Softball Opening Postponed to Monday
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Harry Grayson’s Softball Opening Postponed to Monday Scoreboard THEY PLAYED THE GAME ... NO. 22 May Wikel Named Jupe Pluvius Optimist Club 30.76 of Favorites Prevail Braves ? Delahanty Led Both Leagues; Meeting 44 Captain Set to Defend During Race Oust Dodgers 17 Bases in Five Times at Bat; Forces Second Title at Jamaica of ‘M’ Nine 9 Fumble GRAYSON Optimist Club, champion of By HARRY ANN ARBOR. Mich , May 20 off \i;A Sports F.ditor lN—The new University of He Tore Infielders Shoes Delay the Fumble Softball League last NL Lead Schedule defend - from year, coming an- *••••• *• is back to Racing Commission «"»».• NEW YORK. May 20 Nrw York Michigan baseball captain—if Tvvcntv-sccond of a series •»w**4.v • * ««p the & Its laurels Stanley Worthing- nounces with evident pride that 37 03 per cent of the favorites, Boston Wins Seven there is college base *all in 1944 By II \RRY GRAYSON Hubarth Schott, ton, president of the local civic exact figure set a year ago, copped the duke during the 2i-da> is Howard Wikel, strong arm- NFA Sports Editor Straight; Cop Two Covered Wagon organization, announced today spring meeting at Jamaica. ed sophomore shortstop from Edward J Delahanty alone that the Optimists would be Looking at the board’s report in reverse. 62 07 per cent of the from Pittsburgh Ann Arbor. led both present marjor leagues to Start Season ‘ baek to “take on all comers.” choices were lost somewhere back in the pack Second, choices had Wikel was nar yesterday m batting. He accomplished I You can im- this remarkable feat by hitting Old Jupiter Pluvius. who has The Optimist entry brings to a winning percentage of 26‘lit. third choices 14 28. By JI’DSON BAILEY after Michigan s final game A'>u(liilril l*re"i -|>i*rl» Wnl/r 400 for the Philadelphia Na- been on a real crying jag for four the number of teams agine what happened to the others. against Michigan State at Fast The Brooklyn Dodgers are in tionals m 1899 ; nd .376 for the ever so many days this spring, which have applied for Fumble There were 35 odds on favorites, horses backed down to less Lansing was washed out. That iking the position of the noisy tenants Washington Americans in 1902. threw another monkey wrench League franchises. The others than even money and 16 came down in trout thus >ti tin put the weatherman one up on 2!) who are going to got kicked out Fantastic H g Ed Delahanty in tlu* softball works of the* De- are Bill’s Bar, Super Cleaners average of 45.71. This means that supposed good things lost 54 the Wolverines, wit’ 13 post- of their top floor apartment as six feet c»ne, 190 pounds -was partment of Recreation last and Alwardt's Case. per cent of the time. ponements against 12 games act- right-handed Babe Ruth of night, the result that an- you rare to find out soon as the lease expires. the with Plans for the Fumble League And just try betting on odds-on choices if ually played Michigan won the dear old dead-ball days. postpon ent of the sea- out on occupy- other will be discussed tonight at a how quickly the prices will kill you Have a l-to-4 shot run The Bums have been eight of these. league game was ne- Del hit four homo runs off Bill son's first meeting manager* edi- you some afternoon when you are trying to get out with him ing the penthouse of the Nation- Sixteen winners of major of in the which the Adonis Terry, an outstand- cessary. torial room of the Monitor-Lead- There are something like 115 ways in which a horse, al League ever since the season baseball awards and seven in this week by ing pitcher, and knocked i own Balked twice At the same time managers of might have won, can lose aft< r leaving the g.ite -tarted, but two consecutive de- tennis were announced. They Hubarth A* er otherwise Shortstop Bill Pahlen with a weather conditions. Junior League teams also will of injuries, his saddle cloth may slip. He may lO'O !fis feats by the St. Louis Cardinals a re; Lumberjacks and Cov- Outside line single for 17 bases in five I Schott's map their 1!)43 plans. Junior may shy at a piece of paper or something floating in have placed them in jeopardy of Baseball -- Blanchard, Chicago's ered Wagon Trailers wi'l at- jockey. He Bruce times at hat at old managers also gather the out to hurt his chances, or he dis- losing their fir.-t place perch tempt to opener next will in front of him. lie may bear in or Mickey Fishman, Don Lund, Ri- West Side Park, lulv 13. 1896. play their room newspaper. of reasons. not to the world champions but Monday at Covered Wagon dia- editorial of this qualified for any number mer Swanson and Charles Ket- Delahanty tore off inficlders* The joint meeting will start at sulk, running in the first place. to the Boston Braves. mond. He may or may not feel like tcrer. Detroit. ike Farnvk. shoes with line drives. When 8 p m A horse can't talk. He may be given a poor ride. etc*. Boston, with good pitching Dearborn. Paul White, River George Pinckney of St. Louis ex- If ground conditions permit to gives All teams planning to compete Handicappers are professional pickers who are supposed and a surprisingly well-bal- to hunt in a game in and tlu* weatherman them Rouge; Dick Savage, Grosse pected him Fumble or Junior about runners than anybody outside of their trainers anced attack, has won seven Smith, 1892, Big Ed broke tin* third “go ahead" sign, the Lumber- m either the know more Pointe; Don East Lans- circuit are asked to be present highest current batting average of New York chalk men straight games, including a baseman's ankle with a drive I jacks and Trailers will launch So the ing, Dick Waltcrhouse and tonight Thus far five teams yesterday appo.in ’ to have been shot the new season at 6 45. is .347, the lowest .2.>4 double header from Wikel, Ann Arbor; Irving Bonn. that requested winners, can They rarely wager, and Pittsburgh from a cannon. Last night's postponement of have a franchise in the If they can't pick who ' the Pirates 2-1 in Chicago; Bob Nussbaumer, Oak loop, winch is restricted innings I*,it Tehran always contended the opener resulted in the De- Junior advise you not to. J 1 and 5-3. Park, 111.; William Cam, Forrest Ld Delahanty to players I*l years age corny, —you that tin* most dangerous thing to partment of Recreation return- of and You always come back to the but bedrock truth If the Braves should win Hills. N. Y Bob Stenberg. Mil- throw in Delahanty s direction him down, hut it wasn't until ing to the first week schedule as under. can’t beat the horses. again today and the Dodgers waukee. and Bob Wiese, James- this, problem was a wild pitch. four years later, and after he originally planned. The public must realize yet the players’ main lose, Boston would move into tow ii. N D. KII.1.1.1) to ‘li you lit that bat-mad ga- had spent one rather disappoint- The complete schedule for BIRDS BY LAW at the moment seems to be not to got killed in the stampede top by - Roy Bradley, place a percentage mar- Tennis De- loot stop into tlu* hall he’ll ing season in the Players’ next week follows: Laws were passed imposing the mutucl wickets. gin to troit. Roger Lew is. Fred Aleator League upon Greg of .652 .630. knock its cover nit." said Te- in his native Cleveland, Monday Hubarth A Schott fines farmers who did not Guilder Hagg leaves Sweden to engage Gregory Rice. Ar- This is enough to boost the and Fred Welli igton, Ann beau, who managed Delahanty that Delahanty came into his vs. Covered Wagon at Covered kill their quota of certain so- leaves on Merchant Marine training cruise. Bento Rice blood pressure in Brooklyn to bor. Merle Brow n. i when lie jumped to the Cleve- own as one of the most formi- Wagon diamond called injurious birds m colonial Hagg ocean voyage will cause him to lose edge. Rice fears berling pernt, because the Harbor; Al ien Johnson. Grand land club of tin* Players' Broth- dable of all right-hand hitters. Tuesday Hillerest Studio vs times. conflicting training schedules will cause him to lose edge. the fears Dodgers have not shown to ad- Rapids, and Roy' Boucher, Cat erhood League in 1890 and op* Delahanty caught and played St Clair Shores at Covered Ferris, secretary-treasurer of the* A A U. and promoter, second, belonged in Dan vantage m the first three games asqua, Pa. posed hmi elsewhere. first and but Wagon diamond. Spruce l Inn vs. runners will lose land legs, or pants, or s outfield. He could throw fears celebrated distance of their four-game series with Big Ed specially was wild the Eschenburg Tires at St. Mary’s like Long Hob Meusel and was he may lose his mind. St. Louis. pitches With a tremendous Stadium. Track fans fear Hagg and Rice will meet in mid-ocean. swing from his broad shoulders rapid on the bases, stole 62 bases Wednesday - Bar 69 vs Nes- great They were smothered by Wo fear that the build-up may ruin what would be a and a long and heavy bat in his in 1898.