University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

MICHIGAN 34 M. S. C. 13 Michigan ' s basketball team opened the season on December the eleventh by defeating the Michigan State five in a slow game. The game was better than the average opening contest and Coach Mather ' s men showed possibilities of being developed into championship material. Martin and Harrigan tied for high score with five baskets and one free throw each. At the end of the first half the score was 16 to 6 Michigan and the out- come was never in doubt. Many substitutions were made in an effort to find an effective combination. MICHIGAN 30 CORNELL COLLEGE 23 Playing a loose brand of basketball the Michigan team was able to outpoint the team from Cornell College at Yost Field House on December the eighteenth. The team lacked the smooth play which was apparent against M. S. C. Cornell dribbled through the Michigan defense with ease scoring eleven baskets from the field to Michigan ' s ten. Harrigan and Barley played the best game for Michigan. The chief reason for the lack of smoothness may have been the absence of Chambers and Martin who were forced to watch the game from the bench because of injuries. MICHIGAN 31 CAPTAIN CHAMBERS SYRACUSE 27 On Monday, January the third, Michigan met a worthy opponent in Syracuse, but emerged from the fray on the long end of a 31 to 27 score, thus gaining revenge for the four point defeat suffered at Syracuse a year ago. The feature of the struggle was the individual duel between Harrigan and Hanson, the Syracuse hero. The team of Harrigan, McCoy, Petrie, Chambers and Oostcrbaan played the entire period and seem to be the best combination so far discovered. MICHIGAN 39 MARYLAND 25 The Wolverine squad won its fourth consecutive victory of the season and its final pre-Confer- ence game by administering a decisive defeat to the University of Maryland five on January the fourth. The f rst half was featured by the strong defensive work of both squads and the scoring came very slowly. At the end of the first five minutes the score stood 2 to I Michigan. At the end of the half it was 15 to n Michigan. In the second half Michigan displayed championship form by making almost two points to its opponents one. " Skipper " then sent in his sub- stitutes leaving Harrigan the only regular on the floor. Harrigan was high scorer with seventeen points to his credit. MICHIGAN 23 PITTSBURGH 34 Pittsburgh ' s Panthers brought to an end Michigan ' s winning streak by downing the Wolverines on February the twelfth at Pittsburgh. Before the game the Mich- igan squad was a heavy favorite in spite of the three weeks of inactivity. At the end of the first half the score stood 16-14 Michigan but the Panthers crept up and tied the score ten minutes before the end of the game. Then Michigan ' s team went to pieces and the game was gone. I- ' HANK A. Paf,e 228 BEN.NIE G. OOSTEHBAAN ft