THE MIChIGAN DAILY LVichigan Meets Badger Nine Today In First Game Of Tri Herm Fishman To Take Over Mound Duties Gedeon Goes With Squad, But Ankle Injury Likely To KeepHim Idle Hopelessly out of the running for any title consideration, Michigan's Varsity baseball team faces Wiscon- sin today at Madison in the first of three road games. A clean sweep would enable the Wolverines to fin- ish the season with a .500 record. Herm Fishman who dropped a 4-2 decision to the Badgers in their first meeting at Ann Arbor, is Coach Ray Fishers probable mound choice, with Gene Hinrichs as his likely opponent. Fishman has progressed rapidly since the first tilt, his last two efforts hav- ing been shutout victories over Ohio State and Notre i Dame. Elmer Gedeon, regular first sacker, who has been out with a sprained ankle, accompanied the team on the trip, but is a doubtful participant. If Elmer is unable to play, Danny Smik will move in from the outfild to the spot he held down last season, while Freddie Trosko or Bob Campbell will handle the right field duties. Tomorrow the team travels to Minneapolis for a two-game series with the Minnesota Gophers, who at present are tied with Michigan in the standings. Burt Smith is the Wol- verines' mound hope in tomorrow's game, with Ed Andronik due to work Saturday. Jack Barry, the greatly improved sophomore, will be held in reserve for all three games. PROBABLE LINE-UP Michigan Wisconsin Pink, cf Schilling, cf Brewer, ss Bietila, c Peckinpaugh, 3b Gerlach, ss Kremer, If Dismeier, rf Smick or A. Smith, Trosko, rf 3b Gedeon or Olson, Smick, lb 2b Lisagor, 2b R. Smith, If+ Beebe, c Zuehls, lb Fishman, p Hinrichs, p Frosh Receive Track Awards Doherty Selects 25 Men For, Spring Numerals Ken Doherty, freshman track coach, yesterday announced his selec- tions for freshman track numerals. Those who will receive awards are: Philip Balyeat, Sparta; Robert Bar- nard, Winnetka, Ill.; Edward Barrett, Port Huron; Henry Beale, Toledo, Ohio; Warren Breidenbach, Dayton, Ohio; Donald Canham, Oak Park, Ill.; Arthur Cline, Indianapolis, nd.; William Cochrane, Crystal Lake, Ill.; Henry Cooper, Detroit;JEdmund Dickey, Hannibal, Mo.; John Dob- son, Ann Arbor; William Dobson, Ann Arbor and Howard Egert, Lake- wood, Ohio. Other Numeral Winners William Gensel, Detroit; Geoffrey Hall, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Robert Hock- berger, Chicago; Robert Hook, Grand Rapids; Leslie Jones, Yonkers, N.Y.; Perry Kimerer, Toledo, Ohio; Thom- as Lawton, Walled Lake; James Monahan, Elmhust, Ill.; Edward Mc- Donald, Pentwater; Richard North- way, Royal Oak; Myron Ogden, Utica, N.Y.; Ralph Pyszynski, Milwaukee, Wis.; Gilbert Stevenson, Kalamazoo. PRESS PASSES -By BUD BENJAMIN - Captain Bill ... . CAPT. BILL WATSON arrived at track practice early yesterday af- ternoon. Apparently unperturbed by his newly acquired captaincy, he af- fably accepted congratulations from a handful of visitors and proceeded to work out, unassuming and quiet as ever. He put on quite an exhibition. First he strolled over to the dis- cus circle and topped off his workout with a heave of approxi- mately 165 feet, almost 10 feet better than Arlie Muck's ancient Conference record. That seemed quite adequate to William, and he turned to the shot. After a few tosses in the 50 feet bracket, he dropped over to the broad jump pit. Then a few laps around the track, and Bill was ready for an interview. But first a few words of recapitula- tion. Tuesday night William Watson was elected Michigan track captain for 1939. That he deserved it is un- questionable. Undoubtedly the great- est track athlete in Michigan history, he is everything that a captain should be. He is a worker, he is respected, and he stands head and shoulders above a remarkable team in ability. A slave for work, Watson is untiring in his attention to de- tail. Hour after hour, he works away at the minutia of track technique the most fruitful, al- beit the most irksome, task of the athlete. He tears an event apart, analyzing every detail no matter how small. Unlike Fred Martin, Watson didn't start from scratch on his trip to col-' legiate fame having held three rec- ords in high school. * * * BUT LET'S let Bill do the talking. He's far better informed than we are. Q-What do you think of your1 captaincy, Bill? A-I'm really thrilled about it. We'll have a swell team next year, especially if we get, a javelin. thrower. I like all the boys and know them well. I hope I live up to their faith in me. Q-Everybody is calling you the greatest track man in Michigan his- tory, Bill. How about it? A-Nope, , that isn't right. Don't put me in the same class with Willie Ward. Willie was the' cream of the crop. If he hadnt played football he would have high jumped 6 feet 10 inches easily. Q-They tell m you're quite a football player. Why didn't you play here? A-I wanted to play, but Charlie figured that it would 'hurtme in track. It hurt Willie plenty. I'm going into coaching work, and the training would have helped. Q-What's up for this summer, Bill? His Bat Rings, But Danny Smick Theta Xi Beats Still Sighs For Pitcher's Mound, Trigons, 134- By HERB LEV the first Purdue game (the 15 inning i Black Pitches Team It was a dejected Danny Smick affair) out of the fire, but his mighty who ambled out to right field from Into I-M Softball Finals the pitcher's mound that April after- cit noon. He had just been batted out the Boilermakers the next day to The Theta Xis slugged their wa of the box by a first inning Michigan even the series, into the final round of the I-M fra State rally, marking the second time Since then, Danny's bat has been a ternity softball league yesterda in two games that he was unable to potent factor in every game. Until when they cracked out fifteen hit survive the initial stanza. Saturday's Notre Dame battle, he toedefeay Tron 13-6. A dream of a lifetime appeared to defeat Trigon 13-6. shattered. The football injury had THE BIG FIVE Little Tommy Black went the en taken too much out of Danny's arm. Player AB " IH pet. tire route for the winners and al Danny had cnly one more chance Smick .........65 12 25 .385 lowed but nine scatcered hits. I to make good and he decided to Peckinpaugh ...88 17 28 .318 only one inning, the second, did th make the most of it. Coming up to Pink..... ...77 12 24 .312 Trigons score more than one run. the plate in the third inning, he Gedeon ........74 12 22 .298 ill Mason lead the Theta Xi at stepped into one of Pitcher Dahl- Kremer........77 18 20 .259 t ith a home run, double, singl strom's fast balls and lined it into ____k____h___hmerun,_dub__,__ing__ the right field tennis courts for the had never been held hitless. Now a base on bals fourtime first Michigan home run of the sea-wha 2ergeneldhe's.Nad son. That was only a start. Just to th 2am es playe he's a ding Sigma Chi earned the right to mee mnake it more emphatic, he singled age more than 60 points higher ave Psi Upsilon in the final round of the sharply to center on his next trip to age more tha second division when they downe the plate. Despite his batting successes h Sigma Alpha Mu 13-7 yesterday. And big Danny hasn't stopped yet. ee his bisuess, how- In the other softball games, Her His two hits weren't enough to pull evg anny's fr lov e ti p mitage nosed out Phi Sigma Delta ______________ _____ing and he looks forward to the time 13-12, Alpha Chi Sigma whippe when he'll be able to resume his Alpha Omega 6-5, and the Forestr turn on the mound. Each day he asks Club massacred the Whirlwinds 21- Cohen im bs to pitch in batting practice, and he's Chubela acr d e ltandapp- always the last to leave the field Phi Delta Theta and Delta KapP: at night, that is, if he can find an Epsilon tangle today at South Ferr; To Fam e Via ambitious catcher to work overtime Field in the other semi-final gam with himu of the championship division. Th . j Wyf srsing winner will meet Theta Xi next Tues I- vln low Danny feels his arma is coming day at Palmer Field. back, and longs for the chance to By MEL FINEBERG )itch again. But this chance may never come, this year at least, for , More experienced in second story two distinct reasons. First, the pres- STROH S CARLINGS work than in actual tennis competi- ent mound staff of Herm Fishman, FRIAR'S ALE tion, for he was without an iota of Burt Smith and Ed Andronik is im- the latter at the beginning of this proving rapidly, and then a .385 hit- At All Dealers year, the presence of Henry "Hank' ter is a handy guy to have in right J.J. O'KANE, Dist. Dial 3500 Cohen on the Varsity tennis team field. may be called without fear of con- tradiction, "surprising." Up until this year, Cohen had never gone out for either high school or college tennis. He was "more worried about grades than about a letter." But in this, his senior year, safely past the scholastic barrier after being admitted to Long Island College of Medicine, Hank finally went out for tennis. In The Hard Way Admitedly green and sheepishly confessing that much of his playing had been achieved only after sneak- ing through the windows of the In- tramural Building on Sunday morn- ing when the building was supposed- ly closed, Cohen reported to Coach Leroy Weir early this year. Luckily for Hank, Weir, in his first year All wool Shetlands, styled in the here as coach, was willing to give more than a modicum of time to popular wide shoulder pain back anyone who showed the least prom- ise. three button model. Green, camel When the men who were to take the spring trip south were named, he shade and brown. was one of the eight selected. After this southern trip, Cohen finally set- tled in the number five spot and won thirteen of his fifteen matches. VeKy pcilat The two defeats he suffered were at the hands of number three men from Chicago and Minnesota. me105 Reaches Semi-Finals At the Conference meet, Hank gar- nered half the varsity's total when he reached the semi-finals before losing to Levy of Minnesota. Now, his col- legiate career brought to a halt al- most before it began, Cohn hopes State . at to compete in the National Inter- Street WLbert collegiates in the singles and thenrY team up with Neil Levenson in the siNc " 8g4 doubles. Cohen is a far superior indoor player than outdoor. The reason is- - simple-he plays balls on the rise and the faster bounce on the wood in turn enables him to hit a much faster ball. It is one of Weir's pet gripes that Hank isn't as good on clay as he is on wood.Fi SUI T SALE (All Wool Suits in this Sale) at a Saving of 20% Discount Many suitable for Fall wear in medium and dark shades and for Spring and Summer in medium and light shades. $40.00 $35.00 $32.50 now $32.00 ,f now $28.00 now $25.00 $30.00 $27.50 $25.00 now $24.00 now $22.00. now $20.00 I Better hurry in early today!- (No charge for alterations). ~0taeb & uba 309 SOUTH MAIN ST2EET NEW STYLES FIRST AT WILD S College-End CLEARANCE SALE 78 SUITS and SPORT COATS Rather than carry these suits and sport coats until the end of the season, we group these "broken lots" and close them out at: Suits fprmerly $35 and $40. $22.50 F t 0 t+ h tl A-Well, I've got three more meets left, the Big Ten-Pacific Coast meet, the National, and the AA.U.'s-all in June. I'm go- ing after that South American trip that the A.A.U. is offering for track men who do well at their meet. Q-How about the 1940 Olympics?' A-I'm going to enter the de- cathalon along with the shot and discus. I have a year and a half of school left, and I'll spend that last year getting in shape and practicing. That was about all Bill had to say. He walked down the track, nodded at a half pint freshman who was trotting by, and joined Allen for an- other lap. He's Captain Watson now -a fellow who overcame all obstacles to climb up the ladder and place himself head and shoulders above the field. He'll stay there! I SPORT COATS as low as.a. . $6.50 Your chance to become acquainted with Varsity-Town clothes at sale prices.