THE MftHIGSAt1 I LY,_______ Ill' Faces Crucial 0iamond Series BIG TEN SHOWDOWN: Wolverines Seek End Of Wildcat Tennis Ru Hoosiers, Wisconsin Rated. Outdoor Track Contenders Major League Standings Schedule Favors Badgers In Conference Title Chase AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE By GEORGE FLINT Hoping for better luck and peak performances from their athletes, a couple of teams that were lost in the shuffle in the Big Ten Indoor track meet - Indiana and Wisconsin - must be regarded as definite threats in this week- end's outdoor meet. The Hoosiers depend on balance and a red-haired speedster named Cha; lie Peters. WISCONSIN has Don Gehr- mann, perennial distance titan, and a mile relay quartet which includes the Big Ten's best quar- ter-miler, LeRoy Collins. Other than Peters, who's turned in 9.5 for the century dash and 21.5 for the furlong, Indiana can boast a number of good, but not great performers. Conference To Consider BowlPollicy- By The Associated Press CHICAGO-The Big Ten may revise or drop its Rose Bowl foot- ball pact with the Pacific Coast Conference this weekend. The current five-year bowl agreement ends next New Year's Day. With mixed sentiments, the Big Ten athletic fathers are ex- pected to decide whether to renew it at their May business meetings in Evanston, Ill., today through Saturday. EVEN THOUGH the Big Ten has swept to four straight bowl triumphs over the Pacific loop champions, some Conference lead- ers are far from satisfied with the past-season classic. Criticism has ranged from an out-spoken disdain for the whole. project by President J. L. Mor- rill of Minnesota to complaints over the Big Ten's three-year restriction on a return appear- ance and ticket allocations. When the current pact was ap- proved in November, 1946, the vote unofficially was reported to be 7 to 2, Minnesota and Illinois cast- ing the negative ballots. Ironcal- ly, Illinois won the 1946 loop title and appeared at Pasadena to trim UCLA, 45-14, in the 1947 bowl in- $augural. * * * THIS WEEKEND, new member <- Michigan State will have a say in the bowl balloting. Whether the Spartan school, backed in its mem- bership bid by Minnesota's Mor- rill, and several schools which may have changed their 1946 attitude will frown on a pact renewal is conjectural. Michigan State does not play as a conference grid member until 1953. Along with Illinois, 1948 Bowl winner Michigan (49-0 over South- ern California) will be eligible for the finale of the present five-year series next New Year's Day. Northwstern which downed Cal- ifornia 20-14 in 1949 and Ohio Satte, 17-14, conqueror of the Bears last Jan. 2, can't return. Just for a sample -- Bill Tay- lor with a 14.9 best time in the high hurdles and a 24.5 in the lows should pick up points. Bill Gal rett has a 50 flat for the 440, fifth best time in the conference. Frank Owens in the mile and Dave De Witte in the two mile have best times of 4:22.5 and 9:21.2, respectively. * * * IN THE FIELD events the Hoo- siers are even stronger. High jumpers Dave Norton and Harold Harmet have topped 6'3", which is generally good enough to place at the meet. Shot-putter Jim Roberson tossed the sphere 53'3" Satur- day, better than indoor champ! Chuck Fonville has done in dual meets thus far outdoors. Rober- son also is high up in the 150's in the discus throw. Wisconsin's Badgers, who took a third indoors, will be up among the leaders this weekend. Wiscon- sin's big man, who is in reality quite diminutive physically, is bril- liant distanceman Don Gehrmann. GEHRMANN's most notable per- formance this season was his 4:11.8 mile and 1:53.2 half mile. It's doubtful if he has a peer in either of these races, unless it's Michigan's Don McEwen, who out- All persons interested in la- crosse are invited to attend a meeting in the main office of the I-M Building this after- noon at 4:30. --Earl Riskey. ran him at the Kansas Relays this spring in the final leg of a dis- tance relay. McEwen's 4:12 out- doors is the nearest thing to G hrmann's best. In the quarter-mile, LeRoy Col- lins has an excelleit 48.1 to his credit, and his anchor leg also bosters a strong Badger mile re- lay. He's no slouch in the 220, either, consistently running under 22 seconds. Ccnsequent of these individual stars, both the Badgers and In- diana will be strong threats this vwckend in what should te one: of the wild and wollies. confer- usce carnivals ever programmed. ;ew York 21 Dktroit 17 B ston 21 Washington 17 Cleveland 16 Philadelphia 10 St. Louis 8 Chicago 8 8 10 15 13 14 21 17 20 .724 .630 .583 .567 .533 .323 .320 .286 3 r/2 31,4 41/ 5%/ 12 11 12%/ Brooklyn Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Pittsburgh Chicago New York Cincinnati 19 18 16 16 16 13 10 8 11 12 13 14 16 14 15 21 .633 .600 .552 .533 .500 .481 .400 .276 1 21/ 3 4 41/2 611 10% c By DAVE PRESTON The forces of tennis coach Bill Murphy will, be seeking to end a three year domination of the con- ference crown by Northwestern in the Big Ten Championships to be held in Evanston May 29, 30 and 31. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston 7, St. Louis 5 (N) Cleveland 5 Washington 4 (N) Chicago 10, Philadelphia 7 ' New York at Detroit, rain TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Chicago - Shantz (3-2) vs. Wight (2-4) Boston at St. Louis--Stobbs (2-1) or Kinder (3-4) vs. Gar- ver (2-3). New York at Detroit-Byrne (3-1) vs. Houtteman (5-2). Washington at Cleveland - Weik (1-2) vs. Lemon (4-2) GRANT GOLDEN of theV cats will be favored to through the number one si play-off with Don Mackay of Wolverines his most dangE adversary. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS St. Louis 2, New York 0 Brooklyn 6, Chicago 1 (N) Boston 4, Cincinnati 1 (N) Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 3 N TODAY'S GAMES St. Louis at New York-Pol- let (3-3) vs. Koslo (2-4). Chicago at Brooklyn - Voi- selle (0-2) vs. Banta (2-1). Pittsburgh at Philadelphia-- Chesnes (3-2) or Chambers (5-2) vs. Miller (2-0) or Don- nelly (0-2). (Only games scheduled) By JIM PARKER Michigan ana two of the other three contenders for the Big Ten baseball crown will get their fi- nal shot at the Conference title this weekend. Only fourth place Ohio State will see league action after this week, when the Buckeyes finish with a series at Purdue, June 2-3. * * * THE WOLVERINES will have their task cut out for them this weekend at Columbus. Currently tied with Wiscon- sin for first place with seven wins and three losses, Michi- gan must take its two giames from the red hot Buckeyes, who are presently riding the crest of an eight game winning streak, to be certain of at least a share of the Conference title. Wisconsin, having moved into the lead deadlock on a double win over Michigan last weekend, is in a more favorable position. *, * * THE BADGERS wind up their scheduleBwith two games against Minnesota's last place Gophers, who have been able to post but one Conference victory in seven starts. Only a split in the Wiscon- sin-Minnesota series coupled with a double win over Ohio State by Michigan would give the Wolverines undisputed pos- session of the league crown. Third place Iowa (6-3) faces the possibility of having a cancel- led game (with Purdue last month) cost the Hawkeyes a tie for the title. IOWA CONCLUDES its Big Ten schedule against Northwestern this weekend, but even two vic- tories over the Wildcats will leave the Hawkeyes short of first if either Wisconsin or Michigan sweep their two game series. On the other hand, the can- cellation could give Iowa the title if both the present league leaders split their series and the ITawkeyes win two fronu Northwestern. Ohio State, in the fourth spot with a 5-3 record, needs to sweep both the Michigan and Purdue series to keep its hopes alive for at least a tie for the crown: A split in the Badger-Gopher series, however, would give the Buckeyes their chance to take an undisputed championship and to continue their sweep of the Big Ten'sdmajor sports titles that started with last year's tie with Michigan in football. * * * ALTHOUGH the Wolverines edged the defending champions, 5-4, in a dual meet earlier in the season, it must be remembered that Murphy's charges also held a decision over the Wildcats at this point last year. Illinois mustn't be counted out by its trouncing at the hands of Michigan. Apparently it was a combination of the visitors being tired from their match of the previous day, and the exceptional brand of ten- nis exhibited by the local aggre- gation that day. The meet will be run off in nine separate tournaments, one for each of the six singles and three dloubles positions. Michigan and Illinois loom the most formidable obstacles the path of the Wildcats. as in As was the case all season Murphy will be depending on squad depth to swing the bal- ance to the Maize and Blue. The remaining six teams will play no minor role, if last year's results are any criteria. In losing, Michigan's netmen outplayed the Wildcats when individuals from the two teams crossed rackets, Northwestern captured the title, because they had better success against the rest of the field. COLLEGE BASEBALL Pennsylvania 7, Drexel I R. I. State 6, Brown 4 Harvard 5, Holy Cross 0 Bosox Rap Browns, 7-5; Dodgers, Phils Triumph By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS - The Boston Red Sox got off to a flying start with three runs in the first inning, then staved off two Brownie threatssand went on to a 7 to 5 triumph over the St. Louis Browns last night. Mel Parnell vent the distance for the Bosox. * * * CLEVELAND - Gene Beardon pitched the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals here last night. Bear- den, who relieved Early Wynn, gave up only four hits in seven innings. * * * CHICAGO - Nine batters came to the plate in the eighth inning for the Chicago White Sox and five of them scored to produce a 10-7 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Bob Hooper, third pitch- er for the A's, was the victim of the late onslaught. Rain halted yesterday's sche- duled game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yan- kees. BROOKLYN - Duke Snider, George Shuba and Roy Campa- nella hit home runs last night to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Dan Bankhead went the distance and gained his fourth victory without a defeat while Bob Rush suffered his first setback in six decisions. * * * BOSTON - Lefthander Warren Spahn pitched his best game of the season last night, limiting Cincinnati to three hits as the Boston Braves trimmed the Reds, 4-1. The Tribe rapped Ewell Black- well for six hits and all four runs. The contest was played on the 15th anniversary of the first night game in the majors, played in Cin- cinnati. * * * PHILADELPHIA - The Phil- adelphia Philies scored all of their runs in the eighth inning. three on Dick Sisler's home run, to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 last night. Wally Westlake's homer in the seventh accounted for all of the Pi- rates' tallies. * * * NEW YORK - Rookie Cloyd Boyer blanked the Giants with two hits in a briliant 7 2/3 in- nings relief job yesterday to pace the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-0 triumph over New York. 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But since there wasn't any deal, why should I have to lose that money?" Wakefield was traded to Chi- cago but declined to report unless the White Sox restored a pay cut given him by the Yankees. The deal was called off. THE OUTFIELDER said he is wondering what the Yankees plan to do with him. "I don't think they've even put me on the waiver list," he said. "Why? "Are they trying a deal with someother club. If so, how long will it be before something hap- pens? I'd like to stay in the Amer- ican League, not to be peddled to the National, too. And I won't go to the minors," he asserted. Weiss has refused any negotia- tions regarding Wakefield. I II I. New York Broadcaster Finds Bombers Weaker This Year 1 i SMOOTH FEEL... WON'T SCRATCH W1 By BOB MARGOLIN It doesn't look like the Yanks will repeat last year's 'American League pennant win, according to Mel Allen, New York broadcaster who is in Detroit to announce the current Yankee-Tiger series. 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