MBER 6,1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY P2 WITH PHIL DOUGLIS rrF: Daily Sports Editor THE ROSE BOWL is under fire-and Michigan is pulling the trigger. Last Monday night President Harlan Hatcher, speaking at the annual Michigan football bust, lashed out at the "accelerated mad- ness" of big time college football. He cited the over-emphasis of the post-season bowl games as the primary cause for alarm. Today the Big Ten Conference convenes at Chicago for its annual Winter Meeting. The-Rose Bowl pact with the Pacific Coast Confer- ence, which has just one more year to run, will certainly be up for discussion. It will be inform4l discussion but repercussions are bound to occur. - An Historic Link?... THIS PAST weekend, newspapers across the nation carried an Associated Press story which linked Dr. Hatcher's remarks directly to this week's Big Ten meeting. Given prominent play in such papers as the New York Times, The Milwaukee Journal, and the Chicago Tribune, the article quoted Hatcher as saying "Now everything points to the coveted bid to a bowl. Unless something is done, this may lead us farther astray." The Associated Press went on to say "Long a bell-wether in Con- ference policies, if Michigan has turned cold on the Rose Bowl, this possibly could swing other schools into the same line of thinking. The Big Ten has never been unani- mously in favor of the Rose Bowl series." Dr. Hatcher's remarks have met with almost universal acclaim. Jim Dygert, City Editor of this paper, editorially called for the Univer- sity to turn thumbs down on the Rose :Bowl pact. Just this weekend, New York . Herald - Tribune columnist Bob Cooke lauded Dr. Hatcher for his stand-and called for an overall de-emphasis of college football. On the other hand, there is an- other side to the story. Regret- ably, it happened that Michigan was ingloriously booted out of the Rose Bowl on Nov. 19th-and the remarks of President -Iatcher just HATCHER & OOSTERBAAN a few days later sounded to some like "sour grapes." This attitude . . . roses or grapes? was especially felt by our neighbors to the north. Swimmers Improve; Stager Pleased by Meet MIKE DELANEY ...captains promising natators SPORT SHORTS by the Associated Press CHICAGO-Sugar Ray Robin- son and Bobo Olsen were given a check-up yesterday by the Illinois Athletic Commission and found to be in fine condition for their fifteen-round middle-weight title bout this Friday night. Robinson, who at thirty-five is trying to become the first boxer ever to regain the crown twice is quite confident even though he is a 21/2 to 1 underdog. Olsen ap- peared quite glum throughout the proceedings. * * * Boyd To Coach Baylor WACO, Tex.-George Sauer was appointed Athletic Director of Baylor University yesterday, and Sam Boyd, who was assistant foot- ball coach has been named head coach. Sauer, formerly coach at the University of Nebraska,. has held both positions at Baylor for a number of years. *. * * Layne May Not Play DETROIT-The Detroit Lions announced yesterday that it was questionable whether Bobby Layne will be able to play in the game with the New York Giants Sunday at Briggs Stadium. Layne reinjured the shoulder of his passing arm in the game with the Chicago Bears last Sunday. The shoulder has given him trouble since before the season started. Canadiens Still Top NHL 'Following Sunday night's games in the National Hockey League, the Montreal Canadiens retained a six- point lead after whipping the Chi- cago Black Hawks, 5-1. The New York Rangers kept hot on the trail by beating the Detroit Red Wings, 7-3. The Red Wings and the Black Hawks were thrown into a third place tie as a result of these games and Detroit's Sat- urday night defeat of the Boston Bruins, 5-0. By AL JONES Varsity swimming coach Gus' Stager said yesterday that he was "very pleased" with the team's performance in last Saturday's AAU Meet.. He stated that the freshmen were "terrific" as they stole three firsts and a good many seconds and thirds from the varsity. This was partly because they, have been in practice longer than the varsity, having started back in September, while the varsity swimmers had only a few weeks to prepare for the meet. Practice Important Stager stressed the, importance of this practice by saying, "Swim- ming is different from other sports in the fact that the swimmer must be prepared to give all that he has to arspecific time." This means that a great deal of conditioning is necessary for a top performance. Stager also pointed out that many of the varsity swimmers were in three or four events even though they were not in peak con- dition. He seemed pleased with the performances of Captain Mike Delaney, and Bert and Jack'Ward- rop ,the three varsity men who earned first places in the meet. Fritz Meyers and Jim Kruthers also drew favorable comments for their performances in several events, along with John O'Reilly, a top swimmer last year who is not in condition yet. Woolley in Three Events Among the freshmen Stager called special attention to Carl Woolley, from Brockton, Mass., who swam in three events and two relays, a terrific load for a single person. "KEEP A-HEAD OF YOUR HAIR" Try Us for " WORKMANSHIP s PERSONAL SERVICE 11 Tonsorial Artists- The Dascola Barbers Near Michigan Theatre Other outstanding freshmen were Ron Alsobrook, a Detroiter, who copped the breaststroke in record time, and Dick Hanley, from Evanston, Illinois, who took two firsts in free-style events. Another freshman, Darrell Heinrich of Cen- terville, California, looked good in the relays.- Although missing four top per- formers from last year, including the great "Bumpy" Jones and Ron Gora, this year looks promising. Plenty of conditioning will be needed by many, but the whole team is out to accomplish what is necessary. This Friday there will be a Yellow-Blue Meet between the var- sity and freshmen swimmers at 7:15 in the I-M Pool. i V A Big 'If'.. JF MICHIGAN had won the Rose Bowl bid-would its attitude have been the same? The answer is problematical. At any rate the University of Michigan is on the spot. If it backs President Hatcher and calls for the Big Ten to pull out of the Rose Bowl--cries of "sour-grapes" and "hypocrisy" will be certain to come. If on the other hand it stands behind the Bowl-and all the commercialism, "prestige," and bally-ho it represents . . . then it is throwing away much of the idealism and the concepts of colleg- iate sport. Michigan, long ,a guiding power in intercollegiate sport, stands at the crossroads. It is a decision that Athletic Director H. O. Crisler and his aids will have to consider very, seriously. As a leader, Michi- gan MUST choose the right path. It may be a hard one to choose. Intramural Sports News M Tonight at 7:30 the residence halls will compete for the I-M rifle shooting trophy at the rifle range behind the West Engineer- ing Building. Competition is open to all residence halls. There will also be awards for the best sharpshooters in the Michigan Rifle Club. The finals in the I-M wrestling tournament will be held Thursday night in the I-M Building. Indi- vidual champions will be crowned in each weight division for both residence halls and social fraterni- ties. The scores in last night volley- ball games were: Cooley 4, Scott 2 *Reeves 4, , Taylor 3 Gomberg 4, Van Tyne 0 Michigan 4, Williams 3 Hinsdale 4, Greene 2 Adams 4, Lloyd 1 Huber 4, Allen-Rumsey 1 Anderson 4, Kelsey 2 Winchell 4, Wenley 0 Hayden over Strauss (forfeit) Now In Stock COMPLETE LINE OF ChrsmsCrsand Gift Wrapping DISTINCTIVE STATIONERY s MORRILL'S South State Street iU U UI $- $s $ SANTA _:. $a SUGGESTS { thatyou buy e the' $ 1956 Michiganensian. $ this week at Buy on Campus on Wednesday and Friday at the S Diag * Union * Engine Arch $ or at the Student Publications Building S 2 II