Wednesday, February 25, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Wednesday, February 25, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven 1[ IF I. Against The k/lI Black Sox predated McLain by 50 years By RICKEY CORNFELD T IS JUST a coincidence, but the disclosure of Denny McLain's alleged gambling activities has occurred exactly 50 years after the disclosure of the Black Sox scandal. The Black Sox scandal was the most serious crisis major league baseball has faced. It involved the throwing of the 1919 World Series by eight members of the Chicago White Sox. The Series was "won" by the Cincinnati Reds, five games to i three. The eight Black Sox were guilty of one of the worst crimes in baseball history, yet they are usually viewed sympathetically. The reason may be that they played in a day when ball players acted like ball players, not corporation executives. And it may have had something to do with the conditions behind their actions. The reason they threw the Series seems to have been to get revenge against Charles Comiskey, the Sox owner. Comiskey was a miserly, tyrannical man, and all the players-not just the eight Black Sox-hated him. COMISKEY SKRIMPED on salaries and meal allowances. He even made the players wear dirty uniforms sometimes, rather than pay for laundry. By throwing the series the players were getting back at Comiskey and getting some of the money Comiskey deprived them of. The originator of the plot was first baseman Chick Gandil. Gandil, was familiar at the art of throwing games. He had ap- parently done it often. The most prominent participant was left fielder Shoeless Joe Jackson, one of the greatest natural hitters in the game's history. The other six were pitchers Eddie Cicotte, a 29 game winner that year, and Claude "Lefty" Williams, a 23 game winner, third baseman Buck Weaver, center fielder Happy Felsch, short- stop Swede Risberg and utility man Fred McMullin. Weaver decided not to participate, but he is still considered one of the Black Sox for not reporting the plot. THE EVIDENCE of the fix is not all to be found in the statistics of the Series. Of the 17 runs batted in by the White Sox, the seven participants - ignoring Weaver - got 13. They scored 11 of Chicago's 20 runs and made 30 of its 59 hits. Cicotte's earned run average was a respectable 2.91, but he committee two errors in the fifth inning of the fourth game to allow the game's only two runs.gWilliams, a pitcher known for great control, was wilds throughout the Series and had an e.rla. of 6.61. The way the players lost the Series was by missing the key plays. Felsch, who ranked just below Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker among great fielding center fielders, in a d e two errors and watched another ball drop between him and Jackson. That the players were purposely losing was obvious to some people by the end of the second game. Kid Gleason, the man- ager, and catcher Ray Schalk and second baseman Eddie Col, lins, both future Hall of Famers, could tell. Gleason and Schalk were so mad they started fights with Gandil and Williams. Sportswriter High Fullerton and Christy Mathewson, watch- ing from the press box, also suspected a plot. AFTER THE SERIES, most knowledgeable baseball people knew there was a fix but could not prove anything. Baseball officials were scared. They did not know what to do. They were torn between exposing the fix and hushing it up. So they did neither. But it was exposed for them in a documented article by Fullerton, published in the New York World in 1920. As a result of the article, the eight players were tried in federal court in Chicago that fall, along with gambler Arnold Rothstein, the man behind the operation. The players had a team of excellent defense lawyers, sec- retly supplied by organized baseball. THE BLACK SOX were acquitted, but before they could be-. come too jubilant they were barred from organized baseball for life. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, newly installed as base- ball's first commissioner, said, "Regardless of the verdict of juries, no player that throws a ball game, no player that enter- tains proposals or promises to throw a game, no player that sits in conference with a bunch of crooked players and gamblers where the ways and means of throwing games are discussed and does not promptly tell his club about it wi ever play profes- sional baseball." By acting decisively - though almost reluctantly - base- ball saved public faith in the game. The real losers were the eight Black Sox. They had been promised $80,000 by Rothstein. They only got $30,000. prom iseCd R$w +2.n ' '''u' .: '' L.}$ -t On IMfun By E$IC SIEGEL Sports Editor Daily Sports Analysis Last month, David Mildner and John McKen- zie, two members of the Advisory Committee on Recreation. Intramurals and Club sports, proposed that all non-money making varsity sports be granted the status of a club sport. The idea behind the proposal is that by granting amateur status to these sports-which include all sports except football, basketball and hockey-a surplus in funds would be created in the athletic department. These funds could then be used, according to Mildner and McKen- zie, to finance a badly needed replacement facil- ity for Waterman and Barbour Gymnasiums, and a general tuition hike would not be needed for the construction of the building. The Mildner-McKenzie proposal, is tentative- ly scheduled to be discussed at a meeting of the Student Relations Committee next week as part of the broader question of financing the intra- mural buildings. In addition, an SGC referendum on the question of using student fees for the construction of an IM building is expected to be held in March. The proposal has already generated quite a bit of discussion, however, especially among athletic department officials, and club sports members. Bob Gillon, the President of the Michigan Club Sports Association, said in a telephone in- terview Monday night that there are quite a few people who "would like to challenge the Athletic Department in regards to minor sports that don't pay for themselves." Athletic Director Don Canham, who previous- ly branded the proposal as "ridiculously and im- practical," takes a different view of the situ- ation. "Mildner's proposal is bucking the whole trend of inter-collegiate athletics," Canham claims. "The history of inter-collegiate athletics is that teams start as club sports, and then want to attain varsity status. As evidence for his position, Canham cites the fact that baseball ,was originally started on this campus on a club sport basis and then moved to varsity status. In addition, he says he has been approached by three club sports in the past year who would like to achieve the status of a varsity sport. At the root of the differences of opinion be- tween Canham and Mildner and Gillon-apart from the question of financing-is a question of the priorities of the athletic department. Those who favor the Mildner-McKenzie pro- possal are not motivated any desire to strip those sports of their status in the athletic world. Rather, they are questioning the wisdom of spending large sums om money on sports such as baseball, tennis, golf and track, when only a few students are interested in them. "It seems that it's very hard to justify the expense of a sport like baseball," Mildner says. Proponents of the Mildner-McKenzie report are quick to point out that under the Regents revised by-laws of 1968, the athletic department is charged with a responsibility to club sports and intramurals as well as to intercollegiate athletics. Given this dual responsibity. many students feel it is inequitable to expect club sports to bear the brunt of their expenses and students to pay for the construction of new IM facilities, when non-money making varsity sports have their expenses paid in full by the athletic department. The question of athletic department priorities is all the more relevant in view of the fact that in the last view years there has been a sub- stantial increase in the number of faculty and students using the IM facilities on an informal, individual basis as well as a proliferation in the number of club sports on campus. The Mildner- McKenzie proposal is, basically, a proposal to help meet the needs and interests of those people. But Canham contends that, even -If the proposal is adopted, it would not release enough funds to finance the construction of the proposed new building. When you're talking about athletic depart- ding and Athletic Dept . priorities ment funds, you're talking about an extremely small amount of money," Canham says. "A new IM building costs about $11 million, and the total athletic department budget is only two and a half million dollars. "The entire budget for tennis, for example, is just $6000," continues Canham, "and it costs over $150,000 a year for the heat, light and maintenance of the IM building. The two just don't balance." In addition, Canham claims that at least some of the athletic department revenues would be lost if the Mildner-McKenzie proposal is adopted. "Alumni contribute quite a bit of money to non-money making sports," Canham says. "I don't think we'd get those contributions if the sports lost their varsity status." Despite these problems, however, the Mildner- McKenzie proposal would not seem to be totally unfeasible. In a sense, though, it is almost futile to discuss it. Canham is firmly against it, and one suspects that if there is going to be any sub- stantial change in the priorities of the athletic department, Canham will have to give his ap- proval. In another sense, though, the proposal and the discussion it has generated, is . extremely beneficial. As the Mildner-McKenzie report states, "The overall picture of sports at Michi- gan (must) be reviewed to place intramural facilties in proper perspective." Nip* Impotent' Indiana whips Wolverines ''I By AL SHACKELFORD Special To The Daily BLOOMINGTON - Underdog Indiana lured Michigan into Indi- ana University Fieldhouse last night and stuck the Wolverines with a 102-93 loss, despite another great performance from Michi- gan's Rudy Tomjanovich. Tomjanovich tossed in 36 points and led a second half comeback by Michigan which gave them a 74-72 lead with about eight min- utes left in the game. IBut then Indiana's big Ken Johnson took over. He went wild, firing in basket after basket to keep Indiana one nervous step ahead of the Wolverines, until the Hoosiers finally opened up a 92-86 lead and with 1:48 to go and were never headed. INDIANA looked nothing like the team their 2-8 Big Ten rec- ord indicated they would be; they beat the Wolverines in nearly every phase of the game. A long jumper by Rudy gave Michigan first blood in the game with 19:36 to go and the Wolver- ines raced to a quick 9-4 lead. Indiana stormed back ahead 10-9 at the 16:13 mark on a hook by Rick Ford and remained in the lead for most of the first half. Jim Harris and big Toby Wright scored 13 and 10 points respect- ively to offset 21 by Rudy and give the Hoosers a 47-41 halftime lead. Indiana beat Michigan on the boards and forced the Wolverines to commit 13 turnovers in that daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: BILL DINNER first half, as they looked stronger, quicker, and more hungry that the Wolverines. Wrightnled the Hoosiers with 124 points and Johnson, who scored' 22, controlled the boards. Hoosier guard Jim Harris, a man with more moves than an escaped con- vict,' added 22 and Ford helped out with 19. TOMJANOVICH was unstop- pable, working inside for amazing layups and rocketing in long jumpers by the handful. Even the rabid Hoosier fans who packed the fieldhouse were forced to cheer Rudy's efforts. Rod Ford hit 17, mostly on cherry picks gained from the potent Michigan fast break, but Michigan's scoring was thin beyond that point. Michigan outrebounded Indiana 36-32, but the Hoosiers got off more shots than Michigan. Michi- gan shot a sizzling .597 from the field, but made 20 errors and were outshot by the Hoosiers from the foul stripe. The Hoosiers are now breathing down the Wolverine's neck in Big Ten play at 3-8. Michigan is 4-7. Big Red pounces 0 ! Ilini scalp Bucks belt By The Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich.-Illinois broke a six-game losing streak yesterday by defeating Michigan State 74-67 in a Big Ten basketball game. The Spartans came from a 34- 28 halftime deficit to tie the game 53-53 with about eight minutes' left to play. But Illinois then scor- ed 11 straight points to put the game out of reach for the Spar- tans. Illinois guard Rick Howat paced Illinois with 19 points. Illinois is now 13-8 overall and 6-4 in Big Ten play. MSU dropped to 7-14 and 3-8, respectively. Ralph Simp- son had 18 points for MSU. MADISON, Wis.--Ohio State's hot-handed Buckeyes raced to a 22-point halftime advantage, then waltzed to an easy 98-86 Big Ten basketball victory over Wisconsin last night. Jim Cleamons scored 27 points and teammate Dave Sorenson chipped in 25 for the Buckeyes' 16th victory in 21 games, and sev- enth in 11 loop games. The frigid Badgers fell behind quickly, hitting only 27 per cent of their field shots in the first half while the visitors hit 50 per cent for a 51-29 lead at intermis- sion. Faulty ballhandling also hurt Wisconsin. Badgers committed 11 turnovers to Ohio State's four in the first half. Ohio State also got the Badgers in foul trouble, and three Wiscon- sin starters - Clarence Sherrod, Spartans; Badgers captain Al Henry and Lee Oler- were on the bench with at least three fouls each before halftime. Sherrod led all scorers with 30 points. Jacksonville squeaks by j JACKSONVILLe, Fla. - Little Vaughn Wedeking popped in ,a jumper with four seconds left last night to give sixth-ranked Jack- sonville a 77-75 .victory over a scrappy Oklahoma City team. Oklahoma City's Chiefs rode the hot-shooting hand of Charles Wallace to a 43-34 halftime lead and fought off several Jackson- ville challenges until the closing four minutes. Big Ten Standing's Iowa Purdue Ohio State a Minnesota Illinois' MICHIGAN Wisconsin Michigan State Indiana Northwestern W 11 9 7 6 6 4 4 3 2 L 2 4 5 5 7 7 8 8 9 Pet. 1.000 .818 .637 .546 .546 .364 .364 .273 .273 .182 Shortstop G utierrez- Professional Standings N BA Eastern Division W L Pct. New York 53 15 .779 Milwaukee 47 22 .681 Baltimore 42 26 .618 Philadelphia 34 34 .500 Cincinnati 31 39 .443 Boston 29 38 A433 Detroit 28 42 .400 Western Division Atlanta 39 30 .565 Los Angeles 37 32 .536 Chicago 38 31 .449 Phoenix 31 40 .437 San Francisco 27 40 .403 Seattle 27 41 .397 San Diego 23 42 .354 Yesterday's Results Baltimore 128, San Diego 118 Detroit 126, Milwaukee 111 New York 121, Phoenix 105 Atlanta at Los Angeles, inc. San Francisco at Seattle, inc. GB 6 -' 6% 4 11 19 23 23Y2 26 2 *8 S9 11 11% 14 Today's Games San Diego at Boston Baltimore at Milwaukee Detroit at Philadelphia Chicago at San Francisco Atlanta at Seattle A BA Eastern Division ,W L Pct. Indiana 45 15 .750 Kentucky 31 26 .544 Carolina 29 30 .486 New York 30 34 .469 Pittsburgh 20 38 .348 Miami 16 44 .267 Western Division Denver 33 25 .569 New Orleans ' 31 26 .544 Dallas 31 25 .554 Washington 33 28 .541 Los Angeles 26 34 .433 Yesterday's Results Carolina 111, Pittsburgh 96 Los Angeles 107, New Orleans 101 GB 12% 15Y2 17 24 29 1 1 1 8 given visa LAKELAND; Fla. OP) - Cesar Gutierrez, Detroit's prime candi- date for shortstop this season, finally got his visa situation straightened out and was expected to arrive at the Tigers spring training camp today from his home in Venezuela. The little 27-year-old infielder is the only unsigned Tiger and the only regular not in camp besides the indefinitely suspended pitcher Denny McLain. A team spokesman said Gutier- rez would enter the country on either a labor or entertainment visa. There had been a delay in getting it over the three-day holi- day weekend. Meanwhile, McLain spent part of the ,day Tuesday playing ten- nis at the Lakeland municipal court. It is part of a campaign to get in shape should his suspension be lifted by baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn. He also has been pitching to his brother Tim, but he has not show- ed up at Marchant stadium to watch his teammates work out. "I don't remember calling a press conference," McLain said testily after several newsmen and phot- ographers turned up at the tennis court. MICHIGAN fg ft Tom janovich 15-25 6-7 Carter 3-4 0-1 Ford 8-12 1-1 Fife 5-7 0-0 Henry 2-7 4-6 Grabiec 2-4 0-0 Hayward 4-5 2-2 Bloodworth 1-3 0-1 Hart 0-0 0-0 Totals 40-67 13-18 Ford Wright Johnson Harris Atkinson B. Niles Gipson Totals INDIANA 3-5 13-13 10-21 4-4 9-15 4-7 9-14 4-5 1-4 0-1 2-6 0- 13-5 3-3 37-70 28-34 reb 7 3 6 6 2 2 3 1 0 36 3 11 8 4 1 2 0 32 pf 4 5 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 23 1 3 4 3 1 1 2. 15 19 24 22 22 2 4 9 102 Michigan errors: 20; Indiana errors: 14 Half time score-Indiana 47, Michigan 41. Final score-Indiana 102, Michigan 93. Officials: Roger Parramore, Art White and KenKulick. tp 36 6 17 10 8 4 10 2 93 -Daily-Thomas A. Copi HALF THE PLAYERS in last night's basketball game with Indiana try to gain possession of the ball. Mark Henry (23), Rudy Tomjanovich (45) and Richard Carter (25) battle with Hoosiers Rick Ford (on floor) and Jim (bubbles) Marris right)., Tomjanovich got the ball on his way to scoring 36 points, but the Wolverines lost the contest, 102-93. SCORES TCU 102, SMU 95 Central Mich. 82, Ball State 78 Cincinnati 88, Drake 72 Jacksonville 77, Oklahoma City 75 Susquehanna 66, Messiah 64 Illinois Tech 82, Lake Forest 62 Evansville 101, Valparaiso 97 Lehigh 88, Lafayette 68 Texas 81, Baylor 70 Grove City 88, Slippery Rock 75 John Carroll 81, Allegheny 67 Youngstown 66, Steubenville 56 McFerson Ontological Inst. 48, Whatsamatter U. 32 COLLEGE HOCKEI Vermont 10, Williams 0 Colgate 9, Oswego 2 U - ' 'r ;1 fY .C: > ,ys~ a ;'$e 1 S e S 4",.: ~ 'Y' Sales and Sales Management TED BERRIGAN THOM GUN N I I: Yesteiday's Results Indiana 102, MICHIGAN 93 Iowa 116, Northwestern 97 Illinois 74, Mich. State 67 Purdue 108, Minnesota 94 Ohio State 98, Wisconsin 86 Concerned About the Environment I INVESTIGATE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH! The University of Michigan Program in Health Planning will be Training Program This Program is designed to develop young college graduates for careers in life insurance sales and sales management. It provides an initial training period of 3 months (including 2 weeks at a Home Office School) before moving into full sales work. Those trainees who are interested in and who are found qualified for management responsibility are assured of ample opportunity to move on to such work in either our field offices or in the Home Office after an initial period in sales. Aggressive expansion plans provide unusual opportunities a AlkI INCLUDES: ART .