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…I THE MICHI-AN DAILY rAGE T Wolverines Start Season with Double Win over Ha vkeyes Iowa Collects Only Ten' Hits in Losing, 7-0, 20-2 Bowman Hurls Three Hit Ball in Opener; Manko, Willers…

… Wolverine hitters combed the offerings of Preul for eight hits including a lusty, triple to left-center by left fielder Bill Gregor in the fourth. Gregor scored the first run of the game a moment later on Don…

… passes and three Hawkeye errors at crucial mo- ments. Dick Ives was called in to retire the last man in the ninth after Preul faltered. The second contest saw Wolverine coach, Ray Fisher, send Manko to the…

… engagements. * D *E SECOND GAME Track Squad Departs for Penn Relays Wolverines, Maroons To Represent Big Ten In Week-End Carnival By BILL LAMBERT Four members of the eight-man track squad which will represent…

… distance medley team, which is the only event the Wolverines are running in on Fri., will be composed of all civilians, Ufer, the Hume twins, and Glas. 20 Service Teams To Compete This year's meet is…

… Burnham, the crack miler from Dartmouth, Ollie Hunter, former Notre Dame star, now at Columbia's Midshipmen's school, and a host of others. Wolverines To Run Three Relays Saturday will be the big day for…

… the Wolverines, and they will be toe- ing the mark in the three events. The four-mile relay squad, which is definitely going to be composed of the Hunes, Dick Barnard, and the newcomer, John Purdue. The…

… indication of how the Wolverines will fare in future Conference battles. And we came away very pleasantly surprised. Michigan, according to practice dope, was supposed to have the hitting and fielding this…

… I I DAIL ' P-447T THR-TIF iHi~i: IC HI i iIZ~iIA ?~ TU~T~ mmb Wolverine Pucksters 1Fit'P Strong llinois Sextet tgon ht TAKING IT EASY By ED ZALENSKI Daily Sports Editor A Torch for…

… Basketball Daily policy in past years with regards to Wolverine athletic squads has been sharply defined. We have never attempted any sharp criticism of a Michigan team, but the sad plight of our current…

… decided to choose our poor Wolverines as an excellent chance to nip a 37-game losing streak? The uncertain successes of Coach Bennie's boys all season have been a constant headache to Michigan students who…

… like to boast of Wolverine athletic prowess. Michigan has been a leader in Conference sports with the exception of basketball and hockey. Since the cagers seem to be our problem at the moment, we will…

… type of basketball displayed by Wolverine teams in the past few years has been a source of constant argument to Michigan fans. Where is that dynamic type of basketball that we expected to see at college…

… champions of indoor track pair off in the greatest battle of the series. Interest is centered on the quarter- mile event in which the Wolverines' sensational Bob Ufer will attempt the dual task of defeating…

… fortunes of Michi-1 gan's rejuvenated cagers assumed a rosier tinge over the weekend as the4 Wolverines came through with a pair of impressive one-sided victories over highly- touted Iowa and lowly Chi- cago…

… almost single- handedly provide Michigan with a 19-13 lead at half time. Iowa rallied at the start of the sec- ond half, however, and narrowed the Wolverines' lead to 29-28, but two quick baskets by Bill…

… nation's finest. If he is able to stay ahead of the Wolverine duo it will be in near-record time, for Patten and Welsh are in superb condition. However, he will un- doubtedly have to swim the 220 and…

… story of balance and power in every event on the program. Where Wayne is strong Michigan is also strong and where the Tartars are weak the Wolverines are still strong.> Mann is going to call on no less…

… a shattered Wolverine track win streak, a power- ful Pittsburgh cinder team, master of the East, that looked westward for new victims, sickness, injury, and allf the action and heartbreak any Holly…

… base this year, mainly because of his hitting prowess. Another left hander, Hal Morrill, was fighting it out for the honors at first, but to add more strength to the Wolverine attack, Fisher transferred…

… this past season "places one foot in front of the other in rapid succession with amaing'dexterity and rapidity, after having received said leather sphete" says Wally Weber, Wolverine frosh coach, when he…

…-for the Wolverines, with the other going to the hill in the nightcap. Opposing them for Purdue will be Mel Henson in the open- er, with Boilermaker coach Mel Taube counting on his number two pitcher, Bob…

… Hartman, in the second game. A last minute injury to Leo Ko- ceski caused a shift in the person- nel of Wolverine coach Ray Fish- er's travelling squad. The sparky outfielder hurt his shoulder in a…

… him off the original travel list. But Michigan Duo Tumble Today In NCAATest Wolverine gym coach Newt Loken will meet one of his former star pupils at the National Col- legiate Athletic Associationdgym…

…- ing trip, and both took it fairly easy in practice this past week. The Wolverines return to Ann Arbor Sunday and will open their home season on Monday against Wayne. hi I I FAMOUS FOOD iT A FAMOUS…

… their final exams, Michigan's basketball team tookand passed-its test for the position of top contender in the Big Nine title race. Since The DLily last went to press, the Wolverines not only won three…

… express which had threatened to make a run-away of the conference race with five straight wins. The Wolverines limped in to town after a humiliating defeat 51 -48 by lowly Northwestern and spilled the high…

… greatly by the return of Wally Grant anid 0Cml Cossalter, form-er 'Wolverine stars. Neil Cel- icy, who has just finished playing in the winter Olympic games at St. Moritz, Switzerland, is expect- ed to…

…FAIDiAY, JAN 19, 145 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Undefeated Iowa Faces Michigan Tonight 7dki the r sUs sy DAVE LEeWeN Wolverines BSe UpsetgeI Wrestler~s EneoaIt ,atjile Associate Sports E BERG litor Over…

… defeats already on the record in four games played, the Wolverines will retain only a math- ematical chance for Conference hon- ors if they lose to Pops Harrison's veteran five. By upsetting the Hawks…

… in the 300 yard medley and 400 yard freestyle relay. Mann declared that the addition of another distance freestyler to the 1945 Wolverine roster will probably mean a lot of unexpected points, be- All…

… Whiston also promising back- strokers, will try to notch up most of their points in this delpartment. Opposing them will be Wolverines: Gordon Pulford, Bob Munson, and Jack Pulkman. Pulford, who in the…

…j.!\ ..r rrrr:rr M' Cagers Face Miami U 111 Home Opener Offensive Changes Made In initial Hockey Drills Wolverines Favored Ove n A full week of rather rugged practice sessions have…

… and Paul * 'w down a notch to work with Brumm. Wally Grant, Neil Celley, and Gil Burford are still in a class by themselves and will make up the Wolverines' most potent scoring combination as the number…

… one line. Defensively the Wolverine pilot has been pleased with the improve- :nent displayed by Bob Fleming and a sophomore, Graham Cragg, who will probably operate with Ross Smith and Owen Mc…

…, Wolverine fullback, on the second squad. The first team selections were dominated by the Midwest, which placed seven men. the season, they whipped Findlay 47-39. * * * LATER IN THEIR second start they came…

… against Kent State, another Ohio state school, and fell under a 49-40 defeat. The Red and White are great- ly outmanned by the Wolverines, but they field a good sophomore forward in the person of Jim…

… outstanding rec- ords turned in by any Wolverine athletic squad. Wolverine runners have won fifteen Big Ten indoor track titles since competition began in 1911, and dominated the Conference indoor paths from…

…. Veterans of some of the later championship teams are the pres- ent Wolverine coaches, Don Can- ham and Elmer Swanson. To- gether they comprise the youngest coaching staff in the Conference. ONE OF MICHIGAN…

… each in track and baseball. Running for the Conference cham- pion Wolverines, he won both the Big Nine high and low hurdles titles in 1944. * * * BESIDES scoring a double vic- tory in the Conference…

… par- allel bars, contests in each of the Wolverines' meets and also in the Big Nine affair. THE WESTERN Conference Meet was held for the first time in Ann Arbor last March 26. It attracted the largest…

… outstanding rec- ords turned in by any Wolverine athletic squad. Wolverine runners have won fifteen Big Ten indoor track titles since competition began in 1911, and dominated the Conference indoor paths from…

…. Veterans of some of the later championship teams are the pres- ent Wolverine coaches, Don Can- ham and Elmer Swanson. To- gether they comprise the youngest coaching staff in the Conference. * * * ONE OF…

… by Jim Fuchs, formerly of Yale. DON CANHAM . . . bright future * * * three each in track and baseball. Running for the Conference cham- pion Wolverines, he won both the Big Nine high and low hurdles…

… competition was Pete Barthell, who will captain this season's squad. He earned the nickname "daily double" as he took both the tumbling and par- allel bars contests in each of the Wolverines' meets and also in…

… THE MICHIGAN DA YILY TU ....... . .. Harrison Named to AP All-Conference Cage Tern Second Half Spree Nets Triumph inCage Finale Wolverines Sink 24 of 31 Free Throws; Harrison, VanderKuy Also…

… a passing finesse that Wolverine fans hadn't seen all year. As far as passing goes, the Illini weren't slouches in that department either. They kept up with the Maize and Blue in the shots from the…

…' field, too, with each team sink- ing 23 out of 87 shots for a 26.4 percentage. BUT THE Wolverines took full advantage of the free shots, dropping in 24 of 32 attempts. Illinois, on the other hand, couldn…

… game for the Maize and Blue, Harrison netted seven gift throws in 10 attempts. Three other Wolverines also closed their college careers in a blaze of glory.l Guard Pete Elliott tallied seven points and…

… Short splashes from the Wes- tern Conference swimming meet... Michigan's third place finish was the lowest the Wolverines have finished in 25 years . .. not seventeen as originally reported. DICK WEINBERG…

… was easily the outstanding performer of the meet from a Michigan standpoint the Wolverine co-captain not only won the 50-yd. free style in a mild upset, but he was the only man in the meet capable of…

… Wolverines By HERB RUSKIN Aiming for their fifth game without a defeat, Michigan's hockey team will take the ice to- night in the first of a two game series against the University of North Dakota at 8:30 in…

… the Coli- seum. This will be the first puck meeting between North Dakota and the Wolverines who have won three games and tied one since the beginning 'of the sea- son. The Michigan squad boasts…

… usual, make up the Wolverine sextet's first line, with Bob Marshall, "Ted Greer and Bill Jacobson as the second forward wall. On the - Three Teams 'ie for First In Pin League The race for the lead in the…

…-Hards ........... 9 39 third line, Wolverine Coach Vic Heyliger will have Sam Sted- man, Owen McArdle and Paul Fontana available for duty. Heyliger indicated that there would be some shifts between the second and…

… duty for the day, and then turned in a brilliant second half de- Liott Score for Wolverines * * ~ * * * * * Daily--Lmanian' ALLEY INTO TOUCHDOWN LA1E-Little Hank Fonde driving for the Wolverines…

… Standard Time. Train Activities Illinois cheer leaders brought home the fact that the Wolverines were in foreign territory in a pre- game parade. Two of them carried a home made banner which said, "too bad…

… Stewart intercept- ed Bob Chappuis' pass on the Wolverine 45 and brought it back to the 27. After two plays Steger fumbled and Dan Dworsky re- covered on the Michigan 21. Again in the second period af- ter…

… attack of the Wolverines which kept them out of their own back yard. Time and again on short line jabs, with Chappuis doing workhorse duty, Michigan drove up over midfield. But this was not the Wolverines…

…-Bump. Elliott, flashy Wolverine halfacl, high-balls his way through a maze of Illinois players and heads for touchdown territory after taking a punt from Eddelman. Since 1908 TI-E TYPEWRITER AND STATIONERY STORE…

…zUaRY . 1 948THE MICHIGAN DAILY i. Wolverines Overpower Fonde, Bump Elliott Score for Wolverines - * * * * * Fumbles, Interceptions Detour Michigan Drives Alert Defense Deciding Factor in…

… turned in a brilliant second half de- fensively to move a step closer to a Rose Bowl bid. Daily--Lmanian ALLEY INTO 'OUCIMOWN LANE-Little hank Fonde driving for the Wolverines' winning touch- down against…

… the game, Tom Stewart intercept- ed Bob Chappuis' pass on the Wolverine 45 and brought it back to the 27. After two plays Steger fumbled and Dan Dworsky re- covered on the Michigan 21. Again in the…

… Eddlemanrtaking the ball on a reverse from Maggioli, was cut down by Rifenburg to keep the Illini at bay. It was the running attack of the Wolverines which kept them out of their own back yard. Time and again on…

… short line jabs, with Chappuis' doing workhorse duty. Michigan drove up over midfield. But this was not the Wolverines high scoring day. Once it was a fumble on the Illini 14, again a beautiful Chap- puis…

…SATURDAY, JANTJARY 12, 1916 THE .-MICHIGAN DAILY Cagers Wip Chic g; Alk wimillers Wolverines Run Up 23-0 Count in Early Minutes l Elliott, Feinberg Lead Team with 13 Points By The Associated…

… Press CHICAGO, Jan. 11--The Univer- sity of Michigan racked up its second Western Conference basketball vic- tory tonight as the Wolverines over- powered the University of Chicago, back in competition…

… " established at the expense of the hapless Maroons, in 1943. The other new mark of the current season was set during a lgsing per- formance. The Wolverine cagers chalked up 58 points while falling be- fore…

… first time in some years Michigan may not be represented at the Millrose games in Madison Square Garden due to the Ohio State-Pur- due-Michigan triangular track meet scheduled for the same day. Wolverine…

… collegiate title meet, the Buckeyes Associated Press Columnist from Ohio managed to nose out the Wolverines by nine points last Satur- NEW YORK, April 4--(AP)-Wed day at the Intramural building.,. haven…

… attack of the since K. M. Landis died, and even the Lions but it also hampered the Wolverines, as Rogers was conceded a Northwest Mounted gets its man inj good chance to cop all of the events in which he…

… South P the anch ley crew, in the b distance Breena CAPTAIN MERT CHURCH, Wolverine swimming ace, churns the last few yards to victory in the 100-yard freestyle race at the National Col- legiate swimming…

… they toe the mark in quest of Western Conference champion- ships, for the Wolverines have been dominating Big Ten cinder circles everl since competition was opened in 1901. Over the 45-year span Michigan…

… squads have captured 35 of a possible 80 crowns, 15 in indoor meets and 20 outdoors. The Wolverines total is 14 more than that of their nearest rival, Illinois. which has picked up 21,1 nine indoors and 12…

… outdoors. By HANK KEISERI en members of the 1945I swimming squad, Western ce champions, were award-I ty letters yesterday at the post-season distribution of Church, Wolverine captain, named the "Most…

… steady charges, handledI hs on the Wolverines unde- 0-yard freestyle relay squad. ion Mowerson, a veteran of acific military action, held or-leg slot on the 300 med- while Pulford, who doubled ackstroke…

…JJNEA-si si;1945 T HtEm MH IiGAX - AILY icthigan r T 0 Ba gers #tk the ,und$ By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor A Six Tracksters To Compete in I Jill rose -Races Wolverines To Defend…

… TwoMile Relay Title w . By BILL LA~lBERT -garnst tron g utfts .. Editor's Note: This column was written by Bill Lambert, sports night editor. The Wolverine track squad will of- AST YEAR, WHEN Michigan…

… toughest competition fact the Wolverines have won more championships in more fields than anyg comg o s the WethoganndAm other Conference school. Besides this, they consistently maintain a versa- Iarltsth…

…-moving Maize and Blue two- squad, the only team that has beaten ra OHIO STATE'S acclaimed squad came to Ann Arbor with a few out- mile quartet i the National A. A. the Wolverines more than twice in a N standing…

… performers, and were slated to take first place in a walk. U. meet, and the Wolverines will be row in the past six seasons. on Jesse Owens who that day . id break threeworld -pcord,-nrd fig a fmirth- seeking…

… to avenge this defeat. Last; Wisconsin Plays Initial Game with Wolverines Patterson Expected To Spark Badgers' Attack: Maize and Blue Faces Iowa Again Saturday By BILL MULLENDORE Michigan's basketball…

… Wolverines t were edged out by the Iowans here two weeks ago, 29-27, after one of the most bitter battles ever seen in Yost Field House. The Wisconsin tilt will be the first{' - - - - of the campaign between…

… games. avenge his previous defeat .b who have won one and lost two in Although Wisconsin is some- iturday night. three games played. Wisconsin beat thing of an unknown factor to the the Wolverines twice…

… last year. Wolverines, the same cannot be Coach HaroldhFoster's squad has said for Iowa. When Michigan and split a pair wvith Northwestern, los-I Iowa clashed the first time, the Face ing the first while…

… playing without underdog Wolverines came within im ers To F ae their ace, Ray Patterson, and com- minutes of upsetting the undefeated ing back to win the second with Pat- Hawks, .but were nosed out at the…

… yesterday, coming from behind for the second straight day to overtake Coach Jake Kline's men, 7-2, by virtue of a five-run uprising in the Wolverine half of the fifth. Bo Bowman garnered his second win of the…

… and Zieminski failed to fan a single man. All nine runs in the ball game were unearned, and the Wolverines tallied their five big runs on two infield singles, a pair of errors and two free passes. Get…

… final day of the 50th annual Penn Relays. The win, cou- pled with yesterday's victory in the distance medley, gave the Wolverines their only titles. Expected to cop the last event on the program, the mile…

… relay, the Wolverines ran their only disappoint- ing race. Jim Pierce, leading off, ended up his leg third, and the only Mchigan threat after that came when Bob Ufer, running anchor, pulled up to within a…

… lin smen. 12-6. The Wolverine golfers won only one match in the afternoon's play, taking one of the best ball four- somes. In the singles play, Michigan halved two matches and lost the other two…

…. Peterson of Ohio State was medallist with a 71. In the day's cpening match Jacl: chances were lost, however, when Tews cf the Wolverines, although I Peterson and Crabil whitewashed he was low man for…

…, when it defends its Western Confer- ence title in the Sports Building Pool Friday and Saturday. The Wolverines, who will be aiming for their fourth consecutive Confer- ence crown, have *already bettered…

… three of the existing marks in dual ten. The junior distance ace has al- ready been clocked under the Big Ten 220 yard freestyle mark of 2:13.6, established by Wolverine Tom Haynie in 1938, four times in…

… smash may still be intact when the final count is taken Saturday night. Big Gus Sharemet, the handsome Wolverine freestyle star, will be one of the key figures in the attempt to erase these marks…

…:21.8. And on one other occasion he bettered Kasley's mark. Saturday night he may do it again. Baseball Team To Take Usual Southern Trip Wolverines Schedule Four Games In South; Cancel Series With California…

… present an adequate basis of conjecture, the Wolverines will shove the Buckeye record by the boards this Saturday night. This season, Michigan has chalked up a 2:55.6 time in the event; and with Dick Riedl…

…:29.4, against Yale. Coach Matt Mann will send the same crew, with the exception of Bob West for Pat- ten, after a new standard Saturday night, and if the Wolverines can paddle as fast as they did in the ill…

…I , 1941 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wolverine Pucksters Blast Miners, 6-2, For Initial Win Gillis, Kemp, Bahrych Set Pace As Sextet Overwhelms Huskies sr11 Dearborn A.C. Offers Threat…

… the net. The game was almost half over before the Wolverines were able to tie the score. Paul Goldsmith turned the trick at 9:18 of the second period with Kemp and Charley Ross, receiv- ing credit for…

… assists on the play. A few seconds later, center Dave Wilson of Tech was sent to the pen- alty box for interference and the Wolverines swarmed down the ice to take advantage of the break. Goalie Meyers…

… turned in some sen- sational saves but Gillis finally put the Wolverines in the lead at 12:35 on passes from Bahrych and Stod- den. Bert Stodden tallied the third Wol- verine goal early in the thirdtperiod…

… appears in Four Lettermen To Lead arstore for Coach Bennie Oosterbaan's Varsity cagers tomorrow night when Varsity Wrestling Team the Wolverines engage Purdue's de- Iii Initial Meet Here fending Big Ten…

… Champions at La- D D t et erefayette, Ind. A squad of 10 men has been named, If comparative data means any- by Oosterbaan to leave Ann Arbor at! thing, the Wolverine wrestlers should noon today for a= three…

…- Joseph's. 42-35; Western Illinois other veteran, Jack Smuck, who also State Teachers, 65-41; Wayne, 50- wrestled against the Wolverines last1 19; Wabash, 67-28; Loyola of Chi-' yearsbut found the going too…

… this sea- Althouigh the Wolverines are not son, Purdue has used 19 men, 15 of expected to be defeated in what whom stand six feet or better. ....,. I -~~ _ _4 _ . . __ T b...i don wirtchafter's DAILY…

…ThDAYI MAY 21, 1949 .THE MICANDVAM PAGE TS1 Wolverines Qualify Six In Big Nine Track Meet Barten, Thomason, Lindquist, Kirkendall, Sergeson, Mitchell Place in Preliminaries _ 4 Michigan, Broncos…

… seven. Illinois was tied with the Wolver- ines with six qualifiers as Wiscon- sin placed five men and North- western and Iowa placed four and one respectively. THE WOLVERINES surprised the field by…

…'s netdseason. Only one man on the Ohio squad has an unbeaten record this year. He is Dave Kuenzli at the number five singles post, and has ten wins in ten starts. WOLVERINE ACE Andy Paton comes up against…

… Buckeye number one man Arnie Levenstein who forced Grant Golden of North- western into three sets last week but dropped the match to him, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Al Hetzeck at number two for the Wolverines faces Guy…

… the Buckeyes serves to Wolverine Fred Otto, while Otto's teammate, Bill Mikulich at num- ber four, puts his game against Dick Slager of OSU. GORDIE NAUGLE, playing number six singles for Michigan faces…

… managed to put out the fire sev- eral times. Dave Settle pitched the ninth and tenth while Bob Hicks fin- ished the game. The Wolverines travel to East Lansing today to meet the Michi- Nu Sigma Nu beat Phi…

…, the Wolverines took the lead for the only time of the day. The Broncos tied the score with a counter in their half of the seventh on two singles sand- wiched around a sacrifice bunt. Hogan'sbsingle and…

… worked Hogan for a walk, stole second, and rode home on Baker's single. The Wolverines collected eight hits during the 12 innings of play while Western garnered 16 safeties. Baker and Wolff paced the…

… elimination races with- in its own fleet. Commodore Jim Rukin of the Wolverine club was extremely sat- isfied with the results since 16 Michigan members qualified un- der the skipper rules of the Mid- West…

… at Ann Arbor (2:00 p.m.), May 7-8 - Sectional Regatta at Whitmore Lake. (Special to The Daily) EAST LANSING-A rejuvenat- ed Wolverine Golf team finally hit its stride yesterday as it over- whelmed MSC…

…Callum, medalist with a sizzling two-over-par 74, paced the Wolverines to victory by taking all three match points from his MSC opponent, John Wawzysko. PETE ELLIOT, by far the most improved player on the squad…

…, shut out Don Perne with a crack 75 to add three more points to the Maize and Blue's wide margin of victory. Captain Ed Schalon also con- tributed to the Wolverine cause with a 2-1 victory over the Spar…

… and a half points to the Welver- ine total. The Wolverines seem to have ironed out some of their difficul- ties and are successfully rounding into par shooting form. Several of the squad, including Pete…

…, the Wolverines scored two falls and five decisions. The y Wildcats, however, took top honors as Tom Ragouzis in an amazing demonstration of fury nailed Wolverine Jack Powers in exactly six seconds…

… was the next to meet the wrath of the Wolverines as he clashed with Jack Kellar in the 128 pound attraction. RA --ANEW YORK-(IP)-St. Louis U. 1, Carlson Triumph Yesterday accepted a bid to de…

… rival, Michigan State, 54a-41,, yesterday, atj Jennison Fieldhouse. The Michigan acrobats out- classed their hosts in four out of six events. PETE BARThELL aided the Wolverine cause by corming' irough…

… who finished in that order. Ed Buchanan bolstered the visi- tors lead by taking first place on the trampoline with Wolverine Bob Shcendube occuping the it iird place slot. 2-i ara HERBERT 0, 'RITZ CR…

…*I TUI 7WM N . ( A T Ivortihwestern LinIksmen Are Edged,14% to01212 Elliott Win Wolverines on Eighteenth To Meet Ohio Decides r State To Match; morrow By DICK HURST Michigan's golfers, one down…

… at the long end of a 5-4 count. Barclay Shoots 74 Barclay kept the Wolverines in the afternoon fight by posting a 74 and playing the kind of game that brought him the NCAA Title last year. It was a…

… Brown in the No. 2 singles, 2-6. 6-2, 6-2 in a well-played game which featured a strong wind thatI delighted in making easy shots difficult. No. 4 man Jack Hersh came Wolverine I-acqneleers Shine in Big…

…th hole they were all even, and, with most of the pairs in and the rest decided Elliott realized that he had to half the hole to give the Wolverines a tie, or win the hole to clinch the victory. Two…

… Stricklen and Bob Abrahams took 79's,Jim Bassett shot an 80, Fred Fassnacht a 81 and Chuck Lingren a 82. Face OSU Tomorrow The Wolverines don't get much of a chance to breath for tomor- row they take on OSU…

… of Janet Brown, Barb Dewey, Ellen Van Wagoner, and Mary Ann Courtright, young sister of former Wolverine golf- er Corky Courtright, gained a two point decision over the Spartan gals and a plus six…

…. For the Wolverines the three day affair will mean a shot at the NCAA title which has elud- ed them since 1941. Last year marked their sixth consecutive second place in the national tourney when they…

… finished a distant (66-39) second to OSU-. Since 1927 the Wolverines have compiled an amazing record in NCAA meets. Over the 21 year pe- riod the natators have put away 12 firsts and 9 seconds. From 1934 to…

… Sat- urday. Cousy was held to a scant five points while Michigan's Don McIntosh held Budko to three field goals and three free throws. Some nights you've got it, some nights you haven't. Wolverine DEN…

… through all obstacles and coming out with the first NCAA puck crown. The Wolverine pucksters did it the hard way on both nights. Trailing the Eagles twice during the game, Michigan roared back to overtake…

… Michigan from 3:57 to 8:02, and a one man edge until 9:02. It wa then that the Wolverines played the finest defensive hockey of th season. Jack McDonald, Ross Smith who was impassable against both eastern…

… its performanc on the following night against th Indians was nothing short of un believable. Again laboring unde the one and two man disadvan tage because of the referees whistles (the Wolverines had 1…

…: announced that the title wa theirs, but the Canadians evident ly forgot two games with th Wolverines on December 18 an 19. Michigan won the first, 3-2, an M' Thinclads Capacity Crowd Anticipated Run at…

… for Tonight 'M' Hockey Ace Excells On Jap Ice Former Michigan hockey star Neil Celley is piling up a maze of skating records in Japan while in the Army waiting his return to the Wolverine campus…

…. Recently, Celley won the Japan- By MURRAY GRANT Nine Wolverine swimmers will attempt to regain a crown they lost two years ago as they open tIhe annual NCAA swimming championships in Seattle, Wash- ington…

… hold the world's record for this distance and no team has come even close to challenging that mark. Therefore they appear "shoo-ins" in their specialty. Other Wolverines making the trip are Bill Crispin…

… Doherty will count on Charley Birdsall, Chuck Low, George Vetter and Conference half-mile king Herb Barten, to keep the Wolverines' slate clean. Michigan's Don Queller is still out of action with a…

… persistent cold. Rams Threaten Since the Wolverine foursome has already taken the measure of the Hoosiers and the Fighting Irish this season, the once-beaten Fordham baton-passers seem the greatest threat to…

… Ends Fordham's best clocking this season has been 7:49 on Madison Square Garden's eleven lap board track, while the Wolverine four- some has turned in a winning time of 7:48.1 on the eight-lap dirt oval…

… in the University of Chicago Field House. Courtright, Dworsky Grapple or Michigan in Season nals By EV ELLINI Two Wolverine wrestlers, Bill Courtright and Dan Dworsky, will wind up Michigan's 1947…

… mat cam- paign when they open in the NCAA wrestling championship tourney this afternoon at Illinois' Huff gym, Champaign, Illinois. Coach Cliff Keen, Wolverine mat mentor and Big Nine representa- tive…

…. seeks number one of new win streak Maize and Blue Out To Start ~NewVicor Tai Wise or Earl Block To Pitch for Wolverines; Ed Rossi Will Take Mound for Bronco Crew By WALT KLEE Seeking to get started on…

… - Ostroot Elected Maize and Blue Ttoack Capt.m1 ii New rTh, a ls1 P1ease Coach in Purdue Meet George Ostroot, Wolverine shot put and discus ace, was elected captain for the remainder of the 19.6 season by the…

… time he has been at Michigan. In connection with the meet at Purdue, the Wolverine coach stressed! the fine performances of several new men running for the thinclads forj the first time. Larmee Takes…

… the Wolverines. Major League AMERICAN LEAGUE 3 i 3 i f7 3 STIKAEE TwNo fly BERNIE MEISLIN Sports Night Editor "yOU NEVER CAN BE SURE ABOUT WINNING a ball game," Coach Ray Fisher warned before the…

… continued. The coach cited the Michigan State game as an example of a con- test in which a break helped the Wolverine cause. Pinch-hitter Nick Gregory, rounding third for the Spartans in the ninth inning of a…

… 4-2 game, slipped on the wet turf and was out by a wide margin at the plate; helping Michigan no little bit. A wet field and- muddy spikes figured prominently in the Wolverine loss to Illinois. A week…

… THE SCORE KNOTTED at three runs apiece in the bottom half exeof the tenth inning, Bob Wakefield drew a walk from "Pro" Boim, exceptionally fast Wolverine reliefer. Lee Eilbracht, Illini catcher, who had…

…, Birdsall Pace Squad Wolverines Avenge Previous Defeat Beating Badgers with Scoring Spree Elliott Takes Scoring Honors with 21 Points ; Michi ganl Piles Up Large Half-Time Margin By WALT KLEE . After…

…- igan's swimmers will play host to Minnesota Saturday night at the Sports Building pool. The meet with the Gophers will be the last outing for the Wolverines before their vaction-time invasion of Ohio…

… Wolverine jumped into the lead and held it through the course of the race by staving off several determined bids, Birdsall, a two-miler, is in a class by himself. After running more than a mile in stride with…

… cleared the bar at 13 feet 8 inches. Over-all Strenghth Counts Yet without any doubt it was the over-all strength of all performers, rather than any individual feats that made possible the Wolverine per…

… East Lansing, Sat- urday. This will be one of the largest groups of Wolverine competitors ever carried to a meet of this nature. Distance Events Best The distance events will probably offer the hottest…

… Ohio State anchor man in a dual meet held last week, while the Wolverine relay team beat the Buckeyes by almost the exact same margin last Saturday night. In the pole vault, Wolverine en- trants Chuck…

… stellar performers. In the shot put, the outstanding competitors will be Chuck Fonville and George Os- troot of Michigan. Illinois Cagers Await Michigan Wolverines To Seek Second Win over Mini Illinois…

… Illinois quintet will be battling to avenge a last-minute 49-48 defeat administered to them by an underdog Wolverine crew when the two teams met a month ago. Doug Mills, Illinois basketball mentor, plans to…

… garnered seven points against the Wolverine aggre- gation as substitute center will prob- ably see a great deal of action in Saturday's tilt, along with Illini al- ternate guard, Jim Seyler. Seyler is the…

… Orange and Black's smallest man, measuring 5 ft. 11 in. Win Means .500 The Wolverine Conference record now stands at four wins as against five losses. Another victory over Illi- nois would again raise the…

…, Northwestern, Kan- sas and Western Michigan have en-1 tered partial squads. If Injured Wing Returns Coa t HIcyliger Juggles Wolverines'I ,in0eu1p liE Iort'' c ySpoilOi oronto' ;Perfect Reefld Jea t SPOUS NEWS…

… Renfrew, speedy Wolverine left winger, will be able to play against the Blues. Renfrew suffered a broken wrist at Minneapolis last Friday while the I-M STANDINGS INDEPENDENT I Maize and Blue puckmen were…

…, Renfrew has scored 13 goals and is the leading playmaker on the squad with 20 assists. His total of 33 points for the season is second only to MacMillan who leads the Wolverine scoring with 40. Heyliger…

… scoring punch to the Wolverine attack in this move and also perfect a defense against To- ronto's threats Wally Halder and Bill Kosick. Chet Kuznier may be moved from his slot as wing on the third line up…

…TUF MYCRI ' A 1v .n A 1'TV TH~ T 1L rlITC A IT LA TT' PAGE SEVEN r s i Wolverine Eleven OFF THE KEYBOARD By MARY LU HEATH Associate Sports Editor hips Minnesota,26-0 VYerges, Weisenburger…

…. however, and the threat was com- The Wolverines could not gain pletely stopped when Dick Van Dusen either, and Weisenburger punted to snared Yerges' pass at the 23. Merlin Kispert, who got back to his Line…

… of punts, and the over. Wolverines got their first goalward After an exchange of punts, the' drive underway. Judd Ringer's short Wolverines were on the march once punt was downed on the Michigan again…

… Weisenburger split quarterback sneak. the Minnesota guards for the score. Bob Callahan's placement was per- Callahan again converted. a fect, and the Wolverines led, 7-0. The Wole rine soei agand the Kulbitski…

… from the three. Callahan's kick was wide this time. Robinson Passes Just to make it convincing, the Wolverines scored again in the dying moments of the game. The Gophers, aided by a penalty, stopped one…

… threat on the three-yard line after Dan Dworsky had bulled his way down to the 14 from the Minnesota 46. After they got the ball again on their own 44, the Wolverines putit over in just two plays. Robinson…

… Minnesota man was seri- ously hurt. * * * Press box onlookers were unani- mous in their praise of the sterling defensive work of Dan Dworsky, who came in to back up the line on de- fense. Other Wolverine…

… his first appearance of the season since his service discharge, a spectacular one as he completed two successive long passes for the Wolverines' last touchdown. Robinson has been shifted from halfback…

… it had temporarily blotted from view the whole north end of the stadium. The crowd of 85,132 spectators was the second largest in Michigan history. The largest, 86,408, saw the Wolverines lose to Notre…

… 16 before the Wolverines stiffened and held for downs. Michigan came right back withra drive of its own, running up two first downs as Pete Elliott found holes over the Gopher tackles. The march fiz…

…FRIDAY, FE-P. 9,, 1945 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 11 FRIDAY, ~'EB. 9, 1945 PAGL TI Relays Are Tomorrow Night; Cagers Play Here Tonight ,; _,__ Wolverines To Play Host To Six Mid- West…

… Schools Michigan State, Purdue, Notre Dame, O.S.U., Marquette, Western Michigan, Michigan To Vie When the Wolverines play host to six other Mid-West schools in the Michigan Relays 7:30 tomorrow night, the…

… fever, and Forres- tel is still favoring an ankle which he twisted in a spill while running in the Millrose games last week. Much of the responsibility for gain- ing another Wolverine victory will lie on…

… almost certain that the Wolverine pucksters will break that sought for .500 mark. Bob Henderson, who was injured in last weeks encounter, will be in the starting line-up tomorrow night. Captain Ted Greer…

… Return Bout Cowboy Tilt Precedes Opener With Ohio State Wolverines Hope To Gain Experience for Conference by Meeting Tall Wyoming Squad By MARY LU HEATH When Michigan's basketball squad tangles with the…

… University of Wyoming Saturday night in the Field House, it will mark the last non- Conference game for the Wolverines before the Big Ten opener with Ohio State Dec. 30. It is particularly fortunate that…

…Nine Tilts Sextet Faces Vickers In First Fray of Year The Wolverine hockey team will swing into action January 6 when thesextet opens the 1945 season fac- ing the Vickers Hockey Club of De- troit. This is the…

… schedule, is that allthe games will be played at home except when the Wolverines travel to Minneapolis to meet Minnesota. The opening tilt is Jan. 6 against Vickers. Jan. 13 the Wolverines op- pose Minnesota…

… Anal standings of the 1943-44 seasui4 for the Wolverines was five wins against three defeats. FLOWERS... are your answer! . For the perfect Christmas gift buy FLOWERS! There is noth- A ing like a POTTED…

… for the stadium to be filled as it was in 1941. Time For a Change? Michigan has not won a Western Conference basketball championship since the season of 1928-29. That year the Wolverines racked up 14…

… Gala showed for a certainty the makeup and+ material of the 1945 Wolverine swim-J ming squad, which is out after Con-] ference and National honors this year, according to Coach Matt Mann. The team…

…, depressed by the five point margin by which the Wolverines trailed. The '98 team, one of the best Michigan aggregations ever assem- bled, according to Fielding H. Yost, was losing, 11-6, with three minutes…

… left to play when Widman took the ball for his 85-yard jaunt up the field. The final score was 12-11, and the Wolverines went on to clinch the Conference championship. of :65.8. His times have been…

…Matmen Elect, Kopel, Champ I PC At 12 1 Leader By BUD LOW Wolverine grapplers, returning home after placing second to Indiana in the Conference wrestling cham- pionships over the weekend, unani…

… UFER ...Wolverine quarteramile champion finds time to talk with herb Matter of Illinois and Bob Hodgell of Wisconsin in between races of the Big Ten Indoor track meet. Hockey Ta Gophers Place Three, Ili…

… trip, placed in the meet and thereby won their "M" letter andI Conference stripe. These same 16 men took 22 places in the 12-event program, an average of almost two men per event. The Wolverines placed…

… two or more men in every track event. Matthews Is Praised Ten Wolverines surpassed their best previous all-time performances, and 12 men bettered their 1943 rec- ords. And, to add to this record, the 18…

… points obtained in the three dis- tance events- 880-yard, mile and two-mile runs-surpass all previous Wolverine performances in these three events. But the key to the team's one-sided triumph (a 16-point…

… express purpose of fattening their Conference record at the expense of the Wolverines. The Badgers were dumped rather unceremoniously Monday night by Illinois' title-bound Whiz Kids and that isn't going to…

… make them a bit easier for the Maize and Blue. But Michigan, too, is finding that Con- ference opposition is quite a little stiffer than non-Conference. Hit Thorny Trail The Wolverines had blasted their…

…. Mat Squad Points for Spartans With one victory already safely pounds was the quickest match of the tucked away under its belt, the meet, the Wolverine captain needing Varsity wrestling team today began…

… but two minutes and one second to preparing for Monday's meet with dsoeo id Michigan State, which the Wolverines dispose of Ried. expect to be quite a bit tougher than Speek, on the other hand, had con…

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… stock and at the same time give the visitors' title hopes a severe setback. If the Wolverines could, by chance, cop both tussles, they would virtually eliminate Wisconsin from the race and at the same…

…'s hockey team will board the 5:22 p.m. train today bound for Min- neapolis and its opening Big Ten con- test with the Golden Gophers to- morrow night. The Wolverines are definitely on the upgrade, having…

…, but found Illinois' halftime 32-6 margin a little too much for them as they succumbed to the defending Big- Ten champs to- night, 47.-34. The Wolverines scored just three baskets through the entire…

… began to consider the games with Illinois as breath- ers. But in the fall of 1939 Illinois en- gaged Vic Heyliger, who starred on the ice for the Wolverines from 1935 to 1939, as its nev puck mentor. Im…

… victory over Chicago's hapless Maroons. The Wolverine cagers wind up their current trip by playing Northwestern tomorrow night at Evanston. r , to shoot .rom a distance. The Illini gathered in…

…-6, the Wolverines began to serve notice that this would be no complete rout. They took more than their share of the re- bounds and couldn't miss at any angle, while Illinois play was listless and shoddy…

…Tt7IYAV, 3JA, 5; 1943- F4JIP RGA* D a.*lt ;, _ Wolverines Shade Spartans For Fifth Straight Win, 29-26 16 Ill Luck Dogs Mat Squad When it comes to tough luck, it's beginning to look as if…

… Michigan's 1943 wrestling team has a corner on the market. First Old Dame Fortune deprived the Wolverine matmen of three of their mainstays, Captain Bill Court- right, Al Wistert, and Tom Coffield. To top…

… foes. State Innovates Relay Meet An innovation in 'Midwest track programs, the Michigan State Relays will provide the first big test for the Wolverine crew Feb. 13 at East Lan- sing. Notre Dame has…

… of the schedule to include two East-West trips rather than the three which are now in the schedule. Since 1936 the teams- have been making four East-West trips. Wolverines Hold Lead Throughout in Slow…

… tonight. It was the Wolverines' second win this season over the luckless Spartans and their fifth consecutive triumph of the year. The initial fracas had been all State right up to an exciting finish when…

… 'the 'Wolverines had to come from behind to knot the score and finally win' in overtime, 36-31. Tonight, however, the Maize and Blue warriors were in no mood to risk their spotless record. They jumped…

… into the lead at the outset and retained it throughout the slow moving contest. Wolverines Capitalize on Fouls Each team connected for 10 field goals but the difference in the score was made up at the…

…, 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…

…. 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…

…- 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…

…. 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…

… Hall. Some of these men will be shifted to the two-mile with Glas, Matthews, Purdue especially promising for the lin r rFl' vt - h, Bnnmmnrp'Rill Ar Wolverine 's 1939-4OAthletic Record Reveals…

…-1 loss to On- tario. Jan. 6: In their donference open- er, Michigan's cagers upset the strong Ohio five, 40-35. Jan. 11: The Wolverine hockey team gained its first Conference de- cision by taking Illinois…

… into camp, angel eve . rt[. oopnomore t ACU Ae r- 3-1, man should come through with many Jan. 16: Yale went down before points for the Wolverines in the the Michigan swimming powerhouse, two-mile. 46…

…-29, as the Eastern papers cried Good Frosh Hurdlers out the "luck of the Wolverines.". The best group of hurdlers the Jan. 20: Minnesota handed the frosh team has had will come up Lowery pucksters their…

… second set- to reinforce Jeff Hall, Ray Gau- back in three days, and two more were still to come. thier, and Sherm Olmsted. Neil Mac- Feb. 16: Wolverine athletes spent Intyre and Bud Byerly tied the high…

… the Illini puckmen turned on a power play offense. Illinois outplayed the Wolverines for the greater part of the game on the slower ice of the Coliseum but lacked a scoring punch. The home sextet worked…

… Blue had been shut out. The Wolverines, although their season has been rather mediocre, seem to have what it takes when up against the Champaign puckmen. In a previous appearance in Ann Arbor the Illini…

… as Wolverine Blake Thaxter. The Michigan backstroke depart- ment with Beebe, Francis Heydt and Dick Riedl are the outstanding dor- sal artists here this weekend. With Stanhope, the defending champion…

… Ten schools for the past six years, with the Wolverines going on their merry winning way. But, this year both Indiana and Wisconsin come to the meet loaded with strength, and ready, willing, and of…

… greatest importance, able to unseat the Mich- igan team. In their first year under the tute- lage of Ken Doherty, the Wolverines expect their well-distributed strength .to carry through to victory. They…

…'s former cham- pion, John Davenport. The Wolverine relay team comes to the test doped to finish no better than second or third. Injuries to three regular members of the team and to one of the substitutes…

… the crown. Dis- regarding last weed's topheavy score, the Wolverines' strength lies.in the same weights as Indiana's. The in- dividual matches in the Michigan- Indiana dual meet were largely close…

… affairs and withable matmen from other teams getting their share of points the Wolverines may slip in under the wire. Coach Keen has named outstand- ing men in the various weight brac- Elmer Gedeon, a…

… two met earlier in the year, the Wolverines won, 46-29. Not exactly close but of course the Yalies kets and the ultimate champions will very likely come out of these classi- fications. Among the…

… heavyweights is Sikich, Illinois, runner-up in the Nationals last year, andI Downes, Ohio State, Levy, Minnesota, and Jordan, Michigan, loom on the hori- zon. Inman, Indiana, Don Nichols, of the Wolverines, and…

… Illini two (,ays later.; Ohio itate dlumpted the Goplhers again a week latter wihh.le Illinoais sftuggled to wvin over Wisconsina. THE WOLVERINES HAVE VE.T to meet the Gophers and tim! Illini in home…

… dual meet tht is cn Hinsdaele 21, Chicagoyd12 and winning streak in Wolverine pucM I 1 # 1.J 4 1 sdrcato-u. 'leWne55Aam13 annals Tehj - icoyBnenuYtween semesters, Michigan Strauss 27, Haydn 24 T cushed2…

…vi opeonJat ayP chalked tip her first Big Nine Cooley 52, Fletcher 12 te31 alsocrse any hoetat h win wh~en the natators crushed Greene 24, Vaughn 20 u'-Wolverines' might go througn the ur- season…

… t FConference tilts and rolled to 4" four wins-three over Confer- ence foes and the other over Michigan State - since the middle of January., The Wolverines played the Northwestern cagers twice in…

… game was the appearance of Mach Suprunowicz in the role of point-maker for about the first time this season. He puiled up 15 counters to lead the Maize and Blue offense. The Wolverines' other victory…

… racked up 16 points. His rebounding was a decisive factor in the Wolverines' victory. On January 29) Michigan's cagers aliowedj their first signs ' f looking like chiampions when they upset the 01h10 State…

… which, in a large degree, ac-ici a 'srtunt form. The toeami was aggressive, and played the baall. With the Wolverin!es co utroll ing the ball Ohio State's 63.5 pour( -average suffered, 'Iwo nightsi, later…

…. The Wolverines took 1.he letfad at the six-ii ie mardik ins the first Period and ledJ the rest paf the way. Trhe Wolverines, after last iight's victory over. Wisconsin,' lhaive a. 4-2 record in…

…. Tihe Michigan four finish local track scene and kept the! thir'd behind Notre Dame a. Wolverine thinelads busy for three Michigan State. weeks. The first meet of the 1949 Sea- i I'I . f,>T,, , son came…

… Morrish the 220 legs, and clearest 13 ft., 3 in. lBartena anchoring with the half- ,E, ile', thle Wolverines nipped theI THlE HOME SEASON opened tape .tust ahead of MSC inu 3:30.. January 28 when Michigan…

… SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1944 TIHE MICHIG7AN DAILY PAGE THREE v "....: ... .... ... #. 1.L .8J 1 1 1 \.J. 11 1. V. 2-1 2l 1I C'1 i-'l_/ 1 r1S Wolverine Nine Gains 2-1 Victory over Buckeyes…

… Thinclads Run in Triangula Meet Illinois Looms as Favorite in Season's Finest Outdoor Meet Wolverines, ilini Clash for 46th Time; Several Records Likely To Be Shattered One of the year's top-notch outdoor…

… track meets gets under way this" afternoon on the Ferry Field Track, when the Wolverines engage in a tri- angular meet with Purdue and Illinois, who just yesterday showed their potential power by downing…

… Buckeye Squad The Wolverine linksmen tee off against the Ohio State golfers today in an effort to avenge the defeat suffered at the hands of the Buckeyes two weeks ago in Ohio. Coach Ray Courtright…

… Western Conference team to defeat the Wolverines, and due to their quartet of veterans, they are looked upon as one of the better squads in the mid-west. The best ball matches will be held at the University…

… honors. Wolverines Start Out Fast The Wolverines started out at a rapid tempo and after five minutes of play the Maize and Blue enjoyed an 8-2 advantage. Risen and Bob Bowen then hit for the Bucs, mak- ing…

… the score 8-5. Two free throws by Elroy Hirsch, Michigan's fighting center, and a field goal by Dave Strack put the local team ahead 12-5. The Wolverines maintained a five- point edge until midway in…

… the first half. With the score 16-11 in favor of Michigan, the Scarlet and Gray began pecking away at the Wolverine lead and finally forged ahead, 18-17, on a drive-in shot under the basket by Bill…

… University of Michigan swimming team easily downed Purdue's tank- men, 63-21, in a rather one-sided encounter yesterday afternoon. Though the Wolverines were not pressed in any event except diving, they proved…

… Cory to win the 220-yard freestyle event for Michigan. Fries Takes Freestyle Larry Koppin of the Wolverine squad outswam his teammate Bob Branch to sweep the 50-yard free- style event for Michigan. The…

… 440-yard relay were won by the Wolverines. Michigan's crack relay team of Church, Pulakus, Cory and Fries easily overcame their competition and turned in a fine showing. The Maize and Blue tankmen will…

… covered) By MURRAY GRANT Having swept through a strenu- ous dual meet season with miracu- lous ease, the Wolverine swimming team now faces the task of re- 4gaining the Western Conference crown it lost to…

… finals of the 1500-meter freestyle will open the meeting, and here the Wolverines have their greatest concentration of strength. Matt .Mann III is the leading Michigan hope having turned in a 19…

… Tittle in this sprint and all three of these tanksters are ca- pable of qualifying for the fi- nals. In the 150-yard backstroke it should be all Harry Holiday, for the Wolverine Captain is looked upon as…

… cannot be over- looked. Art Johnson, a consistent 1:40 backstroker will be the other Wolverine entered in this event. Bob Sohl, another "sure- thing" in his specialty, the 200- yard breaststroke, may…

… expect the strongest bid to dethrone him from Carter of Purdue. 'the angular Boilermaker pushed Sohl to the fastest time of his career when the two met earlier this year. Wolverines Irv Einbinder and Bill…

… evening between halves of 18. the Michigan State-Michigan Announcement of the Wolverine basketball game. He received a special trophy from the Chi- cage opponent was made yesterday cago Tribune for being…

… Nine dual com- petition as they tied the Ohio State mat squad 14-14 today in the Buckeye gymnasium. It was Captain Bob Betzig who paced the Wolverines, pinning Buckeye John Summa in the 165 pound class…

… Wolverines on top for the first time in the match. In the deciding match of the meet, Carl Abell, Buckeye heavy- weight, defeated Wes Teboau 6-0, giving the Ohio Squad their 14- 14 tie. The Buckeyes drew first…

… blood in the match as Bob Dieli, at 121 pounds, gained a 6-3 decision over Wolverine Byron Dean, with Dieli clinching his match on superior riding ability. Michigan, however, came right back to tie up the…

…. UN 1 In the best match of the day, meeting and finished the western George Curtis came through for conference season with six victor- the Wolverines with a narrow 10- ies and six defeats. Indiana's 3…

… lineup for this initial meet. However, Wolverine mentor, Cliff Keen, is undecided as to his heavyweight wrestler. Dan Dwor- sky was supposed to start for Michi- ga in this class, but since Dworsky has a…

… Forces. As a navigator, he made 25 missions over France and Germany. Allred To Start John Allred, who is starting for the Wolverines at 128 pounds, will be matched with Ray Cantarelli. Can- tarelli, a…

… Elmer Swanson. placed fourth in the Big Ten, and third in the NCAA. Starting for the Wolverines at 135 pounds will be Navy trainee Dale Richardson. Richardson will be op- posed by Bernard Berger. Berger…

… broken foot forced him to curtail his 'work. Courtright Meets Napolitan Michigan's other veteran wrestler, Captain Bill Courtright, will be the Wolverines' choice to wrestle in the 165-pound division…

… Chicago, and won second place in the All-City tourna- ment. The Wolverine who will op- pose Johnson will be either Chaimes or Peterson. Coach Keen said that one of these men will wrestle in the unlimited…

… Fisher Calls '44 Team 'One of Best'; Wiese Ups Batting Mark, Passes Blanchard The two games with Purdue Sat- *urday, which clinched the Western Conference baseball title for the Wolverine . nine, were…

… apart at any time in the eighteen inning span of play, and in the second game, the Wolverines went into the last of the ninth with the score tied at two up. Even in this frame, not a single hit was…

…-sacker Elmer Swanson to come all the way home from second. Bowmnan Hit Freely In the first contest, which clinched the title for the Wolverines, the home nine had a much easier time of it, managing to collect…

… Wolverine hurler tightened up no- ticeably in the later innings. On the other hand, hurler Elroy Hirsch pitched one of his best games of the season in the second contest. The closeness of the score was due…

… features and per- sonality. THE DASCOLA BARBERS Liberty off State in six times at the plate for a day's average of .667, to pull into the Wolverine batting lead for the sea- son. Wiese, whose hitting was…

…'IHE MIIG;AN DAILY TUESDAY~ Indiana Downs Cagers, 47-42; Matmen Crush Cornh uskers Varsity Faces Irish Ihinclads HeeSaturday Notre. Dame Seeks Second Win Over Wolverines In Its Entire History…

… By BOB STAHL With a lop-sided victory over Michigan State and Michigan Nor- mal at East Lansing last Saturday to its credit, the Wolverine track squad is getting preparedthis week to meet a very…

… powerful crew of cindermen from Notre Dame in Yost Field House Friday night. Only once in the long history of dual meet competition between the two schools have the Irish hung up a win over the Wolverines…

… outcome of the meet will probably depend. Several of the Wolverine thinclads turned in outstanding performances in their 1942 debut at East Lansing. Bob Ufer, ace of the Michigan quar-. ter-milers, set a…

… established stars as Wolverines Dave Matthews and Johnny Kautz and Spartan Walter1 Mack, Roxborough came in second to Matthews, covering the distance in a time three seconds faster than he has ever run before…

…, also deserve much credit for the mid- season display of power put on by the Wolverines. Detroit Upsets Spartans EAST LANSING, Feb. 16.-(/P)-A hustling University of Detroit basket- ball team upset…

…-point1 lead. Little Morrie Bikoff added a long shot for the Wolverines with slightlyE more than a minute remaining, but Indiana' stalling tactics went into ef- fect and the best that Michigan could do was…

… was marked by 33 fouls-18 being called on the Wolverines and 15 on the Hoosiers. Three players were ejected from the fray as both teams started to guard very closely at the start of the half. Ed Denton…

… a shot from the free throw circle to give the Wolverines a 17 to 16 lead at the intermission. A hectic, thrill-packed finish sent the crowd of 5,000 into an uproar. With only three seconds remaining…

… w'as his win by a fall ove Gil Townsend in the 155 poun match which brought the Wolverine their first victory and made it pos sible to fight their way into a dead lock with the Big Six championshi…

… aggregation. The three conscutiv Wolverine wins which followed Beck er's were all on decisions. Freakish Victory It must be admitted that Mary' victory had a note of the freakist about it. He had his opponent i…

… waged betwee Capt. Jim Galles of the Wolverine and the visitors' Hal Cronister. Th score was 2-1, which may sound lik a dull contest, but listen. If one op ponent has the other at a disadvan tage for more…

… two two-minute over time periods in the 128 pound affair but finally succumbed by the coun of 10-6. In the 136 pound scrap the Stat veteran, Bob Dunlap, clung likea leech to the back of Wolverine E…

…, you must be about six points less green than Lehigh." inter- jected Cliff Keen, Wolverine coach and self-appointed chairman pro ten of the Society To Prevent Wool From Being Pulled Over Sports Writers…

… ConferenceOpeners Ralph Gibert, scrappy Wolverine foryard, turned in a bang-up defensive job last night, by holding Northwestern's Otto Graham to only seven points. The Purple cage star is the leading scorer…

… tough-luck 5-4 loss to Point Edward. The Canadians re- peated last year's performance Sat- urday by a last period surge which saw them pound two markers into the Wolverine nets Ito give them a 5-4 victory…

…'s Hank Loud made X30 saves, while the Canadian net-minder, Bob Pacaud, turned back 34 Wolverine attempts. This shows again just how effective the checking of both squads was. It was a sore point indeed…

… that more Wolverine fans were not pres- ent to witness the hard-fought battle. The reverberating sounds of an ex- cited group of loyal fans did, how- ever,-gladden the hearts of the Mich- igan puckmen…

…FI 1iDI ;\Y M ate lTI 2 '5 E40 I-- r 'I ir i t -A l Swimmers Defend National Crown; Matmen Fight Fo III Title Wolves IEdge Out Foresters In Tank Meet Upsetting the dope bucket, the Wolverines…

…: Won by Forestry (Traczewitz, Maddox, Morgan and Houser). Time-1.53. 50-yard Breast stroke: Tied for first, Cowing, Hill Billy A. C., and Stephens, Wolverines; third, Brink- ley, Forestery. Time-:34…

… innings he was in the box, made three good for nine bases, but Rowe looked very good. E il- i Tan lK r teamt11 Is Miehigan's Chief Opponent Wolverine Chances In Bid For 1940 Swim Title Hurt ByWelsh's Loss…

… (Continued from Page 1) bruster and Al Vande Weghe from Princeton to break up the Michigan backstroke dominancy. In the same manner, the Wolverines will be count- ing on Wayne's Andy Clark and Eric Cutler of…

… Wolverine rival a serious con- tender in the 150-yard struggle. Heydt captured the Big Ten dorsal crown two weeks ago in record-smashing time. Another important battle on the opening day card is the 50-yard…

… favored Okla- homa A. and M. matmen. The Wolverines will have no easy task in dislodging the Aggies from a three year reign of wrestling su- premacy and the burden of trim- ming them down rests upon the…

…-Oklahoma rivalry, with the added feature that Coach Keen of the Wolverines was a star wrestler for Oklahoma A. and M. in his undergraduate days, be- gan back in 1929 when the Aggies nipped Michigan in the nationals…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY TI*UUSDAY, MA Buckeyes * 6 Outrun I' Thinclads Ma or League Leades LI AATS 3-LEDERSIN EACH LEAGUE) Wolverines Sweep Hurdles, Title Hopes But OSU Wins, 701/2-61 2 Dim for…

…'M' (Special to The Daily) COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Buck- eyes came from behind yesterday, winning the last three events of the meet, to edge an underdog squad from Michigan, 702 to 61% /2. The Wolverines piled up a…

… Williams of the Wolverines in 9:29.7, with team- mate Bruce Vreeland finishing third. Wolverine Shel Capp set the pace for the first mile and was clocked in 4:49. Williams and Vreeland took over at about the…

… final standings of the Western Conference may not fin- ally be decided until the following week. The Wolverines are pretty well out of the race with a record of six victories and four defeats, and they…

… of the Big Nine squads are completely out of the picture and even with the Wolverines, its a great big "if." THE ONLY WAY that the Maize and Blue could conceivably wind up in a tie for the title would…

… victory string to eight games when they face the Mine- sota sextet tonight at 8:00 in the coliseum. The Golden Gophers, seeking; revenge fordtwo drubbings suf- fered earlier at the hands of the Wolverines…

… pucksters downed the Gophers 3-2 and 5-1, following this up with two wins over Michigan Tech to give the Wolverines a decided edge in the fight for the playoff berth. Michigan will be at full strength for the…

…, Al Renfrew and. Wally Gacek will make up the Wolverine first line. This trio has averaged three goals a game and has netted well over half of the team's tallies. For the second line, Heyliger will have…

… and Ross Smith will be at their usual posts as starting (lefensemen, with Clem Cossalter, Dick Starrak and Herb Upton available as vable replacements, Jack McDonald will be in goal for the Wolverines…

…. BULLETIN Michigan's Jayvee basketball team went down to a 45-33 de- feat before the MSC reserves last night. George Poretta led the Wolverines with 10 points. Strikers Boost ' 'Bowlgin Loop Margin The…

… nur- tured the squad along all through last season and halfway through this campaign on the idea of a sound defense and a well balanced offense. Now, for the first time this year, the Wolverines will be…

…, right behind Michigan in Conference standings, the Purdue cagers in- tend to dose out their brand of Wolverine medicine named 'de- fense" to remain in the Big Nine title race. -~ "Home of 3-Hour Odorless…