, 14, 1949 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PA THE_.. _MICHIGAN DATTIY__ BULL SSSION by b. s. brown, sports editor Wings Drop Third Straight, 3-1 J. Paul Sheedy* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because Ile Flunked The Finger-Nail Test a- BASEBAWL S HARRY HOUDINI, the inimitable Casey Stengel, will have to pull more than a sparrow from his hat if he hopes to pilot the Yankees into the first division this year. Casey's biggest headache is Joe DiMaggio's ailing heel. The $100,000 slugger probably will be released from the hospital today but there was no indication that he would be ready for action early in the season, or at any time during the campaign, for that matter. If Joe doesn't come through and is forced to the inactive list, Stengel will have to rely on either Hank Bauer, who has seen limited service with the Yanks but isn't ready to step into DiMag's shoes, or Gene Woodling, one of the newer additions to the squad. Winning a pennant entails gambles here and there, but Casey is trying for a good showing (after comparatively lean years in the managerial ranks) and gambling on a newcomer in place of one of the greatest sluggers of all time is a little too much to expect. Then there's the problem of Charley Keller. A series of injuries, especially the one to his back, almost brought down the curtain on his playing career. King Kong insists he is in ship-shape condition, but he has yet to begin thumping the sphere with any authority. There's always Big John Lindell to replace the Maryland Mauler, but Casey has been toying with re-converting handsome Johnny to a pitcher-because of his fine knuckle ball. And what to do with Snuffy Stirnweiss? Joe Gordon is about the only second sacker around who can out-shine the pudgy Stirn- weiss afield. But at the bat, Snuffy leaves much to be desired. Casey could always play Bobby Brown, the golden-haired medic, at second but he'll never be the fielder Stirnweiss has proved himself to be. First base is another problem. Stengel could use Ole Reliable Tommy Henrich on the first sack, but that leaves a vacancy out in right-one that might be a little difficult to fill with either Woodling or Bauer in center, Lindell in left and Berra behind the bat. Rookie Dick Kryhoski, a Leonia, N.J., product, has been coming along, but from all reports, he still isn't ready for full time action at the initial bag. And it sems almost a certainty that Yogi Berra will be confining his activities to receiving come opening day at the Stadium. With the' old master, Bill Dickey, coaching the backstop, it seems a good bet to predict that Yogi's days as an outfielder are over. So give the Yanks a good third baseman-Billy Johnson-and a pretty fair crop of pitchers, and what do you have? The need for Mgr. Casey Stengel to brush up on his Houdini handbook and start pulling some players out of that well-worn cap of his. Lone Detrolt Score Made By Stew art TORONTO -(')-The Toronto Maple Leafs moved within a game of becoming the first team in modern professional hockey to win the Stanley Cup three successive times last night as they downed Detroit Red Wings 3-1 last night. it was their third straight victory without defeat in the best of seven final National Hockey League se- ries. Once the Leafs moved on even terms, there wasno doubt of the outcome as the Detroit team flapped along on one wing. In the final 20 minutes, although they were two goals down, the Wings directed only four shots at Turk Broda, Toronto's steady goaltend- er. BLACK JACK Stewart put D- troit in front early in the first period when he fired a long shot into the open corner of the Tor- onto net after Pete k{oreck passed out from the corner. For 31 min- utes the Wings held the lead and seemed to be headed for their first victory of the series when Toronto put on a burst of power that could not be denied. At one time in the second pe- riod, the Leafs played two men short for 20 seconds. Just as Bill Ezinicki returned to bring the teams to full strength he caught up with an attack to tie the score. But on Toronto's other two goals, Lumley didn't look so good. Ted Kennedy squeezed a back- hander between his pads and the post for what proved to be the de- ciding tally, Gus Mortson's shot for the final goal skimmed under Lumley's stick. AFTER BEING outshot 11-8 in the first period, the Leafs pelted the puck at Lumley with regular- ity. In the final stanza they tested him 13 times and outshot the Wings for the night, 34-23. The teams meet here in the fourth game Saturday night. Group Studies MSC Request CHICAGO - (/P)--A three-man committee from the Western Con- ferencewasgscheduled to depart from Chicago yesterday for a three day study of Michigan State College in connection with its pro- posed admission to the "Big Ten." Conference faculty representa- tives voted unanimously last De- cember to admit Michigan State, contingent on a survey by the special committee. Kenneth Little of Wisconsin is chairman of the committee, which also includes Paul J. Bloomers of Iowa and Conference Commission- er Kenneth L. (Tug) Wilson. The group will study Michigan State's scholarship program, its football training table policies and school procedure in connection with campus jobs for athletes. If Michigan State's athletic pro- gram conforms to the Conference code it is presumed the committee will recommend formal approval of Conference membership, pos- sibly at the spring meeting in Evanston, Ill. Daiy-Tyson CAPTAIN SHOWS WAY-Varsity golf captain, Ed Schalon, pictured above took a three stroke lead in the first round of the current spring qualifying tourney by firing a sub-par 71 on the University course yesterday. EXC USE US PLEASE: C iferenee Holds Drills s West Coast Laments Paton Tops In Western Court Ranks Wolverine net prospects got a double shot in the arm over vaca- tion with Andy Paton's win of the Western Indoor Championship and Bill Mikulich being declared eligible for another court season. Top netter for Michigan and singles champ of the Big Nine, Paton teamed up with Tony Tra- bert of Cincinnati to sweep the doubles matches after notching his singles win. Paton was in top form in Chi- cago, winning in the semi's from Trabert, three sets out of four. Trabert last year was National Indoor Junior Champ and is now rated the best tennis prospect in the country. In the finals, Paton met North- western's Grant Golden, downing him in three straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5. Golden is spotted to play' number one singles for the Wild- cats. After the singles matches, Paton and Trabert teamed up against Lennis Brose of Michigan State and Jack Sunderland of Kalama- zoo College to win 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Although the net squad failed to make a spring tour, they have beeii practicing on the Varsity courts since their return from va- cation. Mikulich is a welcome ad- dition to the squad and strength- ens an already strong team. "Mik" is a three-year letterman and was captain of the Maize and Blue last year when he played in the number two berth. The net squad boasts a solid punch for any Big Nine contend- er. Paton tops the list and al- though "Mik" is still to be rated, lie will probably be number two along with Al Hetzeck and Pred Otto. Naugle and Mackay are vet- eran netters and will probably fill out the squad although Don Lin- coln, a newcomer to "M" net ranks, is a close contender. Regular practice is scheduled until the first meet of the season at East Lansing against the Spar- tans, April 28, although an ex- hibition match possibly may be held according to Coach Murphy. VET'S WATCH REPAIR Earliest deadline in the state of Michigan 12:30 BE ON TIME! Blue Front-Packard and State West Lodge PX-Willow Lodge YOUR EASTER HAIR STYLE- is blended, and shaped to your Personality in a popular Short or Long Cut to please you. 9 Tonsorial Artists No Waiting DASCOLA BARBERS Liberty off State r. s FRESH FISH For the finest in SEA FOOD during every season Liberty Fish & Chips RESTA URANT 301 EAST LIBERTY STREET Hours: 11 A.M.-12 P.M. 'til 1 A.M. Fri. & Sat. By PRFS HOLMES Regular spring football drills are under way at every school in the Big Nine, much to the discom- fort of the West Coast-the scribes in particular. Last year the western sports writers claimed that the reason why the Western Conference foot- ball teams so consistently beat the home town squads was because of the six weeks of spring practice taken by the Big Nine gridders. ONE LOS ANGELES expert, last season, after Ohio State had beat- en Southern California, 20-0, in the Trojans' third game of the season, explained the defeat by stating that the Pacific Coast Con- ference teams had had only a month of spring drills. In the same breath he write off the 49-0 drubbing Michigan had handed the Trojans in the Rose Bowl the first day of the year. The way he made it sound the Wolverines won the game because of two extra weeks of practice they had had seven months before the game was played. Big Nine teams play six games against squads from the Pacific Coast Conference this coming fall. The sports writers have the same loophole since all the Western Conference teams are going strong in the usual month-and-a-half long spring drill. * *. * THEY HAVE especial cause to moan when they look at Iowa. The Hawkeyes are the only Big Nine team to play the West Coast twice, meeting U.CL.A. and Oregon, and Iowa has been practicing since March 7 with intentions of going on into the middle of May. Minnesota, although they play only Washington, will un- doubtedly receive some West Coast onions. Coach Bernie Bier- man held winter practice ses- sions this year in addition to the spring drill now in progress. The other intersectional games are Michigan at Stanford, Ohio State at Southern California, and California at Wisconsin. THE WAY it works out, figuring only the days drills are held, rath- er than the length of time in weeks, eight of the Big Nine teams practice on the average of 34 days. Iowa is scheduled to drill for 45 days. This doesn't seem like such a terrific advantage. In fact the West Coast writer's whole case can be made useless by the fact that Michigan beat Oregon, 14-0, last fall. Although at first this example may tend to back up the claim, in reality it seems to do just the op- posite. Oregon, a full-fledged member of the Pacific Coast Con- ference, had practiced football all summer long as a part of what they termed some sort of a physi- cal education program. This, of course, in addition to the spring practice. The Los Angeles scribe didn't attempt to explain this circum- stance. Maybe the West Coast writers had better hunt for an- other "here's why we lost." POOR old Sheedy had a hang dog look before he tried the Finger-Nail Test and switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil. Today-he's a blue ribbon winner. Regular use of Wildroot Cream-Oil now gives him a snappy, well-groomed look. No longer is he bothered by dryness and loose, ugly dandruff. He's out of the dog house for good with his girl friends. 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