THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE ' HlREE Give Mickey Cochrane Fifty-Fifty Chance ASIDE LINES By IRVIN LISAGOR Amateur Avery Acts... AVERY BRUNDAGE, who has upheld simon-pure traditions for years as the Amateur Athletic Union prexy, has turned his attentions toward boosting donations to the Illini foundation fund, which, according to his3 quotes in the Daily Illini, is designed to "revive the militant Illini spirit." Brundage is best remembered for his altercation last summer with Eleanor Holm Jarrett, premier backstroker of feminine swimmers, over the wisdom of publicly sipping a few glasses of champagne. The A.A.U. head didn't want his innocent amateurs exposed to such dissipations, especially since it was a breach of training to even so much as nibble a slice of apple pie. Eleanor was merely trying to relieve the tedium of a boat ride, even though the destination was the Olympic games. At any rate, Brundage, with deep feeling for his alma mater, has enlisted in this campaign to raise funds. He exhorts his fellow alumni thus: "In research, in scholarship, in sport and in many other fields, the University of Illinois was second to none. While we have been coasting along on past glories, however, other institutions have made it their business to attract the best high school graduates. They have built union buildings. They have founded scholarships and fellowships.w "Are the alumni of the University of Illinois willing to stand idly by while other institutions are making more rapid .progress? One thousand alumni in Chicago district say 'no' and they are going to raise $400,000 for the foundation fund in the next 30 days." Of course, Brundage, imbued with amateur idealism, can't see the pow- erful temptation a few thousand bucks in the kitty will have for alumni who like to shop around the football market. My personal suspicion is that if a puny Phi Beta Kappa prospect and a 200-pound tackle prospect applied simultaneously for a scholarship, the latter would receive biased considera- tion. The days of Red Grange are not beyond recall at Illinois. Besides, the "gates" attracted by a winning eleven will build a union, etc. without giving every alumnus of the university a mortgage on them. .Meanwhile, Michigan coaches will continue in bated breath to ask impressive high school gridders if they're in the upper third of their class, and then hope a sufficient numbzr of board jobs can be found to lure them hither. * * * * The 'Sailer' Puzzle ... AS MICKEY COCHRANE lay perilously near death as a result of a pitched ball thrown by Bump Hadley in Tuesday's game between the Tigers and Yankees, the old puzzle of what causes a pitched ball to sail appears again. Many pitchers find their fast ball swerving sharply in or out for no apparent reason, and batters have considerable difficulty watching it. Sometimes, a rough spot on the ball will result in a "sailer." More often than not, a pitcher can't explain it. The batter will start fading away from a close pitch instinctively, but the "sailer" keeps swerving at him, until he either has to drop quickly or get hit. Cochrane might have lost sight of the pitch, but in view of the fact that Hadley's pitches have sailed before, it is more likely that the Detroit manager leaned back but found' the ball sailing into him so sharply that he couldn't avoid it. { Clii Psi Beaten Frosh Moundsman Sigma 11 Seems To Be Fine By CliiVarsit Prospect For I-M Title~ o FWhen Bob Annis, freshman pitcher, recently set down the Varsity base- Win Softball Finals. 15 -2; ball team with four hits and defeated Twelve Runs In Sixth,i 13 Errors Aid Sigsa I. . Scoring 12 runs in the sixth inning on only three hits, Sigma Chi beat Chi Psi 15-2 to win the Inter-Fra- ternity Softball Championship, yes-1 terday at Palmer Field.1 The Chi Psis drew first blood in1 the third inning by pushing two runsF across the plate. John Lillie led offj with a double to right center and went to third when the center fielder muf- fled the pickup. Bob Palmer hit a: sharp grass-cutter to the third base- man, who made a nice pickup butt made a wild throw home tfrying toE nab Lillie. Palmer stole third and then came home after Moose Har- rington robbed Dick Evans of a double with a leaping one-handed stab. Sigs Take Lead The Sigs took over the lead in the last of the fifth, scoring three times. Harrington beat out an infield single. Max Schoetz hit an easy grounder to the second baseman who fumbled the ball and then overthrew third trying to catch Harrington. Schoetz went all the way to third and scored when the second sacker misplayed Dave Dale's grounder. Bruce Campbell then put the Sigs in the lead by driv- ing Dale home with a sharp single. Then came the sixth inning fiasco. Joe Ellis began the parade around the bases by raising a pop fly which the third baseman promptly dropped. This was the signal for the Chi Psi defense to go completely haywire, and what had been a tight ball, game turned into a rout. Charley Pink singled. Harrington reached first on an error and Ellis scored. Johnny Hinkeley walked. Schoet was safe on a fielder's choice, as the catcher dropped the throw attempting to nab Pink at the plate. Dale then struck out. Campbell lined to the second baseman who dropped the ball, al- lowing Harrington to score and Campbell to reach first. Bob Par- kins walked forcing in another run. Palm Beach Suits The Neiest Are Here! Blues - Browns - Greys - Tans in Plaids - Stripes, Fancy and Plain Backs them 5-2, he was hailed as one of the best hurling prospects to be seen around these parts in several years. t Monday afternoon, when Bob, hurl- ing for a mediocre Phys Ed nine, held the freshmen to four hits, this ac- clamation was further substantiated. But nevertheless, the people down in Linden, Michigan, are thinking that Bob Annis must be in a terriblei slump. For in his home town, Bob has never been known to allow an op- posing team as many as five hits. Performing for Linden High School ast Spring, Annis hurled his team to seven straight victories, five of them being shutouts, and two of them no- hitters. During the summer while pitching for the town team, Bob ac- tually lost a game, but was promptly excused by the citizens, since he al- lowed the invaders but two hits and struck out 19 men. The score of the game was 1-0. Coming to Michigan last fall, Annis reported to Coach Ray Fisher, a husky lad who could throw a ball with speed, and plenty of it, but little else. However after several months of hard work under Fisher and Bennie Oosterbaan, he has de- veloped a sharp-breaking curve, and a change of pace, and is rapidly moulding into a finished moundsman. The third baseman fumbled Jack Bulkely's grounder and the bases were still loaded. Bill Pioch doubled and everyone romped home as the* infield treated the throw-in like a hot coal. Slaughter Ends Ellis, up for the second time, went all the way around the "bases when the left gardener badly misplayed his drive. Pink then popped out to the first baseman. Harrington walked and Hinkley hoisted a triple over the left fielder's head. Both scored on the poor throw in. Schoetz drew a pass but was forced out at second when Dale dribbled to the second sacker to end the slaughter. Charley Pink went the route on the mound for the Sigs and gave up three hits. Jack Palmer yielded only six but the Chi Pk's 13 errors effec- tively nullified his efforts. ow Hopeful Nine To End Baseball Season With State And Toledo Big Ten meet at Evanston is only ex- By BUD BENJAMIN pected to whet the Wolverines' ap- With two sti'aight wins behind petite at the Nationals when and if them, mainly due to the regained the Board in Control decides it will pitching form of long Johnny Gee go. and Burt Smith, Michigan's Varsity Probably no other aggregation in baseball team may upset the dope the country can boast a record to sheet in its two remaining games by beat or even equal the one turned out discarding the in-and-out motif by the Wolverine linkmen. Taken which has marked the nine's play all from any angle its record is over- year. whelming-dual meets, intersection- Although one can hardly call the al, Conference, or national. victories over Minnesota and Hills-! Has Five Crowns dale anything to get het up about, In Conference competition Mich- Coach Ray Fisher's young aggrega- igan has held the crown on its head tion has been showing definite signs five times since 1922. And to make of gaining impetus as the season this figure. even more noteworthy the draws to a close. five times were held in five consecu- First Since 1915 tive years, being lifted only this year The lanky Gee has been pitch- by Northwestern. Only Illinois has ing his fast one again and pitching come near this mark, having won the it with enough resolution to make title fodr times. Chicago has con- him look like his former self. Accord- trolled the mace three times, followed ing to Fisher, Gee's no hit perform- by the present ruling power, North- ance of Tuesday is the first that he, western, with two titles. Ohio State can remember since George Sisler, and Minnesota each won once while who went on to fame in the majoi's, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Purdue hurled one back in 1915. have yet to grab any of the laurels. Pete Jablonski (alias Appleton), The Michigan's team's honors do now curving them for the Washing- not extend only to team play. In in- ton Senators came close by allowing dividual rankings a member of the a single bingle back in 1927 while Maize and Blue has been low medal pitching for the Maize and Blue, as many six times and second no less did Whitey Wistert in 1934-Whitey's than seven times. misfortune coming in the ninth in a When a team can do what Mich- game with Ohio State with -two men igan has done and keep doing it con- out. tinually, sticking in the uppermost Right now, the diamond mentor is brackets throughout this long pe- pointing at Michigan State's Spar- riod, then that team must really have tans, whom the Varsity will meet at something. East Lansing on Saturday and here for a second game on Monday. Game time for the first game is 3 p.m., while the Decoration Day affair at Ferry Field will start at 2:30 p.m. Hill To Pitch Leading the Spartans will be Milt Lenhart and Steve Sebo, outfielder end catcher respectively, who have done some pretty fair hitting during the season, and George Hill, senior moundsman, who will probably get the hurling assignment in Saturday's game. Two years ago, Hill beat the Wolverines, although they came back last year to even the score in a close game. Besides the two Michigan State af- fairs, the Varsity will journey to To- ledo next Wednesday to meet Toledo University. The game will be played at night at League Park, home of the Toledo Mud Hens, and Fisher is interested to see how the boys be- have under the lights. Palm Beach Suits White's - Gray's - Tan' "SKIPPER" SPORT SHIRTS $1.00 and $1.50 / I SNOWY WHITES for beach or evening wear. The values that are the talk of the Nation! 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