THE MICHI.tAN I
,rAGE THREE
THE MICHIN tV~ii;v FAGE TflUEE
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Hawaiian Flash Smashes Pair of Records
World merican AAU
Records Are Shattered
Kiefer, Knight, Batterman, T-Bone Martin Also
Stand Out as Bluejackets Swamp Opposition
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Tigers, Cubs Hook Up in Slugfest
EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 1.-(.P)-April Fool's Day was celebrated by
the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs today as if they were deadly intent
on playing every funny trick in the book.
After nine innings of wild carryings-on, they counted up to find the
Cubs 10 to 9 victors in the opener of a two-game exhibition series and all
hands glad to escape to the relief of the showers.
Iowa and Illinois Most Consistent
Michigan Rivals in Diamond Sport
Same Schools May Be Troublemakers for
Wolverines During 1944 Conference Race
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Adolph Kiefer, standout with Smith
on the first night of the meet, came
through with his second win in the
150-yard backstroke, although he
missed his world record time if 1:30.4
by six-tenths of a second, as he fin-
ished the event 15 yards ahead of his
nearest competitor in the fast time
of 1:31 flat. The only mark that
Kiefer broke while coasting to this
victory was the Michigan pool rec-
ord set by Harry Holliday. Kiefer
swam the first 100 yards of this dor-
sal affair in the sensational time of
:58.4, and had the fans on their
feet urging him to a new mark, which
he barely missed.
Ralph Knight of Massilon High
School, O., made an excellent show-
ing in the backstroke, as he finished
second to Kiefer, with Carl Ahlman
of Great Lakes third and John Gib-
son of the Naval Air Station in
Olathe, Kansas, fourth.
Smith Wins 440
After a short rest from the 100-
yard free style, Smith, defending
champion in the 440, wort that race
in good form to break the AAU rec-
ord held by his former teammate,
Keo Nakama, as he went the dis-
tance in 4:42.1. Nakama, who set the
AAU mark of 4:42.4 in 1942, finished
third as he was nosed out by Gene
Rogers of Columbia, who also upset
Nakama in the 220-yard. free style
at the National Collegiates the week
before.
Charlie Eatterman of Columbia,
after coming from behind on the last
dive to beat T-Bone Martin of the
Three of O'Neill's Best '43
Pitchers Lost to Detroit
EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 1.-(P)-
Three pitchers who contributed near-
ly half of the club's 78 victories in
1943 aren't with the Tigers anymore,
but Manager Steve O'Neill is looking
to four junior members of the staff
-Hal Newhouser, Frank Overmire,
Rufus Gentry and Johnny Gorsica-
to fill in.
Paul Trout topped Tiger produc-,
tion last season with 20 victories, and
O'Neill is counting on another big
season. But Virgil Trucks who won
16 games and Tommy Bridges who
contributed a dozen victories are in
the. armed forces. So is Hal White
who won seven.
Who's going to step up and replace
them?
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Bluejackets in the low board divingl
Friday, also won the high board div-
ing last nightbycompiling 420.3
points ; with Martin again coming
in'second; Harold Kallman, Fremont,
O., third; and Bob Stone of the Buck-
eyes, fourth. Kallman came down
from Fremont to watch the meet,
but was not too impressed with the
divers, so he entered the field and'
came out of the AAU meet with two
points. He finished seventh in the
low board diving.
Sailors Cop Relay
Michigan and Great Lakes both
had two teams entered in the 300-
yard medley relay in which the Wol
verines were the defending chain-
pions. Smith swam the first leg for
the Sailors' "A" team and he gave
the Bluejackets a commanding three-
yard lead which they never relin-
quished, as they dethroned the Maize
and Blue quartet in 2:59.
Mert Church, swimming the anchor
for the Wolverine "A" team, tried
valiantly to close the big gap which
Smith had given the Sailors, but
couldn't quite make it; and when
Dobby Burton, who was swimming
the anchor leg for the Bluejackets
"B" team, closed in on Church, it
became a three-way race, with the
Wolverines "A" team barely edging
out Great Lakes' "B" squad for sec-
ond place.
The medley relay event wrote finis
to one of the greatest AAU meets ever
to be held, with eight present or for-
mer NAAU indoor and outdoor cham-
pions defending their titles. The
meet presented one of the finest ag-
gregations of stars ever to compete
in one pool.
NAAU Summaries
100-Yard Freestyle-Won by Bill
2mith (Gieat Lakes); second, Walt
Ris (Great Lakes)-; third, Jerry Ker-
schne. (Great Lakes); fourth, Bill
Prew tT.S. Air Force, Panama).
Time :51.6.
150-Yard Backstroke-Won by Ad-
olph Kiefer, (Bainbridge, Md., Naval
Station) ; second, Ralph Knight
(Massilon, 0., unattached); third,
Carl Ahlman, (Great Lakes); fourth,
John Gibson (Olathe, Kans., Naval
Station). Time 1:31.
440-Yard Freestyle-Won by Smith
(Great Lakes); second, Gene Roger
(Columbia); third, Keo Nakama,
(Ohio State) ; fourth, Jack Hill (Ola-
the Naval Station). 'Time 4:42.1.
(Breaks record of 4:42.4 set by Na-
kama in 1942.)
High Board Diving - Won by
Charles Batterman (Columbia), 420.3
points; second, Strother Martin
(Great Lakes) 378.6; third, Harold
Kallm'an (Fremont, O., unattached)
275.9; fourth, Bob Stone (Ohio
State) 255.8.
300-Yard Medley Relay-Won by
Great Lakes "A" team (Smith, Bob
Matters, and Ris); second, Michigan
"A" team; third, Great Lakes "B"
team; bfourth, Michigan "B" team.
Time 2:59.
-Official U.S. Navy Photo
BILL SMITH
... was awarded the gold medal
given annually to the star of the
NAAU meet, by virtue of his three
winning performances in the 100,
220 and 440-yard events.
Yankees Edge Phils
4-4 in Close Contest
ATLANTIC CITY April 1.-(/)-
The New York Yankees poled only
five hits today but defeated the Phil-
adelphia Phillies, 5 to 4, in the first
exhibition game of the year at this
resort. A crowd of 2,678 paying fans
and 500 wounded soldiers watched.
Johnny Lindell cracked a homer
for the winners with a mate on base
and George Stirnweiss banged out a
triple with two men on. In both cas-
es the hit was made off Charles}
Schanz.
During the past eight seasons in'
particular, and all through the ten-
ure of Ray Fisher as Michigan's
baseball coach, teams from Illinois
and Iowa have afforded the greatest
obstacles to the Wolverines' winning
ways.
From the reports which have been
flowing from the diamond camps of
these two schools in the last few
days, the 1944 season may be no
exception to this rule. Both coaches
boast a variety of promising though
inexperienced talent at all positions
and seem to have no fears at meet-
ing teams like Michigan which are
heavily reinforced with Navy and
Marine personnel.
Iowa is the only school in the Con-
ference to boast a higher winning
percentage than Michigan over the
past eight seasons, having won 61
and lost 25 for a fancy .709 figure.
In that period, it won one champion-
ship, tied for two others and never
wound up lower than fifth. The
Wolverines gained 56 wins against
28 losses for .667 in the same stretch,
copping two championships outright
and tying for a third.
The Illini, also, have always been
right at the heels of the Wolverines
in the games won and lost columns
and rank a scant few points to the
rear in overall percentages. In the
matter of Big Ten titles, the rivalry
has been even more pronounced, as
Illinois is the only outfit to seriously
challenge Fisher's reign as "Mr. Big"
in Conference baseball.
Since Fisher took the reins at
Michigan 23 years ago, he . has
brought eight Big Ten winners and
co-winners home in front, while the
Illini boast seven over the same span.
The series between the two clubs
stands at 23 victories for the Wolver-
ines and 22 for Illinois.
Although it is still too early in the
season to draw any definite conclu-
sions as to the strength or weakness
of any one team, indications point to
fast, young, aggressive squads from
both Iowa and Illinois. The Hawk-
eyes have no veterans of previous
collegiate experience, but Coach
"Waddy" Davis is confident that his
crew of 17-year-olds will develop into
a first class contender.
Down at Champaign, Illinois
Coach Wallie Roettger is not quite
so confident, but is far from pessi-
mistic over his team's chances. He
remarked recently that this year's
squad, which wound up in second
place, was very similar to last year's
in experience and initial playing
ability.
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