FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1948 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PA Lightweights Causing Keen MajorWorry Familiar faces were conspicuous by their absence as Coach Cliff Keen ran his 150-pound grid charges through a light scrimmage yesterday afternoon. Only two regulars, Capt. Don O'Connell at guard and Barry Breakey at tackle, were on hand from last year's Bantam Big Nine champions. Two more regulars have re- turned to this year's squad but neither was available for duty yes- terday. John Wilcox, the speedy halfback, who alternated between the junior varsity and the 150- pounders last year, is recuperating from a broken arm and will be unavailable for at least another week. HALFBACK Ed Morey who ran from the right half position last fall, is also on the injured list to further complicate the backfield picture. Red-headed George Sipp, who understudied Charlie Ketterer at quarterback, last year has stepped into the starting spot this season while Jim Cash and Bud Marshall who saw som eaction last year are the early leaders in the battle for the fullback post. Frank Whitehouse did most of the kicking for the lightweights last season and has been shifted from halfback to an end position while Larry Shaw has held down the other flank in early scrim- mages. JIM SAKI teams with Breakey at the tackles and Prentice Ryan, another converted halfback, is teamed with Capt. O'Connell at guard. Gene Freed, who saw lim- ited action last year is at the center spot. The probability of this lineup taking the field at Illinois intact is very slim. Some 50 new men dressed for practice this week and it is certain that one or two po- ential starters are bound to emerge from the lot. Cubs Cut Farm System CHICAGO - (P) - Th1e Chi- cage Cubs announced yesterday that 'they will cut their basebal farm system from 18 teams to 1C in order to decrease operating costs. ..]rom te G ANTSTAND By MURRAY GRANT ... Daily Sports Editor 1OMORROW hundreds of thousands of people will turn their atten- tion momentarily away from the Major League pennant duels to watch college football swing into another banner season-but their attention will only be diverted for that fleeting moment. With the Red Sox, Indians, and Yankees locked in a knock-down- drag-out struggle the fans cannot afford to switch their full attention to football as yet. The fabulous Yawkey Millionaires, commonly known as the Red Sox, face Joe DiMaggio and Company in Yankee Stadium tomorrow in a vital three game series, while Cleveland's chances rest against the troublesome Tigers of Detroit. By a quirk in the schedule the Bostonians must face the Bronx Bombers five more times in the last eight starts while Lou Boudreau's outfit locks horns with the Detroit club in six more contests. THEN, TOO, the three contenders meet second division clubs in breathers between their home and home series. The Yanks meet Boston in 3 games this weekend, then travel to tangle with the pesky Athletics of Philadelphia in three games and then wind up the season against the McCarthymen in the pennant-maddened capital of Massachusetts. The Bosox divide up their Yankee embroglios with a three game series against Washington in Boston while the Indians take on Chicago in Cleveland for their between-the-acts breather. At this writing and probably well into next week it's anyone's race and to paraphrase a recently popularized expression, it's "Win or Die" for the three contenders. If Boston continues to dominate New York as their 11-6 edge in- dicates or if the Yankees rise up and smite the Red Sox or if Cleveland continues to plaster Tiger skins in the trpphy room or if Detroit and Newhouser continue to act as giant killers or if the lowly Senators, White Sox or the fourth place A's pull some dirty dealing and trounce the contenders; then any or all of the threesome can fall by the wayside. IT'S A BATTLE of "lf's" now and a battle of runs and hits and good pitching. It's a battle of nerves and a battle of breaks that will leave many fans limp and exhausted come a week from Sunday. It's also a battle that may tax many a friendship. It's the died-in-the-wool Red Sox rooter against the equally stubborn Indian fan with a few mixed Yankee sentiments thrown in as the most hectic American League pennant race goes into the last and most climactic week of a truly wild and wooly season. But over in the National League, formerly known as "Down-to- the-wire Alley," the Boston Braves are nonchalantly wrapping up their first pennant in 34 years and their second in the history of the senior circuit. So come October 6 it will be Boston against Cleveland-or Boston -or New York in Braves Field for the championship. It's all in the laps of the Gods and one bad break now will break a million hearts. MICHIGAN BY 20 POINTS. Football Giants Swamp Yanks, 27-7 Williams Floors Flores; Keeps Lightweight Title o"'TEAK r! 0J r 3004 Was'htenaw Rd. Ph. 9435 "BUMP" ELLIOTT In Harness For Miehigan To the avid follower of Mich- igan football, the "Bump" Elliott case was closed last spring when the Big Nine hierarchy declared him ineligible for further competi- tion. Aside from the initial remorse that flowed over the campus when the decision was announced, the fans quickly garnered strength in knowing that Pete Elliott, who is also somewhat of an athlete in his (By The Associated Press) YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK-Lethal Ike Williams of Trenton, N.J., knocked out game little Jesse Flores of Stockton, Calif., in the 10th round of a rous- ing scrap at Yangee Stadium last night to retain his world light- weight title. Flores, down four times pre- viously from Williams' smashing blows, finally succumbed to a ter- rific right uppercut which dumped him to his knees, and was counted out by Referee Mark Conn at 2:04 of the round. In a 10-round companion piece which preceded the main event, welterweight champion Ray Rob- inson punched out a unanimous decision over Kid Gavilan of Cuba in a non-title bout. A crowd of about 18,000 braved a chill wind to witness the star card on by the 20th Century Sporting Club. Of the two headline attractions, the championship test between Williams and the game little Mex- ican-American from the coast packed most of the thrills. Williams, making his third straight title defense this year- a modern record inany weight division-slammed Flores to the canvas twice for counts of nine in the fifth round. Twice more in the eighth Flores was dropped for counts of nine and eight, but until the instant that Williams finally nailed him in the 10th it looked as though the coast gamester would stick it out. Possessed of the gall of a ticket speculator, the challenger came back after each of the first four' knockdowns to fight Williams to a frazzle. After being dumped twice in the eighth Flores actually was whaling the champ all over the ring when the bell clanged. 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