THU1SDAY, MAY 16, 1935 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Regeezi's Homer Leads Varsity In q>- - - ___ Four Pitcher's Used As Nine Wins, 12 To 4 Harry Verbeek Drives In Four Runs In Debut As Varsity Right Fielder By ARTHUR S. SETTLE ' Abandoning their meager diet of base hits which has starved the runs- scored column heretofore, the Wol- verines feasted upon "Old Man" Cog- gins, Michigan Normal's thrower, for 11 base hits, which mixed with 13 stolen bases, six bases on balls and seven errors by the poorly-fielding Normal nine, enabled them to rout the Hurons, 12 to 4, yesterday at Ypsilanti. Harry Verbeek, Earl Meyers, John Gee, sophomores, and John Regeczi and George Ford shared the lime- light in Michigan's second victory over Michigan Normal, the Wolver- ines having defeated Normal, 13 to 1,1 here earlier. Verbeek Stars At Bat Starting his first game because Vic Heyliger, regular right fielder, wasn't, on hand, Verbeek, normally a second baseman, lined out two hard singles with two men on base each time to drive in four runs and earn a place on the squad which leaves today for the Purdue and Illinois road games. Gee, the first of Michigan's four pitchers, hurled three innings with- These Four Will Run In Big Ten Meet Here Varsity Meets Cleveland Net Stars Sunday EasyVictoryAt Rudness,'Just A Good Fielder,' Leads Team's Batters With .313 NINE LEAVES FOR PURDUE Michigan's squad of 15 ballplay- ers will leave for Lafayette this afternoon, where they will meet Purdue tomorrow and Illinois at Champaign Saturday, in two Big Ten contests. out allowing a hit or a walk, and doubled in the fourth inning to drive in Michigan's second and third runs. Earl Meyers, pitching in the first game of his life, succeeded Gee on the mound ill the fourth, and pitched the next three innings, giving up one unearned run and one hit. He was wild, walking four men, but managed to bear down with men on base. Ford Steals Six Bases John Regeczi lined a home run over the center-field fence in the fifth inning, scoring Paulson ahead of him. It was one of the hardest balls ever hit on the Ypsi diamond and duplicated Regeczi's feat of last year when he also hit one out of the park. With three singles for three times at bat, Ford led the team in hitting, and ran wild on the bases, stealing six off the weak-throwing Maroz. Michigan's scoring started in the first inning without the aid of a hit. Ford walked, took second on a passed ball, and negotiated the remaining distance on two steals. In the fourth, with Paulson and Regeczi on second as the result of a single and walk, Verbeek singled, scoring both runners. Williams was safe on an error by the shortstop, Verbeek taking second. Gee then, surprised everyone, including himself, with a double to left scoring Verbeek and Williams. Regeczi's home added two more in the next inning. Two hits by Teitel- baum, and singles by Verbeek and Williams, aided by an error, three walks, and three stolen bases, ac- counted for Michigan's last five tal- lies in the sixth, seventh and ninth Four outstanding Negro stars will be seen in action at the Big Ten track championships May 24-25 here. Jesse Owens, of Ohio State, is considered the fastest human competing today; Willis Ward, has been termed a "one-man track team"; Gene Skinner, of Iowa, is another na- tionally-known sprinter; and Wilson Briggs, another Iowan, has hung up records in the 440- and 220-yard dashes. Since the development of Eddie Tolan, IteHart Hubbard, and Ralph Metcalfe, Negro track stars have come into their own with a vengeance. STARD TB yART CARSTENS NOW that lean, lanky Omaha has alcade, and King Saxon -meetings made a show of his fields in both which should prove a great deal more the Kentucky Derby and the Preak- than any other of Omaha's races. ness it appears that there is none in Ua the ranks of the three-year-olds UITE as interesting as Omaha's (with the possible exception of E. R. ' march through the three-year- Bradley's Black Helen) that will old ranks, and probably much moreI seriously threaten his claim to the bitterly fought, will be the battle of championship, and the question be- these older horses to succeed the great comes: How does Omaha compare Equipose as handicap champion. with the great three-year-olds of Azucar's victory in the Santa Anita recent years - Cavalcade, Twenty Handicap places him in the top rank. Grand, Reigh Count, and Omaha's Cavalcade, although he has not start- sire himself, Gallant, Fox? ed since last summer, will probably Of three-year-olds who can go the be in the thick of the fight this year. distance of most of the big races for Discovery can never be overlooked. their age, there appear to be few. But many think it is King Saxon Roman Soldier probably can. Fire- who will defeat all of these. About a thorn finished well in the Preakness. year ago he was among the claimers. Black Helen had little difficulty with Now he has victories in 11 out of his the mile and one-eighth of the Flori- last 12 starts. In the Paumonok da Derby, in which she defeated Ro- Handicap, opening the New York rac- man Soldier last winter. But that ing season, he broke the track record just about exhausts the list. for six furlongs. In the Excelsior 'HERE are many who have high Handicap, run at Jamaica May 4, he speed for the sprints. Today whip- defeated a top-notch field by ten spee fo thesprnts Tody wip-lengths easily. ped Omaha in the Wood Memorial. Perhaps the royal eyes of Cay- Psychic Bid, Boxthorn, and St. Ber- ehDiscoveryand ua are nard can rush into early leads and alcade, Discovery, and Azucar ar hold them for sprint distances. But it going to feel the dust kicked up by is the big chestnut son of Gallant Fox this colt who, only a year ago, was who is going to come with a rush in claimed for $1,800 at Churchill the end, and that rush will probably D _wns._ bring him this year's three-year-old championship. DODGERS GET EARNSHAW Even now Omaha is considered CHICAGO, May 15. - () -In a a certainty to win the Belmont surprise move to trim their roster to Stakes at a mile and a half early the major league limit of 23 players, in June. Should he enter the the Chicago White Sox today sold Withers, run a weep earlier at George Earnshaw, veteran right- Belmont, he might meet sterner handed pitcher, to Brooklyn, of the competition, for the distance is National League. only a mile._ But Omaha's real tests this year should come from the older horses, JEWELRY and in races such as the Detroit Challenge HATCH REPAIRING Cup or the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He may enter none of these races. If H A L L E R'S Jewelry he does he will be meeting horses of State at Liberty the caliber of Discovery, Azucar, Cav"--__ ___ __ ____ - - - - - - - - --77 - - - - - Powerful Team Made Up Of Former Collegiate Tennis Players Stellar material will be gathered to- gether from several big colleges of the East and Middle West to form the All-Stars from Cleveland which will meet Michigan's tennis team Sunday afternoon. The invaders, all university stars of recent years, hold more titles now than any other group Michigan meets on the annual sched- ule. The Big Three of eastern impor- tance, Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, will be represented at the second, fourth, and sixth positions, Dick Ing- lis, who used to play for Harvard, has since walked off with the Cleveland championship. To him will fall the task of defending the No. 2 post for the Clevelanders. Hold Many Doubles Titles Being a member of Yale's Varsity net team is one of the lesser feats of Andy Ingraham\ Cleveland's No. 4 player. He now shares with LeRoy Weir, top notcher of the group, prac- tically all the doubles titles to be ob- tained in Ohio, and played with Weir in the semi-finals of the Inter-City doubles last year. Princeton was once the playing ground of Waid, who will be working at No. 6 Sunday. Walter Smigel, Ohio intercollegiate champion when he was playing for Case, is the present municipal title- holder in Cleveland. He will play at the No. 3 position. Played At Wooster, Oberlin Wooster and Oberlin complete the roll of colleges whose ex-stars will battle the Wolverines. LeRoy Weir, ace of the outfit, wore Wooster colors in his college days, and Ed Howard, No. 5, was an Oberlin racqueteer Weir holds the Ohio indoor singles and doubles titles, and is former Ohio and .Illinois state champion. Howard is a doubles star ranked fourth last year in the Western doubles standihgs Detroit Loses, 4-0,As Ruff ing Bests Sullivan Joe Sullivan's attempt for a fourth consecutive victory failed yesterday when the New York Yankees hit the young Detroit pitcher hard behind the six-hit hurling of Charley Ruffing to take the final game of the series, 4-0. The Tigers open their first Eastern invasion in Washington today. Tom- my Bridges is expected to pitch. Other results: AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 5, Washington 4. Chicago 5, Philadelphia 0. Boston-St. Louis, wet grounds. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 4-1, St. Louis 1-4. Chicago 8-1, Brooklyn 4-3. Pittsburgh 20, Philadelphia 5. Only games scheduled. GIANTS HIT HOMERS The New York Giants hit at least one homer per game for 15 straight games this season. By KENNETH PARKER The man who was not supposed to hit more than a couple of good foul balls duringthe present Michigan baseball season was until yesterday leading his mates with the respectable average of .313, compiled in ten games played since the spring training trip. The man is George Rudness, center fielder, who is playing his first sea- son of Varsity ball. After basketball season finished, Rudness r ported to Coach Ray Fish- er for basball while the squad was yet practicing in Yost Field House.; Fisher declared Rudness would devel- op into a good hitter before another season rolled around although he didn't expect him to hit well this year. Rudness stood stiffly at the plate, swung late, and popped the ball in the air when he - did connect. He l o o k e d hopeless, and his record on the spring training trip bore out the contention of those who predicted that - he would be of lit- tle help in the at- tack. Although his speed of foot made ': "him an excelleni fielder, he got bul one hit on the RUDNESS jaunt, a singk which drove in a run against Navy. He was charge with 14 times at bat. The wise boys reckoned without considering that Rudness might util- ize his speed and portside position at the plate to beat out infield hits, though. And that is precisely what he has been doing. Four of his ten hits to date have been safe bunts. Without those four infield hits. Rudness' average would be below .300. Rudness had made only one hit un- til he started on his program of lay- ing down bunts and legging it out with a head first slide into the bag. He quickly added four hits in this manner in the next three games, in addition to a clean single. The lat- ter hit and a safe bunt were made off the delivery of Hale Swanson, the Illinois hurler, who shut out the Wolv- erines, 1 to 0, recently, allowing but four safeties. Of late Rudness has not had to de- pend upon laying down bunts to make a batting average. He has been meet- ing the ball on the nose for clean hits, Workmen Busy As Field Is Prepared For Big Ten Meet Remodeling of Ferry Field in pre- paration for the Conference track neet here May 24 and 25 has been be- ;un with the intention of bringing bwo more eventsdirectly before the Stands and the crowd. r A runway and pit for the broad- jump is being constructed immediate- ly in front of the stands and arrange- ments are to be made to hold the shot put in the east end zone of the grid- iron. Under the proposed arrange- ment only the discus and high jump events will not be staged directly in front of the stands. Widespread interest in the meet is reflected by the announcement that 14 wires to the new press box, now nearing completion, have already been ordered for out-of-town newspapers by local telegraph agencies. Tickets sales were reported as "op- timistic" by Harry Tillotson, business manager, who announced a demand of 250 tickets on the first day. mostly into left field. (He still swings late.) And against Western State Tuesday he got his first extrabase hit of the season, driving a double into left center. Besides leading in batting Rudness also has scored the most runs -10. Batting number two in the lineup, he has been in a position to score more often than his mates. But in order to score you have to get on, and Rudness, when he hasn't been hitting them safely, has been watching the ball closely to draw more than the ordinary quota of free tickets to first. CATCHES BALL FROM AIR Otto Miller, veteran, Brooklyn Dodger coach, once caught a baseball dropped from an airplane 450 feet above the ground. - rud_____ O innings. The box score: Michigan AB Ford, 3b..........3 Rudness, cf ......5 Paulson, 2b .......2 Oliver, lb, p......5 Regeczi, if ........4 Teitelbaum, ss . .5 Verbeek, rf ........4 Parker, rf ........1 B i i i i R H 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 11 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 Williams, c.......5 Butler, p... ......0 Meyers, p .........2 Gee, p ............2 .38 12 11 27 Totals...... M. S.N. C. Good, cf ........ Johnson, cf .... Parker, lf ..... Wendt, 3b ...... Worzniak, lb Wilser, rf ...... Jacimowicz, ss Devine, 2b ...... Maroz, c....... Coggin, p...... A 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 9 11 AB R ..4 0 ..0 0 ..5 1 ..4 0 ..2 0 ..4 1 ..5 0 ..3 0 ..4 1 ..4 1 H 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 A 3 0 4 0 6 2 1 5 5 1 I TO PCOAT SALE 20% Discount on all TOIPCOATS $14.40 $16* $18.00 . . Totals.. 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