Y 4, 1945 THE MICHiGAN DAILY Thinclads Go Outdoor Track Team Primed for First Meet Winners of Western Conference Excepting Hume Twins, Marcoux, Vetter To Compete To Purdue; Gopher ine Plays Here '- Linksmen To Play Two Matches Baseball Squad To Face M at c h e s I'H;Wn n .'a T h is W o.k.n/ I/taking the t~Sun44 By BANK MANTO Daily Sports Editor > . : .....r : ยข,s A 21-man Michigan track squad' will leave Ann Arbor tomorrow morn- ing for Lafayette, Ind., where it willf hook up with Purdue and Miami Universities in its opening outdoor meet of the season. The Wolverine contingent will be substantially the same as that which won the Western Conference indoor meet, with the exception of hurdler Bill Marcoux and quarter-miler George Vetter-both lost to the Army -and the Hume twins, Ross and Bob, Rep. Price Says Draft Is Unfair To Pro Athletes WASHINGTON, May 3-UP)-A complaint by; Rep. Melvin Price (D.- Ill.) that professional athletes are victims of draft discrimination has started a War Department investiga- tion, and Price predicts a change in regulations "in a few days." The congressman disclosed today that he had protested to the depart- ment that some athletes are being in- ducted into the Army even though they cannot meet physical require- ments. He received a reply from Under- secretary of War Patterson, saying: "I have asked the inspector general (Major General Virgil L. Peterson) to make an investigation into the manner in which the War Depart- ment directives, in regard to induc- tion of professional athletes, are be- ing administered." who will be unable to compete be- cause of their Medical School work. Thomason, Parsons Sub Coach Ken Doherty estimated that the loss of the Humes could mean as much as 12 points to Michigan's total, depending on whether Bobi Thomason and Archie Parsons, who will take over for the two distance aces, can beat out strong Purdue op- position in the mile and half-mile. Both Purdue and Miami are reVl tively unknown quantities going into the meet. The Boilermakers, only. a fair team during the indoor season,, have received some reinforcements for the outdoor campaign, and are considered strong in the dashes,I jumps, and middle distances, accord-I ing to Doherty. Miami Hurdlers Good Miami, which put up a good show- ing in winning the collegiate title at the Purdue Relays two months ago, has a fine corps of hurdlers, led k by Charles (Whitey) Fisher, who top- ped the 120-yard highs in :15.1 last weekend at the Drake relays. Illinois' Title Hopes Dim With Loss of Track Stars Three Illinois track stars, counted on for almost certain first places in the coming Western Conference out- door meet, have been lost to the squad in the past week, seriously weakening Illini title hopes. Dave Nichols, NCAA hurdle king, recently withdrew from school, while pole vaulter Bill Phelps and sprinter Bill Buster, both indoor champs, have suffered severe injuries S WE OPENED the mail on this morning's sports desk, we found a letter from a student, who desired to inform us of what he considers an "injustice," in the Intramural program. Our policy has always been to present student views in the light in which they are presented, and for this reason, we are printing the letter in its original form: "As a student who likes competitive sports, and wants to participate, I feel the desire to express my views on the recent Intramural softball league eligibility rules, and can think of no better place to "blow off steam" than on the sports page of our own newspaper. "I feel, and there are many others with me, that an injustice has been done in excluding all fellows with a Health Service P. E. M. exempt- ion from the Intramural program. "As these rules are now, no consideration is shown for any different types of disability, the Health Service slip is enough to put a boy on the sidelines. Doesn't the Intramural administrator realize that in many cases a boy who would be unable to go to P. E. M., run a mile,, do strenuous calisthenics, and engage in body contact work, is perfectly capable of getting some relaxing exercise playing softball with his fraternity or friends? "Another thing which makes us wonder about all the new edicts and qualifications, is the fact that as far as we have been able to discover, this is the first year that such rulings have ever been handed down. Last year, when the late Jimmy James was the head of the Intramural program, I played during the entire season, and my status was no different than it is at the present time. HENthe league was organized this year, the competing teams were k iven no voice in setting up the rules by which they would have to play. If there are objections to the players' qualifications, who has a better right to ask for a rule change than the teams themselves? "The veterans, who are automatically exempt from P. E. M., are allowed to play, yet in,some cases their physical disability may be of exactly the same nature as a civilian with a Health Service permit. This very evidently doesn't follow a very logical pattern. Why then, is there such discrimination against one section of students? "Certainly this sort of policy will not lead to a larger enrollment in the P. E. M. classes-if that is the ulterior motive. The P. E. M. attend- ance rules are indeed stringent, and strictly adhered to, and if our Health Service is to receive the credit it deserves, their judgment of a student's capacities should be accepted. Their exemption is given with the activities of the actual classes in mind, not Saturday afternoon. softball!" Sincerely, Bob Nuton We are not fully aware of the exact rulings,orthe reason behind them, #but as the problem has been presented here today, we can't help but; feel that Mr. Nuton, has a point. It certainly is a new controversy, and one which affects the student body directly. 'THE RAINS CAME': Tigers, Sox Washed Out Barclay's Men To Face Titan, Bronco Golfers Marcellus, Jenswold, O'Hara, Tews Named As Starters by Coach Playing a return engagement with, the University of Detroit at 1:30 p.m. today on the University golf course, the Michigan linksmen will tee off in their first home match of the season, and tomorrow a. team will encounter Western Michigan at Kalamazoo. Bill Barclay, mentor of the Wol- verine golf squad, has named a four man team to face the Detroit offer- ings. Leading the squad will be Capt. Paul O'Hara followed by John Jens- wold, Phil Marcellus, and John Tews. Split Two Matches In the first meeting of these two teams two weeks ago at Detroit, the Wolverines marched off the links with a decisive 151%2-2%/ victory, but last Saturday at Columbus, in Michi- gan's opening Big Ten contest, they encountered some stiff opposition against Ohio State and suffered a 15- 12 setback. Thus the Maize and Blue squad boasts a season's record of one victory against one defeat. Since meeting the Wolverine team on April 21, the Titans have defeated Purdue and Indiana, but lost to Notre Dame, 1012-71/. The Detroiters will line up this afternoon with the same team that has participated in the previous matches.HInthenumber one spot will be Harold Cook, and following him are Salvatore Pomante, Jerry Fitzgerald and Adam Nowicki. Meet Broncos Tomorrow the Wolverines will face the Broncos at Kalamazoo, and Bar- clay announced that five players will mgke the trip, but only four will play. Bob Ernst will switch off with O'Hara, and the rest of the squad will consist of Marcellus, Jenswold, and Tews. Western Will Encounter Irish Nine at Kalamazoo KALAMAZOO, May 3-6T)--West- ern Michigan College Broncos, al- ready with five baseball victories in six starts, play.Notre Dame here Fri- day and Saturday afternoon in a renewal of a series started in 1914. Charles "Lefty" Maxwell, Lawton1 freshman, will hurl the Friday game against the Irish. By BILL LAMBERT One of the biggest baseball weekends of the season is slated to begin this afternoon at 4:00 p. m. (EWT) when Coach Ray Fisher's first place Wolverines tangle with Minnesota in a two-game series which will have a direct bearing on the Big Ten title race. The Maize and Blue club goes into today's game with a string of eight victories against one loss, and will attempt to hold its top spot in the Confer- ence standings. Minnesota, doped as- ". +v. vvvsraav -AL N w by r r "Hef didn't even mention his etchings. Just bragged about his stock of Sir Walter Raleigh." DETROIT, May 3.-()- Major, league baseball's entire 6-game sche- dule was rained out today as the De- troit Tigers and Chicago White Sox were washed out of their series final here for the fourth time in six sched- uled meetings this season. Thus, a Briggs Stadium duel of lefthanders Hal Newhouser of the Tigers and Thornton Lee of the White Sox failed to materialize and the Chisox left town with an even break in the two games of their ser- ies that were played. Previously an entire three-game set between the Tigers and White Sox was post- poned in Chicago. The Tigers planned to send New- houser, their 29,game winner of 1944, against the champion St. Louis Browns here Friday in the first of a three-game series. Manager Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox said Lee would pitch tomorrow against the Cleveland Indians. The day's complete wash-out put all major league clubs on the !move tonight for a change of partners in the last sectional sets before the sea- son's first east-west meetings start next Wednesday. Postponements gave many a man- ager an added headache in the form of a flock of up-coming double- headers. Major League Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE Vbl il l.F11 TOGS FOR WORK OR PLAY . I . - 7Teac/e, 411e. 'il TEAMS W L New York ..............9 4 Chicago ................7 4 Boston ................7 5 St. Louis ..............6 5 Brooklyn ..............5 6 Cincinnati .............5 6 Pittsburgh .............5 8 Philadelphia ...........3 9 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS All games postponed. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago ................6 3 New York ..............8 4 Detroit .................7 4 Philadelphia...........6 6 Washington .............6 7 St. Louis..............4 5 Boston .................5 8 Cleveland ..............2 7 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS All games postponed. Pet. .692 .636 .583 .545 .455 .455 .385 .250 .667 .667 .636 .500 .462 .444 .385 .222 L" e Chandler Moves Office CHICAGO, May 3.-()P)-The of- fice of Baseball Commissioner, lo- cated in Chicago during the 24-year regime of the late K. M. Landis, will be moved to Cincinnati, Commis- sioner-elect A. B. (Happy) Chandler disclosed today. 4 MONTH INTENSIVE Course for - . "thP answers to these riddles are not in .11 -VW -- qllw WIVES. . . 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