FRWAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1950 PAGE 61X THE MICHIGAN DAILY I Dogged Yanks, Sagging Phils Cinch Pennant Ties * * * * * * 4 Tigers, Bums Stillin Hectic Races MICHIGAN STATE FAIR?? Veterans Give'M' Edge in Grid Debut- PHILADELPHIA-(P-Little Phil Rizzuto hit a clutch single in the 10th inning to give the New York Yankees an 8-6 victory yesterday SIGMA NU Alumni, Faculty, Transfers Please call or stop at house to leave local ad- dress and phone number. We want to help you with mail and inquiries. over last place Philadelphia and at least a tie for the 1950 American League Pennant. The Yanks lead the runner-up Detroit Tigers by 2%/2 games. In order for the Tigers to tie they must win all of their three games while the Yanks lose their two. Rizzuto's money hit into cen- terfield came after catcher Joe Tipton hit his sixth home run off starter Vic Raschi with one out in the last of the ninth to. tie the score at 6-6. It was the second straight day a Philadel- phia home run shook up the Yanks in the ninth. But the Bronx Bombers were not to be denied today. Bobby Schantz, the pint-sized southpaw, had handcuffed them since he came on in relief with two out in the third. After Reynolds opened the 10th by flying out to left, Cliff Mapes eoubled into the left field corner. Then Rizzuto belted a Schantz pitch into center and Mapes reached home. Two more singles scored a superfluous run. i 700 OXFORD 8257 -t: Be Sure to Try For That Hard-To-Find New Shipments of Out of Stock Books Arriving Daily at MICHIGAN BOOK STORE State Street at North University * * * NEW YORK-The Philadelphia Phillies suffered their second doubleheader defeat in as many days at the hands of the New York Giants yesterday but the blows were somewhat softened as they are assured of finishing in no worse than .a tie for the pen- nant, Eddie Sawyer's Whiz Kids were beaten by identical 3-1 t scores but the Boston Braves lent a helping hand by splitting a doubleheader with the runner- up Brooklyn Dodgers to prevent the Dodgers from winning the flag in regular season play. The Phils' once comfortable lead now stands at three games over Brooklyn. The Phils have two games eft to play in the Dodgers' lair. The Dodgers have four games left and in order to tie the Phils they must win all of their games while the Phils drop their two. DETROIT-A dead game bunch of Detroit Tigers cashed in on a great break yesterday to edge the St. Louis Browns 4-3 in a dra- matic 12-inning battle that kept alive their slender hopes of a tie in the American League pennant race. The Tigers' sole chance now rests with the possibility they can win all three of their re- maining games with Cleveland while the first-place Yankees lost their final two clashes with the Boston Red Sox. That would deadlock the Tigers and Yankees and force a playoff. The Tigers, trailing 3-2 with one out in the last of the ninth, fought their way back into the game as pinchhitter Aaron Robinson, goat of a key loss in the Cleveland se- ries, slammed a home run to knot the score. Then, after getting a two-hit relief performance from busy lit- tle Hal White, the Tigers finally broke the game up as Brownie pitcher Duane Pillette saw his luck run out in the 12th. BROOKLYN - The Boston Braves jolted the Brooklyn Dod- gers, 8-4, in the second game of a doubleheader today to prevent the Dodgers from winning the Nation-' al League pennant in regular sea- son play. Brooklyn took the opener, 6-5, and the split ipoved the Dodgers to within three games of the league-leading Philadel- phia Phils. Bob Chipman, who last year pulled a surprise victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the tight finish, was hammered for 13 hits, as many as the Braves made, but he held on and went all the way for his seventh win against as many losses in the nightcap. BOSTON-The smallest Fenway1 Park crowd in several seasons- 2,411 paid-watched the Red Sox gain a 4-3 decision over the Wash- ington Senators today. The Sox tied together doubles by Bob Doerr and Matt Batts, a base on balls and Stobbs' single for three runs in the fourth. They added their other in the seventh. ST. LOUIS-The St. Louis Car- dinals hammered Ken Raffensber- ger for nine hits in 2 1-3 innings last night and went on to beat Cincinnati 7-0 behind the six hit performance of Howard Pollet. Chuck Diering got two doubles that were good for four Redbird runs. By BILL BRENTON Associate Sports Editor It's out and out optimism all- right, but from every angle it looks like Michigan by three touchdowns against Michigan State's Spartans Saturday -at the Wolverine stad- iiim. Returning lettermen, promising sophomores, tradition-and the bookmakers - are all perched calmly on the Wolverine bench. THE SPARTANS, an old but seldom formidable foe of Michigan elevens, bring an inexperienced squad to Ann Arbor to face prob- ably the top battle-tried team in the Western Conference. It'll be men against boys in more than one way as daddy Fritz Crisler watches his two proteges, Bennie and Biggie; butt heads together from the opposing benches. Munn, it must be admitted, has done great things with an East Lansing institution bent on making Michigan "the Harvard of the Midwest," 'footballically' speaking. The Green and White mentor has piloted State teams to a .714 winning percentage in his three year tenure. The Wolverines, however, have beaten their football student three out of three times. * * * ONLY 14 LETTERMEN grace the roster of a Spartan eleven that coasted to an easy victory over much-publicized Oregon State last week. And, worse yet, just three or four of those ,14 are seriously bothering Wolverine followers. Biggest headache, naturally, will be the versitile Bob Carey, an elongated end who can catch a pass or toe a placekick with. equal proficiency. He accounted for a mere 20 points last week. A running threat to test the Wolverine linc is Everett "Sonny" Grandelius, the blonde Muskegon Heights halfback. Don Coleman, * * solid Flint tackle, is the third standout in an otherwise mediocre squad. And attention on Carey might vault the other flanker, Dorne Dibble, to a starring role. otherwise mediocre squad. And at- tention on Carey might vault the other'flanker, Dorne Dibble, to a starring role. STATE'S HOPES rest on four men. Michigan has three-year vet- erans Chuck Ortmann,ADon Dufek, Leo Koceski, captain Al Wahl, Al Jackson, Harry Allis, Ozzie Clark, Tony Momsen and others. It's Munn that's doing the worrying. * * Gridders End Heavy Drills For Openier Coach Bennie Oosterbaan wound up the week's heavy work yester- day, touching on every phase of the game in preparation for Sat- urday's football meeting between his Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State. In lengthy kicking drills, team A's Chu ck Ortmann punted smoothly and efficiently along with Leo Koceski, regular wing- back and sophomore Bill Billings, Flint quarterback prospect. * * * ORTMANN STOLE the honors with kicks consistently around the 50-yard mark. Harry Allis, senior starting. end from Flint, handled numer- ous point after touchdown con- Iversions with accuracy. The Michigan coach experi- mented with his defensive line in a stiff dummy scrimmage, giving 1950 Michigan Grid Schedule §ept. 30-Michigan State, hsere. Oct. 7-Dartmouth, here. Oct. 14-Army at Yankee Stadium. Oct. 21-Wisconsin, here. Oct. 28-Minnesota at Min- neapolis. Nov. 4-Illinois, here. Nov. 11-Indiana, here. Nov. 18-Northwestern, here. Nov. 25-Ohio State at Co- lumbus. most of his personnel a, chance at action. Ortmann again was the star performer as the Wolverine, pol- ished up their offense, throwing accurately to both ends and Half- back Koceski. Frank Howell, sophomore right half prospect from Mus- kegon Heights, was back in the thick of things after rapid re- covery from an ankle twist suf- fered during Wednesday's work- out. With, only slight limbering-up exercises scheduled for tomorrow, Trainer Jim Hunt reported the squad "fit and ready to go." r !': Major League Standings 4) a * * * AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Detroit Boston Cleveland Washington Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia * W 97 94 92 L 55 57 59 90 61 67 85 58 93 57 94 51 102 * * Pet. .638 .623 .609 .596 .441 .348 .377 .333 GB 2 41/ 61/ 30 381" 39 / 461/ NATIONAL W. Philadelphia 90 Brooklyn 86 Boston 83 New York 84 St. Louis 75 Cincinnati 64 Chicago 63 Pittsburgh 56 T DY TODAY'S LEAGUE L Pct. 62 .592 64 .573 67 .553 68 .553 74 .503, 85 .427 86 .423 94 .373 GAMES GB . . .0. 3 6 6 132 25 25%/ 33 TODAY'S GAMES Washington at Boston -Ku- zava (9-10 vs. Masterson (9-6). Cleveland at Detroit-Garcia (11-10) vs. Gray (10-7). (Only games scheduled). * * * YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 8, Philadelphia 6 (ten innings) Detroit 4, St. Louis 3 (12 innings) Boston 4, Washington 3 Boston at Brooklyn (2)--Bick- ford (19-13) and Surkont (5-1) vs. Roe (19-11) and Newcombe (19-10). Chicago at St. Louis (night) -Minner (8-12) vs. Boyer (7-8). (Only games scheduled.) * * '* YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 3-3, Philadelphia 1-1 Brooklyn 6-4, Boston 5-8 St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 0 BOB CAREY . . . MSC's Pass Catching Sensation * * * * rY WATCH OUT, CHARLIE! Munn Pins-Pass Defense Hopes on Sophs , .. 11 a THAT, OF COURSE, could be said of all pass .defenders, but what makes this SistArtoh combi- nation really effective' i§ that it is fleet-footed enough to carry it out. Very rarely this fall will the fans see an opposing end* or backfield man snag a pass and get away for a long run or a touchdown. Coach Biggie Munn's boys are fast enough to drag most players down from behind. Jesse Thomas, the safety man, is a track star, and the only senior in the five-man combination. But he gets darn good assistance from the two defensive. halfbacks,' Ray Vogt and Johnny Wilson. Both are sophomore swifties. a * * BACKING UP the line, Munn has some other sophomores. FMll- back Ed Tilmerman goes on the left side, and either centers Doug Weaver or Dick Tamburo on the right. All three need more experi- ence, but are coming right .along as "killers" on the line. The effectiveness of the com- bination against passes was seriously questioned after the Oregon State game. last Satur- day. The Beavers scored both of their touchdowns by air, and completed 13 of 25 passes. In the shuffle, the fact sort of got lost that the four sophs were playing their first big game, and that the Gene Morrow-John Thomas duo is one of the most feared in the Pacific Coast League. seniors ser W4 LI a£.~" p; ''' ' SORORITY OF SERVICE The girls who belong are caln, competent, considerate. 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