THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE M'Ice Squad Hosts Colorado in Weeen Serie perB Jcommet BY JIM BAAD Wrestlers Prepare (PLAY BUTLER TOMORROW: Cagers Face Five Holiday Road Games Michigan Sports 1957 AS THE YEAR draws to a close and The Daily goes to press for the last time in 1957, it is ofily fitting that we turn through the pages and look, in quick summary fashion, at what was important 'locally in athletics over the past 354 days. During the first week of February, while students were taking their well-deserved semester vacation, the heads of the Conference wrote into the books an extremely important and far reaching plan, ^ the Big Ten Basis of Need Aid Plan. Created to destroy one of collegiate athletics greatest evils, the bidding for talent during recruiting, the effects of the young program S are not yet fully known. Whether it's a remedy or not, whether it will be detrimental to the top flight football of the Big Ten or not, or whether it will be an easy thing to get around or not-time will tell. At all costs it is a positive step forward and one which should be undertaken by every conference in the nation. Later in the spring, on March 14, a story broke which is bringing forth repercussions yet. Michigan's hockey team was NCAA Playoff bound when it learned to the surprise of everyone that two of its standout players, wing Wally Maxwell and defenseman Mike Bu- chanan, had been declared ineli- gible by the NCAA. The next day more fat was ... ' added to the fire when sophomore swing John Rendall became a vic- tim of the Associations Committee on Eligibility. Michigan athletic heads, hockey coach, team, and a great many fans became indig- nant over the ruling because of its timing. The three had played a whole season and not been q q e-tiond, but at the beginning of the "j 3.<.important tournament of college hockey, the team was being se- verely penalized. As it was, the Wolverines fought their way into the finals only to be swarmed over by Colorado, 13- 6. Because of the implications at VIC HEYLIGER , the time that Colorado was mixed .. Hdeparts up in the adverse eligibility rul- departs ings, tensions developed between the two schools, tensions which are now coming out in talk of possible withdrawal of several s'chools from the WIHL. Final decisions on' this matter are not expected until early next year. A Blaze of Glory .. BASKETBALL at Michigan for the past few years has not been the strongest of sports, but the 1956-57, team wound up its season in a blaze of glory not seen on the Yost Fieldhouse court in ages. The cagers bounced off a 94-88 loss to Ohio State, snapped out of a lethargic season, and began a spectacular three game winning streak by staggering invincible Indiana, the Conference leaders, 87-86. They then flew out to Iowa and made their first impressive road showing of the year with 'a 83-79 win. The final- opponent of the year was the "loathed" crew from Michigan State. Michigan had beaten State early in the year. Since then the Wolverines had gone down and the Spartans up with the result that the latter were in first place and rated one of the best teams in the nation. Michigan tore them apart. At one time the Wolverines led by 18 points and State was never in the ball game. Yost Fieldhouse that night was as full as it had ever been and every partisan Michigan rooter was as proud of his team as if the Wolverines had been the champs, instead of the Spartans. The Champions . .. MICHIGAN was not without its champions, however. Although only second in the Big Ten competition, the Michigan swimming team rocketed to national prominence 21 days later on the last day in March by capturing the NCAA championship. Diver Dick Kimball led the way with a double win, taking firsts in both the one and three meter diving. Also among the champions was the tennis team, so overwhelming in winning the Big Ten that they swept nearly every event. This group went 'on to become Michigan's second NCAA champion-Barry Mac- Kay winning the singles. MacKay's victory was a prediction of bigger things to come. Just this week he was picked for the Davis Cup competition in Australia. Departed from the Scene .. . DEPARTING from the Michigan scene in 1957 were two figures who gained phenominal success with the Gold and Blue. One-Vic Heyliger, was probably the most successful coach in Michigan history. Heyliger's 13 years here saw his teams win 225 of 298 games, go to the NCAA Playoffs 10 times, and win these playoffs six times. The other-Ron Kramer, who was one of Michigan's greatest athletes. All-American at football, All-Conference at basketball, and a letter- man at track, Kramer's graduation was a great loss to the athletic world of the campus. One Man Show . . . THIS FALL Michigan had a one-man show on the football field and proper recognition was given for the efforts. Jim Pace ripped great chunks of yardage from his opponents, led the Big Ten in yards gained rushing, and also copped the scoring title. For this he was given an All-American rating, named the most valuable player in the Big Ten, and was quickly snapped up by the San Francisco 49er's in the first round of the Pro grid draft. Not exactly a great year for Michigan, it still had its great moments. We've tried to cover them. The only thing left to say is a Merry Christmas to all and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year! DEFENSIVE STRENGTH-Colorado College's four reasons for success and a chance to repeat as NCAA hockey champs are (left to right) Dick McGhee, Ron Villeneuve, Doug Bassarab and Cy Whiteside. McDonald Paces lers' CO By STEVE SALZMAN "If wenget a few breaks, we should win." This is Michigan hockey coach Al Renfrew's thoughts on the up- coming series with Colorado, over the weekend. Helping to bolster the team, as he has done in the past series, will be Captain Neil McDonald. McDonald is a picture of raw courage. He has been playing the last few games with a torn tendon attaching the muscles of his leg to the ankle bone. According to Renfrew, the ankle can't get any worse because the muscle is al- ready ripped away from the bone. However, when McDonald does get hit, or he turns his ankle, the muscle folds over the nerve emit- ting excruciating pain. This hap- pened to him in the last game against Denver, and he was forced to leave the ice for half of the third period, but as a true hockey WIH1L Breakup Indicated No positive action has yet been taken to break up the Western In- tercollegiate Hockey League. But The Daily has been in- formed that the announcement will definitely be made by Janu- ary 6, at the latest, and very pos- sibly, before 1957 expires. Nevertheless, athletic authori- ties on, the Michigan campus have stated that they know nothing of this proposed splitting up of the league. Michigan's Athletic Director, H. O. "Fritz" Crisler, when ques- tioned as to whether the break would involve principally the, Big Ten schools who are also mem- bers of the WIHL, said that he personally knew nothing of the proposed split. "Rumors of this sort have been circulating since last year's NCAA Tournament," C r i s 1 e r added. "Nothing concerning the forma- tion of a Big Ten hockey league was discussed at the recent meet- ings in Chicago." It has been further noted that perhaps the principle reason, if there had to be one, for the pos- sible breakup is the eligibility rule. The Big Ten rule concerning eligibility differs with the WIHL rule, and thus has lead to contro- versy between the Big Ten schools and the non-member schools, with little compromise made. imeback player, he refused to let the in- jury hamper him from taking his turn once again with the first line. Hay Leads Colorado Leading the attack for Colorado will be Bill "Red" Hay, captain of the Tigers, and an All-Ameri- can hockey player. Hay is the cen- ter for the Tiger first line with forwards Ike Scott and John An- drews. Hay has been described as "a real cool player on the ice. One who always seems to get the right pass into his wingmen." Heading the second line for the Tigers is center Jack Smith, and his wingmen, Bob McCusker, and Harry Harasyn. These two games approach the point of being very crucial. A double loss to Denver, Tuesday and Wednesday night, dropped the Wolverines below the .500 mark, at one win and three losses. For Season Like most of the other Michi- gan teams Coach Cliff Keen's wrestlers will spend the Christmas vacation preparing for the up- coming Big Ten season. Two events are scheduled for the Wolverines in this two week; period, The Wilkes College Invita- t4onal Tournament at Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania on December , 27 and 28 and a dual meet with Pittsburgh in Ann Arbor on Janu-" ary 4. Keen will take a 20 man squad, including freshmen who will wres- tle unattached to the Wilkes Tour- ney. Three years ago the Wolver- ines won the tournament, which attracts over 300 entrants yearly and they finished as runners-up to Pittsburgh two years ago. This tourney will afford Keen his only opportunity to see his freshmen in actualcompetition this year. Most probable winner for the Maize and Blue is Captain Max Pearson who is Big Ten 130-lb. champion and NCAA runner up in that weight division. These two meets should give Keen a good line on his squad for the Big Ten season which opens at Indiana on January 11. Minnesota Considers WIHL Bolt MINNEAPOLIS (IP)-Minnesota will consider withdrawing from the Western Intercollegiate Hock- ey League at the next meeting of the school's athletic policy-making body, it was disclosed yesterday. Professor Stanley Kinyon,. the school's athletic faculty represent- ative, said a decision would be made by the university's senate committee on intercollegiate ath- letics, possibly before the first of the year. By RUDE DIFAZIO With a breath of hope Coach1 Bill Perigo leads his cagers out of town at 4 p.m. this afternoon for Indianapolis and the first of five road games over the holidays. Tomorrow evening the Wolver- ines square off against a strong Butler team in the Hoosier capitol. After the game the players will split up to head home, returning to Ann Arbor Christmas evening. Next Thursday morning the cagers leave for a western swing that will take them against Wyo- ming and New Mexico at Albu- querque Friday and Saturday night. The following Monday night the Wolverines meet Arizona at Tucson returning home on New Year's Eve. Friday, Jan. 3, Michi- gan takes off for Iowa City to open the Big Ten Season against the Hawkeyes, Saturday night. Home Opener After the game they return to Ann Arbor for the Big Ten home opener with Wisconsin, Monday, Jan. 6. Outside of Iowa the strong- est opposition should be provided by Butler. The Bulldogs have a 3-2 record including victories over Fort Knox, Ky., Ohio State, and Wabash. They lost to Michigan State 74-55 and Illinois 91-75. The Bulldogs biggest problem is height. The tallest starter is Ken Pennington 6'4" center. Their big- gest asset is accurate shooting. GuardBob Plump, Butler's top scorer with a 21.7 average has hit 58.5 per cent of his shots from the floor. From the foul line he has totaled 25 of 26 shots. Four of their starters, Ted Gu- cek, Keith Greve, Wally Cox, and Plump, are playing together for the fourth straight year. On Way Up New Mexico and Wyoming are two teams that appear to be on the way up after dismal seasons. Last year Wyoming was 6-19 after a pre-season bally-hoo. But with four of last year's starters return- ing, including possible All-Ameri- can Tony Windis from New York City, they should be tough. In the first four games of the season Windis has averaged 15.3 points. New Mexico along with Iowa Pistons Hire New Coach DETROIT UP) - Red Rocha, former NBA player, yesterday was named head coach of the hard- pressed Detroit Pistons. He succeeds Charley Eckman, whose forced resignation from the National Basketball Assn. team was announced Wednesday. Rocha is now a Syracuse, N.Y., sheet metal salesman. Announcing the surprise choice, Fred Zolner of Ft. Wayne, Ind., wealthy owner of the Pistons, de- scribed Rocha as "a very smart ball player with the Pistons last year." The salary was not an- nounced. Zoliner said Rocha retired vol- untarily at the end.of last season. will be the two teams on the trip that will hold a height advantage on the Wolverines. New Mexico will field a front line averaging 6'6", with several tall reserves. Arizona is a fast breaking team that will give Michigan plenty of trouble. Iowa has eight returning letter- men from last year's team. Coach Bucky O'Conner has nine mne who measure 6'5" or over. But the biggest news coming out of Iowa City is the fine group of sopho- mores. Whether they will be up to Big Ten standards by the tir they meet the Wolverines will the big question. The biggest question for Mich gan on this trip will be how w it can do away from home. 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