TUESDAY,. MARCH 24, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Fiv Thomas Takes Third Place In National Meet Varsity Sophomore Wins Way To Final Bracket; Beaten Only By Two Earl Thomas, Michigan's star soph- omore grappler, returned here last night from the National Collegiate meet held at Lexington, Va., last week-end the holder of the position of the country's third best college wrestler in the 134-pound class. Thomas took the third place award by gaining the final bracket of four in his class, and then losing to Wayne Martin of Oklahoma A. and M., the eventual winner, and to Dick Brandt of Cornell College of Iowa. The Michigan wrestler defeated Bob Lar- son of Iowa, Big Ten champion and conqueror of Thomas in the Confer- ence finals, who was the fourth man in the championship bracket. By virtue of pinning all of his four opponents in the final round, Martin was presented with the coaches' and officials' award for the most out- standing performance in the meet. In 1934 the Sooner star won the 135- pound title, while in 1935 he annexed the 145-pound crown. The University of Oklahoma, coached by Paul Keen, brother of Cliff Keen, Wolverine mentor, won the team championship by beating Oklahoma A. and M., champions for the past five years. Walter Jacobs, Michigan State's mat captain, gained the 145-pound title. Although beaten in the semi-finals, Brandt annexed second place title honors next to Martin by virtue of his previous victory over Thomas. However, all four wrestlers, Martin, Brandt, Thomas and Larson, quali- fled for the Olympic tryouts to be held April 18 and 19. The tournament was conducted in round-robin fashion with three points registered against the contestant if he were thrown and one point if he were decisioned. A total of five points eliminated the wrestler. Varsity Swimmers Meet New York A.C. Tonight NEW YORK, March 23. - Mich- igan's Varsity swimming team, en route to New Haven to defend its National Collegiate championship, rested here today in preparation for tomorrow night's warmup dual meet with the New York A.C. The Wolverines are slight favor- ites to win and gain revenge for the defeat the New York team eked out over the national champions in 1934. I-M Sports Yankee Recruit -Associated Press Photo. Joe Dimaggio, sensational rookie outfielder, is making a strong bid for an outfield berth with the New York Yankees this season. Di- maggio starred for the San Fran- cisco Seals of the League last year. Pacific Coast BBy BILL REED WITII no home events on the sports 'card until after vacation, local~ fans are hoping that the much talke d about wal king contest between Phil Pack, em inent publicity director and a diplomat from 'way back,' as thej writer knows and Wallie Weber, whol needs no introduction, may eventual- ly be staged. The event, much talked about b eiwen the two to the extent that their intimates are hopeful of ending the discussion by an ac- tual engagement, would be the re- sult of a boast by Mr. Peck that the could out-hike any and all corners, relying on a long army experience. Being informed of the Pack boast, Mr. Weber promptly took up the challenge as one who will not be out- done by anyone be it walking, weight-lifting or- Original plans were to have the contest between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti or a point beyond pre- viously agreed upon, but that plan was abandoned in favor of a present suggestion to stage the contest between Whitmore Lake and a point to the north, also previously agreed upon. More than twenty loyal membersI of' the local order of Curbstone Coaches have volunteered to stage arid judge the finish, if and when. It's up to the boys now. T's Sad Sam Stoller these days, and he has a right to be crooning the blues. For Saturday iWght, in the biggest chance of his collegiate career to best Jesse Owens, a victory on the track was changed to a defeat in the books. Stoller, running against Owens in the latter's first engagement of the season, in the 60-yard dash at the Butler Relays, was the clear winner according to the expres- sion of the crowd which heartily booed a decision by the finish judges which gave the race to Owens. Jesse, after the race, had congrat- Baseball] Prepares Outdoor Hitters Display Pitchers Bear Strenuous Pra Yearlino s Beat Indiana Tractk Squad,_60-40 4 Michigan's freshman track team downed the yearling crew of the Uni- versity of Indiana 60 to 40 to wind up an undefeated indoor telegraphic; campaign. Michigan's "Big Bill" Watson camej through with firsts in the broad jump, high jump and shot put for a total of fifteen points and high scor- ing honors for the meet. Elliott andf Trutt led the Hoosiers with ten points apiece, Elliott taking firsts in the 601 and 440 yard dashes and Trutt win- ning the mile and half-mile. Elliott showed varsity form in the 440 with a 50.7 seconds f6r the dis- tance to top Smith and Heath of Michigan who raced to a tie in theI event in 51.8. The Wolverine broad jumpers However, it was reported that Wil- Realizing that before the week is liams' condition was not serious since over they may drill outside for the the transfusion was made only in an first time this year, members of effort to speed up the former back- stop's recovery. Williams has been Michigan's Varsity baseball squad ill for the past month and has defi- yesterday displayed more enthusiasm nitely dropped out of school for the in going through their Field House remainder of the semester. workout than they have at any time since practice opened. !Thi e 1 Res Ideal weather conditions over the a past week have made the Ferry Field diamond almost playable and, if such After }inning weather continues, it is expected that the infielders will be drilling outside D by the end of the week. Outfielders will probably get outside sooner, per- haps either today or Wednesday. Last year Fisher took the team out- John Townsend Showing side about this time and with a hard Much Promise In Shot spring trip starting within three more weeks he wants to do the same now Put; Hoyt Pleased in order to get in all the practice pos- sible before the opener, April 10. With the Butler Relay trophy now Much time is still being spent in a permanent Michigan possession. the sliding pit with Coach Bennie standing not only for three consecu- Ooosterbaan teaching the men the tive victories at Indianapolis, but also fine rudiments of how to hook into symbolizing the conclusion of their the sack under a throw. From this it may be judged that the Wolverines third undefeated indoor season, the will be after every extra base they Wolverine track team will spend the can get this spring, rest of this week loafing, Coach Chuck Hitters are showing power in the Hoyt said yesterday. I batting cages despite the fact that Only the men in the field events the hurlers are now bearing down. will do much work, while the run- On days when light in the Field Housen .e is good the batsmen have been driv- ners will rest up in preparation for ing the pitchers' offerings back at the commencement of the outdoor them with a zest that speaks of a season. good number of base hits during the John Townsend yesterday served coming campaign. notice to track followers that he Carl Ferner, who may be holding would be a real threat in the outdoor down the hot corner when the sched- meets when he tossed the shot 44 feet, ule opens, has shown a great deal of 6 inches in practice. improvement over his batting form Commenting on the team's per- of last year. formance at the Butler Relays, Coach eani Larson Donates Blood For To Teammate Williams D rills cKim Williams, veteran Wolverine catcher, was given a blood tranfu- sion yesterday in the University hos- Power As pital by his roommate and battery- Down In mate, Berger Larson, who is also cap- tain andesa e pitcner of the Varsity' [dtire baseball team. Five Yearling Batterymen Show Promise In Pre-Season Drilli r t By HERBERT LEV Bennie Oosterbaan, freshman base- ball coach will have to wait until after spring vacation to get a defi-' nite line on his prospects for the season, as infield and outfield can- didates are not due to i'eport until' then. At the present Oosterbaan is work- ing with a small but impressive squad of battery men. Among his pitchers he has two who show exceptional promise, Danny Smick of Hazel Park and Elmer Gedeon of Cleveland, both right handers. Possess Ideal Builds Both boys are ideally built for hurlers, standing well over the six foot mark in height, and possessing unusually large pairs of hands. The two promise to rank among the out- standing all-around athletes in the school, both being candidates for end positions on next fall's grid team, while Smick is also a star basketball player. Another all-around freshman star who is making good in baseball is Leo Beebe of Dearborn, who ranks as one of three outstanding catching pros- pects. Tom Draper and Jimmy Bar- nett are the other backstops who may go far in baseball. Clark Shows Promise Smick and Gedeon are by no means the only pitchers who have shown good form. Francis Clark, also a football player is an excellent pros- pect as are Stoddard Spader, Al Du Bois, Ed McKenzie and Phil Finkle- stein. Oosterbaan has not seen any of his infield or outfield candidates as yet, but admits that he is expecting great things from Walter Peckinpaugh, son of Roger Peckinpaugh, former major league player and manager. Walt, tvho is a shortstop, hopes to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious dad. His past experience speaks well for him, he having topped off a bril- liant high school career last summer with' a year's experience on one of Cleveland's fastest amateur ball teams. According- to Oosterbaan, the two outstanding players to graduate from the freshman ranks during recent years have been George Ford and Steve Uricek, both infielders. Ford terminated a brilliant career as Mich- igan's third baseman last season and Uricek is expected to fill his shoes during the coming campaign. Peck- inpaugh bids well to rank on par with both of these. Union Downs Ypsi In Bowling Match The Michigan Union bowling team defeated a picked squad from Michi- gan Normal last night at the Union alleys, thereby extending their string of victories to eight. The final score was 2445 to 2029. Terpenning, of the Union team, bowled 182 for the highest game score. He also had the best individ- ual score, 490, but was closely fol- lowed by Sidman, another Union bowler, who had 489. Shedd of the Normal led his teammates with a single game of 159, and a total of 440. Terpenning, Markham, Zak, Falk and Sidman composed the Union team, while Lawry, Moroz, Shedd, Sargenti and Ward competed for the Normal. STROH'S PABST BLUE RIBBON FRIAR'S ALE At All Dealers J. J. O'KANE, Dist. Dial 3500 ) S H C 1 i a C A J made a clean sweep of the event as ulated Sam on his victory, and after Watson leaped 23 feet 11% inches to the judges had made their decision set a new freshman record. Alan earned the respect and gratitude of Smith, who held the old record of 22 everyone present by again congratu- feet 11% inches, fell short of his old lating Stoller, admitting the verdict record with a leap of 22 feet 2 inches to be in error. for second and Clark took third at-!_ _ 21 feet 7 inches. WINGS BEGIN PLAYOFFS The Dohertymen will spend this Detroit's Red Wings will open the week in an assault on the existing playoffs for the National Hockey freshman records of which seven have League Championship against the already fallen. Ken Doherty will an- Montreal Maroons', defending Stan- nounce the names of those who will ley Cup champions, Tuesday night in receive numeral awards as soon as the Forum at Montreal. The Wings they are approved by the administra- will be trying for their first victory tion office. in the Forum this season. Sid Wagner Signs With Detroi Lions DETROIT, March 23.-Sid Wag- ner ,star guard on Michigan State's Spartans for the last three seasons, has been signed by the Detroit Lions, National Football League champions, it was announced today. Wagner's signing was no news to the Lion's followers as the team has been dickering for him since the close of the 1935 season when he was named on several All -American elev- Hoyt had only praise for his squad, which hit by ineligibility and ham- pered by injuries, fought through to a victory over Indiana and Jesse Owens' Buckeyes. Competing without Dave Hunn and Bob Osgood, the Wolverines were still able to eke out a victory over the strong field, and to Moreau Hunt- goes a lot of the credit. His second in the low and fourth in the high hurdles proved Hunt to be a great competitor, and the points which he gave Michigan with his brilliant races were of the utmost importance in the final reckoning. Two Michigan relay teams estab- lished new meet marks in finishing Type writears BOUGHT, SOLD, RENTED, EXCHANGED CLEANED, REPAIRED. SUPPLIES. A large and select stock of all makes, office and portable, in a complete range of prices. Special RENTAL RATES to Stu- dents. Rent may apply in the event of purchase. 0. D. MORRILL 3 314 S. STATE ST. Since 1908 THE STATIONERY & TYPEWRITER STORE If You Write, We Have It. Phone 6615 ens. Wagner is a six-footer, weigh- ahead of Ohio State in both the mile ing 190 pounds. and two mile events. r The finals of the fraternity and independent relays will be held at the Yost Field House at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The fraternity teams that survived the trials last week to qualify for the finals were the Tri- angle house, with the best fraternity time of the meet, 1:39.6, the Chi Psi, Phi Psi and Phi Gamma Delta houses. The independent finalists are the All-Stars, who had the best time for the free-lancers, 1:39.3, the J.O.E.'s, the D.D.'s and the Wolverines. A faculty singles handball tourna- inent will start next Monday and will continue until the elimination has been completed and the winner se- lected immediately before spring va- cation. For the past five years, Dr. John Dorsey has been the champion, but as he is now on a leave of absence lie will not defend his title this year. Favorites in the tourney include E. M. Esperlie, A. H. Smith, C. D. Jones and Ralph Smith. 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