March 09, 1940 (vol. 50, iss. 114) • Page Image 1
… Mermen Virtually Clinch Title With Two Men In All But One Event Heydt Sets New Backstroke Mark By DON WIRTCHAFTER (Special To The Daily) COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 9- Michigan's indomitable Wolverines, without…
… Purdue none. The Wolverines 400-yard freestyle relay team clipped a second and two-tenths off the record of 3:33 it set last year. With Gus Sharemet, Ed Hutchens, John Gillis and Char- ley Barker swimming…
… decision. The time of the heat, best of the 400-yard freestyle races, was 53.2 seconds.% Another favored Wolverine, Bill Beebe, third in the Big Ten backstroke (Continued on Page 3) Local Beauties Parade…
… threatened tonight as Michigan's Wolverines kept pace with the favored Hoosiers by plac- ing four men in the Conference fi- nals. Captain "Butch" Jordan, Don Ni- chols, Harland Danner, and Bill Combs qualified…
… for tomorrow after- noon's title bouts to equal the In- diana array of four finalists. The Wolverines' other semi-finalist, Jim Galles, dropped his second decision of the season to the Hoosiers…
… defeating Levy, of Minne- sota, 7-2, in the afternoon. The Wolverines will face George Downes, Buckeye heavy, who pinned him in a dual meet two weeks ago, for the title tomorrow. Downes entered the finals by…
… Wolverines Advance To Semi-Final Meet Piel Wins 60-Yard Da] Roy Cochran Snap Record For Quarte By HERM EPSTEI UNIVERSITY OF CHICAG FIELD HOUSE, CHICAGO, Ill., March 8-The prospects for a se' enth successive…
… Michigan Indoor 'I tle looked more favorable tonight five members, of Ken Doherty's fir Wolverine track team qualified A the finals and six for the semi-fina to be held tomorrow .night.' Indiana's Roy…