THURSDAY, IDECEMBER ,. 1
TH-E MC1~4~44
Court Woes
Yesterday's basketball scrim-
mage was marred by the in-
jury of Capt. Bill Roberts.
Roberts, in going after a
loose ball, tripped and fell
heavily on his already injured
right knee. The big 6 ft., 7 in.
center was obviously in pain
after the fall and had to be
helped off the floor.
Trainer Jim Hunt stated that
he did not think the injury ser-
ious but that he wouldn't be
able to tell until later today.
Asked as to whether Roberts
would be able to start Satur-
day's game against Toledo, Jim
said he wasn't sure but hoped
so.
Hal "Lefty" Morrill also re-
injured his left leg but in all
probability not seriously
enough to force him from the
line-up.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1948
VOL. LIX, Na. 67
Notices
Christmas Recess: Classes will
be dismissed for the Christmas
recess Friday evening, Dec: 17,
and will be resumed on the morn-
ing of Jan. 3.
Frank E. Robbins
Assistant to President
University Senate: Meeting,
4:15 p.m., Mon., Dec. 13, Rackham
Amphitheatre. Agen a:
1. Approval of the minutes of
the meetings of the Senate on
Feb. 16, 1948 and Nov. 15, 1948.
2. Report -of Special Commit-
tee on Public Discussions of Poli-
tical Issues.
3. Consid"-raition of a commu--
nication dated Nov. 19; 1948 from
the Senate lAdvisory Committee on
Univeorsit[y Affairs.
4. Election of members for the
Senate Advisory Committee on
University Affairs.
5. Consideration of a commu-
nication dated Nov. 19, 1948 from
the Board of Governors of the In-
ternational Center and the Uni-
versity Committee on Intercul-
tural Relations.
6. Report of the Nominating
Committee and tlh election of a
Senate member of the Michigan
Union Board.
7. Matters which Senate Mein-
bet's may introduce from the filoor.
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Lectures
University Lecture: "15 me-
cratic Education a di World
Crisis' 'Dr. P. Gordon Huilfish,
By MURRAY GRANT... Daily Sports Editor
UP IN LANSING tomorrow all eyes will be turned toward Chicago,
where the Faculty Representatives to the Western Conference
vill be deciding whether it will be the Big Nine or the Big Ten.
The Michigan State supporters, and there are plenty of them,
have been pointing for admission into this select circle ever since
Chicago dropped out of the Conference. And now, they've put
in their second bid.
They were turned down once before along with Pittsburgh and
2oth schools were told, in effect, "clean up your athletic policies, and
we'll consider you."
' , * * *
WELL, PITT did just that. They abolished athletic scholarships
and put athletics on a Puritanical basis. As a result they have be-
come a door-mat for the more powerful foes they schedule. Their
football seasons have been dismal and gone is all hope of their at-
taining that coveted tenth spot.
At Michigan State, things progressed at a slower pace. The
infamous Jenison scholarships continued until this year. But the
handiwork of these athletic scholarships is still very much in evi-
dence. For instance, of the 11 men on the Spartan wrestling
team, nine of them come from Oklahoma, famous for wrestling
champions.
Now the Western Conference is asked to admit Michigan State
again. After the first refusal, President John Hannah declared that
MSC had given up attempts to get into the Big Nine. Instead, he
said, the Spartans would become a big and independent school.
'I* * *
BUT SUCH recent additions to their athletic facilities as the new
Macklin Field, seating some 52,000 people, must be construed
as subtle efforts to attract Big Nine approval.
Also the Spartans have repeatedly tried to schedule Big Nine
schools and today we find them waiting anxiously for that en-
vious position.
Now the question hereabouts is how would the acceptance or re-
jection of Michigan State affect the Wolverines.
* * * *
FIRST, on the positive side of the ledger, if MSC were accepted
the Wolverines would be able to schedule another intersectional foe
and add to the diversity of their football schedule. Also if MSC were
admitted they would be forced to stop enticing athletes within the
state of Michigan and they would have to comply with Big Nine rulb
ings governing all athletics.
The disadvantages are numerous. The Spartans, today, are
still attracting athletes. They still have the greatest portion of
their athletes from sections of the country, where the particular
sport is stressed, such as the wrestlers.
Then, too, what would the addition of Michigan State offer the
Conference as a whole. True, they had a very successful football sea-
son, but could they do this year after year without the Jenison's?
TIIEIR TRACK and wrestling teams are above average, but not
basketball, tennis, golf, or baseball. They have a good swimming team,
comparable to all but Michigan, Ohio State and Iowa, but they have no
gymnastics at all.
So, what will happen at tomorrow's meeting? Michigan,
through Professor Ralph Aigler, has indicated that they will sup-
port the proposal to admit Michigan State. It was also authorita-
tively reported that there are four other schools supporting the
Spartans. This makes five, or enough to get in.
But when the matter goes into the committee room, where there
are no outside influences, things may be different. Personally, this cor-
ner doesn't think the Spartans will make it.
* *
THE BIG NINE is happy being just that, the Big Nine, the most
powerful Conference in the country. Michigan State could add noth-
ing to that power or to the Conference's prestige. All they could do is
share the glory that accrues to the Western Conference.
Besides, it has been 36 years since a school has been admitted
to the Conference. Not since 1912, when Ohio State joined the
fold, has there been an addition.
Well, we'll see tomorrow what is what, but, in the meantime, ev-
erything is mere conjecture.
Professor of Educational Philoso- All students following the Wood
phy, Ohio State University; aus- Technology Curriculum are ex-
pices of the School of Education. pected to attend; others interested
8:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 9, Kellogg are invited.
Skala Leads
With 14 Points
in 3 7-31_Win
By JOHN BERGSTROM
Last night an alert freshman
basketball team defeated the Wol-
verine Jay-vee team 37-31 at Yost
Field House.
Although the contest was class-
ed as a practice scrimmage it was
played under actual game condi-
tions.
Under Coach Dave Strack the
Freshman jumped off to an
early 11-2 lead before the Jay-
vees had a chance to get rolling.
Midway through the first per-
iod the Jayvees began to click, but
SPO-UTS
PRES HOLMES, Night Editor
they were never able to overcome
the deficit.
The second half started off
slowly with Coach J. T. White's
improved Jayvee team keeping
pace with the freshmen. The score
at halftime was 19-12 in favor of
the Freshmen and it remained
that way for the first part of the
second half as neither team seem-
ed able to organize a scoring cam-
paign.
The last part of the contest
saw a flurry of activity as the
Jayvees vainly tried to over-
comethe early Freshman lead.
The low score resulted from the
fact that both coaches were con-
All members of the light-
weight football team who were
photographed in the squad pic-
ture are invited to attend a
party in the 'M' Club Room,
Yost Field House, Friday at
7:34 p.m. Bring your dates.
stantly shifting men in an at-
tempt to get a better evaluation
Bob Hocking,
Thompson, Jim
Bob Dingman,
Irvig Stenn, Fred
Irwin, Jim Cape,
John Watkins,p
Icemen Face Tough Schedule,
Play Three Professional Teams
If Vic Heyliger is the man re-
sponsible for the Michigan hockey
schedule, he deserves some sort
of recognition, because he couldn't
have made it any rougher.
First it was the Detroit Red
Wings, currently one of the
hottest sextets in the National
League, then the Toledo Mercur-
ies, last year's AHA titlists, and
now, this Saturday night, the jun-
ior version of the Windsor Spit-
fires.
"THE SPITFIRES have a great
club this year," Heyliger said yes-
terday. "In fact, it'll be our tough-
est game of the season."
Last season, Michigan was
hard-pressed in its meeting with
the Canadian club, winning out
in the last 26 seconds of play
when Gordie McMillan slammed
a high shot into the nets for the
4-3 decision.
In that game, the Michigan
fans were treated toan exhibi-
tion of fast skating and fancy
stick - handling that was un-
matched for the remainder of the
season by any of the opposition.
AND THIS YEAR, according to
Heyliger, who saw the Spitfires
win a league game last week, the
Detroit Red Wing farm club is
nore powerful than ever.
At present, the Spitfires are
pacing the junior O1IA and rate
as the best junior sextet in Can-
ada. Most of the stars are slat-
ed for Omaha or Indianapolis
berths next year. The next stop
after that is the mother club in
the Motor City.
big time before long is Marty
Pronovost, defenseman. "He's one
of the finest defensemen I have
ever seen," the puck mentor de-
clared.
OTHERS WHO are rapidly mov-
ing through. the ranks are Jim
Maxwell, right wing, Doug Mc-
Kay, who is at present one of the
leading scorers in the OHA, Herb
Lundmark, defense, and Stan
Howe, brother of the outstanding
Red Wing forward, Gordie.
Heyliger said that he was sat-
isfied withethe team's showing
against .the Toledo club last
Monday. "The boys have round-
ed into shape ,rapidly this sea-
son, but they had quite a few
tough breaks down at Toledo."
"The playing conditions were
terrible. We won't have to worry
about the ice Saturday night, and
that means a lot," Heyliger said.
The ice pilot said he thought
that this year's squad was far su-
perior to the 1947-48 - National
champs as far as team balance is
concerned. "We have three good
lines, a fine quartet of defense-
men, and against a fast team like
Windsor, balance is often the de-
ciding factor."
the freshman squad was their
center Jim Skala who led the
scoring with 14 points, gathered
from six field goals and two free
throws. He played a fine floor
game and also controlled both
backboards. Tom Tiernan gath-
ered seven points, and Dick
Frame dropped in six.
Warren Gast, Harry Burr, Ken
Seaton, William Putich, and Don
Peterson were substituted freely
throughout the game.
The outstanding men on the
Jayvee team were Bill Eggenberg-
er and Ted Berce who led the
scoring with eight points apiece.
Other men who figured in the
scoring were: Pete Palmer with
four points, Bud Royce and Jim
Manila, who each scored two
points.
(This is the second in a series of
articlesconcerning the Western
Conference.)
By PRES HOLMES
The Western Conference in its
first stages in 1896 consisted of
seven members, but still was nick-
named the "Big Ten," according
to this year's official Conference
record book.
Maybe they were hoping, or
maybe they thought it sounded
better than seven - there doesn't
seem to be much of a logical ex-
planation for the fact. Your guess
is as good as.mine.
THE TOTAL got closer to double
figures in 1899 when Indiana and
Iowa were admitted to the Con-
ference.
For eight years the nine-team
organization flourished a n d
rules and regulations began pil-
ing up. However, on January 14,
1908 Michigan withdrew from
the Conference in protest
against "retroactive provisions"
of certain Conference enact-
ments. The main trouble was
over the seven-game limit for the
football season, and the three-
year eligibility rule.
Membership in the Conference
still looked like a good thing, and
Tickets are still on sale for
the hockey game Saturday
night between Michigan and
the Windsor Spitfires. The
game will start at 8:30 in or-
der that fans may see the bas-
ketball game first if they de-
sire.
Ohio State applied for admission.
They became an active member on
April 6, 1912.
* * *
STILL THE "Big Ten" was one
shy, but in November of 1917 Mich-
igan repented and resumed mem-
bership in the Conference, to make
the total complete for the first
time.
Things went along smoothly
until 1929 when the University
of Iowa was suspended from the
organization for "infractions of
an athletic nature." It seems
they weren't abiding by the Con-
ference rule regarding the sub-
sidization of athletes.
The following year, however
all was forgiven and Iowa was re-
instated as a Conference member
Once again the organization lived
up to its name of the "Big Ten.'
ATHLETICS under this systenm
were having a field day. Football
basketball, baseball, swimming
boxing, track, wrestling, golf
hockey, tennis, and gymnastics
had all been recognized for Con.
ference meets.
However, the University of
Chicago was not having such a
fortunate time, and in March
1946 formally withdrew from
the Conference due to inability
"to provide reasonable equality
of competition."
That's the way it stands now
-the "Big Ten" with nine mem-
bers in it. Maybe we'll get double
figures again this weekend.
(Tomorrow: Policies concern
ing athletes and athletics.)
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