THE MICHIGAN DAILY iw.mmrr Holiday Second As Kiefer Sets World Backstroke Record White, Gilbert Hurt In Crash In Centerfield Gilbert Sent To Hospital, May Have Concussion; White Receives Stitches By MYRON DANN Paul White and Bob Gilbert were injured yesterday afternoon when they collided in center field dluring a game between the Varsity A team and the Varsity B team. Gilbert received a contusion of the right cheek and forehead with a pos- sible concussion while White suffered a deep gash over his right eye. Dr. A. W. Coxon sent Gilbert to the Uni- versity Health Service for X-rays and a more thorough examination but saw no need for hospitalizing White. Three stitches however were re- quired to close the wound. Chasing Long Fly The accident happened when both outfielders were chasing a long fly ball and failed to see each other coming as they lunged to catch it. White, who weighs 200 pounds, crashed into Gilbert, who weighs only 150 pounds, with such force that the slightly built centerfielder had to be carried off the diamond on a stretcher. In the game itself, the Varsity A team earned a well deserved 4-2 victory over the Varsity B team for their fourth straight win. Bill Cartmill, lanky centerfielder for the A team, clouted a tremendous home run with teammates Dave Nei- son and George Harms on base to account for the margin of victory. The pitching on both sides looked much improved compared to any other game this season with only 12 hits being made all afternoon. Mickey Fishman started on the mound for the A team and held the opposition to two hits in the four innings he worked. Newcomer Pitches For B's Coach Ray Fisher used a new- comer to the Wolverines pitching staff when he sent in Bill Cain to do the hurling for the B team. The bespectacled sophomore was tagged for four hits and three runs before Don Smith replaced him in the fifth. With the opening of the 1942 base- ball season less than two weeks away, Fisher seems all settled on his start- ing lineup except for the first base and shortstop positions. In all prob- ability the Wolverine coach will wait until a few days before the opening game to announce his starting nine. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1942 VOL. LII. No. 137 Publication in the Daily Official1 Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices Faculty Tea: It has become neces- sary to cancel the President's Tea formerly announced for this after- noon, Note to Seniors, May Graduates, and Graduate Students: Please file application for degrees or any special certificates (i.e. Geology Certificate, Journalism Certificate, etc.) at once if you expect to receive a degree or certificate at Commencement on May 30,- 1942. We cannot guarantee that the University will confer a degree or certificate. at Commencement up-' on any student who fails to file such application before the close of busi- ness on Thursday, April 30. If ap- plication is received later than April (Continued on Page 4) w._ Hard Hitting Catcher SPORTFOLIO. " Onkle Franz Makes Good " On Shakeup Promise By HAL WILSON Daily Sports Editor Yale Wins AA U Title; Martin Out In Trials Prew Ties Weismuller's Mark In 100 Yard Event; HolidayFinishes Four Yards Behind Leader (The columns this week are begIg written by junior members staff who are applying for the position of sports editor for the Today's Sportfolio is by Dick Simon.) of the sports coming year. George Harms, fiery Wolverine backstop, will lead the Michigan teain this year. Harms, an ex- cellent handler of pitchers and a heavy hitter, seems headed for his best season and is recognized as one of the greatest catchers in the annals of Michigan baseball. Detroit Downts Leafs Itt First StanleyTill D~ort Crosso Scores Two Goals Tfo Give 'Wings Hard-Earned Win TORONTO, April 4.-(Al)---Detroit beat the Toronto Maple Leafs to the punch tonight for a 3 to 2 victory in the first game of the Stanley Cup hockey series. The game, the first of a best of seven series, wvas pAyied before 14,185 customers. The hard hitting visitors racked up two goals in the first period, which the Leafs matched, and got the inner in the second, After establishing this lead the Red Wing s threw uip a sound de- fense, which hacked by great goal, tending from Johnny Mowers, turnued balckthli(,Lea f: at every stage. Don ''The CountI Grosso wtas the indiwidhual star of the torrid contest, He got the first Detroit goal less than wominutes after the game started andl he daropped home the winner late in the second period. The other Red Wing tally went to Syd Ab)el and Grosso earned an assist here. Johnny McCreedy and Sweeney Scrluiner were the rscorers foir the Leaf s. Jimm.>yCOrlando drew a imajor pen- alty early in the thirdl for nicking Bob Goldham on the head and draw ing blood. So tight ,was the De- troit defense, however, that Mowers had only one real shot to handle dur ing the fivre minutes his team was short-handed. The team: b 'oke' evon in .liot,: on 4oal, ec h fthrow ing 10 it the rivalI net minders, With only 10 secronds left, Coach Hap Day of the Leafs pulled] out his goalie and] put six forwards on the ice. On the fa'ce off in the Detroit defense /zone, Syd Howe shot 'the puck down the ice and the game ended before the Leafs cou>ld bring it back . 1 4NA '1'II JANI JP By DICK SIMON SENTIMENTALITY, we have been told, should play no part in the realm of sports, but somehow or other we can't help feeling that way about Frankie Frisch and his rejuvenated baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. For in his gang of Buccaneers this year, Onkle Franz has the makings of a second Gas House Gang. He has a team that will drop gloves and bats and take up the cudgels for themselves at the least opportunity. When Frankie took over the reins of the Pirates in 1939, one of the first things he said was that "they were an old team that has to be pulled apart and put together again." He asked for and got a three year contract, and the shakeup began. If you would have taken a look at the Pirates roster at the begin- ning of the spring training season this season, you would have found only three names that were on the team when Frisch took over-Lee Handley, Rip Sewell and Bob Klinger. And now Handley is gone, having been sent home with a sore arm that will probably keep him on the sidelines for the 1942 season, if not for good. THE PITCHERS besides Sewell and Klinger then under Pirate contract were Russ Bauers, Cy Blanton, Joe Bowman, Mace Brown, Red Lucas, Bill Swift and Jim Tobin. Only Blanton and Tobin are still chucking in the majors while the others have found greener pstures in the minors or have passed down the hall of oblivion. Al Todd and Ray Berres were the catchers. Big Al has passed out of the picture almost completely now, and Berres is still being shunted from one major league club to the other. In the infield were Gus Suhr, Pep Young, Arky Vaughan and Handley. Vaughan is now the only one still playing with the Big Leaguers. The Waner brothers-Paul and Lloyd-Heinie Manush and Johnny Rizzo made up the outfield. Rizzo is now playing with his fourth National League team, while the Waners, not that famous brother act of years ago, are on their last legs as far as the big time goes. That was the inheritance that the ex-Gas house leader took over. To begin with, he added rookie Ken Heintzelman to the mound corps, and later Maxie Butcher entered the scene. Todd disappeared from be- hind the plate, while Ray Mueller and George Susce (present Cleveland coach) were the new additions to the mask and pad brigade. Suhr was subtracted from the infield and Elbie Fletcher came to town. Frankie Gustine, only 19, dropped anchor in the Smoky City to take over the keystone sack. To the outfield, Chuck Klein added real punch and then faded like a dying rose. But in September, two of Pie Traynor's youngsters-Bob Elliott and Maurice Van Robays-reported. THE MAJOR DISTURBANCE, however, started in 1940. Long Johnny Gee, a $75,000 pitching-parcel that hasn't even paid off one two-cent stamp as a dividend, barged into the picture, along with Danny MacFayden and Johnny Lanning. The catching staff was augmented by reliable Spud Davis, and Al Lopez was finally brought from the Boston Braves, just two years late -for he would have meant the pennant in '38. Debs Garms was secured as a utility infielder and outfielder and became a hitting fool. He won the National League batting crown that year,.just in case you've forgotten. Rizzo was traded to the Cincy Reds for Vince DiMaggio and Chuck Klein was made a free agent. / For 1941 the new pitchers were Aidon Wilkie, Lloyd Dietz and Dick Conger, a fugitive from the Detroit farm system. Baers, Brown, Swift and Bowman went the "way of all flesh." Lopez headed th back- stopping crew that was made up of Mueller and Davis, and Bill Baker was bought from the Reds. Stu Martin, ex-Card, Rip Collins, former Cub and Card, and Alf Anderson were the infielders who had not been around the previous season. Paulq Waner had left the scene, but Lloyd stayed on for a while before going to the Reds. THE FIRST noticeable change in this year's club is the absence of Arky Vaughan whom Onkle Franz "peddled" to the Dodgers for Pete Cos- carart, pitcher Luke Hamlin, catcher Babe Phelps and Jimmy Wasdell. Pitcher Hank Gornicki was picked up from the Cards. In the outfield, the Flash has a problem-three clouting rookies who can all field well. Now, we're not saying that this team of Buccaneers is going to win the National League flag, but take a look at the spring training facts. They've won 17 of their last 20 games. The team as a whole is batting .288 and its three catchers are hitting .388, .348, and .303. Elliott, moved in from the outfield, has taken over third without a hitch and Coscarart is holding up well at short (he's batting .324 and fielding like a fiend). The 1942 Pirates are a belligerent bunch too. And why not? Frankie Frisch is an old Gas Mouser and he now has a lot of help from the crowd that moved in from the Dodgers. If an ex-Brook can't jaw an umpire, he has forgotten what he learned over there in Flatbush. WITH A NEW SLATE on hand, Frankie Frisch has kept his promise to give Pittsburgh a complete turnover. His gang is a hard-hitting, tough- playing outfit that means to be up there battling for the senior circuit flag. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BUCCOS. THEY'RE GOING PLACES. (Special to The Daily) NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 4.- Adolph Kiefer, long recognized as one of the world's greatest swimmers, eclipsed all natatorial performances in the National AAU Championship Meet here today as he twice cracked his own world's record in the 150 yard backstroke. In the qualifying trials this after- noon, the sensational 23 year old dor- sal star smashed the standard of 1:32.7, which he had set six years ago, by paddling through the Yale Pool in the heretofore unrecorded' time of 1:32.4. New Record In Finals But that was just a warm-up for Kiefer. Tonight he raced home far ahead of Michigan's freshman ace, Harry Holiday, to set again a new world mark. Kiefer did it one and nine-tenths seconds faster than it has ever been done before, winning in 1:30.5. Perhaps if the 180 pound back- stroke king had not picked tonight for the greatest of all his great per- formances, the Wolverine yearling could have given him a battle. But as it was, Holiday finished second, four yards behind Kiefer. Martin Eliminated Strother (T-Bone) Martin, Michi- gan high board diver, was eliminated in the first flight of the trials this afternoon. The barrel-chested Wol- verine was unable to hit his dives, and placed too far back of the leaders for a spot in tonight's finals, The winner of the diving was Miller Anderson, an Ohio State freshman unattached. Jim Cook of Yale was I second, Sammy Lee of Occidental third and Frank Dempsey of Ohio State, who last week took the Na- t o;pn May Fight Winner Of Pastor-Bivcns Match CLEVELAND, April 4.-(P)-Billy Conn, Pittsburgh boxer, was offered $25,000 today to fight the winner of the Bob Pastor-Jimmy Bivins bout scheduled here April 17. Match maker Larry Atkins made the offer on beha~lf of promoters Bob Brickman and Ben Goetz, and said Pastor and Bivins had agreed to the proposal. tional Collegiate crown, finished fourth. Kiefer wasn't the only one to ap- proach world fame tonight. Bill Prew of the Detroit A.C. became the third man in history to cover the 100 yard free style in 51 seconds flat. Prew equalled the world record set by Johnny Weismuller in 1927, as he beat Yale's Howie Johnson. And Kiyoshi Nakama, another Buckeye freshman, won his second title of the meet by defeating Eli Rene Chouteau in the 440 yard free style in the time of 4:42.6 to set a new meet record. In fact the championship victory of the mighty Yale crew was firmly overshadowed by the record-break- ing performances. The Bulldogs roll- ed up 59 points to outdistance their nearest rival, Mercersburg Academy who could only garner seven tallies. Grapefruit League... Detroit (A) . ... 000 001 000-1 5 0 St. Louis (N) .. 100 000 01x-2 6 0 H. 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