THROUGH THE BULL'S EYE by Bill Bullard r' Major Sports Fortunes on the Rise l TlE MICHIGAN DAiL THURSDAY,SEP' Elliott Names Players in First Three Platc By SCOTT BLECH . could be the greatest all-around year for sports at Michigan all started back in 1866 with a Wolverine baseball team piled a 3-0 record. ampions of the West" has always been a label' that rang far as the so-called minor sports are concerned. But what he upcoming year so potentially terrifc. is both the hoped emacy of the two major college sports-football and basket- :d that of the other Wolverine sports. too long a time in recent years the over-all excellence of e athletic teams was overshadowed by disappointing foot- basketball teams. While there had never been a champion- dition in basketball, the winning tradition in football was pectations, left unfulfilled, of a return to former football us the frustration of an almost unbroken series of weak 11 teams tarnished the image of over-all athletic excellence. basketball situation has dramatically changed in the four' the Dave Strack regime. Now football fortunes are on the >mplete the picture. Lp Elliott took a pessimistic approach yesterday in lecturing ters traveling on the eleventh annual Big Ten Skywriters presented a realistic appraisal, of the team's personnel and lems that have to be solved before the -Wolverines can play caliber football. all the coaches in the Big Ten have problems. It's a matter e as to whose problems are worse than whose. Elliott pointed out, on any given Saturday any team in the can beat any other team. Most teams are. fairly evenly as results from last year show: the Wolverines tied two; and last two games by margins of four and six points, 'ely. s it wouldn't have taken much of an improvement to have se games last season. Elliott admits that this year's squad 'ved over last year's. "But six other Big Ten coaches are ieir teams are improved also," he adds. crucial question now is: Has Michigan improved relative to r teams in the conference? This question has been answered affirmative by "experts" in a myriad of football previews d in such diverse periodicals as Street and Smith's Football nd Playboy. I wouldn't want to argue with these prognos- even though one of them picked Northwestern to win the championship a year ago (the Wildcats tied for fifth ,in Ten with a 3-4 record).' seems clear that barring some unforeseen disaster, the es will be in contention for the conference championship ;on. With Illinois and Ohio State scheduled for November, may not be settled until the final weekend at Columbus. Wolverine basketball team then should pick up where the team left off, having four of five starters back from the ich finished third in the 1964 NCAA Tournament. The minor . the winter and spring can hardly be expected to duplicate r's performance of four conference championships, four laces and only one third place. But their performances will ssuredly outshine the showing of any other Big Ten school. verine dominance in Big Ten sports has been so complete that. State Bulletin, a publication sent to all OSU varsity letter recently commented, ". ;. . the Buckeyes have beaten the .es in scarcely anything since World War II."y article continued. "Our won-lost record with the Wolves ce 1913 is just as pathetic. Outside of basketball, where the :5 to 32 we'd be better not to schedule them in most sports. er a previous question, we haven't beaten Michigan in tennis 3, wrestling since 1945 and gymnastics since 1951. Our dual ge by sports since 1913 is a woeful .332 . ." point is that the general public only pays much attention' e football and basketball. Now that the Wolverines are nto the front ranks in these two sports, the over-all excel- the Michigan athletic tradition can be fully realized. The top three units of the Michi- gan- football team were announc- ed by Coach Bump Elliott yester- day before a gathering of 25 mid- western football writers on their eleventh annual Big Ten Sky- writers tour. Coach Elliott discussed with the touring writers the first offensive, and defensive units and the mem- bers of.the third team. Sixteen lettermen head the first. offensive and defensive units with. Carl Ward and Rick Volk being the only starting sophomores. Ward, a speedster from Cincinna- ti, O., beat out letter winners Dick. Rindfuss and Dick Wells to nail down the right halfback spot. Ward has shown dazzling speed in practice and is a very valuable- nown Wss a s!ngViii n A anUUS.,* -A L' I liott calls him ar good, all-around football player. Steve Smith is listed as the starting left end on offense and is Need Manager The Michigan football team is badly in need of student. managers. For further informa- tion, contact senior manager Bob Evans at 711 Haven Street,. NO 2-7936. being counted on to supply strong blocking in the line. Smith, who also plays basketball, has good hands along with his muscular 230- pound frame. In last Saturday's practice, Smith snared two short passes over center after slanting in from his tight end position. John Henderson,'having led the Wolverines in scoring last season with 32 points, is at right end. Henderson will primarily see of- fensive action with senior Bill Las- key taking over his defensive chores.; raccice. __ _ Tom Mack, the most valuable player in spring practice, is on the starting offensive team at right tackle. Bill Yearby, who also plays at that position, will start defen- sively. Yearby labeled an All-Ameri- can prospect by many polls, is "quickrand .strong" and an excel- lent two-way player according to Elliott. "We'll probably use Year- by more on defense with Mack playing more than Yearby offen- sively," Elliott added. Dehlin and Ceechini Fullback Barry Dehlin will start at linebacker with Cecchini. Deh- lin appeared often on defense last season and alternated with An- thony at fullback. Dehlin did not participate in yesterday's practice because of a slight rib injury that he received Tuesday. Sophomore Dave Fisher should push Anthony and Dehlin offensively but, ac- cording to Elliott, needs defensiye experience. Fisher's potential rides with his good speed and short stocky body which gives him a cannon-ball appearance when he drives through.the line. Veteran defensive back Dick Rindfuss joins Rowser in the de- fensive backfield. Rindfuss has presently been alternating with Dick Wells at defensive safety. Conley on Defense Captain Jim Conley and junior Jeff Hoyne are at the defensive end positions. Hoyne is being hard- pressed for that spot by senior Bill Laskey. Senior Arnie Simkus, who re- ceived his letter as a sophomore is paired with Yearby at defensive tackle. Bill .Keating, who failed to earn a letter last year, will try to fill the gap left by graduated left guard Joe O'Donnell. Senior. Rich Hahn is at the other guard. The third team is loaded with five sophomores. "Rick : Sygar ha: been making great strides and is regaining some of his strength and quickness," Elliott said. Sy- gar was out last year with . a fractured leg and will alternate Try to Fill Gap Charles Ruzicka, after working under Tom Keating last season will again play left tackle. Jerr3, Mader;:who is presently nursing a bruised knee, is at right tackle next to sophomore guard Bob Mielke. Mielke was a fullback on last fall's freshman squad but was converted into a guard last spring. He is progressing well at his new position according to Elliott. Former end Dennis Flanagan is third team left guard. Flanagan missed last season because of an injury and was %granted another year of eligibility. Frank Nunley, a 220-pound sophomore, completes the third unit by anchoring the center po- sition in the line and playing be- hind Dehlin and Anthony at line- backer. Elliott points out that the three teams are only tentative as the first game of the season is over two weeks away. Other players still figure to see action for Michigan. Senior Bill .Laskey is expected to see plenty of action at defensive end and sophomores like Mike Bass are counted on for defen- sive halfback work. Mo torcycle esLif O f 'M' I er person in Coach Elliott's football Patchen will be flanked by sen- with Wells at right half on the picture. iors Dave Butler and John Mar- third team. Vo k at Defensive Back cum at the guards. Marcum. saw Frosty Evashevsk is at quarte Volk is presently playing right a lot of action last season and back with sophomores Fisher and halfback on the defensive unit. Butler only appeared briefly but Detwiler completing the third team The tall, powerful sophomore is showed strength in last spring's backfield. knnfT a a. etrnnv r rillnvrar 6 diA $l1- n.n SOPHOMORE HALFBACK Carl Ward, named yesterday by Bump Elliott to the first offensive unit, is shown here attempting to elude the grasp of a determined defender. Ward, who played his high school ball in Cincinnati, is expected to perk up the Wol- verines with his tremendous speed. SPORTS SHORTS: Arerc Leg ue Sets Staned on Yankee Sale Veteran Backfield With the exception of Ward, last year's starting backfield is intact. Bob Timberlake is at the helm with Mel Anthony at fullback and Jack Clancy at left half. Clancy is presently nursing a back in- jury and sophomore Jim Detwiler of the third .team and junior John Rowser. have been taking over. for him. "Detwiler is a powerful run- ner and will be pushing Clancy and Rowser for starting berths," Elliott said. Rowser will be in at left defensive half, a position that he held most of last season. Brian Patchen who started at :center most of last season will center the offensive unit. Tom Cecchini started at center last year - but was knocked out of action with a knee injury in the fourth game of the season. Cecchini is now in perfect condition and is back at his starting linebacking position. Elliott praised Cecchini as "a quick, good linebacker and 1 one of our best two-way players." STEVE SMITH ALL-AMERICAN CINDERMEN: Pick Bernard, Mile Relay By STEVE GALL The NCAA 53-man All-Ameri- can collegiate track and field team was announced yesterday and Michigan's Kent Bernard and the mile relay team were cited.nt Bernard's selection was based on his fine third place finish in the NCAA 400-meters at the national meet in Corvalis, Ore., this past summer and his victory in the 440-yard dash at the Big Ten Championships in Evanston in May. The flashy junior from Trini- dad narrowly missed winning the 400-meters at Corvalis as he came in just a yard and a half behind, Ulis Williams of Arizona State Track Meeting An organizational meeting for all varsity and freshmen track aspirants will be held this Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:15 p.m. in' the basement of the Ath- letic Administration Bldg. and Bob Tobler of Brigham Young who tied for first, in one of the most exciting races of the meet which saw all three timed in a photo finish at :45.9. Williams and Tobler were also named to the All-American team. Now, the soft-spuoken sprinter is; busily preparing himself for the Olympic Games at Tokyo in Octo- ber, where he will compete for his native Trinidad. Michigan's mile relay team was perhaps the most pleasant surprise of the season. After winning the Big Ten championship, Coach Don Canham predicted his team would fare well in the NCAA meet. The team came in a respectable third behind Brigham Young and Cali- t fornia at the Oregon meet. The team consisted of Dan Hughes, George Wade, Dave Ro- main and Kent Bernard. Most in- teresting was the fact that Wade had pole-vaulted most of the sea- son until an injury forced him out of jumping, but he was still good enough to run. !K All-Campus B4 Michigan's future hockey team was dealt a severe blow recently when freshman Ray Kuschel was killed in an automobile collision on August 22, the evening before he was to leave for school, coach Al Renfrew revealed .yesterday. Kuschel, from Port Huron,. Michigan, was attending a going- away party when he was offered a ride around the block on a friend's motorcycle. Since there was only one crash helmet, both boys waived the safety precau- tion. As they turned the first corner, the cycle was struck by an automobile driven by a com- mon friend. Kuschel slid across the street and hit his head on the curbing. The following day, an opera-- tion was performed but surgeons were unable to save his life. Fu- neral services were held in Port Huron and the entire Junior "B" team on which Kuschel had play- ed was present at the services as a tribute to their deceased team- mate. The following day, an operation was performed but the surgeons were unable to save his life. Kuschel, 19, was a forward and had been offered a tryout with one of the Chicago Black Hawks' farm clubs in Canada. He had played three seasons in the Jun- ior "B" league in Ontario before deciding to come to Michigan. According to Renfrew, "Kuschel was one of the first Americans to have made a name for himself in hockey from the Port Huron area. He was a very popular boy in his area, and his death is certainly a great loss." By The Associated Press BOSTON-The American League: reaffirmed the sale of the New! York Yankees to the Columbia' Broadcasting System yesterday, amid charges of "railroading" anda serious doubts about ,exemption from possible anti-trust action. The 8-2 vote with Charles lt Finley and Arthur Allyn dissent- ing, was the same by which the owners had approved the deal Aug.' 13 by telegraphic and telephone ballot. "Without a doubt the vote was railroaded, through," said Finley, owner of the Kansas City Athlet- ics. "And if anyone at this meeting wants to be honest about it, they will tell you the same thing. "The American League will lose a lot of fans. And I'm sorry base- ball will lose the faith of the peo- ple with this decision." " Finley said he requested that CBS withdraw "for the good of baseball." Allyn sharply criticized what he termed "the league's hasty action! in approving the Yankee-CBEj deal." * Mrs. Smith Upset FOREST HILLS, N.Y. - Mrs. Karen Susman of San Diego Calif., scored a major triamph yesterday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over second-seeded Mar- garet Smith of Australia in the fourth round of the National Ten- nis Championships. Dennis Ralston of Bakersfield. Calif., seeded No. 2, was the first nian in the quarter-finals when he beat his Davis Cup boss, Vic Seixas with impressive 40-minute display, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Students! * LISTINCTIVE COLLEGIATE HAIRSTYLING For MEN- And Women- "*7 Hairstylists S"Air-Conditioned THE.DASCOLA, BARBERS Near Michigan Theatre I ) 4 4 '. Rent a TV this Fall NEW 19" G.E. PORTABLES only $10E.00E per month FREE DELIVERY & S'ERVICE M'a j or League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Baltimore 84 57 .596 - Chicago 84 59 .587 1 New York 81 57 .587 1% Detroit 75 67 .528 92 Los Angeles 74 70 .514 11,i% Minnesota 71 70 .504 13 Cleveland 69 71 .493 14! Boston 62 80 .437 22 Washington 56 87 .392 29 Kansas City 51 89 .364 32f YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Detroit 4, New York 0 Boston 6, Cleveland 5 (11 inn) Baltimore 6-3, Washington 3-4' Minnesota 5, Chicago 2 Only games scheduled TODlAY'S GAMES New York at Detroit Chicago at Minnesota Boston at Cleveland (n) Baltimore at Washington (n) Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB- Philadelphia St. Louis Cincinnati San Francisco Pittsburgh Milwaukee Los Angeles Chicago Houston 83 78 77 78 71 71 70 63 58 56 61 62 63 67 68 69 76 83 .597 - .561 5 .554 6 .553 6 .514 11A% .511 12 .504 13 .453 20 .411 26 6 owling League ..' 9c MICHIGAN STADIUM as seen from the air represents the spot where the Michigan Wolverines hope to revive their winning tra- dition in football to complement the dominance in almost all mi- nor sports over the past few years.. New York 48 92 .343 35f YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Los Angeles 8, San Francisco 1 Chicago 6, Houston. 3 Milwaukee 7, New York 4 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 10, Philadelphia 5 (11 inn) TODAY'S GAMES St. Louis at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (n) Los Angeles at San Francisco (n) Houston at Chicago Milwaukee.at New York t at the MICHIGAN UNION BOWLING LANES --SIGN UP NOW See George No' L .;4. KLEEN KING I aii ad and Use y Cloastcfidsd I FILECCIA BROS. . x 1 Expert Shoe Repairing. 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