The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
CAPTAIN ADAMS
LEADS COSMOS
in SECOND WIN
BY GEORGE w. 0ADDY III

Coach Will Robinson's highly
rated Miller high basketballers are
rapidly rounding into champion.
nip form in the Metropolitan hard
wood race. The Trojans hurdled
Wilbur Wright at Brewster CEN
ter gym Friday afternoon by a AZ
to Is score.
Sam Gee continued TO lead the
Trojan attack for the second week
as he piled in IL points. Will Rob-
inson finished second to Gee with
eight points. Guard Cornelius
Weston and center Monte Patter-
son. played sterling floor games
and gave evidence OF poisoning
into scoring threats before many
more games are played. Miller is
using center pivot style OF play
and a rolling figure eight offense.
They play Eastern high at Brews-
ter gym Friday afternoon. and
Coach Robinson will get a chance
to shuttle his lineup for the last
time before the serious league con-
tests begin.
Captain Roger Adams scored 10
points for Hamtramck as the Cos
mos swamped the Northern Eski-
mos 43 to 80. Phillip slim" Jones
also Tailed eight points for the
winners. The Hamtramck aggre-
CATION is favored to repeat as the
Northeastern division title win
ners.
Northwestern was smothered by
Southwestern so TO II. Players
showing best for the Colts, in
Guided Furnist Todd, Duke Forter,
Philander Booker. and Bones Hall
The Northwestern indoor track
squad began workouts this week.
with Captain Don Godbold. and
Joe Ward as the principal hold
overs from last years squad. Deal
Wis Leonard is among the first year
candidates
Lantz Hill, graduate coach OF
the Cass Tech reserves. watched
the u. OF D. yearlings come from
behind in the last three minutes
OF the contest to defeat his charges
% 10 IS. Friday al y. OF d.
On the indoor track front. Coach
Leroy Dues OF Miller has 81 can
didates out for the team Three
veterans Of last years outdoor city
championship squad will form the
backbone Of the new team.
George Sales. indoor city cham
pion. and outdoor champ in both
the hurdles and the pole vault,
will be aided by Ralph Rowan
runner-up in the hurdles, and
George McCollum, finalist in the
900 and member OF the relay
team. Graduation robbed the Tro-
JAMS OF two city title holders as
Tom Truss. dash man and
broad jumper. and Charles Fon-
Vile. 50-foot shotputter. departed
by the sheepskin route.
Fonville, matriculated 10 the
University o. Michigan where he
has already hurled the 16 pound
shot better than 46 feet.
Truss entered the armed forces.
Charles Ford. a former Miller
track luminary. has returned from
the armed forces and is completing
his graduation exercises prior to
entering Wayne after the holidays.
Ford formerly held the city 100
yard dash record with 1905 mark
He was a winner in the dashes
in the Inter-Allied games at Nurn-
burg. Germany. while representing
the Mediterranean theatre OF war
last fall
The addition Of Ford will give
Wayne four OF the fastest dash men
to be found on any college campus
Two freshmen, Cleo Caldwell. and
Buddy Coleman have cracked 10
seconds in city prep meets, and
sophomore George Sellers is a 10
second runner. II Coach Holmes is
blessed with the return Of Lorenzo
Wright, last years freshman sem
Satlon, from the armed forces, the
Tartars will field one Of the strong
est teams in recent Wayne track
history.
The Wayne basketball squad won
its second cage victory OF the year
Saturday. with a 80 10 IS triumph
over Albion. Listed among the
scorers were: Bones Jones, four