WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1948 T HE MICHIGAN DAILY Louis-Walcott Battle For Heavyweight Title Major League Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston ...... 34 24 .586 .... Cleveland .... 35 19 .648 .... Pittsburgh ... 32 24 .571 1 New York .... 33 24 .579 31/ St. Louis .... 32 25 .561 1 Philadelphia .. 34 26 .565 4 New York .... 29 26 .527 32 *Boston ..... 27 26 .509 71/ Philadelphia .. 27 32 .458 7 Detroit ...... 28 29 .491 8%/ Brooklyn ..... 24 29 .453 7 Washington .. 28 32 .448 11.. Cincinnati .... 26 34 .439 9 St. Louis ......22 33 .400 13Y2 Chicago.......23 33 .411 10 *Chicago .... 27 33 .340 16 Today's Games Today's Games Pittsburgh at Brooklyn New York at Cleveland Chicago at New York Washington at Detroit St. Louis at Boston (Night) Boston at Chicago Cincinnati at Philadelphia Philadelphia at St. Louis 9; &()a4 WH ITS FOR MEN A new light weight all over white suede with flexible white crepe sole. Just the shoe for campus sports wear. It has been accepted as the perfect shoe for Hospital wear as well on account of its lasting comfort and ease in cleaning. $1195 It comes in narrow, medium and wide widths and sizes up to 111/2. 17 NICKELS ARCADE I-M Program Is Announced One of the biggest programs in Intra-Mural history is on deck for the summer session, according to word released by Howard Leibee, I-M director for the summer. Every possible activity will be indulged in and all equipment at the Sports Building will be at the disposal of individuals interested. "The program is designed to in- clude every possible aspect of rec- reation," said Leibee. "It's restrict- ed to students and faculty mem- bers, and we sincerely hope that they take advantage of the facili- ties we have at hand," continued the director. Leibee will be assisted in his work by Bert Katzenmeyer, golf coach, Newt Loken, varsity gym mentor, and Dennis Rigan and Rodney Grambeau, both of the Phys Ed staff. Beside individual activities, as handball, tennis, and etc., team play will be held in softball, vol- leyball, and other group sports. In tomorrow's Daily, a complete rundown will be given, listing all opportunities available. Mean- while, anyone desiring to sign-up, may do so at the desk in the lob- by of the Sports Building. Facts on. Louis Walcott Scrap Lois Walcott 34 Age 34 6 ft. 2 in. Height 6 Feet 214 Pounds Weight* 194 Lb. 76 Inches Leach 74 Inches 42 Inches Chest 40 In. 45 Inches Chest, Exp. 43 In. 17 Inches Neck 17 Inches 15 Inches Biceps 16 Inches 12 Inches Forearm 13 Inches 8 Inches Wrist 7% Inches 11% Inches Fist 12 Inches 361/2 Inches Waist 35 Inches 222 Inches Thigh 21 Inches 14 Inches Calf 14 Inches 10 Inches Ankle 9% In, M1' Yacht Ace Cops Regatta Bob Ford, Michigan's top skip- per, took top honors in the Y-Fy- er class at the Ohio Interlakes Yacht Racing Association's An- nual Regatta held on Chippewa Lake, Ohio, last Sunday. Michigan, Bowling Green, Ohio State and Northwestern fought their way through three races in everything from a flat calm to a dry squall. In spite of hot compe- tition and varying wind condi- tions Bob Ford nosed out Dick Schuederberg of Ohio State by 1/4 of a point with Dave Olsen of Northwestern coming in 3rd. Ed Bainbridge, Bill Emmert, and Jim Johns of Michigan finished 4th, 5th and 6th. Bob Johns and Bud Asher of Bowling Green, Jim Rukin of Michigan, Dave Brown of Northwestern, Allan Borth of Ohio State finished in that order. The Michigan Sailing Club will hold a regular and open meeting Thursday June 24, at the Michi- gan Union at 7:00 p.m. Odds Favor Louis 5-12 To Down Jersey Battler Brown Bomber Predicts Early Wi as Rain Dampens Hope of Million Dollar Gate NEW YORK, June 22-(/P)-A steady drizzle of rain and Jersey Joe Walcott money fell on New York today as the odds on Joe Louis slipped to 5 to 12 for his 25th and last-maybe-heavyweight title defense. The weatherman, usually cooperative with Uncle Mike Jacobs' ventures, took a dim view of the future. He predicted considerable cloudiness tomorrow with scattered showers and thundershowers throughout a warm, humid day. There was some hope of clearing in mid-afternoon. The title fight goes on at 8:00 p.m. (CST).. . (Radio Station WHRV, Ann Ar- bor, will carry a fight preview at s 9:30 p.m., Ann Arbor time, and the blow-by-blow description of the scrap starting at 10 p.m.-Ed.) If a postponement is necessary, the fight will be held Thursday night, alsoyin Yankee Stadium.x Oddds May Drop Walcott cash from south New Jersey may slice the price to 1 to 2 by fight time although the cur-3 rent odds still fluctuated. It seemed likely that Louis would enter the ring a solid choice over Jersey Joe, who lost a disputed sin split decision to the champ in De- cember. If you like Louis by a knockout you must give 72 to 5. Despite the rain, the city bis- tled with out-of-town visitors.> Hotels were reported doing capac- ity business and choice $50 ring side seats were selling at twicea their face value. There still were plenty of tickets left. TOE LOUIS No Million-Dollar Gate .. . washed u? Twentieth Century Sporting * * Club officials clung to earlier pre- At 34, the same age as Walcott, dictions that 55,000 fans would see Louis admits he has lost speed but the fight, paying "somewhere be- tween $800,000 and $900,000." To- insists ie still hits as hard as ever. day's rain has killed all talk of a If he goes through with his an- million dollar house. nounced plans of waiting for Wal- Louis and Walcott took only ecott, a counter puncher, to come light exercise, trying to hold their to him, it may be the dullest fight fine edge until ring time. When he finished his boxing chores at in the annals of the ring. Pompton Lakes, N.J., yesterday, If Louis gets hit with a good the champ said he would come in right hand before he finds his at close to 215 pounds, four pounds chance, there may be a new heavier than for his last fight champ. If he scores first, Louis and the heaviest of his career. may be able to carry out his pre- Walcott will weigh about 195 diction, "I'll win early." One punch pounds. can decide it. AP SPORT FLASHES PHILADELPHIA, June 22-(iP)first appearance in a Cleveland -Danny Litwhiler's tenth inning uniform since his recent acquisi- homer with Hank Sauer on base tion from the St. Louis Browns. gave the Cincinnati Reds a 6-4 * * * victory over the Philadelphia Phil- BOSTON, June 22-(P)-Stan lies tonight. Sauer also hit a hom- Musial's fifth consecutive single, er, his 21st of the season. with the bases loaded in the * * * ninth, clinched the St. Louis DETROIT, June 22-(P) - Cardinals 5-2 win over the top- Earl Wooten's first major league place Boston Braves tonight be- home run gave the Washington fore a 29,064 crowd. That per- Senators a 5-4 win over the De- feet batting performance boost- troit Tigers tonight in a night ed the National League's top game before 34,447 fans. Ar- slugger's average to .402 and thur Houtteman suffered his gave Harry (The Cat) Brecheen ninth defeat of the season when his eighth pitching triumph of Washington chased him with * * four runs in the seventh inning. ST. LOUIS, June 22--(P)-The * * * Philadelphia Athletics exploded CLEVELAND, June 22-- (P) - for a four-hit, four-run eighth in- Sam Zoldak pitched the Cleveland ning against two St. Louis pitchers Indins to a 5-2 victory over the to break a tie and defeat the New York Yankees today in his Browns 7 to 6 tonight. 4 ~ KT. . ' ..::: .. . «<-:. :: ,;,. .' ., <.. } 4 > _ Y ,y , {; :3,:=: :c_,,gg =: u, :; : ::..;: ...;:i ..4 * .> ,1: .. , f . ,, 'hs , : . f > . , . 4 S . { { , .: t :. :;;i. ... :J. t :4:: ''. .: i : : . i - ,j <;, ass t itii .++... . 4. :. -v i . - i ^" i - " ' ,.. IN THIS CORNER -- by JOE WALSH Summer Daily Sports Editor June is traditionally the month of brides-but in this June of 1948, the honors seem to be divided between weddings and cham- pionship boxing matches. One of these battles, the third pier sixer between Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano has passed into history. Tonight, we shall have the second chapter of the month's fisticuff parade, the Louis-Walcott meeting in the "House-That-Ruth-Built," Yankee Stadium. Weather permitting, a crowd of over 50,000 is expected to swarm into the cavernous 160th Street ballyard to get what may prove to be their last glimpse of Joe Louis in action. The heavy scrap tonight may mean a great deal more, also. For in the result will be the story of whether Joe Louis, World's Heavy- weight Champion for eleven years and one day, was finished. A scant half-year ago, the Detroit Brown Bomber was extremely fortunate to gain a split-decision over the aged Jersey Joe Walcott, a hitherto little-respected : in-and-outer from the banks of the Delaware in Camden. Precedent is riding on the side of the champion tonight, however. Louis is famous for giving better performances second time around. Ramage, Davis, Schmeling, Buddy Baer, Pastor, Brown, Godoy, and Billy Conn have exxperienced Joe's work on two different occasions. In each instance, the Chocolate Champ has considerably heightened his prestige with more devastating results. Billy Conn have experienced Joe's work on two different occasions. Champ groggy and badly beaten on points in the latter stages of the fight, but tried to apply the crusher, however, and ended the Breakfast at night's proceedings on the back of his lap. In his second go for the crown, Conn rode a bicycle for seven but got trapped in the eighth and corner South University again Louis quickly lowered the and Forest Ave. boom with three punishing lefts, knocking all of the slambition from the Pittsburglier. 7*30 A oM , According to reports from Pompton Lakes, tonight will find a much sharper Louis going after DRUGS Jersey Joe than lasthDeckember. BE E R Most of the lads who should know, say that the Dark Destroyer re- W I N ES garded Walcott so lightly that be was only half-trained when he S.D.D. for Mich. State entered the Garden ring last De- Liquor Control Comm. cember. 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