10, j945 THE MICHIGAN DAILY n'lads pen Home Odoor Season Sati irday ( in the I un4 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 )F SPEECH PRESENTS 9 ! , CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING TEAMS *New York Brooklyn...... Chicago .... St. Louis ...... *Cincinnati Boston......... Pittsburgh..... Philadelphia W L .12 4 10 6 87 87 6 -7 7 9 7 9 4 13 Pet. .750 .625 .533! .533 .462 .400 .400 .235 By BILL MULLENDORE 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 U 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. THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE iJn 'The Clem and the henkep" TOMORROW 3:45 (E.W.T.) SAT. 1:30 & 3:30 (E.W.T.) 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