WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1947 THE AMICHIGAN DAIIA PAGE THRIEE . Chi Psi Five Advances in IM Play-offs Goosers Tie for First Place with Phys. Eds By BEV BUSSEY A smaller, but fiery Chi Psi quintet outplayed Sigma Chi, 30-21, last night to advance to the next round of the championship play-offs in the Intramural fra- ternity tourney. Chi Psi gained control of both backboards throughout the game and scored most of their field' goals on rebounds. The scoring percentage of both teams sagged' as the ball bounced continuously off the rims and hurried shots caromed wildly off the back- boards. Although the referees were in a charitable mood, Sigma Chi S only made three out of fourteen free throws, while Chi Psi sunk four out of seventeen attempts. McKay High Scorer First half play was very close with Chi Psi pulling into a 10-7 lead. Lanky Bill McKay, top pointmaker with 16, started a scoring barrage in the third quar- ter. He hit with a short one which was counteracted by Newell Wright's basket for Sigma Chi. McKay then followed with three baskets and a charity toss to run the lead up to 20-9 at the end of the third period. S.A.M. Advances S.A.M. defeated Pi Lambda Phi, 15-13, to move up in the second place teams' championship play- koffs., A three-way knot was loosened into a two team tie for the title of the second independent league as the Goosers routed the Foul Balls, 29-21, and earned the right to meet the Phys. Ed. quintet Thursday. At halftime the Goosers held a one point lead, but Don Kane, a fast breaking artist, connected for .eght points on short shots in the last period to salt the game away for the winners. Kane amassed twelve markers, all on baskets, to gain top scoring honors with Len Spandorfer of the Goosers netting nine. Play-offs for All Places As in the past, the basketball tournament play-offs will be run on a divisional basis. The teams finishing second, third, fourth, fifth; and sixth will meet in a sin- gle game elimination series for the championship of that place in the standings. Points for the different title winners will be awarded on a graduated scale from the first di- vjpion down to the sixth. This system holds true for the four independent leagues as well as the residence halls circuits w1 ich have one moae round to go before their regular campaign is completed. Pirates Clout A's, 6-2 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 11 -(P)- Pittsburgh's re- juvenated Pirates shelled Bob Savage for five runs in two in- nings today and went on to cap- ture a 6-2 decision from the Phila- delphia Athletics. Netters Open Friday; Hurlers Flock to Nine ennitis Team Faces Kalamazoo College rHurler Cliff Wise Only Sure Starter After nearly a week of playoff matches, Coach Bob Dixon has announced a tentative starting singles lineup for Michigan's in- door tennis match with Kalama- zoo College on Friday afternoon. In a match for the number one singles position Andy Paton took over the top berth from Fred Otto, with a 6-4, 7-5 win. Otto will face the Kalamazoo number two man, while team captain, Bill Mikulich will play in number three. Dean McClusky successfully defended his number four rank- ing by winning from Fred Zie- man, 6-0, 6-2. Zieman is still in number five by virtue of a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Mickey Dayton. Hal Cook, number six on last year's squad, moved back into his old position when he squeezed past Dayton, 9-7, 6-4, to nail down the last starting berth. The Kalamazoo match will provide Dixon's squad with its only outside competition before the beginning of the southern tour of April 4. Big League Roundup Giants Stop Indians, 8-3 TUCSON, Ariz., March 11 -_W) -In a costly exhibition game in which two players were injured, the New York Giants defeated theJ Cleveland Indians. 8-3, today to even the rivals' spring series at 2-2. Right fielder Hank Edwards, the Tribe's leading hitter, dislo- cated a bone in his right arm in the third inning when he fell try- ing to catch a pop fly. Larry Jansen, promising rookie hurler of the Giants, was hospital- ized with a possible skull fracture when struck by a line drive from Bob Feller's bat in the second inning. Braves Bow to Browns FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-(/P) -A home run by Jerry Witte in the fourth inning proved to be the victory margin today as the St. Louis Browns defeated the Boston Braves 4-3 in an exhibition game. The Braves scored single runs in the third, eighth and ninth inn- ings while the Brownies added two in the seventh and one in the eighth. Reds Stop Bo-Sox, 5-3 SARASOTA, Fla., March 11- (/P)-Holding the Red Sox to two hits, the Cincinnati Reds today whipped the American League champions 5-3 in an exhibition game. Ted Williams was held hitless by the Reds who used the "tan- dem to the right" defense against the American League slugger. Since the beginning of Decem- ber, 22 hopeful hurlers have been working out under the tutelage of Coach Ray Fisher and Assistant Athletic Director Ernie McCoy ev- ery afternoon in Yost Field House. The pitchers, with a three month start on the hitters, have been throwing their offerings to the infield and outfield prospects' for over a week in the batting' cages rigged up in the south end of the Field House. With the opening game of the season and the southern tour three weeks away Coach Fisher is sure of but one starter, Cliff Wise, for the initial tilt with the University of Maryland, April 4. Recently elected captain of this year's team, Wise was the top twirler of the 1946 campaign. He won seven games and didn't suf- fer a loss to lead the Maize and Blue to second place in the West- ern Conference last spring. One of the most promising re-, cruits is freshman Bob Fancett, who has shown great possibilities but still has a lot to learn ac- cording to Fisher. Dick Bodycombe and John Swainbank have had sore arms and have been trying to work them out during the past few weeks. Bodycombe has done some pitching for Michigan before and is a proficient hitter. The rest of the hurling corps is a question mark, and there will be wide open races for the top mound positions from the other candi- dates. One Wolverine To Another .. . They say you learn some- thing new every day. This is particularly true in the case of Pvt. Al Wahl, freshman tackle and shot-put artist at Michigan in 1945, now stationedr at Camp Kilmer, N.J. Al is busy acquiring those valuable point- ers on the art of wrestling in his spare time. The instructor, by the way, is none other than Pvt. George Chiames, another ex-Wolver- ine footballer and one of the leading wrestlers in the Big Nine during the 1945-46 cam- paign. The two inseparable soldiers both enlisted in the army for an 18-month stretch last fall at Ft. Sheridan, ill.. and were immediately shipped to Camp Lee, Va., where they played first-string ball on the same eleven with Walt Teninga, the break-away wingback for Fritz Crisler in 1945. Pupil and teacher expect or- ders any day for overseas as- signment in Europe. Tigers Blast CLEARWATER, Fli., March 111 -(A')-Rattling out 17 hits for a total of 28 bases. the Detroit Tig- ers hammered the Philadelphia Phils 13 to 1 here today in their second exhibition baseball game of the year. The Tigers ganged up on right-' hander Charley Stanceau of the Phils for seven hits and six runs in the seventh inning to treat tha crowd of 3,000 fans to a protractei1 batting spree. Paul (Dizzy) Trout pitched the first three innings for the Tigers, gave only one hit and retired the opposition on 16 pitches. Freddie Hutchinson allowed three hits and Philadelphia's only run in his three-inning turn. and Hal White pitched hitless ball the last three frames. Roy Cullenbine's homer, Hoot Evers' triple and doubles by Eddie Mayo, Ben Steiner, George Vico, Earl Rapp, George Kell and Har- vey Riebe were the big blows of the Tigers' batting rampage as Kell, Rapp and Vico had two hits apiece. Maize and Blue linksters won their first Western Conference' championship in 1932. . . know : .. Herb Barten, Wolverine miiddlc- distance man, opened up in the1 last lap of the half-mile eventc to pass Illinois' Bob Rehberg I and Mal Whitfield of Ohio in capturing the Big-Nine crown last Saturday at Champaign. £ 'I le [l)lly'rs have h11i ) heir i LIS, I he keeers have storedI axxfay Yost Field House's basket- hail court, and now all that re-1 mains of the '46-'47 Woverine cage ea 3.tii uisLhe annual interview with the coach. Not wnting the season to go unfiished. the Daily caught Coach Ozzie Cowles leaving for parts unknown last night in time to secure the precious interview. Cowles, you'll remember is the va e tutor who came here from Dartmouth last fall. While schools all over the Conference were rev-I eling in a back-log of war mater- ial, he was handed only two reg- ulars from previous seasons and told to go to work. Best Season Since 1937 What he did with "nothing" in his first year is history. Not only did Michigan finish higher in Big Ten standings than it has at any time since 1937, but it became rec- ognized as a coming power in fu- ture Big Nine basketball wars. In Mack Suprunowicz, Cowles came up with a player who was good enough to score 163 points in his first varsity season and be rated among the top ten perform- ers in a league studded with stars. Few observers who have seen the Schenectady Kid in action doubt that he will rate with Jake Town- send and iBennyO osterban be-E fore calliin his career quits. Cowles Is Pleased# Cowles, himself, was well satis-I Pied with his first campaign. In} fact, the Maize and Blue pilot be- liev es I iat had the Wolverines been able to stave off Wisconsin in its heart-breaking defeat here. they could have :one to reg- irter an 8-4 record for the season. "That game was the turning point of the season and the boys just veren't the same after it. Had we been able to take that one. we would have been right up there at the end," he said. Ozzie Praises Selbo "Speaking of Wisconsin, I think if I had my choice of one player in the Big Nine this year, I'd takeI Glen Selbo. He busted that ball game up here wide open in the second half and was more respon- sible for the Badgers winning the crown this year than anyone," he added. Ralph Hamilton of Indiana was Cowles second choice as the most valuable man in the league, and the Hoosiers and Illinois potenti- ally the best teams. Optimistic Outlook Nor did he forget plaudits for his own boys. "They were a great defensive outfit," he said, "and the jobs they did in stopping Minne- sota, Purdue and Illinois (for Cmv les1 iev Seasont a Success; Ci les T'ol uer iies' IDefeasire Pla three quarters) were nothing short of phenomenal. I think w' l be a much improved ball club next year and you can ex- pect to see us right up there in the thick of the fight. Comparing the Western Con- ference with the Ivy League, Cowles stated that the best teams of each loop were about even, but there were more good teams in the Big Nine. He pointed out that the teams are a little bigger and more con- sistent here and the competition a little more even. There will be an important meeting of the "M" Club to- night at the Union at 7:30. Barten Eyes Track Records For*CoinngOutdo or Season7 By BUD WEIDENTIIAL Firmly established as one of Michigan's all-time track stars, Herb Barten, Western Conference, indoor half-mile king looks to even greater feats on the cinders as this year's outdoor season ap- proaches. While 5,000 fans looked on Sat- urday night at Champaign, Bar- ten put on a terrific final spurt to win the Big Nine half mile title and equal a record that had stood for fourteen years. The Wolverine thinclad's rec- ord-equaling performance of 1:53.9 was as fast as any Michi- gan trackman has ever run that distance indoors, and established him as a definite contender for the outdoor title which is now held by Illinois' Bob Rehberg. Barten is a product of Chicago's, Shurz High School and calls suburban Des Plaines, Ill., his home town. In high school Herb was city indoor and outdoor mile champ and also was king of Chi- cago's cross -country iunners. Barten gained nation-wide no- tice last year when he upset all predictions by winning the con- ference indoor half-mile crown while only a freshman. In last year's outdoor meet he was nosed out by Rehberg, but last week's performance indicates that the Wolverines may reverse that deci- sion this year. Versatility is one of Herb's out- standing attributes. He is not only a capable half miler, but has turned in some excellent perform- ances in the mile and "440." As a member of this year's mile relay team. Barten has been clocked in 49.6 seconds, and in his other specialty, the mile he broke the tape in 4.:109.9, which is among the best times in the conference, Hie has been concentrating this season cn(te mile and ran the half only once prior to the conferencec meet. When asked whether he was shooting at a record Saturday night, Barten replied, "I was just out to win. I didn't hear the time at the quarter and I had no idea that I was near the record." 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