, MAY 9, 1945 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE Bronco Netters Take Beating From Michigan Good Showing Given By Wolverines; Best Western Michigan, 9-0 Michigan's undefeated tennis squad chalked up its fourth win of the season with a decisive 9-0 victory over an underdog Western Michigan team at Ann Arbor yesterday. The Wolverines waltzed through the match without encountering :danger at any time. Coach Leroy Weir was quite pleased with his team due to the excellent showing they made, despite the fact that he had altered the line-up considerably in order to give the whole team experi- ence. Captain Roger Lewis took an easy' 6-1, 6-2 win from John Atkins, the Broncos' number one man. Jack Hersh, playing in the number two singles position, also won with ease. Dave Post and Roy Boucher, in the third and fourth spots, trounced their opponents, as did Bill Haynes and Jim Wyngarden who held down the fifth and sixth berths, respectively. In the doubles department all three combinations were successful, allow- ing the Broncos to score only three games. Boucher and Gordon Naug- gle, in the number one slot, white- washed their opposition. THE SUMMARIES: One Sipgles-Roger Lewis, (M), de- feated John Atkins, 6-1,.6-2. Two Singles-Jack Hersh, .(M), de- feated Allan Hilliard, 6-2, 6-3. Three Singles-Dave Post, (M), de- feated William Pfaff, 6-1, 6-1. Four Singles-Roy Boucher, (M), defeated Seymour Grundy, 6-0, 6-1. Five Singles-Bill Haynes, (M), de- feated Eric Yops, 6-0, 6-3. Six Singles--Jim Wyngarden, (M), defeated George Schreck, 6-3, 6-0. One Doubles - Boucher-Naugle, (M), defeated Atkins-Hilliard, 6-0, 6-. Two Doubles-Johnson-Post, (M), defeated Grundy-Pfaff, 6-0, 6-0. - Three Doubles-Haynes-Wyngar- den, (M), defeated Yops-Schreck, 6-3, 6-0. TYPEWRITERS Office and Portable Models of alt makl.es 'Bought, Rented, Repoired. STATIONERY & SUPPLIES 0. D. S OR tILL 314 South State St. mtakin9g the 4vuhd By BANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor Quadrangular Track Meet Here May 12 Features Six National Cinder Champs Today's column is written by Hank Keiser, Daily Sports Night Editor WHEN THE WAR broke out there was considerable debate as to the wisdom of carrying on inter-collegiate athletics on a pre-war basis. Many small schools discontinued athletics entirely, except for intra-mural competition, and a number of the larger universities decided to suspend activities in some of the major sports such as football and basketball. Western Conference officials were faced with the problem of attempting to conduct their athletic program on a "business-as-usual" basis, or of following the opposing line of drastically curtailing Big Ten Sports. Conferences and Leagues throughout the nation found themselves up against the same situation and some had completely altered their plans in an attempt to alleviate the difficulties they expected the war to foster on college competition. OWEVER, the Big Ten Directors were motivated by the belief that it was highly essential to keep men physically fit for the armed forces. They contended that any slackening of inter-school competition. would be accompanied by an equal decrease in enthusiasm for physicall training as a whole, especially in the body-building contact sports. In addition, they felt that the war would not result in too great a falling off of paid attendances, still making it financially worth while for the colleges to put varsity teams on the field. After considering these, and all other issues concerned, and estimatingj the results that would accrue, the Big Ten officials decided to take i chance and continue Conference competition, unchanged. Naturally a few rules would have to be modified to help relieve the burdens on the schools caused by wartime conditions, chief among which was changing the eligi- bility rules to allow freshman to compete in varsity competition. THE GAMBLE proved to be successful. By promulgating a plan which was essentially similar to those of pre-war years the "Status quo" in Western Conference sporting circles was preserved. The attendance fig- ures show beyond a doubt that this course of action was the wisest- interest in athletics has not abated nor has the sports-following popula- Si on decreased to any great extent. In the three-year period from 1942 to 1944 Big Ten football games #attracted 3,660,160 spectators as compared with a total of 4,234,565 from 1939 through 1941. This represents a decrease of 574,405 for the whole period, or an average yearly falling off of only 191,468 fans. In addition, attendance figures at some of the schools have actually increased as a result of war workers from nearby defense factories attending the grid battles.. Basketball, as well, has fared successfully since Pearl harbor.. 1,780,567 enthusiasts were totaled in four pre-war seasons as against 1,496,139 in the four succeeding seasons. Michigan and Northwestern are excluded from the tabulation of these figures, since they do not keep attendance records in this sport, and, also, the University of Chicago, which has no team. Ohio State has recorded the best Conference figures and, in 1944, i'1 actually set an all-time football home attendance record of 336,802. Its lowest mark was 150,080, in 1943, which was the ebb year of interest in Big Ten athletics. A total of 307,509 watched the Buckeyes' home games in 1942, making a grand figure of 794,391 for the three war years. L. W. ST. JOHN, Ohio State's athletic director, spoke for the Big Ten officials when he said, "We feel the Western Conference has been a leader in keeping athletics alive, particularly in contact sports. It was important in our minds that physical fitness be linked with training men for military service and this view has been justified by the subsequent comments from army, navy, marine and air corps officials." From this information the conclusion may be drawn, that by maintain- ing the athletic balance in the Western Conference, the officials followed the best course of action-preserving interest in sports, in addition to making it possible for college youth to continue participating in physical condi- tioning activities as a foundation for military service. Michigan Nine To Play Irish Here In Two Games eries This Week; Take 9-51Victory from Romulus, Intense Competition Predicted By HOWARD F. LYNN According to Coach Ken Doherty, next Saturday's quadrangular track meet between Michigan, Illinois, Great Lakes and Ohio State will be the greatest, from the fan's standpoint, that Ferry Field has seen since that memorable May day in 1935 when Jesse Jones cracked three world's records and tied another. Six national champions are scheduled to compete, one of them a world's record holder. , Grover Klemmer of Great Lakes, whose 46.4 for the 440 is still unequalled, will be one After being washed out of both games with Minnesota last weekend, the Wolverine baseball club is now pointing toward a two-game series with Notre Dame which will be played here Friday and Saturday. Coach Ray Fisher's squad saw its only action over the weekend in a non-Conference game in which Mich- igan downed the Romulus Air Base nine, 9-5 Sunday. Jack Peddy, who previously hurled against the Univer- sity of Detroit and Grosse Ile Naval Base, pitched the first three innings allowing three hits. Bliss "Bo" Bowman, who has won his two previous starts, again broke into the win column when he came in relieving Peddy in the fourth and finished the game. He allowed only three hits in the six frames, and was credited with the victory. The hard hitting -Wolverine out- field led the batting attack, as Bill Gregor, veteran leftfielder got two for three, and Don Lund lashed out a double, scoring two runs, and ad- vancing to third on the throw to the plate. The seventh inning saw Michigan put the game on ice, bunching four solid base hits together to get three runs and a lead they never relin- quished. Notre Dame, whom the Wolver- ines trounced in a ,two-game series atSouth Bend 6-1 and 12-4, have not been defeated in any of their other starts this season. Among their list of victims is Northwestern, who suf- fered a 4-0 shutout, and the Bunker Hill nine, who fell 7-2 before the Irish attack. The Irish have been rated as one of the top clubs in the Midwest this year, but to date their pitching staff has not lived up to its reputation.t Bowman holds the 12-4 win overl them, while Ray "Red" Louthen, whoT hasn't dropped a game in three starts,l was on the mound in the 6-1 con- test.1 Frank Gilhooley, the Notre Dame captain and center fielder, will be on the starting lineup this weekend. Gil-l hooley's father was a former major league star, who played ball for three< years with coach Ray Fisher on the New York Yankee club. Frank is1 described as "a fine fielder, and aJ promising hitter," by Coach Fisher. 1 Billy Hasset, another of the Irish1 mainstays, holds down the shortstop position, and he too, boasts of big league relations.a hand barring transfer by the Navy.] Michigan's mile titleholders, Ross and Bob Hume, Bob Kelly of Illinois, Western Conference 440 and NCAA half mile champ, Ohio State's John Schmitt, NCAA pole vault champion and Les Eisenhart of Great Lakes, holder of the NCAA 1000-yard title should also be ready for Saturday afternoon. Michigan is established as favorite but Coach Doherty, not entirely satis- fied with the team's performance at Purdue last week-end, predicts that two or three points may be all that will decide the winner. The competition will be toughest in the 440 with Klemmer and Kelly Major Leagoue Standings.. . --I-- NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS New York Brooklyn Chicago ... St. Leuis .. Boston .... Cincinnati Pittsburgh W L Pet. .12- 4 .750 9 6 .600 8 6 .571 8 6 .571 7 8 .467 .6 7 .462 6 9 .400 3 13 .188 GB 2% 4! 4% 5% 9 TEAM W L Chicago ........... 9 4. New York.........10 5 Detroit............9 95 *Washington.......9 8 Philadelphia.......7 9 *St. Louis ......... 5 8 Boston ............ 6 10 Cleveland.......... 7 10 *Playing night game. Pet. .692 .667 .643 .529 .438 .385 .375 .286 GB 2 ~ 3 ' 4 4 1. 56 9r fighting it out for first. Not far be- hind will be Dick Forrestel of Mich- igan whose 49.2 for his Ig of the mile relay last week made him a definite contender. In the mile the Hume twins will face Eisenhart and possibly Kelly in what should be a tight race. Kelly is entered in two races and may run in either the 440, the half mile, the mile or the two mile. After winning four relay events at the Penn Relays two weeks ago, the Wolverines are considered favorites in those distant events. Illinois' hopes received a jolt when Dave Nichols, NCAA hurdles cham- pion, left school and Bill Buster, Conference champ in the 100 and 220-yard dashes was confined by in- juries to the sidelines with Billy Phelps, co-champion with Schmitt in the pole vault. Illinitcoach Lee Johnson predicted that the loss, of these three key men might mean twenty points 'in any meet his team might enter. With Buster not competing, the winner of the dashes is more or less anybody's guess. Julian Witherspoon of Michigan, who finished second to Buster in the conference meet, will be a strong contender. Nichols' ab- sence in the hurdles also opens up those events. The favorite in the pole. vault is Schmitt, with Chuck Lauritzen carry- ing Michigan's hopes. Philadelphia.... WEDNESDAY'S GAMES M St. Louis at Brcaklyn. Pittsburgh at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at New York, night game. WEDNESDAY'S GAMES New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at Cleveland. 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