THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 33, 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1955 To Launch Winter Campaign Next Week t VIC HEYLIGER ... hockey... champs BILL PERIGO GUS STAGER ... cagers ...sixth ... swimming ... second DON CANHAM ... track... first Schedules To Begin After Vacation C Michigan's potentially powerful 1955-56 hockey team is preparing to open its season the first week- end after Thanksgiving vacation. On December 2-3, the Wolver- ines will play'against McGill Uni- versity, a non-Western Intercol- legiate Hockey League team, in a game here at the Coliseum. Coach Vic Heyliger is one of the most successful coaches today in all intercollegiate sports. The Wolverines will enter the season as defending NCAA champs for the fifth time in eight years. With Heyliger having 11 returning let- termen plus six strong sophomores the picture can't help but be bright. .,- Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jec. . Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan.: Jan.; Feb. Feb. Hockey ' 2-McGill 3-Mc Gill 9-North Dakota, away 10-North Dakota, away 13-Denver 14-Denver 6-Michigan State, away 7-Michigan State 11-U.S. Olympic Team at Detroit 13-Minnesota 14--Minnesota 20-Michigan State, away 21-Michigan State 7-Colorado College 8-Colorado College -- : Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. .Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Dep. 15-Detroit Red Wings 17-Minnesota, away 18-Minnesota, away 24-Montreal University 25-Montreal University 2-Michigan Tech, away 3-Michigan Tech, away 9-Michigan Tech 10-Michigan Tech Basketball 3-Pittsburgh, away 10-Nebraska 17-Butler, away 20-Oregon State, away 21-Oregon, away 27-Denver 30-Brighani Young 2-Ohio State 7-Minnesota, away 9 ,Purdue 14-Northwestern, away 16-Wisconsin, away 21-Iowa 4-Washington (St. Louis) 6-Michigan State, away 11-Indiana, away 13-Illinois, away 18-Indiana 25-Wisconsin 27-Purdue, away 3-Minnesota 5-Michigan State Swimming 3-AAU Meet, here CLIFF KEEN ... wrestlg.,. first ShuffinAl/d ... WITH PHIL DOUGLIS tE Daily Sports Editor FOOTBALL is over-it is a closed matter in these parts until next spring. When the student body returns from Thanksgiving recess next Monday, an entirely new sports horizon await them. At their beck and call lies the most awsome display of talent in the Big Ten- one of the mightiest displays of winter sports strength anywhere in the nation. Out of a total of six sports, one is a national champion, two are Big Ten kings, one is a second ranking team in the nation, and the two others are displaying signs of becoming major powers very soon. Let's take a whirlwind tour of Michigan's sprawling athletic plant down on the city's south side, and see for ourselves the giants that are stirring in the Wolverine athletic world. Let's "shuffle along" first to the mammoth Michigan Coliseum, down at the foot of Hill. You walk into the long grey building that looks like a warehouse on the outside-and the cold blast hits you as you enter... Inside, the gleaming rink causes you to blink your eyes to adjust to the whiteness of the ice. The big goals come out-pucks slap hard against boards. The quick, decisive smack of stick and skate are everywhere. A bundled figure with a cigar in his mouth stands in the middle of this whirling kaleidoscope of color and action. You are in the lair of the Wolverine hockey team-the team that last year won its last 10 games in a row to roar to a National Cham- pionship. The team that "had nothing" when the season started, "had it all" when the season-ended. We look out on the ice-and see every single member of that team except a reserve goalie, back in action. Added to their midst are sigt or seven of the hardest shooting, fastest skating.sophomores we have ever seen. We think to ourselves: "If this team doesn't win the NCAA title, no team will." Wizard of the Ice... THE bundled figure is Coach Vic Heyliger, wizard of the ice. Hey- liger chews his cigar once or twice, and skates slowly over to us. "Gee-whiz. Just look at those guys out there. Look pretty good -don't they?" It's a far cry from last year, when his two lines of nine sophs plus a few juniors were all he could put on the ice. We take another long, lasting look, and leave convinced that this is the year for Michigan hockey. Only a mental foldup can ruin them. They are just too good to be stopped on the ice. A few minutes later we find ourselves on the way to the giant sports palace down on State Street-Yost Field House. The scene here is bewildering. The brilliantly lit basketball court is filled with action, while constantly spinning in a giant oval around it come trackman after trackman .. . flashing by us, and soon disappearing into the gloom under the far stands. We watch the cagers for a few moments-and reflect that this is the team that is traditionally one of the most downtrodden in the winter sports setup. They annually finish lower than any of the other Michigan winter teams. Yet, we get a new sense of vitality this year-for out there on the court we see Jimmy Barron back in shape again after a knee operation, Captain Tom Jorgenson swishing some long ones, and with the big man-Ron Kramer, due back on the hardwoods-well, things may look up. Anyway-we hope they will. Suddenly we turn, and Captain Ron Wallingford of Mtci bgan's Big Ten championship track squad is standing next to us. We ask him how Don Canham's boys are going to do. He answers "looks like another good season." The sight of Pete Gray leading the pack around the far turn, of. Eles Landstrom soaring over 14 feet in the pole vault, and of the flying feet of some of that sophomore talent, bear the soft-spoken captain out. Last year's triple crown winners are out for blood again. The gigantic Intramural Building on Hoover is our next stop- where approximately half of Michigan's winter sports teams are quartered. Down in the Steamy Pool... DOWN in the steamy pool-Gus Stager is driving his squad through intensive drills-laps; laps, laps, and more laps. We notice world champion Jack Wardrop leading the pack homne in a sprint. There is a soph diver or so who look good. We see Stager doesn't look worried. Next door-on the other side of that movable wall, Newt Loken grins broadly as he watches his prize gymnast Ed Gangier, Canada's top athlete in 1954, twist and turn on nearly every piece of apparatus. With MSU's Carl Rintz gone, Gangier may be the key to Michigan gymnastic hopes in the Big Ten. Things don't look too bad for Newt. In fact, Michigan is loaded. The last stop on our tour is down deep in the basement of the I-M Building-where in a Maize and Blue padded room, Cliff Keen is instructing a room full of sweating, groaning brutes called wrestlers. Not that they are all brutes, but from their size you would get that impression. Here are some more Big Ten champions-Mike Rodriquez, Don Haney, and other kings of the mat. Andy Kaul is gone-but you can't keep your stars forever. Things look pretty good down here too. And so we leave the athletic plant. The roar of the Michigan Stadium-the bands, the excitement of Minnesota, the disappoint- ment of Ohio State-are behind us. Instead the click of the skates, the thud of pounding feet on the hardwood, and the splash of the final sprint fbr home, surges back Into our minds. .We hope before long they will surge into yours too. i NEWT LOKEN ...gym ... fifth I- i .1 1i Jan. 7-Big Ten Invitational at East Lansing Jan. 13-Iowa State, away Jan. 14-Iowa, away Jan. 21-Michigan State, away Feb. 3--Purdue Feb. 18-Indiana Feb. 25-Ohio State, away Mar. 1-2-3-Big Ten Champion- ships at Purdue Mar. 29-30-31-NCAA Cham- pionships at Yale Track Jan. 29-Michigan Normal, here Feb. 3-Michigan AAU Relays, here Feb. 4-Michigan State Relays at East Lansing Feb. 18-University of Kansas, away Feb. 24-Ohio State and Penn State (triangular), here March 2-3-Big Ten Champion- ship at East Lansing 1 L aI Keen, Loken' un Full Slate Wresting Jan. 7-Pittsburgh Jan. 13-Indiana, away Jan. 14--Illinois, away Feb. 3-Purdue Feb. 6-Michigan State, away Feb. i1-Iowa Feb. 13- Northwestern Feb. 25-Ohio.State, away Mar. 2- 3-Big Ten Championships at Iowa City Mar. 23-24-NCAA Meet at Oklahoma A&M Gymnastics Dec. 10-Midwest Open at Chicago Jan. 9-Michigan State Jan. 13-Illinois, away Jan. 14-Indiana, away Jan. 21, Minnesota Jan. 30-Swiss Team Feb. 4-Northwestern & Navy Pier at Chicago Feb. 18-Ohio State, away Feb. 25-Wisconsin Mar. 2-3-Big Ten Meet at Illinois Mar. 10-Michigan AAU Mar. 23-24-NCAA Meet at North Carolina SPORTS Night Editor DAVE GREY "KEEP A-HEAD OF YOUR HAIR" Try us for: " Workmanship * Personal Service 11 Tonsorial Artists- The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theatre .1 .J I STUDENT-, SPECIAL TROUSERS * Deluxe cleaned and finished e 65c cash and carry Gold Bond (leaners 515 E. 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