"'~ ~THE~ MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THIREE Netters Take Second In Row, Down Buckeyes,54 SECOND GUEsSINg . .& By CLARK BAKER Daily Sports Editor EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter was contributed by a Michigan sit- dent. We reprint it in the belief that its subjet is particularly important in the post-war era of amateur sports which threatens to become a. big business proposition. To the Editor: SOME OF THE fellows around the sports circuit get a lot of laughs from the antics of the national and international amateur athletic organiza- tions. These groups remind one of a Donald Duck cartoon: they let out a lot of ya-tata ya-tata about ethics and pure sports, wind up and throw a punch at some athlete to prove how strong they are, and never seem .o understand that they are hitting themselves in the back of the head. One-of the first acts in this fantasy occurred several years ago when the Flying Finn, Paavo Nurmi, made his successful tour of America. After the trip, the Amateur Athletic Union declared him a professional because he received expenses fat in excess of his actual needs. No doubt this was true, but the smiles were wry and knowing among the people "on the inside". Act Two took place last year, when the Swedish Athletic Union ruled their two great athletes, Gunder Hlaegg and Arne Andersson, ineligible for further "amateur" competition. The reasons for the ban were the same as in the Nurmi case - and the insiders had another chuckle. THE THIRD ACT is now on stage. The Argentine Tennis Association has barred Heraldo Weiss from playinh amateur tennis (quotes around that word again would be merely repetition) and the organization is about to throw the book at Weiss' teammate, Alejo Ruissell. The reasons? You're right. The Joke lies in the fact that everyone kniows these athletes dop ]t compete for the better part of each year out of putre love for the sport. Athletes are also human, and they love to eat. One eannot inake a liv- ing on bare expense money. If the word "ana teutl" is becoming farcical and obsolete, the athletic organiations have no one to blame but them- selves. OF COURSE, no athlete in his riht mind will admit to receiving an un- usual amount of money for his atliktit abilties, but if I remember cor- rectly, it wasn't the vogue until recently to admit the ownership of an ath- letic scholarship. Some reaction has been setting in against the attempts by these ama- teur organizations to make the little boys slide into line by cracking down on a few of the big ones. Tlhe two Swedish runners, with others of their country, plan to make an exhibition tour of the South American countries this summer, running for those who will pay out the most cash. The chances are that they will be successful, for they are good competitors, and there is just as much incentive for world-record performances in a pot of gold as in an olive wreath. PROFESSIONAL tennis is also coming of age. Before the war there was a stampede to the pro ranks, led by such stars as Don Budge, Bobby Riggs, and Frank Kovacs. The war interrupted this play-for-pay program, but it is definitely on the upswing again. Both amateur and professional athletics have their place on the American sports scene. However, the efforts to draw a line between them have not been very effective recently. Either the rules and regulations by which these athletes are supposed to abide are ill-conceived, or ill- enforced, or both. The method of blasting at the results and ignoring the causes does not seem to be working out. COOPERATION between the various amateur and professional groups and colleges, leading to the construction of a more rigid set of rules and en- forcement procedures, is the only basis upon which fair and equitable stand- ards can be founded and maintained. Amateur athletics had better "get on the ball," or they will soon find themselves directly behind it. Now if you. will-pardon me, I have a meeting with the National Amateur Yo-Yo Champion -- something about his income tax ... Archie Parsons Students will be admitted to the baseball game between the De- troit Tigers and Michigan on Monday by showing their identification cards, M'ore than 3,000 fans, a capacity crowd for the Ferry Field stands, are expected to attend. Major League Standings AMERICAN L,AGUA NATIONAL LEAGUE G W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB Boston ........ 23 6 .793 ... Brooklyn. ...... 16 9 .640 ... New York .... 18 10 .643 4 St. Louis.......15 9 .625 /1/ Detroit........16 12 .571 6 Boston.14 11 .560 2 Washington .... 13 13 .500 8 Cincinnati ....12 10 .545 2% St. Louis .......11 14 .440 10 Chicago .......12 10 .545 2 Cleveland ...... 11 14 .440 10 New York ...... 11 14 .440 5 Chicago .......8 16 .333 12/ Pittsburgh .... 9 14 .391 6 Philadelphia .. 7 21 .250 15 Philadelphia .. 5 17 .227 9% FRIDAY'S RESULTS FRIDAY'S RESULTS Detroit 3, Philadelphia I Brooklyn 16, Pittsburgh 6 Cleveland 3-4, Washington 0-9 Boston 4, St. Louis 1, New York 4, Chicago 2 Chicago at New York, rain Boston at St. Louis, rain Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 2 SATURDAY'S GAMES SATURDAY'S GAMES New York at Chicago St. Louis at Boston Boston at St. Louis Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Philadelphia at Detroit Chicago at New York Washington at Cleveland Cincinnati at Philadelphia g* ** * * * *~** *i*] Track Team Faces Illinois Today; Meet May See Records Shattered, Michigan In Underdog Role At Champaign By ALYS GEORGE If past performances can be taken as an accurate guide, the results of today's dual meet at Champaign be- tween Michigan's thinclads and the mighty aggregation of Illinois, will possibly boast the best marks yet recorded in any one meet, Illini Are Favored Judging from the three new rec- ords the Illini chalked up last week on a wet, slow track, Coach Leo John- son's fast-moving trackmen should burn up the cinders if good weather prevails. With the Conference Cham- pionships only two weeks away, both teams "can be expected to go all out in their efforts to reach top form be- fore the Big Ten meet. In the 100-yard dash, the Orange and Blue will send from the blocks three thinclads who will be hard to beat. Billy Mathis, Jack Pierce, and George Walker, the speedy hurdler who walked off with three champion- ships in the Conference meet last Rai, Again! For the third straight Friday, rain prevented Michigan's baseball team from playing its scheduled game. Yesterday's game with Minne- sota in Minneapolis was post- poned. The two teams hope to play a double hill today, but if rain continues, the series will be cancelled. Should the weather permit, Cliff Wise and Earl Block will be sent to the mound for the Wol- verines, in hopes of winning the 11th and 12th games of the sea- son for the Maize and Blue. Each of the two right handers will be seeking his fourth victory. year, are all capable of 9.3 seconds or better for the century run. IHaidler To Run 100 Striving to pick up as many points as possible, Wolverine mentor, Ken Doherty, has mwitehed flap Coleman and B li llailer from the events in wh ich they have keen r(egularly coin- peting Lurlt-lw ie outdoor seawon. Haidler will tace tie thr-e Illini aces in the 10, while Coleman will re- t(urfn to his old speeialty, the 440. The battle in the quarter-mile will be for the second and third place spots as Herb McKenley's 46.7 440 effort last week establishes the fleet Jamaican as the favorite in this event. Michigan's Hugh Short, Ron Soble, and Coleman will match strides with two other Illinois speed- sters, Mariec Gonzales and Carl Ock- ert, in an effort to grab the place and show points. Three Enter 220 Doherty will enter Haidler, Val Johnson, and Bob Ferguson in the 220-yard dash in an attempt to stop the Illini onslaught, headed by Mc- Kenley, Gonzales, and Mathis. Although Michigan's mile relay team of Haidler, Johnson, Coleman, and Short may have to be satisfied with second place honors, the time recorded by the Wolverine quartet may well top the marks of every other collegiate foursome in the country. McClusky, Schoenlaub Clinch Triumphwith Doubles Victory Frankin Defeats Hersh; Mikulielh, Cook Whip Foes To Balance Michigan Loes (s pe-a l -T h-D - - (Special to The Dai; y) rover rJim Evans, 8-6 8-6, while Hal EVANSTON, Ill.--Takint, their I Cook got that point bick by taking second Big Ten victory in as many the measure of Gifford in the mini- days by the same score, 5-4, the mum of two sets, 6-4, 6-4. Michigan netmen defeated the Ohio All of the doubles matches went State squad yesterday afternoon on to three sets. Hersh and Evans team- the Northwestern courts. ed together to face Franklin brothers, As in the Thursday match against who are the defending Conference Northwestern, it was the number doubles champions, in the number three doubles combination that made one encolter. The match was well the margin of victory for the Wolver- played, bil the clamps iroved to, ines. And again Dean McClitsky and much for te Michigan duo in win- Paul Schoenlaub rose to the occa- ning, 3 6, 8 6, 6-3. Mikulich and Wel sion and defeated their adversaries. hfigtoii combined to 1eat Cole and Gordon Gifford and Bob Brewer in Levestein in the s n oubles straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. This was the contest, 6-2, 1.6, 6-1. eighth time that these netters have The Weirmen face their third Big played together in the number three Ten opponent this wek-end when- slot and was thleir seventh victorly. they tangle with Minnecsota nletters Hlersh Beaten in Chicago. Coach Leroy Weir will use the same lineup he used in yes- Playing at his usual number one terday's and Thursday's match in the position, Jack Hersh faced Aris hope of making three in a row for Franklin for the Buckeyes. Franklin the series of matches for the week. was the Conference singles champion last year and came from behind after losing the first set to beat Hersh, 2-6, Tennis Summaries 6-0, 6-1. Bill Mikulich again playing in theSigs number two slot had little trouble t ingl heating Alex Franklin, brother of the Avis Franklin (0cdef. ,ack iersl, Buckeyes' number one man, 6-2, 6-1. (A,) , , 6-0, 6-1. This victory brought Mikulich's sea- Bill Milk lich (M) def. Alex Prank- son's record to four wins against five lin (0), 6-2, 6-1. reversals. Dick Cole (O) def. F'red Wcllington Fred Wellington lost his second (M), 6-2, 9-7. match in two days after winning his Dean McClusky (M) def. Arnie Le- first seven contests of the sea~on. venstein (0), 6-2, 6-2. His victorious opponent was Dick Bob Brewer t0) def. .Jin Evani Cole who won in straight sets, 6-2, (M), 8-6, 8-0. 9-7. McClusky, competing in the Hal Cook (M) def. Gordon Gi f number four bracket had little trouble ford (0), 6-4, 6-4. with Arnie Levinstein and won his Doubles: seventh tilt in nine starts, 6-2, 6-2. Franklin-Franklin (0) def. Hersh- Evans, Cook Split Evans (M), 3-6, 8-6 6-3. Michigan and Ohio State split the Mikulich-Wellington (M) def. Cole- two points for the number five and -Levenstein (O), 6-2, 1-6, 6-1. six singles matches with Brewer win- McClusky-Paul Schoenlaub (M) ning for the Bucks at number five def. Gifford-Brewer (0), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 W"FA 'Th TODAYV SATURDAY THRU TUESDAY One of the Greatest Spectacles 'of all time- To Thrill You Again, Again, and Again! GARY COOPER MADELINE CARROLL "NORT HW EST MOUNTED POLICE" - -Plus Wolverine L inksmen lost To Purdue here Today, face B.uckeyes Monday Harrison, Radavich Core of Purduhe Team By BOB MODIC Michigan's golfers will face the Boilermakers of Purdue today on the University course with one eye cocked toward their all-important match with Ohio State on Monday. Not that the Wolverines lightly re- gard today's opposition but on the basis of past records, Purdue does not constitute as great a threat for top honors in the Conference tourney as do the powerful Buckeyes. Wolverines Seek Confidence Although the decision of Monday's match will not have any direct effect on the Big Ten title, which is decided in the Conference tourney, a vic- Badg ers Wiln And Lengthen Big T'en Lead Wisconsin nailed another half- game to its Big Ten baseball lead by blanking Ohio State's luckless Buck- eyes, 8-0, yesterday at Wisconsin. Gene Jaroch, the Badgers' ace hurler, chalked up his fifth straight win in Conference play. Jaroch, the leading Big Ten flinger, has now yielded only six runs in the five Big Ten contests. Michigan, kept idle by rain, backed into undisputed second place in the standings when Illinois upset In- diana, 10-6, to virtually eliminate the Hoosiers from the chase. The only other game yesterday found Io- wa whipping Northwestern, 4-1, to take over fifth spot. In games slated today Michgan will be at Minnesota for a double header with Wisconsin-Ohio State, Indiana-Illinois and Northwestern- tory over the Ohio golfers would no doubt impart more confidence to the Wolverines wien they face the Bucks at the end of the month in Minnea- polis. Tomorrow's match with Purdue will consist of 18 holes of best-ball doubles starting at 8:30 a.m. and another 18 holes of singles play, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Purdue has not enjoyed very much success on the links so far this season, having bowed to Ohio State, Northwestern, and Notre Dame. Dame. Boilermaker3 Have Two Lettermen Two lettermen, Jim Harrison and John Radavich form the nucleus of the Boilermaker team. Another pro- mising player is Bill Dahl, Indiana state junior champion. Coach Bill Barclay is using the same men who played at South Bend in today's match. They are Dave Bar- clay, Bill Ramsey, Pete Elliott, Rog Kessler, Ed Schalon and Bill Court- right. Hank Zimmerman will replace Courtright in the doubles play. Wolverine hopes for a victory over Ohio State were given a decided shot in the arm when Northwestern, top- ped by Michigan earlier in the sea- Feller Wins Sh.uto t CLEVELAND, May 17 --()- Fire- ball Bob Feller pitched five-hit, shut- out ball and struck out 14 batters today as the Indians split a double- header with Washington, 3 to 0 and 4 to 9. The nightcap was called at the end of the eighth inning because of darkness. I raves Club Cards BOSTON, May 17 -(A')- Tommy Holmes continued his savage attack against the St. Louis Cardinals' pitching today and his pair of doub- les plus a singlerpaced the Boston Braves to a 4-1 triumph. The Braves got topnotch twirling from Johnny Sain, who, while chalk- ing up his fourth win of the sea- sou, held the Cards at bay in all but the fourth inning and limited them to seven hits. Dod ers Take Lead soi, P1-1:, edged the Buckeyes by the sane score. Previous to this de- feat, tie Ohio linksmen had been clipping along at what seemed an unbeatable pace with seven conse- cutive victories. Included in the list of toppled foes is Michigan who drop- ped their match in Columbus, 19%- 7%. Michigan Seeks Revenge After that match Coach Bill Bar- clay expressed the opinion that the Wolverines could even the account with the Buckeyes if they could make the close ones fall on their side. The Wolverines will get this chance Mon- day. In order to win they will have to top the play of last year's national medalist champion, Howard Baker, who had a 73 in his first match. Tigrers Defeat Athletics, 34 rr cke Hit in Eighth Nets Hii Fourth Win DETROIT, May 17-(P)-A pair of unearned eighth inning runs enabled the Detroit Tigers to squeeze out a 3 to 1 victory here today over the Philadelphia Athletics, who put run- ners in scoring posi-lon in each of the last four innkigs but lacked the punch to drive them across. Virgil Trucks, who yielded eight hits, thus notched his fourth vic- tory, this time at the expense of Phil Marchildon, who gave the Tigers only five safeties but was charged with the loss. Philadelphia and Detroit each scor- ed once in the fourth, the A's on George Kell's double and George Mc- Quinn's single and the Tigers on Eddie Lake's single and Eddie Mayo's double. It was still 1-all in the eighth when Trucks singled with one out, was safe at second on Irv Hall's fumble of a double play and scored on Mayo's single to center. Lake, who took third on Mayo's hit, scored after Doc Cra- mer's fly to deep center. Phil. 000 100 000-1 8 2 Detroit 000 100 02x-3 5 1 Detroit, Trucks and Swift; Phil- 'delphia, Marchildon and Rosar. __--------_____._._..___._ _____.._..________ __.____ m_..___. ...___.__._._._...._. i STAYING FOR THE SUMMER SESSION? Work be- tween semesters! Student help is needed during the Alumni Victory Reunion. Start after your last exam, June 18-19, or before. Work available until June 23rd or June 30th. Jobs for both men and women students at good hourly pay. PART TIME WORK also available during Summer Session, July 1 to August 23, 1 946. Apply: Manager's office, Michigan Union, Ph. 2-4431. Iowa scheduled to meet in contests. The standings: Wisconsin ............ MICHIGAN......... Illinois......... Minnesota........... Iowa ................ Indiana .............. Ohio State ........... Purdue .............. Northwestern....... Chicago............ W 7 3 5 4 5 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 4 4 9 single Pct. .875 .750 .714 .667 .625 .600 .333 .333 .200 .000 I .I Intramural Sports Shorts Opportunity to learn the art of boxing awaits the enterprising stu- dent who is any sort of a pugilistic enthusiast at all in the intramural boxing classes held at the Sports Building from 3:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. daily except Wednesday. Ed Cochrane, intramural fight coach, is urging any men who are in- terested in learning the correct tech- niques of boxing or who want to im- prove their ability in the ring to join the intramural group. Beginners are started with a calisthenics workout and basic exercises to round them in- to shape and improve their wind. The build-up routine is followed with instruction on footwork, tim- ing, and boxing strategy. Class mem- bers receive coaching on the heavy and light punching bags, practice in shadow boxing and paired with a sarrina mate. then learn the hbasic, 1. Do you have money in your eyes? Save yourself trouble .. . BANK BY MAIL nit the II I I