SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1951 T HE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THEE a Indiana Set To Test 'M' Pass Defense CASSIIED T'~1~/i ~ lUF tb *. AT ~ .ulvlagi iovlay u1i lew NEW YORK-(A')-Joe DiMag- gio, baseball's greatest star since r Babe Ruth, has played his last big league ball game - unless he changes his mind between now and next spring. The brilliant outfielder of the A New York Yankees, after weeks of pondering, today informed his boss, President Dan Topping, that he had decided to retire from baseball. A TWO AND A half hours later, a club spokesman announced that the 37-year-old Yankee Clipper "came into the office with inten- * * * Sophomores interested in be- coming varsity basketball man- agers should report to the I-M Building Monday, October 15th at 4 p.m. -Phil Webb i oriK I aiee1 give them (the fans) something to remember me by." "We couldn't have won the pen- nant and series without Joe," manager Casey Stengel said. "I hope he changes his mind about retiring." * * * "THE DAY DiMaggio quits," Stengel said recently, "part of the Yankees will be gone too. In a sense, Joe was the Yankees, just as Babe Ruth was before lim." "You know," Young Gil M' c- Dougald said to the writer, "Z wish I could tell DiMaggio just how I feel about playing on the same team with him. Just know- ing that he may be watching me makes me try all the hard- er to do good. I still find it hard to believe that I am on the same team with him." DiMaggio has done splendidly for himself financially. Probably only Ruth has made as much out of the game as has Joe. In thirteen active seasons as a Yankee, DiMaggio has earned $704,323 in salary and World Series cuts. It is estimated he has earned about a million and a half dollars including off-the- diamond activities. DiMaggio left for San Francisco by plane tonight. He plans to take off for Japan next Monday for an exhibition tour of that country and Korea. He will be accompanied by other big league players, including teammates Ed- die Lopat and Billy Martin. Di- Maggio will act as non-playing manager, LATE FOOTBALL SCORE Miami (Fla.) 7, Purdue 0 In First Conference Tilt (Continued from Page 1) offense department, his 677 yard total coming all but 33 yards from passing, FULLBACK Pat Gedman was the Hoosiers big gun against Pitt. Of Indiana's 349 yards net.gain on offense, Gedman gathered 187 yards on 26 rushes. That amounts to 10 more yards than the whole Michigan team got against Stan- ford last week, Gedman scored both the Hoosiers' touchdowns, one on an 85-yard run and the other the result of one of D'Achille's two completed passes. At left half is the fabulous Bob- by Robertson, one of the best ball carriers in Indiana history. He also * ';: j. tions of retiring but decided to give the subject a little more time at the request of Dan Top.pin., . Toppingand DiMaggio dis- cussed the matter for close to two hours. The Yankee co-own- er listened quietly while Joe gave his reasons for retiring; then asked him to withhold his final decision. DiMaggio agreed to give the matter "a little more thought and a little more time." MOST PEOPLE feel, however, that Joe's brilliant 16-year big league career is over. DiMaggio indicated last spritg that 1951 would be his last sea- son, but few believed him. If he had any doubts then, his sub- par work this year, convinced him. He batted only .263, the second time in 13 active years * with the Yankees that DiMag had dipped below .300. His once powerful arm had lost its snap, he had slowed up in the field, and most important, he was just plain tired. "DiMaggio is just plain pooped out," a close friend confided. 'Age k lr -r t, r ,c rGi 1' cur- c JOE DIMAGGIG .,.back next year? * .* simply has caught up with him. Whereas in other years, he would visit night clubs or go to the mo- vies in the evening, Joe rarely left his hotel suitc this year. He'd be so tired after a ball game, he'd go back to his hotel, order his dinner and sit home watching television." IT WAS immediately after the final game of the World Series last Wednesday, that DiMaggio dragged his feet into the club- house, peeled off his shirt and re- marked. "I've played my last game." A little later, upon being con- gratulated for his eighth inning double in his last time at bat, Joe said: "I'm glad I got it. It will Pi Lams Eke Out 21-19 Win; Tau Delt Shuts Out SAM, 8-0 .. TODAY ONLY! 65c to 5 P.M. 95c After 5 Last Times Today Starts Sunday- EVERYONE'S HERO... ONE WOMAN'S IDOLI With their eye on next week's encounter with Delta Sigma Phi, Tau Delta Phi tuned up today with. an easy 8-0 victory over Sigma, Alpha Mu. On the first play from, scrimmage, Sammie back Bob Steinberg was trapped in the end zone by Lonnie Spoon, to give the Tau Delt's a 2-0 lead which they never relinquished. Towards the end of the first half, Gene Curtis passed to Moe Katz for the game clinching TD. IN A REAL thriller, Pi Lambda Phi scored eight points in the ff al two minutes to eke out a 21- 19 victory over Kappa Sigma. Jer- ry Rovner, runner-up for all- campus-athlete last year, again showed his skill by passing for all three Pi Lam TD's. Jerry Hirsh was on the receiving end of two of the tosses,.and Rovner hit Dick Gildan for the third. The deciding two points came when Bram Gold- man trapped Don Mitchell for a safety. Mitchell led the Kappa Sigs by passing for all three of their touchdowns. Tallying on Mitchell's passes were Don Hurst, who went over for two scores and Red Fisher who struck pay dirt for the third. In other games, Foresters de- feated Hawaiians 7-6; Wesleyan triumphed over M.C.F., 12-6; Na- kamura squeezed by Michigan Co- op, 6-0; Newman Club romped over Royals 19-6, and A.S.P.A. for- feited to Roger Williams, 6-0. DON PETERSON . . . sparks attack doubles as a fine pass receiver, does the punting (was third best in the Conference last year with a 38.6 average) and occasionally is called upon to pass. * * * LAST YEAR it was Robertson who scored the Hoosiers' only touchdown against Michigan as the latter won, 20-7. And he also unleashed a terrific 77-yard punt against the Wolverines. Indiana has what may be as potent a passing combination as Stanford's Kerkorian-to-McColi combination was here last week. On the receiving end of D'- Achille passes is usually Cliff Anderson, a six-foot-two-inch 205 pounder who already holds the Hoosiers all-time pass catch- ing mark, and held the Big Ten record for number of passes caught in one game and a single season, until Northwestern's Don Stonesifer broke them both last season. Against this impressive array of power Oosterbaan has designated all but two of last week's starters to lead off for the Wolverines to- day. THE TWO changes come in the backfield where Don Peterson will start at fullback and Wes Brad- ford will be in at wingback. Tled Topor will continue at quarter- back and Captain Bill Putich will stay at tailback, while still calling the plays. An ankle injury will keep last week's starting wing, Frank Howell, out of uniform entirely, but linebacker Laurie LeClair's leg trouble has improved enough so that Ooosterbaan may be able to use him. Rounding out the injury list is Jim Balog, defensive guard, who developed an infection in his leg and may not be able to see action this afternoon. TODAY'S CLASH will give lit- tle Wes Bradford, 5 foot, six inches, and X55 pounds) another shot at the Hoosiers, whom he almost per- sonally destroyed last year. The Troy, Ohio, halfback moved into a starting role last season when, oddly enough, Howell was out with an injury (a broken arm). He startled the Hoosiers and fans alike when he scored Michigan's second touch- down on a 41 yard dash, and compiled a total of 105 yards in seven carries for a seven yard Saverage. So far Putich is Michigan's best ground gainer with 86 yards SPOU T S HERB COHEN: Night Editor gained in 18 tries, most of which he picked up last week against Stanford when he proved him- self a runner that should give the Wolverines' ground attack a big boost. SECOND in line is Peterson, who has gained 58 yards in 16 carries and was second to Putich last week. In practice this week the Maize and Blue stressed pass defense in an attempt to pre- vent a recurrence of last week's decisive aerial deluge by Gary Kerkorian. Jut how effective the pass defense is now should well be proved this afternoon with D'Achille due to uncork a lot of sky maneuvers. The Wolverines' spirits are high and they are a determined squad out to start a title defense on the right foot. * * 'I' IN THE Michigan-Indiana ser- ies to date, Michigan has won 14 and lost 4. The Wolverines have scored 436 points, to 73 for the Hoosiers. The last time Indiana won was in 1945 with their West- ern Conference Championship team, by the score of 13 to 7. They also defeated Michigan in 1944, 20 to 0. READ and USE DA i LY CLASSI FI EDS Mat. It,! 5 P.M. -- 30c Nights, Sun. - 44c Ends Tonight DORIS DAY "On Moonlight Bay" Plus- - GLEN FORD "Redhead & The Cowboy' STARTS SUNDAY- Ptus - - JACOBSONS Has o -iiigs for part-time sales girls, 12:30 to 5 p.m. and al day Saturday. Apply at once to Mr. Parks. )17H _= S. l. CINEMA GUILD WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB }resen t ("The Bride's Surprise") A FRENCH COMEDY by Jactqnaz's Prevert author of Children of Paradise