5t AILY DoUBLE by merle levin, sports co-editor MOTHERS, if your son ever entertains notions of becoming a coach, hand him a' can of beans and call for Fearless Fosdick. Mercy killers are getting off easy these days. You can't win in the coaching profession. Look what's hap- pened to Don Canham. In his first year as head track coach at Michigan last season, Canham, wiih his best men spending more time on the trainer's table than at practice, led his squad to an inglorious seventh place finish in the Big Ten indoor meet. While Ohio State and Wisconsin were racking up 38 points apiece to tie for the title the Wounded Wolverines were limping to a skimpy total of 13%/2. THIS YEAR, Canham's thinclads more than doubled their 1949 total to finish in second place two and one-quarter points behind Ohio State. Michigan's team performance was perhaps the best turned in by a Maize and Blue track squad in the last twenty years. Half a dozen men far exceeded the hopes of their most ardent boosters with their performances. It was a sterling performance on the part of the Wolverines but where were the cheers for Canham? Why, they were being drowned out by the shouts of the Grandstand Coaching Associa- tion which claimed that Canham had lost the championship by not running his ace distance man, Don McEwen, in the mile. Did Canham sacrifice a championship when he held McEwen out of the mile? He didn't think so Friday night when he sat down with track expert Phil Diamond and figured out the probable first five fin- ishers in each event. He doesn't think so today-and neither do I. THE RESULTS of that Friday night session showed that Ohio State would win the title by about eight points. Michigan figured fourth with McEwen out of the mile, third if he should run it. The difference between third and fourth was unimportant. The fact that McEwen could set a Conference two mile record if withdrawn from the mile was important.. Canham thought so and so, apparently, did the team. Canham didn't plan on Harry Cogswell, Ohio State's Conference champion quarter-miler, falling in his specialty and costing the ' Buckeyes five points. * * * * HE DIDN'T know that Marcellus Boston of Iowa was going to de- velop a cramp while running the dash and he didn't forsee the sur- prising performances of Michigan's Art Henrie in the high jump, Bob Fancett in the broad jump and Ed Ulvestad in the pole vault. He did figure that if McEwen ran the mile there would be a shifting of entries by other coaches which would result in Michi- gan's losing enough potential points in the half-mile to .offset McEwen's points in the mile. Three weeks ago, McEwen, doubling in the mile and two mile against Illinois, turned in one of the greatest double distance per- formances in.Big Ten history. It took the young Canadian three days to shake off the effects of that effort despite the fact that he is in top physical condition. CANHAM, in only his second season as a head coach was faced with a real dilemna. He wasn't quite sure what to do with McEwen who promises to become one of the greatest distance men of all time. Track history is studded with the names of promising youngsters who had been pushed along too fast. You'll find their names in small type among the also-rans. The after-effects of the Illinois meet on McEwen went a long way towards helping Canham make up his mind on what to do with him. There would be no doubling in any meet as strenuous as the Western Conference Championships, at least not yet. If McEwen had run the mile in the Big Ten meet he would have run it to win, which means he would probably have had to aim for a 4:09 mile in order to beat Wisconsin's Don Gehrmann. It is question- able whether he would have beaten Gehrmann. Len Truex who has. handed McEwen his only collegiate defeat couldn't do it. * * * * THERE EXISTED also the possibility that McEwen's all-out efforts in the mile would have taken so much out of him that he would have lost the two mile. The effects of a double defeat were not cal- culated to make a better runner out of him. Canham didn't want to take the gamble. He held McEwen out of the mile, ran him in the two mile (where he set a new Big Ten indoor record), and lost the Big Ten Championship by 2 points. That McEwen's potential points in the mile would have been offset by lost points in other events I have already pointed out; that McEwen is a very happy young Conference champion and record-holder doesn't need to be pointed out. The fact that Don Canham deserves a world of credit for his handling of McEwen and his development of Michigan's best track team since the war apparently does. Red Wings Tie DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings had to settle for a 2-2 tie last night as they met the Mon- treal Canadians on Sid Abel Night at Olympia. The Red Wing Captain was fet- ed before the game and contibut- ed one goal to his team's cause but the Canadians' Leo Gravelle push- ed two past Detroit goalie Harry Lumley. Twelve-Team Noster omplete Arizona, Niagara, LCNY ON GOLD STANDARD.: Added to Tournament Field OSU's Peppe Happy with Young Stars NEW YORK-G'P)-The National Invitation Basketball Tournament field was completed yesterday with the selection of the University of Arizona, Niagara and C.C.N.Y. Asa Bushnell, chairman of the tourney's Selection Committee, an- Bad Tourney Breaks Decide M' Mat Fate A disappointed Michigan wrest- ling team returned home Sunday, angered at their failure to do bet- ter than tie for third in the West- ern Conference meet, last Friday and Saturday. Two good reasons can be given for the failure of the Wolverines to do better in the tourney, won by Purdue Boilermakers in a 33- point runaway. THE FIRST and best reason lies in the luck of the draw. In .the 128 pound bracket, Larry Nelson, star sophomore who had won nine out of ten dual meet victories, was pitted against one of the stars of the conference, Allen Rice of Minnesota, defending 136 pound champion, who was moved down to the 128 pound brackett for the meet. Rice, a seasoned and shrewd campaigner, decisioned Nelson who seemed surprised by the wileness of the Minnesotan. Nel- son kept on even terms until near the end of the first period, when Rice nearly pinned him. After that Nelson, then a grog- gy and surprised grappler, was unable to stay with Rice. In the k65 pound class, Michi- gan's Jack Powers was pitted in the opening round against Pur- due's Waldemar Vancott. * * * VANCOTT, A NATURAL 175 pounder and twice Big Ten run- ner-up, was easily able to decision the lighter Powers, nounced the acceptances of Nia- gara (20-6) and C.C.N.Y. (16-5) at a basketball luncheon and later named Arizona (25-4) (CW) Bord- er Conference Champions, as the final school for the 12-team Madi- son Square Garden tourney. THE OTHER TEAMS already named for the post-season classic, which will be held March 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, are Bradley (27-3), the nation's No. 1 team; Kentucky (25-4), the No. 4 team; Duquesne (22-3), No. 5; Western Kentucky (24-5), La Salle (19-3), No. 4; St. John's of Brooklyn, No. 10; San Francisco (19-6), the defending champions, No. 13; Long Island U. (20-4), No. 15; and unranked Syracuse (17-7). Arizona is ranked 14th while Niagara and C.C.N.Y., two of the top eastern powers, are not rat- ed in the first 20. Bushnell said four teams will be seeded in the tourney and will au- tomatically advance into Monday's quarterfinal round. Thus the top quartet won't have to take part in this Saturday's opening double- headers. Two games will be played Saturday afternoon and two that night. After that one doubleheader will be staged on the other nights. EAST LANSING-(A)-Michi- gan State dominated the 23rd an- nual Central Collegiate Conference Track and Field Meet here yester- day by breezing to an easy win with 57 1/5 points. Notre Dame was runner-up with 34 points and Michigan Normal placed third with 30 2/5 points. * * * THE SPARTANS; who enter Western Conference track compe- tition next year, have won the last four CCC meets. They will be un- able to participate next year be- cause the annual Big Ten meet falls on the same week-end. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to"all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be tent in typewritten form to the Office of the Assistant to the President, Room 2552 Administration Building, by 3:00 p.m. en the day preceding publication 11:00 a.m. Saturdays). TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1950 VOL. LX, No. 104 Notices Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students from 4 to 6 o'clock on Wed., March 8. Women students attending sec- ond performance of Icelandia, March 7, sponsored by Engineer- ing Council, will have one-half hour late permission after the termination of the show. tf' J-Hop Pictures. Reprints may be picked up at the Administra- tion Bldg. from 10-4 on Tues. and Wed. Emma M. and Florence L. Ab- bott Scholarship is available to undergraduate women students who have been residents at the University for at least one semes- ter. Miss Abbott's will prescribes that the recipients of these schol- arships shall be Caucasion, Pro- testant women of American par- entage needing financial assist- ance. It is expected that recipi- ents will repay the stipend in whole or in part as they may be able. Application blanks may be obtain- ed at the Scholarship Division, Office of Student Affairs, 1059 Ad- ministration Bldg. Applications must be returned by March 31. Miss Virginia Weiss, represen- tative of the Market Research De- partment, Procter and Gamble Company will be in Ann Arbor Tues., Mar. 7, to interview women for positions which involve travel- ing any place in the United States. The openings at this time must be filled in March or April, there- (Continued on Page 4) WerARROW r L(\SOLID COLOR g SHIRTS f( (N. Y- . ,I w*>- ('1 Solid Color Shirts By Arrow $3.65 . Be sure you have plenty of these new Arrow solid