THURSDAY, APRM 1, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY r=.%ciL 7r-inr,,r THURSDAY, APRIL 1,1954 filE MIChIGAN DAILY PAGE THREF I Veteran Pitchers Bolster Netters To Begin Tour; Tigers Trim WESTW4RD 1I10 Face Alabama Saturday Philadelphia, Wolverm Miehigan Diam onda Squad Spring Hill, Loyola, Tlane lmllJel Rout Robei To Face e Track Team Indians, UCLA By DO LIDA ' By DON LINDMAN . strong group of southpaws for a Coach Ray Flshcr's Michigan college squad. Wisniewski, Ritter, baseball team is wearing the badge Ferrelli, and Peterjohn all throw of the 1953 NCAA Champions on from the portside, while Corbett, its uniform sleeve this year, thanks Fagge, Woschitz, and Tadian are in a large measre to an exception- ally strong pitching staff. *h*a* f "ur picning staf iould be better this year than it was last season," says Fisher, but he is quick to add that the pitchers will be carrying an even heavier bur- den in the 1954 season. "THE TEAM actually held up the pitchers in many cases last season," he states. "The fielding, especially, was very good." With many of the mainstays of last seasons champions miss- ing from the lineup, the Wolver- ines will field a relatively un- tested aggregation in the sea- son opener against Delaware to- morrow afternoon. With the fielding and hitting Freshmen wishing to try out for sophomore football man- ager positions, please report to Ferry Field on Monday, April 12, between 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Present sophomores and jun- ior managers please report at 2:30 p.m. --Glen Bearss expected to be under last year's pace, the pitching staff will be called on to take up the slack,, Of the ten returning lettermen, five are moundsmen. FIVE REGULARS are returning from the 1953 mound crew. Mary Wisniewski, Jack Ritter, Jack Cor- bett, Garby Tadian, and Bob Wos- chitz were members of the na- tional championship crew. Wis- niewski, Ritter, and Corbett play- ed exceptionally big parts in the past campaign, and will be called on for much of the work this year, In addition, sophomores Mark Ferrelli and Dick Peterjohn and junior 1alph Fagge show prom- ise of becoming starters for Fisher's squad. These eight men give the Wolverines one of the strongest mound staffs in college baseball. Michigan has an exceptionally Hairstyling to please!! ; Try our: Personnel - Workmanship Service - 10 Hairstylists NO WAITING The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theatre LAST YEAR'S ace hurler, Cor- bett, compiled four wins as against only one loss in conference com- petition, along with- an amazing 1.40 earned run average. Wisniew- ski, Ritter, and Tadian pitched a total of four winning efforts with- out a loss against Big Ten op- ponents. Injured for most of the 1953 season, Wisniewski recovered in time to play a big part in pitch- ing the Wolverines to the na- tional crown. The Detroit jun- ior is expected to be a valuable source of added strength in the fight for the conference title this season. Peterjohn, it is hoped, will de- velop into one of the top men on the staff before the season is over. The 6-0 sophomore can be very fast on occasion, but he has been slow in rounding into form during the practice sessions in Yost Field- house. * * * FISHER PLANS to start the southpaw hopeful against Dela- ware in the first contest of the road trip to give him some addi- tional experience. Ritter started last year's opener against the samej opponents.R The catching spot on the Wol- verine lineup is wide open, with three men fighting for the start- ing position. Senior Dick Leach holds the inside track for the job at present, but senior Ray Pavi- chevich is a possible starter. Junior Jim Olson is another can- didate for the catching slot. An excellent receiver, Leach is a light hitter, batting .211 during the 1953 Big Ten campaign. As a regular last year his season aver- age was a lowly .206. In Vacation Schedule; Mann Leads Teamn By WARREN WERTHEIMER Blu ill Alab Aprl If you asked Coach Bill Murphy 5, SpringHipse Collee to dAys and his top six netmen what their later and Llol ad Tula on favorite song is right now, they the eighth and ninth resecie-on would probably answer 'Alabamy ly. The tour should afford Mur- Bound' for that is just where they phy a good chance to get a better are *heading this Saturday. line on the net team before the" The journey to the University of home and Big Ten opener for Alabama marks the start of a MihgnArl 4aans ni five-day, four-match southern Michigan, April 24 against indi-s tour which opens the 1954 Wol- ana, last year's conference titlists. verine net season. Al Mann, captain of this year's net squad is slated to DURING the trip the Maize and play in the Wolverines' number one singles slot with Pete Paul- us operating from the number two 'position. Both Paulus and Mann played number one singles during last season, the latter finally sewing up the spot near mid-season. Each had a 6-4 record in 1953. Bob Paley will play in the third position, a two spot jump from last year when he compiled a sev- en won, three lost mark. Bob Nederlander will see action from ' the fourth slot. Nederlander cap- tured seven of eight matches and then won the Big Ten crown at x. the number six position last year Y while a sophomore, A PAIR OF newcomers round JACK CORBETT AL MANN . . . mound mainstay . . . Murphy's Mann NEARLY ALL RETURN: Strong M' Tank Team Forseen for '55 . By LEW HAMBURGER The success of Michigan's swim-I ming team next year is dependent upon two major factors: who will succeed Matt Mann as coach and how much the present squad will improve. Only three men from the present team graduate in June. Co-cap- tains Tom Benner and Don Hill, sprinters, and John Chase, back- stroker, have swum their last race for the maize and blue. RETURNING are Captain-elect Bumpy Jones, NCAA individual' medley champion and holder of every existing record for that event, who will be back to defend; his title. The Individual medley is Michigan's strongest event, for in addition to Jones, the Ward- rop twins give the Wolverines a combine that could finish first, second, and third in the country if they wished. Fritz Myers, a member of the freshman team this year has shown constant improvement and, if such continues, he will be anoth- er medley man of note. THE MIDDLE distance events will be the second strong point of next year's squad. Jack Wardrop, whose upset win over Ford Konno in the NCAA 220 will be the su4- ject of much discussion for months to come, is only a sopho- more. He has three and a half years of eligibility remaining. Back to swim with Wardrop in these events will be John O'Reilly. Tom Prunk will be up from the fresh- man squad to give more strength to the middle distance events. Ron Gora also may swim the middle distances, but the new coach may be forced to use the Chicago swimmer to fill Do Hill's shoes in the sprints. Gora can swim any of the freestyle events and has shown well at all distances. In last week's NCAA meet he swam four 100 yard stints on Saturday, all in 51 seconds or less. Bobby Knox is the other hope- ful in the sprints. He developed a case of the "sophomore jinx" in this year's big meets, but his times during the year have been excellent. * S $ . BOTH Jim Walters and Charley Bates will be returning for anoth- er attempt to break the Ohio State monopoly on diving. Walters placed fourth at the NCAA in the high board event, and' second in both the low and high boards in the Big Ten meet. Bates missed qualifying at the Nationals by one place, as he finished ninth. A sophomore, he gave indications of future greatness towards the end of the season. In the backstroke, John Chase's loss will be compensated for by Jim Kruthers. Although somewhat disappointing in the early part of the season, Kruth- ers began to return late in Feb- ruary to the form that had made him a national high school champion and great prospect. Bert Wardrop, who placed third in the National 200 yard back- stroke is available for this event as well as his medley chores if the occasion so presents itself, The breastroke, a weak link this year, will be considerably strength- ened next season. Mike Delaaey, whose tremendous improvement towards the end of the season earned him a place in both the 100 and 200 yard events in the Big Ten meet will be back, stronger. He will have a run for his money, however, as John Hubly and Jim Thurlow members of the freshman team, move to the varsity level. They have both done excellent times in practice and should be good enough to fill the gap that was present this year. out the sextet making the jaunt down south. Bob Mitchell and Bob Sassone are the numbers five and six singles netmen. Bothl players won their spots through intra-squad playoffs and tourna- ments. Mann and Nederlander will pair to form the number one doubles team while Paulus-Paley and Mitchell- Sassone will be the other Wolverine doubles com- bines. Of the teams to be met on the tour through the South, Tu- lane figures to furnish the Wol-3 All Freshmen who wish to1 try out for Freshman baseball please report to me at Yost1 Fieldhouse between 2-4 p.m. April 12 and 13., --Matt Patanelli I verines with the strongest com- petition. The Green Wave has a string of 28 straight dual match victories and is also the proud possessor of Ham Richardson, na- tional collegiate net champion. Richardson who has faced some of the finest netters in the world is ranked among the top ten among the United States amateurs and was also a member of the Davis Cup team. LAKELAND, Fla. - (AlP- Rob-' in Roberts, Philadelphia's ace righthander, pitched the full nine innings yesterday but was raked for 13 hits and the Phillies drop- ped a 7-2 decision to the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers roughed up Roberts for all their runs in the first four innings, the last three coming on Charlie Kress' home run over the centerfield fence with two mates aboard. * * * RIGIITHANDER Steve Gromek blanked the Phils for the first sev- en innings, Dick Marlowe worked the last two innings and lost the Umps Needed Think that you can call 'em as you seem 'em? Officials are needed to umpire intramural softball games. Applicants are requested to contact Bob Os- trander at the Sports Building immediately. shutout in the ninth when Stan Jok hit a home run with Bobby Morgan on base. Gromek gave the Tigers a sample of the pitching that has made him one of the outstand- ing performers in the Detroit camp this spring, He gave up six scattered hits without walking a man. So far he has pitched 20 exhibition in- nings and has been touched for only one run and 15 hits. The Tigers got their attack roll- ing in the second inning. B ;b Nieman and Bill Tuttle singled and Matt Batts walked to load the bases. Nieman scored while Gro- mek was grounding out. Frank Bolling then popped up but Rob- erts walked Jim Delsing and Har- vey Kuenn to force Tuttle across with Detroit's second run. BULLETIN MINNEAPOLIS - AP) - A fast third period sent the Minneap- olis Lakers off to a 1-0 edge in the National Basketball Assn. championship series as the Lak- ers won 79-68 from Syracuse before 4,579 fans last night in the opening game of their best. of-seven series. By BILL STONE Whether the middle distance and distance strength of the Michigan track team will be enough to offset the sprint and field power of UCLA, Stanford, and the Edwards Air Base army champions will be discovered dur- ing the Wolverine's invasion of the west coast this spring recess. Coach Don Canham's athletes, who meet rugged Stanford on April 3, are considered good enough to be favored against the UCLANS on April ninth when the teams clash at Los Angeles. On the other hand, April 5 will be the day the fiery young Michigan mentor will find out just how good the champion Edwards squad is. WHILE the bulk of Michigan's thinclads will be out in the sunny land of California, a quartet of Wolverine runners will be in Birm- ingham, Alabama, this Saturday to defend Michigan's distance. medley title in the annual South- ern Relays, Bill Barton will lead off in the quarter mile, Bob Hall will handle the half mile, Al Lubina will jaunt the three quarter leg of the relay, and the team will be anchored by Jack Clements in the mile. The West Coast trip will give Michigan fans an idea of what will be in store for the outdoor season, and more importantly for the NCAA track meet this June. MICHIGAN'S interests will be focused upon the discus throw, 220 yards low hurdles, the high jump, the half mile, and the mile. Fritz Nilsson and Roy Pella are the Maize and Blue's premier hopes in the discus. Nilsson, captain of the Wol- verine track squad and member of the Swedish Olympic team, should do quite well in this event Pella, who was on the Canadian Olympic roster, is also a sure point winner in the weights, John Vallortigara, Bob BrovOn, and Dave Hessler are the Wolver- ine enteries for the 220 yard dash. In the high hurdles Jim Love, Junior Stielstra, and Bob Rudisell most likely will get the call from Coach Canham. Milt Mead, NCAA champion in the high jump, will be favored in his pet event against the Bruin and the soldier Jumpers. * * * JOHN ROSS, four time Big Ten mile champ, will compete with some able men on the coast, as will his teammate Pete Gray in the half mile. Ross may also run the half mile for Michigan. 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