MEN SUNDAY, iMAX 18, 1941 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TRREE Trackmen Lose Big Ten Crown; Nine Defeats Indiana, 8-3 'IUGH AN D INSIDE By ART HILL Wolverine B rtell . .. A WEEK AGO, today the Detroit Tigers announced the outright release of the man who sparked them to the 1940 American League pen- nant, Dick Bartell. The fiery little shortstop had outlived his usefulness to the club and, with Frankie Crouch- er and Eric McNair under contract, the Bengal bosses figured they didn't need Bartell. Immediately, a wave of resentment swept over the Tiger front office guys. They received letters from irate fans, Hank Greenberg an- nounced from his Fort Custer men- age that the Detroits might be sorry later in the season and, in general, everyone thought it was a dirty trick. We don't agree with this point of view. The peppery infielder was amply rewarded for his year of service to the Tigers. But that's neither here nor there. What we're ii trying to get at is the fact that a player can hit .233, make numer- ous errors and still be one of the most valuable men on his team. You could never make us believe that the Tigers would have won the pennant with anyone else at the shortstop spot. Whether anyone has realized it yet or not, there is an amazing parallel between Bartell and a lad who is right now engaged in the business of play ing ball for Ray Fisher's Michigan nine, contenders for the Big Ten championship. These two men both play short- stop. Neither one wields a very po- tent mace. Both make errors now and then. Both have good throwing arms. And one more prominent sim- ilarity, both of them are holler guys and the spark-plugs of their teams. In case you haven't recognized which Wolverine we're talking about (and you aren't a Michigan baseball fan if you haven't), it's Mike Sofiak. Mike has been injured so many times that he calls all the nurses at the Health Service by their first names. His two outstanding in- firmities are a bad shoulder, which he strained early last season, and a deviated septum which he came by in a basketball game last winter. WE AREN'T QUITE SURE what a deviated septum is but we do know iA makes breathing a difficult task rather than a normal function. Consequently, Mike was in anguish throughout most of the basketball campaign. But ask the members of any of the cage teams Michigan played what Wolverine player got in their hair more often than any other and most of them will snap, "Sofiak." They'll look kind of disgusted when they say it, too, but you can't blame them for that. Mike is the kind of a guy who makes his opponents wish they had taken up jai-alai or horse- shoes or most anything but basket- ball. That lame shoulder of Mike's was another source of considerable pain to him. At one time during the 1940 diamond campaign, it became so bad that he couldn't make the long throw from shortstop position to first base. Coach Fisher still thought him valu- able enough to find a spot for him. He put Mike in the right field, even though the little guy couldn't throw the ball to the infield on the fly. And speaking of Fisher, the Mich- igan mentor expressed this writer's thoughts perfectly yesterday when he remarked, "Mike has gotten a lot of criticism from the fans but put it down in your book that there are nine other schools in the Con- ference .tha wish they hid him, both for baseball and basketball. In my opinion, he can't be praised too highly." Yesterday, it happened again, When Mike slid into home late in the game, that old shoulder got banged up again. It didn't seem serious but arm injuries are tricky things. We sin- cer e ly hope that Mike's tough luck has run its course. L. O'Grady has taken over the barber shop at 1110 S. Uni- versity, formerly Dewey Smith. Please to announce Ed Brough of Lirretts is now with me. Indiana Captures Title; Relay Team Takes First Kane Sets 880 Mark, Also Cops Mile Race; Canhan Ties For First In High Jump (Continued from Page 1) first lap but cut around them at the beginning of the second half of the race and pulled up even with Breiden- bach. The two great runners fought evenly down the stretch, matching stride for stride, but Kane pulled ahead just before they reached the tape. Myron Piker, diminutive sprint star of Northwestern's Wildcats, was the second runner of the day to win first place in two events, being vic- torious in both the 100 yard dash and the 220. In the century, Piker pulled away from the field at the 70 yard mark to win by several strides in the fast time of 9.8 seconds. Ralph Hammond, Ohio State sprinter, placed second with Wolverine Al Thomas tying Jim Turner of Illinois for third, Bob Wright, the Buckeye Bullet, also tame through as expected, win- ning both the high and low hurdles.' Wolverines Frank McCarthy and Neil MacIntyre took fourth and fifth in the highs, while Jeff Hall came in fifth in the lows. Going into the feature mile relay event 10 points behind the Hoosiers, the Wolverine team ran an excellent race to take first place. Al Thomas, Michigan's lead-off man, started, slowly but with a terrific burst of speed in the stretch, he handed the baton to Bobby Barnard with a good lead over his nearest opponent. Bar- nard, sprinting his leg in good time, lengthened the lead by a few strides and Bob Ufer and Jack Leutritz kept up the pace, Leutritz finishing three yards ahead of second-place Leroy Collins of Ohio State. Michigan's last hopes for victory were shattered when Capt. Don Can- ham, favored to win first place in the high jump, bruised his heel going over the bar at 6 feet 47/ inches, and thus was forced to drop out of the run- ning, after Wes Allen, the other Wol- verine entrant, had failed at 6 feet 4 inches. The major surprise of the after- noon occurred in the pole vault, when Bill Williams, Wisconsin star who had won the Conference indoor title, failed in three tries at 12 feet 6 inches and was disqualified. The Wolver- ines received their only pleasant sur- prise of the day when 'Wilbert Wed- enoja, turning in the best perform- ance of his career, tied for second place in the event with a vault of 12 feet 10 inches. Hoosier Hotfoot Two Mile Run: Won by Tolliver, Indiana; second, Wilt, Indiana; third,, Schoenike, Wisconsin; fourth, Kira- cofe, Ohio State. Time 9:15. Discus: Won by Harris, Indiana (174 feet 1 inch); second, Fitch, Min- nesota (161 feet 4% inches); third, Johnston, Ohio State, (160 feet %/ inch); fourth, Beierle, Wisconsin, (153 feet, 10 inches); fifth, Paskvan, Wisconsin (151 feet 81/_ inches). New American and meet record, made in Friday's preliminaries. 220 Yard Low Hurdles: Won by Wright, Ohio State; second, Cochran, Indiana; third, Horvath, Northwest- ern; fourth, Rankin, Purdue; fifth,' Hall, Michigan. Time :23.9. Broad Jump: Won by Stout, Illinois (24 feet 13/4 inches); second, Lewis,- Illinois (23 feet 8 inches); third, Was- som, Illinois (23 feet 7 / inches); fourth, McFadzean, Wisconsin (23 feet 5 inches). Mile Relay: Won by Michigan (Al Thomas, Bob Barnard, Bob Ufer, and Jack Leutritz; second, Ohio State; third, Minnesota; fourth, Indiana; fifth, Illinois. Time 3:17.8. Pole Vault: Won by Defield, Minne- sota (13 feet 4 inches); tied for sec- ond, Wedenoja, Michigan, and This- tlehwaite, Northwestern (12 feet 10 inches); tied for fourth, Petrick, Min- nesota, and Foster, Wisconsin (12 feet, 6 inches). High Jump: Tied for first, Tim- merman 'of Wisconsin, Smith of Northwestern, Canham of Michigan and Ray of Chicago, (6 feet 4 7-8 in- ches); tied for fifth, Allen of Michi- gan, and Charles Hosfield of Min- nesota (six feet two inches). Mile Run: Won by Kane, Indiana; second, Kendall, Indiana; third, Eis- enhart, Ohio State; fourth, Holder- man, Purdue. Time, 4:15.2. 440-Yard Dash: Won by Cochran, Indiana; second, Jenkins, Indiana; third, Porter, Ohio State; fourth, Ufer, Michigan; fifth, Leutritz, Mich- igan. Time, 48.6. 120-Yard High Hurdles: Won by Wright, Ohio State; second, Horvath, Northwestern; third, Finch, North- western; fourth, McCarthy, Michi- gan; fifth, MacIntyre, Michigan. Time :14.3. Shot Put: Won by Harris, Indiana' (50 feet); second. Paskvan, Wiscon- sin (49 feet); third, Moldea, Ohio State, (48 feet, 9 inches) ; fourth, Hook, Michigan (48 feet 3 inches). 880-Yard Run: Won by Kane, In- diana; second, Breidenbach, Michi- gan; third, Kautz, Michigan; fourth, Matthews, Michigan; fifth, Jones, Ohio State. Time 1:51.3. (New Con- ference record). 220-Yard Dash: Won by Piker, Northwestern; second, Hammond, Ohio State; third, Piel, Michigan; fourth, Thomas, Michigan. Time :22. Javelin: Won by Hadley, Wiscon- sin (187 feet 7 / inches) ; second, Kienlen, Illinois (183 feet 3 inches; third, Kimerer, Michigan (180 feet 1 inch) ; fourth, Wise, Michigan (176 feet 51, inches). 100-Yard Dash: Won by Piker, Northwestern; second, Hammond, Ohio State; tied for third, Thomas, Michigan, and Turner, Illinois; fifth, Franck, Minnesota. Time :09.8. Illinois Defeats Michigan Golf Team Handily Smith Loses First Match In Big Ten Competition; Fife Cards Sub-Par 69 (Continued from Page 1) John Hayes, and John Barr and John Leidy also copped three points from John Holmstrom and Ross Reed. At the end of the morning's doubles matches the score stood tied, 6 to 6. In the singles matches Illinois put on the pressure, and Wolverine inex- perience proved to be an outstanding factor in their defeat. Alex Welsh shot a 69 to hand Michigan's great Ben Smith his first Big Ten defeat, 3-0. The Wolverines are scheduled to stay in Champaign tonight, and then head for Evanston where they will face Ted Payseur's Northwestern squad Monday. SUMMARIES Doubles matches: Welsh and Wolf- ley (I) beat Smith and Dannenfelser (M), 3-0; Barr and Leidy (M) de- feated Holmstrom and Reed (1), 3-0; Barr (M) tied Buzick (I), 1%/-11/2; Fife and Osler (M) deefated Buzick and Hayes, 3-0; Usinger and Jaronik (I) defeated Calder and Fishburn, 3-0. Singles matches: Welsh (I) defeat- ed Smith (M), 3-0; Dannenfelser (M) tied Holmstrom (I), 1%12-11/2; Wolfley (I) defeated Fife, 21/2- 12; Usinger (I) defeated Osler, 21-/2; Reed (I) defeated Leidy, 2-1; Hayes (I) defeated Calder, 3-0; Fishburn (M) tied Jaronik (I), 11/2-1/2. Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Wolverines Chase H InningRally; H (Continued from Page 1) [undley From Mound In Fifth olman, Nelson Pace Attack 0. ginning to look like a pitcher's battle. But the Wolverine batters were tired of low scoring games and decided to do something about it. Little Dave Nelson started pro- ceedings .in the fifth by getting on base after he was hit on the should- er by one of Hundley's curve balls.{ After Whitey Holman and George Christenson made easy outs the fans settled back thinking that Michigan's scoring chances for the inning were over. Dick Wakefield changed their minds when he hit a tremendous wal- lop into deep left center field that went for a triple, scoring Nelson. Bud Chamberlain hit a sharp single to ijght, sending Dick home with Michi- gan's second run of the frame. George Ruehle, Mike Sofiak and Harms each found Mr. Hundley's curve balls to their liking and hit singles, pushing in three more runs. The game was held up while the Indiana board of strategy decided whether Hundely was to continue on the mound. The game was one of the most hot- ly contested that Ferry Field fans have witnessed in many a day. Big- gest explosion of the afternoon oc- curred in thq fourth when Michigan had Holman on second and Nelson on third with one out. Christenson hit a grounder to short and Holman bumped into Kosman, who was tield- ing the ball; Whitey was out for in- terference and Nelson was picked off third supposedly ending the inning. Alert Wolverine coach Ray Fisher, pointed out to the umpires that the ball is dead after Holman interfered with the shortstop. The umpires re- versed their rulings and told Indiana to take the field again. Then the fireworks started with the Hoosiers protesting the revised ruling. The game was held up for ten minutes while the visitors argued with the umpires. After this fracas, Wakefield hit a single to right scoring Nelson and adding injury to insult as far as Indiana was concerned. Strengthening Our LeadI Cliff wise Pitches Six Hit Game; Varsity Retains Conference Lead Indiana AB R H Kosman, ss .......4 2 2- Shumaker, rf .... 4 0 2 Danielson, 2b .... 4 0 0 Clifton, 3b....... 4 0 0 Dro, cf .......... 4 0 0 Francis, if ...... 3 0 1 Hoffman lb ...... 3 0 0 Wellman, c ....... 4 0 0 Hundley, p .......2 0 0 Dunker, p....... 1 1 1 d 2 1 2 2 1 3 8 5 0 0 A 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 El 01 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Totals ., ....... 33 3 6 24 9 5 * * * Four Teams Win Golf Titles Sigma Chi, Law Club Win Williams Tops Dorms By KEV JONES Held under very poor weather con- ditions, the seventh annual intra- mural golf tournament was completed yesterday with team titles decided in four groups, and a medal given for the longest drive off the eighteenth tee. The end of the Fraternity compe- tition found Sigma Chi leading the pack with a four man total of 355. Next on the list was Sigma Nu, with 358, followed by last year's cham- pions, Alpha Delta Phi, who ended up with 362. Fritz Adams, playing for Nu Sigma Nu in the professional -fraternity group, won the longest drive medal by smacking the pill 288 yards. However, his efforts were unrewarded, as the Law Club came through to win the team championship. The Law Club also had the lowest score of the day, with a four man aggregate of X30. Big reason for this low total was John Hall's tie for low individual honors. Hall shot a 79, which was very good considering the weather. Tied with Hall for low man was Phil Marcellus of Winchell House. Phil failed, however, to bring his team the Residence Halls title, as Williams House annexed the championship with a total of 336 strokes. Second was Lloyd House, as Fletcher Hall lost their last year's championship. With a very poor turnout of only two teams, the Independent title was taken by Robert Owens. The Robert Owen boys had to take 363 strokes in keeping with their title. Michigan AB Nelson, cf ...... 3 Holman, if .......5 Christenson, 3b .. 5 Wakefield, if .... 5 Cartmill, rf .......0 Chamberlain, 3b .. 5 Ruehle, lb....... 2 Sofiak, ss.........3 Harms, c ........ 4 Wise, p.........3 R 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 H 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 Q 2 4 2 1 0 3 5 2 8 0 A 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 E 0f 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Totals .......... 35 8 11 27 7 1 * * * Two base hits: Shumaker, Holman, Dunker. Three base hits: Wakefield, Kosman. Hit by pitcher; Hundley 2 (Ruehle, Nelson). Left on bases: In- diana 8, Michigan 9. Struck out by: Hlundley 5, Wise 6. Passed balls: Harms. Losing pitcher: Hundley. Um- pires: Lindsay, Knode. Attendance'' 600. Time: 1:56. M - wwmmmlwm EEEEEEE Cleveland ........ Chicago ......... Boston .......... Detroit .......... New York...... Washington ..... Philadelphia ..... St. Louis ........ 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