SUNDAY, MARCH 2E, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Ohio State Wins NCAA Swimming Champ 'ionship Two Mile Relay Squad Sets New Chicago Relays Mark Michigan Finishes Second; Jones Wins Medley Crown Nalan Keeps Championship In NCAA Mat Tournament (Special to The Daily) Michigan's high-flying two-mile relay team of Roy Christiansen, John Moule, John Ross and Pete Gray set a new Chicago Daily News Relays record of 7:35.0 last night before a crowd of 17,618 at the Chicago Stadium. The new time cut 4.2 seconds off the old record set by Illinois last year and was just 1.1 seconds slower then Seton Hall's 1942 American indoor mark of 7:33.9. It also established a new Varsity rec- ord. MICHIGAN STATE placed sec- ond with Gray beating Dick Jar- rett, Spartan anchor man, by 15 yards, while Indiana was third and Kansas came in fourth, both over 50 yards back. The University of Michigan also won the university one-mile relay in the time of 3.19.5. Dave Hessler ran lead-off, followed by Roy Christiansen, who grab- bed the lead for the Maize and Blue. Jack Carroll, running the third lap, and anchor man Grant Scruggs kept Michigan in front the rest of the way. Olympic champ, Mal White- field, from Los Angeles, running unattached, beat Gene Maynard of Ilinois in the 1000-yard run to set a new meet record of 2:10.5.' The former record was established in 1939 by John Broican in 2:10.6. A HARRISON Dillard, also run- ning unattached, won the 60-yard high hurdles for the eighth straight year by beating Illinois' Willard Thomson and highly tout- ed Indiana freshman Milt Camp- bell, N4ational Decathlon cham- pion from Plainfield, New Jersey. Former 'M' star Van Bruner took fourth place. Dillard's time of :07.2 missed his old record by one-tenth of a second. The 50-yard dash was won by Willie Williams of Illinois in :05.3, also just one-tenth of a second off the meet mark. West- ern Michigan's John Hudson came in second, followed by Bob- by Gordon, unattached, from Columbus, O. Ron Mitchell, Big Ten high jump champion for the Illini, came through with a winning leap of 61 feet 94 inches. Ken Wiesner,. who set his world indoor record of 6 feet 10% inches in last year's Chicago meet, was unable to clear 6-4 last night. Herman Wyatt, representing the Santa Clara Youth Center in California, took second place with Cal B.oyd of In- diana and Notre Dame's Bernard Allard tying for third. Milt Mead of Michigan placed sixth. The big disappointment of the evening was the mediocre perforrq- ance turned in by slender Univer- sity of Kansas star Wes Santee, West Stars Win NEW YORK-(,)-Bob Leon- ard of Indiana, who hit three game-clinching free throws in the closing moments after en- gineering an effective stall, led the West to as103-95 victory over the East last night in the New York Herald-Tribune fresh air fund All-Star basketball game at Madison Square Gar- den. who just managed to win the mile in a time of 4:11.8, a far cry from his 4:04.9 mile ran at Michigan State just last month. In the Champion-of-champions mile relay Indiana established a new meet record by one-tenth of a second over the former Michi- gan time of 3:18.0, made in 1953. BUMPY JONES' .. NCAA medley king THats Ijefeatf Celts; Enter; NBA Fin ialis BOSTON - (P) - The Syracuse Nationals won the National Bas- ketball Association Eastern divi- sion championship Saturday with an 83-76 victory over the Boston Celtics in a semi-final game mark- ed by a wild brawl in the Boston -Garden. Fifteen policemen joined BostonI Garden ushers in restoring orders as 100 persons, including players, coaches and spectators milled around. onthe court.rs The triumph was the second straight for Syracuse in the best of three series with Boston. The Rochester Royals nipped the Minneapolis Lakers, 74-73, tor tie up their best of three semi- final series for the Western Divi- sion ,crown, at one game apiece. EXHIBITION BASEBALL f Philadelphia (A) 6, Pittsburgh 5 Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 4 Boston 3, St. Louis 1 Chicago (N) 4, Baltimore 1 New York (N) 6, Cleveland 3 By LEW HAMBURGER Special to The Daily SYRACUSE, New York-Ohio State captured five of the seven events on last night's program to win the 1954 NCAA swimming championship, outscoring runner- up Michigan, 94-67. Michigan's Bumpy Jones suc- cessfully defended his individual medley crown for the second suc- cessive year, and was one of the two men to break the OSU mo- nopoly on individual titles.' I* ANOTHER Wolverine tanker, Bert Wardrop, was upset by Yale's Sandy Gideonse in the fight for second place. The Eli sophomore, who had had an unspectacular dual meet record, rose to the oc- casion to touch out the Michigan ace in a photo finish. Ohio State's Ford Konno bounded back from Friday night's defeat to win the 440- yard freestyle in record time. Beaten by Michigan's Jack Wardrop in the 220-yard free- style, the second loss of his col- legiate career, Konno turned the tables on the Scotch star in the longer race. The Hawaiian middle distance ace led all the way last night, fin- ishing nearly seven yards in front of Wardrop. His winning time of 4:28.6 set new NCAA meet and intercollegiate records for the dis- tance. a. OHIO STATE'S Dick Cleveland, holder of both world sprint free- style records, became one of the meet's three double winners by capturinghthe 100-yard freestyle, edging the defending champion, Reid Patterson, of Georgia, by .2 of a second. In last place after missing his first turn, Cleveland managed to catch pacesetting John Glover, of Dartmouth, at the end of 75 yards. Yoshi Oyakawa, the OSU back- stroke champion, came from be- hind to touch out Purdue's Fred Bautz and successfully defend his 100-yard backstroke crown. The race was a repeat of the Big Ten title meet,'when Oyakawa manag- ed to pull in front of Bautz and Wisconsin's John Hoaglund in the final 15 yards. * * * MORLEY Shapiro, Ohio State's Western Conference diving cham- pion, added the three-meter NCAA championship to his string of titles, besting Bobby Brodnax, of Texas, for the crown. Beautiful finishing dives boosted two of Ohio State's three finalists and gave the Buckeyes some extra points. OSU's Gerry Harrison scored all nine's on his final dive to edge Michigan's Jim Walters for third place by .4 of a point. The third Buckeye, Fletcher Gilders, vaulted from eighth place in the qualifying dives to a sixth place final finish largely on the strength of a final dive which was one of the best of the entire meet. Ohio State's final win was in the 300-yard medley relay, once again edging the Wolverine, nat- ators for the .top position. Even with Jack Wardrop, a surprise en- try, swimming the backstroke lap, the Wolverines weren't strong enough to overcome the lead gain- ed for the Buckeyes by Oyakawa. Yale finished third with 36 points, followed by Harvard, 23; Dartmouth, 14; Northwestern, 9; Michigan State, 9; Oklahoma. 8; Wisconsin, 4; Florida, 4; Denver,' 3; Florida State, 3; Cortland (N.Y.) College, 3; Iowa, 2: Illinois, 2; Army, 2; North Carolina State, 1; Hastings, (Neb.) College, 1. STATISTICS 100-yard Backstroke: 1 - Oyakawa (OSU); 2 - Bautz (Purdue); 3 - Hoagland (Wisconsin); 4 - Brown (Denver); 5 - Witteried (Army); 6-B. Wardrop (M). Time: 0:57.0. 100-yard Breastroke: 1-Hawkins (Har- vard); 2-Dudeck (MSC); 3-Robin- son (Florida); 4-Stock (Florida State); 5-O'Connor (Yale); 6-Black (Stanford). Time: 0:59.4. 100-yard Freestyle 1-Cleveland (OSU); 2-Patterson (Georgia); 3 - Glover (Dartmouth); 4-Kuhn (NW); 5-Hill (M); 6-Donovan (Yale). Time: 0:50.0. 440-yard Freestyle: 1-Konno (OSU); 2-J. Wardrop (M); 3-Duncan (Ok- lahoma); 4-Yorzyk (Springfield); 5-Smith (Yale); 6-Osborne (Stan- ford). Time: 4:28.6. (New collegiate andrmeet record: old record, 4:30.2.) 150-yard individual Medley: 1 - Jones (M); 2-Gideonse (Yale); 3-B. Ward- drop (M); 4-Kuhn (NW); 5-Heim (Stanford); 6-Mattson (North Car- olina State). Time: 1:30.7. 300-yard Medley Relay: 1-Ohio State (Oyakawa, Van Heyde, Whiteleath- er); 2-Michigan; 3-Harvard; 4-Yale; 5-Stanford; 6-Iowa State. Time: 2:49.3. 3-meter Diving: 1-Shapiro (OSU); 2- Brodnax (Texas); 3-Harrison (OSU); 4-Walters (M); 5-Welch (Yale); 6-Gliders (OSU). Points: 530.0. SNIP NALAN ... NCAA 130 pound champ Red Wings Defeat Leafs In Cup Tilt DETROIT 3, TORONTO 1 TORONTO-(A)-Tony Leswick and Marcel Pronovist scored third period goals last night to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third game of their best of seven Stanley cup semi- final playoff. The victory gave De- troit a 2-1 edge in the series. EXHIBITION BASEBALL Detroit 10, Philadelphia (A) "B" 5 Chicago (A) 12, Philadelphia (N) 4 Washington 7, New York (A) 6 (Special to The Daily) NORMAN, Okla. - Michigan's Snip Nalan successfully defended his 130 pound NCAA wrestling title here last night by decisioning Ithaca College's Jim Howard, 7-2, as the Wolverine grapplers tied for seventh place with Oklahoma University in the°team standings with 10 points. Oklahoma A&M won the NCAA team title with 32 points, far out- distancing the second place Pitts- burgh, which had 17 points. Penn State, defending champion, was third with 13 points, and Navy and Iowa tied for fourth and fifth with'12 points, MICHIGAN'S other entrant who survived Friday's prelims, Andy Kaul, was decisioned in his 137 pound semi-final match by Ed Eichelberger of Lehigh, 6-2, but finished in fourth place in his weight class. Nalan won his semi-final match earlier in the day by trouncing Michigan State's Jim Sinadinos, 7-3. Michigan's other entrant in the NCAA meet, John McMahon, was defeated in the prelims, but won twice in the consolations, not plac- ing in the finals however. * * * THE AGGIES clinched their 17th NCAA championship follow- ing the semi-finals, so great was their lead. They went on to win three individual titles in the even- ing to add to their overwhelming score. All three of the defending champs, Nalan in the 130 class, Ned Blass of Oklahoma' in 177 pound division, and Hugh Per- ry of Pitt in the 115 division held on to their titles. Two 1952 champs reclaimed titles last night, as Tommy Evans of Oklahoma won the 147 crown, and Gene Nicks of Oklahoma A&M won the heavyweight title. OTHER CHAMPS crowned last night were Pitt's Hugh Perry in the 155 pound class, Dick Govig a t r All candidates for spring football practice are urged to draw their -equipment at Yost Fieldhouse this week. -Bennie G. Oosterbaan, Coach 1 of Iowa in the 123 division, Myron Roderick of Oklahoma A&M in the 147 pound class, and Bob Hoke of MSC won the 157 title. Michigan State finished sixth with 11 points, Oklahoma -and Michigan tied for seventh and eighth with 10 points, Lehigh finished ninth with nine points, Syracuse wound up tenth with six points, and Purdue, Illinois and Minnesota tied for 11th,, 12th and 13th with five points each. Ithaca, Wisconsin, Maryland, Nebraska, and Colorado finished 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th with four points each, Kansas State was 19th with three points, and Cornell College and Kent State were deadlocked for the 20th and 21st slots with two points. Colorado State, Springfield Col- lege, Toledo, and Brigham Young brought up the rear with one point each. AM's Hopes for Successful Tennis Season Based on ReturningLettermen, New Talent LONG HISTORY TRACED: Michigan Baseball Dates Back to 1863 (Editor's NOTE: First of a series ofv fwo articles dealing with the his- tory of Michigan baseball.) By PHIL DOUGLIS A group of husky cricket play- ers laughed heartily one spring day back in 1863 as two enterprising Michigan students told them of plans for a new-f angled sport ven- ture. This venture was the birth of baseball at Michigan, a sport soon to supercede cricket and become the oldest surviving sport in Uni- versity history. It began a trail of twenty-two conference titles and reached a pinnacle 90 years later with a national champion- ship. * C * THIS PAIR of Michigan men that introduced the national pas- time to the Ann Arbor campus was . comprised of Ed Page, '66, and 0. P.rBilla, '66.Byasetting up a ball diamond back of the old Medi- cal Building in the spring of 1863, they thereby began the long and fruitful trail that was to follow. A year later, in 1864, the first actual games were played, as J. M. Hinchman became the first captain. Minus uniforms and ad- mission charges, the squad met Wolverines proceeded to roll over and stayed till 1920. Lundgren's teams, and other various and sundry outfits on the old dia- mond. Located on the present site of Waterman and Barbour gyms, the field was bounded by a monument to deceased profes- sors. The early game differed greatly from present baseball. Back in the days of Abe Lincoln, the pitch- ing was all underhanded, served up with a twisting motion. There were no walks, and no called strikes, thus high scoring games were common occurences. The players wore no masks or gloves, thus had to carry arnica bottles to soothe their swollen fingers. * * * STUDENT support began to grow, and with it the sport took root. The "Chronicle," a forerun- ner of the Michigan Daily, got behind the team and, through much campaigning, secured new white uniforms for the squad. In 1867 the squad had grown to such stature that it challenged the De- troit professionals to a game for the championship of Michigan. Detroit boastfully accepted and was smashed by the unbelievable score of 70-18. Michigan baseball was here to stay. A vivid picture of the spirit of the early game can be obtained from a look at the Chronicle's play by play of an eleven inn- ing thriller at Detroit in 1868. Following is the Chrinicle's flow- erly description of the last half of the ninth. "Bissell makes a long bat to centre and goes to his 1st. But. Starring too ambitious tries to get home, so Hayes makes a mighty throw and Dawson puts Starring out at home. Now the Detroit men sit sorrowfully still while the Uni- versity howl rent the clouds and the sun comes out and all the earth laughs for joy." The Chron- icle goes on to picture the rest of the game, which Michigan won, 26-24, in the eleventh. * * * IN THE 70's Michigan baseball t hit a snag, as football rose on the athletic horizon, thus cutting the diamond season down quite severe- ly, but in 1881, Michigan. Wiscon-' sin, Northwestern, and Racine drew up the Western College As- sociation ,a forerunner of the Big Ten, and baseball got to its feet again. /The following year, Michigan played its first intercollegiate baseball game, whipping Wis- consin at Ann Arbor, 20-8. The Wolverines proceed to roll over all opposition in the league, and won the title easily. In 1885, the Wolverines tired of the league, and withdrew so it could play the top professionals and the eastern colleges. Thus the Gay Nineties saw the Maize and Blue swing triumphantly over the opposition, besting such power- houses as Harvard, Cornell, and Wesleyan. *.* * DURING THE 90's, The Big Ten was formed, and Michigan had its first hired coach, Pete Conway, who held the reins from 1891-93. A host of lesser figures coached Michigan after Conway left, and the Wolverines garnered conference crowns in 1899, 1905, and 1906. In 1910, the famed Branch Rickey, later to rule over big league baseball dynasties at St. Louis, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh, cane to Michigan as coach. Rickey developed the immortal George Sisler of big league fame but failed to cop a conference title. Carl Lundgren took over in 1914, and tayed till 1920. Lundgren's squads won titles from 91918 through 1920.j As the roaring twenties opened a new figure arrived on the Mich- igan campus, opening the great- est era of Michigan baseball. This figure was Ray Fisher, present Wolverine coach, who was des- tined to lead the Maize and Blue to 153conference titles during the next 33 years. (Article two will deal with the Ray Fisher era.) By WARREN WERTHEIMER With four of the top six players back from last year, and a number of promising newcomers on the squad, Wolverine tennis coach Bill Murphy is looking forward to a successful season for the net team. Dave Mills and Maury Pelto, numbers three and four singles respectively last campaign, are the two that Murphy will have to re-, place in his 1954 line-up. RETURNING lettermen from the 1953 outfit are Al Mann and Pete Paulus, the top two singles players last year, Bob Paley num- ber five, and Bob Nederlander number six during the past season. Nederlander' was Big Ten champ for the sixth spot. This quartet, all of whom are juniors, will also comprise thej top two doubles teams, Paulus and Paley making up one duo and Mann and Nederlander the other. The fifth position on the team presently belongs to Bob Mitchell, promising junior from Cincinnati. Mitchell has shown up very well in early season - workouts and he probobly will also be half of Mich- igan's third doubles combine. THE SIXTH spot on the squad is wide open at the present with a trio of netmen in contention. Ray Walmouth, Bob Sassone, and En- ver Mehmedbasich are the three who are battling it out for the last singles position and it probably won't be decided until the team leaves for its southern tour which begins April 5 at the University of Alabama. The netters have been practic- ing, on their own since last se- mester started and in formal workouts for the past few weeks. However just about all of the playing has been done indoors on a wooden floor. There is a good bit of difference in the bounce of a tennis ball on a wood floor as compared to clay courts. 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