FRIDAY, DEC. 3,1937 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Tigers Trade Walker, Owen To Chisox; Get Vernon Kc
'nnedy
Dixie Walker
And Piet Also
JoinBengals
Detroit Manager Regrets
Loss Of Popular 'Gee;
Needed Pitching
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2.-(P)-Man-
agers Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago
White Sox and Mickey Cochrane of
Detroit's Tigers, two old baseball pals
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Michigan Fans'
Prove Hockeyj
Gate Attraction
ASIDE LINES
By IRVIN LISAGOR
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By BEN MOORSTEIN Yuletide Comaraderie...
If a sport has personality, if it's a FEEL THE SHORT-WAVE glow of
port with spectator appeal, then it's Iseasonal sweetness and light that
made sport. With the way things I hurdle, Scroogian inhibitions and
re going in amateur hockey circuits, 'make benevolent signs grow under
looks like the simon-pures will de- your eyes? Smell the fragrant holly?
act plenty of attention from the pro Fielding H. Yost and Notre Dame
ame. have buried the proverbial hatchet-i
First take a squint at what's doing a d t h oterbak e
n the Michigan-Ontario amateur and not in each other's back. Re-
ockey league and then come right liable gossip-mongers insist John L.
ack to Ann Arbor town and the Lewis and William Green will or- i
fichigan Coliseum. Earlier in the ganize soon, break bread and drown
eek over 14,000 paid to see an M-O their mutual enmity in Kentucky'
a.me at the Detroit Olympia. Inthimuale iyin etck
ur games, includingthis one, a total corn (bottled by unorganized hillbil-
~ 51nnn r ctnmtlies). An unsigned cablegram reveals
who've long been trying to outsmart
each other as "ivory traders," swung 'i
one of the biggest player-for-player h
deals of recent years today.b
Putting new life in a minor league M
meeting which threatened a new w
"low" in actual major league transac-
tions, the White Sox traded pitcher, ,f
Vernon Kennedy, outfielder Dixie
Walker and infielder Tony Piet to
Detroit for outfielder Gerald Walker, w
infielder Marvin Owen and Catcher's
ance of relations. Somebody even
went so far back as the 19th cen-
tury to point out that Director
Yost wasn't always particular
about whether his players were
enrolled in school. When he
coached at Kansas, they wrote,
huge behemoths, with hair down
to their napes, would hop off a
train, Saturday morning, change
clothes at a local frat club and
go into action that afternoon.
After the brawl, they started
back for the coal mines-until
the next call.
This was, of course, the fabrication
of imaginative journalists, but it gives
an idea of the extent of the spat. The
truce is highly commendable.
Add Miscellany.. .
DUTCH CLARK, DETROIT Lions'
he turnstiles. The average on this
'as 6,000 more than last year at the
ame time.
Herr Adolf Hitler's plan to invite
Pitt's Marshall Goldberg to Deutsch-
land for illustrated lectures on the
"Value of Open Field Running."
Yes, 'tis the Yule season on us
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Cagers' Screening Is Version
Of Football's Blocking Tactics
By BUD BENJAMIN screen. They set up their stock for-
Screening-basketball's refinement mation-two men in front and three ,
of blocking-is really little more than in the back. Usually there is a pre-
a subtle form of the football variety. liminary passing period. During this
On the gridiron it's practically a interval, the team appraises the op-
hard and fast rule that as a team's position looking for vulnerable points.1
blockers succeed, so goes the fortune Suddenly-The Play I
of the team. In basketball, screen- Suddenly the set up comes. A fast C
ing is not that important, although break-an opening-a man in the
improved competition and coaching free-a shot-perhaps a basket. Hy-
have made it an integral part of any pothetically, that's the way it should
team's retinue. work.
The purpose of the basketball Nice play chants the audience. And r
screen as well as its method of ap- they're right. Next time though, take
plication varies from football block- a glance at the defense. You're apt
ing. The purpose on the court is '* to find one or two of them vainly
get one more man in scoring posi- trying to push past a seemingly non-
tion than you have on defense. The chalant opponent who just won't get I
simplest example is the 2-1 relation- out of the way. He's the screen-the
ship. With one defender and two of- fall guy-the gent that makes bas-
fensive players, one man will screen ketball so pleasurable to watch.
while the other seeks to shake him-
self into a shot at the basket. The WINS SENIOR TITLE
whole intent is to free one of the AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 2.-{kP)-Jock
men from his defender. Hutchison, 54-year-old former Brit-
Application Differs l ish Open Champion, captured the
This progression could conceivably Professional Golfers' Inaugural $2,-
continue up to the five man limit, ) 000 Seniors' Tournament today.
that is there could be a 3-2 ratio, a'
4-3 ratio, and theoretically a 5-4 ratio. PUREX PIPE FC
The latter is probably too involved for
use. A comple
The application of this form of
blocking is also different than its CA RLSO
gridiron version. In football, the
block involves a definite forward mo- 1112 South Uni
tion at a target, the attempt being to
either push back or spill the defense.
The cagers must figure out the e
most logical path of the defensive
man to successfully screen a play.
They then occupy this avenue so that
when the defensive player goes to
cover his man, he is apt to find him-
self stopped by a body block.
The player working the screen
doesn't lunge at his man but rather The vita-fused hex
at the area that he thinks his op- from the first puff.
ponent will have to traverse. This ! ! lick those studies-
is the subtle feature of the split sec- the big game. It's
ond maneuver. i, EYour college store
Michigan, a proponent of the de- Cete line of Pure
layed break, relies heavily upon the.1$.SO I
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Mike Tresh.
No Cash Involved
The deal, in which no cash was in-
volved, was announced after a brief
conference in the hotel suite of J.
Louis Comiskey, White Sox owner.
The quick decision to act came after
two days of bickering between Dykes
and Cochrane.
"I had to bolster my pitching," said
Cochrane, "and with Kennedy win-
ning between 18 and 20 games we will
be tough next season, even though I
had to sacrifice hitting and defensive
strength by letting Gerald Walker
and Owen go."
Fills Infield Gap
Dykes, who has been after Gerald
Walker for three years and who
wanted Owen to plug the Sox third
base hole, was elated. He said he
long has wanted another "real hit-
ting" outfielder and described Owen
as one "of the finest defensive in-
fielders in the game."
Kennedy won 14 games and lost 13
last season, but in 1936 was a 21-
game winner.
Dixie Walker, who hit .300 for the
Sox, developed into a Sox star after
being "sold down the river," by the
New York Yanks after numerous in-
juries had slowed him down.{
Walker A Slugger'
Gerald Walker, one-time Detroit
"problem child" because of his base-
running antics, has been hitting sen-
sationally, batting .335 in 1937 and
getting 18 homers. Cochrane's un-
willingness to part with "Gee" be-
cause of his popularity in Detroit was
one reason the deal did not come
off sooner.
Tresh, who caught more than 100
games and hit .271 for Portland in the
Pacific Coast League last season, is
a young catcher of promise.
Value-$150,000
Piet, utility infielder for the Sox,
is expected to strengthen Detroit's in-
field utility forces.
The deal, rated as one of $150,000
worth of diamond talent, was the big-
gest for the White Sox since they
bought Dykes, Al Simmons and
"Mule" Haas from the Philadelphia
Athletics for $75,000 in 1933.
Olympia Club Joins
Detroit Red Wings
In Use Of Coliseum
The Ice Follies in Detroit forced
the members of the Olympia Skat-
ing Club to leave their customary
quarters and in so doing gave Ann Ar-
bor skating fans a novel and inter-
esting treat at the Colliseum last
night.
Unable to use their own rink and
unwilling to give up their skating, the
Detroiters like the Detroit Red Wings
who will practice at the Coliseum to-
day from 12 noon to 2 o'clock and
tomorrow from 9 to 10 in the
morning, welcomed hockey Coach
Eddie Lowrey's invitation to use the
Coliseum for their figure skating.
Fifteen male and female figure
skaters, with ages ranging from 14 to
the middle 60's, went on with their
practice in the middle of the ice
while the usual student skaters went
right on with their pleasure skating.
Naturally the fact that they were
surrounded by other skaters who were
unintentionally cutting in on them
limited their repertoire. They were
limited to the simple steps such as
the tango, the 14 step, and othe
practice school steps.
Coach Eddie Lowrey hopes to in
terest students and townspeople i
figure skating and have one of the
'members of the club instruct them.
GIFTS.. .
New .... Unusual
the individual styled designs.
0 that reflect personality --- -
are featured in our GIFT
PARADE.
Gates Increase
All over this region it's the same.
More people saw the Windsor club
play in four home games this season
than saw them perform throughout
the 16-game schedule last year. Every
burg boasting a hockey arena is set-
ting new records in attendance, at-
testing to the pull it exerts on the
public.
But why go out of town. Right'
here in Ann Arbor, if you cast a I
southwesterly glance any Saturday
evening that a game is scheduled,
you can see exactly how strongly
amatuer hockey has the fans in its
grip. The Coliseum is almost a sure
sellout whenever the Wolverine puck-
sters card a home game.
Meet London A.C.
Tomorrow the sextet tackles London
A.C. at the Michigan rink and at-
tendance ought to closely parallel,
that of last week's opening game.
The initial tilt saw every seat in
the cement-block structure approp-
riated, even before the padded play-
ers skated onto the ice. Standing
room only was announced to the
large waiting crowd outside and even
that couldn't keep them from clam-
oring for entry. Finally with all
,available observational space re-
duced to nil most of the waiting
group had to depart.
S..O. Sign Common
The Coliseum holds approximately
1,500 people but several hundred
more have been known to squeeze
into the ice box, sitting in the aisles,
standing along the top of the stands
and drooping over the balcony rail.
With things like those mentioned
as the rule rather than the excep-
tion is it arty' wonder that the out-
look for hockey here ought to be
rosy? Decidedly rosy !
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agani gveyoua reen en Coach, believes most players are l
Yule pay it back. Ahi, even the
mind gets light . .. at their best at 25-which would
make most collegians under-par un-
til they entered the pro game . .
.iins n .He also commented on the general
D,1mlnishin Returns - - - lack of interest among Big Ten par-
A MICHIGAN-NOTRE DAME foot- ticipants in the post-graduate foot-
A ball game several years ago ball course . . . Corby Davis, Hoosier
would have been the "natural" the fullback, Fred Vanzo, Northwestern]
Daily claimed for it two years ago quarterback, Cecil Isbell, Purdue, and
when it campaigned for resumption k Gust Zarnas, Ohio State guard, are
of Wolverine-Irish athletic relation- likely pro stuff, in Clark's opinion.
ships. Today, it would be only mod- A Chicago Tribune columnist
erately successful, but by 1941, when listed under a heading, 'What
the present schedules expire, maybe They have to be Thankful For,"
both elevens will be on top again and this line: "Harry Kipke-Hunk
ripe for tremendous exploitation of Anderson".. . Michigan ought to
their gridiron position. lay its clutches on Hank Groth,
Michigan retains a substantial edge the Catholic Central halfback,
over Notre Dame in their six-sport who has scored 331 points in his
competition. The Wolverines have last 17 games ...
won 44 times and lost 18. In foot- Yesterday's big baseball deal gave
ball their record is seven victories, both Chicago and Detroit needed
one defeat; in baseball, 24 wins, 12 strength, and was fairly equitable.
losses. But Tiger fans will howl because
The break was precipitated by
an inconsequential difference.
Michigan claimed the Irish were
using men who didn't comply
with Big Ten rules of competi-
tion. The Notre Dame reply was,
"So is Michigan!" Reporters dug
up skeletons, the two schools ban-
died insults and finally the whole
thing resulted in wholesale sever-
"Gee" Walker was their idol, a color-
ful performer who provided the pay-
ing customers with hours of shop
Marvin Owen won't have to worry
about rookies pushing him out of a
job with the White Sox, for the Hose
have been lacking a good third sack-
er since Dykes retired to bench man-
aging..
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ANOTHER DEAL
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2.- (Pn) -The
St. Louis Browns tonight traded out-
fielder Joe Vosmik to the Boston Red
Sox for pitcher Buck Newsom, short-
stop Red Kress and outfielder Buster
Mills.
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Cappon Vexed With Team's Play
10-DAY SALE
The fanfare have already begur
their title chant this year as Mich-
igan's basketball squad nears the end'
of its pre-seasonal training grind,"
but three poor practice sessions in a
row this week have Coach Franklin
C. Cappon worried.
Cappon refuses to deny that his
team is potentially one of the class
outfits in the Conference this year,
but he realizes that they will not
win any games on paper. While not
planning any radical shakeup, he is
driving the cagers hard and will con-
tinue to do so until the rough edges
are ironed out.
The play of some of the veterans,
this week has not been up to par but,
close competition on the part of the
ambitious sophomore crew has put
most of the older men on their mettle
again.
Defensively the cagers have looked
far better than on offense. Last
night's scrimmage against the fresh-
men saw the Varsity hold the year-
lings to a lone basket in 15 minutes
in one of the many drills, but they
missed countless set-up shots and
looked ragged in spots.
Cappon expressed dissatisfaction
with the play in all departments after
the drill, but stated that he expected!
the squad to snap out of it before the1
Michigan State opener on December
11.
At present the teams line up as
follows:
FIRST TEAM-Townsend and Rae
(front line); Beebe, Thomas, and
Fishman (back line).
SECOND TEAM-Smick and Nich-
olson (front line) ; Pink, Palmer, and
Barclay (back line).
Mannie Slavin, Bill Lane, Ben Wea-1
ver and Vince Valek are front line
reserves, while Freddie Trosko, Dick
Long, Dave Wood, and Russ Dobson!
substitute in the back ranks.
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