THE MICHIGAN DAILY ~WEDNESDAY, MARCH{ 4, 1931 ,__"- to Hold Time Trials for dig Ten Tilt I FI$HER ST ARTS rnnin fFT R EGULAR DRILL5 IVILT ---LISTEDWTHILLINI' NEW BOSTON PILOT WILL ATTEMPT TO LIFT RED SOX OUT OF CELLAR | Wolverine Freshman' Favored to Defeat Thinclads Tearn From Illinois. - - - Zjchigan's y e a r i . n g thinclads will open activities today at 4:15 o'clock when the starting e'vent of the first telegraphic meet of the year is scheduled to get under way. The Wolverines' opponent is Illin- The mile relay and the mile run are the only events on the program. S 1 1 ' Varsity baseball mentor, who has i started work with the candidates, for infield and outfield positions on the Wolverine diamond team. Up to this week only pitchers and catchers have been reporting for practices. Many Students Take Advantage of Offer to Learn From Coach Courtright. Although the Intramural class in golf instruction for' faculty mem- bers still contains room for six .or seven more, the student classes, conducted under the direction of Ray Courtright, are filled to over- flowing and progressing smoothly. Interest in golf on the campus seems to be greater than ever be- fore, reports Coach Courtright, and the manner in which the beginning students, numibering over 30, areI taking held of the game is also particularly gratifying to the coach. In the classes only the funda- mentals of the game are stressed, and Courtright feels that if he can impart these elements to the be- ginning students, he will be well rewarded. which will continue through Fri-a day, that will be run off this af- ternoon. The Michigan events will take place in Yost Field house. On' the second day the 60-yard dash, 880, broad jump, and 35-pound weight will be held. The 65-yard high and low hurdles, 440, 2 mile run, high jump, pole vault, andl shot put will conclude the meet on Friday. Lost to 'adgers. Illinois' freshman track team went down to defeat in a telegra- phic meet with the Wisconsin yearlings previously this season by a score of 50-45. The affair this week according to the relative times of the two squads should be an- other close contest, although the margin of victory for Michigan over the Illini will probably be greater than that for the Badgers. In the trials held on Monday, Younger, McRoy, Horton, and Le- men were picked to compose the mile relay team for the Wolves.1 Every member of this quartet is ani outstanding runner in the 440-yard, dash. McManus and Alix are the best Michigan yearlings in the mile run. Renwick is the sLur performer in the 60-yard dash, with Younger, Horton, and Alix listed as the out- standing runners in the half-mile. In the two-mile run, McManus and Dickson will be the Michigan en- tries. Heston and Jusek are the best in the hurdles. Jumpers Favored. Michigan's point total should re- ceive a big boost in the high jump as three of the men, Immel, Moisio, and Trybyszewski, have been clear- ing the bar at better than 5 feet 10 inches. Lassala and Myers have shown the most proficiency of the yearlings in the pole vault, while Rea and Myers have made some good performances in the broad jump. In the weight events, the most outstanding men are Salmon, Blumenfeld, Funderburk, and Pat- rick ._ By Sheldon C. Fullerton. ' is not worrying Collins. Although it (Editor's Note: This is the eighth' seems incredible when you gaze at of a series of articles dealing with the team's percentage of wins and the chances of the major league losses, the Red Sox boast of one of clubs in 1931.) the strongest mound staffs in either major league. Such men as Danny Little can be written of the fav- McFayden, Milt Gaston, Jack Rus- orable explots of the Boston Red sell, Ed Morris, and Horace Lisen- Sox in the last six years of their bee would be ail asset to any team; existence in the American League. to the Red Sox they are the one Each one of those half dozen sea- hope of salvation. sons has seen the pr te 'es of Bob Quinn camped firmly i ? junior circuit cellar, with a ne. :nanager Backing up these regular hurl- almost every year trying to raise ers is a host of newcomers and the team from the dumps into rookies, the list including Durham, which it has slipped. Bushey, Wilcey Moore, formerly of This year another new pilot is the Yankees, Milliken, Simmons, going to try to succeed where others Kline, Murphy, Burns, Brillheart, in recent years have failed. John and Collingwood. Brillheart has had Collins, a former outfielder on both several year's experience in both the Boston and Chicago American major loops, and should be the League teams, and a veteran player club's leading southpaw.I and manager of minor league teams It is not the pitching staff that in the last few seasons, has been has failed to win games for Boston, signed to replace Bill Carrigan, who but it is the weak batting strength gave the managing of the Hose up offered by the rest of the club. as a bad job last year. Several fair hitters are included on Pitchers are the one thing that its roster, but up to the present Pitchersar __ - ------ there has not been one man who can be classed as a fence buster. With the signing of Gene Rye, a half-pint from the Texas League, BALLCollins may have solved this prob- lem. Rye, although small in stature,. has a reputation for being a slug- B TTING ger of some note, and may pull the Sox out of the rut. Large Squad Reports for First Chances are that Rye will win one of the regular outfield berths, Workouts of Season in with the others going to members Field House Cage. of last year's team, Earl Webb anct Tom Oliver. Russ Scarritt is the With the general call for Varsity most likely choice for reserve duty, baseball candidates, more than 50 while one or two will be kept from men reported to Coach Ray Fisher. a list including Van Camp, Lucas, Included in this number were seven McSwain, Winsett, and Rothrock. or eight of what Coach Fisher The latter, if he has returned to termed excellent outfield prospects. condition following his illness of Hudson and Daniels, who are still last year, will be a great help to l occupied on the basketball court, the club. are the only veterans still in school, Ruel May Catch. who have not reported. Muddy Ruel, former Washington 'backstop, has been acquired and List Four Catchers. I may aid some in the catching de- Fisher's chief worry for the com- I partment. It is more likely though ing season consists in finding cap- that he will be used largely in the able boxmen, and to this end he! capacity of a coach. Berry and is devoting most of his efforts. Al- Connally, both holdovers from 1930, though he has no veteran catcher probably will share the major part to fall back on, this particular pos- of the backstopping. ition is not as troublesome to the Bill Sweeney has the inside track coach as his' hurling staff, as he has for the first base job since Phil a fine group of sophomores with Todt has been shipped to the Ath- which to work. Douglass, Diffley, letics. Reeves and Regan will be in Carr and Moore, the last a junior, the running for the second base appear to be the leading candidate position, while Otis Miller should for the backstop position. be back at third. Rothrock, how- Batting practice is the chief item ever, may be shifted in from the on the order of business for the re- outfield to try again to win this mainder of the squad. In yester- (Continuets on Page 7) day's workouts Thornburg, Travers, and Gersbach took their turn in lobbing them over, while the re- cruits attempted to fasten their hitting optics on the elusive sphere. Newcomers Report. Included in the list of men re- porting to Fisher at the first prac- tice appeared the following names: Carr, Moore, Knight, Egan, Salis- bury, Dileo, Diffley, Douglass, Man- uel, Shriver, S i m o n s, Steinke, Kracht, Superko, Braendle, Rich- mond, McCormack, Lindsay, Tomp- kins, Drabicker, Butler, and East- man.FEW12SI The battery men who had pre- viously reported were: Wistert, Kaplan, Bartholomew, Love, Jould, Thorburgh, Hazen, Evans, Purdum, McNeill, Gersbach, Travers, Wilson, Folger, Whiting, Wildern, Compton, Presby, Kiegler, and McKay. Michigan Ex-Captain Will Coach Denison s 5 t W George 1Rih, Wolverinxe football cautain in 1928, who eicently accepted a posi- tion as head coach of the grid game at Denison College in Ohio. Deni-' son is a member of the Buckeye Stlhietic AssociaLion, Ohio's strong- est grid loop. ,CORBET T OFFERED CRACK A T HARVEY Injury to Fields May Give Rival Boxer Shot at Champion. (-v Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 3. - Young Corbett, of Fresno, Calif., whose puzzling southpaw style has led many of the leading welterweights NATATORS AIM 108 Other Teams Concentrate Their Attention on Stepping Strong Wolverines. With but one minor meet on the schedule before the Big Ten cham- pionships that will be held here March 13 and 14, Coach Matt Mann is pointing the Wolverine Varsity swimmers toward a Conference championship. Michigan is favored to take the meet but the competi- tion will be as keen as ever with the eight Conference schools which are entered in the championship concentrating on defeating the Wolverines. Indiana Out. With the exception of Indiana all the Big Ten members will place teams in the fray, and records will fall as the swimmers go through their paces. The Northwestern natators, who won the title last year are not rated as championship material as a team, but there ,are several individual stars who will doubtless givethe Wolverine hopes a severe scare before the titleholder is decided. In the championships last season, the Purple, after placing one more man in the finals than the Wolv- erines were able to qualify, as well as two relay teams to the Michigan squad's one, came through to cop the first honors in the Conference, after having been triumphed over by Coach Mann's proteges in their dual meet. Swamp Wildcats. The Wolverines have defeated the Purple this year also in a dual meet by the overwhelming total of 53-22, but there is always the pos- sibility that with an additional seven teams entered in the meet, the individual swimming stars may be able to cut out enough of the Wolverine places to considerably alter the final score. Nevertheless, Michigan should be able to evi- dence enough superiority to over- (Continued on Page 7) r , l i s y i to give him a wide berth, has been offered a bout with Len Harvey, British middleweight champion. Harvey had been matched to bat- tle Jackie Fields, former welter- weight champion, in M a d i s o n Square Garden, March 20, but Jackie has suffered a broken bone in his right hand. FRATERNITY JEWELRY I PARTY FAVORS I ARCADE JEWELRY SHOP CARL F. BAY -r. a ..,.a.. A . A. a.. ... . . .. EWELER AND OPTOMETRIST Nickels Arcade presents the If the enthusiasm which has been created keeps up, there is a possi- bility that outside classes will be given on a much larger scale than has been possible working in the nets at the Intramural building. While this is still in doubt, much' more demand for instruction will surely bring it about. BIG TEN STANDINGS W L Northwestern . ... 11 1 Minnesota........7 4 Purdue ............7 4 Michigan.........6 4 Illinois............ 7 5 Indiana ...........5 6 Wisconsin ........ 4 8 Chicago...........3 7 Ohio State ....... 3 7 Iowa ............. 2 9 Pct. .916 .637 .637 .600 .583 .495 .333 .300 .300 .199 MICHIGAN MODEL FOR SPRING 1931 Again Del Prete presents a new model for spring-It is truly the best we ever had. We cordially invite you to try it on and examine the faultless tailoring, the fabric, the style, the fit, the silk lining. 2 trousers or knicker suits $35 to $45 There is a fine array of fabrics to choose from - tweeds, homespun, twist, worsteds, and cheviots in every * "shade that is in style. TOPCOATS TOO Tweeds and Llamas will be in de- inand with the plain or belted back. 48 or 50 inches long. $'25 to$3 New hats to match the suits and - topcoats-a real quality hat with silk lining, $5.00 $4.50 free merchandise with, each El III 5- I