~SATURtDAY, AR~tCh 23, 194(; THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thinclads Ru Illinois, Irish OfferMain Challenge to Wolverines IMihigan Two-Mile Relay Team 1tavoredI; 1.o1 ville Figured To Push Purdue's Ilangert in in Purdue Relays Tigers Beat Yanks, 9-6; Other Scores Reported By BILL MATNEY Michigan's 24-man track squad will enter the Fourth Annual Purdue Re- lay championships today-in a dual role-that of defending champion and as underdog to Illinois, newly- crowned Conference champion. The Wolverines will be favored to capture their specialty, the two mile relay and are conceded a good chance of copping the sprint medley race. Coach Ken Doherty has entered Chuck Low, Archie Parsons, IHerb Barten, and Bob Thomason, in that order in the two mile contest, while he will rely on Hugh Short, Val Johnson, Jim Pierce, and Barten to take the Sprint Medley. In entering Short in this event, he consciously weak- ened the mile relay quartet, per- 11 SwImmers To Compete in NCAA Meet Michigan's swimmers will send an 11-man squad to New Haven next weekend to compete in the ann~ual NCAA tank meet at Yale's Whitney Gymnasium pool. In his 20 years at Michigan Coach Matt Mann has never finished lower than second in the National meet and it is this record that the Wolverine mentor will be out to retain. Ohio State will rule as a top heavy fa- vorite to keep its 1945 honors. The Wolverine natators whom Mann will take to New Haven are Charley Fries, Dick Weinberg, Matt Mann, III, Neville Adams, Charley Moss, Bob Sohl, Captain Heini Kes- sler, Bob Matters, Alex Canja, Gil Evans and Ralph Trimborn. Chuck Barnes, Jerry Sullivan and Tommy O'Neill may also make the trip. In preparation for the NCAA competition Mann will have six swimmers in the Indianapolis Divi- sional NCAA meet today and tomor- row. Mann, III, and Adams will com- pete in 500 and 1000-yard events for the Maize and Blue. Matters and Willard Metcalf will probably swim in the 220-yard back- stroke races with Alex Canja, Gil Evans and Ralph Trimborn entered in the 3-meter diving event. 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 sonnel of that group reading John- son, Bill Haidler, Pierce and Hor- ace Coleman. Notre Dame is expected to offer strong opposition to the Wolverines' distance medley team of Thomason, Coleman,.Ross and Bob Hume. The! Irish will enter Bill Leonard, Ed Tulley, Fred Jones, and a fourth man to be named later. The high jump will see the top' leapers in the Midwest in action. De- fending his crown and the Relays record will be Ken Wiesner, of Mar- quette, who cleared 6 ft. 6 3/8 in. last year. Bob Harris of the Wolverines will also find stiff competition in Ed Taylor of Western Michigan, and Dick Kilpatrick of Purdue. Ted Jud- son will also compete for the Maize and Blue in this event. Fonville Improves After exploding a 50 ft. heave in practice this week, Chuck Fonville is expected to push Purdue's Bill Ban- gert to at least 52 ft. in the shot put. Teaming with the frosh star will be George Ostroot, who has tossed the shot consistently all season. Jack Martin, former Big Ten champ in the low hurdles, and John Larson will compete for the Wolver- ines in the hurdles. Illinois' George Walker is expected to record his fifth straight victory in this event. Lou Fintell will round out the Michigan contestants, by seeking to upset Northwestern's Billy Moore and Phelps of Illinois, who hold the meet record at 13 ft. 7 7/8 in. In the light of their performance in winning the Conference mile relay crown, the Illini. combo of Buster, Rehberg, Gonzales, and McKenley, is favored to lower the existing stand- ard of 3:22 in this event. South Carolinta Bows L'tOMSC COLUMBIA, S.C., Mar. 22-(/")- Michigan State's baseball team won tis third straight victory today, de- feating University of South Carolina 9 to 4 in the first of a two game ser- ies. Right hander Bill Page of Muske- gon went the distance for the Spar - tans, limiting the Gamecocks to se- ven hits while fanning five and walk- ing six. Page is the third Michigan State pitcher to go the route in the three day old Southern training trip. I Outfielders Jack Breslin, Floyd Guest and Bob Ludwig each poled a triple to feature the Spartan attack which scored a single marker in the fourth and put the game away in the next inning with a four run splurge. I- WOLVERINE CINDERMAN-Bob Thomason will run the anchor leg of the two mile relay in the Pur- due Relays to be held at Lafayette, Ind., today. Davey Nelson New Assistant Baseball Coach Won Three Baseball, Two Football Letters By WALT KLEE The familiar figure to many of the veterans who will be watching their first Michigan baseball games in several seasons will be Davey Nelson, former star outfielder and present assistant coach on this year's nine. Nelson, who was known as "Little Davey" during his playing days in 1940. '41 and '42 because of his di- minutive size, is completing his work on a Masters Degree in Physical Edu- cation Administration before going into his recently acquired post as athletic director and head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Hillsdale College. Nelson Earned Three Letters In three years as an undergrad- uate, Nelson earned three letters for his play on Coach Ray Fisher's base- ball teams, and two for football, where he understudied the great Tom Harmon at. the running back position. Nelson also tried to make the bas- ketball team but fell short because of his lack of height. The fleetfooted athlete was known primarily for his defensive play in the centerfield position, where he constantly brought cheers from the crowd for seemingly impossible put- outs. Overshadowed By Other Stars Yet the little centerfielder always exhibited considerable prowess at the plate, hitting above the .300 mark in his last two seasons. He had the misfortune to have to yield much of the publicity given to Michigan bat- ters to such stars as Dick Wakefield, who went from the Michigan team to the Tigers, and Bud Chamberlain, Don Robinson, Bill Steppon, and Mike Sofiak. Nelson led off the Michigan bat- timn attack most of the time during his last two years, scoring more than 30 runs a season. His speed on the bases was always an invaluable as- set to the Wolverine nine. Nelson Served In War .During the war, Nelson has served with distinction in the Aleutians and on the Yorktown. After spending 17 months in the Islands at the begin- ning of the war, the Navy sent Nelson to the Glennview, Illinois Air Base where he became a photo-intelligence officer. Then began his service of almost a year on the famous aircraft car- rier which participated in the initial carrier strike at Tokio last Feb. 16. and supported our landings on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Nelson's ship end- ed the war at the mouth of Tokio Bay where it had been engaged in the everyday onslaughts on the Ja- panese homeland. On next Sept. 1, Nelson will take up the job which he credits his ex- periences here at the University mak- ng possible. "Hillsdale is a small school with less than 200 boys, but it has the best athletic plant in its conference, and I am eagerly looking forward to taking my new position." Continuous from 1 P.M. XNABMXM~STflW Last Times Ioday "ONE WAY TO LOVE" Coming Sunday MASTERPIECE Or SUSPENSE! STRI KE TVo) By WALT KLEE Daily Sports Staff EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of eight eolumns writteni by Daily sports staflf members covering the baseball teams of the American League and their pennant chances for 1946. Q NE of the four teams currently being mentioned as the pennant winners in the Junior Circuit this year is Tom Yawkey's Boston Red Sox. The Hub City nine may finally cash in on the money their owner has been doling out in an effort to bring the flag to the New England city. Manager Joe Cronin wll have one of the best keystone combinations in either league this year in Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky, two more than capable outfielders in Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio, and what may be the best pitching staff in the majors. His only two holes are the third man in the outfield and third base. Doerr, in the four seasons he played second baseman in Beantown, earned the reputation of the best second baseman in the big time. Detroit fans and Yankee followers will take violent exception to 4 this, but the fact remains that Doerr had the highest percentage in the field the last two years he played. The second sacker also was known for his work with the bat, hitting over .300 consistently. Pesky, in the brief time before he went into service, was coming up fast both as a fielder and a hitter. Rudy York will add power with his booming bat, although if George Metkovitch comes through in the manner he has during spring training the former Detroiter may find himself relegated to the role of a pinch hitter. The third base spot is an open race between Ernie Andres, a youngster who came out of service with quite a reputation, and last year's incumbent Jack Tobin. Should Andres develop into an outstanding star Cronin may field the hardest hitting and best fielding infield in the league. WILLIAMS, American League batting champion in his last year of compe- tition, is assured of his old post. DiMaggio, one of the best fielding pic- ketmen in the big time, will again take his post in the center of the garden. DiMaggio has always lived under the star built by his brother Joe, yet any Sox fan will stand up for the Boston member of the DiMaggio family. Dom has consistently hit over .300 and is one of the best leadoff men in the business. Johnny Lazor, a strictly wartime product, will be battling for his right field post with Andy Gilbert and Tommy MacBride, neither of whom have had any major league experience. MacBride came up from Louisville at the end of last season and looked impressive. Cronin has two capable catchers in Hal Wagner and Johnny Peacock. Both are fine receivers but Wagner is the strongest with the bat and prob- ably will be the number one backstop. But the answer to the question will be found in the pitching staff. Tex Hughson, who won 19 games in 1943 before going into service, was on of the leading pitchers of the day, on a mediocre ball club. Experts say that Hughson is a sure 20-game winner this season, and may. bring up to 25 victories into the Boston camp. The number two hurler will be last seanson's outstanding rookie Dave Ferris, whose 21-10 record was the best on his club. Ferris gave indications of becoming one of the great pitchers in the national pas- time. F Rounding out the starting five will be Mickey Harris, Jim Bagby, and Joe Dobson. Earl Johnson, Bill Butland and Randy Heflin will do the ma- jority of the relief hurling. Harris was one of the most erratic pitchers be- fore he left the game during the war. Bagby was an on and off pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, while Dobson is an unknown quantity. Should the pitching staff live up to expectation, and the two holes be filled with stars, Yawkey may see the 1946 World Series played in Fenway Park. At any rate the Red Sox are a certain first division club that will have much to say in the final league standings. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 22-P-New York's Yankees were battered into defeat for the fourth straight day, losing today's contest to the Detroit Tigers, 9 to 6. Eddie Lake, Doe Cramer, Ned Har- ris, and Bob Swift of the Tigers slap- ped out homers, three of them com- ing at the expense of rookie pitcher Randy Gumpert. Gumpert was on the mound for six innings. Big Al Benton was the victim of the Yank slugging and was touched for a pair of homers by Joe Di Mag- gio and another by King Kong Kel- ler. Cle veland Is Beaten! Cleveland (A) 020 000 200 - 4 9 2 Boston (A) 302 001 14X-11 10 1 Krakauskas, Gromek (4), Eisenstadt (8) and Hayes, Hegan (6); Hughson, Johnson (7) and Wagner, Pytlak (7). Cards, Reds Split St. Louis 100 000 020-3 Cincinnati 100 000 100-2 Beazley, White (5), Burkhardt and Rice; Howell, Bowman (5), Lamanno. St. Louis (NL) 200 000 002-4 Cincinnati (NL) 001 000 004-5 Surkont, Donelly (6), Schmidt and Wilbur; Shoun, Gumbert Warren and Scheffel. New Yorkers Win Philadel. (N) 100 000 001 -2 8 4 New York (N) 020 010 00X-3 8 1 Raffensberger, Ripple (6) & Semin- ick 7zR. Fischer, Carpenter (7) & Klutzz. SUNDAY and MONDAY ______________ Final Showing "PARIS UNDERGROUND" MICHIGAN NOW PLAYING. - Pngerou 4dventure. POICK 1 1J ' + r 31 Wrestlers Gain Semi-Finals In NCAA Meet 'special to The Daily, STILLWATER, Okla., March 22- Three Michigan wrestlers entered the semi-finals of the NCAA mat tour- nament here tonight as Oklahoma A & M, defending its title, led the field with six qualifiers. Captain Bill Courtright at 155 pounds for the Maize and Blue showed therway for his mates by pin- ning Ken Marlin of Illinois in 4:50. It was the fifth straight victory by falls for Courtright who took the Big Ten 155-pound title in four pins. Wayne Smith decisioned Gordon Fleiger of Colorado State College, 17-9, to enter the semi-finals of the 136-pound class. The other Wolver- ine semi-finalist was Dick Kopel at 121 pounds who drew a first round bye. Oklahoma Aggies led the qualifers followed by Iowa Teachers, Michigan State and Indiana, four men each; ad Michigan and Illinois with three men each. Held Your Bonds Sports Notices There will be a meeting March 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Union of all fraternity athletic managers. Earl Riskey, director of Intramural ath- letics, will discuss the spring inter- fraternity sports program. Don't miss this conference! All men interested in participat- ing in intramural fencing are urged to attend a conference at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 in the Union with Earl Riskey, di- rector of intiamural athletics. - * Bill Barclay announces that the U of M golf course is opening today (Saturday, March 23) to students, faculty, alumni and guests. Students must present identification cards. CHAS. HOGN'SBAGGAGE Phone 2-1 721 TIRUNKS, PARCELS Small Move Jobs INSURED The delicious food at the MAY- FLOWER RESTAURANT. For meals that really hit the spot, come in some time. VIM I I STORE UP ENERGY for a Healthy Start FOOD frrn .. - ' - w,. ". " " . ". ; , : " w '**ยข t 8o ARE the wonderful meals served at the, SUGAR BOWL. Make res- ervations early for dinner. Best of everything! A A , li-oavert y urca'si int~o I I 1i