THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TRnE PORTFOLIO " Editor's Swan Song * Greeting To The New Staff By HAL WILSON Daily Sports Editor FINAL columnar efforts always fall into the same pattern. In the first graph retiring sports editors de- cry sentimentality. In the second they plunge immediately into a sea of it, This is the second graph-and I am sentimental tonight. Not the dripping, maudlin, tear-jerking type of sentiment. Not that at all. But there stands out a sincere regret that it is all over. After tonight the book will be closed This column will be relegated to the southeast corner of the Publi- cations Building-the Daily mor- gue-wherein repose its lofty pred- ecessors, the Bill Reeds, the Pete Lisagors, the Bud Benjamins. REMAINING are the memories, the vivid recollections of the past four years at the University of Michi- gan, the happiest of my life. They stem from the rich associations with the publications gang, the coaching staff, the hundreds of athletes, with Michigan tradition itself. Remaining are the memories of the Bill Watsons, the Jim Raes, the Tom Harmons, the Dick Wake- fields. The athletic trips-to Min- neapolis for that rain-soaked 7-6 heartbreaker, to Columbia, to Illi- nois, to Northwestern, to grid- crazed Columbus, to Des Moines for the famed Drake Relays, to Purdue, to Chicago, down South with the baseball team--and on and on and on. THE PAST FOUR YEARS have seen this University experience a remarkable gridiron renaissance. Under the coaching wizardry gen- erated by Herbert O. Crisler and his highly capable aides, Michigan moved in high gear from a succession of sev- eral lean years into the fourth great era of Wolverine football fortunes. Since that day four years ago when five thousand eager victory-starved students poured into Hill Auditorium to hear their new coach, Fritz Cris- ler, declare with firm determination: "This will be the fightingest team you have ever seen," the Wolverines have swept to25victories and two ties in their last 32 games against the na- tion's toughest competition. When Fritz Crisler came to Michigan he was established as a good coach, a very good coach. Today after four years here he is a truly great one. There was the night last winter when Ed Frutig, ace Wolverine end under Crisler for three years, ventured the state- ment: "I knew that Fritz is a mar- velous coach, but I never really realized how limitless his talents are until I finished at Michigan. I went on to play under Bierman and Kerr in the East-West game, under Snavely in the All-Star game and under Curly Lambeau with the Green Bay Packers. But Fritz has them all beat in every way." BUT far more than this. Crisler is a great administrator. He is a leader-a policy-maker. No man in the nation's collegiate athletic circles today holds opinions more respected, more highly valued. If you doubt, name another. Crisler stands at the top. Michigan has many other fine coaches. To single a few out would be unfair. Errors of omission would be as injudicious as errors of com- mission. Suffice it to say merely that Michigan is fortunate to be repre- sented by as finely-rounded and cap- able a group of coac hin talent as can be found at any institution in the entire country. And now the athletes. For the most part they are a great bunch. Most part is the proper phrase- for a very few, unfortunately, are not. They are not worth the space it would take to discuss them. The majority are swell guys, good com- petitors who pour all their energy into the job before them. To say more would be redundant. THERE is a lot more to athletics than merely what the catcher tells the pitcher and what the quar- terback says in the huddle. It is tied up in the academic and psychological side of the situation. But final col- umns are far inadequate a place to deal with this phase. Through this channel-which is serving as a catch-all for all dis- jointed thoughts tonight-I'd like to express my appreciation to everyone with whom I've worked at The Daily for their fine cooperation, and es- pecially to my staff for its unflagging spirit and unselfish effort throughout the year. So much for the goodbye. Now for a brief hello. I'm sure Bud Ien-I del and Mike Dann, you who will head the sports staff for the com- ing year, will turn in a capable job, a very capable job. You probably won't realize just how important your job is until you get ready to leave. You are the final word in campus athletics. You are at once a sports analyst, a critic, a booster and all-around interpreter. You will feel perhaps, and rightly so, that a public performer is sub- ject to fair and honest criticism. But be sure it is fair and honest. Remember a boost is worth a thou- sand knocks. You have it in your power to make or break athletic teams or individuals. Use it dis- creetly and wisely and always to the best interests of the University. THERE'LL be times when you'll b- asked to withhold publication of certain facts or stories. And these are tremendously difficult times when your journalistic conscience will struggle with your desire to see Iuman feelings spared. Right now I could disclose facts never before publicized which would perhaps rock several elements in the athletic ad- ministration. They would make ex- cellent reading. They would be the truth. But the ill effects therefrom would outweigh the advantages to be gained fromh journalistic expose. You will have similar probles ti face. Judge them with all the foresight and wisdom at your disposal. Above all, be fair. Be represcu- tative. Give an accurate picture of University athletics as a whole. Do not play up certain groups to the exclusion of others. I have purposely skirted the entire war- time problem. It is bound to make your task more difficult. Face its various phases as they arise. Good luck and thanks again to everyone. This is about all. Baseball Golfers Shine In Third Meet Michigan Gains First Win By healing__Siartais In scoring their first victory of the yet young season, the Wolverine golf squad looked very impressive as it took the measure of the Michi- gan State linksmen by a score of 17-7 Saturday. Having only one week of warm weather during which to practice for the Kentucky and Ohio State match- es, the varsity was far from midsea- son form in those matches. It seems, however, that the southern trip and the added week in which to get in shape was just what Ray Courtright's charges needed to start things rolling. Bob Fife Stars In the match against State every- one with the exception of Captain John Leidy, who shot an even 80, carded scores in the seventies. Bob Fife, medalist with a one over par 73, was by far the most improved golfer of the lot. Dave Osler's 76 was his best round so far this season, and if he contin- ues the good work he will be a con- stant threat in any' match. Even at that, Dave had several bad holes when he got himself into difficulty in addition to three-putting three greens. Smith Gets 74 Ben Smith had a little tough luck and his 74 might easily have been a sub-par 70 with a few lucky breaks going his way. Leidy also had a cou- ple of bad holes. Usually a late start- er, John has come along much faster this year and Courtright expects him to gain many valuable points for the Wolverine cause. Phil Marcellus looked extremely good in shooting a 77, while three other newcomers to the team-Chan Simonds, Bill Courtright, and Bill Stewart-scored 78's. , , I-M To HolAd Links tlotii'ieysSatuw(ay The annual I-M Golf Tourneys1 make their one day appearance Sat- urday with approximately 320 en- trants expected to compete. All in- tramural divisions will be repre- sen ted--fraternity, graduate, resi- dence halls, independent, and faculty, and each team will enter five men. Play begins at 7:30 in the morningR and foursomes will be sent out about every seven minutes if possible, the last leaving around 4:30. Tn order to arrange the foursomes as evenly as possible all team en- trants will be numbered in order of importance and allocated accord- ingly. The four best individual scores wil be taken to make 1Ip the team All entries for this meet mi st have their blanks in to the Sports Build- ing by 6:00 tomorrow evening. An added incentive to entrants is the presentation of a gold medal to the one making the longest drive of the clay from the first tee. Trophies will be awarded to winners in each of the respective I-M divisions. All matches will be played off re- gardless of weather conditions. quad Conquers Varsity Hits Four Home Runs In Easy Trium ph Dick Savage Stars Chamberlain, In Relief Role, Socks Itom icRun; Holman, While Also Coiiiiect By BOB SHOPOFF YPSILANTI, April 27-Michigan's powerful baseball team teed off on three Michigan Normal pitchers for four home runs this afternoon at Briggs Park which aided the Wolver- ines in winning an easy 13-4 victory. The Wolverines had little trouble taking their fifth consecutive win after their batters found the range of the short fences of the Teachers' j park.= Coach Ray Fisher threw 16 players into the fray and they col- lected a total of 12 hits to completely swamp the Hurons. Dick Savage Stars Coupled with the slugging of the Michigan hitters was the excellent relief pitching of Dick Savage. Dick hurled five complete innings allow- ing only three hits and no runs. He was credited with the victory, his first of the season. He also hit one of the homers. Normal scored first in the game as Capt. John Shada started with a triple off the pitching of Don Smith, Michigan's first pitcher. After Char- lie Oxley grounded out from Bud Chamberlain to Art Bergesen, Char- Michigan's baseball team meets Michigan State this afternoon at 4 p.m. at Ferry Field. Coach Ray Fisher will start Irv "Pro" Boim for the Wolverines. les Nemeth successfully worked the squeeze play totscore Shada. Marion Henry flied out to Don Holman in left field, but Alan Hutchins dropped, a single in center, Nemeth going to! third. With the double steal on, Nemeth was safe at home when Capt. George Harms dropped the ball as Nemeth's cleats gashed him in the right hand. Harms had to leave the game and was replaced by Bud Jessop. GeorgeI will be ready tomorrow.I Shower Of Homers In the fourth frame Michigan tied the tilt up as the home runs started. After Wayne Christenson singled, slugging Paul White caught hold of one of Ed Gilday's pitches and blast- ed it over the right field fence, 360 feet away, to drive in Christenson ahead of him. The Hurons came right, back in their half of the fourth to score their last two runs when Clair Krawczak, center fielder, hit the hardest homer of the day as the ball cleared the, center field fence by thirty fIct. Bob Harvey, who had walked, scored on the hit. This was all for Smith. Besides stopping the Hurons, Dick Savage was plenty busy with the bat. Inthe fifth inning he led off with a solid homer over the center field fence. Davey Nelson, who was hit- ting the ball hard all day, tripled to the corner in left field and scored Drake Results Please Coach Thiin ciads' Balance Makes Keni DohertyOptimnistic Michigan's track team garnered only one first place at the annual Drake Relays this past weekend, but Coach Ken Doherty returned to Ann Arbor in his most optimistic mood of the year. The genial cinder mentor was well pleased at the team performance as a whole, and he made the broad statement that he was now more hopeful about the Wolverine pros- pects than at any other time this season. In all, the Maize and Blue thin- clads captured one first, one second, two thirds, five fourths, and two fifths while placing in every univer- sity relay on the program. Best Michigan Event According to Doherty, Michigan's most outstanding single display of speed came in Friday's sprint medley relay, where the Wolverine quartet of Bob Ufer, Capt. Al Piel, Len Alkon and Dave Matthews finished second to Oklahoma A&M's record-breaking outfit. The Aggies zoomed around the track in the world-record time of 3:23, with Michigan just seven- tenths of a second behind them for1 a new Wolverine standard. Ufer streaked his 440 leg in 47.5, the best of his life. Piel and Alkon followed with identical 21.5 220 yard stints, and Matthews anchored the crew with the fastest 880 of his career, 1:53.2. Perennial Michigan Balance With balance its greatest forte, the Doherty-coached machine took first place only in the two-mile relay. The winning time was 7:43.2, better than a 1:56 average half-mile for the quartet of Johnny Kautz, John Rox- borough, Matthews and Ufer. The lone casualty was quarter- miler Buel Morley. Spiked on his left calf at the start of his 440, the lanky junior courageously poured it on to turn in his best performance, 49.6. Morley's injury makes it improbable that he will be available against Illi- nois this Saturday. NOTICE Checrleading practice will- be held behind the Union at 4:30 every night this week, -Lincoln Aldrich, Head Cheerleader MICHIGAN AB Nelson, cf. ...... 5 Holman, If......4 Cartmill, If. .....1 Robinson, ss, .... 4 Erpelding, ss .... 0 Chamberlain, 3b.. 5 Christenson, 2b. . 2 Stenberg, 2b. .. .. 2 White, rf........ 3 Bergesen, 1b .... 4 Harms, c.........0 eJessp), C . .. .. . . .4 Smith, p........1 Savage, p. ...... 3 Higgins, 3b .... 1 Parr, p. ......... 0 Totals .......39 R 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13 H 3 2 0 Q 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 27 Burst Of Power! A 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 15 Hurons, 13-4 E 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 MICH. NORMAL AB Shada, 2b. Oxley, lf....... Nemeth, lb.. Henry, rf....... Hutchins, 3b. . Piche, ss..... Harvey, c. ..... Krawczak, cf. .. Hobbs, p. ...... Gilday, p. ...... Carakostas, p. .. 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 2 1 I 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 H 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 O 3 4 14 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 27 A 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 13 E 0 1 U 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals..... .35 4 Score by Innings: MICHIGAN ......0..,00 MICH. NORMAL . 200 223 141-13 200 000- 4 DON HOLMAN with the tying rin when Don Hol- man hit a long fly to right. Michigan was given a couple runs in the sixth inning as Normal's pitch- er lost his range of the plate. Five walks and a single gave Michigan three tallys. Five More Runs A single by White in the seventh and a two-base error plus Jessop's long fly added another run, to the Wolverines' total. In the eighth Hol- man and Chamberlain both knocked the ball out of the park, each time the hit coming with a man on base. After Holman's blow, Gilday took cover and left, 1e pitching duties to Ken Carakostas. In the final frame Michigan scored one run as ,Jessop smacked a double to left field and scored on Nelson's third hit of the day. 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