THE MICHIGAN DAILY PRESS PASSES 11 fuffing Opposes Yankees Made HJartnett's Winner?? 2-1 Favorites To Beat Cubs'. Lee In Series Opener, At Chicago KBy BUD BENJAMIN -j Gum Versus Beer . .. eF EVER a ball club went into a world series a top heavy favorite, it Is the New York Yankees, who open the October classic today in Chicago against the Cubs. Heralded as the greatest baseball. team since 1927, when Babe Ruth,' fresh from 60 home runs and $60,000' for the season, led the house of Rup- pert into the series, the Yanks are being quoted as high as 3 to 1 by the erudite bookmakers.' Only in the fielding department can the Cubs show any measure of superiority. They topped the National League afield with a percentage of .978 while their op- ponents finished sixth in the American circuit. Yet the margin of superiority was a mere five points, and that is scarcely mdi- cative. The Yanks, of course, led their riv- als in batting, but not by the margin you might expect. Their composite - hitting average of .275 was four points better than the Cubs', but this is not the important " feature of their plate work. The Gothamites pounded across 975 runs during the sea-. [Yson to the Cubs' 718. .,,*.. , They hit 174 home runs to the Cubs' 65. " .. They boasted of Gabby Hartnett three hitters over the treasured .300 mark. Joe DiMag- gio hit .326, Bill Dickey .314, and Red Rolfe .12. Stanley Hack's .321 .and Carl Reynold's .302 were the best the x°,. Cubs could do. Five of the Yanks hit over 20 home runs. Dimag smacked 32, Lou Gehrig hit 29, Dickey 27, Joe Gordon 25, and Tom Henrich 22. Rip Collins led the Cubs in this department'with 13. McCarthy, an ex-Wrigley em- ployee, will have four aces to lead against Gabby Harnett's two. Charley Ruffing (21-7), Lefty Gomez (18-12), Monte Pearson (16-7), and Spud Chandler (14-5) are the Yank mainstays. Bill Lee (22-9) and Clay Bryant (19-11) are Hartnett's chief hopes with Dizzy Dean (7-1) danger- ots because of his "moxie" when the chips are down. Gabby has one ace in the hole-the veteran Charley Root -who might conceivably be the How- ard Ehmke of the series. 'The New Yorkers have a further advantage in that they are in top notch condition after a half-a- month's loaf, while the Cubs are in- jury ridden with Hartnett's two split fingers and Augie Galan's injured ankle. Do the Cubs have any advan- tage at all? Well, a few. Their pitchers are tops in that impor- tant earned run column. Dean with 2.52, Bryant with 2.88, and Lee and Root with 3.60 are all ahead of the Yankee moundsmen, whose top man in this depart- ment is Ruffing at 3.78. The rest of th staff all averaged over four opposition runs a game. The Cub average was 3.87, the Yanks fin- ,ished at 4.50. More important than any of the above statistics, which incidentally I put forth with some qualms, is the psychological advantage. The Cubs blasted to the top* with a September spurt of 21 victories, four losses, and two h ties in 27 games. During this stretch Lee and Bryant to- gether won 11 games -3 and were beaten-but once. TheChicago- ans are keyed to a tremendous pitch; the Yanks, Who le- thargically played out the string, are Tony Lazzeri far off key. Then too there is Harnett and Tony Lazzeri. Gabby, baseball's most lovable character, is the core of the entire Cub drive. His stellar work be- hind the plate has undoubtedly felt the sting of father time, but his bench duties have quickened in tempo. With Lazzeri the ex-Yankee beside him, you have a real board of strategy. Yep, on paper you can't touch those Yanks. But baseball is a very dated product, and apparently the August wares have become somewhat stale. I'll take the Cubs. Maroons Not To en T1kon Fortune Smiles On Fred Olds, Lansing Boy Proud Of Victory Mickey Given Full Share From Tigers l e Dean Might Pitch Today In Bold Attempt To Halt New York's Gunners. CHICAGO, Oct. 4-(P)-n this exciting World Series eve, Chicago was a baseball mad city of hope, rum- ors and hunches and they all pointed to an old swaggering hero of the big show-Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean. Official announcement by the rival commandants, Joseph Vincent Mc- Carthy of the Yankees, and Gabby Harnett 'of the Cubs, said the big redhead, Charles Ruffing, would start. on the mound for the Yanks with Big Bill Lee, pitching hero of the late Cub pennant dash, for Chi- cago. Yet a rumor that Hartnett might cross everyone up and start the famed Dean with his $185,000 sore arm and all in a bold dramatic attempt to upset the Yankee gunners, spread like a forest fire. "Red" Deserves To Start Neither Hartnett nor McCarthy went through any great amount of master-minding to decide upon his pitching choice. Hartnett's decision to start Lee, winner of 22. games this season, caused no surprise. Baseball men generally figured the starting honors for the Yankees rested be- tween Ruffing, winner of 21 games this season-the best record in the American League-and Lefty Gomez. McCarthy made known the selec- tion of his ace righthander over south- paw Gomez shortly after the arrival of his slaughter' house Yankees. "It's Ruffing, boys," he said quietly, as if he had not intended otherwise. Hartnett heard of the selection and then snapped decisively: "Lee goes for us." Hartnett's desire to make his selec- tion after McCarthy's was interpreted as indicating he would have named Dean, his only logical alternative, if the Yankees had named Gomez. Gomez has won every one of his five world series starts and is regard- ed by many as the Yanks' best bet against the Cubs. On this basis, Hartnett, in gam- bling with Dean, seemed to prefer to pit him against Gomez instead of' Ruffing. Cubs Still Hot Neither manager would make any prediction as to the outcome of the series. Hartnett merely declared the Cubs were just as hot as they were when they swept the Pirates out of the championship and still will be sizzling when they advance to meet the Yanks in the first game of the, series tomorrow. The Yankees will take the field at least 2 to 1 favorites. But the odds. have not discouraged the rampaging Cubs one bit. Chicago, gaining the National League championship in the next to last day of the season, upset the sports world by winning the flag in the greatest finish in 30 years. The players figure, just like Hartnett does, that they are still as hot as they were and possess the spirit to bowl over the powerful Yankees. McCarthy and Hartnett are friends. Hartnett respects McCarthy as a great baseball leader. PROBABLE LINEUPS NEW YORK CHICAGO Crosetti, ss Hack, 3b Rolfe, 3b Herman, 2b Henrich, rf Demaree, if DiMaggio, of Cavarretta, rf Gehrig, lb Reynolds, ef Dickey, c Harnett, e Selkirk, If Collins, lb Gordon, 2b Jurges, ss Ruffing, p Lee, p Umpires: Plate, Moran (N.L.); First Base, Kolls (A.L.) ; Second Base, Sears (N.L.); Third Base, Hubbard, (AL.). BE SMART... "BUY SMART" for FALL SHIRTS by Manhattan and Van Iluesen $2.00 and $2.50 TIES by Cheney $1.00 and $1.50 Mallory HATS, era- 1______ u ./ _____DETROIT, Oct. 4-0P)-The De- s P hoBy NEWELL McCABE years ago a leg injury kept him from troit Tigers voted a full share of the O At the sound of the gun, ending getting into any games, while last ub's dividens fM m the Word Series the fourth quarter of Saturday's game year a knee injury in the State game was deposed as their manager on heHoouthawasdepocehaswthirSmanger o Satur- ainst Michigan State, more than a put him on the proverbial shelf. August 6, it became known today. day, Fritz?" queried one out-of-town 'few thousand people were spellbound In all his prep school food l Also voted full shares were Ray correspondent after football practice- and exuberant at the final score. Yet "How man," elloed slr, mongallthoe tousads f fn;,games _there are only a few thin~gs Hayworth and Don Ross, wiho were "How many," bellowed Cr sler, among all' those thousands of fans that made any impression on Fred's sold to Brooklyn in September; Alton "we're worried about beating 'em. Do there was one person who felt an I Benton, who was recalled from Toledo extra tingle come over him when the mind, worth rentembering. One of ntJny Awhwrealle fromd Toedo you know what they've got? They'll in July; Arthur Sheahan, road secre- outweigh us by more than 10, pounds Wolverines marched off the field on these incidents was the time he raced tary, and Denny Carroll, trainer. per man in the line. They average the long end of a 14 to 0 score. across the field and made a tackle Part shares went to Cletus Poffen- better than 204 pounds while we're This particular individual was not which resulted in the opposing run- berger, Roy Cullenbine and Chester about 193." a grandstand quarterback, or the fan ner being carried off the field--out Laabs, And Chicago, in spite of surpris- with a coloring of pink on his nose, like a light. ing scoreless tie with underrated but rather was one of the gurds Real Hero Chare Grimm Out Again o who, had plenty of action in the big The 'other "thrill" came in East BadliygThl.TheeMaroons and game. With East Lansing as his Lansing when the trainer came out CHICAGO, Oct. 4-(IP-Charlie taken lightly. Thesyareon a home town, Saturday's win was an with a special message from some Grimm, displaced as Chicago Cub peculiar spot. They are hampered outstanding victory for Fred Olds. cute little number who compliment- Manager and then cut out of a share tremendously bylack rof talent and Since the time that State had theI ed him on the excellent game he Was of the player's World series pool, also manpower. So each year Shaugnessy habit of walking over the Wolveriies playing. is out so far as broadcasting the series' "points the gun" at one or two op- at the start of each season, Fred, like Now with a new and much bright- which opens tomorrow between the ponents and practically forgets the a good many Ann Arbor alurani er looking football season under way, Cubs and New York Yankees. others. throughout the country, was unable barring injuries, Fred Olds when he His studio revealed today that bep Ritchie Last Year to hold his head up when he walked is at the guard position is going to cause of his recent connection with Last yer the gun almost exploded along the one main street of that be one man that will play havoc with the National League, Commissioner in a surprised Wolverine's face when growing town, somewhere in the cow all backfield men of the Wolverine K. M. Landis ruled Grimm could not a tired Maroon squad succumbed in country of Michigan. rivals. broadcast the games. the last four minutes to a two touch- Traveling Man_- down splurge by StarkRitchie. They For two years Fred was on the East pointed for Princeton last year also, Lansing high school squad, where he' PU BL I C A F FA IRS SE RIES got the jump by scoring first only to had a regular berth, worked hard lose, 16-7. and did not receive an overabun- IBehind its greenbuhev line wl dance of credit. From there he saw Sponspred by Ameirican Association of Univer sity Women. 't b edtgrnacfibut heavy wiLe waction for oneyear at Adelphia Aa- Lectures by members of the U. of M. Faculty be a veteran backfield. Capt. Lew -adSaeOfcas Hamity, whose defensive work slowed demy in New York, and this was fol- and Sate Officials the Michigan attack in last year's lowed with a year at the Episcopal Directed by Prof. James K. Potlock "Big" Bill Lee of the Chicago Cubs will do all in his power to win the opening game of the 1938 World Series for the local fans. All season "General" Bill has been the iron man of Hartnett's pitching staff, and therefore is the logical man to start the series for the Cubs. Plan Congress Sports Night Swimming And Basketball Among Featured Sports Tomorrow night Congress, inde- pendent men's organization, will sponsor a Sports Night from 7:30 to 9:30 in the Intramural Building for all the Independent men on the cam- pus. 'At this time, any Independent man may obtain a free locker and towel and take part in any sport or sports he chooses. The swimming pool will be open for use, as, will the basketball _floor and basement courts for such sports as squash,handball, badminton, code- ball, paddleball and mecatos. Equip- ment will be furnished for all sports, and instruction given to those who are engaging in them for the first time. WRESTLERS All men interested in trying out for either freshman or varsity wrestling should report to Yost Field House at 5:15 p. m. today. 'Cliff Keen, Coach near debacle, leads a backfield av- eraging 191 pounds. Sollie Sherman. a scintillating runner, Morton Good- stein and Ed Valorz round out the Maroon secondary. Fundamentals Stressed Crisler, anxious lest the let-down after the Michigan State game re- main, had the squad back on theI blocking and tackling dummies yes- terday afternoon. Downfield block- ing was particularly stressed as new plays were introduced. lThe squad was still a bit sloppy as it went over its blocking assignmentI on the old plays while one set ofI 'backs, .Harmon, Kromer, Evashevski and Christy, had to relearn their as- signments on some plays. There was, however, a noticeable improvement in the viciousness of the downfield blocking. The backs were cuttingS down their inen with regularity. This, in view of the fact that pictures of the State game showed that a single missed block cut down sizeable gains, was especially heartening. Academy in Philadelphia. Along with some of the other Mich- igan football players Fred has had more than his share of injuries. Two Lecture Hall, Rackham Building, 4:15 P.M. October 5 PRO ESSORJAMES K. POLLOCK "Significance of National and State Elections October 19 PROFESSOR JAMES K. POLLOCK "The Selection of Judges" . / Now. Let us help YOU with your fall cleaning. We supply all outdoor and indoor Hardware needs. 11 i November 1 PROFESSOR ARTHUR BROMAGE "Impending Changes in 'County Organization" November 29 MR. LENT D. UPSON "Michigan Tax System" December 13 MR. WILLIAM BROWNRIGG "Civil Service" January 11 PROFESSOR ,JOSEPH HAYDEN "Modernization of Michigan State Government" February 15 PROFESSOR JAMES K. 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