THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE T RIT PR ESS PASSES _____ ____By BUD BENJAMIN _ _ _ _ _ _ tn hThe MailBag THE FOLLOWING letter arrived in yesterday's mail: THE COURT INN Camden, South Carolina Wednesday Bud- I've just finished reading that article of yours concerning our inter- view and to put it mildly I think you misconstrued my statements as completely as possible, and if I were any closer to Ann Arbor right now I'd come to Ann Arbor and demand a retraction of certain portions of said article. To continue, I don't think you would have printed it if I had been in town for I was there four days after our interview and it didn't appear in your column. To be brief and to the point, I doubt if you would have had the necessary "guts" to print it while I was in town. First of all I know I'm entitled to an apology for your remark about my lack of hustle in college baseball for you were not on the team at the time and hence not qualified to speak. Secondly any sports writer with any grain of sense would have realized some of my remarks were not for publication, as I told you at the time. Right now you are in position to pass judgment upon me for you never knew me at Michigan or how I conducted myself, and the friends I did make at Michigan realize I would not be indiscreet as your article tried to portray me. I did make several mistakes while talking to you, but I thought at the time that we were talking as a hall-player to an ordinary and under- standing sports writer. Now I realize I was talking as a ball-player to a county fair sports writer who had neither the desire or wish to overlook certain statements, and whose sole object was to make me appear in as had a light as possible. To put it briefly you tried to show me up, and did, to certain people in Ann Arbor, but to those who are my friends the article Was a fake and an attempt of a small-town writer to show up a person, who, so far, 1as enjoyed a measure of success in professional ball, after having been a, failure in college ball. Finally, I've enclosed several copies of this letter to friends of mine in Ann Arbor, and they will back me up in every statement I have made in the above. I'm not making an issue of this for when I seal this letter I'm considering the incident closed, but if you've any desire of presenting both sides of the matter you'll print this in full, but I doubt if you will for your conduct so far has been that of a, and here words fail me, trying to build his reputation at the expense of others who are quite beyond his reach. (signed) John A. Gee, Jr. He's Rated 'Top-Notch' .1 I-M To Stage Campts Track e as Beens And Phi Delts To Defend Titles Against Rivals At Field House The Has Beens and Phi Delta Theta will defend their crowns tonight in the I-M Independent and Fraternity indoor track meet starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Yost Field House. In the Independent division, the Has Beens will have a hard battle on their hands against the strong teams en- tered by the Forestry Club and the Phys Eds. Although the champions won by a comfortable margin last year, they have lost most of their point winners and are relying on Ed Murphy in the high jump and pole vault along with Al ChaeIwick in the dashes to carry them through tonight. Phys. Eds Strong The Physical Eds have built their team around a group of Wolverine Varsity men in various sports. They will have Dave Strong, Harold Floersch, and Earl Smith in the hurdles. Strong will pole vault along with Walt Kitti. Cager Herb Brogan will run the mile and Bob Flora will throw the shot. In the high jump the Phys Eds are depending on Kitti and Floersch while Smith will run in the dash. The Forestry Club is counting on Harry Goodwin in the low hurdles, Gene Kenaga in the 440-yard run and ow hurdles, Les Hillberg, the Wolver- ine hockey captain, in the mile and shot put, and Sterling Brinkley in the high hurdles. Besides these the Forestry Club has likely point win- ners in Chink Metcalf, a high jumper and pole vaulter, Andy Kuhnmuench, a dash man and high jumper, and Bob Dimler in the dash. Dworkis Throws Shot Other Independent outfits who will enter strong teams are Hillel with Mart Dworkis, in the shot put and Harold Bender in the hurdles, the Senators with Cornelius Boogaard in the mile run, the Badgers, Fletcher Hall and the Wolverines. In the fraternity division, Phi Gam- ma Delta's strong team will be f av- ored to walk off with the title that the Phi Delts won last year. Ready For Big Season Confidence Marks Jack Barry's IRise To Top Of Hiirliig Corps Ilal Benham, Wolverine diver who took third places in both the low and high board events at the National Collegiate meet here last weekend, has been rated by Fred Cady, Olympic diving coach, as a "top-notch diver." 0lympi. Coach Calls AINPEli ~'est In World' By M EL I"INEBERG Leo Beebe, veteran catcher and possessor of one of the finest arms in collegiate baseball, is again lead- ing the backstop candidates on Coach Ray Fisher's squad. The boys are rounding into shape for the opening game of %the season against Wake Forest April . Reserves Top Reofulars, 5-3 111d Sti fles First String MVen' For Five Franes - Coach Ray Fisher put four of his prospective first string pitchers to work yesterday as a scrappy yanni- gan team took the measure of the regulars in a ten-inning battle, 5 to 3. Jack Barry, Russ Dobson, Les Veigel and Lyle Bond all saw action during the game, which was featured by a three-run yannigan onslaugnt in the third inning and a fine performance on the mound by sophomore Bond. Barry, junior mainstay of this year's pitching corps, opened for the reserves and exhibited good control and a sweeping curve ball in turning back the regulars for the first two in- BY HERB 1iNc A year ago jack Barry was a for- gotten man, .just another sophomore hurling aspirant striving against odds to crash an all-star array of mound performers. His chances to make the annual southern trip appeared about as bright as the St. Louis Browns pennant hopes. Today Jack Barry is looking for- ward to next week's Dixie jaunt. This time he'll go, for in the space of a year he's developed into the ace of a green, yet promising Wolverine staff. Upon him rests a big part of Michigan's hopes for a successful sea- son. Bolsters Weakening Staff It wasn't until well into last year's Conference season, when the suppos- edly star-studded mound staff showed signs of cracking, that Jack threw his first ball for Michigan. At the time Herm Fishman and Burt Smith were the only Varsity pitchers who were coming through and both showed signs of being overworked. Big Ed Andronik was proving himself an in- and-outer, Smick's arm wasn't round- ing into shape, and the highly-touted sophomore, Russ Dobson, was mild- ly speaking, a disappointment. There was room for another pitcher and out of the ranks of the scrubs Jack Barry was selected. Why Barry? He was only moderate- ly fast, his curve was fair but far from the sharpest on the squad, his control was far from flawless. But Jack had what his fellow sophomores. and most of the older boys lacked, complete confidence in himself. Ideal Temperament It has been Barry's ideal pitching; temperament, his calmness, his as- surance on the mound which have directed his rise to the top. From the time he toes the rubber, Jack always nings. He fell a run behind in the third when Charley Pink, who had dragged a beautiful bunt through the infield and then pilfered second base, came home on a ringing double to left center by Pete Lisagor. Veigel, promising sophomore right- hander, turned back the yannigans for three innings without a run, but in the fourth he developed a wild streak and walked three men, which together with three singles and two outfield flies, gave the reserves three runs. The regulars came right back in the fifth inning to tie up the score at Barry's expense, but in the sixth and seventh the yanningans added a run each to put the game on ice. Bond relieved Barry in the sixth and sty- mied the regulars' bats for the re- mainder of the game, allowing but one hit and fanning four, Veigel was followed by Russ Dobson in the same inning. The Yannigans tapped Russ for two runs in his five-inning stay to win the game, but in the final three innings his fast ball and curve were working in good order. Of thc ution t- ni i l fw hard thitS,")his teaites e,(rors 1may put him in a hole, but he'll never let anything get the better of him. Despite his rank at the head of the staff, Barry isn't exactly a seasoned Big Ten pitcher. In his sole Confer- ence appearance last year, he relieved Andronik and was given credit for a victory over Minnesota when Forest Evashevski's triple in the ninth broke a 4-4 tie. Otherwise he turned in two good relief jobs against Toledo and Ypsi. Now, his teammates from Coach Fisher down have every reason to believe that the lanky, easy-going right-hander will do equally well in a starting role. This year Jack returned a bit fast- er, and even more confident after a summer's work in a fast N w York amateur league. In the early work- outs, he has been bothered a bit by lack of control, but Coach Fisher isn't worried. "Jack's the type that's always best when the pressure's on," says Ray. Swim ;Groip Adds Muller Harvey Muller, assistant coach of the Michigan swimming team was elected to membership of the Nation- al Collegiate Swimming Coaches As- sociation, at their annual meeting held in conjunction with the National Collegiate weekend. Championslbips here last THERE CAN be no retraction by this ferences in opinion or interpretat tract, but no such error is involved inI As for not having the "guts" to1 town ,this is a definite misstatement.I during the week preceding three Con wrestling. Add to this mass of materi and you have four good reasons why tI stories were not only of greater news timeliness. The Gee story could be u Chicago on Friday I put it away for fu Gee himself calls his college pitch I quoted him as saying: "In college Ic laugh, and I played around a lot." Ge such was the case, was partially revised several adjectives he used to describe1 of an unprintable nature. True, I never knew Gee at Michig Yet, I did see him pitch for two years those stated in the column, strengthe This column has no personal qu piece sought to relate the progress ma can well be proud. If it lacked suffici the fact that metropolitan baseball w after a month of flamboyant headlines The only remark Gee asked me to Charley Keller got two hits off him in but I am sure that Mr. Keller does n sports writer." Incidentally I never told Gee claims he thought he was talk er. To my way of thinking, this conno peared in my column in quotation mar Gee. The rest was my own interpretat above this piece each morning, no on should hold. If you don't like my view continue to state same despite the th subjects. Red Sox Rout Louisville In Slaughter, 24 To 2 ARCADIA, Fla., March 27.--(P)- The Boston Red Sox gave the Louis- ville Colonels a terrific 24-2 batter-j ing today when they visited theirl American Association farmhands. The slaughter started when the Sockers belted Ted Olson, their re- cent teammate, for 11 runs TAILORED AT Michigan fans may not know it column in matters which involve dif- but they have se(, the greatest diver o.Errorminfatewihinlaysdre- in the world, a man who will learn ion. Errors in fact we will always re- to be even better than Michigan's the Gee interview. Dick Degener who won the Olympic print the interview while Gee was in crown in 1936." The statement may It so happened that I interviewed Gee sound a bit dogmatic and peremp- ference meets-track, swimming, and tory but it came from Fred Cady, al, Charlie Hoyt's sudden resignation, American diving coach of the last he Gee interview was held back. These Olympics and one of the most highly s, value but there was the question of regarded of the springboard oracles. [se atanytim, nd henI lft or Cady, in town over the week-end sed at any time, and when I left for for the National Collegiate swim- iture use. ming meet, could not heap too much ing career a "failure." In my interview praise on Al Patnik, the 20-year old didn't give a darn. Conditioning was a junior from Ohio State, who success- e's exact quotation, which stated that fully defended his high and low board d (as most sports quotations are) since titles here. his ability as a collegiate pitcher were Contrals His Dives "Now, I don't say that Patnik has gan nor was I a member of the team. ham the imechanicsadytDcontinue s, And the impressions that I got were "Right now, he isnt as good me- ned by his own assertions. chanically as Dick was. But he's got arrel with John Gee. If anything, my something that the Olympic champ de by a Michigan athlete of whom we didn't possess--an uncanny ability to ent adulation, perhaps same is due to control his dives. I've never seen orship has left me slightly nauseated anybody come out of bad spots as well as he can. I can't understand keep off the record was the fact that how he does it. "Circus acrobats and performers two years. This confidence I violated, can't do half the things he does. I lot read the stories of a "county fair was brought up under the 'big top' d John that my stuff was syndicated. (that's how I got my knowledge of ing to an "understanding" sports writ- body mechanics); I've seen all the tes a press agent. Everything that ap- great ones, people that have spent ks that morning emanated from John their lives on body adroitness but ;ion, And as long as my name appears this kid's got them all beat. He can gon.iAngdtosll gsmnmewat pios Ibe a foot off on his dive and still make e is going to tell me what opiions I a perfect entry. Don't ask me how point, that is unfortunate, for I shall he does it. I can't understand it. erats, pressure, and touchiness of my Why Thursday, when I was helping him on some of his dives, he tried a one and a half gainor. He was at least two feet off where he Pedro Montanez KO's should have been just after he left Furr In Opening Round the board but by the time he reached the top of the dive he was perfect. NEW YORK, March 27.-(A)-Ped- A. Good Learner ro Montanez, Puerto Rico's hard-hit- "He stops his dives in the middle of ting welterweight, added another the air; he 'sneaks' them in under- .calp to his belt tonigh when he water, twisting his body so that even kncked ut Philt tr ofhWahng- tho his feet should go over, they knocked out Phil Furr of Washing- enter straight. And he wants to ton in 1:10 of the first round of their learn. That's why he's going to be eight round bout at St. Nicholas Pal- the greatest of them all." ace. Well, what about the next Olym- pics. Do we have anyone else? "Not only will we take first but FASHION PAR K we'll be second and third too," op- tomistically prophesized the nattily- dressed Cady. "Earl Clark who was M U C H A D o double runner-up to Patnik here should be good for a second. Then about there's anyone of a half dozen throughout the country who can be + 1 jup there, Elbert Root of Detroit, Al S U .Green of Chicago and others." Is Michigan's Hal Benham likely Westfall To Face Former Mate, In State Football Tilt Next Fall IT IS NOT AN ICE CARNIVAL. See this space Tomorrow. H. W. CLARK English Boot and Shoe Maker * Our new repair department, the best in the city. Prices are right. 438 South State and Factory on South Forest Avenue. READ THE WANT ADS Clothcraft Clothes t: By TOM PHARES1 As spring drills get under way int the rival gridiron camps of Ann Arborf and East Lansing, prospects for nextr season's Michigan-Michigan State battle are beginning to take on a decidedly local appearance inasmuch as two former Ann Arbor High School stars promise to figure largely in the opposing backfields. With seniors Wally Hook and Ed1 Phillips gone and Howard "Jeep" Me- haffey temporarily on the sidelines with a bum leg, Michigan's fullback outlook for next year would be rath- r dark were it not for bullet Bob Westfall, the stocky sophomore triple- therater who made such a fine im- pression on the frosh squad last fall. Local fans who watched Bob per- form at Wines Field for three years realize that it is going to be tough to keep him out of the Wolverine back- field. His hard-running, accurate passing and stonewall defensive work plus a great competitive spirit would mark him as an excellent prospect for any Big Ten eleven. Koernke High Scorer At Lansing, meanwhile, Bob's for- mer scoring partner, Jack Koernke,j has made his presence felt in the Spartan camp and is scheduled to do a lot of quarterbacking next fall.' Jack will be a junior, having ridden the bench for one year while veterans held sway. Under the guidance of Ann Arbor's Coach Louis Hollway, the Koernke- Westfall team was once one of the features of the strong Five-A League. Koernke played left halfback and was the team's high scorer. His speed and elusiveness brought the Pioneers many a touchdown on those wide end sweeps with a rough-and-ready West- fall cutting down would-be tacklers. The Koernke-Westfall combination also was a double-barreled aerial weapon. Koernke did most of the toss- .ng but when Coach Hollway wanted long passes, Westfall was his man. Bob specialized in heaves of over 20 yards in distance. Westfall Captain In '37 Koernke captained the Pioneer elev- en in 1936 and shared the ball carry- ing duties with his fullback. The next season, with Jack gone, Westfall was elected captain and carried the brunt of the offensive burden. Both boys received mention on the all-state teams and were given League honors. In size and build the two are con- trasting figures. Koernke is a six- footer of handsome features. West- fall is short, stocky and powerful- Pug Lund cut down a few inches. And next October that contrast may be carried onto the Stadium turf as local football followerswatch theirafavor- ite high school scoring combination take the role of collegiate rivals. Fountain Pens 302 S. State St. Typewriters .Q I OBC >Y! We are manship presenting work- and style in these The BUNNY HOPB N EXT SATURDAY NIGHT 9:00 - 12:30 MICHIGAN UNION w , ro Seri i I III ~ clothes and at only- $25 and $30 Suit or Topcoat SUIT or TOPCOATad a guarantee of more than sat- isfactory wear. 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