THE MICHIGAN DAI 1 WEDNESDAY, THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, lonely sports by dick mintz Australia appears to have stepped into its own Golden Era of sports. In swimming, track and tennis, the boys from "Down Under" loom invincible. Even in golf they have managed to grab more than their fair share of laurels. "Have-Not" Nation The United States is in the peculiar position of being some- thing of a "have-not" nation in the realm of individual athletic con- tests in which the Australians seem to specialize so well. This U.S. deficiency in the individualized athletic events has been brought into focus by our poor showing at Wimbledon and the rather pathetic challenge we're once again offering for the Davis Cup. Tennis, however, is only the most publicized of these individual- ized sports. It will take the Olympic Games in 1960 to point out our weak- nesses in both swimming and track . . . the foremost events on the international agenda. Herb Elliott was the man U.S. officials were caught tempt- ing tenders before in Australia. Every time he steps to the cinders this speedster breaks another mile record. His best now is 3:57.8. Jim Bailey at Oregon is not far behind with 3:58.6. Is there an Ameri- can to match that? And what of Albert Thomas, the holder of the three-mile record. Most Americans might not even be aware of such an event, never even thinking of training for it. "Other-Directed" All this points to the increasing apparency that the standout athlete in the two gruelling sports of swimming and track is a dis- appearing species on the American sports scene. In this society of what sociologist David Reiseman prefers to call "other-directed," it is the team sports that get emphasis. The.kid who had. to trot the cinders by himself or struggle up and down pool laps is marked the outcast. And a stop-watch, doesn't offer much spirited companion- ship. The goals in swimming and track have to be set by the in- dividual himself. Only he alone can reach them and establish new ones, constantly pushing himself to take greater punishment. How many. American athletes now have this Spartan minded sports de- votion that the Australians have caught? Champions can only be made through such devotion. But it's football, basketball and base- ball that drape themselves in the color, cheers and glory that comes fro mthe crowd. Swimming and track aren't crowd sports and Ameri- cans love crowds. HENRY H. STEVENS, Inc. DISTANCE MOVING ." Fint6, Mchigan Bill Phone Collect Manager Flint CEdar 4-1686Mnae For Lower Free Estimates Lit.40 Interstate Rates Every Friday We own, operate, schedule and dispatch our own fleet of vans for better direct service without transfer DOW FINSTERWALD ... smiling champion Finsterwald Wins Trophy Dow Finsterwald, Tequestra, Fla., beams above as he poses with huge trophy after winning the Professional Golfer's Association's 40th annual tournament at Llan- erch Country Club, Philadelphia, Pa., July 20. Finsterwald defeat- ed Sam Snead, who went into the final round with a two-stroke edge on Finsterwald. Snead fin- ished third behind Bill Caspar, Jr. Hurdles Record Set at British Empire Meet CARDIFF, Wales ( )-Gerhardus1 Potgieter of South.-Africa smashed his own world record in the 440- yard hurdles yesterday in another. record-breaking day at the sixth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Defeats Lean The 22-year-old police inspector, was clocked in 49.7 seconds in fin- ishing five yards ahead of the 1954 champion, David Lean of Australia and Michigan State University. With a cold, 14-mile wind at his back as he came down the stretch to overtake Lean, Porgieter fin-; ished a full second faster than his' own accepted record and also sur- passed two unratified marks for the event. The wind may affect the acceptance of this time as a record. Remarkable Performances Two other remarkableurunning, pe rf or manc e s- by Australia's: wonder miler Herb Elliott and by Murray Halberg of New Zealand -took some of the edge off Pot- gieter's feat. In all, gamestrecords were sur- passed in eight track and field events. Then the swimmers took up the assault and the first three heat winners in the men's 440 yards freestyle beat the Empire Games record. Margaret Edwards, 19, of Britain broke her 'own world record with a time of 1:12.3 in the 110-yard backstroke. Miss Edwards clipped one-tenth of a second off her re- cord while swimming the first leg' in a 440-yard relay heat. Since it was the first leg, the time is ad- missible as a record. Slow Pace Elliott, 20, who has run a mile in 3:57.8, followed a slow pace for the first 440 yards in the half mile, then put on an amazing burst of speed to win in 1:49.3. He covered the last quarter in 50.5 seconds and that remarkable kick estab- lished him as favorite to win the Empire Games Mile Saturday. Halberg ran the third-fastest three miles on record and finished about 60 yards ahead of Aus- tralia's Albert Thomas, who smashed the record less than a month ago. Sets Pace Thomas, who was timed in 13:10.8 at Dublin, July 9, set the pace for two miles. Then as he started to tire,, Halberg shot into the lead and won as he pleased in 13:15.0. Thomas' pending record and the accepted mark of 13:14.2 by Sandor Iharos of Hungary are the only faster three-mile times. tr By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee's singles in four trips and had a eighth home run with a man . Carl Willey bested the Cardinal's! Bob Mabe in a rookies' pitching duel last night as Del Crandall's eighth-inning sacrifice fly broke a tie and sent over the deciding run as the Braves defeated St. Louis 2-1. The triumph, in the second meeting of a four-game series, en- abled tne Braves to climb within a half-game of the National League- leading San Francisco Giants, rained out at Philadelphia. It was Milwaukee's 11th victory in 16, games with the Cardinals this season. While Crandall's fly provided the deciding run, Hank Aaron led I the Braves at the plate with four hand in each of The Milwaukeer ed his average time this seasonl .300 mark. the scoring bursts. right fielder push- to .305, the first he's been over the Right-hander Willey, who broke a three-game losing streak, al- lowed only five hits as he took his third victory against as many set- backs. He struck out eight, equal- ing his major league high, and walked only three. aboard in the fifth inning. Indians 5, Senators 3 CLEVELAND - Cleveland's new southpaw, Hal Woodeschick, won his second complete game last night, beating Washington 5-3 after the Tribe's Cal MeLish was shipped 4-2 by a pair of 12th- inning home runs in the opener of the twi-night twin bill. Consecutive homers by Norm . A...-L..-i.:. i 1 th, J an -. Ken Aspro- I C' HANK AARON ... leads Braves NFL PLAYERS: J mant 'Protection' 13ill Braves Win in Rookie Duel; Yankees Blast Tigers, 13-3 Notice I1 The Women's Physical Educa- tion Department is sponsoring an All-Campus Women's Golf Day and Tournament, today, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Yel- low Course on Saline Road. All women enrolled in summer school are free to participate. The department will furnish balls, clubs and bags if students do not have their own. Those wishing to participate should sign up for a starting time with the matron at the WAB. If this is impossible re- port to the course. WASHINGTON (.) - All-Pro end Bill Howton told Senate sports investigators yesterday a House-j passed bill would strip players of protection from what he termed4 dictatorial policies of football club owners. Howton, the Green Bay Pack- ers' crack pass receiver, testified "club owners have proven over the years that they abuse the players when they have a free hand." He and Creighton Miller, attor- rney for the National Football League Players Assn., said they prefer legislation to provide some restraint on the owners while granting exemptions from federal antitrust laws. Lack of restrictions, they said, might lead to such things as blacklisting players or blacking out television of NFL games. Howton, a star at Rice before turning into one of pro football's best ends, is president of the play- ers association. Miller is the for- mer Notre Dame back hired last year as counsel to the group, which represents players of all 12 NFL teams except the Chicago Bears. They appeared with Kyle Rote, New York Giants' end and vice president of the association, and Les Richter, Los Angeles Rams' linebacker, before the Senate An- timonopoly committee. Before switching to football, the subcommittee was asked by Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.) to rec- ommend a ban on pay television for major league baseball games. And Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R- S.D.), testified in support of his proposal to grant organized base- ball anti-trust law exemptions only so long as the majors keep a team in Washington. Kramer Out With Bad Leg Ron Kramer, former Michigan star, will probably be kept from playing this season with the Green Bay Packers by a leg injury that has failed to .iend. The Packers said Kramer, their regular slotback last season, will not report to training camp and probably is out for the season. Kramer was hurt in a game with Los Angeles last year and it was thought a ligament was torn. The leg had, however, been broken. Steve Meilinger was obtained from the Redskins to replace Kramer this year. Zauchin. his 10th, and Ken Aspro- Yankees 13, Tigers 2 monte, his fourth, spoiled the 32- DETROIT--The hit-happy New year-old McLish's bid to run his York Yankees blasted 23 safeties winning string to six straight and off five Detroit pitchers last night match his major league high of and scored a 13-3 triumph as Bob nine won. Turley won his 15th game. The Indians got off to a 2-0 lead The runaway league leaders set in the nightcap on a first-inning an American League season high double by Vic Power, who missed with the 23 hits, one more than most of the first game because he they had against Washing~ton in thought only one game was schied- the second game of a July double- uled and arrived after play had header. The score of that one was started. 13-2. White Sox 4, Orioles 2 The defeat was the Tigers' sixth CHICAGO-The Chicago White in their last seven games and they Sox defeated Baltimore 4-2 Tues- never were in Tuesday night's con- day nig:ht in a battle of unearned test from the time Hank Bauer runs as Turk Lown put down an led off the Yankee first with a Oriole uprising in the ninth inning. single. I White Sox starter Billy Pierce, Norm Siebern paced the Bomb- sailing along with a shutout until ers with four hits, including his the ninth, blew sky high when shortstop Luis Aparicio committed . an error with two out in the ninth and forced in two runs with walks before Turk Lown got pinch-bat- I ter Jim Marshall to fly out with I the bases loaded. Pierce,snevertheless, collected his 10th victory in 16 decisions and struck out six. Bob Nieman opened the ninth with a double. After Pierce retired the next two men, Aparicio booted Bob Boyd's grounder and Pierce walked the next three men, forcing in two runs. Baltimorestarter JackhHarsh- *man suffered his eighth loss against seven victories. A's 4, Red Sox 3 KANSAS CITY -- A two-out '4home run in the ninth inning by Hector Lopez gave the Kansas City Athletics a 4-3 victory last night over the Boston Red Sox who scored all their runs on hom- BILLY PIERCE ers by Jackie Jensen and Pete . .,. tenth victory Runnels. Underdog Giants Still Top Contenders for NL Honors i4 4 it A Read and Use Daily Classifieds Major League Standings or Boston New York Baltimore Detroit Chicago Kansas City Cleveland Washington TODAY'S W L Pet. 47 41 .534 58 30 .659 43 44 .494 42 45 .483 43 47 .478 41 46 .471 41 49 .456 38 51 .427 GAMES GB 11 14' 15% 16 16 2 18 20'Y2 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Milwaukee 48 38 .588 1 San Francisco 50 38 .568 - Chicago 46 45 .505 51 St. Louis 42 43 .494 6' Cincinnati 41 46 .471 8' Philadelphia 39 44 .470 8' Los Angeles 41 47 .466 9 Pittsburgh 41 47 .466 9 TODAY'S GAMES San Francisco at Philadelphia (N) -Worthington (8-5) 'vs. Sanford (6-9). Los Angeles at Pittsburgh (N) - Drysdale (4-10) vs. Friend (11-11). Chicago at Cincinnati (N) - Hill- man (2-1) or Briggs (4-0) vs. Nux- hail (6-5). St. Louis at Milwaukee (N) - Jackson (6-7) vs. Jay (5-3). New York at Detroit (N) - Dit- mar (5-1) vs. Larry (9-8). Washington at Cleveland (N) - Ramos (7-8) vs. Bell (3-4). Baltimore at Chicago - O'Dell (9-10) or Johnson (3-6) vs. Wynn (9-9). Boston at Kansas City (N) - Monbouquette (0-0) vs. Grim (0-1). SAN FRANCISCO OP) - When the National League baseball cam- paign started, you found odds of 50-1 against the San Francisco Giants winning. 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