SATURDAY,. MAY 27, 1939 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PMI THREE IN. THIS CORNER By Mel Fineberg A New Day ?? ? ITH3E RECENT proposal of the University of Chicago which would enable that university to broaden student participation in intercollegi- ate athletics is an encouraging sign. rheplanentailsaa narrowing of the restrictions which, under Western Confernce rulings, prevents a large proportion of Chicago's students from competition. If the Chicago plan is accepted by the Big Ten (it was tabled until the December meeting of the group) only three groups of students would be Ineligible. 1. Freshmen in the college. 2. Professional athletes, and those who have had three sea- sons of intercollegiate competi- tion in a sport who would be in- eligible in that particular sport. 3. Men whom the deans or the director of the Student Health Service see fit to bar from par- ticipation. As This Corner predicted the night before the plan was submitted, Chi- cago has decided on no definite stand. they were simply awaiting the reac- tion of the WesternnConference. It is this that is encouraging. The University of Chicago, regarded as purest of the pure as far as athletics tf'e concerned, have recognized the Inadequacy of its present system and are trying to change. Of course, Chi- cago wants to change because it feels that only "20.3 per cent of its male undergraduates" are eligible for com- petition. Because of the recent growth af junior colleges, students come to Chicago and have, under the one-year residence rule, only one year of com- petition left, a prospect which dis- courages them from reporting. It's not the plan that means much, as we see it. It's that Chi- cago has the courage to break away from the old and estab- lished order, It was rumored that the plan had "sympathetic con- sideration" because everyonet knows of Chicago's athletic ills. Why couldn't the same sympa- thetic consideration be given to a different plan in a different school? Of course, ,the sugges-. tion might not concern itself with eligibility requirements but it might be something like that at a different school-say Michigan Y -might be just as pressing. If Chicago, which houses the hal- lowed halls of erudition, can yell "down with the old and up with the new," why can't other Big Ten schools suggest a reform without having sanctimony wail to the heavens that radicalism is on the march. At least ,it's a thought. CORNERSTONES: All those who think that Del Baker may not last long as manager of the wallowing Detroit Tigers can put t h e i r Sfears to rest... Walter . Briggs, Tiger owner, asserts that "we are not in the market for a new manager. We are satisfied with Del Baker ... That should settle any unfounded rumor or were similar words uttered just before Mickey Cochrane was shown the gate . . . And didn't Charley Grimm hear those same words in Chi- cago? . . . They say that Charley the Red Ruffing is bothered by a muscle in his arm and has to be care- ful throwing curves . . . of course, Charley the Red has only won seven without suffering ignomonious de- feat . . . This guy must be pretty good when he's feeling well . . . Dizzy Dean has pitched 14 consecutive scoreless innings and allowed eight hits on his comeback trail. . . But in spite of his insistence on his ability to climb back into the pitching firma- ment, the word keeps circulating that he's not to be taken seriously-. They say he's far from ready to take his regular turn. In The Majors Wolverine Smick Allows T Boilermakers .: Only Two Hits Triple Scores Tying Run In Ninth; Baily's Balk Gives Varsity Victory (Continued from Page 1) Nine Gains 5-2, Triumph Over Purdue hree Favorites In Indianapolis Memorial Day Auto Race two-run lead, but Michigan tied the score in the third on singles by Lisa- gor and Mike Sofiak, a hit batsman and right fielder Yeager's error. From then on, it was a tight pitch- ers battle between the two Big Ten aces until Smick fumbled and threw wildly on Mackiewicz's roller in the eighth. Thompson sacrificed the runner to third from where he scored on Hearne's fly to Trosko. After the Wolverines had staged theirlast-inningbuprising,, Smick walked the first batter to face him in the ninth and then made his fourth error of the day to put the ty- ing run on base for the Riveters. Pinch-hitter Kurtz attempted to sac- rifice and popped up and Dicki son grounded into a double play to end the game. By A Whisker Louis Meyer, Floyd Roberts, and Wilbur Shaw (left to right) are three of the leading contenders in Tues- day's Memorial Day Auto Race at Indianapolis. Meyer,-a California, has already won the event three times, and Roberts, the defending champion, will be gunning for his second straight'win in the 500-mile race next week. The city of Indianapolis will be supporting its local hope, Shaw, who gained a first place in the 1937 race. All three of these contestants have qualified for post positions. Meyer's time of 130.067 miles per hour was beaten only by Jimmy Snyder, another favorite, who did 130.138 miles per hour. Balyeat Stars In First Year As Trackman By MAURY MAZER Just about 15 months ago a foot- ball player named Phil Balyeat de- cided to heed. the urgings of a friend and went down to Yost Field House to work out with the track team. Since this friend was a shot putter, Phil also worked with the shot giving little serious thought to it. While Phil was out, Ken Doherty noticed him and without ever having seen him run decided that Balyeat would do. better to. devote,.his.-time to the quarter mile run. From then on he underwent what is known as the Doherty course of improvement, and turned out to be a prize pupil. Last July after having run in two meets in Ohio, Phil entered in the National A.A.U. to run in the junior 440. Competing in his first major meet he startled everyone including himself by walking off with the race. This year, his first in collegiate competition, Balyeat became one of four men in Michigan track history to run the quarter mile under 48 seconds. When Phil Diamond, ace track pro- phet, failed to award Phil a place in his Conference meet predictions, Bal- yeat was determined to prove Dia- mond wrong and succeeded in finish- ing a good third. Prophet Diamond admitted that the bespectacled Phil had shown him plenty of running, and both he and Coach Hoyt agreed that had Balyeat started his "kick" a little sooner in the backstretch *he might have nailed the leaders. But the youth from Sparta is going to have another chance when the National Collegiates roll around, and if he should pace himself well he might, as one track observer re- marked after the Big Ten, "chase the rest of the boys right off the track." 1. MichiganBeats Ohio Wesleyan Net Team, 5-2 Tobin Upsets Harry Zink; Squad Meets Duquesne Today In Home Finale (Continued from Page 1) ,Zink. and upset him, 6-1, 6-2. Zink, one of the leading players in the Middle West, was not able to solve Tobin's twisting service. Tobin dis- played his best form of the year as his cioss-court shots won him point after point. Sam "Old Faithful" Durst con- tinued his winning form as he routed Bud Fisher in straight sets 6-3, 6-0 Durst had little trouble in his match completely outclassing his opponent. This afternoon at 2:30 the Wolver- ines will wind up their home season when they meet Duquesne at Palmer Field. SUMMARIES Singles: Tobin (M) defeated Zink (O) 6-1, 6-2. Jones (O) defeated Percival (M) 6-2, 6-2. Kidwell (M) defeated Rowe (O) 6-1, 3-6, 9-7. Durst (M) defeated Fisher (0) 6-3. 6-0. Morris (M) defeated Davis (O) 6-0, 6-1. Doubles: Zink, Jones (O) defeated Tobin, Kidwell (M) 8-10, 6-2, 7-5. Durst, Woolsey (M) defeated Davis, Fisher (O) 6-1, 6-4. Buy Your FIL at the Michigan--5 AB R Pinkcf............4 0 Sofiak, ss...........5 0 Peckinpaugh, 3b ......4 0 Gedeon, lb ...........4 0 Trosko, if ............4 1 Smick, p.............4 1 Lisagor, 2b.... .....3 2 Beebenc...... ...4 0 Steppon, rf .........3 1 H 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 3 0 3 7 1 A 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 Totals..........35 5 9 27 91 Purdue-3 ABRH O A Dickinson, cf .........4 0 0 2 0 Vernon,lf ........ ..3 1 0 2 0 Mackiewicz, 3b .......4 2 1 0 0 Thompson, ss........2 0 0 2 3 Hearne, 2b .. ......2 0 , 1 3 2 Yeager, rf ..........4 0 0 1 0 Smithson, lb ........3 0 0. 9 0 *Dean .............0 0 0 0 0 Bredewater, c .,......3 0 0 7 1 Baily,p.............3 0 0 1 5 **Kurtz .........:...1- 0 0 0 0 Totals .........29 3 2 27 11 *Balted for Smithson in 9th. * *Batted for Baily in 9th.' Michigan .. 002 000 003--5 Purdue .... .......200 000 010-3 Errors: Sofiak 2, Smick 4, Thomp- son, Yeager. Three base hits: Smick, Mackiewicz, Hearne. Stolen bases: Pink, Dickinson. Sacrifices: Beebe, Thompson, Hearne. Double plays: Sofiak to Lisagor to Gedeon. Bases on balls: off Smick 6, off Baily 2. Struck out: by Smick 7, by Baily 7. Wild pitch: Baily. Balk: Baily. Hit by pitcher: by Baily (Steppon). Umpires: Cramer and Willis. Trojans Place 15 In I.C. 4-A U.S.C. Trackmen Shatter Javelin, Hurdle Marks NEW YORK, May 26.-(IP)-The University of Southern California's track and field men, who had threat-4 ened to make a walkaway of theI team race in the 63rd I.C. 4-A Cham- pionships, backed up that threat with unbeatable arguments today, by qualifying 15 men for tomorrow's finals and semi-finals. Bob Peoples, U.S.C. sophomore from Oklahoma City, was in front all by himself in the javelin throw, toss- ing the spear for a new meet mark of 223 ft. 1% in., 14 inches better than the 'eight-year-old standard credited to Ken Churchill of Cali- fornia. . Earl Vickery, last year's runner-up, skimmed the low hurdles to finish the 220 yards in . 231 sec- onds, one-tenth under the former record. Miler Jim Herbert of New York U., which placed 10 men for the second- best showing, and Wes Wallace of Fordham all made the grade in the quarter-mile and thereby won an- other crack at Long John Woodruff. The giant Pittsburgh senior took his heat in 48.4 seconds and qualified in the mile for defense of both his in- dividual titles. Behind U.S.C. and N.Y.U., the top place winners were Pittsburgh, 1937 winner, with 9; Yale 7; California and Cornell 6 each and Fordham, Michi- gan State and Penn State, 5 each. By WOODY BLOCK "To the Victors go the Spoils" says an old proverb. And to the Has Beens and Theta Chi, champions of the Independent and fraternity league go a total of eight positions on the all-star softball teams an- nounced yesterday by the Intramural sports department.' The Independent selection presents the best battery in either league with Ed Thomas, Doughboys, on the mound and Howard Millard, Has Beens, as catcher. Millard caught Jack Hu- beler, regular Has Been pitcher, the other selection for the leading moundsman. Murphy Plays First On first base for the Independents is Ed Murphy, the rangy Has Been player. Holding down second is pep- pery Herb Brogan playing for the Phys Eds. Don Nichols, another Has Been is given the third base spot. The Phys Eds placed their second man in the infield at shortstop, Clin- ton Mahlke. The outfield for the Independents consists of Norm Nickerson, big Phys Ed slugger, who was given the center field post. William Cartmill of the Doughboys has the right field posi- tion, and Bill Andolora, who played third base most of the season for the Phys Eds takes short center field. Al Chadwick, one of the fastest men on the team, holds down left field. Strong Fielding Infield The fraternity all-star team brings together the finest fielding infield of either league, and a hard hitting out- field in addition to a strong pitching' staff. Robert Morse who played first base for the runners-up ChiPhi team takes that position on the fraternity squad. At the keystone sack is Don Barnes, Psi U. Paulus Is All-Around Player Third base is capably handled by Joe Paulus of Phi Kappa Sigma, the best all around player in the league. Completing the infield at shortstop is tall, shifty Howie Novasel, an ac- complished fielder and a strong hit- ter, who was manager of the Phi Sig- ma Delta team. Leading the outfielders is Chi Phi Harry Mulholland at center field, a hard hitter and a fast man on fly balls. Big Paul Nielsen, Theta Chi's slugging left fielder, adds more punch to an already powerful outer garden. Bill Keas in right field makes the second Theta Chi man in the outfield. John 'Paup, the best ball handler of the lot takes short center which he played for Acacia. Shroth Picked As Hurler Dick Shroth, who pitched Theta Chi to the championship, is one of the all-star pitchers. Ken Meyer, Al- pha Tau Omega, is the second of the mound staff. The all-star catcher is Albert Pfaller of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Nominations for all-star umpires include Ben Moorstein and Herm Ulevitch who handled the difficult assignment of rendering decisions throughout the past season. Has Beens, Theta Chi Dominate I-M All-Star Softball Selections. GACH CAMERA SHOP 14 Nickels Arcade I ,,I I Season Records Give Four Michigan Linksmen Chance For Big Ten Title By LARDY ALLEN If averages are any basis for prog- nostications, the lion's share of in-' dividual honors in the Big Ten golf' meet to be held next week at Chi- cago should go to Michigan's high powered links squad. Although the five men to make the trip have not been announced, the records of four almost certain start- ers give every one of them a chance of winning back the individual crown relinquished by Chuck Kosccis in 1937 to *Sid Richardson of Northwestern who has held it the past two years. In dual meets with Michigan State, Notre Dame, Illinois, and Ohio State, four members of the Michigan squad have 72-hole totals which would have earned them top spots in the Con- ference meet last year when com- pared to Sid Richardson's title-win- ning 305. Emery Is Michigan Ace Jack Emery's 72-hole score in the four matches, one of which was over the Kildeer course where the meet is being held this year, was 297. The Michigan number one man has shot good golf all season, and in his only meeting with Sid Richardson had little trouble vanquishing the twice Big Ten title holder, 21/2-12. He also defeated Herb Patton, Il- linois' number one man who is to be reckoned with in the title drive. The fact that the meet is being held on his home course makes Patton doub- ly dangerous. Both Richardson and Patton loom as the men to beat if Emery is to bring back the individual championship. Neil Croonquist of Minnesota, who placed third in last year's meet, does not make Emery's task any easier, and his presence com- plicates matters considerably. s mine a 72 hole total, by which the Wolverine chances might be reck- oned, Loar scored 307 which includ- ed a 79 and 80, both of which are above his usual game. Capt. Bob Palmer placed third in the individuals last year with a 313. In four matches this season he shot 306. Palmer has been the chief point getter for the Wolverines chalking up 10 wins against two losses and a tie in the number three spot. The Grand Rapids junior has also led his mates in medal honors several times this year, and this together with his im- pressive match record rates his in- clusion among the top men when the final standings are reckoned. Close behind Emery in the four- match total is Lynn Riess, who has been holding down the number four slot for Coach Courtright. Riess's game is unpredictable, and in the four matches his scores ranged from 70 to 79. A few good rounds either Monday or Tuesday will bring Riess in among the leaders. The other men who might make the trip are all capable of keeping down in the 70's, but Tom Tussing is the most probable fifth choice. He made the spring trip with the Courtright contingent but was forced to lay off for a while because of an arm in- jury. Tussing broke into the lineup during the middle of the season and has given a good account of himself with several low 70 games. -I 'III 'i II - ( I AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago .... . . 001 000 100-2 10 1 Cleveland ......010 000 000-1 11 2 Dietrich, Brown and Tresh; Harder and Pytlak. Philadelphia ....000 000 000-0 6 0 New York ........000 001 Ox-1 4 1 Pippen and Brucker; Hildebrand and Dickey. Washington .. .000 001 001-2 9 1 Boston........103 000 00x-4 10 2 Leonard and Giuliani; Rich; Hev- ing and Desautels. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati .....101 022 010-7 11 2 -St. Louis.......000 010 400--5 10 1 Walters and Lombardi; Warneke, Shoun, P. Dean, McGee, Sunkel and " Owen. Pittsburgh ....001 430 042-14 17 0 Chicago .......200 012 000- 5 11 4 Tobin and Berres; Lee, Lillard, Har- Planning on FOREIGN TRAVEL? Let us help you to make your trip pleasant and se- cure by arranging your finances beforehand and equipping you with traveler's checks. You'll want reliable banking connections such as we offer when traveling. U 11 11 I III A 1 & 9U ,5 E