PAGE ETG TF T TIC MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY. APRIL 8. 1967 PAGE ETGHT TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY v _. _ - 3 __ _ . , u, ,..,,, . Rain By BILL LEVIS Michigan's baseball team, foiled by Mother Nature in an effort to play Eastern Michigan in a doubleheader yesterday, attempts to regain the momentum of a four game winning streak when it faces Detroit on Ferry Field at 1 p.m. today, weather permitting. Heavy rains from the night be- fore turned the uncovered Ferry Field diamond into a sea of mud as overcast skies and winterlike temperatures contributed to yes- terday's postponement. A single game with the Hurons has been rescheduled for 3:30, Monday at Ferry Field. Coach Moby Benedict, disap- pointed by the rainout, chuckled as he noted that "when there's a day like this down in Arizona, people pull the sheets over their heads expecting winter to come." Anti-Rainout Benedict noted that too many rainouts can create havoc for a baseball team. "We're always in- terested in playing ball. Each time you play, you're that much further along in developing your players. We'll be fortunate to get this game in Monday with Eastern. If we're, rained out a lot, we'll lose the timing and edge we gained in Arizona." Against Detroit today, Benedict plans to go with lefty Jim Lyijynen "for at least the first part of one of the games, probably letting him go four or five innings." The Wolverine coach has not decided on the other starting hurler. He only noted that with the postponement yesterday "we'll have to re-evaluate our pitching, Robie Qualifies in AAU Tournament Special To The Daily DALLAS - Michigan's Carl Robie qualified in the 200-yard butterfly event with a time of 1:53.9 in the preliminaries yester- day of the National AAU Swim- ming Championships. Robie, who is the defending champion, trailed Mark Spitz of Santa Clara and Mike Burton of UCLA in the prelims. Checks MPI Twin Bill I ii! ____ MTi I staff. I would like give a number and NCAA champs, Ohio State, of fellows a chance to pitch. We'll Saturday, also a twin bill. split them up in the two games at For the first time this season, Detroit." The Titans have played the Big Ten is playing an 18 game only one game this spring, losing conference schedule, two games to Toledo in a squeaker, 19-3. against each opponent. Until this Seasonal Blooming spring, the slate consisted of only The Big Ten season is only a 15 league games. games that a school must play. rule. "I'm not for it and I am the Still, I don't know for sure if there only one in the conference who is or isn't such a rule." isn't. I just don't think baseball Last year, Ohio State won the should be played that way." Big Ten crown with a 6-0 record, Looking back on the 8-4 record playing less than half of its 15 his young team has compiled so game schedule. Two of the can- far this year the Michigan coach celled games were against the Wol- said, "we've got a lot of work to verines. Michigan finished with a do but the kids have been working 10-3 Big Ten record good for third hard." Hosler Surprises week way with the Wolverines meeting Indiana in a doubleheader Friday in Bloomington. Michigan then travels to Columbus to square off against defending conference Yancey I1st In Masters By The Associated Pressr AUGUSTA, Ga. - Erratic Bert Yancey clung to a shaky one- stroke lead as Jack Nicklaus col- lapsed under an avalanche of bogeys and Arnold Palmer failed to find his putting fire yesterday in the second round of the 31st Masters Golf Tournament. The heavily favored Nicklaus, record holder and bidder for an unprecedented third straight title, skidded to a 79, with nine bogeys, for 151, which failed to survive the midway out. It marked the first time in the tournament's history a champion had missed playing the final two rounds. "Everything I did was wrong," Big Jack said. "My luck left me." Palmer shot his second straight 73 for 146. "I've had only two birdies in two days,"'he said. Yancey, the 28-year-old former West Pointer playing in the Mas- ters for the first time, had a crazy-quilt collection of seven bogeys, six birdies and five pars for a 73 and a 36-hole score o'f 140. Bunched just a shot bac of him at 141 were red ,hot Gay Brewer, the sensation of the spring tour, with a 68; 48-year- old Julius Boros, two-time win- ner of the American Open; Bobby Nichols, strapping ex-footballer and former PGA king from Louis- ville, Ky., and England's boy won- der, 22-year-old Tony Jacklin, all with 70s. With the three-game addition, the Wolverines will face all con- ference foes except Michigan State in doubleheaders this season. They will play the Spartans in a home and home series, May 19 and 20. The University golf course opened up yesterday, and Randy Wise wasted no time in carding the first hole-in-n of the ae This new schedule has no pro- son orn the 165-yard number visions for making up rained out five hole. he used a five iron games. A suggestion to play make- fivmake.tIeseaf.r up conference gameson Sundays to make the shot. was' scratched at the Big Ten ...................................... meeting in December. place behind runner-up Minne-y Furthermore... sota who closed the season at 11-2. Benedict said that the now-dead Shorter Games proposal also included a stipula- With the increased, schedule thisI tions stating that a school has year, all conference games have to play half of its schedule, or nine been cut from nine to seven in- games, to qualify for the confer- nings in length. In the past, ence crown. doubleheaders have returned both "The way it has come out of the seven and nine inning varie- commissioner Bill Reed's office ties. ther is no minimum number of Benedict was adamant in his opposition to the new seven inning f- - The biggest surprise so far this spring for Benedict has been the hitting of sophomore Jim Hosler. The first baseman has even chased senior starter Les Tanona back to the outfield because of his high batting average and key hits. Benedict's sophomoreb-kladen squad attempts to go back into action today. The Wolverines are looking for the playing time to sharpen up their game for the Big Ten opener next Friday. Still, it all depends on the weather. SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE WEIR i i I i i UNION-LEAGUE SPRING AUCTION ART PRINT LOAN PICTURES Monday April 10... 10-5 SOUTH LOUNGE OF THE UNION! _. i i i I _I 4 ~1 A1. 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