SATUkJDAY, APRIL 2, 1938 THE MICHIGAN DAILY .... -. . _. __v . . ..... *ASIDE H illberg Is Chosen To Lead Next Year's Hockey Team - LINE S ....'. y IRVIN LISAGOR I Big Stomach, Big Head... SINCE portly Henry "Zeke" Bonura shifted his allegiance, by request, from Chicago to Washington, the Windy City South Siders have been holding requiems in barber shop and billiard hall. For Zeke, despite his jiggling girth and hesitant feet, was the bleacher favorite in Comiskey's huge orchard. On any warm summer day, with the stockyard stench blow- ing gently across the lot, the con- certed bellow of "Cum own, Big Zeke" could be heard for blocks around. And Big Zeke usually replied to the chant with a crashing drive off the distant walls. But two of his shortcomings roiled, his bosses beyond their pa- tience. One was his voracious appe- tite, which kept his waistline out of proportion; the other, his infernal cockiness, which provoked him to ask- what his bosses deemed were exorbi- tant wages. They tolerated Zeke for years because that disarming smile and his menacing bludgeon covered a multitude of shortcomings. The fans loved him. Now a Senator, Zeke will have to organize new legions of admir- ers for his unconventional be- havior. But the White Sox may be more fortunate, for they have a "color" replacement in Gerald (Call him Gee) Walker, Detroit fandom's recent pet. Playing ball the hard way, Walker will please Chicagoans, especially the South Side variety, who are the most susceptible victims of the mid- summer hysteria in the land to- day. His crazy base-running may irk his mates and jumble up the works but his gate appeal and bat will offer considerable amends. Bench jockeying, which can negate the talents of such players as Cleve- land's Johnny Allen, will not af- fect Gee. Only the other day, against the Cubs, Walker protested a pitch with indignation, and the Cubs test- ed his sensibilities with a terrific rib- bing. Unperturbed, Walker called out: "Quiet, please. Wait till you bushers get into a major league before pop- pin' off." The reference was to recent charges that the National loop is strictly a minor one. This encouraged the Cub jockey corps, which proceed- ed to heap more verbal abuse upon Gee. Still ignoring the jibes and cat- calls, Walker shouted: "Well, all I know is what I read in the magazines, and Waite Hoyt is supposed to be a pretty smart gent. He's been in both leagues and for a nickel you can find out what he thinks of the National." Hoyt's article appears in the Sat- eve Post. It is very likely that Walker will survive the sharp tongued lads of the dugouts. It May Be So... SOMETIMES, after watching a dance band toot its horns for hours completely oblivious of its strutting maestro, o n e wonders whether the baton-wielder is as neces- sary to the organization as he seems to be. Leo Fischer, a Chicago writ- er, in April's Esquire, makes an amus- ing revelation about Ohio State's bas- ketball coaches, Harold Olsen and Floyd Stahl, which indicates that a coachless quintet will not fold up and go to pot. During the first half, the Buckeyes took an embarrassing drubbing from a little known op- ponent. Between halves Coaches Olsen and Stahl were locked in a room by an unsuspecting janitor, and the Buckeye five was forced to go on the second period with- out them. Though curious of the whereabouts of the coaches, the boys rallied, rolled up a tremen- dous final lead, while Olsen and Stahl banged futilely away at the door. * * * April Fool, Wally.. Department F, physical education, held a noon luncheon at the Union yesterday with the entire Michigan coachingstaff present. It was to be a 'business' meeting, but the big por- tion of the agenda was handled by the new football coaches, headed by jovial Earl Martineau. Prior to the luncheon a piece of sponge rubber was appropriat- ed from the training room. Over it was smoothered such delicacies as bread crumbs, gravy and a little parsnip, giving aforemen- tioned sponge a tidy and appe- tizing appearance. Said rubber, surrounded by po- tatoes, a vegetable, and other victuals, was placed before Wally Weber, coaching staff member. The men be- gan to eat. Wally, engaged in earnest nnverntinn with Bennie nterhaan. Football Squad To Scrimmare This Afternoon A Title, Johnny? 1 I i Blocking, Tackling, Speed, Place Kicking Stressed 1 In Yesterday's Drills{ This afternoon Coach Fritz Crisler I will send his gridders through the t first scrimmage of the spring season. The squad has been divided into teams previous to today's set-to but only minor drills have been featured. The scrimmage, although of not much importance from the standpoint of . getting a line on team strength or po- Johr ny Speicher, Michigan's Big tentialities, is important nevertheless Ten 118-pound title holder, will as it will give a clue as to the type' take part in the National A.A.U. of play to be expected under the new wrestling meet tonight at Lancas-i coaching regime. ter, Pa.t Yesterday's practice included, aside! from the regular blocking and tack- ling drills, a punting workout and a lvia }en }rliet place kicking session in which bothk kicking and blocking assignments!A A U M eeti were stressed. I A A U M e The development of speed which has been the keynote of all the ses- sions to date came into more prom- Speicher, Combs Wrestlet inence yesterday as a second stimulus In National Tourney t was added-that of keeping warm.- Relay races and charging under punts In an effort to end his career as a were a welcome addition to the shiv- Wolverine matman by annexing a na-E ering gridders. tional title, Co-captain John Speicher Speedy players, while numerous of this year's Big Ten championshipi among the backfield candidates, are team will wrestle tonight in the 118 almost conspicuous by their absence pound class at Lancaster, Pa. wherec in the line crew. Crisler's first day the National A.A.U. tournament is be- with the squad proved to him that1I ing held.7 most of his boys needed to pick 'em. Bill Combs, another Michigan man, up a little faster. He indicated that ! ill aspaotkerthigan5manund speed would be one of his majorwlato mpt tottakComhe 155 pouns problems this year. Hence every drill national title. Combs, who comes from Tulsa, Okla., was one of the has brought about some kind of leg outstn work in one way or another. sandinA men on this year's fresh-1 Imen squad. As a high school wrestler Varsity Wing Will Succeed Bob Simpson Beach Is Chosen Manager Of Puck Squad; Team Faces Heavy Season Les Hillberg was elected captain of[ ;he Varsity hockey squad for the 1938-1 39 season by his teammates last night at the Union. He will succeed Bob Simpson as leader of the Big Ten co-champions. Hillberg, a wing on the Wolverine's second line during the past season, combined his 170 pounds with his skating and stick-handling ability to present a formidable threat, both of- fensively and defensively. Les, al- though not a high scorer, is a good play-maker, and his ability to carry the puck into the enemy territory and there set it up in scoring position for his teammates led to several Wolver- ine tallies. The captain-elect hails from Mar- quette, Michigan, where the long win- ter seasons afforded him ample op- portunity to develop his hockey abili- ty. Before coming to Michigan, where he is now a junior in the forestry school, Hillberg spent a year at North- ern State Teacher's College and com- bined football with his hockey play- ing. Michigan will find defending its co-Conference title no easy task next, year with competition coming from Minnesota, Illinois and possibly Wis- consin, Iowa, Chicago and North- western and Captain Hillberg will have his hands full. Dave Beach, '39E, was chosen man- ager of the team. Elected Puck Captain Louis Retains Boxing Crown Thomas Kayoed In Fifth By Brown Bomber CHICAGO, April 1. - (P) -Joe Louis, defending the world's heavy- weight championship for the third time since he won it nine months ago, knocked out punch-absorbing Harry Thomas, rugged blond challenger from Eagle Bend, Minn., in the fifth round of their scheduled 15-round title contest in the Chicago Stadium tonight. Louis, starting cautionusly by peck- ing light lefts to the head, finally opened up with a devastating bar- rage of left hooks to the chin in the fourth round, dropping Thomas four times. He finished him in the fifth, knocking him down twice again. Tho- mas got up after the second knock- down at the count of eight, only to run into another lethal series of left hooks to the chin that knocked him sprawling after 2 minutes, 50 seconds of the round. The contest, regarded as a tune- up for Louis for his million dollar battle with Max Schmeling, set for June 22, drew a disappointing crowd of 10,468, with gross receipts at $45,- 600. The net receipts probably will be reduced to $37,599 of which Louis may add about $14.000 to his already fat bankroll. Les Hillberg, forestry junior from the Upper Peninsula and wing on the second line of Michigan's Big Ten co-championship hockey team, was elected by his teammates to lead them in the 1938-39 ice campaign. THE BIGGEST M Bill was able to take several A.A.U. * 1...*ttitles each time in a different weight i hii gan Stars class. Last year he was Michigan I State A.A.U. title holder at 145 }w irn Tonight pounds. Illness this year kept him from defending his championship. In his two previous engagements In D .A.C . M eet in the A.A.U.'s Speicher has placed in the show position. This season My Biggest LAUGH I Five Wolverine Tankmen To Perform; Degener,3 Fick Are Featured Five Michigan swimmers will com- pete in the invitational swimming meet to be held tonight at the De- troit Athletic Club pool. The 18 event program will feature a series of match races and diving exhibitions by a star aquatic cast including eight national champions. Among natators including Amer- ica's foremost stars, both men and women, will be Michigan's newly- elected captain, Tom Haynie, and his teammate, Walt Tomski. Freshman mermen Charles Barker and Bill Beebe will perform, and Jack Kas- ley, coming out of retirement, will also be on hand. Haynie, Tomski To Swim Haynie will swim an exhibition and Tomski will partake in another, a fifty yard race against as yet un- named opponents. Barker and Beebe, Coach Matt Mann's promising fresh- man back-strokers, will tangle in an 100-yard battle. Kasley, rapidly nearing top-shape, will shed the wraps and take off for a new American record in the 100- meter breast-stroke. John Higgins, present Ohio State mainstay holds the 'present record at 1:10. Is A.A.U. Preview - Tonight's festivities in Detroit may serve as a preview for what may be expected in the AAU meet next week at Columbus. Such noted natators as Peter Fick, Billy Quayle and John Higgins, will perform as well as the following diving stars, Dick Degener, formerly of Michigan and now a pro- fessional, Al Greene, Elbert Root, Earl Clark, all . top-ranking artists, and collegians Al Patnik and Jim Patterson of Ohio State. Last night nine Michigan freshman stars took part in a series of special races conducted by ex-Wolverine diver Ben Grady at the Toledo Ath- letic club. The squad included Charles Barker, Blake Thaxter, Jim Welch, Bill Beebe, Bill Holmes, Tom O'Neill, Ralph Pynzynski, Tom New- ton and Art Ebeling. TIGERS DOWN REDS LAKELAND, Fla., April 1.-(A)- The Detroit Tigers finally broke the spell that the Cincinnati Reds have held over them in exhibition games this season, winning today's battle, 7 to 3, behind the good pitching of Elden Auker and Cletus Poffenberger, began to cut. Sorta tough steak, thought Wally. He began to bear down-to pour it on. It's tougher than hell, thought Wally. He start- ed to sweat a little, to froth, and finally threw down his tools in dis- gust, and started to ask for a steak knife. By now the room was echoing with laughter, and a chagrined Weber finallyg ot the joke. "Spike" came through the dual meet season with a clean slate, and thenE went on to take the Conference title at 118 pounds after he defeated his old rival from Indiana, "Two-Bits"{ Myers. 1938 BASEBALL SCHEDULE April8: Ohio Wesleyan, there 9: U. of West Virginia, there 11: U. of Virginia, there 12: Washington and Lee, there 13: Virginia M.I., there 14: Georgetown, there 15: Maryland, there 16: Navy, there 19: Wisconsin, here 22: Illinois, there 23: Illinois, there 26: Michigan State, here 29: Purdue, here 30: Purdue, here May, 3: Western State, there 6: Michigan State Normal, there 9: Indiana, here 10: Western State, here 13: Ohio State, here 14: Ohio State, here 17: Michigan State Normal, here 19: Notre Dame, here 21: Notre Dame, there 26: Wisconsin, there 27: Minnesota, there 28: Minnesota, there 30: Michigan State, there 31: California, here BENNIE OOSTERBAAN Michigan Basketball Coach It happened during "The Battle of the Mud" in 1925 at Evanston. Michi- gan and Northwestern were playing in Dyche Stadium on a water-logged field covered with mud in abundance. We had a sub that year by the name of Sid Dewey-a funny sort1 of a duck. In the middle of the game, Yost sent him in, and out on the field he ran in his spotless, light suit to relieve a mud caked and overburdened lineman. But Sid didn't like the limelight, so for his warmup drill he took a neat dive into a convenient pool' of mud, got well covered, and dripping with mud, got ready for action. Walter Eckersall, the dean of American officials, was the referee of that game and naturally we treat- ed him very respectfully. It was al- ways "yes, sir, Mr. Eckersall," and never any arguments. After a few plays, Dewey happened to pick up the 'mud soaked ball and noticed Ecker- sall approaching. "Here you are, Eckie old boy," he called and tossed I him the ball. Eckersall caught it face high, and it splattered mud and water all over him. We all stared at Dewey in amazement, but he hadn't even -noticed it. Nonchalant and ec- centric as ever, he was strolling back to his position for the next play. Coaches, Athletes Meet At I-M For Spring Clinic Wolverine coaches ana their squadsj will play host today to over 300 high school coaches and athletes at the Annual Spring Clinic in morning and afternoon sessions at the I-M and Field House today. In the morning Earl Riskey will give a talk at the I-M on "Promo- tional Devices for Intramurals" and at the Field House the wrestling squad will demonstrate wrestling. S RINGS*ALE of GAS Ranges and GAS Ref rigerators We've Ever Had! DON'T DELAY...odernize your kitchen now! A new 1938 Gas Range and Gas Refrigerator is within the means of everyone's b'udget as a result of this . . .Our biggest, easy-to-buy appliance sale. You can have a beautiful range and refrigerator of the latest model in your own home, with the loose change in your pocket. 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