./..lllI.. 111 . fEV['al . lAia}a. M' Nine Overpowered, Michigan Hurlers Fail To Stop Purdue; Loss Dims Chances for Big Ten Title I 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 I 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 .