THE i~MICHIGAN DILYf Ace Wolverine Hurler At New York Athletic Club Pool IN THIS CORNER By MEL FINEBERG_ NEW YORK, April 3-Michigan's Western Conference and National Collegiate swimming champions had the largest invading delegation at the luxurious New York Athletic Club here today and appeared headed for their third major title of the year When the two-day National AAU Senior Indoor Championships get underway tomorrow. What will probably be the amazing thing about this meetis- that Mich- igan will get its most powerful threat from the diving-charged assault of the Ohio State Buckeyes and not from Bob Kiphuth's Yale Bulldogs, who finished a closed second last week-end and who defeated the Mike Peppe squad by an overwhelming score in a dual meet earlier in the year. Eli Balance Offset The Eli all-around balance will be lost in the galaxy of notables who will perform here tomorrow and Sat- urday. Even Howie Johnson and Rene Chouteau will have their, difficulties in the distance events. Aside from those they faced in the Collegiates will be Tom Taynie, the last year's Michigan ace who will represent the Detroit AC here, Chicago Lane Tech's sensation, Otto Jeratz, and several other experienced veterans. The Flying Frenchman won't be able to compete in his 1500-meter gruelling grind, because that event isn't listed on the AAU card. An- other difference from last week's program is that the amateur title clash calls for a 300-yard individual medley race and not a 50-yard free- style sprint. Ohio with its tremendous diving strength is almost sure of 20 points in Al Patnik and Earl Clark, his recent conqueror. Mike Peppe also has Johnny Higgins in the breast- stroke for other possible points, but just where he'll wind up is a prob- lem. There's far more here than Princeton's Ed Parke who gave him competition in the Collegiate meet. The veteran Dick Hough. formerly from Princeton, Michigan's phenom- enal freshman, Jim Skinner, who will enter unattached, Dick Gantler, she kid star from Blair Academy, are among the notables in this event. Michigan will base its chances on its two great relay teams, che talk of the - Collegiates, sophomore Gus Sharemet, Francis Heydt in the backstroke and divers Strother "T- Bone" Martin arid Hal Benham. Sharemet Favored .Michigan's freestyle relay quartet cracked the world's record Saturday night and the medley team's timing' was the fourth fastest in history. Sharemet, through his brilliant work in New Haven, will be favored to come through even against the in- .experienced efforts of Peter Fick, the defending sprint champion, and Walter Spence, both representing the New York AC, and Walt Tomski, the former Michigan natator who will swim for the Detroit AC. Heydth willhave his difficulties against the same Al Vande Weghe of Princeton who defeated him last week-end and the top-heavy favor- ite Adolph Kiefer from the Chicago Towers Club, formerly called the Medinah AC. Kiefer recently swam 220-yard the dorsal style in 2:22.4 which is far faster than 99 and 44/100 per cent of the swimmers in the world could have done it free- style. Martin, who finished third in the high board at the Collegiates, and Benham, who finished fourth in the lows, will face almost the same field as last week with the addition of Al Greene from the Illinois AC. With that many possible points, Matt Mann's irrepressible Wolverines ought to roar on to their third big title of the year here this week-end. All freshman baseball 'candi- dates are requested to report to the Yost Field House with own .. Winchell Leads In Dorm Standings After a full week of activity, the Residence Hall sports program will be curtailed until after Spring Va- cation. The track meet took up the major portion of the week's sportt program what with working out in preparation for the all important meet by the numerous participants." Russ Dobson is expected to take up most of the pitching slack on Coach Ray Fisher's 1940 edition of the Wolverine nine. Upon Dobson's right arm rests the chances for a successful invasion of the South. Phi Delts Advance In Fraternity Race Kegling its way to first place in the fraternity bowling league, Phi Delta Theta has added 30 points to its total. Should the Phi Delts de- feat Psi Upsilon this afternoon in the fourth place squash platyoffs, their 1,038 total will advance to 1,073, only one point behind the league lead- ing Psi Upsilon. Psi Upsilon ..... . ... 1074 Phi Delta Theta ..........1038 Sigma Chi ................ 937j Theta Xi .................874 Delta Tau Delta . ......... 853 Phi Kappa Psi ............ 806 Phi Beta Delta ............ 802 Phi Gamma Delta ........ 787 Lambda Chi Alpha ........ 759 Sigma Nu........ ......755 DodgersSign New Coach ROME, Ga., April 3. -m(P)- The Booklyn Dodgers announced today the signing of Ben Tinup, former National League pitcher, .In. The 4ra ef ruit !M (Today's column is written by Herb Lev, assistant sports editor.) Here They Are . . Only two copies of the Michigan Daily separate us from the opening of another Major League baseball season, so rather than be accused of waiting for any inside informa- tion, we'll take out our crystal ball while the teams are still way down South in Dixie and give out a few tips on how American League race will stack up. CINCH CHOICE . .. True, Ruff- ing, Dickey and Crosetti can't be classed as chickens, but like other products of the late Colonel Ruppert, the Yankees seem to mellow. with age. True, Babe Dahlgren won't come close to filling Lou Gehrig's shoes, but then, who else is there? New York by 10 games. DARK HORSE .. . There's nothing we hate more than to be accused of partiality but a pitch- ing staff headed by Bob Feller and'including Harder, Milnar, Eisenstat, and Hudlin in addition to the comeback bent Johnnies, Allen and Humphries deserves more than a fleeting glance. And ' if the collegiate keystone combi- nation of Lou Boudrea and Ray Mack come through half as well as they did in the Hot Stove League the past winter, there may be real reason to fear the Indians of Cleveland OVERRATED . . If Tom Yawkey's millions could influence the moguls to adopt a substitute for pitching this summer, the Red Sox might figure. But as it looks today Beantown will have to repose in the glory of Jimmy Foxx and Ted Williams and their mighty bats and the all-around brilliance of Bobby Netters Leave On Annual Trip Play Six Games On Tour Before Big Ten Opener Tomorrow afternoon Coach Leroy Weir and a squad of seven Michigan netmen will start on their annual southern invasion. Although the squad has been picked, Coach Weir has not yet named the players that will start, If Jim Tobin's knee has healed suf- ficiently he will take over the num- ber one spot with Capt. Sam Durst at number two, but if the knee does not hold up, Durst will take over the top position. The other four posi- tions and the doubles teams will be decided in playoffs to be held today. The team will engage in six mat- ches in six days, beginning with Vir- ginia Military Institute on Monday. They then meet Virginia U., Duke, Presbyterian College, George Wash- ington U., and Maryland U. on the next five days. Following the Maryland match, the Wolverines will head home to pre- pare for the opening of the Big Ten season, which begins on April 26, with a match against Purdue. Last year the netters had a suc- cessful trip, winning five and drop- ping but one match. They lost that match to Virginia, against whom the play their second match this year. This season Coach Weir will be con- tent if his team can come through with an even split. Doerr. We won't even take guess on Dom DiMag. LONG SHOT . . . The Old Fox, Clark Griffith pulled another fast one when he secured Gerald Walker and his potent stick in exchange for a couple of guys named Joe. He dug up another gem in young Sid Hud- son, whose mound victories will great- ly outnumber the thousands of dol- lars laid out for his contract. If Griff didn't get stuck with a $40,- 000 lemon in shortstop Jimmy Pofahl, who has exhibited glaring throw- ing weakness, Washington might well be on the road back. MAYBE NEXT YEAR . .. Now that, vacation is upon us and we'll be leaving the environs of Detroit, it's safe to place the Tigers in fifth place. The infeld lacks smoothness, Teb- betts has never caught a full season, and though the pitching staff shows promise, only Bridges and Newsom are proven big leaguers. ON THE DOWNGRADE . . One needs only to imagine Juli- us Solters and Taft Wright in the same outfield to realize that the White Sox are getting no- where fast. The end of the trail is approaching for Ted Lyons and Clint Brown, leaving most of the hurling burden on young Dungan Rigney. The infield is a fine defensive unit but lacks power and ditto for regular cat- cher Mike Tresh. A sad summer for Chicago. SEVERAL YEARS AWAY ... Slowly but surely with emphasis on the former, Connie Mack is moulding another pennant theat. But he'll have to virtually re- make a pitching staff now stud- ded with unknowns before his team can be seriously consid- ered. At the moment Philadel- phia can boast an outfield coin- parable to any, two top-notch catchers and an infield lacking only in experience. 1,000 to 1 . , And no takers. If Fred Haney is. successful in secur- ing a few more Yankee discards, he may eventually lead his St. Louis crew as high as seventh place. But little hope now. --Herb Lev Winchell House .......... Lloyd House .............. Wenley House....: ... Fletcher Hall............ Michigan House...... . Williams, House......... Allen Rumsey........... Chicago House......... Adams House. ........ cruietq 3tz 6lo-thef SWANKAIRE SUITS ROUGH TWEEDS "Have the snap" a $3 7.50 Stantc ley WORSTED SUITS Rich in color. Superior in wearing quality. $425° equipment 3:00 p M. Grand Rapids Teals FLINT, April 3.-(/l')-Announce ment by President Thomas J. Hal ligan that the Brooklyn Dodger had agreed to operate at Gran Rapids apparently removed the las obstacles from the path of the nei Michigan State Baseball Leagui a Class C circuit. Previously promotion of the leagi was halted because of the inabilit of the Brooklyn Club to obtain park at Grand Rapids at what termed a suitable rental. Halligan said that Branch Ricke) Jr., an official of the Brooklyn clul telephoned him from Americus, Ga and said the Dodgers would supply manager, players and an undisclose amount of money 873 863 745 731 638 629 568 438 416 Monday, April 15 at Ernies MCOY, Freshman Coach & Walker t.w N r r DOWNTOWN First National GBank Building fodety Band -JI ORLANDO, Fla., April 3.-(/P-)-A game between the Senators and the St. Louis Cardinals was halted by rain in the fourth inning today with Washington leading, 2 to 0. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 3.-/P)--Monte Pearson. the veter- an righthander who pitched a no-hit no-run game for the New York Yan- kees in 1938, duplicated the feat today for five innings as the World Champions thumped Oklahoma City 8 to 1. The Texas Leaguers got four hits and a run off Lee Grissom, who fin- ished the game. WAYCROSS, Ga., April 3. -(A)-- The Cleveland Indians turned on the New York Giants, their travel- ing companions, with a 19 hit assault today that brought an easy 9 to 5 victory. ' ROME, Ga., April 3.-(R)-A home run by Pete Coscarart with two on in the eighth gave the. Brooklyn Dodgers half of their runs today in a 6 to 1 triumph over the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association. Boston (N) .. 100 200 001- 4 9 1 Newark (IL) 103 131 01x-10 14 0 Posedel, Early, Barnicle and An- drews, Masi; Branch, Washburn and Sears. Chicago (N) .. 300 010 000-4 10 1 Chicago (A) .. 312 000 00x-6 8 01 Passeau and Todd; Dietrich, Smith and Turner, Tresh. Tigers Leave Florida LAKELAND, Fla., April 3.-(/P)- The Detroit Tigers said goodbye to Florida's sunshine tonight as they hopped aboard a sleeper and head- ed for home. Ball Club En Route To Southland To Face Strongest Teams In Dixie {17 I By NORM MILLER - One of the stiffest and most color- ful spring trips in Michigan baseball history awaits the squad of 16 Wol- verines who left Ann Arbor by auto- mobile yesterday afternoon for the sunny climes of Dixie. There are very few breathers on the eight-game schedule that Coach Ray Fisher has arranged for the Wol- verines, and several of the campuses that the team will visit are listed among the most picturesque in the country. Open Against Tar Heels The first stop will be Chapel Hill, N.C., where Michigan opens against a strong University of North Carolina team. The Tar Heels' lineup includes four veterans who hit well over .300 last year, including George Stirn- weiss, one of the nation's star quar- terbacks., North Carolina has already de- feated Maryland and has dropped two one-run decisions to Pennsyl- vania and Harvard. The next stop on the schedule will be Duke University, one of the most beautiful campuses in all Dixie. Coached by Jack Coombs, former Philadelphia Athletics great, the Blue Devils year in and year out produce one of the best teams in the. South. Duke routed Harvard, 14-0, Tues- day and should provide the Wolver- ines with their stiffest opposition on the trip. Realizing this fact, Fisher is planning on pitting Jack Barry, his ace righthander against the 'Devils. F.ace W.&L. Hurling Ace Next on the Michigan itinerary will be Lexington, Va., where the Wolver- ines will visit historic Washington and Lee and Virginia Military Insti- tute. Here Capt. Charlie Pink and his mates will face Bob Gregerson, Washington and Lee speedball artist who recently pitched a one-hit shut- out against Ohio State. V.M.I., whom the Wolverines edged out 2-1 last year, have lost several men by grad- uation and shouldn't prove too hard to beat. Following V.M.I. comes the United States Naval Academy, coached -by Max Bishop, another former Phila- delphia Athletics star, and the Uni- versity of Virginia, seat of learning of numerous American statesmen. The latter defeated the Wolverines, 2-1, last year and again have a strong team. The University of Maryland, coached by Joe Judge, ex-Washing- ton Senator first-baseman, will be Michigan's next foe. The Terrapins, paced by Hugh Keller, younger broth- er of Charlie of the New York Yan- kees, have broken even in four games played thus far, one of their victories being over Dartmouth. Out For Revenge' The Wolverines wind up their southern jaunt, Saturday, April 13, at the Nation's Capital with an en- counter against Georgetown. The game with the Hoyas is a fitting cli- max for the trip, since Michigan will be out to avenge last year's 12-11 defeat in which Georgetown staged a sensational four-run rally in the ninth inning to whip the Wolverines. iI n~. 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