WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 194
THE MICHIG AN DAILY
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Detroit
Takes Opener by
Downing St.
Green berg Blasts Homer
To Provide WinningRun
Tigers Snap Seven-Year Jinx as Newhoiser
Shades Potter in Tight Six-Mli Pitching iiel
By The Associated Press
DETROIT, April 16-Hal Newhous-
er, Detroit's lefthanded pitching ace
chosen for two straight years as the
American League's most valuable
player, handcuffed the St. Louis
Browns on six scattered hits and
struck out eight men today as the
World Champion Tigers nipped the
Brownies 2 to 1.
It remained for Hank Greenberg,
however, to provide the throng of 52,
118 paid-an opening game record
crowd here-with its biggest thrill.
Greenberg's fourth inning homer, a
line drive into the left field seats
with nobody on base, accounted for
the winning run.
Hank Gives Repeat Performance
Hank's big wallop pinned the de-
feat on Nelson Potter, the St. Louis
hurler who served up the pitch last
September that Greenberg belted into
the stands to clinch the American
League flag for Detroit on the last
day of the season.
Potter matched Newhouser's six-
hitter today but Greenberg's big lick
was the difference. Hank also sent
center fielder Walt Judnich. chasing
back to the flag pole, 400 feet away,
to drag down his long fly in the sixth.
Newhouser found himself in a bad
Major League
Battle Opens;
Parks Packed
By The Associated Press
GI Joe marched home from the
wars to take charge of the Major
League baseball openers yesterday as
President -Truman and 236,730 other
fans thrilled to the exploits of such
eX-servcement ,as Bobby Feller, Spud
Chandler, .Joe. DiMaggio, Ted Wil-
liams and Hank Greenberg. ,
Yankees flefeat Athletics
Chandler whitewashed the Phila-
delphia Athletics with five safeties
before Shibe Park's largest opening
day throng in history, 37,472, and
DiMaggio cemented the 5-0 New York
Yankee victory with a 400-foot homer
after TommyHenrich walked in the
sixth.
President Truman threw out the
first ball in Washington before 30,372
and then the Boston Red Sox took
over 6-3. Teddy Williams smashed
one of the longest homers seen in
Griffith Stadium in 15 years, a 430-
foot smash to the centerfield bleach-
ers.
The National League champion
Chicago Cubs had to come from be-
hind to catch Cincinnati in the
ninth, 4-3. Four runs in the last
frame, gave Chicago the nod over the
team they beat 21 times' in 22 starts
last season.
Ott Homers For Giants
Mel Ott helped his team get off on
the right foot with his 511th National
League homer in the first inning of
an 8-4 win over the Phillies.
Two costly errors by rookie out-
fielder Gene Hermanski and short-
stop Pee Wee Reese cost Brooklyn a
ball game in Boston where Billy
'Southworth made his debut as Braves
manager with a 5-3 triumph.
The St. Louis Cardinals, odds-on
favorites to manhandle the rest of
the National League, fell before Pitts-
burgh, 6-4,withn14,009, the day's
smallest crowd, in the Sportsman'
Field stands.
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spot in the opening inning when
rookie Bob Dillinger walked and Joe
Grace and Glen McQuillen singled
to fill the bases for the Brownies be-
fore a man was retired. Walt Judnich
was called out on strikes, however,
and after Johnny Berardiino's fly
scored Dillinger, Mark Christman
ended the inning lifting a fly to Dick
Wakefield.
Browns Threaten in Ninth
Potter's second inning double and
catcher Frank Mancuso's fourth inn-
ing single were the only St. Louis hits
off Newhouser after that until Ber-
ardino and Christman singled in the
ninth. With the tying run on second,
Mancuso bounced into a double play
to end the game.
The Tiger's first run came in the
second inning when Wakefield walk-
ed, took third on Pat Mullin's single
over shortstop and scored after Pinky
Higgins' fly to Grace in right.
The defeat was St. Louis' first
opening day setback in 10 years and
DECIDING RUN-Hank Green-
berg's home run proved to be the
winning tally as the Tigers took
the Browns, 2-1 in the 1946 opener.
Coach Praises
MS Outfield
Spartans Open Season
Against Badger Squad
EAST LANSING, April 16-(RA)-
Baseball Coach John Kobs, of Michi-
gan State College, believes he has one
of the finest outfields in the college
game under cultivation in his outer
garden.
Directing final warm-up drills this
week before the Spartans open theirj
regular season Friday and Saturday
in a two-game series with the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, Kobs is still
undecided as to the starting combina-
tion for the opening game.
During the Spartans' recent south-
ern trip, during which they won nine
straight games, the outfield was com-
posed of freshman Bob Ludwig, of
Muskegon, in center field; Floyd
Guest, Royal Oak Senior, in right, and
George Rutenbar, former Detroit
Redford star, played airtight defen-
sive ball.
When the team returned home, Pat
Peppler, a member of State's basket-
ball team, caught Kobs' eye. A left-
handed batter, Peppler has shown
decided power at the plate in practice
sesions and has played equally well
defensively. With a career of profes-
sional baseball in mind, Peppler has
his eye on a starting berth on the
M.S.C. nine.
Kob's only solution to the problem
of having four good men on hand to
fill three positions is to rotate in the
outfield. "We'll probably use Lud-
wig and Guet, both right-handed hit-
ters, and one of the other boys when
a left-handed is pitching for the
other team," the Spartan coach said.
Maj*or League
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Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L GB
Chicago 1 0 1.000 ..
Pittsburgh 1 0 1.000 .
New York 1 0 1.000.
Boston 1 0 1.000.
Cincinnati 0 1 .000 1
St. Louis 0 1 .000 1
Brooklyn 0 1 .000 1
Philadelphia 3 1 .000 1
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3.
New York 8, Philadelphia 4.
Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 1.
Boston 5, Broklyn 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Michigan, Illini
Nines Hold Most
Big Ten Titles
Five Teams Domn ate
Seaogil COrnpeitiloi
Michigan's baseball team may be
one of the favorites to retain its Big
Ten crown, but from early game re-
ports Ilinois, Wisconsin and Iowa are
going to have a large say in the mat-
ter,
Michigan and Illinois hold a vir-
tual monopoly on the baseball title
since one or the other has annexed
top honors every season but three.
Last year the Wolverines went
through the schedule with a perfect
Conference slate of eight wins and
no losses.
Badgers Boast Iettermen
As the defending champions,
Michigan can expect to be hard
pressed to hold their present status
by the Wisconsin nine. The Badgers,
winding up in second place in 1945.
have eight returning letter winners
as a nucleus for this year's squad.
Pitcher Gene Jaroch appears to be
the mainstay of Coach Art "Dynie"
Mansfield's crop.
Winning five games and suffering
only one defeat at the hands of the
Wolverines, in '45 Jaroch showed his
reliability by striking out fifteen bat-
ters to shut out the University of Chi-
cago in the initial Conference tilt
last week. Since Thorton Kipper
stopped the Maroons cold in their
second tussle, Wisconsin now occupies
first place in the Big Ten standings.
Illinois can be expected to make a
real bid for high honors, even though
it placed only third last year. Re-
sponding to Coach Wally Roettger's
baseball notice were eleven letter-
men including those who played be-
fore entering service and those left
from the '45 outfit.
Trying to take his brother's place
in collegiate baseball is freshman
Bob Wakefield. From all reports
Wakefield has acquired the tecnique
of clouting the ball to far reaching
distances in a regular fashion. This
has made Roettger give him the nod
as cleanup batter, while his play
around the hot corner is good enough
to assure him a first string berth.
Indiana Loses Two To Reds
Indiana's mentor, Paul Harell, was
dealt a severe blow when he lost out-
fielder and All-American football
end. Ted Kluzewski, and pitcher Mike
Modak to the Cincinnati Reds. How-
ever the Hoosiers still can field a
strong defensive squad, featuring
basketballer Al Kralovansky on first
and Roy Kilby at second.
One of the most improved teams in
the Conference will be Iowa. Hawk-
eye strength can be found in a quartet
composed of Dom Thompson, Harry
Rinkema, Dunagan, and Faber who
played on the 1942 co-championship
nine.
1" Results
Last night's I-M results were:
Volleyball League
Chicago House 2, Prescott louse 1
Greene House 2, Lloyd House 1
Basketball scores at Willow Vil-
lage were:
Cougar League
Dorm 5C 31, Dorm 3C 24
Dorm 4B 16, Dorm 6B 14
Wildcat League
Dorm 6A 23, Dorm 5A 19 (Playoff
Tilt)
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The administration of the R
Rouge High School wishes to t
this opportunity through the(
umns of The Michigan Daily
thank you and your very effici
staff for the splendid way in wh
the Seventh Annual River Ro
Invitational Relays were condo
ed. This was the largest event
its kind in the Midwest, yet so
ficiently was it managed that
afternoon preliminaries of 850 )
ticipants concluded within
minutes of the time schedule;
nounced in the programs.
We should like to express
appreciation to the University
its Physical Education Del
ment.
Yours very sincerely,
H. M. Rosa
Principal, River Rouge
High School
Myatt 1i i res An]
Before Open i ng i
WASHINGTON, April 16-
A preliminary examination indi
that George Myatt, Washingtor
fielder, fractured an ankle sh
before today's opening Ame
League game between the B
Red Sox and Washington Senal
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Baseball Squad Drills for Opener;
Probable Starting Line-up Tested
It was "Opening Day" for most of Jack Weisenburger and Don Ro-
the nation yesterday, but it was .jut binson, injured regulars, took part
another day of practi i tc totMlihi- min yt'sterday's session, both taking
gan's baseball team as Coach Raytti unsa hultevu ete
Fisher put his squad through exten-jtheir turns at the plate. but neither
sive hitting and fielding drills in pre- Was able as yet to run. There is still
paration for Friday's season opener a possibility that Weisenburger may
against Wayne. be able to start in the opener.
Instead of tapering off after Mon- Since Robinson's injury, Jimmy
day's practice battle with Michigan Brown has been filling in at short,
Normal, Fisher tested his probable and Bowman at Weisenburger's va-
starting line-up against the pitching cant outfield post in the varsity line-
of Earl Block and Bliss Bowman. up.
After about seven innings of hit- Fisher has not decided on the start-
ting practice, the regulars took the ing pitcher for the Wayne contest,
field. Fisher then sent "Bo" Bogart but he has indicated that either
in to pitch with instructions to let Block, the big Marine right hander,
the recruits hit. The barrage of base or Bowman, will get the call.
hits that followed kept the varsity If Block starts, Bowman may take
fielders on the move. over the left field post.
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WINNING PITCHER-Hal New-
houser won his first ball game of
the season as he held the St. Louis
nine to six hits.
Detroit broke a famine that had de-
prived the Tigers of a victorious start
since 1939.
The eight strikeouts of Newhouser's
included McQuillen and Christman
twice. Potter fanned four Tigers,
getting Mullin twice, Pat and Eddie
Mayo were the only players on either
club to hit safely twice.
Manager Steve O'Neill, of the Tig-
ers, nominated Virgil (Fireball)
Trucks to pitch the second game
of the three-game series tomorrow,
opposing either Denny Galehouse or
Tex Shirley of the Browns.
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CHICAGO, April 16--OP)-Bobby
Feller bested bespectacled Bill Diet-
rich in a brilliant pitching duel as
the Cleveland Indians nipped the
Chicago White Sox, 1-0, in an Ameni-
can League opener witnessed by 20,-
106 chilled fans at Comiskey Park
today.
Feller, who hurled an unprecedent-
ed opening day no-hitter exactly six
years ago, yielded three hits and
struck out 10, but needed a belly-flop
catch by centerfielder Bob Lemon in
the ninth to clinch the victory.
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TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Detroit 2, St. Louis 1.
Cleveland 1, Chicago 0.
Boston 6, Washington 3.
New York 5, Philadelphia 0.
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