THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE THUIIISDAY, MAY 14, 1942 PAGE THREE Netters Tennis Team Rated To Win Leave For Big' Ten Meet; Golfers Tie Spartans (~N I 11 Wildcats, Second Maroons Block Straight Title eFNCHCOMBER By BUD HENDEL, K I=f :; Dail Sports Editor (Continued from Page 1) number three doubles. Gerry Schaf- lander at number four has thus far looked like the class of the Confer-1 ence and is very determined to end his final year in a blaze of glory. Wayne Stille, a finalist last year, is the other possibility but still ranks behind NU's Harry Hall. The fact that on Tuesday he beat Western Michigan's Marshall Campbell by 6-2, 6-0 while Hall had to go to 12-10 in the third set in their match may mean that the Duke may come back from Columbus king of the third bracket. Michigan's netters have won their last eight duel meets, sweeping through all Conference opponents. Their last defeat was received from Notre Dame.. In the drawings late last night, Michigan received seedings in every spot but the number one and two singles. This alone indicates the power of the Wolverines. If Michi- gan is able to sweep through its num- ber two and three doubles matches against the -Maroons today, it will drop Chicago out of the running for the crown. The pairings for today's matches are as follows: Singles: Hammett vs. Sawyier (Chi.); Porter vs. Jakes (NW); Stille vs. Harbreckt (OSU); Schaflander vs. Sarran (Wis.) ; Gamon vs. Silgen (Minn.); Johnson vs. Burst (NW). Doubles: Hammett- Stille vs. Ganakopolis - Anderson (Minn.); Porter-Gamon vs. Keme- tick - Lister (Chi.); Schaflander- Johnson vs. Johansen-Mardlin (Chi.) BIG TEN BASEBALL Bill CotrII'igdit Leads Varsity To 7/:7 Tie Smith's Injury Keeps ibmf From M aich; Inksuen Meet Illinois Sairurha fy B)UD LOW Led by Bill Courtright, who card- ed a. one over par 73 to take medal- ist honors for the day, the Michigan golf squad could doi no better than eke out a 7' to 7%/ tic with the Michigan State Spartans on the Uni- versity course yesterday. The Wolverines sorely missed the services of their ace, Ben Smith, who did not play because of his recent shoulder injury. Coach Ray Court- right wanted the Maize and Ilue T'S GOING TO BE a, long and vital weekend for Michigan athletics,' the longest and most vital on the entire spring sports calendar. The Wolverine tennis team will start it off in Columbus today, open- ing its bid to retain its Big Ten net championship. Tomorrow and Sat- urday will see the Maize and Blue track crew attempt to win the West- ern Conference outdoor track and field meet at Evanston, despite a heavy edge in power and speed which must be conceded to the Buckeyes of Ohio State. And also listed for those two days are a two-game base- ball series with Illinois at Chain- paign, a series which may Avell de- termine if Michigan is to repeat as the Conference titleholder. Then on Monday and Tuesday of next week, the scene will shift to Ann Arbor and Chicago for a continuation of that important weekend. In the Windy City on Monday, the diamond siuad will meet the Maroons of Chicago in its only doubleheader of the year. Here at Ann Arbor, the top links- men of the Big Ten will flock to the University Golf Course for the Conference tournament to be held both days. AND OILY when the la,.t fitff of the last match is el dipped in the 18th hole will that vital weekehd come to an end. When that hap- pens, three Conference titles will have been decided-tennis, track and golf-and only in tennis is Michigan favored to win. For those three Wolverine teams it will be the end of the athletic year-a chance to regret past mistakes if they lose, and a chance to remember glorious tri- umphs if they win. T HE BASEBALL aggregatinn will still have a battle on its hands before it can sound taps until 1943 But, the Conference crown can be decided this weekend. While the, Wolverines tangle with Illinois, Ohio State, tied with Michigan for first place, will meet a tough Iowa team, that is still very much in the run- ning. And not to be counted out are the Wisconsin Badgers, who will face Chicago tomorrow and Saturday. If; one of these teams can make a clean sweep of its weekend tilts while the; others split--then that club is the one to watch in the flag chase. .)RIFTWOOD AND SPLINTERS; Accordirg to the latest re- leased statistics, DickWakefield is leading the Texas League in bat- ting, extra base slugging and stol- en b~ases. . . the big boy seems to he snaking good on the $50,000 in- vestment the Detroit Tigers put into him as a sophomore here last year. Bill Steppon. captain of the Michi- gan nine last season, is enrolled in the advanced CPT course at the Ann Arbor airport . .. the former sec- ond-baseman hopes to become an aviation instructor before the year is out .. ...eports say he is just as adept behind the controls of a plane as he was out at the keystone sack. Ed Hirsch, the Northwestern leftfielder who spoiled Mickey Fishmar's no-hit game last Satur- day, will be the regular Wildcat fullback next fall , . . rumor has it that Bud Chamberlain, slug- ging Wolverine third-baseman, could get paid to play ball after he graduates . . . Bud can't take any offers, though . . . he's enlisted in the Navy's V-7 program. Fritz Crisler, after all the stories had been spread about his leaving to coach the Great Lakes Naval Station football team, did leave for Great Lakes today . . . but so did every other Big Ten grid mentor . . they've been invited to attend a big athletic blowout at the Navy center. 7 t 1 1 t 1 1 a ' Injury Of Morley Weakens Milea Quartet For Conference Classic By GEORGE KOZLOFF formances from all four men would' For the first time in many years still give the favorites an advantage Michigan's track team will enter a of aout a second. Because with mile relay combination in the Con- Ufer running a good :47.5 quarter, ference meet which does not figure Thomas hitting a :48.5, and Buel and as a potential winner. In the past Pettersen completing the times with Big Ten contests the Varsity proved about :50 each, the relay would missz to have the most formidable relay the Buckeyes best time of 3:15.3. 1 teams. Fourth. Spot A Mystery During the last six years the Var- On eve of the Conference meet sity dropped only two relay races in this week, the Wolverines still have' this Big Ten contest. The first three of this relay with the fourth strangely enough was at the hands position still a mystery. Coach Do-1 of an Ohio State team in 1936. This herty stated that any of his runners weekend, it is te uckeyes again may fill in depending on the condi- that have come up with a strong tions of the meet and track. team. Their relay combination is Doping the meet out, Doherty re- favored to win Saturday' marked that the 'Wolverines should The only other loss was two years take about 26 points, but that they; ago by a. surprise team from Minne- would need more than this to take sota. the second place title of the meet. Wolverine Combination Split "If the team scores less than this," This year the best Wolverine com- he added, "we will not be at our topI bination was split by -the injury of form. On the other hand, scoring junior Buel Morley at the Drake Re- more than 26 points would be alright, lays. Even with Buel, the Wolverines but the boys will have to do better would undoubtedly have been placed than all right to take second place." in the number two slot. According to Coach Ken Doherty the quartet Seventeen To Make Trip made up of Bob Tjfer", Morley, Al Seventeen men will make this trip oas George Pettersen regis- to Evanston for the forty-second run- Thomas aily andfargestttes urg-ning of the Conference classic. The tered fairly fast times daring the majority will leave by train this indoor season and early sprmig runs. afternoon with the remainder follow- But this combination would still be g nhe :2tmrrv.Tse ta little slower than the Ohioans. n on the 5:22 tomorrow. Those a leaving today are: Captain Bud Piel, Looking into the potentialities of I Thomas, Ufer, Frank McCarthy, this quartet shows that the peak per- Jim Byerle, Chuck Pinney, Dave Mat- thews, Johnny Kautz, John Roxbor- ough, George Ostroot, Frank Lahey, and Gene Hirsch. Following tomor- row are: Bill Ackerman, Ernest Leon- ardi, Bob Segula, Johnny McKean, Ned Atkins led the powerful Phi and Pettersen. Delta Theta softball team into the The preliminaries will start at 3 finals yesterday by virtue of a stir- p.m. tomorrow afternoon in the ring 8-3 victory over Pi Lambda Phi. sprints, quarter mile, half mile, hur- Ned hurled beautifully and kept the dles, shot, discus, and broad jump. Pi Lams hitless throughout most of The finals will start at 2:30 p.m. Sat- the game, while his boys were piling urday in the fourteen scheduled up a decisive margin. events. The javelin throw will not The fielding play of the game was be included in the list of events this executed by the Phi Delt center field- year. Nine Improves In Last Week Varsity Faces Weekend Tilts With Confidence By DES HOWARTH Michigan's rampaging baseball nine, now tied for the leadership in the Big Ten Conference, got a well earned rest this week when their game with Wayne was called off Tuesday. The Wolverines went through a long hit- ting practice yesterday, giving them the opportunity to sharpen their bat- ting eyes for the corning series with Illinois at Champaign tomorrow and Saturday. The Wolverines will leave for Champaign at 3 p.m. today. Coach Ray Fisher 'will send his team into the tilts with less appre- hension than he did last week when the Varsity met Northwestern. At that time Michigan's ability was a questionable factor. In games with Notre Dame and Western Michigan the Wolverines' 'mound corp was un- certain and the team went into a batting slump. In the games with Northwestern Michigan finally arrived. With Bud Chamberlain pacing the attack the Wolverines came out of their slump with a bang. Don Robinson, Dave Nelson, Don Holman and George Harms all began to hit the ball again, and when the series ended Fisher's worries were over as far as power at the plate was concerned. To further gladden Fisher's heart, however, was the showing of his two hurling stars, Pro Boim and Mickey Fishman. Boah set dthe Wildcats down with five'hits and two runs. On Saturday Fishman surpassed Boim's good pitching effort with a brilliant one-hitter. Bobby Stenberg, co-holder with Wayne Christenson of the second base position, went down to Detroft yesterday to take a physical exam for the Marine§. I Michigan ..........,. Ohio State ..,....... Iowa ............. ... Wisconsin ....... Illinois ............ Northwestern ........ Purdue .............. Indiana ., . ........... Minnesota .,....... Chicago .....,....... W L 5 1 5 1 8 2 3 1 5 5 3 5 3 5 3 7 2 4 1 7 Pet. .833 .833 .800 .750 .500 .375 .375 .300 .333 .125 Games Friday and Saturday Indiana at Minnesota Ohio State at Iowa Michigan at Illinois Purdue at Northwestern Wisconsin at Chicago HORSES Ride at Golfside Stables Wooded Bridle Paths Private Instruction Free Transportation Individual Riding at $1.25 per hour Cal 2-3441 Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. GB W L Pet. GB1 New York......17 8 .680 Brooklyn ...... 18 8 .692 Cleveland ..... 17 9 .654 % Pittsburgh......17 12 .586 2'/ Detroit.........18 12 .600 1l' Boston........16 13 .552 3' Boston ....... 14 11 .560 3 Cincinnati ..... 13 13 .500 5 Washington ... ,11 15 .423 6' St. Louis.......13 13 .500 5 Philadelphia .12 17 .414 7 New York .... 12 15 .444 6 St. Louis 12 17 .411 7 Chicago.......12 15 .444 6r; Chicago . . 7 19 .26 10A Philadelphia ... 8 20 .286 11 Wednesday's Results Wednesday's Results Detroit 6, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 3, New York 1 Cleveland 7, New York 2 Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 0 Chicago 2, Boston 1 (10 innings Boston 6, Chicago 5 St. Louis 9. Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 1 Fresh mu'u. Nine Slwis Power DAVE 0STAER . . . almost brings victory linksman to take a well-earned rest prior to the Illinois mat ch this Sat- irday and the Conference meet which starts the following Monday. Courtright played in the third singles position, the first time he has been that high in the lineup, against Ralph Kortge who scored a high 81. Fill's n ame wais super as he lashed er George Hildebrandt, when he made a sensational bare handed catch. The Phi Delts will meet Chi Phi for the championship the last of this week. The question going around all the houses today is whether Zeta Beta Tau, twice champs in the tennis loop, will be able to keep their record in- tact. Their match yesterday with Phi Psi was a split and the deciding sets will be played today. C In a closely fought battle Delta 5Sigma Delta defeated Nu Sigma Nu, 4-3, to win the professional fraternity championship last evening. Shorthand and Typewriting FOR COLLEGE PEOPLE A special intensive streamlined SUMMER COURSE in SHORTHAND and TYPEWRITING, arranged to meet our present emergency, will commence June 15 and continue for twelve weeks. Send for information. Detroit Business University United Artists Building, Detroit mm w ~~~ I . fly CIAIK BEli if there is any big weaknes in thi' year's edition of hesmluian baseba. - ers, it has't made itself apparent to Ernie McCoy. yearling mentor, 'Th 27-man squad has siown in ir1el I(e that it packs plenty of wallop whe- ther at bat or out i the fild lTI' squad cohses if,.asntiswe The pitching departielit , whlce1 usually presenis a; majior problemt, is well-stocked with c a pable I huir 'l rs and to date six flingers have rvaught McCoy's eye. The fr'sl i (woach thinks that his mound sextet, corlmpri Jd of Dick Bodycomh, Phil McLean. Bob Saxton, Ralph :trem. ,John Swain- back aid Dick Wenzel is tli' hest that he has' ti Iored a. Mirhitgan. For pitching reserves McCoy (an choose from Burt Avedon,. Bill Grey, Tom Higins, (I id Oberor ffev. Harold Seliock, 1Bi11llon.dCa les Thomas. The infieldOtup isw-thnwthatf McCoy likes to talk about. Dottin 'the inner defense spots lie has low nifty fielders At first Earl Katz looks like a veteran, taking each and everv .,oss his way with the greatest ease The second base area is well fortified too. with Chuck Keteror on the keystone sack and iowie Wikel at short while the hot coriner boasts another stalwart defender in Bruce EBlanehard. Backing up this cquartet are reserve.s Leigh Smith and Will Thr QUtfield appealis set wit. Ralph McCormick, Don Sanborn and Al Eisenstein. a trio of speedy field-, ers, holding down spots. Also bid- ding for posts in the outer garden are Strat Brown and Harold Fix. Three candidates are battling for the catching job with Elmer Swan- son at present holding a slight edge over his two rivals, Bill Bush and Jim Hupp, all capable batterymen. u. __ _ i out terrif ic drives far down the fair- way, and on the greens his putter was red hot. On the other hand. Kortge. who shot. in the lirst singles slot two and a haIf weks a uo when Michigan woii 17.-7, was very much off his stride. Dave Osler, shooting it thr fifth spot, needed only to halve the cigh- teenth hole tlo score three points and win the match for the Wolverines, but his opponentl., Phil Goodrich, came through with a hdie four to snatch a valuable hilt point. Dave had one nvvr pa r 37 01 I tipfrontii inc. and le voOildn't rquite Ith ldit' pa'e as he carne home with 41 forF a 78 total. Capt. .li m i lvd and rceorge 13tB 1c( of the ( 'ei r urie Wite both had the aan iur'a I )frP, a ifl. but tie lirla i took two noii t: Vo 1'.hg .Jol's' Ot. l';h niium bad a 40 on tlie flit:,i ri' and a 38 on the ba k nun' hot lI ~'dy lo:.t one more hole mt hi', 0Iyrnl)i'it Mtrrl a lit Ile:i;oi ool d ot W h ti 8 ont , whi wa'. plavt: in 1he plare of Smith W10at:,ri tallied a 76 to CTha '8 si ye Iw ie a iiairs a a- advanl are }ioh 1eif irn P0 ilin red to a y in 1 s ;littmt ye:;ttr day when lie earded an +; to eorge i'Aitnieri n a ifs 78 In losing Iis im11at. eli, h, 10.o three- Iu it cr1 'evr i I greinis a tud li:; wood uiots were deidedly tnip to his usual standard. I _ ___ W77ash yo~ur ears, shPlsc gyenr press your pants, The 16th's really quite the last chance To renew pep and vin In your sweet eherlmPJ!" Gifts it ICE CREAM- - then, on with the dsnce. SAY "B00" TO BAGGAGE BOTHER _. , ... AND TAKE YOUR TRAIN CAREFREE! 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