TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE l T U E SA Y , U G S T 2 4 1 9 5 H E M I H I GN.A.Y _ r ,"- r AV M' Nine Had What It Takes, Rut OSUHadore By ED HERSTEIN There's an old adage that timely hitting and clutch pitching is what 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 to the Spartans by a 5-4 score. with the condition of his team. OSU Drops Two "We still have to do a lot of work Meanwhile Ohio State suffered to be ready for our Big Ten open- its only two losses of the season er aaginst Wisconsin," he said. in shutouts by Illinois and In- The coach was satisfied with diana. The Wolverines were not Wolverine hitting, but comment- shut out all season. ed, "If we're going to go anywhere ~ Aft this season our pitching has got Afer two straight second-place to Improve " finishes, Michigan can look for- wrard to another shot at the title Beat Western4> next year. The Wolverines had the And improve it did, as the Wol- best outfield in the conference verines came on to defeat Western this season, and all of it will be Michigan 8-2 in their final tune returning. up game and then take eight Big Rightfielder Carl Cmejrek won Ten contests in a row. Victories the Big Ten batting title this year over nonconference foes Eastern with a .453 average, and he is only Michigan and Notre Dame brought a sophomore. Centerfielder Dick an overall 10-game winning Schryer, also a sophomore, led the streak until the Broncos, the team conference in total bases with 40, that started string, ended it, again doubles with eight and runs bat- by an 8-2 margin. ted in with 15. Junior Al Bara in While going undefeated, the left hit .339 on the season. Wolverines were making nervous Gilhooley Back wrecks of their followers: they BOB GILHOOLEY In addition, Captain-elect Bob pulled three games out by a one- Iowa took the bottom half of a Gilhooley will be back at short- run margin, and often had to doubleheader 2-1 and Michigan stop, where he helped the team come from behind before they lost two out of three games to to a first-place tie in double plays. could chalk up another mark in arch-rival and eventual third- As lead-off man, Gilhooley was the win column. equally valuable. He led the con- But like all good things, the place finisher Michigan State, the ference in walks with 13 and runs streak had to come to an end. last one a crucial contest going with 17. Pitchers Bob Reed, Joe Kerr, for third baseman Dan DiNungio. Jim Lyijynen and Bill Zepp will If timely hitting and 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. Wolverine Seasoi Statistics BATTING ('muejrek, of Bara, of Schyrer, of Tanona, of Gflhooley, ss Sizemore, c Nunley, of S"inds, lb Sygar, 2b DiiNtilzio, 3b Meyers, of Volk, 3b Skaff, 3b Pasc, c Adams, c AlB 98 59 ls 31 122 1 09 14 112 119 68 54 25 34 15 7 R H ItBI 14 37 17 11 20 9 17 39 24 9 9 11 35 34 15 18 27 17 12 1 3 2 11 21 13 13 23 9 8 12 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 BATTING AVE. .378 .339 .331 .290 .279 .248 .214 .188 .185 A 76 .167 .160 .147 .067 .000 HOME RUNS: Schryer 5, Cmejrek 5, Sizemore 2, Simonds 2, Tanona 1, Gllhooley 1, Volk 1, Skaff 1. TRIPLES: Sizemore 3, Cmejrek -, Tanona 2, Simonds 2, Schryer 1. Glihooley 1, Wahl 1. DOUBLES: Schryer 9, Bara 4, Gil- hooley 3, Sygar 3. Meyers 2, Cmejrek 1, Tanona 1, Sizeore 1, Skaff 1. Barnhart 1. P'ITCHES ' RECORDS W L I' H R ER1 Barnhart 5 3 641 44 21 20 Schiuldt 0 0 0 1. 3 1 Reed 5 3 7" 70 35 11 Yemberton2 2 26 23 15 27 Wahl 10 35 27 1616 Kerr 2 1 17 14 9 9 Lyjynen 2 0 32: 39 23 19 Zepp 2 5 251; 37 26 22 ERA 2.80 3.00 3.16 3.71 4.11 4.38 5.23 7.82 P'ITCHER'SJ Kt Pe w Ly Sa Rc Z Sc err 3 1 1 0 .333 emberton 9 1 2 1 .222 Vahl 11 2 1 0 .091 yijynen 11 1 1 0 .091 arnhart 23 2 2 1 .087 eed 28 2 2 2 .071 epp 9 0 0 0 .000 chuldt 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 1079 165 253 140 .234 Opp. Totals 1081 148 255 138 .236 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- ton 12, Schuldt 7, Lyijynen 6. Clyde Barnhart Prepares To Deliver M1 k .'V':ih1 .. :.. h.5 .9......1.. 1:: h..i. . . :..v.'.%%%v v'w.%.......i ::...... ....... :;::5 . . C ti :SSA .;yr (( } ^o A : {:; ' ti, : ' '1~ .u. 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 + - Q a ' ~ U "'44 0 0. 0 0 '1 0 0 ti. MICHIGAN Michigan State Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Ohio State Iowa Purdue Northwestern * Tie - Did not compete 1 6 *4 *4 *7 *9 2 *9 3 *7 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 5 1 6 3 4- 7 4 1 - 4 *9 9-- 5 7 10 - 8 8 8 - 2 *9 7 - - *5 6 - - *5 1 10 2 3 8 4 6 5 7 9 2-- 2 2 1 3 2 5 7 2 4, 5 1- 6*4 61 9 - 1 10 ,7 5 6 3 *2 4 3 8 1 6 6 3 10 2 4 - *2 5 *8 9 7 5 4 8 *4 7 10 - - 1 *8 10 8 4- 9 6 3] 2 3 *7 5 9 6 1 4 *7 10 102 93 80l 61% 66 63% 57 58% 39% 42 .927 .715 .670 .559 .554 .529 .518 .487 .439 .420 c s l t t i i ti s' l t t i <}; : 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. 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