THE MICHIC N"" f5AM PACT TTR Tfli~ MICHIGAN HY TH Wolverine Nine Faces Grosse Ile for Second Time Toda *1" n HERE TODAY ... By HARVEY FRANK Sports Editor Fisher Names Hackstadt, iVillers,' Manko To Throw Against Sailors Gane Will Enable Squad To Sharpen Batting Eyes Before Saturday's Conference Deciding Doubleheader with Illinois >d Golfers To Plax Titai s in Last Match Before Bii Ten Playoffs IF MICHIGAN'S tennis coach, Leroy Weir, believes in history repeating itself, he ought to have taken the Wolverines' recent 5-4 loss at the hands of Notre Dame with a few drams of pleasure. For the same thing happened back in 1941. In that year, Michigan was regarded as one of the threats for the Big Ten title, and was passing over its early opponents with little difficulty. Then along came the Irish and the Wolverines got knocked off, 5-4. However, after that Weir's charges went on to take the Conference crown by a wide margin, to provide Weir with his first championship since he took over the tennis reigns here, Well last year Michigan beat Notre Dame 5-4 and got exactly no place at the Big Ten meet, finishing up in a tie for fifth. Now this season the Wolverines are again rated as one of the best in the Con- ference, having defeated Minnesota, Chicago, Wisconsin and Illinois with the loss of only two individual matches, and have already lost that one match decision to the Irish. So there seems to be little left to keep them from capturing another Big Ten title. WORD COMES from the Lincoln Army Air Field, Neb., that Bob Ingalls, one of Michigan's most famous centers, has been forced to call a halt to his active playing career. Ingalls, now a sergeant and physical instructor, learned from Army medics last week that a knee injury suffered during his collegiate days, and aggravated in play last year, would sideline him for good. For three years Ingalls was the varsity center and spearhead of the Wolverines' forward wall, and once filled in for Forrest Evashevski at the blocking back position when Evvy was injured. During his collegiate career he made the All-Big Ten first team three times. 0 After graduation he played in three all-star games, including 57 minutes of the East-West game, and clashes between the College All-Stars and the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles. Before entering the Army he also played two years of professional football with the Green Bay Packers. JOJO CLEANS UP FOR A'S: Tigers Lose in Tenth Inning, 4-3 As Athletics Win Sixth Straight By BILL MULLENDORE Michigan's baseball team will take the field against the Grosse Ile Naval Base nine at 4 p.m. today in the last home game for almost a month with a dual purpose in mind, to rack up its tenth victory in 11 starts and to regain its hitting power before the all-important doubleheader at Illi- nois Saturday which may easily de- cide the Western Conference cham- pionship. The Wolverines have already met and defeated the Sailors once this season, eking out a 4-2 triumph last Sunday when the Grosse Ile infield contributed four errors which result- ed in three unearned runs. Coach Ray Fisher's squad garnered only five hits off the offerings of two Grosse Ile hurlers, but bunched them with walks and infield mis-plays to produce the winning margin. Fisher May Use Three Hurlers Fisher indicated yesterday that he planned to use at least three of the lesser lights of his mound staff in today's contest, starting lefthander Jack Hackstadt and following with Al Willers and Denny Manko at three-inning intervals. Hackstadt has not appeared on the mound for the Wolverines all season but has showed flashes of good form in prac- tice games. Willers worked one inning of the second Iowa contest, retiring the side with two hits, but has not seen action since. Manko pitched seven innings of the second game in the Iowa series and received credit for the 20-2 win, yielding five hits and two runs during his stay in the box. He also appeared briefly in the Camp Perry tilt in which the Wolverines suffered their only defeat of the campaign. Hopes To See Batting Improve In commenting on the probable outcome of the game, Fisher indi- cated that his main interest was in seeing his charges regaintheir bat- Ang eyes, which have failed mark- edly in recent games after getting off to a fine start. Only three regulars, from .304 to .313 to become the only Wolverine to show a sizeable increase. Gregor Suffers Bad Slump Clean-up hitter Bill Gregor suf- fered the most disastrous slump, falling from .400 to .293 while going hitless in four games. However, the big left fielder has begun to pound the ball again in practice and is showing signs of regaining his early season form. Third baseman Mike Farnyk also took an 80 point nose-dive over the week-end, but Fisher is not worried over his failure at bat. "Mike has been hitting the ball hard," he con- mented, "but he has had tough luck in placing them." Swanson Being Coached Fisher is also working with first baseman Elmer Swanson, who is sporting a mediocre .242 figure, and second baseman Charlie Ketterer and Catcher Bob Stevenson, who have yet to reach the .200 mark. He observed that "if all the boys would hit as well as they are capable of hitting, Michigan could give any- one a battle." And from all reports issuing out of Champaign Ill., where next week the Illini will be host to the Wolverines, Michigan will have to be at its best both at the plate and in the field to emerge victorious. Bowman, Hirsch Face Test In these games pitchers Bo Bow- man and Elroy Hirsch will get their first real tests against top-flight col- legiate competition as Illinois is gen- erally conceded to be, along with the Maize and Blue, the top outfit in the Big Ten. So -Fisher will be watching each Wolverine with an eagle eye when he steps to the plate today to see if his efforts to improve the hit- ting of his squad have borne fruit and whether he has the makings for another in his long string of Con- ference champs. C After two smashing victories last Saturday, the Wolverine golfers have one more match before they defend their Big Ten crown May 27 at the Medinah Golf Course which is on the out-skirts of Chicago. By conquering Ohio State 16-2 and Western Michigan 161/2-1/2 last week, Michigan is now classed as one of the top favorites to capture hon- ors at the Conference Golf Cham- pionship. Coach Courtright said that the Wolverines will probably be rep- resented in the championship play- offs by Capt. Phil Marcellus, Jack Tews, Paul O'Hara, Tom Messinger and John Jenswold. Tews and Marcellus were in rare form last Saturday and this coupled with the fact that the rest of the team is rounding into shape is good reason to believe that the Wolverines will return from Chicago with the 1944 championship. Saturday the golfers will travel to Detroit to encounter the University of Detroit for their last match before the playoffs one week hence. On April 15 Michigan defeated the Titans 18-0 and the Detroit players will be seeking a victory to avenge the first loss. The golfers who will make the trip are the samte five players who were victorious against the Buck- eyes, and they are Marcellus, Tews, O'Hara, Messinger and Jenswold. Major League Standings ... j AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. New York ......14 7 .667 St. Louis .......15 10 .600 *Washington .. .13 9 .591 Philadelphia . ..13 10 .565 Chicago .....,. .11 13 .458 *Cleveland .. ..10 14 .417 Boston .........8 14 .364 Detroit .........9 16 .36Q- *-Does not include night game. GB 1 11/ 2 4% 51 / 61/ 7 NATIONAL LEAGUE W *St. Louis ......18 *Philadelphia ..12 Cincinnati .... .13 Pittsburgh ..... 10 Brooklyn ...,.. 11 Boston .........12 New York..... .11 Chicago ........ 4 *-Does not include L Pet. GB 6 .750 -- 9 .571 4/ 10 .565 4 10 .500 6 12 .478 6 14 .462 7 13 .458 7 17 .190 13 night' game. TUESDAY'S RESULTS Philadelphia 4, Boston 3 (10 inn- ings). Chicago 10, New York 4. St. Louis 7, Boston 3 (12 inn- ings). WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Detroit at Philadelphia, night. Chicago at New York. Cleveland at Washington, night. St. Louis at Boston (2). TUESDAY'S RESULTS Boston 1, Cincinnati 0. Brooklyn 6, Chicago 7. Philadelphia at St. Louis, night. New York at Pittsburgh, rain. WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Cincinnati. New York at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, night. MIKE FARNYK Bob Nussbaumer, Bruce Blanchard and Don Lund,asport averages over the .300 mark and Nussbaumer has only made 17 trips to the plate. Blanchard continues to pound the ball at a fancy .447 clip to establish himself as the leading hitter, while the steady Don Lund boosted himself PHILADELPHIA, May 16. - (AP) - The Philadelphia Athletics extended their winning streak to six games and took a 3 to 0 series lead on the Detroit Tigers today when JoJo White's single in the tenth inning gave the Macks a .4 to 3 triumph. The hustling young men of Connie Mack came from behind with a two- run- inning rally before White broke up the game in the tenth. Southpaw Hal Newhouser, bidding for his fifth victory, owned a two-hitter and a 3 to 1 lead going into the ninth, but the A's put together three hits for their runs. Gorsica Replaces Newhouser Newhouser was replaced by John- ny Gorsica, who retired the last two batters in the ninth, and Gorsica was charged with his second. defeat against two victories. The winning pitcher was Jittery Joe Berry, who replaced Jesse Flores in the tenth. Philadelphia scored an unearned run in the third when Eddie Mayo committed two errors, but the Tigers offset that in the fourth when Mayo doubled, advanced on Rudy York's fly and scored on a fly by Pinky Hig- gins. Game Is Hurling Match Then the game settled down into tight pitching duel until the eighth when Detroit scored twice. Joe Hoov- er walked and advanced on Mayo's sacrifice. York singled to left, scor- ing Hoover and taking second on the throw to the plate. Higgins singled to center, driving in York. Newhouser retired the A's in order in their half of the eighth; in fact, w.hen the ninth opened he had set down 13 batters in order. Possibly the 13 jinxed him because the A's surged to tie the score. Steps Taken To Improve High School Officiating LANSING, May 16. -(W) -Two steps to improve the quality of offici- ating at interscholastic gridiron games were suggested today by the rules committee of the State High School Athletic Association. The committee recommended that the representative council of the as- sociation, at its June meeting, con- sider making available to local groups approved examinations for testing the fitness of game officials. Use of the test would be voluntary. The committee also suggested the council consider making attendance at rules meetings one of the qualifi- cations for approval of officials. FINE NATURAL HITTER: Gregor's BattingImpresses Fisher By MARY LU HEATH Michigan baseball fans have be- come familiar with the boy wearing number 19 on his uniform this sea- son-Bill Gregor, 23-year-old left- fielder, who is currently among the Wolvtrines' leading batsmen. Coach Ray Fisher has been so im- pressed with Gregor's hitting ability that he has kept him in the number four clean-up slot in his batting or- der since the beginning of the season. Although he has been working with the left-fielder on his stickwork, he has discovered that Gregor is a fine natural hitter. Comes from Illinois Gregor hails from Edwardsville, Ill., where he played four years of football and basketball in high school. He makes the amazing state- ment, however, that he "didn't have much time to participate in as many sports as were possible" becauxse he worked a great deal while ne ww; going to school. Gregor was captain of the football team during his senior year, when the squad won the conference cham-' pionship. The high school in Ed- wardsville didn't include baseball on its athletic card, and Gregor's only experience in the game previous to this spring at Michigan came as a result of sandlot ball. Played Baseball Most Most of this experience was in softball, although he made the all- star team for the Southwestern Con- ference in baseball, which he prefers to the other game. During that sea- son he hit .500. Gregor has had sev- eral tryouts with the St. Louis Card- inals and with the farm team at Sheboygan, Wris., which produces the players for the Milwaukee Brewers. After spending a year and six months with the leathernecks, Gre- gor was sent to Oberlin with the Marine V-12 unit, for two semesters and transferred to the University at the beginning of the present term. While he was stationed at Oberlin, he played guard on the basketball team, but was unable to play with the baseball club because the season had been terminated before he ar- rived. Likes Wolverine Style This is his first season of college baseball, and he has found the boys he has worked with so far on the Wolverine squad much better than any team with which he has played. Gregor has always patrolled the out- field, and has never tried any other position. Gregor's favorite major league out- fit is the Chicago Cubs. Although Edwardsville is near St. Louis and he has been going to games at Sports- man's Park since he was small, he has never been a Card fan. Babe Ruth Impresses Him The most impressive big leaguer he has ever seen was Babe Ruth. He witnessed the game in the '32 world series between the Yanks and Cubs when the Bambino pointed to the right field stands and promptly slammed the ball into the section he had indicated. Gregor would like to go into elec- trical engineering after the war is over, but if he had the chance, he would play big league ball. Direct GREYHOUND Service from Detroit to Buffalo and the East *IO .. Saving Miles, Tires, Fuel, Time Greyhound buses are now operating regularly through Ontario from Detroit to Buffalo and to intermediate points en route. This much shorter route to Buffalo will mean a considerable sav- ing of fuel, rubber and other essential materials -besides a great saving of time for war-busy travelers. Service south of Lake Erie between these two cities is also available. Buses leave Detroit for Buffalo via Canada daily at 8:30 a.m. and 9:15 p.m., Eastern War Time. ICTrORY ARIET IEs GREYHOUND TERMINAL 116 W. Huron Tel. 2-5511 BRYH [Ines A a - 0@® 0-~ 0s.- Have a Coca-Cola = Eto Zdorovo (HOW GRAND!) offers a fessional highly entertaining program of by University six outstanding pro- acts supplemented Women's Glee Club, Bill Sawyer's Orches- 'Doc' Fielding, N tra in Bill's final Aaster of Ceremonies andI campus appearance. IISad-i' Ill M AU, 9flf4k .or how to make foreign flyers your friends O 'U) iii 1 1 1 1 1 I It _ . : .. .