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By HANK MANTHO
Daily Sports Editor
iiICHIGAN'S chances for an outdoor Conference championship in track
this year were seriously enhanced when their closest competitor, Illi-
nois, lost three of its top-notch performers, which left a big question mark
in their future hopes.
The first of the three Illini to be lost to the squad was Bob Phelps,
who suffered an elbow injury and may not be able to compete again this
year. Phelps, who tied Johnny Schmidt of Ohio State for the Conference
title last year, has already vaulted 13.6 this season and was regarded as
one of the year's best pole vaulters.
Dave Nichols, Big Ten and N.C.A.A. high hurdles champion last year,
added to the worries of the Illinois coaches when he withdrew from school
two months after the term had started.
However, the heaviest blow to the Illini hopes took place at the
Drake Relays where Bill Buster, Peoria yearling and indoor Conference
dash champion, suffered a severe pull of a leg muscle and may not be
ready to run again for the remainder of the year. Buster, who 1has
registered the best time of any Midwesterner in the sprints this year,
was an overwhelming favorite to cop the 100 and 220 yard dashes in
competition this spring.
"WE'VE LOST at least 20 points, perhaps more, for every meet this year
f neither Buster nor Phelps comes around," Coach Leo Johnson stated.
"That just about wrecks our chances in any kind of meet."
Thus the three-way battle among Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois,
Big Ten track powers, which critics were predicting would take place,
will now undoubtedly center about Michigan and the Buckeyes, with the
Wolverines ruling as slight favorites.
Each of these three schools had two performers almost certain t'o win
first places, but after that team balance had to be the deciding factor,
as it was in the indoor finals this year.
Illinois had Bob Kelley, N.C.A.A. and Conference indoor and out-
door champion in the 880. Illini coaches were also counting upon
Kelley to run in the mile event, but the loss of Buster Mills, who
formed the other half of this high-scoring duo, ruined the one-two
punch that Illinois had relied on all year.
A TEAM with so few individual stars could combine the veterans with
team balance and manage to stay in the running, but a team which has
only one sure first-place winner would have to rely entirely on team balance,
and this is like shooting in the dark, especially when the leading oppo-
sition can match them in team balance and add a few individual stars to
their team totals. Hence, it looks as if we will have to concede Coach
Johnson's point that his team's hopes look pretty dismal unless some
new talent can be uncovered immediately.
Ohio State is banking its hopes on Johnny Schmidt, a.pole vaulter,
and Russ Thomas in the shot put as first place winners. Schmidt has
been hovering around 13.6 in his specialty, while Thomas has been
throwing the shot in the vicinity of 47 feet.
The Scarlet and Gray squad also expects to garner some valuable
points with their twins, Will and Bob Siebert. Will has already
jumped 6 ft. 3 in. in the high jump and Bob ranks among the three
best high hurdlers.
Meanwhile the Wolverines will also bank on their well-reknowned
duoRoss and Bob Hume, to register firsts in the distance runs, and their
efforts in some of the other races in which they will undoubtedly compete,
along with the help of Dick Barnard, Archie Parsons, Bob Thomason and
JCharles Birdsall should see the Big Ten outdoor crown rest in Ann Arbor
for another year and add one more indication of the coaching ability of
Ken Doherty and his assistant, Chet Stackhouse.
Maize and Blue
Aim To Repeat
Defeat of irish
Fisher Picks Louthen,
Bowman for Hurling
Hoping to repeat its decisive 6-1
and 12-4 victories over Notre Dame
in the series at South Bend two
weeks ago, Michigan's baseball squad
prepares to meet the Irish tomorrow
and Saturday on Ferry Field.
Coach Ray Fisher will again divide
the pitching chores between "Red"
Louthen and Bo Bowman, the pair
which took the measure of the Irish
in the earlier contests. Louthen will
be going after victory number four
and will probably tangle with Notre
Dame's Jack Barrett Friday for the
second time this season, while Bow-
man will also attempt to register
his fourth triumph Saturday.
Barrett Keep Trying
Barrett, on the other hand, will be
trying for a win over the Wolverine
nine for the third time in his col-
lege career. The Irish hurler drop-
ped a decision to Michigan last year
as well as this season. He was forc-
ed to retire in the fifth inning of
the game with the Wolverines two
weeks ago when he developed a sore
arm, and has since played in the out-
field for the Notre Dame club. He is
expected to see action on the mound
this weekend, however.
The other Notre Dame hurler will
probably be Jack Stewart, who re-
lieved Barrett in the early tilt with
Michigan. Although Stewart blew
up in the final inning of that game,
he has since registered a victory over
the Bunker Hill Naval Training Base.
Irish Fare Well
The Irish have fared well since their
twin losses to the Wolverines, win-
ning all of their games. They may
be a much improved team over the
one which Michigan subdued so eas-
ily, therefore.
The Michigan lineup will remain
the same as it has been in previous
games, and the Notre Dame squad will
probably have Schneider leading off
at second base, Hassett at short, Cap-
tain Frank Gilhooley, a veteran, in
centerfield; Martin at third base,
Kelly in left, Barrett i nright when
he does not bear the pitching bur-
den, McGurk at first base. and Tracey
catching.
Major Leagrue
Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Great Lakes, Ohio State,
Illinois Oppose Mich igan
Close Contest Predicted by Coach Doherty;.
Michigan Hopes Center on Middle-Distance
By MURRAY GRANT
Michigan track fans will witness
the cream of midwestern trackdom
Saturday when Michigan, Illinois,
Great Lakes, and Ohio State tangle
in quadrangular meet, which inaug-
urates the Wolverines' home outdoor
schedule.
Ccach Doherty looks for a close
contest between Michigan and Illi-
nois and stated yesterday that "the
meet will not be decided until after
the mile relay has been run."
*Hopes Are High
Wolverine hopes are again pinned
on the middle-distance men that
aided in the garnering of the indoor
cown. The Hume twins, Ross and
Bob, Bob Thomason, Archie Parsons,
and Dick Barnard, however, will not
have easy going.
In the mile, the Illini may enter
Bob Kelley, sensational NCAA half
mile titler, while Great Lakes has
announced that Les Eisenhart, three-
time winner of the Chicago Relay
1,000-yard dash, will also run in the
mile. Ohio State will enter Tom
White, who will also menace the
Humes. i
Every Race Is Key
"Every race is a key event," said
Coach Donerty, "and the meet may
be decided by almost any break."
The 440-yard dash may be one of
these'key events, for here the Wol-
verines will face Grover Klemmer,
wor l's title holder for the distance,
THE DEPARTMENT 0
WILL THIS KEEP HAPPENING?-Here are shown Michigan's Hume
twins finishing in one of their famous "dead-heats." Coach Doherty
is relying on this to keep happening if the Wolverines are to win the
Western Conference outdoor crown.
MARTINS AND COYS? x
Michigan as reSSive
Edge in Illinois T rack Feud
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No more bitter rivalry can be found
anywhere in athletic circles than the
long-existing feud between Michigan
and Illinois track teams, a feud which
is to be renewed twice during the
month of May.
Since the inception of track as a
Western Conference sport, thinclads
from Michigan and Illinois have con-
sistently fought it out over the cin-
ders, far overshadowing the other Big
Ten schools. That the Wolverines
boast a considerable edge in the vic-
tory column is a fine tribute to the
athletes and coaches who have guid-
ed the destinies of Michigan track-
dom.
Wolverines Dominate Titles
Of a possible 80 championships,
both indoors and outdoors during the
past 45 years, Michigan and Illi-
nois together have accounted for 56,
with the Wolverines rolling up 35 of
the victories to 21 for the Illini.
Chicago, the third school in point of
championships won, has a 'meagre
six, demonstrating the almost com-
plete sway with which the two top
teams have ruled the Big Ten track
world.
Perhaps no clash between the two
arch-rivals was more bitterly fought
than the Western Conference indoor
meet last March when the Wolverines
added another to their string of tri-
umphs while beating out the Illini by
one point, 55 1/10 to 54 1/10, provid-
ing the most thrilling finish in Con-
ference track history. Michigan piled
up an early lead in the distance
events, but watched it melt steadily as
Illinois' team balance asserted itself,
only to fall one point short.
Illini Out For Revenge
Reports coming out of Champaign
after the defeat indicated that the
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Illini were not exactly happy about
the result. Coach Lee Johnson and
his squad look upon the outdoor
season as their opportunity for re-
venge, and they will get their first
crack at the Wolverines Saturday,
when the Illinois, Great Lakes, and
Ohio State will invade Ann Arbor
for a quadrangular meet.
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