t FRIDAY. APRIL 24, 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PArM ,,. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ~A E!W X-ps" :3.a, I &eteeh the /imej By CARL RISEMAN SPORT SHORTS: Souchak Fires 66 for Tourney Lead II "Eager" Beaver s The New Coach MICHIGAN'S BIG TEN opener with Michigan State at Ferry Field this afternoon will provide baseball coach Don Lund with his first real test of the season and of his coaching career. Lund suc- ceeded Ray Fisher after his retirement at the end of the 1958 season- his 38th year as coach of the Wolverines. Followers of the sports page have been familiar with the name of Don Lund for many years now. After graduating from Detroit's Southeastern High School, where he excelled as an athlete, Lund came to Michigan and starred on the football, basketball and base- ball teams during the 1940s. Although mainly known for his base- ball prowess, Lund accumulated nine letters, three in each sport. Athletic Director Fritz Crisler, who was Lund's football coach during the war years, recently called him an "instinctive athlete." "He really knew how to make the plays," Crisler related. "I would have to rate him with Bump (Elliott), Terry Barr, and Gene Derri- cotte as. one of the best defensive football players I have ever seen." However, it was as a baseball player that Lund was to achieve athletic fame. He signed with Branch Rickey after graduating to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Finally he came up to the majors as a Detroit Tiger in 1949. In 1953, Lund was the regular Tiger right fielder and hit .257. The following year Lund lost his job to a fellow named Al Kaline. Lund was through as, a major leaguer but the Tigers felt that he had accumulated too much baseball knowledge to quit the game. He served as a scout and then as a coach for the Tigers in 1957-58. Experience LUND HAS APPLIED his rich experience to his young Wolverines. "You can't assume anything with these boys," he said. "You have to start at the beginning and keep repeating." The new Michigan coach definitely believes in conditioning. "We play to win, but the boys have to be in. shape to play," he asserted. Lund: backs up his statements by making his pitchers run laps. "A pitcher will tire during a game if he isn't in good shape. We have them (the pitchers) run after practice because th.ey don't have the chance to move in practice like the other ball players do." Lund talked extensively of his scouting experience. 'The most disturbing thing to a scout or to anyone in baseball is to watch a player with lots of ability who doesn't apply it. We signed a lot of boys to professional contracts, they all have to have the mechanical skills. But, if they didn't have the necessary drive, they would soon be out. Every once in a while there comes along a player with both great ability and desire - they're the Mickey Mantles, Stan Musials and Ted Williamses." I asked Lund about the scouting setup in the majors. "When I was with Detroit, we had between 12 to 15 scouts, with each scout having various sub-scouts. The sub-scouts rand the scouts kept tabs on all types of ball players and when we found a real prospect, a 'blue chipper', we reported him to the front office. A major league prospect has to have speed; a good throwing arm, ability to field and hit. If he has the speed and the arm, we might be able to teach a him the rest." Crisler told why Lund had received the coaching job over other possible candidates. "He is a high' class type of person," Crisler said, "the type that you'd like to have your son play under. He has a won- ,derful background and imparts his knowledge and also is rich in experience." It appears to me that although Michigan has yet to play a Big Ten baseball game this season, it definitely made a good. choice in hiring Don Lund. LAS VEGAS, Nev. OP) - Big Mike Souchak fired a brilliant six- under par 66 yesterday to take a firm lead in the first round of the $46,620 Tournament of Cham- pions. The 199-pound ex-Duke football player, who has never played well in this golf show, put together rounds of 34-32 over the 7,000- yard par 36-36-72 Desert Inn Country Club course. The display by the Grossinger, N.Y., professional, with long driv- ing and accurate approach shots, put him three strokes in front of his nearest rivals -eunheralded Ernie Vossler of Midland, Tex., and Pete Cooper of Lakeland, Fla, WALLY WEBER ... harks back to 1926 Arnold Palmer and Julius Boros each had 35-35-70. Rounding out the cast of eight players in the select filed of 26 who managed to break par were favored Gene Littler, Ken Venturi, Doug San- ders and last year's surprise win- ner, Stan Leonard. Palmer, the 1958 Masters cham- pion, supplied the most spectacu- lar shot, a hole-in-one on the 163- yard 16th hole. The ball hit 10 or 15 feet in front of the hole and rolled in. Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE WV L Pct. GB Cleveland 9 1 .9004- New York 6 4 .600 3 Chicago 6 4 .600 3 Baltimore 6 5 .545 31J Boston 5 5 .500 4 Kansas City 4 6 .400 5 Washington 4 7 .364 51 Detroit 1 9 .100 8 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Washington 3, New York 2 Cleveland 10, Detroit 4 Baltimore 8, Boston 7 (Only games scheduled) TODAY'S GAMES Detroit at Kansas City (N) Chicago at Cleveland (N) Boston at Washington (N) (Only games scheduled) PHILADELPHIA P) - Nation- al Football League club owners yesterday granted their players a league-paid, hospitalization, med- ical, life insurance and retirement benefit plan. The plan was accepted with thanks by Players Association representatives, led by Bill How- ton of the Green Bay Packers, who said: "It is one of the finest things ever to happen to pro football players." SNFL commissioner Bert Bell'an- nounced the program which hel said was approved unanimously by the owners. He said the plan would be \ administered by the commissioner's office and two trustees yet to be appointed. BE COOL! Crewcuts of 715 N. University BICYCLE SHOP -II CHURCH EAST UNIVERSITY CAMPUS STATE ukilo 605 CHURCH EAST SQUAD II I i I Weber's Greatest Thrill: 1926 OSU Grid Contest 11 III (This is another in a series of greatest sports thrills of Michigan coaches.) By FRED KATZ Time stands still for Wally Web- er when he speaks of the fabled' moments of Michigan athletics, And of them all, the one the assistant footballacoach likes to talk about most goes back to his Michigan playing days.- Place: Ohio Stadium at Colum-; bus. Time: Early afternoon of Nov. 14, 1926. Situation: Another renewal of the classic Ohio State- Michigan football rivalry. The Wolverines, although un- defeated and boasting their soon- to-become legendary passing combination (Friedman to Ooster- baan), were installed as slight un- derdogs., Bucks Take 10-0 Lead And as the first quarter was in- scribed into the history books, the pre-game forecast appeared ac- curate. The Buckeyes belted out a quick 10-0 lead in just 12 minutes. "Well," said Wally with an in- tense expression on his face that was appropriate for the point he had just reached in his recollec- tion, "Well, I just turned to Ooster- baan during a timeout and said, 'Ben, I think this thing is begin- ning to get a little serious." "And Ben snapped back to me, 'Listen, Wally, we haven't even had the ball yet.'' Michigan eventually did get the ball; several times, in fact. Once was all Oosterbaan needed as he hauled in a Friedman pass in the end zone after the latter had faked a field goal. With 30 seconds remaining in the first half Friedman again went into field goal formation, but this time connecting for the three- pointer from the 43-yd. line. It was a brand new 10-10 ball game at the intermission. Conversion Missed ' The great comeback was com- pleted in the fourth quarter when Friedman threw another TD pass and converted, but Michigan fans didn't think so until the very last minute. An OSU six - pointer put the Buckeyes within one, but the all- important extra point was missed in the waning seconds. Weber didn't score but had his work cut out for him just the same by playing fullback the entire 601 minutes.' "Even lost eight pounds," Wally recalls. "That sure was some game." Beaver's Bicycle Shop 605 Church iI Daily Classifieds Bring Quick Results NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. 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