Tuesday, May 7, 1 968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY T u s a , M y 7 1 ! ," , 1 9 6! ! * ,i~ T H E M I C H I G A N ! . I - II . ." D A;I L Y ," Diamondmen split with Indiana OUTLAST HOOSIERS: Golfers take Northern tourney By PHIL BROWN+ ':There's a lot of luck in i, really,' says Michigan baseball coach Moby Benedict. "It all de- pends on when you get the hot hand. "Let's just hope that our luck hold on for another three or four weeks," he concludes, and with good reason. Michigan's "hot-handed" dia- mondmen have won eight of their last nine ganes, and are sitting on top of the 1968 Big Ten baseball race with a highly respectable 5-1 onference record. The Wolverines ripped of five traight conference wins before .uccumbing to Indiana in the sec- ond half of a twin bill on Satur- I where else, managing only two hitsA in the nightcap. Michigan had little trouble in the Saturday opener. SophomoreI hurler Steve Evans went all the way as the Wolverines banged out a 5-1 decision. Right-fielder El- liott Maddox, one of numerous players sporting .300-plus batting averages, had two hits in the con- test. . } fJack Hurley started the second game on the hill, and allowed a single Hoosier score that was too much for his teammates to handle. Hurley issued a pair of walks in the first frame, and a single knocked in the game's only score. Paradoxically, he allowed only the one hit to the visitor, but was tag- ged with the loss just the same. IHIT WELL THREATENED "We really should have beat In- TMichiganmanaged to threaten diana in that second game," notes the Hoosiers three times in the Benedict. "We hit the ball pretty game, but all were cut short by well, but we, just hit it at people." fine defensive plays and the strong Unfortunately, the Wolverines pitching of Larry Oliver. weren't able to hit the ball any- Wolverine third-baseman Glen ThinC-ad trpO Purdue in triangular Redmon got a walk in the fourth with two outs, and stole second. Doug Nelson followed with a soft fly over the head of Hoosier sec- ond-baseman Mike Baughman. Baughman sprinted back and_ made a diving catch to end the inning.' Michigan second-baseman Bud- dy Forsythe also' performed ad-1 mirably, robbing two Hoosiers of seeming sure hits with sensational glove work.'. In the fifth, Chuck Schmidt got the first Michigan hit, looping a Texas-league single to right cen- ter field, but catcher Pete Titone grounded into a double play to end the inning. ONCE AGAIN The Wolverines mounted an- other threat in the sixth. With two outs, Andy Fisher walked and Maddox drilled a single to left. The rally was once'again cut off, however, when Redmon flied out to left. Benedict is obviously pleased with the prospect of leading the Big Ten scramble at this date, but is not overly optimistic about thet rest of the season. His charges had a rough time{ of it through the first three weeks, and there are still a lot of gamesI to be played. His team has im-# proved remarkably since returning from a' disastrous trip to Arizona. "There's nodoubt about it," states the Michigan mentor. "But we 'were playing teams that had been outside all year down"there. We knew we needed work, butwe always do when we get started so late. ON THE ROAD- "These are the bestjteam, in the country, and its 'always roughf meeting them in our first games. And 'of course we have to play' By FRED LaBOUR finally by a margin of two strokes. Associate Sports Editor Michigan's team total was 1485, The Michigan golf team is followed by Indiana with 1487, scorching its way across the links and Michigan State farther back and breadth of the land, leaving with 1500 strokes. the carnage and heartbreak of Sumpter and Schroeder were many a collegiate enemy behind. high men for Michigan. They tied Why just last weekend the Wol- for third place in individual hon- verine team, led by captain John ors with 291 each. Next Wolverine Schroeder and Rod Sumpter, on the list was Frank Groves in blazed its way to a victory in the sixth place with a 294. Northern Intercollegiate G o 1 f Low man for the tournament Tournament in East Lansing. This was Ohio State's NMike Good tournament is considered a tune- with a stroke total of 289. up for the Big Ten trials later in Michigan's golf team is enjoy- the season because most of the ing a very successful season, as Western Conference teams' ap- are the other spring sports, inc;- pear in it. dentally. The team has yet to The Wolverine golfers were taste honest defeat since its re- forced to play catch-up as they turn from Florida a month ago trailed by four strokes .at the end and several tournaments, of one round, three strokes at the The next hurdle for the squad end of two, and five strokes at crops up tomorrow as they meet the end of three rounds. Michigan State in East Lansing. Indiana, generally acknowledged The twvo teams clashed earlier in to be the biggest threat to Wol- the season with the Spartans get- verine chances in Big Ten compe- ting credit for the win on the tition, held the lead. basis of nine players while Mich- But even the damp, drizzly igan won on the generally ac- weather failed to cool off the cepted five player basis. blistering Wolverine irons and The team is priming for the woods, and they gained seven upcoming Big Ten championships strokes on the Hoosiers, winning to be held at Indiana weekend y, , 1 t ti 1 '' after next. This meet alone de- termines the final standings of the conference. If the team manages to win in Bloomington, they will go on to the NCAA championships to be held in Las Cruces, N.M. .... ,... . --7 Tip" .1 With the Big Ten outdoor cham- pionship meet just two weeks. away, the Michigan track squad' is attempting, to put together the things that can help them de- throne indoor champ Wisconsin. - They travelled to Columbus. over. M~e weekend, and returned with a' triangular meet victory over Ohio State and Purdue. It was;not an easy win, however, with the yWol- verines edging the Buckeyes 89 2/3 to 83 x/3. Wolverines won seven events in the trianguar meet, and that is a good sign as the outdoor season comes down to conference action. Dependable Jim Dolan copped another three-mile victory, Larry Midlam skimmed the high hurdles in :14.0 for a second Michigan win, and'Ron Kutschinski edged team- mate Paul Armstrong in the 880 for a third Wolverine first. There were also wins where they might not have been so readily expected. Ken How, one of three Canadians who have done well in a Michigan uniform, won the mile run with a respectable time of 4:14.4. And sophomore sprinter Sol Es- pie took the 100-yard 'dash in :09.6 seconds. Strength in both of these events will become vital in WOLVERINE PITCHER STEVE EVANS fires it home in the first game .of a doubleheader against Indiana last Saturday. The sophomore starter 'allowed only three hits, as the Michigan squad romped 45-1. The Hoosiers came back in the second game, winning 1-0 on Larry Oliver's two-hitter. them in their home parks; that home crowd, the field, everything help you." Meanwhile, the Wolverines are getting it all put together, and the possibility of another conference title now looms large. Michigan enjoys a half game lead over both Minnesota and Wisconsin (6-2). The Badgers host the Wolverines this weekend, when Michigan- meets both Wisconsin! and Northwestern on the road. I First, however, the Wolverines play host themselves, entertaining Western Michigan in a single game here today. The contest geta under way at 3:30 on Ferry Field. two weeks. Bob Thomas, the defending Big Netters 10-0 as road trip is com leted Michigan's tinnis team is bask- ing in' the sun of unparalleled success this spring. The team sports an unblemish- ed record of wins, in fact, a nearly perfect record for the year. They have shut out every opponent this year 9-0 with the exception of Wisconsin and Indiana who went down 8-1 each. The Wolverines met Iowa yes- terday at Iowa to make up a con- test that was rained out earlier in the season. Tomorrow they'll face Notre Dame , at South Bend before re- turning to Ann Arbor on Satur-, day to meet Michigan State. RON KUTSCHINSKI Ten discus champ, came throdgh with a win in his specialty Satur- day. He must be expected, like Do- lan, to be winning consistently, And Carl Flowers gained an- other first for the Wolverine thin- clads when he leaped 22'81" in the long jump. He outjumped teammate Ira Russell by 2"; Rus- sell finished in second./ SOMETHING MISSING Michigan still has not found the quarter-milers that were missing from the indoor squad, but the wolverines still have put together a mile relay quartet that may be among the best in the conference. The foursome took second at, Columbus, with captain Alex Mc- Donald running a fine :47.7 anchor leg. Leon Grundstein re- corded a :48.9 effort and Taimo: Leps a :48.8, but these will have to be improved upon for a place in the conference meet. One event does seems to be rouding into fine shape after a long dry spell. Gary Knicker- bocker, Clarence Martin, and Rick Hunt took first, second, and third at Columbus for their finest col- lective showing of the year. 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