ruiDAY, MARCH 1, 1957 THE MICHIGAN U ATI.V FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 195'7 TRW MTC1 1111T\'A lb A TTV'7 .--. ~ .~ N r. WAGE SEVR R Bi g Ten rack Meet Opens at Columbus Tonight 'M' Titleholders Considered Underdogs;. Indiana Favored Before Preliminaries "56-'57 SEASON ADDED TO LIST: Hockey History Sh4 ows Tight Finishes V. By BOB BOLTON Special to The Daily COLUMBUS - Michigan's track team goes into this evening's pre- liminaries and tomorrow after- noon's Conference finals rated as underdog for the first time in two years. While tomorrow's finals here at the new Ohio State French Field House figure to be very close, Indi- ana rules as the experts' favorite. Wolverines Ranked Third Behind the Hoosiers come the host Buckeyes, Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois. With a few breaks, any of these teams might come up with the title. In the Wolverine camp, Coach Don Canham, who has been "cry- ing wolf" for the last two years and then brought his squad up to win the "big ones," seems to have real reason to complain this year. The way Canham has it figured, 40 points-give or take a few- will be enough to win it this year. He feels Michigan does not have enough mathematical strength to produce 40 points. Down at East Lansing last year the Wolverines took four first places and tied for another to gar- ner 24 of their 59-9/10 points. This year four of those five first place men are gone. The remain- ing one is Captain Dave Owen, Michigan's only "sure first." Without these sure points to count on the Wolverines' title chances are considerably dimmed. After the shot put, other Michigan firsts are strictly problematical. Brendan O'Reilly is a very good possibility in the higf jump, Jim Pace has a better than average chance in the 60-yd. dash and Helmar Dollwet is a good prospect in the mile, two mile or both. Wolverines Lack Firsts While Michigan has a seeming lack of "five point" material, the favored Hoosiers, Michigan State and Ohio State are all well stocked. With Greg Bell, Olympic gold medalist in the broad jump, Indi- ana must be virtually conceded first in that event. Bell is also an excellent dash man and could emerge as a double winner. Besides Bell the Hoosiers boast excellent all around strength in every other event. Recent Confer- ence statistics showing the best indoor marks of the season listed at least one Indiana man in each of the 12 events listed. MSU Strength In the middle distance and dis- tance events, Michigan State has what amounts to a monopoly of first and second place material. The Spartans' Dave Lean has the best Conference times this year in the 440 and 880. In the mile and two mile, Selwyn Jones and the Kennedy brothers, Harry and Charles, rate with the best. Another Olympic gold medalist, Glen Davis, gives Ohio State the meet's top potential hurdler. What Davis can't do in track is hardly worth doing. Davis will run in both the high and low hurdles and will be prob- ably entered in the 60-yd, the 300-yd., the' anchor leg of the mile (This is the last in a series of two articles recalling Michigan's hockey exploits in past years.) By BRUCE BENNETT The 1953-54 season saw the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League replace the Midwestern Collegiate Hockey League, but the mere name change did not en- hance Michigan's chances per- ceptably. In fact, the same school as the year before, Minnesota, contin- ued to set the pace. With the Wol- verines in second place and Colo- rado College breathing down their necks, Johnny Mariucci brought his league-leading Gophers into Ann Arbor for two games. All previous records were thrown out the window as the two teams took the ice for the opener. The Gophers boasted their famed high scoring line of Johnny Mayasich, Dick Daugherty, and Gene Camp- bell, plus goalie Jim Mattson, en- route to All-America recognition, in the nets. Stacked against these seemingly insurmountable odds, Michigan stunned the hockey world as it turned the tables on the Gophers, 6-3 and 5-2, to sew up second place and a playoff berth. Parallel With '56-'57 The 1954-55 season has paral- leled this season to a considerable degree, at least this far, anyway. Similar to this year, they dropped three out of four inColo- rado in December. Mired deep in the standings as late as January, Michigan wound up with 12 wins in their last 14 outings to gain second place and a NCAA berth. Then there was last year. Mi- chigan combined an overall sea- son's record of 18 wins, two losses and a tie, but still needed a sweep of their last four games, all against league-leading Michigan Tech, to gain the title. Odds against such a feat were stagger- ing. The opening series was played at Houghton, and Michigan disap- pointed the rabid Huskie rooters that filled .little Dee Stadium to capacity by downing Tech twice, 5-2 and 6-3. The scene shifted to Ann Arbor with the teams tied at 17 points apiece. The Wolverines, sparked by the goal tending of Lorne Howes, wound up the regular sea- son with their eighth and ninth straight wins as they humbled Tech again, 5-1, on both occasions. As for the present, time will on- ly tell how this year's team stacks up in comparison with its illustri- ous predecessors. But the story will unfold on that same ice sur- face where previous Michigan teams have dazzled the public-- the Michigan Coliseum. The dates: March 4-5 vs. North Dakota and March 8-9 vs. Michi- gan Tech. HIGH FIDELITY by iotj brings you Component Quality and Console Convenience -Daily-Dick Gaskill COLUMBUS BOUND-Leaving for Columbus, yesterday, where they will help Michigan defend its Conference indoor track cham- pionship are (left to right) shot putter Ermin Crownley, hurdler Jan Carlsson, and two-mile runner Jack Green. The team traveled to Ohio State by bus and will open its competition against the other Big Ten schools tonight in the preliminary events. Michigan Swim Team tHosts OSU Tomorrow 5-2 and 6-3. By AL WINKELSTEIN Only one more day remains. Tomorrow, Michigan's amazing swimmers, led by the durable duo of Cy Hopkins and Dick Hanley, face the powerful rulers of the swimming world, Ohio State, -at the Varsity Pool at 2:30 p.m. After compiling an outstanding record against three of the tough- est Big Ten foes, the big question is whether the natators can get over their last and most difficult hurdle. No one can ever underesti- mate the Buckeyes. They boast an amazing record and excellent per- sonnel. Both Teams Boast Stars In top flight swimmers both teams arehabout even. Michigan of course has two of the nation's mn o s t outstanding sophomores, tively young team, composed relay and the broad jump.Illinois mostly of sophomores. coach Leo Johnson thinks Davis If the natators need any other could take upwards of 30 points. incentive, they will also be look- ing for revenge for last year's humiliating defeat at Columbus. Ohio State won, 58-37, but could t have easily added quite a few more! points. 7 Wolverines Seek Revenge A Michigan victory would be the finishing touch to one of the big comebacks in swimming. Last year, the Wolverines won only a single dual meet, that against harmless Purdue. This year, going into the Ohio State meet, they are unde- feated, and have gained revenge BE SLY! against four of the teams that beat or tied them last ycar.- Ohio State will carry a record of 17 straight victories into Satur- day's competition. They have theT best diving team in the nation, led TUI' by Harper, along with Glen Whit- ten, another Olympic diver and Frankie Fraunfelter, the NCAAC champion. Corpiete In Wiggins, they have the out- standing collegiate swimmer in the nation. Wiggins can swim in al- Tires most any event, and is quite ca- pable of winning any of them, against anyone. The Pittsburgh senior, who is Free Pick-Up co-captain of the Buckeyes, start- ed out as a backstroker, but this season has compiled some of the Tomorrow's Events WRESTLING- Minnesota-3 p.m. GYMNASTICS- Ohio State-4 p.m. Let FOLLETT'S uy your text books any time! ell them for CASH at O : T T State at N . 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OffIuti CTcater 300 South Thayer Hanley and Hopkins, but the Buckeyes can counter with two brilliant participants too, Olympic swimmer Al Wiggins, and Olympic diver Don Harper. In all probability, the outcome will rest on the all-important sec- ond place points. In this the Wol- verines will have. to rest heavily on such performers as Fritz Mey- ers, Pete Fries and Dick Mehl, among others. M, OSU Unbeaten As it has happened many times in the past, both teams enter the meet with unblemished records. The last time this situation oc- curred was in 1955, when the Wol- verines just edged the Buckeyes, 48-47, but the men from Colum- bus got quick revenge, finishing first in the Big Ten meet just a week later. The situation is much the same as in 1955', with one exception. Then, Michigan had an experi- enced team, this year it is a rela- & Delivery FOR Lighteigkl support J1, All the comfort of genuine moccasin cons'.ruction adapted to an oxford for you who prefer a close fit at the ankle. 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