Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY M' Pucksters 'Eligibility Challenged -M SPORTLIGHT . ..by dale cantor 14 Maxwell, Mike Buchanan Suspended Under Charges (Continued from Page 1) 8 YOU WALK in the front entrance of the Intramural Building and climb the stairs leading to the gymnasium, you catch sight of a small, rather inconspicuous door. Beyond this door sits Mr. Earl Riskey, Director of .Intramural Activities, behind a desk piled high with activity schedules, record books, programs and miscellaneous items.. The telephone on his desk rings constantly and Mr. Riskey finds it blindly and answers questions ranging from "What time does our fraternity bowl today?" to "How about getting up a game of paddle- ball?" Booming Business . . . rJHEU CONSTANT CONFUSION outside his office door doesn't ruffle him at all. With his hands behind his head and leaning slightly back, he rambles on and on about the "booming business" that I-M Is _doing. Riskey has a big job of management. With 36 sports on the Intramural program, he's a pretty busy man setting up the various leagues and tournaments and planning for the future. The latter is of great concern to him because he believes that "the more sports we can offer, the more people are going to be interested in I-M." He continues to say, "The purpose of I-M is to give as many different students a chance to participate in competitive athletics as possible." Riskey has certainly contributed to his own cause with the in- vention of a game called paddleball, which is now enjoying a popular reign on the Intramural program as well as filling the handball courts. From a dusty shelf, he pulls out four even dustier scrapbooks, which hold a complete file of newspaper clippings about I-M activi- ties since Riskey first arrived at Michigan in 1928. Athletic Background .. . HIDDE AMONG the yellowed pages of I-M history, you find an article telling the story of Earl Riskey. You discover that he got his start in athletics in his home town-Springfield, Ohio-com- peting in nearly every varsity sport in high school. He got into YMCA work in Springfield, and went on to head "Y" athletic programs In Toledo and later in two towns in Mississippi. From his "Y" activities, Riskey went to Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti as a part-time member of the physical education staff, meanwhile working toward a degree in physical education. He coached freshman football, gymnastics, swimming and handled some physical education classes. Reading on further, you find that he was Athletic Director for Roosevelt High School in Ypsilanti and, in 1928, became a member of the Intramural Department Staff at the University of Michigan. In 1940, he became Director-the position he holds today. Even with his heavy schedule, Riskey finds time to belong to several organizations. He is, at the present time, national president of Sigma Delta Psi, an athletic fraternity, and Collegiate Chairm an of the United States Handball Association. Tiee years ago, he established the National Collegiate Handball Tournament, which is held in St. Louis, Missouri., As you leave the office and walk down the stairs, you can hear the phone ringing for Riskey and faintly hear him answer in his very business-like voice, "Sure, I'll play paddleball with you!" aloner's office in Chicago, who re- quested that Michigan authorities review the situation. Discussion will probably take place today with the return of Athletic Director H. 0. "Fritz" Crisler from the West Coast NCAA meetings. If the two athletes are ineligible in the Big Ten, the cases will have to be carried to the Commit- tee of the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League in March. There is the possibility that all games in which either Maxwell or Bu- chanan played will have to be for- feited by Michigan. WALLY MAXWELL ... eligibility at stake New Talent Adds Spark To Canham's Trackmen This would mean that the Wol- verines' lead and 6-1-1 record in the WIHL would "go out the win- dow" and that last year's NCAA hockey title would probably be written off into the books to Colo- rado College, beaten by Michigan in the finals, 5-3. Crisler to Decide It will be up to Crisler and Michigan's faculty representative, Marcus Plant, to help decide the standing of the sophomore Max- well and junior Buchanan. After conferring here the problem will have to be referred back to the Big Ten and acting commissioner Bill Reed. The whole team upon hearing word of the action seemed to be conscious that the loss of Max- well and Buchanan will be felt in the drive ahead. Neither of the stunned players or Coach Vic Hey- liger wanted to make any definite statement at this early date as to the charge. Heyliger Intends to move Tom Rendall up to the first line to re- place the hard-shooting Maxwell. The spirited junior will be at right wing with Captain Bill MacFar- land moving back to center and Dick Dunnigan at left wing. The Wolverines play Michigan State Friday night at East Lansing and return here Saturday for a game with the last-place Spartans at the Coliseum. By JOHN HILLYER (Second of two articles) Another strong track squad seems to be confronting Michigan opponents this season. "Our biggest problem will be ineligibility," says Coach Don Can- ham of his team's prospects for NFL Draft Completes Final Rounds LOS ANGELES (M)--The Na- tional Football League yesterday wound up its annual meeting by grinding out the final rounds of the draft of college prospects for the 1956 campaign. Cleveland drafted Bob Daven- port, UCLA fullback, hoping he may change his mind about play- ing Canadian football. The runnerup Los Angeles Rams chose Mickey Bates of Illinois and end Sam Williams of Michigan State. Washington evoked some sur- prise when the Redskins waited until the 30th round to draft Carl Nystrom, Michigan State's out- standing guard. Notre Dame continued to con- tribute talent to the NFL. Pat Bisceglia andtGeorge Nicula, line- men, went to Washington and BRENDAN O'REILLY ... bolsters high jump the coming campaign. "If we could get everybody eligible, we would have at least one good man in every event. We're lacking depth in a lot of places," Canham admitted. Major losses suffered by the Wol- verines are John Moule, Big Ten mile champion; Grant Scruggs, a major point-getter in the 600 and' key cog in the great mile relay, team; Junior Stielstra, one of the better broad-jumpers in the West- ern Conference over the past three seasons; and Jim Love, conference low hurdle king. Weak in Spots "For the first time in a long time we're weak in several places," insists Canham. "In last year's indoor champfonships, we scored in 13 of the 15 events, a feat which we can't accomplish this year." Depending on his grades for the first semester, John Johnson will be the big man in the dashes. Johnson, who placed second in the Big Ten indoor last season, will probably depend on Jim Pace, a sophomore, and letter-winner Bob Brown for his sole support. In the hurdles, it looks like Tom Hendricks, a returnee, and an excellent soph, Dick Hill. Hill can run both the highs and lows, while Hendricks is primarily a low- hurdler and also will be the num- ber one man in the broad jump. High Jump Strong The high jump will be bolstered with the return of the Big Ten titlist, Mark Booth, letterman Stan Menees, and sophomore Brendan O'Reilly. This appears to be one of the stronger events. Another potent category will undoubtedly be the pole vault, where Bob Appleman, who won the conference outdoor crown, re- turns, along with letterman Tom Skimming. The top vaulter, how- ever, appears to be newcomer Eeles Landstrom, who has done better than 14' on several occasions. The quarter-mile looks quite promising, too, with much proven talent returning. Dick Flodin, Laird Sloan, Bob Rudesill (who was ineligible last year) and Pete Sutton, who also did not run last season, will be back. In the half-mile, Pete Gray, who is the proven best in the Big Ten, returns along with letterman Dan Walter. Another man who will have to be considered the best in the conference until proven other- wise is Dave Owen, the husky shot-putter.' As for a team-by-team indoor season evaluation, Canham insists that "On paper, Iowa should win it, with Michigan, Indiana and Michigan State in a battle for second place. These four teams are so far ahead of the rest of the conference that all it amounts to is a four-team battle." MIKE BUCHANAN 1 ..,.to miss MSU series 'M'-Iowa Tilt On Television Yost Field House will be the workshop tomorrow for 30 or more busy CBS television technicians, who will be setting up their equip- ment in time for the Michigan- Iowa basketball tilt, the NCAA Game of the Week, to be held Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Jack Drees will announce the game, which can be seen in the Detroit area on WJBK-TV, Chan- nel 2, and on other CBS stations throughout the nation. The Mich- igan band will entertain at half time. Still Champ SAN FRANCISCO - Plucky Sandy Saddler successfully de- fended his featherweight title here at the Cow Palace last night with a 13th round TKO of challenger Flash Elorde. Russian Skiers ,Skaters Rate As Early Choices in Olympics CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (A') -Russia's "mystery team," ready to compete in the Winter Olympic games for the first time, stood out as the early favorite yesterday on the strength of amazing showings by a little known ski jumper and an unheralded speed skater. Koba Tsakadze surprised the specialists of other nations with a leap of 80 meters (262 feet, 5% inches) on the classic "Italia" ski slide where the jumpers will vie for Olympic gold medals, starting Jan. 26. Tsakadze's leap was the best of the day, six meters farther than Finland's touted Anti Hy- varinen. Russian Skaters Win From the Swiss International Speed Skating Races at Davos, Switzerland, came the news of a dazzling one-two-three sweep by the Russians in the 500-meter sprint. Rafail Gratch won the 500- meter in 41.1 seconds, only .3 of a second over the world record. The 20-year-old Russian army private, unknown to the West before yes- terday, beat two teammates. American Twelfth "I've never seen anything like it," said Del Lamb, coach of the American team whose best per- formances were a tie for 12th place by Ken Henry of Chicago, and a tie for 16th by Don McDermott of Englewood Cliffs, N. J., and John Werket, of Minneapolis. Henry's time was43.4, McDermott and Werket 43.5. Most ski jumpers closely watch- ed the Finns, who together with the Norwegians were considered the hottest prospects. Art Devlin of Lake Placid, N. Y., America's best jumper, made two short jumps to "get the feel" of the slide. tackle Gene Martell to the Pitts- burgh Steelers. The Chicago Cardinals plucked Wisconsin's quarterback ace, Jim Miller, and Green Bay took Badger Dick Kolian, an end. * * * SOUTH BEND, Ind. (R)-Terry Brennan, head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, was named yesterday as head coach of theEast team for the Shrine's annual East-West game in San Francisco. W. M. Coffman, managing direc- tor of the Dec. 29 game, said Brennan will be assisted by coach- es Forest Evashevski of Iowa and Charles Rip Engle of Penn State. The committee announced last weekend that the West coaching staff will be headed by Red San- ders of UCLA. 1 SPORTS Night Editor TOM BEIERLE ED GAGNIER the slide. U By BILL GRANSE "I was too small for football and too small for basketball, but in gymnastics I felt I had a chance." Thus Ed Gagnier, who has been leaving gymnastics fans breath- less with his brilliant performances this season, explained how he g'ot his start in the sport. Gagnier, a sophomore majoring' in physical education has been competing In gymnastics for the last five years, ever since he was a freshman in the W. D. Lowe Vocational High School in Wfnd- sor, Canada. Outstanding Amateur Besides competing in high school, Gagnier performed in YMCA and Turner meets, and for the Windsor Gymnastics Club be- fore competing for Michigan. "I competed both in the United States and Canada, but mostly in open meets in the United States," Gag- nier said. These performances led to Gagnier receiving the Canadian Outstanding Amateur Athletic Award in 1954. The 5'612", 130-pound French- Canadian modestly brushed aside mention of his great success his first year on the Wolverine gym- nastics squad. "I've just been lucky so far," he. commented. Gagnier, who has been an all- around competitor on the squad this season, participating in every event except the trampoline, con- fessed that he felt nervous before the Michigan State meet. Worried at First "It was my first varsity dual meet and I was afraid I'd really goof up," Gagnier said. "I was just worried about getting through the routines and didn't hold any hope of winning."% Despite the fact that Gagnier has starred for the Wolverines in every meet so far this season, he admitted that the tenseness he felt during the Michigan State meet has not left him. "When you're in a meet you just worry about getting through the rou- tines, you don't even worry about winning," Gagnier said. Gagnier stated that the biggest thrill of his whole gymnastics career came with Michigan's up- set victory over defending Na- tional Champion Illinois last Sat- urday. "That was one meet in which everyone on the team did a perfect job. If everyone on the team hadn't performed perfectly, I'm sure we wouldn't have won," he said. "I'm happy to be a mem- ber of the team that beat Illinois." Looking ahead to the team's all- important meet Saturday with Minnesota and the remaining meets of the season, Gagnier said: "I just know the guys are going to try their hardest, and even if we don't pull through, I have no doubt that everyone on the team will be in there trying all -the time." SCORES,' COLLEGE BASKETBALL Dayton 71, Villanova 50 West Virginia 84, Pitt 70} Columbia 80, Yale 54 North Carolina 73, N. C. 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