1071, A THE MItHIGAN DAILY Six Moundsmen Work it Practice Baseball Till Seimiike, Bowman, Hirsch Prove Most Effective Pitchers; Blanchard Stars at' Plate Higgins Joins Tigers in Se ator Pitching Time To Play Irowns Staff Appears Best in Leatoe cla6ed in Dallas with Attack of influenza; Has Engaged in Several Weeks of Practice in Texas 4 Knuckle Rall Artists Ave Amnlo H1urlers ; By BILL MULLENDORE Michigan's baseball squad went through its second intra-squad game yesterday, hampered by cool temper- atures and a brisk wind which im- parted queer antics to the ball, and when it was all over the Blues wound up on the long end of a 12-4 count. The game, which went a full nine innings, saw six pitchers in action, among them Dick Schmidtke and Bo Bowman, two hurlers whom Coach Ray Fisher is counting heavily upon for the coming season. But it remain-I ed for Elroy Hirsch to turn in the most effective three inning stint, li- miting the Reds to a lone safety and no runs. Schmidtke Shuts Out Reds Schmidtke also turned in a score- less three frames, although touched for a pair of safeties. Bowman show- ed a lot of stuff in spots, but was troubled by wildness, issuing seven passes in three frames. The Blues combined these with three hits to send four runs across the plate dur- ing the time the small lefthander was in the box. Of the other hurlers, all were pounded more or less freely by the Wolverine clubbers, each being charged with four, runs in his three inning chore. Much of the scoring was due to some loose fielding rather than the ineffectiveness of the pitch- ers. . Ilirsch Starts for Blues Hirsch started for the Blues and Al Willers for the Reds. Willers was nicked for four runs while Hirsch whitewashed the opposition, Schmidt- ke took over for the Blues and Bow- man for the Reds at the top half of the fourth inning, and the second Bad Weather Detains Golfers three stanzas were almost a dupli- cate of the first trio as the Blues shoved four more markers acrossj while Schmidtke continued to muffle the Red bats. Two of the Blues' tal- lies came as a. result of a mighty home run by shortstop Bruce Blan- chard with a teammate on base. Blanchard garnered three other hits in five trips to the plate to lead both squads in hitting. The Reds finally broke the ice in the eighth off' the southpaw slants of "Lefty" Jack Hackstadt, putting together three hits, a fielder's choice and some very weird base-running for four tallies. However, the Blues came back in the ninth to pound out six hits and four runs off Bob Wiese to bring the count to 12-4, whereupon Fisher decided to call it a day. Game Better Than Saturday's The game, while better than last Saturday's 13-11 "pitchers' battle," was again marked by the ineffective- ness of the moundsmen. Schmidtke aind Hirsch were the only hurlers to enjoy much success in halting the parade of runs, although Fisher was also pleased with the work of Bow- man despite his lack of control. The fielders spent much of their time chasing wind-blown fly balls and could not be accurately judged upon their showing. Second baseman Charlie Ketterer served notice that he will make a strong bid for the key- stone position by turning in several fine fielding gems. John Leddy made his first appear- ance at first base and looked good around the bag. He did not get a chance to prove his ability at the plate, drawing a pair of passes in two appearances. nRi1ey affk Plans for 1-M i {{ 2i I i I 1 I i 'I i " 3 i BATTERY FOR TODAY'S GAME-Major Gen. Claire L. Chenni (right) and Brig. Gen. Edgar E. Glenn of New York, pitcher and cat for their team, hold a conference between innings of a softball g played by members of the U.S. Air Force at a base in China. -AP Wirep LETTER TO THE FRONT: Famed Sports Writer T eI(s What Is Happening at Hom Old Man Weather has been keeping the golfers from getting out for muchS practice so it is still impossible for Coach Ray Courtright to name his Earl Riskey, director of Intramural starting team for Saturday against activities, announced yesterday that the University of Detroit. the spring sports program will be un- Saturday was a nice enough day der way soon. for some of the squad to get on the Riskey said that all independent course, but Sunday was a very poor and fraternity men who are interest- day for golf and no scores could be ed informing softball teams, or play- judged due to the wet course. If the ing Pn tennis or golf tournaments There will be a meeting today at 5 p.m. of all men who signed up for golf. The meeting will be at the University Golf Course, but in case of rain it will be held at the Union. should contact him immediately. The program was highly successful last year and aroused much interestj among the students and members of the faculty., The spotlight of the 1943 season was focused on softball. It had the NEW YORK, April 10.-(A)-Sgt. They'll be closed, as there w Joe Smith, Somewhere, U.S. Army, be enough guys left to start a Dear Joe: They are still talking ante game. about you in the papers. At least, I don't know whether I told they're mentioning a second front not, but Utah is the unofficial b all the time and the last time I saw ball champion, and the rules you you really had one. That's how been changed to clip a few inc I knew *u were in Italy, as they kept the top of these flagpole guy talking about the soft stomach we could flag a ball as it was dre were attacking. , into a basket. They also willX l vhtsunlimited substitutions, which I'll try to give you a few highlights be a break for you, as if anyon on what's been going on in sports needed unlimited substitutions back here, and particularly that the u baseball schedule is scheduled to open They had a fight at the Gar on schedule. I really can't tell you other night and Beau Jack wa much about the teams, and I don't the decision over Juan Zurit think anybody else can, even the new N.B.A. lightweight cha managers. I The Beau has to huntttipa Some think the St. Louis Cardinals home for awhile as the circu will be a shoo-in in the National, and moved into the Garden. He's that the Yanks will do well to finish tically lived there this winter, in the first division in the American. ing main events. He's due f Brooklyn has been hit pretty hard, Army before long, though, Iu and Lippy Leo Durocher even had stand, so it will be a homeo decided to pay second base himself range. The rifle range, that is. before he broke his thumb. He is good, huh? bringing in Dixie Walker from the Well, Joe, there isn't much outfield to play third. They have news. Keep plugging, and rou three guys coaching Dixie, I suppose a couple of those Nazis for m one telling him how to field, another doing my bit. I scowled at a f how to throw, and the other explain- hund the other day. Maybe ing what the first two are trying to able to tell you a little more tell him. the baseball situation next t The exhibition games on the whole write. Right now it isn't even a have been pretty close, and that looks tion. It's a piece-work job. C like good competition this year, re- Mack thinks his Athletics h gardless of the class. If they draft chance at the pennant, whic the 4-effs for labor as they are talk- goes to show you how thingsa ing of doing the races won't be close. As ever, your pal-Whitney. OneHto Walk-Over Race at Jamaica j NEW YORK, April 10.-(P)--The j the State's tracks by approv first race at Jamaica became a one- horse, nonbetting event today when purse increase rg es involv the grooms refused to lead the horses take care of charges ivaddo into the paddock until their owners bringing horses t e pd 'met their demand for payment of $5 Herbert Bayard Swope, cha to take the thoroughbreds to the sad- of the commission, in anno dling arena and $15 in event the approval of the purse-increas horse won. worked out by the tracks, said Trainer Jimmy Ritchie himself "The commission has nothing led C. F. Kohler's Star of Padula to with the amount of wages th the arena. After it was announced paid to the various types of w raeand it is taking no position it that all money wagered on the racematters. However, charges of th would be refunded, Star of Padula went to the post and merely jogged rblesuand the grooms were outt through the six furlongs. in putting pressure on the trac The walk-over was the first in the discommoding the public, vw United States since Whirlaway's Op- whom there would be no racing position failed to show up in the 1942 "The formula adopted wi Pimlico Special. the opinion of the commi After a hasty conference between solve the problem. The comm grooms and track officials to settle has authorized the increase t the issue after the day's program was come effective at once." over, the second race was run off with The grooms first went on a six starters and the remainder of the last Saturday, but the Metro card went through as scheduled. Jockey Club, which operates Ja The New York Racing Commis- !stepped in and agreed to pay sion finally moved to end strikes at .for that day only. EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 10.-RIP) -Michael Frank Higgins joined the Tigers in a 60-minute workout today and then announced he would be ready to play third base in the Amer- ican League opener with the St. Louis Browns a week from tomorrow at Briggs Stadium. Higgins arrived from Dallas, Tex., where he was delayed a week by an attack of influenza. His work in a batting drill today bore out his report that he engaged in several weeks of practice at the University of Texas. Higgins, who will be 35 years old next month, passed his pre-induction ' physical examination several months fault ago, but he said there was no indica- cher tion when he would be called. Arriv- ame ing so late, Pinky scarcely has need of unpacking his bag. The Tigers hot o break camp tomorrow. leaving at noon for Louisville where they will meet the American Association Club Wednesday. Exhibition games at Seymour and Muncie, Ind.. will fol- low before the team reaches Detroit Saturday for a week-end series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Briggs Sta- An exhibition game scheduled for today against the Army Air Force uldn't team at George Field, Il, was can- penny't celled because of wet grounds. Mana- ger Steve O'Neill ordered a workout y here, however, and he got in several you or rounds of batting practice before asket- rains cut the drill short. have O'Neill and coaches Al Vincent and hes O' Arthur Mills will head a squad of 21 s who players leaving camp tomorrow. upping Pitchers Paul Trout, Hal Newhouser, permit Ruffus Gentry and Joe Hare left would I today for Detroit, and the injured e ever- it was Fes thet Tenis s given a, the Match Three mpion.I a new We A Us has wC i prac- ' fight- With the first tennis match just or theabout three weeks away, Coach Le- under- Roy Weir's tennis team is getting P0ety ready for the opening match against the University of Detroit. more Weather having been a bit of a ad ti problem as far as outdoor play is e. I'm concerned, the squad has been work- Dachs- ing out indoors, getting in plenty of I'll be practice on the wooden courts of the about Sports building. time i Since practice has been held from sitvua- 1 to 3 p.m. every day the turnout has Connie ben Trather erratic and subject to ave a change almost every day. It has been h just necessary to hold practice at this are. hour due to the fact that the Sports building is in use during the late - ! afternoon, when various classes have meetings there. However, it is prob- Ce able that now .there is a chance for outdoor play, that hours wil be more convenitne to all the members of the squad. Outstanding candidates for start- ing singles berths are Roger Lewis, and Jinx Johnson, both holdovers ng a from last year's squad, as well as ce to Dave Post and Farnum Johnson, Ma- ed in rine trainee. ck. Post and Lewis seem to be fairly -irman evenly matched during indoor play, uncing but Post's long drives are not as ef- e plan fective on wood as they are outdoors, ' and Lewis. too( cannot control his g to do shots as well off the board. fat are Johnson, who has a powerful net orkers, game seems to be singularly success- nrks'hful indoors, but again it is a matter his sucof conjecture how his style of play he sta- will show up on the outside courts. of line There are at least six other players of and who have turned out for practice in- ko termittently, who have shown decid- g.tu ed promise, and within the next week g' i Weir should be able to select a squad ill in which will be comparable to theI ssion, one Detroit will be able to produce. ission - -- - - "I Paul Richards, whose hand was split by a foul tip, will rejoin the squad Saturday after spending several days at his home in Texas. Trout and Gentry will face the Pirates at Detroit Saturday, while Newhouser and another pitcher as yet unnamed will work Sunday. O'Neill has mapped out other mound assignments. Joe Orrell, Elon (Chief) Hogsett and Walter (Boom Boom) Beck will face Louisville. Zebalon Eaton and Emery Hresko will oppose the Freeman Field Army team Thurs- day at Seymour and John Gorsica and Frank Overmire will pitch against the Pirates Friday at Muncie. By getting in a workout today, the Tigers concluded a reasonably suc- cessful taining session in 34 days here, including a tryout camp before the regulars reported March 14. De- troit missed only three practices be- cause of the weathet. "I don't think any club can match that anywhere," said O'Neill. "We are in pretty good condition and have snt tFlorida, but we have no com- plaints about the weather." From a box office standpoint, the weatherman wasn't cooperative. Six games in Evansville drew 5,674 cus- tomers, about a third of the turnout for five games last spring, but the Tigers are inclined to charge off the difference to threatening weather be- fore game time two of the three Sundays. AoeImprves S35- ear-Old Ace Al Smit,. By The Associated Press CLEVELAND, April 10.-Al Smith was waived out of the National League five years ago, but today he is the Cleveland Indians' mound ace and Manager Lou Boudreau's choice to hurl the season opener against the White Sox at Chicago April 18. At 35 a man isn't supposed to be much of a pitcher, but consider Smitty's acconplishments last year: lie notched 17 victories and was beaten only seven times; three of the triumphs were shutouts, two were two-hitters and two others were four-hitters. The aging left-hander made the American League's All-Star team without the vote of his own manager, and at the close of the season the Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers Association designated him the club's most valuable player. The veteran has been one of the Tribe's pitching mainstays from the day he was picked off the scrap heap at Buffalo andas demonstrated one quality which is shared by compara- tively few pitchers-he's a fellow who beats the good ball clubs. "Old Porky," as his teammates call him, turned away the Yankees twice in three starts last season. He had a perfect percentage over Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington, and broke even in two tries against Boston. St. Louis was his jinx club. The Brownies bested Al the four times he appeared against them. Smitty has lost much of his speed but has learned how to make the bat- ter hit the ball he wants him to hit. The batters may get a base on balls, but they won't get the ball they're hoping for. CREW CUTS FOR SPRING!! They're popular - SUAVE individualistic. THE DASCOLA BARBERS Liberty off State Many Cubans on Team COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 10.- (IP)-If you figure all-around pitch- ing strength is enough td tell the story in this third wartime baseball year, you can order your World Series ticket right now from the Washing- ton Senators. But if you insist on an air-tight infield with power at the plate, you'd better look elsewhere. Washington has - the best "paper" pitching staff in the American League, a weak-hitting infield with a big gap at third base, good first line catching and a good outfield. The Selective Service Commission's edict late yesterday that the many Cubans and other Latin Americans on the roster must register for the draft by June 12 or hurry back to their homes changes the outlook very little except to widen the gap at third base. When the lights go on again at Griffith Stadium, the four deep knuckle ball staff will start shoing the rest of the loop their own base- ball version of "Mairzy Doats." Dutch Leonard, Roger Wolff, Mickey Heaf- ner and Johnny Niggeling figure to make a 43-night home stand pretty much of a nightmare for the opposi- tion with their dipsy-doodle stuff under the arcs. Manager Ossie Bluege also has left Wilfred Lefebvre, a 12-game winner at Minneapolis and Santiago Ullrich, a Venezuelan who starred in F the Cuban Winter League. Third base is the weak spot in the field which has the veteran Joe Kuhel back from Chicago at first base. George Myatt at second and Johnny Sullivan at short. Cuban Luis Suarez and Hillis Layne have been splitting the hot corner work. Suarez proved to be a fancy fielder but there is doubt about his hitting. Layne prob ably will get the job although he is troubled by a "milk leg" that caused his discharge from the Army. First baseman Eddie Butka, husky rookie from Springfield, Mass., has shown promise at bat. Oxs Shuts Out Bears, 4-0 Exhibition Game PLAINFIELD, N.J., April 10.-() - Boston's American League Red Oxs proved too much for , Newark's International Leaguers today and shut out the Bears 4 to 0 in an ex- hibition baseball game. Yank Terry, who hurled seven in- nings, and ancient Mike Ryba, who finished, held the Bears to four hits while their mates drilled seven hits off four opposition pitchers. War Jobs Keep Crowds Away frot Box Office DETROIT, April 10.-(IP)-Despite today's absence of the customary long line of fans to mark the box office opening at Briggs Stadium for the new baseball season, Detroit Ti- ger officials predicted a crowd in excess of 22,000 fans for the opener with the St. Louis Browns April 18. Apparently war workers could not get away from the job, the manage- ment explained. WAR BONDS ISSUED HERE-DAY OR NIGHT! Continuous from 1 P.M. Today and Wednesday- f tWY O0U I..AI' F- # f dRA -Ty U sun keeps on shining Courtright ex- 1 largest turnout of all the pects to know in just a few days There were four leagues, activities. with six what men will tee off Saturday. When the Maize and Blue meet the University of Detroit this Satur- day in Ann Arbor they begin their season at the earliest date in many years. This early date is in part responsible for the difficulty in de- deciding the squad since yet it has been hard to get in much practice. Capt. Phil Marcellus, Duncan Noble, Tom Messinger and John Jenswold all show promise and are possible starters. Messinger has turn- ed in a 68 which he shot at the Municipal Course. CLASSIFIED DIR E CT OtY CL ASSIFIED RATES $ .40 per 15-word insertion for one or two days. (In- crease of 10c for each additional 5 words.) Non-Contract $1 .00 per 15-word insertion for three or more days. (In- crease of 25c for each additional 5 words.) Contract Rates on Request MISCELLANEOUS teams each, and there was also a fa- culty league with eight teams. Riskey is planning the 1944 program on this same order, This season the tennis tournament wil follow the same procedure as last year. Only 32 single and double en- trees will be accepted, and all those who are interested in golf will signed matches. be as- Hart Trophy Goes t Pratt MONTREAL, April 10.-VP)-Wal- ter (Babe) Pratt, twenty-eight-year- old defensemari of the Toronto Hoc- key League, was named winner of the Hart Trophy today as the most val- uable man to his team. He polled 87 of a possible 120 points in a vote of hockey writers. Bill Cowley, of Boston, a winner a year ago, was second, with 84 points; Doug Bentley, of Chicago, third with 55; Earl Seibert, of Chicago, fourth with 52; Lorne Carr, of Tcronto, fifth with 45, and Elmer Lach, of Mon- treal, sixth with 42. 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