WEoNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1941 THE MIICHI GA N D A ILY PAGE THREE Nine Opens Two-Game Series With Golden Bears Today r lr> , 111- AND INIDE~ Big Ten 'Champs To Meet West Coast Baseball Team (211ff Wie Will OppoeCalifornia's ter flarler, Mike Koil, In Series Opener The y'll Never Forget .. , WHAT CAN YOU SAY about a guy like Lou Gehrig? One of the greatest ball-players that ever lived? A fine sportsman? A swell guy? Sure, he was all of those things but he was something else too. There was something about Geh- rig when he stepped up to the plate that inspired respect. We realized it to the full for the first time on an afternoon in May of 1939 when we sat in the stands at Briggs Stadium and heard the park announcer say, "Dahlgren, first base." A hushed murmur ran through the stands. Dahlgren at first? What about Gehrig? Sure, he'd been in a hitting slump but you don't bench a man like Gehrig for going hitless a few times. A minute later, the big guy stepped out of the Yankee dugout with the lineup in his hand and trudged to- ward the plate with it. Then, for the first time, we saw a crowd of people at a baseball game embarrassed. They looked at one another questioningly and almost seemed to be trying not to see Lou. Finally, somebody started clapping. The others took it up andl then the entire crowd rose to its feet1 and applauded. We couldn't believe it. This may sound over-sentimental and foolish but we remember vividly thinking that something would happen be- fore the game was over and that Lou would take over at first base. But nothing did. Dahlgren didn't get hurt. The Yankees didn't need a pinch hitter and the game ended without Gehrig. The score was 22-2, with the Yankees on the long end. It was the worst beating the Tigers had taken in almost 30 years. Don't ever try to tell us that the Yankees just happened to have a good day. Nothing could have beaten them that afternoon. Maudlin or not, they won that one for Lou. W.. fe met Lsou Gehrig once. He came out to the Philippines with a barnstorming all-star team and we were living in Manila at the time. Somebody took us down to the dug- out and we shook hands with the big Dutchman. We sat there on the bench between Lou and Jimmy Foxx and chatted for a momergt or two. It wasn't much. Lou didn't give us his glove as a souvenir or anything like that. But he gave us more in those few minutes than just being able to say we had talked to him. He was a great guy. And baseball will continue to be a great game as long as there are men like him connected with it. This Year's All-Stars .. . A little more than a month from now, the best baseball players in both major leagues will get together at Detroit to take part in another All- Star game. If the American League selectors use the same old method, there will be a bunch of past greats in the lineup, some of whom have done little or nothing this year to merit their posts. Based on this year's performance only, how's this for an all-star squad? Lewis, Senators, third base Gordon, Yankees, second base J. DiMaggio, Yankees, center field Williams, Red Sox, left field York, Tigers, first base Campbell, Tigers, right field Cronin, Red Sox, shortstop Dickey, Yankees, catcher Feller, Indians, pitcher These lads might make an error or two but it's our guess that by the time the game was over, they'd have scored so many runs that the National League outfit would be just playing along for the practice. To follow Fel- ler on the mound, you could take your choice of these five: Ted Lyons and Thornton Lee, White Sox; Earl Johnson, Red Sox; Al Benton, Tigers; and Steve Sundra, Senators. (Continued from Page 1) tion made up of Jack Albright at shortstop and Al McBroom at sec- ond base. Albright is a flashy fielder and hit for a .288 average during the Bears' regular season. McBroom is a sophomore who earned the start- ing pivot post as a result of his fine play in early season. At third base for the visitors will MICHIGAN BATTING AVERAGES * * * AB; R H Pet. Wakefield .....106 23 39 .368 Chamberlain .. 124 27 43 .347 Veigel... ...... 6 0 2 .333 Harms .......106 18 35 .327 Ruehle.........93 20 30 .323 Nelson........121 30 37 .306 Holman ....'...113 22 34 .301 Christenson ... 56 18 16 .286 Steppon ........60 15 17 .283 Jessop....... ..4 1 1 .250 Cartmill .......29 7 7 .241 Sofiak ........ 113 20 25 .221 Muir' ..........23 0 5 .217 Wise . ..........25 1 3 .120 Stoddard ......22 3 2 .091 Gould ........ 13 4 1 .077 Pagel,....... 3 0 0 .000 Goldsmith ... 1 0 0 .000 Sharemet ....... 1 0 0 .000 Totals........ 1019 209 297 .291 Mdhigan Golf Squad Enters Big Ten Meet ,. be Co-captain Stan Glriffith, an ex- cellent fielder who boasts a commend-, able .309 batting average. In the outfield, Evans will start Stu Lewis in left, Harold Cates at center- field and Ray Amling in right. Amling, who has already been chos- en by his teammates to captain the 1942 team, is a long-ball hitter and connected for an average of exactly .300 during the regular campaign. His fielding literally left nothing to be desired since the big junior didn't make a single error. Neither Lewis nor Cates can be classed as a particularly heavy hitter since their averages were .240 and .285 respectively, but both are known to be dangerous at the plate when the Bears need runs badly. The two teams will meet here again tomorrow afternoon in the game that will mark the end of the 1941 season for the Wolverines. The Bears, how- ever, will then continue on to East Lansing to meet Michigan State in a pair of games and will put the lid on their season with two contests against Western State Teachers' Col- lege. TTIlE INEoT UPS: Frosh Tennis Awards Given To 1 Netters Coach Leroy Weir climaxed a suc- cessful Michigan tennis season by announcing the 1944 freshman nu- meral winners yesterday. Eleven' first year men were named by Weir. Leading the Frosh squad was Paul VanWert, of Emporium, Pa. Two of the men are not registered in the class of '44: Sam Bloom, of Reading, Pa., is a sophomore and Hugh Dins- more, of Bay City, is in the class of '42. The eleven winners were: Bloom; Phil deYoung, Valley Stream, N. Y.; Dinsmore; Russ Faber, Evanston, Ill.; Martin Feferman, South Bend, Ind.; Doug Hillman, Grand Rapids;" Bob Mathews, Ann Arbor; Ed Scott, Ann Arbor; Louis Telbizoff, Monroe; VanWert; Fred Wellington, Ann Arbor. By BENNETT YANOWITZ In a game in which both teams ex- hibited a fine caliber of play, Sigma Phi Epsilon defeated Lambda Chi Alpha, 8-0, yesterday afternoon at 'Wines Field to win the I-M softball title in the fraternity division. The game lasted seven innings but it might just as well have ended after the second inning, for John Micku- lich had already clinched the game E for the Sig Eps. The champions 'started their scoring in the first in- ! ning when Mickulich hit his first home run of the day, this one with the bases empty. Al Pfaller followed with a two base hit, stole third, and scored on an infield out to give the Sig Eps their second run of the in-I ning. In the second inning, three singles ' and an error netted the Sig Phi Ep- silon team one run and loaded the bases, and that was the setting when Mikulich hit his second four-bagger' of the day to make the score 7-0. The winners added their last run in the fourth frame on a triple and an infield out. Max Rafelson, star pitcher for the Sig Eps, never permitted a man to reach scoring position, keeping the Lambda Chis' three singles well scattered. Another "championship" was de- cided yesterday as Chief Resident Advisor Charles H. Peake garnered three hits and crossed the plate three times to lead a Resident Hall Staff team to a 1 -9 triumph over Williams- House in the third and decisive game of their challenge series. Tigers Defeat Yankees DETROIT, June 3.-(I)-The Tig- ers landed on Steve Peek for all their runs in the first inning today and de- feated the New York Yankees, 4 to 2, although they were held to four hits over the last seven frames. Joe DiMaggio hit a homer for the Yanks. Sig Phi Eps Defeat Lambda Chi, 8-0, To CaptureSoftball Crown Young Phillie PitcherH urls One-Hit Game PHILADELPHIA, June 3. --(P)- Twenty-one-year-old Tommy Hughes gave Chicago only- one hit--a single by Lou Novikoff in the eighth inning -today as the Phillies shut out the Cubs, 7-0. Hughes pitched flawless ball against the Cubs for seven innings, facing just 21 men. In the eighth, he gave up two walks-his first and last of the game-besides Novikoff's single, but a hidden b ll play worked by shortstop Boby Bragan prevented Chicago from getting a man on third base. Hughes fanned six, got two hits and drove in a run. The .Phils hopped on Bill Lee in the first for a pair of runs on Mer- rill May's single, Nick Etten's double and Danny Litwhiler's single. They added three more in the second. California Albright,3ss ,Griffith, 3b Cates, cf Hoberg, c Amling, rf McBroom, 2b Lewis, If McBroom, 2b Koll. p Michigan Sofiak, ss Holman, lb Steppon, 2b Wakefield, rf Chamberlain, 3b Ruehle, lb Cartmill e Harms, c Wise, p By DON MELA Two big jobs are confronting the varsity golf team this week. The first is to prepare for the all-impor- tant final examinations. The second is the task of rounding into top form for the Western Conference meet, which will take place June 18th and 19th at the Mill Road Golf Course, north of Evanston, Illinois. ,Squad Has Fair Chance If the team is able to get down to practice enough in the interval be- tween now and the Big Ten meet, it should have a fair chance to annex the team title at Mill Road. Illinois is favored, on the strength of its showing this season, to retain the championship which they took last year. In a dual meet with Michigan this spring, the Illinois squad romped off with a 231/2 to 121/2 victory. Be- sides the Illini, Wisconsin and Iowa, two schools which Michigan did not play during the dual meet season are expected to provide the stiffest opposition. However, if the Wolver- ines flash the brand of golf they are capable of, they can make the meet Ivery close. Sophomore Ben Smith represents Michigan's bid for the individual title this year. The biggest obstacles in Ben's way are Welch of Illinois, who outstroked the lanky Wolverine in their only meeting this year, Homstrom of Illinois, and Captain Gilbert of Ohio State, who Smith has beaten twice this spring. Best Team Score Wins Five men will represent each school at the meet, each man playing 72 holes. The total of the best four men is the team score. Last year Illinois won the meet with 1245 to Michigan's 1254. The course where the meet will be held is somewhat more difficult than the University Course, having more woods and longer and narrower fair- ways. Coach Courtright has been having the team drill on the short game, however, since the boys have needed practice with their irons. Dodgers Back In Lead BROOKLYN, June 3.-(IP)-The Brooklyn Dodgers moved back into a tie with St. Louis for first place in the National League today by crush- ing the Cardinals, 6 to 0, on the six- hit hurling of Whitlow Wyatt and home runs by Dolph Camilli and Pete Reiser. 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