THE MICHIGAN DAILY DES SEz y D"Pro"Boinis Return By DES 110WART11, Associate Sports E d tgr Doherty's Charges Surprise All with Purdue Relay Upset f baseball coach Ray Fisher is seen buying aspirins by the carload lot this spring the chances are ten to one that the cause may be attributed to a character named Irving P. Boim, popularly known as the "Pro". For the "Pro" is back from the Navy and ready to start confusing opposing batters and probably a good number of his team-mates. Fisher's dilemma wil not result from wondering whether Boim can pitch-that's an established fact--but "Pro's" antics can cause even the most easy-going coach to wonder at times. Even after two year's absence the "Pro" is still remembered on the campus as the lMichigan version of Dizzy Dean, Bobo Newsom, or Rube Wadell. Naturally when we heard "Pro" was back in town we immediately sought him out, knowing he is always good for a story or two. "Pro" did not dis- appoint us. "How about the war," we asked. "Boy I really had myself a deal," the "Pro" replied. We settled back in a swivel chair, knowing this was going to be a good one. "WELL you know I was in the Navy and after leaving Michigan I trained for aerial gunnery." And what happened?" we asked, anticipating an account of a thrilling dog-fight. "Something got mixed up," he said, "and I ended up as a photographer on a mine-sweeper. That's the Navy he philo- sophized." "But about that deal. Did you know I was the only one man photo lab in the South Pacific at one time? I got stationed at Samoa. Boy how those natives flocked around that photo lab. Just like Grand Central Station. Why I had more fr.iends than Dale Carnegie. Those natives gave me presents and everything. If I'd have stayed there another couple of months they'd probably have made me chief." Switching the subject we inquired about his pitching in the service. "I was twirling against one team out there around V-J Day, and I struck out 16. They were supposed to have a good outfit. After the game they asked me what kind of pitch I was using. I told them that was my atom ball." I also beat Ted Williams' Bronson team for the Navy Championship in 1944. In fact I struck out "pride of Boston." NCIDENTALLY, I probably had a lot to do with the Cubs winning the pen- nant in the National League last year." "How's that?" we asked. "Well I pitched against them in spring training last year, and the batting practice they got off may have done them a lot of good." Finally we asked, "And, how about this year "Pro"? How's the team look?" "We're going to be tough to beat this year. We've got a lot of good pitchers down there at Ferry Field, Bodycombe, Bowman, Black, Wise. Funny most of them begin with B." "And so does Boim," we re- minded him, knowing full well what we were supposed to say. "I'm hitting better this year," the "Pro" replied to our query as to his batting eye. "Almost got a triple last week but for a strong wind. As it hap- pened the first baseman caught it in foul teritory. But whether the "Pro's" batting improves or not, he can be counted on to win a lot of ball games for the Wolverines and supply everybody with a load of laughs. Maybe when Ray Fisher finds his star hurler pulling some crazy stunt he will find consolation in the fact that for all of the "Pro's" clowning he's a very valuable man to have around. N' DODGER BIG GUNS . .. Pete Reiser and Dixie Walker are both back this year to give their rabid Brooklyn fans something to shout about when the race for the National League pennant race gets under way. ~OT ALL SUJNSIHNE: Intra-S quad Came Played; Rob insmin Palls Leg Muscle mivI 'rill *Spirit Isk By JACK MARTIN Coach Ken Dohert y has been known to pul many a surprise trick out of his hat in the eht years he has guided Michigan a11ck teams, and last Saturday's performance in Lafayette, Indiana, added another upset to his long and growing list. The Wolverine thin(lads startled all of Illinois' sports world, including the writers and ot her experts, by bouncing back with a venecance to defeat the lhlini and capture the Fourth Annual Purdue Relays after being sentenced to a definite second place by all the1 pre-ineet dope sheets. Spirit Tells Tale One of the biggest answers to this outcome lies in that same Michigan team spirit that has so often pulled Maize and Blue squads to the top be- fore. Doherty declared that practi- cally every man that made the trip put on his best performance of the season. Chuck Fonville set the example with an outstanding exhibition in the shot put, Just a few days before tra- veling to Purdue, Chuck had broken the freshman record at Yost Field House with a heave of 50' /". Not satisfied at this he proceeded to crack his own mark by reaching 50' 5-8" at the Relays. Bill Bangert of Purdue won the event and set a Purdue Relays record at the same time with a distance of 54' 7 5-8". Bangert, incidentally, is Ostroot Stands Out The shot put was also tihe scene oa another Wolverine stand-out ex- hibition by Gcorge Osti-oot. George' is a Michigan star of former years., the sprint medley and distance med- helping the '43-'44 squads .to Big yle and copped two second spots in Ten championships. Coming back the two-mile and mile, accounting from the Air Corps and a harrowing for 32 of the 37 !,, points scored. experience as a prisoner in Germany, he still had his old drive, and Satur- day achieved the best mark of his carrer, making third with 48' 3 12" Aside from these individual per- formances, however, Michigan's vic- tory came largely as a result of its outstanding relay teams. The Wolver- ines pulled down two first places in M' Svimmers Pace LIndianapo}is ileet Taking three firsts and a trio of seconds, six Michigan swimmers. completely dominated the Men's' Open class of the Indiana State A.A.U. title meet Saturday and Sun- day at the Indianapolis Athletic Club pool. Gil Evans, Maize and Blue diver, took the National Junior A.A.U. three-meter diving championship for one of the Wolverine firsts. Evans beat out teammate, Alex Canja, who scored a third for Coach Matt Mann's swimmers. MatteMann, III, chalked up a dou- ble for the Wolverines when he took both the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle events. , Mann smashed a six-year old state mark in the 500. His time of 5:40.3 lopped nearly 30 seconds off the old record set in 1939. Neville Adams placed second to Mann in the 1,000-yard distance and fifth to his teammate in the 500. The Wolverines' seconds came in the 100-yard breast stroke with Bob Matters representing Michigan and in the 220-yard backstroke wherel Willard Metcalf swam for Mann's squad. Sprint Medley Decisive The crucial race of the evening came with the sprint medley. By this time Doherty and the boys knew they had an excellent chance to stage the biggest upset of the indoor sea- son, if only they could reAn off with this event. The crowd didn't realize the tense situation, but, the four men about to run were keyed to the highest pitch. Hugh Short started it for the Wol- verine quartet, running the first leg or 530 yards. Don Weber of Purdue kept on Short's heels for two laps, but in the third Hugh, holder of the American 600-yard record, pulled away rapidly and gave Val Johnson a substantial lead. Johnson and Jim Pierce maintained the torrid pace, each racing one lap. Barten Runs Anchor Herb Barten ran the final leg, the half-mile, and staged a duel with the Boilermaker's Ashley Hawk for the title. Hawk pulled up on Barten and on the straight-way heading into the last lap made an attempt to pass him, but the Michigan ace turned on a burst of speed and fought him off, pulling away to win with yards to spare. The famous Humes, Bob and Ross, sparked the distance medley to its triumph earlier in the evening. The boys were making their final appear- ance as members of Michigan's track team and were determined to make it good. Ross took over on the third leg and ran a beautiful :4 mile race to overtake a Drake runner and give his brother a good lead, which Bob steadily lengthened to win going away. INTRAMURAL Spoirt Shots By DICK BURTON Members of the Hot Stove league are beginning to come out of hiberna- tion now that old man weather has decided to hang up his snow shoes for the winter and down at the Sports Building Earl Riskey is pasting up registration notices for the coming sofetball tournament. Riskey expects to have about twen- ty or more teams entered in the in- tramural league this year and is urg- ing all students who are interested in playing to sign up just as soon as pos- sible. "We want the schedule all set up and everything organized a little early," Riskey said, "so that when the good weather decides to stay we can start playing ball." "Quite a few independents have been inquiring about the possibilities of getting on a team," Riskey con- There will be a meeting of the M Club at 7:30 p.m. today at the Union. tinued. "We want to encourage all of these men who would like to play softball to give us their names and we'll put them on a team. Also, if they have a group of their own which they want entered in the league com- petition, let us know so that we can include them on the schedule." We won't stick our necks out and say that this balmy spring weather is here for good but its right around the corner so be sure and leave your name or your team's name with in- tramural officials and you won't be left out when the tournament play begins in April. Ed Cochrane, intramural boxing instructor, wants students who are interested in joining his boxing class to see him between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the Sports Building. FRATERNITY ATHLETIC MANAGERS! Earl Riskey, director of intra- mural sports, will hold a meeting tonight starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Union with all fraternity ath- letic managers. He will discuss the spring intramural program for fraternities. Don't miss this con- ference! FENCERS! ON GUARD! All men interested in fencing are urged to attend a conference tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the Union with Earl Riskey, director of in- tramural sports. Riskey will out- line the fencing program and will discuss the possibilities of acti- vating an intramural fencing club. Aggies Favored Over Tarheels In NCAA Meet By The Associated Press NEW YORK, March 25--Boasting a 14-game winning streak and an overall season mark of 30 victories against two defeats, the Oklahoma Aggies are favored to whip North Carolina in their battle tomorrow night for the N.C.A.A. basketball. championship. A sellout crowd of more than 18,000 again will jam Madison Square Gar- den to watch the Cowboys and the Tarheels match wits and shooting skill in a grand climax to the 1946 collegiate cage campaign. The game is expected to start around 10:15 p.m. (EST) after' a preliminary struggle between Ohio State and California to decide third and fourth place in the annual tour- nament. Ohio State, Champion of the Big Ten, lost to North Carolina in the Eastern NCAA final while California, Pacific Coast Conference titleholder, went down before the Aggies in the western final Forrest "Butch" Jordan., outstand- ing Michigan tackle in 1939 and 1940, recently discharged from the armed forces has been appointed Assistant to line coach Jack Blott for the '46 grid campaign, it was learned yester- day. Jordan, a native of Allegan, Mich. is a former Big Ten heavyweight wrestling champion. He assisted Mat Coach Cliff Keen with the squad last season. Taking advantage of "Florida sun- shine" Coach Ray Fisher sent his baseball team through an intro-squad game which was marred by Don Rob- inson's pulling a muscle in his left leg. However it was learned that Rob- inson, who is slated to be the num- ber one shortstop on the squad this year, only will be out for about a! week and will be back in shape for! the first game of the season against! Wayne April 19. The hitters took a back seat in yes- terday afternoon's practice session as about 50 onlookers were treated to some mid-season hurling and a num- ber of fielding gems. Block Shines On Mound Earl Block, who worked fou' in- nings for the regulars, was the out- standing pitcher, yielding but two scratch singles and fanning seven during his stint on the mound. Cliff Wise who started on the mound for the regulars also hurled three in- nings of shutout baseball. The biggest scoring spree came in the first half of the third inning when the regulars bunched three hits and an error for four runs. The big- gest blow was a Texas League double by Robinson, which drove in three men across the plate. Wise had sin- gled deep to short and Bob Chappuis had singled to center following an error on Bob Nussbaumer's tap to third. One of the Fielding Gems One of the fielding gems of the day was Jim Brown's throwing Dom Tomasi out on a fast bounding ball over second base. Chappuis a little later'on robbed Jud Veer of a sure FOOTBALL CANDIDATES All football candidates report to the equipment room of the Field House any afternoon this week be- tween 2-5 p.m. to pick up equip- ment. Practice starts next week. It. O. Crisler triple when he made a leaping, one handed catch in deep left center. Chappuis, who is a catcher by trade, may be switched to the start- ing outfield combination of Jack Weisenberger and Bob Nussbalumer. Highlights - from the Sports World Ott Seeks Pitcher MIAMI, Fla., March 25 - (/P) - Pitching remains the big problem with the New York Giants after six weeks of spring training and Man- ager Mel Ott still is willing to go high in the market for a good start- er. Rumors around the Giants' camp have owner' Horace Stoneham dicker- ing with sever'al clubs in hopes of prying loose another starter to bolster the staff. The Giants are well supplied with excess talent, particularly in the catching department where the Car- dinals may need help. Walker Coop- er, Ernie Lombardi and Clyde Kluttz are all first string receivers. Cooper, 'the $175,000 purchase, would, of course, be out of the question but Kluttz could be had for the right kind of a deal. OUR MOST LOYA L FANS: Boak, Diamond Follow Thinclads; Relale Feats of Past Track Teams Baseball Scores Buffalo (I) Detroit (A) Toronto () Phila (A) Cleveland (A) New York (A) Phila. (N) Baltimore (I) 000 000 120 -3 000 000 112--4 000 000 000 000 -0 000 001-1 8 9 3 7 9 5 1 12 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 202 000 000 -4 000 001 000 -1 000 000 001--1 112 000 OOX-4 AROO-UND TH E CK WITH WPAG Bloth Recall Instates Of Surprising Upsets By ALYS GEORGE If you have ever been down to Yost Field House or the cinder paths of Ferry Field to watch the track team go through its daily workout, you probably have seen Prof. Arthur Boak and Mr. Phillip Diamond tim- ing the hopeful thinclads or giving the trackmen advice and encourage- ment. Prof. Boak, head of the history de- partment, and Mr. Diamond, who was a member of the German depart- ment for 16 years and now owns a music shop in Ann Arbor, extend their interest in track beyond being merely official timers at Michigan's home meets. Both have traveled with the thinclads whenever they were able, and are walking record books of the past Wolverine achievements, Diamond Led Band. While a student here at the Uni- versity, Mr. Diamond didn't compete in track but spent his extra time lead- ing the college band. During his un- dergraduate (lays at Queen's Uni- versity, Prof. Boak not only was a member of the track team but par- ticipated in other sports as well. Until a few years ago. Mr. Diamond published a 'dope' sheet on Big Ten track predictions, which was used by many papers. He was forced to dis- continue it because of the wartime freshman eligibility rule, which made forecasting an even more uncertain job than usual. Showing, the characteristics of the real track fan, both Prof. Boak and Mr. Diamond said that some of the most memorable events to their minds were not those in which some Continuous front 1 P.M. NOW , 1=== already recognized star won as ex- pected, but those in which an un- known came through with a second or third place. Although only placing in an event, these unheralded trackmen often do comparatively better than the estab- lished stars, considering their training and past performances. Back Recalls '38 Meet Prof. Boak recalls the Conference meet in 1938 held in Columbus, Ohio, in which Ross Faulkner took a second place in the 440, giving the Wolver- ines an unexpected four points. In the trial heats, Faulkner created a minor upset when he qualified, taking second place in his heat: He was conceded little chance to cop even fifth place in the finals because the field included such standouts as George Halcrow, the 1937 cham- pion, and Carl Teufel, the indoor champion. One Watson Didn't Win Diamond recalled an unusual story about Bill Watson, one of Michigan's greatest track stars. Oddly enough it is the story of an event which Wat- son didn't win, but his feat was re- markable nonetheless. This incident also took place at the Conference championships in 1938. Watson had already scored a triple for the second straight year, grab- bing first place in the discus throw, broad jump and breaking his own record in the shot put. As if this wasn't enough, Watson ambled over to see how the high jump was coming. H, hadn't prac- ticed for this event during the out- door season, but nevertheless he de- cided to compete. On his first jump he cleared the bar at 6 ft. 3 in., then 6 ft. 4 in. His third leap 6 ft. 5 in, was good enough to take third place. To make the achievement even more noteworthy, Watson's jump of 6 ft. 5 in. was at least two inches better than he'd ever done before. 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