Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY I:rieinv AAnrrN 9P1 1 C'M maIuy, mouIrn.ezu, Iv r J D iamoradrrre By ELLIOT LEGOW Today is the first day of spring. It must be since today is the Michigan baseball team's first game of the season - a spring training duel with Ari- zona in Tucson. The Wolverines will meet Arizona eight times during their spring trip and will have to be lucky to come back with many victories. But this doesn't really bother baseball Coach Moby Benedict who views the spring trip as, more of a practice ses- sion than as the start of the regular season. "It's unjust to count these games as part of our record," Benedict contends. "It's our spring training, just like the Ti- gers'."' The trip serves two purposes for the Wolverines. The play- ers get some much needed out- door practice and Benedict gets the opportunity to s e e them . perform under game condi- tions. The Wolverines have only been able to practice inside this winter in the dreary confines of Yost Field House. Arizona, on the other hand, has had the whole winter available for out- door practice, and according to Benedict, "is in mid-season form." The Wolverines will be play- ~ngo ing to win, of course, but that goal is only one of three Bene- dict hopes to fulfill while in Arizona. "First, we've got to get into shape for the Big Ten season, second, we want to evaluate our talent under game conditions, particularly our freshmen and sophomores, and third we want to win." The Big Ten schedule is the west 4 part of the season which Bene- dict is working toward. "If we lose all our games in Arizona and then win the Big Ten, I'd reallydbe satisfied," Benedict contends. Talent evaluation will be a much more important aspect of this year's trip than of most springs' southerly excursions, Of the 25 players on the Michi- gan roster, only seven have seen any varsity competition. Six sophomores and twelve fresh- men comprise the bulk of the squad, which would be in a sor- ry state if the freshman-eligi- bility rule hadn't taken effect this year Benedict feels that it is still too early to pass any kind of judgment on this year's team. "We can't really tell until we've been in a game situation." T h e quality of, Michigan's to Arizona Against Ie IWall/ competition is sure to be top rate. "Arizona's always good... we always look for them to be outstanding.'' Benedict is uncertain about what lineup he will be fielding, but does have several players he regards as potential stars. Tom Lundstedt, the team cap- tain and starting catcher, is the Wolverine's outstanding return- ing letterman. The only other lettermen sure of starting jobs are shortstop Mike Rafferty and center fielder Mike Bowen. Newcomers Benedict plans to give long looks in Arizona are first basemen Bob Makoski and Pat Sullivan; second sackers Reggie Ball and Brian Balaze and third baseman Bob Moug. Of his pitchers, Benedict rates lefty Jim Burton his ace. Fresh- men Mickey Elwood, a lefty, and Pete Helt, a right-hander, are expected to be other starters for This Weekend in Sports TODAY BASEBALL-at Arizona TOMORROW RUGBY-at Windsor LACROSSE-at Oberlin BASEBALL-at Arizona, doubleheader SUNDAY{ BASEBALL-at Arizona ' RUGBY-Penn State on Ferry Field, 1:30 p.m. KIRK ON BRIDGE: Dummy I rue' 00 Ai olrlh i Fri., March 20-8:30-$1 By LEE KIRK Daily Bridge Editor Sat March 21- 300- $100Today's h a n d stands in m r c memory as one of the poorest ex hibitions of card play I've eve: 8 -3 . 2seen. My only reprieve was bein the dummy, so I could see th contract rising and falling agai and again in the ashes like a pot ted phoenix. The bidding isn't exactly over whelming. My partner (Joel Block known criminal and last year' Daily Sports Editor) and I wer perhaps a trifle optimistic in Premiere Showing of reaching a game contract with an insufficient point count Our worthy opponents, t h dreaded Daily duo of SGC Presi SIHIOP IN 'dent Marty McLaughlin a n d former Daily City Editor Steve Nissen, would have had an- easy An Original Rock M usical time doing in the contract if they had set their minds to it Joel, meanwhile, was intent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory so many times that only a great effort by McLaughlin and Nissen allowed the contract to be made TcesoSaenPAUL CAMELET Tickets on Sale in DEAN TAILOR Featurmfor Men and Women fne and galterations and remodeler, also specialties in shortening ladies The loatmm O eracoats, slacks, and skirts. ithei i No longer with Camelet Bros. in business for himself 1103 S. 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FAMOUS BRAND PERMANENT PRESS &i-~- S ,ies four e4 Marty got off on the wrong foot by opening from his club ten ace. ,Y NORTH (Kirk) r 4-KJ5 g -J9 e Q1053 n -K 10 43 WEST EAST (McLaughlin) (Nissen) A-7 63 2 *-10 , -AQ106 V-85432 ,s - *-A7642 'e 4-AQ762 4-98 SOUTH (Block) 4-AQ984 e r V-K 7 f-KJ98 - .4K-J 5- East-West vulnerable The bidding: South West North East 14 24 2 Pass 3f Pass 34 Pass 4 4 Pass Pass Pass Opening lead - ace of clubs the Wolverines. ____ Fighting for the other start- By AL SHACKELFORD ing spots in the outfield will be CAMPY RUSSELL and his Pontiac Central teammates took junior Dan Fife and freshmen the floor and quietly warmed up. TomnKettinger and Greg Buss. Moments later the Pioneers of Detroit Kettering emerged Kettinger has agood shot at the shouting and hollering from the tunnel, circled the floor once left field job and is rated by in a bobbing line, and went into a spirited layup drill. Benedict as a fine hitter. By March 25 when the series It was just a matter of class. is over Benedict will have gain- Pontiac Central defeated Kettering 76-73 Wednesday night ed a better idea of what to ex- at Crisler Arena to advance into a state semifinal game against pect f r o m this year's team, undefeated Garden City West tonight at Jenison Field house. Then he will have to keep the Russell, a 6-7 junior, led Central to its win with 32 points team in shape for their home and 16 rebounds and shook up the press box quite a bit in the opener April 4 against U of D process. and the important Big Ten op- "This Russell is better than Alcindor," bubbled one scribe ener April 25 at Iowa. to another during half-time. "He can do more things than In the mean time it's the sun Lew." of Arizona and the "fun of see- ing how it all falls into place," SUCH SUPERLATIVES, ridiculous now that the game is over, for Benedict and the baseball seemed appropriate at the time. Campy dominated the game: he team. took rebounds away from 6-7 Kettering all-stater Lindsay Hairs- ton and muscular Floyd Haywood, Spencer's brother; he tossed in 20-feet jumpers and moved inside for tricky layups. And when Kettering troubled Central with a tight press, Russell took the inbounds passes and gracefully brought the ball down the floor. iuq als chao s A nice Frank Merriwell touch to Russell's performance was setup when he twisted his ankel and was forced to the locker- room late in the third quarter with his team ahead by only a idea, but he led the club ten first, point. and Marty gathered in the de- Kettering and Lindsay Hairston, now free of Campy, took fense's second trick with the king, over the lead and held it until the 5:53 mark of the fourth period. The obvious lead of the ace of At that point Fate reared its head, in the form of Russell's re- hearts will doom the contract. turn to the game From the bidding and the play, ittroteae. is evident that Joel could have Detroit Kettering played tough basketball the rest f the started with no more than two way, but they couldn't handle a Central team fired up by Cam- hearts, and he would almost cer- py's return. Kettering closed the gap to 73-72 with about ten tainly get rid of it on the club seconds remaining, but Central guard Bill Glover added a final M king. storybook touch by heaving in an 85-foot shot as time ran out. But Marty, perhaps blinded by the possiblity of a diamond ruff, NOW THE QUESTION IS: Can the University of Michigan led a small club and Joel, by now get Campy Russell? nearly as confused as the kib- "Pontiac will have to build another Astrodome for next bitzers, gathered it in and ditched year just to take care of all the scouts down to see Campy," Joel lead a small diamond to- remarked another of the many press box spectators impressed by wards his hand, looking to draw Russell's performance. the last trump and claim the bal- While an obvious exaggeration, this statement has more than ance after losing the diamond ace. a little verity to it. Scouts were roaming Crisler Arena in packs This is all fine and dandy, but as before the game, all of them must have been sold on Russel's the cards lie, the contract was still performance. This means one hell of a lot of competition for doomed in spite of all the mistakes Michigan recruiters. made by the defense. Imagine a team consisting of Henry Wilmore, Ken Brady, Steve wisely rose with the ace John Lockard, Ernie Johnson and Campy Russell: think of these immediately, preventing Joel from glorious trips the Wolverines would take to the NCAA tourna- returning to his hand to draw ment. trump. Now a diamond lead would Crisler Arena is now referred to as "the house that Cazzie allow Marty to make his 1 a s t built"; if Michigan can pull off the biggest recruiting coup in trick short. However, Steve hadn't its history, the arena may in the future be known as "the house been doing his homework, either, that Campy made a home."" and he didn't realize that Marty had another trump left.Psto JOEL RUFFED in and drew thePo/tas last trump and claimed the re- -5, ) maining tricks with the good dia- GopFters itch gets pro job monds, and a seemingly impossible contract rolled home, though by By The Associated Press accident rather than by design. f HONOLULU - Billy Sullivan, owner of the homeless Boston Marty mumbled something about Patriots of the National Football League, sas it now appears probable how hard it was to make an open- that the Patriots would have to leave Boston. ing lead from his hand and that A Boston City Council committee voted to move the proposed he certainly had no idea that Joel, had only two hearts. Steve could site of a 55,000 seat stadium from the suburban area of Neponset to only shake his head and curse in the urban area of South Station, apparently a setback in the NFL's disbelief - "You had another requirement. trump!" Could it have been more Sullivan indicated that everything would be done to keep the obvious? Patriots "somewhere in New England." Joel and I talked about the mis- Tampa, Fla. and Memphis, Tenn., are being mentioned by sources takes he had made with the club here as possible new homes if the Patriots are moved. suit, but nobody else was listening. * * * f CLEVELAND - Bill Fitch, University of Minnesota basketball coach for the past two years, has been hired to coach the new Cleve- 4NUAL) land entry in the National Basketball Association. '+ e CENTURY A spokesman for Nick Mileti, owner of the Cleveland franchise, said Fitch agreed to, a contract by telephone Wednesday night and Scandle of the Environment!" would begin his new duties immediately. Fitch also will be director .?)of player personnel for the club, the spokesman said. HEN (yes . ..? GUILD HOUSE MIDDLE CON'S 802 MONROE d Cohen Prof. Beverly Pooley other PrL.LB, a Friday, March 20 Prof. Leonard Greenbaumr, Phoenix Project 22 (Purim nite) 8 P.M. NOON LUNCHEON 25c 4ashen for al.l 1429 Hill St. SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED His reluctance to lead trump is perhaps understandable, but con- sidering the .alternatives, it is hardly forgiveable. Steve started a high-low signal with the nine, which should have told Marty that there was a doubleton jack in Joel's hand. Instead of leading the queen of clubs to smother the jack, or for that matter, shifting to a trump, Marty continued with a small club, which a happy Joel let ride to the closed hand. AT THIS POINT, the contract was cold, but Joel wasn't aware of this. He started off correctly by drawing threeurounds of trump and winding up in dummy. 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