WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1943
TIH E MICHIGAN DAILY
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Smith and Fife Bow Out in Match Play at NCAA Goli
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Army, Tied by Hockett
Loses to Bulldog
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Individual Title; Kuntz
CHICAGO, June 29.-(P)-Vernon
Stephens, the American League's
leading hitter all season, finally has
been overtaken-on the day he was
rejected for military service.
The St. Louis Browns' high-flying
shortstop took a 16-point dip in a
week and today is tied with Oris
Hockett, the Cleveland Indians' lit-
tle outfielder, for the league leader-
ship. Both are hitting .342 through
Sunday's games.
In the first averages compiled this
spring Stephens was far ahead with
a meteoric .448 mark. On successive
weeks he slid to .392 and then into
the .360's, popped up momentarily to
.376 and finally lapsed to his current
.342. During the last seven days,
Hockett brought his average up two
points to effect the deadlock.
Wakefield Third, Higgins Fourth
Behind this pair of clouters came
Dick Wakefield of Detroit, .311;
Pinky Higgins of Detroit, 310; Roger
Cramer of Detroit, .298. Bob John-
son of Washington, .291; Pete Fox of
Boston, .286; Luke Appling of Chi-
cago, .281; Chet Laabs of St. Louis,
.280, and Roy Cullenbine of Cleve-
land, .277.
The current minimum of 150 times
at bat needed for entry into the se-
lect top ten hit ers caused three
prominent .300-class hitters to miss
out in the rankings. Guy Curtright
of the Chicago White Sox is batting
.368 after 144 appearanices at the
plate, Buddy Rosar of Cleveland has
a .301 average in 136 times up, and
Jimmy Grant of the White Sox is an
even .300 with 140 times at bat.
Wakefield Also Leads in Hits
Along specialty row, Wakefield is
leading in total hits with 77; Ken
Keltner of Cleveland and Laabs are
tied in doubles with 16 each; Johnny
Lindell of New York and Johnson
lead in triples with five each; Char-
ley Keller of New York in home runs
with 10, Stephens in runs batted in
with 41, and George Case of Wash-
ington, as usual, in stolen bases with
20.
Milo Candini of Washington, with
seven victories and no defeats, has
the league's outstanding pitching
record, while Hal Newhouser of the
Detroit Tigers continues in front in
strikeouts with 70 opposing batters
the victims of his third-strike pitch-
es.
Special To The Daily1
CHICAGO, June 29.-Michigan'sl
hopes for gaining individual honors
in this year's NCAA golf tournament
were dashed this afternoon as the
Wolverines' two remaining hopes,
Ben Smith and Bof Fife, were de-
feated in the quarter-finals in the
matches at Olympia Fields.
Smith was finally eliminated 2 and
1 by Bill Roden, red-headed, long-
shooting Marine from Texas. The co-
Big Ten champion, who is president
of the National Collegiate Golfers
Association, was beaten by a succes-
sion of fine recoveries exploded by
Roden.
Kuntz Beats Fife
Richard Kuntz gained the semi-
finals of the top bracket by defeating
Robert Fife of Michigan, 5 and 3.
Eli Walter Beckjord then came
through in the lower bracket, beat-
ing out James Stewart of Northwest-
ern at the 18th hole, one up.
To gain tomorrow afternoon's 18
hole finals, they must dispose of a
pair of Marines-Roden and Wally
Ulrich of Carleton College, each of
whom will report for duty with the
Marines at the conclusion of the
tournament.
Both Roden and Ulrich indicated
today they were plenty tough.
Ulrich, unheralded 21 year old stu-
dent from Carleton College at North-
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quarter finals of the NCAA meet.
Miehigan Has Outstandin Staff of Coaches
Remaining Despite Losses to Services
Blue Survivors Patty Berg To Dahgren Stays
loden, Kuntz Face Big Test On Top.mi NL
of T ournc~y Toeceide iKnee May Not Stand Batting Race
Only Favorite Left strain of 36 Holes NEW YORK, June 29.- (P)- One
CHICAGO, June 29.- (')- Med- by one the National League's ambi-
hard way. He won five holes and alist Patty Berg, after dramatically tious batting stars seem to be giving
halved two others on the incoming crashing into the second round of up hope of Ellsworth (Babe) Dahl-
nine to defeat Jack Duers of North- the Women's Western Open with a gren slowing down his hitting pace.
western, 4 and 2, after being four 5 and 3 triumph over yesteryear's In recent weeks the ace of the
down at the turn. star, Mrs. Opal S. Hill, is ready to Philadelphia Phillies has outlasted
In tomorrow's semi-finals Yale, face the severest test in her golf numerous challengers and today still
which took the team title yesterday comeback tomorrow. was in first place among the senior
from the Wolverines, thus has a man The Minneapolis redhead ousted circuit's hitters with an average of
in each bracket: Kuntz and Beck- the former two-time open winner in .351. This was a slip of seven points
jord. It would then be possible for today's first round of match play, from his mark of last week, but well
the Elis to meet for the champion- then said that tomorrow's grind of above his rivals.
ship tomorrow afternoon. 36 holes, which will cut the field Harry Walker and Stan Musial of
-------- ___ from 16 to 4, would be the most im- the St. Louis Cardinals and Billy
+iportant day in her career. Herman of the Brooklyn Dodgers,
"I haven't played more than 18 who have run second to Dahlgren at
holes in any one day since my auto one time or another recently, all
Bo ii or accident 18 months ago," Patty con- have faded from contention. Herman
fided, "and, honestly, I don't know dropped 15 points in the last week
®) L if my knee will take the distance to .325 and yielded the runnerup
W ar rieue, Win or lose, I'll know my comeback spot.to Frank McCormick of Cn-
really is a success and my tourna- cinnati with .336. Third was Lonnie
DETROIT, June 29.-(RP)--In the ment future assured if I can last 36 Frey of the Reds with .332, but Frey
name of Sweet Charity, the Detroit holes. It's my big test." has been out of action for more than
Tigers will try to do something about Patty To Meet Mary Wall a week because of an injury.
getting out of the American League's Distance may not be the only bar- Behind these leaders, Dahlgren,
second division tomorrow in the rier to Patty, for her morning round McCormick, Frey andHerman, came
opener of a three-game series with opponent, Mary Agnes Wall of Men- Stan Hack, Chicago .316; Musial
the Boston Red Sox that starts a 16- ominee, is one of the most capable .313; Frank Gustine, Pittsburgh .307;
game home stand. match-play golfers in the business. Walker .304; Tommy Holmes, Boston
Full proceeds of the game, sched- If she gets into the afternoon quar- .303; and Arky Vaughan, Brooklyn
uled as a twilight affair at 6 p.m., ter finals, Patty again may face a .229.
are earmarked for the National War top-notch Michigan star, Marjorie ---
Fund, Inc. Club. Estimates are for a Row of Detroit. Miss Row, who beat the Spars this week; 18-year-old
25,00 attendance, which would mean Jean Hopkins of Cleveland today, 2- Catherine Fox, the English-born star
about $12,000 for the relief fund. up, will oppose ,darkhorse Margaret of Glen Ridge, N.J.; Phyllis Otto of
Gunther of Memphis, Tenn., whose Omaha, Neb., last year's runner-up
Rangy Tex Ruhon, nine-game par on the 19th hole beat Mrs. H. R. i h pn n ooh ibo
winner who hopes to be the firstDin H . e openanosth K r
leage ptchr t catur No 10 isStaats of Davenport, Iowa, today. Atlanta, Ga., a consistent challenger,
league pitcher to capture No. 10, is After posting a five-over-par 42 were among the winners today.
face Virgil (Fire) Trucks of Detroit, on the front nine to be all even with Miss Fox beat Eileen Stulb of Au-
whoe iargih(iseigTriumph.et, Sally Sessions of Muskegon, Miss gusta, Ga., 5-4; Miss Otto eliminated
who is after his eighth triumph. The Wall took a three hole lead with a Mrs. Harry Sherman of Chicago,7-6,
three defeats last time they met. par and two straight birdies which and Miss Hicks defeated Peggy Kirk
trodeitsharing fifth place with withstood her opponent's closing ral- of 'Findlay, O., 5-3. Miss Kirby, how-
Detroit, shnifthS play ly for a 1-up victory, ever, had to go 19 holes and plant an
the Chicago White Sox, is laying Elizabeth Hicks, professional of iron shot 3 feet from the pin for a
strong hopes for better things on the Long Beach, Calif., the 1941 national birdie to edge by young Marian
return to action of Jimmy Blood- champion who is planning to join Gault of Kansas City, Mo
,worth and Rip Radcliff. Since Blood- _______________________
worth went out of the lineup a month
ago with a leg injury, the Tigers
have lost 14 of 21 games. He was the
club's top producer of runs at the
time of his injury.
Radcliff Will Replace Harris
The veteran Radcliff probably will
go to right field in place of Ned Har-
ris, who isn't hitting. Bloodworth will
replace J. P. Wood at second base. CO C R E TL1TeTgr o ute odnw o
The Tgers got frther good news to-HOICE OR IE NTA L R UGS
day in a medical report that Johnny
Gorsica, who had an ear infection, (CLOSING FOR THE SUMMER)
would be ready to pitch in a few
days. A SPECIAL DISCOUNT is being given on all pieces. Be sure
Tomorrow's game will be prededed to see the grand collection and high quality of our variety of
by a series of five field events for scatterers- landing, hallway and odd sires, and our runners,
I players of the two clubs. The best of
these is the 60-yard dash where tables and radio covers.
Rookie Dick (Whirlaway) Wakefield ROOM SIZE AND OVER
will attempt to out-distance seven
other Detroit and Boston speedsters. ISPAHANS, KERMANS, BOKHARAS SHIRAZ,
e In a comic number, Manager Steve OLD SERAPI, CHINESE
O'Neill of the Tigers will be matched
with Cronin in a blindfold wheelbar-
row race.
) Today the Tigers edged out Nash-
- Kelvinator Local 13 baseball team of 334 South Fourth Ave. Phone 6878
? Lansing, 1 to 0, in an exhibition game OPEN EVENINGS
, before an overflow crowd of 7,500 at Also good cleaning and repairs at a moderate price.
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Despite the service, which has1
snatched up many of the important
coaches in the Michigan athleticv
training machine, the Michigant
coaching staff is still one of the mosts
versatile in the country.
An enviable reputation for charac-f
ter building and good sportsmanships
has been set up by this group of men
under Director of Athletics Herberti
0. "Fritz" Crisler.
Was Head Football Coach
Although Crisler is a comparative
newcomer in the role of Athletic Dir-
ector, having served in this capacity
only during the past two years, he is
a well known figure in Michigan ath-
letics, since he has been head football3
coach since 1938.
With a record of winning perform-
ances behind him at Chicago, Minne-
sota and Princeton in the past four
years he has turned out teams which
have stood up well against the stiff
Big Ten competition, featuring such
players as Tom Harmon and Bob
Westfall.
Bout Between La Motta
And McCoy Called Off
DETROIT, June 29.- ()- State
Athletic Commissioner John J. Het-
tche announced today cancellation
of the 10-round bout scheduled for
Friday at Olympia Stadium between
Jolting Jake La Motta of New York
and Young Kid McCoy of Detroit
and Mitchell Field, N.Y.
Hettche said McCoy's military
leave had been cancelled and that
matchmaker Nick Londes was un-
able to find a suitable substitute.
The match previously had one post-
ponement when La Motta's eyes were
cut in a victory over Fritzie Zivic of
Pittsburgh.
Martineau Coaches Backfield
Backfield coach Earl Martineau,
who came here from Princeton with
Crisler, acts as his assistant. Mar-
tineau was All-American at Minne-
sota in 1923. In that same year he
was also awarded the Western Con-
ference medal for proficiency in
scholarship and athletics.
Clarence Munn, coach of the line-
men, was, like Martineau, an All-
American from Minnesota and also
won the Western Conference medal.
Weber Coaches Freshmen
Wally Weber, who has the vital job
of handling the freshman candidates,
was a fullback at the University in
1925-26. His job will become doubly
important with the rescinding of the
freshman eligibility rules.
Bennie Oosterbaan, only Michigan
man who has ever been All-American
three times in a row, is head basket-
ball coach. Bennie is an especially
busy man since he also serves in the
position of end coach on the football
staff. While he was at Michigan, he
was one of the few men in the his-
tory of the school to receive nine var-
sity awards.
Doherty Is Track Coach
Ken Doherty,' who coaches the
trackmen, followed in the steps of his
predecessor Charlie Hoyt when his
thinclads retained both the indoor
and outdoor crowns in his first year
here.
Chester Stackhouse, chosen to take
Doherty's place in 1940, when the
latter was appointed head track
coach, is the mentor of the yearling
thinclads. Before coming here he
coached at Saginaw High School.
Ray Fisher, Michigan basebal
coach, was a former big league bal:
player with the Cincinnati Reds anc
the New York Yankees. He cam(
here in 1921, and since that time ha:
turned out seven Big Ten champion-
ship teams. Ernie McCoy, coach o
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nn Has Outstanding Record
Perhaps the most outstanding r
is field, Minn., found par on Olympia
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ord of any man on the staff is that i
held by Matt Mann, the head swim-0
ming coach. Coming here in 1925,I
he has, since that time produced 149
Big Ten and 12 Intercollegiate cham-o
pionships. In 1940 his squad becameC
the first to win the Big Ten, the Na-
tional Intercollegiate and the Na-a
tional AAU crowns in one year.
Leroy Weir came here five years
ago as the coach' of the Michigan net-
ters and has had steadily improving
teams until in 1941 his men were able
to capture the Big Ten title.
Courtright Coaches Wrestlerst
Cliff Keen was the wrestling coachr
until a year ago, but was calledinto
the service so Ray Courtright, men-
tor of the golf team, was called in to
aid with the poaching job. Court-
right won 12 larsity letters and was
a member of Phi Beta Kappa while1
attending Oklahoma University.
Eddie Lowrey who was a star hock-
ey player himself with the Ottawa1
Senators is in charge of the Michigan i
puck squad. Although in the past
couple of years the teams have had
only mediocre success due to lack of
material, the prospects for next yearI
are very good.
Barclay Is Golf Manager
This last season brought two new
coaches onto the Michigan roster of
mentors, namely, Bill Barclay, who
serves in the double capacity of as-
sistant basketball coach and " golf
manager, and Art Valpey, who has
assisted in football and PEM.
Great Lakes Tops Cubs
For Third Time, 11-7
TORONTO, June 29.- UP)- The
Great Lakes Naval Training Base
beat the Chicago Cubs for the third
straight time today, pounding out 15
hits to defeat the National Leaguers,
11 to 7, in an exhibition charity
baseball game.
Lon Warneke, who started for the
Cubs, was rapped for six hits and
five runs in the first three innings.
Joe Grace's triple and Barney Mc-
Cosky's double drove in four of the
five tallies.
Fields No. 1 course easy to master to-
lay. The Austin, Minn., youth toured
16 holes this afternoon in regulation
figures to dispose of Jim Besenfelder
of Notre Dame, 4 and 2, after a three
under par morning performance that
gave him a queck 8 and 6 decision
over another Yale representative, J.
G. Harris.
The setback to Smith, a pre-tourn-
ament favorite, merely continued the
wholesale sidelining of highly rated
players in this year's tournament.
The lone survivor has been Kuntz,
whose title bid last year was stopped
in the semi finals by Manuel De La
Torre of Northwestern.
Smith got into the quarter-finals
by defeating Robert Krogh of Min-
nesota, 4 and 2. Fife was forced 20
holes to best Claude Wild of Texas,
after having the Longhorn four down
at the turn.
Minnesota's Jim Teale, co-holder
with Smith of the Big Ten title, was
behind all the way as he lost his
match in the round of 16 to Besen-
felder. Ulrich, who beat the Notre
Dame star in the afternoon, turned
in a brilliant sub-par performance to
down Yale's J. G. Harris, 8 and 6.
Kuntz, newly elected Smith's suc-
cessor as president of the NCAA
golfers, reached the quarterfinals th
Yanks Blast Farm Club
WELLSVILLE, N. Y., June 29-(L
-The New York Yankees over
whelmed their Class D Pony Leagu
farm cousins, the Wellsville Yankees
in an exhibition game today, 19 t(
2, with a 24-hit assault on five pitch
ers.
Kalchik on All-Stars
CHICAGO, June 29.-(/P)-Lesli
Kalchik, 220-pound, 6 foot 1 inc
Marquette University tackle, wa
named today to the College All-Sta
team which will play the Washing
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