SATURtDAY, JUILY 8, 1944 THE MICHIGAN DAiL PAGE THREE Crisler Sends Football Squad Through Tough Dodgers Losing Much of Their PastGlory Workout Bsoys Drilled On Rudiments Of Blocking I By The Associated Press Boston is the current hot club of the American League, and Cincinnati is running a fever temperature in the National, but there isn't any doubt today about the temperature of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It's a sub-zero minus 10 for one of the longest losing streaks of the 1944 season. The Flatbush Flock hasn't won since leaving the banks of the Go- wanus, and needs only four more set- backs in the week-end series with Pittsburgh to tie the all-time Brook- lyn record of 14, a disaster that befell Burleigh Grimes' warriors, in 1937. They still have three to go to equal the Cubs' 13-game flop of early season. Three defeats by Chicago, three more by St. Louis and now four more by Cincinnati, is the Brooklyn road record; following Bucky Walters' 14th victory of the season last night when he hurled Cincinnati to a 10-4 tri- umph at the expense of Rookie Ralph Branca. It was the ninth Redleg win in the last ten starts and Walters' sixth in a row. Ray Mueller of Cincy set a new consecutive game catching record at 134, with 636 Muellers in the stands as guests of the manage- ment. Bob Muncrief protected the Brown- ies two and one-half game margin by a 5-0 edge over Orval Grove. shutting out Philadelphia with four Bill Voiselle took a fall out of the, hits, 5-0, with the help of Vern Ste- St. Louis Cardinals as he pitched the phens' three-run homer. Woody New York Giants to a. 10-1 verdict Wheaton, who started the season as that snapped a seven-game Card an outfielder, lost his first pitching win streak. Al Jurisch was charged start for the Mackmen. with the'defeat, the worst licking the Ittking the I tn4 By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor / s I Borowy in Fine Form Hank Borowy of the Yankees turned up for a probable All-Star appearance by whitewashing Cleve- land on a four-hitter, 4-0, to decision Mel Harder with Mike Milosevich and Mike Barbark showing the way. Mickey Haefner of Washington turn- ed back Chicago with the third American League four-hitter to earn 1943 champs have taken this season. Chicago Cubs climbed back out of the cellar at Boston's expense, 11-6, with Bob Chipman outpointing Al Javery although neither was there at the finish. Bob Elliott with a triple and two doubles led Pittsburgh to a 6-5 nod over the Phillies as Nick Strincevich took a win over Ken Raffensberger. Yanks Brl'eak Tiger Jinx to W1i 3- 1 -< Coast League Pennant Race Is Hard-Fouoht LOS ANGELES-()-This is one of the best of all pennant races in the Pacific Coast League, and every- body's happy. Only five and one-half games separate Oakland's Acorns, in first place, from the Sacramento Solons, who are in the cellar. The players relish the fight. So do the fans. In the first 11 weeks of the torrid campaign 1,150,350 spectators'have turned out to watch the proceedings. You don't have to be told that this pleases the owners no end. Attendance is up almost 100 per cent over last year. At this stage of 1943 the league had drawn 652,600. Rowland Has Answers Is the class of baseball better? Why such a sharp increase in in- terest? President Clarence "Pants" Rowland, one of baseball's shrewd- est observers, steps up to take his cut at those questions. "Last year, at this time, Los An- geles was nine and one-half games out in front of San Francisco," says Rowland. "Sacramento, in last place, was 28 games in the rear. Los Angeles finished 21 games to the good and Sacramento wound up 69 games away. That doesn't make for crowd interdst. "There may be more errors of commission and omission this sea- son, but there is a competitive equality. Everybody is fighting all the way. The umpires have found they have to be on their toes. There have been many spirited arguments on close decisions and the crowds love the way the clubs have been battling tooth and toenail for every advantage." Cleveland Rallies To Whip Boston 8-5 BOSTON, July 7.-(/P)-The Cleve- land Indians bunched two doubles and a single off relief pitcher Mike Ryba in the eighth inning to score three runs and gain an 8 to 5 verdict over the Boston Red Sox today in a twilight game. Cleveland ...102 110 030-8 11 0 Boston .....010 003 100-5 7 3 Gromek, Klieman, Heving & Schlueter; Woods, Barrett, Ryba & Wagner. McSpaden, Nelson Lead In Tourney MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - (P) - With two scoring records being set in as many days, the Golden Valley course, a 6,582-yard championship layout, has taken the beating of its life and appeared doomed for more par-busting today as some of the country's top pros drew beads on a double round of best-ball team com- petition. In yesterday's first round of the 126-hole marathon, which concludes Sunday with the winning twosome splitting a first prize of $1,600 in war bonds, a total of 62 birdies and four eagles were posted by the eight competing teams. Jug Leads Leading the way was the favored Jug McSpaden-Byron Nelson power- house with a best-ball of 31-30-61 as compared with par 37-36-73. They fashioned this phenomenal core-an all-time team par breaking-despite a and a rain which pelted for the last eight holes. McSpaden, winn'er of last 13 tournaments, match most of the way. record on high wind their faces five of his carried the After tak- ing a bogey six on the first hole when he knocked two balls out of bounds, he dropped a 40-foot chip shot on the 498-yard sixth for an eagle. This started him on a sensa- tional streak during which he went 10 under par on nine consecutive holes. Get Four-Plus Rating McSpaden-Nelson, runner-up for the 1943 Golden Valley title, beat Pvt. Chick Harbert and Mike Turne- sa four-up in their first test of the round robin matches. This gave them a plus-four rating in the scoring system and a tie for the lead with Bill Kaiser-Bob Hamilton. Seats for Major League PITTSBURGH, July 7.- ()- Pittsburgh baseball club officials to- day were wishing they had room for 80,000 at next Tuesday's "dream bat- tle" of the major leagues-the 12th annual all-star game. "Just think of all the equipment we could buy for baseball teams in the service," Sam Watters, vice-pres- ident and secretary-treasurer of the Pirates, said as he looked over a veritable mountain of orders. SETS RECORD-Ray Mueller, Cin- cinnati Reds' catcher, set a new Major League record for consecu- tive games caught by working be- hind the plate in the Reds' game with Brooklyn Thursday for his 134th consecutive game. Bill Wat son To Diefend 'Crown ELIZABETH, N. J.-(P)-Big Bill Watson, former University of Mich- igan track star and now a Detroit policeman, will defend his national AAU decathlon title in a two-day meet at Warinanco park here this week-end. Watson won the 10-event track and field title in Cleveland in 1940 and repeated here last year. His strongest competition is expected from John Dick of Marquette, who finished second in the Pentathlon held here recently, and Nat Boyd of Philadelphia, who placed fifth in the 1943 decathlon. The broad jump and shot put, two of Watson's favorite events, and the 100-meter dash, high jump and 400-meter run will be held Saturday. The pole vault, 100 meter high hur- dles, javelin throw and 1,500 meter run are scheduled for Sunday. All those interested in trying out for The Daily Sport Staff should consult Hank Mantho at the Stu- dent Publications Building as soon as possible. Bonha Hurlsi Five-Hitter To Best Overmire NEW YORK, July 7-(P)-For the first time in six games and the sec- ond time this season, the champion New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers today when Ernie Bonham pitched a five-hitter for' a 3 to 1 decision. Bonham, who bowed twice to the Tigers when he had the misfor- tune of encountering Paul Trout, outhurled Frank (Stub) Overmire, who was the victim of the other Yankee victory May 11. It was Bonham's fourth victory and Over- mire's eighth defeat.f Overmire Taken Out The Yankees scored single runs in the second, sixth and seventh in- nings before Overmire was lifted for a pinch hitter. Rufe Gentry worked a hitless eighth, so all eight safeties were against Overmire. Only one Tiger advanced past second base and he scored in the eighth to deprive Bonham of a shut- out. Rudy York singled to open the inning and advanced on Roger Cra- mer's infield out. York scored on Bob Swift's single to left. Lindell Starts Spree Johnny Lindell beat out an in- field hit to open the Yankee second. Tuck Stainback, former Tiger who recently returned to the lineup, sin- gled to third whence he scored on Nick Etten's roller. The Yankees got an unearned run for the winning margin in the sixth. Stainback got life on Pinky Higgins' error and advanced on Etten's sacri- fice. Light-hitting Oscar Grimes then drilled a single to center, scor- ing Stainback. Stirnweiss Scores Final Run The speed of George Stirnweiss set up the final Yankee run in the seventh. With two out, Stirnweiss worked Overmire for a pass and stole second, his 20th theft in 22 times this season. After Bud Metheny walked, Lindell singled to left and Stirnweiss sailed home. The defeat left the Tigers with a 6 to 2 season edge over the Yankees. The two clubs meet in a single game tomorrow and a double-header Sun- day, winding up Detroit's Eastern trip that has produced -five victories and six defeats. Lefty Hal Newhouser will bid for his 13th victory while opposing Bill Zuber on the mound tomorrow. Paul Trout and Johnny Gorsica are slated to pitch for Detroit Sunday. Detroit ............ 000 000 010-1 New York ......... 010 001 lOX-3 Bonham, Garbarck; Overmire, Gentry, Swift. This column tonight is being written by Bill Mullendore, a junior night editor on the Daily sport staff. THE BIGWIGS of Major League baseball are learning a lesson this year--the hard way--and they are learning it from a club which they have been deriding foi he past decade, the St. Louis Cardinals. For sev- eral years now, the powers that be in professional baseball have been collectively looking down their noses at the Cardinal farm system and the , practices of the St. Louis front office in maintaining it, but the war brings' on many changes and one of them has made the owners of the other 15 clubs do a right-about-face. The trend since the early '30's has been so, reduce farm systems #and let the huge bankroll.4 of rich club owners do the work of acq3 ir- Ing new talent. Even the New York Yankees, prime exponents of tb4irm clubs, have drastically curtailed their minor league affiliations in re- cent years. Everybody got out of the business of growing ball players and started to buy them, that is, everybody but St. Louis. While the other teams scoffed, the Cardinal front office went right on with its policy of grabbing likely-looking prospects off the sandlots and out of high schools, signing them to contracts, and shipping them off toy the minors for seasoning. In this way, the parent club was ass'dred of a steady stream of experienced players during hormal times and a large backlog for an emergency. One needs only to glance at the records to see what this system has accomplished. In the pre-war years, the Cardinals regAned the prestige of their Gas House Gang days of the early '30's and climbed back up to the top of the Senior circuit, climaxing the upsurge by win- ning pennants in '42 and '43. Immediately preceding the ney reign of the Cardinals, the Brooklyn Dodgers held away. At that time the Bums boasted one of the finest aggregations in baseball, but they failed to replace the aging veterans and so skidded out of the running. I HE ADVENT of the war only hastened the inevitable. All of the teams were hit and hit hard by the drafting of a large portion of their star performers. But the clubs with the reserves were the ones to feel it least, and it was no accident that the St. Louis Cardinals were ?the only outfit with adequate reserves. The others waved their bankrolls ii vain as play- ers became as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth and asking prices on spavined veterans zoomed out of all proportion to their worth. At this stage, St. Louis is making a mockery of the so-called National League race. The Cards currently enjoy an eight-game advantage over their nearest rival and are extending it every day. Some, observers predict that they will finish 20 games in front, a tremendous margin, but it is a foregone conclusion that they will waltz away with the pennant and prob- ably the World Series as well. Perhaps after the war, when the almighty ydollar once more as- sumes its place in Major League baseball circles, the Cards will lose their stranglehold, but for the duration it is secure. What is more, it is apt to continue for some years hence while the. other clubs go through the throes of reorganization and rebuilding. The cry of "Break up the Cardinals" may yet be heard in baseball circies, just as the old shout of "Break un the Yankees" once reverberated through the ranks. The. Yankees broke themselves up by relying on the dollar sign; the Cardinals will never make that mistake. AND WHEN the cry does arise, the Cardinal office can laugh some more. Every team had the same opportunity. The Cards took advantage of it. And they are now reaping the profits of a system which only a few years ago was universally cond.emned as unsound. Forward Wall Short On Experienced Men; Search for Fast Back By DAVE LOEWENBERG With the temperature hovering around the 100 degree mark, Head Coach "Fritz" Crisler concluded Michigan's first week of football practice by sending his squad of 130 eager aspirants through a blistering workout. Today's session was devoted entire- ly to familiarizing the boys with their blocking assignments. The candi- dates were taught six blocks which are an essential part of every play. Those blocks are in, through and out of the hole blocks, cut off blocks. check " blocks and backerup blocks. After learning these blocks, the boys then ran through a few plays. The purpose of this was to get the players fully acquainted with Michi- gan's system of signals. The workout was concluded with five wind sprints of 20 yards apiece. After three days of practice it's quite obvious .that Michigan is heav- ily devoid of experienced personnel, especially in the line positions. Bauman Improves In the forward wall big 6 ft. 2 in. Clim Bauman looks like the boy to watch. Bauman seems greatly in- proved over last season and his strap- ping frame should be a real nemesis to enemy opposition. Other returning lettermen in the line are Harold Watts and Art Ren- ner. William Sigler, a reserve guard last year, is expected to report for duty in the very near future. As far as freshman line prospects go, there are several boys worth not- ing. They are Dick Rifenberg, an all-state end from Saginaw, Quentin Sickels, an all-stater from Benton Harbor, and Charles Wahl, 190 pound center from Defiance, O. Wiese. Tops List Five lettermen from last year's Wolverine backfield are returning for the 1944 season. Captain-elect Bob Wiese from Jamestown, N.D., heads this quintet of veteran performers. The other four touchdown makers are Bob Nussbaumer. Joe Ponsetto, Don Lund and Jim Aliber. The prob- lem with this backfield is that Nuss- baumer is the only speedy back and the other four boys rely on power plays 'to pick up their yardage. A fast tailback will have to be found to round out the. Wolverine backfield. _,...' .® Y is ' r-4 i' ,' t 111 i N ., j G a 1) , i T. \ + V a '-' uj 1. 1. Tf T :; .. 5 ' :; ! . '' n tie J° CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY ,I CLASSIFIED RATES S.40 per 15-word insertion for, one or two days. (In- crease of 10c for each additional five words.) Non-Contract $1.00 per 15-word insertion for three or more days. (In- crease of 25c for each additional five words.) Contract Rates on Request MISCELLANEOUS THE GRAVES SEWING SHOP will be open from 9-3 during the sum- mer. Opposite Stockwell Hall. 22678. FOR RENT SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS available for girls. 3 blocks from campus. Cool and good board Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB St. Louis ........43 32 .573 -- St. Louis......48 20 .706 - Boston ..........40 35 .533 3 Cincinnati ......40 32 .556 10 New York .......37 34 .521 4 Pittsburgh ......37 30 .552 101/2 Chicago ........ 33 34. .493 6 New York ...... 36 37 .493 142 Washington ..... 36 37 .493 6 Brooklyn ........33 41 .446 18 Cleveland .......36 39 .480 7 Philadelphia . .. .31 39 .443 18 Detroit ..........35 40 .467 8 Chicago .........27 39 .409 20 Philadelphia .... 32 41 1438 10 Boston..........29 43 .403 21 FRIDAY'S RESULTS FRIDAY'S RESULTS New York 3, Detroit 1. Pittsburgh 13, Brooklyn 2. Cleveland 8, Boston 5 (twilight). Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2. St. Louis at Washington (night). Chicago 3-2, New York 2-6. Chicago at Philadelphia (night). Boston at St. Louis, night. SATURDAY'S GAMES SATURDAY'S GAMES Detroit at New York. Boston at St. Louis. St. Louis at Washington. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Cleveland at Boston. New York at Chicago. Chicago at Philadelphia. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Las Da O lj w4 N f Michigan LAST TIMES TODAY! A love haunted by nameless evil in a house of terror . .. a love that fought to free itself of unseen hate! The nV10 starring Ray Milland Ruth Hussey Donald Crisp Cornelia Otis Skinner and introducing Gail Russell Last Day "JAM SESSION" STARTING SUNDAY! .Continuous from I P.M. COOL! to the lilting music of BILL LAYTON and his orchestra in the air-conditioned ball- rooe of the UNION Saturday night from 9 till 12. i } c . I I U~ ~ 4~ i a v ~ ... ~ I I I I I