A THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE -_. D~sSEZ 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 t 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. v 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 R 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 (y 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 BEER VAULT Beer - Wine - Mixers - Keg Beer 10 to 10 Daily 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. Sat. 303 N. 5th Ave. Ph. 8200 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. I ---- I wear 'em here... wear 'em there... wear 'em09 Collegiate Baseball CHAS. 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