March 11, 1953 (vol. 63, iss. 108) • Page Image 3
… Illini this week- end, the results of the indoor con- ference meet forecast a pleasant future for the Wolverines. Michigan continued to uphold its tradition of fine well-balanced teams with extra strength…
… in the distance events. The Wolverines placed point winners in eleven of the twelve events, failing only to qualify a man in the broad jump. FOR THE THIRD straight year a man wearing the Maize and Blue…
… Michigan's sopho- more diver Jimmy Walters con- tinues to amaze Wolverine sports ageous performance of the meet Wolverine Grant Scruuggs would have been a shoo-in. Scruggs had injured a tendon in his leg…
… strongly to take third. The Wolverine mile relay quar- tet of Al Rankin, Bill Barton, Dan Hickthan, and Jack Carroll set a new Michigan varsity mark of 3:18.5 in winning their event. Car- roll, running the…
… anchor leg, re- ceived the baton slightly after Ben Youtsey of Purdue, but immediate- ly took command of the situation and won by five yards. The Wolverines may look with some degree of relief to next year…