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… TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 23, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Gophers Bury Wolverine F 'COLORADO COOPERATES: ive Playoff Berth in Sight…

… for Pucksters Cagers Fall During Last Period Rally Barron Counters 21 Points for 'M' (Continued from Page 1) Jump shot and the Wolverines moved to an 18-17 lead. From then on Michigan's lead - wavered…

… between one and eight points until that important field goal by Kalafat. Besides Eaddy and Barron, John Codwell, Tom Jorgensen,' and Groffsky all fared well for the Wolverines. Codwell cid a fine job off…

… Canham made no ex- cuses for his Wolverine thinclads as he discussed Saturday's dual meet in which. Michigan's bid to upset the mighty Illini fell just short when Illinois scored a sur- prise victory in…

… in the individual perform- ances of his star-studded four- some. The Wolverine coach felt that, except for the performance of anchorman Grant Scruggs, who ran a sparkling :47.9 quarter in his losing…

… to form of the indoor mile titlist John Ross, who had been disappointing in every previous meet. The Wolverine senior won the mile in 4:13.9, even though not pushed, and then came back to run an…

… with Michigan State last Friday and Saturday's 3-2 victory, coupled with twin defeats of North Dakota by Colorado College, has put the Wolverine sextet in a position where only a tie game with Min…

… Laurels in One, Two Mile Relays IKOLA STARS IN WOLVERINE NETS: Mullen, Chin Lead Maize and Blue Hockey Victory By AL EISENBERG Special to The Daily EAST LANSING - Michigan's tracksters could cop only two…

… by Wolverine coach Don Canham that Spartan mentor Karl Schlademan "went against his word" by not entering a strong team in the distance medley relay. Canham claimed that he and Schlademan had a…

… races possible rather than spread the. talent among the various events. As it was the Wolverines were left holding the bag as the San- tee-sparked Jayhawk outfit ran away from Michigan in the dis- tance…

… medley, while Schlademan packed his top men into the two- mile and sprint relays with the excuse that his team should "look good" before the home folks. The tables were turned, how- ever, when a Wolverine…

… Wolverines to date, added his 23rd and 24th goals of the campaign as he continued his display of out- standing stick-handling. After retiring to the dressing. room shortly before the end of the second period…

… opened as he banged home line- mate Clare Smith's direct pass- out from a face-off deep in the Wolverine end. Smith set up the second tally less than two min- utes later as he fed Ed Ribson a perfect goal…

… back a title-a title that iad eluded Wolverine tennis teams ince 1945. They were the underdogs, they :new it, and it made them more letermined. And while they talked if the final exams they were miss- ng…

… given in April, during the Easter vacation, when the netters went on their annual southern tour. The Wolverines captured three of four matches; the only loss being a 9-0 lacing at the hands of Tulane, one…

… a match that was curtailed by a heavy shower. A good-sized crowd was happily surprised to see the Wolverines hold the Hoosiers even. In fact, the-home team was slightly ahead when the rains came. Bob…

… silver cloud. The netters were handed two straight defeats, by Western Mich- igan and Michigan State. Then the Wolverines came back and went undefeated for the rest of the sea- son, capturing six matches…

… the Spartans. The first setto went to Michigan State, 8-1, and the second to the Wolverines by a count of 6-3. The scores, however, do not show how close and how hard fought the series was. Of the nine…

…-place finisher in the Big Ten meet. The Wolverines had high hopes as the season opened, but were plagued from the start by bad breaks. Harry Luchs, the 1952 con- ference parallel bars champion, sprained his thumb…

… conference crown. Even without Luchs, Michigan had no trouble winning its season opener against Notre Dame. Lee Krumbholz, Johnson, and Bill Wink- ler, the 1955 captain-elect, led the way as the Wolverines…

… fortunes tumbled during the two weeks in- terlude between semesters, as the NEWT LOKEN ... gymnastics coach Michigan men were able to salvage only one win in three meets. The Wolverine gymnasts opened the…

… to perform the routine. Winkler, also adding to his reper- toire, captured the trampoline win to give Michigan five victories in the six events. The boom was lowered at Illi- nois, where the Wolverines…

… Wolverines. Iowa handed Michigan another defeat, this time by a narrow 481- 47% score. The Michigan loss was a surprise, since the Hawkeyes had not been regarded very highly in pre-season forecasts. The new…

… only thing standing between the Wolverines and Big Ten title has been the Fighting Illini of Cham- paign. Even though Michigan possesses some of the greatest track talent in the nation and is rated as…

… history of the school. The " Wolverine tracksters under the able, coaching of ex-Michigan star Canham went on to set rec- ords in both their dual meets and numerous invitationals.t In the first meets of the…

… 1954 indoor season the Wolverines gave some of the nation's top cinder stars a run for their money in a pair of invitational meets at Bos- ton and Washington, completely outclassed Western Michigan and…

…- town. Five Meet Records Then in the triangular meet the Wolverine thinclads set five meet records as they won ten of the twelve events and shared in one other. Grant Scruggs recorded the third best time…

… came face to face with the Orange and Blue of Illinois in a dual mee.t The Wolverines gave their all and could never lose a closer one to Illinois than this with the final score read- ing 581/2-551. The…

… Titles Four times Michigan has won this tournament, three of them in a row. The Wolverines have swept all before them and made the Maize and Blue synonymous with hockey supremacy. Held every March at the…

…- out the Wolverines would be like spaghetti without meatballs. The first NCAA ice tourney was held in March of 1948. The rugged Dartmouth Indians and Boston Col- lege Eagles represented the East, while…

… held, the Wolverine sextet has garnered four titles while placing third three times. DEAN REA '22 CAPTAIN: Wolverine Cagers Endure Turbulent History ig- a ihyotmsi bu i f l $39.50 to $45.00 WIL D S1WR…

…, and full of ups and downs. The first Maize and Blue varsity team, with Elmer Mitchell as coach and captained by Alan Boyl, was formed in 1917. The Wolverines played an 18- game season, dropping 12 of…

… the years that followed, the Wolverine record was an erratic one, alternating from top place in 1927 and 1929 to a low seventh place in 1924. The outstanding work of Matt Patanellis, now an assistant…

… yesterday aft- ernoon at Yost Field House. The Wolverines' 103%/2 points could have won for them two such track meets as Michigan Normal placed a distant second with 30 1/2 points, while the Buckeyes fin…

…'s time was :8.2. Teammates Jack Dooley and Jack Carroll's 1:13.9 in the 600- yard run brought another first place to the Wolverines. The time was only 1.2 seconds off Scrugg's fjeldhouse mark of 1…

… piling up a 5-1 mar- gin in the first two periods. The big break for Michigan came near the end of the second period when the Wolverine puck- men scored four times within two minutes, three of the four…

… Mayasich, Dick4 Daugherty, and Gene Campbell! goes to Wolverine defenseman Haas, Neil Buchanan, and Burt Dunn, who completely baffled the highly touted Gophers. r Daugherty and Mayasich were! limited to a…

… goal apiece Friday# night and one of the three figured in either Minnesota goal yester- day. The Wolverines willttune uphfor the NCAA playoffs to be held March 11, 12, and 13 at Colorado Springs by…

… competition in Chicago and con- tinued the annual contests while attending their respective univers- ities. Conn is still looking for his first win over the Wolverine ace, but Walters' steady improvement dims…

… Wolverine squad, and Jones and Delaney seem the likely men to swim the 150-yard individual med- ley. Along with Walters in the div- ing will be either Charley Bates or Bud Hurd. Michigan's 400-yard freestyle…

…, opening a two game series which is undoubtedly the most vital of the campaign for the Wolverines. Vic Heyligers squad must gain at least a split with the Gophers in order to maintain even a flick- ering…

… hope of an NCAA Playoff berth. Even under normal circum- stances, this task would be a rug- ged one for the Wolverines, but the loss of Doug Philpott, second line winger, makes it even harder…

… Mascarin or JayI Goold up into Philpotts positionI on the second line. This shuf-I fling of lines makes Michigan'st chances for the much needed split "very dim" according toi the Wolverine coach.f The…

… season against Pittsburgh tomorrow night, the memories of many Wolverine cage fans sweep back through the years to a cold March night in 1948. It was on that evening that Mich- igan basketball reached' its…

… score at 31-31. The Wolverines had become panic- stricken and Missed on 14 straight field goal attempts, plus a pair of free throws. Substitutes Help Suddenly Cowles called a time out. Off the bench raced…

… substi- tutes Hall Morrill and Boyd Mc- Caslin. Teaming with the great Mark Suprunowicz, Bill Roberts, and Pete Elliot, the pair sparked the Wolverines to their first title since 1929. As the crowd went…

… wild, Michi- gan dumped in eight straight points, and the Hawkeyes were a broken outfit. With the lanky Rob- erts turning in some nice defens- ive work, the Wolverines coasted home the victors and…

… waiting for another. By DICK CRAMER Michigan begins its rugged three month long winter sports schedule tonight as the Wolverine hockey team opens its 1954-55 season in the first of a two game weekend…

…' goals when McGill won the second game of last year's series with the Wolverines. Other holdovers for the Redmen from last year are forwards Pete Jotkus, Gord Currie, Jack McMul- lan, and Guy Bourgoin and…

… standings, where it has remained ever since. M' Smashes Iowa March 2nd, 1948 saw Ozzie Cowles' Wolverines smash Iowa, 51-35, before over 9,000 screaming Yost Field House fans, and thereby with AMF Automatic…

… December 17 when it travels to Colorado College for the first of two tilts. Only Five Lettermen The Wolverines 13-man varsity roster lists only five lettermen and of the entire group there is one senior…

… Col- lege and Loyola College, respec- tively. Last year McGill, coached by "Rocky" Robillard, gained an even split in its two encounters with the Wolverines, both of which were played before near…

…'S Wolverine baseball outfit, victors in 11 of 15 outings against mediocre opposition so far this season, face the acid test of conference competition this weekend-playing three games on the road. Michigan has…

… looked like anything but a national champion so far this year, and if the Wolverines don't sharpen up awfully fast they don't stand much of a chance of holding on to the Big Ten crown which they've shared…

… the fact that Michigan has not earned its present .733 won-lost percentage by virtue of out-playing the opposition-the other teams have just been a little bit worse. Even the supposedly great Wolverine…

… shortstop for Wisconsin, and the other with Corbett of the Wolverines. Kuenn, on his way to a .444 conference batting mark, got eight hits in ten trips to the plate, half of them for extra bases. Corbett was…

… Fisher has sched- uled Corbett and Wisniewski for starting roles. The Wildcats fea- ture a heavy hitting attack paced by 1952 All-American first baseman Don Blaha, and promise to give the Wolverines a good…

… workout. Messrs. Fisher, Ritter and Corbett hope the Wolverines have got their poor baseball out of their systems. If they haven't, it will be a quiet bus ride back from Evanston. Major League Standings…

… prospects for the :t season. he Wolverines finished ninth in Western Conference champion- ps after winning seven and los- nine during the dual meet son. ,atzenmeyer started the season i Captain Jack Stumpfig…

….The Wolverines pped the first match to North USED BOOKS Try FOLLETT'S First at BARGAIN PRICES Carolina, 191/2 to 72, and fared poorly with Duke, iosing t h a t match, 221/2-42. Start Dual Meet Season The Maize…

… a whole failed to live up to pre- season expectation and was not able to overcome the failure of the Michigan hiters to produce as they had done the year before. While the Wolverine pitching was not…

…. With a year of experience under their belts, Benedict and Ronan should provide the Wolverines - with a strong second base combin- ation this coming season. The only newcomer to the outer gardens was left…

… side of the season, a Michigan fan can point to the 22 victories, 10 of which did come in conference play. Included among the Wolverine ac- complishments was an extremely successful spring tour, which…

…six THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1954 mi.". SU Hands M' Cagers Sixth B'* g Ten Loss, 97-77 . KAUL, NALAN, HANEY WIN: Wolverine Matmen Edge Iowa, 15-14 'By KEN COPP With former…

… Wolverine wrest- ling stars looking on, the Michi- gan wrestlers edged a rugged Iowar squad by a score or 1-14 yester- day afternoon in Yost Field House. The meet was one of the most° exciting in Michigan…

…Caf- free. THE WOLVERINES reserved their greatest effort for the final event, the 400-yard freestyle re- lay. Sprint stars Ron Gora, Tom Benner, Jack Wardrop, and Don Hill raced to a new college record of 3…

… Wardrop by six feet. The Wardrop twins lived up to advance notices as they had a hand in four Wolverine victories and two seconds. In addition to his part on the record-breaking relay team, Jack won the…

… farther behind had it not been for the sensational jump shots of Tom Jorgenson. Hitting on his unorthodox fallaway jump shot Jorgenson led all Wolverine scorers with 21 points: Factors which contributedto…

… the Wolverine defeat were slop- py passes and amazing foul shooting byaOhio State. Jim Barron and Don Eaddy contin- ually had trouble bringing the ball up the court. Many out-of- bound passes were…

… intercepted by the Buckeyes for easy layups. The Scarlet and Gray dumped in only three more field goals than the Wolverines but found the range at the charity line for an ex- cellent 29 of 36. However, the only…

…, playing his first game for the Wolverines, managed to pick up ten minutes in penalties and was in .the box during the first two Denver goals. Buchanan, how- ever, played a strong defensive' game and will be…

… in the middle stanza the Wolverines broke the game -wide open when Denver center Jack Smith was penalized for slashing. ** * . WITHIN SIX minutes, the red light blinked five times after Mich- igan…

… the tight Iowa de- fense and took most of its shots from outside. The winners block-' ed many Wolverine shot's and stole numerous passes. Along with Jorgensen, John Codwell stood out in a losing cause…

… HANLEY GURWIN Following the pattern that has prevailed for the past few sea- sons, the beginning of the second semester finds the Wolverine hockey team fighting desperately to earn a playoff spot in the…

… Wolverines have nine including the two from last night's win over Denver. Due to the confusing scoring system which awards different point values to the contests de- pending on the number of times the teams…

… return to Colorado Springs. Re- maining on the Gopher schedule are four one point games with Michigan Tech, two two-point games with Denver, and a pair of one-pointers here in Ann Arbor with the Wolverines…

… and tucl% with the Wolverines never owning more than a five point spread and the winners never ahead by more than four. It was after a missed jump shot by Groffsky with two min- utes remaining in the…

… BUCHANAN ... to face Red Wings 'M' Natators Attend Xmas Swim Forum Swimming coach Matt Mann and six of his Wolverine natators spent Christmas vacation in Flor- ida, but the vacation turned out to be only a…

… time for the annual con- test will be 8:30 p.m. and will serve as a tune-up contest for the Wolverines before they return to league competition this week-end. * * * THE Wolverines opened their WIIHL…

… and Blue twice during the season by scores of 10-0, and 15-2. In the opening contest, the No- daks blasted six goals into the net during a third period spree which left the Wolverines help- less…

…- ered the defense. Besides show- ing an inability to stop the North Dakota attack, the Wolverines offense just couldn't get going. Their passing was erratic, their shooting weak, and their over…

…. Saturday night's game seemed to be a reversal of form for the Wolverines, especially in the last Cagers Annex Sixth Victory (Continued from Page 1) ior has curbed his tendency to take poor shots and is…

… and though he was unable to stop the sensational Ebert his defense still showed improve- ment. -Barron again turned in a fine game and it was his driving play which sparked the Wolverines throughout…

… necessitated a strong fin- ish in order to make the play- offs. While the Wolverines drop- ped only five points all last sea- son, already they have lost four this year. If they are to make the trip to Colorado…

… Springs for the playoffs for the seventh straight year, then it will cer- tainly take some inspired hockey playing from here on in. The Wolverines return to West- ern Hockey League action this week-end with…

… Wolverine squad wrest- ling holds from the most funda- mental to the more difficult and intricate manuevers. BETZIG, who captained the wrestling team in his junior and senior years, grappled for Michi- gan…

… in just ten words Michigan's 1953-54 hockey season. - Via Heyliger's Wolverines were the class of collegiate hockey for three years running, and suddenly, like a bolt from the blue, a fired- up…

… the next night by beating Minnesota to cap the most shocking tournament in col- lege hockey history. It wasn't a bad season for Michigan however. The Wolverine sextet wound up with a 15-7-2 overall…

… Wolverines enter the nets. The sophomore goalie is boomed to be even better than Ikola, and his fine hockey against the Detroit Red Wings in an exhibition tilt last season was an indication that this is no lie…

… lady luck has in store for the Wolverines. Michigan came home to face However, taking into account none other than the World Champ- the coaching genious of the stocky ion Detroit Red Wings of the…

…, as thousands of tinual series of ups and dos. eager students were turned away, From the depths of the league and line formed nearly the' standings, the Wolverines rose to length of the Coliseum out in…

… night it was almost rolled to a lopsided, though rough, as bad, as the Sioux, paced by triumph. all-American Ben Cherski and Ken After scholastic troubles had Purpur, hammered the Wolverine taken their…

… kept up its march to- ward a playoff berth by dumping a tough Denver outfit 11-4 in a wild Coliseum game. MacFarland fired in five goals to pace the winners, as a slim crowd cheered the Wolverines on…

…. The next night, Denver almost beat the Wolverines with a third period rally, as the Maize and Blue began to show effects of four games five nights. Chin came to the rescue however, and clinched the game…

… with a minute remaining with a goal mak- ing the score 5-3 and giving Michi- gan its fifth straight win. Now coasting along in third place,t he Wolverines faced off a- gainst a tough Colorado College…

… pounding out a 9-2 triumph be- fore ahuge crowd. The victory moved the Wolverines into first place in the Western Hockey League, and the Ann Arbor campus was swept up in a Hockey mania. Schiller Stars Back…

… raise the Wolverines' Big Ten' record this season to four wins, one loss, and a tie. Following the two impressive wins over Wisconsin and Ohio' State last Friday and Saturday, the Wolverine victory…

… indicates- the possibility of a high finish for pair of 6-4 sets. The Boilermak- ers' Supple was the tallest net- ter to face the Wolverines this season. However, his size was not enough to halt the victors…

…-flying Wolverines when he extended Bob Mitchell to three sets before losing 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. THE LONE Michigan loss came in the number six singles match between Ron Morgan and Boiler- maker John Bartlett. Bartlet swept…

… the first set, 6-0, but Mor- gan rallied to even the match with a 6-4 victory in the second set. The final set was closely contested' with Bartlet finally triumphing, 7-5. The three Wolverines doubles…

…-5 and 6-1 sets against Ward and Supple. The meet concludel with a long doub- les encounter between Wolverines Mitchell and Morgan and Betz and Bartlet of Purdue. The four men accounted for all but one of…

… Michigan's baseball title chances last week- end by taking two out of the three games from the Wolverines. The Wolverines consequently drop' to fourth place in the stand- ings, behind Michigan State, Ohio…

… State, and Wisconsin. Only a minor miracle can give the Wolverines the Conference pennant now, along with a chance to represent this region in the NCAA playoffs. TO GAIN an undisputed title, the Michigan…

… seventh inning home run shot by Howie Tomme- lein to salvage the second game for! the Wolverines, 9-8. One bright spot in the Wolver- ine picture last weekend was the sharpness of the big sopho- more…

… best pitcher, at the Wolverines, Michi- gan's chances will be slim. The next day, Indiana, though very weak may cause some trouble. Despite what goes on in Ann Arbor this weekend, all eyes will be on…

… Wolverines triumphant for the third straight year. COLLEGE BASEBALL Great Lakes Navy 7, Northwest- ern 3 Iowa 18, Notre Dame 1 Purdue 8, Miami (Ohio) 5 Special to The Daily Playing with scores higher than…

…. There is some solace to be had in the fact that this year's edition of the Wolverine cagers still is ahead of last season's record. At this time in 1952, the Maize and Blue had a five won, nine lost mark…

… less in the form of consolation, the improvement shown by some of the Wolverine reserves in the past few games is tangible evidence of better things to come. John Codwell has been playing the type of…

… second suc*I cessive year. The Wolverines easily conquer- ed Northwestern, Hofstra and Syracuse, were upset by a greatly improved Purdue squad, and whipped a. previously undefeated Pittsburgh team. Coach…

… Wolverines picked up two five pointers in the meet. "Pepper" Holt pinned Jerry Remienin 1:48 and O'Shaughnessy won on a for- feit. THE GRAPPLERS then headed east where they had little trouble in disposing of…

… days ago the Wolverines defeated a rugged Pittsburgh squad-a team which last year finished ninth in the national col- legiate championships, and the only team which was able to de- feat last year…

… second goal less than thirty secondseafter the opening of the second period. THE WOLVERINES continued to press the attack during most of the middle session but they were finally dented by the Denver sextet…

… goals for a career. This record held for 14 years until Gordon McMillan, a protege of Helyiger, set a new mark. ITS A FAT THAT George Chin, outstanding Wolverine wing on Coach Vic Heyliger's puck squad…

… a 6-3 record journey to Ann Arbor to face the Wolverines this Saturday evening at eight o'clock. The most recent of the Spartan triumphs was a surprise win over f" the highly touted Illini five, 60…

… dropped in 136 markers in eight encounters. Last year Ferrari was instru- mental in the two loses handed the Wolverines by Michigan State. In the second encounter he con- tributed 25 points to be high scor…

…- er of the evening. Besides McCoy and Ferrari, the MSC starting five consists of Bob Armstrong 6-8 at the cen- ter post, Keith Stackhouse 6-1 and Bob Devenny 5-11 at the guards. The Wolverine hoop…

… meet Illinois on February 6th and then come back to Ann Arbor for a return engage- ment with Iowa on February 8th. By DAVE ,LIVINGSTON Coach Don Canham and five< Wolverine thinclads open the in- door…

… Curtain Invite Big Ten Championship To Be Decided On Outcome of Crucial Weekend Series Tracksters To Compete In Windsor Wolverine Netters To Face Buckeye, Wisconsin Squads Michigan's tennis squad enjoyed…

… behind the Iron Curtain, Coach Don Canham revealed to- day. In a telegram received Tuesday, Canham and several members of the Wolverine cinder squad were invited to participate in the 12th Annual World…

… American university track men against the best European university athletes, would undoubt- edly draw a large enough crowd to cover the expenses," he added. Kobs says "The Wolverines are in a position where…

… the' conference at the plate with aI .500 batting average, while the whole Spartan squad leads the Big Ten in team hitting with a .302 percentage. The Wolverines are way down in seventh place in team…

… curtain for an- other year. After losing the right to de- fend their championship against Minnesota by losing Friday night to RPI, the Wolverines came back yesterday to win consola- tion honors for the…

… as it kept the Wolverines in that game against the Engineers on Friday. Linemate Doug Philpott tal- lied three times against the Eagles yesterday and also as- sisted on a goal by Captain Jimmy Haas…

…, both of whom were also playing their last game as a Wolverine. In fact, the only two scores that were not made by the second line in the tournament were made when Michigan had an irregular line-up on the…

… hockey was concerned. Although one of the highest scoring lines in Wolverine his- tory, the trio--was only able to for Wolverines; Star in 7-2 Win BILL MACFARLAND . .. ties record pick up two goals, one…

… each by Chin and Mullen. Both in the final period when Michigan tal- lied four times to sew up the contest. As in Friday's game, the officials were whistle-happy against the hard-checking Wolverines and…

… Carolina State, led by its all-time scoring ace Mel Thomp- son who tallied 26, captured the consolation game by beating Cor- LEE KRUBHOLZ hell, 65-54. . . . best of Wolverines Six state and two national rec…

…, 36-35, In IM Basketball Playoffs Ice Squad Opens Crown Defense Friday Evening Battle RPI in First of Two Game Playoff ; Michigan Picked as Tournament Favorite MOST VALUABLE CAGER: Wolverines Honor…

…-Boston College tilt for the National championship on Saturday night. The Wolverines are slight fav- HoosiernTrackmen Show Unexpected Power In ConferenceMeet; Knock cM' Out of Second By DAVE LIVINGSTON Indiana…

…) Rown (Theta Chi) 29.9 points I _____ of star-studded Indiana and Mich- igan quartets to fight it out for the points that would clinch sec- ond place in the meet. The Wolverine foursome of Pete Sutton…

… helpful to the Michigan cause, especial- ly in Colorado Spring's rarified atmosphere. Still, the Wolverines are favored to cop their fourth straight title. Pacing Michigan is the crack first line of Doug…

…- nounced that teammates had vot- ed him the Wolverines most valu- able player during the past season and he was chosen on the second All-Big Ten team in a poll taken by sports editors of the conference…

… newspapers. It marks the second year in a row that a soph has been named Michigan's most valuable, Paul{ Groffsky, the new captain having been so designated after the 1952- 53 season. BARRON led the Wolverine…

… r SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1954 THE 'MICHIGAN IOAII Y rAGE THREF. ~' SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1954 lIFE MICHIGIN liurY " : 11 } ii A. 1 l i G C u liiclcdsSet for "'Sc Relays Wolverines Face…

… mid-year road trip when it meets a strong Minnesota team tonight at 9:00 in the main gym of the Sports Building. After winning a pair of home contests, the Wolverines were the victims of two upsets…

… will be partly compensated by the eligibil- ity of Frank Adams and Anthony San Antonio. Loken feels that Adams and San Antonio will add strategic depth to the Wolverine squad. Adams has shown champion…

…- ship potential in several exhibi- tions earlier in the season. San Antonio has also performed well in exhibitions and has looked especially good on the side horse, a Wolverine weak spot. Loken plans to…

… State, Iowa and Purdue. Matt Mann's Wolverines havej taken twelve straight in the past two seasons, four of them this year. Victimized by Mann's 1954 en-, tourage have been Oklahoma, Northwestern, Iowa…

… Relays, Coach Don Canham is taking a band of 36 Wolverines to East Lan- sing where they will compete in a field including full squads from such cinder powers as Kansas, Illi- nois, Notre Dame, Ohio State…

… in- door mile champ. The mile relay, in which Can- ham will enter Pete Sutton, Ross McNab, Scruggs, and conference 440 titlist Jack Carroll promises to develop into a dual between the Wolverines and…

… the Wolverines. Wallfred broke up a tight pitch- ing duel between Giel and Michi- gan hurler Jack Ritter when he pulled one of the latter's curve' balls over the right field fence, sending the partisan…

…' meets its seemingly weekly rival, Purdue, along with North- western's Wildcats, in a triangular meet, today, on the Wolverine home course. For the third straight week, the Maize and Blue linksters face pe…

… and bags. ence dual meet lead with the Ohio State Buckeyes, rolled to two decisive wins over the hap- less Wolverine linksters in a quadrangular meet on April 24 and May 1. Albert, one of the country…

… of the excitement for the track fans in attendance this afternoon. * * * THE Wolverines appear strong- est in the two-mile, mile, and 880- yard relays, and in the shot put, discus, and high jump. In…

… conference this season. WOLVERINE Captain Fritz Nils- son is the heavy favorite to rule both the shot put and discus. Field events for each team will be scored as the combined total of its two entries, and the…

… hurdlers, while Corley, Nagle, McSween, and sprint champ Willie Williams make the Illini the team to beat in the 440-yard relay. Vallortigara, Brown, Love, and Bob Rudisell will carry the Wolverine hopes…

…. Wolverine pole vaulter Roger Maugh will get plenty of competi- tion from Dale Foster, who cleared 13' 9" for the Illini last week, 1953 outdoor champion Jim Wright, al- so of Illinois, and Northwestern's Bob…

… Ehrhart, who also vaulted 13' 9" to win the 1954 indoor title. Maugh's teammate will be John Hilberry, who has cleared 13' 4" this season. OTHER Wolverine entries are Stielstra and Bill Williams in the…

… only Wolverine field entry. JACKETS-20% OFF Complete Stock of 587 Jackets SALE PRICE $7.16 to $11.96 Y . i C0 O A! UIO IESdf Oct.4 .Oct. 15 outfielder's power, but grooved a curve over the inside…

… the closest game, 2-0. The win- ners had no hits, but were as- sisted by four errors and five walks. Harold Poindexter scored the only hit for the losers. Wolverines Blast Three Hurlers for ill…

… hurlers for 11 safe- ties in an abbreviated game that was called after the top half of the seventh. The Wolverines, who Saturday concluded a successful southern trip in which they picked up seven wins in…

… Peter- john, who allowed only three men to reach base after the first inn- ing when a streak of wildness gave Wayne its only run.. The Wolverine moundsman sent the first two men to face him down swinging…

… ended. The Wolverines put together hits by Ronan and Ray Pavichev- ich for another run in the second, and picked up another tally in the third on a pair of infield bingles with a stolen base sandwiched in…

… with an 87-80 victory over Syracuse that crushed the Easterns' rags-to-riches playoff bid. Los Angeles respectively. The Wolverines won all three events from the Indians, Coast Clubs The Michigan track…

… yes- terday after a week of intensive practice in the South, which in- cluded, as usual, a pair of losses to two well-conditioned southern squads. North Carolina defeated the Wolverines, 19%/-71/, and…

… white washed the UCLANS in the day's entire ac- tivity. The Los Angeles newspa- pers were moved enough by the Maize end Blue thinclad's per-1 formance against UCLA to com- pare the Wolverines with thef…

… injury. scored double victories in both meets in the 100 and 220 yards dashes. Pete Gray, ace half-miler, pick- ed up first place points for the Wolverines in the 880, against Stanford and UCLA and was…

… season and took the match. Stumpfig played the best golf of any of the Wolverines, turn- ing in a 75 against North Caro- lina. Katzenmeyer was satis- fied with the play of his charges though, and indicated…

…I SUNDAY, APRM 19, 1954 TRIP MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE SUNDAY, APRIL iS, 1954 THE MICHI~A~ DAILY PAGE THREE a 1Vichigan Golf, Baseball Teams Trip Oppl-ionents Wolverines Register 14…

… yesterday. The Wolverines scored seven runs in a big third inning to ce- ment the victory for starting pitcher, Jack Ritter, who toiled the first six innings and gave up only one run and four hits. * * THRLEE…

…- son yesterday by handing the Uni- versity of Detroit a 23-13 setback at the University Golf Course. Wolverine Captain Jack Stump- fig was the medalist for the 36- hole match with a very fine score of…

… Wolverines piled up a 13-5 lead at the end of 18 holes and coasted to their first dual meet victory of the young sea- son. Previously the Maize and Blue squad had dropped two matches, one each to North Car…

…, all that the Titan duo could muster was the two points that Stelter won over McMasters on the afternoon round, when the Wolverine slip- ped to an 80. Michigan's second group of Dick Harrison and Tad…

…PAGE TARE?5 /, SUNDAY, FMRUARY 21, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wolverine Gym, Tank Squads Sweep Dual Meets I 4- I Cagers Lose To Badgers SMadison…

… 'M' Drops Eighth Conference Tilt (Continued from Page 1) ANOTHER factor, besides the poor shooting by the Wolverines, which kept the Michigan point production low, was the excellent defense thrown up…

… Conference scoring race Loken's Gymnasts Blast Ohio State Team, 64-32 Illinois Defeats Wolverines, 58 %-55/, in Track Meet Close Victory in Mile Relay Clinches Win, As Fessenden Beats Scruggs by Half Step 0…

…' -_________ Swimmers Maul Iowa For 14th Straight,75-18 By PHIL DOUGLIS Michigan's gymnastics squad pulverized Ohio State yesterday, 64-32, as Wolverine captain Mary Johnson put on a sensational one man show by winning…

… half step ahead of Wolverine Grant Scruggs to give the Illini a 581-555% edge in the final score. ILLINOIS ran an all-star quar- tet of Joe Corley, Cirilo McSween, Gene Maynard, and Ralph Fessen- den…

…, sweeping the first three places In the lows and relinquishing only a tie for third to Wolverine Jim Love in the highs. Willard Thompson won the highs in a record :08.5 while Wil- lie Williams took the lows…

… cagers drew first blood and roared to a 9-3 lead. Then the Phi Delts, under coach Tom Jorgenson, Wolverine hoop- ster, began to click and scrambled to an 11-10 half time lead. THE WINNERS dumped in two…

… well be decided) with Carroll, Scruggs, Bob Brown, and either Gray or Sutton. A TRIO of Wolverines, headed by Roger Maugh and including John Hilberry and Bob Appleman, will enter the stiff pole vault com…

… Maryland 75, Clemson 59 Furman 84, Davidson 68 Duke 96, Virginia 68 LATE HOCKEY SCORES Boston 1, Montreal I Detroit 3, Toronto 3 I The performances of these 23 Wolverines in tonight's prelimin- aries will…

… meet. The Wolverine captain's toughest competition will no doubt be with Jim Sinandinos of Mich- igan State who has compiled a 7-2 record .this season. A N O T H E R Wolverine, Dick O'Shaughnessy, will…

…. Representing Michigan at 147 pounds will be sophomore Don Haney of Canonsburg, Pennsyl- vania. During the season Haney compiled a 4-0 record at 147 pounds and a 3-1 record at 157 pounds. Other Wolverines who…

…PAGE SM THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 19," PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 19M NEW SHIPMENTS of USE O % %twKS Hustling Barron Sparks Wolverine Cage Squad orriving…

… Wolverine squad with an average of 17.5 points per game. The Chicagoan's 262 points also places him among the top ten scorers in the Big Ten. THE SOPHOMORE star, the spark plug of the Maize and Blue quintet…

… the 137-pound ing team'championships at the hands of The Hawkeyes will enter this Pete Compton of Illinois. meet with their best mid-season Coach Cliff Keen's Wolverines mark since 1950 when they posted…

… wrestle because of a leg in- !row will provide the Wolverines Sophomore Kenneth Leuer, a jury. He has wrestled heavy- with some very tough competition. 177-pounder, leads the Hawkeyes weight during the dual…

… Wisconsin's Cap-1 tain Jerry Seeber who was unde- feated for two previous seasons. The Wolverines will field a strong team headed by Norvard "Snip" Nalan who is undefeated in two years of dual meet compe…

…. set. by. Iowa's Chuck Durling In 1952. All-America Schlundt already held the Big Ten 18-game sea- son record of 459 from last year. Winners Edge Second-Place Wolverines; Spartans Third BUMPY JONES AND…

…, of Iowa, and Bill Kerr, of Indiana. All four men were unexpected finalists and played, a big part in diminishing the Wolverine depth advantage. The meet was the final home contest for Mann, who is…

…, Wolverine Don Haney lost to Bud Weick of Pur- due. Both men wrestled a very clever and tough match for the full nine minutes with the score end- ing in a 1-1 tie. The decision was then in the hands of the…

… of the Iowa Hawkeyes. FORMER Wolverine gridder Bob Hurley gave one of the most im- pressive performances of the en- tire meet when he wrestled to a fourth place finish, losing to Lar- ry Fowler of…

… still in the game as late as mid- way in the final period, when the slick shooting pros slipped through the Wolverine defenses in the last 10 minutes to break open the game. MICHIGAN coach Vic Heyliger…

… ing Rockets gave the Wolverines a real tune-up for the coming NCAA tourney, and won only be- cause their defense was 'slightly more solid. The game was the highest scoring tilt of the year for Mich…

… seconds remaining, Benson threw 31 yards to blocking back Carpen- ter. He outran halfbacks Billy Kinard and Earl Blair to score un- touched. 1 l A -Daily-Dick Gaskill WOLVERINES EDGE CLOSER-'M' Halfback…

… touchdown run right through the Minnesota line. The Wolverines scored again the next time they had the ball as they moved right up the field in a 64-yard march. Once again pass- nig played a big role with a…

… took advantage of every Minnesota mistake and made the most of every chance. The Wolverine coaching staff did a remarkable job in priming the squad for the Homecoming tilt. Michigan presented a varied…

… for 99 yards. At the same time, the defensive play of the Wolverines was superb, as they held the fear- ed McNamara brothers to a mere 13 yards between then. f-Or ANNA MAGNANI W4 WEE FIRST ENGUSH…

….SPEAKING ROLE in JEAN RENOIR'S THE GOLDEN COACH TECHtCOLOR." Enire English Cast : + Read and Use Daily Classifieds Next week the Wolverines will be out to make it four Big Ten victories in a row when they take…

… 10-6. The Wolverines' season was less successful than that of Michigan State. Coach Ray Fisher's crew recorded 22 wins and 9 losses and finished in a tie for third place in the Big Ten standings. While…

… at one time holding a 7-2 Conference mark, the slipping Wolverines team with four. Paul Lepley fol- dropped costly games to Michigan lows with three. Thirty two runs State and Ohio State. Earlier…

… Links By JACK HORWITZ With a mediocre season behind them, the Wolverine golfers stand only a fair chance of moving past the third spot in the Western Con- ference championships to be held today and…

… in the weight events, but to better his winning performances of last year. It will be Nilsson and his team- mate, Roy Pella, who will hold up the Wolverine end of the weight The Rainbow Combo You must…

… haunt the Wolverines again as they dump- ed the linksters with a 19-17 beating. In the same meet the Maize and Blue racked up its third Conference win, whipping the Northwestern Wildcats, 211…

… where one day a team can be on top of the Conference and the next can have some bad luck and be out of the running. If this is the case, then the Wolverines have a chance to win the championship…

… Detroit. This was the first of two defeats Michigan handed the Titans, with the last one being a 18%-8/2 thrumpiV, last Friday. Three OSU, Purdue Losses The Wolverines then headed towards the Ohio State…

…-1 victory, and going by recent games, it ap- pears as if the Wolverines will not be in too much danger. Coach Ray' Fisher plans to start sophomore Mike Bellows on the hill today, to be followed by Dick…

… the Wolverines traveling to East Lansing for a single tilt on Friday afternoon, and' returning here for a big Saturday double- header, is the key series of the entire season. SHOULD the Wolverines sweep…

… last Saturday at East Lansing in an unexciting game won by Spartans, 3-1. The lone Wolverine goal was scored by Dario Vega with ten minutes to play in the final period. Michigan State had al- ready…

…. This will be the only home match the spring season for the Wolverines, who next fall hope to be members in the Midwestern Collegiate Soc- cer Conference. Spartan Nett Squad Lacks" Experience By DAVE…

… GREY The Wolverine tennis team has its work cut out for it this week, as it travels to East Lansing to play Michigan State this after- noon and returns to face unde- feated Western Michigan here on…

… performance of the man who holds the key to the Wolverines basketball future. The full length court tilt was played with the new foul rule CHORAL UNION SERIES ROBERTA PETERS SOCIETA CORELLI BOSTON SYMPHONY…

… dual meet com- petition. Kaul is a junior letterman and hails from Saint Mary's, Penn- sylvania. He graduated from y Hill prep school, which also fos- tered Wolverine wrestlers Dick O'Shaughnessy, Joe…

… successive undefeated season. He now holds a string of 18 straight victories. How- ever, he will meet some very tough competition in his attempt Wolverines Illini Cindermen Again TI TpPuru To Beat in Big Ten…

… as Ed Casalicchio of Michigan State and Len Vyskos- cil of Northwestern, a team which handed the Wolverines their lone defeat this season. At Last! PURDUE G I Sexson, f..........4 Dunn, f...........5…

… final 10 minutes. But the winners cooled off considerably and had enough trouble hanging on to a part of their once sizable margin. * .* * ONLY A BIG difference in foul shooting prevented the Wolverines…

… outdoor meet, as well as in the indoor title event, Coach Don Can- ham's Wolverines havebinvar- iably finished a hair's breadth behind the Illini. While their main object will be simply to derail the…

… week at Colorado Springs. The Wolverines swept past the front-running Gopher sextet 6-3, and 5-2, to wind up their West- ern Hockey League schedule on a triumphant note. Combined with the victory over…

… the Maize and Blue three out of four times during the regular schedule but were unable to stop the fired-up Wolverines when the chips were down. While the Wolverines may be a little more confident of…

…'RDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAr-W. fri bD IEB U R 0, 1 3 HI ! M C IG A % I T V~r W u rau£Yz I E Wolverine Gymnasts Ready For Clash With Ohio State Illini Tracksters Host…

… to the Wolverines for the remainder of the season. WUERTH 55c 55c Today thru Sunday HILARIOUS LOVE STORY OF A HOT-HEADED BEAUTY .... THE SENSATIONAL STAGE SUCCESS I M4*M's MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA "N…

… depth may prove the deciding factor in the dual meet at Champaign today as the Wolverines attempt to change the winning ways of the mighty Illini cindermen. In the track meet which will be a preview of…

… Hendricks will compete in the high hurdles for Michigan,I while Coach Leo Johnson of Illi- nois will have Willard Thompson" running. The Wolverines are pit- ting the same trio in the low hur- dles against…

…. Gordon Iverson and Kent Penwell of Illinois will be running against the Michigan participants. The Wolverines will have Bob Brown, Pete Sutton, Carroll and Scruggs in the one-mile relay. The team beat…

…. * * * MICHIGAN STATE, which now leads the Conference with a mark of four wins has piled up a string almost identical to that tallied by the Wolverines. Both squads have defeated one of the top teams in the Big Ten…

… Purdue. In the State's first match of the season they lost, 19-8, to the same Pitt group that the Wolverines beat, 16-11. In their matches with Purdue, State won, 20-8, while Michigan lost. 15-9. Coach…

… Wolverines are sophomore Don Haney with a; 6-1 mark and Dick O'Shaughnessy with five wins. Puchsters Tie (Continued from Page 1) FOR SALE MICHIGAN DAILY Phone NO 23-24-1 HOURS: 1 to 5 P.M. CLASSIFIED…

… Depth By DON LINDMAN Michigan's chances of dethron- ing Ohio State as Big Ten swim- ming champion are a lot brighter, as a result of the showing. of the Wolverine natators against Michi- gan State last…

…-stars but having little depth. * * * THE WOLVERINES possess a host of excellent sprint freestylers. Ron Gora, Tom Benner, Jack Wardrop,rand Don Hill combined KEEP A-HEAD OF YOUR HAIR Collegiate Cuts to please…

… Saturday night, connect- ed on 30 of their 63 floor shots, a terrific 47.6 percent. * * * DESPITE THIS display of marksmanship, the Wolverines were still in the contest late in the fourth period, trailing by…

… hurt the local five. In the final analysis however, Northwestern's ability to score when it had to was the deciding factor. * * * BARRON, while the high point- getter for the Wolverines with' 19, played…

… of the season to win the side horse and give the Wolverines five wins for the evening. KRUMBHOLZ has been some- what of a disappointment all year, but Saturday he garnered 17 points and should be a…

… serious doubts about the Wolverine chances against the Gophers and the remainder of the season's op- position. * * * TO MAKE matters worse, Harry Luchs, a consistent point scorer1 in first semester…

… two firsts and spark- ed the Wolverines to their first win since beating Wisconsin in mid-January. Adams, displaying tremendous confidence, demonstrated no ill ef- fects from his one semester var- sity…

… n be8 th a' otnothin cke for the Ifsnk ,ATER FTASTE { The Wolverines, while not putting on one of their better performances of the season, still played, according to Coach Bill Perigo, "their best…

… Sigma, 53-23. Powerful MSC Tank Team Readies for Wolverine Meet -- By JACK HORWITZ j "We've got a young team and how well we do depends on how' our new men come along." This is the situation confront…

…- ing coach Charles McCaffree and the Michigan State swimming squad as they prepare to face a powerful Wolverine team in the renewal of a tiaditional rivalryl this Saturday in the Intramural pool…

… gritty Wolverine was too exhausted to counter ef- fectively, took the next two sets in convincing fashion, 6-3, 6-0, Michigan fell behind 2-0 at the conclusion of the number two sin- gles match when Pete…

… Paulus was All men interested in play- inf Soccer with the Wolverine Soccer Club this spring or fall, contact Mike Barnard at NOr- many 2-4480. There is a game with MSC Saturday, May 8 at 2:30 at East…

…-2, and Bob Mitchell, although hobbled slightly by a twisted ankle, came through to put the Wolverines in the lead by smash- ing Don Kennedy in the number five singles, 6-3, 6-1. Number six netter Bob…

…BATTERS AS WOLVERINES Rich .Derb M'Linkstersco By JACK HORWITZ LOUISVILLE - (A') - Eighteen three-year old colts are scheduled The strength of the Michigan to parade to the starting gate this golf squad will…

… quadrangular meet at years derby will be the righest in Lafayette, Indiana. the race's long history, with a The Wolverine linksters were gross value of $124,850, and $102,- soundly defeated by two of these 800…

…SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE '"THREE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE me, Wolverine Sports Calendar SIX MAIZE AND BLUE TEAMS SEE ACTION TODAY…

… victory Michigan's gym- 'M' Tankers Face Ohio State Today Wolverines Try To Capture Final n-1-9 l - Mnni- f C t P i dI C 4h 7lM I VI BUSINESS SERVICES -ocke- 3:30 } IA }_ Minnesota at Coliseum nastics…

… squad takes on a weak Northwestern outfit at 3:00 this Basketball .8:00 afternoon in the Sports Building. Illinois at Yost Field House Wolverine hopes for a lopsided win were dimmed somewhat yes- Swimming…

… Milt Mead be held in Columbus on March The Illini, who seemed to be on the forward wall'trying to come 12-13, Wolverine title aspirations completely out of contention for up with a winning combination…

… Wolverine supremacy. Iowa's apparent collapse, has rais- maker began to click and the This trio includes Tommy Mills, Idsdn opes oflacohaml- Gophers came on to win, 79-70. who will compete in the high bar, ed…

… retirement of Coach Mann at the end of this season, the Wolverines will be out to cap- ture "this last one for the 'Old Coach.' " MICHIGAN DAILY Phone NO 23-24-1 HOURS: 1 to 5 P.M. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING…

… of over 6-6. Except for guards Jim Barron and Don Eaddy the Wolverine lineup is rather doubtful. In re- cent contests only Barron and Eaddy have shown reasonable scoring punch. Last Monday night ait…

… undoubtedly be shown to the rest of the country in the NCAA swimming championships. elayTeam Establishes To Heyliger Vic Heyliger, Wolverine hockey coach, was presented with the Spencer Penrose Memorial Tro…

… NCAA playoff berths and to four national cham- pionships. A Michgian alumnus, Heylig- er starred for the Wolverine sextet himself before taking over the coaching reigns at the University of Illinois for…

… will open a 15-meet sched- ule with a southern training trip of four matches early in. April, Coach Bill Murphy announced. The Wolverines, who finished third in the Western Conference last season, will…

… Cleveland, eclipses the Wolverine varsity rec- ord of 7:39.8. AMAZINGLY enough, Michigan broke the record on a board track. The two-mile distance consisted of 24 laps around the track, whereas the ordinary…

… the event. Ross turned in a very fastvtime of 1:52.8 to pace the Wolverine relaymen, Pete Gray ran the anchor lap and crossed the finish line with some distance to spare. Fordham, along with Syracuse…

… Gray, tak- ing the baton from Ross, stretched the Wolverines' lead over game Fordham and Syracuse which were in the race until the finish. Michi- gan did not have the lead until Ross took the number one…

… Conference wrestling cham- pion, has been elected captain of the 1955 Wolverine squad. Kaul is undefeated in two years of dual meet competition and his only defeat in the past two years was in the Western…

… Fliers * * * * * * * Wolverines Win Cage Game, 71-56; Icers Tie * * Cable Seeks Montreal (~) Court Team Easily Downs Butler Squad Barron, Eaddy Lead 'M' With 16 Points By DON LINDMAN…

… Michigan guards Don Eaddy and JimBarron scored 16 points apiece last night to lead the Wolverine basketball team to an easy 71-65 win. over an outclassed Butler squad. Although playing listless ball dur- ing…

… in the second half as the Wolverines were unable to halt the 6'-3" Bulldog star. Obviously not emotionally up for the tilt, Coach Bill Perigo's crew played exceptionally well when they had to, but…

… Butler failed to press the Wolverines during most of the game. A fast-breaking offense and a vir- tually airtight defense built up 10- 4 and 27-12 leads in the first half, which ended with Michigan holding…

… a 32-16 advantage. As the half was drawing to a close, however, the Wolverine offense became slipshod at times and continued to be so in the second half, which was an en- tirely different story…

…F 10 and 11 points of Wolverines on two occasions, but Perigo's menc were equal to the challenge -andt quickly increased their lead bothr times.t Eaddy, netting five baskets int the first half, led a…

…R-AY BEE- ~ .l. ~ ~ B.BC U1..I LE-4~t V ULZB k-3 "I'4-i J ' 901111 In. Warm-Vp Prior to Northern Trip c A' By STEVE HEILPE 4Wolverine Golfers Defe 24'/f-liW"'z While this headline wo tainly be pleasing to…

… MSC.courts. Last Friday saw the Wolverines uld cer- rally to hand the Irish a 6-3 de- By PHIL DOUGLIS Michigan's league-leading Wol- verines take a break from Con- ference baseball action this after…

…- noon as they take on a rugged No- tre Dame nine in an exhibition tilt on Ferry Field at 3:30 this aft- ernoon. The Irish barely bowed to the Wolverines' national championship team last season by a close…

… apiece. The Wolverines are now on top of the Big Ten standings with a 5-1 Conference record and a 15-4 overall season mark. Three victories were added to the Michigan scalp belt last weekend as Ray Fisher…

… Michigan's case, as the Wolverines head into the stretch drive for the Big Ten flag. Hitting/also played a big part in carrying the defending NCAA champs to the top of the confer- ence. The big bats of Don…

… trips while Lepley bangedj out four hits in six trips to pace the Wolverines at the plate. This Friday, Michigan moves to' the Northland, where they meet ace nemesis Paul Giel and the Minnesota Gophers…

… City, to meet the rugged; Hawkeyes of Iowa, in a twin bill. Iowa derailed the pennant bound Wolverine express twice last sea- son. In all probability, Ritter will face Giel at Minneapolis on Friday…

…,j while Corbett and Wisniewski take on the Hawks on Saturday. This! will be the last extended road trip of the season for the Wolverines. BIG TEN STANDINGS Michigan1 sports enthusiast, the chances are…

… 1954 national championship this past week-end. Playing with only two forward lines in the rarified atmosphere of Colorado Springs, the RPI squad overcame Michigan's pre-tourna- ment favored Wolverines…

… Wolverines were the victims of an eastern referee who refused 4t allow the Michigan squad to play its own brand of hockey. Ed Barry, a Boston official, and and to some extent "Rabbit" Mc- Veigh, who works the…

… com- plete failure of Michigan's usually reliable first line to produce any- thing in the way of offensive strength, added to the Wolverine's frustrations and prevented them from holding the Engineers…

…, Johnny Mariucci's Gophers found themselves in the same position the Wolverines were in twenty-four hours be- fore: three goals behind and playing a fired-up sextet using its' heart as well as its' sticks…

…. Through Dales, Scruggs met the Wolverine track coach, Don Canham. Can- Scruggs attributes much of his cinder success to Canham's vigor- ous practice sessions. A lot of physical training goes into a track…

… final score of the Michigan-Michigan State dual swimming meet became history, the crowd at the Sports Building pool realized why the Wolverines' imported double act of Bert and' Jack Wardrop were so…

… when he gutted out the last fifty yards with a shoulder sep- aration. * * * WITH THE Wardrops coming eligible for competition Matt Mann can now present an air tight line- up to the Wolverines' remaining…

… sportsmen. The English Lit majors first came into contact with Coach Matt Mann and Michigan when Mann took the Wolverine team on a tour of some of the European countries. The Olympians always had a de- sire…

… defeated a young, aggressive Michigan Tech team at Houghton, Michigan. Two days later in Ann Arbor, playing with only three hours sleep in the previous 24 due to transportation difficulties, the Wolverines…

… Wolverine Puck Attack j' , By PHIL DOUGLIS A blue streak swept down the ice, pivoted sharply, and fired the puck into the Colorado College net. The huge crowd at the Coliseum went wild as the man in blue…

… won by the home team. * * * MOREOVER, the visiting fives that were successful were Indiana twice, Illinois and Minnesota - generally thought of as the top teams in the Western Conference. The Wolverines…

… ball it has shown it- self capable of playing. * * * MICHIGAN performed in a sim- ilar manner during its pre-Con- ference game. The Wolverines were undefeated when they ran into a fair Butler outfit at…

… impressive despite defeating the Pitt Panthers. On the other hand the Maize and Blue has yet to come up with what would be considered a "bad" game when playing at home. As a matter of fact, the Wolverine…

… Wolverines continue to follow this pattern, quite a contest is in store for Ann Arbor cage enthusiasts this Saturday night when Michi- gan State moves -into the Field House. * * * BIG TEN CAGE STANDINGS C…

… could probably be said in defense of the Buckeyes and the men of Eli, the facts would back the Wolverines' claim to the crown. YALE, OFTEN regarded as the kingpin of the, swimming world, is actually only…

… title meet. Since 1937, when team championships became an offi- cial part of the annual swimming contest, the Wolverines have won the title six times, once less than the Buckeyes. Yale can boast only…

… three national crowns over the same span. Wolverine superiority is evident when individual champions are considered. During his twenty- eight years as the head of Michi- gan swimming, Mann-coached men…

…-holders is Michigan forced to take a back seat. Al- though the Wolverines and the Buckeyes have each produced four of the thirteen present day rec- ord setters, through the years Yale men have held national…

… wolverine is no more than a big weasel." J. Stewart Lowther, animal house attendant, said that the wolverine we used to have die.d of old age in 1950, and that he has The gift !very awoman loves... nylons…

… WOLVERINE ... students don't want one no definite prospect of getting an- other. "Although wolverines are the state animal of Michigan, no one seems to know of any in the state." Wolverines Scarce He added…

… that the animals are very expensive, and that one would either have to be donated or cap- tured in British Columbia or Alas- ka. Michael Braun, '57, after being informed of what a wolverine is and that…

… he is our school mascot, said, "Fie on a wolverine. Let's get a pterodactyl." An unidentified coed in the League Round-up room asked "Aren't they extinct?" On learn- ing that there are quite a few…

… still in existence, she agreed with Jerry Coon, '57, "It would be great!" "Take It to Games" At first, Arthur Van Dyk, Grad., had qualms about a live wolverine on campus. After giving the mat- ter serious…

…- justed her load of books and look- ed up, bored. "A wolverine? Who needs one!" As seen in MADEMOISELLE "HARVEST GLOW"' $300 a new Christmas nylons by Gotham Gold Stripe .. . stockings she will cherish…

… Michigan has waited for this one a long time. Although this is week, as the Wolverines walloped the 33rd annual meet, June 11-12 will mark the first time the Michigan State, 6-3, here yester- affair has ever…

… competition improved Wolverines, as they await Satur- a notch when Michigan hosted the first annual Big Ten-Pacific Coast day's match with Illinois, are cur- Conference clash, and now Wolverine track fans will…

… Istrong two-hit pitchino by 17,0,000 gallons a day. was hit hard but managed to -_________________ Nothing would be more apropo than for Coach Don Canham's Wolverines to walk off before the home folks with…

…, either. Fritz Nilsson, Roy Pella, John Ross, Pete Gray, Grant Scruggs and other Wolverines can give anybody trouble in their respective events.! Michigan's single national winner last year, Milt Mead, and…

… Murphy, who opened the flood gates for the Michigan netmen. The Wolverine captain defeated last year's number five Big Ten singles champion Jim Pore, 6-3, 7-5 in the number one singles match. Another…

… choice. -Daily-Chuck Kelsey SOPH WHIZES-The slick keystone combine of Moby Benedict left) and Frank Ronan (right) has pulled 11 double plays for Ray Fisher's Wolverines this season. s£ SiS- have MEajor…

…) 2 607 E. Liberty -- Next to Michigan Theatre CAMPUS F VORITES . * * * T HE WOLVERINES will have to go some, though, to match the per- formances of past greats who have worn the Maize and Blue into…

… Fisher's The Wolverine pitching staff 'F By DAVE RORABACHER ~ ~ - Wolverines play host to Purdue should be well rested for this wl Sigma, 8-6. Zeta Beta Tau gained and Illinois on Ferry Field. weekend…

…'s action, and Fisher p1 Cal Haywood hurled a one hit a 14-11 victory over Theta Xi in The third place Wolverines will will probably start his big three, utout to lead Delta Tau Delta a seesaw contest in…

… perfect defeat in the Big Ten standings with 1-2Wio ame by catcher Ted Emerson, records. The Boilermakers con- * * ho cracked out a single for Psi quered Minnesota, 3-2, but drop- WOLVERINE hitting is fl…

…T'HURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE THURSDAY, MAR01! 4, 1954 THE MICHIGAN IJAILY PAGE THREE OSUTo Defend Title as Swim Meet Opens Here Wolverines Dump Spartan Gymnasts…

… eight starts by whipping Michigan State, 56-40. Each team garnered three first places and a trio of seconds but the Wolverines came through with five thirds to sew up the win. It gave Newt Loken's squad…

… they could do was third and fourth respectively. Wolverine captain Mary John- son, who along with Krumbholz and Bergman, was competing in his last home meet was rusty from the inactivity accompanying a…

… tougher than a week ago. Michigan State's Jack Helle- wege, Ohio State's third man, Fletcher Gilders, and Wolverine Charley Bates will be fighting for the spots behind the top trio. In the individual medley…

… Difficult Side Horse Gymnastic Event By DON LINDMAN Gymnast Lee Krumbholz can't be accused of picking the easy spots in his gym work. The Wolverine star considers the side horse, one of the most dif- ficult…

… events in the entire program, as his favorite. Krumbholz turns in some of his finest performances on the side horse, which is other- wise a definite Wolverine weak spot. NOW ONE of the mainstays of the…

… high school. A teammate of Wolverine swimmer Ron Gora at Lane Tech, Krumbholz has dropped swimming to devote all his time to gymnastics since he came to Michigan. Krumbholz has devoted a lot of time…

… representatives of the school's athletic tradition. We can see no reason to bemoan the fact that these Wolverine teams trailed some even more outstanding aggregations at the Conference meets this past weekend. We…

… with a 12-man squad, two less than last year, from Willow Run Air- port tomorrow shortly after noon. A special plane carrying the two eastern hockey clubs will pick up the Wolverine icers and fly di…

… Wolverines. Mike Peppe's charges finished in those positions 13 times, while the host swimmers managed only seven such finishes. The Ohio State natators also managed to qualify more men than did the Wolverines…

… for the sec- ond successive year. The only individual winner for the Wolverines was double-titlist Bumpy Jones, who edged Illinois' Bob Clemons in the 200-yard breaststroke and had no trouble defending…

… his individual medley crown. * * * MICHIGAN'S widely heralded Wardrop twins, Bert and Jack, contributed four runner-up posi- tions, a fourth place, and a sixth place to the Wolverine cause. Jack n for…

… Michigan proved to be the top diver in the evening programs. The Wolverine junior easily best- ed Shapiro in the optional dives, but couldn't gain the ground he had lost in the required dives per- formed…

… Wolverines must win I in order to remain in seventh place *,*x in the league standings. The Buck h eyes have taken only two out of k"x nine contests but a victory tonight Would push them past Michiganr and…

… points per game, ond period led to Michigan's sixth both squads. From this point on s oe fthan2smpoitstper gamengstraight hockey victory last night, however, the Wolverines were in is one of the smoothest…

…. feet pass from Pat Cooney and feet out of the net and Wolverine Cleo Vaughn and John Miller pushed the puck into the Tiger Jay 'Goold fired point blank at an round out the starting lineup, goal. Both…

… ezus dup Thompsons Tigers from defeat, nomic and cultural agreement it ment date. W ottN e s tR ouInA Lti the rampant Wolverines kept up{. a steady tatoo on the Colorado is now negotiating with Turkey…

… Deisnthog SEOUL - South Korea said MONTREAL - Police yester- his own goal. The last Wolverine Te at artmen, in yesterday it had responded to day announced the arrest of a to touch it, Pat Cooney, received The…

… Ross, and Jack Carroll have picked up Big Ten and national laurels for the Wolverines. Swedish Star The Canadians hold no monopoly in the cinder sport, though, for last year's captain and champion shot…

… Michigan son, and the banner was a crack at the Wolverines largely Canadian roster. This year, however, the sign will be even more meaningful, for last season, two American players were with the Wolverines…

…- bert of Montreal. Last but not the least member of the Wolverine icers is the coach -Vic Heyliger-whose Roxbury, Mass., birthplace makes him the only American citizen of the bunch. WONDERFUL 4tI FOR…