;TEN TIME MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY. MAY 17. 1959 TEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY. MAY 17. 1959 the, game's t thing!. Fred Katz, Associate Sports Editor IN CONFERENCE MEET TUNEUP: M' Golfers Defeat U-D, Wisconsin, Lose to MSU The Def ense Speaks One more epilogue to the modern, sporting version of Little Red Riding Hood and the big, bad wolf was entered Thursday. The big, bad wolf strode through the woods, crossed the Red Cedar River and did its dirty work on the Michigan State campus. It locked grandmothers John Kobs, Biggie Munn and Duffy Daugherty in the closed and snatched Al Luplow, a sweet young thing, for its own ("the better to devour you in the insidious world of pro- fessional baseball, my dear"). At least that's how college baseball likes to picture itself - a helpless young maiden with no protection from el lupo alias the pros. The signing of Luplow, the Spartans' sophomore star, gives the col- leges further opportunity to exclaim how big and bad the pros are. It's funny, though, how Senor Wolf always remains so silent. The American public is famous for its love of the underdog and so the colleges have played the role to the hilt. Thus, it's no wonder that the pros are pictured as villains. ' There's no attempt here to deny-the often-apparent viciousness of the major leagues in signing college players. Nor can their actions be thoroughly condoned. But it's important to hear their side of the story, be it right, wrong or simply a matter of opinion. No one is more qualified as a spokesman for the majors than Joe L. Brown, Pittsburgh Pirates general manager, a member of the Professional Baseball College Committee and voted baseball's top executive of 1958. "I am sympathetic with those college coaches who have had youngsters sign with professional clubs for little or no bonus," Brown said in a recent letter to this writer. "But I cannot understand or sympathize with their complaints over losing a boy with outstanding ability who has signed for a substantial amount of money. "Baseball is a highly respected profession and it seems only logi- cal to me that a college coach who is interested sincerely in the fu- ture of his players should be pleased that one or more of his boys has been enabled to start in his chosen work under such favorable and profitable conditions." Brown believes there is some justification for protests by college coaches on the so-called major league raids, and honestly feels the situation isn't as serious as some coache make it appear. "The Pittsburgh organization, for example, has never attempted to induce a collegian to enter professional baseball unless the young man indicated his desire to do so," he says. "We do, of course, follow closely those prospects in whom we are 'interested, but only to the extent that we will be able to com- pete for their services in the event that they decide later to enter professional baseball." Education Can Continue-.-. Brown emphasizes that because a player leaves college to enter baseball doesn't necessarily mean his education must cease. "Pitcher Bob Friend signed with the Pirates in 1950 while in his first semester at Purdue," says Brown. "Bob received his degree from Purdue in 1957, became eligible for one of the finest pension plans in the business world, as well as earning a fine salary in baseball and operating his own investment firm in Pittsburgh. "This is an unusual case, to be sure, but there are a minimum of 42 players in the Pirates' organization who are continuing their college education during the winter months. Brown calls college football one of professional baseball's biggest competitors, because it is difficult, or sometimes impossible, to equal the financial rewards which are offered to two-sport athletes by a large number of universities. "Many youngsters who have been considered outstanding major league baseball prospects in high school lose their ability in college," Brown says, "either as a direct result of participation in football or because they were not permitted to play baseball during their college years." Brown isn't blind to the problem facing the colleges. "Baseball must either be more mindful of the individual college man's problems, and as a result, sign only those players who are con- sidered to be definite prospects. Or perhaps some type of rule could be passed which would furnish such protection. "If the college coaches could all come to the realization that professional baseball is a profession which offers many benefits to .young men just as do medicine, law, engineering, etc., then they should have no real objection to the entrance of any of their players in the professional sport under favorable conditions." This, in brief, is one professional's point of view. The collegiate sympathizer undoubtedly can knock a multitude of holes in it just as his argument can be done likewise. But is this really a big, bad wolf speaking? By DAVE ANDREWS The Michigan golf team played, sharp golf on the final 18 holes yesterday and defeated Wisconsin 241-111, and Detroit 301/2-5/2, but it could not overcome an early Michigan State lead and fell to the Spartans 191!-161/. Trailing MSU 12-6 at noon the Wolverines, led by Chuck Black- ett and Dick Youngberg fought back and nearly caught the Spar- tans. The final three point margin is much closer than it looks as "M" split the matches won and lost with State. The difference came in Joe Brisson's 6-0 loss to MSU's Tyler Caplan. Encouraging Round Coach Bert Katzenmeyer said, "I was disappointed by the morn- ing scores, but very encouraged by the afternoon rounds." His golfers played badly in the morning as only two of the six- men playing broke 80. However, there was a different story in the afternoon. Besides the 73's turned in by Blackett and Youngberg, Larry Markman and Pat Keefe fired 77's and Captain Ray Lovell had a 79. Only Joe Brisson played worse in the after- noon. He fell from a 78 to an 81. The final scores illustrate the kind of golf played by the Wol- verines in the afternoon. They won 43 out of a possible 54 points from their three opponents. This included an 18-0 shutout over De-o troit, a team they had barely de- feated earlier in the year. Katzenmeyer said, "The sub-, par nines of 34 and 35 turned in by Youngberg and Blackett were great displays of golf." Youngberg started his round with three pars," but then he fired threehconsecu- tive birdies to go three under par. + U.S. Retains Walker Cup MUIRFIELD, Scotland (R) - A trio of college boys new to inter- national competition - Ward Wettlaufer, Jack Nicklaus and Deane Beman-paced U.S. ama- teur golfers to a sweeping 9-3 Walker Cup victory over the Brit- ish yesterday. Wettlaufer, 23, and Nicklaus, 19, player superb sub-par golf for crushing one-sided victories and Beman, idle in Friday's team matches, came from behind to win a decision, on the final green. Two veterans of Walker Cup play, Harvie Ward and Bill Hynd- man III, contributed two other points in America's 16th cup tri- umph, with only one defeat, in 37 years. He continued with two more pars, and finished with a bogey on the 18th. Yesterday's quadrangular meet was the final dual competition of the year for the "M" team. They finished the regular season with a respectable 8-5 record. Only two of the losses have been inflicted on the home course as three of them came on the unfamiliar Ohio State course. Looking ahead to the Confer- ence meet which will be held here, next weekend Katzenmeyer smiled when he said, "I - still feel that Indiana and Purdue are the teams to beat, but State is stronger than I anticipated. 'We Can Win' "However." he said, "if we have two good days I think we' can win."His team has improved tre- mendously recently and must be considered a contender. Despite the fact that they have lost to both Michigan State and Indiana here in match play they have yet to be beaten by anyone on the University course by total strokes. Yesterday in the loss to MSU they still managed to out- s c o r e t h-e Spartans by eight strokes, 946-954. Indiana was also beaten on total score this week and Purdueearlier this year. 1V4dal play scoring is used to decide the Big Ten Championship. The teams are allowed to play six men and the top five individual totals are i1sed to provide the team total. Golf Summaries POINTS WON FROM MICHIGAN MSU U-II WIS. Lovell, 79-79--158 3 4' 311 Brisson, 78-81-159 0 5! 314 Blackett, 80-73-153 4 6 51_ Keefe, 81-77--159 41j 4 6 Youngberg, 85-73--158 3 6 3 Markman, 83-77-160 1!72 4 3 MICHIGAN STATE Smith, 78-80--158; Caplan 16-76- 152; Reynolds, 84-77-161; Schmidt, 86-79-165; Barrett, 82-84-166; Bald- win, 75-77-152. WISCONSIN Steeno, 84-77-161; Walden, 80- 78-158; Remmert, $4-77--161; Klein, 83-82-165; Quam, 79-83--162; Park- er, 79-84--163. Adams, 7988---167; Molenda, 79- 88-167; Predliomme, 90-92-182; Skover, 80-88-168; Sarowski, 98-88-- 186; Sample, t 83-81--170. 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