JULY 8, 1945 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Highlights of DonLund's Michigan Athletic Career RE called SPORTS NEWS + VIEWS + COMMENT T y BILL MULLENDORE, Daily Sports Editor T ISN'T VERY OFTEN that any athlete wins nine major letters at the University of Michigan. As a matter of fact, only seven ,men have performed that feat in the history of the school. And it is rarer yet for a man to win nine letters and be remembered not so much for his sports prowess but for other qualities of sportsmanship, leadership, and self sacrifice that seem to lift him from the common herd of athletes and place him in a separate class whose membership is strictly limited. Such an athlete, and such a man, was Don Lund, who recently climaxed a brilliant career at the University by signing a professional baseball contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers after, winning three letters in each of three sports and captaining three squads during his senior year. In doing so, Lund became Michigan's seventh nine-letter man, but, more than that, he left an impression on the campus as a sportsman and a leader such as few sports figures can hope to leave. Lund was, and is, a great athlete. While never particularly spectac- ular, he combined rare qualities of steadiness and dependability that made his presence on the field an invaluable asset to any team on which he ever played. He was not the sort of performer that blows alternately "hot and cold," but was always out there doing his best day after day in what- ever role fell to his lot. No one could ever level the epithet of "prima donna" at Lund. 1LUND WON the first of his nine letters in football as a sophomore in - 1942, despite the fact that he was competing against All-American Bob Westfall and a couple of other pretty fair players, Bob Weise and Don Boor, for the fullback position. In basketball, he quickly made a place for himself at guard where his fine defensive play and floor-work stood him in good stead. And when baseball season rolled around, Lund's outfielding abilities and skill at the plate won for him a regular centerfielder's role. The next football season again found Lund overshadowed by another All-American, battering Bill Daley, but he plugged along with- out protest even though he,, and everyone else, knew that on any other team he would have been a sure first-stringer. His teammates recognized him, too, according him the captain's role for 1944. His basketball mates did the same following another successful year as first string guard, and the baseball squad made it three captaincy's shortly afterward. A lot of insight into an athlete's character can be gained by watching the reactions of the men with whom he plays. And when a squad elects hman to be captain, youtcan be pretty sure that he rates "ace high" with the bunch. And when three different squads name the same man as leader, you can almost bet your last dollar that he has something special pn the ball, 'an extra something containing elements of leadership and team spirit as well as other qualities of character. Lund had that some- thing. AS A CAPTAIN, Lund did not belie his mates' judgment. In 1944, Bob Weise, also an All-American, again took over the fullback spotlight. But Michigan was short of capable centers, and Lund volunteered to try his hand at the pivot position. And while he did not set the world on fire, he did well enough, and when Weise left the University at mid-season he shifted back to fullback, where for the first time he was number one mnan at the position. His record, in case you want to look it up, speaks for itself. It was the same story in basketball. Michigan had plenty of guards but was short of centers. Again Lund volunteered, although he had neither the physique nor the shooting ability for the job. But constant practice and diligent hard work made up for the lack of natural talents, and again Lund came through with flying colors. Tigers Ed e Michigan State, To Begin Grid Drills Monday Six Veterans Return From 1945 Eleven By The Associated Press EAST LANSING, July 7-A turn- out of about 75 to 85 football hope- fuls is expected Monday at Michi- gan State College for the first day of summer practice, Coach Charlie Bachman declared today. The practice is slated to run from July 9 to Aug. 17, followed by fall practice which is scheduled to begin Sept. 4. The first two weeks of sum- mer work will consist of calisthen- ics and running through plays, Bach- man said, with intrasquad games "starting as soon as the boys are ready." With only six first stringers among the Spartans' returning lettermen, Bachman expects to draw heavily upon freshman newcomers and re- turning servicemen. The Spartans, beaten only by Mis- souri last season, plan to spend most of the six-week summer practice on fundamentals, getting into the tricky maneuvers of Bachman's "Z" formation in the fall session. V[ankees in 10th, Cramer" 9 s Triple Gives HITTING SPREE-Tommy Hol- mes, Boston Braves' rightfielder, who recently broke Rogers Horns- by's 23-year old record by hitting safely in 33 consecutive games, is still going strong and has run the string to 35. Here, Holmes is shown blasting a double against Pittsburgh for the hit that tied Hornsby's mark. Did you know? By Herbert Ruskin That the Michigan football squad has played 27 games with Case without losing any of them. In 1910, however, the men from Cleveland' managed to stop the Wolverines enough to gain a 3-3 tie. . . . That the Little Brown Jug, famous trophy of the annual Mich- igan-Minnesota rivalry, was stolen in 1931 just a few days before the Gopher-Wolverine game. Michi- gan had an exact duplicate made, butaluckily the original was found in a clump of shrubbery on, cam- pus before game time. That Michigan not only played in, but won the first Rose Bowl game. On Nev Year's day 1902 the unbeat- en, untied, unscored upon team of 1901 defeated Stanford by the score of 49-0. The Michigan squad in- cluded such stars as Willie Heston and 10-letter winner Neil Snow. . . . That during the five years when fencing was a Varsity sport Wolverine teams had a .750 per- centage. They won 21, while los- ing only seven of the matches. . . That Michigan's first football coach was named Murphy. He was head of the 1891 squad. Four other men followed him until 1901, when Fielding H. Yost became head foot- ball mentor. The next man who coached more than two years was Harry Kipke who lasted until 1938 when he was succeeded by Herbert 0. 'Fritz" Crisler. . . .That since 1901 Wolverine football teams have gone through 11 undefeated seasons. In that same period the grid men had nine seasons in which they only lost one game. In only two years since 1892 have Michigan squads finish- ed a season with a percentage of less than .500. .That the pre-war Intramural program included 33 different sports. Some of those sports were shooting, bowling, water polo, and relays. . . . That Ray Fisher has been in his position as baseball coach longer than any other coach at. Michigan. He took over his pres- ent post in 1921 succeeding Lund- gren. During his 25 years at Mich- igan, he has coached 10 Western Conference championship teams. This gives him a .400 percentage which isn't half bad considering the fact that there are nine other schools in the Big Ten. By The Associated Press DETROIT, July 7-Roger Cramer's 10th inning triple into the left field corner with nobody out scored Rudy York, who had singled, and enabled the Detroit Tigers to beat the New York Yankees 3 to 2 today for left- hander Hal Newhouser-s'13th victory. Cramer's game-winning blow was his fourth of the game in five times at bat and pinned the defeat on righthander Bill Zuber, who went all the way for the Yanks, allowing 13 hits. Newhouser, giving nine hits, thus became the winner of his third extra- inning duel this season - the only ones Detroit has played. The narrow triumph was the Tigers' 17th one-run decision of the season against eight such defeats. Tigers Score Twice Detroit grabbedea two-run lead in the second inning on York's single, Cramer's double, Bob Maier's walk, Paul Richards' hit that right fielder Art Metheny lost in the sun and an infield boot by Frank Crosetti. Singles by Mike Garbark and George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss and Crosetti's double off the left field wall cut Detroit's edge tp 2-1 in the fifth and the Yanks tied it up in the eighth by filling the bases on an error and two hits before New- houser walked Mike Garbark to force the tying tally across. Hal Fans Six Detroit put men on first and sec- ond in the ninth with nobody out but Zuber got through the inning with- out damage. Newhouser walked three men and fanned six to bring his strikeout to- tal to 107 for the season. He now has won 13 games and lost five. Crosetti hit himself on the left ankle with the bat, while swinging in the ninth, and Mike Milosevich played the 10th inning at shortstop. While Cramer was the game's bat- ting star with two singles, a double and a triple in five trips, Richards slapped out three singles and New- houser and York of the Tigers, Stirn- weiss, Tuck Stainback and Garbark of the Yanks each had two hits. unior Varsity Team Probable A junior varsity football team will probably be formed late in the prac- tice season, according to Arthur Val- pey, assistant football coach and last year's "Jayvee" mentor. Although the coaching staff has re- ceived letters from several schools desirous of being included in Michi- gan's junior varsity schedule, definite plans cannot be made until the men for the squad are selected. After the resumption of, regular summer practice Aug. 27, the varsity players will be picked, and the re- maining candidates can be shifted to the juniors. Hal Triumphs in Third Extra-Inning Tilt; Clubs Scheduled for Doubleheader Today ARE BUMS SLIPPING? Dodgrers Threatened by Cubs As Lead Is Cut to One Game Baseball, his first claimed him next, and had so marked him in that Lund had made a ladder to professional love and his choice for a post-graduate career, he again displayed the same sterling qualities that other places. And no one was displeased to learn good deal with the Dodgers as his first step up the fame. Coaches, players, friends, newspapermen, everyone have only the best to say of Lund. They are all pulling for him in his new endeavors, and are wishing him the best of luck in whatever he does. And if there is anything in hard work, selflessness, team spirit, and strong leadership, Lund will continue to make the grade. - BROOKLYN, July 7-(P)-Faced with the possible loss of their Na- tional League lead, the Dodgers turn- ed on the St. Louis Cardinals today and whipped the defending cham- pions, 10-7. The victory kept the Brooks on top by 11 percentage points over the Chicago Cubs who blanked the Phil- lies. Smothered 15-3 in last night's game, the Brooks got off to an early lead today with four runs in the first two innings and by the end of the seventh had piled up a 10-3 mar- gin, sufficient to stave off the Cards' late bid. * 1 4 Cubs Beat, Phils, 30 PHILADELPHIA, July 7-(/P)-The Philadelphia Phillies, unable to check the pennant hopeful Chicago Cubs, suffered a 3 to 0 setback behind the six-hit pitching of their former team- mate, Claude Passeau, who chalked up his ninth consecutive victory to run the Cub's string of wins to eight straight. * * Holmes Continues Streak BOSTON, July 7 - (4)-- Tommy Holmes added another tally to his new record today as he hit safely in his 35th consecutive game while the Boston Braves edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 7 to 6. Holmes' 35th was a scratch hit that bounced off Frank Colman's glove and in his other three appearances at the bat the Braves right fielder walked once, grounded out to first and popped out to shortstop. Bosox Edge Indians CLEVELAND, July 7-(P)-Domi- nic Ryba pitched the Boston Red Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Cleve- land Indians today as his teammates nicked four Tribe pitchers for 11 hits, including homeruns by George Metkovich and Ed Lake. It was the first series victory for the Bosox in three starts. Ryba re- lieved Jim Wilson in the fourth in- ning after each team scored three runs in the opening inning. Giants Whip Reds Twice NEW YORK, July 7--()-The Giants climbed into a four-way bat- tle for first place in the National League today by whipping Cincin- nati in both ends of a double header, 3 to 1 and 11 to 7. Chisox Take A's Twice CHICAGO, July 7-(P)-The White Sox broke their six game losing streak when outfielder Wally Moses' steal of home gave them a 1 to 0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the first game of a doubleheader today and then pounded Russ Christopher, the. A's 11 game winner, for 18 hits and a 12 to 4 victory in the second. 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