PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY FR.TnAV. MAV 9t1 1Ctial PAGE SIX THE IIHCHIGANf DAILY ri jax, IVJIFJJL z1. ?IU6 5 Netmen Win All Matches, Tie with Indiana for Lead The 1965 Big Ten tennis cham- pionship came a step closer for Michigan yesterday as it won every round it played in the con- werence meet at Bloomington, Ind. Defending champion Indiana, playing on its home courts, also won all its matches. The Wolver- ines played one more match in the preliminary round, however, and the extra point they garnered there ties them with the Hoosiers will play in number one doubles at 100 points apiece. against top-seeded Clark Graeb- Several of tomorrow's semi- ner and Bill Rice of Northwestern. final contests are crucial to Mich- Northwestern Out igan's title hopes. Karl Hedrick The Wildcats have 77 points aft- will face Indiana's second-seeded er yesterday's action, and are vir- Dave Powers in number one sin- tually out of the running. How- gles, Brian Flood will meet top- ever ,they will have the opportuni- seeded Tim Sheehan of North- ty to play the spoiler's role in to- western in number two singles, day's semi-final round. Each and Hedrick and Jerry Stewart match victory is worth three points to a team, and a player knocked off in the semi-finals picks up six less points than a champion. Thus the Wolverines, by meet- ing top-seeded Wildcats before the Hoosiers do, need to pull an upset: or two to stay on top. Michigan; lost all the amove matches in dual meet competition during the reg-: ular season when it was defeated by Northwestern 6-3 and beat In- diana 5-4. The Wolverines will be the fa- vorites today though in numbersF two through six singles and three doubles. Going all the way in all of these could offset losses in oth- er positions. Two matches in which Coach Bill Murphy's squad will not par- ticipate but which could do a lot to help them toward the title will also be played tomorrow. The CHAMPIONSHIP AT STAKE: wolverines Face OSU in D The title hinging on Wolverine, Buckeye and Spartan every game, the Big Ten baseball season closes this weekend with these three teams still in the thick of the race. Ohio State presently holds down first place with an 8-2 record. Michigan is right behind at 9-3, and MSU just a game further back at 8-4. All three teams face each other today and tomorrow, and a Wol- verine sweep would bring them the title outright. They face the Buck- MOBY BENEDICT eyes in a single game at Columbus today and the Hoosiers in a dou- bleheader at Bloomington Satur- day. Spartan Schedule Meanwhile, the Spartans will be playing Indiana today at Bloom- ington and Ohio State twice at Columbus. Ohio State has both the best and the worst of the schedule, playing all three games at home but playing all of them against the league's top teams. Michigan faces only one top team, the Buck- eyes, but that is little consolation because they are expected to start their number-one hurler, Steve Arlin, against the Wolverines. Arlin is one of the finest Big Ten pitchers. The sophomore righthander has the best won- lost record (5-0), most strikeouts (55) and most innings pitched (411/3) in the conference. He also has a 1.31 earned-run average. Pitchers' Duel In a game that promises to be a pitchers' duel, Coach Moby Bene- dict will probably counter with Bob Reed. Also a sophomore right- hander, Reed was the Wolverines' best pitcher until last weekend when he was bombed by the Spar- tans. Overall, OSU and Michigan have, respectively, the second- and third-best earned-run averages in the league. Only Iowa's 1.53 ex- ceeds the Buckeyes' 2.10, while MSU's 2.35 is right behind the Wolverines' 2.23. Neither team has top hitting. Ohio State is ninth in the Big Ten with a .214 average while Michigan ranks sixth with .235. Thanks to the bats of Dick Schyr- er and Carl Cmejrek, however ,the Wolverines have the most total bases in the league at 134. The Linksters To Shoot for Top At Big Tens This weekend the Michigan linksters will be making a bid for the Big Ten championship in La- fayette, Ind. Leading the Wolverines will be junior Bill Newton.Newton has compiled the top average for all Big Ten players, swinging only 73.3 strokes per game. Last year he tied for third in the conference at the meet. Teeing off with Newton will be Captain Peter Passink, Marc Yahn, Bob Barkley, Jim Evashevski, Chuck West and Frosty Evashev- ski. Michigan's main opposition is expected to come from defending champion Purdue. Five of last year's top six finishers are back to compete in this year's meet. Besides Newton, they are Indi- ana's Jim Jewell, Purdue's Bob Zender, Indiana's Dallas Peters, Ohio State's Jim Brown and Min- nesota's Dave Gumilia (who was last year's runner-up). Buckeyes' 97 puts them in sev place. Cmejrek is the Big Ten's# leading batter with a .405a age. Schyrer at .375 is in place, and he leads the le in doubles (6), total bases and RBI's (11). He is tied with Del Wilber of Purdue home run honors with three. Ohio State's most dang Wildcats' highly regarded Bill Rice will meet the Hoosiers' Charliej Kane in number three singles, andj * ,' Spartan Charlie Wolff is rated C < ISEU L mover"Hoosier Rod McNerney in a cisivet +w number two singles contest. In- diana defeats in both would make venth hitter is shortstop Bo Rein. He is Michigan hopes much brighter.- hittng .51 ad ha stoen a The Wolverines had little trou- hitting .351 and has stolen a ble in most of yesterday's match- third league high of eight bases. es. They drew byes for the pre- aver- In other games this weekend, liminary round innumbers one, sixth Illinois will be at Purdue, Iowa three, four and six singles and two eague at Wisconsin and Minnesota at doubles. Brian Flood defeated Wis- (33) Northwestern on Friday. Saturday consin's Paul Bishop, 6-3, 6-4, in S also doubleheaders will have Illinois number two singles, Hal Lowe won e for again at Purdue, Iowa at North- his match against his Ohio StateT western and Minnesota at Wiscon- opponent in number five singles, n erous sin. Hedrick-Stewart beat Svoboda- BRIAN FLOOD JOHN FRASER Stone of Purdue, 6-1, 6-4, in num- er one doubles, and Flood and Jim Swift defeated Wisconsin's number three doubles team, 6-1, 8-6. Quarter-Finals Most of the quarter-finals went qually easily. Hedrick beat Wayne voboda of Purdue in number one singles, 6-3, 6-4. Flood defeated Ohio State's Dave Camon, 6-1, 6-4, at number two singles. Num- ber three singles saw John Fra- ser best Minnesota's Jerry Krause, 6-0, 6-2. Stewart, playing number four singles, beat Tom Boice of Minne- sota, 6-1, 6-1. Lowe defeated Iowa's SPARTANS FAVORED: Canham Hopes for Track Title e S Jim Walter, 6-1, 6-2, in number five singles. George Russell com- pleted Michigan's singles sweep by taking the number six match from John Conway of Wisconsin, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles also went smoothly at all three positions. Hedrick and Stewart beat Kirk and Bishop of Wisconsin, 6-2, 6-1, at number one. Fraser and Loweabeat Pur- due's Schmidt and Brodie at num- ber two, 6-1, 6-1. Jim Swift and Flood won at number three dou- bles, topping Ohio State's Johnson and Dawson, 6-1, 6-2. Indiana also had little trouble in most of its matches. Its clos- est contest came in number five singles where Mike Nolan beat Jerry Riessen of Northwestern, 11- 9, 1-6, 6-3. Nolan was down 3-0 in the final set of the quarter- final match but managed to pull it out, giving the Hoosiers three more points. Semi-final matches will be play- ed today, and final rounds tomor- row. Indiana is shooting for its second straight title while Michi- gan is trying to come out on top after finishing up in the runner- up spot two years in a row. Be- fore that, Coach Murphy's men won the crown four straight times. I Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. Chicago Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Baltimore Los Angeles Boston New York Washington Kansas City 23 20 18 16 17 18 14 14 13 8 4 - 9 12 14 13 16 17 17 19 21 23 .719 .625 .563 .552 .515 .514 .452 .424 .382 .258 I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 6, Boston 3 Vetroit 9, Washington 8 (10 inn) Cleveland 5, Baltimore 2 Only games scheduled TODAkS GAMES Washington at New York (n) Boston at Cleveland (n) Baltimore at Detroit (n) Kansas City at Minnesota (n) Chicago at Los Angeles (n) NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. Los Angeles 23 11 .676 Cincinnati 19 13 .594 Milwaukee 16 13 .552 St. Louis 18 15 .545 San Francisco 18 16 .529 Chicago 16 17 .485 Philadelphia 16 17 .485 Houston 17 19 .472 New York 13 20 .394 Pittsburgh 9 24 .2731 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS San Francisco 2, Chicago 0 Milwaukee 7, New York 1 St. Louis 12, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 11, Pittsburgh 3 Only games scheduled TODA VS GAMES Los Angeles at Chicago Philadelphia at Cincinnati (n) Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (n) New York at St. Louis (n) San Francisco at Houston (n) GB 3 5 5% 6Y2 6q 8% 9% 11 14 GB 3 4 41, 5 612 6 7 9!/ 131j "We're not as tough as we've been the last four or five years, but in track you always have a shot at it." This is how Coach Don Can- ham, one of the Big Ten's most successful track mentors, sums up Michigan's chances of capturing ' - the Western Conference trackh crown today and tomorrow at Iowa. Canham's teams have won four outdoor titles in the last decade, the most recent in 1962. In addi- tion they have picked up six in-' door championships and have finished second 11 times. MSU Favored This year's track squad must take second place to Michigan State in the favorite's role, how- ever. MSU finished a close second to Wisconsin in the indoor meet n March, while the Wolverines were a distant third, 21 points behind the leaders. "This is a good team," Canham_ says. "But the league is tougherh than it's ever been. Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Minnesotar are the teams to beat." Were each team's players to, equal their best performances of KENT BERNARD the season, the Wolverines would - finish second behind the Spar- tans, 41 points to 37 5/6. Mich- Dion at the meet, will be out to igan would capture two firsts, one capture the 440 again and Done by Dan Hughes in the 880 and thE Reid should help out in the 100. other by the relay team in the Reid, sprinter Carl Ward and theryshot-putter Bill Yearby are pres- niiSe ently all questionmarks. Reid's Canamre Soars practice work has been limited, George Canamare has been while Canham has not heard from soaring higher and higher with each meet, and the Big Ten cham- pionship pole-vault record is ex- pected to be broken when he me ets DEPENDABLE Northwestern's Jim Albrecht. Can- amare this season has beaten by IMPORT SERVICE five inches the 15'%" mark estab- lished by Michigan's Rod Denhart We have the MECHANICS in 1960. But Albrecht has done and the PARTS. even better, once reaching 15'612". Kent Bernard, the Wolverine NEW CAR DEALER captain and only defending cham- Triumph-Volvo- , LFiat-Checker We lease cars $4.50 per 24 hr. day .. ,3. HERB ESTES . AUTOMART . . 319 W. Huron 665-3688 Yearby or Ward for a couple of weeks. Point Getters Other Wolverines who could pick up points in the meet are Red Benedict, two mile run; Roy Woodton, high hurdles; Jack Har- vey, shot put; Fred Lambert, dis- cus, and Bob Densham, high jump. The men who may lead Mich- igan State to its first title since joining the Big Ten in 1951 are Jim Garrett, sprinter and broad jumper; Daswell Campbell, who has the season's best 440 mark: Gene Washington, tops this year; in the 120- and 330-yard hurdles, and miler Jim Bowen. Wisconsin's top challengers are Bill Holden, who has won three high jump titles and holds the Big Ten indoor record; Gerry Beatty, the current indoor high hurdles champ; Ken Latigolal, indoor: half-mile champion, and Barney Peterson, indoor champ in the 1000. Biggest Team Michigan will have the most men entered in the meet, 31, while Wisconsin follows with 26 and Iowa, Indiana, Michigan State and Minnesota each have 24. The meet offers 15 events for 231 total points. Today's contests will be in broad jump, discus and trial heats in all running events except the one- and two-mile runs and the mile relay. Everything else takes place Saturday. 4 Relax in BY MANSFIELD .:. {. 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