-I THE MICHIGA*N DAILY TUESDY, PrBRUARY 24, 1931 Boilermakers Arm" t z . ,, e ., _-, , F,. Adlrft -of tag am A rod Vlco tor.y 0 a ;i ;r;,'; , ' .j ,.f'';, YANKEE MOUND STAFF AND INFIELD LIllini D OFFERDIFFICULTIES TO 'C ART HY r -E s Bad [Firk i i I t (Editor's Note: 'Iis is the second Ill n isr )ef eat Hoosiers 'ers Stop Bucks advanced to fifth place inference standings to Dal Sigwart Stars Against Indiana Ace I _ W . - r I. ** - - - - - - - - - W ! WY a WW1 am . W WWO of a series of articles dealing with the chances of the major league teams in 1931.) Joseph McCarthy, ex-pilot of the Chicago Cubs, in his first year as pilot of the New York Yankeesy faces a situation that, a few short seasons ago, was u known to Yankee teans. At that time the+ Gotham club was almost a sure bet' for the pennant before the season even started, but that time is past and the Yanks face a tough grind to even finish uP in second place in 1931. Four positions on the club are doubtful as the teann starts its training grind in the South. Sec- ond base, shortstop, third base, and left field all may be filled by one of several competitors, while the four hurlers who will constitute the backbone of the pitching staff have yet to be chosen. ,, i G , Cagers to Mect Badger Quintet at Madison; Northwestern Will Swim Here. Opening with a basketball game at Lafayette and a swimming meet at Champaign last night the Wol- verine athletic teams 1 a u n c h e d themselves into one of .e most strenuous weeks of compe. ion on the 1931 sports calendar. S e v e n teams will participate in a total of 12 contests during the week, of wh ch only four are scheduled as home encounters. This quartet of home ciigagements will take place on Friday and Saturday nights the hockey team playing host to Min- nesota on both nights, the natators facing Northwestern Friday, and the thinclads meeting Chicago Sat- urday night. Journey to Madison. After last night's encounter with the Boilermaker quintet, the Wol- verine cagers have but three games remaining on their schedule, one of which will be played on Satur- day when the Michigan five travels to Madison to take on the Badgers for the second time this season. The Wolves have yet a good chance to pull through a rather eventful season with a fairly good record should they win the rest of their games. However, Wisconsin still re- tains the sting of a 23-17 loss at the hands of the Veenkermen in Ann Arbor earlier in the season and Coach Meanwell is striving to fill the two positions left vacant by the graduation of his co-cap- tains. I in the Cc 7c i. .. .'Ue '1.J y. Ruth, Combs Safe. Of course no one can deny Babe Ruth and Earl Combs the right of p y g n h Y k ot e playing in the Yankee outfield. Those two stars would be regulars on any team in organized baseball,. and together they form a large per- 4 tion of the punch in the New York- attack. The third outfield position Powerful Nortawestcrn Cagers rests between several players, all Virtually Clinch Title of them more or less unknown in Conference. quantities. Dusty Cooke and Sam Byrd, both of them mediocre gar- All doubts as to which team is deners who battled forkthe position the best in the Western Conference last year, will be back, while two baetllrcwredsledat newcmer wh batledforthe aslgetball race were dispelled last newcomers who battled for thenight when Northwestern, leading position last year, will be back, the championship campaign by a while two newcomers, Fred Walker single game advantage over Minne- and Myril Hoag, will also be on sota, downed the Gophers last hand. Hoag is touted as one of the night by the overwhelming count best young players to ever come out 45-23 in their battle at Evan- of the coast league, and must at ston. resent be conceded the inside The victory by such a decisive chance for the job. margin halts all the hopes that the Fight for Berths. Minnesota five may have had on Lou Gehrig will have no compe- the championship. NorthwesternC tition for his first base job, but all now has a lead of two games on its of the other infield positions are nearest rival, with the Conferencel in doubt. Tony Lazzeri will be basketball season coming near its either at second or at third, and he end. No team now has a chance plays equally well at either posi- to overhaul the title bound Wild-I tion. If he is at second Ben Chap- cats, who have won nine out of the man and Joe Sewell, late of Cleve- 10 games it has played this year. land, will fight it out for the third The only defeat that has been' base assignment. If Lazzeri is sta- chalked up against Northwestern so tioned at the hot corner then far this year was at the hands of Chapman will become a candidate Illinois, who is at the present time against Jimmy Reese for the key- in the midst of a winning streak stone sack post. Lyn Larry, last that has attained the total of five year's shortstop, and Bill Werber, straight victories. Illinois also came who played a little with the team i within one point of downing the' (Continued From Page 6) Wildcats in the first game. pass Indiana last night as a re- sult of a 39-25 win scored over the Hoosiers at Bloomington. This was the fifth straight game that the Illini have won, after losing the first five contests of the season. In another Conference game played last night Wisconsin nosed out Ohio State in a close battle, the final score being 28-24 in favor of the Badgers. The vic- tory enabled Wisconsin to pass Chicago in the Big Ten race. MICHI'AN jHULL)_, Large Improvement Anticipated Over Weak Mound Staff of 1930 Season. Several of the hurlers on Coach Ray Fisher's Varsity baseball squad are beginning to round into form, giving rise to the hope that, streng- thened in this department, the Maize and Blue will be able to bet- ter their position of last year in the Big Ten standings. Last year's nine finished lower than any other team Fisher has coached in his 11 years at Michi- gan, mainly because of the weak-' ness in the pitching department. In the early workouts, Compton, who did most of the work last year seems to be coming along fast, and appears to be in a fair way to as- sume the mound burden again this season. Kiegler, McNeil, Presby, and Bartholomew are also showing up well in the early workouts. McKay, a left-hand prospect from last year's freshman squad, also is com- ing along nicely and may make a strong bid for a regular hurling (Continued on Page 7) Jack Starwas Wins Light-Heavy Championship of Michigan in Muskegon Tourney. Under the direction of Lester M. Philbin the boxing activities of the Intramural department have in- creased until 250 boxers take part in the year's program. Coach Philbin is one of the best boxing instructors in the country. He learned his ability from Johnny Kilbane, one of the cleverest ring champions of all time, and from Kilbane's manager Jimmy Dunn, the man who taught the champion. Hold Two Classes. There are 57 members enrolled in the active classes for instruction. The clasess are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons and on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Other classes are scheduled for the convenience of the mem- bers. Freshman turnouts have been unusually large this year, number- ing more than 80. Very few of these men have had previous boxing ex- perience and all are put through a series of tournaments after they have received sufficient instruction. The freshman boxing team is made up of the best of these men. Hold Tournaments. Interclass teams are chosen by elimination from the entries, all four classes having teams that are active in this field. The Juniors and the Freshmen met in the semi- finals last Friday night and the winners are to box the winners of the Sophomore-Senior bouts. The all-campus bouts are the highlight of the year's program. In this tournament the better boys under Philbin's tutelage who have been kept from the inter-class com- petition, will be given an oppor- (Continued on Page 7) a _R Dal Sigwart Varsity wrestler, who has been giving a good account of himself in the 118-pound division this year. Although he lost his match last Friday night, he was leading with considerable time advantage when Aldridge of Indiana unexpectedly pinned him. Lyn Lary Signs 1931 Contract With Yanks (By A Assorta,' Press) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 23. -The New York Yankees and good news for Manager Joe McCarthy arrived here at the same time. Coach Jimmy Burke visited George Pipgras at Hot Springs on his way down and reported the big pitcher is rapidly recovering from his ap- pendicitis operation while the home office in New York sent word that Lyn Lary had signed his contract. Swimmers Here. Of second importance on the schedule of events, is the dual swimming meet between the Wild- cats and Wolverines to be held in the Intramural pool Friday eve-. ning. After returning from a suc- cessful road trip on which the Wol- verines met Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois, in a period of four days, the Varsity tank team will take three days to get in trim for the all-important clash with their most worthy rivals from Evanston. The winners will probably wind up the season as Conference cham- pions, and shoud be watched in the national meets. Friday and Saturday marks the final hockey series of the year, with the Gophers invading Ann Arbor (Continued on Page 7) SPORTS WRITERS All second semester freshmen and upper classmen who are in- terested in trying out for The Daily sports staff are requested to report to the Daily offices in the Ann Arbor Press building to- morrow afternoon. No previous experience is necessary. I I1 The last Week of Our semi-ANNuaIClearance Sale i-eaturinga Remarkable values in hats gloves sweaters pajamas neckwear $3-$3.50 one dla of our regular fine quality suits including Hickey - Freeman. to be sold at thirty-nine fifty with the privilege of purchasing a second garment for only Shoes at prices well below the market Church Johnston & Murphy Big Ten Wagner- Eight I w t-- _ F = __ - k: = . F : . shirts at $1.95 Limited quantities-act promptly 3 for $5.50 I