4Ruesday, February Z, 1971 THE MICHIGAN [DAILY Page Seven tuesday, February 2, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY a thet upper deck The Hall of Fame .. . the great and merely good By RICK CORNFELD Enshrinement in baseball's Hall of Fame is getting to mean so little that the better books on baseball history don't even bother to mention whether a player is a member. That's why when the nation's sportswriters saved us from Early Wynn and Ralph Kiner, great diamond authorities from Bowie Kuhn on down congratulated the writers on their discrimi- nation. Then, Sunday, the old-timers on the old-timers committee came to the rescue by selecting seven of the great, the near- great and the merely good for induction. They gave up Rube Marquard, whom most people have heard of, and Dave Bancroft, whom most people haven't-and not without reason. People know about Marquard, although perhaps confusing him with the fireballing and fire engine chasing Rube Waddell, because he once won 19 games in a row. But Marquard, who was once arrested for speculating in World's Series tickets, pitched 15 full seasons and lost more games than he won in six of them. In all, he won 205 games, but he also lost 177, and he managed to be among the season's top five in earned run average only once. There were probably at least a dozen hurlers in his time better than he was. Among pitchers of the 1960s that would be like putting in, say, Camilo Pascual. Marquard was one of four old old-timers admitted-players who performed over 40 years ago let in by a special ruling. Another one was Harry Hooper, who is most famous for play- ing in the same outfield with Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis. Many people argued that that was the greatest outfield of the day. His lifetime batting average was .281, a pretty fair mark by today's standards, but he played with Ty Cobb, George Sisler and Rogers Hornsby. * The real old-timers admitted were Jake Beckley and Joe Kelley. Beckley was a slugging first baseman for a number of teams around the turn of the century. He played in the days of 130 game seasons, but only three people ever hit more triples and only 15 drove in more runs. Kelley, who played left field for the fabled Baltimore Orioles of the 1890s, used to do things like hide baseballs in the 'a tall grass in the outfield. When an opposing batsman would knock a hit between him and the center fielder, he would re- trieve the closest hidden ball and hold the surprised runner to a single. He once hit .393 and ranked only sixth in the league. He was a groovy guy on a groovy team. Five of his groovy teammates are already enshrined, and some day they'll probably make it unani- mous. A couple of more recent players were also selected, along with George Weiss, the Yankee and Met general manager. If you accept the theory that executives should be enshrined, you can't argue with the selection of Weiss, just as in a few years you won't be able to dispute the selection of Walter O'Malley or Paul Rich- ards, you poor fellow. About Bancroft, a switch-hitting slick-fielding shortstop, there is not much to say. On the other hand, things can be found to say about Chick Hafey, the last new Hall of Famer. Like that Hafey, a slugging Cardinal outfielder, once won a batting championship, making him unique among the seven inductees. t Bob Broeg, sports editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, an- ticipated the selection of Hafey a couple of weeks ago in a con- versation about Cooperstown. "I've felt the Hall of Fame has been very easy to get into," Broeg said. "But once you start to break down the barriers, you've got to be fair to the guys who aren't in." He cited the examples of Heinie Manush and Goose Goslin, two hard-hitting outfielders of the '20s and '30s admitted in the past few years. Broeg didn't think Manush and Goslin were de- serving on their own right, but, he said, "once you let those guys in you gotta let in people like Hafey." Broeg, who is a member of the screening committee which each year selects 50 players to be eligible for selection by the writers, said of the old-timers committee, "They're less restrictive than we are and more generous. Sometimes they let sentiment carry them away." One example of how the committee is ruled by sentiment is that dead men have a much harder time getting into the Hall than men who can accept induction themselves. Of this year's seven, all but the nineteenth century players and George Weiss, who died last year, are still alive. A living player is much more satisfying to have in Coopers- town. He can utter all the proper words of gratitude and humility and can even show a trace of tear when Bowie Kuhn presents him with his plaque. Jim Bottomley, poor guy, died 10 years ago. A power hitting first baseman, his credentials for Cooperstown are as good as those of many other players already in. He may be no Bill Terry, but, with one home run championship, two runs batted in crowns, a .310 lifetime average and the feat of 12 rbi's in one game, he would seem to have better qualifica- tions than, say, Harry Hooper. But it seems like Bottomley will have to wait while they get in the living players while they can. That's the crime you've got to pay for a premature death these days. Actually, however, even admitting Bottomley would demean the Hall of Fame, for though a good player he really should not rank among the immortals. It used to be that there were good players not in the Hall, which was made up of men that were true giants, in myth at least, like Cy Young, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Babe Ruth. . But who is Mathewson, if opposite his plaque rests the one of Marquard, his teammate? Who is Speaker, if equally en- shrined is his outfield mate, Hooper? Who is Wee Willie Keeler, when Kelley, one of his fellow cheaters on the Orioles but by far his inferior as a player, receives the same recognition? Enshrinement in Cooperstown used to be the greatest honor baseball could bestow. Pretty soon it may be almost a disgrace to be left out. Hoopsters By BOB HEUER After two decisive wins at Northwestern and Minnesota, t h e Michigan cagers bring their de- vestating road show back home as they meet the also-unbeaten Pur- due Boilermakers tonight at 8:00. Saturday night's 97-79 decision over the Gophers moved Michigan into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten as Michigan State toppled previously unbeaten Ohio State. Purdue and Illinois were both victorious in non-league con- tests Saturday; the Illini nipping Notre Dame, 69-66 in overtime and Purdue squeezing past Marshall University 79-75. tackle Purdue Hoosiers outside By The Associated Press Kansas BLOOMINGTON - Sophomore rival K George McGinnis poured in 45 minutes points last night as Indiana Univer- EightC sity pulled out a hard-fought 113- tory. 112 basketball victory over North- A ca ern Illinois. watched The Hoosiers trailed by as many pull eve as 11 points in the first half and utes, at ended the stanza trailing 55-49. vid Hal: However, they used some torrid with 9:2 shooting to move into an 89-79 lead After with Just over eight minutes left in its way the game. by Pier The Huskies did some hot shoot- and Bu ing themselves and pulled within throw b two points, 98-96, with 3:49 re- maining to play. Indiana managed to build up a seven-point spread again before N closed the gapFo to three. * * * Wildcats roll L10 LEXINGTON - Eighth - ranked Kentucky manhandled Auburn in a DETi nearly flawless first half last night Ford, o and coasted to a 114-76 Southeast- of the: ern Conference basketball victory. has aut The Wildcats, strengthening their to begin conference lead, hit 72 per cent facility from the field and all of their free Thei throws before intermission to put letter to Auburn down by 25 points at the man of take win daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: SANDI GENS Tonight's clash provides John- ny Orr's charges with the oppor- tunity to knock off another t o p contender in the conference race. A win would reduce the number of broke away from bitter ansas State in the final 10 last night for a 79-74 Big Conference basketball vic- apacity crowd of 17,000 d the underdog Wildcats n twice in the final 10 min- 58-58 with 9:35 left on Da- L's one-hander, and at 60-60 20 remaining. the last tie, Kansas shot into a 67-60 lead on goals re Russell, Dave Robisch ad Stallworth and a free by Robisch. rd okays ROIT ( -) - William Clay wner of the Detroit Lions National Football League, horized the city of Pontiac construction of a stadium to be leased by the club. authorization came in a Harold A. Cousins, chair- the city of Pontiac Stad- ilding Authority. Pontiac is 20 miles north of Detroit. letter virtually eliminated sibility of the Lions mov- stadium being planned for roit riverfront. Ford prev- had announced plans to o Pontiac unless a Detroit group came up with a at plan for construction of m. --Daily-Denny Gainer de Grabiec ( !40) lets one go from outsi 1 S i i a 7 t l F i 1 undefeated teams in the Big Ten to two. d stands 6-7 and weighs 230 and The Boilermakers are led by 6-3 Faerber is 6-5%/2, 215 pounds. senior guard Larry Weatherford, King will attempt to counter who directs the offensive attack Michigan's superior speed by us- and is averaging 21.6 points a ing some sort of zone defense or game. Center Bill Franklin has by adjusting his own line-up to been a pleasant surprise this sea- get more speed on the floor. Re- son, adding 18 points and a dozen serve forward Jovon Price has the rebounds a game. quickness to do the job at 6-6, Coach George King expressed 185, but is averaging only 2.9 a concern about dealing with the game in limited duty this year. potent Michigan offense. "We're King was not pleased with the going to have our hands full try- team's narrow victory over Mar- ing to stop two corner men with shall last Saturday. "We were the quickness of Rodney Ford and stale after our two week layoff for Henry Wilmore," he said, final exams," he said. "The of- Purdue's starting forwards, Bob fense was largely ineffective Ford and George Faerber are large against Marshall's zone." in stature but slow afoot. Ford It was another brilliant t e a m effort Saturday in Michigan's dis- memberment of Minnesota. Wayne Grabiec shot a sizzling 63 per cent on his way to 20 points. Rodney Ford was on his game, holding sophomore star Jim Brewer to seven points while scoring 14 of his own. Henry Wilmore went on a ram- page after Minnesota had drawn to within four points early in the second half. The sylph-like soph- omore scored 18 of his 31 points in the final 12 minutes. All defenses have been alike in their inability to stop the Wolver- ines' attack in recent weeks. Minnesota came out in a 2-3 zone Saturday, but hot shooting by the guards brought them out of it be- fore long. Against a man-to-man defense, the triple screen goes into effect, with Wilmore, Fordhand Brady lined up alongside the key. This set-up usually gets Wilmore the ball for a shot or drive, or a feed inside to Ford or Brady. half. Jayhawks jive LAWRENCE -- Fifth - ranked College Basketball Indiana 113, Northern Illinois 112 Kentucky 114, Auburn 76 bt65, Tennessee 60 Due8,South Carolina 61 LSU 90, Mississippi State 71 New Mexico State 75, Hardin- Simmons 57 Temple 54, Drexel 53 Abilene Christian 86, Air Force 76 Kansas 79, Kansas State 74 Providence 79, Seton Hall 67 ium Bui located Thel any pos ing to a the Det iously h move to stadium clear-cu a stadiu College Cage 1. Marquette (18) 2. Southern Cal. (7) 3. UCLA (7) 4. Penn 5. Kansas 6. Jacksonville 7. South Carolina 8. Kentucky 9. Western Kentucky 10. LaSalle 11. Tennessee 12. Notre Dame 13. Utah State 14. Duquesne 15. Illinois 16. North Carolina 17. Villanova 18. Houston 19. Murray State 20. MICHIGAN Poll 16--0+ 16--0 15-1 16-0 14-1 14-2 11-3 13-3 14-3 14-1 13-3 10-5 16-3 12-2 9-3 12-3 15-4 5--3 14-2 10--4 616 584 558 458 393 321 210 189 153 132 122 117 105 92 75 68 56 31 28 24 Hoope Pickings To the Daily: It has come to my attention that at the University of Michigan, that veritable citadel of educational academia, there was not a single student among your many thousands who could correctly prophesy the outcome of a mere 19 basketball games and 1 hockey game on a given night. I am told that the winner of your contemptable contest, a certain Mr. Robert Black of Nakamura Co-op, was irreconcilably in error on not one, two, or three, but four of his predictions. And don't try and tell me that your students don't enter the contest because they lack incentive. 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