,. r, JANUARYI11, 16S THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 7 "IKE" IKOLA JOHN MAYASICH Mich: '54, All-WIHL .. . Minn, '55, All-American DICK MEREDITH WELDY OLSON ... Minn. '54, All-NCAA ... MSU co-captain, '54-'55 KEN PURPUR ... most valuable, N. Dak., '54 JOHN MATCHEFTS BILL CLEARY ... Mich. '53, U.S. World team - ... Harvard '55, All-American Puc ksters Detroit's Battle Olympic Squad Olympia To Host Fun dRaising 11 I-> Wolverines Ready To Meet! Undefeated Olympic Team (Continued from Page 1) Fort William squad, 7-4, at Duluth. Michigan is like-wise finally under a full head of steam. Hold- ing a league winning streak of three straight, Vic Heyliger's icers have forged into a first place WIHL tie with North Dakota. * Thus the stage is set for what may be one of the truly great nights in Michigan hockey history. Coach Johnny Mariucci of the Olympians has the finest group of American hockey players ever to gather on the same ice, under his command. The thundering volleys of Johnny Mayasich, Bill Cleary, Dick Dougherty, Weldy Ol- son, Gene Campbell, and Michi- gan's John Matchefts will test the Michigan defense to the utmost. The crack goaltending of Don SFutture Bri Ait 45 For Gymnasts Foll*owingWin Michigan's 64-47 'win In gym- nastics over Michigan State, to- gether with the sensational all- around show put on by Ed Gag- nier, has forced coach Newt Lok- en's wide smile to spread out a little more than usual. Gagnier's five firsts were the high spot of the meet and have had local gymnastic fans talking. Loken made the assertion that from what he has seen, he thinks that Gagnier "will definitely chal- lenge the All-Around Champion- ship this year at the Big Ten meet.,, Although Loken was pleased with the results of Monday's meet, he hastened to say that not much can really be told from the vic- tory as MSU is not one of the stronger teams in the conference. Wiese, Bates 'Fine' Besides Gagnier, Loken pointed to the performances of Nick Wiese and Charlie Bates as very fine. "For having to work in five events, Wiese came through very well, and Bates second on the trampoline deserves a lot of credit as he can't work with us regularly because of his diving," said Loken. Another thing that showed up Monday was Michigan's strength on the parallel bars and high bar, and its comparative weakness in tumbling and the trampoline., "I hope our weak events come'around a little for Illinois. They're the champs and we surely want to beat them," said Loken. Rogazio and Michigan's Willard Ikola will put a tremendous ob- stacle in front of Coach Vic Hey- liger's flashy offense. It will be more than just a game between a college and a group of all-stars. It is a test between na- tions for all practical purposes. Michigan's team is entirely made up of the finest junior players in all Canada. The Olympians are the best players America has pro- duced in.the past five years. Michigan's Chances Good What chance does Michigan stand in the face of such opposi- tion? The Olympians are certainly Trip Tickets Round trip bus transportation to Detroit and back for the hockey game tonight can still be bought at the Union today from 2-4 this afternoon. Total price for ticket ($2) and trans- portation ($1.50) is $3.50. Tick- ets will be on sale at the Ath- letic Administration Building until 3 p.m. and up to game time at the Olympia. Those going on the bus should meet behind the Administration Building and Union at 6:30 to- night. Buses will leave prompt- ly at 6:45. in for a battle. Minnesota's green squad held the mighty Olympians to a slim 3-2 victory at St. Paul Saturday night. If Minnesota can come that close, it can certainly be reasoned that powerful Michi- gan can come even closer. The Olympic team is definitely in for its toughest battle until it reaches the scene of the 1956 LATE BASKETBALL SCORE San Francisco 74, Santa Clara 56. (Dons win 38th straight to come within one game of tying re- cord) Winter Olympics at Cortina D'- Ampezzo later this month. Proceeds for Fund The entire proceeds of the game will be turned over by the Uni- versity of Michigan to the Olym- pic Fund as its contribution to- ward sending our teams to Cort- ina, and to Melbourne next fall. Despite the newspaper strike in Detroit there is considerable in- terest in the game, and student reaction here at Ann Arbor is re- markably high. Well over 100 fans are expected to take the charter- ed busses in, and possibly over a thousand others will make the trip by car. CHARLIE BATES ... tops divers Sigma C'hi, SAM Notch Cage Wins Topping last night's IM compe- tition in fraternity basketball, Sig- ma Chi led by Tom Maentz and Marvin Nyren easily routed Al- pha Sigma Phi, 63-15. In another game , SAM, last year's runnerup, conquered Phi Epsilon Pi 41-16. . Other action saw Phi Delta Theta win by forfeit, Tau Delta Phi down Theta Chi 52-46 while Sigma Alpha Epsilon won over Psi Upsilon 34-31. Phi Kappa Sigma trounced Acacia 63-15 and Lambda Chi Alpha outplayed Tau Kappa Epsilon 37-20. Beta Theta beat Theta Xi 31-25, as Pi Lambda- Phi and Chi Psi downed Theta Psi 55-12 and Sigma Phi 35-25 respectively. Phi Kap- pa Tau defeated Delta Upsilon 31-25, and Kappa Sigma won from Trigon 46-21. Alpha Delta Phi nipped Phi Sig- ma Delta 36-34, and Delta Chi was victorious over Phi Gamma Delta 28-26. Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Epsilon Pi were also victorious. 'M' Natators Prove Weak In Sprints By AL WINKELSTEIN After finishing second to Michi- gan State in the first Big Ten Invitational Meet, the Michigan swimmers today began prepara- tions for the opening of the dual meet season. The natators travel to Iowa this weekend to meet Iowa State Col- lege on Friday night, arid the University of Iowa, Saturday. The latter is the first conference meet for the tankmen. Michigan State captured the Invitational Meet title by edging the Wolverines 76-63. The host Spartans capitalized on their sprinters to capture four first places in an all relay contest. Handicapped by Sprints Michigan was handicapped by the lack of long distance races. While the Spartans have almost all of their strength in the short sprints, the Wolverines have most of their power in the longer races. None of the swimmers had to go over 100 yards and most of them had to go no longer than 50 yards. This proved a greet handicap, es- pecially to the performers that usually take honors in the longer races, such as Jack Wardrop, Har- rison Wehner, and John O'Reilly. Coach Gus Stager said that in general he was satisfied with the team's performance. However, he did not feel that the meet was much of an indication of the- Wolverine's strength this season. Varsity Outlook Hopeful Most of last year's varsity is back, and these swimmers give all indications that they will continue the same calibre of performance that made Michigan one of the Big Ten powers last season.-. Michigan's divers gave a very impressive performance in the meet copping first place honors by more than 100 points. The impressive showing of John Narcer, John Murphy and Charlie Bates should mean that the Woi- Gerines will be able to pick up some much needed points in the diving events if these three are able to continue their fine show- ing. DON CANHAM on the right track I DON CANHAM BILLY WRIGHT ... better and better By JIM BENAGH Don Canham reached a height of 6 foot-72/4 inches as a high jumper once, but he is now going sky-high as head track and field mentor for Michigan. Although only 36 years old, the tall track coach already has made a fine record in such fields as athletics, coaching and business, as well as an outstanding leader- ship background. Reputation Abroad Leadership is one of the top assets that Canham, who already owns a reputation in both Europe and the United States as a coach, has. He captained the 1941 Wol- verine thinclads and worked his way up from private to captain in three and a half years during World War II. In athletics his 6'6%" high jump leap during the 1940 indoor cam- paign still is unbeatable as Michi- gan's indoor and Yost Field House best. One of Canham's own stu- dents, former national collegiate champ Milt Mead, wrecked his outdoor mark. Canham's coaching performance exceeds his brilliant participation fame. When he succeeded Ken Doherty as Michigan's head coach in 1948, he had ' had only four years of coaching behind him, one at Kankakee, Illinois, and three as assistant to Doherty. Rose Quickly From there he rose quickly in his field. His specialty has become middle distance men. The Wolverine dis- tance medley relay team set and then broke its own world indoor record and set a world outdoor mark. His men also set American bests in the outdoor four-mile relay and the indoor half-mile relay. Don McEwen, a Canham protege, add- ed more honors with an American two-mile record. 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