THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948 TH MIHIA D .a'aa *~*a FAILY 4 . ... "... .. .. aaaaa 1rii T HEiiiHTET .N l Atl.Y-._.... :.: Wolverines Whip Kalamazoo Netters _ _.___._ ;j HOT RACQUET! Experience Leads Paton To Top SinglesPosition By JOHN BARBOUR It was the State High School Tennis Tournament in the spring of '41, and a certain young brown- haired kid had pushed through the quarter-finals, squeezing by a Bill Mikulich from Traunik, Michigan. Then in the semi-finals he was to meet tall, lanky Fred Otto from ' St. Pu High, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The pressure was on and Otto was too. The young tenth grader from University High just couldn't match Otto's stuf. Paton State Champion The next year it was different. This time Otto fell to the young- ster from Ann Arbor in the finals of the State Tournament. The State Singles Champion that year was Andy Paton, cur- rently the hottest No. 1 singles player in the Conference. Andy played three years of ten- nis for 'U' High and a month after he graduated in June of '43 he went into the Navy. That kind of put the squelch on tennis, except for one season at Wesleyan under V-12. After a year as a midshipman Andy graduated to the Pacific as an ensign. In June '46 he said goodbye to the Navy and ran home for a tennis racquet. Teamed with Otto Andy started at the University, teamed up with Fred 'Otto and began working into shape, playing doubles. A year after his return, Otto and he went to the Eastern Inter-Collegiates at Worcester, Mass. It was there that he met Gard- * ner Molloy ranked about fifth in the amateur standings in the country. Andy lost the first set rather quickly 6-2 but took Mol- loy to set point three times in the second that finally ended 10-8. Andy thinks that he has im- proved most this winter in the I-M Building. The fast, hard- played indoor game hardened him quickly for the Spring work. Uses Three Serves Hle uses about three serves all based on an American Twist. First there's a plain twist, bringing the racquet under the ball and put- ting on top-spin which gives it a high bounce in the opponents court. Then with variation "1" Andy starts off something the same ex- cept he throws the ball a little to his right which brings the racquet up on the side of the ball and gives it a slice, curving it usually away from his opponents. The "boomer," as Andy calls it, gives power and speed and the greatest varying factor to the col- lection. He flattens out his nor- mal twist, and gives it a sharp quickness. Improved Backhand It's these serves plus an im- proved, flattened, speedy back- hand that has put Andy in No. 1 singles. But that isn't all. It's a dead se- riousness in his game. It isn't the ball or the racquet Andy gets mad at; it's Andy. A mistake, a fault means more hard work. It means more time on the courts, ironing out the wrinkles. Persistence makes sk ill. Skill makes winners. Coaltown Wins NEW YORK, May 19-(/)- Coaltown took over the winning chores for Calumet Farm today while his stablemate Citation re- mained in the barn, and blazed to a new stake record in the aptly- named Swift stakes at Belmont Park. DAVE BARCLAY ... heads Wolverine golfers Freshmen Get Numerals as Season Ends Twenty-eight freshmen baseball players were awarded numerals as they completed their season's practice with an intra-squad game yesterday. Bucholz, at second base for his team, headed the batting order and was followed by Bart Grimes of Ann Arbor, right field; Al's brother, Lee Hartzmark in center field; Connie Nelson of Chesaning, Michigan at third; Joe Marmo of Boston, Mass. at short; Jack Brinck from Grosse Pointe, Mich., in left field; Ray Sawusch, also of Grosse Pointe. catching; John1 Case of Ann Arbor at first; and pitchers Dave Lewis of Ann Arbor, Ken Krueger of Chicago, and Neil Brown of Detroit. Lead-off man for Hartzmark's team was second baseman Alex Ratsko of Detroit. He was fol- lowed by Hartzmark in center field; Harry Pomrenke of Trenton, catching; Morris Hanzek of De - troit in left field; Jim Horn at third; Harvey Dean of Bay City at short; Floyd Lasser of Jackson at first; Bill Huff of Plymouth. in right field and pitchers Dave Set- tle of Atlanta, Georgia; Pete Van Boven of Ann Arbor, and Don Ainslie of Goderich, Ontario. Other numeral winners an- nounced by Frosh coach Ernie McCoy are Ken Hurlin, Detroit; Ted Heitschmidt, Chicago; Rob- ert Larsen, Quinnesec, Michigan; Tom Persohm, Youngstown, N.Y.; Gordon Raynor, Hamden, Conn., and Robert Fleming of Edmonton, Alberta. M' Golfers Face MSC Away Today MSC will be gunning for that nine match streak the Wolverine golfers sport when the two teams tee off against each other this af- ternoon at East Lansing. Although the Wolverines romped over the Spartans in their match on the University course, today's meeting is expected to be a different story. The handicap for a visiting team playing the University layout is not quite as great as taking on an unknown quantity like the MSC Course. Admittedly the Michigan course is tough; but it isn't a bag full of tricks. It's a rolling, moderately long, well-trapped course, but the ma- jority of its fairways are wide, the rough is not high, and its greens are nice to shoot at; it's just a good test of all-around ability. Michigan State's set-up is more on the tricky side greatly favoring players used to its ar- tifices. It proved so difficult to OSU that the Spartans were able to whip them 14-13. Here we 1 nipped OSU 15-13 while we lambasted MSC 23-7; the par- ticular course means a lot to the success or failure of a team. On the other hand to compen- sate for the course, the Wolverines seem to be blessed with an ability comparable to that of the old Ruth-Gehrig New York Yankee teams. When one of the boys isn't hitting the ball somebody further down the line takes over to bring home the markers. Ken Berke's performance in the Notre Dame match is an excellent example. While everyone else was having trouble staying in the 70's, Berke came through with his best rounds of the year, 73 and 75, to clinch the Michigan triumph. Katzenmeyer will take his regular six man combination that has proved so successful this year. Dave Barclay is up in the num- ber one slot followed by the re- liable Ed Schalon who continues hitting them right down the middle. Playing the number three posi- tion will be Rog Kessler, and tak- ing on the last trio of Spartans will be Pete Elliott, Doug Beath, and Ken Berke. Paton Leads Team with Singles Triumph, Mikulich Remains Unbeaten in No. 2 Slot (Special to The Daily) By MERLE LEVIN A steadily improving Michigan tennis squad tuned up for Friday's home match with unbeaten Michigan State by trouncing the strong Kalamazoo College Hornets, 7-2 at Kalamazoo yesterday. It was the fifth straight win for the rampaging Wolverines and their second contest of Kalamazoo. Michigan had previously de- feated the Hornets, 6-3.1 Andy Paton racked up his seventh win in eight starts by defeat- ing Jack Sunderland 6-4, 10-8 in the No. 1 singles, to start the Wol- verines on the victory road. Andy" Court Squad Tukes Fifth Consecutive Victory, 7-2 has lost only to Jim Evert of Notre Dame in regular season play. Capt. Bill Mikulich remained undefeated since his elevation to the second slot as he defeated Kalamazoo's placement expert, Art Leighton, 6-2, 6-8, 6-3. Leigh- ton who relies almost solely on lobs and slow stuff thus suffered his second loss at the hands of the imperturbable Mikulich. Fred Otto played some of the' best tennis of the day to down Nick Beresky 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in the third singles, but the Hornets fi- nally crashed into the win col- umn when Mary Martin downed Jack Hersh in fourth singles play 8-6, 6-3. Martin, who was promoted to the No. 4 spot since the Kazoos visit to Ann Arbor, thus became the only Hornet to sport two wins over the Wolverines. Martin de- feated Don 14acKay here two weeks ago. Vic Braden avenged a previous defeat at the hands of Gordie Naugle by defeating Gordie 6-1, 6-2 in the No. 5 singles to give Kalamazoo its only other victory of the day. Don MacKay wound up the singles play on a triumphant note for Michigan as he whipped Ax Jemal in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. The first and third doubles were easy for the Wolverines. Paton and Mikulich teamed up to out- j class Leighton and Beres 6-2, 6-2 and MacKay whipped Sunderland and Jemal 8-6, 6-2 at No. 3. The second doubles, however, was a different story. Fred Otto and Jack Hersh had to go all-out against Braden and Martin in a marathon set which finally went to the Wolverines 11-9, 3-6, 6-4. The victorious Wolverines will have little time to celebrate their win. They'll be hard at work today in preparation for tomorrow's final home match against a pow- er-laden MSC squad which earlier defeated Michigan 6-3. A win over the Spartans would be sweet revenge indeed for the Maize and Blue racquet-wielders and, of course, there's that victory string to protect. Major League Leaders BASEBALL'S BIG SIX (Three leaders each league) Player and Club G AB t, II Pet. Holmes, Braves 15 50 4 22 .440 Blatnik, Phillies 17 52 15 22 .423 Boudreau. Ind. .20 78 13 33 .423 Zarilla. Browns .21 79 10 30 .380 Gustine. Pirates 24 92 19 35 .380 Williams, R. Sox 24 86 24 32 .372 RUNS BATTED IN American League Williams, Red Sox ............30 Majeski, Athletics ............24 National League Sauer, Reds ..................23 Michigan's diamond squad is going to give Notre Dame another crack at ,smashing its superiority over the Irish this afternoon at South Bend. The Wolverines blanked Notre Dame in the first meeting of the two schools Tuesday, 3-0, behind the effective hurling of Art Dole and lefty Bud Rankin. Port-sider John Campbell, who went the route for the Irish, showed flashes of excellence and except for the rough first inning throttled all Michigan scoring bids. Bill Taft to Start Lanky Bill Taft will probably be Coach Ray Fisher's choice to step on the mound this after- noon, although the Michigan mentor is apt to use more than one hurler, whetherhe needs to or not. 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Cleveland.....15 6 .714 .. . St. Louis ......15 7 .682 ... Philadelphia ..16 8 .667 % New York .....14 9 .609 111 New York.....10 9 .609 2 Boston ........13 11 .542 3 Detroit........1.3 14 .481 5 Philadelphia . .14 12 .538 3 Boston. ........11 13 .458 51% Pittsburgh ... .13 12 .520 31/2 Waslinatot ..11 13 .458 5 Brooklyn .......11 14 .440 51/ St. Louis .......9 12 .429 6 Chicago ........9 14 .391 611 Chicago........4 18 .182 11 Cincinnati .... 9 19 .321 9 Yesterday's Results Yesterday's Results Detroit 4, Boston 1. New York 5, Cincinnati 0. Chicago 4. Washington 1. Boston 4, Pittsburgh 1 New York 8, St. Louis 4. St. Louis 14, Brooklyn 7. Cleveland 6, Philadelphia I. Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1. Probablye pitchers for today's Probable pitchers for today's Major League games (won and games. (Won and lost records in lost records in parentheses): parentheses): New York at Chicago--Raschi Cincinnati at New York-Fox (2-1) vs (Grove (1-3). (0-2) vs. Koslo (2-1). Philadelphia at Detroit-Mar- St. Louis at Brooklyn - Pollet childon (4-2) vs. Hutchinson (2- (3-0) vs. Roe (1-1) or Hatten (2- 2). 1). Boston at Cleveland (night)- Pittsburgh at Boston - Riddle Harris (1-2) vs. Lemon (3-2). (3-1) vs. Barret (2-1). Washington at St. Louis (night) Chicago at Philadelphia-Mey- -Wynn (3-3) vs. Stephens (1-0). er (3-2) vs. Dubiel (1-1). DETIROIT, May 19-(A')-Hal Newhouser returned to form today with home run backing at the plate and double play support in the field as the Detroit Tigers took their second straight decision from the Boston Red Sox, 4 to 1. Newhouse, shelled from the box his last five times out, scat- tered four hits to take his first victory since opening day. It was the first time this year the Tigers' No. 1 lefthander has approached his brilliant form of 1944-46, when he won 80 games! in three seasons.I All four Tiger runs scored on homers, one by Pat Mullin in the fourth with nobody on base and another by Vic Wertz in the ninth with two men aboard. Neil Berry and Mullin had singled before Wertz lifted his game-winning clout into the press box (third) deck in right field with two men out in the ninth. NEW YORK, May 19 -Larry Jansen hurled the , New York Giants to a 5-0 victory over the cellar dwelling Cincinnati Reds today. Jansen, in registering his fourth triumph and first shut out of the season, allowed seven hits but was in trouble in only one inning, the sixth. With runners on second and third and two out as a result of singles by Augie Galan and Hank Sauer, and an error by Jack Lohrke, Jansen forced Babe Young to pop weakly to shortstop Buddy Kerr. The Giants collected only eight hits off Kent Peterson and Bud Lively, but they included home runs by Whitey Lockman and Billy Rigney. Lockman got his in the first inning, his third of the season, with the bases empty. Rigney hit his in the sixth with one matq aboard. CHICAGO, May 19 - Pitcher Early Winn used his bat today in helping the Washington Senators hand the Chicago White Sox a 4-1 licking for a sweep of the two game series. Wynn's pinch single in the seventh inning scored the Senators' first two runs off Joe Haynes to wipe out a 1-0 Chicago edge. Chicago scored its only run in the fourth. Ed Stewart and Mickey Vernon racked infield singles with one out in the seventh. Then the pair pulled a double steal before Car- den Gillenwater struck out. Jake Early was purposely passed, filling the bases. Wynn batted for shortstop Johnny Sul- livan and a line single to right followed, scoring Stewart and Vernon. 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