TH'tELSDAY, MARCH 13, 1959
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TWTTRgDAY. MARCH 13. 1958 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE
Bruce Bennett
College Hockey Situation Proves
A Year Can Make a Big Difference-
In case you haven't noticed, it was i just a year ago this week
that the NCAA's far-flung Committee on Eligibility cracked down on
Michigan's hockey team, ruling stars Wally Maxwell, Mike Buchanan,
and John Rendall ineligible. It was something less than a coincidence
that the announcement came from Colorado Springs, Colo., scene of
the tenth renewal of the college hockey championships.
The flamboyant Colorado College fans relished as their team
mastered the player-shorn and spirit-broken Wolverines. They were
in their glory as they leaned over the boards and taunted the losers
as they skated past.
But a year can make a lot of difference. The tournament isn't
even being held in Colorado Springs this time,,the CC Tigers are with-
out a coach, and the CC team isn't around to defend its title. They
had planned a nifty ten-day stay in Minneapolis, scene of this year's
championship* action, but John Mariucci's "home grown" Gophers
sent them home early with a double victory last weekend.
Yes, a year can make a big difference. Last March the WIHL had
Just finished its best season on record. This season the once powerful
seven team circuitis finished, period.
Seeks Limitations on Canadians .. .
The chief cause of the league's demise was differences in the
recruiting methods employed by the Big Ten schools and Colorado
College and Denver. The sore point centered around the "importation"
of Canadian players.
Mariucci, who seems to have a plan for everything these days,
will advance a measure at the college hockey meetings at St. Paul,
Minn., which- run concurrently with playoffs, designed to limit the
number of Canadians that can play on an American college team. This
is because Mariucci thinks that most of the young players who come
from Canada have, at one time or another, accepted expense money to
attend a training camp of a professional team.
Yet individual trackmen in this country get expense money when
they compete in meets at New York's Madison Square Garden or in
other name meets. College baseball players here make good money
playing in "amateur" leagues in the summer, too. Why penalize
hockey players and not the others?
Another reason Mariucci wants to put limits on Canadian talent
is the well organized high school hockey program ,that exists in
Minnesota. All but three members of the Gophers' varsity this year
are products of it. In Michigan, state high school athletic, director
Charles Forsythe thinks hockey is too rough for prepsters.
Fans Like Michigan Hockey.. .
Over the years, Michigan fans have grown to like the brand of
hockey exhibited at the Coliseum and makes little difference to them
whether it's played by a Canadian boy or an American. Good hockey is
good hockey. George Chin, Bill MacFarland and others have put
Michigan on the college hockey map. Why take the name away with
a nonsensical ruling.
In many cases, Michigan is a logical school for a boy living in
southern Ontario to attend-less than 100 miles away. Some areas of
the upper Peninsula are 500 miles away. No one kicks when a student
enrolls here from California, but the old cry goes up if someone comes
from British Columbia-especially if he can skate.
Michigan is a cosmopolitan ca1lpus. Students come here from all
over the worldl Why restrict opportunities for Canadians to study
here? The athlete, whether he comes from Detroit, Chicago, Toronto
or Pickford, has the same eligibility requirements to meet and must
qualify for aid in the same way.
If Minnesota wants to use only Minnesotans, let 'em. Here's a
hope that Michigan votes for a continuance of the status quo, if this
measure is brought to a vote. After all,.if some of the American schools
don't want to play us, there are several Canadian colleges that would
be more than willing to schedule Michigan.I
CHALLENGES YALE'S JECKO:
Tashnick Earns Right To Smil
By DICK MINTZ
"Smiling Tony" was the name
tacked on Tony Tashnick by mem-
bers of Michigan State's deter-
mined but disappointed swimming
team.
Tashnick, usually characterized
by his beaming smile, looked as
though he swallowed a Cheshirej
Cat last weekend as he paced
Michigan to a 36-point winning
margin over second place MSU in
the Big Ten Meet.
Winning the 100-yd. and 200-
yd. butterfly events, as well as the
individual medley in his first Big
Ten meet, the 5'11", crew - cut
sophomore was sensational. His
2:06 time for the 200-yd. butter-
fly broke the NCAA record; his
54.5 clocking for the 100-yd. but-
terfly was only two-tenths of a
second off the world's record for
the event and his time for the
£ps, 30-24,
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"SMILING TONY" A TRIPLE WINNER-Michigan's sensational
sophomore, Tony Tashnick, surprised all onlookers at the Big Ten
swinmming championships by winning all three events that he
entered. In accomplishing this, he set a new NCAA record in the
200-yd. butterfly, with a time of 2:06.
Ph -Delta Theta Trips ig
In 1mMFraternity Semifinal
By STEVE ROGERS
Powerful rebounding along with
an almost flawless zone defense,
gave Phi Delta Theta a 30-24 win
over Sigma Phi Epsilon in the
semifinal playoffs for first place
in the "A" social fraternity league;
at the I-M Building last night.
The Phi Delts, whose tight zone
forced Sig Ep to shoot ineffective-
ly from beyond the foul circle,
were also the victims of a sloppy
offense.' By dominating both
boards, however, they managed to
open a three point margin at half-
time, 13-10.
Reversing their first half shoot-
ing form the Phi Delts opened the
second half by stringing together
nine points while holding their
opponents scoreless. This hot
NITBegins
The National Invitation Tour-
nament joins the post-season
jamboree in the basketball world
with the opening of its 21st meet
tonight.
NIT history is spiced with
championships won by Cinderella
teams and it wouldn't be too sur-
prising if defending champion
Bradley and top-seeded Dayton,
the co-favorites in the 12-team
Madison Square Garden tourney
in New York, were knocked off.
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streak opened up a 12 point bulge,
which Sig Ep was unable to over-
come.
Peterson Scores 12
Pete Peterson, who was the Phi
Delt's strongest rebounder, led all
scorers for the game by pumping
in 12 points. Sig Ep's Larry La-
Vercombe topped the loser's scor-
ing column by notching eight.
In the only other "A" game of
the night, Delta Tau Delta moved
into the third place finals by de-
feating Phi Kappa Sigma, 35-27.
Jones Leads Delts
The Delts, led byTom Jones
who tallied 14 points, opened a
nine point lead at halftime. They
were given a big scare, however,
for with only minutes left to play,
the Phi Sigs had whittled their
lead to only one basket.
Two quick baskets by Jones
ended any hopes the Phi Sigs had
for a comeback victory.
SAE Edges Sigma Chi
In social fraternity "B" ball,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon squeaked
by Sigma Chi 42-39 and thus en-
tered the first place finals for
that division.
Displaying hustle and good out-
side shooting, SAE eased into a
22-17 half time lead. Behind Fred
Steel, however, Sigma Chi came
on strong in the second half to
come within a point of SAE. A
last second basket clinched the
victory for SAE.
Phi Delta Theta's "B" also qua-,
lified for the first place finals by
trouncing Chi Psi 28-18. After
playing to a 10-10 tie in the first
half, the Phi Delts, led by center
Tom Shearer, had an easy time
in the second half outscoring their
opponents 18-8.
Other Games
In other "B" games last night,
Sigma Alpha Mu whipped Theta
Chi 36-18; Delta Upsilon nipped
-Phi Sigma Delta 31-30; Phi Kap-
pa Psi beat Tau Kappa Epsilon
35-25; Alpha Tau Omega topped
Beta Theta Pi 31-24, and Pi
Lambda Phi tripped Zeta Psi
31-19.
'NM' Ski club
WIns Meet
The Michigan ULLR Ski Club
won both team and individual
honors this past weekend at the
annual Michigan Intercollegiate
Ski Association meet.
The Wolverine skiers, five men
and five women, placed first and
second, respectively, in the male
and female team standings and
Wolverine Bob Parizek had the
best slalom run in the meet.
There were seven teams entered,
including Michigan State, which
competed in the NCAA meet last
year.
Michigan's compiled winning
time was 12:24.8, followed by
Michigan State with 13:14.7 and
Northern Michigan with 13:29.1.
Northern was first in the women's
division.
Michigan competitors who
placed were: DOWNHILL MEN;
Bob Parizek, 3rd; Ivan Oyo, 5th;
Boo Litzenberger, 6th; Mike Freel,
15th. DOWNHILL WOMEN; Bet-
ty Shield, 3rd; Pamela Read, 8th;
Ann Rutledge, 11th. SLALOM
MEN; Bob Parizek, 2nd; Mike
Freel, 4th; Boo Litzenberger, 6th;
Ivan Oyo, 10th. SLALOM WO-
MEN; Betty Shield, 2nd; Ann
Rutledge, 7th, Pamela Read, 9th.
individual medley set a new Iowa
Pool record.
Tashnick is a small man by
swimmers' standards and hasn't
that strength necessary to "bull"
his way through the water as
many swimmers do in executing
Freshman Track
Ali freshmen who are plan-
ning to go out for spring track
are asked to attend a meeting
at Yost Field House, at 4:30
p.m. today.
the extremely strenuous butterfly
stroke. But Tashnick has made up
in coordination what he lacks in
size.
Unorthodox Kick
"My unorthodox kick is, I imag-
ine, the key to my victories," Tash-
nick commented. "Must butterfly
swimmers don't bend their knees
on the kick, but I do. I find my
kick is more efficient that way,
giving me the maximum push with
the minimum effort."
Tashnick also attributes a great
deal of his success to his "loose
ankles." He practices fifty sit-ups
on his toes each day to give his
ankles the necessary snap to power
his kick.
Most record-breaking collegiate
swimmers are formidable competi-
tors well before their teens. Tash-
nick, however, didn't start swim-
Eight Cagers
Merit Letters
Eight players earned letter
awards for their efforts on the
basketball court for Michigan this
past season.
Of these Pete Tillotson, Billy
Wright, and Randy Tarrier are
the only members of the varsity
graduating this June. All the re-
maining lettermen will return
next season. This group consists
of Jack Lewis, Terry Miller, M. C.
Burton, George Lee, and Gordon
Rogers.
Exhibition Baseball
Cleveland vs. Chicago (N), rain
Baltimore vs. San Francisco, rain
Washington vs. Boston, rain
Chicago (A) 5, Pittsburgh 2 (called
in seventh,- rain)
Cincinnati 9, Detroit 7
St. Louis 6, New York 0 (called in
sixth, rain)
Kansas City vs. Philadelphia, rain
Los Angeles 4, Milwaukee 3
NCAA
Idaho St. 72, Arizona St. 68
NBA SCORES
Syracuse 110, Philadelphia 99
New York 127, Boston 125
Cincinnati 96, Minhieapolls 89
NHL SCORE
Montreal 5, Toronto 3
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ming earnestly until he was 15. At
that time, Ron Alsobrook, the
former national record holder in
the breaststroke, spotted Tashnick
as a "natural" while he was swim-
ming in a park department pool.
Joins Smith
Tashnick soon joined John
Smith, his present teammate and
star backstroker, in training at
the Detroit Park Recreatibn Pool.
At Detroit's MacKenzie High
School he starred with Smith in
the backstroke and freestyle but
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THREE POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS:
Michigan Cagers End Another Mediocre Season
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SAM J. BENJAMIN, '27 Lit. -- Owner
(This is the first in a series of four
articles discussing Michigan's bas-
ketball team. This article will deal
with implications of the. 1957-58
season.)
By AL JONES
This year's Michigah basketball
team started the Big Ten season
with a bang and ended with an-
other flourish, but the time in be-
tween was ill spent. ,
Coach Bill Perigo's cagers fin-
Ished the season with an overall
record of 11 wins and 11 losses,
and a meager 6-8 mark in the
Conference.
Few Wins
- Similar season records have
been the recent trend in Michi-
gan basketball. Although last year
ended at a 13-9 clip, that is the
only winning season since 1948-49
for the Wolverines.
In the first four Big Ten con-
tests this year, when the Wolver-
ines built up a 3-1 conference lead
that held until the end of the se-
mester vacation, the team showed
balanced scoring and good team
play.
This type of play wasn't evi-
denced again, however, until the
season-ending Iowa game last
Saturday.
Always Inconsistent
Actually, inconsistency was Per-
igo's worst trouble. All of his
starting five -- Captain Pete Til-
lotson, M. C. Burton, George Lee,
Terry Miller and Captain-Elect
Jack Lewis - played some out-
standing games, but they never
played them at the same time.
The question that plagued Pern-
go, sports authorities, and Mich-
igan cage fans all season is this-
what was Michigan's basketball
team capable of?
All Over Now
The question will never be an-
swered now, since the season is
over, but the same problem might
well come up again next year.
After all, most of the 'M' cagers
will be back again come next
winter.
Many answers have been sug-
gested, and three of them have
been rigorously pursued by those
interested.
The group that makes the most
noise, as is usually the case in
the sports world, feels that the
team lacks guidance and that the
present group could have had a
much better record with better
coaching."
Poor Material?
A second group states that
Michigan did as well as could be
expected, since the caliber of
players here is not as good as
at other Conference schools. This
group blames the recruiting pro-
gram for the poor Wolverine
teams of late.
The final theory suggests that
there is a lack of interest in bas-
ketball at Michigan, and that the
fans and the athletic administra-
tion don't give the team the
necessary backing to instill a
winning spirit.
(The next article in the series will
discuss basketball recruiting and
scholarships at Michigan.)
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