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o Cards, Tigers Favored
tour Yanks Seen Second in AL
By DES 10OWA WFI , Assoeiate Sports Editor
NEXT TUESDAY the 1946 baseball season will get underway in both the
American and National Leagues, and it's a forgone conclusion that John
Q. Public is going to see a better brand of ball than he has seen during our
war years. Going to the post as pre-race favorites are the New York Yankees
and the St. Louis Cardinals, with the latter team already rated as a virtual
shoo-in to cop the flag in the senior circuit.
Neither the World Champion Detroit Tiges nor the National League
winning Chicago Cubs are expected to repeat this year, but both aref
expected to be among the leading contenders by the general consensuse
of opinion.E
Personally, we re willing to go along with the experts as far as the Red-r
birds chances of running away with the bunting in Ford Frick's loop, butg
sentiment forces us to give the Tigers an edge over the Yanks in the junior
league despite the fact that the New Yorkers have the terrific trio of Di-n
Maggio, Henrich, and Keller in the outfield and one of the best infields ini
the business.s
Down on the banks of the Mississipi the situation is bright. The 1
Cardinals have a superb outer garden with Terry Moore, Stan Musial,n
and Enos Slaughter as the mainstays in addition to a couple of promis-t
ing rookies. Moore has the most feared arm in the league, and all threeV
have speed to burn. Musial and Slaughter are two of the National's
leading sluggers while Moore is not far behind when it comes to collect-
ing base hits.-
With Ray Sanders, Emil Verban, "Mr. Shortstop" Marty Marion, andv
"Whitey" Kurowski in the infield the Cards have the same combination thatp
won the World's championship in 1944, but Sanders, Verban, and Kurowskia
are being hard pressed to retain their jobs.
DICK SISLER may succeed Sanders at first and Verban has only an evenb
chance of getting the call over Lou Klein at the keystone sack. At thirdn
Kurowski is expected to stay which means Red Schoendienst will be used as -
both utility infielder and outfielder. On any other club the red-head would
be a cinch for a regular job. All b which gives an indication of the Cards
strength.
But it is the pitching staff that will mean a fourth pennant in five years
for the Missourians. Right-handers Freddy Martin and Charley Barrett, and
southpaws Harry Brecheen, Max Lanier and Howie Pollet give Manager
Eddie Dyer's charges a five man combination that will probably rack up at
least 80 victories. In addition the Redbirds will have Alpha Brazle, Johnny
Beazley, Ernie White and a host of others who should 'run the St. Louis
total to 100.e
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The Cubs should have no trouble in taking runner-up honors, buti
from there on down the standings in the race are apt to be pretty-well e
scrambled. The Windy City boys have a good outfield and a fine mound f
staff. However, the infield is weak in the middle. With Hank Borowy,
Hank Wyse, Claude Passeau, Hy Vandenberg, Ray Prim and Hi Bithorn c
the Chicago staff will be second only to that of the Cardinals. o
Manager Billy Southworth should be just what the doctor ordered up r
in Bean-Town and the Bostonians can be expected to climb to new hights f
this season-perhaps third place. The Daffy Dodgers from Brooklyn will g
round out the first division. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, and Cincin-B
nati will wind up in that approximate order, although there will be a bigt
battle between the last trio to keep out of the cellar.
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OVER IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE the Yanks lack pitching strength, 71
but the Bengals are weak in the infield. Marse Joe McCarthy's infield
and outer garden are unbeatable. Detroit's pickey line has four outfielders t
closely approaching the Yank's trio, although star rookie Hoot Evers will bea
out of the line-up until at least June. h
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In the hurling department the Bengals must be given the nod -l
with Hal Newhouser, 25 game winner last season, Virgil Trucks, Paul E
"Dizzy" Trout, and Al Benton forming the big four. The New Yorkers'
chief twirlers are Spud Chandler, "Red" Ruffing, and Ernie Bonham. R
Tom Yawkey's Red Sox, by virtue of a heavy hitting outfield and a pair s
of potential 20 game winners must be conceded the edge over the Cleveland
Indians, even with the latter's quartet of outstanding chuckers, Feller, Gro- t
mek, Embree, and Reynolds. t
Washington can be expected to make a strong fight to finish in the p
upper division and will give Cleveland a battle especially' with a corps ofa
hard-to-hit knuckelballers. St. Louis too may prove better than is now in-
dicated. Still it is hard to see the Browns climb above sixth place. Chicago
will finish far in front of the perpetual cellar-dwelling Athletics.
Nine Cops Th
Six-Run Blast in First Inning
Wins Game;Nassbaurner Stars
Bowman Hurls Three-Inning Shutout Ball;
Leg Injury Benches Robinson for Three Weeks
ird Straight
Win, 8-4
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By WALT KLEE
Jumping off to a 6-1 lead in the
first inning, Michigan's baseball team
coasted to an easy 8-4 victory over
Arthur's Clothes, Detroit amateur
nine, for its third straight practice
game win.
The triumph was tinged with a
note of regret, however, as it was
learned that Don Robinson, the man
slated to play regular shortstop for
the Wolverines, would be out of ac-
tion at least two weeks with a pulled
muscle in his right leg. He is cer-
tain to miss next week's opener.
Weisenberger Misses Game
Jack Weisenberger, regular center-
fielder on the baseball team, was
kept out of yesterday's practice tilt
with a sore leg, but is expected to
play in Friday's curtain-raiser
against Wayne.
Coach Ray Fisher used three pitch-
ers in the contest with Bliss Bowman
being the only one to hurl three in-
nings of shutout ball. Cliff Wise
Linksmen Face
final Cut as
Ppener Nears
After screening through the larg-
est turnout in Wolverine golf his-
ory, Coach Bill Barclay is entering
nto the last stages of making final
;elections for his 1946 varsity and
'rosh squads.
The golf mentor will make his last
cuts this week rounding out a squad
f ten varsity players and ten fresh-
men linksmen in preparation for the
irst match of the season with Michi-
gan State next Saturday.
Yesterday, on the University links,
Barclay watched his hopefuls go
hrough their paces with six potential
varsity members shooting in the high
70's.
Garrett DeVries shot a 77 to top
he linksmen's efforts for the day,
and Bill Courtright's 78 game gave
him a close second. Dune Noble, Bill
Ramsey, Ed Shallon, and Doug Beath
all turned in 79 rounds, with Pete
Elliott clubbing an 80.
Two of Barclay's freshmen golfers,
Roger Kessler and John Bennett both
shot 81.
The freshman tryouts will have
heir last chance to earn a place on
he squad today when Coach Barclay
puts his younger stalwarts through
another round on the greens.
was knicked for one run two hits and
a like number of errors in the first,
while Earl Block yielded three runs{
on three safeties and a pair of mis-
cues in the eighth.
The visitors drew first blood in'
the initial frame on successive sin-
gles by Art Mueller and Harry Lind-
bergh and a brace of errors, one a
muffed fly ball. Wise aided his own
cause in getting out of trouble by
picking a runner of second.
Kell Scores on Double Steal
Michigan came roaring back in its
half the first. Walt Kell started
things off with a base on balls. Bob
Nussbaumer sent him to third with
a single on a hit-and-run play. Kell
scored a moment later during a dou-
ble steal on which catcher Dave
Abramson threw the ball into center
field.
Jim Brown, playing at short in
place of Robinson drew a pass. Tom
Rosema struck out, but Paul Veith;
was safe when first baseman Casey
Lopata dropped the throw on an at-
tempted sacrifice Nussbaumer scoredI
in the excitement.
Veith was picked off first for the
second out of the inning, but Bob
Chappuis kept the rally alive by
walking. Three successive hits-sin-
gles by Domasi Tomasi and Wise and
a double by Swanson-produced four
more runs. Kell popped up to end
the inning.
Nussbaumer Stars at Bat
There was no more scoring until
the sixth inning, when Kell led off
with a single to left and stole second.
Nussbaumer came through with his
second hit of the day, a double to
center, to score Kell. Nussbaumer
stole third and scored on Abraham's
third wild heave error of the day as
Vieth started a double steal after
walking.
The visitors came back with three
runs in the eighth. Hal Kirizel
walked, and Mueller singled. Lind-
berghdfanned, but the Wolverine in- -
field came apart to produce three er-
rors, which, combined with a .one-
baser by Lopata, accounted for the
trio of tallies.
Third Straight!
Tigers Trounce
Cincinnati, 7-5
By The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 13--In
an exhibition baseball game con-
taining a flock of unusual twists,
including a triple play, the De-
troit Tigers today clipped the Cin-
cinnati Reds 7 to 5 in their final
pre-season tuneup against major
league opposition.
The victory was Detroit's third
in seven games with the Reds. the
16th against 16 defeats against big
league teams this spring and the
22nd against 17 loses against both
major and minor league opposi-
tion.
The Tigers executed today's
triple play in the eighth inning
after Cincinnati had filled the
bases with a single and two walks
off Hal White. Lonnie Frey bounc-
ed to second baseman Bill Hitch-
cock, who threw to shortstop
Eddie Lake to retire a man at se-
cond. When Lake threw to first
baseman Ed Mierkowicz to get
Frey, one runner scored, but Mier-
kowicz relayed the throw to Birdie
Tebbetts for the third out at the
plate.
Detroit's 12-hit assault on four
Cincinnati hurlers was highlighted
by a five-hit, five-run attack in
the sixth inning off Ed Heusser
in which Hitchcock knocked in
three runs with a lusty two-bagger.
Paul (Dizzy) Trout, who gave
only one hit and one run in his
three-inning pitching turn for the
Tigers, was succeeded by Frank
(Stubby) Overmire and the Reds
jammed four hits into the fifth
inning for three runs to take the
lead, 4-2.
Exhibition Baseball
Chicago (N) 6, Chicago (A) 3
New York (N) 9, Cleveland (A) 5
Boston (N) 7, Boston (A) 3
Washington (AL) 5, Baltimore (IL)
1
Philadelphia (A) 9, Philadelphia
(N) 0
Brooklyn (N) 3, New York (A)
2 (12 innings)
St. Louis (A 3, St. Louis (N) 2
Kansas City (AA) 4, Pittsburgh
(NL) 3
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Arthur Hill Recaptures
RiverRou geInvitational
Saginaw Arthur Hill won its second
River Rouge Relays title last night;
before a crowd of 2,500 in Yost Field
House, but barely shared the runner-'
up outfit from Saginaw Eastern, 37
3/10 to 352.
In the Class B, C, D division Rom-
ulus scored 2112 points to capture the
championship, while Allegan and
Ecorse staged a photo finish for the
second spot with 19 markers apiece.
Mile Record Broken
Allen Hasler of Milan achieved the
meet's outstanding performance
when he broke the mile record with a
blazing 4:41.5. The old standard of
4:42.3 was established by Kresbach
of Flint Central in 1942.
While Hasler's time was the only
record-breaking effort, several other
thinclads put on some good exhibi-
tions. Sam Schultz of Romulus, an-
other Class B squad, was the only
runner to capture two first places.
Schultz Outstanding
He began the evening with a spec-
tacular victory in the 65-yard high
hurdles, nosing out an excellent field
of timber-toppers at the tape in the
time of 8.6. Coming back a few min-
utes later, he raced to a triumph in
the 65-yard low hurdles in the ex-
cellent time of 7.8. The meet record
is 7.7.
One of the evening's highlights was
provided by a group of athletes from
the Michigan School of the Deaf.
Arlon Dennison was the spark-plug
of the outfit. In the Class B 440 yard
run he showed his heels to a classy
group of quarter-milers to win in
55 seconds flat.
Dennison came back to anchor his
team's 880 yard relay to a sensa-
tional victory in one of the Class B
heats. He grabbed the baton in third
place and twenty yards behind the
leading runner, passed the two men
on the back stretch, and raced to
victory with ten yards to spare.
The team standings in Class A:
Saginaw Arthur Hill, 37 3/10; Sagi-
naw Eastern, 35/,; Wyandotte, 29
2/10; Muskegon, 21; Flint Central,
2012; and Ann Arbor, 19. In Class
B, C. D the finals were: Romulus,
2112; Allegan and Ecorse, 19 (tie);
Alma and Ypsilanti, 17 3/7 (tie); and
Mount Pleasant, 16.
All students interested In trying
out for the Daily sports staff re-
port to the sports desk in the Pub-
lications Building at 4:15 p.m.
either Monday or Tuesday.
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