THE MICHIGAN DAIL'Y'' PAGE THEMIHIAN AaY AG U Netmen Enter Conference Meet 4- - Setteefn the Xine4 By CARL RISEMAN Soccer at Michigan LAST FALL I was given an assignment concerning soccer at Michigan. At first the idea didn't particularly appeal to me since there appeared to be little interest for the sport on this campus. But, as is the case on many large campuses, there was a group which was vitally interested in promoting soccer as a collegiate sport, Many months have passed since I first made contact with the Michigan Soccer Club. They have completed a successful season on the - field but have made little headway in achieving their long standing goal-that of varsity recognition. I became interested in the problem of soccer, or for that matter, F any sport achieving varsity recognition on the Michigan campus. Of course every issue has two sides and I went down to the Athletic Administration building to find out the Athletic Department's stand on the issue. Bert Katzenmeyer, who very ably doubles as both varsity golf coach and Administrative Assistant to Athletic Director H. O. "Fritz" Crisler, pointed out the procedure necessary for an athletic group to become a varsity sport. The group must first present a petition signed by 500 University students to .the Undergraduate Managers' Council. The Council, which, is composed of all junior and senior athletic managers, acts upon the petition by either recommending or not recommending it to the Board in ;Control of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Board then acts upon the recommendation and if the petitioning ' group" clears this hurdle it will have achieved varsity status. Katzenmeyer continued by stating that five years ago a soccer group known as the Wolverine Soccer Club had presented such a petition to the Mahagers' Council which had not recommended the group. The reasons given then were: 1. The Council had questioned the eligibility status of the soccer club. A great percentage of those playing on the team were graduate students who would be ineligible under Western Conference rules. 2. The Council had felt that there would be great difficulty in scheduling games since no school in the Big Ten had a varsity soccer team. The team would have to do a great deal of traveling since most of the schools with soccer teams were located in the Eayst and in the .'''South: 3. Because of the above two factors, the Council felt that the operating budget would be too high. The present group has not presented any petition as yet. Katzen- meyer stated that if the group is to gain varsity sport rating, it will be subject to the same rules as all other Big Ten teams. The Other Side .. . BOB BURNETT IS CAPTAIN of the Michigan Soccer Club. Al- though soft-spoken, Burnett shows determination in justifying his "cause." Burnett hopes to see his sport become a member of the varsity in the near future. He states that the decision the Managers' Council agreed upon five years ago would not be valid today. Burnett pointed to the phenomenal growth of soccer in this country since that time. Both Michigan State and Ohio State recog- nized soccer as a varsity sport two years ago, and he added that Illinois, Purdue and Minnesota have agreed to soccer within the past year. The one thing that bothers Burnett is the trouble that he is having in scheduling games for next fall. A number of squads have backed down because they only want to play teams with varsity status. Burnett concluded his argument by emphatically stating that while the club has not presented a petition to the Managers' Council, the Athletic Department has not been receptive to the idea. I feel that Burnett has presented a good case. Michigan has ten varsity sports-the last sport to gain varsity rating was gymnastics in 1948. Soccer i regarded as the "universal pastime," being played in more countries and by more people than any other sport. The huge crowds that throng to the soccer bowls in Berlin and Buenos Aires dwarf the 101,001 fans who follow the fortunes of Michigan football on sunny autumn afternoons. The fact that over 1,000 foreign students attend the University must also be taken into consideration. These students, some of whom play for the Michigan Soccer Club, regard soccer as "their" sport. Illinois, Iowa Favorites As Matches Start Today HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! ., ,., Follow the Crowd tos Ernie Kuohn's By AL SINAI Illinois and Iowa are co-favorites to take the Big Ten Tennis Cham- pionships starting today at North- western and continuing through Saturday. Michigan, Conference cham- pions for three consecutive years, could still conceivably win their fourth in a row, but will miss last year's stars, Barry MacKay, Mark Jaffe, and Dick Potter, who have graduated. The Wolverines, led this year by Captain John Harris, Jon Erick- son, George Korol and Bob Sas- sone, have compiled a 4-1 confer- ence record, and an overall record of 8-2. Their only losses have been to Illinois and Notre Dame. The Illini have won 15 consecu- tive dual meets and are headed by Carl Noble, playing first singles, and veterans Bob Breckenridge and Roger Bielfield. Noble Heads Illini Noble teams with a former United States national indoor junior champion, Al Holtman, to form a top doubles combination who may be strongly challenged by Gerry Parchute and Al Hendricks of Indiana. Iowa boasts of having Art An- drews, who is favored to win the singles championship. Andrews is undefeated this year, after having gone to the 1957 Conference finals only to lose to MacKay in extra sets. He also reached the NCAA semifinals last year. Bob Potthast, Joe Martin, and Don Middlebrook also will help ot make Iowa a title threat. 'M' Touted Third Michigan's coach, Bill Murphy, expecti the Wolverines to fight it out with Northwestern for third place. "We have only an outside chance of sneaking through to win," said Murphy. He intends to use all eight play- ers in the meet with Erickson, Har- ris, Eassone, Korol, Frank Fulton and Wayne Peacock,, playing sin- gles in that order. Harris and Erickson will team up in the first doubles, with Fulton and Bill Vogt playing second, and John Wiley and Kprol third. Northwestern was a surprise second in the Conference meet last year. They have four returning lettermen, led by Vandy Christie. MU_ -10-DAY 22nd Anniversary STARTING Thursday 9 A.M. ONE LOT WASH and WEAR CORDS 75% Dacron 25% Cotton CARL NOBLE ...leads Illini FIRST BASE SENSATION: Roman Sparks Michigan In DisappointingYear CHOICE while they last ! S r 23'5 CHOICE while they last I | A $32.50 VALUE 200 PAIR One Lot $8.95 SLACKS SPECIAL $5,95 One of the bright spots in an otherwise extremely disappoint- ing season for the Wolverine baseball teamhas been the out- standing play of first-baseman Bill Roman. "He's the since Ken best player we've had Tippery and Steve Phi Delts, Phi E in I- Games By BILL ZOLLA Phi Epsilon Pi and Phi Delta Theta advanced into the finals of the first place playoffs in "B" softball with victories yesterday at Ferry Field. Phi Ep crushed Phi Sigma Kap- pa, 12-0 as pitcher Paul Leeds hurled a no-hitter, supported by almost flawless fielding. Gary Roggin smsahed a homer and a triple to pace the winners. Phi Delt won out over Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 13-9. A home run by Dave Bowers paced the victors' attack. I Sigma Chi scored in every in- ning as they whipped Lambda Chi Alpha, 12-2. The winners moved into the second place finals with the win. Opposing Sigma Chi will be Delta Sigma Delta who edged Zeta Psi, 8-7. The Delt Sigs scored three in the last frame to come from behind and capture the game with John Halloran homering for the victors. Zeta Beta Tau advanced into the third place finals as they de- feated Tau Delta Phi, 20-3. Arnie Rubenstein led the attack with a home run and three other hits. Scoring in every inning, Delta Tau Delta walloped Theta Xi, 22- 8, in the other third place game. Phi Gamma Delta bowed to The- ta Chi, 6-5, but not before they had put on a colorful showing, wearing jackets, ties and bermuda shorts. In "A" softball, Kappa Sigma scored two runs in the last inning to come from behind to nip Alpha Sigma Phi, 5-4 and advance to the fourth place finals. Alpha Delta Phi defeated Theta Delta Chi 5-4 in I-M baseball Mon- day instead of the reverse score. Boros," said Coach Ray Fisher, who has seen several good players in his day. Tippery now plays for Knox- ville, a Baltimore Oriole farm club, while Boros is with the' Birmingham team in the Detroit Tiger chain. "I'd like to play pro ball, too, if I got the chance," said Roman, who is in Engineering School here. He attended St. Cyril High School in Detroit where he starred in both baseball and basketball. . In basketball, Roman was a for- ward whose scoring was in the double figures .The St. Cyril base- ball team, led by Roman, won the Class C Championship in Roman's junior and senior years. In 1956, Roman was chosen as one of 16 American Legion All- Stars to tour South America. He was then a member of the Faust Post team in Detroit. The All- Stars toured eight countries, win- ning most of their games, with Roman batting well over .300. The 6'4" 180-pounder has con- tinued his fine hitting as he has compiled a .323 average this sea- son. Roman hits the ball solid, even when he makes an out. "I have more trouble hitting southpaw pitching," the tall left- handed hitter will frankly ad- mit. However, Roman offered some evidence to disprove the widely used theory of having left- handed batters hit only against right-handed pitchers, by blast- ing a home run off southpaw Jim Flynn. of Illinois, Saturday. The homer, Roman's third, was the only bright spot in the Wol- verine's weekend losses to Purdue and Illinois. Michigan's powerful hitting was virtually non-existent Friday and Saturday, as they lost to Purdue, 4-1, and to Illinois, 5-3 and 11-2. The Wolverines totaled only 17 hits in the three games. I-M Officials Tell Golf Champions League winners in the I-M golf tournament announced by dgpart- ment officials include Gomberg, residence halls, Psi Upsilon, social fraternities, Evans Scholars, in- dependents and Delta Theta Pi professional fraternities. 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