SUNDAY, OCT. 9, 1932' THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE Griffiths Names Cronin As Pilot For Washington 26 -Year - Old Shortstop Gets One-Year Contract As Senator Manager Succeeds Johnson He Is Youngest Player Ever To Head A Major League Baseball Team WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. - (P) - Young Joe Cronin, brilliant short- stop who will not be 26 until Wed- nesday, is the new manager of the Washington Senators. Harking back, perhaps, to the time in 1924 when another youthful in- fielder, "Buky" Harris, led his team to a world championship, Clark Grif- fith, owner of the Washington Club, today announced Cronin's appoint-' ment. Cronin, who succeeds Walter John- son, was given a one-year contract. He is the youngest man ever named to head a major league baseball club and in addition is the youngest of the players who were regulars with the Washington Club last season. Jumped From High School A native of San Francisco, Cronin went from high school to league baseball. Before he was 19 he had been picked up by the Pittsburgh Pirates and was sitting on the bench during the World Series of that year with Washington. He saw his team hammer Johnson, the "Big Train," hard to win the deciding game. Sent to the minors for further sea- sohing, Cronin was with Kansas City in 1928 where Joe Engel, scout of the Washington Club, saw him. Engel decided that he was a fine fielder but an ordinary hitter. He recom- mended, however, that the Senators buy him. The purchase price was never announced but it was small. Cronin hit only .243 in 63 games in 1928, but the next year he began to find the range for big league pitching and boosted his mark to .282. Big Season in 1930 Since then he has been a consist- ent .300 hitter. His mark was .346 in 1930, the year he was voted the most valuable player in the league. He dropped to .306 in 1931 and rote to a .321 average the past season, driving in 120 runs. He is a right handed hitter and many of his blows are for extra bases. During the absence of Joe Judge, first baseman, for most of the past season, Cronin was an aggresive field leader. He remained in Washington after the season closed to have his ton- sils removed but will leave for San Francisco in a few days. Michigan State Triumphs Over Grinnell, 27-6 EAST LANSING, Oct. 8-Showing signs of having shaken the lethargy that has gripped the team for the past 10 or 12 days, Michigan State defeated Grinnell College, 27 to 6, here this afternoon. The Spartans mixed a hard run- ning attack with some neat forward passing to, accomplish the downfall of the Pioneers. They scored two touchdowns in the first period. With the passing attack working perfectly, State again pushed to the Pioneer's goal in the second half. A pass, Kircher to Monnett, put the ball in scoring position, and after three plunges Eliowitz carried it over. A pass later in the period took the ball over for the only Grinnell tally of the game. Near the end of the game, after working the ball down to Grinnell's 13-yard line on straight line bucks, Jones, substituting for M o n n e t t, tossed an 18-yard forward pass to Armstrong for the final scoring of the contest. Stars As Michigan Conquers Northwestern a .: -I Em luckeyes Tie With Indiana, Demonstrating his ability as a successor to Maynard Morrison, Michigan's 1931 All American, Charles Bernard, Varsity center, was outstanding on both offense and defense in yesterday's 15-6 victory over Northwestern. Wolverines Defeat Northwestern, 15-6; 55,000 See G ame (Continued from Page 1) covered it himself, and elected to place kick. He missed, and the ball was brought out to the 20-yardd line, as the missed kick made it a touch- back. Olson then kicked a 13-yard punt to his 33, one of his poorest for the day. Newman tried three passes, all incomplete, and the half ended just as Petoskey ° intercepted Rentner's pass on 50-yard line and brought it back to the 30. In the third quarter, Newman's sensational runback of Olson's punt, from Northwestern's 37-yard line to the eight, Where he was forced out of bounds, .started a Michigan drive. After he had gone out of bounds, Newman made two through the line, and Riley, big tackle, caught Fay behind the line of scrimmage for a four-yard loss. Newman made a suc- cessful place kick from the 15-yard lipe, concluding the scoring, 15-6. Northwestern threatened the Wol- verines-once in the fourth quarter. Auguston passed to Potter, who made a lateral pass to Rentner for 25. yards, stopping on the eight-yard line., With a first down and goal to go, Auguston made two and then one as Petoskey stopped him. Re- geczi sliced through the blockers and nailed Rentner for a 10 yard loss. Rentner thenpassed incomplete and Michigan got the ball on downs. A local theatre today will show the news-reel pictures of the game. STATISTICS Mich.' Yards gained by rukhing 91 By passing..........95 Penalties . ... ... 35 Passes attempted .......17 Incomplete ..... ... 9 Intercepted...........2 Time outs ..............5 First downs by rushing.. 1 By passing........... 3 By penalties.......... 1 Punting average ........37 Run-back of punts.....177 Fumbles........... .. 5 Fumbles recovered.......5 Fay carried ball 13 times, yards, gained 36, average 2 Regeczi carried ball 10 times, N. U 12 8 3 1 4 6 lost yard lost J. 7 5 5 7 8 2 5 8 2 0 2 1 5 5 2 .s' 3', T i i l 3 J ) GR V 5 5 2 . gained 27, average 2.4" yards. New- man carried ball 16 times, lost 15, gained 32, average 1 yard. Ever- hardus carried ball 3 times, lost 0, gained 11, average 3.66 yards. Hes- ton carried ball 2 times, lost 0, gained 5,- average 2.5 yards. Rentner carried the ball 22 times, lost 34, gained 75, average 2.3 yards. Olson carried the ball 10 times, lost 7, gained 30, average 2.5 yards. Sul- livan carried ball 7 times, lost 0, gained 40, average 5.7 yards.. Leeper carried ball 2 times, lost 0, gained 6, average 3 ards. Augustson carried ball 4 times, lost 0, gained 7, average 1.75 yards. Among 23 states having residents on the 110-man Notre Dame varsity, Indiana has the most, 20; Illinois and New York have 12 each; Michi- gan 10 and Ohio nine. I 7-7, In Opener' Fumble Gives Ohio StateI First Scoring Chance; Hoosiers Show Power COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 8-The Hoo-, siers of Indiana and the Buckeyes of I Ohio State opened their Western Conference football season here to- day with a 7 to 7 tie. A crowd of some 20,000 persons saw the game. Ohio was the first team to score, after beating off a strong Indiana drive in the first quarter. The Buck- eye touchdown came early in the second period when Veller of Indi- ana fumbled one of Cramer's quick kicks on his own nine-yard line. Ohio State recovered and scored on three plays. Cramer and Hinch- man carried the ball to the five-yard line, after which the elusive Carroll circled left end for a touchdown. Vucinich's place kick for the extra point was good. Opasik, Hoosier quarterback, in- tercepted a pass by Cramer in the third quarter, carrying the ball 38 yards to the Ohio 19-yard line, whence a series of plunges culmi- nated in Veller's going over for a touchdown. Kehich kicked the ty- ing point. Twice in the first half Indiana came close to touchdowns, but the Buckeye line held both times. Early in the game Indiana attempted a place-kick from the 10-yard line aft- er failing to gain on two line plays, but it went wild. Again, just before the half ended, Indiana pounded its way to a foot from a tally, but was stopped by a gallant Ohio State stand. In the third quarter, after the score had been tied, a rapid overhead attack brought Indiana to Ohio's 19-yard mark, but this threat, too, was stopped. Ohio State made only one serious threat after its score in the second period. This was just a few plays before Opasik intercepted the pass that led to the tying touchdown. Cramer ran back the kickoff 30 yards, and a series of end runs and slashed through the line carried the oval to the 20-yard line, where the Buckeyes were stopped. Kipke, Dorais To Speak At Banquet In Pontiac PONTIAC, Oct. 8-Harry Kipke, University of M i c h i g a n football coach; Charles E. Dorais, Univer- sity of Detroit mentor, and James H. Crowley, Michigan State grid tutor, are scheduled to speak at a banquet here Tuesday night. Ostrander Tops Opening Cross Country Trials' Hoyt Pleased As Veteran Is Timed At 12.58; Hill' Runs In Second Place Coach Charley Hoyt yesterday put his Varsity candidates through their first time trials of the year, with, as he expressed it, very satisfactory re- sults. The first man to finish was Floyd Ostrander, of last year's team, in the time of 12.58. He was followed by Hill, whose time was 13.14. The next two men ran a dead heat, finishing in 13.25. They were McManus and McMillan. The next five runners finished at intervals of five or six seconds: Clark 13.31; McKensie 13.35; Milnecher 13.41; Bednick 13.45; and Simons 13.56. Gerber's time was 14.37 and Zeigler's, 15.01. It was an excellent day for the trials. The course was dry and fast. The only drawback was a stiff wind that blew directly into the runner's faces all the way out, although it did help them along on the home stretch. The greatest disappointment of the trials was the fact that neither of the Howell brothers were able to run. Captain Roger Howell has been troubled with a blistered foot during the last week, while his brother, Roderic, has been sick. "The time was as good as could be expected for the first run," com- mented Hoyt. The showing of Os- trander and Hill was expected, but the times turned in by McManus, McMillan, Clark and McKensie were mildly surprising to Hoyt. In speak- ing of them he said, * "They're all good boys. Of course, we couldn't tell much today since these were the first trials of the season. We'll be able to say much more in the near future, particularly after next Satur- day's trials." Donnie Bush Standing Pat On Offer To Reds MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 8-(iP)-Un- less he makes a deal to manage th Cincinnati National League club Donnie Bush said today he would return next year to seek anothe American Association championship for the Minneapolis Millers. Bush said he was "standing pat' on his proposition to Sidney Weil president of the Cincinnati Reds, for a three-year contract at $25,000 an- nually. Plans for Minneapolis' 1933 team already are being made by Bush who lost the Little World Series to Newark of the International League FROM THE PRESS BOX By JOHN THOMAS TWO IN A ROW, and for the past two Saturdays men who were thought to be probable All Americans were stopped in their tracks by Mich- igan. Yesterday the Wolverine eleven was able to turn backmEnrest Pug' Rentner at the crucial moments, and last week the Maize-and-Blue war- riors stopped Bob Monnett, State's best bet. WOMEN are not allowed in the press box of the Stadium unless they are accredited sport writers. Yet yesterday the, tradition was broken when a women was serving in the newly-erected refreshment booth. And she did not have gold teeth either, AN ILLUSTRIOUS visitor--Joe E. Brown, well-known screen star and quite a baseball player himself, viewed the entire contest from the Press Box. An interview with Mr. Brown will be found elsewhere in the paper. Personally we did not notice a big mouth, but rather a medium sized one. TWO UNUSUAL injuries occurred in the course of yesterday's con- test. Albert Lowrey, varsity cheer leader, suffered a dislocated knee and was carried from the field. The sec- ond accident came late in the game when one of the officials suffered a charley-horse and had to call time out for himself. Ministrations of Ted Petoskey and Dr. Lyman put him back in shape. PICTURES of the battle will be seen throughout the country. Over 20 cameramen were present, some taking stills and five newsreel companies were represented. RENTNER is a strange name. It has been combined with Pug to identify an All-American. But the strangest thing about it, so the lino- type operators report, is that it can be spelled backwards and it still re- mains r-entne-r. 0 *ial rain" To COLUMBUS OHIO For MICHIGAN- OHIO FOOTBALL GAME ll t For The University of Michigan BAND and ROOTERS, The Ann Arbor R. 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