WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 194 THE MICHIG AN DAILY .... a as . agar Via. a. t..'is. 1. . 1/iy.11J1 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. G.I. FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM For Information Call Thurston or Young 2-4508 - or - 25-7394 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 j A, 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) - 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 PRINTING PROGRAMS * CARDS * STA'rIONE HANDBILLS, ETC. Downtown: 308 NORT-1 MA ATHENS PRESS iver ake col- to ent xich uge uct- t of ef- the ar - five an- Orchids to Doherty Expressing appreciation to track coach Ken Doherty for his work in conducting the River Rouge High School Relays at the Field House Saturday, Principal II. M. Rosa sent the following letter to the Michigan coach: To Coach Kenneth .. Doherty and Staff: 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. and art-AV PUB-CRAWVL kWe FOR MEMBERS ONLY DANCING, EATING na nd and DRINKING iortly rican oston Veterans and Service Men may join at Thursday Meeting, tors. I'iu(=C&atwl, or by (.onnitacthog tiny /1,.C. Mewber4 FRIDAY APRIL 19 9-2 RY Smith Catering, 834 Greene St. IN /ldmission $1.00 Stag or Couple 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. St. Louis 100 000 000-1 Detroit 010 100 00x-2 Cleveland Nips White Sox, 1-O 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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