Page Twelve BeL Publicity Clearing House ~tablished for League Members Schools' Cooperation Sought; Should Selection of AII.League Teams and in Setting RE'cord Data Aid in Up By Fred Runnells • For th~first time in its history the Border Cities League is setting up a publicity department to bid for long-overlooked athletic recognition as one of the state's most power- person charge to cover the cost of balls and suitable medals for the winners. Four teams will be seeded and the remainder of the teams will be paired by draw which will be held ThlJrsday evening at 8 p.m .• in Room 207 at the high school. The tournament draw will be posted on the student hulletin board Friday morning. May ? and teams will be as~igned their playing time and courts. A team not putting in an appearance within ten minutes after its scheduled starting time will automatically default to the oppon"nts. Here's your chance fellas. Let's see what ~'OU learned at Roland Gray's Saturday morning tennis clinic. Part 01 the duty assigned to me; ot the Navy's underwater demolition teams has been described as "returnin the toothy grin of a shark .or barracuda." Punch and 'J.d, ~ COCKTAIL LOUNGE .. I Seeking St. Paul High \ Cinder Path Artists Lose First Track Meet in <strong>History</strong> of Pointe School Won By St. Rose ,GROSSE POINTE NEWS State STIU THE GREATEST OF ALL Recognition Berg Stars As St. Paul Takes Game Boulevard Flyers Beat St. Martin, r -0, as Bob Hurls One-Hitter Thursday. April 29, 1948 ~-------------~_...:.:...._--------------------------'------------========== GPHS Tennis Team Winner Over Two League Opponents Highland Park and Fordson Easily Subdued by Blue Devil Net Stars with Overwhelming Scores of 700 in Each Meet By Fred Runnells The Grosse Pointe Tennis Special roared through its first two league opponents, Highland Park and Fordson, to the By FRED RUNNELLS By FRED'RUNNELLS tune of 7-0 victories on consecutive days April 21 and 23. The Engaging in the first track Behind the air tight pitch- double victory brought the Pointers' 1948 record to three wins meet in the history of the ing of Bob Berg, the St. Paul in as many starts, all of which were landslides, 7-0, triumphs. school, the St. Paul Flyers Flyers shut out st. Martin, 1.0, Dearborn was the Blue Devils' first victim in the season's in. lost to St. Rose, 36% to 31112, at Belle Isle last WednEsday, April 21. to win their opening game of the season last Friday, April 23, and stamp the team as a itial match. A weak Highland minus its two best Park team,0 players, fell doubt from the opening game. It was a nip and tuck affair in all events with the honors being pretty evenly divided. 5t. Paul won only four of the nine combined track and field events but Flyers annexed second and third places. In the mile run St. Paul scored an easy sweep because Sl. Rose had no entries. Side ~:r(\.., ( ~ ". (/ ~ .\1 ~ Rl.JTI4 PrTCl4E029 CQNSfCUTNESCOIlEdefinite threat for the East class B title in. the Parochial League. It was Berg all the way. He not only held the St. Martin batters to a lone single but sacrificed St. Paul's only run into scoring position after Shortstop Chuck Alaska had singled and stolen secbefore the Blue Devil onslaught which, according to available d h d recor s was t e worst efeat administered by a Grosse Pointe learn in the last four years. Highland Park won only five games. Following up ils lopsided victory twenty three Blue Devil players, reserve and varsity, traveled to Fordson in a special bus Wyandotte netters have a del- inite incentive to finish high In th t . I b th e enms eague ecause e Bears are only five points be- hind Grosse Pointe in the race ,for. the All - Sports Sweepstakes Trophy. h Of chourse the Pointe nbetters ave t e same incentive ut in addition they have a tennis repu. The opening event, the 100 LESSINNINeSlt'Q1lE yard dash, was won by Pete Call [ji)~[D}fi? (i»Q fFiffifi, REDSOXIN"THE 19t6 in the slolv time of 13.5. St. Paul ~ UW iii It'll AND~61'JO~U? SERIES. captured the next three places. ~ Call came back to win the 2201-lCW\ERUN KING, ~. dash in 25.4 and again St. Paul WW,lN22. YEAJ2S IN 1\l!: MAJC/,lf:k, SERIES,GOT Hi l-lOMERS, took second, third and fourlh wr 714- WOOE RUN 6.(60 OF1W£MIN192 (a INIGAMI:TWIC€~ANO places. AFlJ l-IADA UFETlME 6ATTtJGIW'EWGE0f.342 I.Ur.6'l5lNlI-lE'2SCt.ASSIO, St. Rose made it three firsts in C1HE N:'t~ PAID!-11M$84:. 2.000. IN~ ~ tOn~~. a row when Paul Bozen won the 17~~""'" 440. Dave Sherwood set a fast pace in the early stages of the Blue Devil Tracksters Win race, only to fade in the final leg . (, (, and finished fifth. His teammate, 0 H 1P k b 86 23 Jack Carpenter, after a bad start, ver aze ar y. finished fast to capture second 'lace and prevent a St. Rose I ------- By FRED RUNNELLS the lead. Dumeling took off like sweep. P a big bird and half way around ' fl'rst vl.ctory came Coach Frank Banach and 31 of the track caught his teammate. in The the 880 Flyers when Paul West scored his talents track traveled hopefuls to with Hazel dubious Park They ran neck and neck until the [most decisive win of the they hit the stretch when Dumond base. However. Alaska didn't have the honor of scoring the Flyers' winning tally because he injured his leg sliding into second base. Pete Belanger replaced him and after being sacrificed to third scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning. St. Martin tied the.score in the sixth inning but it was nullified because the runner failed to touch second.base. Shortstop Tom Peet hit a screeching grounder at Third Baseman John Bingham and the ball bounced over his head into I left fie d and rolled past the left fielder. Center Fielder Jim Law recovered the ball and threw to the plate but too late to get the runner. However, Catcher Don lo level' the Traclors in another 7-0 victory thus placing the school on Fisher road on top of the league slandings. Hugh Dill was the only Blue Devil who had trouble subduing his opponents, Fred Trifonoff in the number one singles match, 6-4,6-2. Dill was obviously disturbed by the gallery and stumbl~d thr~ugh .the. first set but regamed hIS pOIse In the sec0!ld set and gave Tnfonoff a tenms lesso~. . . uch credit should be gIven to ,!nfonoff. for his excellent showlng despIte defeat~ ,He repeatedly served aces on ~Ill t~roughout the match and With a little more steadmess . could have been . the only Tractor to score a Win. . The Poinlers. will travel to tation to uphold to which much of the credit must go to former tennis coach Larry Westerville who piloted the team through six years of undefealed. tennis in compiling the mar.velous 69 con- secutive match victories. Highland Park Summaries No. 1. Singles-Hugh Dill de- feated Bob Derderian (HI') 6-1' 6-0. NO.2. Singles'--Dan Guy de~ feated Don Serm (HP) 6-0; 6-0. NO.3. Singles-Marv Weaver de- feated Bill Mazer (HP) 6-1; 6.0. NO.4. Singles-Jim Barker de- feated Darrel Lissold (HP) 6-0; 6.0. No. 1. Doubles-Bob Stritzing- er-Bob Schneider defeated Bob Backer-Paul 6-0. No.2. Doubles-Tom Yarrows (HP) Anton: 6-0' Don Drader defeated Don Meren. meet, leading all, the way. 'ft St. Paul 880 relayTheof makeshl Don Williams. Jim Law. John Hutton and Paul Dmocher beat itself in some very sloppy baton passing and lost in the last last Tuesday, April 20, and pried off the 1948 season with an overwhelming 86-23 victory over a weak Hazel Park squad. The Blue Devils lost only two of the twelve combined track and I' d t' f t t . e IIIg move OU In ron 0 wm by three strides in the last 80 yards. The Poinlers will entertain the Monroe Trojans at the school on Fisher road Friday, April 30. Hartley notJ'ced Pet e hadn.t touched second base in his wild Jcramble around the bags and ran out and touched second base, retiring the runner. Berg allowed one hit, slruck Monroe t FdA 'L 30 f " . nex "n ay pr! or tette-Bill Bell (HP J 6-0; 6-1. No. the aCId test So far thIS season 1 . . . 3. Doub es - Tom Auch-Dick t~e Blue DeVIls had no oppos~- Smart defeated Dick Colyer-Durtl?n to speak of and the teaf!l IS wood Allen (HP) 6-1; 6-1. still of the "unknown quantlty.'~ On paper Monroe figures lo be Re:,erve lUa:«:hes . 80 yards when Call squeezed past Durocher on the last turn to give SI. Rose first place points and what eventually proved 1'0 be the winning points. 'hl's e\'ent \vas the onl" one J T that was t a i nt e d. Durocher field ev:nts in running up o~e This meet promises to be a nip out 10 and walked three. the only school' to stand between NO.1 .. Smgles-Jlm. SWIft deof the blggesl scores ever regls- and tuck affair as Monroe is re- the Blue' Devils and the Border feated Bill Summe~vllle (H.P:) ter.ed in an opening meet by the ported to be stronger than last Worum of st. Martin, hurled a Cities League title. It was Mon- 6-0;. ~-l. No. 3. Slngle~ - B~I Pomters. I year. Winning this meet could two-hitter, struck out 8 and roe who snapped the Pointers' WhIttingham deefated Jim Cam The victory still left Coach Be- mean the difference between walked 6. consecutive winning streak at 69 (HI') 6-0; 6-0. b . Berg got the only olher St. matches I'n the firsl 1947 meetl'ng. Reserve ma.lches do not count nach ru bing his chm and. won- third and fourth place in the I' I h't . I" th thO d . dering whal he ha~ with which to league standings for the Blue !I u claimed, after the race, that Call ~ad r.un off the. t!ack while, pa~s- Ing hIm but offICials couldn t- dls-' ~ualify ~i~ because they weren't m.a posItion to see the foul. . The F~yers captured two 6f the three field events when Pat Hamlin tossed t..h~ 12po}l[l.d sh,\lt put 37 feet 7lf., Inches and Bob • d 16 f 6'" h S.n.arpe soare. eet 7Z 'I.nc es In th e run.mng . broa. d Jump. Chuck .Wyllle .took, thIrd place h th h h I, a slOg e me, n' In- of the two schools with a 4-3 10 final standmgs. . make a concerted bid for the Devils. nmg. victory. Grosse Pointe regained Ford.5On Summaries. Border Cities League crown. some of its lost prestige in the NO.1. Slpgl;s-Hugh DIll de. SaiO Banach "there are just two D k N d d Leg. T return match by whipping the feated F.red TnfonofJ (F) 6-4; 6-2. schools I ca~ see us beating' this ltC see e Ion earn Trojans 6-1, to gain, a tie with NO.2. Smgles-Dan Guy defeated year and even one of those is a B B it T 0 s M 2 the Trojans for the title. Gaylord T!ubey (F) 6-1; ~-1. tosS up." He continued by saying Y a .. ea,l1t. pen ay. Of course it is loo early to fig- NO.3. Smgles-Bruce Kirchner "If we can win threeo[ our 'five ure the Blue Devils IN even defeated ;Ed Mayes (F) 6-2; 6-4. ' ~~a~u~.;"m~ts 1 wiU'. consider: us .' By FRED RUNNELLS By FRED RUNNELLS though they win the first Monroe No. 4. ~Jngles-Alex Mann de- ,extremely !tick-yO;..... . For the third time in succes- match because school boys are featedJlm Husband (Fl.G-O; 6-0. sion Coach Pat' Kaulit •.,s' 'Blue. Grossl Pointe's American Le- unpre ..... I.ctable and o'fte'n 'become No. 1. Doub.le&,-:B.ob Strltzlnger- The meet I'n som'e r'espects had Devil baseball team was•. fOI'ced g'IOn ba eb aII t eam, sponsore d b y over confident
.1 ,1 GROSSE POINTE NEWS sistance and entertainment for needy veterans and service patients, and their dependents. "For rehabilitation, welfare and service work, including liaison service with the Veterans Administration; "For necessary expenses for military funerals of deceased veterans. • "For acquisition, improvement and maintenance of burial plots, and decoration of 'graves of veterans and service men. "In each community," Commander Maile said, "nearly 70 per cent of the total Buddy Poppy receipts are used for local veteran welfare work. We are pri- Pecr
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