___THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'M' Downs GrowinUp A national magazine, which shall go nameless to avoid em- barrassment, recently offered a humorous question. If, the editors wondered, all little boys want to be baseball players when they grow up, what do. baseball players want to be when they grow up? It's mentioned here because graduation is near and the question very easily applies to sportswriters-perhaps more so. With sports- writers, however, the question is usually when, rather than what if. Usually, this time of the year is reserved to such pressing matters as prognasticating about the baseball team,, or, more importantly, beginning to evaluate the fall football prospects. (Alumni are ,for some reason, persistently inquistive about this matter.) Now I would hate to think that I am growing up, but as I write this last little bit, my thoughts are straying to what seems to be a higher level. The crisis revolves around the ever-growing fact that college sports are no longer fun. They are a business, and a big business at that. Perhaps it just took a little longer for us at Michigan to realize and acknowledge it, but the recent $12 levy for football tickets certainly took care of any remaining dissenters. I used to joke that I originally joined The Daily sports staff to save money on sports events. Just think--people used to laugh. The 12 Excuse.. . The $12 athletic ard can only be justified because Michigan definitely needs a new Field House and because Michigan was previously in a minority concerning student fees. This is no real justification for the fee, however. It is but an excuse for the ever oincreasing costs of the athletic departments. The Michigan athletic department once not only supported itself, the physical education department and the intramural program, but also had enough money left over to build the necessary facilities. Now, due to the spiraling costs, recruiting being the largest single factor, the receipts are barely enough to meet the yearly operating costs. Not only is the athletic department asking the students to finance a basketball arena, but it is also requesting the Regents to take over the financing of the intramural program. The prob- lem won't end here and it's a safe bet that the athletic cards won't disappear., .Accompanying the increasing costs is the increasing pressure brought to bear on collegiate sports-pressure on the players to live up to their scholarships, pressure on the coaches to fill the huge stadiums, pressure on the athletic departmene to publicize and re- cruit, and pressure on the newspapers to cover the colleges. There has been criticism this year of The Daily's inadequacy in the area of intramural coverage. I have argued that it required the full-tiie effort of our staff to even give minimal coverage to. the million-anal-a-half dollar business that is Michigan sports. Since ours is supposed to be a part-time job, it requires about five reporters to do the job that one Detroit reporter could. Even with our proximity to the scene, it was often difficult to match the coverage professional papers give to college sports. Unemployment Eve .. . So on this eve of passing on to a higher level of unemployment I am bothered by this decay which leads the athletic department farther and farther away from the University. Fortunately Michigan still retains some of the qualities which make college sports a pleasure to cover, rather than a job. Minor sports have remained high in importance to help take some of the importance away from football and basketball, and there is still an emphasis placed on education of the athletes. I conclude this last column with the hope that Michigan will lead the way back to the time when an unknown could come out of the student body to star on the football team; or when you could call it your football team, rather than referring to it as so many hired hands; or when you could watch your team' play without buying a ticket. Western, 7-5, for SecondStraigh special To The Daily KALAMAZOO-Dave Campbell's Jones guided the team for the rest Jones sent in Bobby Cantrell to of the game. run for Adams and substituted two-out single down the leftfield The Wolverines entered the last Harvey Chapman for pitcher Mar- foul line knocked in the two win- inning, down 5-4. Pete Adams led lin Pemberton at the plate. Uryga ning runs in the ninth inning here off with a single and Bronco had trouble with his control and yesterday to climax a three-run Coach Charlie Maher came out walked Chapman to put men on of the dugout to replace pitcher first and second. rally that gave Michigan a 7-5 Mike Boedy with Walt Uryga. Then Jones laid a bunt down victory over Western Michigan. the first base line. Jones was Iwas theseventh win in et Title in View?.safe at first as the Broncos tried games that the Wolverines have MICHIGAN AB R H RBI and falted to cut down Cantrell at posted over the Broncos in the Jones, 2b 5 1 3 o third. However, Cantrell hurt him- last two seasons. Before the game Newman, ss 5 8 0 1 self sliding into the bag and was yesterday the Western season rec- Tate, rf 5 1 0 0 rep!uced by Earl Meyers. With the ord was 19-2, one of the losses Campbell, 1b 5 2 2 bases loaded Maher only let Ury- Steckley. 1f 1 1 20 gasthrw oad b allsrto Jn ltmani being a 3-0 loss to Michigan at spalla, et 2 1 1 1 ga throw two balls to Jim Newman Ferry Field last Monday. The Post, 3b 4 0 1 2 before he called in a new pitcher. a Broncos were rated the number P. Adams, c 4 1 3 1 two team in the country before a-Cantrell 0 8 0 0New Hurler yesterday's game. b-Meyers, e0 0- Dave Bitante was the new hurl- C. Adams, c 0 9 0 9 'Starting Wolverine pitcher Fritz Fisher, p 0 0 0 er. He allowed Newman to hit a Fisher and Coach Moby Benedict Pemberton, p 3 0 0 0 fly to centerfield and Meyers scor- were both tossed out of the game p ed from third with Chapman go- in the second nning. Capta Joe Slushernpg o third wh C n o- inth scndinin.Catan -o ing to third from second. Jones -Daily-Ed Langs SPALLA AT BAT-Michigan centerfielder Dennis Spalla is at bat in one of Michigan's home games this season. Spalla drove in a run in yesterday's 7-5 win over Western. It was the second straight victory over the Broncos that Michigan scored this week. TAKES OVER TONIGHT: Vernon Out; Hodges In As Senators' Manager WASHINGTON OP) - The last place Washington Senators hired old Dodger hero Gil Hodges as manager of the American League team yesterday, replacing Mickey Vernon. Hodges, who played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers before going to the New York Mets last season, said he was first contacted about managing the Senators Tuesday by Washing- ton General Manager George Sel- kirk. He will take over as manager tonight in Baltimore. Coach Eddie Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Chicago New York Boston Kansas City Cleveland Los Angeles SMinnesota Detroit Wvashington W 24 24 20 19 20 16 19 17 14 14 L 15 15 13 16 17 17 23 21 23 27 Pet. .615 .615 .646 .543 .541 .485 .452 .447 .378 .341 GB 1 3 3 5 612 9 11 Yost served as acting manager against the Chicago White Sox Wednesday night while Hodges watched with Selkirk. Vernon, the only manager the new Senators have had since they were established in 1961, will re- main as administrative assistant to Selkirk. Under Vernon, the Senators fin- ished last in the two seasons since the old Washington team moved to Minnesota. Currently the Sena- tors are in the league cellar, hav- ing lost nine of their last 10 games. "I expect Gil to get our club hustling," Selkirk said, "but I don't anticipate that he'll achieve the impossible. Hodges was ac- quired with a long-range program in mind." Delay Intent Letter Ruling TEMPE, Ariz. tom)-Athletic di- rectors of the six Western Athletic Athletic Conference schools voted yesterday to table action on a proposed interconference letter-of- intent agreement until their De- cember meeting. In the recent, Big Ten spring meetings, the letter-of-intent rule was approved. A number of con- ferences have not yet agreed The conference had been asked to join several other conferences in a letter-of-intent pact. Don Smith, conference director of information, said there was no strong feeling for or against such an agreement, but the athletic, directors felt they should work out an agreement within the confer- ence first. Name Mouw GoCaptai Gary Mouw was elected captain of the golf team for next year at the players' meeting held yester- day afternoon. Mouw, a two year letterman, finished tenth among the field last week in the Big Ten Golf meet with 305 strokes. Although he did not go on the annual spring trip this year, Mouw defeated two op- ponents and tied with one in dual meet competition by the conclu- sion of the season. Mouw will be succeeding this year's captain Chuck Newton, who placed third in the conference tournament. tSORT"LIGHT Bill Shean shot a 79-79-158 to win the all-campus golf tourna- ment Tuesday afternoon after leading Evans Scholars to a team victory in the independent divi- sion, 335-339, Saturday. Tied for second behind Shean were Allen Jensen and Bill Heid- breder, both with 160's. Other team winners were Zeta Beta Tau for the social fraterni- ties, Huber for theuresidence halls and Nu Sigma Nu for the pro- fessional fraternities. Huber also won the residence halls horseshoe championship, 2-1, over Wenley. Winchell emerged as the residence halls' "A" softball winner, 12-4, over Reeves. Intramural Director Earl Riskey explained the golf championships will be held next fall so that the spring rains won't be a factor in forcing postponements. Softball Playoffs SOCIAL FRATERNITY 'A' Theta Chl 15, Delta Sigma Phi 9 IDelta Tau Delta 4, Alpha Epsilon Pi 0 SOCIAL FRATERNITY 'B' Sigma Chi won by forfeit Theta X1 won by forfeit FACULTY Nuclear Engineering 9, English 7 Public Health won by forfeit INDEPENDENT Foresters 15, pioneers 12 keep trim ARCADE BARBERS NICKELS ARCADE I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Minnesota 3, Boston 1, Los Angeles 7, Cleveland 6 (11 inn.) Chicago 9, Washington 3 Baltimore 2, Detroit 1 New York 8, Kansas City 7 (11 inn.) TODAY'S GAMES Washington at Baltimore (n) Only game scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE Scholarships should certainly be reduced in size and number across the nation and the need factor should be enforced. The idea of a scholarship is to help an athlete attend college, not as a reward for athletic ability. I hope no one construes this to mean; that I concur with Avery ' Brundage's definition of amateurism, because I don't. A professional is a person who signs a contract, everyone else is an amateur. I would allow the athletes to earn money in their sport, but I don't think it should be the colleges that do the paying. Perhaps now that the students have been asked to become stockholders in the Michigan Wolverine Co., they can demand a "say and help direct the course. This semi-professionalism (meaning that everything is pro- fessional except you don't have to give the athletes a salary) has caused a lot more harm than good. Take my case for instance. It might have been nice to go to school, seeing that I was in the area for four years., W L Pct. San Francisco Los Angeles. Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee Philadelphia Houston New York '26 25 28 21 18 19 19 17 18 16 15 16 19 28 18 19 21 22 24 25 .634 .609 .513 .512 .500 .500 .475 .436 .428 .390 GB 1 5 5 51 5% 614 8 S% 10 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 7, St. Louis 6 (11 inn.) San Francisco 10, Philadelphia 2 Los Angeles 7, New York 3 Pittsburgh 4, Houston 3 Milwaukee at Cincinnati (ppd.) TODAY'S GANGES St. Louis at ChicagoA Cincinnati at Milwaukee Only games scheduled r - ......... 71 1W I Many View Davis Burial 11 EMIRA, N. Y. (M)-Thousands of persons paid final tribute yes- terday to football star Ernie Davis at the largest funeral in the city's history. Approximately 1600 persons jammed the sanctuary and the basement of the First Baptist Church and more than 3000 stood solemnly in a park An uncle of Davis' collapsed in the church and a woman was tak- en ill near the church's front steps. Davis' mother, Mrs. Arthur Radford, collapsed in an automo- bile after the 23-year-old football All-America and only Negro to win the Heisman Trophy had been buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Davis, voted the nation's out- standing collegiate football player in 1961, died Saturday in Cleve- land of leukemia. While you're vacationing over the summer have your TYPEWRITER CLEANED and STORED, at UNIVERSITY TYPEWRITER CENTER 613 E. WILLIAMS BEFORE THE FINALS .. . STUDENTS, if you have telephone service and will be discontinuing it at the end of the semester we suggest that you place your order now. This may be done by calling our business office at 453-7900. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY I !t F .:. 1' 11 CHECKMATE FOR COOL SAVINGS! oa I 0 Watch for Does a man really take unfair advantage of women I II I II I.