THURSDA Y; T4O + : 1942 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Conference Leaders Delay Action On Freshman Eli gibility Heads Reserve Right to Change Decision, Elect Aigler President Big Ten Endorses Football in 1943 by Waiving Nine-Game Limit, Allowing Teams to Play Away AN - Phi Delts Nose Out Betas For I-M Mat Title -N COME ONE, ALL, AND EARLY: PEM Class, Varsity Mermen CHICAGO, Dec. 9.- ()- The Big Ten's faculty representatives. voted today to delay action on making freshmen eligible for varsity teams but reserved the right to meet again 9n 24 hours notice any time a critical shortage of athletic manpower de- velops. By tabling a proposal to abandon the freshman rule, a measure for which many of the representatives Detroit Liquidates Minor League Club DETROIT, Dec. 9.- (A)- The De- troit Tigers, once one of baseball's foremost owners of Minor League talent, are going out of the chain store business with the sale of their top feeder club and sole remaining property of a former extensive farm system. Ernest Lorbeer, President of the Beaumont club of the Texas League,. disclosed today that Detroit was liqui- dating its holdings in the Texas City where in a dozen years of ownership" Detroit developed Hank Greenberg, Schoolboy Rowe and other talent for three American League pennant win- ners. ---. Be A Goodfellow Bookmaker Jack Doyle Dies of Heart Attack JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 9.- (W)- Jack Doyle, Broadway's official odds-maker, died today. He was 66. The husky-voiced veteran of New York's "real Broadway" succumbed to a heart attack at a hotel here. He had stopped off in Jacksonville for a few days en route back to New York, after visiting Miami for his health. held a sympathetic attitude, the con- trol group kept the issue alive but agreed there was no need to use first- year men at this time. Prof. Ralph W. Aigler of Michigan, newly-elected President, and Prof. Frank E. Richart of Illinois, Secretary of the group, discussed the meeting and said that varying reports on how rapidly- the teen-age university stu- dents .would be. called to the armed forces -resulted in the motion to table the proposal. Favor Continuation of Sports The representatives agreed with yesterday's statement of the athletic directors that the intercollegiate sports program should be continued during the war, but said this policy should be followed only so far as schools may find means of support- ing such activities. In line with this statement the representatives not only endorsed the 1943 football season but also made it possible to extend schedules from nine games-a limit set last spring for next year's grid cards-to 10, with the stipulation that the extra con- test be with aservice team. Since some schools already have sched- uled one or two Army or Navy elevens, they may expand this list to include one more. Waive Some Rules Waived for the duration was a Con- ference rule prohibiting a Big Ten team from playing a non-league op- ponent on a neutral field within 150 miles of another member school. Spe- cifically this will enable Illinois to oppose Great Lakes in basketball in the Chicago Stadium-which lies in Northwestern's legal territory-but the .general .feeling was .that it ap- plied as well to football, thus permit- ting Big Ten schools to bring their non-conference games into such pla- ces as Chicago's Soldier Field. Come one, come all and come early to Matt Mann's big water show, Swim Gala, tomorrow night at 7:45 p.m. in the Sports Building pool.' For if past performances are any kind of indication, the huge nata- torium will be jammed to the rafters with spectators for Matt's eighth ver- sion of "Ringling in the water." And Matt warns that only 1,000 spectators can be accommodated. Vying for top billing on the pro- gram will be a selected group of Phys- ical Education for Men students and Matt's freshman and varsity tank- men. The PEM students will give a demonstration of modern warfare in the water.complete to the 'last detail while Matt's swimmers will put on their usual show of speed in the water with a number of intra-squad races. One of the top events of the varsity part of the show will be the 300-yard medley relay with five teams compet- ing. On paper the trio of Pat Hayes, Harry Holiday and Lou Kivi is slight- ly favored but not far behind are the other groups of Jerry Stenbuck, Loren Papenguth, and Bob Heath; Jim Skinner, Ted Horlenko and Chuck Fries; Irv Einbinder, John McCarthy and Mert Church; and Dave Levy, John Aigler and Ace Gory. Other events will feature back- stroke, breaststroke, diving and free style competition between Matt's swimmers. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________- BENCHCOMBEB ._ . _ _ By BUD HENDEL ! Daily Sports Editor * * * * UNWITTINGLY, The Daily has established a tradition. It rarely runs an editorial, column or what-have-you on the much maligned subject of sportsmanlike conduct of athletic crowds. That is a distinction. But being a firm believer in the speed-up axom to break tradition to insure results, we hereby remove The Daily's distinctive trait from the traditional class. And if you ever want to blast tradition from its lofty peak, just remember nothing more is necessary than a typewriter and a willing night editor. A combination of this sort, free-thinkers tell us, can do anything. SO THIS COLUMN is devoted to breaking tradition and a discussion of Michigan sportsmanship. It all came about like this. The Bench- comber was viewing Monday's basketball game with Michigan State from the press box, when somebody at his elbow made with a "Tch, tch." As- suming that the grieved person was sorrowing over the way the game was going, State being ahead at the time, the Benchcomber said nothing. Then the person at the elbow grabbed aforementioned elbow and demanded that Benchie write a column on the unsportsmanlike Wol- verine fandom attending the cage tussle. Well, the Benchie is always willing to oblige, but the column isn't exactly what the demander desires. THE CRITICISM of our observer was that Michigan fans didn't give the other team a chance. His main point was the vast amount of noise occurring whenever a visiting player stepped to the foul line for a free toss, and the immediate hush that came over the crowd whenever a Wolverine was in a similar position. Furthermore, he told us nothing like that ever took place when Michigan participated in a hardwood struggle away from home. Since we didn't especially think his argument valid, feeling that it is only natural for a home crowd to let its sentiments be known, we checked with Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan basketball coach, If any- thing, the philosophical mentor had little else but praise for Michigan cage fans. "They never abuse an official," he commented, "and they don't abuse opposing players any more than is done anywhere else. I think our fans should be praised rather than criticized. We have less booing than most places and our fans always act as fairly as ex- pected of any partial group." Q UITE FRANKLY, we were glad to hear Bennie speak these words. He's the kind of a person, you see, who doesn't color the facts. And we trust that Michigan fans will eliminate any semblance of unsportsmanlike action and preserve the Wolverine reputation for good sportsmanship. And, finally, in reply to those people who contend that sportsmanship is much more evident in other schools, we offer the age old proverb, "The grass always looks greener in the other fellows' yard." Which reminds us, we'll probably have to shovel the snow off the front walk when we get home for Xmas vacation. New Champs Collect Three Class Crowns Gillett, Cobble, Snyder, Tops in Their Weight; ATO Finishes Third By DO SWANINGER Taking three of the eight divisional championships, Phi Delta Theta be- came wrestling champs of the frater- nity league last night when they nosed out Beta Theta Pi, 25-20. Other point scorers were Alpha Tau Ome- ga, 9; Sigma Phi Epsilon, 8; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Chi Phi and Psi Up- silon 5 each; Phi Gamma Delta, 4; and Chi Phi, 1. Pacing the Phi Delts to their vic- tory were Ed Gillett, winner in the 136 pound division, Milan Cobble, 155 pound champ, and Howard Sny- der, top man among the 165 pound- ers. Cops Close One In the 121 pound class Louis Klein- stiver, Beta Theta Pi, pinned Rufus Teasdale of Alpha Tau Omega after the two had battled on even terms for several minutes. Only after Teasdale took the "referee" position was Klein- stiver able to turn the trick. The finals of the 18 pound class was a see-saw affair between Doug Chanter of Psi Upsilon and Ralston Hayden of Beta Theta Pi. Chanter spurting in the closing minutes of the contest, pinned Hayden and gave his team the only five points that they earned. One of the most thrilling matches was that between Gillett and Jack (Easy) Vaughn in the finals of the 136 pound division. Vaughn, hailing from Phi Gamma Delta, had an un- canny ability to get out of trouble as fast as he could get into it, but he got into it just a couple times too often as Gillett outpointed him 7-5. Holcombe Shows Skill The class of the 145 pound division was Allan Holcombe of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, who beat Don Lauren of Beta Theta Pi in the semi-finals and then went on to turn back Bob Templin of Sigma Phi Epsilon with an exhi- bition of scientific wrestling. In the 155 pound class Cobble came home with the bacon as he started off his evening by defeating Harvey Jones of Phi Delta Theta and finished it by stopping Bob Sundquist of Beta Theta Pi. Sundquist had earlier in the evening pinned Bill Cranston of Chi Phi, Copping the 165 pound crown was Snyder of Phi Delta Theta. Snyder was hard pressed in his final match by Paul Prozeller of Sigma Chi, out- pointing him by only 10-8. Hedges Beats Grey The closest match of the evening was in the 175 pound division where Bill Grey, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Bill Hedges, Beta Theta Pi, supplied the excitement. With a last second surge, Hedges gained the referee's decision, 7-6. Rudy Smeja of Alpha Tau Omega and Jack Emmett of Phi Delta Theta hooked up in the finals of the un- limited weight class with Smeja hav- ing too much ability for the hard fighting Emmett. Early in the match Emmett suffered a bloody nose that lent color to the rest of the match as he and Smeja both looked like Indianswith war paint on by the time Smeja succeeded in pinning his opponent. By MAC McKINNON Michigan's basketball squad has height, speed, and experience. Re- flecting on the Wolverines' chances this year, Coach Bennie Oosterbaan stated, "What we need most is time; time for organization; time to dis- cover what these boys can do." The main contingent of varsity football players on the quintet worked out for the first time this week. Oosterbaan has not had a chance to see what Merv Pregulman, Don Robinson, Walt Freihofer, and Bob Shemky can do, but expects to find plenty of use for them in future games. Shemky plays at both the for- ward and guard positions, but is still THREE WOLVERINES SELECTED Three Wolverine gridders, Al Wis- tert, Merv Pregulman and Julie Franks were chosen by the Iowa Sea- hawks on their all-Opponent team while George Ceithaml was accorded runner-up honors by the Cadets at quarterback. 9-+.."ftp ---------- Gridders Report to Oosterbaan; Wiese Earns Berth at Forward UI41 OWto back up.your lit FANCY words are O.K.-but efore you try living up to them, try dressing up to them- with Arrow Shirts. Your favorite Arrow will very possibly be Gordon, a fine ox- ford-because it's a swell all- purpose shirt. In regular or but- ton-down collar. Sanforized la- bel (less than 1% fabric shrink- age.) $2.50. Get some Arrow ties too. $1 up. 61CEI48 S T A T E S T R E E T Arrow Gordon Is B. S. 0. 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