vaus air 5, cax " ,""THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE ' HILEI'. 15th Annual I-M Open House Draws 3,000 Fans --. SPRING IS HERE: Break in Weather Gives Nine Early Start in Outdoor Drills Shotput Record For Freshmen Set by Fonville Squad Preps for Stiff Corupetition at Purdue Varied Pro grain Pleases Sports Building Crowd Trampo AIrirol(ats Are By BERNIE MEISLIN For the second successive year, Michigan's baseball squad was out of Yost Field House and playing on the Ferry Field diamond on the record date of March 20th. Coach Ray Fisher lost no time in staging the first intra-squad game of the season. The newcomers were pitted against letterwinners from pre- vious seasons in a seven-inning con- test. Wise, Swanson Form Battery Opening on the mound for the old- timei-s was Cliff Wise. Elmer Swan- son operated behind the plate, Jack Tallet was on first, on the keystone sack was second year veteran Dominic Tomasi. Shortstop Don Robinson and Walt Kell at third rounded out the infield. In the outer gardens were Jack Weisenberger in left, Joe Sobo- leski in center and Bob Nussbaumer in right. Tallet, a transfer from Notre Dame, seems to be slated for service on the initial sack. Tomasi and Kell are holdovers from last year's champion- ship aggregate. Don Robinson played on the 1942 edition of the Wolverine nine. Following Wise on a mound was Bliss "Bo" Bowman. Both these men pitched well, limiting their opponents to but a few scattered blows. Ray Block pitched a creditable stint on CHAS. H OGA N'S BAGGAGE Phone 2-1721 TRUNKS, PARCELS Small Move Jobs INSURED the mound and was relieved in the seventh by Art Renner. Renner Yields Runs Renner was reached for a couple of runs, but the regulars were well in the lead at this point in the con- test. Standout performers for the regulars were Swanson, Robinson, Kell and Nussbaumer. Coach Fisher revealed that he plans to continue outdoor drills as long as weather permits and he intends to give every newcomer a chance to show what he's got. Crisler Favors Michigan State Big Tem.Entry Michigan's athletic director and head football coach, H. O. "Fritz" Crisler yesterday said that Michigan State would be an acceptable choice to replace the recently resigned Uni- versity of Chicago in the Western Conference. "Personally I'd just as soon see Michigan State College in the Big Ten. It would bring them under all Conference rules and regulations."' The Wolverine coach continued, "Offhand I cannot think of any ob- jection to Michigan State being ad- mitted. This is just speculation, but traditionally there has been some feeling that the Conference would be big enough with nine schools." Criser said that Michigan State's application for entry would probably be considered at the May meeting of the Big Ten Faculty Member Com- mittee. The University of Missouri and Pittsburgh are also interested in taking the place of Chicago which announced its resignation on March 8. By BILL MATNEY Another Yost Field House fresh- man record was erased from the of- ficial Michigan track ledger yester- day, as Charles Fonville heaved the sixteen pound weight 50 ft. % in., E thus becoming the only first'year man in Wolverine history to enter the elite group of 50 ft. putters Coach Ken Doherty was highly, pleased with last evening's perfor- mance by the Detroit youth, as he neared the end of preparations for this week's duel with Bill Bangert in the Purdue Relays. The match be-, tween these two giants of the shot: should be an interesting one, since' Fonville has been steadily improving while Bangert has remained at a t a v Transfer ____ ---- tl it JOHN JACOB N ILES Songs of the Southern Mountains Lydia Mendelssohn Theater ONE NIGHT ONLY ...All seats reserved Fri., Mar. 22, 8:30 P.M. - Admission 75c & 50c (plus tax) Telephone 6300 '11 l comparative standstill. Watson Won Watch Doherty was in a genial mood as he recounted a story involving Bill Watson, former frosh record holder in this event, and Charley Hoyt, ex- Wolverine cinder coach. It seemed that Hoyt, fervent in his desire to see a Michigan man break 50 ft. with the shot, promised a gold watch to the first man accomplishing this feat. "Watson won that promise in his sophomore year", recalled Doherty. "I never shall forget going up to the jewelers with Charley to pick out that watch. Now I gues we'll have to figure out something for Fonville, for this is definitely an excellent dis- play of athletic prowess". In the meantime, the remainder of the track squad continued to round out a week of strenuous training for the meet at Purdue. Doherty has en- tered 22 men in the contest, and as usual, expects another hair-raising battle from Illinois. 19 Illini Entered Coach Leo Johnson has entered 19 Illini, and is in hopes of lowering two of the existing records. The team is given a good chance to crack the 3:22.6 mark in the mile relay set last year by their teammates, and the Great Lakes 3:25.1 record in the sprint medley. However in the light of the time schedule of these two events. it is doubtful whether that Illinois can summon full strength for both races. There is only a lapse of twenty min- utes between these events, and bar- ring a supreme effort from Herb Mc- Kenley or Marce Gonzales, one of the two quartets would be weakened considerably. Highlights - from the Sports World Gordon Lost to Yanks ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 20 --QP1)-Joe Gordon, veteran second baseman, will be lost to the New York Yankees for the next four weeks and thus probably won't be in the lineup when the American League Pennant favorites open the season at Philadelphia, April 16. This was disclosed today after an X-ray examination of the middle fin- ger of Gordon's left hand which was spiked by rookie Bob Rhawn in a game yesterday with the St. Louis Cardinals. E xib ition Ba1