THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 4,1968 RAINOUITS CoSTLY: Diamondmen overcome frustrations, fih in fou ,rth By ROBIN WRIGHT "Michigan should have won the Big Ten baseball title, be- cause we should have won all theI conference games," said Michigan baseball coach Milbry (Moby) Benedict. After a weekend of rained out games, the Michigan ball club was left in a disappointing fourth place in the Big Ten with a 9-win and 5-loss record. The Wolverines picked up a 5 to 2 win against Central to end the season with 15 wins and 16 losses overall. Benedict commented on the re- sults. "We had some real disap- pointments this season. This last weekend with four rained out games is a prime example. "We were in a good position to win against Minnesota Friday. They were saving their ace pitch- er to put up 'against Michigan State on Saturday. We had our two hottest pitchers-Jack Hurly and Dave Renkiewicz-ready to "Two wins against ninth place' Iowa would have helped us also. "Another discouraging factor was poor performances against Wisconsin and Illinois. Neither time could we knock the ball, around enough. "Against Illinois we made five errors - more errors than we'd made in the season so far." Following an eight-game win- ning streak, the Wolverines suf fered key losses in road games against Wisconsin and North- western. After an apparent attempt at redemption with three consecutive wins, Michigan was put down in an error-filled game with Illinois. Benedict made no, attempt to account for the final outcome. "There is no way to explain our winning and losing streaks. But I do believe winning is con- tagious. "Once the club starts winning games, it creates an atmosphere where the team believes in itself and its ability to win. "Losing has a tendency to make a player get down on himself. Self-pressure and discouragement combine to damage the player's attitude. "Pitching and defense were the key to our wins. The Michigan club is not a 14 to 4 type scoring team. "As a rule, defense is constant and reliable, whereas hitting varies. Even the best hitter can get into a slump that might last two weeks. Where does that leave the team? daiy sports. NIGHT EDITOR: PHIL BROWN "We believe pitching is 85 der cent of the game, and we build our teams around that phi- losophy." The (Wolverines relied heavily on the arms of Dave 'Renkiewicz (5-5), Steve Evans (4-4), and Jack Hurly (3-4) to provide vic- tory this season. Despite Benedict's belief in the defensive side of the game, Mich- Igan outfielder Elliott Maddox is one of two contenders for the Big Ten batting championship with an overall average of .392. This is /the second year Mich- igan has claimed the batting championship. Last year Andy Fisher, another outfielder, won the crown. Maddox also knocked in 14 runs to lead the team in RBI's. Before the last weekend, Maddox also led the Big Ten in hits, total bases and doubles. A sophomore, Mad- dox is 'till eligible for the special phase draft this spring.. Benedict commented on the ironies typical of baseball evi- denced in this year's club. "In the spring, judging from the re- turnees, we saw strength in our hitters, and with the loss of/ Zahn, and a good, but untested pitching staff. "In our pitchers we had three first year varsity pitchers and a fellow with only one win last year -and than was against Cochise Junior College in Arizona." A big prble~m on this 'uva' 4 4i -Daily-James Forsyth HIGAN FIRST BASEMAN Jim Hosler takes the throw from Bud Forsythe at second to con a double play against Michigan State. The Spartans fell twice that day; the Wolverines swept ve straight Big Ten wins, but wound up in fourth place when the defense broke down against ELLIOTT MADDOX Illinois. _ go against them. USAC rules committee bans turbines batting only .227. Some of the fel- lows we had counted on had just average to poor years. "That is why baseball is unique as a team sport. Although the combined effort wins a game, an individual can make or break it. "A player is alone when hitting, catching, etc. and its his sole re- sponsibility to perform that indi- vidual function." As to the final results of the Michigan team, the fact remains that Michigan, took two single games from second place State, 4-1 and 4-2.! INDIANApOLIS ( )-The rules committee of the U.S. Auto Club voted yesterday o ban turbine engines from USAC racing events. Final action now is up to the USAC board of directors. Thomas Binford, USAC president, said he might call a meeting of the board around July 1 to consider the proposal. The rules committee recom- mended that the ban on turbines take effect Jan. 1, 1969. Two years ago the rules group asked that turbine engines be outlawed but the directors re- fused to ratify the suggestion. They sent back a proposal under which a formula would be drawn up that would equalize turbine and pistor engines., In 1967, Parnelli Jones' STP turbine car ran away from the Indianapolis 500-mile race field before a bearing 'failure stopped it with only a few laps remaining. In last Thursday's 500, two turbines held the top two starting positions and driver Joe Leonard was leading the field with eight laps to go when his engine conked out. Despite yesterday's committee action, Vince Granatelli, chief mechanic on the STP turbines, Inerko qits 1r , racing after owner l0s SEMINOLE, Ark.-Mad Moun- tain Tnerko failed for the eighth straight year. In a tragic end to a lackluster career, Tnerko was once again' beaten by the pigs in the annual Memorial Day Pig-Down held tra- ditionally in this picturesque Dixie hill-town. He finished a disappointing 17th in a field of 42 sleek, svelte porkers, just a snout out of 16th place. -" " _ This is the tragic end of my lackluster career,"g Tnerko said softly after the race. "I can't take the grind anymore. Not as young as I used to be either." ' For the last eight years, Tnerko had captured the fancy of a na- tion as he valiantly strove again and again to prove he was, indeed, better than a pig. btethnapg"Sad? Sure I'm sad,." he said at the news conference in Victory Puddle, immediately following the treacherous two point three mile Downer. "But I was beat fair an square by some faster pigs. That s all there is. That's all there is to say. I'm through." What will Mad Mountain do how that he's retired from the hectic world of pig-racing? "I dunno," he said. "Maybe run my greens' stand fultime. May- be write a little. A fellow from New York offered to help me with an autobiography. I'll keep busy, don't worry about that. "But it won't be the same next spring," he continued, "not hav- ing, to train or anything for the Downer. It just won't be the' same." yes, each century has its great men: its Einsteins, its Ruths, and its VanArsdalens. But there has' been only one Tnerko. Perhaps it's better ghat way. indicated he thought the direc- tors would not prevent competi- tion by turbine cars. "I can't honestly believe that the governing body of USAC would want to ban all types of engines except the pistons," he said. "Leaving our turbines out of it, bearing all other types ofI power would be taking a step} backwards and I, personally, can't. visualize USAC doing this." The committee recommendationi was that powerplants for all USAC events be restricted to in- terpal combustion, recipocrating# piston engines. * * * * * * Gadsby succeeds Abel as Wings' coach DETROIT (AP) - Bill Gadsby, named yesterday as coach of the Detroit Red Wings, served 2514 hours in the penalty box through- .out his career - second highest in National Hockey League his- tory - and says he intends to require that kind of play from the Red Wings. The 40-year-old coach, taking ---WILLGRIHSLE Y-- (Ed. note: This article is the first in a six-part series by Associated' Press sports writer Will Grimsley. The Daily will carry the first five parts this week, with the final installment in next Tuesday's paper.-P.B.) NEW YORK - "It's like having 280 kids in college at the same time," one athletic director of a large mid-west university groaned. "It's a financial back-breaker." College athletics are in a money bind. They have become a high-pressured, multi-million dollar business on most campuses. Costs have multiplied in the last decade. Football, once the breadwinner, no longer pays the freight. Business managers - with a few exceptions, such as at Alabama and Notre Dame - are tightening their belts and put- ting in new orders for red ink. Notre Dame's athletic budget has risen from $900,000 "in 1963-64 to $2,000,000 in 1968-69 but it manages to oper- ate in the black. Michigan State has seen its sports outlay mushroom from $1J,7,00 in 1947 to $1,634,000 in 1967, an increase of 1,100 per cent. In the Big Ten, long the symbol of big time.college foot- ball, six of the ten members are reported operating at a loss. In the Big Eight, Kansas' budget has risen from $850,000 to $1.4 million in four years. The sprawling universities of .the Pacific Coast are simi- larly affected. In the hotbeds of the South and Southwest, where bowl teams are spawned, many of the colleges are de- pendent on booster clubs to keep their heads above water. At major universities, athletic budgets run from $1,500,000 to as high as $3,200,000, the figure for Ohio State's 18-sport program. Most of the sky-rocketing cost is purely economic, like the housewife's grocery list. The flashy gear to outfit one player runs around $150, quadruple what it was a few years ago. Jet travel costs more. Hotel and food prices have escalated. The heavyburden, however, lies in the housing, feeding and educating of athletes on the cuff, so to speak. They are the players on grants-in-aid. They are given a free college education for their exploits on the field. In some cases, they are unlimited and run from $1,500 to $3,000 per year for each athlete. Despite skyrocketing costs, many institutions, in order to keep pace with the escalation of big time college sport, have found it necessary to invest in giant, modern athletic complexes costing millions. Purdue has just unveiled a new $17 million field house. Michigan's similar plant cost $14 million. Indiana has a new stadium and has authorized a new field house. Notre Dame is completing an $8.6 million convocation and athletic building. Tennessee has one of the most modern sports plants in the country. Alabama has just opened a Sports Soli- seum that makes the Taj Mahal look like Tobacco Road. "These are not luxuries but necessities," argues a spokes- man for the NCAA headquarters in Kansas City. "They are built to fill the needs of an exploding campus population." Purdue's enrollment jumped from 12,700 in 1957 to 24,140 in 1967. The Big Ten, long symbolic of big time football, has seen its total enrollment jump 50 per cent in six years, with a present average of more than 29,000. Michigan State has 38,100 students, Ohio State 31,800. On the Pacific Coast, Washington, UCLA and California are pushing 30,000. "These student increases mean an expansion in facilities," the NCAA spokesman said. "More club sports, more teachers and' coaches." That's just part of the problem. Students are given a priority on football tickets at a nominal fee of $1 each or nothing at all if included in student fees. They are crowding out thousands of potential $5 and $6 customers in 60,000-seat stadiums. Next: What's the cure? over from Sid Abel, 50, who re- mains as general manager, said he hadn't "seen too many bodies fly-; ing last season." Gadsby referred to the Wings', noticeable weakness on defense. "I'm going to emphasize -- de- mand - more defensive effort," Gadsby said. "When the forwards can come up the ice against you with their heads down - then you're in trouble." No formal contract was signedj and Gadsby's salary was not dis- closed. Bruce A. Norris, club pres- ident, said, "I do not believe in contracts. I'm happy and Bill is satisfied."' Norris added, "If we did not want Bill or he did not want us, we would both like to be free." He said the Wings never have written contracts with the team's top management people. The Wings have attracted attention in recent months by a series of trades. The latest brought de-' fenseman Bobby Baun from the Oakland Seals. Abel denied emphatically a ru- nor that the Red Wings would trade Prank Mahovlich to the Montreal Canadiens for Henri Richard, Dick Duff and Ted Harris. Gadsby said that as new coach: he has no plans for trades. "No- body's on the black list. We have: nothing in the wind, but if some- body comes to us, we'll listen," he said.; Gadsby began his NHL career with the 1946-47 Chicago Black' Hawks. In 1954 he went to the New York Rangers who sent him to Detroit in 1961. After retiring as a player in 1965, Gadsby coached the Ed- monton Oil Kings in the western' Canadian Junior hockey league the past two seasons. g Major League Standings 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Louis Atlanta San Francisco Philadelphia Chicago xLos Angeles Cincinnati xPittsburgh Houston New York W L 28 21 27 22 27 23 23 21 23 23 25 26 23 24 19 24 21 27 20 27 Pct. .571 .551 .540 .523 .521 .490 .489 .442 .438 .426 GB 1 2V2 2 4 4 6 612 Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Minnesota Boston Oakland New York Chicago California Washington W 30 28 28 25 24 23 22 21 22 L '18 22 24 24 24 27 26, 28 Pct. .625 .583 .560 .510 .500 .489 .449 .447 .440 GB 2 3 52 6 8 8 r 9 Automatic Slick Shift _0' team turned out to be a lack of As for Minnesota, it is hard to run-producers, beat a team that makes a tradi- "We had three steady hitters tion of winning the Big Ten and with averages above .340.' 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