TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1946 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sport Critic Cries for O'Neil's Scalp as Tigers Hit By CLARK BAKER Daily Sports Editor Sports writers who ventured out on that old sagging limb a short six weeks ago with their sage observations that the Detroit Tigers and the Newf York Yankees would battle it out for the American League pennant are now wondering what has happened to the Tigers. Never a good cold-weather club, the Auto City lads have looked par- ticularly inel t this spring. At the moment the Detroiters are staggering around like blind mice trying to keep over the .500 mark. Most scribes> have diagnosed the case as spring fever and are eagerly waiting for theQ Bengals to snap out of it. Fully aware that we do not qualify as doctors, we, however, would like to propose another cure for the ailing Tigers; namely, a change of managers." It just happens that there is a good head man free at the moment. He's Jim- my Dykes, late of the Chicago White Sox. The pot is made to order. Detroit has a good outfit, something that Jimmy never had to worry about at° Chicago.f And Dykes is a first class manager as any American league fan will O'NEILL ... Questioned Thinclads 'Defeat by Ohio State Dims Chances for Big Ten Runner-Up Spot swear. His clubs never made the headlines and never walked off with a flag but no Chisox fan will deny that the fiery manager did about all that was possible and a little more with his bunch of Chicago have-nots. It's not that we don't like Steve O'Neill or that we're trying to second guess the Tigers plight. Stout Steve is just a year behind times. The war ended in 1945 and the American League has changed a lot since the Tigers skidded into the pennant last fall. How many Tiger fans can remember back to the days of Joe Mc- Carthy's great world championship Yankee teams and how even in those days the Tigers used to break even with the Bronx Bombers. Last week the 1946 Yankees in the throes of a batting slump were virtually handed a two-game series by the Tigers. Detroit lost the opener 5-3 literally running into that now-famous triple play which will probably go into baseball history as a "freak" play. Frank Shellenback was coaching on third base for the Tigers but Wolverine fans were reminded of a double play with O'Neill at third in the Michigan-Tiger game two days before. But the Tiger:, didn't give up. In the ninth they had two men on base with one out and pitcher Dizzy Trout slated to bat. O'Neill who has had pinch-hitters on the brain all year suddenly decided to out-mastermind the Yankees. lie let Trout hat for himself. The rest is history'. Detroit failed to score and lost the first game to the Yanks. With virtually his whole staff to pick from for the second game of the series, O'Neill decided on Stubby Overmire, saving his ace, Hal Newhouser, for a night game against the weak-hitting Chicago White Sox the next day. Stubby didn't last long, nor did reliefers Virgil Trucks, Hal White and Tom- my Bridges. In our book O'Neill should have used Newhouser against the Yanks saving Trucks for the night game. Trucks is a fast-ball pitcher who should do well under the arcs. But O'Neill elected to send the fireballer in against the Yanks under the beaming sun and the New Yorkers were duly appreciative. Trucks made about four pitches, saw two balls sail into -the stands and four runs cross the plate. Sports writers took great pains to point out "Bill Dickey's managerial errors in his first contest as Yankee pilot Saturday. For six weeks now they have completely ignored the same boners being pulled off by Detroit's Steve O'Neill. The Auto City fans have been giving their team a lot of support this spring. They don't deserve such a lousy deal. Val Johnson's Performance Stands Out in Loss;' Coplin, Barten, Ed Johnson Also Draw Praise Not only did Michigan's thinclads take a heavy dousing from the wea- ther last Saturday in absorbing a 67-55 lacing from Ohio State, but their chances of taking second place in the Big Ten championships this *eeek-end were also consideraby dampened. The bright spot of the day was Val Johnson's fine showing in the sprints. Johnson upset locker-room dope by defeating Ohio's Carl Bay- nard in the 100 and 220, in the smart times of 10.0 and 22.0. Coplin Comes Through Next to the sprinter's efforts, Hack Coplin's pole-vaulting drew praise from Coach Ken Doherty. The tall, drawling transfer from Oklahoma Baptist College is listed on the track roster as a hurdler. Although he had done no vaulting since early in the winter, Doherty needed a vaul- ter Saturday-and Coplin answered the call admirably. Hi§ 12 ft. 6 in. jump was good enough to take second to Ohio's jack-of-all-events, Lloyd Duff. Buckeye Duff would have done the Wolverines a great favor by staying i a in Columbus Saturday. His 18 points was a good deal more than the dif- t ference between the two teams. He tossed a lot of mud in the Maize and Blue eye-and there was quite a lot available-by winning three events and placing second in another. Barten Equals Ufers Mark The two best races of the afternoon from the spectator standpoint were the half-mile and the two mile. Herb Barten, ten yards behind Ohio's Mal- yin Whitfield going into the last turn of the 880, came on to win by inches in the brilliant time of 1:56.5. This mark tied the freshman record of , Bob Ufer, and gave Barten his fourth record of the year. In the longer distance, Don Wash- ington of Ohio out-lasted Ed John- Sson to take the event, but only after a healthy struggle over the entire route. The lead changed hands three times in the last half mile and John- son came into the home stretch in the lead. Washington powered his way up to the Michigan thinclad, and as the latter tired after sprinting the whole last quarter, the Buckeye hit the tape first. Johnson's perform- ance was, however, his best of the season. Netters Prepare For Big Ten Tilt Michigan's tennis squad went through a stiff practice session yes- terday as they prepared to climax the 1946 tennis campaign in the Big Ten Conference Championships be- ginning Thursday at Evanston. The practice period was spent in improving some of the players' weak shots, now that the final singles' line- up has been settled. Both Bill Miku- lich and Jim Evans are working on a stronger forehand, while Jack Hersh is attempting to get his overhead game back into form. Wellington To Be Ready The ankle injury contracted in the Minnesota match by Fred Welling- ton, the Wolverine third singles' man, handicapped him again while play- ing on the Irish asphalt courts, but he expects to be in shape by the time the team leaves Wednesday., Another injury-ridden player is Hal Cook, whose chances in the Con- ference were narrowed when he wrenched his back in the Kalamazoo contest. Cook is undergoing treat- ment is also expected back for the Big Ten Meet. Against Notre Dame, Cook drop- ped the first four games to his op- ponent, then put on a terrific spree and took the next seven to win the first set and make a good start in the second. He gave Michigan a big point by winning 6-4, 7-5. Weir Praises Mikulich In commenting on the 5-4 Satur- day win, Coach Weir gave special praise to Mikulich, seeded second, who after winning the first set 6-4, and trailing by four games in the second, finally broke through and won five straight games to take the set and match. Weir is still undecided as to which doubles' combinations he should take to Evanston, and remarkec that he is tempted to gamble on some other line-up. The usual duos consist of Hersh-Evans, Mikulich - Wellington, and McClusky-Schoelaub. Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Crisler Leaves For Big Ten SpringParley H. 0. (Fritz) Crisler will leave Ann Arbor today for the spring meeting of the Western Conference athletic di- rectors and football coaches this week at Clampaign, I1i. An Associated Press dispatch from Pittsburgh stated that the. University of Pittsburgh will be represented at the meetings by Athletic Director Jim Hagen and football Coach Wes-~ ley Fesler. ,ccording to earlier re- ports Pitt's athletic officials had denied making "formal application" for membership in the Big Ten. A meeting of the Conference facul- ty representatives later this week will act on the University of Chicago's withdrawal and consider applications for membership. Michigan State and Pitt are the two most prominently mentioned candidates for admission to the Conference. The coaches and directors will con- sider the 1947 and 1948 football schedules as the main item on their, agenda. Crisler indicated that there might be changes made in the war- time regulations which have been in effect for three years. Baseball's Big Six Badgers Take Big As Rain Prevents Ten Title with 9-2 Record Four Wolverine Contests Wisconsin, Bad Weather Combine To Tumble 'Michigan Nine from Conference Baseball Race By WALT KLEE Rain made its appearance for the fourth straight week-end and washed out the two game series between the Michigan and Purdue baseball teams while Wisconsin was victorious in a pair of games with Northwestern to clinch their first Big Ten title in 16 years. It was a bitter pill for the Wolver- ines to swallow, because it was the rain that had forced cancellation of four games and the playing of two twin bills that contributed the most to the dethroning of the Wolverines from the title they had held for two years. Badgers Cop Crown Wisconsin's Conference record shows a record of nine wins against just two losses, while in non-Big Ten games the Badgers have been beaten three times by teams that the Maize and Blue have defeated. Two victories over Chicago, North- western, Purdue and single victories over Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State far surpass the two defeats suffered at the hands of the Gophers and Buckeyes. Michigan State overwhlxped the Big Ten Champions in a two game series by the lop-sided scores of 11-2 and 12-2 before falling before Ray Fisher's team by the score of 4-2. Western Michigan took the measure of the Badgers 7-3 before they lost to the Wolverine nine. Jaroch Tops Hurlers Yet against Conference foes the Badgersweresalmost unbeatable, and with a break from the weatherman that Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana did not get, came out on top. Gene Jaroch, number one hurler on the Wisconsin team, is due much of the credit for his team's record. The right-handed pitcher won all six of his starts, allowing a fraction over a single earned run per game and an average of five hits to become one of the most effective pitchers in the history of the Conference. With one more week of scheduled games remaining on the Big Ten slate only two positions are clinched, that of the first place Badgers and the last place Chicago Maroons who fail- ed to win a single game in their 10 game schedule. The Wolverines will meet Ohio State in two games here this week- end in a series that will determine whether they will finish second place or in sixth place. At present Michigan is tied for second with Illinois and Iowa with a .667 average. 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