THE MICHIGAN DAILY Michigan Nine Encounters Illini Friday, Sati rday Coopers Lead Sit Down StrikeAgainst Cardinals Mort, Walker, Battery 'A' of Cardinal Field Artillery Sign Contracts for 12,000 Dollars By WHITNEY MARTIN Associated Press Staff Writer NEW YORK, April 18-(,,P)-That is quite a sit down strike the Cooper boys are conducting against the St. Louis Cardinals, wasn't it? Meaning that's about as long as it lasted, as before you can get around to ihention it, it's all over. It didn't figure to last much longer than that anyway, as owner Sam Breadon had the Cooper's over a barrel, you might say. Usually the Coopers go around a barrel. In the first place, Mort and Walker, Battery "A" of the Cardinal Field Artillery, had signed their contracts for 512,000 each, and if they refused to play and Breadon wanted to be - - Illinois Line-Up Shifted To Meet Michigan Team Orange and Blue Possesses Veteran Infield of Ed Planert, Bill Butkovich, and Leo Gedvilas By BUD ROVIT Despite the high winds and unseasonable cold, Michigan's baseball nine is getting in its last licks of practice, before officially embarking on the 1945 Big Ten Conference schedule, when it faces Wallie Roettger's Fightin' Illini, tomorrow afternoon at Ferry Field, with a return game on Saturday. The Orange and Blue, fresh from a double victory over Iowa, are reported by Maize and Blue baseball mentor, Ray Fisher, to be very strong defensively, but lacking potency at the plate. Roettger is playing an entirely fresh- To counteract this weakness, Coach man outfield, whose main weakness Roettger has shifted his line-up is their lack of hitting. Gerald Kai- slightly, in an endeavor to consolidate res and Bob Anderlik. both from his hitting strength. Waukegan, will hold down the left He plans to start Howie Judson, and center field gardens, while Jim Hebron sophomore, on the mound Neufeldt, a rapidly-improving hitter, Friday, and shift him into left field will patrol the right-field slot. Saturday in order to utilize his big On the other side of the docket, bat. Judson held the Hawkeyes to Ray Fisher is planning to use just three hits, and is rated as "very ef- about the same line-up that he has fective." been employing in the four practice Catching, will be John Johns, who gams, has been incapacitated due to an BamsT ankle injury, while Roy Wiedow, the Bowman or Louthen To Hurl tough about it, they wouldn't play anywhere else, either. In the second place, baseball is the business of the Cooper boys and it is highly improbable they could step out and earn $12,000 in any other en- deavor this year. Not only that, most observers believe the Cardinals are lead pipe cinches to win the National League pennant again, which means another fat cut in the World Series melon. Controversy Queer We won't try to pry into the right or wrong angles of either side of the Cooper-Breadon controversy,. but would like to remark that it is regret- table the dispute came out in the open at all at this time. There still are some people who don't believej athletes should be performing profes- sionally now, and the mention of sal- aries, particularly $12,000 salaries, just adds to the resentment of the anti-pro faction.4 In normal times such an airing ofI salary troubles would be a healthy situation, and there would be no lit- tle amazement expressed over thes fact that a pitcher who had won more than 20 games in three consecutive years, had led the league in victories two of those years, and had been chosen Most Valuable Plaer one year could command only $12,000. Information Is Blow Such information would be quite a blow to- youngsters contemplating baseball careers and visioning, salariesI of $18,000 and up. Here is the best pitcher in the National League, on I i. I his record over the last three years, getting only $12,000. That must mean, the youngsters would figure, that the ordinary, assembly-line brand of pitchers would draw half that sum or less. so maybe they'd bet- ter learn the plumbing trade as dad advised, after all. Anyway, we have an idea the other members of the Cardinals were pull- ing for the Cooper boys in the dispute. for selfish reasons if nothing else. With the Coopers the Cards are stout favorites to repeat as champions. Without them, the team still might win, but it might not, too, and ball players do look forward to that series cut. In fact, the Cardinals have been: winning out so consistently lately their World Series checks are almost a part of their salaries. That's a nice way of arguing it, anyway, from Mr. Breadon's standpoint. Toront o.Needs Vitctory o Cop Play-Ofif Series Red Wings Must Win Tilt Tonight To Stay In Stanley Cup Series DETRO)IT, April 18-(P)-The To- onto Maple Leafs, needing but one more victory to clinch professional hockey's biggest prize, the Stanley Cup, square off against the Detroit Red Wings in the fifth game of the final playoff series here tomorrow .A crowd of more than 13,500 fans is in prospect. Detroit's hope of coming from be- hind to capture its fourth Stanley Cup championship in 10 years lies in manager Jack Adams' strategy of set- ting up plays designed to draw out an effective Leaf defense that held the Wings scoreless in the first three games of the series. Adams sent the Detroit squad through its last hard workout Tues- day night and announced that the Red Wings' spirit was "good." The veteran Red Wing pilot ex- pressed confidence in Detroit's chance to sweep four straight games but confessed "we'll have to make our own breaks and at this stage we can't make mistakes." The Red Wings again tomorrow night will be shooting at Toronto's "Mr. Shutout," goalie Frank MCool, who blanked them with successive 1 to 0, 2 to 0 and 1 to 0 performances before succumbing to a vicious De- troit offense, 5 to 3, in the fourth Game. Detroit players haven't forgotten the 1942 cup finals, when they won the first three games from Toronto only to have the LeafS rise up and capture the next four and the cham- pionship. MOSELEY TYPEWRITER AND SUPPLY CO. 114 SOUTH FOURTH LAVE. 1 Complete Typewriter Service Phone 5888 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Phillies Take Dodgers BROOKLYN, April 18.--(P)--The Philadelphia Phillies evened their series with the Brooklyn Dodgers at one game apiece taking today's game 6-2 with the aid of a five-run out- burst in the fourth inning at the expense of Ben Chapman. Rookies Granville Hamner, Bitsy Mott and Vance Dinges featured the Philly rally. The younger of the Hamner brothers singled with the bases full to drive in the first two runs and after pitcher Dick Barrett. strolled, Mott singled in another. Philadelphia ..000 510 000-6-8-11 Brooklyn .....000 011 000--2--.-2 Barrett and Mancuso; Chapman, Lombardi, Nitcholas and Owen. New York Giants Win BOSTON, April 18-(P)-Continu- ing their display of power hitting, the New York Giants made it two straight over the Boston Braves today, tally- ing six runs in the final two innings to win 8-4. Once again the Giants powerhouse Major League Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE Teams Wor New York ...........2 Cincinnati ..........2 Chicago............. Brooklyn .,. ,....... ,.. Philadelphia ........... I St. Louis ...,...... , .0 Bostonl ..............0 Pittsburgh . . .0 n Lost 0 0 0 1 1 k 2 2 2 Pet. 1.000 [.000 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 AMERICAN LEAGUE' Completing Illinois' all-veteran i field are Ed Planert at third, B' Tigers Blast Browns Butkovitch at second, and shortst ST. LOUIS, April 18.---UP- The ntLeo edvilas. Detroit Tigers squared their series In direct contrast to the _ _fie_ with the St. Louis Browns at one game each in decisive fashion today, N batting five pitchers for 21 hits ande an 11 to 0 victory, while Paul (Dizzy) s Trout had easy sailing in setting the Torticipate champions down on seven scattered blows. Trout, winner of 27 games againstlIn 1-IlI Softball 14 losses last season, never was in trouble. Only two Brownies got pastet second base, McQuinn on a triple in the second inning. and Kreevich on Will Begin Saturday a wild pitch in the ninth.Aa Jack Kramer, leading 1944 pitcher be the same, with Stevenson, Tomasi, AMERICAN LEAGUE New York .............2 0 Chicago .............1 0 Philadelphia .........1 1 Washington..........1 1 Detroit ..............1 1 St. Louis .............1 1 Cleveland ...........0 1 Boston ..............0 2 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 for the champions, f ailed to survive the second inning but none of the successors fared any better against the Tiger attack. f ithletics Win, 1-0 PHILADELPHIA, April 18--(A')-- trio of Mel Ott, Phil Weintraub and Scattering seven flits over 12in- nigs t us itoer nu i ne T RULY BEAUTI FUL PORTRAITS PARK LANE STUDIOS THE WAY TO BEGIN-Speedy centerfielder Johnny Hopp (12) of the St. Louis Cardinals slides safely into second base in the first inning at Wrigley Field, Chicago. Chicago Cubs shortstop Len Merullo (21) is making a futile tag after getting the throw from catcher Mickey Livingston. WHA T'S WITH THE MAJORS? ewsfromDiamond Wr only southpaw on the squad who al- BO Bowman or Red Louthen will ternates as a relief hurler, will hold start on the mound Friday, while sack.Tom Rosema will take over the ini- down the first base s tial sack. The rest of the team will A11 ejip~ nfi - Ernie Lombardi spearheaded the at-, tack, the manager making three hits. 7 Weintraub two, and Lombardi driv-j ing in a. pair of tallies in the big f four-run ninth inning, with a single. 7 The Braves got away to a two-run' lead in the opening frame when1 Chuck Workman hit his second hom- er in as many days with Tommy Hol- mes, who had walked, aboard. l After the Giants had taken a two- run lead in the eighth, the Hubmen tied the score on a homer by Carden Gillenwater, Eddie Joost's double and a single by Clyde Kluttz., New York .....000 110 024- 8 10 1 Boston ........200 000 020- 4 10 11 Mungo, Adams, and Lombardi; Andrews, Wallace, Pardon, and' Kluttz. rings, Russ Christopher hurled the I Philadelphia Athletics to a 1-0 win today over the Washington Senators. The lone tally was scored by Irv Hall as George Kell forced Ed Busch. Hall had reached third on Gil Torres' low throw, stolen second and taken third on an infield single by Busch. Johnny Niggeling battled Christo- pher for 10 innings, allowing four hits. Rodger Wolff came in as re- lief pitcher, allowed two hits and was charged with the loss. Yanks Trim Boston i NEW YORK. April 18.-(A")-Five- hit pitching by Hank Borowy and a big five-run third inning enabled the New York Yankees to trim Boston, 6-2, today for their second straight victory. President Will Harridge was one of the 7,489 fans. Don Savage's single scored Johnny Lindell with the first run of the game in the second and the Yanks clubbed rookie Jim Wilson from the hill and continued on Yank Terry for four hits good for five scores in the next frame. George Stirnweiss, Lindell, Nick Etten, and Joe Buzas singled during the rally. Borowy lost his shut-out in the eighth on a combination of a bad} throw by Stirnweiss, Ben Steiner's single and two infieldBouts. Stirn- weiss was caught stealing on his first 1945 effort in the first on a perfect peg by Fred Walters. Boston .......000 000 020-2-5-0 New York . .. .015 000 00x-6-8-1 Wilson, Terry, Woods and Wal- ters; Borowy and Garbar. 1 i f l t' i I ,! ;i I . E Washington . .000 000 Philadelphia . .000 000 Niggeling, Wolff and topher and Hayes. 000 000-0-7-1 000 001-1-6-1 Evans Chris- League play in the I-M softball tournament will get under way Sat- urday afternoon with 19 teams rep- resenting four newly-organized lea- gues participating, Howard Leibee, director of Waterman Gym, an- nounced yesterday. Games have been scheduled for 1:30 and 3 at Palmer Field through the cooperation of the Women's Phy- sical Education Department in mak- ing the site available for the pro- gram. Time and place of games may be changed by the consent of the managers of both teams involved. Leibee also said that one more team is needed to round out the schedule. Present plans call for five squads in each loop. Some equipment will be furnished at the field, including game balls and bats, and catcher's masks. Teams are urged, however, to bring as much of their own equipment as possible. Leibee said that league play will continue until May 26, after which the two top teams in each circuit will play an elimination tournament to determine the all-league cham- pioniship. Saturday's schedule follows: AMERICAN LEAGUE Phi Sigma Delta vs. Sigma Alpha Mu-3 p.m. Delta Kappa Epsilon vs. Phi Gamma Delta--3 p.m. Sigma Chi-.-bye. NATIONAL LEAGUE Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Phi Delta Theta-3 p.m. Delta Tau Delta vs. Zeta Beta Tau-3 p.m. Third Williams-bye. WESTERN LEAGUE Bartel's Nine vs. Orioles-1:30 p.m. Robert Owen Co-Op vs. Ram- blers-1:30 p.m. EASTERN LEAGUE Phi Rho Sigma vs. Xi Psi Phi- 1:30 p.m. Phi Alpha Kappa vs. Lawyers' Club-1:34 p.m. Naval Supply-bye. Michigan Has 7 MUNICIPAL COURT .BUILDING Cur. W. Huron & N. Main Cai11 6608~ 1, ____ NMI -1 Ic SHurFs Shut-Out amous Track ATI, April 18.--(IP)-Big who reported late for Uredcessorsc an his Countiful, Utah, an eight-hit 5 to 0 shut- Beginnings of track history at -_--_ s Cincinnati made it two Michigan ranks third only to baseball - - -- er Pittsburgh's Pirates. and football as to priority in origin. LOST AND FOUND were quickly away to a- The inauguration of track at --- --- -~ Gd in the first as DamniTeiagraino rc d.pn walkedr advac on Michigan took place in 1893, when LOST: Black and white striped p, walked, advanced on a Wolverine squad succeeded in gar- Schaeffer pen lost Friday on cam- ay and scored on Frank nering 52 points to out-distance all pus. Call 394 Jordan. ou T e dma opposition in capturing the North- BLUE AND SILVER PARKER "51" z. I western Intercollegiate Meet. Wis- pen lost Friday between West Med. 000 000 000-i0-8-0 consin was second with 45 points and Washtenaw. Call 4121 Ext. 100 100 04x---7-- 0 handNorthwestern, the hosts, brought 2147. Reward. Li, escino, able a~ up the rear with 15 tallies.- ----___ __ eussesr d Just. The first dual meet on the I LOST WALLET Please send me I verine schedule did not come untilr 1896 when again a Maize and Blue ;papers and pictures. You can have wallet and money. Mairian Hell-! squad managed to defeat a then pow- man, 604 S. State. erful Chicago outfit, 67-50. From man, ! then on Michigan - Chicago dual; LOST: Gold ring, initialed F, on cam- meets became a tradition and in the pus. Sentimental value. Reward! 25 meets between these schools. Call 6232. Michigan has copped 21, Chicago 3, --- --- ---- - - - -- and one has resulted in a tie. FOR SALE II luics? Another meet that was. an early'---- -.----*------- venture for Wolverine thinclads wasl RSALE: Two new double breasted the Western Intercollegiate Meet, thei tuxedos. size 36 and 39. Bargain forerunner to the Big Ten Meets of prices, latest style. 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