t WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1944 T HE M I C HIG A N D AILY PAE THREE Dick Rifenburg Lost to Wolverine Eleven for Next season v,-_______ __- Loss Is Great Blow To Wolverine Hopes Michigan's Outstanding High School Athlete Will Leave for Merchant Marine Shortly By DAVE LOEWENBERG A telling blow was inflicted on Michigan's grid hopes yesterday when it was learned that the Wolverine's brilliant freshman athlete, Dick Rifenburg, will not be available for service this fall. Rifenburg will leave for the Merchant Marine very shortly, and yesterday was his farewell to Michigan football after a short but very impressive showing. The lanky 6 ft. 1 in. wingman entered the Univer- sity in July. Rifenburg was considered by sports experts as one+of the most versa- tile athletes ever developed in the state of Michigan. He garnered all- state recognition in two sports, football and basketball. He was also adept at track and baseball and his chances of becoming the second Michigan man to capture four letters seemed quite feasible. Elroy Hirsch accom- plished this feat last year. Rifenburg's high school career was - ----------- culminated by his being selected as Michigan's most outstanding prep Nicholson M ost athlete. Rifenburg almost single handedly led Saginaw to a stateVay basketball title. His play in the tour- nament was considered nothing short of sensational. scrimmage was long Says Colem an and arduous but much was accom-B plished. The first part of the aft- By The Associated Press ernon wa devted o puting Evansville Bob Coleman, manager ernoon was devoted to punting of the Boston Braves, today picked practice with Bob Wiese doing all the Chicago Cubs to win the second- of the booting. Wiese got off some place scrap in the National League long kicks during the workout, and andlabelled the Bruins' Bill Nichol- his boots averaged consistently in son the most valuable player in the the neighborhood of 40 to 50 yards. circuit. Michigan's mammoth tackle, 6 ft. As the national's eastern teams 2 in. 230 lb. Clem Bauman, broke headed west for their last long jaunt through on two occasions and block- of the season and the St. Louis ed Wiese's kicks. This giant athlete Browns led the American's western also started on tackling practice.-+ clubs on a final eastern invasion, After tapering off on the tackling Coltman left little doubt about his dummies, Coach 'Fritz' Crisler then concession of the flag to the St. Louis sent his charges through a 45 minute Cardinals whom he called the "only scrimmage, in which the Reds emer- real ball club" in the majors. ged victorious 21-6. With the exception of the New Star of today's'scrimmage was York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, Michigan's passing ace, Bill Cll- who are playing off a postponed gan. IHe not only stood out in the game in Pittsburgh, all big league passing department but ran for clubs enjoyed a second successive two touchdowns. One of them was open date. a 25 yard jaunt, and his second With the Cards enjoying a 16 2 marker was a 20 yard return of an game lead and only 55 to go, Nation- intercepted pass. Culligan figured al League managers couldn't be in another touchdown when he ' blamed for following Coleman's train tossed a beautiful 30 yard pass into of thought and talking about the ~he waiting arms of George Ab- second place scrap. The portly catcher from back bott, who was camped in the end home in Indiana who is completing eichigan's stellar fullbacks, Wiese his first season as a big league man- and. Ralph Chubb, again accounted ager doesn't hit Chicago for another for onsderale ardge. othmenweek, but thought of Nicholson trou- for considerable yardage. Both men ble his sleep. tore gaping holes in the enemY de- When the Cubs were stumbling fenses, and these two battering backs around the basement, Nicholson was have thus far been the most consis- hitting' around .230," the Boston tent ground gainers in the summer skipper pointed out.. workouts. If the gridders show up well this Baksi Beats Savold week, it will mark the last sessionB ki of the summer workouts. CoachInd Crisler indicated that, if enough pro- gress isn't made, the boys will have CHICAGO-()- Without causing to practice an additional week. Champion Joe Louis any particular After the workouts are completed, "GI" unrest, youthful Joe Baksi last the team will be given a two-week night methodically pummeled Lee layoff. Then they return to begin Savold off the wartime heavyweight final preparations for the opening top row in a 10-round scrap wit- game Sept. 16 against the Iowa Sea- nessed by a disappointingly small hawks in Ann Arbor. crowd of 16,135 at Wrigley Field. Three Favorites Fall in Women's' Golf Tourney Mary Agnes Wall Will Meet Sally Sessions In Day's Top Match CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-(A)-Upsets marked the first round play today in the women's western amateur golf championship, but three of the high- ly favored stars-defending titlist Dorothy Germain, medalist Sally Sessions and veteran Phyllis Otto- came through with crushing wins as the field was reduced to 16 contes- tants. Last year's co-medalists, Cather- ine Fox of Bloomfield, N.J., and Kay Byrne of Rye, N.Y., and veteran Ann Casey of Mason City, Iowa, were ex- pelled in a series of surprises. Jean Hopkins, 23-year-old Cleve- land, O., district chaipion and a graduate of Smith College, North- ampton, Mass., was one under par in lknocking out Miss Casey 5 and 4. Despite shooting a deuce on the 190- yard ninth hole, Miss Hopkins lost the hole when her caddy, hypno- tized by her curling 40-foot putt, failed to pull the pin as the ball trickled into the cup. The hole auto- matically went to Miss Casey with a par 3. Illini Champ Wins Marjorie Lindsay of Decatur, Ill., the 1943 Illinois State Champion, was only two over the standard in ousting Miss Byrne 4 and 3. Mrs. H. M. Sims of Evanston, Ill., former Minnesota state titlist while residing in St. Paul, defeated Miss Fox 2 and 1 after the 19-year-old easterner blew a two-up lead at the turn by stringing out four consecutive bogeys on the last nine. The tournament's cinderella girl, small Miss Sessions of Muskegon, Mich., swept into a six-up advantage over Mrs. Thomas E. Nolan of New- castle, Pa., by sinking a 25-foot bir- die putt on the ninth for a 40 and eventually won the match 7 and 5. Germain Wins The Philadelphia sensation, Miss Germain, was one-under-par in trouncing Carol Clark of Cincinnati, 6 and 5, starting her round by bag- ging birdies on the first four holes and requiring only ten putts on the first nine. Steering even with par, Miss Ott6T of Omaha, Neb., runner- up in the 1942 western open, routed veteran Marjorie Row of Detroit, 7 and 6. Closest match of the day was the 19-hole victory of Betty Jean Rucker, Spokane, Wash., over Lillian Town- send of Evanston, Miss Rucker, the runner-up medalist with a 78, bird- ied the extra hole after pitching her third shot from the rough to within three feet of the cup. Featured match of tomorrow's? second round sends Miss Sessions against a Michigan rival, Mary Ag- nes Wall of Menominee, runner-up for the western amateur crown last year. Iakfin9 tte kound4 By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor BASEBALL'S BIGGEST BAT-Roy Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics examines a display for Connie Mack's golden .jubilee as a big league manager-a giant bat presented to the 1913 world champs by the Avoca, Neb., club. Dick Siebert, Drixie Walker Tk Over A.L., NL Batting Leads WHEN MICHIGAN'S football squad trots onto the field at Marquette on the night of Sept. 23, it will mark the first time in almost forty years that these two teams have met on a gridiron. It will also bring about a new innovation for Wolverine gridders, as no Michigan football team has ever performed under the lights previous to this. However, Marquette's officials requested that this contest be played at night as an additional attraction to the renewal of this rivalry, and Coach H. O. "Fritz" Crisler readily consented to this idea. Another very unusual feature concerning the game with the Hill- toppers is that the lights will only be on for the second half of the game, as the first half of the tilt will beplayed during the early hours of the evening, and both teams will have to acclamate themselves to two sets of playing conditions. THIS then looms as the game that the genial Marquette Coach, Tom Stidham, will be pointing for, and this thought has been driven into the minds of the 50 candidates that have showed up for practice every afternoon since the start of the present summer drills. More than half of Stidham's personnel is made up of Navy V-12 students, a quarter more are 16-17 year olds and the rest are discharged war vets, four-F's or deferred civilians. Coach Stidham is proud of his gridders who have seen actual military duty, stating that "some of them wear three and four ribbons on their chests, but they dig into football like they were unearthing Japs or Germans. All, of course, played high-school football and they are tickled to get back in harness while taking officer training." He was also very emphatic in saying that he would not cut his squad at all as long as the present team is satisfied to come out every day and work hard. Six lettermen are counted upon to form the nucleus of the 1944 eleven, but a few other veterans have been excused from summer practice for scholastic reasons, and they are scheduled to be on hand this fall. Those men in togs now include halfbacks Johnny Rudan and Paul Copulos, quarterback Bob Lodde, fullback Bob Teik, tackle Bob Krebs and center Marty Silovich. The experienced help that has come to the Hilltoppers Campus by transfer, Navy or otherwise, seems to be scarce, but it does include end Bob Gannon, who earned two letters at Rutgers, and Paul Glas- ener, a first stringer at the University of Iowa last fall. HOWEVER, it is from the quota of kids that the Marquette mentor is searching for material to'bolster some of the gaps on the squad. Francis Romeo, a 16 year old and weighing 195 pounds, looms as one of the outstanding linemen. Two other 17-year-olds from Cudahy, Wis., Jerry Benka and Francis Kosikowski, halfback and end, respectively, have been playing first string so far this summer. Though the Marquette schedule, which also includes Purdue, Wiscon- sin, Fort Sheridan, the Iowa Seahawks and two tussles with Great Lakes, is one of the toughest that they have ever played, Coach Stidham is not at all pessimistic about the season and he predicts that his eleven will be capable of springing a few surprises this fall. Inasmuch as the Hilltoppers have set their cap for an upset against Michigan, and in view of the material they have on hand, this statement by Stidham broods no good for the Maize and Blue, and if they expect to come out on top, they will have to be on their toes continually. NIGHT EDITORS: MANTHO, LOEWENBERG NEW YORK-()--- Dick Siebert of the Philadelphia Athlatics took over control of the American League batting lead today as Dixie Walker of Brooklyn again nosed past Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cards to top Major League Standingse A1ERICAN LEAGUE the National. Only one point separ- ated the leaders in each league. Siebert's .328 average was just a shade better than Bobby Doerr's but enough to oust the Red Sox second baseman from first place. Wholesale changes in the junior circuit's top ten found Vern Stephens of the Browns, Georg Stirnweiss of the Yanks, Pinky Higgins of the Tigers and Oris Hockett of the Indians dis- placing Eddie Garnett of the White Sox, Chuck Hostetler of the Tigers, Roy Cullenbine of the Indians and Bobby Estalella of the A's. Walker squeezed past Musial .358 to .357 including games of Sunday as the two leaders changed places again. Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs, who tied Frank Mcormick of Cincinnati for tenth place, was the only newcomer in the National's se- lect circle. W St. Louis .......61 Boston .........55 New York ...... DETROIT.......52 Cleveland.......51 Chicago........50 Philadelphia . . ..47 Washington .....44 L 42 481 48 50 54 53 59 59 Pet. .592 .534 .525 .510 .486 .485 .443 .427 *GB 6 7 811 11 15 17 m *Games behind leader. TUESDAY'S RESULTS No games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE W St. Louis .......72 Cincinnati ......55 Pittsburgh ......52 New York .......50) Chicago ........46 Boston .........41 Philadelphia ... . 38 Brooklyn.......40 L 27 43 45 52 49 58 58 62 Pet. .727 .561 .536 .490 .484 .414 .396 .392 *GB 167 19 231r 24 31 32 33 ' 6 4 a""a.. w Z" 4 ' h r 6 " t . f.ybd J " a y I.6 ~ f G i i. " !y a tf y H " a. .T \ a.. i. ' t a f , a Y: y \.. a a^ y l Z 1 V r y t / - 4a Oa L l AtI f f AI f. *Games behind leader. TUESDAY'S RESULT New York 8, Pittsburgh 4. Only game scheduled. 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