1 1945 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 11W M1UHIC~AN ii ~iiV 1 .L L3 Nine TO Face Purdue l 9 'Twin Bill , Jahn9 the #?Iuh44 By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor DURING THE WARTIME emergency, the names of many youngsters playing big league ball have been mentioned frequently, and the two outstanding stars thus far this year are Hank Ruszkowski of the Cleveland Indians and Cass Michaels of the Chicago White Sox, both of whom are only 19 years old. Ruszkowski is a catcher who just graduated from high school recently and has been the first string catcher for the Indians since the start of the present campaign, winning the job from men with, far more, experience than the one season of Class A ball which he can boast of as his sole experience. Great catchers such as Bill Dickey and Mickey Cochrane are very rare in the Major Leagues, but Manager Lou Boudreau of the Indians feels very confident that young Hank will be a great backstop with a little more experience and asserts that Ruszkowski has a good chance of being named the "rookie of the year" if he isn't drafted. All of the veteran Tribe pitchers laud the work of the young catcher and would as soon pitch to him as to a more-experienced man, which is enough to establish Ruszflowski's catching ability as satisfactory. A SANDLOT product of Cleveland, Ruszfkowski was immediately signed by the Indians after his graduation in the fall of '44 and sent to Wilkes- Barre, Pa. of the Eastern League for a season. However, he attracted the eye of Boudreau while the Indians went through training at Purdue Uni- versity this spring and it didn't take the Polish lad long to convince his manager that he was ready for the big time. It is very seldom that a 19-year-old lad cart become a big league catcher, at least with so little experience. Hence it is no wonder that Boudreau and some sports scribes predict a brilliant future for the up and coming 'boy wonder' of the Indians. On the other hand, Michaels is one of the mainstays and finds of that verbose manager of the Sox, Jimmy Dykes. Although Michaels is green and needs all of the experience that he can get, his performances improve with every game, according to Dykes, who also says that he will soon be fighting for top honors in his position with a little more confidence. One of the reasons that Dykes has stuck along with his young shortstop is that Michaels goes on the theory ghat he doesn't make the same mistake twice. His lack of confidence is due mainly to his inex- perience at the plate, but Dykes has been gradually ironing out this flaw by telling Michaels to take a full swing and follow through with his bat, no mater how many times that he strikes out. The kid has been following this advice of his manager and with his lusty cuts at the plate, he is beginning to acquire the necessary confidence in his ability to hit. When he begins to combine his hitting and fielding with his acquired confidence, Michaels' will be in the thick of the fight for the title of 'rookie of the year.' Softball Finals Scheduled for This Weekend With the completion of ther n- tra-Mural softball schedule, prep- arations are being made for the campus play-offs which begin Sat- 5 urday, June 2, at 1:00 EWT (12:00 CWT).> The National League will be represented by 3rd Williams with four straight wins, and Sigma Phi Epsilon with three out of four wins. Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Gamma Delta,both having won three and lost one, will play for the American League. The two top winners of the East- ern League are Xi Psi Phi, unde- feated in their four contests, and Lawyer's Club, having one defeat. First place winners in the West- ern League are the Orioles with aE record of four wins. There is a tie in this league for second place between Robert Owen Co-op, Al- pha Tau Omega, and the Rambl- ers. The first round of the final playoffs will take place at 1:00 EWT (12:00 CWT) Saturday at 4 Palmer Field. The winners of these four games will compete in the semi-finals which will also be played on Saturday. These games will start at 3:30 EWT (2:30 CWT). MICHIGAN'S OLD FOX--Baseball Coach Ray Fisher, dean of the Western Conference diamond mentors with 25 years' of service at Michigan behind him, is looking for bis tenth Big Ten, championship this year. His boys can do the .job with a pair of victories over Purdue this weekend. Wolverines WillAttempt To Clinch Championship Michigan Beats Western, 10-5, 10-3 By MARY LU HEATH Michigan's baseball squad leaves for Lafayette, Ind., at noon today, where it will face Purdue in a double- header tomorrow afternoon which can clinch the Western Conference championship for the Wolverines.t Warming up to the Purdue tilt, the Michigan nine added two more victories to its season record by de- feating Western Michigan twice at Kalamazoo Wednesday by 10-5 and 10-3 counts. These wins bring the Wolverine record against the Bron- cos to three triumphs against one loss this season. In the first game, Ray Louthen registered his seventh victory of the year and his second over Western in a ten-inning battle with the Broncos' Tom Urquhart and Bob Kletchert, who relieved in the seventh. Louthen Gives Up Four The score was tied up going into the tenth frame, when hits by Bill Gregor, Don Lund, Tom Rosema, and Bob Stevenson, and a walk, a sacri- fice, and an error brought five Michi- gan runs across. In winning, Louthen gave up only four hits to his former teammates, while Urquhart and Kletchert yield- ed 11 to the Wolverines. Most of the Western runs were accounted for by five Michigan errors. Jack Peddy started the second contest for the Wolverines, and went five innings to become the winning pitcher. He was relieved in the sixth by Jack Hackstadt, who yielded to Tom Rosema in the ninth. Charles Maxwell, who defeated Michigan earlier this season, went the distance for the Broncos. Wolverines Get 29 The trio of Michigan pitchers gave up six hits, while Maxwell yielded 18, bringing the Wolverine total for the day to 29. Stevenson was the indi- vidual batting star, getting six hits, including a triple and two doubles, in nine trips to the plate. Bill Nel- son, rightfielder, received special praise from Coach Ray Fisher on his performance in the field. Nelson had seven chances during the after- noon and made several catches which Coach Fisher termed "big league". Coach Fisher .expressed confidence BENGALS START TO ROAR: Tigers Climb Within One Ganie of Yanks; Rookie Ferriss Gains Seventh Straight Win PR E PA R E N OW 44'c6u, . We have 'em... The essentials of your courses highlighted and packed into a nutshell, for quick thorough review! Ask to see the famousJ ,COLLEGE OUTLINE SERIES FOLLETT'S State Street at North Univ. Twelve Will Race In Kentucky Derby NEW YORK, May 31-(/P)-The field for the 71st running of the Kentucky Derby narrowed to a bak- er's dozen today as John Marsch's Free For All was declared definitely out of the race and Hoop Jr. departed for the blue grass country. Free For All, unbeaten in five starts as a two-year old but whipped twice this year, pulled a "superficial ten- don" in yesterday's workout at Chur- chill Downs. NEW YORK, May 31.-(P)-Army veteran Les Mueller shut out the New York Yankees with two singles in his first starting appearance of the year today, 2-0, as the Detroit Tigers climbed to within one game of Joe McCarthy's leaders. Only 5,300 fans turned out for the second twilight tilt in the Yankee Stadium, apparently marking the end of Larry MacPhail's experiment. Detroit .......000 200 000-2 7 0 New York .... 000 000 000-0 2 0 Mueller and Richards; Zuber and Crompten. losox Top u dlia s, 6-2 BOSTON, May 31.-(P)--Undefeat- ed freshman Dave Ferriss, now hail- ed as "Superman" by his Boston Red Sox teammates, today gained his sev- enth straight victory, a 6-2 affair, by giving a five-hit performance against the Cleveland Indians. Ferris now has beaten every Amer- ican League rival except Washington. Cleveland .... 000 110 000-2 5 1 Boston.......000 050 10x-6 11 2 Emiree, Center and Hayes; Fer- riss and Garbark. A's Nose White Sox, 3-2 Philadelphia, May 31 .--e)-With two out, Roby Estalella's eighth in- ning single gave the Philadelphia Athletics a 3-2 victory today over the Chicago White Sox. Joe Berry received credit for the win, relieving Don Black in the sec- ond inning. Black was forced from the game with a wrenched back, suffering in a collision with umpire Carl Hubbard, and is expected to be sidelined several days. Chicago ......010 000 010-2 7 2 Philadelphia . .101 000 *01x-3 10 3 Lopat and Tresh; Black, Berry, Flores and George. Golfers Seek Sixth Victory Encountering Western Michigan tomorrow at the University golf course, Michigan linksmen, in their final match of the 1945 season, will aim for their sixth consecutive vic- tory. 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