Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesdav. M©v 19 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tm mp~Arn, Mr~, 1 Q 1 Q~7fl * ~ I Yt~.4 7 I - I uGauu yI Ivfuy I 7, 1 7 I V M' netters, Erskine pace Big Ten f}5 t t C.. 7Ae Jeiter ____ ____ ____ ____A. LEE KIRK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ South Africa .. ... a not so easy queshon THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee's decision to bar South Africa from Olympic competition because of that nation's racial policy is viewed by many as an action long over- due. South Africans and South African teams have long been allowed to participate in international competition in spite of the apartheid policy which excludes all non-white South Af- ricans from representing their country, and has excluded many non-whites (most notably Arthur Ashe) from participating in sanctioned international competition in South Africa. International abhorrence of apartheid has manifested it- self almost everywhere South African athletes compete. Golfer Gary Player has been subjected to hecklers and occasional as- saults. The South African rugby team that toured Great Brit- ain this past winter encountered demonstrations at almost every game. The proposed visit of a South African cricket team this summer to Britain has set off loud debates, and if indeed the South African team does come, the staidest of all sports will almost certainly see riots. Even the noble Commonwealth Games face the possibility of riots, not to mention a widespread African boycott, if all-white South African teams are allowed to participate. Kenya has already announced that it plans to send no one unless South Africa is barred. It thus seems practical that the International Olympic Committee has kicked South Africa out of the games, and it seems reasonable to assume that the international sports bodies which have not already excluded South Africa will soon be following the committee's lead. And few people doubt the rightness of the cause, for Apartheid is abhor- rent and inhuman. ' But to view the exclusion of South Africa from Olympic competition as a triumph is folly, It is a hollow victory at best. It is hard to believe that South Africa would change its racial policies one iota just because its athletes are barred from in- ternational com etition. Keeping Soth African athletes home will only force the nation and its people to turn inwards, and what is perhaps the last meaningful cultural bridge between South Africa and civi- lization will have been lost. International competition brought at least some South Africans out of their shell, and the varied widespread demonstrations against apartheid they encounter could serve to point up perhaps better than any other means the cruel system they all condone. The bind that apartheid imposes on international sports may never be resolved. An athlete should compete with others for his own glory and personal satisfaction, and the honor his achievements bring to his nation should be incidental and irrevelent. But this lofty goal belongs to the ideal world, and the real world is much different. Prac- ical considerations (limiting the number of contestants, the formation of teams, etc.) as well as political ones have rendered the Greek Olympic ideal useless. And to exclude all South Africans solely because of their nationality is an arrogant admission that this ideal is dead. Should all South .African competitors be excluded from in- ternational competition because the system that chooses them is unfair and inhuman? Or should they be allowed to compete because they too are human? The decision to judge one way or the other is not so easy as it may seem. The question then is - What nation can throw the first stone? Righteousness, after all, is not measured by degrees. Wolverine racquetmen overwhelm conference to repeat as champions For the second year in a row, the Michigan tennis team reigns as undisputed Big Ten tennis champion. The Wolverines com- pletely dominated the meet at East Lansing this past weekend, racking up seven of the nine championships, one runner-up, and 131 total points. So was the Wolverine domination that they had sewed up the team title even before the finals be- gan. Although there was little doubt that Michigan would walk away with the marbles, their dominance was surprising. De- spit having a new coach and losing their top three players from a year ago, the Wolverines won five of the six singles and two of the three doubles. Wolverines ace Mark Conti Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W 1. Pct. (GB Baltimiore 24 10 .746 - New York 20 16 .555 5 Detroit 15 16 .484 71/1 Boston 15 17 .469 8 Washington 14 20 .412 10 Cleveland 11 19 .366 11 WestD ivision ?Minnesota 23 10 .699 - California 24 12 .667 ? Oakland 18 18 .500 67i Chicago 15 20 .429 9 Kansas City 13 22 .371 11 Milwaukee 112 3 .324 12/ Yesterday's Results New York 10, Baltimore 4 Washington 7, Cleveland 3 Detroit at Boston, ppd., rain California 6, Chicago 1 Minnesota 7, Kansas City 5 Other clubs not scheduled Today's Games Detroit at Boston, night Oakland at Milwaukee, night Minnesota at Kansas City, night Cleveland at Washington, night Baltimore at New York, night Calfornia at Chicago, night vanguarded the Michigan as- sault by defeating 1968 cham- pion Don Lutz of Northwestern 6-2. 5-7, 6-4. Jon Hainline fol- lowed with a two-set Nin over Michigan State's Tom Gray. Conti and Hainline then teamed up to capture the number one doubles. Number four singles Bruce de Boer and number six Dan McLaughlin also won singles crowns and later teamed for a victory in the number three doubles. Number three singles Joel Ross defeated Minnesota's Dave Cross 6-4, 6-4 for that cham- pionship, but he and his doubles partner Tim Ott failed to reach the finals. The only Wolverine to lose in the finals was Ramon Almonte, who lost 1-6, 1-3 to Tom Dunker of Indiana. The victory was a sweet wel- coming present for Michigan cooach Brian Eisner, who took over this season after coaching at the University of Toledo. daily 1k "Ml NIGHT EDITOR: LEE KIRK Randy Erskine Individual honors go to 'M' inksman Michigan senior Randy Erskine overcame the cold and damp weather at Champaign this past weekend to shoot a 302 and cap- ture individual honors at the Big Ten Golf championship by two strokes. In spite of Erskine's brillliance, the Wolverines could manage but a meager eighth place fin- ish, as a balanced Indiana team bested the field by 13 strokes. Erskine overcame early put- ting troubles in Saturday's play to edge out Wayne McDonald of Indiana and Bob Mulert of Iowa. Other Michigan scores were Keith Mohan - 319, John Roska - 325, Gary Balliet - 329, Pete Clarke - 332, and Bill Lyle - 318. Russell and Mann capture track titles Ira Russell captured the triple jump and John Mann the high jump to lead the Michigan thin- clads to a fifth place in the Big Ten outdoor championships at Bloomington this past weekend. The Wolverines finished with 64 points, two points behind fourth-place Illinois. Third and sixth places were separated by a total of only five points, and seve'al Wolverines barely missed higher finishes. Indiana won the meet with 117, beating out Wisconsin, the defending champion, by 28 points, a much greater margin than many had expected. Mich- igan State was third and Min- nesota sixth. Russell also finished second in the long jump, Godfrey Mur- ray got a second in the 120 high hurdles, as did Norm Cornwell in the 660. Rick Storrey got a third in the 880 and a fifth in the mile. Minnesota's sensational fresh- man Garry Bjorklund was the only double-winner of the meet, taking both the three-mile in 14:11.4 and the mile in a record time of 4:03.9. Indiana's Larry Highbaugh, de- fending champion in three events, failed to repeat in all of them, but Hoosier depth still prevailed. .Ruggers win in Virginia The Michigan rugby team has returned to Ann Arbor after competing in the Virginia Com- monwealth Tournament this past weekend, where they fin- ished fourth. On Saturday, they played a club from Sarnia, Ontario, and exploded fourteen points in the second half en route to a 20-6 victory. Craig Mirkin scored his first try in a Michigan uniform and newcomer Roger Williams also scored as Michigan struggled to a 6-3 halftime lead. In the second half, the backs took over as Terry Larrimer, Vic Peppard and Cleland Child all scored as did forward Hank Lukaski. Pete Swift made the only conversion of the game just before the final whistle sounded. WITH WISCONSIN Michigan nine splits pair NATIONAL LEAGUE Last Division XI' Chicago 18 15 New York 18 17 St. Louis 16 17 Pittsburgh 17 20 Montreal 13 21 Philadelphia 13 2Z. WestD ivision Cincinnati 27 11 xLos Angeles 20 15 Atlanta 19 16 Houston 19 19 San Francisco 18 20 xSan Diego 17 22 Pet. GB .545 - .514 1 .485 2 .459 3 .382 5 j .341 6 Although Coach Moby Bene- dict's men could only manage a split in their doubleheader with Wisconsin, their triumph in the second game all but eliminated the Badgers from the Big Ten championship picture. The Wolverines needed but one run with the nightcap, and they added a little suspense to the game by waiting until the seventh inning to get it. Catcher Tom Lundstedt singled ',o start the winning rally, and moved to second on a wild pitch. He then trotted home with the decisive run when Mark Carrow unload- ed a booming ground rule double that bounced over the fence in righteenter. Wolverine starter Pete Helt outdueled Jim Enlund, holding the Badgers to but two hits and two walks while fanning six. Although he was the loser in the opener, Wolverine left- hander Jim Burton fanned eight, leaving him just nine short of the varsity record set by Fritz Fisher in 1962. The Badgers got to Burton early, pushing across two runs in the first and adding three more in the third on a three-run homer by Stu Voigt. The Wolverines will play at Bowling Green today and will be home this weekend for doubleheaders with Illinois and Purdue. Saturday will be dedica- tion day at Fisher Stadium, and former great Michigan coach Ray Fisher will be honored. on this and that Getting the Hell Out of There eric siegel ITS' A GOOD THING the Michigan football team doesn't have a game scheduled with Navy, as it did a couple of years ago. or one with Army, as it did in the late '40's, this year because if the Wolverines had scheduled either of these teams, chances are there would only be nine football games, not ten, in 1970. This observation becomes apparent when one considers the recent action of these two schools tand I use the word sparingly) in New Haven. Both the Naval Academy and the West Pointers withdrew their teams from the Heptagonal track meet May 9 after the representatives of the Ivy League schools had an- nounced they mere going to read a statement opposing U.S. in- volvement in Southeast Asia and the fatal shooting of four stu- dent at Kent State. The Ivy Leaguers statement read, in part, "As athletes and trackmen we believe that our sport is not, and must never become, a hideout from our basic responsibilities as human beings." Such pacifism and rationality were too much for the "dis- tinguished" service academies, who, in the face of even such mild dissent, apparently saw it as their duty to set sail and run. One can only imagine what the Goat and the Mule schools would do if aced with imaginative and inspiring halftime peace shows like those presented by Dr. Revelli and the Michigan band at the Ohio State and Rose Bowl games last year. But perhaps one shouldn't be too harsh on the military academies. After all, their action was in the best tradition of good military tactics, a tradition that states, in part, when the going gets rough, Get The Hell Out Of There. Of course, after the whole incident, there was the in- evitable misguided commentary, to the effect that the blame lies not with Army and Navy, but with the Ivy League schools. According to some individuals, an athletic field is no place for a political protest. In other words, it just ain't right to protest the killing of a couple of college students and a few thousand Cambodians and Vietnamese when you're supposed to be running the high hurdles. Those who are chastising the Ivies are drawn from the same mold as those who were so vehemently opposed to the actions of John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the '68 Olympics in Mexico City. They are also, one might add, drawn from the same mold as those who expect athletes like Henry Hill to act like helmeted automations at all times and single him out for disciplinary action when he violates their conception of what constitutes "proper behavior" for an athlete, even if the violation occurs off the field. All this makes you wonder what these people and their cohorts at Annapolis and West Point are going to say about the plans of at least a couple of major league to hand out miniature American flags at the ball park on Memorial Day. Subscribe To THE MICHIGAN DAILY Phone 764-0558 THE ECOLOGY MAJOR SAID CONSERVATIVELY: MILLER MAKES IT RIGHT! SEND US YOUR ADJECTIVE PUNS ABOUT I A A A A 4 .721 .57 1 .543 .500 .474 .436 5 I 8 9 Z{t x-late game not included Yesterday's Results Chicago 12, Cincinnati 5 ;Montreal 8, New York 4 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1 Houston 6, St. L~ouis 1 Los Angeles at San Diego, inc. Other clubs not scheduled Today's Games New York at Montreal, night Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, night Atlanta at San Francisco, night Chicago at Cincinnati, night St. Louis at Houston, night ILos Angeles at San Diego, night TIGERS RAINED OUT Cubs By The Associated Press CINCINNATI - Ron Santo keyed a four-run Chicago second inning with a bases-clearing doub- le and the Cubs went on to rout Cincinnati 12-5 last night. Winner Bill Hands 6-2, added a two-run double in the sixth as the Cubs built a 9-0 lead over the Reds, whose three-game winning streak was snapped. Hands was rocked for four runs in the sixth on a two-run double by Tony Perez and Johnny Ben- ch's 12th homer of the season, a two-run shot. Reliever Phil Regan pitched the final three innings. Yanks clip Orioles NEW YORK - Pitcher Fritz Peterson's two-run homer touched off New York's biggest outburst of the season, a seven-run third inning, powering the Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles and nemesis Mike Cuellar 10-4 last night. Singles by Horace Clarke, Bobby Murcer and Roy White then load- ed the bases and Danny Cater snapped the tie with a two-run single to right. Astros soar HOUSTON-Larry Dierker fired a four-hitter for his eighth victory of the season as the Houston As- tros rocked Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 last night. Dierker, 8-2, struck out nine on the way to his fifth straight com- plete game victory and Houston's first shutout win of the season. The Astros' right-hander and Cin- cinnati southpaw Jim Merritt are clobber Reds Ali G cor more thei /1.i1 lenses AdEML r than mrth? -Associated Press Atlanta's amazing Henry Aaron must be concealing a mile-wide grin as he edges off first base in Cincinnati Sunday. 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