ti Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, September 21, 1973 Association of Jewish Faculty and Grads invites you to a WINE AND CHEESE PARTY SUNDAY, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. at H I LLEL--1429 Hill St. Bring wine, cheese or $1.50 SHABAT SHALOM FRIDAY EVEN ING-Sept. 21 7:30 p.m.-COMMUNAL SABBATH DINNER 6:30-Chocolate Services (traditional) 8:00-Strawberry Services (liberal) SATURDAY MORN ING-Sept. 22, 10 a.m. Reservations for dinner must be placed by 1 p. m Friddy-663-4129r HAVURAH SERVICE (Hillel Library) MIDNIGHT SATURDAY-Sept. 22 This is the last week of the year 5733. To begin this week in the proper mood setting the tone for the high holidays we will meet at midnight for Selihot in two settings-liberal and traditional. HILLEL-1429 Hill St. Mays:. By CLARKE COGSDILL WILLIE MAYS IS through. The laconic readout from the teletype surprised no-one. There were the great statistics, the rundown on where he stands on the all-time lists, even something about his salary . . . a topic in which too many sports fans take a macabre interest. For good reason, his .211 batting average this season was obscured. Mays was much more than just another great centerfielder, perpetual all-star, or universal hero. His 'career focuses within itself many of the im- portant changes, both in baseball and the whole society, of the past two-and-a-half decades. Mays was one of the first black players whose careers were not truncated by the color bar. The other early pioneers - men like Monte Irvin, Don Newcombe, Larry Doby, Satchell Paige, even Jackie Robinson - all spent years in the obscurity of the black baseball leagues. In many cases, these blacks were over the hill before the quote-unquote Major Leagues let them play. Mays was the first example of what black peo- ple can do when allowed to perform freely in a previously lily-white environment. Had he spent A Ieen the, last 15 years anywhere but in Candlestick Park, it would be his record which Hank Aaron would be out to break. Battling 40 mph winds both at bat and on de- fense, isolated from the New York media which originally made him famous, he invariably meant more to his team - and the game-than the raw figures suggested. As recent labor confrontations aroused public ire against the high wages of professional ath- letes, Mays almost singularly escaped criticism, even though an objective wage - performance comparison could have raised some interesting questions. May's six-figure salary for his mediocre years can be justified only by remembering he was grossly underpaid as a youth, and brought plenty of people out to watch him play. Mays escaped such criticism because at no time was there any doubt but that he was giving everything he had to the game, and would con- tinue to do so even for a cup of coffee and a sub- way token. The man on the assembly line, fed up with cars which rust through in a single winter, I quits tele ,ision sets which fViI the day after the w -rranty expires, the faceless pencilpushers who spend his t-'xes and the foreman who speeds up the line to meet a monthly quota, could look at Miys and think, "Here is a man who cares about himself, the things he is doing, and the people who are counting on his efforts. He's worth every penny he gets, and then some." Willie Mays was the last surviving link be- tween the struggling baseball of today and the "glory years" embalmed in record books and photographs. He spanned the era between Joe DiMaggio and David Clyde. Until his last struggling years, Mays was an example of "the way things used to be," the subtle excellences our ascendant Haldeman- esque technocrats are mindlessly destroying. Only the image will remain: the streak almost disappearing in deep centerfield to snare Vic Wertz' line drive, the ebullient "Say Hey Kid" playing stickball with the kids on 125th Street, the towering fly balls disappearing into the left- center field bullpen the easy stride and the de- ceptive basket catch that looked as natural as the act of breathing. ,i Willie Mays U $2.95? Tsk! Tsk! JOURNEY TO IXTLAN From David's for $2.30 663-8441 G ridde Pickings Just remember to get those choices to 420 Maynard by Midnight tonight for that chance at a free Mr. Pizza pizza. MOST POPULAR SPORT: TM softball enters new season Subscribe to The Daily-Phone 764-0558 1. Stanford at MICHIGAN (pick score) 2. Michigan State at Syracuse 3. Iowa at UCLA 4. Miami (Ohio) at Purdue 5. Illinois at California 6. Indiana at Arizona 7. Northwestern at Notre Dame 8. Colorado at Wisconsin 9. North Dakota at Minnesota 10. Southern Cal at Georgia Tech 11. Texas at Miami (Fla.) 12. Alabama at Kentucky 13. Washington State at Arizona State 14. North Carolina State at Nebraska 15. Grambling vs. Morgan State (game in New York City) 16. Tulsa at Kansas State 17. Eastern Michigan at Indiana State 18. Texas A & M at Louisiana State 19. Montclair State at East Stroudsburg 20. DAILY LIBELS at Vassar UAC-DAYSTAR Presents: ROBERTA FLACKB in concert Saturday, October 27 hill auditorium reserved seats $6, $5, $4 go on sale MONDAY only at MICHIGAN UNION 11-5:30 p.m. info 763-4553 sorry, no personal checks also, on sale now at union: stephen stills 'manassas one week from tonight, sept. 28 crisler arena, $4 advance, $5 door also in advance at Discount Records, S.U., and World Hdqtrs. Records By ANDY GLAZER What's the most popular sport at the University of Michigan? If you said football, you'd be right-for non-participant sports. But what is the most popular participant sport? Got an an- swer? Okay, all those who said I.M. softball get a gold star. That's right, I.M. softball. The single largest intramural sport has 186 teams this season. That's an increase of seven per cent over last year's 164-and with an average of 12 men (or women) per team, there are over 2000 participants in this year's pro- gram. But don't let the numbers frighten you. No one comes in 186th. The teams are broken up into 10 divisions of varying sizes and purposes. From there they are further broken down into four-team leagues. A quick three g a m e round - robin tournament separates them into first, second, third or fourth, and from there each team goes into a single elimination tournament w i t h teams from the other leagues that had similar finishes. Here's a look at the 10 divi- sions. INDEPENDENT OR ALL-CAM- PUS - The largest division, and probably the most talented. Any- one affiliated with the Univer- sity can play. Two years ago the independent division h a d 26 teams. Now it has 57. The larger number of students in apart- ments is one cause. And of course, with the widest range of people to draw from, the more top talent there will be. FRATERNITY-The frats ex- ist because of the social life they provide. There's no exception when it comes to softball. Thirty teams play in the division with the most varying talent. Why varying? A simple size question. Some frats have to virtually drag every member onto the field in order to have enough men (10) to play. Larger frats have the litter. This was evident on the first day of play when the Evans Scholars scored 60 runs in two games, crushing both Phi Gam- ma Delta and Tau Epsilon Phi. RESIDENCE HALL - Twenty- five teams from the various Uni- versity dorms play. Size often plays a part in who wins-but most of the halls are big enough to take care of themselves. CO-RECREATIONAL-The fast- est growing division of all has 25 teams. Co-rec means just what you might think-guys and girls playing together. Five of each play and they must alter- nate in the batting order. GRADUATE-University grad students only. 16 teams. WOMEN'S RESIDENCE HALL -Ten all-female teams play in some of the most unusual and hard fought games around. FAST PITCH-Mostly for the more experienced players, the fast pitch division fields seven teams, four of which are faculty, nine players to a side. INDEPENDENT WOMEN - Five all-girl teams formed un- der the same conditions as the men's independent. SORORITY - F o u r sorority teams. In the co-rec, women's inde- s pendent and sorority no spikes are allowed. The overall slow pitch rules are for the most part the same, as those of the American Softball Association - 60 foot bases, no base stealing, and a minimum- maximum arc on the pitched ball of from one to ten feet. Two major differences are a three ball-two strike limit (three balls constituting a walk, two strikes a strike-out), and a semi- free substitution rule where a removed player may re-enter the game after his team has com- pleted one full batting order cycle. But mostly, everyone just has a lot of fun. And that's what intramurals are all about. Y ankees hurting In Ryde'r Cup. MUIRFIELD, Scotland M) - The upstart Great Britain-Ireland team, paced by Scots Brian Barnes and Bernard Gallacher, romped off to a stunning 51 to 2 lead over the heavily favored Americans yesterday in the first day of play in the biennial Ryder .Cup golf matches. Barnes and Gallacher scored two victories over shocked and subdued American teams, beat- ing Lee Trevino and Billy Casper 1 up in the morning Scotch four- somes and then routing Tommy Aaron and Gay Brewer 5 and 4 in the afternoon four-ball matches. Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer scored one American point in their 6 and 5 romp over Maurice Bembridge and Eddy Polland in Scotch foursomes but lost to Bembridge and Brian Huggett 3 and 1 in the fourball. "We just got our ears pinned back," Nicklaus said. 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