TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965. TIDE MICHIGAN DAUX M'Nine Had What It akes, But OSUHa PAGE FIVE r By ED HERSTEIN There's an old adage that timely hitting and clutch pitching is wpat it takes to win baseball games. Michigan had them both this year, but Ohio State had them a little more and the results proved the adage correct. Though Michigan's Big Ten hitting and pitching were both only fifth-best in the Big Ten, the Wolverines finished the season in second place. Ohio State, sec- ond-best in pitching but a lowly ninth in the batting department, wound up on top. How did they do it? Big Ten statistics show that even with mediocre hitting, Michigan scored the third-highest number of runs in the league. Ohio State, coming through with men on base with uncanny frequency, was runner- up in runs scored. The same holds true in pitch- ing. The Wolverines were fourth in runs allowed despite pitching the most innings in the confer- ence, and the Buckeyes again held the second spot. In the game that decided the Big Ten title as much as any did, second-place Michigan met first- place Ohio State and the elements that contributed so much to their final records were show-cased. The game went 16 innings, the Buckeyes finally pulling it out, 4-3. The Wolverines' three best pitchers, Bob Reed, Bill Wahl and Clyde Barnhart, all saw "action, Barnhart finally taking the loss when rightfielder Jim Reed belted one of his offerings over the fence after he had pitched eight score- less innings. Arlin's Performance Steve Arlin did even more for Ohio State. He went all 16 innings and in the process set a Big Ten season strikeout record (68) and captured season honors in innings pitched (571/3), games won (6) and win-loss record (6-0). Arlin subsequently became a high draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. It took an abrupt about-face by Coach Moby Benedict's dia- mondmen to bring the showdown for the title at Columbus, for they started the season with an Ari- zona road trip on which they won only one game in eight. Face the Champs The Wolverines played three of the games against eventual NCAA champion Arizona State and three more against another NCAA- bound squad, the University of Arizona. Since both had also had extensive outdoor practice while Michigan's workouts had been confined to "our little corner in Yost Field House," as Benedict put it, the outcomes were not too surprising. The completion of the trip found Benedict still unsatisfied with the condition of his team. "We still have to do a lot of work to be ready for our Big Ten open- er aaginst Wisconsin," he said. The coach was satisfied with Wolverine hitting, but comment- ed, "If we're going to go anywhere this season our pitching has got to improve." Beat Western And improve it did, as the Wol- verines came on to defeat Western Michigan 8-2 in their final tune- up game and then take eight Big Ten contests in a row. Victories over nonconference foes Eastern Michigan and Notre Dame brought an overall 10-game winning streak until the Broncos, the team that started string, ended it, again by an 8-2 margin. While going undefeated, the Wolverines were making nervous wrecks of their followers: they pulled three games out by a one- run margin, and often had to come from behind before they could chalk up another mark in the win column. But like all good things, the streak had to come to an end. to the Spartans by a 5-4 score. OSU Drops Two Meanwhile Ohio State suffered its only two losses of the season in shutouts by Illinois and In- diana. The Wolverines were not shut out all season. After two straight second-place finishes, Michigan can look for- ward to another shot at the title next year. The Wolverines had the best outfieldin the conference this season, and all of it will be returning. Rightfielder Carl Cmejirek won the Big Ten batting title this year with a .453 average, and he is only a sophomore. Centerfielder Dick Schryer, also a sophomore, led the conference in total bases with 40, doubles with eight and runs bat- ted in with 15. Junior Al Bara in left hit .339 on the season. Gilhooley Back In addition, Captain-elect Bob Gilhooley will be back at short- stop, where he helped the team to a first-place tie in double plays. As lead-off man, Gilhooley was equally valuable.,He led the con- ference in walks with 13 and runs with 17. Pitchers Bob Reed, Joe Kerr. for third baseman Dan DiNungio. Jim Lyijynen and Bill Zepp will If timely hitting anid clutch also return, along with first-string pitching will win titles, the Wol- catcher Ted Sizemore and all of verines should have a great deal Michigan's starting field except of what it takes next season. ______ I( 11 Wolverine Season Statistics BATTING Cmejrek, of Bara, of Schyrer, of Tanona, of Gilhooley, ss Sizemore, C Nunley, of Simonds, lb Sygar, 2b DiNunzio, 3b Meyers, of Volk, 3b Skaff, 3b Pascal, c Adams, c AB 98 59 118 31 122 109 14 112 119 68 54 25 34 15 7 R 14 11 17 9 35 18 1 1! 13 8 7 5 3 3 1 H RBI 37 17 20 9 39 24 9 11 34 15 27 17 3 2 21 13 23 9 12 6 9 6 4 4 5 2 1 1 0 0 AVE. .378 .339 .331. .290 .279 .248 .214 .188 .185 .176 .167 .160 .147 .067 .000 .333 .222 .091 .091 .087 .071 .000 .000 .234 HOME RUNS: Schryer 5, Cmejrek 5, Sizemore 2, Simonds 2, Tanona 1, Gilhooley 1, Volk 1, Skaff 1. TRIPLES: Sizemore 3, Cmejrek 2, Tanona 2, Simonds 2, Schryer 1. G1lhooley 1, Wahl 1. DOUBLES: Schryer 9, Bara 4, Gil- hooley 3, Sygar 3, Meyers 2, Cmejrek 1, Tanona 1, Sizemore 1, Skaff 1, Barnhart 1. PITCHERS' RECORDS W L IP' H R ER ERA Barnhart 5 3 64y,3 44 21 20 2.80 Schuldt 0 0 0 1 3 1 3.00 Reed 5 3 77 70 35 11 3.1ยง Pemberton2 2 26% 23 15 27 3.71 Wahl 1 0 35 27 16 16 4.11 Kerr 2 1 17% 14 9 9 4.58 Lyijynen 2 0 32 39 23 19 5.23 Zepp 2 5 25Y3 37 26 22 7.82 PITCHER'S BATTING BOB GILHOOLEY Iowa took the bottom half of a doubleheader 2-1 and Michigan lost two out of three games to arch-rival and eventual third- place finisher Michigan State, the last one a crucial contest going Kerr Pemberton Wahll Lyjynen Barnhart Reed Zepp Schuldt 3 9 11 11 23 28 9 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 I 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 STRIKEOUTS: Reed 77, Barnhart 41, Wahl 21, Pemberton 18, Zepp 13, Kerr 12, Lyijynen 11, Schuldt 1. WALKS: Reed 34, Barnhart 20, Wahl 18, Zepp 17, Kerr 13, Pember- 17165 25314 pp Totals 107 15253138 Opp. Totals 1081 148 355 138 .236 ton 12, Schuldt 7, Lyljynen 6. m I,. KEEPING TRADITI ON A T MICHIGAN Clyde Barnhart Prepares To Deliver fill n't...g ....n..3 .v... .4.:tU Jk .. r ,{.r4 b . . ., S..."n.... . . X{ :}"4}4 :}::- Michigan Takes All-Sports Title Michigan won so many titles last year that it managed to pick up still another one with- out playing a single game. That title is the Big Ten all- sports leader, an award going to the Western Conference team that does the best in the athletic events in which it par- ~ ticipates. It's the second straight year the Wolverines have taken the crown, and they set a record "quality point average" doing it-dominating the conference as has no other team in the years such ratings have been figured. The quality point average is obtained by dividing the num- ber of sports in which a school participated in Big Ten com- petition into the total number of points which the school ac- cumulated (10 for a first, nine for a second, etc.). o o. 0 ' , -. '1 - 'IJ MICHIGAN Michigan State Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Ohio State Iowa Purdue Northwestern * Tie -- Did not compete x 6 *4 3 3 1 1 1 2-- 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 10 3 2 5 7 2 4 3 5 1 6 3 2 5 1-- 6 *4 6 *7 H 0 102 93 84V~ 61% 66% z 63% 57 58x/ 39 42 0 .927 .715 .670 .559 .554 .529 .518 .487 .439 .420 *4 4- 7 4 *7 1 - 4 *9 *9 9- 5 7 2 10 - 8 8 *9 8- 2*9 3 8 4 6 5 9 - 1 10 7 6 3 *2 4 3 1 6 6 3 10 4 - *2 5*8 7 5 4 8 *4 5 8 2 9. 7 5 9 6 1 4 3 7 - -- *5 710-- 1*810*7 *7 6 ---*5 9 8 4- 9 6 310 , The Maize and Blue had a 9.27 average-better than a second-place finish in all sports -and broke the old mark of 8.95 which Michigan itself set in 1963-64. The Wolverines had five league titles (no record-111i- nois won seven and tied for another in 1951-52), and no Michigan team finished lower than third in the conference. Michigan State came in sec- ond for the second straight year with a 7.15 quality point average. Engineering Arch at So. 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