193 THE MICHIGAN, .DAILY THE MICHIGAN DAILY From the PRESS BOX By John Thomas Fred Ratterman ,i * * HE GAMEST ATHLETE at Mich- igan-is the title held by hard-! luck Lawrence Frederick Ratterman. Kipke called him that last year and the story was widely publicized in all; of the Detroit papers. In Cincinnati he was known as the best athlete ever produced in their high school system. He was captain of the All-Cincinnati high school football team and rated among the first five players in the state by Ohio State coaches. He was an All-South- western Ohio forward in basketball. He ranked as number one in Cin- cinnati and Southwestern Ohio in tennis. He captained the champion- ship high school baseball team. Inj all, his record was the best ever com- piled by a player there. Needless to say, every college in the country made overtures to him but he chose Michigan in spite of the tempting offers. He was a sensation in his freshman year here, starring in both football and basketball. His bid for the Chicago Alumni trophy in spring football was strong enough to cause a four-cornered race be- tween Everhardus, Fay, Heston, and Ratterman. In the first practice of his sopho- more year, Ratterman suffered a severe knee injury. After a thorough examination it was pronounced that he'd never walk again. However one of the outstanding surgeons in the country gave him another chance. No one had the least doubt about his athletic career. He was done. But Fred had another idea about it. Last summer he ran one mile everyday and swam the same distance every- day, building up that leg of his. He reported to Kipke in the best possible shape, possibly better than anyone else on the squad this fall. Through the winter he kept in shape with handball and squash and reported to Coach Ray Fisher for baseball this spring. He has been forced out of baseball for the past several years and has had a hard time finding his batting eye. But now he has it. In last Thursday's practice! he belted a sure homer, but was held to third by a slight hip injury which' had no connection with his old knee injury; His hitting in the last few practices has been one of the few pleasant surprises in store for Coach Fisher. Grid ders Hold Freshmen Hold' Long Scrimmage Trials For First On Ferry Field Outdoor Meet Tracksters To Michigan Net Meet Ypsilanti Squad Defeats Here Tuesday Teachers, 4-3 Everhardus, Remias, Fay, Tessmer Are Backfield For Varsity Blues Make Quick Score Veteran Half Skirts End For Touchdown After Pass, Blocked Punt In the qualifying runs for the com- ing Ohio State telegraphic meet for ! the freshman tracksters, nine men I won through the trials and will rep- resent Michigan in the mile run, mile relay, and 100-yard dash events. Three men qualified to competeI againstthe Buckeye yearlings in the j mile run. Gorman ran first in the trials, clipping the tape with a timeI of 4:40.9. Stockton and Randall weroe thne other men to come through, placing second and third respectively. rgd m m d Patton, Starr, Norris, and Kauff-I Four grid teams composed ofE man will compose the mile relay1 forty-four perspiring Wolverine grid- taim Patton monethe qua r heat ders went through a scrimmage ses- with 52.6 seconds. sion yesterday afternoon on Ferry earnes and Drennan took the 100- Field, former battleground of ancienta Maize and Blue machines. The work- yard dash honors, Barner winning in out began at 2 p. m. and several hun- -._._seonds__ dred spectators witnessed the pro-; ceedings. 'I *an Everhardus, Fay, Remias and Tess- mer comprised the backfield of the Teais Reach 2nd starting Blue team which represent- ed a skeleton Varsity lacking the g sep r Schedule grid stars participating in spring ek O to leize sports. In less than four 'minutes after kicking off, the Varsity had Intramural softball reaches the scored a touchdown. end of its second week of competition The White team, after a good run- with the following teams leading back of the kickoff by Ponto, was their respective league in the fra- held on two line plunges. Then Pon- ternity division: Delta Kappa Ep- to's kick was blocked and recovered silon; Psi Upsilon, Delta Sigma Pi by the Blues. A snappy forward pass and Phi Alpha Delta (tie); Phi Beta by "Zit" Tessmer brought the ball ! Delta; Sigma Nu tlast year's cham- down to the five-yard line, and Ever- pions); Beta Theta Pi; Chi Phi; hardus skirted the end to score. Delta Tal Delta; Delta Chi and Beyond that point the play was Alpha Kappa Lambda ttie); Tau ragged, with frequent fumbles on the Delta Phi: Phi Lambda Kappa and part of both Phi Beta Pi (tie). teams. Everhar- Leaders of the four leagues in the dus was doing independent division are: D. D.'s, some good punt- Humpty Dumpti-s, Bluebirds, and ing, while Dock- Fli ng Dutchmen. sh aw f a r t h e shwf o rt hf eFaculty Softball Next Week Whites got~ off some fine kicks. Faculty softball will get under way Ponto and Tess- next week when Mathematies takes mer were both on Zoology at 5 p. m. Tuesday and successful in line Chemistry battles Swimming Club at plunges. the same time Thursday. Both games Lateral passes will be played on South Ferry Field. from Everhardus ; More entries are desired before com- TESSMER to Fay netted a petition starts. good many yards Intra-fraternity tournaments in during the first quarter, both vet- tennis and horseshoes started this erans handling the ball on difficult week as Theta Kappa Psi, Theta Chi, laterals with ease. Blocking for the Phi Mu Alpha, Sigma Chi, Phi Kappa runners was fair on the Blue team Sigma, Zeta Psi, Phi Lambda Kappa, and particularly unsuccessful for the Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Nu, and, Whites. Beta Theta Pi survived the first "Zit" Tessmer did a good job of round of court competition and Phi running the Blues. Despite the fact Gamma Delta piched their way to that the afternoon was hot, the ma- victory over Phi Kappa Sigma. There chine went through plays with snap are 32 horseshoe and 48 tennis teams and precision. entered. Will Open Home Season On Ferry Field Against Strong Huron Team Michigan track followers will be given their first opportunity to see the Wolverine cinder squad in action , when they meet a strong aggrega- tion from Ypsilanti at 4 p. m. Tues- day, on Ferry Field. Coach Charlie Hoyt has entered his entire squad of 36 in the home curtain-raiser. A close battle is in prospect as the Ypsi outfit boasts many stars in its roster.- Perhaps the most prominent man on the Huron squad is Eugene Beatty, negro hurdler, who won the 400-meter event at the Penn Relays' Friday. He will match strides with Egleston and Pantlind of the Wolves. Turner To Met Quinn Ned Turner will not have things too easy in the half-mile as he will be pitted against Tom Quinn, sensa- tional middle-distance star. Quinn was National Interscholastic cham- pion in his high school days and was a threat in last year's Olympic try- outs. Michigan entrants are: High Jump -Ward, Moisio, Cox; Shot Put- Blumenfeld, Salmon, Damm, Bacon; Javelin - Kosetchek, S c h m i el1e r, Damm, Northrop, Thornburg; Broad Jump-Ward, Schell, Rea; Discus- Damm, Gillilan, Bacon; Pole Vault- Jennette, Lassila, Northrop, Humph- rey. 100-Yard Dash-Ward; Kemp, Ieston; Mile Run-Howell, Childs, McManus; 220-Yard Dash - Kemp, Ellerby, Heston; 120-Yard High Hurdles-Egleston, Pantlind, Ward, Haefele; 440-Yard Dash-DeBaker, Allen, Ellerby, Akershoek; Two-Mile Run-Hill, R. Howell, McMillan; 220-Yard Low Hurdles - Egleston, Pan lind, Haefele; 800-Yard Run- Turner. Lemen, Braden, Freeze. Dick Snell, Michigan's tennis squad W L Pet. was able to eke out a win over the 'New York............9 2 .818 strong Western State net aggregation Chicago .............. 9 4 .690 yesterday at Kalamazoo. Cleveland ............ 7 6 .538 Siegel, conqueror of George Rein- Washington .......... 7 6 .538 del of the Detroit Tennis Club last Detroit ............... 6 6 .500 week, smashed out his second singles Boston..............4 7 .364 victory of the season over Laevin, Philadelphia .......... 4 9 .308 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 and teamed with Snell St. Louis .............4 10 .286 in the doubles to set down Hart and Detroit, 4-10-1, Rowe, Herring, Laevin, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Snell's defeat Nekola and Hayworth; St. Louis, 11 of Geren was accomplished with -10-0, Hadley, Gray and Ferrell. ease, 6-2, 6-3 and his win together Washington, 6-8-1, Weaver and with Baldwin's triumph over Shober, Sewell; New York, 3-11--1, Gomez, 6-4, 6-4 provided the necessary mar- Brown and Dickey. gin to keep Michigan netters in the MacFayden,eveland,4-9--1, Ferrell and winning column. Spencer; Chicago, 1--8--3.Lyons Coach Johnny Johnstone although Faber and Grobey elated over the performance of his P number one,twndfvrnkg Philadelphia, $--10--3, Grove and numernetws , and five ranking Cochrane; Boston, 3-10--1, H. players, was disappointed with NisenoJohnson, Welch and Shea, and Sandusky, ranking three and four respectively. Nisen lost to Hart, 8-10, 2-6 and In spite of eleven hits against them Sandusky dropped his match to Gla- the Boston Braves, due to two hom- ser, 3-6, 3-6. In the doubles Nisen and Sanduskey went down to Glaser and Germen, 4-6, 3-6. Johnstone expressed optimisim over the possibilities of Michigan's suc- ess in the Conference tournament, CB art taking into view the win over De- troit Tennis Club, undefeated by Custom1 Tal or Through the brilliant and stellarI performances of Seymour Siegel,1 sophomore tennis star, and Captain' "Schoolboy" Rowe, the Tiger's ers by Berger, won their ball game pitching find, was again knocked off yesterday 6 to 3. However the Cubs the mound when the St. Louis also came through with a win over Browns collected seven runs in their Cincinnati and left the Braves still in half of the seventh to win 11 to 4. the cellar position in the league. By AMERICAN LEAGUE virtue of a 2 to 1 victory over the Dodgers the Giants retained a secure hold on first place. NATTONAJ LEAG UE Michigan for years, and the latest victory over Western State. The Ieachers have tied Chicago this sea- son, 3-3, and the Maroons in turn have defeated Iowa and Northwest- ern, a strong net team. Johnstone, however, would feel more confident, if he had a better balanced team. Michigan takes on Michigan State at 3 p. m. next Tuesday here in what promises to be an interesting clash. 0 F,, FOR TENNIS Rackets and Restringing HANK PENDELL Chi Phi House Call 4295 Former Varsity Tennis Player Work Called For and Delivered EXPERT WORK AT ECONOMICAL PRICES F h L ti 1-11" .. I THE FORTIETH ANNUAL OFFERS YOU THE MAY FESTIVAL of the University Musical Society has been one of America's leading musical attractions. Reviewed and pub- licized as heavily in the Metropolitan Press as in the local papers, it is a performance of national interest. 0 Students, Townspeople, faculty, and even Detroiters avail themselves of this annual oppor- I om And Other Headliners 1 GRETE STUECKGOLD, of the Metropolitan Opera, is new to Ann Arbor. She started at Nuremburg. and subequently appeared in Berlin and Munich, where her future success was assured. "Over the Counter" Sale of C rse kets Begins JASCHA HEIFETZ, Violinist, World Renowned Virtuo Saturday, May 6, at 9 a. m. at the School of Music CONDUCTORS EARL V. MOORE, Musical Director )so ti I II