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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1942 Football to Return Wed Army Stars 20,000 Fans Expected at U-D Stadium VHRW ill Benefit from Game, Which Kilnanl Will Use a Final Player Test Big Guns of Michigan's Major Teams Are Ready for Another Football Campaign State's Grid Teams Set to Start Drills Wolverines Begin Work Monday; Wayne, U-D and Spartan Will Follow 4 A RT TWO i i f'' -v i it i 1 1 BY JOHN N. SABO Football king of fall sport ae i 4 -y v. X- I -J "i A i i i' s.

i if: 1 BV U-E STAFFORD will embrace the De- r'. sfene this week when firrt contest of 1942 will Wednesday night Petrol Lions, of the Fotball League, and the AU-Army team. The hth is for the benefit of F.metgency Relief, is ex- attract upward of 20,000 to University of Detroit vtimm. The kickoff will occur 15 p. m.

I a majority of National tfn-iie flubs, the Lions have had rebuild this year. Nine veterans v. probably be in the starting Lions-Army Seats Are Still Plentiful There are still thousands of excellent tickets available for Detroit's first football game of the year the Army Emergency Relief contest between the Lions and Western Army All-Stars at University of Detroit Stadium Wednesday night. For the benefit of purchasers who want to get tickets Labor Day the Lion box office at 202 Book Building will be open from 9 am. to 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday the tickets will be on sale at the Lion office and at U. of D. Stadium from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Regular National Football League season ticket prices of $130, $2.20 and $1.10 prevail.

CEITIIAML into battle this season DON' HUGHES Co-captains University of Detroit eleven WALT PAWLOWSKI Michigan State's slippery Utile halfback AN EASY CHOICE Yanks Take First Game from Nats Ernie Ronham Gives Eight Scattered Hits as Mates Hunch IS'ine Off Leonard Fodor Leaves No Doubt Who's Sandlotter of Month BY FRANK ANGELO Bert Fodor made it easy to pick the Sandlotter-of-the-Month for August. The 210-pound "iron man" athlete allowed nine hits in innings, including a no-hit game, and batted at a .538 clip to put his team in the thick of the race for the Detroit Federation's Class title. While the award was made on the basis of his recent activity, presentation of a Detroit Free Press Trophy to the husky Hungarian-born athlete helps to point up a noteworthy career on Detroit's sandlots. Fodor has played Class ball for six years and he has rated with the best pitchers and batters in practically every season. IT i v.

i iff V)hf" 4 I v. A I 1 t1- a- f. 1 5 i r-'i 1 GEORGE He'll lead "Wolverines Alsab Enters Rich 'Cap at Washington Definitely Slated to Go in $25,000 Race Labor Day; Service Funds, USO to Benefit Br the Astorlstrd Fmt CHICAGO, Sept. 5 Snubbed again by Whirlaway, the celebrated Alsab will have to seek his competition from nine or 10 other horses in Monday's J25.000 Washington Park Handicap. The Chicago-owned colt was definitely entered today in the Labor Day classic, doing his part to bolster the receipts which will be turned over to the Army and Navy Relief Funds and the United Service Organizations.

Labor Day has always brought good attendance to Chicago tracks and this war year should prove no exception. The largest turnout of the Washington Park season is expected, with a possibility of crowding into the oval. Efforts to match Elsab, the comeback specialist, against mighty Whirlaway, champion money winner, reached their climax previous to this race and Washington Park officials thought the match was as good as run until Trainer Ben Jones sent word that the Warren Wright horse would remain in the East. Other candidates for the handicap are expected to be With Regards, Thumbs Up, Marriage, Best Seller, Woof Woof, Gen'l Manager, Reading II and No Competition, with the first three seen as Alsab's strongest competition. Box Score will step into the collegiate athletic picture this week and for the next three months wilt reign supreme on campuses across the Nation.

The formidable University of Michigan squad. 58 strong, will start things Monday morning when gridders invited will report to Coach Fritz Crislcr on old Ferry Field. The University of Detroit and Wayne University squads will open operations Tuesday and Wednesday Michigan State will start its big rebuilding process with 47 men expected to report to Coach Charley Bachman at East Lansing. Amid the usual groans of coaches who have lost key men, the various squads will be put through light drills during the first week but will swing Into scrimmage approximately 10 days after donning uniforms. Michigan will open its season first, meeting Great Lakes Sept.

26 at Ann Arbor. Oct. 2 will see Michigan State In action against Michigan and U. of D. meeting Wayne.

Racliman Has Real Job Facing the toughest coaching job will be Bachman at East Lansing. Although 17 of the 47 players Invited to the Spartan drills are 1941 lettermen. Bachman has only two returning regulars. Both are halfbacks, Wally Pawlowskl and Dick (Little Egypt) Kicppc. An entire new State line must be molded before the a.l-tmportant season opener against Michigan in Ann Aibor.

Bachman has said little about his task. He is anxious to get started and see which of his sophomores Is capable of beating the State reserves of last year for regular jobs. Bachman Intends to send his Spartans through four weeks of stiff drills before opening the campaign. While he Is almost set with his backfleld, Bachman faces a prodigious Job with his linemen. It will be these forwards who will get the major attention.

t'-M Welt Fortified Michigan well fortified with returning regulars, seven of the available lettermen having been starters on the team which won six and tied one in eight starts last year. These veterans are Capt. George Ceithaml, All-Conference quarterback: Guards Bob Koiesar and Julius Franks. Center Merv Prcgulman, Tick. Al I and Halfbacks Tom Kuzma and Paul White.

The big job at Ann Arbor will be to replace Bob Westfali. All-America fullback. Fighting for Westfall's post will be Don Boor, the Dearborn boy who under- studied at fullback last year, and two big sophomores, Bob Weise. of Jamestown, N. and Don Lund, of Detroit's Southeastern High.

Michigan also must find a first, class tackle to team with the 212-pound Wistert and must get two good ends from four letter-men out for those positions, Jack Karwales, Rudy Smeja, Elmer Madar and Phil Sharpe. Fourteen I-ettermen at C-D University of Detroit will start practice Tuesday with 14 letter-men on hand but Coach Gus Dorais frankly admits to being weak at center, guard and fullback. Finding a center to replace All-America Vince Banonis Is going to be the toughest job. At fullback Al Goodrich has been graduated and Al Schmidt has Joined the Army. Quarterback Don Hughes and End Joe Gensheimer are co-captains of the Titans and both face big jobs.

Hughes must beat Art Link for a regular position while Gensheimer underwent a knee operation early this summer and will have Wilbur Hintz and Frank Kolodzieiski as rivals for 1 me leir. ena spot. Bob Burke is the only letterman among the guards, a group which includes Bob Batchelor, Paul Fen-Ion, Charley Drummond. Owen Zlebold, Bob Greiner and Bob Ivory. Of the latter only Batchelor has had any experience.

Wayne Goes North Coach Joe Gembis, who has lost his two assistants, Joe Truskowski and Ox Emerson, to the armed forces, will have 40 men on hand when the Wayne University squad starts a two-week session at Charlevoix Tuesday. Gembis intends to buiid his line around two good ends, Don Young and Frank Sabo, and his backfield around Frank Chorney and Sam Carpenter, a couple of good line plungers. Larry Russell, freshman coach, will help Gembis with the squad but It is likely another assistant will be appointed shortly. ANOTHER ACE John Timassey, 164 W. Grand, scored the third hole-in-one of the 9eason at Sylvan Glen Golf Club Saturday when he aced the 190-yard No.

15 hole with a spoon. Tlrr.as.sey w'as playins with Harry Prince, Lawrence Dahlim and Chester Mason. A In 1939 and 1940 Fodor was the strikeout king 'of Class B. Last year he rated second In that respect. Twice he has come up with no-hit games and he has consistently batted over .300.

He likes to pitch so much that he has played in at least two leagues during a season since he broke into the sandlot picture. Will Pitch Sunday At the moment, Fodor is the ace of the Grand River Chevrolet team that is in the semifinals of the Class playoffs. He is scheduled to pitch Sunday when Grand River meets Acme at Northwestern Field No. 3 at 4 p. m.

Whether ha wins or loses will make little difference as far as the Sandlotter award is concerned. His August record takes care of that matter. Fodor came up with his no-hit game Aug. 9 against the East Side team for an 8-0 victory. He fanned 11 and walked seven that day and his mates made only one error, a muff of a fly ball.

A week later, Fodor was called on as a relief hurler and he pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to help his mates whip Four Leaf Clover. Fodor also came up with a six-hitter to beat Dixie, 8 to 4, and he- made a brief appearance as a relief pitcher and was touched for two hits by Acme to round out Jus work on the mound. At the plate, Fodor banged out seven hits in 13 trips, including one triple. Team Reached Finals Besides his work in the Federa tion, Fodor also had a successful month in the Ford League, pitching his Administration Building team to the league finals. Fodor worked in nine games in the Ford loop, lost two and allowed an average bf less than three hits a game for the nine contests.

Fodor is married, has two sons and will be 28 years old Sept. 21. He started his pitching career with the Winn (Mich.) town team when he was 17 and counted strictly on his speed. "But I mix them up a little now," he added. The winner of the Sunday Grand River-Acme game will play for the title Sept.

13 against the winner of the Sam's-Arthur's contest, set for Northwestern No. 1 at 4 p. m. In another Federation game Sunday, Kowalski will meet Hudson 154 at Northwestern No. 2 at 4 p.

m. in a Class semifinal. The winner will meet Haag'g Monday for the championship. Sept. 17 Card Is Shifted to the Olympia Detroit's newest boxing combine of Jack Laken and Lou Markowitz, which staged its first local show at the Arena Gardens a couple of weeks ago, has shifted the spot of its next venture from the Gardens to Olympia and the date from Sept.

14 to Sept. 17, it was announced Saturday. The headline bout will be a heavyweight return match between Lee Savold and Tony Musto. It will be the second snow or the season at Olympia. Friday night's enterprise staged by Nick Londes, drawing 3,701 fan3 and a gate of $5,201.

In it. Jimmy Edsar stopped Ernie Palaia in the tenth and Tommy Tarosz knocked out Curley Denton in the fourth in the main events. Other winners wtre Cliniiey K.JC3, scored a three-round knockout over Gib Jones; L011 Woods, who r.cArA Crrr, and r.or'"v Mc Inure, who beat ,1 JOE C.ENSIIF.IMER He'll help pilot Titans from end position Trout Beats White Sox in Game Under Lights line-up Wednesday, but before the game is concluded Coach Bill Edwards intends to test a majority of th; members of his squad. The squad will be reduced to 33 players, the National League limit, immediately after the game. Back to Camp Following the contest, the Lions will return to their training camp at Charlevoix to drill for their first league tilt against the Cardinals at Chicago on the night of Sunday, Sept, 20.

The Army elevtn will go into tattle here with two games played. It lost to the Washington Redskins, 26 to 7, in the opener Aug. 20 at Los Angeles. The Soldiers will play the Chicago Cardinals at Denver Sunday night. The Lions played their first game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Erie, Saturday night.

The Army team will present a host of stars, few of whom have ever appeared in Detroit. Klmhroiigh the Star Their No, 1 attraction is Kimbrcugh, All-AmeriCa fullback at Texas in 1939 and 1940. Other big names iaj. Wallace Wade carries on his squad arc Bill Anahu, Santa Clara end; Jasper Davis, Duke fullback; Nick prahos, cx-All-America tackle fom Cornell; Kay Eakin, Arkan-f is halfback; Archie Kodros, Mich igan center and captain; Jimmy Nelson, Alabama halfback; Marion Pjgh, Texas halfback; Holt Past, Alabama end; Herman Roh-rig. Nebraska halfback; Joe Routt, All-America guard from Texas Don Scott, Ohio State fullback, and Walter (Waddy) Young, All-America end from Oklahoma.

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key l.wle Merlin dim I'-rKii'-on TlHMIlilBUn CiitittUpr hmiliroMgh Poor Health Forces Leech toQuitSocccr Charles Leech, for more than two decades a leading figure in Detroit soccer circles, is severing nil connection with the sport this Sanson, in accordance wun nis aoc-tor's orders. Leech, who has been ailing for feveral months, announced his re tirement Saturday after a lone career as player, team manager, referee and official of national, s'ate and local occer organ! nations. He has 1 been the guid- Ji ing spirit be- hind the Michigan Amateur '-'ague for the last five years. 1 1 no Leech Plans have been announced for 'he coming soccer season, Leech Mid that the sport's future was a gloomy one in view of the loss 'f players to the armed services ad the pressure of war work. Two games are scheduled at Mack Park Sunday to wind up an unofficial summer season.

In 'j opener, at 1:30 p. United German-Americans will meet the 'r'froiters and the Bavarians will Eecks United, of Buffalo. HITTER REPORTED WOUNDED NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UP ior L. Pate, nor.playing captain I'KSl uTutOi otatr? Ij'iVt" said today that had wotrt from a "very reli- sniirfo Hlii-n-iH" P.a roll ve.jj of Oer-V'iv fun tfan in Sa aauaii Br the AtKllrd Pmi WASHINGTON.

Sept. 5 The New Yok Yankees exploded four runs in the first inning and added two more in the ninth to defeat Washington, 6 to 2, in the opener of a twilight-night double-header. Ernie Bonham gave the Senators eight blows, one more than the Yankees collected off Dutch Leonard and Bill Trotter. f.W YORK WASHINGTON AH II A AH I) H.i.'tt.l A 1 W.H 4 1 4 I 'J Srlkirk.rf .100 4 1 4 I Wrnnn.l 4 5 KMIrr.M .1 4 0 Kvnnn.t 4 0 4 4 110 Nul viib.m 4 .1 lllrkf.f 4 I 6 (m'Wi 4 I 1 4 I lloff'nn I I) I 4 10 0 1 I 2 0 0 TrullM.p OOO tnrr 1 Touu as 4 Toui in BiiMH fr l.nnarrf In flchlh, IUIImI (or Triittrr In nlnlh. Vfw ork Wohlndun 01000001 KunMa.fir((.

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SECOND GAME NEW YORK 000 000 030- 0 WASHINGTON 001 000 OOx- 1 5 0 10 1 Breuer Early. and Rosar; Zuber and MARCHILDON WINS BOSTON, Sept. 5 (AP) Phil Marchlldon scored his third victory of the season over the Boston Red Sox today, as the Philadelphia Athletics chalked up a 4-3 triumph over Tex Hughson, who was seeking hi nineteenth victory. The Sox have beaten Marchildon twice. BOSTON All II talM.rr 0 l.unlrn.l 0 Finnrv.rf 1 0 rnnln Bruttn.D 4 1 a I .1 sirlwrt.lb 4 4 4 Nwlft.r 4 4 'i i 4 2 0 0 Tntnli 9 '17 3 TotU :16 10:7 11 Ratted for lluihvwi In rlthth.

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I m-plrea Qitinn and Mrtiowan. Time 7:01. PROBABLE PITCHERS NATION I.F.AC.I Brnoklm at New York Tllrhe nt-lh and Maeon Tft. Sehiimae her 110-11 and Sunk-I C-'Hi. fhiearo at PUfhurh Fleming and We (OOl t.

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I.nn Pliilitdelnlna at Bton- SaTac 10-01 T. Wacner I 1.1-1 1 1. Ci-. f63. NIGHT GAME DETROIT AB II A Franklin, 4 0 0 2 2 Cramer, cf 4 0 0 1 0 McCosky, If 5 0 13 0 lfork.1l) 5 119 2 3 2 2 0 3 N.

Harris, 4 0 12 0 Upon, ss 4 0 3 2 0 Parsons, 4 0 2 6 1 Trout, 4 112 6 Totals .....37 4 27 14 CHICAGO AB II A Kolloway, 1fa. 4 0 0 13 0 Woses, rf 3 0 10 0 3 0 110 Appling, ss 4 0 115 3 0 13 4 Mueller, 4 0 0 4 0 Wean, 2b 4 0 0 4 4 Tresh, 3 10 10 Humphries, 2 10 0 2 Totals .....30 2 4 27 15 BERT FODOR He's a sandlot standby Lions Win over Eagles with Ease Continued from First Sport Page Lion touchdown. LIo then kicked his fifth extra point. Score: Lions 35, Eagles 7. Thompson took Lio's kickoff and returned to the Eagles' 38.

Eagles were penalized for too much time and Shine Hail's kick was blocked and recovered by Behan. Erdlltz intercepted Sanzotta's pass and was brought down on the Eagle 18. Erdlitz got five at left tackle. Thompson's pass to Erdlitz was long. Thompson then passed to Cabrclli for 17 and a first down on the Eagle 38.

Thompson picked up lo on a Hpnmei, the Lion 37 for another first down. His pass to Erd htz was good for nine yards to the Lion 28. The Eagles lost the ball on downs at their 28 and the Lions started a move that carried them to the Eagle 40 with Hopp and Sanzotta doing the carrying. Hopp then passed to Behan for three ynrds and another pass to Behan put the ball on the Eagle 29. Hopp passed again to Behan for another Lion touchdown and L10 returned to the Lion line-up to convert for the sixth time.

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K.H. Wolflffhowln Knplitn Thompson Hi aikpool (Ilia mi l.io Vremovirh Knorr S7.llHb Hopp MfttllfMI Polunikl Outboarders to Decide Title Out 00a rd boat racers will decide the Great Lakes championship in a Labor Day regatta at Manne City with contestants from Ohio. Illinois. Pennsylvania and New York eligible to compete. The Great Lakes met is one of 1 several sectional events which serve to replace the canceled Uon Outboard Kegatta.

ir.e I race program 'tson the 11 iru-lude competi- No runs, no hits, no errors. CHICAGO Kolloway flied to Cramer. Moses Hied to Harris Trout threw out Hoag. No runs no hits, no errors. SIXTH INNING DETROIT Appling threw out McCosky.

York doubled to right center. Higgins singled, scoring York. Harris flied to Mueller. Lipon singled, Higgins stopping at second. Parsons singled off Lodi giani's glove, filling the bases.

Trout struck out. One run, four hits, no errors. CHICAGOAppling flied to McCosky. Lodigiani singled. Mueller popped to Lipon.

Webb struck out. No runs, one hit, no errors. SEVENTH INNING DETROIT Appling threw out Franklin. Cramer walked. McCosky bounced to Appling and both runners were safe when Webb dropped the throw at second.

York forced McCosky, Lodigiani to Webb. Lodigiani threw out Higgins. No runs, no hits, one error. CHICAGO Tresh struck out. Humphries fanned.

Kolloway popped to Lipon. No runs, no hits, no errors. EIGHTH INNING DETROI Harris fouled to Lodigiani. Lodigiani threw out Lipon. Lodigiani threw out Parsons from back or tnird.

runs, no hits. no errors. I A Trout tossed out Hoag grounded out, York to Trout, ifter Parsons muffed his foul, Appling doubled to left. Hieeins threw out Lodigiani. No one hit, one error.

NINTH INNING DETROIT Trout doubled.) Franklin sacrificed. Humphries to! Wf.b'u. Cramer to Mueller. Trout scoring. McCosky doubled.

York flied to Mueller. Ore run, two bit. ico errors. CHICAGO Mueller ttiuck out. Franklin thrw out Webb.

Tresh Continued from First Sport Page filling the bases. Hoag singled over first, Tresh ana Humpnries scoring, Moses taking third. Ap pling flicd to Harris. Lodigiani was hit by a pitched ball, again filling the bases. Mueller fanned.

Two runs, one hit, no errors. FOURTH INNING DETROIT Appling threw out York. Higgins singled. Harris flied to Muelier. Lipon doubled, scoring Higgins.

Appling threw out rarsons. One run, two hits, no errors. CHICAGO Webb flied to McCosky. Higgins threw out Tresh. Humphries grounded out, York to Trout.

No runs, no hits, no errors. FIFTH INNING DETROI Webb tossed out Trout. Franklin popped to Lodigiani. Appling threw out Cramer. U.S.

Net Title Within Grasp Continued from First Sport Page fellow's swan song. When they returned after the Intermission Parker quickly polished him off. Schroeder and Mulloy played a slam-bang match of furious serv ices and blazing drives, with both men storming the net at every opportunity to put the ball away, Mulloy, for example, scored 62 placements in losing whereas Parker scored only 29 winning from Segura. i The women's final will he played tomorrow, as well as the final in the men's doubles, in which Scnroe-rr and Sidney Wood. will Vtillnv and Yl'ilham Tiilhrrt.

of Cin. SchrodT Par-srhofh; -pd to settle 1 Monday, r. the sni rn'xod douhi' Kt are rot their f'id unt: wnmn's dotjfc! cwr? DETROIT. CHICAGO. 010 101 C01 002 0C0 000 Errors York, Webb, Pardons.

Sacrifices Hoag, Humphries, Franklin. Two-base hits Mose, Llpon, York, Appling, Trout, McCosky. Struck out By Trout 5, Humphries 1. Bases on balls Off Humphries 2, Trout 2. Double play Trout, Parsons, Higgins and Franklin.

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