THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940 THE MICHMAN DAILY PACE THE MICHIGAN DAILY pacw Netters Meet Wildcats, Seek Death Takes Wheel In Speed Trials Red Sox Beat Search In Record Book Reveals Only Two .300 Hitters On Varsity Fifth Straight Match At Evanston Today With Big Ten Favorites Opens Important Series By GERRY SCHAFLANDER Michigan's tennis team, winner of its last four matches, will meet Northwestern University's netters to- day, at Evanston, Illinois, in the firstj of a series of three matches. Led by Seymour Greenberg, Na- tional Public Parks champion, Har- rison O'Neill, and Jerry Clifford,( Northwestern is considered to be the, outstanding favorite to win the Con- ference championship at Evanston, May 23-25. The Michigan lineup will be the same throughout the three matches with Northwestern today, Ohio State Friday, and Notre Dame Saturday. Captain Sam Durst will play num- ber one singles followed by Tom Gamon, Harry Kohl, Wayne Stille, Bob Brewer, and Bob Jeffers. Coach Weir plans to use Durst and Gamon as his number one doubles combin- ation until next week when Jim To- bin will be able to play. Bud Dober and Harry Kohl will take over the second spot, with Wayne Stille and Bob Jeffers playing number three doubles. Before they left, Coach Weir and the squad were heartened by the news that Jim Tobin's knee isn't as bad as had been previously feared. Early Wednesday morning Tobin went through a complete examina- tion by Dr. Hammond at the Uni- versity Hospital, and it was discov- ered that he had a torn cartilage, not water on the knee as was earlier indicated. Coach Weir plans to use Tobin sparingly for the rest of the season only expecting to play him in the number one doubles spot with Cap- tain Sam Durst. Tobin intends to undergo an operation late in June, and Dr. Hammond indicated that the knee would be just as good as ever after this minor operation. Crashing broadside into an inner guard rail during a trial run on the Indianapolis Speedway, George Bailey, 38-year-old Detroit race driver, was thrown from his car and later died in an Indianapolis hospital. The wreckage of the speedster is shown here, with speedway guards fighting the blaze which followed the crash. Major League Standings NATIONAL AMERICAN Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago ..... New York....... Boston......... St. Louis....... Philadelphia. Pittsburgh -....... W L 11 2 11 4 9 9 6 8 6 8 7 10, 5 8 4 10. Pet. .846 .733 .500 .429 .429 .412 .385 .286 Boston......... Cleveland....... Detroit......... Philadelphia ..... St. Louis ........ Chicago .......... Washington...... New York ........ W L 13 5 11 6 11 7 8 10 7 10 7 10 7 11 6 11 Pet. .722 .647 .611 .444 .412 .412 .389 .353 Wednesday's Results New York 10, Pittsburgh 6. Boston 10, Cincinnati 4. St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 4. Brooklyn at Chicago, rain. Thursday's Games Boston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Pittsburgh. Wednesday's Results Boston 5, Detroit 4. Cleveland 10, New York 4. Philadelphia 10, St. Louis 8. Chicago 6, Washington 3. Thursday's Games Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Chicago at Washington. Detroit Tigers To Keep Lead Cincinnati Loses To Bees, Remains In Second Place; Yanks Lose Fifth In Row BOSTON, May 8-U4P)-The stout- hearted relief pitching of Jack Wil-t son enabled the Red Sox to protect their American League lead today by defeating the Detroit Tigers, 5-4. Wilson choked off _> threatening rally when he stepped into action in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and in the ninth, with the tying and winning runs on the sacks, he ended the game by fanning mighty Hank Greenberg. Greenberg opened the Tigers' scoring in the fourth by blasting his third homer of the season against starter Jim Bagby with one out and none on. Boston Trounces Reds Getting to Paul Derringer for four runs in the opening stanza at Cin- cinnati, Boston shelled him from the mound in a five-run fifth inning and went on today to a 10 to 4 rout of the Reds. The game deprived last year's champs of a first place tie with the idle Brooklyn Dodgers and ended at five their streak of vic- tories. Derringer, seeking his third tri- umph, found instead his second de- feat as Boston launched early into a 13-hit parade. Five of the blows, including Eddie Miller's second homer in as many days, were for extra bases. Indians Beat Yanks The world champion Yankees wrecked on the shoals of southpaw pitching today for the fifth con- secutive game and the ninth time this season as the Cleveland Indians smacked out a 10 to 4 decision over them at Yankee Stadium. Al Smith, making his first start of the season, held all the New York sluggers except Joe DiMaggio and Flash Gordon in check for eight innings and then was replaced by Al Milnar, another lefthander, as a precaution when he allowed a single at the start of the ninth. Bill Combs Elected M' Club President Bill Combs, captain elect of the wrestling team, was chosen president of the M Club at a meeting held in the Union last night. The varsity lettermen also chose wrestler Don Nichols vice-president, and Francis Heydt, backstroker, secretary-treas- urer. Retiring officers were, Dye Hogan, presi'dent, and Ed Hutchens, secre- tary-treasurer. The date of the annual M Club banquet was set for May 28. Free admission will be given every person wearing an M sweater. >- There's only one sport Shirt and Slack Ensemble in the world with genuine Palm Beach Slacks and that's the (ROODALL SLACK SET Washable, color-fast, and friend- ly to the feel - with tailored Slacks that hold their shape. $7 95 Trosko, Richie Hold Selec Team Hits Lowly .250 Old Jupe Pluvius opened the heav- ens, let loose a torrent, and washed out the Wolverine baseball team's scheduled game with Hillsdale Col- lege at Hillsdale yesterday afternoon. It marked the second time in as many weeks that the Varsity had been checked by the weather man, as was the case with Notre Dame last week, yesterday's contest with Hillsdale will not be played off due to the absence of any open dates on the Michigan slate. With plenty of time on their hands as a result of the cancellation, the Wolverines delved into the scorebook in an attempt to discover the reasons behind the disappointing showing they're making this season. After two hours of tedious digit- manipulation, the prodders emerged with some enlightening revelations, to wit: 1.) Michigan baseball team, as a whole, is hitting the ball at an alarm- ingly low .250 clip, an average below that of the lowly Philadelphia Phillies of the National League. 2.) Coach Ray Fisher's charges have made 35 errors in 13 games, an average of almost three misplays per game, and a resultant fielding average of .935, also lower than the worst major league team. 3.) The Varsity pitchers have given up 69 earned runs over a stretch of 116 innings for an average yield of 5.36 earned runs per nine-inning contest. BUSINESS Qr PLEASURE? I Aging Amber~ Gets Big Test In TitleFight SUMMIT, N. J., May 8.-(P)-It's not a matter of how many punches Lou Ambers is going to have to take in defending his lightweight cham- pionship against Texas Lew Jenkins in Madison Square Garden Friday night, but how much bounce there's left in his legs. Winding up his intensive prepara- tion here among the north Jersey hills today, Herkimer Lou showed he is ready to take the very best belts pitched by Sweetwater Lew, one of the snappiest sockers that the little fellows have seen in a long time. He pointed out that he has been whacked firmly by the very best clouters-like Tony Canzoneri, Sam- my Fuller and Henry Armstrong- and has bounced right back to beat them. Now it's a question of whether an Ambers, approaching 27 and no longer "hungry," with all the money he'll ever need and happily married, still has the "bounce" in his legs to catch Jenkins' high hard. one on his chin for 15 rounds and still come up with all his speed. That he's an easier target to tag than the "cutie" who. had Arm- strong, Canzoneri, and company swinging at thin air in past fights was proved in his final sparring session. Austin McCann, a lanky New Yorker who wouldn't have been able to hit the Herkimer Hurricane with a handful of buckshot a couple of years ago, connected with plenty of punches in a three-round workout. Bucs Get Vince DiMaggio PITTSBURGH, May 8. -(P)- The Pittsburgh Pirates today traded out- fielder Johnny Rizzo to the Cincin- nati Reds for outfielder Vince Di- Maggio, one of the three ball-playing DiMaggio brothers. It was a straight player transaction with no cash in- volved. Do You PLAY A LITTLE i You will find a complete assortment of PALM BEACH SLACKS PALM BEACH SUITS (White and fancy colors) PALM BEACH FORMALS at ~tatb&0a ?/Ie Serve 1o vei l L 30H SOUTH MAIN STREET THE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN P ositions Among Haflers. Clip, Makes 35 Errors Add to this some occasional lapses of spotty base running and one can easily understand why the current edition of the Wolverines has won but four games out of 13 this year. Fred Trosko and George Ruehle are the only members of the team who can boast a batting average better than .300. The most notable victims of batting slumps appear to be Mike Sofiak and Forest Evashevski, who are sporting marks of .109 and .179, respectively. Capt. Charlie Pink, who led the squad with a .377 average last year, is batting only .281 to date. Trosko leads the squad in runs bat- ted in, 11, but Bill Steppon with 10, and Bud Chamberlain with 9 are right behind. Ruehle's four two-baggers have earned him the lead in that depart- ment over Steppon and Trosko who have three apiece. Steppon and Sofi- ak are tied for the lead in triples with two each and to Evashevski is credited the only home run hit by the Wolverines this year. Sofiak and Pink are the team's leading base stealers, each having beaten the catcher's throw four times. VARSITY BATTING AVERAGES G CAB RH Ave. Trosko....... 13 50 11 18 .360 Ruehle....... 13 45 7 15 .333 Steppon.......13 49 16 14 .286 Pink .........13 57 9 16 .281 Chamberlain .. 12 42 6 11 .262 Holman......11 23 5 6 .261 Harms ........13 37 8 8 .216 Evashevski .. 9 .28 5 5 .179 Barry.........7 17 0 3 .177 Sofiak ........13 55 7 6 .109 Nelson .......12 21 3 2 .095 Alpha Chi Sigs Wini l-M Meet Move Into rtf essional Fraternity Lead Alpha Chi Sigma forged into first place in the professional fraternity league last night as it outscored four opponents in a swimming meet held in the SportsiBuilding pool. The winners placed in all eight events to post a 42-point total. 1012 points ahead of the runners-up. Nu Sigma Nu. Phi Chi was third with 23 points, Delta Theta Phi fourth with 52 and Alpha Omega last with 2. The new league leaders split first- place points with Phi Chi, leading in five races while Phi Clhi took the other three victories. 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