AY 1, 1934 THE MICHIGAN DAILY - Baseball Team Meets State In Home Opener Today Patchin Chosen To Start Game WithSpartans Michigan ine Seeks To Return To Form Afterc 16-2 Buckeye Debacle The Wolverine baseball team will' open its home season on Ferry Field at 4:05 p.m. today, against the Michigan State nine. Michigan has alreadyj played 10 games away from home,i winning four and dropping six. Four of them were Conference games in which the Wolverines broke even. The Spartans have a formidable team, not having been defeated since their southern training tour. On the basis of comparative scores, the State boys stack up a little stronger than the Maize and Blue. The Wolverines had a tough time in gaining a split series with Northwestern, losing the first game, 3-1, and taking the second in 10 inning, 7-5, Michigan State had an easy time with the Wildcats last week, downing them by a 9-3 margin. Patchin To Start Coach Ray. Fisher will probably start Art Patchin on the mound today with "Whitey" Wistert in reserve. Patchin has pitched good ball this season, with the exception of the Ohio State game Saturday in which he had a very abbreviated stay. Art has a good fast ball, but his most effec- tive ball has been a sharp-breaking curve. With the exception of several errors by Waterbor at short, in the two Ohio State games, the infield has been playing good ball. Paulson, after an erratic start has steadied, and is now fielding flawlessly around second base. He also continues to lead the team in hitting with a .372 average. Wistert and Oliver have been fielding well at first and third respectively, and Wistert hits the ball with more power than any of his teammates, Outfield Strong The outfield can hold its own with any collegiate outer garden in the country. To find a better outfielder than Ted Petoskey, one would have to confine his search to the big leagues. "Pete" covers twice as much ground as the average fielder, and he's the line drive type of hitter, very seldom popping up. Regeczi has prov- en himself an excellent fielder and a fair sticker, while Captain Artz con- tinues to smash all kinds of pitching, as he's done for the past two years. The recent series with Ohio State was one of the oddest on record. The Wolverines garnered 17 runs and 15 hits to rout the Buckeyes with their best pitchers in the box, 17-2. The next day Ohio Stat pulled the same stunt and beat Michigan by almost exactly the same score, 16-2. The boys are still trying to figure out how it happened. Michigan will make its home ap- pearance with the same lineup that has participated in the 10 games to date: Waterbor, short; Oliver, third; Petoskey, center field; Artz, right field; Wistert, first base; Paulson, second base; Regeczi, left field; Chapman, catcher; and Patchin, pitcher. BATTING AVERAGES AB H Pet. Paulson ........43 16 .372 Artz...........41 14 .341 Petoskey ........48 16 .333 Regeczi ........43 14 .326 Wistert ........34 10 .294 Waterbor.. ....46 13 .283 Chapman,.......40 10 .250 Lerner ..........17 4 .236 Oliver ..........39 8 .205 Patchin .........11 1 .091 PLAY & BY-PLAY ))ByAL NEWMAN-' U. S. Navy Plays Boog ey-N1 an.. . * * * 4WAR IS HELL," according to an old gent named General Sherman who fought in some general disagreement in this country some time ago resulting no doubt from something that happened in Congress. But Gen. Sherman never realized that lack of war also has disastrous effects. Gosh, look at what it did to the Navy last week. Having nothing better to occupy itself with, the entire U. S. Navy had a game of bogey-man down in the Canal-Zone last Wednesday. With bated breath they snuck through the Canal at record speed. Nobody on the ships was allowed to even sneeze, and everybody with coughs was sent down in the noisome depths of the hold and muffled heavily with mattresses and such. If a little boy had shot off a cap-pistol the gunners probably would have gotten nervous and blown the northern end off South America. It would have been a dirty mean trick to put on whiskers and a cape and with an indoor-baseball painted black in the hand, sneak out from behind a post and holler "Boo" at the first battleship. All the officers in sight would have died of heart-failure right on the spot. IT SAYS IN THE NEWSPAPERS that bombing by an enemy plane was feared. Incidentally, it would have had to be a record distance flight because the nearest foreign power whose intentions might, through any remote stretch of the imagination, be considered faintly hostile is at least three or four thousand miles away. After it was all over, and nothing more hostile than a couple of lamp- posts -at the Pedro Miguel locks was encountered, the Secretary of the Navy said "We wanted to see how quickly the fleet could get from one ocean to another." If they are out for speed records in that matter I might suggest going from the Pacific Ocean to the Antarctic Ocean. They could do that in nothing flat. Incidentally, the two hosstyle lamp-posts were taken care of in fine shape by the aircraft carrier Saratoga. With signal bravery the Saratoga knocked off the posts in good shape. It was a pathetic spectacle . . . the entire U. S. Navy armed to the teeth parading through the Panama Canal with all the precautions you can imagine. Even the cables and dispatches were strictly censored. They must have had Will Hays along. It's not that I don't recommend ordinary care in snaking 111 ships through the Canal, but I think in view of the conditions of peace that they might just have told the helmsmen where to steer and then gone to sleep. Of course, there should have been a few handling the lines at the locks and what have you. My own opinion is that they were trying to sneak up on Dillinger from behind. 'Team Wasn't Good Enough,' Explains Hoyt Trackmen Not In Proper Physical Condition For Relays, Says Coach "We just weren't good enough," was Coach Charlie Hoyt's brief, but to the point, summary of Michigan's disappointing performance at the Drake Relays last Saturday." With 12 men entered in the classic event Willis Ward's second in the high hurdles was all the Wolverines had to show for their 2,000 mile jaunt. Continuing, Coach Hoyt said "The boys weren't ready for the meet. They hadn't had a chance to get in good condition with the weather as it was last week. Naturally they didn't do as well as was expected. They were,, however, as good as the other Big Ten teams entered." There are circumstances surround- ing Michigan's failure to come through, however, which are not found in Coach Hoyt's statement and newspaper reports of the meet. For one thing Willis Ward suffered a re- currence of a knee injury which he received in football. Coach Hoyt saw that it was bothering him and with- drew him from the high jump for fear he might strain his knee still further and face serious consequences. Ellerby Also Injured Along with this,sCapt. Tom Ellerby pulled a leg muscle in the sprint relay which kept him out of the mile event. Cass Kemp was sent in as a substitute for him, but not having trained for the longer distance Mich- igan's relay team was slowed up. It qualified in sixth place without El- lerby and, according to coaches, the Wolverines would have won second or third place had their captain been able to compete. In the individual events, Michigan's sophomores did as well as was ex- pected. Skip Etchells threw the discus 135 feet. Ed Stone surprised his fol- lowers with a heave of 183 feet in the javelin. Dave Hunn vaulted well past the 12 foot mark. The comic-tragedy of the meet came in the two-mile event. Neree Alix and Rod Howell were entered for Michigan and Alix, Big Ten indoor champion, was favored to finish among the leaders. Through a mis- understanding, however, both boys missed their call for the event, and neither competed; consequently they made the trip for nothing. Illinois Meet Saturday Netters Play Three Matches, But DogSees None Of Them NEW FILTER INVENTIO -/CELLOPHANE EXTERIOF MESH SCREEN INTERIO KEEPS JUICES, FLAKESan ALL OBJECTIONABL SUBSTANCES,+ BTfilter and out OBTAINABLEAL Ou YET ONLY- .SAPES PATENTED JULY 25.1933 . . 1.919.9,9 There was a little brown, dog with drooping ears who wanted to see the tennis matches that were held last week at the Ferry Field courts. There were three matches. Michigan played Ypsilanti on Wednesday, Michigan State on Friday, and opened its Big Ten season with Illinois on Saturday. But the little brown dog with drooping ears saw none of them. The reason for this was Lassie, Coach Johnstone's canine pet. Lassie, is a very old police dog and very faithful. She has been taught that the success of a Varsity tennis match depends upon whether or not little brown dogs with drooping ears are running about on the courts. And thus it was that every time the brown dog approached to watch the white balls bounce about he was met by a snarling, crouching police dog, very old and very faithful. The brown dog missed the Ypsi meet as a conse- quence. And that is too bad, for the ' Ypsi meet from the Michigan stand- point was a very jolly carnage, the local lads winning by a clean sweep of all matches, 12 to 0. So the brown dog, with ears droop- ing lower than ever, went away, but he came back. He came back Friday, the day the meet with Michigan State was scheduled; he came back for an- other try at the white, bouncing balls. Lassie did her duty and kept the per. sistent little dog at bay, but Mich- igan lost, nevertheless, 5 to 4. Coach Johnstone tore his hair and pulled Joe Appelt from the number one position, which he had gained by his fine play against Ypsi, and put in Dan Kean, Negro youth who had won two matches at second and third rankings. Saturday came, as did the Illini, and Dan Kean came through in fine, if not miraculous style, settling Johnstone's worries about the number one position for the time being at least .Michigan tied, 3 to 3, and it was Kean's phenomenal net game that made it possible. At the base line he was only fair, but when he came in on the net he looked great. He also established himself as a money player of the first order. The games were 5-3 against him in the second set of his singles match before he began to click; but when he did Stan Braun, his opponent, was helpless. The little brown dog with the drooping ears, however, missed all this. He did not even show up Sat- urday, which was certainly a bad piece of luck, because Lassie, for some unknown reason, was not present either. SLACKS! YES! We Have Them in Cotton and Wool -- FLANNELS in Light and Medium Shades of Grey and Tan and White in Stripes, Checks or Plaids. A most complete stock to select from. Your correct size is here. $1 .9 to $6.50 -SPORT COATS- Plain and Bi-Swing Backs. Single- or Double-Breasted in Tan, Blues and Fancy. $12.00 THE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN .309 SOUTH MAIN A, dim. WOMEN'S SPORTS Football Game Is Scheduled For Saturday Introducing Ruthie Root ~ "The choice of Ruth Root for the Under a broiling sun Coach Kipke's office of president of the Women's spring grid players yesterday swung Athletic Association was a particu- into the last week of practice before larly good one," said Miss Marie the final game to be held in the Sta- Hartwig, head of the Intramural dium Saturday afternoon. athletics department yesterday. "She, Coach Kipke made some last min- has proved her competency by acting ute changes in the personnel, shiftingI as house athletic manager for two players from the Blue to Yellow squad Charles kocsis Is Placed At Scratch, In District Ratings Chuck Kocsis, number one man on the Varsity golf team, added another to a long list of link honors when he was the only golfer in the metropoli- tan area placed at scratch in the Detroit District Golf Association's handicap ratings for 1934, which were announced Saturday. Kocsis held this honor in 1931 and 1932, but was ineligible for ranking last year. Woody Malloy, Varsity number three man and a player of great repute in local golfing circles, was given a handicap rating of three strokes, and Dana Seeley, also a member of the Varsity golf squad and playing at the Barton Hills Country Club, was given four strokes. ,Carl Markham, who holds down one of the positions on the Varsity squad and who also re- 'sides in Ann Arbor, was not listed because he has no club affiliations. Harry Kipke, head football coach, and Jack Blott, one of his assistants, were given handicap ratings of six and seven strokes respectively. BASEBALL American League St. Louis 7, Detroit 2. Philadelphia 6, Boston 2. Chicago 20, Cleveland 10. New York 7, Washington 4. National League New York 5, Brooklyn 0. Philadelphia 5, Boston 4 (10 inn- ings). Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 6 (12 inn- ings). St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 6. PRICES THAT WILL PLEASE YOU! THE ATHENS PRESS Downtown - 206 North Main St. Dial 2-1013 Next to DowntownPostoflice Typewriting Paper at Reduced Prices Lo L r b years, and as an active member of the1 W.A.A. board." Ruthie, as she is affectionately known to almost all the girls on the campus, hails from Monroe, Michi- gan. Her interest in athletics did not begin until she became active in sports in her early school days. Since she has come to Michigan, her par- cipiation has been chiefly in team sports -hockey and basketball, and she has also swum, which she says "doesn't mean anything." During the past year, as well as beingactive on the honor class teams in hockey and basketball, she has been W.A.A. swimming manager. Her plans as to the future policy of W.A.A. during her term of office are as yet purely her own ideas, as the board has not yet met to formu- late a definite policy. One of her projects, however, is an All-Campus play day, which will bring together all girls on the campus, and provide a means of having them mingle in competition regardless of house af- filiation. and vice versa. This week the two squads will work separately developing plays which they will uncork Satur- day. Kipke himself is handling the Blue squad which includes most of the veterans, while Cappy Cappon is "head" coach of the Yellows. A final scrimmage is scheduled for Wednesday but Kipke said yesterday that this may have to be called off due to the great number of injuries suffered in last Saturday's battle. Eli Soodik, promising guard was out in street clothes yesterday, having turned his ankle in the scrimmage. The lack of capable punters has been evident all season, but Kipke said yesterday that Cedric Sweet has fine possibilities and may develop into a capable kicker. Matt Patanelli, freshman end, has also tried his hand at kicking. Vincent Aug, freshman, has shown himself to be the most capable passer on the spring squad, according to Kipke, and the blond youth may be very much in evidence Saturday. I- li The squad is now pointing for the Illinois meet, to be held on the Ferry Field track next Saturday. It being the only home meet of the year, the Wol- verines are more than anxious to make a good showing. With the weather perfect for prac- tice !ast night, Coach Hoyt sent his tracksters through one of the most rigorous drills of the season. He plans to hold time trials for his men both today and tomorrow in a hurried at- tempt to give them the conditioning that they need and have so far lacked. Coach Hoyt hopes that both Ward's and Ellerby's injuries will be healed enough to enable them to compete against the Illini. This is almost too much to expect, however, and the Wolverines will undoubtedly compete at a disadvantage. Illinois has always been a strong track school. 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