THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964 fympie Swimming Future ooks Good for Americans IN OLYMPIC GAMES: I, -, M'Moves into Title Race U.S. Should Rule Track Meet (4,i NEW YORK (M)--Don't worry about the Russians, Americans again will dominate the swimming pool in the 1964 Olympic Games at Tokyo, a leading U.S. swim- ming authority promised earlier this week. "The Russians are coming fast and they will be good in certain discipline events, such as the breaststroke and backstroke," said Max Ritter of Jenkintown, Pa. "But they will be hard-pressed to win a single medal. We should win plenty." Ritter is president of the Inter- national Swimming Federation, or the FINA, and treasurer of the U.S. Olympic Committee. He is regarded as one of the world's most knowledgeable men in the water sport. Russians Hold Marks His appraisal eased some of the. alarm felt in some U.S. swim-' ming circles when the latest list of recognized world records cred- ited the Russians with four of the 10 made since the first of the year. Only one American was in- cluded-individual medley special- ist Donna de Varona of Santa Clara, Calif. The Russians never have won an Olympic swimming title although they are strong in most other Olympic events. A Russian breaststroker, Geor- gi Propopenko, was credited with SCORES COLLEGE BASEBALL Bowling Green 3, Ohio State 2 Indiana Central 6, Miami (Ohio) 1 Georgia tech 4, Tennessee 3 world records in the 100 and 220 meters and the medley relay. "I know Propopenko - he is one of the Soviet's best swim- mers," Ritter said, "but we should not take too much stock in his records. One was made at Baku, the other at Blackpool in Eng- land. Salt Water Advantage "Both are salt water pools. Swimmers have more buoyancy in salt water and their times are faster. Some of us have been try- ing to get salt water perform- ances eliminated. "If the Americans swam in salt water, they would murder the rec- ords." The swimming authority said the American team, made up largely of teen-agers of 14 and 15 years, should be the strongest ever sent to the Games and should improve on the 1960 record at Rome. There, American men won six of the 10 championships, four silver medals and three bronze. The women won five of the nine titles and had three seconds. Start Swimmers Young "Recently our swimmers broke almost exery existing American record," Ritter said. "Our program is almost unbeatable. We start our swimmers at six years old. By the time they're 14, or 15 they've reached a peak. "Our strength will lie in our depth. We have swimmers - great swimmers - nobody has ever heard of. Our established kids will have trouble winning places on the team-the boys and girls coming up are so strong. "The Russians, who are proud and who work hard, are im- proving, but we're too far ahead." COLUMBUS, Ohio (P) - Al- though the challengers are creep-z ing up, the United States should win handily in the track-field phase of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. So said Larry Snyder, Ohio State's silver-haired coach, who tutored the American cinder con- tingent to victory in the 1960 games at Rome, as he talked ear- lier in the week on track topics. "We've never been beaten in track and field," Snyder said, "and I'm sure we can stay in front for some time. Other nations are getting better, mostly as a result' of learning our training and tech- niques. "Scores of foreign athletes are attending American colleges and will compete for their home lands in the Olympics. Some of them are certain medal winners, and they got their know-how here. Clinics by our coaches in foreign countries have helped the other nations, too." "But the U.S. is filled with tal- ent in the sprints and hurdles and some of the field events, and should win handily," Snyder said. Snyder also predicted that the relatively new U.S. Track and Field Federation would replace the Amateur Athletic Union in the not too distant future as this coun- try's ruling organization in inter- national athletics. "The Federation has 670,901 athletes and 27,353 coaches un- der its control in the high schools and colleges," Snyder said. "It al- so has indoor and outdoor track facilities valued at $178.6 million and its members spend $31 mil- lion annually on equipment and travel "The AAU doesn't have a single track or coach. It just has con- trol." A probable three-medal U.S. sweep in the 110- and 440-meter hurdles, shot and discus at Tokyo was envisioned by Snyder, but he sees little hope for American points in the hammer, javelin, triple jump, steeplechase, mara- thon or walking events. He tagged Bob Hayes of Florida A & M, Adolph Plummer and Ulis Williams of Arizona State, Willie May of Indiana, Henry Carr of Detroit, Hayes Jones of Eastern Michigan, Rex Cawley of South- ern California and Elzie Higgen- bottom of Wisconsin as the big hopes in the shorter events. Tom O'Hara of Chicago Loyola was picked as the No. 1 threat at 1500 meters, and Snyder said Bob Schule of Miami (Ohio) Univer- sity, could be well up in the 5000 or 10,000-meter runs where the United States usually is blanked. By JIM LASOVAGE After a disappointing non-con- ference season record, the Wolver- ine diamondmen opened the Big Ten season with three consecu- tive victories last weekend. Now, with a 3-0 conference rec- ord, the Wolverines are tied for the Big Ten lead with Purdue. After dropping Notre Dame 2-0 in the first game of a four-game road series, Michigan went on to shut out Wisconsin 6-0 in the Big Ten opener, and followed this with a double victory over Northwest- ern, 7-1, 8-1. The Blue then lost a 9-3 decision to the same Notre Dame team on Tuesday. Get Good Pitching On the road trip, Michigan re- ceived four fine pitching perform- ances from four different pitch- ers, Bill Wahl, Marlin PembEcon, Clyde Barnhart, and Paul Schuldt each went the distance, as Mich- igan's opponents gathered a total of two runs on 17 hits in four games. The Wolverine nine did not fare so well in Tuesday's rematch with Notre Dame, as the Irish dropped Michigan 9-3. Shortstop Rich Gronski of Notre Dame was the big gun in killing the home town favorites with four hits, four runs, and four '-uns batted in. Two of his safeties were round-trippers. The pitching did not hold up, as P. Coach Moby Benedict was able to get only two innings from starter Carl Welch. He was blasted for five runs on six hits before he retired his six batters. Jim Bobel followed him on the mound, and fared somewhat better, lasting five frames. He left the game in favor of pinch hitter Al Bara, who sin- gled for him in the seventh inning. The Irish managed to tag Bobel for three runs on three hits. Wayne Slusher came in to throw the last two innings for Michigan. He allowed only one hit, but that was a home run by Gronski for Notre Dame's last run. Benedict commented that the hitters didn't come through in the clutch, and this can be seen by the fact that Michigan left nine men stranded on the base paths. In the Big Ten this year, ac- cording to the coaches, Just about anybody could win. The best chances were given to Indiana, P u r d u e, Minnesota, Michigan State and Ohio State, the teams which piled up the best spring records. Purdue 'Wins However, Minnesota lost to Purdue in the Big Ten opener, Ohio State and Indiana split a doubleheader, and Michigan State divided a twin bill with Wiscon- sin. This left only Michigan and Purdue with unmarred conference marks. The schedule for Friday has Purdue at Michigan at Ferry Field at 3:30 p.m. Other games are Illinois at Michigan State, Iowa at Minnesota, Northwestern at Ohio State, and Wisconsin at In- diana. Big Ten Doubleheaders On Saturday, Big Ten action will be at its fullest, with five doubleheaders on tap. Illinois will be the guest of Michigan. The first game will start at 1:30 p.m. at Ferry Field. Other Big Ten pairings for Sat- urday are: Iowa at Minnesota, Northwestern- at .Indiana, Purdue at Michigan State, and Wisconsin at Ohio State. Following are the Michigan in- dividual statistics and team totals complete .through Tuesday's loss. Tate Leads.. BATTING RON TATE SPORTS SHORTS: Urges RacingFanis To Politic BOB HAYES TOM O'HARA I I Major League Standings I AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Cleveland 5 3 .625 - Minnesota 7 5 .583 - Detroit 7 5 .583 - Chicago 5 4 .556 3j Baltimore 6 5 .545 r.z New York 4 4 .500 1 x-Washington 6 7 .462 1 Boston 5 7 .417 2 x-LosAngeles 5 7 .417 2 Kansas City 3 6 .333 2Y2 x-Played night game. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Baltimore 4, Boston 2 Detroit 5, Kansas City 4 (10 inn) Chicago at New York (rain) Clevelandat Minnesota (wet) Los Angeles 5, Washington 0 (4 inn) TODAY'S GAMES Chicago at New York Detroit at Kansas City Cleveland at Minnesota Only games scheduled, NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia San Francisco Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Chicago New York YESTERI W L Pct. 8 2 .800 8 3 .727 8 5 .615 8 6 .571 7 6 .538 6 6 .500 6 9 .400 6 9 .400 4 7 .364 2 10 .167 RESULTS GB 1/ 2 2% 3 4f 4Y2 4Y 7 DAY'S San Francisco 4, Chicago 0 Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0 Los Angeles 7, Houston 2 St. Louis 4, New York 3 (11 inn) Philadelphia at Cincinnati (rain) TODAY'S GAMES San Francisco at Chicago Los Angeies at Houston (n) Philadelphia at Cincinnati (n) Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (n) New York at St. Louis (n) By The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A horse racing official suggested last night racing fans could become a force to give the sport a better break in the political arena. "The answer to racing's politi- cal problems is for racing to be- come politically important itself," Neil J. Curry told a National Turf Writers Association dinner. Curry, president of the National Association of State Racing Com- missioners, said racing feared en- tering politics because officials feel there aren't enough votes among those actively engaged in the sport to make any difference in any election. He also said that if track of-. ficials support partisan politicians and they lose, those in racing feel they would be punished by the winners. Racing has a far more potent politicalweapon, he told the writ- ers. "Our political resources are the millions of Americans who love the sport, who get to tracks when- ever they can and who avidly read the magic words coming from your typewriters-the racing public," he said. MIDAS MEANS IT!1 Those wno would tax racing to extinction could be made to feel the power at the polls of the army of racing fans." VMI Coach Resigns LEXINGTON, Va. Louis F. (Weenie) Miller, Virginia, Military; Institute's basketball coach who guided the Keydets to their first Southern Conference crown in his- tory the past season, will resign at the end of the academic year. Maj. Gen. George R. E. Shell, VMI superintendent, announced Miller's resignation yesterday and said Gary D. McPherson would move up -from assistant to head coach. Miller, a native of Richmond, has been VMI's head basketball coach for six years. He resigned to enter private business. A native of Richmond and a 1947 graduate of the University of Richmond, Miller was head bask- etball coach at Hampden-Sydney and at neighboring Washington and Lee before taking over at VMI in 1958. His record at VMI was 41-84 and in winning the conference championship the past season he chalked up a 12-12 record, the Keydets' first non-losing season since 1941 Williams, NCAA and National AAU 440-yard dash champion, has been hampered by leg injuries all season. He suffered a new injury last weekend at the Drake Re- lays. ASU trainer Art Dickinson said the new injury appears far more serious than first believed. He said the injury is to the long mus- cle at the fraont of Williams' right thigh. * * Fail To Cash Tickets ALBANY, N.Y. - Race track patrons in New York state failed to cash $497,554 in winning pari- mutuel tickets last year, the State Tax Department reported yester- day. When the tickets were not re- deemed by April 1, the tracks turned over the money to the de- partment and it went into the state's general fund. The department said the total was $65,954 more than the 1962 racing season. * * * Long Recovers LOS ANGELES - Shot-putter Dallas Long learned last night that an injury suffered when 200 pounds of weights, fell on his foot will not prevent him from defending his world record. 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