FRIDAY; W[AY 14,7198 THE MICHIGAN DTLY PAUE E _s_ x. .,.. L . .E.V.N Y M' Nine Opens Crucial Netters Invade Evanston Confere Series A"""l n0 + y ' ._ _. a ._.__ -_ _ . Toda T aCr7on Prize Thinclads j 'New Look' w 7-1 * Unbeaten Wildcats Provide Big Test for Michigan Tennis Squad In Iitg INine World Series Taft or Rankin To Pitch for Michigan; IRotblatt Goes To Mound for Illinois Michigan's netters will try to answer the Big Nine question this afternoon when they meet highly touted Northwestern at Evans- ton to decide which squad will be the Conference favorites in the championship meet coingr~ up in two weeks. It will be a battle of two top teams. Michigan, who just staked a claim to famo with a rous 4g 8-1 win over Illinois last week, will be out to complete the bill and establish itself as the bigwig in. the net circle. However, the .Wildcats of Northwestern will have some- thing to say about this. They are yet unbeaten and have an r almost all veteran team. Top Wildcat is Ted Peterson who will be a major threat to Andy Paton, lead man for the Maize and Blue. Peterson was the best of the Big Nine netmen last year in the Conference champion- ships when he took the cup foi r the singles matches champ. Ilow- ever Paton, who has won four of his five maktches will not let the champ go by without a battle. Ted Ilainline, a junior, who held down the number five spot last year for the Wildcats has moved up to the number two slot and will meet Wolverine Captain Bill Mikulich. "Mik" has changed places with teammate Fred Otto, whose sinus trouble has forced him to step down one spot to play the third singles for Michigan. He opposes Mary Beskin, another veteran for Northwestern. Rated fourth and fifth for the Wildcats will be returning lettermen Bill Landin and Bob Strain. They will oppose Jack Hersh and Gordon Naugle re- spectively for Michigan. Th only newcomer for the Wildcats is Grant Golden, a soph, who was one of the top men in the 1948 national junior indoor championships, placing second. He will pose a threat for the Wolverine number six man, Don MacKay. The Wolverines, after battling NXc thwesten in Evanston will move to Lafayette, Ind. where they encounter the Purdue Boil- ermakers tomorrow morning. They return to Ann Arbor to- morrow night. GETS EA RLY START: Wolverine Golf Captain Sports Long Win Streak BILL MIKULICH . . . . Michi- gan's number three netter Major Leaojjie Standin gs NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct.G.B. New York .. 12 7 .632 ... Pittsburgh .. 12 8 .600 ... St. Louis .. 10 7 .588 1 Brooklyn .... 11 11 .524 2 Philadelphia 11 11 .500 2> Boston...... 10 10 .500 2' Chicago .... 7 11 .389 4 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 1 New York 5 St. Louis 0 Boston 2 Chicago 0 Brooklyn 9 Cincinnati 3 TODAY'S PITCHERS Boston at Brooklyn (Night) - Spahn vs. Barrett or Branca Cincinnati at Chicago-Peterson vs. Meyer Pittsburgh at St. Louis (Night) -Ostermueller vs. Pollet (Only games scheduled) * * * (Special to The Daily) CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 13- Tomorrow and Saturday are, bigI days ,for the Wolverine baseball team, as they meet Illinois in a crucial two-game series here. Michigan needs to win both games from the powerful Illini to move into first place in the Con- ference race and it must win at least one to remain in the running for the crown. Defending Champs Big Nine champs last year, Illi- nois boasts as strong a team as there is in the Conference and the Wolverines will have to go all out in the series to win. Mary Rotblatt, who has not lost a Conference game since Michigan beat him two years ago, is the Illini ace in the hole. If this were not enough, Illinois coach Wally Roettger boasts two fine pitchers in the person of Stan Feldman and Jim Kilbane. Rotblatt on Mound Rotblatt will probably pitch to- Bob Chappuis, Wolverine rightfielder, was unable to ac- company the baseball team to Champaign due to a recurrence of a pulled leg nmuscle orig- inally suffered in the Rose Bowl Game. morrow's game, with Feldman slated to go to the hill Saturday and Kilbane being held for possible relief work. Two of Michigan's four defeats last season came at the hands of the fighting Illini, losing 7-3 and 2-0. Rotblatt was the winning pitcher in the first game. 18 Man Squad Wolverine coach Ray Fisher named an 18-man squad to make the trek here in an attempt to bring Michigan its first diamond crown in four years. Five pitchers were selected. They are Art Dole, Bill Taft, Bud Rankin, Ed Heikkinen and Bob Hicks. Either Taft or Rankin will start tomorrow's contest, while When Ohio State's mighty Buckeyes invade Ferry Field Sat- urday afternoon they're going to have a hard time recognizing the Michigan team they so soundly trounced indoors just a couple of months ago. Although it is conceded that the Buckeyes possess the finest track team ever assembled in the Western Conference and probably the top squad in the country to- day,vthere's abouta25 Michigan Wolverines and a. couple of coaches who will assure you that monickers don't mean a thing--1 it's performances that count. No one in the Maize and Blue track locker room is conceding the wonders from Columbus a thing and they have some darn good reasons why. Reasons number one and two are Charlie Fonville and Captain Herb Barten, a couple of unbeat- ables who will again be the Wol- verine mainstays. Fonville will be shooting for his world's record in the shot and seeking to better his 161 foot heave in the discus. Barten, who is both mile and half mile champ of the Big Nine will be aiming to take some of the wind out of the sails of Buckeye National champs Mal Whitfield and Bill Clifford. Giving an assist in the middle distances will be George Vetter and Bob Thomason, both of whom have run the half in the neigh- borhood of 1:55. The Wolverine's Olympic hope- ful Val Johnson will be seeking revenge for a two yard beating administered to him by Buckeye Harry Cogswell in the quarter "mile of the Big Nine indoor meet. BOB WAKEFIELD Illini nine against Cogswclell' best time outdoors to date has been 49.1 while the Michigan ace has broken 49 sec- onds conyimhintl. '1hir duel should be Ole-. of the race's thrill-' ers. Clay Hollind has been looking great in practice and is now in a positicn1 tim atren tle Mich- igan low 'n' h rccoi dand his oppoient. twU o IQt bet in the country, Lloyd Dufi nd Lloyd Maxwell. Theo ler if the day should be the mile relay (111(l. Both near 3:15 in previous perform- ances this year. Of course, the meet may not even be close, but watch out Go- liath, David has a few sling-shots up his sleeve. Blackwell Out CINCINNATI, May 13 - Ewell Blackwell, Cincinnati's great right handed pitcher who has had a hard time getting started this year, had two teeth extracted to- day and will not accompany the .... einads Wolverines squads have turned in clockings of club to Chicago tonight. SPORTS TOURI~S BR IT REMiSI forall purposes--for ol ages; the 'most popuior model-.with oil the famous Raleigh feoiures. the chai ' yc flow eIC e ll Preision-built Ali Steel Fronie5 for a mnimu of eight.-o maximum of sturdiess. SSturmey-Archer VariUb e Speed Gears for leveing tough sope d rough roads. 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He owes much of his suc- cess to this early experience and to the tips he received from the "pro" and other veteran golfers on the course. The Wolverine captain was un- defeated in 32 duel matches in high school where hie played golf for 3 years. He was also state high school medalist for 2 years. Ed's first major triumph came as a junior in high school when he won the Berrien County cham- pionship. The following year he teamed up with a friend to win a best ball tournament. Scalon's 312 years in the Navy Air Corps, included 10 months on a carrier. Ed even managed to en- ter a couple of top-flight tourna- ments while stationed in Texas. The first of these was the Cadet Open at Corpus Christi where he reached the finals only to be beat- en by Ted Bishop who is now ama- teur champ of all New England. Ed believes that this was the best match he ever played. Later he also reached the finals of the Kingsville, Texas Open Tourna- ment. Coming to the Michigan cam- pus in the spring of '46, Ed started his colegiate career on the right foot by placing 3rd in the Big Nine meet of that year and 8th in the NCAA. Last year, along with his own success, he led the Wolverines to a team championship in the con- ference and reached the quarter- finals in the Nationals. Ed expects to remain strictly an amateur golfer after graduating from Engineering school. He has ao desire to turn professional, but intends to make his way as a chemist in plastic or rubber. Captain Schalon commented briefly on the chances for his team this spring. He thinks, that Michigan's depth will be a big factor and added that "any team that beats us really has to be tough." He expects the strongest conpe- tition for the conference title to' come from the Wildcats of North- western who will have the advan- tage of playing on their home course at Evanston. Ed, a junior with another year of competition ahead of him, gives Coach Bert Katzenmeyer pros- pects for another fine team next year. PROBABLE LINEUPS AMERICAN W Philadelphia 14 Cleveland .. 11 New York .. 12 Detroit.......10 Washington 9 Boston 9 St. Louis ... 6 Chicago .... 3 LEAGUE L Pet.t 5 .737 5 .688 6 .667 12 .455 11 .450 11 .450 10 .375 14 .176 G.B. 1/2 5% 5%2 62 10 MICHIGAN Elliott, cf Morrison, If Kobrin, 3b Weis'b'ger, lb Wikel, ss Tomasi, 2b Chappuis, rf Raymond, c Taft or Rankin, p ILLINOIS Plews, 2b Thurlby, rf Steger, If Wakefield, 3b Anderlik, Cf Wikland, lb Fisher, ss Gugala, c Rotblatt, p Car Shortage? Not in the backyard of Wil- low Run's gigantic automo- bile plant. An order now will insure delivery by the time you leave for home. 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Whitey Lockman and Willard Marshall paced the Giants' 11- hit attack, collecting three hits apiece. * * * CHICAGO, May 13-Bill Voi- selle registered his fourth straight victory of the season here today when he outduelled Johnny Schmitz to give the Boston Braves a 2-0 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. Each hurler allowed only four hits. Bob Elliott drove in both Boston tallies. * * * CINCINNATI, May 13-Home runs by Carl Furillo and Don Lund and four Cincinnati errors aided the Brooklyn Dodgers in romping to a 9-3 victory over the Reds today. Veteran Preacher Roe shackled the Reds on six safeties in going the route for the first time this season. CHICAGO, May 13-Phil Cav- aretta, veteran outfielder, will be lost to the Chicago Cubs for an- other week because of a sore arm, it was announced by Manager Charlie Grimm today. Frosh Squad Ends Training Michigan's freshmen baseball candidates, under the tutelage of assistant athletic director Ernie McCoy, will finish their spring workouts next Wednesday. Starting the training period with 97 hard ball candidates, Mc- Coy has cut the squad of first year men and several transfers to 32. The daily practices have consist- ed largely of intrasquad games. Coach McCoy believes some of the team members will fit into the next yeaf's plans of varsity coach Ray Fisher. Numeral winners on the fresh- man baseball squad will be an- nounced in the near future. YOUR 9VARANF Of FN! ,18013 STANARU$ tR COOL COMFORT- ami siiuart appearance, too! !fir FOR oil _ . Vol M Lk ,5 ARROW t r ARROW CAN REALLY FIT YOU TO A I SHIRT. I I) / SHIR TS white $1 striped $165 ARROW "GUARDS" 95C ...K 'N /f" 1rV" i> f ' f 4 * ~ aY 'o a t }a y tk . y"Y' ..i. z ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT That's what you will find in our selection of summer sport coats made of cotton and the remarkably new Celanese. 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