21, 1934
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Coach Keen And Nick Londes
May
Sixth
Meet In
Grudge Matcl
Michigan Coach. Eighteen
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Events
Feature
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Open
House
Tonight
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To Decide Issue
Cliff Seeks Out Londes In
Detroit In Attempt To
Settle Controversy
Disputants At Odds
Up To Professional Now
Whether Or Not They
Will Meet On Mat
By ROLAND MARTIN
DETROIT, March 20. - Cliff Keen,
Michigan wrestling coach, and Nick
Londes, Detroit promoter, may meet
in a private "grudge match," in the
near future to settle their controversy
over the relative merits of the ama-
teur and professional grapplers.
That match was tentatively decided
here this afternoon when Keen made
a personal call on Promoter Nick in
the latter's office in an attempt to get
to the bottom of Nick's challenge of
yesterday.
Just when the proposed match will
take place was not decided at the
meeting between the two principals
in the controversy as several factors
enter into into any definite arrange-
ment of a bout. At the present time,
Londes, who should not be confused
with Jim Londos, world's heavy-
weight wrestling champion, is suf-
fering from an injury to his right
hand which will prevent him from
meeting Keen for a few days.
Date Not Settled
It was suggested here today that
the two put on their demonstration
at the conclusion of the finals of
the National Intercollegiate Wres-,
tling meet Saturday night in Ann
Arbor. However, even though the
Detroit promoter is physically able
to wrestle, permission from the au-
thorities would have to be obtained
before the match could be put on in
connection with the nationals.
The match will take place in Ann
Arbor in the near future, however,
according to the agreement reached
here today. Keen cae to Lndes'
office to personally accept the lat-
ter's challenge for a wrestling match,
and it is now up to Londes whether
or not he goes to Ann Arbor to make
good his agreement with Keen.
"Up to Nick," Keen Says
"Londes has made his challenge
to wrestle me," the Michigan coach
told Daily reporters here, "and I've
accepted. It is up to him now to
make good his challenge. "As far as
I'm concerned," he added, "the con-
troversy is now a dead issue, but if
Londes wants to come to Ann Arbor
and fulfill his challenge, I'll wrestle
him.
The agreement reached between
the two is that Londes as soon as
his injured hand heals, will go to
Ann Arbor and wrestle Keen under
the amateur rules. These rules bar
many of the holds that are part of
the repertoire of the professional
such as the toe hold, the full nel-
son, and all of the so-called "pun-
ishing" or "bone-breaking" holds.
Londes Backs Steele
Promoter Nick would also like to
fulfill that part of his challenge con-
cerning having Ray Steele take on
eight college wrestlers in one after-
noon. Londes maintains that the
heavyweight challenger could wrestle
these amateurs and, in one afternoon,
pin all of them.
But such a proposal is impossible,
Keen said here this afternoon, as
the amateur rules prevent any col-
lege wrestler from meeting a profes-
sional, regardless of the fact that
no charge would be made to the
matches.
A match between Keen and Lon-
des would prove to be one of the big-
gest sporting attractions of the year,
because of the prolonged controversy
between them over the merits of the
particular branch of wrestling which
each supports.
Cannot Agree
In the conference today, neither
of the two would give an inch and,
if anything, the disputants were
farther apart at the end. Keen still
maintains that amateur wrestling is
superior to professional, and Londes
is just as adamant as regards the
superiority of the pro
For the benefit of reporters and
photographers, the two demonstra-
ted amateur and professional holds.
In addition, Keen invited Londes to
attend the finals of the Intercolle-
giate meet Saturday, the Detroit
promoter agreeing to be present at
'Ann Arbor to see for himself just
how good the amateurs are.
Last night, after Keen had de-
parted for Ann Arbor, Londes told
Daily reporters that he could pin
the Wolverine coach in 15 minutes
wrestling at I catch- as-catch-can"
500 Expected
To Participate
In Speetacle'
Ping Pong And Boxing
Included On Program;
Begins At 7 P.M.
At 7:00 p.m. today the curtain will
rise on the largest athletic spectacle
of the year, the sixth annual Open
House Night of the Intramural Build-
ing, and the first events of the 18-
sport program, which will have over
500 participants, will get under way.
For three hours spectators will be
treated to a novel program of
matches in a dozen and a half dif-
ferent sports which vary from ex-
hibition ping pong games to boxing
matches. Four thousand, three hun-
dred sport enthusiasts were on hand
last year for the Open House when'
only 16 sports were taken part in and
with the adding of two more this
year, it is felt that a new attendance
mark will be set.
Cagers Hold Spotlight
Basketball is expected to hold the
spotlight for the finals in three cam-
pus tournaments, the independent di-
vision and fraternity class A and B
loops, will be played and from the
class of basketball that these teams
have shown throughout the season, it
appears logical that the fans can ex-
pect a trio of fast hard-fought
battles tonight.
All of these games will be played
on court one of the main gymnasium
and at 7 p.m. the class B final will
be played between the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon and Delta Chi teams. At 8 the
class A championship will be decided
but as yet it is uncertain as to which
teams will be in action.
Theta Chi in Finals
The Theta Chi team, runners up
of 1933, will be one of the finalists
and the other will be either the Alpha
Delta Phi or Phi Alpha Delta team.
The latter two met Monday in a semi -
final match and battled to a 19-19,
three overtime period, tie. They are
to play again before tonight with the
winner going into the finals. The
finals of the independent division
will be at 9 between the Blue Raiders
and the Humpty Dumptys.
A foul-shooting contest will take
place between halves of the class A
game with the Blue Raiders, inde-
pendent champions, meeting the Phi
Beta Delta aggregation which won
the fraternity meet.
Wrestling Exhibition
Wrestling enthusiasts will be treat-
ed to a good show in the wrestling
room of the Intramural Building
where at 7:30 p.m. the all-campus
wrestling finals will be held. In the
main gymnasium at 7:00 the finals in
the national A.A.U. codeball tourney
will be played following an exhibition
by Dr. William E. Code, inventor of
the game.
Howard Kahn, '36, and Robert An-
derson, '35, will meet at 8 p.m. on
court D of the large gymnasium in
the finals of the all-campus indoor
tennis tournament. Play in the other
13 sports will be going on constant-1
ly so that at no time will the spec-
tators find a lull in activity. The ac-
companying table shows the time and
place of all events that have been
scheduled.
There is no admission charge for
this athletic drama which in its six-
years of existence, has grown from
a program of eight sports to 18, cap-
able of drawing crowds of over 4,000
people.
Two Records Fall In
All-Campus Track Meet
The All-Campus track meet was
held last night in the Field House,
and one of the two features of the
event was the low number of partici-
pants. There were almost as many
timekeepers and officials present as
there were entries, 21 in number.
The other bright light of the drab
meet was the smashing of two All-
Campus records by Wescott. He shat-
tered the old mark of :08.9 in the
65-yard high hurdles with his own
time of :08.6, and bested the old 70-
yard low hurdles record, held by
Jack Heston, with the fair time of
:07.6.
Winners in the other events were
Wendland in the 60-yard dash and
the broad jump, Fisher in the 440-
yard run and the high jump, Lowe in
the mile run, and Viergiver in the
shot put.
Blet Of Cen try' L~oo inis A s Rivals Practice
-Detroit Times Photo
LONDES SHOWS KEEN AN AIRPLANE SPIN
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KEEN VS. LONDES?
"Ya wanna scrap?" says Nick to Cliff
"Ann Arbor air I long to sniff.
And I ain't had a good ole fight
Since I come home too late one night
I'm out for blood, I'll vent my spleen
Upon the hide of you, Cliff Keen!"
"I'll fight you then," says Cliff to Nick
"Your ham-and-eggers make me sick
Your grunting rasslers nauseate
The public. I am here to state
That if you wanna fight," says Cliff,
"I'll stretch you out all cold and stiff."
THIS IS THE STATE OF AFFAIRS yesterday noon when I go into Detroit
to see my old friend Nick Londes, whom I meet yesterday for the
first time. Mr. Londes is a promoter in the beef & brawn trade, known to
some cynical newspaper characters as the grunt & groan industry and to
the general run of citizens as the wrestling game.
It seems that Mr. Londes, my old friend, goes and offers to pay the
University of Michigan $1,000 for the loan of eight wrestlers who are to
rassle one of his professional boys all in one afternoon to prove that the
professional can pin eight amateurs all in one afternoon. What is more, he
offers to pin Mr. Clifford Keen, who is the coach of the local grapplers.
THIS, MIND YOU, is not all out of a clear sky. It all comes about when
Mr. Keen, who is promoting the National Intercollegiate Wrestling
meet here this weekend, casts a few minor aspersions upon the professional
game in general.
Now normally, my friend Nick is not given to actively resenting such
remarks because if he does so he will naturally spend all his time resenting
and have next to no time for promoting at all. But this time it just sd
happens that Nick is promoting a World's Championship wrestling meet
between Jim Londos, champion of the world, Arkansas and Indiana, and
Ray Steel, champion of the Pacific Coach, Masachusetts, and Oshkosh, Wis.
BUT MR. LONDES' BOUT happens to be on Friday night and so do the
Intercollegiates, and naturally, when Mr. Keen is quoted as extending
an invitation to Detroiters to come out and "see what real wrestling looks
like," Mr. Londes has an idea that this other promoter-guy or coach-fellah,
or whatever he is, is trying to muscle in on his territory.
Well, in response to Nick's challenge, my friend Cliff answers that he
is ready to take him on, and naturally I go to Detroit yesterday to see what
Nick has to say in reply.
I am just standing outside the office and admiring the picture of Jim
Londos posed as the Discus Thrower, complete with discus, when who should
come in but Mr. Clifford Keen.
AM GREATLY SURPRISED for usually when two citizens challenge
each other to fight they can not find each other no matter how hard
they hunt. But anyway I am prepared for big doings when we pass through
the outer portal guarded by two
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Mat Meet Will
Be Largest In
Event's History
Ticket Sale Is Reported
Heavy; Sell-Out Before
Meet Predicted
Latest entries in the Intercolle-
giate wrestling meet indicate that
it will be the biggest in the history
of the event, it was saidyesterday
at the office of Phil Pack, who is
receiving the entries.
Entries in Tuesday's mail swelled
the total to more than 100, and the
list of schools to more than 30, and
indications were that this total
would continue to grow since the
deadline for entries has been ex-
tended to Thursday.
Last year's meet at Lehigh was
the largest previously, w i t h 86
wrestlers from 30 schools entered.
Early ticket sales are also heavy,
Harry Tillotson, athletic business
manager in charge of ticket sales
said, and he predicted a sell-out of
the 4,000 seats before the meet be-
gins on Friday afternoon.
Season tickets for the four ses-
sions are $1.50, with single admis-
sion tickets to all events but th
finals 40c. Single admission to the
finals on Saturday night is 75c.
Tickets are on sale at the Union
and at the Athletic Administration
offices, Ferry Field.
WOMEN'S
SPORTS
SCOUT LEADERSHIP
A course, which will begin next
week in Girl Scout leadership is going
to be offered at the Women's Ath-
letic Building under the auspices of
the athletic department. National
headquarters in New York City of
the girls' organization is sending one
of their best field representatives to
take charge of the group.
It will be interesting to see how the
girls on the campus take to such a
course. It will be offered in conjunc-
tion with a nation-wide movement,
beginning with a Girl Scout week.
Miss Alice Mulkey, who is in charge
of the field work in the Great Lakes
states will come to Ann Arbor next
week. Her work, since she joined the
national staff in 1932, has been chief-
ly concerned with giving these lead-
ership courses.
Regarding the study from the point
of view of college girls, Miss Mulkey
says: "College girls with the altruism
and enthusiasm of their age have
shown a predilection for social work.
There is laboratory experience to be
had in handling a- Girl Scout troop
and theory to be acquired in a lead-
ers' training course. The laboratory
experience is free, and the cost of the
theory is nominal."
The aim of the course now to be
presented to the Michigan co-eds is
not necessarily to turn out Girl Scout
leaders, but rather to familiarize the
students with the possibilities of Girl
Scouting as an avocation.
Miss Mulkey emphasized the flex-
ibility and comprehensiveness of the
material and its applicability to any
living conditions, any group, or any
locality.
OVEREMPHASIS?
The football team of St. Lawrence
University, Canton, N. Y., actually
lives, eats, and sleeps football. The
squad lives in the same dormitory
and at 10 p.m. daily the coach rings
a bell, meaning that it is time to run
signals in the dormitory hall.
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Open 'House Events
Basketball finals in fraternity#
class B-7:00; finals in class A-
8:00; finals in independent divi-
sion -9:00; all games on court 1.
Badminton -- Double's exhibition
by Ann Arbor Badminton club,
7:00, main gymnasium. Also. at
8:00.
Boxing -Demonstration 8 p.m.,
boxing room.
Codeball -Finals in national
A.A.U. meet at 7 p.m., main gym-
nasiumn, court 2.
Dart baseball - Demonstration
at 8 p.m., main gymnasium.+
Fencing - Exhibitions at 7:30,
auxiliary gymnasium.
Golf driving --- Exhibition by
Coach Courtright at 7:30 p.m.,
golf driving cage.
Handball - Exhibition at 7 p.m.,
handball courts; fraternity hand-
ball championship matches, 8:30,
handball courts 1, 3, 5.
Ping Pong - Exhibitions at 7, 8
and 9 p.m., main gymnasium.
Squash - Exhibitions at 7 and 8
p.m., squash courts.
Swimming - Diving and swim-
ming exhibitions by Varsity swim-
ming team, 7:30 and 8:30, pool.. .
Tennis -Doubles exhibition at
7 p.m., finals In all-campus tour-
nament at 8 p.m., court D.
Tumbzling- Exhibition by Jack-
son Junior High school students at
7:30 and 9 p.m., auxiliary gymna-
sium.
Volleyball - Exhibition at 7 and
8 p.m. by players of Detroit and
Ann Arbor Y.M.C.A.'s, main gym-
nasium; fraternity championship
matches, 9:15 p.m.; Delta Chi vs.
Delta Alpha Epsilon, main gymna-
sium.
Wrestling -Finals in all-cam-
pus meet, 7:30 p.m., wrestling
room.
Paddleball - Exhibitions at 7, 8,
and 9 p.m., handball courts.
Freshmen Win
Wireless Track
Meet With Illini
Hoosiers Seek
Vengreance At
Butler Relays
Coach Hoyt Enters Squad
Of 12 In Annual Cinder
Classic At Indianapolis
Indianapolis, (Ind.), will be in
the national track sportlight Satur-
day when close to 300 of the coun-
try's star athletes convene for the
annual Butler Relays.
Coach Charlie Hoyt, Wolverine
track mentor, has named a squad of
12 men to uphold Michigan's re-
cently won supremacy in Mid-West
track circles. His entering of a
strong outfit is indicative of his de-
sire to win more than just a few
places. Hoyt is and his men are
seeking iadditional team honors.
Enter Three Relay Teams
Led by Willis Ward, the Wolver-
ine contingent w i 11 include Bob
Lamb, sprinter and hurdler; Dave
Hunn, pole vaulter and Moreau
Hunt, hurdler. Capt Tom Ellerby,
Dick Ellerby, Harvey Patton and
Cass Kemp are entered in the mile
relay. Jack Childs, Neree Alix, Paul
Gorman and Harvey Smith will rep-
resent Michigan in both the 'two
mile and four mile relays. Dard, as
usual, will compete in his three fav-
orite events, the 60-yard dash, the
65-yard high hurdles, and the high
jump.
Hoosiers Determined
Themeet comes at an opportune
time for the revenge-seeking Indiana
trackmen to attempt to get even for
their recent defeat at the hands of
Michigan in the Big Ten indoor
meet.
A dispatch from the Hoosier lair
explains their feelings on the ques-
tion:
"Michigan, capitalizing on a host
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The Michigan freshman track
team defeated the Illinois freshman
in a telegraphic meet on March 16
by the score of 61% to 42%.
The outstanding performance of
the meet was turned in by Brelsford,
Michigan miler when he broke the
freshman mile record in 4:29.8. Sears
of Michigan who put the shot 41
feet 3 inches and Davidson of Mich-
igan who ran the half mile in 2:01.3
were the other stars of the meet.
SUMMARIES
60-yard dash -Won by Grieve
(I); second, Weith (I); third, Ful-
lerton (I); fourth, Williams (M).
Time -6.5.
65-yard hurdles -Won by Osgood
(M); second, Cullinen (D; third,
Dixo i (D. Time :08.5.
65-yard low hurdles - Won by
Osgood (M); second Williams (M);
third, McKee (M). Time :07.6.
440-yard dash - Won by Stiles
(M); second, Birleson (M); third,
Aikens (M). Time .52.
880-yard run - Won by Davidson
(M); second Tanner (M); third,
Good (M). Time 2:01.3.
Mile run -Won by Brelsford (M);
second, Reed (I); third, O'Connell
(M). Time 4:29.8. (freshman rec-
ord).
Two mile run - Won by Stone
(M); second, Pinkerton (M); third,
Dayton (D. Time 9:51.5.
High jump - won by Pollensky
(I) ; Andonas, (I) ; second; Moore,
(M). Height 5 feet 10 inches.
Broad jump-Won by Drennan
(I) ; second, Hadiger (I); third,
Harris (D. Distance 21 feet, 2 inches.
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