W*kYN - fl0AYAftfUL 19; IM3 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ... ........ . Spartans Nip ll' ichigan in Ninth, 6-5 ALWAYS IMPROVING: Williams Excels as 'M' Runner, Captain Outfielder's Infield Hit Decides See-Saw Battle * * * Blue Ninth Tigers Win in 10th; Upsets Rule Major LeagueLidl fters Hitters Hold Edge As Yanks, Braves, Plus, Nats, Cubs, Browns Triumph (4, By DAN GEREB "In addition to being a topnotch two-miler, Justin Williams is one of the best captains a Michigan track team has ever had." This candid opinion expressed by Wolverine track coach, Don Canham, just about sums up the short but brilliant track career of :Justin Williams which will be con- cluded in the record books upon graduation this June. * ~* * PROBABLY THE MOST re- markable thing about Williams is the fact that in the 1949-50 in- door season, the Michigan cap- tain consistently bettered his time in the two mile race and eventu- ally wound up as the fourth best two-miler in the Big Ten. In indoor meets this past sea- son, Williams improved his time in four successive meets. He cov- ered the two-miles in 9:34.5 against Wisconsin, 9:29.7 against Illinois, and in the closing dual meet with Ohio State, he ran 9:26 flat. As a fitting climax to his sea- son feats, he ran his best indoor race in the rousing Western Con- ference finale at Illinois. * * * T H E WOLVERINE. captain brought home the bacon for the Maize and Blue coming in in the number 4 spot with the fine time Wings Lose To Rangers In Over time DETROIT,-(P)-The coura- yeous New York Rangers sur- prised the Detroit Red Wings with a 4-3 overtime victory yesterday to tie their Stanley Cup hockey championship series at two games apiece. The New Yorkers trailed the National Hockey League Cham- pions by two goals after the first 17 minutes of play and looked hopelessly outclassed in that first .period and most of the second. * * * BUT THE RANGERS stunned 13,557 fans and the Detroit club by surging back into the game late in the second period. Center Don Raleigh of the Rangers' sank a beautiful 15- foot backhand shot at 8:34 of an overtime period. He got the shot away even as he was fall- ing to the ice. The victory meant the clubs will have to play at least two more games, tomorrow and Saturday, to settle their scrap for possession of the ancient Stanley Cup. If a seventh game of the best- of-seven series is necessary, it will be played Sunday night. All of the games are scheduled on De- troit ice. COLLEGE BASEBALL Minnesota 5, St. Thomas (Minn) 2 Notre Dame 6, Chicago 2 Purdue 7, Butler 0 " Bradley 7, Iowa 2 Kalamazoo 10, Adrian 7 definite threat to break the con- ference outdoor record of 9:10.4 * * * JUSTIN WENT to high school in Oak Park, Illinois but the track __<<= program there did not call for a i two mile race and thus he con- -. tented himself in the one mile eventdduring his highschool ca- reer. Although he had turned in a creditable 4:35 mile before en- tering Michigan, Justin's first S.. =love was for the longer two mile race and he has since par re7' pated mainly in the latter event. Williams is studying Industrial Mechanical Engineering and does not plan to pursue his track ca- reer after graduation. He rates Don McEwen and Don Gehrmann as tops of the present day colle- JUSTIN WILLIAMS giate two-milers although the Wis- .S. WIstA MSe ae consin star has recently concen- disac a trated on the one mile race. of 9:22 and thereby established WILLIAMS AGAIN will strive himself among foremost two- to better his two mile mark when milers in the Big Ten. the outdoor season rolls around although he probably will also be Williams best overall time in entered in the distance medley the two mile was recorded in and 4 mile relay on occasions. the 1949 outdoor season. At that Coach Canham is of the firm be- time Justin halted the stop- lief that Williams will break 9:15. watch in 9:19.2. At any rate, the Wolverine Track If his outdoor feats follow the mentor put it aptly by saying, pattern of his indoor successes, "they'll really have to run to beat I Williams may be counted on as a him." Michigan Golf Team Faces Detroit in First Home Match By HAROLD TANNER Michigan State snapped a 5-5 deadlock with a single run in the ninth yesterday afternoon to hand the Michigan nine its first home defeat of the season at Ferry Field. The final score was 6-5. Art Ronan, substitute leftfield- er, drove across Joe Barta with the winning run when he beat out a hit to deep short with two down WITH HICKS on the mound MSC counted three times in the fifth frame. Bloch singled went to second on Hicks' error on an at- tempted sacrifice by Ronan. Bothj men were advanced by a sacri- fice and scored when Kinney slap- 1 ped his third successive double into leftfield. I The Wolverines knotted theI in the final frame. Barta had count in the seventh with two doubled inside the rightfield line more runs. Bill Bucholz walked, and advanced to third on an out- and Koceski beat out a hit to deep field fly. * * *______________________________ ED GERNKOSKL who hurled All men interested in trying the final three innings was the out for the freshman baseball victim of the final Spartan as- team should report to Ferry sault and was tagged with the loss, Field at four this afternoon his first against two victories, with their own equipment. Lou Bloch who relieved start- -Don Robinson er Bob Carlson in the fourth inning was credited with the short putting men on first and cto o.ec si safetesonff ahe second. Morrison advanced both to collCctixsfetiLeofKthrunners with a sacrifice, but Mor- two MSC pitchers with Leo Ko- rill fanned for the second out. ceski and Gerry Dorr each get- Palmer was passed loading the ting a double and a single. bases, and Bucholz and Koceski MICH. STATE A Hlovanesian If Ronan lf Blanchard 3b Bechard lb Kinney rf Magi cf Cumiins 2b Barta ss Bower c. Carlson p Bloch p TOTALS MICHIGAN Bucholz 2b Koceski If Morrison cf Morrill lb Palmer c Wolff ss Fancett rf Dorr 3b Settle p A-Berce Hicks p B-Froscheiser Grenkows'/i, P TOTALS A-Grounded out third. 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 37 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0110 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 7 1 0 0070 0 01 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6927141 BRHPOAE 4 1 0 3 3 0 512100 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1110 0 2 1 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 000010 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3156 2712 2 for Settle in I s THE SPARTANS hopped on1 starter Dave Settle for two quick runs in the first inning when Dick Blanchard and Captain Jack Kin- ney socked doubles, and Vince Magi singled. Catcher Pete Palmer, after fouling off a number of pitches, laid into one of Carlson's of- ferings in the second inning and belted it to the tennis court in rightcenterfield for a homerun, narrowing the margin to 2-1. A two run splurge in the fourth gave the Wolverines a shortlived 3-2 lead. Walks to Ralph Morrison and Bob Wolff sandwiched around a single by Lefty Morrill and a sacrifice loaded the bases for Michigan in this inning. Carlson proceeded to walk Fancett, forc- ing in one run before Bloch came on in relief. He walked Dorr giv- ing the Maize and Blue another score before fanning Hicks to end the inning. scored on Barta's bobble of Wolff's grounder. Before the ninth inning Gren- koski, Michigan's number one pitcher on the southern tour, had retired the only six men to face him. Mich. State Michigan 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 10200 0 0 1 2 0 0 B-Fanned for Hicks in sixth.' By The Associated Press NEW YORK-The 1950 major league baseball season opened in explosive, fashion yesterday with action featured by upsets, thrilling comebacks, lusty hitting, large crowds, and a deluge of balks. The heaviest explosion occurred in Boston's Fenway Park where the world champion New York Yankees turned an apparent hope- less defeat into victory by blasting five Red Sox pitchers for a nine- run eighth inning. The big out- burst enabled the Yankees to come from behind and defeat Boston, 15-10. THE DEFEAT was a bitter one for Joe McCarthy's men and the 31,833 Red Sox fans since Boston led 9-0 after four innings and ap- peared on the way to a one-sided Freshman tennis candidates report at 4:00 p.m. today to the Sports Building. -Bill Murphy triumph over the team that edged it out of the 1949 pennant on the final day of the season. When the Yankees staged their big rally they were behind 10-4. Philadelphia's hustling young Phillies provided the biggest upset by shelling Don Newcombe off the mound in the second inn- ing and going on to whip the National League champion Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-1. It was the Phils who acted as stepping stones for the Brooks' march to the flag last year, losing the final game of the year to the Dodgers. Detroit's improved Tigers knock- ed Bob Lemon out of the box in the eighth inning to defeat the Indians, 7-6, in 10 innings before 65,744 in Cleveland. That was the biggest opening day crowd in the nation. Johnny Lipon's fly drove in Dick Kryhoski with the winning run. IN A GAME that featured five home runs, the Boston Braves pounded out an 11-4 triumph over the New York Giants before 32,- 441 opening day Polo Grounds fans. Rookie Sam Jethroe blasted a home run for the Braves as did Connie Ryan and Bob Elliott. Hen- ry Thompson and Whitey Lock- man hit four baggers for the Giants. In another free-hitting game, the Washington Senators push- ed across five runs in the first inning and hung on to outlast the Philadelphia Athletics, 8-7. A crowd of 31,548, including President Harry S. Truman saw Mickey Harris come to the res- cue of winning pitcher Rae Scar- borough with two-hit pitching over the last four innings. The Chicago Cubs, who weren't supposed to have any batting punch, clubbed out 13 hits, in- cluding three home runs, to down the Cincinnati Reds, 9-6. The Reds accumulated 14 hits, includ- ing a pinch hit homer by Bob Ush- er. An overflow Cincinnati crowd of 31,213 saw Johnny Schmitz to: Lefty Ken Raffensberger on the mound. ROOKIE Ken Wood smacked a pair of doubles and batted in three runs to help the St. Louis Browns defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-3. Ned Garver contributed some fine clutch pitching to earn a tril- umph over Bill Wight before 9,987 Chicago fans. As everybody anticipated, the new balk rule raised hob with the pitchers. I Life Saving, Baseball, Riflery Feature Week's IM Program I By BOB ROSENMAN With fair weather in the offing, Michigan's golf team will face the University of Detroit Titans in the Wolverines' first home engage- ment of the season this afternoon at 1:00. The Wolverines, despite three losses in their Southern trip last week, have been shooting fine golf, and will need top perfor- mances from every man if they expect to beat the experienced Titan squad. DETROIT'S LINKSMEN are led by three of last year's standouts, Sam Kocsis, Roy Iceberg, and last year's captain, John Povlitz, plus a newcomer, Roy Nelson. Kocsis, brother of nationally- known star, Chuck, has been a standout for the Titans for the past two years. Last year he won both his matches against Michigan, shooting 73 and 75 to net 52 points against 2 for his two Wolverine opponents, including a 21-Y2 win over Ed Schalon, one of the Wolverine golfers' bright lights last year. Despite Kocsis' terrific s oot- ing, however, the Wolveriness tri- umphed twice over the U. of D. in two starts last year, beating the Titans 30-6 on the University golf course and topping the Detroiters, 271/2-81/2~ at the Red Run Golf Course in Detroit. * 'I * WHETHER THE MEET will be a six-man or eight-man affair is still undecided, but Michigan Coach Bert Katzenmeyer has al- ready selected four men to face the Titans tomorrow. Bob Olson, Chuck McCallum, Dean Lind, and John Fraser definitely will be ready, though the other positions are still doubtful. The Wolverines will be at a slight advantage on their home course, the scene of their Confer- ence golf championship of last season. MSC Appoints I Newell as Bask( EAST LANSING,-(P)-Michi- gan State College reached out to the west coast yesterday for a new basketbal coach. The Spartans announced the appointment of Peter F. (Pete) Newell of the University of San Francisco. To avoid any mixup, Newell was on the campus to con- firm the appointment. * * * JUST 10 days ago the college an- nounced Wilbur N. (Sparky) Stal- cup had been appointed to the job. Stalcup, still at the Univer- sity of Missouri, called the an- nouncement "premature" and the deal fell through. Newell, 34, had an excellent record since he took over at the west coast university in 1946. His 1948-49 team won the National Invitational Tourna- ment at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1949. This past season the team had a season's record of 19 wins and Frisco Coach etball Mentor - seven losses. The team was in the National Invitational again, but was knocked out in the first round by City College of New York, the eventual winner. Life Saving instructors course,' baseball, and All-Campus Rifle shooting are slated to get under way this week according to Earl Riskey, Intra-Mural director. After a long lapse rifle shooting has come back as an I-M sport. During the week of April 24th reg- ular practice sessions are sche- duled, and starting on Monday, May 1st, record shooting will be- gin with 40 rounds prone and 10 shots standing. * * * THERE ARE three divisions ff competition. Those that have nev- er fired in a rifle match are to en- roll in the novice class. The next rung on the ladder is the marks- man class for those that never fir- ed in a registered match. The top competitors will be in the expert division. Veterans and members of the R.O.T.C. are permitted to enter the tourney. The only qualifica- tion to enter is submitting an entry blank at the I-M office by Saturday April 22nd. Baseball play gets started next week with games scheduled for 5:30 each evening. These games are played on the freshman basl- ball diamond. * * * THERE IS still room for two teams in the six team league. Those who are interested in join- ing the league are to contact Rod Grambeau at the I-M office. Practice games start this week. Anyone who has a Senior Life Saving award can sign up for the instructors course by next week. The course is conducted at 7 p.m. for the next three weeks by a representative of the Amer- ican Red Cross. The semi-finals of the frater- nity water polo will be played at 5:00 p.m. Friday afternoon. Phi Kappa Psi is pitted against Alpha Ta Omega, and Delta Kappa Epsi- lon will face Phi Delta Theta. Out-door All-Campus tennis singles entries close April 26th. The tournament gets underway April 28th at the I-M courts. In addition there is a tennis program planned in actual I-M competition. It consists of 4 man teams in all divisions. Phi Delts Capture IM CagePlayoff After a long delay caused by forfeit, Phi Delta Theta whipped Chi Psi, 47-27, for the fraternity basketball title yesterday after- noon at the Intra-Mural building. George Quillen dropped in 15 points to pace the victors along with John Ghindia's 14 points. Fred Picard scored 8 points for the losers. Chi Psi was champion for two days back in March, when they defeated Phi Kappa Psi 36-35. However, Les Popp played one game for the varsity team, and also appeared in the earlier Phi Kappa Psi games. Phi Delta Theta protested the league play on the basis that Popp had played in the previous games. lI i1i rn iTrl Ippra 66et#A- .1 I Braves Sign Taft Bill Taft, who helped hurl Mich- igan to ties for the Big Ten cham- pionship in 1948 and 1949, has signed to play baseball for the Denver Braves. Taft was signed for the Denver club by Scout Jeff Jones of the Boston Braves and was immediate- ly assgined to Evansville of the Three-I League. In 1948 Taft was the number two pitcher for Michigan, and last year was the leading moundi- man until sidelined with a sore arm late in the campaign. During the two seasons he won ten of 12 Big Ten games. 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