The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 14

In This Corner With Ray Crandall One of the highlights of the wekend U. P. high school football activity was a spectacular 100-yard run by an Iron River halfback With Calumet threatening on the Iron River goal line, Calumet's Fred Barry fumbled the ball and it rolled inches from the chalk mark where Jerry Gallagher scooped it up and ran the entire length the field for a touchdown Coach Harry Monson's Redskins kept their victory string alive by breaking a 6-6 tie with a minute and a halt remaining in the game to edge Calumet 12-6, The I pper Peninsula Sports Writers choice as I P. football back ot the year last season is enrolled at the I ni- versitv of Indiana. Bloomington Bob McNamara, triple-threat halfback, lctt for Bloomington Sunday The six-one, pound McNamara scored 11 TDs as Manistique won seven of eight grid starts last season He averaged 27 carries per game last season and ran up a 306-yard rushing total in one contest.

The summer sports program reached a climax in Eseanaba area over the Labor Day weekend Here are the events which were held in the area Michigan state men's Class A and Class softball tournaments, Highland. Encanaba and Gladstone golf club championship tournaments, St. Joe-Gladstone opening football game, exhibition baseball game between Power .1 and Perronville and at Mani- the opening playoff game of the Bay de Noc League title series and the Stephenson-Manistique football game Eseanaba played football at Sault Ste. Marie and Bark River vas at Crystal Falls Enough? former Iron wood High School athlete, is getting a chance at Informer Ironwood High School athlete, is getting a chance at Indiana University The big sophomore is a strong varsity candidate Strom, incidentally, made the All-l. P.

grid team as as a junior in high school. Fr. Schneider Speaker At Softball Banquet Thursday The annual Eseanaba Softball Old Timers crown. Bill Doucette business meeting. Annual election Association banquet will be held hurled the win while Fife Smith of officeis will be held and two was on the hill for the losers.

directors will be named. Directors Following the banquet and pro- whose terms are expiring this year gram. Stan Jensen, Association are Bob Wagner and Bob Smith- president, will take over at the wick. Thursday at 6:30 at the Dells with the Rev. Fr.

Stephen Schneider, pastor of St Joseph church, giving the main address. Softball players and managers from the teams in the three Esca- uaba Association leagues, American, National and Old Timers, will attend. George Grenholm, president of the Upper Peninsula Softball Association. will be master of ceremonies. Other speakers will be Denis McGinn, who brought softball to Eseanaba 25 years ago, and Bill Doucette, past president of the Association.

I The Eseanaba Merchants will be 1 guests of the Association. The Merchants won the Upper Peninsula Class A championship and represented the U. P. in the state tournament here last weekend. Team members and managers will be honored as guests at the banquet.

Championship trophies will be presented to Harnischfegei of the American League, Clairmont Transfer of the National League and St. Thomas of the Old Timers League. Si. Thomas night dei feated Delta Frame 2-0 for the Name Kuchenberg On Softball Star Squad Mickey Kuchenberg, flashy thud baseman for the Eseanaba Merchants, drew a position on the men's Class A state tournament all star softball team selected by official tournament scorers at the close of tiie tourney team here Monday. Grand Rapids, state champions, dominated the all-tournament selections with three Runnerup Bay City landed two Pontiac two, Eseanaba one and St Joseph one.

All stai selections were based solely on tournament performances. Bob Warner, who hurled Grand Rapids to three of their four 1 state tourney wins, landed the I pitching position and his battery mate Warren Krause was named Kuenn I backstop. Pete VanEenennaman, Kuenn Has Eye On New Record PHILADELPHIA Brilliant voung Harvey Kuenn. Detroit shortstop, has a chance for an American League record in his first full year in the big leagues. A bit better than a four-a-game pace would give Kuenn a new' record for the most times at bat one season.

The University of Wisconsin product has come up to the plate 611 times and needs just 61 more appearances to top the mark set by Johnny Tobin of the St. Louis Browns in 1921. Kuenn already leads the league the number of hits. He has pounded out 188 safeties to 182 for Mickey Vernon, the Washington veteran first baseman who leads the league in batting with .331. And in the batting department ranks fifth hitters with among a very second baseman, was the third portable .308.

Grand Rapids player named to SEMIFINALISTS SQUARE in the Eseanaba Golf championship tournament are shown before their matches last weekend. At the left, Harry Hogan and Francis Boyce strike a fistic pose while at the right Pat McPherson and Fred Poliak put up their dukes. Honan defeated Boyce on the links and Poliak downed McPherson. Hogan won the club championship defeating Poliak in the title match played Monday afternoon. (Daily Press Photos) Purdue Grid Team Strong In Spite Of Heavy Losses Ma 1 or 1 uear 2 lers Krause Top Hitter Other positions were tilled by Chet Kazmierski.

Bay City first basenum; Russ Hester. Pontiac shortstop; Bill Lucas. St. Joseph left fielder; Bill VanDotezhem, Bay City center fielder, and Bill Mason. Pontiac right fieldei VanEenennaman led the all -tar team in scoring.

The Grand Rapids second baseman crossed the plate with six runs in four games. He had three hits in 12 trips and committed one error. Top hitter on the team was Krause. Grand Rapids catcher, who poked four safeties in nine times up. He scored twice.

Kuchenberg had a pair of hits, including one of the two homers hit in the tournament, scored twice and committed one error for the Merchants who went down in the quarterfinals. Two Glassy Hurlers Warner gave up 15 hits and only four runs in 21 innings on the Grand Rapids mound. The 24-year-old chueker, who entered the tournament with a 33-4 record, walked six and fanned I 18 i Running Warner a close for pitching honors was Jack Greenwood. Bay City' mound expert. record was probably even more impressive than Here are their performances charts; (IP.

innings pitched: H. hits; runs: walks, and SO, strikeouts IP IIR SO wood 18 6 3 3 25 ler 21 15 4 6 18 The Tigers can use that batting punch tonight when they face the Athletics in a twi-night doubleheader in a crucial battle for sixth place. Detroit, idle Tuesday holds a slim half game edge over the Steve Gromek '6-7' and Ai Aber 1 4-3 will go against the Athletics. The Tigers will face Harry Byrd and Mario Fricano EDGE PHILLIES PHILADELPHIA AB 11 A Kazanski, ss 4 0 1 4 2 cf 0 1 3 0 Waitkus. lb 4 00 8 1 Ennis, If 3 1 12 0 Hamner.

3 1 2 4 2 Burgess, 4 00 1 0 Lopata, 0 00 11 Wvrostek. rf 4 () 0 1u Jones, 3b 4 0 0 1 2 Lindell. 3 02 01 Totals 34 2 7 i25 9 HIGHLAND GOLF CHAMPION President Mert Jensen presents the 1953 club championship trophy to Gerry Harris, winner of the Highland tournament staged over the Labor Day weekend. At the right is runnerup Ronnie Him, The victory gave Harris his third club championship. (Fair! Flagstadt Photo) out By DALE BURGESS LAFAYETTE.

Ind. Purdue football remarkably strong for an outfit that lost, eight seniors good enough to get bids to play in post season all-star games last year. It have a passing combina- I turn from the Army. He starred in the 1950 victory over Quarterback Roy Evans lacks the graduated repu- innks Notre Dame that ended a string of tation as a passer but he com- pleted is of 38 last fall for 234 Brooklyn. 13b; Mathews.

Milwau By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Furillo, Brooklyn, Schoendienst, St. Louis. .341. runs Snider, Brooklyn, 122; Gilliam, Brooklyn, 116. Runs batted in Campanella, the outstanding hitters in the tournament.

At the plate 11 times, he collected four hits and scored one run. One of his hits was the only homer parked over the fence in the four-day tourn- scored MILWAl hEE Bruton, cf Logan, ss Mathews, 3b Pafko. rf Pendleton. If race Crandall, lb colorful Dittmer, 2b hill Antonelli, Totals Philadelphia Milwaukee Lopata. inner 2, Logan.

Mathews, Pafko. 2 HR Hamner. Logan. Hamner and Waitkus; Waitkus and Kazanski. 9, Milwaukee 12.

Lindell 3. indell 3-2. Antonelli 2-2. Antonelli Roberts. Boggess, Englen, Stewart.

when winning run AB 11 A 22 0 2 0 4 111 2 4 0 11 1 2 001 0 4 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 10 0 4 () 0 9 1 4 0 00 0 4 0 2 0 2 31 7 27 6 01 (MI2 2(H) (MM) Former Packer Guard Pete Tinsley Is New Rock Football Coach In addition to his pitching de 7, Antonelli 4 SO owess. Greenwood was one of Antonelli 10. 39 Irish victories. Ex-delensive Ace Maccioli, a 180-pounder, has been playing service football. He was rated one of top defensive 160.

and Ed Zembal, 164. National League To Set New Homer Mark tion like quarterback Dale Samuels performers in 1950. and end Bernie Flowers of last other seasoned runners season's Big Ten co champions include fullback Jim Reichert 191 but it may be a better running pounds, and halfbacks Rex Brock, team. The Boilermakers are big and suffer much from the limited substitution rule. Schmaling Rated High Fullback Max Schrnalmg of Sterling.

111 should be one of the country's best in his senior year. A 205 pound quarter miler, he plowed through opponents for seven touchdowns last fall. Sophomore Bill Murakowski of East Chicago, whose brother Art was one of all- time greats, probably will be used extensively at halfback. He weighs riati 195. More beef was added to the backfield by Mike yards and one touchdown.

a senior and will be understudied by Froncie Gutman, a six-foot sophomore of Fort Wayne. Ind. Wakefield Starter The only little fellow in the line will be end John Kerr of Honolulu, 167 pounds and 5 feet 11. who caught twro touchdown passes last fall. Jim Wojciehowski of Wakefield.

206 and 6-3, will be on the other flank. line will have tackles Joe Krupa, 232 pounds, and David Whiteaker, 212; guards Fred Pre- 1,093 ziosio, 248, and Tom Bettis, 215. 199 All seasoned performers except kee. 126. Hits Ashburn.

Philadelphia, 181: Snider, Brooklyn. 177. Doubles Musial, St. Louis. 44; Furillo and Snider.

Brooklyn, 36. Triples Gilliam. Brooklyn. 16: Fondy. Chicago and Bruton, Milwaukee.

10 Home runs Mathews, Milwaukee. 45: Campanella, Brooklyn, 39. ament. The all star follow: PlayerTe Pos. Warner Pitcher KrauseG RCatcher Kazmierski BC 1 st base Eenennaman 2 nd base Hester Pont.

Shortstop Kuchenberg Esc.3rd base Lucas St. JoeLeft field VanDotezhemBC Center field Mason Po nt.Right field Sport Shorties When Native Dancer scored at year-old earnings to S428.075, 1953. Forty-two of Michigan Bernard Hewitt of Gettysburg. 1953 rostei played then school football in Michigan. high Stolen bases Bruton.

Milwau- Pa became a ful, fledged )0ckev kee. 25: Reese. Brooklyn. 19 NEW YORK i With home runs already this year, Na- and center Walt Kudzik tional League batters need only are eight more to reach the highest Krupa, a sophomore total in its 78-vear history The record of 1,100 was 1950. Pitching Roe, Brooklyn, 112, 846; Burdette, Milwaukee, 144.

778 Strikeouts Roberts. Philadelphia, 172; Erskine, Brooklyn, 168. AMERICAN LEAGUE the day he scored with Blue Tail Fly. The rider won his first race aboard the same horse last July 16 at Monmouth Park. Hamilton Richardson, Tulane sophomore and national collegiale The San Francisco 49ers will make their only New York ap- I pea ranee this year when they meet the football Giants in the Polo 1 Grounds on Sept.

17. Pete Tinsley, former Green Bay Packer guard, will make his debut as an Upper Peninsula prep grid coach Friday afternoon when he takes his Rock football squad to Bark River. has been hired as football. basketball and track coach at Rock, succeeding Noel Winn. He will al'O teach industrial arts.

The new' Rock coach was a Packer when the Green Bay tootball team was the scourge of professional ranks. He joined the Packers out of the University of Georgia in 1938 and was a member of the 1939 team that won the world championship. He played with Green Bay through 1945. During that span Curly I.ambeau’s Packers finished fir-t four times, second three times and third three times. Coached In South Tinsley received his S.

degree from Georgia and advanced credits from the University of South Carolina. He was junior varsity coach and assistant freshman mentor at Georgia, moved to a North Carolina prep school, and then coached two years at South Georgia College Douglas, for two years. His South George teams played in tw'o bowl games, winning one and losing one. Married to the former Bernice Dausey of Eseanaba, Tinsley has two children. At Rock, he is doing a rebuilding job wdth a lot of inexperienced players out time.

Good Nucleus Pete Tinsley Purdue meets powerful Michigan set in State Oct. 24, in Lafayette. Purdue starts at Missouri, Sept. 26; plays There is definitely a housing tennis champion, is a member of problem for fish in the Great Lake Batting Vernon. Washington.

Davis Cup squad for of Cambodia in Indochina. Ap- He is only proximately 100,000 tons of fish are taken annually from the lake. practice sessions with the team. have shown of improvement in the past week and are looking forward to the Bark River the new coach stated. In addition to Bark River, Rock will meet Powers, Gladstone Bee, Florence and John D.

Pierce. Amarillo Has Great Negro Hurler-Fielder Tf'x winds up the baseball season this for the first week with a valuable piece of I property one Eddie Locke, a Negro pitcher who plays the out- got a good nucleus in Negro pitcher who plays the out- Fred Watts, center; Lewis Kulju.l Offers for the 24-year-old West fullback; Jack Lund, quarter-! Texas-New Mexico League star back, and Terry Hade, Tin-'are rolling in and it looks like Team home run totals- Brooklyn Notre Dame here Oct. 3, at Duke 192; New York 166; Cincin- Oct. 10 Wisconsin here Oct. 17, 157; Milwaukee 142; St.

Louis 128: Chicago 121; Philadelphia 105 and Pittsburgh 82. at. Illinois Oct. 31, Iowa here Nov. 7, at Ohio State Nov.

14 and at Indiana Nov. 21. New Grid Mentor At Western On Hot Spot KALAMAZOO Petoskev, junior from Muskegon. A fine all- starting his first season as head around player, he scored so football coach at Western Michigan touchdowns in Mid-American Con College, is somewhat on the hot Grid Notes from ference games last season. will be a seat.

First, taking over John Gill, who didn't have a losing Petoskey, but right half is; as wide open. Four boys are the1' running for it and any one of them can make it. Feirens of Bay City looks CHICAGO Midwest football I briefs: Illinois Sophomore Em Lmd- beck and veteran Elry Falkenstein were kept busy as passing was stressed in an offensive scrim- S1Xj Iowa fullback Binkey Brooder was praised by Coach Forest Eva- 1 shevski could be one of the better backs in the country this Rosen. Cleveland. .328 Runs Minoso, Chicago, 97; rosen, Cleveland, 96.

Runs batted in Rosen. Cleveland, 131; Vernon, Washington, 102. Hits Kuenn, Detroit, 188; Vernon, Washington, 182. Doubles Vernon, Washington, 39; Kell, Boston, 36 Triples Rivera, Chicago, 14; Vernon, Washington, 10. Home runs Rosen, Cleveland, 39: Zernial, Philadelphia, 38 Stolen bases Minoso and Rivera.

Chicago, 21 Pitching Lopat, New York. 14-3, .824, Stuart, St. Louis, .800. Chicago, 168. Trucks, Chicago, 140.

the third straight year. 19 years old. Horse-Shoe Pitching Title Match Tonight season in his 11 years as head coach of the Broncos. Second, Petoskey is changing style of attack from the tricky formation to the he bf Wisccnsm Tom Tracy, sopho- Clifford Anderson will be match- more halfback, received his draft ed with lhe winner of a lower straight power of the single wing. "The change in offense is our biggest Petoskey said today.

the boys are doing well with it. Lack Depth have any depth, especially for our conference games, but it's a young team, improving 4.4 record, ail the Petoskey, who was an assistant coach last season, has 16 lettermen on hand. He says there are standouts among them, but looking to halfback Bruce Basina to carry much of the offensive load. back, while Jack Kelder of Grand Rapids and Chuck Nidiffer of South Haven should share the full-; back Western Michigan will play five conference games this fall and notice. Don Pierce, junior tackle from Stillwater, is lost for the season with a bad knee requiring an Michigan 6-2 former end.

is being tried at halfback to bolster the pass Indiana Brock Stom, 205- bracket clash between Ray Robi- taille and Francis Grenier at 6 this evening at Royce Park for the city horse-shoe pitching Petoskey feels most of his troubles pound sophomore from Ironwood. will come from Miami of Ohio. Last season the Broncos had a was switched from center to tackle to fill in for Bill Syvan- tedk. sidelined with a chronic shoulder condition. A doubles tourney will also be held tonight if any players are interested in competing.

Anderson gained his finals berth by winning on forfeit from Emmett Crepeau and beating Clarence LaCasse and Rene Robitaille. Layne Kayoed Again By Canadian Boxer During the past 25 years, Michigan tootball teams have won 53 games and lost 16 for a ALL-CONQUERING State College, Pa. Pennsylvania State College golf, I percentage, ranking the Spar- SALK LAKE CITY Rex Layne. once second-ranked heavy- Bosrna is a 5-foot-ll, 183-pound weight contender was knocked wrestling and gymnastic teams all finished the 1953 season unbeaten. tans fifth among the major gridiron powers.

sley said today after a Lightweights Davis And Gonsalves Meet OAKLAND, Calif bang Henry Davis and polished Johnny Gonsalvee trade punches here tonight in a scheduled 10 rounder that may determine the next challenger for lightweight title. A nationwide television audience (CBS) 8 p. m. CST will see the two high ranking contenders in a bout that may lead to a crack at the crown worn by Jimmy Carter. Gonsalves of Oakland is a fast counter-puncher.

Fifth ranked, Detroit-born Davis drives in swinging. It will be their fourth meeting. Each holds a technical knockout over the other via the cut-eve route. In their last setto, Davis won a 10 -round decision. Eddie is going to jump clear up to Class A from Class C.

Beaumont of the Texas League appears most likely to get him. He has done this for Pitched in 36 games, winning 21 while losing played outfield while not pitching and clouted 102 hits in 268 times at bat for a .381 average. The most remark able feature of his play has been pitching and winning four doubleheaders, with four of the being shut-outs. Don Bollweg, rookie first baseman with the New York Yankees, hails from Wheaton, 111. also the home town of Harold (Red) Grange, one time football sensation for the University ot Illinois and Chicago Bears.

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