FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY 0 Netters, Diamond Squads Dominate Conference Coach Ray Fisher Faced MIichigai With Task of Rebuildingn TennisM Title Play n Wins Big Ten eel by OnePoint rPost Take Individual Titles; e Doubles Won by Gulic, Boucher Lund, Gregor, Bowman and Stevenson Are Returning Lettermen; Lack of Infielders Gulic, Lewis, I Number Thre( By BILL MULLENDORE Faced with the prospect of an almost complete rebuilding job of the team which hung up ten straight; Western Conference victoriesringasI many starts and won 15 of 20 games over the season, Baseball Coach Ray Fisher has a lot of worries on his hands before his 1945 aggregation opens its season sometime next April. Among other things Fisher will have to find a new infield combina- tion to replace the 1944 quartet of Elmer Swanson at first, Charlie Ket- terer at second, shortstop Bruce Blanchard, and third sacker Mike Farnyk, all members of the V-12 pro- gram who either have been or will i E. N' 1' conduct an extensive hunt for infield talent, must dig up at least one more capable pitcher, and possibly must find another catcher to relieve Stev- enson on occasion. Some of these replacements will come up from the ranks of last year's reserves while Fisher must rely on new, talent for the others. Possibilities for the infield include Walt Kell, a reserve third baseman, and Keith Phelps, who saw some action at second and short. Kell is a fairly steady fielder and a good hit- ter for his size. Phelps established himself as a fancy performer in the field but failed to hilt well enough to break into the lineup. Freshman May Help The pitching staff may be aug- mented by freshman Jack Weisen- burger who turned in a brilliant rec- ord at Muskegon High School before coming to Michigan. Weisenburger had several offers to sign with pro- fessional farm clubs upon graduation but chose to retain his amateur sta- tus and come to college. From all indications he is afine prospect and may help out the Wolverine mound cause a great deal. Fisher also has his eye on several other high school stars who have chosen Michigan as their alma ma- ter. The wartime Big Ten rule per- mitting first-year men to compete on varsity teams would allow any such boys who make the. grade to play next spring. In addition, subsequent Navy and Marine transfers may bring fresh diamond talent to the campus. Something To Shoot At Whatever the personnel of the 1945, aggregation it will have to go a long, way to equal or better the record of the 1944 nine which brought Fisher his ninth Conference baseball title in 24 years as Wolverine diamond coach. By winning ten Conference games without defeat last spring's outfit left a mark for all future Michigan baseball teams to shoot at and one which will be difficult to equal, let alone excel. Four Residence Halls To Engage In Basketball This year as in past years, the in- tramural athletic program will carry on a program of competitive athle- tics between the various men's resi- dence halls. Although there are only three or four houses participating, the basket- ball slate may probably have five or six teams in the league. The resi- dence halls during this next seme- ster will be two houses in the "West Quad," Fletcher Hall, and 1000 Hill Street. Last year's champion, Chi- cago Lodge, will not have the chance to repeat their accomplishment, as this house will not be used as a men s residence hall. But the same few members of last years squad will be at Fletcher Hall, thus giving that hall an added edge over its opponents. Thus the hard-pressed intramural athletic season will probably com- plete another successful semester, and it will add greatly to the enjoymnt of the male students in these con- verted residence halls. STRICTLY ST. LOUIE: Cards Wmin Series Tussle with Browns ff DON LUND be transferred to other bases come next spring. This infield combina- tion was one of the main factors in Michigan's success during the past season. Outfield Looks Set The outfield situation has a much brighter outlook as a veteran trio will probably be available for the garden defenses. Don Lund, a two- year veteran in center, is a sure fix- ture as is Bill Gregor, hard-slugging left fielder of the 1944 nine. Both Bob Wiese and Bob Nussbaumer who alternated in right will be unavail- able, but Fisher has Bill Nelson, a promising reserve, to fill the gap. Half of Michigan's one-two punch in the pitching department was liqui- dated with the departure of Elroy Hirsch, who won six and lost one for the Wolverines last spring. But the other half of the combination, left hander Bo Bowman, will be back on the mound. Fisher expects a lot of improvement from the small curve-ball artist who won five and dropped two last season. The catching will be partially taken care of by Bob Stevenson, who did most of the Wolverine receiving in the 1944 campaign. A former semi-pro backstop, Stevenson is an experienced handler of pitchers and possesses a very strong and accurate throwing arm, but is a weak hitter. Need Infielders It is certain then that Fisher must By HANK MANTHO The St. Louis Cardinals are again riding the pinnacle of success as they downed the Cinderella Brown- ies, American League pennant win- ners, four games to two, and thus attained their world championship title-their fifth in eighteen years. The victorious Redbirds batted .240 against a mere .183 for the Browns, while pitchers of the two teams reg- istered 92 strike outs, a new series record by far. Also, by copping their fifth world's title in eight series, the Redbirds tied the Philadelphia Ath- letics and Boston Red Sox for second place in winning the most world crowns. (After the Red hot Brownies had staged a Frank Merriwell finish to win the American League flag, they went on to their street car series as underdogs, but the sympathy of the people lay with them for their vali- ant struggle to come through after ail critics had just about given up hope. (Manager Luke Sewell's Brownies acquired the name of the "Cinder- ella Boys" as a result of their stretch drive to win the pennant and it did- n't take long for the Cards to real- ize where and why the name had or- iginated, for the Browns won the first game of the series, 2-1, with a meagre total of two hits. First baseman George McQuinn stepped to the plate in the fourth inning with Gene Moore on first, and after tak- ing the first pitch for a ball, the slim first sacker got hold of a fast ball and drilled it onto the roof of the right field pavilion. Thus, it enabled the Browns to be the first team in world series history to cap- ture a game with only two hits. However, a pinch single by Ken O'Dea of the Cards with two mates on base and one man out in the eleventh inning of second game gave the St. Louis Cards a 3-2 victory and knotted the count in games at one all. This game featured the sensa- tional hurling of relief twirler Blix Donnelly, who struck out seven of the fifteen batters who faced him and permitted the Brownies to drive only two balls out of the infield, as he got credit for the victory. Luke Sewell picked Jack Kramer, 17 game winner, to pitch the third game of the series and the Browns again came through with a 6-2 win putting them one up on their Na- tional League rivals. The main at- tack came in the third inning when the Browns bunched five hits off Ted Wilks slants for four runs and were driving in two runs and scoring a third for a perfect day at the plate. The lighting then struck as the lethargic Cardinals awakened and then their . poise, finesse and power was too much for the valiant stand made by the obdurate Browns, who lost three in a row. (Though the Browns fought tenaciously until the last out of the last game, their spirit could not surpass the strength and superiority of the great Cardinals and they capitulated.) (Harry Breechan won the fourth game of the series as the Cardinals made their most impressive'showing, tying the Browns at two games apiece, 5-1. Stan Musial started Brownie pitcher Sig Jakucki's down- fall when he hit a home run in the fifth inning with Johnny Hopp on first base. Tankmen Win.. (Continued from Page 2) their worst defeats in recent years, the weakened Scarlet and Gray squad garnered three first places-two by their sensational Hawaiian star and captain, Keo Nakama, and one by diver Bob Stone. Michigan Unbeaten in Big Ten In their last'Big Ten meet of the year, the Wolverines held Northwes- tern to a mere two first places as they trounced the Wildcats a second time, 54-30, thus enabling them to complete their Conference dual meet season undefeated. After finishing their Big Ten sea- son triumphantly, Michigan entered seven swimmers in the 21st Annual National Collegiates A.A. and after a brilliant stand against top flight opposition, the Maize a Blue tank- men were nosed out by Yale, who was paced by Alan Ford, 39-38. Ford, who was the only triple champion at the meet, and became the first man to win a triple title since 1936 when Jack Medica of the University of Washington performed the feat. The Balboa Bullet won the 50-yard freestyle, 150-yard back- stroke, and the century, equaling his own record time of 0:49.7 in the lat- ter event. For his feats, Ford won the American Swimming Coaches' Association's award as the best col- lege swimmer of the year, and it was his firsts that spelled defeat for the valiant efforts of Coach Mann's crew. N.A.A.U. Is Big Attraction The highlight swimming. attrac- tion' of the year, the National A.A.U. swim fest, took place at the Intra- mural Sports Building as Michigan played host to the greatest array of amateur swimmers ever to assemble in one pool. As was predicted, the highly-favoredGreat Lakes squad swept to an overwhelming victory, amassing 54 points to Michigan's 20 runnersup markers. Bill Smith paced the Sailors, win- ning three events, which earned him a gold medal given each year to the outstanding swimmer. This was the first time that such a feat has been accomplished since Johnny Weismul- ler pulled off this trick in 1928. While winning these three titles, Smith broke his world record in the 220- yard freestyle and also broke the A.A.U. record for the 440-yard free- style. In all, there were one world, one American and two A.A.U. records shattered as thetwo-day meet lived up to all advance expectations, and wasa direct contrast to last year's meet, when not a single record was established. INDIANA TUSSLE-Gene Derricotte (No. 41), Wolverine tailback, is trying to gain desperately as Hoosier tacklers close in on the negro star. Tom Swift, Michigan guard, is the player on his knees, as Harold Watts (No. 56), Maize and Blue center is coming ac ross. Michigan lost the game, 20-0. held at bay until the seventh when In the fifth game of the world ser- they scored two runs off Al Jri- ies affair, Morton Cooper again took sich. George McQuinn was again {The mound for the Cards against the star as he belted out a double, D-nr:y Galehouse, who beat him in two singles, and received a walk, f s ae.adhew .3. to 4 0 .jVG il, al i; W 1, 0-, U put the Redbirds in the lead for the first game since the start of this series. Ray Sanders and Denny Lit- whiler hit home runs and were the batting stars of this tilt. Eecause the Brownies missed their chance for a double play in the fourth inning of this last encounter, the Cards took advantage of this slip to end the first all-St.-Louis World Ser- ies in history in their favor-by a 3-1 score. Going into the last half of the fourth with the Cardinals trailing on a run which the Browns had scored when Chet Laabs tripled and scored on McQuinn's sharp single through the box. Walkei Cooper started the Red- birds rally as he coazed a walk from pitcher Nelson Potter, and after Ray Sanders had singled, Whitey Kurow- ski hit a ground ball to Vern Ste- phens, who threw to Don Gutteridge to start a double play that would have retired the side. However, Ste- phens throw was wide and both run- ners were safe, Cooper scoring on the play. Emil Verban and Max Lanier both singled to send two more runs across the plate, which was enough to spell defeat for the gallant outfit from the other side of town. By DAVE LOEWENBERG Champions of the 1944 Western Conference tennis race,- that in a few words sums up the success of the Wolverine netters for the past sea- son under the guidance of Coach Le- roy Weir. The Maize and Blue concluded the recent campaign with a brilliant rec- ord of eight wins against one loss. Their lone setback was a 5-4 defeat administered by a very powerful Notre Dame squad. In Big Ten competition, Michigan scored victories over Minnesota, Chi- cago, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio State and Northwestern. The other three schools, Purdue, Indiana and Iowa, did not compete in dual meets, but the Boilermakers and Hoosiers did send several representatives to the Big Ten meet. The crowning achievement of the campaign was Michigan's well-earned victory in the 1944 Conference Tennis Meet, played the week-end of May 27 at Northwestern University. The bat- tale for the championship settled itself into a two-day fight between Michigan and Ohio State. Michigan Wins Four Titles Individual Wolverine champion- ships were racked up in three singles flights, and in the number three doubles position. The trio of singles winners for Michigan were Merle Gu- lic in the number three berth, Roger Lewis at five and Dave Post in the sixth spot. Kulic took another cham- pionship when he teamed up with Roy Boucher to capture the third flight doubles championship. Playing in the number one posi- tion for Michigan this year was Cap- tain Jinx Johnson, a veteran of four years standing. Johnson dropped two Big Ten matches and one to Notre Dame giving him a score of seven wins against three losses. It was in the Big Ten champion- ships that Johnson lost a thrilling three set match at Ohio State's Aris Franklin, whom he had whipped ear- lier in the season. Johnson's most notable victories over Harry Hall of Northwestern and Vic Soukup of Western .Michigan. Playing in the number two position for Michigan was Jim Frolik, a trans- fer from Stanford University. Fro- lik's record for the season, including the Big Ten championships, was six wins and five setbacks. Gulic Has Perfect Slate Merle Gulic, playing in the third spot, was undefeated in both singles and doubles competition. Guinleis the only man on the squad with a perfect record. His singles achieve- ments include 12 wins as against no losses. At number four, was,Michigan's outstanding freshman star, Bill Ford. Ford had a very impressive total of nine wins, one tie, and one lass. Ford was unquestionably the most aggressive player on the team and in a few years Ford should be a great champion if he continues tot improve the way he has been all year. Ford is a fine competitor, and he is one of the most well-like dboys on the squad. At the number five berth, Michi- gan's representative was the power- ful Roger Lewis. His record is ten wins and two losses. Lewis was far superibr in the Con- ference to anyone in the number five bracket. Lewis' most effective wea- pon this year were a hard service coupled with a stinging overhead smash. Post Has Good Record Playing in the last, and number six position was Michigan's popular Dave Post. Post, next to Gulic, had the best record on the team. It included 11 wins against one loss. Incidental- ly, Post got even for that one whip- ping when he beat the same man, Dave Krenzil of Ohio State, ,in the final of the number six flight chanm- pionship. Michigan's doubles teams also chalked up outstanding records for themselves. The number one team of Johnson and Ford went to the Big Ten finals as did the number two team of Lewis and Frolik. Both these duos were beaten in close three-set battles for the championship. The number three doubles team of Gulic and Boucher were unbeaten all season and dropped only one set in all their matches. Truly a remark- able record registered by a remark- able team. INVEST IN VICTORY BUY WAR BONDS & STAMPS t, ___________ .11 i i z s' Iv "' ? Ssr V !" t ~ Adk 3 fw "t ," Ili K. ? .s. ,y. - _ , 111 Is ii-d IF YOU WRITE, WE HAVE IIT. 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