JRiJ5^ IAflUli 4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY WAGE THRtE -f don wirtchafter's DAILY DOUBLE Piel Takes Two Seconds, Third In Chicago Relays I __ In Re: Abe Simon .,.. (Editor's Note: Today's column is written by Joe Walker, who knows nothing about boxing or baseball.) IN THE GAMBLING HANDBOOKS of Jack Doyle, the name of Abe Simon appears three times. First of all, the Wizard of Odds concedes Ample Abe one chance in seven of ever copping the heavyweight box- ing championship of the world. He also states that the odds against Abe's becoming the President of these United States are somewhat in excess of 2 (followed by eleven zeros) to 1. while, he gives Abe the regula- tion 440-1 against contracting the chestnut blight. It is not with these latter figures that we shall concern ourselves, however. Now, having got safely into the second paragraph of the column, I am going to avail myself of the op- portunity to nominate Abe Simon as my choice as the next boxing cham- pion of the whole wide world. More- over, I make this prediction free to every one, as an unparalleled op- portunity to back a certain winner (or as we put it in the investment and real-estate game, "to get in on the ground floor"). But now let us go on to the ensuing paragraphs for an explanation of the reasons for my choice. First of all, Abe has a right hand, and what I mean, a right hand. In addition to this, he has a left hand, two sisters, and a fine home in the Bronx. One has only to consider these, recall the old saw about teams that won't be beaten, and Abe becomes the only logical choice instanter. (Does Louis have a home in the Bronx? Granted he has a left hand, is it such a hand as Abe's? The answers are clear to even the most untutored reader). FINALLY, look at all the things Louis comes up against: draft, the exigencies of city life, even auto- mobile exhausts (a danger with which Simon is comparatively unfamiliar. There are no automobiles in the Bronx). It is obvious: at the very hour in which the St. Louis Browns are preparing to meet the Philadel- phia Nationals for the baseball cham- pionships, Big Abe will be crowned with the olive wreath of glory. And yott know what Jefferson said about self-evident truths. In rebuttal to what I have said about the Philadelphia Phillies, some among my readers may claim that such a championship can be won only by the team from Cincinnati. Their mistake is evident, however; there is no such place as Cincinnati. What probably happened to them is that they became confused with the team from Chicago. There is also no such place as Chicago. HOCKEY PLAYOFFS Montreal 4, Chicago 3 (Second ov- ertime period). Toronto 5, Boston 3. Application PHOTOS Reasonable Prices Dial 9518 for appointment Canham Bows To Mel Walker In High Jump Records Fall In Dashes And Hurdles As Wolcott, Thompson Pace Field (Continued from Page 4) In the high jump Wolverine Capt. Don Canham, still hampered by his leg injury incurred in the Big Ten meet was unable to stay with his top-notch competition, dropping out at the 6 feet, 4 inch mark. Canham cleared 6 feet 3, but missed by a whisper at the higher notch. Loose-limbed Mel Walker, former Ohio State ace defended his high jump crown wiith a tremendous leap of 6 feet, 7 inches, bettring his old mark of 6 feet, 5% inches. Michigan's sprint twins, Bud Piel and Al Thomas, took second and third respectively in the 50-yard dash open event, which qualified them for the Olympic sprint series, consisting of three dashes at 40, 50 and 55-yard distances, against another. trio of sprint aces, Herbert Thompson, Na-1 tional AAU Champion, Myron Piker of Northwestern and Howard MillenJ of Marquette. Fast-flying Thompson emerged from this series with blazing firsts places in all three events (while Piel copped second honors with a pair of seconds and a third. Thomas scored a third in the 55, for his only place. SUMMARIES: 50-yard dash won by Millen (Mar- quette); second. Piel (Michigan); third, Thomas (Michigan). Time :05.4. 40-yard dash-Olympic sprint priz- es: won by Thompson (Jersey City); second, Piel (Michigan); third, Mil- len (Marquette). Time :04.5. 50-yard dash-Olympic sprint ser- ies: won by Thompson (Jersey City); second, Piker (Northwestern); third, Piel (Michigan). Time: :05.3. (Equals meet record held by Wilbur Grier, Michigan State College). High jump: Won by Walker (Nash- ville); second, O'Rourke (Notre Dame); third, Byrnes (New York City). Height: 6 feet, 7 inches (bet- ters former meet mark of 6 feet, 5/8 inches held by Walker). 55-yard dash-Olympic sprint ser- ies; Won by Thompson (Jersey City); second, Piel (Michigan; third, Thom- as (Michigan). Time :05.7. Intramural Track Meets Carded For This Week The Intramural Indoor Track Meets begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Field House with competition among the Residence Halls and the Independents. This is a change in the schedule for the Independents, switching from Tuesday night to Monday night. On Thursday night, at 7:30 p.m., the Interfraternity Track Meet will take place. At the same time the Independent Swimming Meet will be held at the Sports Building., rTigers, Reds Rained Out LAKELAND, Fla., March 22.-(/P)- The second game in the World Series epilogue between the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds in spring camp was washed out by rain today. Coaches' Poll Names Sofiak Best In State Mike Sofiak, tiny Wolverine star, was awarded the state's biggest bas- ketball trophy in the annual coaches' poll conducted by the Detroit Free Press to determine the outstanding college cager in Michigan for the 1940-41 season. Diminutive Mike bad only one close competitor for the giant trophy., Keith Carey, Alma College center, polled 33 points to Sofiak's 49. No other player received more than 18 points. The tabulations were made on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis, each coach se- lecting five players. Only three men- tors failed to mention the Michiigan star. Although one of the smallest cag- ers in the Big Ten, Mike played 708 of 765 minutes in one of the tough- est basketball leagues in the nation. He scored 192 points in nineteen games for the Wolverines. Michigan's captain, Herb Brogan, placed tenth in the voting. Last year the trophy was won by Bob Calihan, All-American center at the University of Detroit, who has been an outstanding performer for the Detroit Eagles this year. But lit- tle Mike is a worthy successor to the Detroit star. Sofiak has won three varsity bas- ketball letters at Michigan and has been the sparkplug of the team for Best In State Galles Takes Third Place In Nationals BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 22 -(A') --Jim Galles, Wolverine 175-pound- er, lost his semi-final N.C.A.A. bout here this afternoon to the tourney favorite and eastern champion, Dick Dibattista of Pennsylvania, but sal- vaged third place by virtue of a 5-0 triumph over Earl Hager of Wiscon- sin tonight. Earlier in the consolation matches he defeated Art Johnson, University of Iowa, 5-2. Galles put up a hard battle against Ditbattista but succumbed to the Penn boy's great strength, 5-1. Most of the latter's margin was gained in the third period when Galles was rushed off his feet and taken to the mat. Both boys were credited with escapes but the Quaker gained two points on time advantage. Bill Courtright, 165-pounder, beat Wallace Johnson of Minnesota, 4-1, in his consolation match but was then eliminated from the tourney by drop- ping an overtime bout, 11-9, to Char- les Hutson of Michigan State. Terry Browne Wins MASU SClass ACrownt In a meet marred by many spills as well as many chills, the title-hold- ers of the 1941 Michigan Amateur Skating Union were decided last night at the Coliseum. The speed- sters, hampered by the small size of the University rink, afforded the small crowd of fans on hand many thrills as they slackened their speed around each of the many turns, lost their footing and piled up. Terry Browne of Detroit-was crowned the Class A Senior Men's champion with a total of 90 points and so became the 1941 Michigan Indoor skating king. Vincent Bozich, also of Detroit, who copped the out- door skating championship this past winter, received second place honors with 60 points. The Class B Senior Men's crown went to Bill Katzenburger of Flint with 120 points, Leo Wotkoviak of Wyandotte assuming runner-up hon- ors with 50 points. Bonnie Doyle of Saginaw and Helen Wrona, also of Saginaw, tied for the Senior Women's Championship with 90 points, while Swimming Team In Peak Form For Wildcat Meet Wednesday MIKE SOFIAK the last two years. Local fans are familiar with his fighting brand of play which has salvaged many games from the scrap heap for the Wol- verines. By WOODY BLOCK". Coach Tom Robinson, dean of Big Ten athletic coaches, is now in his 32nd year as Northwestern's swim- ming mentor, but it is doubtful if he has ever laid eyes on as powerful a team as he will be privileged to see Wednesday night when Michigan meets Northwestern in a dual meet at the Sports Building. Two of the Wildcats Robinson is bringing. are top-notchers-the rest are just average tankers which means they are in a different league than Matt Mann's merciless mermen. Capt. Tom Powell is currently one of the classiest divers in the Con- ference and one of the better spring- board artists in the nation, while Dick Fahrbach can hold his own with most of the sprinters in big-time competition. These two are the backbone of a Wildcat team that has met with mediocre success this past season, finishing fifth in the Big Ten meet at Iowa City. Powell, after showing scintillating form in the qualifying trials of the Conference, ran into the worst night of his career in the finals though he still ended up in fourth place. A tall, slim lad of over six feet, Powell has remarkable timing and coordination for his size. As a sophomore, Fahrbach placed in both sprint events in the Confer- ence meet a year ago and again this Exhibition Baseball At San Antonio, Texas Boston (N) 010 011 000 - 3 8 0 St. Louis (A) 000 020 000 - 2 4 1 Erickson, Salvo and Berres; Caster, Ostermueller and Swift, Grace. At Los Angeles Chicago (A) 001 120 000 --4 11 1 Chicago (N) 000 000 102 - 3 8 3 Lyons, Dietrich Humphries, Apple- ton and Tresh; French, Olsen and McCullough. Esther Wrona, the only other en- trant, automatically became the third place winner with 50 points. In the other speed events of the evening, Tommy Saunders of De- troit was the recipient of top rank- ing in the Intermediate Boys' Divis- ion, Dorothy Koinis and Margaret Cook, also of Detroit, tied for the In- termediate Girls' Crown, and Ed Fin- negan of Wyandotte carried home the Junior Boys' trophy. Wally Pipp Explains Workings Of NYA Athletics In Michigan By MYRON DANN . Usually when a famous ball player hangs up his spikes for the last time, he starts looking around for the best way to make a profit from his fame. But not so with Wally Pipp, firstI baseman for the New York Yankees from 1916 to 1925 and twice holder of the AmericanLeague home run crown while a teammate of Babe Ruth. Pipp was interested in boys and looked for some way to aid them. Consequently he became active in a number of youth organizations. And he has been at it ever since. Wally was in town yesterday and was quite willing to explain his latest project. Last year the government asked him to handle the National Youth Administration's Athletic pro- gram in Michigan. He accepted and immediately outlined a complete pro- gram while enlisting the aid of boys' clubs all over the state. He centered his project around baseball because they needed a sport that would give proper body building exercise and at the same time appeal to the boys. Pipp pointed out. "The primary aim of the Federal Government is to get the boys and men of the country physically fit. Recent results show that over half of the draftees have been rejected on the grounds of being physically unfit. The thing we have to do before we can teach a boy how to shoot a gun is to give him the strength to carry it." Wally added that some of the big- ger cities have provided the proper recreational facilities but in the rural parts of the state the boys are in genuine need of a sound athletic program. "The first year of NYA junior base- ball has been a tremendous success. It has laid the groundwork for an even wider program in 1941. The pub- lic at the outset was skeptical of its worth, but today is in full accord with every move." Sice Weather Calls Gridd ers Outdoors In Spring Workout Coach Fritz Crisler 's spring foot- ball squad took advantage of the balmy spring breezes that finally came wafting into Ann Arbor and moved out to Ferry Field yesterday afternoon for the first outdoor work- out of the season. With the footing a bit treacherous as a result of the muddy sod, Crisler took it easy with the gridders. An hour's work on the blocking and tackling dummies followed by an in-, trascfuad offensive and defensive scrimmage was the program for the afternoon. The Wolverine mentor plans to start working the gridders in earnest this week if the favorable weather continues. Crisler's big job is to find replacements for Tom Harmon, Ed Frutig ,and his graduated guard duo, Ralph Fritz and Milo Sukup. Covert Slacks, Suits, and Topcoats RICHMAN BROTHERS 1209A So. University HR W. McComb Ph. 8633 ALL-CAMPUS RIFLE SHOOTING The finals in the All-Campus Rifle Shooting Tournament will be held at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the ROTC Building. All undergradutaes are eligible to compete for the winner's gold medal. A 25-cent entry fee will be charged. Intramural Department --John Ifroste, SUNDAY SUPP E R March 23, 1941 Pecan Waffle with Maple Syrup Grilled Little Pig Sausage Boysenberry Pie or Pineapple Sundae Beverage 500 Pol of 13oston Baked Beans Broun Bread Cole Slaw Lady Baltimore Cak.e or Fruit Cup Beverage 50c Ham a la King Pattie French Fried Potatoes Fruit Salad Boysenberry Pie or Rum Ice Crea it Beverage To ia/o /juice Cock/tail Grilled Veal Chop Paprika Potatoes an Gratin Glaced Baby Carroty Frozen Chocolate Puff or Lady Baltimore Cake Beverage j 75e GOOD FOOD Excellent Service 6 to 7:30 o'clock --A9 .. __ ) I And this year it's not just the old reliably saddle shoe that wilh grace the foot of many a comfort-seeking collegian. LEN-D AN EAR TOi SPRING Can't you feel it already? A warm breeze, a clear blue sky, the sight of good black earth breeath the thawing snows of wrinter--yes, even the thud of a ball in tbe catcher's mitt. We all have that feeling- Spring's on the way! SPRING-and the peak of fashion for the year. EASTER, the crowning point for a display of all the newest styles. Is this to be your day for fashion, too? Remember, Easter Sunday coies only a day after vacation begins, which just. about "blankets' your hopes of shopping for a new Easter bonnet at home. But you are wise, you will see the manifold advantages in doing your Spring shopping in Ann Arbor this year. Local merchants have choice and quantity of the newest in Easter styles to put away your shopping worries for keeps. For the leading campus 'styles of the new season, local services can provide you with just the thing! Don't The moccasin this spring is the thing for both smartness and comfort. MOE'S are displaying these and other distinctive sport shoes for spring, See MOE for your sporting needs. MAIN DINING ROOM ril _ , __ ....' _ ®_.._ . ®. - 111