'N" 'IRD~fAY. MAYV2. 959~ £ ,SS S~* THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE .l lll'.viLH. f. 11A1i.Z r/U) 1D00 Bad Breaks' Lessen Michigan's Track Potential . 4' INSIDE CHATTER ... by SI COLEMAN Freshmen Stars Provide Future Scoring Prowess Cooley Gains Double I-M Triumphs; Reeves Halts Adams in Softball Play Insights into Next Fall SPRING FOOTBALL is officially over. It came to a rather quiet conclusion last Saturday afternoon out at the Stadium. Coach Bennie Oosterbaan reports that the 20 practice sessions he held were mainly devoted to discovering new, and more important, necessary material to fill the vacancies left by 16 graduating lettermen. Whether he accomplished his goal will really never be known until the season gets underway next September 27. But' Spring practice for the Wolverine grid hopefuls did reveal certain insights into what is in store for local football fans in the fall. Michigan, almost always picked as a pre-season contender for the the Big Ten championship, will assume a back seat role in 1958. This piediction is not as dismal as it may first appear. In the last three seasons, the Wolverines were always rated at or near the top. Last year, one national football prognosticator even had enough courage to rank Michigan first in the nation. This season, with a secondary rating, perhaps the Maize and Blue will surprise. Another conclusion that can be drawn after watching three weeks of Spring practice is that the 1958 edition of the Michigan football team will not be the squad composed of individual stars that fans in the area have been accustomed to watching in the past. Jim Pace, the 1957 All-American, is gone and definitely will be sorely missed. There is no Kramer or Maentz or Barr. If an individual star is to suddenly emerge, all indications point that the likely candidate is fullback John Herrnstein. But "Herrny" has" been very prone to injury. If Michigan is to perform effectively, it will no doubt have to be a team effort-a team performance. Yankees-All the Way. . THE' MAJOR LEAGUE season got underway a little over a month ago, but for all practical purposes, the American League race could end right now. In fact, for most of the teams in the junior circuit, it might be a merciful event. The reason for all the pessimism is, of course, the "abnormal" existence of the New York Yankees. Before anyone, except Yankee fans, could really take notice, the Gotham pennant monopolists have vaulted into a six-and-one-half game lead over the rest of the timid pack. And from all indications, that margin is certainly to be increased. Rumors already have been circulating, revealing that Casey Stengel is saving his starters for the World Series. It is possible, however, that a sudden shift will occur, and the race may tighten up. After all, almost anything is possible, but then the realm of miracles is approached when a Yankee reversal is suggested. Oh well, there are still over four months of play remain- ing. You never can tell. Like -last season, most of the interest in professional baseball is once again being generated by the National League. Milwaukee, the World Champions of 1957, are being matched game for game by one of the invaders of the West Coast, the San Francisco Giants. Even Pittsburgh is putting up its usual early season challenge. The powerful season starts for such established stars as Willie Mays and Stan Musial help to stir the excitement. Predicting the pennant winner in the Senior Circuit is really absurd. About the only safe bet is that the National League representative must be prepared to meet the Yanks. Ands don't be surprised if there is once again a subway series-with 3,000 miles separating the stations. Wouldn't It Be Unusual If .. . Michigan went to the Rose Bowl next year. The Yankees finished last. Willie Mays was traded to the Tigers. Final exams were cancelled. Washington copped the American League crown. "Soapy" Williams lost a gubernatorial race. There were no shadows surrounding the SGC elections. There was another heavyweight besides Floyd Patterson. By DICK MINTZ After last Saturday's track meet in which Michigan tied Purdue, Coach Don Canham might well scratch his head and wonder about the powers of the supernatural. Once again a "bad break" forced the Wolverines to settle for a tie in a meet that Canham stated "We should have won by 10-20 points." But that has been Canham's la- ment at every dual meet this sea- son. "We should have won, BUT ." The "But" is an endless list- ing of stars lost through ineligi- bilities, injuries and an uncanny amount of bad luck at the meet itself. Stanger Falls Short Pete Stanger, Wolverine star hurdler, was added to the listing I at Saturday's meet. Stanger, hold- ing a three yard lead in the 220- yd. low hurdles, the next-to-last event of the afternoon, hit the final hurdle and fell to the cinders five yards from the finish line. The loss in the hurdles plus Pur- due's victory in the mile relay en- abled them to tie the meet at 66 points. This was the final dual meet of the season for the Michigan squad and brought their record to four wins, two defeats and one tie. Freshmen Show Promise Canham was lifted from his melancholy, though, at yesterday's practice by the sight of one of his many great freshmen stars, Tony Seth, straining to the finish of the 600 yd. run. Seth's time announced at 1:13 against a stiff breeze. Can- ham excited, hollered, "Terrific just terrific." DickrCephas, another sensa- tional freshman, performed equally well with a 23.8 in the 220 low hurdles. "They're a tough bunch (the freshmen) not afraid of punishing themselves to win." Canham stated with a "wait 'til next year" look in his eye. Indiana Touted High This Saturday, though, the var-' sity will have to go through its paces at the Big Ten champion- ships at Layfayette, Ind. Indiana, the indoor champion, is also expected to take the out- door championship. Led by Greg Bell, the greatest broadjumper in the world, the Hoosiers also have two other record holders in Willie May, in the 220-yd. low hurdles and Harold Caffey, in the 440. Ohio State is expected to be the other top contender with its one- man team, Glen Davis." As for Michigan, well as Canham commented, "The only gratifica- tion I'll have will be the freshman summary in my back pocket." . GREG BELL * . Indiana's major threat Air Force Rifle Team Wins Match Michigan's AFROTC rifle team edged Bowling Green's ' Army team, 1826-1808, in a close match held last weekend at Bowling Green. High scorers for the Wolverine marksmen were Bernie Johnson with 369 points, Phil Horn with 364 points, Gary Denkinger with 361 points and Walt Flood with 351 points. This weekend the team will be participating along with Michi- gan's Army ROTC team in the league championship at East Lan- sing. League members include teams from Michigan State, Wayne, Detroit, Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan. By TOM WITECKI Cooley, bolstered by yesterday's victorys in 'A' and 'B' softball, moved to within nine points of winning the residence hall over- all I-M championship., The Big Orange of East Quad need only to win a semi-final ten- nis match today to end the peren- nial reign of Gomberg, which has lasted for five years. Cooley's victory in 'A' softball came over Van Tyne, 9-8, in a first place playoff game, before a large crowd under the lights at Wines Field.Trailing 8-7 going into the top half of the last inning, Cooley took the lead, on a triple by Kim Greene, a single by Steve Kap- lan and a fielder's choice by Ray Jacobs. Makes Good Catch Further scoring was prevented by a sensational running save on the part of Van Tyne's second baseman, Pete Havens. In the last half of the inning, Cooley pitcher, Dave Kratze got out the side with the help of an- other great catch; this time Cooley shortstop Dean Metzger made a spearing catch. Batting star for the hard-hitting Van Tyne squad was Tom De- nomme whose clutch singles drove in four runs. Tight defensive play enabled Cooley to win this hard fought contest. Reeves Wins Game In the other first place playoff game Reeves held off a late rally by Adams to win a high scoring game, 18-16. In a second place playoff game, Cheerleaders Hold Tryouts Jim Hayslett, captain of Michi- gan cheerleaders, requests that tryouts report to the gymnastics room today through Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. LAW BOOKS BOUGHT Anytime HIGHEST PRICES I PAID! OVE RBECK ' BOOKSTORE Gomberg scored eleven runs in the second inning to defeat a determined Williams squad, 19-12. Steve Kerho and Ted Haba hit long homers for the Big Red. In the other second place playoff game, Chicago beat Scott, 10-7, in an extra inning contest, In third place playoffs, Lloyd trounced Huber, 10-2, and Michi- gan downed Anderson, 9-5. In fourth place games, Wenley nipped Strauss, 12-11, and Hinsdale whip- ped Taylor, 7-3. In fifth place contests, Winchell scalped Hayden, Campus Golfers To Compete In I-M Championship Round P PV 24-6, and Kelsey trampled Allen Rumsey, 22-4. Cooley's 'B' win came over Reeves, 6-5, in a close first place playoff game. In another first place game, Michigan downed Wil- liams, 15-6. In a 'B' second place contest, Anderson easily rolled over Huber, downing the South Quad con- tingent, 10-1. Two other games were decided by forfeit with Kel- sey winning in third place play- offs and Scott in fourth place playoffs. Golfers with scores of 81 or be- low in Saturday's all-campus tour- nament will compete in the playoff round, today at 1:30 p.m., on the University golf course. The all-campus champion will be determined on the basis of the lowest 36-hole total. Leading the group of finalists with low scores in Saturday's round were Jay Haller of Sigma Nu and Mike Schlanger of Pi Lambda Phi with 74's. Fred Hoode of Phi Delta Phi with 76, Bob Bowen of Delta Tau Delta with 77, and Bill Stumfig and Dick Agnew, all-campus, with 78's also shot well in the first round. I . v m~Ii I HAVE FUN! Take Beautiful Color Slides with the new KALIMA DON CANHAM ... wait 'til next year EARNS COAST TRIP: Sailing Club Takes Second in Meet Michigan's Sailing Club fin- ished second to Notre Dame last weekend in the Midwest 'cham- pionships held at Madison, Wisc. Notre Dame's winning total was 113 points. Michigan finished with 104 points to edge Wisconsin PCC Pardons Two Schools PORTLAND, Ore. OP) - Wash- ington and Southern California were forgiven for their athletic [sins yesterday by the Pacific Coast Conference and returned to good standing-an action which makes their football teams eligible for the Rose Bowl in 1959. UCLA, which drew a three-year probation for similar offenses, must remain outside the pale for another season. All three were placed on proba- tion in 1956 for illegal payments to athletes. for the second position by two points. The Wolverines were the defending champions having won the title the past two years. Michigan's second place finish earned them a trip to the Nation- al championships to be held at Newport Beach, Cal., in June. In the past two years Michigan has finished third and fourth in the national meet. Trailing Wisconsin for second place by nine points with three races left on the program, the Wolverines took two firsts in the remaining races to edge out the Badgers. DISTINCTIVE HAIRSTYLING TO PLEASE! 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