THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE M'Nine Meets Notre Dame at South Bend oFa ALSO 'M' BATTING LEADER: ' Dorr Scrappy Fielder at Hot Corner Oosterbaan Nominates Six for Spring Trophy SBRIEFS. Wolverines Look for Second Win over Irish this Season * * * By GENE MACKEVICH "Gerry Dorr is the finest fielding third baseman in the Western Con- ference." This is the opinion of baseball coach Ray Fisher, who has had Dorr on his squads for the past four seasons. * ** 4 FEW MICHIGAN games are played in which Door doesn't prove to the fans, his teammates,and the opponents as well, that he is one of the finest defensive stars in college baseball today. For example, last week in the Indiana series, the Hoosiers, Gene Ring knocked a sizzling grounder down the third base line. The ball took a crazy hop, was deflected off Dorr's hand Baseball's Big Six By The Associated Press Based on 50 times at bat Player and Club G AB R H Pct. Robinson, Dodgers 24 93 19 38 .409 Kryhoski, Tigers 14 52 9 21 .404 Coan, Senators 14 55 12 22 .400 Elliott, Braves 23 77 15 30 .390 Fain, Athletics 24 87 10 33 .379 Reese, Dodgers 25 86 13 32 .372 * * * RUNS BATTED IN NATIONAL LEAGUE Pafko, Cubs 22 Elliott, Braves 21 Snider, Dodgers 20 Robinson, Dodgers 20 Dark, Giants 20 Irvin, Giants 20 AMERICAN LEAGUE Wertz, Tigers 23 Mantle, Yankees 22 Rosen, Indians 20 HOME RUNS NATIONAL LEAGUE Hodges, Dodgers 9 Pafko, Clubs 8 Westlake, Pirates 8 AMERICAN LEAGUE Williams, Red Sox 6 Doby, Indians 5 Jensen, Yankees 5 Joost, Athletics5 Coleman, Browns 5 Wertz, Tigers 5 and bounced up tol squarely in the mouth. hit himI He recovered the ball and his equilibrium in time to nip the run- ner at first base. "As I see it," ex- plains the 24 year old Detroiter, "you either get 'em or you don't. Of course," he added smiling, "once in a while I have a little luck on my side." FOR A TIME it looked as though Door's athletic career at Michigan would be a very short-lived one. When he went out for baseball in his freshman year, only 13 uni- forms were handed out at first. Dorr, who then played short- stop or second base, was left out temporarly but he stayed out until he had an opportunity to show freshman Coach McCoy that he migh be a good man to have around on Fisher's teams of the next few years. In his sophomore season, Dorr was playing second-string second base behind Bill Bucholz. During this year Fisher used the 5' 9", 160 pound infielder in many pinch- hiting roles. * * * THIS WAS the year that gave Dorr his fondest baseball experi- ence. Notre Dame was playing the Maize and Blue on Ferry Field; the score was tied eight-all going into the tenth inning. Dorr, who had come in to play second base in the sixth inning, was the lead-off hitter in the tenth frame. He stepped up and wasted no time in greeting the Irish pitcher with a home run drive that found its way to the tennis courts. In his Junior year Fisher put Dorr on third base. He hit .341 to lead all Michigan batsmen at the plate, and played a good defensive game at the hot corner. * * * NOW, IN HIS FINAL season of colege competition, the husky ath- lete is playing some of the finest third base in the Big Ten. Coach Bennie Oosterbaan an- nounced yesterday the names of the candidates for the Meyer-Mor- ton trophy to be awarded next Sat- urday to the gridder who has shown the most improvement in spring football. They are backs Bill Putich, Don ZanFagna and Dick Balzhiser; linemen Dick Strozewski and Jim Balog; and end Tim Green. Three of the nominees are returning let- termen and Putich is captain-elect of next year's squad. BOTH PUTICH and ZanFagna are quarterbacks by rights, but theI shortage of left halves forced the pair to alternate between the two positions. Physically they are alike -both stand five feet ten and weigh around 175. Putich hails from Cleveland, Ohio, while Zan- Fagna is a native of Providence, Rhode Island. Fullback Dick Balzhiser, fresh- man from Wheaton, Illinois, measures six feet one and weighs 185. Besides being a hard run- ner, Balzhiser can throw a neat left-handed pass, and has a 3.9 average in the Engineering School to boot. Tackles Dick Strozewski. 200 pound six footer from South Bend, Indiana, and Jim Balog, a six foot three, 210 pound youth from the same town as Balzhiser, are in hot contention for the spot vacated by Al Wahl. ALTHOUGH one of the roughest gents on South Ferry Field, Stro- zewski is also a scholar, having a 3.5 average. Tim Green, sophomore end from Toledo, is the speedster of the group. Standing an even six feet and weighing 180 pounds, Green was reputedly the fastest man on the squad last year, be- ing used almost extensively on kickoffs. Oosterbaan commented that freshmen Norm Canty, Gene Knut- son and Dick Beison would in all probability be candidates if they had not been injured early in the practice sessions. All will be, back next fall, however. Major League Standings A three-hit pitching perform-0 ance by John Biery gave Prescottt a 3-1 victory over Williams yester-S day thereby enabling the East Quadders to capture a first placef playoff slot in I-M dormitory soft-i ball. Biery's fourth consecutive league triumph was assured by a two-run1 second inning outburst, whicht came without the benefit of a base hit. Duane Possanza paced the winner's four-hit attack with; two singles. A GAME Tyler squad rebounded from an eight-run deficit to score a last-inning, 13-12 win over Mich- igan. The victory enabled Tyler to move a step further in the third- place playoffs. Bob Tung smacked a two-out single to right field to give the Tylermen the win. Chester Mill- er's grand-slam home run fea- tured a six-run Tyler third inn- ing. Adams House garnered its first win of the season, by a 9-7 score over Winchell. Winchell mounds- men yielded eleven passes, five coming together with three of the Adams total of four hits, in a seven-run third frame. * * * FRATERNITY action saw both Phi Gamma Delta and Delta Chi advance to the semi-finals of the third-place playoffs. Gordon Hyde's two-run single highlighted a five-run Phi Gam rally which broke a 2-2 deadlock with Chi Phi. The Phi Gams went on to win by a 7-3 margin. Delta Chi scored a 13-8 triumph over Theta Delta Chi. Fred Ronak- er and Gene Kiddon hit successive homers for the victors. In pro-fraternity competition, Delta Sigma Delta chalked up its third straight win, a 17-0 trouncing of Phi Delta Chi. I; Michigan's baseball squad will journey to South Bend today to en- counter the Irish of Notre Dame in the 58th meeting of the two uni- versities. The Irish have won 16 games in the long series, while the Wolver- ines have captured a total of 41. THE MAIZE and Blue's 41st vic- tory was a 13-6 triumph last week on Ferry Field. In that game Mich- igan scored nine runs in the first inning and four more tallies in the second frame to coast to an easy win. The Notre Dame outfield con- sists of veteran Jack Cunning- ham and Joe Pfaff alternating in leftfield; a sophomore from the Panama Canal Zone, Joe Ridge, in centerfield; and a Cardfinals Get Billy Johnson From Yankees NEW YORK - {W)P. - The New York Yankees sold veteran third baseman Billy Johnson to the St. Louis tardinals last night for an undisclosed amount of cash and first baseman Don Bollweg. While no price was given, the amount was believed to be $15,000 -$5,000 over the customary waiver price. The Yankees had obtained waivers on Johnson from the other seven American League Clubs. Bollweg, a six-foot-one lefthand- er, will report to the Yanks' Kansas City farm club in the American As- sociation. The 29-year-old first sacker hit .313 for Rochester of the International League last year. Johnson, 32, has been with the Yankees since 1943. He spent the 1944-45 seasons in the Armed Forces. three season veteran, Jim Gillis in right. A run-down of the Irish infield shows letterman Jim Manning holding down third base; lead-off hitter Harry Durkin is at short- stop; Bob Manning is on second; and a reconverted outfielder, Ed Foley, holds down the first base position. THE HITTING department cen- ters around veteran catcher Tom Boland. Last season Boland col- lected 14 safeties in 44 trips to the plate for a .318 average. This year in the Notre Dame- Michigan, clash he collected two hits in five attempts, knocked in two runs, and scored three himself. In all probability, Notre Dame coach Jake Kline will send Bob Nemes, the staff's only veteran, to the hill. COACH FISHER is hoping to give a number of his pitchers an opportunity to throw against Notre Dame, especially the lefthanders. Sure to see some action is Bob Lar- sen. Fisher is undecided as to who else he will give the nod. After travelling to South Bend, the Wolverines will play another non-conference game when they journey to Detroit tomorrow to meet the University of Detroit. Mop the deck, Mizzen the most, May 23, GARG out at last. Before you "give up" on your injector razor.. YOU MUST TRY NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. Brooklyn 14 10 .583 Boston 15 11 .577 Pittsburgh 12 12 .500 Chicago 12 12 .500 St. Louis 11 12 .478 New York 13 15 .464 Philadelphia 12 14 .462 Cincinnati 11 14 .440 YESTERDAY'S GAMES No games scheduled GB z... 2 2z 3 3 3 GERRY DORR . .. hustling third baseman M ichigan Sailors Place Third To Qualify for Midwest Regatta- TODAY'S GAMES New York at Pittsburgh (N)-. Spencer (1-0) vs. Chambers (3-3) or Law (1-1). Boston at Cincinnati (N)-Bick- ford (5-1) vs. Blackwell (4-2). Brooklyn at Chicago-Newcombe (3-1) vs. Rush (2-1). Phiadelphia at St. Louis (N)-- Meyer (1-1) vs. Poholsky (2-2). By JACK SOTHERLAND The Michigan Sailing Club had to be content with a third place last weekend out at Whitmore Lake, but third place was all they needed. The Wolverines were sailing for an invitation to the fourth annual Midwest Invitational regatta to be held next week at Ohio State. Only the three top schools out of the seven Michigan and northern Ohio teams that raced at Whitmore are eligible for the Columbus trip. ON A WEEKEND made for sail- ing, Purdue University sailed to Hip-hip hooray, H up--hup--hup, May 23, GARG coming up! JII a hotly contested first place with 95 points. Toledo University, a pre- race favorite, was second, one point behind the Boilermakers. The Wol- verines, who by now are getting rather tired of trailing Toledo across the finish line, ran up 80 points for third position. 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