The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-08
Steals Home
For TO Win

In a squad game Saturday mark
ed by the brilliant hurlIng OF the
opening moundsmen. Don Stevens
for the A squad and Dick Gabriel
for the B crew, the BIS won the
contest In the final inning by vir-
tue of the fleet Ed Wellners steal
OF home in a spectacular pilfer for
a dramatic climax. The former
River Rouge and Bowling Green
U. star also contributed the most
sensational fielding play OF the
game when Rodney Grambeau at
tempted TO come home on Bill
Muses. sharp single TO center and
Wellner uncorked beautiful throw
from deep center to nip Grambeau
at the plate. The final score was
rs in favor OF the Bs.
Don Stevens who opened on the
mound for the AS exhibited a fine
fast ball and a sidearm quick
breaking slider that had the BIS
baffled and Stevens struck out
four men in the five innings he
worked and didn't allow a single
hit nor did anyone even get ball
out OF the infield. Although his
adversary on the hill, the veteran
Dick Gabriel, allowed two hits
and a walk in the first inning. he
was saved from score by Well
ner's great throw. However. Ga
briel settled down after the ini-
tial frame and held the A sluggers
hitless and scoreless for the next
three innings he worked and famed
three men.
Gordon Valentine who succeed
ed Stevens wasn't so fortunate and
the BIS combined a walk by Well
ner. a single by Bill Adams, a line
double to left by Bob Moffett and
an error for three runs. However,
in the first OF the sixth the AS re-
taliated against Jack Simonds who
followe ed Gabriel TO the mound for
five runs on walks by Nemeth and
Grambeau. single by shortstop
Bill Muse that scored Nemeth and
Grambeau and successive singles
by Cousineau. Krawczak and Lagg
that accounted for three more tai
lies and a total OF five for the
frame.
Chuck Nemeth accounted for an
other A tally in the last inning
when after smashing out two
Dagger down the left field line he
scored on Ray Cousineau's single
to center for a 5-3 lead. The BIS
raced back in their half to score
Joe Martin on Simons' single and
Reinhart Heininger scored on
wild pitch by Valentine with Ed
Wellner putting the game on ice
with his neat theft OF home for the
deciding run and the ball game for
the B. team.
Some of the other highlights in
cluded Bill Muses. fine play on two
line drives by Bob Moffett which
were really tagged and Muse went
high into the air to stab them
both; Ray Cousineau's consistent
hitting as Ray led the sluggers with
three singles, all to center, in four
times at bat; the longest hit ball
OF the game, Grambeau's $50 foot
drive to deep right field which
would have been home run In
stead of an out in any other part
of the park; Bill Muses. two singles
in four times at the plate; and
Clare Krawczak's $50 foot smash
10 right center which would have
been out OF the park If he had
pulled 1t more TO center.
Coach McCulloch was well pleas
ed with the performance and plans
to schedule several more intra-
squad contests in the next week.
Among the interested specta-
tors at the game was John NJ. Nun
son, the president OF Michigan
state Normal College and other
members of the college faculty, as
we'll as quite a sprinkling Of the
student body.