THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1939 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TEME IN THIS CORNER By Mel Fineberg How High Is Sky ??1? Football Coach Fritz Crisler and Line Coach Clarence Munn were watching the place-kickers at spring- practice yesterday afternoon and somehow the shot put duel between Bill Watson and Elmer "Honey" Hackney of Kansas State became the conversational football. Well, one thing led to another and Munn, who was Big Ten champion and record-holder in the shot back in 1932, mentioned that there were 10 men in the country now who could throw at least two feet better than his record of 49 ft. 5. in. "Why," said Munn, "there are only a couple records still around from the old days when "men were men." In the Big Ten only Binga Dismond's 440-mark of :47.4 and Arlie Mucks' discus throw of 155 ft 2 in. goes back farther than 1930." (Both of these were set in 1916). "And they say this is a weak generation.' y "It's always been like that," interpolated Crisler, "they al- ways get better. But there's got to be ceiling somewhere. No one - is going to run the hundred in nothing flat." Without looking too deeply into the statistics, it must be admitted that Crisler is somewhat justified in saying this and in answer to his query about a ceiling we delved deep into Daily files and came across someone who, by some scientific ex- perimentation and vivid imagination, has evolved the last inch and second in human effort. Brutus Hamilton, track coach of the California Bears and a member of the Olympic coach- ing staff, has compiled it and with the Conference meet only a week away we think it is of sufficient in- terest to reprint it. Tennis Squad Meets Irish Today In Home Opener Varsity Netmen Seek Revenge For '38 Loss Capt. Percival Meets Fay In Grudge Battle ; Tobin Will PlayFirst Singles Today is homecoming day for the Wolverine Varsity tennis team. At 3:30 p.m. the squad will make its initial home performance when it meets the Notre Dame team at the Ferry Field courts. This afternoon's match has a special significance of its own, be- sides being the Ann Arbor opener. It seems that last year, the Weirmen were sailing along with a consecu- tive win streak of eight, when they met up with this same team. When the dust had cleared, and the last ball had been driven into the net, the score stood--Notre Dame 6, Mich- igan 3. From the start of the year, the players have been readying them- selves for the match, and a chance to gain revenge for the unexpected setback. Especially anxious for a win are Capt. Don Percival and Steve Woolsey, who are the only Wolverine singles players who par- ticipated in the match last year. Each of the two lost in straight sets to their South Bend opponents. However, Don will be the only one to have a chance to equalize the count, as Steve will only be playing in the doubles matches. Don's last year's foe, Bill Fay, is still with the team, and will probably be in second position, the same as Percival will play. Should these two meet, the feature match of the day will un- doubtedly develop. In first place for the Weirmen, will be Jim .Tobini. His opponent will, be ither Bill Fay, or' Jack Joyce. Joyce like Tobin is a sophomore, and very little is known about his ability. John Kidwell will play number three'- for Michigan, Sam Durst four, Jim Por- ter or Ed Morris five, and Bob Jef- fers, six. The doubles combinations are unchanged from last weekend at Columbus. In. The Majors Faces Crack Buckeyes Ends Are No Problems Next Fall With Nicholson, Frutig On Hand Frosh Blow Lead In Ninth To Lose Kiroes Beat Robert Owen In I-M Softball Playoffs To Reserves, 7.6 - I Phil Balyeat, Michigan sopho- more, will run the second leg for the Wolverine mile relay team that faces the crack Buckeye quartet here, Saturday. Balyeat turned in a :48.2 quarter mile to finish be- hind teammate Warren Breiden- bach at the Indiana meet last week. By CHRIS VIZAS1 Despite the fact end Coach Camp-t bell Dickson will be without the serv- ices of three of his mainstays next season, he is not singing the blues.1 He is quite confident that he will find three capable men to replace Danny Smick and Elmer Gedeon, who aret graduating, and Vince Valek, whoz dropped out of school. Although, he does not go out on the limb to make any bold predictions, Dickson does say, "I don't doubt that the ends will perform as well next season as they did last fall." The Wolverines will need six cap- able ends for next season, and of this number four will carry the burden during the games. The other two will be used mainly for relief pur- poses. The standout combination to date is that of the veterans John Nicholson and Ed Frutig. Nicholson Ggodi Last Year "Nick was the heavy duty end last year, although he was not as flashy as the others, he carried more of the burden than the other ends and was the work-horse of the group," Coach Dickson said. Nicholson had the hardest assign- ment among the ends in the last cam- paign. He played right end on of- fense, and took care of the blocking duties. On defense he shifted to the left side of the line. Dickson ex- pressed his confidence in him by say- ing, "I haven't any doubt Nick will have as good, if not a better, year next season." Continuing he stated, "Frutig has turned in some brilliant performances in the past, but he was not a consis- tent 60-minute player. However, he has put on some weight which should help him, and he has acquired more poise, which makses him one of the most improved lettermen on the team." Czak, Neilson Are Reserves Two others who saw service last fall and who may break into the first six are Ed Czak and Paul Neilson. Both were injured last fall and again this spring, which make their chances entirely dependent on whether or not they can get through the early part of the fall without further injury. Outstanding among the newcomers as a group are Joe Rogers, Whitey, i- Frauman and Ted Kennedy. Rogers, { who returned to school this winter after being out for a year, is ratedI as good a prospect as Frutig and Va- lek were last spring. Frauman was ineligible last year, but his outstand- ing defensive play makes him a good prospect. Kennedy is a converted center who has possibilities, but needs; more experience. Michigan Nine1 Meets Indiana In Vital Series By NORMAN MILLER Flushed with pennant-fever for .he first time since 1936, Coach Ray Fisher's Wolverines will face the cri- sis in their Conference title quest when they entertain Indiana's defend- ing champions in two games here this weekend. - And from all indications, the twin bill should prove no cinch for the Varsity. For one reason, the Hoosiers have titular aspirations of their own. Resting in fourth place, but one-half game behind the league- leading Purdue nine, Coach .Har- rell's charges served definite.notice that they intend to hang on to the Big Ten crown after having broken gven with the Boilermakers in a two- game series last weekend. Aside from this factor, there, is' the revenge motive. The Hoosiers haven't exactly forgotten the way Michigan knocked them completely off the Con- ference basketball pinnacle last win- ter. Especially vengeful should be ex- hoop captain Ernie Andres and Bob Dro, members of, that ill-fated Indi- ana quintet. Andres, who has been hitting the ball at a .300 clip, for the Hoosiers, plays third base, while Dro holds down the left ,field berth. So, it will be with an attitude of respect that the Fishermen take the field against Indiana this Friday and Saturday, ever mindful of 1 the fact that the visitors will be aiming ,to re- turn the "compliment" paid them during the recent- basketball season. I I Coach Bennie Oosterbaan's fresh- man infield blew sky-high in the ninth inning yetserday at Ferry Field to allow the Varsity Reserves to squeeze out a 7-6 win over the year- lings. On the short end of a 5-4 score going into the final frame, the Re- serves grabbed the lead by making a single, a triple and three freshman errors good for three runs. The year- lings threatened in their half when they scored one run and had the ty- ing man on base, but Chuck O'Brien, the winning hurler, bore down and fanned shortstop Bus Jones, who had treviously hit three times safely, for the final out. Les Viegel started on the mound for the Reserves and was greeted with a three-run outburst in the first inning. He yielded the hill to O'Brien in the fourth after allowing three more hits and one additional run. Chuck let thedfrosh down with four bingles for the rest of the game. Steve Vukas hurled the first six I' innings for the frosh, allowing but three runs; two of which were un- earned. Bill Steppon was particular- ly troublesome for Vukas, as he has been for opposing hurlers in Varsity competition, touching Steve for a single, double, and homer in his first three appearances at the plate. Lanky "Nels" Nelson succeeded Vukas on the mound and allowed four hits and as many runs. He was charged with the loss. The Kiroes defeated Robert Owen 13 to 6 in an Independent I-M soft- ball league first play play-off game yesterday. Marvin Arent, Robert Ow- en pitcher, had a home run with two on. There were two first place play- off games played in the professional fraternity league. Phi Delta Phi, with Francis Wistert on the mound, won from Delta Sigma Delta, 8 to 5. The Physical Education Graduates trounced Nu Sigma Nu, 9 to 5. Acacia won a close game from Phi Kappa Psi, 4 to 3, and Alpha Omega lost a,,slugfest to Delta Theta Phi, 20 to 18 in second place elimination games. Kappa Nu defeated Chi Psi 10 to 4 in a fourth place play-off. lb Michigan Stationery Several hundred cellophane wrapper packages, regularly priced at 25c and 35c. Closeouts at 316 South State Event 100 yards .,. 100 meters . . 200 meters . . X20 yards .. 400 meters . . (2 turns) 400 meters (1 turn) Perfect Record ..... . ........9.13 ..............10.06 ....... . .20.05 ..............20.18 ...............46.2 ...............45.9 800 meters ...............1:46.7 1,500 meters ...........,3:44.78 Mile ....... ............4:01.6 Two miles..............8:44.2 High hurdles .............13.82 400-meter hurdles ..........50.4 Shot put .................57' 1" Javelin throw ., .256' 10 32-100" High jump ........6' -- 22-100' Discus throw .....182' 1 84-100' Hammer throw ... 200' .8 281-00" Pole vault.. .. ..15' .1 .8-100" Broad jump .......27' .4 74-100" Hop, step, jump . . .54' .8 28-100" Now Mr. Hamilton is not one to jump at conclusions. He, like his ers in a somewhat correlated field, the novel, used the experimen- tal method. Fatigue charts were drawn and the results are interesting. Probably in the case of the high hurdles, the subject had been out the night before, had tired too soon and thrown Mr. Hamilton's chart off. Forrest "Spec" Towns evidently "o'er reached himself" by flying the distance in 13.7 which shows that Mr. Towns doesn't believe all that he reads. In spite of the inspired putting of Hackney and Watson which in- spired this piece, they are still over a foot off Jack Torrance's world record set in 1934 which is also the Ultimate. The only oth- er record which coincides with Hamilton's is the 400-meters mark of 46.2 around one turn. Ken Doherty, who will step into Charley Hoyt's shoes as head coach after this season, rather doubts, the validity of the Ultimates. Doherty, always fair, says that "since I haven't made any study of .it, I'm not really qualified to speak but offhand I don't see how anyone can put a stamp of finality on ability. We're liable to get another Owens. I should think you'd be able to compute an Average Man's Ultimate (if there is such a thing) but not an all-inclusive ulti- mate." To us, Doherty's analysis is a sound one. 20 years ago, anyone dreaming of a four-minute mile was hustled off to the nearest psychiatrist. When the boys from Yale began ap- proaching 14 feet in the pale vault, the meek in turn began placing iron bars on their second story windows. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington . .- .010 000 000-1 Detroit. . ...001 300 10x-5 5 2 11 2 Krakausk-s, Thomas and Early; Bridges and York. Philadelphia . . .110 Cleveland ......240 Potter, Pippen, Brucker; Feller and New York ......401 St. Louis......000 010 100-4 12 2 000 Olx-7 12 1 Beckman and Hemsley. 100 100-7 11 1 000 001-1 8 0 Relay Record Is Threatened In Ohio Meet By HERM EPSTEIN An oft - deprecated expression, "Pass the Buck," will become an hon- orable Michigan motto next Satur- day when the Ohio State and Wol- verine mile relay teams clash as the finale of- the meet between the schools. Though Michigan holds the edge in the three meetings between the foursomes this year, the Buckeyes ran the fastest mile that has ever been run east of the Rockies two weeks ago when they won the Drake Relays in 3:14.1. Michigan turned in its best outdoor time for the year on the same day as it ran 3:15.8 behind Pittsburgh at the Penn Relays. The Ohio team of Co-captains Harley Howells and Bob Lewis, Con- ference champs at 440 and 220 yards respectively, Jack Sulzman and Dur- wood Cooperrider will face no easy task in beating Michigan's quartet. Last weekend against Indiana Ross Faulkner ran his anchor leg of the relay in 48.7, and the three sopho- more members of the team ran one- two-three in the quarter mile as Warren Breidenbach won in 48 flat, followed by Phil Balyeat and Jack Leutritz with 48.2 and 48.8 respec- tively. A little arithmetic will say the rest-3:13.7. The Ferry Field record of 3:15.2 set by the Michigan team of Stiles, Patton, Aikens, and Birleson in 1935 looks very insecure, and when the dust has settled over the track after the relay, a new standard may be waving in the breeze. The Wolverines have already wiped the indoor record off the books when they trimmed the Bucks in 3:18.9 last winter. R[S[RVATIONS AnySteomer, atAdver.sed ~ TRIP.TOR RUISE a-COMPLETED FREE " *E BERMUDA, CALIFORNIA, CHINA, ETC. 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