rrw WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6,1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILY !! X !! !w !ATl1 THE MICIGAN DALY .Za PAGE IVEqy Cagers Cap Improved Year; Tra ckmen Tumble Michigan Proves First Win Over Spartans No Accident Canham's Predictions Prove True As Cindermen Fail to Capture Title By JOHN HILLYER If Michigan State depends on beating Michigan in its quest for a first undisputed basketball cham- pionship, the Spartans may be waiting 'til the cows come home. The Wolverines took a 70-69 thriller from them at East Lans- ing early in the season, then thor- oughly outclassed the green Mon- day night to prove it wasn't just an accident. The final score was 81-72, but everyone in hallowed Yost Field House, a figurative sardine can on this occasion, knew the "score" throughout. Except for a brief anxious moment with three min- utes left, the game was Michi- gan 's in every sense of the word. It was reminiscent of another final performance by a Michigan team this season. Although the football team, like the cagers, had no title at stake, it managed to close out the year with a very satisfying win over title-hungry Ohio State. Best Record Since 1949 Not since 1948-49 have the Wol- verines had a comparable season to this one. They finished with a 7-5 Conference record and 16_5 overall, as compared to 8-6 and 13-9 for the recently-completed campaign. With 14:45 to play in the first half, Ron Kramer, their captain and leader to the very end, sank a hook shot to make the count 14-13 in favor of Michigan, and State never again enjoyed the lead. MSU would start a comeback- and the Wolverines would squelch it each time with a basket. Kfam- er vastly outmaneuvered the op- posing center, John Green, and at 18:37 of the opening portion, Green committed his fourth per- sonal. This seemed to be the last straw for Forddy Anderson's quintet. They started to roll after the in- termisston, but their distinct dis- advantage under the boards told the story. Jim Shearon's hustle and timely jump shots helped, too. He and Kramer the two starting seniors, will "be pretty hard to replace" next year, according to Coach Bill Perigo. 53 Per Cent Average Of course, there were the ob- vious factors. A 53 per cent shoot- ing average from the floor in the first half didn't exactly prove a detriment to the Wolverines. Neither did their eight-rebound edge during that period. M. C. Bur- ton should be cited here, for he was the big aggressor on the boards for most of the evening. A standing ovation was accorded Kramer and Shearon for their three-year contributions to the I- -'igan b a s k e t b a l1 fortunes when, with 24 seconds left, the two were replaced by two other sen- iors who saw limited action-guard Tom Raisor and center Tom Fe- gan. Raisor had the extreme pleasure of swishing the final basket for his team, a near set-shot from the corner, with 16 seconds to go. By BOB BOLTON "See, I wasn't kidding." Track Coach Don Canham was speaking on the bus carrying the Wolverine cinder team back from" Columbus Saturday night and he was referring toihis pre-meet pre- diction that Michigan would not win their third straight Big Ten indoor title. In the past Canham has been noted for his more than doubtful a tt it u de towards his team's chances for winning the Confer- ence crown. Fortunately for Michigan his predictions have failed to materi- alize and the Wolverines had won four straight titles going into last weekend's activities. String Ends But all good things end some- time and the string ran out for the Wolverines in Columbus Sat- urday afternoon. The meet was more than just close, it was from the point of general team balance the closest indoor championship since 1926. Less than 26 points separalted first place Indiana from last Illi- nois and only 10 points separated the first four teams. Actuallythe Wolverines were in the thick of the fight almost up to the last event and at one point were leading but they finally had to settle for fourth place. Magnuson Places Fourth The Maize and Blue did get one b e t t e r-than-expected perform- ance. John Magnuson, from whom Canham did not expect great things, took fourth place in the 60-yd. dash, finishing ahead of such a proven star as the Hoos- iers' Greg Bell. In looking back over the meet there was a combination of eight "ifs" that kept Michigan out of the throne room. They went something like this: If . . Mamon Gibson hadn't had the misfortune of hitting the bar on the way down after clearing the 13"8" mark the Wolverines would have a first place tie in the pole vault... Brendan O'Reilly hadn't suf- I fered the same kind of bad break in the high jump there would have been another first place tie ... Don Matheson, Robin Varian, George Gluppe and Dick Flodin, who are all proven competitors, were any where near top condi- tion Michigan might have had from three to eight more points to add to their 27 3/5 total .. . It had been a more average year for milers in the conference Hel- mar Dollwet's time of 4:14.8, the best of his career and the fourth best mile in Michigan history, would have taken more than fourth place points .. . However, the .Wolverines weren't the only team in the Con- ference that could look back on the meet and say - "if". The experts figured Indiana for close to 50 points and if they had displayed their "paper" strength they would have scored at least 50 points to turn the meet into a rout. -Daily-John Hirtzell IT'S YOUR SHOT--Michigan guard George Lee spots forward M. C. Burton in the clear under the Michigan State basket. Action occurred in the 81-72 Wolverine win Monday night over the Spartans, who were formed to share the Conference title with Indiana as a result of Michigan's victory. THREE TEAMS BLOCK BID: Wolverine W restlers in Title Chase I I I GAGNIER SEEMS SET: Gym Squad Begins Final Drills for BigTen Meet By DAVE LYON Although the Michigan wrest- lers were defeated by Minnesota last Saturday, 16-14, the Wolver- ines must still be rated one of the contenders for the Conference title. Since Wolverines Max Pearson, Mike Rodriguez, and Steve Zer- vas returned to action, Michigan's mat squad has split four meets. It has beaten a strong Iowa team and Ohio State, and has been edged by two top Big Ten aggre- gations, Michigan State and Min- nesota. In their last competitive test before the Big Ten meetenext weekend, the Blue nearly ended the Gopher grapplers' nine-dual- meet unbeaten string. Each team won four of the eight matches, but Minnesota pinned two opponents and Michi- gan only one, thus providing the Gophers' two-point victory mar- gin. Undefeated Wolverine grapplers and defending Big Ten titlists Rodriguez and Jack Marchello stayed in tune for the coming Conference meet by winning de- cisions from Minnesota oppo- nents. In addition, Pearson, a Big Ten champion in 1955, won a fall and Larry Murray copped a decision for the Michigan victories. Competing in their last dual meet for Michigan were 123- pounder Dan Deppe, 137-pounder Murray, and 157-pounder Rodri- guez. a Announcing With Pride r LET US Restring Your Racket N OW! Be Ready for Spring! Complete Racket repair service RESTRINGS 4.50 up #oe. ortS ofrty 711 North University By RUDE DIFAZIO . As the Michigan gym squad be- gins its final drills for the Bid Ten Meet it is obvious that Ed Gagnier is ready for the cham- pionship round. The defending parallel bars titl- ist capped his dual-meet competi- tion with a sensational routine against Ohio State that netted him a score of 285 out of a perfect 300. The question now remains; i l the rest of th' Michigan gymnast- ics team ready for the meet? Comparison of the dual-meet season finds the Wolverines rated fourth behind Illinois, Michigan Cancelled On Friday, March 8, there will not be a co-recreational program at the I-M building because of the Big Ten Gym- nastics Meet. State, and Iowa. These are the three teams which defeated Coach Newt Loken's crew this season. But Loken believes that with a lot of work the squad can be in shape to give a good account of itself against the three conference leaders. If Saturday's performance is any irdication the squad has started to work toward that goal, giving a good account of itself. In addition to the previously mentioned fine performance by Gagnier, Jim Hayslett's perform- ance on the parallel bars and in the free exercise rates him as a threat in these two events. In fact, the parallel bars event' could end up a duel between him and Gagnier. Even more noteworthy is the re- turn of Nick Wiese to top physical condition. Having recovered from his ankle injury he is expected to be one of the top performers on. the flying rings. All the glory Saturday after- noon, however, was not to the Wolverines. Our Featured Stock of G.B.D. PIPES LARGEST DEALER IN MICHIGAN OPEN MON. THRU FRI. 'TIL 9- SAT. 'TIL 5 PIPEs Hn CENTER 118 East Huron -- Opposite County Bldg. I. Plenty of Parking Space Open 'till 12:00 P.M. atLt ,4neit! TASTE THE DIFFERENCE! 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