NUARY 10,1956 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TT Cagers Overcome Purdue; Second Half Surge Led By Shearon (Continued from Page 1) Jorgensen's play during the period ,when Michigan was fight- ing back was also greatly encour- aging. He threw in 12 points, 10 of them in the last half. Sharp Purdue Defense One of the things that slowed Michigan down some-at the start was the great speed of the Boiler- maker defenders. They made it 4~ very hard for the Wolverines to get away a good shot, and were continually batting the ball. As Purdue tired, Michigan started to roll. Wildcats Next Gagnier Takes Five Firsts To Lead 'M' in 65-47 Win By JOHN LaSAGE only to be tied by State's Roland Led by the versatile performance Brown. Brown, along' with Don of Ed Gagnier, the Michigan gym- Leas, was the Spartan's best per- nastics team took a decisive 65-47 former. dual meet from Michigan State The side horse match found yesterday afternoon. Gagnier again being tied, this time The fans who attended the con- by Herman Junker. Michigan's test, staged at the I-M Building, Bob Armstrong and captain Chico were amazed by the agile Gagnier. San Antonio finished third and The muscular sophomore took fourth respectively. three individual first places, tied However, the green-clad guests for two others, and also got one from East Lansing were soon to fifth place, find out that they just couldn't The Spartans got off to a good cope with Gagnier's brilliant ef- start by taking the first event, forts. The lithe Canadien youth tat byaking therstnevDenwas not to be denied, sweeping the that being the trampoline. Don next three events. Leas, acting captain of the visi- tors, took this event by a fairly Sweep Parallel Bars large margin. Coach Newt Loken's iien took Michigan's Charlie Bates, a diver 1-2-3 in the parallel bars. Besides on the swimming team, placed sec- Gagnier, the Wolverines also plac- ond. Nick Wiese of the Wolver- ed Chico San Antonio and Norm ines was third. This, incidentally, Niedermeier in the top three. was the only event Gagnier did Gagnier followed with his final not enter. triumph of the afternoon, taking Gagnier gave a brilliant exhi- the flying rings. Team mate Nick bition in the free exercise event, Wiese was a close second. The PURDUE G Sexson, f........ 3 Bonhomme, ..... 1 Lorenz, f......... 6' Jecha, f .......... 01 Lundy, c .......... 4 Cummings, c .......0 1 Campbell, g......3 Thornburg, g ..-.... 64 Barnes, g .......... 0 1 Totals ..........23 2 MICHIGAN G Stern, f ....... 0 F Tarrier, I..........2 Kramer, f-c ...... 47 Tillotson, f-c ..... 31 Williams, c ........ 3 a Wright, g.......... 4 1 Jorgensen, g ..3 Shearon, g......... 7 Totals ..........26 2 PURDUE ........ 37 MICHIGAN......35 F 6-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-10 0-0 4-7 4-6 0-0 21-30 F 2-2 2-7 7-9 1-3 0-2 0-0 6-6 4-4 22-33 P 4 4 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 18 F 1 4 3 4 0 1 2 2 17 T 12 2 12 0 15 0 10 16 0 67 T 2 6 15 7 6 8 12 18 74 ED GAGNIER made Michigan gymnastic noon by entering six events of a possible State, and taking firsts in five of them. the 65 points Michigan had in its victory. history yesterday after- seven against Michigan Gagnier compiled 29 of Loss of Zervas Weakens Grapplers 30 - 67 39 - 74 BIG TEN STANDINGS W ,tL Pct. Illinois ..,..«.... 2 0 1.000 MICHIGAN ...... 2 1 .67 Purdue .......... 2 1 667 Indiana*......«... 2 1 .667 Minnesota ....... 1 1 .500 Iowa ............ 1 1 .500 Ohio State ...... 1 1 .500 Michigan State .. 1 1 .500 Northwestern, .... 0 2 .000 Wisconsin........0 3 .000 By DAVE RORABACHER The valiant Wolverine grapplers, weakened by injuries and ineligi- bilities fell from their lofty heights with a resounding crash last Sat- urday. The crushing 28-5 defeat suffer- ed at the hands of Pittsburgh in the initial dual meet of the sea- son, left fans disheartened as to the prospects for the coming year. Zervas' Loss Felt In the heavier weight classes, the loss of heavyweight Steve Zervas was sorely felt. To fill the gap newcomer Cal Atwood was inserted at 167 pounds, moving John McMahon to 177 and Jack Marchello to fill the vacated heavyweight position. The switch cost the Maize and Blue dearly, with McMahon's 1-1 tie the only point gainer. Most unexpected by the majority of Michigan followers was the narrow 4-3 decision which Mike Rodriguez lost to Pitt's Dave John- son. Johnson, however, has been one of the nemeses of Rodriguez' college career. In the Wilkes-Barre meet of a year ago it was the same Johnson that kept the Maize and Blue cap- tain from winning the 157 pound title. And in the same tournament this season, the result was another M' Club There will be a short meeting of the 'M' Club tonight .n the 'M' room of Yost Field. House at 7:30 p.m. The Ensian pie- ture will be taken at this time. close decision with Rodriguez emerging the victor, 4-2. Thus the adverse result was not altogether a great surprise. In looking for the decisive facts behind the match it must be noted that the so-called "sand-bagging" tactics--i.e. waiting for the other wrestler to make the first move and then closing in with a swift counter-move-were used to full effectiveness by the Panther star. John Heald's failure to make the 147 pound division automati- cally caused the Wolverines to forfeit five points. The losses of Jack Porter at 123 and Bill Jurgens at 130 came as no surprise as their opponents are Eastern Intercollegiate champs. Looking ahead to next semester the scene brightens. Besides Zer- vas, the returns of Max Pearson, Dan Deppe and Tom Krause, all veterans, are anticipated. III Fountain Pens School Supplies Typewriters Desks Chairs Fountain Pen Repairs MORRILL'S 314 . State St. Since 1908 Ph. NO 3-2481 Illini Beat Badgers, Take First Place; Ohio State, Indiana Drop Into Second I II I By The Associated Press