Leading the Scarlet and Gray into action will be. Co~captains Theodore Amberg and Ramon Klitzke. Amber-g will he swimming the freestyle sprint events and will probably swim as anchor man on the 400 yard freestyle relay. Holding down the diving post for the Tech men will he, as usual, Klitzlse, defending his title as 1948 city collegiate diving champion. Frcohman Evans; Brown will be Tech’c , other entry in the fancy div- ' lug event. In the other positions, Makielski ‘Ron Watson, and Ted Speth' 1n the freestyle distance events, Jerry Zichtorman and Len Carlman in the 200 yard breaststroke, and Bob Campbell in the 140 yard back~ stroke. Lintedhelow is the official 1949— 1950. swimming schedule: Doc. Ill—Bradley (H) 16 Loyola (T) Jan. Gaul]. of 3. (Navy Pier) (H) ‘ 7-mBeloit (H) ,. Alan—George vWillioms (T) 1 Feb. IlluNorth Central (T) ‘ - 1 limbo lP'auw (ll) lhwUniv. of Wisconsin ('1‘) (Milwaukee Extension) ' Neulslniveroity of Chicago (’i‘) zialllinois Wesleyan (H) Mar. 3- 4-«Univcraity of Chicago City Collegiate Champs T) , . ( llw-Midwcot Invitational Championships (T) Ill & llwflentral Collegiate Championships (T) has tentatively put Ted Erickson, By Hank Buhley At 2 p.111. tomorrow, the Illinois Tech mermen will officially open their season when they swim against Bradley University at the Valentine Boy’ 5 club. John Makielski, swimming coach, expects this contest to be one of the toughest and hardest fought events of the season. The mermen will be out for revenge, having lost last season to Bradley by the score of 49-32. TECH VARSITY SWIMMEFN look pretty for the photographer in the top pic. They are (front, left to right): Grounan, mun, Gorlman, Arnhem, Klitzkc, Nelson, Witkowski; row two: Muklclekl, coach, Modem, Bellman, Watson, Spath, Brown, Rogcra, lvasha, main; row three: Eluhley, algae, Hayes, Bovy, Barlum, Wallis, Pootok; row four: christian, Frank, Jenista, Smucker, Zichterman, strathcr. lo the bottom pic, three tankcro get a feat mart in a practice sprint. Merino Mil icon By Larry Shapiro , Trinity iii Thirty-five quinteto will vie for the crown in the thin]; annual Illinois Tech Prep Basketball Tournament for Chicago public high schools to he held at the Stockyards International Amphi— theatre, December 26 to December 31. Leading the record 1111111156: 4 of entries (last your new a high of 31 squads) into this year’s bola tle royal are the defending cham-,. pion Marshall Commandoes, win- new in both of the two previous Tech tourneys. Marshall will have a “tough row to hoe" no it tries for its third consecutive title due to two prime factors. First, the caliber of play is expected to be improved with the appearance or seven new “faces” on the roster of squads. Secondly, the Commandoua go into the meet minus their brightest utur of lact year, Irv choruu, All Tournament choice at torword, and holder of the tournament scoring record. The seven neonhytcc are . Austin, Laue, South whore, , Steinmetz, Taft, Von Steuben, and Wells. Other schools 11cm turning to the tournuiuonc um Senn (runner-up to the (311111-- mentions). Amundocu, Bowen, Calumet, Dunhm’,‘ Du Sallie, Englewood, h‘orrogut, Tower, Foreman, Humor, liarrloon, Hirsch, Hyde Park, Kelly, Luke View, Lindhlom, Mullin- loy, Morgan Park, Par-her, Phillipe, lilooncvclt, Sullivon, Taft, Tuley, Vocational and Wuuhhumo. ' ‘ Play sessions will start at 9 am, Monday, December 26, and will continue through the after- noon and evening. 0n the 27th, 28th, and 29th; games will he hold both in the afternoon and evening. The semifinal round will be played Friday evening, December 30,11ncl the championship and thircl place contents will be held the afternoon of the 31st. Pairings for the first round will ”be announced December 17th,:1nd the Chicago Prep Sports Writers Association will nominate on All Tournament team of: the clone of ' hostilities. Plenty of vital games are com- ing up in the next few weeks which , should throw a lot more light on to where the strength lies. Stick- ing our neck out now, it would aeem that it’s going; to be a fight between Theta Xi, Sigma Alpha M11 and Alpha Sigma Phi, with Delta Tau Delta an a. atrong dark» house in a close race. By Sill Donnelt Ofl’ to a munching?" start, the hoopstcrs of Theta Xi and Sigma two weeks of into ruternity cage ploy no the teams to Watch, hy virtue of impreasivc victories in their opening games. ‘ The boys; from TX squeezed by a vastly improved squad of- Alpha Sigma Phi camera by a narrow. 34-33 score. Playing without the services of Bruce Tennont and Ray Van Zelct, the losers fought the defending: chumps to a, standstill.- during the normal playing tiinc but couldn’t maintain the some pace when the game was forcetl into overtime. With Charley Gent-i rel running wild on the iloor,tl1o victors loolced mighty goo * should certainly be concsidctcllmtlll having a good chance to repeat for thojcup laurelu.‘ ‘ j " I " ’ Reinforced by 11 ‘haelhetholli minded pledge class, the Sum- mioe of Brown Hull rolled over > Pi Kenna Phi by n’ tit-l? ochre. Paced by “Mr. Big” and Mr. Small,” homely ii' 4" Sherwin Sinall with if! points and 5 t” Joe Bonn with Ill milieu, the victorn who never proceed The more ut the hull? ’ was 25-4 11ml utter that it were iuut o mutter of how high-tho - 1 linul acorn would get hetero the final whictlc lllew. lit loolw an it Signor Aloha Mu unity give Theta Ki u hit of on organ? month before conceding oily chumpionahin. ' Phi Kappa Slime bovved to 'l‘riw angle 1n another thriller loot week, bya23-25 margin. .cThe name than one of those. niip~and~tuch- minim but with Tom Dolon and Die}: Mun; son leading the way the victo tor . came from behind in the so half to clinch it. ' TARMAN’S Mellow hominid}; onfl l’cm leathers crafted tor filylo Supremacy iélgg @hmlilfiiliii our $211 itiflufiillfiti lhllh. _ W $.11 ill'lélilhélllhl