THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE THE MTCT7TTGAN DATTY PAGE THRER Long Bill Beebe Elected Captain Of SwimSquad Hard Working Merman Is Favorite Qf Teammates; Starred In Nationals (Continued from Page 1) Michigan, and that came in 1937. In his freshman year here, the six- foot, two-inch lad immediately set to £work on improving his stroke. He wasn't satisfied with the style that had made him dorsal king of the prep schoolers. Bill was after more length. He was seeking to become more like a racing shell, riding high, taking it easy and catching the water with his hands as it flowed by. Changed Style Before his first year at Michigan was complete, Beebe was a different styled backstroker, and ever since then he has consistently worked on getting more nearly like a racing shell. Last year he finished second to Princeton's Al Vande Weghe in the National Collegiate dorsal event. Al- though he wound up third this sea- son in the same race, the sheer cour- age that has carried him to the top came to its full mast, Michigan needed every point it could get those fateful days in New Haven. It especially needed at least a third place from Bill Beebe. As they came down the stretch, how- ever, Bill Griffin, the Kenyon star, was moving along apparently safe in third position with Michigan's Beebe struggling three feet behind. Finishing Kick But then it came . . . a vicious, unyielding spurt that carried Bill nearer and nearer his rival. With but two yards left, Beebe's hand went out in front to slap the wall less than a half a second ahead of Griffin. It was a hard-earned third that brought out the stuff the new Michigan captain is made of. Yesterday was not the first time that Beebe has polled the most votes in an election of the swimmers. FQr the past two years, the mer- men have named him their "most beautiful swimmer" at the annual spring banquet. Yanks On March Again PHILADELPHIA, April 17.-(AP)- Monte Pearson pitched four-hit ball and Charlie Keller accounted for two runs with a homer and single today as the world champion New York Yankees conquered the Phil- adelphia Athletics 4 to 1 in the day's only Major League baseball game. Former American Legion Catcher Fights EvyIn Duel For Berth By NORM MILLER deadfy throwing arm. With the When a pint-sized 5-foot, 7%-inch American Legion team, he set a sophomore weighing 155 pounds reco.-d for throwing out and picking threatens to snatch the catching berth off baserunners. He nipped two men away from a big 6-foot, 200-pound who tried to steal on him on the veteran, the little guy must "have southern trip and missed two others something on the ball." through no fault of his own. With a And George Harms, diminutive De- year's experience, Harms should troiter, is the very man who's veri- prove himself a nightmare to poten- fying the old adage about good things tial Conference base-stealers. in little packages. At any rate, Coach Ray Fisher For although Harms may have to isn't doing any worrying about the take a seat on the bench to make way all-important catching job while for Forest Evashevski when the lat- Harms is filling in. ter's throwing arm heals, Georgie did- a mighty fine job of substituting for Evie cn the southern trip and prom- Lses to press his husky rival to the limit before relinquishing the back- T i1 'bI stopping position. i uii rornem Valuable Asset To Team I! . , IN T HIS CORNER By MEL FINEBERG_ I- i A Dixie Sidelights , ,., LOOKING backward over a rained- on shoulder at the recent South- ern baseball trip: it was night when we arrived in Chapel Hill, N.C., and no one knew exactly where we were -except Forest Evashevski who vol- unteered the information that the South was our locale. How did he know? "Why." he said, "the street signs say 'no U-all turns'." At the Duke game there was an elderly, grey -headed gent sit- ti ng in te Blue Devils' dugout. His am e was Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove, no small shakes in this baseball world himself. Grove wasn't the only Big Leaguer in the crowd that day. A fair-haired boy came down to the Michigan dug- out and asked for Les Veigel, The light-headed fellow was Whitey Moore, one of the hurling corps of the Cincinnati Reds. It seems that both Mooreand Veigel have the for- tune to hail from the same town in Ohio, Tuscarawas by name. It is a thriving metropolis of some 600 odd and is next in size to Cleveland. With Moore were Billy Werber and Paul Derringer. These men, at the last reading, were also on the Cincy roster. Handles Ptchers Well Harms took over the job behind the plate when Evashevski's arm went lame in the Duke game, handled the Wolverine pitchers as if he'd caught them for years, and had the infield hopping with a steady line of chat- ter that would do credit to "Gabby" Hartnett, himself. The task of handling curves and high hard ones is an old story to Harms, though. For three seasons George handled the shoots of the famous Harold Newhouser of the De- troit Tigers in every inning that the 19-year old major-leaguer pitched for the Roose Vanker American Le- gion team of Detroit. The Newhous- er-Harms battery carried the team to the national finals of the Legion tournament in 1937. Not only is Harms a capable re- ceiver, but he holds up his end at the plate, too. The little Wolverine cat- cher collected three hits in nine trips to the plate for a .-333 average on the Dixie trip. A Deadly Arm But George's crowning asset is a MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS American League , . ; Is Weakened By Injuries Of Balyeat, Dobson At the end of the track seasonI W L St. Louis ........ 1 0 Boston..........1 0 Cleveland.......1 0 Philadelphia .. 1 1 New York.......1 1 Detroit..........0 1 Washington......0 1 Chicago.........0 1 National League W L Cincinnati.......1 0 Brooklyn.........1 0 Philadelphia 1 0 Pittsburgh.......1 0 Chicago.........0 1 NewYork.......0 1 Boston .......... 0 1 St. Louis ........ 0 1 Pct. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .500 .000 .000 .000 Pct. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 UNLUC V IN LOVE? last spring, track fans were looking forward to this spring when three Michigan sophomore quarter-milers would be back with a year's exper- ience to form the nucleus of what might be the greatest mile relay team to date. 'This weekend, the trio of Warren Breidenbach, Phil Balyeat and Jack Leutritz will face their first out- door test. The outlook for a great season in the event is by no means bright. Breidenbach and Leutritz are both ready to go, but a series of injuries to Balyeat and to Bill Dobson, who was scheduled to be the fourth member of the team, have almost scuttled those great visions. Hounded By Injuries Balyeat first injured his arch. Af- ter that was healed quite well, he injured his back, and just as that cleared up, he reinjured the arch and hasn't yet recovered. He can still run-that nuch was shown by his leg of the relay in the indoor Conference meet-but it isn't the Balyeat who might be running with the top two or three 440-men in the country. If he forgets the arch and lets go with all he has, he still might be there, even if the injury doesn't heal as soon as it should. The problem of who was to be number four man on the team ap- peared solved with the appearance of Bill Dobson. But, no sooner was he established in the spot than he pulled a muscle in his leg. Before that healed, he pulled the muscle a second time, and started to work out hard just last week. He won't be ready for a while yet. iharnard, Rae Considered Stan Kelley, Michigan's top hur- dler, was shoved into the breach and came through well, but his hur- dling talents were needed more, so the search continued. Bob Barnard, also a hurdler, stepped in and per- formed very well, and thus far seems to be the best bet for the position. However, Jim Rae, the basketball captain, reported for track, and ear- ly this week ran 50.3 for the quar- ter-an excellent performance con- sidering the time he had been work- ing, and the fact that it was the first outdoor work of the season. So, the outdoor season will open Saturday at Indiana, and with it will appear the first indications of what is to come. If Balyeat's leg holds up in fairly good shape, the outlook for a team which will give Stanford's world-record breaking quartet a real rub will be very bright. It not, Michigan will still have a good team, probably the Big Ten championship team, but the rosy future that last spring envisioned will be gone to the land of unful- filled Iopes. Spartans And Badgers Battle To .-6 Deadlock Spartans and Badgers No 7 P3 EAST LANSING, April 17.(IP-- Michigan State College and the University of Wisconsin shared a six to six tie here today in a Spartan baseball opener which was called in the last of the niinth inning because of rain. Michigan State held a one-run lead, going into the third inning, but there the Sartan No. 1 hurler, George Monroe, fell a victim to a hitting spree staged by the Badgers. By GERRY SCHIAFLANDER They call him "Happy Weir" around the I.M. building during the winter and down at the tennis courts off Ferry Field in the spring. And with good reason, too, for which each succeeding year, laughing, smiling1 Coach Leroy Weir has put out a bet- ter tennis team and this season was going to be his biggest and best. Yes, he had Sam Rotberg, one of the three best singles players in the state, ready for his first and last year on the Michigan team since he had had two years of competition on the Wayne Varsity. Lawton Ham- mett, top man on the Frosh squad last year, was primed for a big sea- son, and there wasn't a single doubt in Coach Weir's mind (or, in any- one else's connected with the team) that he would be terrific. Porter Surprises Jim Porter was the biggest sur- prise of them all. From a little better than average, lethargic performer last year, he added pace and length to all his shots, began fighting for every point, and last month culmin- ated this rejuvenation by knocking off Carl Fischer, Detroit city champ for the past three years, 6-0, 6-2 in a practice match. Also figuring in Weir's plans in a big way was Jim Tobin, champion of the No. 2 men in the Big Ten last year. Tobin beat Harrison O'Neill from Northwestern and one of the best in the conference, in the finals last June at Evanston. 3 Sam Durst, captain and the stea- diest man on the squad, was expect- ed to do plenty also, and Weir's only worry was who would be the last two netters to complete his squad. Then came the blow, and it was tougher to take than a forehand of Vines' catching you in the pit of the stomach as you're charging the net. Rotberg dropped out of school be- cause of financial difficulties. Ham- mett and Porter were unexpectedly declared ineligible, and Tobin suf- fered an injury to his knee in a fall. Anyone else would have moaned to the high heavens, but not "Happy Weir." With only Capt. Sam Durst left as a nucleus to build a new team upon, Coach Weir didn't waste any time in starting a series of matches to determine which men would fill the remaining places. Now after two weeks of constant play-offs and the mediocre Spring trip a thing of the past, we find the following men comprising the team in their respective order: Sam Durst, Wayne Stille, Tom Gamon, Bob Jef- fers, Harry Kohl, and Bud Dober. Obviously, when and if Tobin's knee comes around he will move into ei- ther the No. 1 or 2 spot. Hopes For 1941 Bright The most encouraging thing about the team is the fact that everybody but Durst and Jeffers will return next year. That, plus the news that Hammett and Porter will be back plus a fine crop of freshmen coming up, (Bradley, Johnson and Meyer), plus the fact that several transfer students will be available, all plusses up to the amazing discovery that "Happy Weir" hasn't lost his smile and is still beaming around the I.M. building, and just as surely will be doing the same down at the tennis courts off Ferry Field come spring. Mat Squads Enter Junior AAU Meet A squad of some twenty wrestlers, members of the Michigan freshman and reserve squads, will travel to Dearborn tomorrow to compete in the National A.A.U. Junior Tourna- ment at Dearborn High School, Fri- day and Saturday. The meet, for which all amateur grapplers except previous titlehold- ers are eligible, will attract a field of more than 100 matmen from all over the country. Entries are also expected from Michigan State and other Big Ten schools. Diminutive George Harms is get- ting his big opportunity to demon- strate his ability as a catcher for Coach Ray Fisher's baseball team while the regular receiver, Forest E'vashevski, is recovering from the effctsofa sore arm. The next day we dropped in to see the Boston Red Sox tie up with the Reds in Durham. Grove gave the Reds a taste of Big League pitching as he let them down with one hit and no rUns in the five innings he pitched . . . Dom DiMaggio looks like a comer although he looks nothing like his eldest brother . . . Mike Mc- Cormick is another . . . This Grove looks like a good prospect too. Went to Lexington, Va., next and watched it rain for two days. To vary the monotony treked to a show where we nearly recommenced the Civil War by offering to sit in the colored balcony. The cashier nearly enjoyed a hemmorrage when we in- sisted there was nothing wrong with such a desire. Inside the show, the patrons booed and cheered at various times as a preview of Virginia City was shown. The Maryland game was rained out and so we didn't get a look at Charley Keller's young brother who now boasts, in a quiet sort of way, a .523 batting average. * * * Ran into Elmer Gedeon, a first baseman here last year, who is now in the outfield for Charlotte, a Class B Washirngton farm. Gedeon says he likes the ramparts he watches, that he is learning to hit a curve ball and hopes to be back with the Senators soon. VARSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE April 19-WISCONSIN 20-WISCONSIN 23-MICHIGAN NORMAL 26-Indiana, at Bloomington 27-Indiana, at Bloomington 30-MICHIGAN STATE May 1-NOTRE DAME 3-Illinois, at Champaign 4-Illinois, at Champaign 7-WESTERN STATE TCHRS. 8-Hillsdale, at Hillsdale 10-OHIO STATE 11-OHIO STATE 15-Michigan Normal, at Yysi 17-PURDUE 18-PURDUE 21-Western State, at Kalamazoo 24-Minnesota, at Minneapolis 25-Minnesota, at Minneapolis 27-Notre Dame, at Notre Dame 30-Michigan State, at E. Lansing (Captal letters indicate home games). New vGridmen Show Up Well In Early Drills Down at Ferry Field yesterday afternoon (Wednesday): "All set-hike-one-two, one-two Zunk! The blue forward wall charges low and fast, a gaping hole is ripped through the center of the red line, then a triangleof interferers and ball-carrier flashes through it, Seven yards And from the tangled pile of blue and red linemen a blue-shirt can be heard to chant significantly: "The Golden Bears of Berkeley . . . The Golden Bears of Berkeley . . California Trip Is Keynote For that's the keynote, the theme as it were, of this year's spring prac- tice. Coach Crisler made it clear at the very stafft that, because the game with the University of Cali- fornia comes so early in the season -Sept. 28-it will be virtually neces- sary for him to select the personnel for the trip at the close of the spring training period. A further stimulant for pepping up what is ordinarily considered more a duty than a delight is the fact that in all probability the westward trip will be made by air. And yesterday, as from the very beginning, freshman grid stalwarts continued to serve notice on the var- sity that, when free airplane rides to California are meted out on or about Sept. 25 next, they do not in- tend to be caught standing behind the door. For they split even honors with the varsity so far as outstand- ing performances were concerned. Bill Windle, 200 pounds of freshman speed and power, cannonballed con- sistently down the field for long gains. Star On Defense Across the line, on defense two other freshmen turned in equally spectacular work. Harry Anderson, a center who says he never played football before coming to college, made somewhat less than 50 per cent of the day's tackles; and farther back, at safety, little Frank Day spent a busy afternoon cutting down Windle and Norm Call. The two other varsity men who with Call equalled the challenge of the frosh were Leo Cunningham and Al "Whitey II" Wistert, the former with sterling defensive work at tackle and the latter with an impressive exhibition of downfield blocking. efetso sor arm roser Coach Leroy weir Expects Fair Season .Despite Ineligibilities ARROW SHIRTS are sold in downtown Ann Arbor at LINDENSCHMITT=-APFEL & CO. 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