rtRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1944 T H E M I C HIGAN fA'LY _____ _ . a.. ma.a Linksmen Open Season Today; First Match with Detroit Noble, Burke Hold First Two Places; Varsity Hopes To Win Michigan's golf team opens the 1944 season at 2:15 p.m. today at the University Golf Course against the3 University of Detroit. The match was to have been play- ed on Saturday, April 15, but it was cancelled because of rain. Bad wea- ther has not only delayed the first match, but it has been the major fac- tor in hampering the golf practice sessions. Coach Ray Courtright announced' last night the starting line-up that will tee off against the Titans. He said that these boys have played the best golf at the present time, but this foursome is not permanent, and will be replaced by other members of the team. The Wolverines' golf mentor remarked that it was very tough to choose the team, but these boys have hit their stride before the others. Noble Has Number One Spot The Michigan team is as follows: number one position is held by Dun- Giants Whip Braves As Big Three Stars NEW YdRK, April 20.--(i')-Mel Otti Ernie Lombardi and Joe Med- wick-the New York Giants' Big Three-each clouted a home run to pace the New Yorkers to a free hit- ting 10-8 victory over the Boston Braves today and a clean sweep of their three-game series. Medwick also made three other hits, including a double. Johnny Rucker chipped in with three hits. Scoring five runs in the first in- ning, the Giants kept right on hitting to give pitcher Cliff Melton an 8-2 lead going into the eighth inning, but the Braves shelled the tall lefthander from the mound in the ninth. Catch- er Klyde Kluttz knocked in three runs for the losers. can Noble, number two spot by Ken Berke, he is followed by Tom Messin- ger, and Bob Welling is number four. The Tital lineup in respective order is Bob Ryan, Dick King, Harold Sa- dowski, and Adam Nowicki. The contest is not a Conference match, and is being scored onthe Nassau Point System. The maximum number of points that one team can earn is 18. In the course of the match the golfers will be vying for individ- ual and best ball honors. Three points will be given for individual honors, that is, man against man; making a total of twelve points. In best ball Saturday's golf match against Northwestern will be played at the University Golf Course. The best ball matches start at 8:30 a.m. and the single matches at 1 p.m. play the numbers one and three, and two and four men are pitted against each other; and the winners receive three points; bringing the best ball total to six points and the grand to- tal to 18. Team Is Not in Top Shape Courtright said that the team is not in the best shape, and the out- come of the match will depend on which team receives the breaks. Saturday the linksman play North- western at the University GoV Course. The best ball matches will start at 8:30 a.m. and the single mat- ches start at 1 p.m. Coach Court- right has not decided who will be the starters against the Wildcats. Tennis Squad Meets Western This Saturday With Saturday's opening tennis match against Western Michigan on- ly a day away, Coach LeRoy Weir's well-equipped tennis squad is com- pleting a series of intra - squad matches designed to determine who will hold the top positions on the team for the coming season. Jinx Johnson, number one man on last year's squad, Roger Lewis, NROTC trainee, and veteran of the 1943 varsity, and Jim Froelich, a new- comer to the squad, are the three contenders for top honors. In a ser- ies of matches which have been in progress all week, Weir has been endeavoring to determine how his players should be ranked. Although these three men are cer- tain choices for the first three places, in undetermined order, the last three slots are being hotly contested. There are at least seven men cap- able of playing Big Ten tennis, and since 'Weir must eliminate four of them, the play this week has been spirited. After today's practice Weir will make his final selections for Sat- urday's match. The Western Michigan match will be held at Kalamazoo on outdoor courts, weather permitting, which will be a decided handicap to the varsity netters who have been forced to play indoors during these first few weeks of practice. Iine Opens Against Fort Custer at Army Field Wolverines Must Be at Playing Peak Although Soldiers Are Hampered by Lack of Practice HERE TODAY ...By HARVEY FRANK Sports Editor Kicking Out-of-Bounds Outlawed by Pro Clubs.. . PHILADELPHIA, April 20.-(A)- The out-of-bounds kickoff, target of much criticism in football. recently, was, in effect, outlawed by profes- sional clubs at the National Football League's spring meeting today. The League also legalized coaching from the sidelines.. The kickoff rule provides that the ball must be handled by the receiving side before it can be put into play. A penalty of five yards for the kick- ing team is stipulated for each kick that goes out of bounds or does not travel at least ten yards. By BILL MULLENDORE Baseball Coach Ray Fisher yester- day began to apply the finishing1 touches to his squad which will make its diamond debut tomorrow in a doubleheader against Fort Custer at the Army base field. Lengthy batting practices, fielding drills and intensive work with the pitching staff, interspersed with a five-inning practice game, were the order of the day. At the conclusion of the workout, Fisher appeared sat- isfied that his team was ready for the formidable Custer nine. Wolverines Must Be at Peak Advance reports indicate that the Wolverines will have to be at their peak if they wish to get off to a win- ning start. Every member of the Ar- my nine has come up through the ranks of semi-pro or professional baseball, and a few of the more out- standing stars were slated for Ma- jor League roles before the war inter- vened. Chief threat for Custer is Corporal Bill Evans, a pitcher, who last year finished the season with the very impressive record of 15 wins against only two losses and two ties. Evans has six years of pro ball behind him, a good share of it in AA competition. His battery mate, Sergeant Harry Wang, is also coach and manager of the team and has had plenty of big- time experience. The other members of the outfit are all capable perform- ers and should stack up well. Hampered by Lack of Practice Fort Custer has been hampered all spring by a lack of time for practice since all the men are on 10-hour du- ty. Most of their workouts have tak- en place at night indoors under lights. With such stiff competition in the offing Fisher expressed confidence that his charge would make a good showing. He is well satisfied with his first-string infield of Elmer Swan- son at first, Charlie Ketterer at sec- and, Mike Farnyk or Bob Nussbaum- er on third, and Bruce Blanchard holding short. Bob Stevenson has also caused much favorable comment from Fish- er' with his first-class work behind the plate. Stevenson is a steady re- Athletics Shut Out By Early Wynn, 5-0 WASHINGTON, April 20.- (AP)- Early Wynn shut out the Philadel- phia Athletics with two hits here today while his mates combed the efforts of Russ Christopher, Jack McGillen and Carl Scheib for ten hits to give Washington a 5-0 victory. This was Wynn's eighth straight win over Connie Mack's crew. The Senators jumped on Christo- pher in the fifth. Case, Myatt and Spence singled. Ortiz tripled but Spence was trapped between third and home. Kuhel doubled and in came McGillen to Christopher's res- cue. Torres singled, scoring Kuhel. ceiver and possesses a strong throw- ing arm. In addition, he promises to be one of the team's leading sluggers. Newcomer Plays in Left The outfield has newcomer Bill Gregor in left and lettermen Don Lund and Bob Wiese in center and right respectively. Elroy Hirsch will probably take over in the latter spot against left-handed pitching. All four can hit and cover ground well. Starting pitchers for tomorrow's twin-bill will probably be Bo Bow- man and Hirsch, who have shown the most effectiveness in practice to date. Other possibilities include Dick Schmidtke, Al Willers, Denny M'an- ko, and Jack Hackstadt. Yesterday's intra-squad tilt went only five innings because Fisher was afraid the chilly weather might in- jure the arms of his pitchers. Six pitchers saw action in the abbreviat- ed contest and only Bowman escaped with a spotless record as the first- stringers pounded out a 12-4 deci- sion over the seconds. Hirsch Nicked for Four Runs Hirsch worked two frames against the regulars and was nicked for four unearned runs on two hits, two er- rors, and a base on balls. This mark- ed the first time that the big chuck- er has been scored on this season in practice. Bowman went only one inning and retired the side in order. His control appeared much improved as he took only seven pitches in putting three men down. Fisher indicated that his ace would be ready to go Saturday after watching the brief perform- ance., Blanchard carried off hitting hon- ors for the day by knocking out a double and a triple in two trips to the plate. He also walked once and stole a base. Second-string catcher Bill Hixon was forced to retire in the fourth inning when he suffered a split fin- ger while trying to save a wild pitch. Detroit Takes Third defeat by browns DETROIT, April 20.-(IP)-The St. Louis Browns remained perched atop the American League standings today by hanging a third straight defeat on the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 5, to sink Detroit deeper in the League cellar. Vernon (Junior) Stephens, whose homer and fly beat Detroit in the first two games of the series, ham- mered a double and a single and drove in three runs to lead an 11-hit attack on three pitchers. Lefty Hal Newhouser and Joe Orrell gave up all eight runs in the first four inn- ings, and 40-year-old Elon (Chief) Hogsett blanked the Browns on three hits the rest of the way. Newhouser, who lost 17 games last season, was charged with the defeat. Singles by Hal Epps, George Mc- Quinn and Stephens along with a passed ball scored two runs in the first inning, and Stephens belted a two-run double in the third after Newhouser had walked the first two batters. AFTER JOHHNY GREENE, second string Michigan tackle for the past two years, revealed Wednesday night that he had signed to play pro- fessional football with the Green Bay Packers, the news came out of Philadelphia yesterday that he was among the list of players drafted by the Detroit Lions. The confusion may be the result of the new pro rulings passed Wednesday night, but when we attempted to reach Greene yesterday we discovered that he was out of town for the week-end, so we will have to wait until Monday to discover which team he will eventually join. Paul White, the Wolverine's 1943 captain, was also drafted by the Lions, and Merv Pregulman, All-American tackle, was the Packers' first choice. Pregulman, who received his ensign's commission from Columbia's Midship- men School last week, was the only lineman to be picked as first choice by any of the teams. PRIVATE MIKE DANN, who was known as the only man ever born putting a silver spoon in his mouth when he was associate sports ed- itor of The Daily two years ago, is now temporarily serving in the Public Relations Office at Fort Custer, and in view of our baseball game with Fort Custer Saturday, he sent us this story about the soldiers' probable starting hurler. It happened when Evans was pitching for Charlotte in the Piedmont League, and the day's opponent happened to be Norfolk,,managed by ever- popular Tony Lazzeri. With the score 3-1 in his favor Evans walked the first two men to face him in the eighth, bringing Lazzeri to bat. He blazed two strikes past the i letters on Tony's uniform, but Lazzeri caught the third one on the nose, driving it out of the park and, according to Evans, into the Atlantic Ocean, a mile away. After that Evans swore never to try to sneak a third strike past "Push-'em-up" until he was led up to the plate by a seeing eye dog. From then on Evans seemed to do all right, and last year won 15 while losing two. Cooper Ready To Play Against Pirates ST. LOUIS, April 20.--(P)-Morton Cooper of the Cardinals, who was injured in an exhibition game last week, said he was ready and asked for the pitching assignment against the Pittsburgh Pirates today. That was a mistake on his part. The ace righthander was knocked out of the box in the seventh inning, although the Cardinals went on to win for George Munger, 5 to 3. Brook1yn1 Dodgers Whip Phillies, 8-2 PHILADELPHIA, April 20.-()- Led by outfielder Augie Galan, who made four hits, the Brooklyn Dodgers hammered out 14 hits off four Philly pitchers today, and took the rubber game of the three game series from Philadelphia, 8 to 2. Although tagged for 13 hits, Lefty Fritz Ostermueller tightened in the pinches, leaving 14 futile Phils on bases, for his first success. Iii 7" May Fesival Preview. ENJOY THE MUSIC OF THE COMING FESTIVAL CONCERTS.. . 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