DAY, AUGUl7ST 12, 14 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAE4 I ' A ircraft By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, Aug. 11-(P)---Every- thing is being organized alphabetic- ally these days, it seems. We have the A, A. U., the C. I. 0., the A. F. of L., the B. P. 0. E., the A. W. 0. L. and whatnot, so it's only natural for a new group to grab a handful of letters and come up with a fancy name. The new organization is the A. A. A. B. A., or briefly, the All American Amateur Baseball Association, and it was formed at a meeting here last February with Glenn L. Martin, the Execu tit big bomber man, a leading instigat- or. Mr. Martin, an amateur sports enthusiast, also is probably the big- gest baseball operator. He owns 23 uniformed teams, all amateur in the strictest sense and made up of em- ployes of his Middle River, Mo., plant. Charley Swan, one of his execu- tives, dropped in with Bill Derwin of Waterbury, Conn., to tell us of the plans of the A. A. A., etc. "We don't want to conflict with the National Amateur Baseball As-+ sociation, which has been in exist- ence since 1913," he explained. "But1 Forms Amateur Baseball Loop we thought a purely Eastern associa- tion would be better from our stand- point. Amateur teams can't travel far to tournaments because they are amateur teams, andlast year in the National Association tournament at Youngstown, Ohio, only two Eastern towns were represented. "We'd like to work in harmony with the National Association, with the champion of our Eastern tourna- ment, which will be held in Balti- more Sept. 7-12, meeting the winner of the National Association tourna- ment in a world series. Maybe even- tually a third association can be formed on the West Coast and the three winners meet in a sort of tri- angular world series. "So far we have 10 communities with organized amateur baseball rep- resented. They are Waterbury, Bal- timore, Elmira, N. Y.; Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pa.; Philadelphia, Mid- dle River, Md.; Bux-Mont County, Pa.; Washington, D. C. and Elkton, Md., Atlantic City and Richmond have applied for membership, and we have had feelers from Schenec- tady, Buffalo, Utica, Rochester and Kingston, N. Y.; York and Wilkes- Barre, Pa.; Springfield, Boston and Cambridge, Mass.; Greenwich, Conn.; Cumberland and Hagerstown, Md., Greenville, S. C., and Charlotte, N. C." Mr. Swan says the whole setup is without taint of commercialism. No- body makes nothin', in other words. "After all," he says, "Mr. Martin is not selling soap. He has nothing to gain. He's in it purely because of his interest in amateur sports, par- ticularly outdoor sports." The Association has compiled a simple, compact set of by-laws, set- ting forth clearly the amateur rules and also containing one interesting clause. Teams competing in the tournament can bring their own um- pire. That would seem offhand to be giving them a license to steal, but Mr. Swan, who fairly drools his ad- miration when he speaks of Mr. Mar- tin, says the idea is to promote bet- ter umpiring in member cities by giving the umpires an incentive to do their best so they might be selected. "The whole idea," he explained, "is to promote better purely ama- teur baseball all the way through, from playing fields to umpires. As I said, we have no axe to grind." Crisler's Gridders Complete Summer Practice Michigan May Remove Hockey From Program i Lack of Competition Is Given as Reason Lack of competition may force Michigan to droy hockey from its athletic program for the time being, Athletic Director H. 0. Crisler said Thursday, adding that no definite de- cision on the matter has been reach- ed as yet. In recent years, Coach Eddie Lowrey's charges have experienc- ed increasing difficulty in finding suitable opposition. Last winter's schedule was composed entirely of independent amateur outfits, an arrangement which Crisler term- ed "not too satisfactory." Minnesota and Illinois were the only other Big Ten schools which sponsored hockey, and when the Illini dropped the game recently, it left only the Gophers as possible Conference opponents. In addition, most of the smaller Northern Michi- gan colleges w.which formerly had hockey teams have discontinued them for lack of manpower. Hockey has never caught on very well in the Mid-West as an inter- collegiate sport, and transportation difficulties make it impractical for Michigan to play Eastern schools. The chief reason for the lack of hockey teams in this part of the country is that most- schools do not have indoor ice rinks, a necessary piece of equipment. If Michigan does decide to drop hockey, the move will cut the athletic program from 10 to nine competitive sports. Hockey was introduced here in 1921. Coach Expresses Self as 'Satisfied' in Workouts Westfall Definitely Will Not Play for Michigan; Freshman Stars Face Induction into Army By BILL MULLENDORE Michigan's gridders wound up the first phase of their preparation for the defense of the Western Conference football crown yesterday with several questions definitely answered and a lot more still to be decided when practice resumes in two weeks. Coach H. O. Crisler expressed himself as on the whole satisfied with the showing of his squad, hampered as it was by unusually hot weather and a wealth of relatively inexperienced material. "I'd hate to play a game tomorrow," he commented, "but we've come along pretty well. We did as much as we expected to do, but there is still a lot of work to be done." One of the more important developments of the past few days was the definite announcement that former All-American fullback Bob Westfall will not play for Michigan this fall, even though he will probably enter the University. If he plays football at all, it will be with the Detroit Lions of the National Professional football league. Another relative certainty is the? Wooded bridle paths that make these warm days really delightful. A horse to suit you no matter what kind of rider you are. We furnish a courtesy car for your convenience . . . GOLFSIDE STABLES. * HAMBLETONIAN WINNER-Yankee Maid, Kansas-owned filly, is shown here leading the field to the finish line to take the second heat of the Hambleto nian at Goshen, N. Y. in 2:04 by four lengths, after winning the first heat by five lengths in 2:05. EVEN BEST OF 'EM LOSE: Yankees Stop Browns' 10-Game Vietory Streak While Winnino 6-1 at New York NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-(IP)-The New York Yankees ended the 10- game winning streak of the league- leading Browns today, by smashing out a 6-1 victory over St. Louis before 8,253 paid admissions. Veteran Atley Donald limited Luke Sewell's men to eight scattered hits, as he registered his 12th victory of the year, and his third over the Browns this season against two de- feats. For his whole career, he now shows a record of 12 wins and 3 Last Day! FRANCIS LEDERER "VOICE IN THE WIND" E TOMORROW! Starts Sunday ALWAYS COOL ! losses against the St. Louis club. St. Louis .....000 100 000--1 8 1 New York ,. . .130 020 00x-6 13 11 Jakucki, Hollingsworth, Zoldak and Turner; Donald and Hemsley. Three Straight for Burms CHICAGO, Aug. 11.- (P)- The Brooklyn Dodgers made it threel straight over the Chicago Cubs when they defeated the Bruins 7-6 in 11 innings today. A single by Luis Olmo with two out scored Barney Koch, who had singled and advanced to second on a, sacrifice, with the winning run. Brooklyn ..120 012 000 01-7 12 0 Chicago 200 120 001 00-6 11 1 Chapman, McLish, Webber & Owen; Fleming, Erickson, Chip- man & Williams, Kreitner. White Sox Beat Boston ... BOSTON, Aug. 11.-()-,The Chi- cago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox, 9-7, today when pitcher Clem Housmann walked home the winning run with the score tied at 7-all and two out in the ninth in- ning. George (Pinky) Woods, who re- lieved Housmann, still with the bases loaded, then walked the next man and Chicago had its nine runs. Chicago ......300 100 302-9 10 1 Boston.......023 100 100-7 12 2 Humphries, Ross & Castino, Tresh; Terry, F. Barrett, Hous- mann, Wood & Wagner. Reds Outslug Braves .. . CINCINNATI, Aug. 11."(A)-The heat had the pitchers today and the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds put on a slugging match, with the Reds taking it, 12 to 6.j Frank McCormick of the Reds turned in the big hit of the day, a home run with two on in the fifth' when the Reds scored five of their runs. Boston ......100 103 100- 6 11 3 Cincinnati . . .000 156 00x-12 17 2 Andrews, Hutchinson & Kluttz; Heusser, Delacruz & Mueller. Major League Standings i ~NATIONAL LEAGUE, fact that the much-publicized Dick Rifenburg probably won't be around for the starting whistle of the open- ing game Sept. 16. Rifenburg's sur- prise announcement that he has en- listed in the Merchant Marine and1 is waiting his call just about removes him from the list of end candidates after he had shown to great advan- tage during the summer drills. Uncle Sam may have some more surprises in store for the Wolverines before the schedule gets underway. Gene Derricotte, a fine-looking fresh- man prospect for the tailback post, will take his pre-induction physical for the Army Monday, and if he pas- ses will undoubtedly enter the Army very shortly. Others of the promis- ing group of freshmen will soon be facing the same thing. The loss of Westfall still leaves Crisler a bumper crop of potential stars at fullback wtih Bob Wiese, Ralph Chubb and Don Lund all fighting for the berth. Wiese has shown his customary bruising tac- tics in practice while Chubb's line- busting activities have (stamped him as the most improved mem- ber on the squad. Lund will not report until drills resume, but his worth has been proved in"two pre- vious seasons. This plentitude of talent may bring about one or more lineup shifts as the coaching staff tries to reinforce the weak spots on team. As Chubb operates best only at fullback, eith- er Wiese or Lund, or both, may find themselves with a new assignment. Wiese has been named as a possible end candidate to bolster the hole in the ranks left by Rifenburg. Although every position on the starting eleven is still open, Crisler indicated that he would name the following lineup if the opener were today: ends, Bruce Hilkene and Art Renner (assuming that Rifen- burg is not available); tacklers, Clem Bauman and Tom Wright; guards George Burg and Joe Oem- ing; center John Lintol or Char- les Wahl; quarterback Joe Pon- setto; halfbacks Bob Nussbaumer and Warren Bentz; and fullback Wiese. Browns' Stock Rises ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11-(A)-With the Browns firmly in first place in the American League, stock in the club sold above $5 par today for the firsty time since it was issued in 1936. Brokers reported the sale of 5001 { shares at $5.25. The stock bought! as low as $1.75 a share in the Browns'1 less prosperous days. St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York . . Chicago ... Boston .... Brooklyn . Philadelphia .Detroit Whips Senators, 1I-4 Victory Extends Tiger Winning Streak to 8 i W 74 ....:56 . .. ..54 54 46 .....43 43 38 L Pct. 27 .733 45 .554 45 .545 54 .481 52 .469 59 .422 62 .410 60 .388 RESULTS GB 18 19 25% 26 3.11/> 33/- 341/- YESTERDAY'S COLORADO TROUT Extra Added -- "HARE FORCE" WORLD NEWS Cincinnati 12, Boston 6. Brooklyn 7, Chicago 6. New York at Pittsburgh, night. Philadelphia at St. Louis, night. TODAY'S GAMES Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Pittsburgh. Boston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at St. Louis,. night. AMERICAN LEAGUE WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.- (R)- The Detroit Tigers mopped up on the Washington Senators again to- night, 11 to 4, to register their eighth successive victory and their 14th in 17 engagements with the Capitol representatives. A 16-hit Tiger offensive carried Stub Overmire to his seventh tri- umph and . extended Washington's losing streak to 21 losses in its last 24 games. Six victories in the Detroit streak have been scored on the cur- rent road trip. The Tigers started with a rush, putting over three runs on four hits and loose Senator play in the first inning and finishing with five runs in the ninth with Overmire himself tripling home the last pair. DETROIT . . .300 010 205--11 16 2 Washington .110 000 002- 4 12 3 Watrous Shoots 67 To Lead in Canada Match SCARBORO GOLF CLUB, SCAR- BORO, ONT., Aug. 11--(P)-Al Wat- rous of the Oakland Hills Club, De- troit, scored a shattering sub-par 67 today to take a commanding lead in the $7,500 Maple Leaf Invitation Golf Tournament over the Scarboro Club's layout. Next came smooth-stroking Fred- die Wood. of Quilchena Club, Van- conver, who added a two-under-par 69 to his one under 70 of yesterday for a 139 total of a lead of four strokes over the next Canadian. Leo Diegel of the Philmont Club, Philadelphia, Joe Kirkwood, Sr., and Joe Kirkwood, Jr., the other three United States pros in the event, were far off the pace. Miss Germain Enters Finals CHICAGO, Aug. 11-(P)-Defend- ing champion Dorothy Germain of Philadelphia today defeated Mrs. H. N. Sims of Evanston, Ill., the 1941 Minnesota state titlist, 4 and 3 and will meet Phyllis Otto of Omaha, Neb., tomorrow in a scheduled 36- hole match for the women's western amateur golf crown. Miss Otto, runner-up in the 1942 western open, advanced through to- day's semi-final round by routing Georgia Tainter, Fargo, N. D., star, 7 and 6. CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY LOST AND FOUND PLAY GOLF Plan a game over the week- end on our well-kept course. These links offer you the bess and most convenient place to play . . . MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE. LEO PING'S Open Daily, 11 A. M. to 8 P. M. A favorite eating place of all college students. Stop, in for dinner, lunch and those in-be- tween snacks. / ti J ,, / i ' . .. % i I' p I THE II1TERFRATERNITY COUNCIL prejen Ii di SUMMER H P FRIDAY, AUGUST 25th W St. Louis .......64 Boston .........57 DETROIT ......54 New York .......54 Cleveland .......53 Chicago ........51 Philadelphia .... 47 Washington.....44 YESTERDAY'S L Pct. 43 .598 49 .538 50 .519 50 .519 55 .491 55 .481 61 .435 61 .419 RESULTS GB 61 81/ 82 1112 121/ 17 / 19 DETROIT at Washington, night. Cleveland at Philadelphia, night. New York 6, St. Louis 1. Chicago 9, Boston 7. i i larr inn Michigan NOW SHOWING OFF ON A SPREE Ride a bike around Ann Ar- bor's beautiful suburbs. A bike is the best way to enjoy these hot summer days. Rent them by the day or hour. ys CHINESE DELICACIES RALPH WILSON'S BRND I in the Leactcie GLLL;OO, I 1E I I I i I I III1 ' I LOST: Beige raincoat on campus, I