WEDNlfiAV MAR(JiiA6, 1938I
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Intramural Department Stages Open House Tonight
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The Rookie Saga ...
IN MARSHY BAYOUS and
coastal climes, a clan of
rookies hobnob with the big
warm
chirky
league
brethren swear by all that's sacred
that, given half a chance, they can
outhit Medwick or Gehrig, outpitch
Ruffing or Hubbell. They're a mot-
ley bunch, migrated from farms, vil-
lages and city factories, attired in the
rags of a road
a punk. They jingle a
meager nest egg,
which is budgeted
to tide them over
the training season,
and exercising their
constitutional guar-
A: antee of free speech,
O proclaim to t h e
passing tourists that
they're Pineville's
Gehrig gift to the majors.
Only one of a 100 ever strike
diamond bonanza, but to a man
they extol their prowess in Van
Buren County's league, where
they batted .500 or pitched 20
consecutive victories. Hardened
managers give them a cursory
once-over, shunt them back to
oblivion and three squares a
day-but not until each have
had the fling which will furnish
fodder for reminiscing in the
years to come.
And the hapless youths provide an
endless source of amusement to the
wry old veterans, who sometimes re-
sent the influx of new blood and
promptly proceed to discredit any
possible threats to their own jobs.
They tell a rookie pitcher, in father-
ly tones, that he'd better bathe his
arm in black ink. And partly because
of his gullibility, partly because he
doesn't want to incur the ire of a
vet by refusing to heed his advice, the
rookie buys up a dozen bottles of
ink, submerges his arm in it, and
awaits developments which never
come.
Some of the rookies are told
the m-g-r likes to lap up the am-
ber suds, favors newcomers who
treat him to an occasional stein.
They invite the m-g-r to- a local
drinkery and are immediately
placed on the black list as round-
ers. The bucket-of-steam gag is.
a trifle antedated for the modern
rookie, but the ever-convincing
pranksters constantly invent new
ones for the gulls that swoop
down on the various training
b'ases each spring.
College men used <"
bear the brunt of :
their acid remarks,
but lately the sheep- .
skin lads developed
in suavity and re- >
partee to a high de-
gree, manages to.
blend with the
roughies of the craft
without undue fric-
tion. In fact; some
some of them re- t .. . ~
verse the age - old
procedure, not in-
frequently put the Ruffing
bird on the wizened 10-year men.
No matter how many are
turned back each spring, the
birds going northward each year
always encounter an army of
hopefuls traveling in the other
direction-in quest of fame and
glory. And just as sure as blue-
books, most of them re-trace
their steps a few weeks later, de-
pressed but still convinced that,
with proper breaks, they might
have caught on.. ..
DOTS AND DASHES: Schnozzle
Durante tore up a fistful of tickets
at Santa Anita the other day, made
a loud protestation that he'd like to
lend some horses his nose-for fin-
ishing purposes . . . What's hap-
pened to Baseball's swollen egos this
spring?. . . Dizzy Dean, 'tis said, is
icing the press, so remarkable has his
ego deflation been . . . Gib James,
senior Lockeyace who can play
hockey in London, England next win-
ter if he accepts the offer, is hesitant'
about it . . "I don't want my bean
shot off," declares Gib, who contem-
plates a terrific war by the times the
leaves fall. . . Will Zeke Bonura's !
holdout result in the Chicago White
Sox trading him to Washington for
Joe Kuhel? . .
NEWS NOTE: Franklin C.
Cappon walked out on the sod of
Palmer Stadium yesterday for
the first time, took up his duties
as head backleld coach of Prince-
ton's Tigers . . . If Max Baer
manages torid himself of spas-
modic inertia, Joe Louis may find
the Livermore lover and not
Max Schmeling his pugilistic
nemesis . . . Baer can stun like
Hogstein's hammer clutch, as he
proved when he butchered Primo
Carnera in that oaf's heyday ...
Capacity Crowd
Will See First
Event At 7:30
Twenty-One Sports Listed
For Tenth Annual Show;
Cage Finals Held}
Weir Faces Reindell
The Intramural Department will
present its Tenth Annual Open House
at the Intramural Building from 7:30
to 10:30 tonight to an expected crowd
of between 4,000 and 5,000.
During the free three-hour pro-I
gram, over 500 will participate in the
21 different sports and an additional
100 will officiate, according to Earl
Riskey, Assistant Director of the I-M.
Play Cage Finals
BASKETBALL - For basketball
fans there will be championship play
in three divisions. At 8:30 Chi Psi
will meet Alpha Delta Phi for the
Class A title. At 7:30 Alpha Tau
Omega plays Sigma Chi for the Class
B diadem, and at 9:30, the Has Beens
meet the Hiawathas for the Inde-
pendent division crown.
BOXING AND WRESTLING-Four
boxing bouts will be sandwiched in
between eight All-Campus finals
wrestling matches. At 7:45 Elmer
Wittenberg will meet Bill Delbridge
for the light heavyweight crown, Jack
Pedigo fights Harold Treffery in the
lightweight division, and Bob Trowell
boxes Bill Newman for the middle-
weight toga. In a heavyweight exhi-
bition, Cedric Sweet, Ann Arbor Gold-
en Gloves Champion, exchanges blows
with Stan Cox.
Grapplers Listed
The finalists in the All-Campus
Wrestling tournament follow:
Sports History
Is In Offing As
Elmer Doubles
When Elmer Gedeon decided to cast
his lot with both the baseball and
track squads this spring he added a
new angle tothe pages of Wolverine
athletic history.
Coach Ray Fisher can recall no in-
stance of a man doubling in the two
sports during his long reign as base-
ball coach. He does remember hear-
ing about a player named Neil Snow,
who did double duty in the spring
sports back in 1902. That was 19
years before Fisher took over the head'
baseball coaching job in 1921.
Was Grid Star
Snow was noted for his prowess on
the football field much more than
for his track and diamond feats. He
was a member of the Wolverine grid
team that played Stanford in the first
Rose Bowl game.
Fisher recalls that Benny Ooster-
baan, now head basketball coach and
assistant baseball coach, wanted to
compete in the two sports but Steve
Farrell, then head track coach, told
him that it had to be one or the
other so Benny played ball. He could
throw the discus in track.
Second To Double
So Gedeon is the second man in
Michigan history and the only one
in recent years to pull the "double."
He has made arrangements with both
Coaches Hoyt and Fisher as to how
he will compete.
Fisher will release him from the
baseball squad for every Conference
meet and Hoyt will not require Ged-
eon to be present at any non-Con-
ference clashes.
The whole plan is very acceptable
to both coaches and each plans to
help in every way possible to make
Gedeon's attempt successful.
Coach Fisher
Has Full Team
Drilling Daily
Ten Returning Lettermen
Help To Brighten Hopes
For Coming Season
With a full squad on hand every
afternoon, Coach Ray Fisher has
started his baseball players on a full
practice schedule which includes
workouts in every department of the,
game.
Workouts have started in the slid-
ing pits where Assistant Coach Ben-
nie Oosterbaan supervises the drills
and makes his pupils hit the bag fast
and hard. Distance throwing for
every member of the squad with the
exception of the pitchers has also
been ordered.
Smith Pitches
Burt Smith got into the batting
cages for the first time Monday and
bore down for 10 minutes before re-
tiring. Both he and Herman Fish-
man are still behind the other hurl-
ers who have been working out for
several weeks. Fishman pitched for
the third time yesterday.
With 10 lettermen returning, and
a host of sophomores coming up
prospects at this date look good.
There will be plenty of good material
at every position but the quality of
the hitting is still uncertain and
probably will be until the squad gets
outside.
The first year men will find trouble
breaking into the lineup with so
many experienced men available.
Freddie Trosko and Charlie Pink
have been fairly impressive thus far,
but Coach Fisher may have trouble
placing them with lettermen Merle
Kremer, Bob Campbell, and Harold
Floersch on hand for outfield duty.
Kremer, the captain, is a cinch start-
er.
Gedeon Hits Well
Elmer Gedeon is slapping the ball
at a good clip and will probably take
over Danny Smick's post at first.
Smick, however, whose pitching arm
has recovered from the injury which
kept him out of the box last year,
will be a welcome addition to the
mound staff.
There have been 32 games carded
for the squad this spring so Coach
Fisher will need all of the pitchers he
can get his hands on.
Yearling Relay
Mark Broken
By HERB LEV
Before the final curtains are drawn
on the 1938 basketball campaign, it
might be well to introduce some of;
this year's best freshman cagers who
will attempt to help make Bennie
Oosterbaan's debut as head coach
next season an auspicious one.
According to Freshman Coach Ray
Fisher, his squad, though lacking in
height as a group, and containing no
outstanding star of the Townsend
variety, was a good one, which may
provide some valuable material for
Oosterbaan.
Better Prospects Named
Some of the better prospects are:
HERB BROGAN-Lansing guard;
Unquestionably the find of the year.
Herb is an exceptional long shot, and
puts them in from all distances and
all angles. His only drawback is a
slight physique.
HAROLD WESTERMAN - Adrian
guard: Small but smart and speedy.
Also a hook shot artist.
MIKE SOFIAK - Gary, Indiana
guard: Fastest and most aggressive
player on the squad. Sure to make
a hit with the fans. However, his
lack of height may be too great a
handicap, as he's no Brogan when it
comes to shooting.
Lanky Center Promises
PENNIE MORRIS-Grand Rapids
center: Six foot three inches tall,
Morris has the makings of a fine
pivot man. However, he is a bit slow
and very temperamental.
JOE GLASSER-Enid, Oklahoma
forward. An exact counterpart of
Morris, big Joe is one of the coolest
players ever to perform on the Field
House floor. He's also a good shot.
TOM HARMON - Gary, Indiana
guard; Continued where he left off
during the football season. Showed
unmistakable signs of ability but no
definite line can be had on him be-
cause of his irregular attendance at
practice.
Frosh Cage Squad Lacks Stars
But May Have Varsity Material
JOHN PETRIE-Huntington, In- I last September came the announce-
diana guard: Not a flashy player, but ment yesterday that the tennis team
a capable performer who homes to fol had finally been trimmed to fighting
pow in the footsteps of his cwo broth- weight.
ers who were letterwinners here. Eleven out of the approximately
Gridder Shows Well 25 tryouts have been selected by
BILL HERRMANN-Detroit guard; Coach LeRoy Weir to represent Mich-
Potentially a great player, having the igan on the courts this spring, and of
necessary size, speed, strength and that number, only three are letter-
shooting eye. A tendency to beder- men.
ratic has kept thisdhusky gridder The complete squad list is as fol-
from the first five during most of lows: Seniors, Capt. Neil Levenson,
the season. Henry Cohen, William. Smith; Fred
BOB WINES-Lansing forward: A Burdick; Juniors, Don Percival, Steve
big fellow with a definite scoring Woolsey, Jim Thalman; and sopho-
punch. Enough said. mores, Don Crozat, Paul Keller, Herb
BILL CARTMILL-Verona, New Cisco and Tom Slattery.
Jersey forward: "Red" is tops as a Captain Levenson, Woolsey, and
ball handler, but is weak on defense Percival are the returning lettermen,
and is only fair as a shot, while Smith won a Varsity reserve
GENE BROGAN-Lansing guard; award last year.
As fast and shifty as his brother
Herb, but even smaller, and lacking1
the remarkable scoring eye. Read The Daily Class eds
WM ALK.OVER
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118-pound:
Weidig
126-pound:
James Butler.
135-pound:
Mosser.
145-pound:
Davies.
155-pound:
Turner.
165-pound:
Tom Sparks vs. Tom
Norman Auerbach vs.
Andy Sawyer vs. Carl
John Paup vs. Charles
Art Paddy vs. Ralphr
Art Bennett vs. Ray
Courtright, Jr.
175-pound: Howard Mehaffey vs.
Jerry Friedenberg.
Unlimited: Bill Smith vs. Bill Voll-
mer.
Weir Meets Reindell
SQUASH-At 7:30, in one of the,
features of the evening, Leroy Weir,
Varsity Tennis Coach, will meet John
Reindell, of Detroit. Weir is Mich-
igan State champion and runner-up
in the Nationals, while Reindell is a
former state title-holder. Weir will
also give instruction in the game. In
another exhibition, Sumner Myers of
the Mathematics Department meets
Jerry Taylor of Detroit.
HANDBALL-Lefty Dworman, state
and former national doubles champ,
Al Schaufelberger, Chet York, and4
Larry Dowd, will come out from De-
troit to engage in some exhibition{
matches.
Doubles Competition
In the All-Campus doubles, defend-
ing champions Stillson Ashe and Jack
Karpe will seek to withstand the on-
slaughts of Jess Drogin and Len Fer-
ar. Fraternity competition will find
Tau Kappra Epsilon meeting Alpha
Kappa Lambda in two singles and one
I doubles match.
HORSESHOES - Bobby Hitt, 16
year old horseshoe pitching wizard,
will come from Plymouth to amaze
local witnesses with a remarkable ex-
hibition of shoe throwing. Hitt has
featured many Open House programs
with his trick tossing.
FENCING-All-Campus finals.
1Foil-Sam Fitzpatrick, Jack Stew-'
ard, Charles Quarles, John Grey.
Saber-Fitzpatrick, Quarles, Grey,
and Henry Adams.
Epee-Fitzpatrick, Steward, Quar-
les, and Grey.
Natators Perform
SWIMMING-The freshman and
Varsity swimming teams will give an
exhibition in swimming and diving on
two different programs; one from
7:45 to 8:30 and the other from 9 to
9:45.
S GYMNASTS - Elmer Townsley
will lead his crew of gymnasts in a
parallel bar exhibition at 8:15 and a
high bar show at 9:15. Included in
'the group will be R. Mansfield, J.
Cole, E. Munson, R. Nogar, T. Swee-
ney, W. Parsons, and V. Lassita.
PING-PONG-An added attraction
will be a ping-pong match between
a University team and the Y.M.C.A.
Playing in the number 1 spot for the
University will be Dick Stone, cam-
pus champ. Stone will be matched
with Larry Ault, city champion.
OTHER SPORTS-Exhibitions in
dart baseball, shuffleboard, tennis
and codeball will round out the eve-
ning's entertainment.
OPEN HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS
7:30 Basketball-Class B-A.T.O.
vs. Sigma Chi.
Fencing-Round Robin
Tourney.
7:45 Boxing=Wittenberg vs. Del-
bridge.
Swimming-Swimming and
Diving Exhibition.
8:00 Squash-Weir vs. Reindell.
Horseshoes-Bobby Hitt, ex-
hibition.
Handball-Exhibition
matches by Detroit play-
ers.
8:30 Basketball-Class A-Alpha
Delta Phi vs. Chi Psi.
9:00 Boxing-Cox vs. Sweet.
Horseshoes-Bobby Hitt, ex-
hibition.
Swimming-Swimming and
Diving exhibition.
9:15 Gymnastics - Gymnastics.
exhibition.
9:30 Basketball-Independent vs.
Has Beens.
Horseshoes--Bobby Hitt, ex-
hibition.
Detroit Entry Whipped
In A.A.U. Cage Tourney
DENVER, March 15.--(A)-Shak-
ing off their opponents soon after the
second half opened, the Oklahoma
City Parks, a seeded entrant in the
National Basketball Tournament of
-the A.A.U., pla-stered a 54-34 defeat
on the Detroit Jaglowicz quintet.
Detroit, behind the entire first
half, tied the score at 29-29 soon
after the intermission. Then the
Oklahomans ran up 13 points before
the Michigan Club scored again.
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A.A.U. Wrestling
Meet Is Held Here
Wrestling fans here will be af-
forded an opportunity to see some
of the state's outstanding matmen
in action when the grappling expon-
ents compete in the State A.A.U.
Wrestling Championships to be
staged at the I-M this Saturday night.
It promises to be a good show with
entries from Michigan State, Wayne
University, Ypsi Normal, and prom-
inent athletic organizations through-
out the state competing. The Wol-
verine freshman and reserve squads
will represent the University.
Several titles are held currently by
Wolverine grapplers but Jim Lin-
coln will be the only title-holder
competing. He will be defending his
crown in the heavyweight division.
Six Ballots, Six Ties-
Still No Illini Captain
The University of Illinois basket-
ball team will go into its Big Ten
schedule next season minus a cap-
tain.
At a recent meeting of the squad,
the 10 lettermen attempted to elect a
leader, but the outcome was a dead-
lock. Five votes for Louie Boudreau
and a like number for Tom Nisbet.
Six times the ballots were cast but
the results remained the same. Coach
Doug Mills was against the idea of
having co-captains.
During the past campaign, Bou-
dreau was captain until declared in-
eligible in mid-season when Nisbet
took his place. The boys were team-
mates in prep school and are close
friends.
WHO'S THIS MAN LUISETTI?
Hank Luisetti, Stanford's ace
hoopster, would hang his head in
shame if he should happen to hear
Rudy Milhalich's scoring splurge.
Brelsford Pushes Frosh
To Two Mile Record
Clayt Brelsford, who holds the Field
House record for the mile run, came
back yesterday to assist in breaking
the freshman two-mile relay record
which he helped to establish in 1934.
The record which was 8:12.8 was
lowered by a quartet of Ken Doherty's
present frosh to 8:08.2. The previous
record for the relay was set up by a
teamrcomposed of Ladd, Aikens, Da-
vidson, and Brelsford.
Yesterday the assault on the four
year old record was engineered by
Coach Ken Doherty. From his pres-
ent freshman squad Doherty desig-
nated Joe Daniels, Jack Dobson, Art
Cline, and Jack Leutritz. To provide
competition for this quartet a second
team was made up of Karl Wisner,
ineligible Varsity team distance run-
ner, frosh squad members Ernie Was-
smansdorf and Dick Northway and
Brelsford, one of the mainstays of
Charlie Hoyt's Varsity team last year.
Daniels, Dobson and Cline ran the
first three laps of a half mile each
on an even basis with the pacers' first
three of Wisner, Wassmansdorf, and
Northway.
Jack Leutritz of the Frosh took the
baton just behind Brelsford on the
anchor leg. Snatching the lead on
the third lap the big yearling main-
tained a slight lead until the final
turn on the last lap where Brels-
ford came abreast and pushed Leut-
ritz to a 1:59.9 half as they reached
the tape together.
Brelsford was "glad to help out."
CHAPMAN IS VERSATILE
Word from the coast says that
Sam Chapman, California's All-
American back is a combination c a
Hornsby and Medwick in one. Big
league scouts are hot on his trail.
Announcing
The Championship Tournamen
of The University of Michigan
in the following:
STRAIGHT RAIL BILLIARDS,
THREE-CUSHION BILLIARDS.,
POCKET BILLIARDS
PING PONG
Prizes for each tournament.
Leave your entry at the Union
Billiard Room Desk.
The tournament will be held
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The exact
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date has not been determined
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