Friday, May 3, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY .. 'M' batmen face two twiubills Michigan's surprising baseball team will have a chance to prove its mettle this weekend as it en- counters Ohio State, defending Big Ten champions, in a double- header today and Indiana in an- other twinbill set for tomorrow. All four games will take place at Ferry Field. Action begins at 1:00 this afternoon and, oddly enough, 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. The Wolverines lost nine straight games in Arizona on a spring training trip before bouncing" Big Ten Standings Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Wisconsin' Illinois Iowa Ohio State' Indiana Michigan State Purdue W L Pct. 2 0 1.00 3 1 .750 3 1 .750 3 1 .750 2 2 .500 2 2 .500 2 2 .540 1 3 .250 0 2 .000 0 4 .000 back and establishing themselves as bona fide contenders with a sweep of a two game series with Michigan State 'last weekend. Michigan is the only unbeaten team in the young Big Ten scramble. Pitching seems to be the key to. early Wolverine successes and in- deed, statistics released yesterday show Michigan as the top club in the team pitching category with an ERA of 1.50. The diamondmen placed second in team fielding trailing only Northwestern, fourth in batting with a .254 mark, and fourth in slugging percentage, posting a .333 average. Pitcher Steve Evans, winner of one of the MSU tilts, is the top Michigan hurler with a 1.00 ERA, good for eleventh in the league. Dave Renkiewicz is sporting a 2.00 ERA, putting him in the sixteenth slot. Around the league, conference pitching appears impressive with combined ERA's of 2.67 as opposed to an opposition batting average of 2.38. Ohio State has a 2-2 record and Indiana features a 1-3 result of past performances. Despite the Hoosiers' twin loss to Minnesota and a split with Iowa, Indiana coach Ernie Andres observed, "From the first week of play, its looks like a dog-eat- dog league with no-one running away with it unless someone gets either awfully hot or awfully lucky." NicklausUc 'tourney S HOUSTON i)-Jack Nicklaus, who said he's just now getting into shape, fired a six-underpar 65 to, lead a close-knit field in the first round of the $100,000 Houston Champions International Golf Tournament. Nicklaus birdied the final hole with a six-foot putt to grab the lead from Dan Sikes, who had a 66. George Archer, Tom Weiskopf, Roberto De Vincenzo and Miller Barber finished third with 67s. Fred Marti, Al Geiberger, Hugh Royer were knotted at 68. Nicklaus, from Columbus,tOhio, said the round. was the best Pie's played in Houston "by about 10 shots." "I don't feel like I've been in shape to win until the last month or so," he said. "I don't start fast. I try to build up for Augusta the Masters. Now I feel like I'm ready to start into the heavy part of the season." Gary Player, a co-favorite with Nicklaus to win on the par-71, ikes lead in LEARN THE THRILL OF SAIL rtr undLet the CORINTHIAN SCHOOL OF SAII f, you how easy it is to learn the exhilaration c "I had three or four other op- ment of mastering wind and waves. ,potunities for birdies, but you Enroll now (by yourself or with some1 can t complain if you shoot a 66, courses adjusted to your individual needs. the 37-year-old golfing lawyer from Jacksonville, Fla., said. Sikes tied a tournament mark with a 32 on the front nine, but ' Geiberger quickly set a record. Geiberger shot a record 31 going( out, but ran into bunker problems on the back nine. He hit a trap / on 12 and two-putted for a bogey.; On the 14th, his four-wood shot! oin T he;D a iyI Sports buried itself deep in a bunker.Ta t # fr NEED '! TODAY'S GAMES Ohio State at Michigan (2) Indiana at Michigan State (2) Northwestern at Minnesota (2) Purdue at Illinois (2) , Wisconsin at Iowa (2) $ f 4 VISIT TOMORROW'S GAMES Indiana at Michigan (2) Northwestern at Iowa (2) Ohio State at Michigan State Purdue at Illinois Wisconsin at Minnesota (2) DERBY BLURB:. 7,166-yard Champions Golf Club course, fired a 69 to tie with 11 others.t Weiskopf toured the front nine of the course with a 37, one over par. On the back nine, he had birdies on holes 10, 13, 14, 16 and 17 to post a 30. Sikes said his five-under-par; round resulted from "the best driving I've done this year." S 'S STORE (2) --Daily-James Forsyth STEVE EVANS, sophomoreWolverine hurler, prepares to let fly against a Spartan batter during last Saturday's battle at Ferry Field. Evans leads the Wolverine pitching staff with a 1.50 ERA. OVER 5000 PAIR OF LjEVI"S IN STOCK Forward Pass draws 13th PLOUISVILLE, Ky. (")-Forward 'cie's Hat, Vroper Proof, Dancer'st Pass, Calumet Farm's hope for a Image, Forward Pass and Gleam- Kentucky Derby cbmeb ick, suffer- ing Sword. ed a setback today when he drew Forward Pass, the first Derby the No. 13 post positionfor tomor-. starter for Calumet since the row's run for the roses. most successful farm in Derby-t Trainer Henry Forrest had land won in 1958 with Tim Tam, hoped for a start from one of the was installed as the -5 favorite first four stalls in the starting by the track handicapper. gate for the 14 mile, $125,000= Meantime, three of the potential added Derby. Derby starters worked four fur- "He wants to jump right out longs each yesterday Troube Brew-' there near the pace, so an inside ing in 47 4-5, Iron Ruler in 48 1-5 post position is just this meat," and Captain's Gig in 48 3-5. Forrest said before the draw... Ynd 'CaptainGis sec4nd3-r. 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