THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Tracksters Prepare
To
Defend
Crown
at Purdue
Relays
Marine Tries
For Dodgers
Durrett Eligible for
Dodger Field Berth
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N.Y., March
21.-(i)-Professional athletes in thej
Army or Navy may find the answer }
to some of their own "comeback"!
,problems in the struggle for a Brook-
lyn Dodgers job of Elmer "Red" Dur-#
rett, a discharged Marine veteran
who spent "too many months" on
Guadalcanal.
Recurring attacks of malaria and
the after-effects of shell shock still
shado~w Durrett's baseball career, but
the 25-year-old vet from Dallas,
Tex., has an even money shot of
landing the regular left field berth
under Manager Leo Durocher.
If Augie Galan is moved into the
infield to replace Howie Schultz at
first base, Durrett stands an equal
chance with Goody Rosen, Morris
Aderholt and French Bordagaray for
the one undecided garden spot. Luis
Olmo in center and Dixie Walker in
right are regarded as fixtures.
The strain of the 1944 Interna-
tional League campaign, his first
since return from service, cost Dur-
rett 90 points of his batting average
at Montreal and ten pounds of
weight in a mid-summer slump. The
carrot-topped Texan never did re-
gain his .350 pace, but came out of
it and pulled backto .292 at the sea-
son end, driving in 86 runs and mak-
ing 141 hits count for 240 total bases.
"I must have walked from Dallas
to Brooklyn and back three or four
times when I was helping carry the
mail cdown home last winter," grins
Durrett. "But I gained six or eight
pounds and am ready to start hit-
ting that ball again.
Ball Hawks Eye Opener
With Western Michign
Bowman, Louthen, Peddy, Sup, Head Pitching
Department; Veterans Insure Hitting Power
Cincinnati RedsI
To Open with j
Few Regulars
McKechne Sees Little
Hope for Draft-Ridden
Third Place Ball Club
Runners Hold Slim Edge
In Annual Relay Event;
Red Wings Out
For First Win
Adams Livens Team
With Verbal Lashing
Coach Doherty Attributes Team's Strength
To Star Runners in Distance Relav Events
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With the season's opener against
Western Michigan a little over three
weeks away and with several out-
door workouts to its credit, the 1945
Wolverine baseball squad is round-
ing into shape as the team's regularI
and near-regular players become
more definite.
In the scramble for pitching as-
signments, the leading candidates are
being narrowed down considerably.
Outside of Bo Bowman and Ray
(Red) Louthen, three hurlers are at
present in the lead. Jack Peddy, a
right hander, is close on Louthen and
Bowman's heels, with Jack Hack-
Ba Players in
Var Factories
Get 'Go-Ahead'
WASHINGTON, March 21--'P)-
The War Manpower Commission to-
day gave baseball a go-ahead on use'
of players who have been engaged in
off-season employment.
In giving its full support to the
continuance of baseball as a morale
builder, the commission exempted
players, coaches and managers from
its job referral program.
This means that a baseball player
who was in the game last year may
leave a job in an essential industry
and return to the game without
danger of being referred to his draft
board as a job jumper.
Chairman Paul V. McNutt of WMC
said he took the action after having
satisfied himself that there is a wide-
spread demand, particularly on the
part of soldiers in this country and
overseas, for continuance of the
game.
Baseball players in the game last
year who have contractural rela-
tionships with any club, including an
option for the current season, now
may be "recalled to their principal
employment," which is baseball,
without going through the U.S. Em-
ployment Service.
An exception to the rule was made
by WMC in regard to players in their
first year of baseball, groundkeepers,
ushers and such workers. All of
these "may be hired only upon re-
ferral by USES," the WMC said.
DETROIT, March 21.--(P)- De-
By BILL MULLENDORE troit's Red Wings, smarting under a
Michigan's track team, defending champions in the University divi- 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Boston
sion of the Purdue Relays, will rely primarily on strength in the long;Bruins and a tongue-lashing from
distance relay events in its bid for a second successive championship Satur-
f f Manager Jack Adams, will be out to
evntefrtronitne u
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stadt, a relief hurler last season, and
George Sup, a newcomer, also in the
running.
Hackstadt has also been work-
ing out at the first base position,
which is still a wide-open propo-r
sition. Coach Ray Fisher has been
trying several infielders at the posi-
tion, but his problem concerning
the initial sack is far from solved.
Another candidate for the post is
Tom Rosema, who also doubles in
pitching. However, Rosema has a
class until 5 p. m. every day, and
has been unable to put in much time
at baseball practices. The prospect-,
'ive player, Fisher states, is particu-
larly strong in the hitting depart-
ment.
With the fielding problem solved,
Fisher's chief worry will be over, as
the Michigan mentor feels fairly se-
cure along hitting lines. He expects
his power hitting to come from a
trio of last season's veterans, which
includes Don Lund, Bill Gregor, and
Bill Nelson.
He likewise expects hitting sup-
port from Bob Stevenson, his ace
receiver, and from infield candi-
date Jack Weisenburger. Walter
Kell, who played third base last
year, is also slated to pick up in
the slugging department.
Meanwhile, Fisher is hoping to
I ake his team outdoors this afternoon
after remaining in the Field House
yesterday because of the cold wave.
As soon as he is able to get out on
the regular diamond, Fisher expects
to start seven inning intra-squad
games.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 21-
(UP)r-"This season will be brutal for+
us. We simply have lost too many
players."
pSo speaks Manager Bill McKech-
nie of his Cincinnati Reds, a team'
he has piloted to two National League
pennants and never to lower thanx
fourth place in seven seasons.
Right now, he predicts the cham-
pion St. Louis Cardinals, the runner-
up Pittsburgh Piratesand the Chi-
cago Cubs, who finished fouk~h be-
hind the Reds lastsseason, are the
class of the league.
As the Reds opened their third day
of spring training, only a half-dozen
performers were missing from the
29 scheduled to report. These includ-
ed such key men as pitchers Bucky
Walters, who won 23 games in 1944,
and Ed Heusser (13-11); veteranI
first baseman Frank McCormick;
outfielder Gerry Walker; and second
baseman Woody Williams. McKech-t
nie, however, was worried only over
Walters.
McCormick, who batted .305 in
1944 his seventh Redleg season; Wal-
ker, who celebrated his 37th birthday
Monday, and Williams, 32, who broke
in with the Reds last season, all are
expected momentarily.
Walters, who, as a 34-year-old last
season had his greatest year since
1939 when he won the league's most
valuable player award with a 27-11
record, is working in a Philadelphia
war plant and thus far hasn't got
his customary leave to play baseball.
The same is true for 35-year-old
Heusser.
dtay at aiayete. inaiana
Wolverine Coach Ken Doherty conceded the individual sprint, hurdle,j
and field events to other schools, but hopes that his distance runners can!
pile up enough points in the relay competition to offset the advantage.
With the Hume twins, Dick Bar-4
nard, Dick Forrestal, Chuck Birdsall, nois will have more potential points,;
Bob Thomason, Archie Parsons, and according to Doherty, but Michi-
George Vetter, all consistent point- gan's points are more certain. The
winners, in the vanguard, Michigan result is likely to be another neck-
will be favored in both the two-mile and-neck run to the wire, Doherty
and distance medley relays. i.ndicated-
even the first round Stanley Cup
hockey play-off Thursday night.
The Bruins, whose surprising of-
fensive power gave them the first
game of the four-out-of-seven game
series Tuesday night, were reported
increasingly confident of their abil-
ity to take the series.
The Red Wings were still betting
favorites, even though the odds had
tumbled from 7-2 to 6-5 and Mana-
ger Adams said he would make no
changes in Detroit's lineup in the
second clash.
Tha Detroiters took some satisfac-
tion from the other play-off game
Tuesday in which Toronto scored a
goal h: the last minute to top the
Montreal Canadiens 1-0.
Michigan will also have teams en-
tered in the mile relay and the
sprint medley, but neither is figured
for a first place. Maize and Blue
entrants may also pick up points in
the special events.
Illinois, losers to the.Wolverines in
a photo finish at the Western Confer-
ence Indoor meet two weeks ago,
again is expected to be the main
stumbling block in Michigan's cham-
pionship path. Drake, recent win-
ner of the Central Collegiate title, and
Great Lakes also have strong squads
entered.
As in the Conference meet, Illi-
Last year, the Wolverines finished
in front by a convincing margin, pil-
ing up more than twice as many
points as the second-place winner,
Purdue. Michigan tallied 49 to Pur-
due's 23. Illinois finished third with
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In winning, the Wolverines copped
the two-mile relay, the distance med-
ley, and the four-mile relay. The
latter event has been displaced this
year by the sprint medley. Elmer
I Swanson, Michigan hurdler, account-
ed for his team's only other first
place by winning the high hurdles.
He also finished second in the lows.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 21--(IP)
-Twenty-two schools have entered
216 athletes in the annual Purdue
Relays to be held here Saturday Di-
rector Herman Phillips said tonight.
Great Lakes Naval Training Sta-
tion tops the official entry list in the
University division with 28 men, in-
cluding Grover Klemmer, co-holder
of the world record for the 440-yard
dash, and Les Eisenhart, Middle Dis-
tance Runner.
Michigan, defending champion and
favorite, and Purdue, host school,
each have entered 26. Other entries
in the University division are: Iowa
Pre-Flight, 18; Notre Dame 15; Indi-
ana 15; Illinois 10; Drake 6; Michi-
gan State 6; Minnesota 4; Marquette
3; Missouri 3; Northwestern 3; Iowa
1; Ohio State 1; Wright Field 1.
Six schools are entered in the col-
lege division. Miami of Oxford, Ohio,
the defending champion, and Western
Michigan will bring 15-man teams.
Cornell of Iowa has entered seven,
Baldwin-Wallace and Rose Poly six,
and Case one.
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