JULY 6, 1944 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE First Grid Practice Draws 126 Tryouts Will FROM RAGS TO RICHES: Wiese Paces Wolverine Nine At the Plate with .378_Clip Final tabulations of the 1944 Wol- verine batting averages show right- fielder Bob Wiese leading the pack with a fancy .378 mark, followed closely by hard-hitting shortstop Bruce Blanchard, sporting a .375 figure. Four others of Coach Ray Fisher's regulars finished in the select .300 circle, headed by pitcher Elroy Hirsch at .355. Hirsch was followed by utility outfielder Bob Nussbaumer, who hit at a .349 clip and steady centerfielder Don Lund with .348. Lund boosted his average 48 points in the last two games by collecting six hits in nine trips to the plate to rack up the campaign's outstanding individual hitting spree. Included in the six safeties were a home run, a triple, and a double. Bill Gregor, the squad's leading collector of extra-base blows, was the only other Wolverine to finish over the .300 mark, coming in with .315. Elmer Swanson was the next regu- lar at .275. The efforts of these men were largely responsible for the fancy .290 season average which Michigan com- piled during the 20-game schedule. Wiese Tops 'Em PLAYER G ABH Manko ...........2 Wiese............15 Blanchard ........20 Hirsch ........... 9 Nussbaumer . .....17 Lund ............ 20 Gregor........... 18 Swanson .........20 Schmidtke.......3 Phelps ........... 8 Farnyk ...........15 Bowman..........8 Ketterer ..........19 Stevenson........19 Kell ............. 10 Nelson ........... 2 Hackstadt .........1 3 373 80 31 43 69 70 69 4 8 57 26 69 67 19 5 1 658 619 2 14 30 11 15 24 22 19 1 2 14 6 14 13 2 0 0 191 108 Pct. .667 .378 .375 .355 .349 .348 .315 .275 .250 .250 .246 .231 .203 .194 .105 .000 .000 .290 .174 Nine Lettermen Return From Last Year s Team Captain Bob Wiese, Nussbaumer, Ponsetto, Lund Head List; Four Line Veterans Report By DAVE LOEWENBERG hard-driving backs, while Nuss- Candidates numbering 126, includ- baumer is the elusive and speedy ing 29 civilians reported yesterday member in this returning quartet. to head coach H. 0. "Fritz" Crisler The problem at present will be to get for the initial practice of the 1944 more speed in the Maize and Blue a hbackfield. Incidentally, Lund is not football campaign. expected to arrive on campus until The list of nine returning letter- sometime in August. men is headed by captain-elect Bob Bauman Back Wiese and winner of last year's most The roster of returning lettermen valuable player award. Wiese is ex- in the line includes big 6'2" Clem pected = to be one of the main spark- Bauman, a tackle, Harold Watts at' plugs in this year's Wolverine back- center, Art Renner at end, and Wil- field. liam Sigler at the guard post. Three other veteran backs from Bauman was the recipient of the last year's squad, Bob Nussbaumer, 1943 Chicago Award annually given Don Lund, and Joe Ponsetto are also to the most improved player in slated to see much action this sea- spring practice. Bauman looks like son. Jim Alliber, the fifth return- a potential starter in the 1944 line. ing back, was a reserve on last year s Renner, because of his pass-snar- Ponsetto, Lund, and Wiese are all ing ability, can be counted to supply _L_______ some of the offensive strength for this season's Wolverine team. Meet at 4 P.M Tomorrow Opportunities for Newspaper Experience Offered to Coeds On Summer Women's Staff Coeds interested in working on The Daily Women's Staff are asked to attend a meeting at 4 p.m. tomor- row in the Student Publications Building, it was announced yesterday by Peg Weiss, '44, summer women's editor. The summer Women's Staff will be formed from tryouts, and each coed will be given a "beat" to coverI and a night desk assignment. No previous experience is necessary. I At the meeting each tryout will be given several stories to write in order to test her ability in writing the types of stories most frequently used on the woman's page. Those who show ability and experience in these types of writing will become report- ers after a brief 'explanation of Daily style, while others will be given in- struction in newswriting. Since campus war activities have been for the most part taken over by coed groups, the Women's Staff has summed an importance far above the traditional fashion-writing and so- cial news-gathering. Women's Staff "beats" now include virtually all campus war activities. Coeds who join the Women's Staff during the summer session will have opportunity for better "beats" and more experience in working on The Daily, for the staff will be smaller than during the regular term. Waves Will Intewiew Campus Coeds Today in League Lobby Service Names Special Fields Of Training Needed by Navy Women interested in the WAVEs may obtain first-hand information on the service from Lt. (j.g.) Helen Stewart and Charlotte Bierce, Sp. R 2c, who will interview local coeds today in the League lobby and today and tomorrow at 126 S. Main. A new policy has been announced by the WAVE headquarters, by which women are commissioned for special types of duty indicated by their civilian training as well as by the needs of the Navy. Officer candi- dates are procured directly from ci- vilian life, and are given two month's general indoctrination at Smith Col- lege in .Northampton, Mass., after which they may receive special training. Thirty Fields Specified Although experience is desirable for all programs offered, it is not an essential requirement for areol- ogy, chemistry, communications, cryptanalysis, physics, supply corps, and occupational therapy. Thirty special fields for WAVE officers have been announced in a recent pamphlet, which may be se- cured at the interview. The work specified is in accounting, adminis- tration, aerology, cartography, chem- istry, communications, cryptanalysis, and educational services. Also announced are fields in insti- tutional management, law, library science, mathematics, office manage- TEAM. OPPONENTS 20 20 e Tigers .limit Sox To Eight Bingles Trout Scores Tenth Win In Twilight Game, 8-1 BOSTON, July 5--UP)-Backed by a 12-hit attack, something quite un- usual for him, Paul Trout pitched-his tenth victory tonight as the Detroit Tigers defeated the second placej Boston Red Sox, 8 to 1, in a twilight game before 5,126 spectators. It gave Detroit a two-to-one edge in the x' JUNIORN It costs so little to look so ely, So sweetly feminine such luscious colors. Sizes 9-17 C .,. 00 ,,, .." A ,,,,,,. ' .M' series that ends tomorrow. Trout, who blanked the Philadel- phia Athletics in his last start, was S deprived of another shutout when Bob Johnson belted a homer into the left field stands in the fourth inn- ing. By that time Trout had a five- ov- run lead, and he protected it like a picnicker guarding a T-Bone steak. . .Trout spaced eight hits very effi- ciently, yielding one an inning ex- cept in the sixth when he allowed none. Meanwhile, Joe Hoover belted two doubles and a single and Jimmy Outlaw got two doubles to lead the Detroit drive on Emmett O'Neil and Eddie Lake, the latter a reformed infielder. O'Neil was charged with his fourth defeat. Detroith...... 14 010 020 -8 12 1 Boston .......0040 10 0 000-1 8 0 Trout and Swift; O'Neil, Lake and Wagner. CRMPUS SHC 304 South State A host of freshmen were among the arrivals reporting for yesterday's practice. Not much is known about most of these yearlings but some have achieved outstanding records in high school competition. Freshman Standouts One of the brightest freshman prospects is lanky Dick Rifenberg, an all-state end from Saginaw, Michi-. gan. Another all-stater from Mich- igan is Quentin Sickels, a tackle, from Benton Harbor. ' Another duo of all-staters from Defiance, O., also bear plenty of watching. They are Eugene Deri- cotte, a back, and Charles Wahl, a center. The large number of candidates reporting is extremely gratifying but the overwhelming majority of these men are very inexperienced. The job of the coaches will be moulding these 17-year-old civilians and new Navy trainees into an efficient and well- coordinated unit. Summer Ca re Drills Produce New Innovation A new innovation in Michigan ath- letics was introduced yesterday when assistant basketball coach, Bill Barc- lay, announced that summer basket- ball drills would be conducted three times weekly during the semester. A squad of 15 men was invited to take part in the practices as the Athletic Department attempts to boost Michigan's sagging basketball fortunes up to the level of its other fields of athletic endeavor. Most of the men called out have drawn the favorable attention of the coaching staff while participating in PEM games, but at least three per- formers from last year's squad, which finished sixth in the Western Conference, are expected to be out. Heading the list of prospective cagers is Marine trainee Tommy King, star forward on last season's outfit. King was voted the most valuable player on the squad by his teammates at the close of the cam- paign and was also one of the lead- ing scorers in the Big Ten. Bob Stevens, reserve forward, and Robb Ruttledge, a promising fresh- man from last year's squad, are also among the group. Stevens is a Ma- rine trainee while Ruttledge is in the V-12 program. The 15-man squad will work out three times weekly as a regular V-12 PEM section at 4:15 p.m. No general call for candidates has been issued as yet. 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