PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, JULY 3,1945 Coach Fisher Honored at MeetingBig Ten Gridders To Save CICAGO. J q 2 W Mileage Comprehensive I-M Program Being Plan ned Calesthenics, Combat Activities on Schedule "A comprehensive Intra - Mural physical conditioning program has been planned for this summer," Coach Chet Stackhouse, supervisor of the program, said yesterday. The program started yesterday, and is being given to 1300 service- men, including Navy and Marines, and 350 civilian students. Calesthen- ics, combat activities, boxing, and military track are a few of the ac- tivities scheduled. Coach Stackhouse, Michigan's as- sistant track coach, is in charge of summer physical conditioning for servicemen andhcivilians on campus, and also has charge of Intra-Mural sports. With reference to I-M campus competition, Stackhouse said that plans are now being formulated for softball, golf, and tennis events. This competition will be open to resi- dence halls, fraternities, and inde- pendent groups. The success of the campus activities, however, will be tip to the enthusiasm shown by these groups, he said. Although plans for campus I-M competition are still indefinite, Stackhouse said that he hopes to be able to announce a definite program by next Monday. Did you know? By Herbert Ruskin . - - That Michigan baseball squads under Coach Ray Fisher have had4 only three losing seasons and have had only two losing Conference sea- suns. In 1930, the squad won nine while losing 15 and tying one. In the 1935 season, Michigan's nine lost 12 and won 11. The other season in which the Wolverines did not end up with a .500 average or better was 1940 when the record read 10 and 12. In all of the other 22 years, however, the team has finished with a record of more wins than losses. . . That last year the Michigan coaching staff acquired three new full coaches. They were wrestling coach Wally Weber, golf coach Bill Barclay, and hockey coach Vic Hey- liger. ... That at one time in Michigan's athletic history the school had teams in cross-country and fencing. Fenc- ing as a varsity sport lasted from 1927 until 1933. Cross-country began in 1920 and was dropped in 1933. . . . That Michigan squads have a X667 average when it comes to win- ning first contests in varsity ath- letics. Those teams which won their first games or meets were football, track, baseball, tennis, hockey, and golf. Only basketball, wrestling, and swimming have losing records for opening day performances. ... That Michigan holds a 21-to- 13 edge over her arch rivals Minne- sota in football. Two of the games were tied. The last time that Minne- sota won was in 1942 when the Go- phers gained a 16-14 victory over our Wolverines. ... That the track squad has the honor of holding the first Western Conference championship that Mich- igan ever won. They won it in the 1901 season scoring 38 points to win over eight other squads. Wisconsin finished second with a total of 28 points. Named Officer of New College Base ball Group t-xiC.G.tt-T 1, u y z-- vvt'eLn ii con- ference teams will travel 36,540 fewer passenger miles during the coming Big Ten season than they did last year, according to the estimate made by Commissioner of Athletics, K. L. Wilson. Allcwing 35 players, coaches, train- ers, etc., to a traveling squad, the nine Conference schools will use a total of 643,230 passenger miles as compared with 679,770 in 1944. Be- cause of the normal changes in schedules, five teams will travel 97,- 9'0 passenger miles less than last year while the other four will use 61,390 more. Iowa will be the big saver, travel- ing 32,340 less than in 1944 while Minnesota saves 24,080, Illinois 20,- 930, Michigan 14,700 and Indiana 5,880. On the other hand, Wisconsin will travel 23,310 additional miles, Ohio State 21,000, Northwestern 13,160 and Purdue 3,920. The Buckeyes' big increase in passenger miles is due mainly to their game at Minnesota while the Wildcats add most of their mileage on the trip to Ohio State. In event of a transportation crisis, the Big Ten schedules are so com- pact that all the travel can be done in coaches and most of the trips made by daytime runs. Yanks, White Sox Split CHICAGO, July 2-iIP)-Bill Zuber snapped the New York Yankees' los- ing streak at five today as he halted the Chicago White Sox with seven hits for a 6-1 victory in the second game of a daubleheader. The Sox took the opener 11-6. Mentor Pioneered For Organizationi By MARY LU HEATH At the first meeting of the newly- formed National Association of Col- lege Baseball Coaches Thursday and Friday in New York, Ray Fisher, baseball mentor at Michigan for the past 25 years and dean of Big Ten baseball coaches, was elected first vice president of the organization. Everett Barnes, baseball coach at Colgate, was elected president of the association, whose purpose is the bet- terment of college baseball. Specific aims include the promotion of a bet- ter understanding between college and organized ball clubs and an im- provement of the handling of col- lege games. Originated Idea Co-originator of the idea for the organization with Bill Reid, Colgate athletic director, in the late 1920's, Fisher stated yesterday that the need AL Service Roster Shows First Decline CHICAGO, July 2-(/P-The man- power situation apparently is over the wartime hump in the American League which today showed a de- crease in its servicemen's list for the first time since Pearl Harbor. The League service bureau report- ed that the junior circuit's total of players in the armed forces reached a peak of 268 two weeks ago, but since has tapered down to 263. This resulted from the release from service of four well-known players, Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tig- ers: Red Ruffing, New York Yankee pitcher; Sam West, Chicago White Sox outfielder; and pitcher Pete Ap- pleton of the St. Louis Browns-and a rookie pitcher, Charles Bowles of the Philadelphia A's. for such an association has been severely felt by college coaches for many years, and that baseball is the last college sport to form such an or- ganization. The present group, he added, is the first national baseball coaches' association. The meeting, caled by Barnes, and Joe Bedenk, Penn State mentor, was attended by around 30 coaches, Fish- er stated, including Wally Roettger, Illinois baseball coach, and repre- sentatives from Michigan State and Western Michigan. Territories Designated The association plans to meet an- nually, Fisher said, to discuss recent problems of college baseball coaches. At the sessions Thursday and Fri- day, the country was divided into eight sections whose baseball coaches will be contacted by a number of the executive committee. Fisher was ap- pointed chief of this section, which includes practically all of the West- ern Conference territory. His duties include the expansion of member- ship of the organization in this re- gion. Rickey Speaks Principal speaker at Friday's meet- ing was Branch Rickey, general man- ager 'of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who urged close co-operation between col- lege and professional baseball. Rickey is a former Michigan baseball coach and recommended Fisher as his suc- cessor when the present coach took over Wolverine clubs. The other speaker was Arthur Patterson of the New York Herald-Tribune. The formal constitution of the or- ganization, which was drafted at the meeting, will be available soon, ac- cording to Fisher, who expressed great enthusiasm over the organiza- tion. 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