f six THE MICHIGAN DAILY TRIRMDAY MAT'b.1937 isavavly ailsa lIini J, .i,7JI r M' i le... JON ERICKSON By RAY BERNREUTER Jon Erickson is the leading sophomore on the Wolverine tennis squad, but that is not the only field in which he is tops. Erickson maintains a 3.5 scho- lastic average in Engineering School. He is serving on the Soph- omore Executive Board and has just been elected Junior Class President. Erickson, hailing from Kalama- zoo, started playing tennis when he was thirteen years old. In his home town, he entered the Na- tional Juniors Boys Tournament for boys under eighteen. In 1953 he won the Michigan State Junior Championship., Tennis All the Time Erickson likes tennis very much and plays it the year around. In the winter he practices with the Michigan squad in the. I-M Build- ing. In the spring there is the regular season, and in the summer, he travels on a tennis circuit. On this summer tour, Erickson feels he gains much exeperience. He loves to travel and the circuit takes him all over the country. Last summer Erickson played in Atlanita, Georgia against the Cu- ban Davis Cup player Reynaldo Garrido. At Colgate he represented Michigan, in the Eastern Inter- Collegiate;Tournament. He was seeded fourth and lost in the semi- \finals. Academic Reasons Erickson says he came to Michi- gan for academic reasons. He is in the science engineering program and hopes to become a nuclear physicist. " Besdes practicing 12 hours a week, Erickson works for the English Research Institute fifteen hours a week. Distinctive Hairstyling for those who care"; We specialize in: ! PERSONALITY-CUTS 0 COLLEGIATE Last season Erickson was No. 1 on the freshmen team. He and George Korol were the only men that advanced to the varsity.. Fast Game Erickson plays a fast game. He likes to move up to the net and put the ball away. Therefore, he likes to play indoors or on grass. These surfaces are faster than gravel or clay. Erickson hopes to play in the NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, this summer. Michigan will send a squad out there, and Erickson would sure like to be a member of the team. If Michigan can do well in Salt Lake City, they will be among the top ranking col- lege teams in the country. Undefeated This season Erickson has been undefeated in the singles and the doubles. He and Mark Jaffe team up for double matches. Erickson has been No. 4 man on the 'M' tennis squad so far. He is in the midst of a challenge match with teammate John Harris to deter- mine the final positions. Next season Erickson should be Michigan's No. 1 player because Barry MacKay, Dick Pottere, and Jaffe are now in their last season. Slipped Disc Disabels Klu' CINCINNATI (-Ted Kluszew- ski, eager to undergo an operation for a slipped disc, said yesterday the surgeons will not know how serious it is "until they have a chance to look at it." "They won't know how long I'll be out until they actually cut and get in there," the big Cincinnati Redleg first baseman told report- ers. A "fusion" type operation would sideline him for the rest of the baseball season, he said. "However, if it is the less seri- ous type of operation, it would mean just the removal of a disc," he continued. "Then, I'd probably be able to play toward the end of this season." HERB SCORE RAY BOONE TED WILLIAMS impaired vision? ... 1000th hit ... three homers STAN MUSIAL another plateau PLAY OF 'OLD MEN' ALSO SPARKLES : Courage Stands Out in Seore-McDougald Incident By RUDE DIFAZIO Notable performances by major league baseball players on and off the field within the last two days, mark this season as one which will keep sports writers and historians, in copy for tlie next generation. In years to come, the writing fraternity will dwell on stunned Gil McDougald, near tears after his line drive felled Herb Score Tuesday night, telling the world he would quit baseball if Score went blind. They willtell of the game Score lying in his hospital bed, listening to his Indians win the game un- doubtedly for him. Condition 'Encouraging' He still is not out of danger of losing his sight. His doctor de- clared "what signs we could see were encouraging." He spoke of "considerable improvement." The writers will tell how doctors wouldn't allow McDougald to see the ace lefthander and how Score sent word to Gil through a nurse -"tell Mac it wasn't his fault." But the newsmen will have more to write when they look over this season. Namely, they will reminisce of the two old men whose careers were already immortal, going on, and on, and on. Musial Ties Sisler Yesterday Stan Musial" rapped out the 2,812 hit of his career, ty- tng him with George Sisler in 20th place in the list of most hits in a careeer. Tomorrow Musial takes out after Charlie Gehringer who clubbed 2,839 hits. And it is prob- able that "The Man" could with another 120 hits this season move- into tenth place ahead of such legendary figures as "Babe" Ruth, Mel Ott, and Rogers Hornsby. In the American League Ted Williams showed he couldn't be forgotten just yet as he knocked out three homeruns in yesterday's game and raised his batting aver- age to .474. His hits have knocked holes in the theory that the vet- erans don't hit until the weather gets warm. He has nine home- runs, a total he didn't reach until July 26 last year when he hit 24. But, the writers may not note that on this day Ray Boone, the type of player who will set few longstanding records, but the type of solid player that makes base- ball the "American game," also reached a milestone-his 1000 ma- jor league hit. Delta Tau Delta Scores 3-0 Shutout over Delta Upsilon S cene from the IDELINES by Dick Cramer The Reason f or Sports COLLEGE SPORTS are big business; and with the tremendous financial investment in it, there's doubt that it can ever really be deemphasized. But with college sports here to stay-and in a big way-the rationale behind it must be brought again to the forefront as a guide to future developments. The men in charge don't hesitate to explain the "role of college athletics." Simply stated; it is seen as a way of building men morally and physically and as a means for creating fellowship among them. There probably isn't an athletic director at any college who wouldn't subscribe to these traditional principles. But putting them into operation is another matter. The practical aims of winning, making money and pleasing alumni often supersede more lofty con- siderations. The frequent indications of cut-throat competition in recruiting and subsequent under-the-table payments to athletes at some institu- tions hardly point up any general moral uplifting in, college sports. And while physical development has obviously been attended to, this has often appeared to be at the expense of academic achieve- ment. The latter is still supposed to be the primary purpose of college. But when rigid training schedules cut deep into the time and eergy of the athletes, academics may suffer. Not Much Fellowship . . AS FOR the creation of fellowship, there's not much of this that can be done when a person travels long distances just to participate in one sports event at anothe~r school-especially if he then leaves without having had any more intimate contact with his hosts than to tag one of them out at second base or to tackle one to prevent a touchdown. In all this Michigan has come off fairly well. At least we have an athletic director who recognizes that shortcomings do exist in present sports setups. H. O. "Fritz" Crisler has opposed the spread of dangerous recruitment policies. He has been successful to the extent of helping shape the Big Ten's reasonable new middle-of-the-road athletic code. His huge sports department has also kept in mind that the huge profits from varsity sports should serve the entire college community. Its hands have been somewhat tied by Regents' regulations that forbid use of athletic funds for anything other than sports. Yet within those limitations it has provided sports facilities and a great intra- mural program of which all students and faculty can take advantage. Crisler also has come up with some constructive ideas on how to promote inter-collegiate friendships through sports. To date they have not gained widespread approval. These ideas deserve publicity, and the final column of a soon-to-graduate associate sports editor seems a good place with which to start. As was implied before, when a team visits another school, it often has very little contact with any of the students except on the field of battle. Crisler has suggested a way of improving this situation while at the same time simplifying scheduling work. Crisler's Suggestion :.e. THE PLAN is to have all of a school's teams travel together during the season. During the winter, for instance, Michigan's six active sports squads would all visit the same opposing schools on the same weekends. Other schools would send all their teams to Ann Arbor for the remaining weekends. When visiting teams were not in action, they could be meeting students of the host school in what would be a broadening experience for all concerned. This idea could be expanded so that Saturday nights need not be the time "to catch the bus or plane back home," but could be when the weekend climaxes in a big social affair in honor of the guests. Such a plan would be especially valuable when it drew together faraway schools. South and North, East and West might really get to know each other a little bit better. Even football teams - though they'd travel alone - could plan to increase their social contact with students at the schools they visit. This may seem like a little thing to devote so much newspaper space to. But it is an effort to return college sports to its proper perspective as a means of bringing together different persons into valuable educational contact. Crisler has a good idea. Let's tope he will take the lead in promoting this plan as well as all other plans that view sports as a means to more universal goals instead of as an end in itself. Michigan has had much to be proud of in its long sports tradition. But it can do even more in the future in furthering the principles on which the entire intercollegiate athletics system was founded. ,i I 4 By FRANK MABLEY Delta Tau Delta's Cal Haywood rose to the occasion yesterday, as he fashioned a brilliant one-hitter to defeat Delta Upsilon, 3-0, in the opening game of the "A" first place playoffs in I-M softball. The "hit-hungry" bats of DU were quieted and discouraged as Haywood struck out 11 men and __________________________________________________________________________t I. Major League Standings The Leaders I 1 1 Barbers - No waiting The Dascola Barbers Near Michigan Theatre NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. Milwaukee 13 6 .684 Cincinnati 13 7 .650 Brooklyn 12 7 .632 St. Louis 10 8 .556 Philadelphia 10 9 .526 NewaYork 8 13.381 Chicago 7 13 .350 Pittsburgh 5 15 .250 Yesterday's Games St. Louis 13, New York 4 Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 2, Milwaukee 1 Chicago 7, Pittsburgh 1 Today's Games No games scheduled GB Y2 21/ 3 6 6 z 8%2 AMERICAN1 LEAGUE W L Pc New York 12 7 .63 Chicago 11 7 .6 Boston 12 8 .6 Cleveland 10 8 .55 Kansas City 11 10 .52 Detroit 11 10 .52 Baltimore 8 11 .42 Washngton 4 18 .18 Yesterday's Games Detroit 11, Washington 3 Boston 4, Chicago 1 Cleveland 10, New York 4 Baltimore 11, Kansas City 2 Today's Games Boston at Chicago Washington at Detroit Only games scheduled t. i32 .611 600 i56 i24 !21 GB Sy2 12 2 2 4 9f2 AMERICAN LEAGUE AB H Williams, Boston 53 24 Simpson, Kansas City 77 29 Fox, Chicago 64 23 Bertoia, Detroit 63 22 Wertz, Cletveland 60 20 Pct. .453 .377 .359 .349 .333 I RBI-Sievers, Washington; Simp- son, 20 HITS-Simpson, 29 STOLEN BASES-Landis, Chi., 4' PITCHING-Trucks, KC,. 4-0 STRIKEOUTS-Score, Clvlnd, 39 only allowed two men to reach first base. Dave Cobb, previously unde- feated this season in I-M soft- ball, was also at his best. Cobb matched his opponent almost pitch for pitch as he allowed only one earned run and six hits. Big Fourth Four of these hits and two runs for the Delts came in the big fourth inning. Here, Haywood got his first of two singles to drive in. the first run. In other first place playoff com- petition, Sigma Phi Epsilon blanked Phi Gamma Delta, 11-0. Cal Atwood set the victory pace as he allowed only two hits. The SPE's scored five runs off Phi Gam pitcher Paul Melgard in the first two innings and six in the last two innings. Larry Lever- cumbe was instrumental in the victory with the only circuit-clout of the game. Other Scores Other "A" I-M scores were: Alpha Tau Omega 10, Psi Upsilon 0; Triagles 20, Delta Kappa Epsi- Ion 1; Delta Sigma Phi 14, Theta Xi 5; Chi Phi 11, Phi Kappa Sigma 10; Phi Alpha Delta 9, Phi Delta Phi 6; and AFROTC over Pill Pushers by a forfeit. In "B" softball action Van Tyne sneaked out a close victory over Reeves, 18-17. The game was won by Van Tyne in extra innings when Hank Appleman hit a home run to drive in two runs. In the other "B" game Gomberg slaughtered Adams, 22-3. Alpha Chi Sigma topped Tau Epsilon Rho, 5-3. , s A IMPORTANT! NATIONAL LEAGUE AB H Hoak, Cincinnatti 61 25 Aaron, Milwaukee 82 32 Musial, St. Louis 72 28 Robinson, Cincinnatti 72 27 Foiles, Pittsburgh 52 19 Notice to Glee Club Spring Con- Pct. .410 .390 .389 .365 .365 cert Ticket Holders: Tickets will be valid only until 8:30 P.M. of May 11. At that time standing pa- trons will be seated. 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