April 02, 1944 (vol. 54, iss. 109) • Page Image 3
…-game exhibition series and all hands glad to escape to the relief of the showers. Iowa and Illinois Most Consistent Michigan Rivals in Diamond Sport Same Schools May Be Troublemakers for Wolverines During 1944…
… Maize and Blue quartet in 2:59. Mert Church, swimming the anchor for the Wolverine "A" team, tried valiantly to close the big gap which Smith had given the Sailors, but couldn't quite make it; and when…
… Dobby Burton, who was swimming the anchor leg for the Bluejackets "B" team, closed in on Church, it became a three-way race, with the Wolverines "A" team barely edging out Great Lakes' "B" squad for sec…
… the ten- ure of Ray Fisher as Michigan's baseball coach, teams from Illinois and Iowa have afforded the greatest obstacles to the Wolverines' winning ways. From the reports which have been flowing from…
… Michigan over the past eight seasons, having won 61 and lost 25 for a fancy .709 figure. In that period, it won one champion- ship, tied for two others and never wound up lower than fifth. The Wolverines…
… gained 56 wins against 28 losses for .667 in the same stretch, copping two championships outright and tying for a third. The Illini, also, have always been right at the heels of the Wolverines in the games…