)FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1,950 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THEE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 19~0 PAGE THREE Jethroe Nam NPhilles' Miller Second To Star Brave Outfielder ed Top NL Rookie BASEBALL SHOP TALK: Tiger PlayersFeaturelBenefit Event '' < > T --- NEW YORK-OP)-Sam Jeth- roe, the Boston Braves $100,00 plus outfielder, has been voted rookie of the year in the National League for 1950.. The fleet Jethroe who led the league with 35 stolen bases, receiv- ed 11 first place votes from a 24- man committee of the Baseball Writers Association. BOB MILLER, t h e Phillies' pitdher who jumped from Terre Haute to a pennant winner in one year, was second with five votes. Danny O'Connell, Pittsburgh shortstop, had four votes, pitcher Bubba Church of the Phils two votes and third baseman Bill Se- rena of Chicago one vote. One writer failed to turn in a most valuable ballot. Last spring they thought Branch Rickey had sold a "le- mon" when he peddled Jethroe, from his Brooklyn farm club at Montreal to Boston. Jethroe fail- ed to impress during spring training. His hitting was off and his throwing was poor. Once the bell rang, Jethroe started to go for a sensational first half season. Until he was injured in July he had stolen 24 bases, 18 of them in a 33-game span, and was hitting .286 in 75 games. After he returned to the lineup he never regained his stride. Jethroe finish- ed with .273 in 141 games. He had 159 hits, 18 homers and drove in 58 runs. MILLER reeled off eight straight wins before he losts a game in the majors although he did not figure too strong in the Phils spring plans. As a bonus player he had to be kept. His success in jumping from Class'B to the Majors was one of the best stories of the year. Bothered by a sore shoulder in late season he finished with an 11-6 record. He was knocked out in the first inning of the final World Series game. O'Connell, a youngster with a rifle arm, moved up to the Pirates in early July afte his recall from their Indianapolis farm. He hit .294 in 79 games, most of them at shortstop although he played third base in his first few games. Like Jethroe, O'Connell was a former Brooklyn product, sold to Pitts- burgh for a reported $50,000 and players. * * * THE PHILS brought up Church from Toronto just before the sea- son opened. He didn't do much starting until after the All-Star game. Then he became a regular, winding up with an 8-6 record. He was hit on the face and se- verely injured by a line drive in September. Although he came back to pitch he was ineffective. Great Return mins Award For waitkus NEW YORK /-(A)- Baseball's "comeback of the year" award yes- terday went to Eddie Waitkus, the Philadelphia Phillies' fine first baseman, who escaped death by a narrow margin. A crazed girl's rifle shot criti- cally wounded the slender athlete on June 14, 1949. His life hung on a thread in the next few days. There were few who ever thought he would be back on a big league diamond. BUT THE courageous blond from Melrose, Mass., fought like a big leaguer, passed the crisis, and then started the long journey back. It was a grand comeback, one that helped inspire the Phils to go on to win their first National League pennant in 35 years. Waitkus edged out Johnny Mize, slugging New York Yan- kee first baseman, by 11 votes in the Associated Press' "Come- back" poll. Eddie was named on 90 ballots, Mize on 79. A total of 368 sports writers and sports- casters from coast to coast took part In the poll. LATE SCORES Hockey Chicago 2, Montreal 1 By KEITH MILLER and ED WHIPPLE _ Despite chilling winds and tem- peratures hovering near the freez- ingmark, baseball reigned supreme in the Ann Arbor National Guard* Armory last night at the Quarter- back Club-sponsored Detroit Tiger baseball program. Beneficiaries of the baseball night were under-privileged youths who can now attend the college of their choice and the 400 fans who received the Warm humor of the diamond luminaries. HONORED GUESTS of the Ann Arbor Quarterback Club were baseball broadcaster Harry Heil- mann and Tiger players George Kell, Charlie Keller, Jerry Priddy, and FreddyHutchinson. This con- tingent was augmented by such noteworthy spectators as Ray Fisher, Michigan diamondscoach, Don Lund, former Wolverine great, and the non-comparable Dick Wakefield.. Ann Arbor's Mayor, William A. Brown, opened the festivities, followed by "Old Slug" Harry Heilmann. After two or three anecdotes, Harry turned the microphone to Jerry Priddy, Tiger second baseman. Priddy told the crowd his trade to the Tigers was his biggest base- ball thrill; then he proceeded with an analysis of the Detroit failure in the stretch drive for the 1950 pennant. According to Priddy, hit- ting was the main Bengal weak- ness. AFTER ENDING his talk with praise of Don Kolloway and a word about Frank House, the Ti- ger second sacker left immediately for his home in Los Angeles, Cali- fornia.' Heilmann then introduced the major league all-star third base- man, George Kell. In return the "Arkansas Traveler" gave glow- ing words of Heilmann's broad- casting and called him the world's best baseball broadcaster. Kell's version as to the reason for the Tigers demise in Septem- ber was that the Cleveland In- dians sweep of a late season series ruined the pennant flames of the Bengals. Also he related that the Yankee manpower was just too terrific to overcome. NEXT OF THE Detroiters to speak was Freddy Hutchinson, who Heilmann described as the league's best competitor. Apropos of hi smeeting with baseball czar Happy Chandler this week, Hutch reported that a huge part of the money from the broadcasting and telecasting of the world series would be placed in the players' pension fund. After Hutch came the Ben- gals' reliable pinch hitter, -Char. ley Keller. Keller, who bears a slight resemblance to Holly- wood's Henry Fonda, gave De- troit fans a glum outlook of the Tiger farm system. - During the proceeding .question and answer period the fans re- quested the presence of Wakefield on the speaker's rostrum. The for- mer Tiger left fielder sauntered to the stand and came through with a few choice remarks about his stay with the Yankees and the Oakland Acorns. * e o THE TIGERS related their top baseball thrills ranging from Hutch's stopping the Yanks' 19 game win streak in 1947 to Kell's getting six hits in one game in his first season with the Bengals. King Kong Keller's top moment on the diamond was the Yanks winning the '41 series primarily on Mickey Owen's misplay. In a short interview with Daily reporters, Keller remark- ed that it was a shame the Tigers couldn't win the 1950 pennant for the Michigan fans. I-M Scores Phi Delta Phi 6, Alpha Kappa Kappa 0 Law Club 'B' 26, Delta Sigma Pi 0 Nu Sigma Nu 6, Phi Epsilon Kappa 0. Alpha Kappa Psi defeated Phi Delta Epsilon (forfeit) Tau Epsilon Rho defeated Phi Rho Sigma (forfeit) i; k e i i ' . R E INDIAN'S LOU D'ACHILLE, A TRIPLE THREAT TO WOLVERINES Michigan Indiana Have Same Problem: No TD's : FOOTBALL FORECAST by JOE HARRIS SILENCE IS GOLDEN: Indiana's Smith Busiesslke Mentor (4 By CY CARLTON~ One of the quietest coaches to appear in- the Western Confer- ence in many years leads a deter- nined Hoosier team into Ann Ar- bor tomorrow. Clyde B. Smith, mentor of In- diana's football squad, can best be described as a quiet, self-effacing, efficient businessman. He hardly fits the hairpulling, teeth-gnash- ing, sideline pacing stereotype of a football coach. AS SMITH .himself puts it, "Winning football teams are not th e result of dressing room speeches. Victory comes from the mental topness that comes of Sworkingnight after night to im- prove." Smith himself is the epitome of that description. A tireless worker he often beats the jani- tor to his office and he lives, eats and breathes football, 24 hours a day. The mild-mannered mentor of the Blomington Hoosiers is a small college product. He attended Ge- neva College in Beaver Falls, Pa. at a time when this tiny school was a giant killer in the nation's football scene. IN THE YEARS 1925-27, when Smith performed at end and half- back, Geneva under the coaching of Bo McMillin, won 25 games while losing three and knocked off such football powers as Har- vard. Smith, who is the only West- ern Conference grid coach who did not matriculate at a Big Ten school went into high school coaching right after graduation. A native of New Eagle, Pa. he took the head coaching reins at nearby Republic (Pa.) High. There he achieved astounding success, winning 18 straight games while grabbing four conference cham- pionships. IN 1934, he joined his old coach McMillin at Indiana, where he served as line coach for three years, developing some of the strongest forward walls ever to ap- pear at Bloomington. In 1938, he took the the job of head coach at La Crosse (Wisc.) Teachers College where he masterminded some of the small college powerhouses of the nation. After ten years at La Crosse, minus three spent in the Navy, Smith received the post of head coach at Indiana on the strong recommendation of his old friend and coach Bo McMillin. THE POPULAR little (5' 7") man, has been confronted with many pressing problems in his two years at Indiana -- manpower shortages, disciplinary problems and the like, but now he seems on the way to success with a group of Pennsylvania high school pro- ducts headed by Lefty Lou D'Ac- hille. Smith seems confident for the future. As he says, "we are surer than ever before that our staff can get the work done." By DAN GEREB If Bennie Oosterbaan is in the doldrums over the recent inept- ness of the Wolverine offensive at- tack, he can find a good shoulder to cry on with a good expectation of reciprocation from Coach Clyde Smith of Indiana. Both the Hoosiers and the Wol- verines suffer a prime football problem-how to score! * * * IN THEIR first four games, In- diana scored 34 points while Mich- igan scored 66 in a like number of games. However, the Wolverines have totaled exactly 7 points in their last two games while the Hoosiers haven't tallied a single point in their last two grid con- tests. The two blankings suffered by Indiana were the first on their record since 1948 while last week's whitewash inflicted upon the Wolverines was Michigan's first zero sum since 1944, when, ironically enough, Indiana beat them 20-0. Since the problem of how to win without scoring has yet to be solved, both Smith and Oosterbaan are presented with the identical problem of bolstering the offense. * * * THE OFFENSIVE breakdown of both squads can be traced to the failure of the running attack. The jinxed wingback spot on the Wol- verine team which has seen five players in action and four of them removed because of injuries has definitely detracted from Michi- gan's running threat. The Hoosier rushing game has become completely throttled as evidenced by the grand total of 78 yards on the ground in their last two games. Although the weak running at- tack has fenced in the passers, the aerial attack of both squads has been a potent weapon * * -1' THE INDIANA quarterback, Lou D'Achille, leads the conference in two departments, passing yardage and total offense. D'Achille has passed for 559 yards and run for 12 for a total of 571. Ortmann, holder of the Big Ten total offense title for the last two seasons, has recorded 344 yards passing and four yards rushing for 348 in conference play. D'Achille is well within reach of the all-time Big Ten pass yard- age record which was set by Otto Graham of Northwestern in 1942. Graham gained 714 yards via the aerial route in six games. D'Achille, with two games to go, need but pass for 143 yards to tie the rec- ord. * * * DESPITE the picture painted by these passing figures, the goal line is invariably crossed by a runner as testified by the fact that only three of D'Achille's tosses have been caught behind the last yard marker and but one of Ortmann's throws was a six-pointer. Thus the passing of both teams is more than creditable but it must click with the runners to dent the scoring column in order to solve Messiers Oosterbaan and Smith's problem. Saturday, Winner Score MICHIGAN ..21 Carbondale ..27 California ... 20 Cornell......20 Duke ........14 Georgia Tech 27 Georgia ......20 Illinois ......27 Iowa State ..27 Kentucky ...27 Marquette ...27 Maryland ....21 Mich. State ..21 Mississippi ...27 Missouri .....20 No. Caro. St. 27 Northwestern 20 Notre Dame ..20 Ohio State . .28 Loser Score INDIANA ... 7 Mich. Normal 13 U.C.L.A. ..... 7 Columbia ....14 Wake Forest.. 7' V.M.I. .......14 Florida ...... 7 Iowa .......... 7 Drake ........ 7 Mississippi St. 7 Holy Cross .. .14 No. Carolina. .14 Minnesota ... 7 Chattanooga . 7 Colorado .... 7 Davidson .... 7 Purdue ...... Pittsburgh ... 7 Wisconsin ... 7 November 11, 1950 r Oklahoma ...20 Penn State ..27 Penn.......27 Princeton . ..34 So. Methodist 27 Stanford ....27 Tennessee ...34 Texas Tech ..20 Texas ........27 Tulane.......20 Vanderbilt ..20 Virginia ..27 Western Mich. 20 Kansas .....a 7 W. Virginia .. 7 Brown- ......r.7 Harvard ..... 7 Teas A.&M... 7 Wash. State ,.14 Tenn. 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