SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1945
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Varsity
Takes
Decisive
Victory
in
Tigers Lose to White Sox, 3-2
As Newhouser Loses -Seventh
Chisox Score
All in Seventh
CHICAGO, Aug. 4 -(AP)-Tall Hal
Newhouser, who won 29 games for
Detroit last year, eased up for a few
moments in the seventh inning to-
day when he was nursing a 2-0 lead,
and because of it the Chicago White
Sox won their second straight from
the American League-leading Tigers
3-2.
Detroit had scored twice in the
third inning and Newhouser had
given up but three hits going into
the seventh. To the 5,128 fans it
looked like big Hal was on his way
to a shutout.
Then the explosion came. He
walked Johnny Dickshot to start the
seventh. Floyd Baker and Guy Curt-
wright both singled to fill the bases,
and Cass Michaels doubled to right
to score Dickshot and Baker. Catch-
er Mike Tresh laid down a squeeze
bunt to score Curtwright.
Aside from that inning, however,
Newhouser was scarcely touched. He
gave up four more hits, but never
more than one in an inning.
Orval Grove gave Detroit eight
hits in winning his tenth victory of
the year, with three singles in the
third accounting for all the Tiger
runs. Bob Maier led off with a single
and went to third on an error by
Tresh when Newhouser was safe at
first on a fielder's choice. Jim Webb
singled to score Maier, and Roy Cul-
enbine singled to score Newhouser.
Grove kept the rest of the Detroit
hits well scattered, and was not in
trouble the rest of the way.
The loss was the seventh of the
season for the ace Detroit hurler.
What's What in the Majors
Grimm Protests, Loses losses. Don Black went all the way
for the A's, allowing only eight hits,
As Cubs Drop Game, 4-3 but three were extra base hits. Oscar
Grimes got a triple in the first in-
CINCINATTI, O., Aug. 4 -(P)- ning whenthe Yankees tallied twice
Cincinnati's Reds finally won a ball and George Stirnweiss hit his 13th
game from Chicago today, their first triple in the fifth frame to score on
in 16 starts, a 4 to 3 victory which Bud Metheney's single.
saw Cub Manager Charley Grimm * * *
ejected for protesting too vehemently
a close ninth-inning decision at third Dodgers Drop Twin Bill;
by Umpire George Barr. Lose Playoff Game, 4-1
Big Ed Heusser allowed nine hits
and won his own game with a timely BOSTON, Aug. 4-()-The Brook-
single in the sixth which sent short- lyn Dodgers dropped farther off the
stop Eddie Miller across the plate National League pace today when
with a tie-breaking run. they suffered two defeats at the
Grimm was ejected after Len Me- hands of the Boston Braves, losing
rullo doubled to open the ninth and 1-0 in the regularly scheduled con-
was called out as hetried to stretch test after completing thesuspended
it. Merullo and the Reds' third sack- June 17 game, the final outcome be-
er Steve Mesner stood toe to toe dur- ing 4-1 in the home team's favor.
ing an ensuing argument Bill Lee allowed six hits in the
* * * -regular game which ended abruptly
Gettel Gains Fifth Win as when Eddie Stanky,who had gbegun
Gettl GinsFift Wi asthe last frame with a single, was
Yanks Defeat Athletics nailed at the plate trying to score
on Dixie Walker's double.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4 -()- The lone run of the game came
The New York Yankees handed the in the first inning and was the re-
Philadelphia Athletics their 10th sult of a disputed play.
straight loss today and made it nine The suspended contest was picked
victories in 12 games over the Mack- up with the Dodgers at bat in the
men, defeating them 5-1. eighth inning and one out. Bob Lo-
Allen Gettel scattered nine hits to gan retired the first five , men to
register his fifth victory against four face him to end the game.
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By BILL MULLENDORE, Daily Sports Editor
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This column was written by Mary Lu Heath, Daily Night Editor)
YESTERDAY'S intra-squad football game at the Stadium, the coaches
announced early in the week, would not conform to the usual pattern
for college contests. And they judged rightly. The whole affair was unr-
thodox, as four assistant coaches tried to get a line on the squad's progress
so far and its prospects for the future.
The crowd, as expected, was very small, but a surprising number of
football-starved souls showed up to brave two hours, instead of the custom-
ary one, of football. In describing those in attendance, we might say that
the spectators were within shouting distance of one another.
The coaches broke all the rules of gridiron etiquette when they fol-
lowed in the wake of the clashing elevens, jotting down notes on the
progress of the game. Assistants "Biggie" Munn, Bennie Oosterbaan,
Earl Martineau, and Art Valpey spotted for Head Coach "Fritz" Crisler,
who was in Evanston at a Big Ten meeting. In fact there were enough
extra officials on the field to make up another eleven, and even the
traditional Michigan dogs which habitually parade across the field at
regular games were allowed to roam at will.
Three officials were arbiters, including hockey coach Vic Heyliger,
Ernie Vick, umpire at Michigan baseball games, and John Nielson. Ray
Roberts, the team's trainer, also followed the plays, but was only called
upon to tend to one serious injury when Warren Bentz, a leading halfback
candidate, suffered a sprained ankle.
* * * *
THE PARADE of Blue touchdowns came to 10 in the final tally, with Walt
Teninga, one of the outstanding backfield men on the field, scoring four,
and Hank Fonde going over for three. Technically speaking, the scores
came at 2:50, 3:05, 3:21, 3:27, 3:37, 3:51, 4:03, 4:11, 4:26, and 4:27 p. m.
EWT respectively. Conservatively speaking, the Blues were busy.
Capt. Joe Ponsetto counted for three of the six successful conversions,
with left tackle Bob Callahan getting one and quarterback Howard Yerges
getting two. The backfield standouts were so numerous that no star could
be picked out. Teninga, Ponsetto, Bentz, and Hank Fonde all came in for
favorable comment on the running plays.
Fonde carries a Michigan tradition on his shoulders this year, as he
represents the varsity track team on the football squad. For the past
couple of seasons Wolverine tracksters have had a habit of popping up
at football practice. Elroy Hirsch and Bob Nussbaumer are one two
examples of the tradition. In yesterday's game, Fonde turned in a
sparkling 65-yard touchdown run which brought the crowd to its feet.
The passing department found three men doing the flipping for the
Wolverines, as the squad took to the air more frequently than is usual for
a Michigan outfit. Ponsetto, Pete Elliot, and Yerges threw the passes, two of
which Ed Bahlow, end from Wisconsin, and Teninga caught for touch-
downs.
THE PENALTIES were surprisingly light, and added up to about 50 yards
altogether. In fact the scarcity of offsides, etc., led one irrepressible
fan to pronounce this edict: "Looks like the refs are all for Michigan."
For the White jayvees, left halfback Wes Muelder was outstanding in
the backfield. Muelder made the two longest runs for the juniors as he
jogged 20 to 37 yards.
An interesting coincidence in the line concerns the left guard post.
Among the top candidates for the position are Dominic Tomasi and Joe
Soboleski. Tomasi and Soboleski, who are also buddies in private life,
battjed for the second base job on this spring's baseball squad. Each
played in Western Conference games and each emerged at the end of the
season with letters.
Probably the most interested and well-informed spectator at the game
was Fielding H. Yost. Michigan's "Grand Old Man" might have been think-
ing that although the present squad did not rival his Point-A-Minute teams
of 1901-'05, they literally came mighty close yesterday.
Major League Standings ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE
TEAMS W L Pet. GB TEAMS W L Pct. GB
Chicago ..........61 34 .642 ... Detroit ...........53 38 .583 ...
St. Louis ..........5 41 .586 5 Washington. .....52 42 .553 2
Brooklyn .........54 42 .563 7v New York ........50 41 .549 3
New York ........51 47 .520 11 Chicago .....:....47 46 .505 7
Pittsburgh ........50 49 .505 13 Boston ...........48 47 .505 7
Cincinnati ........43 51 .457 17z Cleveland ........45 46 .495 8
Boston ...........45 54 .455 18 St. Louis .........43 46 .483 9
Philadelphia ......26 70 .271 35z Philadelphia ......30 62 .326 23
SATURDAY'S RESULTS SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Cincinnati 4, Chicago 3. Chicago 3, Detroit 2.
Boston 4-1, Brooklyn 1-0. Washington 4-4, Boston 0-15.
St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5. New York, 5, Philadelphia 1.
Philadelphia at New York (night) Cleveland at St. Louis (night).
SUNDAY'S GAMES SUNDAY'S GAMES
Chicago at Cincinnati (2). Detroit at Chicago (2).
Brooklyn at Boston (2). Cleveland at St. Louis (2).
Philadelphia at New York (2). Boston at Washington (2).
St. Louis at Pittsburgh (2). New York at Philadelphia (2).
BUY WAR BONDS & STAMPS
JOE PONSETTO
... Victorious Captain
Kocsis Snares
Lead in Open
With 138 Low
Whites Are Outclassed
In Lopsided Duel, 66-0
Byrd
Two
Tied
Behind by Only
Strokes; Kosten
for Second Place
By The Associated Press
GRAND RAPIDS, Aug. 4-Chuck
Kocsis of Detroit's Red Run Golf
Club carved out a remarkable 34-33
-67, five strokes under par, today
to grab a two-stroke halfway lead
in the 1945 Michigan Open Golf
Championship at Cascade Hills Coun-
try Club, with a 36-hole total of 138.
Kocsis, who won the State Open
crown 14 years ago and annexed four
state amateur titles, rammed home
three birdies on each nine today, go-
ing over par in only one hole, the
329-yard seventh, wherehe hit his
drive out of bounds.
Byrd Shoots 66
Even hotter than Kocsis was de-
fending champion Sam Byrd, De-
troit Plum Hollow pro, who leaped
into a tie for second place, two
strokes off the pace, with a 32-34-
66, one stroke over the Cascade
course record.
Byrd, who had a 74 yesterday,
reached the halfway point with 140
strokes, two under par and even
with Lee Kosten of Muskegon, the
first day leader, who had 66-74-140.
Gantz is Fourth
Jimmy Gantz, Byrd's assistant at
Plum Hollow, was right behind his
boss with a 72-70-142, good for
fourth place.
Five were tied for fifth at 143 and
five others finished the first 36 holes
with even par 144, but the title fight
tomorrow generally is expected to
be between Kocsis and Byrd.
Byrd had an excellent chance to
equal or break the course record of
65 held by Marvin Stahl of Lansing.
Coming into the seventeenth he
needed only one more birdie and a
par for his 65 but missed a five-foot
putt for his birdie on the 365-yard
17th and failed on a 12-foot putt
for his birdie 4 on the 489-yard 18th.
155 Required
A 36-hole total of 155 was required
to qualify for tomorrow's final two
rounds, the low 70 and ties surviving.
Still rated a chance to grab off
first money were those in the 143
and 144 groups at even par or better.
Among those one under par for
the first two days were Chick Rutan,
Birmingham Country Club pro, 72-
71-143; Cliff Settergren, Muskegon
pro, 70-73-143; C. J. Farley, Grand
Rapids amateur who holds the Mich-
igan Senior Championship, 71-72-
143; and Jimmy Johnson and Gib
Sellers, Detroit pro, 74-70-144; Al
Watrous, Detroit Oakland Hills pro
who is after his sixth State Open
crown, 72-72-144; Joe Belfore, pro
at the Country Club of Detroit, 71-
73-144; Frank Connolly, Detroit
Lake Pointe amateur, 74-70-144;
and Eldon Briggs, Ionia pro, 70-74-
144.
Holsinger Still Very
Sick at 'U' Hospital
Joseph Holsinger, Michigan State
backfield coach, who underwent an
operation for a brain tumor, was re-
ported still quite ill at the University
Hospital today.
Hospital authorities said that he
was responding, but was still in a
confused state. His condition was
reported as about the same as that
of Thursday evening and nothing
promising could be said for him.
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