k ' I BRISSON TOP CO Big Te By JIM HAIDT Favorites to win their third team title in a row, the Purdue Boilermakers are the team to beat in the 41st annual Big Ten golf Championships in East Lansing today and tomorrow. They also have the player to beat in John Konsek, who has cap- tured the individual crown twice in their 18-hole match.. Michigan's only hope to wrest the individual championship from Konsek lies in Joe Brisson. Al- though Brisson found himself on the short end of a seven-stroke lead in their first meeting this year, he has proved he can beat the best of them--Jack Nicklaus, currently the number one U.S. amateur player. Nicklaus, however, iooms up as the most formidable opponent Konsek must overcome if he is to keep his-string intact. The sopho- more from Ohio State has not only won the National Amateur but was also a member of the Walker Cup Team and has given an excellent account of himself in the various open tournaments. Rule, Royer Figure Jack Rule of Iowa and Ron Royer of Indiana can also be counted in the running. Rule has twice beaten Nicklaus, once in the National Jaycee Tournament NTENDER: n Golfers Clash PLAY TODAY-Michigan golfers Larry Markman (top left), Dick Youngberg (bottom left), Bill Newcomb (top right) and Joe Brisson Join Tom Wilson and John Everhardus today. in 1956 and again in the semifinals of the 1958 National Junior. Royer, although he has not dis- tinguished himself thus far this spring, seems to be the best player on a strong Indiana squad. He squeaked by Brisson in a match earlier this season by two strokes. Bob Davis of Iowa, Mike Podol- ski of Ohio State, Gene Francis and Bob Black of Purdue, Jon Rain! EAST LANSING -- An all day and night rain here yes- terday has dampened the out- look on today's Big Ten Track and Golf Championships. Al- though the weatherman said that it would clear this after- noon, both fields of competition are extremely wet, and probably will hamper the meets. golf Michigan fans have seen this year when he edged the National Amateur Champion by two strokes in their eightteen-hole match. Purdue will not be without competition in their quest for their third straight team title. Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan State are breathing hot down the Boiler- makers' necks with Michigan a. possible long shot hope. Coach Bert Katzenmeyer is send- ing a squad nearly devoid of seniors, but experienced never- theless, to try and match last year's second-place finish, or bet- ter it. Captain Larry Markman is the only senior on the six-man squad that edged both Indiana and Ohio State by one stroke last year. Flanking him are juniors Brisson, Youngberg, Tom Wilson, and John Thus far this year, Katzen- meyer's squad has been plagued by poor physical condition. The postponement of its spring trip south, poor weather here this sea- son, and irregular class schedules have hampered the team's efforts to get into top playing condition. Katzenmeyer can only hope that the squad is ready, both mentally and physically, for the grueling' two-day, 72-hole event. Iowa, strengthened by Houston transfers Jack Rule and Bill Hird, will be fielding a squad of tre- mendous potential and is sure to give Purdue a strong battle. Minnesota is a "sleeper" and can't be counted out, as the Goph- ers have edged Iowa this year. MSU at Home Michigan State, whose record is 9-1, will be playing on its home course, a new 6,900-yard layout, and is given a strong chance of challenging the champs. Indiana, headed by a formidable duo in Ron Royer and Jon Som- mer, can surely be counted with the best of them. They are some- what of a darkhorse team and could break loose anytime. Nie 's Tilt Rained Out, Play Today, Special to The Daily EVANSTON-Three games re- main on Michigan's baseball schedule, including one here today against Northwestern after yes- terday's rainout with Notre Dame at South Bend. The Wolverines were disap- pointed about not playing yester- day as they wanted to revenge an earlier 8-4 defeat by the Fighting Irish May 3, and also make up for last year's 21-0 shellacking. Al Koch will be on the mound in today's contest with the Wild- cats, adding to his league-leading total of 31 innings pitched. Coach Don Lund hopes that he will be backed by the continued power hitting of his "sluggers." Michi- gan has blasted seven home runs in the last three games. After today's tilt, the Wolverines Journey to Madison for a double- header tomorrow with Wisconsin, closing out the season. Michigan will be trying to solidly entrench itself in the Big Ten's first division and better the current 6-5 Conference record in their next three encounters. MAN in #f$Ati Sickness THE BIG TEN was sick. The Western Conference meeting of athletic directors and faculty representatives at East Lansing this weekend could have been a meeting of pall bearers paying their last respects to the deceased corpse. Now it is expected to be a gathering of doctors to cure the patient. In March the heretofore healthy Big Ten Was put on the sicklist by a hasty and ill considered action at the winter meeting at Columbus. The representatives of the Western Conference schools went into closed session supposedly to decide the fate of the Rose Bowl pact. When they emerged, they had not only killed the Rose Bowl but had proposed a ban on ALL post season athletic activities by teams or individuals representing Western Conference members. This position was tempered somewhat by placing the ruling under the "White Resolution" that keeps the rule from going into effect for 60 days. During that time any school that registered an objection with the Big Ten could have the matter brought up again at the meeting at East Lansing, where it will have to pass again--by a majority vote. Michigan entered the first objection and faculty groups on many other Big Ten campuses were quick to follow suit. This proposal now seems doomed for defeat at the spring meeting as Michigan State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue and Northwestern have alligned themselves with Michigan against the proposed ban. Let's hope that this will doom any future suggestion of this course of action. But what if the proposal had passed? 'VH ERE WOULD that have left Michigan? This school has a long and respected tradition in athletics. Should we stand by and have rulings imposed upon us by the have-nots of a league that would have then outgrown its usefulness for us? Should we remain a part of a league that would then become a second Ivy League? Should we proselytize for top calibre athletes and then offer to them as competi- tion the second-rate athletes of mediocre schools? In other words-If the ban on post-season activity were passed, should Michigan have remained in the Big Ten? No! THE MICHIGAN DAILY by MIKE GILLMAN i .. FOLLETT'S will buy YOUR COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS iM' Thinclads Battle Illini in Big Ten Meet it 11 for CASH II 11 Everhardus plus sophomore Newcomb. Bill m IT'S SO EASY to sell your discarded books to FOLLETT'S. Textbook values decrease rapidly as new editions and more up-to-date books are constantly being published. SELL YOUR BOOKS as soon as you have had your exams and get today's top value for them. at Savage Indictment of Apartheid COME BACK, AFRICA Story of a Black Man destroyed by racial oppression Secretly filmed in Johannesburg, S. Africa ".. a deep look into the private nightmare of a man and the social desperation of a nation." -TIME Magazine Lecture Hall, Detroit Institute of Arts Woodward and Kirby TONIGHT and Saturday evenings 8:00 and 9:45 P.M. Students $1.25 By OTTO PENZLER Michigan will attempt to take the outdoor track and field title from defending champion Illinois in the Big Ten meet at East Lan- sing today and, tomorrow. The battle has developed into a two tean affair, for all intents and purposes, as the -Wolverines at- tempt to overcome the advantage of the Illini. The latter will rest their major hopes on Olympic con- tender George Kerr, their great middle distance performer. Michi- gan also has glaring weaknesses in some of the field events, which will cost them valuable points in the final tabulation. Coach Don Canham, however, has a few men of his own who are out to help bring back the title. Bennie McRae, Tom Robinson and Les Bird are all excellent prospects for first place positions. 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Robinson now holds the Michi- gan record for the 100, having raced the distance in 9.6. He will also run in the 220-yard dash, where Cephas will again be a challenger. Robinson was injured for last year's meet, and is ex- pected to pick up valuable points that were denied Michigan be- cause of his injury. In the 440-yard dash, possible starters for Michigan will be Bryan Gibson and Len Cercone, compet- ing in one of the strongest fields at the meet. In 880 In the 880-yard run, Michigan has Tony Seth, the top meet choice to beat Kerr, plus Earl Deardorff, Frank Geist and Ergas Leps ready to run. Coach Canham is unde- cided exactly which men will com- pete. The mile should see Michigan's Dave Martin, who last week beat the best of Ohio State and Purdue, and Leps as front runners, along with Illinois' Jim Bowers. After suffering from a stretched leg muscle all wint r, Bird is fi- nally ready to challenge indoor broad-jump champion Paul Fore- man of Illinois, in what should be one of the most hotly contested field events of the afternoon. Bird has won his specialty in all the recent meets, including the Penn Relays. Jack Steffes is also ex- pected to compete. Shot Put The shot put will see Wolverines Ray Locke and Terry Trevarthen challenging Bill Brown of Illinois. Michigan's only hope in the dis- cus goes with Reid Bushong., Ce phas, winner at Purdue last week, will be the main threat in the high jump, along with Steve Williams. The two-mile run should see Wally Schaeffer, Dick Schwartz, and Jim Wyman competing against Michigan State's Bob Lake and Ken Brown of Illinois, among others. In what should be one of the highlights of the day, Canham will field ah excellent team to compete in the mile relay, last event on the program, though the names of the performers are not definite as yet. He has such stars as Leps, Seth, Geist, Marshall, Dickerson, Gibson and even McRae to choose from in what may be the event that will decide this year's Big Ten Champion. This school has a duty to the fans, to the student body and most of all to the athletes themselves. Loyal Wolverine fans have come to expect top performances from Michigan teams. Up until this year we had won three straight NCAA swimming titles. Since 1947, six Michi- gan hockey teams have skated off with NCAA titles. Our track team has won two consecutive Big Ten indoor titles and is nationally known. In the Rose Bowl record books there are two teams which have won the New Year's Day classic by 49-0 margins. The years were widely separated, 1902 and 1948. The teams? Both were Michigan elevens. Need we go on? This is a part of the Michigan tradition that the fans and the student body alike can be proud of. And for the sake of those who would cry "over-emphasis," perhaps we can add that .even as this tradition has been growing, so too has the status of the school as an educational body. When we rank fifth in the nation in research behind such institutions as Cal Tech, MIT, California and Chicago, we can scarcely be said to have compromised our educational standards in favor of athletics. This is a great school-in every way, And to the athletes themselves we have a duty. Can we in justice ask an athlete-scholar to come to this school when he has the ability to make a name for himself in his sport, if the rules of the league we're in would prevent him from meeting the best competition in the nation? Right now we have athletes of Olympic calibre on Michigan teams. Swimmers Dave Gillanders, Bill Darnton, Ron Clark and Frank Le- gacki, trackmen Tom Robinson, Tony Seth and Ergas Leps, to name just a few. To prepare for Olympic action these men miust complete against others of the same calibre. With a couple of exceptions (In- diana in swimming and Illinois in track) the Big Ten itself cannot offer this. Perhaps the most succinct expression of the opinion of the athletes themselves over this came from Wolverine sprinter John Gregg, soon after the proposed ban was made public. Said Gregg, "We feel as if we're being sold short. It's as if we were boxers that were being handled by crooked trainers." If the Big Ten had passed the ban on NCAA action by member schools, it WOULD have sold short the athletes, fans and student bodies of the Conference. If Michigan had remained in the Big Ten and under this ruling, everyone connected with Wolverine athletics could have considered themselves as "sold short." This would not have been an action to be done in haste. The. Big Ten, too, is a part of the Michigan athletic tradition. But such a ruling as the one that is apparently doomed would be enough to force a, movement out. If we were to leave, it is conceivable that other schools with similar traditions would follow us out. Possibly this would have been needed to jolt the remaining schools into reconsidering their action. The sight of a Big Ten becoming a Little Six or Seven could have resulted in some fresh thinking being done around the Conference. r I I I leaves June 16--New York to London returns September 9--London to New York and the cure... A I 'I I' Only $3OO I FORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T appear as if that will be necessary, the proposal should get little support at today's meetings. In fact, some quarters have suggested that the furor over the post-season ban may even result in a reconsideration of the Rose Bowl matter. If so, perhaps the threat hanging over the head of all athletics may have served a useful purpose. But at least the actions taken in the past month by seven of the Conference schools should guarantee that they will take the sick patient out of the meeting well on its way to recovery from the bruised reputa- tion it received in March. The illness could have been fatal. This deci- sion was the only one that could have been made, for a passing of the ban might have resulted in an announcement that complications had set in and the patient had died in their arms. round trip, including meals r! I 16 SEATS LEFT BERMUDA SHORTS L I : OPEN to IMPORTED INDIA MADRAS, fully lined . . . $6.25 . .* STUDENTS, FACULTY, EMPLOYEES I of the University POLISHED COTTON - White-Green-Khaki BABY CORD - 75% Dacron - 25% Cotton . . . $3.65 . . . .$5.25 Going BOAC DC-7C Returning Pan-American DC-7C flFCl( PAkITS 8rnA Duck - $3.65 1®I®1 a .a .a i .