LY, MAY~10, 1947
TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY
Nine Stifles Late Rally
To Defeat Boilermakers, 6-5
Wise Fans Last Batter
WithTyingRunon Third
Weisenhurger, Wikel Each Clout Homers;
Wolverines Move Up into Tie for Fourth
Special To The Daily
LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 9-
Michigan scored its third victory
in five Big Nine baseball starts
as it withstood a ninth inning
Purdue rally to defeat the Boil-er-
makers, 6-5.
Largely due to a hard hitting
attack that featured home runs
by Jack Weisenburger and Howie
Wikel, the Wolverines were breez-
ing along in good style behind the
steady pitching of Capt. Cliff Wise
when the Boilermakers broke loose
in the final frame to trim three
runs from .the Michigan victory
margin.
Wise In Trouble
Wise, who had kept out of trou-
ble with the exception of the sec-
ond inning when a double, single
and -an error accounted for two
Purdue runs, was greeted by a
double by Merlin (Curly) Gantz
as the last half of the ninth
opened.
An error by Weisenburger, fol-
lowed by Dunham's scratch pinch
single, filled the bases and Ste-
yen gRudasics, another pinch hit-
ter, then provided a double that
scored two runs. A third run
crossed the plate and Rudasics
took third when Paul Vieth's cut-
off throw to Charlie Ketterer got
away and went to the third base
fence. The rally was ended, how-
ever, as Wise struck out pinch hit-
ter Kenny Gorgal to end the game.
Weisenberger Homers
Wise, who pitched brilliantly
with the exception of the ninth,
scored the first Wolverine run in
the second when he walked and
aras sent across by Bump Elliott's
long drive to right field. Weisen-
burger's circuit clout tied it up in
the fourth, and Michigan went
* ahead in the seventh when Wise
'4oubled, took third on a balk, and
scored on Elliott's second hit of
the afternoon.
Ttre errors were big factors in
increasing the Michigan margin
by, two runs in the eighth. Ket-
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terer walked and took second on
Weise's second single. An error
advanced both men, and Ketterer
scored on Hal Raymond's infield
out. Another error allowed Weise
to score.
The final Michigan run came
on Wikel's home run that came
in the ninth innin
on base.
MICHIGAN ABI
Vieth, if 51
Elliott, cf 51
Wikel, 1b 4
Weisenb'g'r, ss 4
Tomasi, 2b 41
Ketterer, 3b 3
Weise, rf 5
Raymond, c 41
Wise, p 3<
TOTALS 371
PURDUE ABI
Omholt, 3b 31
Anderson, cf 31
Horn, of 11
Galvin, ss 41
Gantz, rf 4:
0. Martin, if 41
Sorge, Ilb 4
Berberian, 2b 4
Seetch, c 3
Noel, p 31
Dunham X .. .1
Rudasics XX 1!
Gorgal XXX 1!
TOTALS 36
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Jayvees Drop I
Practice Match
To Varsity
Michigan's varsity golf squad
trounced their jayvee brethren by
a 39% -9%/ score at the University
course yesterday as a tune-up for
today's Big Nine match here with
Illinois.
Arriving in town early yesterday
morning, the Fighting Illini spent
little time observing Michigan's
varsity-jayvee clash as they were
busy getting themselves acquaint-
ed with the Michigan fairways in
their practice sessions.f
The Illinois golfers however,
will get a close-up of Michigan's
strength when the 18-hole best
b'll tournament, consisting of
four foursomes is reeled off at
9 a.m. today. Singles events are
booked for the afternoon with
eight men teeing off for each
school
Michigan handed the University'
of Detroit a sound 35-1 thrash-
ing in their latest match on Wed-
nesday. This lop-sided victory
was Michigan's fifth in a row and
their 10th in 13 -outings this year.
Coach Bert Katzenmeyer has
paired the following Wolverine
duos for action against Illinois
in the best ball play: Captain
Dave Barclay and Bill "Corky"
Courtwright; Ed Schalon and
Rog Kessler; John Jenswold and
Pete Elliott; Bill Ludolph and
Paul O'Hara.
O'Hara, however, will not play
in the singles events. He will be
replaced by Jack Vezina, who was
recently promoted to a varsity
berth from the jayvees squad.
Schalon, who has been taking
medalist honors in the last few
Wolverine triumphs with some
terrific golf, was low man again
yesterday against the jayvee with
a 74. Doug Beath carded a 79 to
pace the junior linksmen.
Musial Stricken
WithBad A ppen dix
The world champion St. Louis
Cardinals, already beset with mul-
tiple troubles, suffered a further
serious blow yesterday when their
great first-baseman, Stan Musial,
was found to have acute appendi-
citis and was ordered to undergo
an immediate operation. The star
is flying to St. Louis today where
he will be hospitalized.
Despite losing to Michigan State
in baseball, Michigan remains
ahead in all sports for the current
year 6-2.
(ONTINUING FROM YESTERDAY'S column on Jim Brieske's Stu- Michigan's tack tem will be
'A dent Legislature renort about "AllegEd discrimination on Athletic in cluest of its third straight tri-
Teams at the University of Michigan," I want to elaborate on the idea umph of the outdoor season this
that Negroes are not proficient in certain sports becaute of a mor "afternoon. wh n it meets a slight-
basic reason than the lack of time, money, and facilities. lv favored Ohio State squad at
A Negro hasn't a chance to ilay tennis on the courts at For- the Buckeye stadium in Columbus.
est Hills or Wimbledon, time, money, facilities, and ability notwith- Ohio Stat e must be rated the
standing. That pillar of the tennis world, the U.SLTA, wouldn't favorite off early reason perform-
have it. Negro players have been forced to form their own Amer- ances to con2t0ilue their year-long
ican Tennis Association. After exhibitions with the top-notch domination of the Wolverine thir-
Negro players, I have heard stars like Billy Talbert and Pancho clads which began on a rainy af-
Segura say that if the Negro netters had the benefit of such com- ternoon a year ago on Ferry Field,
petition all the time, they could hold their own in.any league. Conferece meets and an indoor
-onfeencemeetts wandne ndo
THE POINT IS, if they are allowed to compete on any sort of an dual meet this winter.
equal basis with others, Negro athletes make good. Their interest Duff Key Man
rices and they try harder--again just human nature. Watch the Ne- It was Ohio State's Lloyd Duff
gro in baseball now that Jackie Robinson has made it. The basic rea- )who provided the difference be-
son behind any lack of proficieney is discrimination- -just what we arc {tween the tw o lsciads on that wet
discussing here. day last May, garnering 18 big
points for the Buckeyes, and he
In tennis, golf, and baseball there is the problem of the south- {oild rhe the stumblineblock fo
ern trip, which coaches say is vital in order to condition their lIichigan again today. His work
teams physically. As Brieske's report says, of course Negroes can- i in the high and low hurdles, pole
not go along. But what about the educational conditioning of these vault, and broad jump will de-
teams-the primary function of intercollegiate athletics? When a pend on how well he has recovered
coach teaches a team, in effect, that it is within the democratic from a leg injury.
process to "play ball" with the discriminatory practices of other Michigan's chief caldidates to
schools just for the sake of the game and the weather, then he is oppose Duff in his specialties will
neglecting his educational responsibilities. be Hack Coplin in the highs, Bill
Thus the Negro cannot usually make the team without the physi- Osgood in both the highs and
lows, with Ed Ulvestad and Gene
cal conditioning of the trip, and paradoxically, he cannot make the Moody in the pole vault.
SPORTSCRI BBLES
By ARCHIE PARSONS
O.S.U. Host-
To rwcnnei
hit by batted
X-Singled for Seetchl in 9th.
XX-Doubled for Noel in 9th.
XXX-Struck out for Omholt in
9th.
Michigan 001 100 121-6
Purdue 002 000 003-5
Two base hits-Seetch, Wise,
Gantz, S. Rudasics, three-base
hits-Berberian. Home runs -
Weisenburger, Wikel. Stolen
bases - Elliott (2), Ketterer.
Double plays-Galvin to Sorge
to Omholt. Struck out - by
Noel 8, by Wise 2. Bases on balls
off Noel 6; off Wise- 1; Wild
pitch-Noel. Balk--Noel.. Ur-
pires-Kramner and White.
BIG NINE STANDINGS
trip to try to make the team. Is this the "equal consideration" men-
tioned in Brieske's report?
S"A REWE EXPECTED to change our schedule for one or two po-
tential candidates?" it is asked. You're ding-donged right--and
there are two good reasons besides the educational view. I wouldn't
give a nickel's worth of entertainment or practice to schools which
prevent any student in this University from playing against them for
such reason as color, for this inhibits those who would otherwise try
out for the team. Furthermore, only "one or two" Negroes on there
teams would be the correct ratio to their representation in the Uni-
versity, and if we won't change our policy for this number, we are
asKing them to be athletically superior to other groups before they arc
given an equal chance.
There are plenty good teams in the West, the weather is fine
out there-and the schools are democratic. Arguments that it is
tough to rearrange the schedule are invalid-expediency is no
excuse for democracy.
AS TO BASKETBALL, the report says, "There have been Negro can-
didates for the team in the last couple of years who were cut from
the squad. They were good players, but it is questionable whether or
not they were good enough." No one would deny a coach the right
to pick his own team without interference, but why are Negroes al-
most completely absent frcm Big Nine basketball rosters, when they
make teams everywhere else in the nation? Big Nine basketball is not
that much better.
Besides eliminating the southern tries, there must be an effort
to get outstanding Negro high school scholar-athletes to go to Big
Nine schools and become team candidates. We cannot yell about
discrimination as far as selection of candidates is concerned until
we can prove it through the acceptance or rejection of Negro ath-
letes with outstanding ability.
AS TO JIM BRIESKE'S report and Mr. Crisler's analysis, let's re-
serve our decision.
Toss-up in Mile
Chuck Fonville should take care
of the shot put and discus, with
the Wolverines dominating the
distance events. Herb Barten is
pitted against Ohioan Bill Clif-
ford in the mile, and since both
men have a 4:19 to their credit.
this event may be the feature of
the day.
Captain Charlie Birdsall is ex-
pected to win the two-mile event
while a battle looms in the 440
where Wolverines Dick Forrestel
and George Shepherd will come
up against the star Ohio trio of
Bob Little, Harry Cogswell, and
Ed Porter. All five men run around
the 49-second mark.
Hope Johnson Will Repeat
Val Johnson, Michigan sprinter.
might well repeat his double vic-
tory of last year in the "100" and
"220," when he faces the Buck-
eyes' D'Arcy in the century and
Little in the furlong.
Ohio's mile relay, the Drake
Relay champions, is favored to
outrun the Wolverine quartet
which has been hampered by the
loss of several key men.
So far this year Ohio State has
edged out Michigan by 10 points
in an indoor dual meet during the
winter season, and squeezed into
second place in the Big Nine in-
door championships at Champaign
Illinois
Northwestern
Ohio State
MICHIGAN
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Purdue
W L Pet.
7 2 .778
4 2 .667
6 3 .667
3 2 .600
3 2 .600
3 4 .429
2 4 .333
0 4 .000
0 5 .000
CHAMPAGNE
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MIXERS
at the
Teams
Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
W L
12 6
12 6
10 6
8 8
9 11
6 9
8 12
5 12
Pet. GB
.667 -
.667 -
.625 1
.500 3
.450 4
.400 4%/
.400 5
.294 6'%
Teams
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
W L
11 7
9 7
10 8
8 6
8 8
6 6
7 10
6 13
Pet. GB
.611 -
.563 1
.55G 1
.571 1
.500 2
.500 2
.412 3%
.316 5 /%
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