THE 111CUIGAN WAILY PAGE ' ISS ThE MIC IGA|DILY|||,,|,ia mPA.-- --.-E-----T - --R . .. Diamondmen Face Iowa 'THE RETURN of track star Jesse Owens to Ann Arbor this past Monday as main speaker for Greek Week sent me scurrying to the record books, back to a day before many of us were born. The story occurred on Saturday, May 25, 1935. The event was. the Big Ten outdoor -track championships here at Ferry Field. A week from today the Big Ten outdoor championships will be starting at Minneapolis, Minn., May 25, exactly 21 years later. The performance of the speedy Ohio State sophomore Owens and of a classic Big Ten track title is occassionally revived-it's a story worth looking at in some detail. It was back in the days when the now non-existent Majestic Theater on Maynard St. was showing the movie, "Our Little Girl," featuring cgild star Shirley Temple. A short article that came over the Associated Press wire back then read, "Casey Stengel, manager of the Dodgers, says he does not think Charley Grimm, manager of the Cubs, made any mistake in nominating 18-yr.-old Phil Cavaretta to take over the first-basing when he retired as 4 player. Stengel regards Cavaretta as one of the best rookie first basemen he's seen." But the big news for the world .'on May 25, 1935, was that Jesse Owens had set three world- track marks and tied a fourth. Owens ran the 100-yds dash in :09.4 to 4 tie the world .record. (Current standard is :09.3 with Duke Uni- versity's brilliant sophomore Dave Sime already near it and master :$ of the 220-dash in :20.1 and the '220 low hurdles in :22.2.) 2 Owens ran the 220 in :20.3, the Y ~ 220 low hurdles in :22.6, and broad Y ~Jumped a fantastic 2618:14". Alone, r any one of these performances would have been exceptional. All ' four together on one day bordered on the unbelievable. Also of note is how well these standards measure up' with the definitely better times and greater f z ..,., distances of modemn track. For {.} ea ple in the same Big Ten meet ~ . ;::at Ferry Field, Don Lash of Ind- -Courtesy Ann Arbor Ne ana set a Conference mark in the JESSEOWENSmile with a time of 4:14.4. Today, JESSE OWENS the four-minute has become a . ..quite a day reality in the world of track, But Owens' 20 solo points under perfect weather conditions for Ohio State was far from the total story of the tight meet. A total of seven Conference records were set that day in the 15 events. Mich- igan beat OSU by a very narrow margin, 48-43:%2; and it togk a win in the final events, the mile relay, to overcome a 43/2-43 deficit. Diamond Remembers Day... HIL DIAMOND, well-know national track expert who lives in Ann Arbor, judged the meet. He remembers standing near the broad jump pit and seeing Owens place a white hankerchief at the 26-foot mark - just a couple of inches shy of the world record and four whole feet beyond the Ferry Field standard. "Here's a cocky guy," Diamond remembers thinking. To con- serve energy, Owens had planned to take only one jump. He did, and his mark of 26'8%" still stands. After meeting and talking with Owens on Monday, I can't help but feel that here is a man who is not living in thetpast. Owens was later to star in the 1936 Olympics under the glaring eye of Adolph Hitler. He ranks as one of the most famous athletes of all time, but he is using his fame to help others. Owens' work and sincere, dynamic interest, in the problems of youth make him a leading representative of the sporting world in general. He will long be remembered for what he did after that day in Ann Arbor-May 25, 1935. Meet Gophers T By' HANK ROSENBAUNi~ Bill Thurston and outfielder-hur- With another busy weekend ler Bruce Fox splitting the other ahead, the Michigan baseball two assignments. squad embarked early yesterday1 Fisher also plans to use Dean for Iowa City. Finkbeiner in a relief role, if nec- HakeyWlverina s wigle gface t essary, and perhaps will give an- and then travel to Minneapolis other outfielder, Howie Tomme- for a big doubleheader with Min- lein, a chance to show his hurling nesota tomorrow, wares. Gophers- Hawkeyes Display Power Face Strike Out Artist In a doubleheader slugfest be- Today the Hawkeyes will send tween the Wolverines' two oppon- Conference strikeout leader Don wice To while Minnesota will use Red Ois- tad and Ron Craven. Oistad has chalked up three victories without a defeat. Iowa will be led by outfielders Les Hawthorne and Milt Scheuer- man, star guard on the Hawkeye Big Ten champion basketball team, who are hitting at a .393 and .345 clip respectively,. However the Hawkeyes, who are presently in ninth place in the' Today, norrow Conference standings, should not pose as tough a problem as the Gophers, who are leading' the lea- gue with a record of 8-1. Fisher Rates Minnesota Tops The squad from Minneapolis is also leading the Big Ten in hitting with a team mark of .330 and is second in fielding. Fisher rates the Gophers as the best team in the Conference, position for posi- tion. ents last weekend, 13 home runs were registered-moreathan any one team had hit all last season. Minnesota walked off. wit# two victories; 17-7 and 18-8. Coach Ray Fisher is still un- decided as to his pitching order, but Don Poloskey should pitch one of the Saturday games with Dobrino against the Wolverines -Daily-Dick Gaskili NOW IT'S YOUR TURN-Michigan's Dick Flodin (left) passes baton to his teammate, Bob Brown, as the two practice up for the t Big Ten track championship next Friday and Saturday at Minne- apolis,' Further practice will be had today in meet at Michigan State. Track Team Faces MSU, Toda at East Lansin Are you interested in Detroit as a work areae? * STUDENT ENGINEERS-M.E. & E. Summer employment opportunities are available for twenty- two promising student engineers (sophs, jrs., srs.,). You will receive good pay while learning the fundamentals of jet en- gine fuel controls. Also, you will work on testing problems under the guidance of our ablest project engineers. For further details, call or write Robert Hawskis HOLLEY CARBURETOR COMPANY 11955 F. Nine Mile Road - Van Dyke, Michigan Phone: Jefferson 6-1900 A warmup for the Big Ten climax next weekend at Minneapolis will provide the theme for a relay duel between the Michigan and Michi- gan State track teams today at 4 p.m. at East Lansing. Michigan Coach Don Canhain de-emphasized the importance of the contest, and added that if the weather isn't somewhat agreeable SPORT SOT by the Associated Press Jenkins Turns Pro MINNEAPOLIS - Hayes Alan Jenkins, world and olympic figure skating champion, turned profes- sional yesterday to star with the international touring Holiday on Ice. MAJOR LEAGUE SCORES American League New York 14, Chicago 3 Boston 6, Kansas City 1 Baltimore at Detroit. rain Only games scheduled to running conditions, the clash would be called off. Lot of Experimenting" It's more or less a warmup for both schools," Canham pointed out. " We aren't going to score it and both Karl Schlademan (MSU coach) and I probably will do a lot of experimenting." Thei meet will be almost strictly of the relay variety, with field events and relays comprising per- haps the entire afternoon's menu. Five Have Best Performances Recent statistics from the West- ern Conference Service Bureau reveal that five Wolverines have turned in the best 1956 perform- ances in theri particular events amn rgs all Big Ten trackmen. Boles Landstrom in the pole vault: Brendan O'Reilly, high jump: Dave Owen, shot put; Ron 'Wallingford, two-mile and Dick Flodin in the 220 have the top Big Ten efforts. * * * * * * * * * * ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS MECHANICAL ENGINEERS e CHEMICAL ENGINEERS CIVIL ENGINEERS 3 - .- ..... m I ,.... , , SCIENCE MAJORS career opportunities in the utility field, or write- For call * * * Operations Staff Department MICIGA COSOLDAED AS -PN. National League Milwaukee 7, New York 3 Chicago 4, Pittsburgh ? St, Louis 5, Philadelphia 4 Only games scheduled Daily 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Sunday 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. 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