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Overpowered,
Michigan Hurlers Fail To Stop Purdue;
Loss Dims Chances for Big Ten Title
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By STEVE ROGERS
Purdue's baseball team, pound-
ing five Michigan pitchers for 12
hits, trounced the Wolverines 11-0
yesterday at Ferry Field.
The loss brought Michigan's
Conference record to 5-5, and' all
but mathematically eliminated
them from the Big Ten title race.
The Wolverines, who have now
dropped two straight Conference
games, will try to get back to
winning ways today whyen they
e engage Illinois- in a doubleheader
at Ferry Field beginning at 1:30
oor pitching, which has
plagued Coach Ray Fisher's team
all season, once again was the
Big Ten Standings
t W L Pet.
Michigan State 7 3 .700
Ohio State 7 3 .700
Minnesota 6 3 .667
Purdue 5 4 .556
MICHIGAN 5 5 .500
Illinois 4 5 .444
Wisconsin 4 6 .400
Indiana 4 6 .400
Northwestern 3 6 .333
Iowa 3 7 .300
Yesterday's Results
Ohio State 6, Northwestern 0
Purdue 11, Michigan 0
Michigan State 3, Illinois 0
Minnesota 5, Iowa 1
Indiana 9, Wisconsin 2
Today's Games
All Doubleheaders
Northwestern at Indiana
Illinois at MICHIGAN
Wisconsin at Ohio State
1 Iowa at Minnesota
Purdue at Michigan State
Tam Favored
In Preakness
The Kentucky Derby winner and
pride of Mrs. Gene Markey's Calu-
met Farm, Tim Tam, is the f a-
vorite in this afternoon's Preak-
ness running at Pimlico.
Tim Tarn, boasting seven
straight victories, will bring the
best record into the Preakness
since the great -Count Fleet in
1943-but he still has eleven rivals
t in the rich 3 -year-old classic.
If Tim Tam can whip Jewel's
Reward, Silky Sullivan, Lincoln
Road and the others, the sleek
dark bay will be the first Derby
winner to repeat in the Preakness
since 1948. Ten year's ago it was
Calumet's great thoroughbred --
Citation-- who swept th'ough'the
Derby - Preakness-Belmont triple
crown. Seven of the horses who
chased Tim Tam home at Louis-
ville are entered, a record number
from the Derby.
The battle will be carried on na-
tional television and radio CBS
from 4:30-5 p.m.
cause of Michigan's defeat. In fact,
it took the com~ibined efforts off
nearly the entire pitching crew
to hold the Boilermakers to their1
11 runs.
After yesterday's performance
Ray Fisher pessimisticly looked at
his mound staff. "The -best guy out
there," the veteran mentor said,
"was my second string catcher1
(Bob Stabrylla)."
Purdue waited little time in ex-
ploiting the Wolverine's weakness.'
They knocked starting and losing1
pitcher Al Koch out of the box'
with a two run rally in the first
inning.
Nick Liakonis took over the
mound chores for Michigan and
sputtered along until he ran out
of gas in the sixth. tJntil this in-
ning, he allowed the Boilermakers
one run tallies in the fourth and
fifth innings.'
Spectacular atch
It took a spectacular running
catch by left fielder Ralph Hutch-
ings, however, to keep Purdue from
scoring more on Liakonis. In the
top of the second, with one out
and the bases empty, Boilermaker
Duff McKenzie smashed a scream-
ing liner to deep left field. Hutch-
ings, off at the crack of the bat,
chased the ball to the fence, and
made a diving one hand catch.
In the top of the sixth, however,
the greatest fielding plays wouldn't
have helped the Wolverines. In this
inning, 11 Boilermakers came to
the plate and put together two
hits with four walks, one hit bats-
men, and an error by second base-
man Bob Kucher for five runs.
It was Stabrylla, listed in the
roster as a catcher, who finally got
the Wolverines out of the inning.
Taking over pitching chores from
relievers George Weemhoff and
Dean Finkbeiner he finally se-
cured the third out.
Stabrylla would have finished
the game without allowing Purdue
any more runs, had he received
some reasonable support from his
teammates in the top of the ninth.
After he struck out the first batter,
the roof caved in. Center fielder
John Herrnstein let a single roll
through his legs for one run.
Shortstop Ernie Meyers booted a
grounder and let another runner
reach base safely. This was fol-
lowed by a single to center. Herrn-
stein's throw to third base went
through Gene Struczewski's legs,
allowing the 11th and final Boiler-
maker tally.
Offense Futile
Michigan's offense was equally
futile. Sophomore Jerry Lawlis,
in his first Big Ten start, silenced
the Wolverine's big guns with four
hits. The gritty southpaw, in com-
plete control throughout the game,
gate Michigan something to look
forward to next year.
BASEBALL STATISTICS
MICHIGAN AB R H RBI
Myersss 500 0
Kucher, 2b 4 0 2 0
Mogk, rf 3 0 1 0
Roman, lb 4 0 0 0
Dickey, c 3 0 0 0
Hutchings, If 3 0 1 0
Herrnstein, ef 3 0 0 0
Struczewski, 3b 3 0 0 0
Koch, p 0 0 0 0
Liakonis, p 1 0 0 0
Weemhoff, p 0 0 0 0
Finkbeiner, p 0 0 0 0
Stabrylla, p -1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 0 4 0
PURDUE AB R H RBI
Farley, 2b 6 2 3 0
Petron, if 6 2 3 2
Espinda, rf 4 2 1 0
McKenzie, c 2 2 0 1
Kolacki, ss 3 0 1 2
McCabe, of 4 1 1 0
Schiednecht, lb 4 0 2 1
Serbu, 3b 4 0 0 1
Lawlis, p 3 2 1 1
TOTALS 36 11 12 8
PURDUE 200 115 002-11 12 1
MICHIGAN 000 000 000- 0 4 4
2b Petron; HR Petron; WP Lawlis;
LP Koch.
Thinclads Face Purdue
Today in Last Dual Meet
By DICK MINTZ
The Wolverine track team faces
Purdue this afternoon at Lafay-
ette, Ind. in the final dual meet
of the season..
' The Wolverines now sport a 4-2
record in dual competition but
coach Don Canham feels that
they should be undefeated.
"It has just been a succession
of unlucky breaks for us. We ori-
ginally planned to build the team
around Jim Pace and Eeles Land-
f
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Major League Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
W
16
187
17
15
10
11
11
10
L
8
11
1i
15
13
15
16
19
Pct.
.667
.621
.607
.500
.435
.423
.407
.345
GB
Ih
4
5A
6
6%/
8
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Kansas City
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
W L
16 5
13 12
11 11
11 12
13 15
13 15
12 15
10 14
Pet.
.762
.520
.500
.478
.464
.464
.444
.417
GI
5
6
612
6
7
7%
strom, both Big Ten champs, but
Pace turned to pro football and
Landstrom's ineligible."
"We were left thin but still had
a talented nucleus. Then Pete
Parker who placed third in the
220-yd. Big Ten Indoor Cham-
pionships, was injured at the
Quantico meet and has been out
since. But that's typical of the
things that have been happening
to us.
Don Deskins, would've won the
Penn State meet for us if he had
competed in the field events but
he was out with an injury he re-
ceived during spring football
drills."
The losses weren't solely limit-
ed to the varsity. Fred Montour,
the f r e s h m a n star sprinter,
cracked his shoulder bone in a
freak accident two weeks ago at
the Triangle Meet.
The "bad breaks" caught the
boys off the track as well. Mak-
ing the long trip home from Penn
State last week their bus broke
down.
Canham expects to win this
afternoon though, barring any
great calamity.
The Boilermakers present their
greatest challenge in the pole
vault. Wolverine ace Mamon Gib-
son, will be up against a couple
of 14-foot vaulters, in Jim John-
ston and Bill Jones.
The Boilermakers Hugh Enicks
and Larry Phillips are top con-
tenders in the mile run.
YESTERDAY'S ;RESULTS
Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 2, Los Angeles 0
Chicago 6, San Francisco 5
Milwaukee at Cincinnati, rain
TODAY'S GAMES
Los Angeles at St. Louis
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
San Francisco at Chicago
Milwaukee at Cincinnati
Leading Batsmen
Player and Club G AB R H Pet.
Musial, St. Louis 25 96 16 46 .479
Mays, San Francisco 29 115 29 47 .409
Crowe, Cincinnati 18 60 5 22 .367
YESTERDAY'S RESULIS
Baltimore at Boston (postponed, rain)
New York 7, Washington 2
Chicago 6, Cleveland 3
Kansas City 5, Detroit 3
TODAY'S GAMES
Detroit at Kansas City (N)
Chicago at Cleveland
- New York at Washington
Baltimore at Boston
Leading Batsmen
Player and Club G AB RI
Vernon, Clev. 23 63 12;
Kuenn, Det. 26 106 19
McDougald, NY 18 69 12;
Skowron, NY 18 67 9
Hl
24
40
26
25
Pct.
.381
.377
.377
.373
.