THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1951 THE MIChIGAN DAILY PAGE SEM ON THE SPOT By GEORGE FLINT It may be the Ides of March and all that, but even the Ann Arbor weather can't conceal the satisfaction which an amateur Dr. Gallup feels when his predictions come out on the credit side of the ledger. Seems that back in December, when this writer was feeling brave, he forecast-with misgivings-the probable state of the national basketball picture when the end of the season rolled around. A* * * THE END OF the season has now appeared on the horizon, and the returns are in, and darned if we didn't come pretty close. For instance: Of the first ten teams in the nation as picked by the AP and by the basketball coaches themselves for another wire service, this scribe's selections appeared no less than seven times. Our number one pick, CCNY, fell to the temptations of gamblers, so they aren't in the running. A' * * * BUT THE NEXT two teams we picked in December, Kentucky and Oklahoma A & M, are the top two in the nation in March. Bradley, the predicted number four team, is number seven. We missed the boat in the Big Ten, picking Iowa as the best team. The Hawkeyes, who still looked to be one of the strongest potential aggregations when we saw them at season's end, were just not able to get going until too late. Indiana and Illinois, however, the other forecasted contenders, ended up as runner-up and champion, respectively. And both were ranked in the first ten nationally in the final AP-coaches combined poll. The Illini finished in the fifth spot,, with the Garrett-led Hoos- iers seventh. IN THE SOUTH, we picked North Carolina State. North Carolina State turned out to be the best and highest-scoring quintet below the Mason-Dixon line, with an all-American, Sam Ranzino, showing the way. They placed eighth in the country in the final analysis. The eastern situation, with the six scandals and the consequent obliteration of the records of New York's two best teams, LIU and CCNY, was left in turmoil as far as our predictions were concerned. We did salvage one selection from the unholy metropolitan mess. A' * * * ST. JOHN'S, led by the much-improved Zeke Zawoluk, who aver- aged 21.9 points per game, was the best of the Madison Square Gar- den teams with the Beavers and Blackbirds disqualified. We picked them as third best in the areas. In the national ratings, they finished up as the number nine team. The big surprise in the East was the phenomenal record compiled by Columbia's Lions. Playing a schedule which is light- er than for most big time schools, but which was nevertheless loaded with possible land mines, the Lions finished with 22 wins and no losses for the season. They placed fourth in 'the nation in the opinions of writers and coaches. Sad to say, we didn't even think about them last December. * * * * i MOST OF THE TEAMS mentioned, with the exceptions of In- diana and Bradley, who were beaten' out in their conferences, will answer the roll call when the NCAA tournament gets started this week in Kansas City, Raleigh, and New York. Kansas State and Brigham Young are other members of the top ten who will be seeking the laurels the champion will receive when crowned at Minneapolis' Williams Arena on Tuesday night, March 27. Relaya Conference Bowl Policy .Due Today CHICAGO -- Big Ten Athletic officials will decide today whether to renew, revise or refuse the Rose Bowl football contract with the Pacific Coast Conference. A special meeting of the Big Ten's 10 faculty representatives and 10 athletic directors will con- sider the problem. * * * THE TWO conferences have disagreed -on how the Big Ten representative for the annual New Year's Day game should be .se- lected. The PCC at a recent meeting voted to continue participation in the Rose Bowl games and to approach the Big Ten about a new contract. However, the coast schools have expressed dissatisfaction with a clause in the old five-year agree- ment, which ended after last New Year's game. * * * THAT CLAUSE limits Big Ten schools to one Pasadena appear- ance every three years. The PCC wants to play the Big Ten cham- pion every year, regardless of how many times any one team might participate. There were reports, none con- firmed, that some Big Ten rep- resentatives favored withdraw- ing from Rose Bowl competition unless the old contract is fol- lowed to the letter. Others were said to be amenable to a revi- sion that would lower the three year restriction to two. A special committee met with Pacific Coast loop representatives recently to get the PCC's views. The committee, composed of Com- missioner K. L. Wilson, faculty representatives Kenneth Little of Wisconsin and Ralph Aigler of Michigan, and Athletic Directors Fritz Crisler of Michigan and Dick Larkins of Ohio State, will report to the other Big Ten officials on the PCC attitude this morning. *U ** S Chicago Title, Gehrmann -Defoeas ilt BMargin of Fire Yards Richards Clears Bar at 15 feet, 4% inches; Wolverines Hoover, Carroll Perform Well Special to The Daily CHICAGO, Illinois-Michigan's six man track contingent led by the two mile relay quartet, turned in three top performances in the annual Chicago Daily News Re- lays last night, but had to lose top billing to Vaulter Bob Richards who soared 15'4%" for the best performance since Connie War- merdam starred fifteen years ago. The foursome of Al Rankin, Chuck Whiteaker, Aaron Gordon, and Don McEwen sped the two mile distance in 7:49.4 in the fea- ture Tom Jones Relay, edging Purdue by three yards in a thrill- ing finish. * * * MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE, who beat the Wolverine quartet last week, fiiished third while In- diana was fourth. Don Hoover and Jack Carroll turned in the other top Michi- gan performances. Hoover lost by a scant few inches to Harri- son Dillard, one of the world's top hurdlers, in the 60 yard high hurdles in the terrific time of :07.3,inear world record break- ing time. Carroll met a top dash field and wound up a six yard second to the Olympic star and former Big Ten Great, Mal Whitfield in the 600 yard dash. Whitfield's time was 1:11.6, Carroll's 1:12.1. * * * CARROLL WAS losing by ten yards with 60 yards to go and turned in a blazing finishing kick to cut the margin down to six yards on the great air force star. This was the Canadian fresh- man's .second top performance in two weeks. Last Friday in the Knights of Columbus meet he topped to the best Big Ten middle distance stars, Gene Cole and Henry Cryer in the KC 600 yard feature dash race. Don Gerhmann came out of hii slump to flash his famous finish- ing kick and beat Fred Wilt by five yards in the famous Banker's Mile in 4:09.7. This was Gerh- mann's fourth straight Banker's title and his best race in three weeks. As usual Wilt was in con- tention until Gerhmann turned on his kick down the stretch. * *- * IN THE EQUALLY famous Mer- riman Two Mile Race, Horace Ashenfelter, former Penn State distance ace, closed' strong to edge two time winner Curtis Stone by five yards. Bob Dellinger, who was second to Don McEwen in the Big Ten Indoor meet ended up a distant third. In the great vaulting per- formance, Richards had the bar raised to a height of 15'8/s" try- ing for the new world mark, but failed to come close in three at- tempts. Don Laz, who has been coming close to Richards all indoor sea- son had an off night, missing 15'1" after clearing 14'6". IN THE FEATURE college mile. relay, Illinois, Big Ten Champ, topped Oklahoma, Big Seven Ti- tlist in the good time of 3:20. OSU won the other heat in 3:20.5. Jim Golliday of Chicago won the 50 yard dash in :05.3 with Bob Ulrich of Hinsdale, Illinois, sec- ond. Jack Heintzman of Peoria turned in a good high jumping performance with 6'6%" leap. He defeated the aging star, Dave Al- briton former OSU all time great. TWO MILE RELAY TEAM-Al Rankin, Charles Whiteaker, Aaron Gordon, and Don McEwen turned in their top two mile relay effort of the-year last night by winning the Tom Jones Feature in the Chicago Relays. The Foursome, pictured with Coach Don Canham, set the world's record in the distance Medley relay only a month ago. To Win NIT; St. Jo ha's Taks Third GRAPEFRUIT CIRCUIT: tigers Lose Third Straight Game, 6-1 BRAVES 6, TIGERS 1 LAKELAND, FLA. - (R) - os- ton's Braves cuffed Ed Gray with two three-run rallies to hand the Detroit Tigers a 6-1 loss, their third straight setback yesterday. Hal Newhouser, making his first appearance of the spring training campaign, blanked the Braves with two hits through the first four innings as Detroit led 1-0. * * * SAM JETHROE'S home run and a two-run triple by pinch- hitter Sid Gordon were the big wallops for the Braves who also cashed in on Gray's wildness. Johnny Sain and Vern Bick- ford stilled the Tiger bats ex- cept for that of rookie third baseman Hal Daugherty who got two singles and drove in the lone Detroit run. Newhouser made his first start of the spring a good one as he shut out the Braves on two singles in four frames. But the Boston- ians found Gray to their liking. DETROIT'S LONE score was a lift at that. In the second inning, Johnny Logan, rookie shortstop, made a great stop on a smash by Jerry Priddy but then fired wildly past first base for a two-base er- ror. Daugherty then dribbled his single over second base to score Priddy. The Tigers now have won only two games while losing four and Manager Red Rolfe is wondering just what is making Detroit bats so impotent. "I CAN'T understand it," Rolfe said. "Nobody's hitting a lick. It's bard to figure out, but I don't like it." The same teams play a return engagement tomorrow at Braden- ton with Billy Hoeft, the rookie southpaw, and Ray Herbert op- posing Max Surkont and George Estock, a 16-game winner at Mil- waukee last season. SENATORS 7, A's 4 WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. - VP) - The Washington Senators pummeled Lou Brissie and Bob Hooper to defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 7-4, yesterday and even the spring training series with the A's at two-and-two. Brissie, working his first start of the season, worked five innings and left with the Senators holding a 4-2 lead. The A's tied the score in the sixth, but the Senators came back to get two runs off Hooper in the seventh and an- other in the ninth. * * * PHILS 6, REDS 5 TAMPA, FLA. - ()-Philadel- phia's Phillies sent Cincinnati to the laundry again yesterday, smacking the Redlegs' knuckles with a 6-5 victory for the home crew's sixth straight spring exhi- bition loss. It was Cincinnati's old nemesis, Andy Seminick, who did most of the dirty work. The veteran Philly catcher banged in four runs with a three-run homer and a long fly. RED SOX 2, CARDS 1 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.'- (R) -Walter Masterson and Maurice McDermott handcuffed the St. Louis Cardinal hitters as the Bos- ton Red Sox took a 2 to 1 decision in their spring exhibition game, yesterday. Both clubs scored once in the first inning. Then Masterson, who touched for three hits in the open- ing frame, held the Red-birds to two singles for the next four inn- ings. McDermott, despite a touch of wildness, also was effective, giving up just one single in four innings. Them Red Sox put across the winning run in the fourth on sin- gles by Walt Dropo, Bobby Doerr and Billy Goodman. YANKS 9, ANGELS 6 LOS ANGELES-(;P)--The New York Yankees slugged four hom- ers to defeat the Los Angeles An- gels of the Pacific Coast League, 9-6, yesterday for their fifth'vic- tory in succession. Billy Johnson and Joe Collins and rookies Mickey Mantle and Jerry Snyder hit for the circuit, bringing the Yanks' home run to- tal to a dozen for six games. Phil Rizzuto, shortstop and most valuable player in the American League, twisted his right ankle as he started to take the field for the game. He played two innings but couldn't run without pain and was replaced by Jim Brideweser. * * * WHITE SOX 7, BROWNS 6 PASADENA, Calif .-(P)-Elev- enth inning blows by rookies J. W. Porter and Joe De Maestri gave the Chicago White Sox a 7-6 ex- hibition baseball victory over the St. Louis Browns yesterday. The Browns had sent the game into extra innings with a four- run splurge in the ninth. * * * CUBS 7, SEALS 5 SANFRANCISCO, CALIF. - (A') -The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, 7-5, in an exhibi- tion baseball game yesterday. The Cubs got four runs off Bob Savage in the first inning on Wayne Terwilliger's double, sin- gles by Frank Baumholtz and Andy Pafko and Dee Fondy's home run. NEW YORK - (R') - Brigham Young's magnificent Nomads, get- ting an All-American performance from bouncing Roland Minson, shattered D a y t on's cinderella dreams, 62-43, tonight to win the National Invitation Basketball Championship. The six-foot Minson, a midget in this day of hardwood giants, thrilled a packed Madison Square garden crowd of. 18,379 with a fantastic exhibition of rebounding, stealing and shooting. He couldn't. be contained. * * . THE ENERGETIC youngster, with the crew haircut shot Day- ton dizzy, hitting with either and both hands and from all parts ofa the floor to rack up 26 points. With a 20 point lead, 61-41, and two and a half minutes to play, Coach Stanley Watts pulled out his regular team-Minson with it--amid a deafening roar from the crowd. Minson's six-foot-five teammate, Mel Hutchins, nullified Dayton's potent scoring threat, long Don Meineke, limiting the six foot seven pivot star to seven points including only one field goal. Meineke was the tournament's leading scorer with a total of 77 points for his first three games. With Meineke completely hand- cuffed, Dayton's popular little round man, 230-pound Leland Nor- ris, took the Flyers offensive bur- den on his own ox-like shoulders and gave a show that fell only a mile short of that of Minson. * RONNIE McGILVRAY'S t w o- handed jump shot in the final sec- ond of a double overtime gave St. John's of Brooklyn a stirring 70- 68 victory over Seton Hall tonight for the third place consolation in the National Invitation Basketball Tournament. McGihvray took the ball from Jack McMahon on an out-of- bounds with seven seconds re- maining and dribbled the length of the floor before scoring with a corner side shot, one of the most difficult in the game. Twice, freezing, clock-watching strategy that St. John's had used to beat St. Bonaventure earlier in the tournament failed as Seton Hall rose to stop attempts at a last-gasp triumph with the score Jacksonville Open Tied* Fuhs Wins Shotput Title JACKSONVILLE, Fla., - (P) - he Pros tied with Johnson at Jim Ferrier, tournament veteran, 143 nsuded: Max Evans of De- and Jack Shields, tournament no- toit. Ed Furgol of Royal Oak, vice, shot their second straight Mic. had 70-74-144y four under par 68 for the 36-hole lead in the $10,000 Jacksonville S Golf Open yesterday. SANT1IAGO, Chile, -(P) Jim Fuchs of the United States won the Ferrier, the big husky Adstralian shotput event with a heave of 56 who plays out of San Francisco. feet 9'a inches as the International had 33-35 for his 68. Shields, of Track and Field championships got Cedar Rapids. Iowa, did it with 34 underway yesterday. 3 , ,Hugo Maiocco, also of the United THEIR 136 TOTALS put them States, won the 800-meter run in four strokes out front of two one minute, 54.5 seconds. Brown- youngsters-Bob Toski of North-ing Ross, U.S., was second in 1:55.5, hampton,Mass., and Milan Maru- and Carlos Gajardo, Chile third, sic of Albany, N.Y. Toski and 1:57. Marusic each added 69s to open- HERB McKENLEY of Jamaica ing round 71s over the 6.508-,yardwon the 200-meter run in 21.1 sec- Hyde Park course for 140. onds, followed by Donald Campbell, HePark orse for 14k n U.S., 21.5, and Gustavo Ehlers, Lew Worsham of Oakmont, Chile, 21.7, and John Voight, U.S., Pa., first round leader with 67, 22.3. needed 74 blows today and had 22.3. a total of 141. q Art Doering of Richmond, Va., matched yesterday's 71 and stood at 142. The former Stanford Uni- versity golfer'sround today was just the opposite of his first in spite of the identical total. Yester- day it was 33 on the front nine and 38 on the back nine; today it was 39 on the front and 32 on the back. EDDIE JOHNSON, 18-year-old Florida State University freshman from Tallahassee, also had a 68 to- day. 62-62 in regulation time and 66-661 in the first extra session. THE WINDUP was made double exciting by the fact that the two teams great pivot stars-Bob Za- woluk of St. John's and seven-foot Walt Dukes of Seton Hall-both went out within a minute of each other on five fouls in the first overtime. Dukes had 19 points when the whistle caught him at two min- utes and 20 seconds of the first extra period. Zawolpk had 16 when he was taken out. The score was tied 68-68 with exactly a minute remaining and the ball in Seton Hall's possession when the New Jerseyites sought to pull the game out with the same strategy that had failed St. John's twice previously. * * * 1" c _.. ._ --_.. 1 AW-AL Y Chilrens BASEBALL Magic Hoofs-by P. Finner............ Masked Prowler-by J. 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