T1TTIYMT RG DALA'__ -- FA, T, Tigers Gain Fourth Victory In Six Exhibtiou Games,82 Eaton Fans Nine Batters in Five Tnings;i Gorsica Yields Five Hits and One Run HERE TODAY cy HARFVY FkANK Sports Editor Varsity Nine Plagued by Continua! _Bad Wea-ther Bow"mt an, injured Pitcher, Back; Big Ten Seasop Under Way as Iowa and Chicago Tangle EVANSVILE, Ind., April 7.-(IP)- The Tigers gained their fourth ex- hibition victory in six games today by defeating the 820th tank destroyer battalion team of Camp Brecken- ridge, Ky., 8 to 2, and in the process they uncovered a pitcher who might help them in 1944. Sebelon Eaton, a right hander who has a medical discharge from the Ar- my, was impressive in his first start by fanning nine batters in five inn- ings. He yielded one run and one hit. Marriage Slated To Wirn Tropical Handicap Today Jockey Eddie Arcaro To Ride Four Freedoms MIAMI, Fla., April 7.-(A')-The winners of the two richest races of the winter will fight it out tomorrow in the $10,000 Tropical Handicap which tops off Florida's first hundred million dollar betting season. Coward and Dupuy's eight-year- old gelding Marriage, victor in the $25,000 New Orleans Handicap in February, will go to post for the mile and one-eighth event the favorite at approximately even money. But Greentree Stable's Four Free- doms outran Marriage in racing to a triumph in the $25,000 Widener Handicap in March, and will be heavily backed-particularly 'since the wonder jockey, Eddie Arcaro, will be in the saddle. Marriage was fifth in the Widener, but came back to score decisively in the Coral Gables Handicap at Tro- pical Park two weeks ago and has been training , impressively. Billy Thompson wil ride the story-book thoroughbred. Marriage must carry 126 pounds, conceding six to Four Freedoms. Third choice in the field of six is W. W. Crenshaw's Grasshopper 2nd, in at 114 pounds, winner of the Ponce de Leon Handicap last Saturday. Wendell Eads will have the mount. Tomorrow's tropical program' winds up 100 days of horse racing in Florida since last December. Dog racing will continue until May 31. The season has seen all betting re- cords topple. As of today, more than $98,000,000 has been wagered at horse and dog tracks and the Jai Alai fron- ton, where there is pari mutuel bet- ting on a Spanish game. The biggest previous Floriad season was the winter of 1940-41, when $68,- 280,202 was bet. This season's tota: is certain to exceed $100,000,000 be- fore the last dog track closes. Dodgers Defeat Farm Hands in Practice Game BEAR MOUNTAIN, N.Y., April 7 -(P)-The Brooklyn Dodgers defeat ed their Montreal farm hands in e final seven-inning practice game o Durocher Field today, 7 to 0. Tom Warren pitched the first fiv rounds for the National Leaguers an< became the first member of th Brooklyn staff to go beyond thre innings in a spring game. Montreal (I) -000 000 0-0 5 Brooklyn (N) -303 010 3-7 10 (Called end of 7th.) Roxburgh, Gabbard, Cummings an Andrews. Warren, Webber, Ulisne and Jarvis and Owen. Johnny Gorsica, also making his first spring start, yielded five hits and one run the last four innings. Meanwhile, the Tigers hammered out nine hits off Sgt. Eddie Metro, pitcher manager of the soldier team. The game was played before an en- thusiastic crowd. Two players in the starting lineup were Detroiters. The Detroit attack was led by third baseman Eddie (Red) Borom, who gathered two hits, while Paul Rich- ards drove in two runs. Eaton, whose chance to make good with the Tigers was handicapped by a lame arm, had good speed and con- trol today. He struck out the side in the fifth inning. A hit batsman, in- field out, wild pitch and a single by first baseman Johnny Jaroez pro- duced the lone run off Eaton in the fourth. "Eaton gave a good performance out there, and he should give us some help at that rate," said Manager Steve O'Neill in the dressing room. Sgt. Metro, whose last connection in organized ball was with Que- bec City of the Canadian-American League in 1942, had control trouble in the first four innings when the Ti- gers scored all their runs. Rudy York singled home a run in. the first, and Eaton's triple was the key blow in the three-run second inning rally. Richards' outfield fly brought in a run in the third. Singles by Jimmy Outlaw and Don Ross produced two runs in the fourth and another scor- ed on Metro's error. The soldiers got a hit an inning off Gorsica except in the seventh when they clustered two safeties but failed to score after filling the bases. They finally broke through for the final run in the ninth on a single and er- rors by Virl Minnis, an Evansville boy who caught the last two innings for Detroit, and Don Ross. Manager O'Neill gave Roger Cra- mer and Don Heffner a rest today, sending Charley Metro to centerfield and Al Unser to second base. The Tigers open a five-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates tomor- row, with Frank Overmire and Hal Newhouser as the pitching choices. Paul Trout and Rufus Gentry will face the Pirates Sunday. It began to rain in the fifth inning and the teams finished the game in a i drizzle, but the 1,000 soldier guests stayed until the finish . . . The best fielding plays were turned in by shortstops Alec Kargol and Beemar Simons of the Army team, both or ground balls hit by Charley Metro ... Umpire Ernie Stewart's assistant or - the bases was pitcher Walter (Boon Boom) Beck who did a good job oj calling them.. . Joe Orrell and Eme- - ry Breske will pitch Monday at . George Field, Ill., and the Tigers - break camp Tuesday. Trout, Gentry, Newhouser and the score-armed Joe Hare will go direct to Detroit. The others wil return via Louisville, Sey- mour, Ind., and Muncie ... Joe Wood received word today that the Navy has turned down his application for a commission as ensign. WHEN MICHIGAN'S baseball team opens its 1944 season with a twin bill against Oberlin College a week from today, and the golfers tee off against the University of Detroit the same afternoon, the Spring half of the Wolverines sport schedule will finally get under way. But this half can hardly be expected to produce as good a record as that of the fall and winter section in which four of the five Maize and Blue teams competing against Big Ten foes brought home Conference championships. "Hail to the Victors Valiant" It all started last October when the football team conquered North- western by two touchdowns and then proceeded to run wild over Minne- sota, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio State to tie for the Big Ten crown with Purdue, its first piece of the title since it tied with Minnesota iii 1933. The only blotch on its record was that long remembered loss to Notre Dame. "Hail to the Conquering Heroes" Then the swimming team, although losing twice to power-laden Great Lakes, sunk Northwestern twice and Purdue and Ohio State each once in dual meets before amassing a grand total of 72 points in capturing the Conference meet and bringing another crown home to roost. Later with a seven-man squad, Michigan placed second in the NCAA meet, only one point behind winning Yale, and took second in the National AAU tilt held here, again trailing Great Lakes. But in the latter meet, they easily outclassed all other college squads. "Hail Hail to Michigan" At the same time that the swimmers were taking their Big Ten crown, the wrestlers were annexing the Conference throne by edging out Purdue, second place winner, 28-27, and also gathering in two individual titles. During their dual meet season they completely routed Ohjo State, Purdue, Minnesota and Indiana thus going undefeated. "The Champions of the West" Last to bring home the Conference bacon was the track team, one. of the best in Michigan history. After piling up skyscraping scores in taking meets with Western Michigan, Notre Dame and Illinois, it wended its weary way down to Chicago for the Big Ten Championships and managed to eke out 75% points to set a record total while annexing a fourth championship for Michigan. Thus all four teams contributed to make the past season one of the greatest athletic seasons in the University's long history. 1 Michigan Athletic Spring Schedule DATE SPORT April 15 Golf Baseball April 22 Baseball Golf April 23 Baseball April 25 Baseball April 26 Baseball April 28 Baseball April 29 Baseball Track Golf Tennis May 5 Baseball May 6 Baseball Golf Tennis May 7 Golf May 12 Baseball May 13 Baseball Track Golf Tennis May 19 Baseball Tennis May 20 Baseball Tennis Track Golf May 26 Baseball May 27 Track Golf Tennis Baseball June 2 Baseball June 3 Baseball June 9 Baseball June 10 Baseball Track June 16 Baseball June 17 Baseball OPPONENT PLACE University of Detroit Ann Arbor Oberlin (Two Games) Oberlin Fort Sheridan Fort Sheridan Northwestern Great Lakes Great Lakes Ann Arbor Iowa Ann Arbor Iowa Ann Arbor Notre Dame Ann Arbor Notre Dame Philadelphia Penn Relays Columbus Ohio State Chicago Chicago Ann Arbor Western Michigan Ann Arbor Western Michigan Notre Dame Notre Dame & Northwestern Notre Dame Notre Dame Kalamazoo Western Michigan (Tent.) Ann Arbor Ohio State Ann Arbor Ohio State Ann Arbor Illinois & Purdue Ann Arbor Ohio State Ann Arbor Illinois & Wisronsin Evanston Illinois Champaign Ohio State Ann Arbor Illinois Champaign Northwestern Ann Arbor Purdue & Minnesota Lafayette University of Detroit Detroit Indiana Bloomington Big Ten Meet Champaign Big Ten Meet Chicago Big Ten Meet Chicago Indiana Bloomington Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Purdue Ann Arbor Purdue Ann Arbor N.C.A.A. Meet Milwaukee Western Michigan Kalamazoo Western Michigan Kalamazoo BOB WIESE-Star fullback on last year's grid team, is one of the re- turning lettermen on Coach Ray Fisher's baseball squad. Wiese, who was an outfielder last season, will be converted into a pitcher for this year's campaign. Ed Levy Paces Yankee Victory ATLANTIC CITY, April 7.-(IP)- Ed Levy, New York outfielder who has complained most of the spring about a lame arm, smacked an in- side-the-park homer, two doubles and two singles today in five trips to the plate as the Yankees halted the Philadelphia Athletics, 13 to 5. The A's had won six in a row until Levy's big bat stopped them. Joe Berry, up from Milwaukee of the American Association, was the victim of a seven-run Yankee out- burst in the seventh frame. He was touched for seven hits in the inning. The Yankees sent infielder Joe Bu- zas back to the Newark Bears of the International League. Philadelphia (A) 111 010 010--5 11 2 New York (A) 013 020 70X-13 17 3 Hamlin, Kuczynski (4), Berry (7) and Wagner, Mills (7); Borowy, Johnson (6) and Garbark. Apaci, Devil Diver Co-Fa orites in Race NEW YORK, April 7.- -(A)-Wil- liam Woodward's Apache and Mrs. Payne-Whitney's Devil Diver were installed today as co-favorites for the featured six-furlough $7,500 add- ed Paumonok H-andicap at tomor- row's Jamaica opening of the north- ern racing season. Twelve other thoroughbreds were named for the inaugural classic, in which Devil Diver and Apache will carry top weight of 130, pounds. Apache won one division of the event a year ago when a topheavy field forced division into two sections. Other entrants are Tom Heard's Boysy, the Home Stable's Cassis, the Millbrook entry of Alex Barth and Swimmin' Hole, Mrs. B. DiGiorgio's twosome of Flak and Mettlesome, the Havahome Stable's Eurasian, and Eye for Eye, Bill Sickle, Brownie, Go Gino and Dart away. The seven-race program is expec- ted to attract about 30,000 fan, who will probably push about $1,500,00 through the pari-mutuel windows. By MARY LU HEATH The Wolverine baseball picture looked gloomy yesterday as a steady rain kept Coach Ray Fisher's ball- players im the Field House. The light was so poor that for thej first time in weeks the hitters failed to get any practice in the batting cage. Coach Fisher spent his time with the pitchers, even though it was difficult for them to hit their mark; in the dark Field House. Fisher paid particular attention to Bo Bowman's hurling, for Bowman, one of the better'pitchers, has been out for a few weeks with a lame arm. Big Ten Season Opens Meanwhile, the fielders did the best they could with pepper games, although it was hard for them to see the ball. Several men,-including a few pitchers and infielders, were in- active because of tired arms. The only bright spot for the squad was the possibility that the weather will per- mit a practice contest today. Fisher had intended to take the entire team out yesterday, instead MSC To Play Only Civilian Sports Teams EAST LANSING, April 7.-()- John A. Hannah, President of Michi- gan State College, announced today the college would resume intercolle- giate athletic competition July 1, but would play only schools whose teams were composed of civilians. Hannah said the order was issued on approval and recommendation of the State Board of Agriculture, gov- erning body of the college, and the faculty athletic council. Competition, he declared, will be allowed in football, basketball, base- ball, track, swimming, boxing and wrestling, and will be extended to minor sports if the money is avail- able. Athletic Director Ralph H. Young and Charles W. Bachman, head foot- ball coach, said they would start immediately to negotiate for sched- ules but that this would be difficult because most schools have about completed their schedules. "We'll stick to a schedule in our, own class," Young said. The rule against playing college service teams automatically excludes games with Michigan State's tradi- tional rival, the University of Michi- gan. Hannah said the college enrollment includes only about 530 males who are not in military uniform and therefore barred by service regula- tions from engaging in intercollegiate athletics. The 550, he said, mostly are young men below draft age, clas- sified by Selective Service in 4-F, or who have been discharged from mili- tary service for various reasons. About 50, he said, are of military age deferred from induction pending completion of their studies. He said obviously the athletics 1manpower is so limited that State could not hope to compete on any- thing like even terms with schools whose teams include servicemen, but that this would improve as more veterans of this war returned and entered college. of sticking to his original plan of sending the outfielders to the field. In fact, the weather was so favorable yesterday morning that the ground- keepers had been working on the field to get it in condition for the aft- ernoon's practice. While Fisher was worrying about getting his team out, the Big Ten season got under way with clashes scheduled yesterday and today be- teen Iowa and Chicago. It was re- ported that both the Hawkeyes and Maroons have not been able to work outdoors in preparation for the tilt. Davis Predicts Fair Club The Maroons, however, have three varsity men returning this season, while Iowa's Coach "Waddy" Davis annbunced that none of the Iowa players have ever participated in any intercollegiate competition. The av- erage age for the team is 18. Davis expects to'have several good hitters and fielders, but his opinions are based only on the indoor batting cage and infield drills in limited field house space. The pitching staff, headed by Herb Preul and Jack Spen- cer, one of four varsity basketball men on the squad, should hold up, and Davis estimated that the Hawk- eyes may be able to field a pretty fair freshman club. Lindell Will Report for Duty ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., April 7.- (A')-Outfielder Johnny Lindell of the New York Yankees has been accepted for service in the Navy ,Jack Farrell, club publicity director, said tonight. Farrell said Lindell took his induc- tion physical exam in Camden on Wednesday and had been taken to Fort Dix for further examination to determine the extent of a head in- jury. Lindell suffered a severe col- lision with Whitey Kurowski of the Cards in last season's World Series. The Yankee ball-snatcher will re- main with the team until called for duty, Farrell said. Phillies Wdin Game As Wasdell Homers BALTIMORE, Md., April 7.-(/P)- The Philadelphia Phillies won their first exhibition game of the year to- day, defeating the Baltimore Orioles of the International League 10-8. Jimmy Wasdell hit a grand-slam !homer in the sixth, and Rookie Ted Cieslak of the Phillies had a perfect day at bat with a homer, single, two walks and four runs batted in. HAPPY EASTER to You: Wherever you may be, let Us make this Easter one of joy and contentment . . not ,only in a material, but spiritual way. The Dascola Barbers Domenic D. Dascola, Mgr. Liberty off State Survey Ordered by Policy Group of State High LANSING, April 7.-(P)-A survey has been ordered by the tournament policy committee of the State High School Athletic Association to deter- mine whether high schools sending basketball teams to the state finals would receive more equitable treat- ment if they were paid increased mileage sums and no meal allowanc- es. ____- ii WHICH LETTUCE MOST IMPORTANT? Nicholson, Star Slugger of Cubs, Undecided on New Pay Terms, Goalie on All-Star Hockey Team' ti amou6 EASTER MENU FRENCH LICK, Ind., April 7.- (P)-Bill Nisholson, who led the Na- tional League last year with 29 hom- ers and 128 runs batted in, still doesn't know which lettuce he wants -the kind he grows on his farm or the kind the Chicago Cubs are will- ing to unfold to keep him in baseball. Although Jim Gallagher, the Cubs' vice-president, roared into French Lick for a pow-wow with his star out- fielder, Nick's status after two days in spring camp still remains vague. Gallagher says Nicholsorn has a- greed to terms. But orr the other hand, Nick is threatening to return to his 1,000-acre farm at Chester- town, Md., any day now and will not admit that he has signed a 1944 Cub pact. On the basis of his power at the plate last season, Nicholson was re- ported to have asked for a modest $17,500 to play ball with the Cubs this year only to discover that Galla- gher had anchored himself to a $16,500 offer. Nicholson appears \willing to shrug off the label as the Cubs' highest- paid athlete in favor of being known rating because of his agricultural work. "If I stay in baseball my draft board said I should drop them a card and I would be put in 1-A. Then I would be called in May, which means if I passed the physical I probably would go in June. That would give me only six weeks of baseball, and there's no percentage in that." Nicholson went with the Cubs to George Field, Ind., today for a sched- uled game with the Chicago White Sox. Exhibition Baseball Game JERSEY CITY (I) 001 000 100-2 7 0 NEW YORK (N) 000 000 012-3 9 0 Dyche, Hansen and Demma; Mel- ton, Adams, Miller and Mancuso, Ste- phenson. TORONTO, April 7-(IP)-The sen- sational net-minding skill Rookie Bill Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens has shown all season had its climax today in his unanimous selection as goalie for the 14th Annual Canadian Press All-Star Hockey Team. He is the first rookie to place on the first team. Twenty-eight hockey writers in the six N.H.L. cities participated in the voting and they gave Durnan, 29- year-old native of Toronto, 756 of a possible 756 points for the most em- phatic endorsement received by any of the 12 players and two coaches. Only four members of the 1943 team were given all-star rating again, all four holding the same positions on the first team. Eight are making their first appearance on either the first or alternate teams while two others have been an All-State teams before. One of these is veteran Aub- rey (Dit) Clapper of the Boston Bru- ins, who was left wing on the alter- nate team in 1931. i pl Ann . Chilled Tomato Celery Arior fli/ ยง'amOaj kestaurant FOR A )BRIGHTER FUTURE ,S HARD TO BELIEVE that another Easter is here. . . . another Easter with our country at war. Many of us will go through Easter week with sorrow in our hearts at the thought of loved ones who will never return. Others will have a smile on their lips at the thought of a recent letter. But in all of our minds there will be one similar thought - that this will be a victorious year for all of us. Do your part to make this our last Easter at war. 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