. . Mm"q TCMAY, 3rNE 22, 2954 T" MICHIGAN DAILY PACM vRog T~YESDAY, 3UNE 22, 1954 TUE MICHIGAN DAILY i~a i~.w q'wnwm a imi xjr. 1 nrtni f Landy Betters Bannister's Mile Mark Tigers Fire Farm Manager LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING: Miehigan Varsity Squads Held No Titles JAMESTOWN, N. Y. W-Danny Litwhiler, former St. Louis Cardi- nal outfielder and second baseman, was fired by the Detroit Tigers Monday as manager of the James- town Falcons in the class D Pony League. Wayne Blackburn, 35-year-old Detroit scout, was named as Lit- whiler's replacement. Litwhiler said he had received an offer from Duluth, Minn., in the class C Northern League, a Cin- cinnati Redlegs' farm organiza tion. Australian Speeds Distance In 3:58 Flat at Finnish Meet. Also Breaks World's 1500 Meter Record; Chataway Again Trails Mark Topper By HANLEY GURWIN .Daily Sports Editor For the first time since 1918, Michigan athletic teams have gone through a year of intercollegiate Op competition without winning a sin- gle Conference title. While this fact in itself might lead the casual observer to wonder about the calibre of the Wolverine squads, a closer look at the vari- ous Big Ten Standings reveals that out of ten sports the Maize and Blue finished below third place in only three: basketball, football and golf. In several other sports, Michigan teams were among the best in the nation, but were only second best in the Big Ten, the country's most powerful athletic conference. Matt Mann's swimmers, featuring such All-American performers as Bur- well "Bumpy" Jones, Ro- Gora, Don Hill, Tom Benner, and Jack Wardrop formed probably the best tank team in Michigan history, yet still took a back seat to Ohio State's squad, headed by Ford Konno and Dick Cleveland. The same situation prevailed on a slightly smaller scale with Don Canham's track team. Though pos- sessing one of the finest track ag- gregations to be found anywhere in the world, Canham's charges still could not o-rcome Illinois' perennially powerful cinder squad, > and finished second to the Illini in the outdoor meet held this year at Lafayette, Indiana. Netters Surprise Other second place finishes went f to Bill Murphy's surprising netters and to Cliff Keen's wrestling teams. Al Mann and Bob Nederlander teamed up to win the number two doubles crown as the Michigan tennis squad finished second only to Indiana's conference champions. Norvard "Snip" Nalan retained his NCAA 137-pound crown but the Wolverines when here failed to de- fend their Big Ten title, finishing behind Purdue. Michigan teams landed third place conference berths in baseball, indoor track, and gymnastics. Ray Fisher's baseball team, which had won the NCAA Championship in 1953, failed to repeat, as Michigan State won the title with a confer- ence record of 11 wins, two losses, and a tie. Wisconsin finished right behind with t 10-3-1 record followed by the Wolverines and Ohio State with 10-5 records. Although finishing the year with a six and three record, the Maize and Blue gridders lost all three games to conference opponents and finished the yead tied for fifth place in the Big Ten standings. Bennie Oosterbaan's eleven man- aged to please the home fans on each of the six Saturdays the Mich- igan squad played host here at mammoth Michigan stadium, but could not seem to win when play- ing outside its own back yard. Edged by Spartans Minnesota and Illinois decisively dumped the Wolverines in Minnea- polis and Champaign respectively and Michigan State's Rose Bowl Champions held off a second half Michigan bid to edge the invaders 14-6. Here in Ann .rbor, the Mich- igan squad turned back Washing- ton, Tulane, Iowa, Northwestern, Pennsylvania, and Ohio State. Basketball and golf were the on- ly two sports in the Michigan pro- gram which did not find the Wol- verines with a contender, although Bill Perigo's cage team did throw a scare into more than one Big Ten opponent. While finishing the sea- son tied for ninth place in the standings for the second straight year, the cagers appeared much, improved over 1952-50 and should be a lot better this coming year. Michigan's linksters staggered t1 rough one of their worst years in recent times as Coach Bert Katzen- meyer found himself without a star player for the first time in a long while. The squad, coansisting of mostly sophomores did not meas- ure up to previou Wolverine golf teams, and finished ninth in the Conference pace. However, pros- pects for the coming year are ex- cellent with a great group of golf- ers coming up from the freshman team. Potent Pucksters The only varsity sport remaining is hockey, in which Michigan has ruled collegiate circles for many years. Although the Wolverines desperately fought back to earn a berth to the NCAA playoffs at Col- orado Springs, Colorado, their three-year reign as National Cham- pions ended as Vic Heyliger's sex- tet was upset by the new cham- pions from Renssellaer Polytech. After eliminating the Wolverines in the first round, RPI played "giant-killer" for the second night in a row as the scrappy crew from Troy, New York, dumped highly favored Minnesota in overtime. Despite his squad's third place fin- ish in the playoffs, Heylinger was still voted the Coach of the Year by the American Hockey Coaches Association. But even without a championship, the University of Michigan can still be proud of its athletic ac- complishments. There is certainly no disgrace in eight second or third place finishes out of eleven tries. The era of the Michigan champion is far from being over. While it may be a good many years yet be- fore the Maize and Blue will repeat its 1943-44 performance of winning conference titles in every sport ex- cept basketball, the failure to win a crown this past year is no cause for alarm. Michigan will continue to field, as it has for over 50 years, athletic teams which can rank among the nation's finest. The last line of "The Victors," which her- alds Michigan as the "Champions of the West," is still not too far from wrong. j (Continued from Page 1) lightning steps, the crowd spurred him on with the yells, "Landy, Landy, Landy." And when the lean, young Aussie shot across the finish line, smiling broodly and showing no signs of exhaustion, the spectators broke into a thunderous roar. Then they swarmed from the stands, broke down the fences and carried Landy from the stadium on their shoul- ders. Landy, showing a tremendous and that he would not hesitate to pass me if I slowed up the very least." I have never run on a better track than this and I would like to call the race the 100 per cent con- test." Finnish track authorities said they felt there was no doubt Landy's clockings for both the 1500 meters and mile would be rec- ognized as world records. Fully authorized timers were set up at both the 1500-meter mark and the mile finish line. The lap times were announced for meter distances rather than for yards. The times were 58 sec- onds for the first 400 meters, 1:57.9 for 800 meters, 2:27.2 for the 1,000 and 2:56 flat for the 1,200. It was the sixth tremendous mile run of the year by the world's crack crew of runners who set out in a wholesale assault on Gun- der Haegg's old record of 4:01.4, set in 1945. Hia jor League standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland .... 43 18 .705 - Chicago....... 39 22 .639 4 New York .... 40 24 .635 5 Detroit....... 27 32 .458 15! Washington 26 34 .433 161/2 Philadelphia . 24 36 .400 19 Boston ...... 21 37 .362 2112 Baltimore ... 22 40 .355 222 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS No games scheduled TODAY'S GAMES Washington at Chicago (night)--Mc- Dermott (5-6) vs. Trucks (9-3). New York at Detroit-McDonald (4-1) vs. Gromek (8-6). Philadelphia at Cleveland (night)- Trice (7-4) vs. Wynn (8-4) Boston at Baltimore (night)-Henry (3-4) vs. Turley (6-6). I'ir lireamsN of CI/ oml(ofort Itome Trite is, there NATIONAL New York .... 40 Brooklyn .... 39 Milwaukee ..31 Philadelphia 29 Cincinnati ... 30 St. Louis .....,30 Chicago. 23 Pittsburgh .. 21 LEAGUE 22 .645 23 .629 28 .525 29 .500 31 .492 32 .484 36 .390 42 .333 714 9 91 10 151,4 ismi YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 8, St. Louis 5. TODAY'S GAMES Cincinnati at Brooklyn - Valentine (6-5) vs. Podres (7-3). Milwaukee at New York (night)- Conley (5-2) vs. Antonelli (9-2). Chicago at Philadelphia (night) - Haddix (11-3) vs. Littlefield (3-1). *wl These smart Saffell & Bush Clothes not only make your dreams of cool com- fort a reality, but their superb tailoring and styl- ing give you that feeling of confidence that goes with being well-dressed. No matter what your re- quirements, we can fit you from the tremendous selec- tion of suits now available. $2 a and tp 1I. 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SMITH Associate Sports Editor In contrast to Roger Bannister's recent "miracle mile" John Lan- dy's record breaking mile yester- day came as no surprise to the track and field experts through- out the world. Men in the know had always said that once any man had brok- en thru the psychological barrier that kept the four minute mile an unobtainable goal a rash of performers would follow quite quickly in his footsteps, and Lan- dy was always considered a prime candidate. For two years now he has been threatening the magic mark. His name was first brought to track fans attention back in January 1953 when he sped the eight fur- longs in 4:02.1 in his native Aus- tralia. Three weeks later he proved this was no fluke when he ran the distance in 4:02.4. The 24 year old student's adherents claimed that both these perform- ances were the equivalent of four minute miles, and they may have been right, as The Australian tracks are far from the finest and Melbourne weather if far from ideal for a distance race. Although he was eliminated in the earlyuheats of the 52 Olympics, Landy put his time in Europe to good use, in taking careful notes on the style of Czechoslovakian distance ace Emil Zatopek. Landy now runs with a high arm action similar to atopek's and has copied the Czechs method of running part of his race on his heels rather than the balls of his feet, a technique designed to rest a runners thigh muscles. North American track fans may now look forward to what could develope into the most fanstastic mile in track history, for in Au- gust the British Empire Games in Vancouver will bring together Landy, Bannister, Chataway, who ran second in both races, and Murrey Malbert, a New Zealand- er who has run about 4:04. 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