The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-09

snow the pest results HI ILic Pie
 With the international games scheduled for this country. all ef- forts are being made to muster high standing, well-balanced team that will have the advantages or play ing together for season.
 Hockey has long been popular snort in such eastern schools as Dartmouth, Army, Yale ana ha. :. ward but only in recent years mas .s taken hold in the middle west anu Pacific Coast regions. Consequent. ly. eastern teams have had an e9ss over western schools but whethe,s ,', they will be able to maintain 'n'' supremacy is doubtful:
 Marouette University lost but one series to an eastern foe last year ana nresent indications are that they will he as good or better this wn- fer. Leading the Hilltop sextet is Rul Schultz. stonewall goal tender and Wisconsin product. Strangery, not another member of the regular team is from that state. one UT ward line composed of stellar sopn- omores is entirely Canadlan' a other has been transpian'eu
 Hibbing, Minn. uo. Cam and Finklinder. although new n collegiate hockey, are long in eX- nerience and their play will ao much to send Marquette to tne Olympic finals. Forming an equaily strong alternate forward line, the Hibbing trio of Furlong. Moore anu Elness has had one year or con1er- ence competition and excells Tn cohi- bination play.
 Michigan this year has more or less unknown ability. Four mem bers of last years championship team are back but one of these' Iangen. may be ineligible for con- ference competition. Last year was his first in Big Ten hockey but ne previously played at Eveleth, MIMI, in junior college. His loss would lower Wolverine stock.
 While the team in front or mn. mn. may be strong or weak goa,.e counted on to uphold his end of the struggle. Rated as the best goal tender in the west in 1880, Tomp- kins will be a tremendous a1d 10 Michigan's Olympic aspirations A wealth of untried sophomore ma terial with veterans Tompkins, SchIsnderer and Curtis should round out . strong squad. The best or the Wolverine sophomore crop IS u Cana dian trio, Read, Crossman anu
 Veteran Team
 Fortified with veterans. Wisconsin cannot he overlooked in doping western leader, The Badgers have one complete team exactly the same as last year. In addition. there IS an alternate forward line of marked ability. ,a
 Trisch. at goal and Metcalfe anc Swiderski, defense men, LOOK 10 pe the strongest defensive unit in thelI section. Led by the veteran AT. Thomson of Milwaukee. the forward line is made up of Siegel, Meik!e- john. Bach and Gallagher with the fast two alternating. Two goodi sophomores who will see plenty or actual hockey before the winter ends are Katbat and Kubista.
 Non. Conference Club
 Hidden in a wilderness Of rocks and iron mines in upper Michigan 's Michigan College of Mines as Houghton where hockey IS secono nature to youth: The schoo' oe longs to no conference but 1t plays all conference teams and more than breaks even with them. .-.
 Michigan Tech, as the school IS commonly known, has six lettermeh led by Jack Fitzpatrick. Canadian. With Fitzpatrick on defense is Tesen. All-America selection. The main cogs in the attack of the Houghton sextet are Hank" Latva. another An-American, and Ruitta. Kaiser and Richards. Several sophomores are on the team.
 GOphcrs Outclassed?
 TrrIoss ,,,iro cles occur. Minnesota will find herself hopelessly out classed this winter. The Gophers have but four veterans. These are Conway, Hollingsworth, Gould ana Triton and the latter may be lost through eligibility rules. Only Con- stant!ne and Gibbs of the sopho- mores show promise and Coach Pond must break in new goal tender from last seasons second string.
 As an Olympic prospect. Minne- sota seems definitely out of the pie ture, but the other four teams have almost an equal chance of being chosen. From a preseason point of view, Wisconsin and Marquette ap.. pear strongest. but Michigan and Michigan Tech will be near the top.