Michigan - 21 (Head Coach: Ed Mather)

Player	FG	FT	FTA	Pts
George Haggarty	3	1	1	7
Raymond Hutzel	1	2	3	4
Richard Doyle	1	2	4	4
Royal Cherry	1	0	0	2
Joseph Landre	1	0	1	2
Rex Reason	0	0	0	0
Gregory	1	0	0	2
Totals	8	5	9	21

Kentucky - 11 (Head Coach: Clarence Applegran)

Player	FG	FT	FTA	Pts
James McFarland	1	1	1	3
Lovell Underwood	0	0	0	0
Will Milward	3	0	0	6
Burgess Carey	0	2	3	2
A. T. Rice	0	0	2	0
Karl Rohs	0	0	0	0
Charles Alberts	0	0	3	0
Len Tracy	0	0	0	0
Totals	4	3	9	11

Excellent Defense, Passing Account for Wolverines' Win

Locals Forced to Shoot from Long Range

It's an old adage - they're never too old to learn. Well, neither are they too good but what they can't earn some more. The University of Kentucky Wildcats claimed by some to know as much about basketball as there is to know, were given a thorough lesson last night in the gymnasium by the Michigan quintet.

Displaying the best passing team that has performed here in many day, the Wolverines scored nearly twice as many points as the Wildcats in winning, 21 to 11. Last night's contest fully revealed Kentucky's weakness and a marked improvement can be expected after the holidays if the Wildcats spend much practice on correcting their faults.

Michigan has a team of finished players. Every man that broke into the game for the Wolverines roved the floor with the ease of Jimmy McFarland, when the latter is in his stride. Michigan used a short pass and depended largely on the individual play of each man.

The Wolverines advanced the ball down the floor principally by the use of the dribble and whenever a Wildcat stood in the way, the dribbler made a snappy pivot in time to make a short pass to one of his teammates, making full speed down the floor.

The Wildcats have not yet adapted themselves to the large court and when they do, local fans will see every member of the team a vastly improved dribbler. The criss-cross failed utterly and the Blue and White basketeers were unable to carry the ball past the center of the floor by this method.

Wildcats Change Tactics

George Buchheit, who like Coach Applegran, attempted to teach the Wildcats the Illinois criss-cross, changed his tactics last season when he saw that the team could not absorb the system enough to make it effective. Shortly after the second half started, Applegran sent instructions out to the men to forget the criss-cross and use a combination short and long-pass. An immediate improvement in Kentucky's play was noted.

Quick to change to the defense, Michigan was able to present a stout wall which the Wildcats could not penetrate. Because of this they were forced to resort to long shots and that tells the story of so few Kentucky points. Neither Captain McFarland nor Underwood had more than a vague idea of where the basket was and their shots usually fell way short of their mark. McFarland had only one field goal to his credit and Underwood failed to register a point.

Michigan made a slight change in their tactics in the second half that was for their own good. With their dribbling and short pass working to perfection, the Wolverines contented themselves with shooting from just beyond the foul line instead of drawing out the Wildcat backguard. There was always one Wolverine lurking loose in a corner and so in the second half, the visitors tried their hand in deceiving the backguard and had much success. A majority of their six baskets in the last half were of the crip variety, with the Kentucky backguard unable to stand off two and sometimes three Wolverines.

Cherry is Good Dribbler

The visitors had three brilliant players in Haggerty, Doyle and Cherry. The latter was an accomplished dribbler and made most of the gains into Kentucky territory. Doyle and Haggarty were the pair to be in close proximity to him when Cherry was forced to pass.

Carey played a consistent game defending his own basket, while Milward appeared to overshadow both McFarland and Underwood in playing the floor. Tracy did good work while he was in the game and took part in the only Kentucky rally of the game, which occurred in the last half. The visitors led, 10 to 4, at the halfway mark.

George Buchheit, who coached the team last year and who is now at Trinity College, at Durham N.C. was a spectator at the game. He arrived yesterday and leaves today for his home in Illinois.

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