m TH.E MIChIGAN DAILY 'Nine Breaks osing Walkerin 'Good Shape' Following Knee Surgery 5treak; Tops EMC, 4-1 (Continued from Page 1) 4- and he kept the Hurons at in the last four innings. stern Michigan, in its first 3 of the season, received cred- e pitching from Neil Otto, committed three errors behind him. Each Huron miscue resulted in an unearned run. In the fourth, Dave Brown scored the game's first run when he singled, stole second, and came home on a two-base error by Hur- on first baseman Bill Shelton. After Mathews' homer deadlocked 'PORT-WHYS Too Strong? DESPITE certain philosophers who are interested merely in the All-American attitude, the fact is generally accepted that teams compete with the primary objective of WINNING. Curious, then, that certain people around Michigan are beginning to think that a team can be TOO GOOD. The team in question, of course, is Michigan's invincible swimming squad: winner of innumerable dual-meets, two straight Big Ten crowns, and three straight NCAA titles. And these critics-expounding what at first sounds like a purely ridiculous and absurd doctrine-can back their case up with a number of fairly sound arguments. /First is the simple question of spectator interest. Last year the Wolverine mermen were interesting, and the fact that the NCAA meet was in Ann Arbor kept the fans close to the Varsity Pool. But the just-finished campaign, marked by home meets with completely outclassed opponents, failed to attract crowds. A team that doubles or triples the score on every one it meets simply isn't interesting. Granted, a few records may be set, and the spectator is shown many of the nation's top swimmers in action-but one meet is sufficient to satisfy the average fan, and no consistent following of any size is obtained. Many of the swimmers themselves pointed out at the beginning of the season that the home schedule would be quite dull this year. And even the Big Ten and NCAA meets were dull if one was looking for any sort of contest. What About the Seniors? QPORTS ANALYSTS have for many years pointed out a single dis- 'advantage to having a strong team: that of overconfidence, and resultant nonchalance. But this doesn't apply to coach Gus Stager's swimmers. A team on which almost every swimmer steadily improves his times meet after meet, and finally builds up t~o the NCAA finals to produce the best performances ever from each individual (despite the fact that victory was virtually assured in every single meet, in- cluding the NCAA) cannot be charged with nonchalance-and if over- confidence was present one must concede that it is a truly helpful attribute.' The newest argument, come to life in the wake of the past two seasons of Michigan swim supremacy stems from the old fashioned belief that athletes start out as beginners during their sophomore year and steadily develop until they are-top-notch veteran performers as seniors. Michigan's swimming team has twisted this schedule around slightly, and many spectators have not yet accustomed themselves to watching 'M' then who were Big Ten and NCAA titlists as sophomores be consistently surpassed by younger teammates during the next two years.w But such has been the case-and the result is a feeling of slight i dignation among some critics. Certainly, it may seem unfair that the veteran performers, who have struggled three previous years for the glory of Michigan are beaten by men who by all "rights" should be their understudies; but such is the Michigan swimming team. How Good Can They Get? AND A TRULY ODD new sport it is. In the prep, collegiate, and Olympic pool no record is sacred. The turnover is almost complete every year, and at times every week. It isn't unusual for a single record to be broken four or five times a season, and almost every meet on the Big Ten or NCAA scale finds more than half the marks smashed both in the preliminaries and the finals. Nothing in the area of athletics has undergone the complete re- vamping, rebuilding and fantastic progress that swimming has in the past decade. And the results of this upswing readily explains the fact that the younger, rather than the older members of most collegiate squads are gathering in the trophies. Swimming is a sport, perhaps above all others, that takes complete dedication and concentration. Because of this, and spurred on by im- proved coaching on the prep levels, swimmers are reaching an early peak that is truly torturous to keep. And even if they do remain at that peak, others are constantly arriving at even better peaks due to the rapid growth of the sport and the many new coaching ideas and techniques. Every year there appear on the high school and college freshman level many swimmers who are potentially, if not already, far better than the collegiate sophomores, juniors and seniors. At present the majority of the collegiate records are held by sophomores, while even more of the world records are held by swim- mers who haven't even reached college competition. Yet Michigan Prospers ... AND EVEN THIS stampede of talent is taken by some spectators as a disadvantage of Michigan's team. They feel the Wolverines' present strength will discourage the new stars from coming here, and that the result will be-in a few years-a depleted team. But here is where the critics of Michigan's power are misled, and where their arguments suddenly fall apart. Strength builds strength: this fact has been shown time and again in all sports the top prospects have gone to the schools where the top teams are - top coaches and opportunity to be part of a championship squad being the drawing cards. And Michigan has them all; a top team, top coaches and cham- pionships-and it is continually getting the top prospects, too. Strength also builds itself when the top two men in many events - often the two best in the country - are able to meet each other day after day in practice, and intersquad meets. In this way many sur- prising youngsters have blossomed into stars simply because of the caliber of the competition in the Varsity Pool practice sessions. So it seems that Michigan's swimming team-or any other top- notch team-is not, and probably cannot be too strong. In fact, if the Wolverines' finish in the NCAA had been any weaker, there would be people from the far West declaring that Southern California could have won the meet if it had been eligible. But as it is Michigan beat the field three-fold, and handled the ghost of the Trojans, too. things at 1-1, Michigan went ahead to stay in the sixth. John Halstead singled, stole second, went to third on an out- field error, and scored on Jim Dickey's infield hit. The outfield miscue came when Jack Mogk loft- ed a fly ball to left-center. Ma- thews caught the ball, but dropped it when centerfielder Chuck Shon- ta collided with him. Seventh-inning singles by Bill Roman, Brown and Wilbur Frank- lin-the second hit for each play- er -- brought in Michigan's only earned run. In the eighth, with Eastern reliefer Ted Nix pitching, Dickey's short fly to right was dropped by Lou Maini, who was attempting a falling catch. Gene Struczewski then doubled to score Dickey. Coach Don Lund was enthused by Michigan's first home victory and by Koch's pitching. Koch "was all right," Lund said, noting that he required 115 pitches in nine innings, compared to 131 de- liveries by Eastern hurlers. For much of the game Koch had East- ern batters hitting ground balls to the infield. "We've got that big win," Lund continued. "All we need to do now is loosen up at the plate and get some power into our hitting." Michigan coild only manage four runs with 11 hits, of which only one went for extra bases. In addi- tion, 11 Wolverines were left on base. The Hurons will return Friday for another engagement with the Wolverines, starting at 3:30.. Second Victory E. MICHIGAN ABR HE RBI Berrington, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 Kubiak, ss 4 0 0 0 0 Duffeld, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 Shelton, Ib 2 0 0 1 0 Mathews,If 3 1 1 0 1 Otto,'p 2 0 0 0 0 Nx, p 0 0 00 0 a-Genova 1 0 0 0 0 Shonta, cf 3 0 0 1 0 Murray, c 3 0 2 0 0 Deunsmore, rf 2 0 0 0 0 Maini, rf 1 0 0 1 0 TOTALS 28 1 3 3 1 MICHIGAN AR R H E RBI Struczewski, ss 5 "0 2 1 1 Kucher, 2b 4 0 0 0 0 Roman, lb 5 1 2 0 0 Brown, 3b 4 1 2 0 0 Franklin, If 4 0 2 0 1 Hastead, rf 3 1 1 1 0 Mogk,cof 3 0 00 0 Dickey, c 2 1 2 0 1 Koch, p . 3 000 0 TOTALS 33 4 11 2 3 a-grounded out for Nix in 9th. E. MICHIGAN 000 010 000-1 3 3 MICHIGAN 000 101 1lx-4 11 2 2b-Struczewski. HR-Mathews. SB Brown, Franklin, Halstead. PITCHING SUMMARY IP H BB SO R ER Otto (LP) 7 10 2 5 3 1 Koch (WP) 9 3 3 6 1 1 Nix 1 1 1 0 1 0 By HAL APPLEBAUM John Walker, Michigan's num- ber one fullback, was reported in good condition by University Hos- pital authorities last night after undergoing surgery on his injured right knee. He injured his knee Monday in a tackling drill during the first session of spring practice. Dr. Carl Badgley, head of the hospital's orthopedic surgery staff, who performed the operation was unavailable for comment last night., Not Released The exact nature and serious- ness of Walker's condition were not released by the hospital au- thorities. Walker, a 6', 195-lb. soplhomore from Milford, hampered by an injury to his left knee, carried the ball 11 times for a total of 36 yards gained last season. He was the only fullback candidate out for spring practice with previous varsity experience. With Walker sidelined head coach Bump Elliott stated, "the job is pretty much up for grabs. This will change some of our plans." May Scrimmage Elliott may get his first chance to see the remaining fullback can- didates in action this afternoon in scrimmage. "We may get into a scrimmage. It all depends how far we've come along in attaining cur other ob- jectives," Elliott said. Heading the list of fullback pos- sibilities are reserves Dennis Fitz- gerald and Paul Raeder and fresh- men Bill Tunnicliff, Phil Wynn and Ken Tureaud. !3Iajor League Standings.',t AMERICANI Chicago Cleveland ,New York Boston Washington Baltimore Kansas City Detroit LEAGUE W L Pct. 4 °0 1.000 3 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 1 1 .500 1 1 .500 0 2 .000 0 3 .000 0 4 .000 GB 1 2 3 3% 4 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 2, Kansas City 0 Boston 7, Washington 3 New York 13, Baltimore 3 Cleveland S, Detroit 1 TODAY'S GAMES Kansas City at Chicago Detroit at Cleveland New York at Baltimore Washington at Boston LUND, BENEDICT . . . new coaches' first home win Power Hitting Features A' Fraternity Softball Action NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee San Francisco Chicago' Cincinnati Philadelphia *Los Angeles *St. Louis Pittsburgh W 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 L 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 Pct. GB 1000 - .750 % .667 I1 .667 l'YfJ .500 2 .500 2 .000' 3 .000' 3% By DAVE ANDREWS Power and big innings featured' yesterdays "A" fraternity softball action. Leading the plate parade 'was Phi Kappa Tau with it's 38-8 trouncing of Triangle. Showing their power Phi Kappa Tau scored 16 times in the first inning and hit T'oronto Edgces Canatdiens, 3-2 TORONTO (A-) - Dickie Duff's goal at 10:06 of a sudden death overtime period gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 triumph over the Montreal Canadiens last night and their first victory in the play- off for the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens lead two games to one. The Canadiens forced the game into overtime when Dickie Moore, the league's scoring champion during the regular season, caged a goal early in the third period to tie the score at 2-2. Marcel Bonin got the other Montreal goal. It was his ninth in the playoffs. seven home runs during the rout. Paul Stottlemeyer led the attack with a pair of homers and a triple. In other high scoring affairs Sigma Alpha Mu got eight runs in the first and 13 more in the fifth as they bombed Phi Kappa Sigma 28-3 and Alpha Epsilon Pi rolled up 18 runs in the opening two frames going-on to out slug Alpha Sigma Phi, 21-12. Chi Psi also had a big inning as they scored nine times in the third to send them off to an 11-1 win over Alpha Tau Omega. Still more power showed up in the Phi Sigma Delta lineup in their 18-8 pasting of Tau Delta Phi. In other action Delta Tau Delta got the best pitching of the day from Boyd Henderson as he shut out Pi Lambda Phi 5-0. Henderson gave up one-hit. Another tight game saw Delta Upsilon score in the last inning to eke out a 3-2 win over Theta Delta Chi. - Finally Tau Kappa Epsilon out hit Theta Xi, 18-10, and Phi Delta Theta clobbered Kappa Sigma, 17- 8. In close ones Phi Gamma Delta edged Delta Sigma Phi 10-9, Beta Theta Pi beat Alpha Delta Phi, 6-4, and Theta Chi topped Trigon, 10- 8. 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