tSax Elliott ;agreed to luse the :gamet aS ta tecsting grounI~d for several rulles nlot cu1rrently inl voguIe 1in college;t bas- "ket-ball. including~z the old one shot free throw rule and the 24 second I-tle. which requlirets :a teaml in possessionl of thell :1 to shoot within 24 Seconlds after cro(ssing;thle Imid-courit line. The only thing ac ncomrplishedi by the vaiations was to shortenl the gamlne to such anll extenit thait the whole affair was Completed by 9:15. One of the Los Afngeles eagt~rs did wear shoes thlt %were tie- vated two inches, but the widely heralded pair that stanld six inches above the ground were kept in hiding;. Los Antgeles' assistant :athletic director, wlho as in town tudy "ting Mich1iganl's 'athletic programl 11, provide'd part oft'1an aIlSwer to the prvenlent questionl of Just howy' his school or>iilly got Onl MichlIgan's schledule. He pointed Out that last year his, team hlad a big, colorful center who set all kinds of scoring ,re cordLs on thet Coalst. C onseq7uently' the athletic depalrtment ctlitractied for an amlbitious schedule this season that includes such large schiools ais Utah anid 1Michligan. But to and behold, who conies aolng in the interim but Abe Saper'stein of the Harlem clobxtrotters, dang ling ii2 fat Wad of cash1 in front of thle big boy'. The star is nowv performning for Sa 'ppersteinl. leaiving> Los Ang:eles State with a potent schedulle but o1Ny a ghlost of a team~l with which to discharge its obligations. The !athletic director adm9nitted1 that he ad ,his associates are lust as emba):rraIssed with the situation aIs arc the schools who tare committedI to play Los Angteles. .A Note of Iron Y.. A NOTE of irony wans added to thle whole situation wvhen 11arvey Williams was declared inel iile to compete for the W'olv'erines ~against the Ilint. Big Hanrv pilayedl three qua1.rters of thet game St III-ay nlight, whenlIs 18 poinlts were needced by Mlichig'an about as much as it needs the Paul Bunyanll Trophy. Yet late Monday aIfter-noon H1arvey was inlformIed that hlead failed, to make up a geology exam that hie had mlissedi on an ea:rlier 'basketball trip, and hence his grade was recorded as incomplete. As it. wvas then too late to take the examl that daly, Willialls sait in the stands while hlis mates pushed the illni to the limrit.. 72-11 Rout I-lU Act ion 1'xcellent mllat kmll~in'.hl iplonthe part Of ithree of its playecrs .gave' Phi Alp1ha Kappa ":A" fifty p'oinlts 11, i ll l o e t l i : l 1 ',to h ig li hI t p ro t ssio n lal fra - ternity baske'tbll act ion last tlight t. the inltramullrl butiling.;, Each 1of the three phlayecrs !"iar- nlered mtlore poits 0than1the whole Delta Sima Pi1(teaml. Nll n Bos le'ad the scoring' withs 20 tallie's. followe d by Dliick Nieu1~: \h 11L'j1 )1ls nsn i ewh O gar- innus with 12. 1Hi1l Ber-tick sanlk thec winningl' blaske't as Phi Chi "U" edge.cd Al- pha1; Kappa.i11'l Psi.2-; t, 1in a1tie :a in that wenlt into sudden 11death1 overt ile. Dick ly leds the srcor- lug, for. the winnelcrs, wh1ile ac Moclinberg ::ands Mcil ersch 1paecd the lo'sers. All hads eighlt points. D~elta Si: ma lDelta WVinls Delta l>ima l '11 ta dinePhcc 1li' Alpha Kappa 1"1,'"'11-a::. Kirk, Hlamilton sanlk 17 points for tihe" winner1".ms, ndChuck AMurray add- edl 10 m1or~e. Inl one of t hec closest 'onltestsS of thi'e evenin1'1'Phi Rh 1o igma I'ltopted Psi 0Omega, 18l~-17. JIack Cox nd Bill Pollock each sanlk six poinlts for Phi'1ho Sigma. N\orman 11B1Olonand K1\a11(:1n MIKE BU~tlIANAN. RUIGGED) SOV11OMOREDENSM, 31AK FS IllS lEtAGVITY iu1'u TONIGHT AT E..AST LANSING IN THE OPENERlt OF A 111.ME AND HOME SE"RiES :AG~ANST 1(lICt11I;AN STATE. iifi,,ois Victory Shovirs Weaig Spot of WolvAerine Grcppir Dy AVE RORABACIIER R en dali', Buwihanan Added as Wolverinles Invade La isiui;Bttle Heare Saturday int i ,new vNbwo Into Miigan>t's Mich~an' wrstlig tam hs ~~aniig opes. however in the next Gold garnered respect iv ely, to for Phi Delta outma t ched 1by who won, 29q-2t, In othrtilt, feati'd Pi Delt: jDeltaThe'tcta P silon My.31-18, oulaisted Alpha~ and Phi Alpha phia JRho Chi, In a SOcia fr. CIi ''3' C1r Donl \Vay sankl 1i anld 10 point, been woundedinll Achilles' 11001. 1match 1colorful Milke r od rigu.Lc:., s ore all the POintS Imooking foward to thleir all-im- who~l~ was carrying l: ,a perfecYt dual Epsilon, bult "vci port altnt et a~ainst the hiRgh ly met.rcord for the season, lost a tthe L aw Club "A.'' t1'i and hitherto undefeated l10-7 car iioito Iliii arce, Tarry AlphaOmeg de-lla'knTs at Iowa(alt ' toimor'row. Al h m ptc a Ci, 36-11 w~~hilet' the p iapphrs were struck a dire, Me0 ahon iI Cressiv e Thi beat TLan Evp- blow w hen the once-beat n Illinit John McMahon gave a vey mj- il pre'ssive exhibit ion to birighltcen an K Mi Si~:n Nit ":A'' squeaked pa)1St them, .14-1.1, Mon-tewsedsponin feno Cli~it iit gma. 44-4 daaf5ron.he out pointed S tcevec albo of Det mut' Tl 1he 1vicrSsc seemed to have Illinois, 9-4. 1Mclahon, mvho had W-141 atcrnitv tilt, 'Theta toundi the vital weak spot in the faied to win in the last twvo mes Id Triaingle.-42-22. Mlichign at tack a s they mnanaged manl~intained thmenuper hand at all moepoints than to contpWit themlin four matches 1 m1105 'an1d! gav1e 1hope0 oft' added By DAVE 6M., l)ri'cm:cv 0over Mtic'hig aIII State' goes on the linl' tonight as the Wolv'erinle sexte't tralds 1up)to 1.ast 1,Lnsling to faCe a11n' ex'i- enlced buit erratic Spatanlsquad llin the Strst game of a weekend~ Prvessure is onl Coach Vice hey- lieger's forvcsif they wanN;lt even to rellaill ill(lteuing 11afor a;1 play1- OttT bert liin the wild Westernl C on- fClerce rae. Michigan Icanl not afford ito dmtl'op a .nother game1110inl the hectic s cdule ahead. Saturday li'ill see' the team11s re- turn to :Ann Arbor to p)lay a:t thec Coliseum a t t$ p.m1. Michigan;ll's.falint hop1es, alr1eady' ra1Sised by11Minesota's scon losst) in a1 row ilast nighlt, 4-3to hg f lying C olorado College, lhave beenl lilci'eAS(ed by t he strong po lssibili- tyl that Tom 11endlall N\vill bec de- daredeligiblefor compenl~titltin by itonigh1t. T1he mal~tter of the soph)o-f mloreCs schlstic irdeficncy while ill attendeniece at the Uivlersity of Mtanitoba wa)1:s 'apparvently trac-r ed, to Ia misinterpr-etaition of lBen-' d all's trans1fer records. lie should hav~e mat tem's straightenedOutin[il tine for ac~t iotonigh1t, Another Buchanan Alsoadded t0to te Wolverine ros terl will be first semnester sophot- moltre defenlsellmnMike Buchanl- anl, rugg,?'ed youngller bro'thier of forwa i'd Neil. leyliger \will lp1le'Rendaill. inl the evenut that he )will 1be ab le to p)lay, ;at eter, flaniked bty for- wtards 1Bill Macl arlanld 1and Dick 1)uiani, Tlw second lie Nl'ill consist of Yves hlebert. at center w\ith JeICrry Kalrpink;1 and J:1y Goo ,~tld at thie 1wings,. A nexv sighlt for the und erma1:n-'I nedt squad l wil1 be the additonof aI third line. ley'ligr p1lalns to bring defensemanI Iciie lHanna tilup o'ca'sionlly 1>to l.th forward Loiwn, To Ref Pail-Amen ricant Ne~vt Loken, M1ichig in1's har'd- driving; gymnal~stics coach, heas :lc- .ep)ted ;an1invlitaltion 1to act ;as;a judge il inlte gym ltryouts for thle T1hie t vi'yots 1will be held Feb. 2^6 at New T'rier Hig:h School, Winniet- kal, 1. ~tken, C1ne Of lte younge"st of 11igTenl ,'ymnaI:Stcs coache's, is dieeply ilt crested ill the ilt erna~- tionll a :spect of gymn1lastic's, '1'he Gamles )will be lheld M\arch 21,x2,, :andl' 4 inlthe newl'Ui- versity of Mexico stadlium linl Mex- ico City). ILoken's 1)art icipat loo ill the t ryoult "Nwill mnove the dual, m1eet with Ohio);tate, originll1y slated ifor. the 2tto 4tp11.11,onl Febt. 25, huet with BadIenhC osby nd Nell The regultar (defenIse vll con)?- sist of IBob S :-iller who 1has fint- aIlly' dscard t't edistprtct lye facet mask, Bob 11 Pit (ts. Mike BuIchanan,1 an1d goal:1ie Lorn0 lowe0v S. The Spav~rta ms with 16sle't terme1n shld pillrove tough, 11.They vwill Obe oult tO lpay"bac'k thet'7-0 and 3-1 The Michigan-Michigan State hocevy gam1e Nwill be, televised on1ce again1 direct from Fast 1-1nsing, tonlight at 8:00.I'P- AG-TV,('1hann1el 20o tlllE) will carry the big giame direct from l01nmnst ratioln Hall. Ilashings 1hand( ed to themi byN Mich- ig ant earll icr this seaIson, In the long r1ange v iew a 's t;O makI1ing a lay:1otl ber-th andi the much sough lt af lter- trip to Colora- do S pring;s, Heyligecr is not. opt i- nmistic. Ite attribvutes Michigan's ulnsteaIdy showingl this seaIson to0 "lactk of balance t." A wveakness of sconring punlch has als pt layetd antimplltortat le at :ll yea':r. COnly MAac 'arlaund andi1;11N DIunLnl'') lI sr- spectt IVely. have been labile'to 1push"1 the puck lhomle Consistently, John11- ny ay 701~ sichi Oft Inne~tsta. lls the Western Con1fe'rence ill scoring w\ith 34; goals and 2,'-)assistS for 59 points, Goa lie Howes still holds a re- sp~ec table 3.4 goials allowe d per game average whit \ lich 1places himl fourth in the league. He is credit- ed with t he second hi!'hlest. numll- ber of sav\es for all gamtes among the I lague goaltendelrs, while play- ilug inl the fet'\est numlber Of con1- t est S, The Coliseum rink wa"ts invaded by the world chamnpion Detroit lBed Wingps early yesterdaly after- noon for ,t pralct ice session, The Wings were herte because of the Ice Show now beinlg held in De,- tro(it at flteOlympia, 11111L S'TANDINGS Fats. 11' 1.T Pts. Lost Colortuo [ollege It 1 0 14.1 lli 1higan 'Ce1 . 6h 5l1 t 5!i 1)ent'r . ...... ..,, . f6 )1 t " I:.'j Mlichiga.n state.. ! 10 01 6 1': North Ilalkota ,.56 11 : 5t~ POIlT-Kt 'ery tram, twhdeichplays for at possible total of -4 points, re- cvivcs one point for eatch victory over a tranm it plays four timles, and to points for victories over a team it play's only twtice, G~AMES THIS WFEEIENP Colorado (College vs. North IDaklota (' g anues, Ipoint each) Mltinnesota v's. Michtigan Tech (' games, 1 point) Michigan state vs. Mlichtigan (^_ games, point eachi) the wol Tc 1riaing le team as lhej tallied 23, While teammlate Johnzl Nelson hit. Or' 17 points,.1 Nu iglay 'u "B," foi'fited to Phi Delta Ph1, i, andILaw Club B fortfeitedt to PhiClii ":A", in theIl pro-fraiterniity diiso Alpha PVhi Alpha forfeited tto lta ~iSigmanu Phi In the social fmatrity league social l'ratcrnity ''r.thie 7'I'enn ,Phil t.~mini.elta ~t , Alphita la I'hi 0 AcAa a4, Phi Sinma iippa 1 'Tril.0 3, lct'ta Sigma ii t, lambdta Chii Alpii:' 3, Alpha 6Ig;In: Phi2 1,h1i Kappha P.l3,Ka,pp; Si :tta Tau lia :t1'1t il reat'd vt' Up'aiio lPhi 1K1PPA signa defeatcd ''ats1 one r 1the tiriet .aUes vvw h;Ac' e\'r eticredJ, Perfect for MA IL C HEC K and receive your froe pocket slide rule, TODAY . , Postoge prepaid. Mich. Sales Tax incl Minimum l \\\ / \ , 1 Iibr Ill Bundle SJc >. T uw * U a :ao: ... ..I