Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, June 11, 1975 MICHIGAN CASTS KEY VOTE Big Ten By JON CHAVEZ After three consecutive Big Ten titles and three frustrating years of sitting home during the holidays watching bowl games on television, it appears jus- tice has finally arrived for Coach Bo Schembechler and his Michigan Wolverines. During a meeting of its Board of Control of In- tercollegiate Athletics, Michigan cast the sixth and deciding vote in favor of a proposal that would open the door to other post-season bowl games. A conference majority was needed and five other schools had alrendy approved the measure. THE NEW -PROPOSAL would permit up to four Big Ten teams to appear in bowl games with the stipulation that the conference champion automatic- ally go to the Rose Bowl. In addition a second-place finisher must be in- vited before a third-place finisher may accept an invitation and so on to the fourth place team. A team does not have to accept an invitation. changes I The conference has also taken steps to insure only prestigious bowl games by requiring that a team not participate in any bowl games prior to Dec. 26. The entire proposal is pending ratification by the PAC-8 conference which is considered a mere for- mality. The west coast conference earlier rejected a similar proposal offered by one of its schools. Previously, only the conference champion could participate in post-season play, which meant the Rose Bowl due to an exclusive contract with the Pasadena grono and the Pacific Eight conference. TWO SgASONS ago Michigan and Schembechler were brought into national prominence when the conference's athletic directors voted to send co- champion Ohio State to the Pasadena classic. The Wolverines and Buckeyes had finished the season undefeated and their seasonal clash resulted in a 10-10 tie, but Michigan supporters felt they had an edge in that Ohio State had gone west the preceed- ing year. Bowl -rule The now-famous vote by the athletic directors brought public outrage and criticism from Schem- bechler and as a result he was later reprimanded by Commissioner Wayne Duke. To avoid further controversy the conference adopt- ed a format whereby the Rose Bowl representative will be automatically determined. This will become effective in the fall. BY ADOPTING the new bowl policy the Big Ten has lifted itself from further controversy and at the same time has increased its source of con- ference revenue. Presently all teams share in Rose Bowl receipts with a major portion going to the representative school. According to the new rule this procedure would continue, but the other bowl receipts would also be split in the same fashion. Should a team decline an invitation and another Big Ten team ac- cept, the first team would forfeit its share of the resulting Big Ten profits. Sports of the Pail World Series rained out By The Associated Press 0 M A H A, N E B. -- Rain forced postponement yesterday of the winner's round game matching Arizona State and South Carolina in the 29th College World Series. The tournament's two unbeatens will clash Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. Arizona State is 60-11 and South Carolina 49-4 for the season. The rain-ot forced the entire tournament schedule back one day. Only "or teams of the original eight are left in the double elimin-tion tournament. Tonight's game matching Oklahoma, 52-9, and Arizona as well as Texas, 54-6, and South Carolina will now be played to- morrow. With the rainout, the tournament will run through June 13 and could extend a day longer if a once-beaten team captures the title. Man pleads innocent in Illini murder URBANA, ILL. - A Champaign man denied yesterday he fired the shot that killed University of Illinois defensive end Greg Williams. David Kelly, 21, one of four murder defendants in the Nov. 9 slaying, testified he did not bring a .22-cal. pistol to the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity party. The shooting occurred the night before the Illinois-Michigan game which the Wolverines barely won 14-6. "I don't even own a pistol," Kelly told a Circuit Court jury of eight men and four women. Witnesses ssid 50 persons jammed the entrance of the fraternity house shortly afer midnight, trying to get into the Homecoming weekend party. Several, including at least some of the accused, obiected to a $1 admission fee, witnesses said. The defendants, all from Champaign, were not members of the fraternity. Kappa Alpha Psi members testified that Kelly and another defendant. Steven Dorsey, 24, were beaten on the head by frater- nitv brothers with sticks used in martial arts drills. Williams, a native of Miami, Fla., pointed a Brazilian-made .3R-cal. nistol ott the door and fired several shots, witnesses said. Thev said he evidently onened fire to halt the commotion. Instead, a second volley erupted and Williams was wounded in the right eye. He died seven hours later in a hospital. Dumn ffowie campaign CHICAGO -, A movement to block Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhns' re-election to another seven year term has begun among American League club owners, the Chicago Sun-Times said in yesterday's editions. In a Houston datelined story, the newspaper reported that at least three owners have aligned to stop Kuhn's reappointment when his contract expires Aug. 12, 1976. The owners' plan, the newspaper said, will surface July 14 when AL owners hold their annual meeting in Milwaukee. Identified as charter members of the "Dump Bowie Club" were Jerry Hoffberger of Baltimore, Charles Finley of Oakland and George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees. San Fran signs Johnson SAN FRANCISCO-Kermit Johnson, who set a career rushing record at UCLA and ran for 1,000 yards as a rookie in the World Football League last year, has signed with the San Francisco 49ers. Johnson signed a multi-year contract with the Natiisal Football League club Monday, reportedly for $75,000 a year. Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound halfback, was drafted seventh by the 49ers a year ago, but he had already signed a contract, along with James McAlister, to play for the WFL's Southern California Sun. May I cut in? Umpire Russ Goetz makes his presence known as he pounces into the action and calls the Angels' Mickey Rivers, who is attempting to steal second, out. The New York Yankees manned their bats and destroyed Nolan Ryan's chance to become the Major League's first 11 game winner, by defeating California 6-4. MSU woes coninue, DETROIT (UPI)-The latest development in the investiga- tion of alleged violations by Michigan State's football team centers on long distance tele- phone calls made by players at university expense, according to a Detroit radio station. Radio Station WJR Sports Di- rector Bob Reynolds said yes- terday he learned the NCAA has expanded its probe to in- clude allegations that unnamed Spartan football players charged personal long distance calls to the university. Such calls are a violation of NCAA rules and each call would represent, an individual viola- tion in the probe, a spokesman said. Major League Standings AMERICANsLEAGUE East W L Pet. GO Boston 28 2 .560 - New York 29 15 .537 1 Milwaukee 25 27 .481 4 Detroit 23 27 .460 5 Cleveland 23 30 .434 6'2 Baltimore 22 30 .423 7 West Oakland 33 22 .600 - Kansas City 32 25 .561 2 Minnesota 26 25 .510 5 Texas 28 17 .509 5 California 28 I2 .491 6 Chicago 23 31 .426 91 Last Night's Games Oakland 3, B~altimore0 Texas 8, Boston 3 Minnesota 5, Cleveland 3, 12 inn. New York 6, California 4 Kansas City 4, Detroit 3 Today's Games California (Hassler 3-5 and Tan- ana 3-4) at Detroit (Lolich 7-3 and Bare 1-2), night Minnesota (Pazik 0-3) at New York (May 6-2), night Cleveland (Perry 6-8) at Kansas City (Leonard 2-2), night Oakland (Bosnian 2-3) at Milwau- kee (Slaton 3-7), night Boston (Lee 8-5) at Chicago (Kant 9-3), night NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pet. Gil Pittsburgh 29 22 .569 - New York 20 23 .531 2 Philadelphia 28 25 .528 2 Chicago 29 26 .527 2 St. Louis 26 25 .510 3 Montreal 17 29 .370 9' West Cincinnati 34 24 .586 - Los Angeles 34 24 .586 - San Francisco 28 26 .519 4 San ODego 27 2 .491 5a Atlanta 25 32 .439 09 , Houston 21 40 .344 141/ Last Night's Games St. Louis at Atlanta, ppd. rain Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 5 Houston 4, Chicago 3 Philadelphia at San Diego, inc. Today's Games Philadelphia (Underwood 6-4) at San Francisco (Caldwell 2-5) Chicago (Burris 6-5) at Atlanta (Morton 6-6), night St Louis (MGlothen 6-4) at Cin- cinnati (Gullett 7-3), night Pittsburgh (Kison 6-1) at Hous- ton (Gullett 7-3), night Montreal (Blair 4-4) at San Diego (Folkers 0-3), night New York (Tate 2-5) at Los Aan- geles (au 5-5), night