SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1944 THE MICHIGCAN DAILY PAGE THREE L G'1 . i J..l .R a Baseball, Tennis Squads To Open Season t Wiildca Today s Today Diamond Club Treks to Custer for Double Bill Bowman, Hirsch Get Starting Assignments; Fisher Believes 16-Man Outfit 'Is Ready' By JOAN LINDSAY The Wolverine baseball club travels to Fort Custer this morning to play a doubleheader against the Post team after being rained out of the sea- son's opener last week-end against Oberlin. Left hander Bo Bowman and right hander Elroy Hirsch have been given starting pitching assignments by Coach Ray Fisher. Bowman, who has been showing steady improvement lately, will probably pitch the first game against Fort Custer's ace, "Wild Bill" Evans, who won 15, lost two, and tied two last season for the Post team. Hirsch Improved The versatile Hirsch has improved sufficiently enough to be named one of the starting hurlers for the twin- bill. Fisher commented, "Hirsch is just like another infielder around the box and works in very well with my number one infield combination of Elmer Swanson, Charlie Ketterer, Bruce Blanchard, Mike Farnyk, and Bob Stevenson." Fisher said he thought his team was ready for Fort Custer. "Of course actual power of the Custer team has not yet been, determined.- Their pitcher, Bill Evans, will probably be a good deal ahead of us, but it looks as though the Wolverines will stack up pretty well every place else." Fisher has maintained for some time that his first string infield is one of the best combinations that he has ever worked with. The switching of Swanson from the catcher's berth to first base put the finishing touches on a first-rate combination. Nussbaumer Stays Homej Because of a pulled muscle, third baseman Bob Nussbaumer will be un- able to make the trip, but willbe back in shape for the first home contest Tuesday against Western Michigan. Of the 16 players making the trip, eight are pitchers. Included on the list are Bowman, Bob Wiese, Denny Man o, Ralph Strem,and Jack Hack- stadt, all left handers. Right hand- ers Dick Schmidtke, Hirsch, and Al Willers will also be ready to hurl. Hold Lengthy Batting Drill Fisher's starting line-up has Swan- son at first, Ketterer at second, Far- nyk at third, Blanchard at short, and' Stevenson behind the plate. Bill Gregor will start in left field, Don Lund in center and Bob Wiese in right. In preparation for today's contest with Custer, Fisher put his first string through a two-hour bat- ting practice with Coach Bennie Oosterbaan on the mound. Fisher payed particular attention to the hitting of outfielder Gregor and Hirsch whose batting has not yet reached its peak. Outfielders Lund, Wiese, Gregor, and Hirsch -were out through a lengthy fly-chasing drill after the batting practice. FOUR IN ROW FOR CARDS: Redbirds Strengthen Lead in Flag Race .asCubs Bow, 4-0 Golfers I Linksmen Take Titans, 18-0, in Season Opener Noble, Welling, Burke, Messinger Win Best Ball, Singles Matches By BARB LINEHAN Michigan linksmen got off to a fly- ing start yesterday in trouncing the University of Detroit, 18-0, by taking the best ball matches and all four singles tilts. In the best ball matches Duncan Noble and Bob Welling defeated Bob Ryan and Harold Sadowski by a score of 3-0, with Messinger and Burke winning from Adam Nowicki and Dick King by the same score. Tom Messinger came in with a 79 in the singles to whip Nowicki while Noble took Ryan, Welling edged out Sadowski and Bdrke trimmed King. Scores Are Low The day's scores were only approxi- mations since play was halted at the 15th hole because of darkness. At this time it was apparent that the Titan linksmen were wholly out- classed and could not compete with the shot-making of the Wolverine golfers. The 18-hole figures were rather high for inter-collegiate golf, only two players breaking 80. However, this was probably caused by the soakedcondition of theturf, which did not allow for any roll and the fact that neither team had done much previous practicing. Play Wildcats Today Today, the Wolverines get off to their initial Big Ten match against Northwestern on the Northwestern Golf Course. Winning this encounter will get Michigan off to a good start towards annexing the championship in Chicago next month. The Wildcats met Purdue and In- diana in a triangular match last Sat- urday. The Boilermakers trimmed Northwestern but the Purple golfmen rallied to defeat the Hoosiers. Courtright Nameus Squad Coach Ted Payseur's team is made up of three servicemen, Milt Kuehn, Bob Alexander and Dan Fargo. Re- turning letterman Warren William- son and a new man, James Stotter, take up the other two places. The Wildcats have also been hampered by the rain and have had no more practice this season than Coach Ray Courtright's squad. Courtright said last night that he would use Capt. Phil Marcellus, Jack Tews, Paul O'Hara, John Jenswold, Duncan Noble and Tom Messinger. Four of these men will play in the best ball and singles matches. The other two will split the day, one meeting Northwestern's fifth man in the morning in a singles match and the other playing in the afternoon. If the Maize and Blue linksmen play the kind of golf today that they did yesterday they are a good bet to win this first Big Ten match. Next week Michigan meets Ohio State in Chicago. MSC To Open Seaon EAST LANSING, April 21-(P1)-- Coach John Kobs said today the Michigan State College baseball team would open its informal season Sat- urday with an exhibition game with the State Prison of Southern Michi- gan at Jackson. The first home game will be against Wayne University April 29. College Baseball Minnesota at Iowa, rain Western Michigan 3, Northwestern 3 (called in 10th inning, rain). Notre Dame 2, Wisconsin 1. ON THE REBOUND by Jo Ann Peterson Vhip Detroit, Mee W HEN Michigan has the misfor- tune to lose h coach,tor even an outstanding player, the honest out- cry that arises is usually impressive. Michigan sports fans do not appre- ciate losing anyone who is beneficial to Maize and Blue athletic achieve- ment. Few people realize the number of men who lie behind the athletic machine here. Coaches, due to the very fact that they must work with their teams continually, are well-known range the schedules, help deter- mine eligibility, and coordinate all the intricate details of the system. Mr. Yost is recognized because of his past services in the same capa- city, and because he was responsible for building up much of the pres- tige that is associated with Michi- gan athletics today. Behind these men, and behind the players and teams, working with them, and for them, is a man who is little known to men not directly connected with sports, but who is nonetheless an all-important fixture in the mechanism. FRED DELANO, publicity direct- or for Michigan athletics, is this man. To him falls the job of see- ing that The Daily and other Big Ten papers get the news about varsity sports, and get it correctly. He releases information to the pa- pers as he gets it, presents news which has been unknown to other reporters. Since he confers with Mr. Crisler and with the various coaches frequently, he is able to get new angles and information that would be impossible for the regular sportswriter to obtain. Since he has for the past few years been such an important .person in furthering athletics here, and since he has been invaluable particularly to Daily writers, it iswith great re- gret that we learn that Fred is leav- ing Michigan May 1, to take a posi- tion on the Chicago Tribune. His job carries with it much attention to finicky detail, and much grief from the writers who perpetually hound him for information, but we have ap- preciated him, and want him to know it. By DAVE LOEWENBERG Coach Leroy Weir's powerful Mich- igan tennis team will face Western Michigan today at Kalamazoo in the opening dual meet of the 1944 season. According to Weir, "the Maize and Blue have a well-balanced squad and are much stronger than last year's team, which finished fifth in the Big Ten Standings." Holding down the number one sin- gles berth in today's tilt against the Broncos will be the ever-dependable Jinx Johnson. This is Johnson's fourth year of intercollegiate compe- tition and marks the second consecu- tive season that this versatile per- former has been the top singles play- er for the Maize and Blue. Lewis in Second Spot The number two spot will be taken over for the second consecutive year by Roger Lewis, one of the top-rank- ing junior stars in the midwest. Lewis has excellent strokes and is a master of court strategy. Coach Weir re- marked "that if Lewis develops a little more confidence in himself, he should have a very successful season." In the third and fourth positions Prof essionalis Vote To Alter Kickoff Ruling PHILADELPHIA, April 21.-(I/P)-- Professional football stepped out ahead of the colfege game today when the National Football League adopt- ed a rule prohibiting out-of-bounds kickoffs, a subject of considerable debate but of no action so far in collegiate grid circles. Prior to attacking the problem of trying to operate an 11-club league next fall or trying to contract the circuit, the league adopted the entire{ list of rules changes drawn up Tues-I day by its rules committee. Chief among these were the ban on kickoffs that cannot be legally handled by the receiving team and legalized, as an experimental meas- ure for one year, the not-uncommon practice of coaching from the bench. If a kickoff goes out of bounds or fails to travel ten yards, the kicking team will have to keep on taking five- yard penalties and trying again un- til it makes a good one. Coach Weir is depending upon two newcomers, Jim Froelich and Bill Ford. Froelich hails from Califor- nia, where he has had a considerable amount of tournament experience. Ford, on the other hand, is just out of high school, where he made a fine reputation for himself in Detroit prep circles. Boucher, Post on Team The last two positions on the squad will be handled by two veterans of last year's squad, Dave Post and Roy Boucher. Boucher won his letter last year, but Post was forced to leave the team midway in the season because of illness. The last three players on the team are pretty evenly matched and it was only after a series of challenge matches that Coach Weir was able to make his final selections. Post whipped Boucher in a close three-set battle, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, but then lost to Bill Ford in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.. Boucher earned the num- ber six berth by pounding out a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Merle Gulic. Lewis, Froelich Top Doubles Team The top Maize and Blue doubles teams will be Lewis and Froelich. The number two combination will be Johnson and Ford, while the third Maize and Blue duo will be Gulie and Boucher. In today's match, the Wolverines will be at distinct disadvantage as 'they have had very little outdoor practice. If weather permits, the match will be played on clay courts. Western Michigan will provide the Wolverines with strong opposition in the number one and two singles matches, but the remaining positions on the Bronco team will be handled by inexperienced performers. Vic Soukup, who played number one singles for Kalamazoo College last season, will this year be the Broncon's top man. Soukup was transferred to Western Michigan as a member of the Navy V-12 program. WesternhMichigan's second man lwill be" John C. Hroekje, Jr., a hold- over letterman from last year's Bron- co squad. CREW CUTS FOR SPRING!! They're popular - SUAVE- individualistic. THE DASCOLA BARBERS Liberty off State Net Team To Engage Broncos at Kalamazoo Jinx Johnson, Roger Lewis Will Hold Down Number One and Two Positions Respectively FRED DE LANO to the public eye. Mr. Crisler is well-known because he is in com- mand of the entire athletic pro- gram, and it is his headache to ar- CHICAGO, April 21.-(AP)-The St. Louis Cardinals, National League champions, swept to their third straight victory today when they beat the Chicago Cubs, 4 to 0, spoiling the Cubs' home opener before 'a meager crowd of 4,783. harry Brecheen won a duel with Paul Derringer when he limited tlfe Cubs to four hits in his first start of the season. The Cardinals made 11 hits off Derringer, John Burrows and Paul Erickson. Brecheen and Derringer pitched scoreless ball until the eighth inning, when Martin Marion slammed a homer into the left field bleachers. St. Louis . . . .000 000 013-4 11 0 Chicago ...000 000 000-0 4 0 Brecheen and W. Cooper; Derringer, Burrows and Holm, Easterwood Giants Ebbets Whip Dodgers in Field Opener, 3-2 with two singles that drove in two of the Giants' scores. It was the fourth straight for Mel Ott's men. New York ..100 110 000-3 9 1 Brooklyn . .. 000 000, 200--2 '7 1 Adams and Lombardi; Wyatt, F. Melton, Warren and Owen Beggs Pitches Reds to 4-2 Victory over Pirates PITTSBURGH, April 21.-(AP)-Joe Beggs allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates just eight scattered hits as he pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-2 triumph today at the Pittsburgh home opener. Rip Sewell, Pirate blooper ace, failed in his first start. He yielded only seven hits and struck out six, but the best the Pirates could do was two runs. The Reds got their counters one at a time, including a homer by Ray Mueller in the third. Cincinnati . .101 010 010--4 7 2 Pittsburgh . .000 001 001-2 8 1 Beggs and Mueller; Sewell and Lopez )* * -. Browns Retain Perfect Record in Junior Loop ST. LOUIS, April 21.-(AP)- The surprising St. Louis Browns became the only undefeated team in the American League today by winning their fourth straight game with a 5 to 3 conquest of the heretofore unbeaten Chicago White Sox. Mike Kreevich led the Browns; at- tack with two home runs, twice as many in one day as he had hit in the past three seasons. The little out- fielder had none in 1941, one in 1942 and none againlast year. Nelson Potter, pitching for the Browns, held the Sox to six hits, including Hal Trosky's home run. Chicago ....000 000 030-3 6 0 St. Louis .... 400 001 00x-5 7 0 T. Lee, Maltzberger and Turner; Pot- ter and Hayworth Tigers Fail in Fourth Attempt at Initial Win, Losing to Indians, 7.4 CLEVELND, Apil 21-_(__'-Te CLEVELAND, April 21. -(/I')-The long, however, because rookie Pat Detroit Tigers seized the lead in an Seerey belted a three-run homer in American League game today for the bottom half, of the sixth that1 the first time this season, but pitcher clinched the decision. Frank (Stub) Overmire couldn't hold The Indians outhit Detroit, 12 to 7. it .s the Cleveland Tndians went on a Three of the Tiger hits were con- tributed by catcher Bob Swift, who 7 to 4 victory. It was Detroit's drove in two runs and scored another fourth straight defeat. himself. Spotting the Indians a 2 to 0 lead Detroit.......000 003 010--4 7 1 in Cleveland's home opener before Cleveland.. 011 003 20x-7 12 0 13,643 spectators, the Tigers rallied for three runs in the sixth and seem- Overmire, Beck, Newhouser, Trout ed to be headed for their first vic- and Swift; Reynolds, Heving and tory. Detroit didn't hold the lead' Lyon. _ _,__ BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 21.-(W)- It took Ace Adams four years to see both the start and finish of an open- ing day ball game but the veteran relief artist, who appeared in 701 games a year ago but started only three, was present for both today, as he ruined the day for 11,861 Ebbets Field customers by hurling the New York Giants to a 3-2 decision over the Dodgers in the Bums' home bow. Ducky Medwick, a Dodger of yes- teryear, helped the ace along the way Major League Standings you don 't need a little bird to tell you . *@ AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM W L St. Louis ....... . ....4 0 Boston ................2 1 Chicago ..............1 1 Philadelphia .. .... .. 1 1 Washington..........1 1 Cleveland............1 1 New Fork.1 2 Detroit..............0 4 Pet. 1.0001 .667 .500 .500 .500 .500 .333 .0001 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Cleveland 7, Detroit 4. St. Louis 5, Chicago 3. Washington at New York, rain, Boston at Philadelphia, rain. TODAY'S GAMES Chicago at St. Louis. Boston at Philadelphia. Washington at New York, Detroit at Cleveland NATIONAL LEAGUE Iack to the Good Old Days! BLL SAWYEL UNION BIALLIIOOM TEAM W New, York ........... 4 St. Louis ............ 3 Cincinnati ............3 Brooklyn . 2 Philadelphia . ....... 1 Chicago ... .......... .1 L Pet. 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .750 2 .500 2 .333 3 .250 .. ",v i, : tJi ".i. {:[: _ ':'rl;::1::: : :? :$1'xC}t: .a 4 ':