22, 1949 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wolverine Nine Outslugs MSC, 10-9 t . . r. 'M' Batsmen Knock Out Four Spartan Pitchers Homers by Kobrin, Wolf, Morrison's Triple Pace 11 Hit MichiganAttack inSlug Fest By BEV BUSSEY on top with three more in the (Special to The Daily) third. Willard Baker singled, EAST LANSING - Displaying a Bill Bucholz walked, and Leo sudden burst of power, Michigan s Koceski beat out a bunt te load baseball squad managed to edge the ba. out Michigan State, 10-9, here yes- the baes K terday afternoon in the Wolver- A walk to Kobrin forced in one ine' fnalroa gae o th ca- 'nnand .ack McIonald's force ines' final road game of the cam- play on Kobrin accounted for an- Coach Ray Fisher's charges jtner. The final run crossed the pounded out 11 hits off four Spar- ?late on Wolff's single to right. tan hurlers to record their second WOLFF OPENED the sixth with victory of the season over State. a booming 400-foot drive over the .etm centerfield fence for the sixth TED KOBRIN and Bob Wolff Wolverine run. each lashed out homers while Scoring three runs in their Ralph Morrison chipped in with a half of the sixth on two singles, two-run triple to pace the Maize a walk, and Frank Barta's three- and Blue slugging attack. run double, the Spartans knotted Southpaw Bud Rankin stag- the count at 6-6. gered through the nine inning A four-run splurge in the sev- route to gain the win for Michi- enth provided the Wolverines with gan although rapped for nine their winning margin. With two hits. Three Wolverine errors did men out, Lou Bloch, second State not help Rankin's cause. hurler, hit Kobrin with a pitched Michigan jumped off to a fast ball and relinquished a single to start, hopping.on starting pitcher McDonald. Wolff collected his third safety, a single, scoring Ko- There is an urgent need for brin. Morrison then tripled to caddies for the forthcoming center to score two more runs. Western Conference golf meet * * this Friday and Saturday, May WITH THE COUNT two and 27 and 28. All students inter- two on Hal Raymond, Morrison ested should sign up at the broke for the plate and crossed ubhouse of the "M" course or with what proved to be the win- all 9308. There is good money ning run when the Spartan hurler, to be earned. Bob Krestel, balked. -Bert Katzenmeyer. The losers got one of the runs back in the eighth on doubles by Wally Beggs for two runs in the John Kinney and Frank Bagdon first when Kobrin followed Leo sandwiched around a fielder's Koceski's single with his homer choice. over the left field fence. Kinney's homer over the left- * * * field fence with Al Cummins on THE SPARTANS assumed a 3-2 base accounted for the final two lead in their half of the first when runs in the ninth. they tallied a trio of runs on two Michigan errors, a walk, a long fly, WOLFF WAS the leading hit and Frank Bagdon's double to left. producer for Michigan with his The Wolverines climbed back homer and two singles. Koceski _______________________--collected two singles and Morrison rapped out a triple and single. CM Sot Kobrin's homer and a single by M SC SBaker were the only other Wolver- ine hits. By aBarta and Kinney sparked the Spartan assault against Rankin. Barta drove in four runs with two EAST LANSING.-Although six doubles while Kinney had a homer of the top Spartan track stars and a two-bagger. were missing, Michigan State had Fresh from their successful little trouble beating Marquette by weekend on the road, the Wolver- an impressive 105 to 36 score in a ines engage the Quantico Marines dual track meet here yesterday tomorrow at Ferry Field, starting afternoon. at 3:00 p.m. IF THE CLINCHER-Ralph Morrison slides into home plate with the winning run for the Maize and Blue yesterday against Mich- igan State. There was no umpire's decision on the play since Spartan hurler Bob Krestel balked on the throw, giving Morrison the automatic base. He had previously reached third by blasting a three run triple. ULL5ESSION by b. s. brown, sports editor " F y { 'I MICHIGAN'S BRETHREN to the north have made the Western Conference the Big Ten, once again. Though new to the Confer- ence, Michigan State has proved in the past few years that its athletic teams are worthy of the honor. I do not for one minute doubt that the Spartans will live up to the traditions of the Big Ten, erasing all arguments that they should not have been granted admit- tance. Michigan and State have had their disagreements, but from now on the wars of words will be supplanted by warfare on the different athletic battle sites. Probably the worst clash between the two schools is still fresh in the memories of Conference offi- cials-the question of where the next four football contests between the neighboring schools would be played. Both were adamant. Fritz Crisler wanted all four of the games played here; Lloyd C. Emmons, who has been named as State's faculty representative to the Conference, wanted the series played on a home and home basis. Indignant over the proceedings, State officials began to level charges at Michigan. The Wolverines are trying to dictate to us, they said: they have given us an ultimatum. Charges travelled hot and heavy on the lanes connecting Ann Arbor and East Lansing. The differences were finally settled, however, and all was tranquil. Prob- ably the only major effect of the whole business was that Michigan and Michigan State were transformed into bitter rivals overnight. The rivalry had been there before the rumpus, but it never reached the proportions of that between Michigan and some of its other opponents i.e. Minnesota and Ohio State. But the effect is for the better. Bitter rivals always come up with good games-the final result can never be predicted-and the fans benefit. After the game between the Wolverines and MSC last year, I said that the Spartans weren't in Michigan's class. Biggie Munn's eleven soon proved that I was a bit hasty in my evaluation. The Spartans left no doubt in the minds of football observers all over the nation that they were one of the top grid units around. Whether Michigan defeats State or not on the next outing September 24, Michigan State is now in the league. Along with my apologies for having sleighted the Spartans last year is tendered heartiest congratulations on having made the Big Ten a reality once again. * * * * JBUST 70 YEARS AGO come May 30, a bouncing baby Wolverine barely nosed out a Racine squad, 2-0. Now a husky, full-grown adult, the Wolverine is set to celebrate his birthday, but he won't be seeing action in commemorating the day. Times have changed- the seasons are different now. As a result, the celebration will have to wait until September 24, when the Michigan football squad takes on Michigan State in the '49 opener, for that bouncing baby Wolverine symbolized the first Maize and Blue grid team. Since that cold and shivery day at the old Chicago White Stockings baseball park in 1879, the Wolverines have had one long field day on the gridiron. Compiling one of the most fantastic records in football history, the Wolverine won 401 games, while losing only 110. There have been 22 ties. Though only two and three games were played in the early year, Michigan has still managed to average 5.73 victories a season against a 1.57 loss average. But it's birthday time-happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, etc. See Us for EXTRA PIT . . . for your friends . . . for the family They will appreciate -see- ing your favorite snap- shots as much as you do. Bring in your best nega- tives today. :q- BOYCE PHOTO CO. 723 North University .' o<=x <=>oo<=> <= 4= >o<=>= . .>c<>o<=>o<=>a.<=> <>(><=> < ;>o « -xo<=>o<=>ox- (/ ... if you don't get in on the Special COLLEGEEN aAL ii r at the CAMPUS BooTER 304 South State to %ioF I ,