THE MICHIGAN DAIL'''Y' WEDNESDAY, AP yHE1, .. IGA ALYWDE1AA i Vichigan Tennis Team Opens Rain Postpones 'M'.Nine's Game at Western Michigan 1959 Season at Detroit Today By GARY WRIGHT Tennis takes over the local sport scene this afternoon as the Maize and Blue, led by captain Jon Erickson, make their 1959 debut,' invading the home courts of the University of Detroit. Erickson, Coach Bill Murphy's number one man, after playing first singles will then team up with Gerry Dubie, last year's Michigan state champion as the number one doubles team. Dubie, a newcomer from Ham- tramck, will also hold down the number two spot in the singles matches. Second Doubles In the third and fourth singles, respectively, are returning letter- man Bob Sassone and Larry Zait- zeff, a transfer from Toledo. Zait- zeff and Wayne Peacock are slated to start as Murphy's number two doubles combination. Peacock, also a returning letter winner from last season, will play sixth singles. The number three doubles team will consist of lettermen John Wiley and Frank Fulton. Fulton has also been picked by Murphy for fifth singles. Detroit, coached by Dick Tad- donio, has found rough sledding in the early part of the season. They were stopped in their opener by Hillsdale, 8-1, and last Tues- day Wayne State found the going comparatively easy as they drop- ped the Titans, 9-0. Two Lettermen Taddonio's biggest problem can be found in that it has only two returning lettermen, captain Jim Drinan and senior Jim Stapleton from which to build his squad. The team is composed, along with Drinan and Stapleton, of six sophomores and three juniors on the 11-man roster. Bill Moloney, and ex-GI, is Taddonio's top junior. Bill Kiesznowski from U. of D. High, William Hershey of Red- ford, and Ed Gobel of St. Ignatius in Cleveland are among the top sophomore prospects. Last year the Wolverines smashed Detroit, 9-0, in their only meeting. The Titans ended their season with a poor won-lost record of 3-11. SKY-HIGH HOPES-Michigan's track team should have a bright future if freshmen like Steve Williams continue to progress. Above, Williams is clearing 6'5/" for a Michigan Open record. BY DAVE LYON Rain in Kalamazoo yesterday forced cancellation of the sched- uled baseball game between Mich- igan and Western Michigan. It was the sceond time this sea- son that the Wolverines were idled by weather. A scheduled doubleheader at Central Michigan April 11 was snowed out.- The possibilities that any of the three games will be played is re- mote. The Broncos are slated to play a single game here May 12, but Michigan Coach Don Lund said they probably wouldn't con- sent to a mid-week doubleheader. Road Trip Lund, whose team takes a four- game road trip this weekend, didn't like the postponemnent, even though it did afford his players to rest up for this weekend's ac- tivity. "Every game we play gives us just that much more exper- ience," he said. He indicated he will probably use either_ or both George Weem- hoff and Joe Brefeld to pitch in tomorrow's non-conference en- gagement at Notre Dame. He will choose from Gordon Rinckey, Al Koch, Nick Liakonis, and Bob Marcereau for Friday's Big Ten game at Indianan and the double bill at Ohio State the next day. The string of eight successive away games will conclude with the Wayne State contest at Detroit, May 5. The wolverines' next home contest is against North- western May 8. Leading Batter Slugging third baseman Dave Brown still leads the Wolverines in batting, number of hits, and runs batted in, as a result of last weekend's three-game set with Michigan State. Brown collected four hits in 12 at bats, his average declining 15 points to .385. He has 20 hits and 13 RBIs for the season. Outfielder John Halstead bene- fited most from Michigan State pitching, collecting six hits in 13 times to raise his average to .316. Outfielder Wilber Franklin, hit- ting .375 before the State series, went only three-for-13, dropping to .310. "He was a victim of bad' breaks," Lund said. "He was hit- ting the ballrright on the nose. Wilber's improving with every game." 1 BRIGHT FUTURE PREDICTED: Freshmen Thi'nc lads Show Promise ,. { SEASON OPENER-Michigan tennis Captain Jon Erickson will be playing number one singles this afternoon when the Wolverines meet the University of Detroit on the Titans' home courts. L> I California's Climate, Facilities Best For Tennis Says Wolverines' Murphy American youngsters should be singing the strains of "California, Here I Come," according to varsity tennis coach Bill Murphy, who cites the Golden Bear State as the ideal training ground for prospec- tive tennis players. "The weather would naturally be the main reason for this prefer- v ence. The sunshine and mild cli- mate are a natural inducement to anyone," said Murphy. "Also, the state has excellant facilities for playing tennis. The great number of professional ten- nis players and tennis teachers in California makes learning the fine points of the game simpler. In i I Major League Standings I NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. Los Angeles 10 5 .667 Milwaukee 7 4 .636 San Francisco 9 6 .600 Cincinnati 7 6 .538 Chicago 7 7 .500 Philadelphia 5 7 .417 Pittsburgh 5 8 .385 St. Louis 4 11 .267 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS San Francisco at Philadelphia,l St. Louis at Cincinnati, rain Chicago at Milwaukee, rain Only games scheduled. TODAY'S GAMES Los Angeles at Philadelphia St. Louis at Milwaukee Chicago at Cincinnati San Francisco at Pittsburgh AMERICAN GB 1 1 2 2% 3% 4 6 rain Cleveland Chicago Baltimore Kansas City washington New York Boston Detroit LEAGUE W L Pct. 10 4 .714 9 5 .643 9 5 .643 7 7 .500 7 8 .467 6 7 .462 6 7 .462 1 12 .077 GB 1 1 3 3% 3% 3lz addition, interest is stimulated and maintained through numerous tournaments and competitive matches." Though California is ideally suited for playing tennis, other parts of the country have pro- duced some outstanding tennis stars. The successes of such greats as Vic Seixias (Philadelphia), Ron Holmberg (New York) and Ham Richardson (Baton Rouge), point to the fact that tennis stars are not confined to one part of. the country. It is true, however, that prospec- tive tennis greats may run into difficulty in finding good tennis facilities outside California. For example, the city of Chicago has found that its tennis facilities are wholly inadequate to meet the needs of the public. As a result of severely limited facilities, good tennis prospects are turning toward other sports such as basketball. baseball and foot- ball. By JIM BENAGH Michigan's predominately un- derclassman track team could be headed for another banner year next spring if five talented fresh- men continue to progress. The classy yearlings are high- jumper Steve Williams, distance sensation Ergas Leps, shot-putter Tom Seifert, hurdler Bennie Mc- Rae and broad jumper Dick Rau. Williams, an unheralded small- town newcomer, jumped 6'51/2" in last week's Michigan Open - al- ready establishing himself as Big Ten championship caliber. Sets Record The jump, which set a now Open record, equaled his high school best -- recorded for Boyne City High, a little Northern Mich- igan school of about 200 students. The same area produced Mark Booth, of Cadillac, who was an 'M' champion in the event. Williams has reached 6'6" in practice and has aspirations of 6'10". Leps is one of the finest pros- pects to enter Michigan in years. He climaxed his competitive sea- son wth a 1:53.5 half mile in the Penn Relays last weekend. Set Records All winter long, the 19-yr.-old Canadian set Michigan freshman Caddies Needed Jack Blott, University Golf Course Manager, announced. that caddies are needed for the next three Saturdays, May 2, 9, and 16, in addition to the fol- lowing weekend of May 22-23 for the Big Ten Meet. All Mich- igan students interested should contact Blott at the course. I indoor marks from 600 yards through the mile run. Leps, who has been running competitively for only three years, had a 4:13.6 mile in the Hamilton (Ont.) Highlanders Meet last summer. The American high school best is 4:13.2. Seifert, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., has spent most of his first year at Michigan working with weights to build up his strength. Thus, he has not put well in competition. He has bettered 60' with the 12- lb. shot in high school. Rated High Track Coach Don Canham calls Seifert "one of the strongest shot putters I've seen." Canham has hopes that Seifert will help make up for the points lost by pole vaulters Mamon Gibson and Eeles Landstrom. McRae could be the key to Michigan's power in the Confer- ence next year because most of the outstanding high hurdlers will be graduated this spring. The Newport-News, Va., yearling is trying to earn a football berth this spring. A Canadian, Rau jumped 24' in last summer's British Empire trials. PERSONALITY HAIRSTYLING is our aim! " SUAVE " SMART * INDIVIDUALISTIC 10 haircutters The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theatre Batting Zigeler Brown Marshall Roman Halstead Mogk Franklin Dickey Struczewski Syring Danovich Kucher Fead NOTICE I This is-to inform you of an important change in procedure concerning the ELEC- TION OF OFFICERS of your Hillel Foundation. The forthcoming election of officers will be decided by a campus-wide vote. This will give you and all Jewish students an equal opportunity to hold office. To seek an executive office at Hillel (President, Vice President, Treasurer, or Secretary) pick up a petition at the secretary's office. Return your petition by 1:00 P.M. this Sunday, May 3. There will be no write-in candidates. Statistics AB RR UBI.Avg. 3 1 2 1 .667 52 10 20 13 .395 24 6 8 4 .333 59 10 19 9 .322 57 6 18 7 -.316 54 6 17 2 .315 29 4. 9 3 .310 39 6 11 5 .282 55 7 13 2 .235 30 1 6 2 .200 12 1 2 0 167 32 1 4 1 .125 1 0 0 9 .000 r k, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Washington 8, Kansas City 3 Baltimore at Detroit, wet grounds New York at Chicago, rain Boston at Cleveland, rain TODAY'S GAMES Washington at Kansas City Baltimore at Detroit New York at Chicago Only games scheduled. ,,,,,,.... FOREIGN ATHLETE RECRUITING PROBLEM: Controversial Sub ject Debated by College Leaders (ThrdIna eresonfoein th (third in a series on foreign ath- letes in American colleges.) By JIM BENAGH "Milers: If you can do better thar 4:15 and want an Ameri- can education, contact . . ."-- Advertisement by an American college coach in an 'European sports magazine. The problems of using foreignj athletes are the problems of re- cruiting, Most critics of the for- eign athlete movement in Ameri- can colleges have agreed. Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson, pres- ident of the United States Olym- pic Committee, has emphasized that "some very unusual recruit- ing tactics by some of the colleges and universities in the United States" are the reasons for pro- tests by many nations through- out the world. "They have protested so vigor- ously to the International Olym- pic Committee," replied Wilson, "that it is on the agenda at the next meeting to consider the pos- sibility of barring any of their athletes who accept athletic schol- arships in the U. S. from compet- ing in the Olympics representing their own country." Wilson said if such a plan was adopted, it would put a "decid- ed curb" on star athletes coming to America. However, men like Michigan State's Clarence "Biggie" Munn would discourage such trends of thought. "We Americans recruit in al- most everything," he said. "My- self? I'm for recruiting anyone- rcientists, business people, and athletes. America was built on using the best there is." He, like Michigan's H. 0. "Fritz" Crisler, lets his staff have a free hand in recruiting - as long as they stay within the Big Ten and NCAA rules. Michigan Talent "We would naturally like to have our squads made up of Mich- igan, boys," added Munn, "We wouldn't want our coaches to re- cruit an ALL-foreign track team." At Michigan, the actual con- tacts with the foreign athletes are broken into three classes: 1) Outright recruiting - where the coaches comb newspapers for prospects, then go out and con- tact them directly; 2) Athletes are referred by their coaches and alumni, or write di- rectly; 3) And, the self-perpetuating process-where athletes from one area keep flowing to Michigan, or former athletes from that area convince them of the school's values. Deny 'Hustling' Except for 'Canadian athletes, Michigan coaches deny any out- right "hustling" of international stars. "There are just too many of them," swim coach Gus Stager said. "Besides, it's much easier to work for kids near us." Track coach Don Canham claims that none of his four "im- ports," who won individual Big Ten titles last March, were re- cruited directly. The coaches didn't know of Canadian Pete Stanger until he showed up for practice in his freshman year. A New York track club coach suggested to Bahaman Tom Robinson that he contact Canham. Wrote to Canham Les Bird, of little British An- tigua, wrote to Canham. Former Canadian Olympic star McDonald Bailey referred Tony Seth, of British Guiana, to Michigan. None of the four were close to established stars before they en- rolled. Stanger was a "fair sprinter;" Robinson had run 100 meters in :10.6 (equivalent to :09.8 for 100 yards) in the 1956 Olympics; Bird had done over 23' in the broad jump; and Seth had run 440 yards in about :50. Paul Palmer and Grant McKee, a pair of Canadians on football scholarships, were referred to Michigan by Jim Trimble, Hamil- ton Tiger-Cat coach. Direct Recruiting Hockey coach Al Renfrew, gym coach Newt Loken, and Canham all admit they do direct recruit- ing in Canada. But all three point that freshman swimmer Karri Kaykho here and helped Mauri Jourmakki get a scholarship to Eastern Michigan. Both recruits are from Helsinki, Landstrom's home town. Because there are so many ath- letes who want to come to Amer- ica to study and compete, athletic leaders have not found much il- legal recruiting. Most of the lead- ers said that if there is any, it still can't reach the intensity of football and basketball violations. But Commissioner Wilson, who said he investigated many cases in his Conference and could find no illegal recruiting, warned: "I do feel that this must be carefully watched and, if neces- sary, restrictive action taken." CAMPUS FA VORITES 4. SHIRTS $4.00 up Here are the "smart" shirts col- lege men like to wear. They're neatly proportioned to fit com. 0 Get satisf'ing flavor...So friendly to your taste! 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