THEMICHIGANDAILY [at Team Makes Illini ourth Straight Victim PORT-WHYS injury, veteran 130-lb. Rex Whit- latch passed only four courses out of five and is ineligible, while starting 123-b. Fred Szymanski is also injured.) Michigan's three veteran grap- plers, plus sophomore Dick Frone- ;zak, won three straight bouts to lead the team in its three be- tween-semester victories. Mike Hoyles, one of the leading con- tenders for the Conference 123-lb. title, wrestled only 4 minutes, 29 seconds for his three victories. Larry Murray, the squad's only senior, won three straight to make his season record 3-4. Two lop- sided decisions and a Purdue for- feit constituted his victories. Heavyweight Fred Olin (5-1-1) won once on a pin and twice on decisions, and Pronczak racked up three low-scoring decisions to make his record 3-2. Cindermen Lead Foes In Relays By JIM BENAGH Michigan's track team, rebound- ing from last season's dismal showing, proved to be the power- house in two of the midwest's big- gest early season meets during the between-semesters break. Wolverine stars dominated the Michigan AAU Relays held at Yost Field House, Jan. 31, then went upstate to East Lansing and became the class of the 36th an- nual Michigan State Relays. Outscores All Others No team scores were kept at either of the meets, but Michigan took more places - both in relay and individual events - in classy fields of about 500 competitors in each of the outings. In fact, the Wolverines gained more places at the 'MSU Relays than all four of the other Big Ten schools -, MSU, Ohio State, Wis- consin and Purdue - combined. The Wolverines' three first places and four seconds bettered the showings of any school, including Big Eight powers Oklahoma, Kan- sas and Missouri. Tom Robinson, Michigan's sophomore sprinter, turned in the best time of the MSU meet as he tied the world record in the sel- dom-run 75-yd. dash. Withheld from the Michigan AAU competi- ion due to a leg injury, he came back in the MSU meet with a :07.4 clocking to tie the mark held by several others, including Jim Golliday. Second World Mark It was the second world indoor best negotiated by Robinson with- in a month. Just before his first exam, he dashed through a 220- yd. sprint at Chicago in :21.7 to earn a record in that rare indoor event. Eeles Landstrom, veteran pole vaulter jumped 14'8" in both meets for firsts. His vault in the MSU Relays established meet and Jenison Field House records. Sophomore Les Bird was the varsity's only other individual winner in either meet, taking first in the AAU broadjump at 23'5". But Michigan's strength showed up best in the relays. In the AAU contests the Wolverines gained three firsts and two seconds in five starts. Then the following week they added a first, two sec- onds and a fifth at East Lansing, The Two Arenas THE RELATIONSHIP of athletics and scholarship, and the place of sports on college campuses is brought to the fore at the end of every semester when the inevitable list of ineligibilities is released for the coaches and fans to read and suffer. No one is ever able to forget that the academic side of the athlete must come first, or the athletic side will not be allowed to come at all. There are many things that must be borne in mind. First of all, Michigan is trying to be - and all of the people that carry any weight.are insisting that it be - one of the nation's best in both academic and athletic endeavors. This is certainly credible, since many claim that one should do nothing unless he is going to do it BEST. However, being best in both academics and athletics is quite difficult. The thing that makes it difficult, of course, is that high academic standards obviously cut into the number of top-notch athletes that are available. Not only that, but even the athletes that do have the ability to meet the academic standards must also meet athletic standards. It becomes more and more difficult to meet the academic stand- ards of the nation's best, and also field teams in the Big Ten, which is the nation's best athletically. As the years pass more and more schools, such as the Ivy League and Chicago, have decided to spe- cialize in scholarship. Many others have settled for lower standards and better athletics. But Michigan continues to battle in both arenas -and the result is double pressure on those individuals who fight for Michigan in the athletic field. An Interest Besides .-- HE PRINCIPLE problem is that athletes are faced with the same standards academically as all other students, but have the addi- tional task of staying in top physical condition and going through rugged practice schedules for each respective sport. Even more important is the fact that an athlete has a special interest aside from scholarship. Often, he is attending school more for the athletics than for the academics. The fact that he is an athlete is more important than being a student. The role that he fills as an ahlete is simply a means of getting an education and preparing for a future, or else the education is simply a means of participat- ing in organized athletics - with the athletics being the means for the future. To those who feel that institutions of higher education should be solely for education, this is a poor situation. But for those who want to excel in both academics and athletics, this is necessary. The best athletes - those that are needed if an institution is to excel - are naturally athletically-centered, and they can never be expected to rank academics equally or above athletics, which by their talents is properly their calling in life. If one wants athletic excellence, one must take with it athletically-oriented persons. Thbse young men who fit perfectl'y the dual aims (academics and athletics) are few and far between. There are some at Michigan who are both honor students and All-American athletes, but one could never achieve the aims of athletic excellence with solely these kind of men - for not enough of them exist. Face Double Standards... THE DOUBLE pressure, naturally, means that often athletes don't meet the academic standards. Thus they can't compete, and some- times can't even return to school to continue the battle for eligibili- ty. There are many sad sides to this situation. For one, the pressures of recruiting and trying to compete in a league of Big Ten caliber often means finding boys that barely meet the entrance standards, and who are never able to meet the subsequent class standards. Often teams will have more top competitors sidelined by academ- ic ineligibility than they are able to field during a given season. Of course, this happens in all schools and often some of the top sports stories of the year - at least in the'effect they have on subsequent Conference championships - are those of important ineligibilities. If the present athletic set-up is to be continued (presuming with no reservations that the academic level will be maintained) there seems to be no solution. Athletes cannot be given special considera- tions, at least no more than the present tutoring and excused class periods for trips and special considerations for late work. The actual level of proficieii-y and amount of contribution cannot be lowered. If the dual standards are to be maintained, the athlete will have to continue to be stretched between the two. Perhaps this is the price that he must pay for the supposed glory that he receives from the rabid American public. A Rugged Tradition .. . T IS CERTAINLY an unfair response when the fan becomes angry with the athlete who failed to make grades. This is simply another side of the publicity, which is certainly unfortunate. The non-athlete who is on academic probation or who receives an E in a course is not subjected to the great publicity that follows the same perform- ance by an athlete. Before one is critical, he should ask himself whether he - under the same circumstances of double pressure (not just the single pressure that confronts most students) - could have done any better. It must be remembered that only a small percentage of the athletes at Michigan are enrolled in any "easy" curricula. In the first place, there are few, if any, really easy ones. 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