P"AGE TEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, AUGUST 30,1966 PAG TN ~l MCHGA DIL TESAY AGUT k.19 = s. VLiiiai a " .cARf y{;I V i aiv 1VVV {p Sophs Buoy '67 Traci (Continued from Page 8) to place was Dave Cooper, who managed a fifth in the 100-yard dash. Darkest Before Dawn? Even with a track tradition like that of the Wolverines, things weren't bad in 1966. After all, a Willie Mays or a Jim Brown can have an off night . . . or an off year. Memories are short, too, and if the 1967 Michigan cindermen live up to their potential, not a soul will remember the brief "lapse." It's dangerous to predict in track, because the mental state of cindermen plays a vital role in their development. Yet, one could be as cautious as a goalie without pads and still feel optimistic about next season. Besides the return of Harvey and Hunt, both Big Ten cham- pions, other conference medal winners returning include Leucht- man, Mercer, Brian Kelly, Coffin, Fred Grove, and Jim Dolan. Add these to other experienced re- turnees like Alex McDonald, Clive xLaidley, Elmo Morales, Woodie Fox, and Nelson Graham. Top Sophomore Corps And then there is the fresh crop of sophomores-a group that com- Hopes Ron Kutchinski, a middle-dis- tance runner, and Gary Knicker- bocker, a high jumper, paced the youthful assault on the records. Kutchinski, from Grand Rapids, may have to take out pilot's li- cense if he travels any faster than the 1:17.5 clocking he turned in for 660-yards. The Wolverine var- sity mark stands at 1:18.8. Knick- erbocker leaped 6'7'%" to crack another record. Kutchinski teamed with Jim Ol- son, John Reynolds, and Tom Kearney to turn in a blistering 7:37.9 two-mile indoors, while a foursome of Gaylord Saulsberry, Taimo Leps, Reynolds, and Kutch- inski was clocked in 3:20.5 in a one-mile relay the same day. Miler Olson had a 4:06.5 time to his credit during his senior year in high school. Larry Midlam, a hurdler, and Carl Watkins, a pole vaulter, lend further support to the Wolverine hopes for 1967. MiW Nine Takes Third Behind osU By JOHN SUTKUS The 1966 edition of the Mich- igan baseball team did just what its 1965 predecessor accomplished -had another fine season and failed to win the Big Ten title. Last year's squad finished sec- ond to Ohio State, eventual sec- ond-place finisher in the NCAA World Series. This year the Wol- verines ran third. The Buckeyes stole the Big Ten title with a 6-0 record, playing less than half as many games as runner-up Minne- sota (11-2) and the third-place Wolverines, who won ten and lost three in conference play. Buckeyes Win NCAA Crown The weatherman, who produced nine rained-out conference games for the Bucks, and the strong arm of Steve Arlin were responsible for moving OSU into the World Series. And this was the year of the Buckeye, as the scarlet and gray used a ten-game winning streak and a double dose of Arlin to knock off top-ranked Southern California and bring home a na- tional title for the Big Ten. Meanwhile, back in Ann Arbor, things weren't going so badly for the Maize and Blue. The Michigan baseball team finished the season JACK HARVEY Success is relative, but the per- posed perhaps the best freshman formances which the Michigan squad ever at Michigan. Snapping varsity can potentially put out 10 yearling records, the frosh could next season may make those 11 have helped out the varsity in a conference crowns in the last 10 couple of situations last season. years look mediocre by comparison. with an overall 22-10 record, a .688 percentage. The h i t t e r s whacked the horsehide often and well, leading the conference in total bases and coming in second in batting average and slugging percentage. The pitchers combined for an earned-run-average of 2.14, third best in the Big Ten. Fielding held up with a .956 percentage, third behind MSU and Indiana. Successful Spring Tour The 'Wolverines returned from one of their most successful spring trips ever looking for all the world like title contenders. The western jaunt included, in the tiring, bet- ter than game-a-day grind, three victories over then second-ranked Arizona State. But contenders were all the Maize and Blue were meant to be, as one-run losses to Michigan State and Minnesota and a solid 4-1 decision by Iowa took the steam out of their mid-season title drive. The Wolverines never did get a shot at champion Ohio State. The scheduled doubleheader in Ann Arbor was rained out. Graduateions, Signings Hit Hard Duplicating this year's feats may be considerably harder for next year's squad. Graduation and professional contracts have cut deeply into the stock of regulars. Heading the list of non-retur- nees is pitcher Bob Reed, ace and iron man of the staff. Reed tied a conference record with six vic- tories and led the Big Ten with 47 strikeouts, while only a junior. Reed finished his collegiate career by signing a contract with Mont- gomery of the Southern League, a Detroit Tiger farm team. Also passing up his last year of eligibility for greater things was center fielder Dick Schryer. He batted .316 overall for the season, third best among the regulars. A .354 league batting mark earned him third place among Big Ten hitters. Included in his hits were three home runs, tops on the club. Graduation claims four others. The infield is hardest hit, with the loss of two established per- formers. Chan Simonds, slick- fielding first baseman, and Bob Gilhooley, shortstop and team captain, have gone the way of the diploma. Glove-Man Simonds Leaves Simonds. one of the best fielders 0 RICK SYGAR 1 11 KE E P I NG TRADITION AT MICIHIGAN '9 BOB REED, ACE WOLVERINE right-hander, winds up to pitch in last year's Indiana game. Reed, a junior last year, set both Big Ten and Michigan records for victories in one season. Reed has since signed to play professional baseball. two home runs. His 23 RBI placed Heading the list of returnees is his second only to Simonds. left fielder Les Tanona, a .330 per- Departed, in addition, will be former with the bat last season. right-fielder Al Bara, leading bat- Tanona led the team with eight ter among the regulars with a .348 doubles and helped his mates with average. Bara accounted for 38 21 RBI. I hits during the season, tops on the team, and clubbed two home runs. He has decided to continue his baseball education with the St. Cloud team, the Minnesota Twins' representative in the Michigan fans have ever seen at Northern League.' first- base, was one of the team's 'M' Loses Catcher most solid hitters, with a .284 Finally on the list of disappear- average. He led the team with 24 ing regulars was catcher Ted Size- RBI's and poked three home runs more, a three-year veteran behind for the lead in that department. the plate. Sizemore batted a solid He also led the team with 4 triples .315. His hitting heroics included and a .511 slugging percentage. six doubles, three triples (second Simonds has signed with a Tiger on the club), and a home run. farm club, Statesville of the West- The Wolverines will certainly ern Carolina League. miss part-time infielder Mel Wak- Gilhooley, a solid all-around per- abayshi, star hockey player turned former, batted .292 and slugged1valuable baseball player. Sygar, Spicer Return Returning infielders include sec- ond-baseman Rick Sygar, halfback star of another season, and Keith Spicer, . regular third baseman. Sygar batted .268 while playing pivotman most of last season. Spicer batted only .223, but knock- ed in 16 runs. Bolstering the pitching corps will be lefties Geof Zahn and Jim Lyijynen. Each compiled 2-0 rec- ords in the Big Ten, with LyJiy- nen compiling a 2.57 earned run average to Zahn's 3.35. Zahn gain- ed the edge in season record, how- ever, with 3-1 to Lyjiynen's even 2-2. 00' p SPORTS FOR ALL: 'W' Boasts Large IJM Fare Engineering Arch at So. University and East UniversitY, Across from the Arch is Tice's Wit's Shop University of Michigan Headquarters for Nationally Advertised Men's Wear AT POPULAR PRICES Botany "500" Suits by Daroff Manhattan Shirts Arnold Palmer Sweaters by o Bruce English Baracuta Jackets & Rain Coats Hanes & B.V.D. Underwear By DAVE WEIR . ished third with 828, winning only in golf, after taking champion- Eight months of sitting in the ships in four sports the year be- UGLI, poring over textbooks and fore. Phi Alpha Kappa's 777 total lecture notes, does not lead to a was good for fourth place and 17 top-rate physical condition. points back was the fifth-place Undeniably true. And so, Michi- finisher, Alpha Kappa Psi, gan has a well-organized intra- Frederick the Great mural program designed to chase Fifteen sports are offered in away the inevitable school day the Independent Division, which is doldrums and excess carbohy- teIdpnetDvsowihi ddres whichaccumute drin- open to any undergraduate stu- ;theayetdu gdents not living in a fraternity or A total of 36 sports, from arch- residence hall. Repeating as cham- ery to wrestling, are offered to pion last year was Frederick everyone on campus, whether House, one of the perennial powers "frosh" or "prof." Competition in this division. Frederick ran takes place in 12 separate divi- away with the title by rolling up sions, the largest of which is a total of 951 points, almost 200 that of the social fraternities. better than the second place Neds. Teams gather points on the The Actuaries combined athletic basis of their final record in each prowess with statistical ability to sport. At the end of the year the compile a 722 total, good for third points are totaled and an all- place. In fourth were the Ram- year champion is determined for blers with 636 points, followed by each division. Robert Owen Co-op in fifth place. The latter group doubled its point Delts Repeat total of the previous year to end The 1965-66 social fraternity up with 472 and jumped from champion was Delta Tau Delta. thirteenth to fifth place in the The Delts, while winning their league standings. second trophy in a row, piled up a A well-organized Faculty Intra- total of 1734 points, 20 more than mural Program, of which there is the previous year. They won three no equal in the country, contin- team championships - wrestling, ued to expand with over 500 mem- table tennis and softball "B" - bers from 43 departments compet- and tied for theh title in both ten- ing last year. This division is run nis and softball "A". on the same basis as the other The second largest division in sections of the initramural pro- the IM program is the Residence gram. Hall Division, with 24 houses from Econ Psychs Freudians three quadrangles competing in Economics took the title and 25 sports. Last year, Wenley House thereby completed a remarkable won its third straight champion- surge from a 34th place finish two. ship by compiling 1990 points, on- years ago. The Psychology Depart- ly 11 less than the all-time Resi- ment ended up in second for the dence Hall record it has estab- third consecutive season, a fact lished the year before. En route to which raised the possibility that its title, Wenley won champion- the Freudians may develop an in- ships in outdoor track, softball feriority complex unless they are "A" and "B", football "B". relays, able to become un-entrenched in bowling "B", basketball "B", and their runner-up rut this year. In volleyball "B". third place was the Biochemistry The second place finisher, Gom- Department, which, if it follows berg, amassed 1737 points by win- its established mathematical pro- ning championships in dual swim- gression upward, should become ming, water polo, foul shooting, the new champion this year. The and in the overall swimming meet record book shows that the Bio- Nu Sig Prevails chemists finished seventh three A close race in the professional years ago, fifth two years ago, fraternity division ended with Nu and third last year. Sigma Nu winning the title with The best all-around athlete for 928 points and a championship in the year will be honored this fall, tennis. This division is officially when Sports Editor Chuck Vetz- were two players from Huber, Doug Baribeau and Paul San- toni; two from Gomberg, Wally Gabler and Craig Kirby, and one from Scott House, Karl Boukma. All-Frat Cagers The all - fraternity basketball team included two players from the championship Alpha Phi Al- pha team, varsity football players Bill Yearby and John Rowser. Other members of the all-star five were Gary Schick (SAE), Al- len Friedman (SAM) and Steve Smith of Lambda Chi Alpha. An interesting sidelight in the social fraternity division was the success of Alpha Phi Alpha, a comparatively small group which only entered three sports-bas- ketball, indoor track and relays- but won championship in them all. This year, with a new houses and increased membership, the Alphas plan to "go all out for the cham- pionship" in the words of IM Director Riskey. One of the highlights of the past year was the state paddle- .ball tournament held in the in- tramural building. Michigan also hosted the nationals last spring. Through the years several groups have shown continuous su- periority in intramural sports. Sig- ma Chi has won 69 team cham- pionships since 1922 but has been the all year champ only once. Closing in on the leaders is Sigma Phi Epsilon with 68 team cham- pionships and an impressive to- tal of nine all year trophies. Coeds Every Friday Two facets of the' intramural program differing from those al- ready mentioned are co-rec night and the minor sports clubs. Every Friday night is co-rec- reation night from 7:30 to10:00. Activities include swimming, vol- leyball, paddleball, badminton, and trampolining, and are open to both men and women students. The sports clubs which are un- der the direction of intramural of- ficials are minor sports such as boxing, fencing, handball, judo, lacrosse, rugby, soccer and weight lifting. This rapidly expanding program is open to any student who is interested. 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