FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1935i THE MICHIGAN DAILY Varsity Opens Big Ten Varsity Seeks Leadership In Baseball Race Illini-Michigan To Feature Strong Pitching A n dI Air-TightInfield Leadership in the Big Ten base- ,all race will be the most important .tem at stake when the league-lead- ng University of Illinois baseball team meets the second-place Wol- verines on Ferry Field tomorrow, but two individual features of slightly lesser significance presented by both teams will, add a human-interestj touch to the crucial contest.j Most of the Illini's power this year lies in their pitching and infield.I Illinois sport scribes have Worn their typewriter ribbons thin singing the praises of their star sophomore hurler, Hale Swanson, who is of Swedish descent, throws a hard fast ball, but relies mainly on a fast-breaking curve. Taking into account Swanson's ex- ploits to date, it is suspected that it's not the old college loyalty alone which brings forth these glowing ac- counts. Swanson has already won three Conference games and lost one. He struck out 15 to beat Ohio State 5 to 2 in the opener. He only fanned 9 in defeating Wisconsin 4 to 0 but he regained his form by whiffing 13 Boilermakers Tuesday to submerge Purdue 7 to 3. That's good pitching for a sophomore, or any one else even though Ohio State, in a return game, drove him from the box with seven hits in four innings. Infield Good The Orange and Blue infield isn't as sensational as its pitching ace, but it now rates as one of the two best in the Big Ten, Michigan being the other. Capt. Ben Lewis at third leads the Illini at bat and in the field. He is hitting at a .450 clip. He looked like a great ballplayer here last year when Whitey Wistert beat Illinois 4 to 2. Lewis made one exceptional stop in that game, going far to his right to spear a hard grounder and throw a Wolverine runner out at the plate. Stormy Swikle was a steady fielder here last year, and he's purported to be a much improved ballplayer. He's only hitting .200 in four Conference games. At second, the Illini have their only newcomer in the infield, in Murray Franklin who is good enough to replace the keystone sacker from last year's champs. Franklin is one of the Orange and Blue's mur- derer's row, boasting an average of .400. Red Duffner, who hit a homer in the ninth off Whitey Wistert at Champaign last year, to beat Mich- igan 7-6, is back this year, but it's strongly suspected that Red will not hit anything like a homer Saturday off Berger Larson, who will know how to pitch to him. Rival Swedes Like Illinois, Michigan also has a pitcher whose ancestors hailed from Sweden. Berger (Swede) Larson, who will show the Illinois hitters what tricks a curve ball can do, hasn't as enviable a reputation asSwanson, only because Michigan hasn't played as many games as Illinois. Larson had the Ohio State batters transfixed at the plate when he let the Buckeyes down with two hits and eleven strike- outs in his only Conference start two weeks ago. In what should be the tightest hurling duel of the year when Larson and Swanson meet Saturday, the hurler who emerges on top will be recognized as the dean (not Dizzy Dean) of Big Ten pitchers. Enough has been said of the field- ing ability of Michigan's inner gar- den, except that it would be difficult to pick an all-star college infield which could emulate the Wolverine quartet of George Ford, Jack Teitel- baum, Clayt Paulson and Capt. Russ Oliver. The Maize and Blue can't equal the Illini in hitting strength, possessing no .450 hitters, but they'll be dangerous enough to give Swan- son a harrowing afternoon. Miller Enters Ten Fords In Annual 500 - Mile Classic Harry A. Miller, famed designer of race cars, has officially entered ten "Ford V-8 Specials" in the 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speed- way, making up the largest team ever to enter the grueling - contest. Weiss To Me Capt. Siegel Feature Ma Only Two Veterans To Reinforce Mar Two Others Rated Tennis Season Wit t * * Spring Squads In STAR* Are Ready For tch flTAnnual Tussle Tapering Off Exercises In View For Varsity Tracknien Back v a High AR J - ART ,ARSTNS--fI In the past although a large number Defending their Conference dual- of Fords have been nominated, few feet ther firstWBolverinenettpeitio have ever qualified and an even when they confront the University of smaller number have figured in the i Chicago tennis team this afternoon money winners. on the latter's courts in Chicago. It The announcement of Miller's en- was the Chicago meet last year which decided the title, when the Maize and tries, however, must be taken seriously Blue racqueteers edged their oppo- fdor he is the outstanding race car nents 3-2 in the final contest of the builder of the country, having wonseon every race since 1928, far outdis- seO last year's team, the Maroons tancing the Deusenberg family, which have but two veterans remaining to for some time was his close rival.,compose the nucleus of the 1935 The cars are all front-wheel drives group. Capt. Trevor Weiss .has been with special built chassis. In making 'No. 2 man for Chicago for two years, the entry no mention of the Ford Motor Car Co. was made and it is the opinion of experts that it has no interests in the team. The cars were constructed at Miller's private plant at 2340 West Lafayette Street, De- troit. Pilots for six of the speed creations have been chosen, including some of the outstanding drivers in the coun- try. They are: Peter DePaolo, winner in 1925; Dave Evans, Diesel veteran; Cliff Bergere, stunt man who has been in the money for the last five races; Billy Winn, outstanding dirt track driver; George Barringer, who will be trying for his second start; and Ted Horn, a new man from the Eastern ovals. The machines are to be largely stock of the standard V-8 type. Novel ScorRSin System Honors HighPoint Men A new experiment has been intro- duced in Intramural competition this year. A point system has been de- vised and kept during the year and the winners with the highet number of points will be awarded the Intra- mural monogram. About 50 to 75 numerals will be awarded. The oval shaped monogram will consist of an "M" in the center of the 1935 numerals with Michigan at the top and intramurals at the bottom. The emblem will have the Michigan colors with the dark blue as the background. Points may be accumulated in any ten of the 34 sports and may be made in either team or individual compe- tion. Individual entries are limited to the number of points they may earn in any one sport. For example, tennis tournaments are run in the fall, winter, and spring; singles and doubles. It is only possible to earn points in one tournament (singles or doubles), in one division each period of the year. This system would en- courage keener competition in the va- rious sports. In team athletics an individual par- ticipating in all games will receive the same number of points as earned by his team. However, if he partici- pates in part of the games he will only be awarded points in proportion to the number of games in which he played. For example, if his team is awarded 150 points for winning the basketball tournament and there were five games played, an individual play- ing in one game would receive one- fifth of the 100 additional points, or 20 points. This 20 plus the 50 en- trance points would allow him a total of 70 points. The final tabulation on the different players will be made at the end of the year and monogram with numerals will be awarded ac- cordingly. Whether or not the pro- gram will be continued depends upon how successful the system works out this year. sharing with Max Davidson the doubles championship crown for both years. He will face Capt. Seymour Siegel of the Michigan squad in the1 No. 1 match of today's conflict. Ellmore E. Patterson is the other Chicago player to boast of any ex- perience. He has been a letter-win- ner for two years, as has Weiss, and will pair with the captain to make up the first doubles team. Reports from the Windy City indicate that he will face Michigan's ace, Bob An- derson, in the singles rivalry. The remainder of the Chicago squad is composed of three sopho- mores. Normal Bickel, Norbert Bur- gess, and Herbert Mertz have all been stars in Chicago junior tennis circles. The first two received high ranking in the Western Tennis Asso- ciation. Miller Sherwood, Howie Kahn, and Johnny Rodriguez will probably be the ones picked by Coach John John- stone of the Wolverine squad to face the Chicago sophomores. Milton Es- kowitz, who was the sixth man to make the trip from Ann Arbor, is expected to fill the role of alternate today. Tomorrow the Wolverines will face the Minnesota tennis players, also in Chicago for a week-end of strenuous Conference net play. Maroons Get $900 Per Man As Play-Off Share MONTREAL, May 2. -(P) - Each member of the Montreal Maroons, winner of the Stanley Cup, will re- ceive $900 as his share of the National Hockey League Play-off receipts. The amount is some $300 less than each member of the Chicago Blackhawks received last year. EXPERT LINGUIST Edmund Sousa, the amateur bil- liard champion, is an Egyptian per- fume manufacturer and speaks 13 languages. BRAINY ATHLETE Edgar Sonderman, basketball star at Syracuse University, has earned a straight "A" average in his engineer- ing studies. EVERY now and then some "sub- versively" minded individual de- cides that he knows better than wel do what should occupy the most space1 on The Daily sport page. Then he proceeds to tell us about it in no un- certain terms. Apparently these so-called master-1 minds forget that there is only so, much space for all sports each day. If we had unlimited space we could run stories on jumping bean racesj in Haiti and beauty contests on the Boardwalk. As it is, however, we have to make some choice of what we shall use, and what exclude. Certainly, we would like to cover all national sport events thoroughly, but, with space limited, leave that to the metropolitan dailies while we concentrate on the local field. The writers of these letters. cer- tainly reveal more than a touch of narrowmindedness, aye, even symp- toms of pig-headedness. However, we wish to assure L.F.M. that the omission of baseball scores Wednes- day morning was due to an oversight, and will not happen again if it can be avoided. Obviously lack of space forbids use of the Associated Press facilities to run a complete cover of each big league game, much as we would like to do so. Dear Sir: May 1, 1935 .The absence of the major league baseball scores in this morning's Daily was noticed. I am an ardent follower of the two leagues and The Daily is my only way to follow my favorite clubs. Anyone can notice a lack of interest in these teams on the part of The Daily. Only a little space a day is given over to them while any other paper has good write- ups of the games. I am sure that the Associated Press must have accounts of the games. Trusting that more time and space will be given over to the ball scores, I remain, Sincerely yours, -L.F.M. Dear Sir: Why is it The Michigan Daily di- rects so little attention toward the major American sport of horse rac- ing? While it may be rather faceti- ous to compare The Daily to the New York Times, I couldn't help but notice how the latter "played" the story of the Woods Memorial last Sunday. It was given a two column head at the top of the front page of the sports section, while the Daily apparently was not aware of the fact that such Blue Team Led By Runner Is Favored To Win Over Yellow Squad The Blue and Yellow teams, under the direction of Jerry Ford and Bill Borgmann, Varsity center and guard respectively last fall, will practice lightly this afternoon in preparation' for the annual spring football game to be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Stadium. The two squads were separated from one another Wednesday and spend yesterday polishing up team- work and running new plays in im- promptu scrimmages. Captain Bill Renner will be at the helm of the Blue eleven tomorrow, and he and his mates are favored slightly over their lighter clad rivals. Cedric Sweet, Chris Everhardus, and Joe Ellis are sophomore veterans who will see action in the Blue backfield. Bob Cooper, Frank Dutkowski, Nick Nickerson, and Jce Smithers are among the Blue ball carriers from the freshman class, while Earle Luby, George Marzonie, Fred Olds, and Bob Schroeder head the list of yearling linemen wearing the dark jersey. Steve Remias, junior fullback, is the only letterman on the Yellow squad, and Ed Greenwald, Bob Camp- bell, Walt Lillie, and Stark Ritchie are among the freshman luminaries on Borgmann's team. Whitey Aug, veteran halfback, is the only member of the squad defi- nitely out of tomorrow's game be- cause of injuries, while Sweet, Schro- eder, and Olds are still on the border line, according to Dr. Frank Lynam, team physician. BREAK FOR BABE Babe Ruth now has five right field fences of 300 feet or less to aim at the National League, as compared to only two in the American League. an event took place, at least it ran no story. Nor can I help but recall that The Daily gave last year's Derby, one of the greatest annual sports events in America, a three inch story. If you are not aware that a great many students on campus are inter- ested in the ponies, I can enlighten you, or you can do so yourself by visiting any of the local "book shops." If, it is merely because you are not aware of the student interest in rac- ing, you stand corrected. And with the approach of the Derby I shall eagerly look forward to the awaken- ing of The Daily's "horse sense." COLONEL TURF Counting the days before the Con- ference track meet here May 24 and 25, Coach Chuck Hoyt yesterday out- lined the future training program of Michigan's team briefly as "work and less work." But 11 practice days re- main before the big meet, and Hoyt's program will be directed toward maintaining the peak of form which he believes the squad has already ap- proached, if not reached. Hoyt's program of a minimum of work for his squad, however, is no' innovation as it reflects the general training theory on which he goes. That theory has been variously stated by track observers and critics, but it embodies the general principle that most satisfactory results are to be obtained by bringing a squad to form, not too hurriedly, and then keeping it there by refusing to allow it to go stale by overwork. One of the most important factors in such a conditioning process is the weight chart, which Hoyt observes perhaps more religiously than any other Varsity coach, as he believes it to reflect most accurately the indi- ANN ARBOR, May 2 -(AP)- Eight player football teams for schools too small to make eleven-man teams practical will be demonstrated Friday night by E. J. Hendershott, coach of Morrice, Mich., high school at the opening session of the annual Mich- igan football clinic in Yost Field House. Rules of the eight-man gridiron game to be outlined by Coach Hend- ershott call for field 120 feet wide instead of 160. Offensive line re- quired to have five players instead of seven, the guards being eliminated, three man backfield. Only other difference in rules requires three players instead of five between 40 and 45 yard lines on kickoffs. All of Friday night's session will be devoted to talks by high school coaches. Other speakers will be Guy Huston, Flint Northern, Hal Shields, Hamtramck, Herb Smith, Cooley High, Detroit, Gordon MacDonald, Traverse City, Oscar Johnson, Muske- gon Heights, Harold Steele, Grand Rapids Central. MANY NEW MANAGERS Eighty-nine baseball clubs in the minor leagues started the season with new managers. WHITE Nu-Buck OXFORDS for MEN in 4 styles at $3.50 H. W. 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