THE l IVHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY. 1 THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY,] Benedict Named Lunds4i ookie Coach Believes in Top Physical Conditioning it Former Wolverine Captain, Shortstop To Coach Freshmen, Work with Vars-i By TOM 'WITECKI Latest 'addition to the youth movement on the Michigan coach- ing staff is former Wolverine dia- mond star Moby Benedict, who has assumed the title of assistant base- ball coach.- Benedict joins head baseball: coach Don Lund , and football coaches Bump Elliott and Hank Fonde as members of a recent coaching turnover which has had an emphasis on youth. Former Captain, Benedict, who' captained the Wolverine nine just three seasons' ago in the spring of '56, has di- vided his time since between the Detroit Tiger farm organization and the United States Army. Signed by the Bengals after his graduation in January of '57, the one-time Michigan shortstop spent. a successful summer with Idaho Falls of the Pioneer League, bat- ting .282 and collecting 15 home runs and q0 RBI's. Last year he played with Lan- caster of the Eastern League be- fore joining the armed forces. Coached by Lund While in the Tiger organization he came under the tutelage of Lund who at the time was a coach on the Detroit team. Now, he will be aiding the former Tiger who is in his initial season as Michigan's baseball mentor. ' Working out with his squad at Yost Field House, Lund seemed well' pleased with the addition to his staff. He added, "Moby will. handle the freshman team in ad- dition to helping out with the varsity." Former baseball coach Ray3 Fisher, who retired last spri after 38 years of service, co: mented that Benedict would bE good man for the job. While in Michigan unifoi Benedict earned the reputation a scrappy team player who alwi kept the infield alive with chatt He also wielded a heavy bat, livering key clutch hits and maining around the .300 mark three Big Ten seasons. Does Grad Work For the present, Benedict ply to work on a master's degree physical education in addition his duties on the coaching staff. As for the future, he is not,c tain yet -what he wants to While he has a great deal of terest in coaching, he just mi j attempt another try with 1 Tigers. MOBY BENEDICT ... youth movement ;, GYMNASTICS SCENE: Illinois, MSU A' Top Big Ten DON LUND .. . wastes no time defensive play in left often bor- dered on the spectacular. Jack Mogk appears a strong candidate for one of the other two garden spots. John Herrnstein, who was ex- pected to double as pitcher and center fielder for Lund, was ruled out of the picture in December when he signed a contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Start Now Baseball coach Don Lund has announced that varsity practice for all infielders and outfielders will begin immediately. Candidates are requested to, report to Yost Fieldhouse at their earliest convenience. By WAYNE MORTBERG Illinois, Michigan State and Michigan are already classified as the cream of the Big Ten in gym- naatics, although the Conference championship meet is over a month away. Of the trio, Illinois is rated as the best bet to cop the crown be- hind their prodigious one-two punch of Abie Grossfeld and Don Tonry. Grossfeld was highly in- strumental in Illinois' successes the last two seasons, when the Illini won and then shared the NCAA title with Michigan State. Tonry Back However, it must be remembered that the services of Tonry were not available last year because he was not enrolled in s'chool. So the powerful Illini are even stronger this season with Tonry back. fi In addition to the; remarkable tandem of Tonry and Grossfeld, Illinois has a top-notch trampo- linist and tumbler, Allan Harvey,' and Ed Gombos, who should add, to Illinois' strength in the 'all-' around events. Michigan coach Newt Loken, al- though conceding that Illinois.de- serves to be favored, remarked; that, "We should give Illinois a good fight because, you can never tell what. can happen between now tand the Big Ten meet, or in the meet itself,,' Although each team has several . dual meets with some of the other teams in the conference before the, Big Ten Meet, the Big Ten cham- pion is determined solely on the1 basis of the March championship tournament. Michigan will depend upon its trampoline and tumbling perform- ers to pile up an advantage on Illinois to offset the scoring punch, of Grossfeld and Tonry. Top Trampolinists Michigan has been splendid on' the trampoline all season with such outstanding performers as NCAA champion Ed Cole, Dick Kimball, Chuck Clarkson and' Frank Newman. Bill Skinner and Jim Brown have compiled impressive records in tumbling to give the Wolverines a solid one-two punch in that event. The tumbling squad should be an even more formidable ag- gregation when injured co-captain Jim Hayslett returns to top form. Coach Loken reports that Hays- lett should be ready to perform at his best soon. i In the all-around events, Rich- ard Monpetit, who is rapidly im- proving, seems to have a slight edge over Nino Marion-last sea- son's NCAA runnerup to Grossfeld, Wolf Dozauer and Al Stall. Also available on the high'bar and side horse is Barry Feinberg. Rated slightly behind Illinois and on a par with the Wolverines is Michigan State. The Spartans defeated Southern Illinois by ex- actly the Same tally as the Wol- verines did. The MSU team is paced by veteran all-around star Cal Girard and trampolinist Chuck Thomp- son. Stan Tarshis, John Daniels and Angie Festa should provide additional strength in the all- around events. Other Stars Although Michigan, Illinois and Michigan State appear to be the elite of the Conference, it does not mean that the Big Ten is without any other 'star performers. For instance Iowa has Bill Buck and Marshall-Claus, but the Hawk- eyes lost their outstanding man when Steffan Carlsson graduated in January. John McCurdy and Joe Tim are two threats for the trampoline championship. Don Schwaptzkopt and Ken Hoe- cherl give Minnesbta's Gophers two capable performers. Other standouts. around the conference are Ohio State's Tom Kompf, Wis- consin's Dale Karls and Jerry Jac- quin and tumbler Ron Walden of Indiana. PRECISION PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS . . . 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