THE MICHIGAN M DAILY" SUNDAY, .FE13RUARY 23, 1930 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDA. FEBRUARY 23. 1930r VORDSMEN WIN CLOSE MEET FROM LLINI FENCERS UTCOME IN NTIL FINAL ammer Wins Sabg iive Wolverines 9-1 Over Second Op ISPLAY IMPRO With the outcome o stake In the final bot D B~ THREE AMERICAN LEAGUE FIRST BASEMEN HAVE SAME NICKNAME .It is a strange coincidence that l9 29, but he still remains a star three of the best first basemen in I performer, dangerous at bat and er Bout to the American league should pos- a fine fielder. . . sess the same nicknames, yet it is - s a stranger coinciidence that none rig and Blue are both ex- )ponent. of the nicknames are the same. peckd to improve this year over The seeming contradiction con- :then last season's showing. Neither VEMENT cerns three stars, Lou Gehrig, of of, them played the type' of ball of the Yankees, Lewis Fonseca, of the wti.'ch he was capable, and barring f the match Indians, and Luzerne Mue, of the a e cidents, will be looked for to -i i r ILLINI HAVE SEVEN' TANK LETTERME[II GORDON, HAWKEYE TRACK STAR OUTSTANDING AS BROAD JUMPER (S ei l Th D 3 ¢. I to m r _ i . i , Veterans Returning for Big Ten] Competition Makes Illinois Title Contender. SQUAD WILL BE LARGE L / ut and pitted against Schlicher, present Westernt Conference sabre champion, Ham- mer slashed his way to a five to three victory, giving the Wolverine fencers a hard fought 9 to 8 deci- sion over the title holding Illini yesterday afternoon in the Intri- mural gymnasium. In achieving this upset the Mich- igan swordsmen showed a marked improvement over their perform- ance against the Michigan State team earlier in the season and proved to be superior to the Illinois fencers in both the foils and sabre events although forced to drop three of the four bouts in the epee. Stolpman, Gordon Star. Captain Stolpman in the foils and Gordon in the sabre starred for the Wolverines. Each of these men won all of their bouts, Stolp- man taking three in the foils and Gordon two in the sabre against, the strongest lineup in the Confer- ence including the champions in both of these weapons. Captain Haier, conference foils ehampion, was 'the outstanding fencer for the Indians with his two shutout victories in this event against Friedman and Lovell. In the opening bout of -the meet, the two captains met with the result that the Illinois leader was forced to bow to defeat for the first time in two seasons. ' The only other Indian to win both of his bouts was Seibert who defeated both Dosett and Koon in the epee. Wolves Get Early Lead. Michigan won five of the nine bouts in the foils to give it a one point lead early in the meet. Fried- man and Lovell, a newcomer on the Wolverine squad, won their first bouts against Seibert and Fried- berg respectively but each lost his other 'two bouts. . In the epee in which the Wolver- ines prior to the meet presumedly had the best chance, Illinois won three of the four bouts. Dowsett was the only Michigan fencer to wih in this event, taking a quick 2 to 0 bout from Wheeler. Koon lost to both Seibert and Wheeler while1 Dowsett dropped his second bout to Browns, Lou, Lew, and Lu. Lou, New York's contribution tol the trio of first sackers, is one of the most dangerous batters in the circuit. Although last seiason hi mark fell below that of his usual 'standard, his hits were of the long variety. The distance of his hits, and the opportune times at which. he came through with them, gave Lou a record of 126 runs batted across the plate, only Sammons, Ruth, and Alexander topping him in this repect. Gehrig leads both Fonseca and Blue in runs batted in, the Cleveland star sending 103. teammates across the plate, and the Brown first baseman batting in only 61 runs. All Good Fielders., As far as fielding goes, the trio are practically on the same level. Fonseca, Lew, led in percentage points, but by such a little margin that it scarcely made any differ- ence. His mark was .995, compared to tie .994 at which Lou and Lu were deadlocked. Lew, Cleveland's first baseman, led the American league in batting, beating out Al Simmons of the' Philadelphia Athletics by a n.rrow margin. While his hits were not for as long distances as those of New York's Lou, there were more of them and they were just as. timely. He was near the front in the manufacture of doubles and' triples, but fell off in the makibag of circuit clouts. Blue Slipping. Lu, the Browns' entry, failed to have as good a season as usual in r ,ise their batting percentages in 7 1.30. (Spccial to The Daily) CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 22-Seven Lew Has Great Year. lettermen, six squad members from Lew Fonseca presents a different last season and 18 newcomers are 7roblem. While he undoubtedly is candidates for the University of L good batter, as far as steadiness Lnd consistency goes, it is very Illinois swimming team. >robable that he was playing above Last season the Illini won every lis head last season. A natural dual meet, defeating Chicago, Pur- omedown is to be expected, al- Idue, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and ;hough, of course. he may not have, I n ,s bena flash in tepan andhe may ontinue the gogd work. SJohn Schmieler, Michigan fresh- man tank star, provided the fea- ture of the state A. A. U. swiimming 1meet at the Detroit Y. M. C.A. on1 Friday night when he defeated Don McClellan of the Detroit Yacht club in the 100 yard breast stroke open event. McClellan, a former national collegiate champion, had been unbeaten in state swimming circles since 1921. In acomp roishing this feat, Schmieler swam the distance in the fast time of 1:10 2-5 seconds Bob Goldsmith, Michigan Varsity star, also finished ahead of Mc- Clellan to take second place, rele- gating the Yacht club ace to third position. Schmieler led all the way, while Goldsmith passed Mc- Clellan on the last length. cVichigan swimmers captured a Slarge share of the honors in the tank meet, winning four events, in- cluding two state titles. The Wol- verines made a clean sweep of the: A. A. U. senior 50 yard champion- ship. Bob Walker, Maize and Blue star, captured first place followed' closely by his teammates, Frank Walaitis and Fel Hosmer. Walker's time was :24 3-5 seconds. First honors in the 100 yard jun- ior free style title race went to Ivan Smith, grid player who has I .developed into a fast sprinter. Mar- cus, a Mi'chigan freshman, took third place.' Smith covered the century in :58.1 seconds. Michi- gan's first quartet of Walker, Walaitis, Hosmer, and Smith had little trouble beating the Yacht club team in the 200 yard relay in the slow time of 1:41 2-5 'Cinciiati, placed third in the con- ference meet, tied for the water polo title with Northwestern and finished fourth in the national meet. The schedule remains the same except that Minnesota will compete here for the first time in place of Iowa. The following lettermen are avail-I able: G. W. Barry, F. W. Holbrook,I R. J. Kieding, F. R. Schroeder, H. W. Stout, Chicago; E. H. Wagner, Elgin :and G. A. Webster, Des Plaines. Frank Sweetman won his letter last year, but is at present ,ineligible. On previous records, Kieding, Holbrook and Schroeder are out- standing. Kieding won all his races. in dual meets last season and plac- ed third in the national and Big Ten 220 and 440 yard free style events. Schroeder, captain of the water polo team, placed third in the conference breast stroke. In this event in the national, Hol-, brook finished fourth. SORT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. Basketball: Tuesday-Chicago, here. Saturday-Illinois, there. Wrestling: Saturday-Northwestern, here Hockey: Friday-Wisconsin, here. Saturday-Wisconsin, here. Swimming: Friday - Northwestern, 'there.- Saturday--Chicago A. A. at Northwestern. San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 22 - Forced to find a new practice field because the Giants are to hold two practices daily and cannot share' their diamond, Manager Donnie Bush. will move the Chicago White Sox to Van Daeke stadium next week. tp ai to i e; auy) IOWA CITY, Feb. 22.-On the roll of the official all-American track and field team, for the fifth time in seven years, appears the [name of a University of 'Iowa ath- ilete. The latest occupant 'of ;a place is Edward 'L. Gordon, Jr., the Negro broad jumper who -hurtled to three major chamiponshi'ps last scason, including the National A. A. U., title. He was named :by Dan J. Ferris, secretary-treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Union. - Compared with Brookins. So the -lanky, 180-pound, 20-year old athlete 'from Gary, Ind., form- ally bas 'ensconsed himself with Charles 'R. 'Brookins, all-American 220-yard ltw hurdler in 1923, 1924, and 1925, and Frank J. Cuhel, who PURPLE SWIMMERS A PPEAR ANGROU (Special to The Daily)> EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 23-Pros- pects that Northwestern univer-, sity's swimming team will clinch' the national intercollegiate title .again this year appeared bright following the record breaking per- formance turned in at the recent dual meet with Wisconsin.I Capt. A. Schwartz, the Purple'sl free style ace knocked a half sec- ond dff! his own national collegiate record 'for the 100 .yard 'dash, ne- gotiating the distance in :51.5. This is the fastest that :the century has been swum this year. By the time the national championships are held at 'Harvard, March 28-29 he expeCts to lower this mark still further. Northwestern's 160 yard relay. quartet -also contributed to the ree- ord breaking by equalling the world; record !of 1:14 head by the ChiCago A. A. This betters -the Purple's own1 national record of 1:14.4. 'MeM- bers of the team are Dick -Minch, Bill Covode, Bill Wilson and Al' Schwartz. Don Peterson, breast stroke star, I also indicated that he has hit the ieak of his form by swimming the 200 yards in 2:37 'which is two- fifths of a second under his Big Ten record. vwon the 1928 onor in th e same event. He is entering his second year of intercollegiate competition. Only six years ago, a scrawny adolescent who , had grown too fast, Gordon was sickly and car- ried only 115 pounds on his six- foot frame. His father, believing that he might build up, compelled him to compete in athleties. Had No Reputation. Gordon high jumped 'and low' hurdled, developed fast, but enter- ed the University of Iowa with no reputation as a broad jumper, his |sole attempt in high school net- Iting barely 22 feet. 'concentration upon the event during his freshman year, how- ever, resulted in consi'stent leaps over 24 feet, and membership on the American Olympic team of 11928. At, the international games, he finished seventh, with a bad muscle holding his performance about a foot. short of his best dis- tance. With the impetus of his power- ful run and a tremendous push 'on the take-off board, Gordon's "springy" legs propelled 'hiln to the Western Conference, National Col- legiate, and National A. A. U. championships last season. His best leap was 24 feet, 81/ inches, and in four of his six'efforts he us- ually exceeded the 24-foot mark.. BOilermaker Nine tQ Have Nineteen Games (Special to The Daily)M LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 22 - Nineteen games, including 11 Big Ten tilts and eight non-conference' engagements, have been scheduled for Purdue's 1930 baseball hle, It: was announced today by Director of Athletics N. A. Kellogg. The season will open on April 4 with the first of "a three-game home series with Wabash