SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1941 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1940-41 Sports Year Brimming With Records, Victories, I defeats Communiques From Sports Head Tell All Harmon's 98-Yard Run, Minnesota Heartbreaker All Recorded In Annals By HOLBROOKE SELTZER and GEORGE W. $ALLADE Well, the 1940-41 sports year is finally over and another one's fast approaching--the year is gone that wrote University athletic history with its great records, brilliant stars and heart-rending defeats. Here are the daily communiques released by the sports ministry: Sept. 28: Tommy Harmon runs back the first kickoff of the season 98 yards against California, and fol- lows it up with additional scoring jaunts of 85 and 65 meters respec- tively to show the Hollywood script writers how a scenario really should be written. Final score: Michigan- 41, California-0. Oct. 5: With the aid of excellent cooperation from the officials and a special rule to the effect that passes caught on one bounce by Michigan State are valid, the Spar- tans manage to collect 14 points. However, the Gary Ghost has an ex- tremely hot day and chalks up all 21 Michigan points personally, which fact alone saves the lives of one referee, one umpire, and one head linesman. Oct. 26: It's the biggest game of the country right here in Ann Arbor as Reagan of Penn and The Great Profile fight it out with ten men each for weapons. Harmon's artil- lery packs an extra special wallop, name of Westfall, with which the Reagan forces cannot cope, and they therefore succumb, 14-0. Nov. 9: Frame this paragraph in black in token of Mourning. Bernie Bierman's boys outweigh the Crisler crew 16 pounds per man, so Bernie plays for rain. And gets it. Minne- sota plays five minutes of good foot- ball at the beginning of the 'game, 20 seconds of it in the second quar- ter (playing time required for Bruce Smith's 80-yard run and Joe Mer- nik's extra point kick) and another five minutes of same in the last period to down the greatest Wolver- ine team Bierman ever saw, 7-6. Nov. 23: Down at Columbus Har- mon, Paul Kromer and possibly the greatest Wolverine football team of them all go out in a blaze of glory a they beat Ohio State to the ground and jump on them, 40-0. Terrible Tom ends forever the Grange-Harmon quibble as he betters Red's record by two touchdowns.- And Francis Schmidt starts look- ing for a new job. Jan. 18: The basketball boys drop their fourth consecutive Conference tilt, this time to Wisconsin by 40-30 but a fine time is had by all none- theless. The Badgers are severa heads taller than most of the Var- sity, so Mike Sofiak and the others mix a bit of football and fighting with their cage game. March 8: Arrives the biggesi sports day of the year, quantita- tively speaking, and the biggesi headache for the sports night editor Michigan not unexpectedly relin- quishes the Conference track title tc Indiana. The untouchable swim- ming team sweeps all oppositior asunder to amass an unprecedented -87' points in the Big Ten meet. An Jim Galles wins the only Wolverin Conference wrestling title in the 175- pound division. March 29: Yale reduces Mat Mann to a nervous wreck for awhil in the National Collegiates, but his terrible tankmen finally bring home the bacon with 61 points to old Eli's 58. - } t Fr 'eshman Wrestling Candidates Expected To Strengthen Squad 1941 Western Conference Football Schedule (with scores of 1940 games) With four returning lettermen and a host of good prospects from the freshman squad, a rosy future ap- pears in store for the wrestling team. Coach Cliff Keen's recent remark, "We usually win our share of them," seems to indicate anything but a poor season for the grapplers next winter. In Captain Jim Galles, the Wol- verines have their only Big Ten cham- pion. Galles, the 175 pound junior from Chicago, went through last year's conference schedule without a loss, and it is likely that he will re- peat the feat when next season rolls around. Courtright At 165 Also returning from this year's squad are Bill Courtright, Ray Deane, and Herb Barnett. Courtright, at 165, gives every evidence that he will con- tinue his rapid improvement of this year. With two more years to wrestle, Bill, who took a third in the Big Ten meet, should be one of the mainstays of the team next year. Deane, another soph, should be able to take care of the 136 pound class. Ray seems headed for another suc- cessful season, and will probably be a big factor in the Wolverines' meets next season. In the 145 pound class there should' be some competition for the place on the team, with Barnett leading the pack because of his experience. A transfer from Oklahoma University, Herb should do a good job for the team. Another aspirant to the 145 pound slot is Melvin Becker, one of the Becker twins. Melv did fine work all last winter and can be counted on to be in the, thick of the fight. Speek Improves - The other Becker twin, Mary, will be fighting Pete Speek for a place on the team at 155 pounds. A fresh- man this year, Pete didn't go out for the team, until late in the year, and according to Coach Keen, made a tremendous improvement before the season was over. In the heavyweight class John Wil- son is the leading candidate. Johnny was not in the limelight this winter, being in the midst of the troubled heavyweight sea, but with Jack But- ler and Emil Lockwood gone he looms as best in the field. Of the freshmen, Johnny Greene and Tom Coffield appear best. Greene, winner of one of the freshman Bissel _ _ I trophies, was on the squad for only part of the season, but in that time he proved that he will bear watching. Coffield, a big boy from Grand Rap- ids, was a good worker on the squad, and, with Greene, will give Wilson something to think about. Kopel In 121 Pound Class Dick Kopel, the other winner of a Bissel trophy, is the leader in the 121 pound class. Kopel, a Detroit boy, was outstanding this winter, and is one of the best prospects for next year. 6oach Keen is optimistic about the outlook, and there is every reason to believe that he is justified inThis view. Next year should be a success- ful one for Michigan's wrestling team. Fritz Crisler Sports Head; Replaces Yost (Continued from Page 1) ii Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota/ Northw'nOhio Purdue Wisconsin i ~Mich. State Washington Sept. Detroit Drake Mh SaMissouri Vanderbilt 27 Home Home (2114) (19-14) Home Home Oct. Miami Notre Dame Michigan Iowa Kans. State S. Calif. Pittsburgh Marquette 4 Home Away Away Home Home Away Away Home (33-19) Oct. Minnesota Tex. Chris. Pittsburgh Illinois Wisconsin Northw'n 11 Away Home Home Home 27-7) (7-27) OctDrake Nebraska Wisconsin Northw'n Pittsburgh Michigan Purdue Ohio Iowa HoAway Away Away Home Home Away Home 18 Home (7-13) (30-12) (20-13) Home (13-20) (17-14) (14-17) (12-30) Oct. .Notre Dame Wisconsin Purdue Minnesota Michigan Ohio Northw'n Iowa Indiana 25.Away Away Away Home Away, Away Home Home Home (0-26) (10-27) (6-21) (6-7) (7-6) (6-3) (3-6) (21-6) (27-10) Nov Michigan Iowa Indiana Illinois Northw'n Minnesota Pittsburgh Fordham Syracuse Home Away Home Away Home Away Away Away 1 (0-28) (10-6) (6 -10) (28-0) (13-12) (12-13) (30-7) (7-1)Hoe Iowa Northw'n Illinois Nebraska Indiana Mich. State Nov. Wisconsin Ohio' Home Away Away Home Home Home HomeAway 8 (7-18) (7-20) (18-7) (13-7) (20-7) (7-20) Ohio Minnesota Iowa Notre Dame . Illinois Wisconsin Purdue Nov. Away Home Columbia Away Home Home Away Home 15 (6-14) (6-34) AWay (34-6) (20-0) (14-6) (13-14) (14-13) Nov. Northw'n Purdue Nebraska Ohio Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Minnesota 2*Away Home Away Home JHome Home Away Away Away (14-32) (3-0) (6-14) (40-0) (22-13) (32-14) (0-40) (0-3) (13-22) 29 and he finished third in the same event in the 1928 Oympics at Ant- werp. Ray Fisher, who is Varsity baseball coach, was a former big league ball- player with the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Yankees. Coming here in 1921 he has since that time pro- duced six Big Ten championship teams. Varsity swimming coach Matt Mann has probably the most enviable record of the entire staff, Since he began here in 1925 he has produced 12 Big Ten championships and 12 Intercollegiate championships, the last being consecutive. Last year Mann's squad became the first to win the Big Ten, the National Intercol- legiate and the National AAU crowns in one year. Weir Bosses Netters Three years ago Leroy Weir came here as mentor of the Maize and Blue tennis squad with an imposing rec ord. Since then his teams have vastly improved, so that today they rank as favorites to capture this years tennis title. Although Cliff Keen is a lawyer by profession, he much prefers in- structing the iUniversity wrestlers. During his undergraduate years at Oklahoma A.&M. he won the national collegiate mat championship. Lowrey Hockey Coach At the present time Eddie Lowrey, who was a star hockey player with the old Ottawa Senators, is in charge of the Michigan puck squad. Versatile Ray Courtright, varsity golf coach, won 12 varsity letters and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa while attending Oklahoma University. Before assuming his duties in Ann Arbor, he coached teams at the Uni- versity of Nevada. Basketball Opponents During the coming basketball sea- son, the Wolverines will play four games in December, nine in January, six in February and one in March. They will face Michigan State, Notre Dame, Butler, Marquette, Iowa, Pur- due, Illinois, Northwestern, Minne- sota, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Indiana and Chicago. flw 34,& ii cre I University Course Is Long, Difficult The University of Michigan's 18- hole golf course, laid out over the beautiful hills south of Ann Arbor, leaves very little to be desired by the golfer who likes his gam, the in- teresting way. The course, which was designed by the same architect .who remodeled Scotland's famous St. Anderws has long well-watered fairways which are trapped generously. The greens ar,e the largest i4y this district, and their fast rolling surfaces call for the greatest putting skill.I Construction was -started on the course 11 years ago, and was com- pleted two years later at a cost of $365,000. The .course is watered by springs under the Stadium situated across Stadium Boulevard. o 4 May 10: BINGO! It's bank night for the Wolverines today The baseball team wallops Illinois, 7-2, to retain their Big Ten lead as sophomore Dick Wakefield belts out the longest homer ever perpetrated on Ferry Field; and the scarlet and gray banner of Ohio State is sullied most mercilessly 'When the Buckeyes are beaten in golf, tennis and track, the latter by an incredible 90-41 runaway. May 18: Wolverines lose battle on two fronts but hold on third. In- diana cops track title, 48-43, as golf- ers lose first match to Illinois, 231/2 - 121/2. Baseball nine revenged Michi- gan by defeating Indiana, 8-3. May 21: Our troops 'score twin victory as baseball division defeats Notre Dame; 8-3, and netters score 7-0 win over Toledo. May 25: The greatest Michigan re- lay teams in history set new mile and two-mile records in the Ios Angeles Coliseum relays. Wolverine nine wallops Purdue, 14-4, as netters ring down the curtain on their 1941 home season with a 5-4 victory over the _ a. .. 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Varsity-Town Suits and Toppers 830 to $540 Sport Jackets ... $15 to $25 CLAN OF URQUHART GLENS IN UNIVERSITY LOUNGE Cc Wl I + "