Ct TUESDAY, MARCH 14,1967 THE MICHIGA A- DAILY PAGE SEVEN TUESDAY, MARCH 14,1967 THE MICHIGAN DULY Inexperienced M' Nine Heads By BILL LEVIS It can be called the year of change or better still, the year of the draft.' Michigan's baseball team, pre- paring to open its non-conference season Saturday in Tucson, has only three starters back from last season, and two of those are set to play different positions this spring. The Wolverines lost last season's catcher, shortstop, alter- nate second baseman and one out- fielder to graduation. They also are being deprived of the services of their top pitcher and center fielder because of the confusing ' baseball draft. The draft, in addition, claimed a promising junior and freshman while the college money-maker, football, lured away the diamon- men's probable first string catch- er with spring practice. Lots of Sophs The Wolverines, under the di- rection of Coach Moby Benedict, have only nine returning letter- men, five of whom are pitchers, while the squad is laden with 11 sophomores. Michigan, which had a 22-10 season and finished third in the Big Ten last year with a 10-3 record behind NCAA cham- pion' Ohio State and conference runner-up Minnesota, looks for the sophomores to fill the holes created by graduation and the draft. Benedict lamented that "this year's team is a great deal young- er than last year, young and in- experienced, but they all can play and do a good Job." Only senior Rick Sygar, who set a Big Ten record with 24 straight extra points in football last fall, is set to start in the same position that he occupied last spring, sec- ond base. And it's a spot that he shared with December graduate and hockey All-American Mel Wakabayashi. Les Tanona,. who roamed in the outfield for two years, brings his .330 batting aver- age and varsity experience to strengthen the infield." Left Side Benedict stated that the left side of the diamond will tenta- tively be manned by two sopho- mores. Chuck Schmidt, who play- KEITH SPICER ed on the Detroit Favro team that won the national champion- ship in his age division last sum- mer, is destined to take the vacan- cy left by captain Bob Gilhooley, who batted .292 for the Wolverines last spring. The hot corner, which was guarded by Keith Spicer, since switched to right field, is set to be fielded by Glenn Redmon, who hit over .330 for the Favro team over the summer. Spicer has been moved to the outfield to utilize his fine arm, according to Bene- dict. Holding down the center field job is junior letterman Andy Fish- er, who saw action last spring as an outfielder and pitcher. The Michigan mentor explained that Fisher is in center because "he has the most experience in the out- field, and besides he did a pretty good job last year." Early Departure The junior fills a large hole left by the departure of Dick Schryer, who passed up his last year of eligibility to play professional baseball. Schryer was the third leading hitter in the Big Ten last season with a .358 average. The senior, who was to have been this year's captain, became the sec- ond Michigan outfielder to sign a major league contract in the past two years. Carl Cmejrek, who led the Big Ten in hitting as a sophomore in 1965, signed with the world champion Baltimore Orioles more than a year ago. The left field position, vacated by graduated Al Bara who led the Wolverines in hitting with an over- all .348 batting average, is to be manned by senior Dick Uhlmann. Mixed Pitching will have an almost even mixture of experience and youth for the Wolverines this sea- son. Michigan lost its top man, senior Bob Reed, to the Detroit Tigers. Reed had a 9-4 record last year and tied a Big Ten record with six conference wins. The Wolverines also lost junior hurler Nick Radakovic to the Houston Astros two weeks ago. The moundmen will, however, have a good nucleus returning. Junior Geoff Zahn is "one of the bell cows" of this year's staff according to Benedict. He will be backed up by letterman Jim Lyijynen and Bill Zepp "who has looked impressive so far this spring." Sophomores to watch are John Hurley and Dave Renkiewicz. Pitchers Ahead The pitchers have had the most practice so far this year hurling in Yost Field House since early January. Only recently, the in- fielders and outfielders have start- Cagers Pick Bankey MVP Senior Co - Captain D e n n i s Bankey was selected by his team- mates yesterday as Most Valuable Player on the 1966-67 Wolverine basketball team. Bankey thus becomes eligible for the Silver Trophy, presented an- nually by the Chicago Tribune to the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten. Coach Dave Strack also an- nounced yesterday the names of ten letter winners on the 1966-67 squad. The ten were seniors Bankey, Craig Dill, and Marc Del- zer; junior Jim Pitts; and sopho- mores Bob Sullivan, Dave Mc-' Clellan, Mike Maundrell, Willie Edwards, Dennis Stewart, and Ken Maxey. ed to work out. Yesterday, the The Wolverines' catchers also basketball floor was taken up but show the signs of inexperience still this didn't help the diamond- this spring. Ted Sizemore, last men since the area was taken over year's number one backstopper, by the trackmen. The 10 games has graduated, and his backup in Arizona over the next week man, Jim Berline, has passed up should give Michigan the work baseball to concentrate on making they need. the football team at offensive end. Benedict noted that "we'll give Doug Nelson who saw limited ac- all the boys a chance to play and tion at first base last year behind pitch to see how they act under since graduated Chan Simonds, fire." In Arizona, the Wolverines has been given the nod at the will be facing squads that have first string catcher's spot with played perhaps 20 games already sophomore John Kraft breathing hi down his neck. West American pitcher Steve Arlin to the Phillies, which gave him a re- ported $100,000 bonus to pass up his final year of competition. Just about every team in the confer- ence has been hit by the draft. Still Benedict sees Ohio State and Minnesota as the favorites again. He noted, though, that "it's hard to pick a favorite because we don't know what sophomores are coming up. Wejust don't have any time to scout the teams." As Benedict concluded, "It all depends on the sophomores." He should know, he has 11 of them. FINAL 1960 TUESDAY, MARCH 14 UNION 8 P.M. RM. 3R Important-Everyone Come tins spring.j Michigan's inability to get into shape under the field house roof was evident last spring in Arizona when Bob Gilhooley, who played every game at short, was lucky to get the ball across the field on two bounces the last few games. The soreness of the Wolverines appeared midway through the Southwest trip as theyrnosedived, losing four out of the last five games after winning the first sev- en. Students Meet Faculty in IM's Last night annual competition between faculty departments and students began at the IM Building. In evening g a m e s scheduled throughout the next two weeks, students will contest teachers in basketball and volleyball, as well as handball, paddleball, squash, badminton, tennis, bowling and rifle shooting. The first rounds of basketball competition found five of the seven scheduled games ending in forfeit. Alpha Delta Phi and Sigma Nu clinched victories over Systems Engineering and Cooley Lab, re- spectively, while Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi, Theta Delta Chi, Theta Chi, and Delta Sigma Phi gained the easy wins. The second seven-game round will be played next week, while on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, 12 volleyball games will be played. In other intramural action; South Quad's Gomburg House was sus- pended from IM basketball com- petition due to its B team players being involved in "heated dis- agreement" with officials. The de- cision was announced after Gom- burg won the championship Class A Residence Hall Division game, though the spat occurred in a preliminary game. In all, it looks like an interest- ing year for the Big Ten, which has been hit severely by the base- ball draft. 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