THE MICHIGAN DAILY I ~TUTTPh? qDlAV TIV( tVfUVU A a.. :nLpn I , ilC.l l 1 IISL' l4 a, l:fb.f i Baskebal .tp0 __ __ BsketallSesit ATHLETIC DIRECTOR H. O. (FRITZ) CRISLER N The TIn Mn by Dave Good The Idealists H. O. (Fritz) Crisler and Marcus Plant, meeting with other Big Ten adiinistrators in Chicago this week, find themselves in a position like that of the Dutch boy who tried to plug up the hole in the dyke until it got too big for him to handle by himself. They're trying to get the conference to give final approval to an across-the-board cut in financial aid to athletes. It's refreshing, in these times when indictments of college ath- letics are rife, to encounter old-fashioned idealists, like Crisler and Plant, who have something more constructive to do than waggle an admonishing finger at the situation. For 22 years, since before the basketball fixes of the early '50s and back in the days when they played college sports for fun instead of profit, Crisler has been exercising his influence as Michi- gan's athletic director to keep the professional influence out of the college arena. For nearly a third of these 22 years, he has had Plant as Michigan's faculty representative to the Big Ten and as an ally in his philosophy about college athletics. Together, as Michigan's voting representatives in the Big Ten business meetings, the two have been trying to push across con- servative legislation for conference dealings. Sometimes, they have succeeded; in getting the other Big Ten } schools to accept the Michigan W ideal of collegiate athletics; other times, contrary to the gripings of those who would have you believe that Michigan "runs" the Big Ten, they have failed. As the latest project on their t r. , check list against- "overemphasis" of college sports, Michigan's two faculty men-Crisler in physical education and Plant in law-will be backing a move to reduce each school's quota of athletic scholar- ships.f Several years ago, administra- tors cut the number from 100 to 80. Now the idea is to cut it once more to 70, excluding hockey, soccer, lacrosse and crew, and to P place a further limit on football PROF. MARCUS PLANT (maximum of 30) and basketball (five). The proposed cut was approved tentatively in a special Oct. 1 meeting of the conference planners and awaits only final passage sometime between today and Saturday. Both Crisler and Plant, as well as Big Ten Commissioner Bill Reed, have predicted that the plan will pass as is, with the possible footnote that the limit on basketball tenders might be raised to seven. What makes the proposal likely to pass is not, as Crisler puts it, "a situation that doesn't correspond to my general philosophy," but instead a skyrocketing of costs underlying the athletic programs in schools around the country. It's gotten so expensive to recruit blue chip high school athletes that Big Ten administrators are only too glad to make a cutback that they think will save money without hurting their recruiting. The way Plant looks at it, he's just as glad that his peers around the conference are as pragmatic as they are. "I really don't care why they vote the way they do, just as long as they vote the way I think the vote should be cast," he says with a laugh. Even if the Big Ten passes the tender cut, however, Crisler and Plant still will have more work to do before they're satisfied. They still don't like the way the Big Ten handles its program of financial aid to athletes. As it stands, any high school athlete can receive a tender to a Big Ten school if tests show he has an even chance of making a "C-minus" (1.7 grade point) average in college. Crisler and Plant (and some 85 per cent of Michigan's other faculty members) think the requirement for the rest of the Big Ten should be raised to an even 2.0, as it is at Michigan now; they also want to reinstate the "need factor," which the Big Ten dropped in 1960-the same time it inaugurated the "predictable grade-point" system." Actually, even this upgrading of standards would represent some- thing of a compromise for Crisler, who admits readily that he is an idealist. A former chairman and now an honorary lifetime member of the Football Rules Committee, Crisler sums up his philosophy this way: By LLOYD GRAFF Jump down, spin around, take a little jump shot, jump down, spin around, dunk it through the rim. This is the new theme song of college athletics taking over from well-worn Mr. Touchdown, as bas- ketball struts into the limelight. The George Ireland quintet from Loyola of Chicago is currently holding number one billing in the national polls, but before the sea- son is over several other teams may have occupied this niche. The Loyola team is defending NCAA champion having beaten a favored Cincinnati crew with a spectacular comeback in the melo- dramatic championship game.. But fame is a fleeting thing and so is eligibility. All-American Jerry Harkness, has graduated, but the rest of the starters remain. Rugged Rebounders Vic Rouse and Les Hunter, two of the most rugged 6'6" rebound- ers in the nation, are tigers around the basket. Ron Miller, 6'2", has moved from guard to forward showing himself to be an outstand- ing shooter. Johnny Egan, a pep- pery guard, leads the team in its run and shoot offense and aggres- sive man to man defense. Coach Ireland, no man for croc- odile tears, has commented sev- eral times that he thinks his team is "better than last year" because there is plenty of depth. Last year the team had one reserve who could keep up with the regulars, Chuck Wood. Now he has four or five solid replacements. Ed Jucker's Cincinnati team would seem to rate second place if the pre-seasoneprognosticators are correct. The Bearcats have lost their leadership with the gradua- tion of guards Tony Yates and Tom Thacker, but the raw talent remains. Ron Bonham, 6'5" for- ward, is as fine a shooteras there is in the nation. He has a dev- astating long jumper and has learned how to play defense and rebound under Jucker. Racks Up Points At the other forward spot is George Wilson, 6'8" senior, who undoubtedly is one of the better rebounders in the college ranks. He is not a great outside shooter, but he racks up his points under the basket. Bonham and Wilson might be called the basketball counterparts of Mr. Outside and Mr. Inside. Another challenger for the top slot is Wichita. They will fight it out with Cincinnati in the Mis- souri Valley Conference, probably the best college basketball league around. Dave Stallworth is the big indi- vidual star for the Shockers. The 67"" forward has the muscle and the eye of a true All-American. Nate Bowman, a 6'10" behemoth at center, takes some of the pres- sure off Stallworth. An indication of just how good Wichita really is will come when they play Ohio State in ten days in Columbus where the Buckeyes have a 49 game winning streak. Aspiring Power The aspiring power of°the East seems to be NYU with marvelous Barry Kramer. Kramer, a 6'4" for- ward, is a complete basketball player, not unlike Art Heyman of Duke, last year's top college star. Kramer may not score as many points as last year because he will have strong support. Harold (Happy) Hairston plays the other forward, as long as he is eligible. Hairston is an excellent shooter (23.3 point average last year) with perhaps a slight ten- dency to shoot too much. Ray Ben- nett, 6'8", will play the pivot, a boy that NYU Coach Lou Rossini is very high on. Michigan plays NYU in the first round of the Los An- geles Classic. A Bill Buntin versus Bennett battle and a Cazzie Russell against Barry Kramer duel could show what both teams are really made of. National Contender Most observers see Duke as an- other contender for national prom- inence. Heyman is gone but Jeff Mullins is back along with two other starters. Mullins is a 6'4" forward with strength, speed, and a beautiful touch. He hit 54.9 per cent of his shots last year. Jay Buckley, a 6'10" center, is a rough board man, and Buzzy Harrison is a spunky guard. Michigan plays Duke December 21, the day that exams end. Arizona State is mentioned as one of the top dribble and shoot outfits in the country. Joe well, a massive 6'8' cente Art Becker, 6'5" forward,a stars of the team. The Sun have a beefed up schedule will give a valid indication how good a team they are. Notre Dame is destined strong this season with Sahm, a 6'10" center, and Sheffield leading the way Irish are always hard to b home but this season they1 tough away from home too was some question about th bility of several of its p but early boxscores indicai Spotihght Cald- the marginal students survived r, and exams. are the Some potential darkhorses in- -Devils lude our own Michigan team, which Ohio State, San Francisco and of just Davidson. Davidson has four returning to be starters including All-American Walt candidate Fred Hetzel who led the Larry Southern Conference in scoring y. The last season. Davidson also has one beat at of the best sophomores in the will be country in Dick Snyder, who might . There even battle Hetzel for scoring hon- e eligi- ors. Look for this team to sneak players, into the ratings and then wriggle te that its way near the top. Quits Under Pressure ., ATHENS, Ga. (R) - Football Coach Johnny Griffith resigned yesterday after compiling a 10- 16-4 record during Georgia's three' most turbulent years, and Auburn freshman coach Vince Dooley was named to succeed him. Dooley's four-year contract was approved unanimously by the Ath- letic Board. He has been freshman coach at Auburn for three years and was a top backfield performer for the Auburn Tigers. Second Switch Dooley became the second mem-' ber of the Auburn staff to switch to Georgia in recent days. Joel: Eaves, Auburn basketball coach became Georgia athletic director last week. The school president, Dr. O. C. Aderhold, said Griffith was offer- Wake Forest Fires Coach Athletic Head WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. OP) - Wake Forest announced yesterdayr that Athletic Director Bill Gibson and football coach Billy Hilder- brand were being relieved of theirt duties in a shakeup of the col- lege's athletic department.1 Dr. Harold Tribble, president of Wake Forest, said in a statement- that Gibson and Hildebrand would be offered positions in the col- lege's development office. Hildebrand served four years as head football coach at Wake Forest. His teams won only seven games and lost 33. In 1962, Wake Forest lost 10 straight games and this past season the Deacons won only once in 10 starts-beating South Carolina 20-19 on Nov. 16 to snap an 18-game losing streak. ed a position in the physical edu- cation department, but Griffith said: "I just don't know what I'll do. I have only had a few hours to think it over." He added: "I have done the best, I could, and I and my staff will walk out with our heads held high." Only Tuesday night, about 200 Nebraska Tickets Student and faculty tickets can be obtained at the athletic ticket office for coupons today from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for to- morrow night's game. students hanged and burned effi- gies of both Aderhold and Griffith, with crudely lettered signs read- ing "Coach Griffith" and "Do- nothing Aderhold." Hands Resignation At a special meeting of the Athletic Board yesterday, Griffith handed his resignation to Geor- gia's new athletic director, Joel Eaves. He thus became the sec-' ond Southeastern C on fe re n c e coach to resign this week. Jim Mc- Donald was replaced by Doug Dickey as Tennessee coach Mon- day. Griffith succeeded Georgia's longtime coach, Wallace Butts, three years ago and later testi- fied for the Saturday Evening Post during the trial of Butts' libel suit against the publication. i- NEXT WEEK! OKLAHOMA, (Box office opens Monday) AUBURN'S DOOLEY HIRED: Georgia Football Coach AMERICAN LEAGUE EXCHANGE: Indians Trade Kirkland To Orioles for Smith " NEWMAN CENTER 331 Thompson TONIGHT at 7:00 SOPHOMORE COFFEE HOUR SAN DIEGO (MP)-The Cleve-v land Indians, up to their eyeballs in left-handed hitting outfielders, and the Baltimore Orioles, look- ing for power pulled a trade yes- terday. The Indians gave up outfielder Willie Kirkland and got outfielder Al Smith and about $25,000. It was the third trade of the winter baseball meetings. The In- dians earlier acquired outfielder Leon Wagner from the Los An- geles Angels for pitcher Barry Lat- man and a major league player to be named later. Brave Trade The Milwaukee Braves traded I. -1 catcher Del Crandall and pitchers Bob Hendley and Bob Shaw to the San Francisco Giants for outfield- er Felipe Alou, catcher Ed Bailey, pitcher Billy Hoeft and a minor league player to be named later. Said Cleveland Manager Birdie Tebbetts : "Smith gives us some right- handed power, which we badly needed. He's a versatile man and could also play third base in an emergency." Bauer Comments Said Baltimore Manager Hank Bauer : "Kirkland is a good outfielder -and he's got power." After their first trade here, the Indians had a half-dozen left- handed hitting outfielders-Wag- ner, Kirkland, Vic Davalillo, Tito Francona, Al Luplow and rookie Chico Salmon. -Daily-Jim Greiner BIG BILL BUNTIN-Michigan's 6'7" junior center shows his rebounding form here in the varsity-freshman contest that en- abled him to become the leading rebounder in the Big Ten and eleventh in the nation last season. He was also 24th among the nation's scorers. 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