I MAY 28, 1954 THE MICIRI+GAN DAILY PAGESEVEN MAY 28. 19~4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ?AGE SEVEN I Xiliftet/ p&t4 by dove livingston Fifteen 'M' Trackmen To Run in NCAA Meet "r By DON LINDMAN WHILE MOST of the campus settles down in preparation for final exams this weekend, three Wolverine varsity teams will take a last shot at keeping alive a streak that dates back to 1917. Every year since that time, when Michigan rejoined the Western Conference, at least one Big Ten crown has found its way to Ann Arbor. But this year as Maize and Blue track, tennis, and golf squads en- ter their championship meets, the well-stocked local trophy cases boast no 1953-54 Conference adornments. And prospects aren't the greatest for any last-minute additions. Coach Bill Murphy's fast-improving tennis team probably rates the best chance for taking Big Ten laurels. The netters have come out even against the finest the Conference has to offer-splitting a pair of dual meets with Michigan State and playing to a 2-2 draw with de- fending titlist Indiana in a rain-stopped engagement. The track championships at Purdue will find the Wolverines in their familiar role of underdogs behind talent-laden Illinois. Only this time Coach Don Canham and his thinclads have advance notice that there is a third team to be reckoned with-the surprising Hoosiers who nosed out Michigan for the runner-up spot in last winter's title meet. Golf presents the least optimistic picture as Michigan leaves only a mediocre dual meet record behind as it faces powerful Purdue and Ohio State in championship links competition. About the best Coach Bert Katzenmeyer's proteges can hope for is third place. Too Many Trophies Now... WHILE NOBODY will deny that it would be fine to have a new trophy engarved with the word "Michigan" come Sunday, it seems to us that even the absence of such a souvenir would stand as a tribute to Michigan athletics. There is no other school in the Big Ten where a t .dearth of titles makes news. It's usually the other way around. The distribution of all the trophies among the various sports offers an even, more pertinent commentary on Michigan's stature in athlet- ics. Most Conference schools manage to field contending teams in one or two fields with some regularity. Swimming is almost synonomous with Ohio State and Mike Peppe, and the same goes for Illinois and track. An all-out effort at Michigan State has placed the Spartans among the nation's gridiron powers and the remainder of State's ath- letic program has only recently fielded strong teams. It's interesting to note, though, that whatever the sport, you can usually count on Michigan holding it's own with anybody. Ohio's re- cent concentration on swimming has produced a string of champions, but it is Michigan that owns 16 tank titles to 10 for the Buckeyes. And in track it's still the Wolverines who are always among the best in the nation, but where's Ohio State on the cinder tracks? And by the same token what does Illinois do in the swimming pool? Who holds far and away the top all-time Conference football record-Michigan. The same comparison could be carried through most of the sports, without even mentioning the Wolverines violation of anti-trust laws in winning NCAA hockey championships. It surely will be no disgrace if Michigan passes the Big Ten laurels around one year! s * * * Big League Paradise... 1'WITHSCHOOL practically out major league baseball scouts are hav- Ing a banner spring in Ann Arbor. And when the results are all tabulated it appears that Ray Fisher's Michigan diamond squad is going to be the worse for wear when next season rolls around. Both Paul Lepley and Jack Ritter, each with a year of eligibility re- maining, are expected to sign professional contracts within the next few days with good chances of breaking into triple A ball at the start. In addition seniors Jack Corbett and Dick Leach, who combined to form Michigans top battery this past season, are planning to try- out with Washington at Griffith Stadium. What Fisher couldn't do next season if he had Lepley, Ritter, and Reno Bertoia (signed with Tigers last year) in the fold! More than 1,200 copies of The Daily are dis- tributed to the University faculty each day. Approximately 15 of the top men on Michigan Coach Don Can- ham's track squad will be compet- ing' in the NCAA championship meet to be held at Ann Arbor on June 11 and 12. While the Wolverines entertain little hope for the team crown, which seems destined to go to Southern California, they are ex- pected to make a good showing in several events. Weight Events Strong The Maize and Blue trackmen are strongest in the weight events, where Fritz Nilsson and Roy Pella are expected to be among the lead- 'Daily' Jobs Anyone interested in work- ing on the sports staff of the Summer Daily, please contact Jack Horwitz at NOrmandy 2-3241 on Tuesday, June 22. ers, and also have strong entries in the high jump, mile, and half- mile. Nilsson, the Wolverine captain, will be fighting for the top spot in both the discus and shot put. His season high of 55'-4%" toss of Roosevelt Grier, of Penn State. USC's double entry of Des Koch and Leon Patterson will be Nils- son's toughest opponents in the discus. Patterson has hurled the disc 178'-8', while Koch has a mark of 177-51/". Possible Mile Winners John Ross, John Moule, and George Lynch are expected to form Michigan's mile entries, and all three are possible point winners. Ross, who won the Big Ten indoor title with a time of 4:11.2, is ex- pected to be one of the top men in the event. 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