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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1041
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Hockey Team, ery'Much In Red
Last Year, Has Hopes This Season
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By ART HILL
You can't blame Eddie Lowrey for
being just a little discouraged. Down
in Champaign, Ill., on March 15, his
Varsity hockey team fell before a
great Illinois aggregation by a 4-1
score, thus completing the most dis-
astrous season a Michigan puck
squad has suffered through since
Eddie first came to Ann Arbor, some
13 years ago.
This wasn't the first bad year
Lowrey's lads have had but it was the
worst. To get down to cases, they
played 17 games, winning two, tying
one and dropping . . . well, figure
it out for yourself.
The Wolverines did manage to sal-
vage one shred of glory from the
1940-41 season, however. The two
victories which they sandwiched in
were both over Michigan College of
Mines and, since this is the only
other school in Michigan supporting
a Varsity hockey team, they gave the
locals the state championship.
Did Poorly In Conference
In Big Ten competition, the Wol-
verines fared very poorly, however.
For the third consecutive year, they
dropped four contests to the peren-
nially strong Minnesota club, tally-
ing only four goals in the series as
compared with 21 for the Gophers.
Against Illinois; the only other
team in the Western Conference,
the Michigan pucksters were similar-
ly unsuccessful. During the 1930-40
season, Illinois had been an easy
mark and had won only one encount-
er from Michigan while dropping,
three so no one was quite prepared
for the fine team which the Illini
iced last season.
It was truly great, too. Display-
ing passing and stick-handling abil-
ity superior to anything seen in the
Big Ten in the past few years, the
boys from Champaign swept over the
Wolverines with little trouble in two
contests on Michigan ice.
Wolverines Surprise
The following week, the two teams,
clashed again, this time in Illinois,
and to everyone's surprise, the Maize
and Blue clad lads proceeded to give
the powerful Illini two real battles.
Michigan didn't win, that would have
been asking too much, but they did
show enough to give Lowrey hope
that next year may be his year.
There is possibility that it may,
too. While graduation losses will be
severe, Eddie has a pretty fair crop
of sophomores coming up and re-
turning letter-men will all be im-
proved by experience.
Missing from next year's squada
will be Capt. Charley Ross, hard-1
checking defenseman or speedy wing,
as the situation required; Bert Stod-
den, fiery little back-liner who dearly
loved bodily contact of the rougher
sort; Jimmy Lovett, fast and a great
play-maker; Gil Samuelson, who
made up in fight what he lacked in
finesse; and Fred Heddle, depend-
able center man.
On the other side of the ledger,
returning lettermen, may be listed
such worthies as Captain-elect Paul
Goldsmith, a hockey stylist of the
first order; Bob Collins, the posses-
sor of a blistering shot; and Bob Fife.
Starting Front Line
These three will probably make up
the starting front line unless Lowrey
can find someone among his sopho-
mores who rates one of the wing
positions. Fife was ineligible the first
half of last season but showed enough
during his short term with the squad
to earn a letter and clinch a start-
ing berth. Collins, a senior next
year, improved tremendously during
his junior campaign and may be the
man needed to team With Goldsmith
and provide a little of that much-
needed scoring punch.
One spot where Michigan will un-
doubtedly be strong is in the goal.
Here, they have a returning veteran
in the person of Hank Loud who, in
spite of his. many- defeats, was un-
toubtedly the best net-minder in the
Big Ten. Hank will be a junior next
season and so will be around for two
years, a factor which bodes ill for
Wolverine opponents if the little
goalie gets a good team in front of
him.
more year fooling around with Matt
Mann's swimmers, being a member
of a record-breaking relay team, but
last year he gave up the water sport
for hockey and Mann's loss was Low-
rey'A gain. Johnny will definitely
do. The Wolverine mentor's job now
is to find someone to pair with him
on defense.
This problem may be solved by Ed
Reichert, a lad who was with the
squad all last year but never broke
into the lineup. Ed is a good defen-
sive player and may get the starting
berth next fall.
To See Service
Another player who will see plenty
of service is Max Bahrych, speedy
sophomore from Syracuse, N.Y. Max
played in every game last season
and scored a respectable number of
goals. If he doesn't make the start-
ing front line, he will surely hold
down a regular position on the sec-
ond combination.
Other returning veterans are Roy
Bradley and John Corson, wings,
and Hugh McVeigh, goalie.
Two freshmen on whom Lowrey
is counting for plenty of action are
Johnny Braidford and Bill Dance.
Both are speedy forwards who will
give the Wolverine lineup a little of
the hustle it lacked last season. If
they can get by the Old Man of the
Dean's Office, they will positively
make the squad. Other promising
yearlings are Jim Claypool, Warner
Forsythe, Doug Hillman, Jim Hull
and Keith Nicolls.
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the back line, Michigan will
one returning veteran. John
is a junior who spent his sopho-
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stroke titles, will be another to re-
ceive a diploma.
As if that weren't enough havoc
created in the backstroke ranks, Bill
Beebe, captain last season, will also
take leave of Ann Arbor via the grad-
uation route.
Then there's rJack Wolin, Michi-
gan's dependable diver, and Blake
Thaxter, distance man who could al-
ways be counted on for points. These
two form another pair of Michigan
stalwarts who will depart from the
tankers in the traditional cap and
gown.
But Mann has another source of
depletion to contend with-the Unit-
ed States Army. Three men are slat-
ed to wear the khaki of Uncle Sam
before the Wolverines take to the
water.
John Sharemet, number two breast-
stroker on the Maize and Blue crew,
Tommy Williams, " ace utility man,
and T-Bone Martin, flashy diver, are
the three who, in all probability, will
Typical Michigan Track Squad
Is Forecast For Next Season
be shouldering muskets instead of
treading water when Mann sends
his team ino action.
Yet there are some bright spots in
the swimming future, for Mann has
two ace sophomores to form the
nucleus of his aggregation.
Up from the sophomore ranks will
be Jim Skinner, sensational breast-
stroker. National Collegiate, Na-
tional AAU, and Big Ten 200 yard
breaststroke king, Skinner is the
greatest in the nation in his event.
Last year he came within 5-10 of a
second of tying the world's record,
and during the coming campaign he
will probably shatter it.
The other half of last season's
great sophomore duo is Jack Patten.
Forced to take'a back seat because of
Welsh's brilliance, Patten still shone.
Now, with a year's experience behind
him, Jack should be ready to fill
Welsh's suit.
Other Point-Getters
Although the Michigan team will
be formed around these two men,
Mann still has some other paddlers
who will take many points for the
Wolverines.
In the backstroke he will have Dick
Riedl, junior ace, and sophomore Ted
Horlenko. Reidl will take over Heydt's
number one spot while Horlenko will
swim in the number two slot.
And then Matt can call upon free-
stylers Bruce Allen, Claire Morse,
and Bob West. All of these men
will be juniors, and their potentiali-
ties are vast.
Capt. Dobby Burton, the smallest
man on the squad, will naturally see
duty for the Maize and Blue. Burton
isn't the best swimmer on the team,
but his fight and spirit more than
make up for it.
Last, but not least, stands the
"Great Gusto," Gus Sharemet. He
was terrific as a sophomore, a terrific
flop as a junior, and will be a ques-
tion mark as a senior. Potentially
one of the greatest swimmers of all
time, it will be up to Gus to live up
to the promise of his sophomore year.
Frosh Squad Weak
Mann can look for little aid from
this year's yearling crop. Among the
freshmen there are no red hot swim-
mers, with two freestylers, Lewis Kivi
and Dan Felski, being the best of the
lot.
The diving will be the weakest de-
partment of all. With Wolin and
Martin gone, Mann will be forced to
turn to two freshmen about whom
little is known, Lou Haughey and
Al Canja.
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The mile relay team last season was
the winner of both the indoor and
outdoor championships in the West-
ern Conference while the two mile
squad led the field home at the Mel-
rose, Butler and Chicago Relays. Both
teams lost only at California and
then they ran second and forced their
opponents to set world's records to
come out on top.
Nex season's sprint duties will be
handled by Captain-elect Bud Piel,
an outstanding Wolverine star, and
Leonard Alkon, who has been labeled
by Dettoit sports writers as one of
the best prospects in the country. The
quarter mile will be taken care of by
Ufer, Thomas and Bill Dobson while
Kautz, Mathews and Bill Ackerman,
a converted two-miler, are scheduled
for the half mile.
Probably the most glaring weakness
of the.Michigan squad will be its lack
of good distance men. John Purdue
is the University's only really capable
miler ad sophomore Ernest Leonardi
the only good prospect for the two
mile.
The coming Conference race should
find Frank McCarthy gathering a
large share of the Wolverine points in
the hurdles, high jump and broad
jump. Although not a flashy per-
former, McCarthy is as steady as he
is versatile and will contribute many
valuable second and tlird place
points.
There should be little trouble with
either the hurdles or pole vault with
Chuck Pinney coming up from the
frosh squad for the former duty of
Bob egula, Bill Wedenoja and Jack
McMaster for the latter. All three
pole vaulters have cleared 12 feet 6
inches and are expected to do much
better during the coming season.
The best shotput prospect is veteran
George Ostroot while junior Gene
Hirsch shows prospects of developing
in this event. Four good javelin
throwers, Pete Wege, Johnny Wise,
Bob Tilson and Charles Trek, are all
reurning. Wege, a sophomore, threw
the javelin 196 feet as a freshman.
Last season, the Wolverines scored
their greatest successes in individual
dual meets and the relays beating
such teams as Pittsburgh, Ohio State,
Notre Dame and Michigan State by
decisive\scores. In both the indoor
and outdoor competition Michigan's
balance proved successful in piling
up victories but Indiana came through
both times to take the title.
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