Wednesday, May 7, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 7, *I 969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ,: rage The Texas Wedge' EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Bogema is writing these columns to pay off a gin debt to the Summer Sports Editor. Mr. Bogema lost by 864 points at a half-penny per point. In place of paying $4.32 Mr. Bogema has chosen to write 864 Texas Wedges of which the following is the first. Your advice as to whether Mr. Bogema should pay off the debt or write 863 more columns would be appreciated.) By DREW BOGEMA I once had a double-eagle. Really. Now you can toss this off as absurd boasting by one of those fools that kills time by writing stupid stories on campus sports. But I'm not on The Daily. The paper is run by a right-wing clique of well-renowned fascists. Argus is where it's at. And I hate sports. So there. I spent the greater part of my second decade of life in Westland, formerly Nankin Township, a suburban outgrowth of Livonla, the shopping-center capitol of the world. The major -attraction of living within a suburb of a suburb is leaving. The highways are flooded every morning with commuters chanting, rafing, screaming in ecstatic joy, "I'm out! I'm out!" The Bimbo adage of "every time a baby's born, somebody leaves town" fits Hawthorne Valley like a tee. HAWTHORNE VALLEY was the name of both the subdivi- sion I lived in and the golf course that bordered on my old mans yard. The course had once enjoyed national prominence (the Walker Cup tournament was held there in the 20's, I was told by the old codger who ran the pro shop, but that's another story)., lut since Hitler's War its clientele had changed from Ford execulives to GM wage-slaves. Thirty-six championship holes had been sliced into the Edward Hines Parkway and a subdivision of Hotchkiss homes, leaving a few acres for a nine- hole wonder that a pro could easily card a twenty-nine on. The scratch amateurs in the neighborhood called it a pitch-'n'-putt. I detested school. and as everyone who made it to the 'U' knows, it takes about two weeks of rigorous, intensive concen- tration in the 6th grade to learn the rules and ropes of academic games, making it easy as pie the rest of the way through. Hence, the golf course. And so on. THE FIRST DAY I noticed the course was in March of 1957. My parents had moved from Allen Park a month before. Little white spheres with dents and scratches on them (I was later to learn that these were called "smiles" by golf fiends-an indication of their love of the game) -kept dropping out of the sky. I collected ten the first day. Only later would I discover that a hooked drive from the seventh tee would land someone's ball in my father's bean patch. So I began collecting them. After a month I had a basket- ful. I also began to learn how to master the essentials of golf: a skill that has made me what I am today. Today, I haven't . played golf in two years. I hate the sport. I hate all sports. I started selling these tiny-white spheres to cheap wage- slave hacks that offered 75c for brand-new Titlists or Spalding Dots. I didn't know they were wage-slaves then. All I knew was that they wore blue work shirts, baggy trousers, cheap hush- puppy golf shoes, and carried their clubs on carts which they pulled behind them. Having read a few issues of Golf Digest, I knew they were scarcely of the avante-garde. But they were wise. When they bought new balls from the pro-shop at a buck and a quarter a ball, they'd slash it up before they were off the first tee. Now they'd slash someone else's up before they were off the seventh tee, and chances were, if they hit it at all, it would land right back in my old man's bean patch. I MADE A FORTUNE, almost as much as the McKenzie bitch who operated a lemonade stand on the 6th tee, where golfers, after ascending a fifty-foot incline, would eagerly swallow the 10cc- cup of liquid that tasted exactly like the pol- luted water from the Rouge River, flavored with acorn stems. The reason why she was a bitch was because once I started a Kool-Aid stand on the fifth tee, and she had her hoody brothers destroy my stand, toss my Kool-Aid into the river, and beat me up. A The McKenzie girl made $5000 in ten years, enough to pay for her college education. Except that she was dumber than an ox. She dropped out of school after the eleventh grade, marry- ing some hood she had been pregnant by. So it goes. After learning the ropes of golf and of the course, my friends and I summoned up our courage and began sneaking on the seventh tee after supper. We would play the back three as rapidly as possible, often hitting three or four balls at a time and, by the time we had finished the ninth, the first tee would be clear, for the whole course was empty. Everyone else was in the bar groaning to each other of the horror of being a Ford wage-slave. This was happiness. Next: Bozo's terror, or in fear of a wop-driven-jeep. Gridder s impressive in final practice By JIM FORRESTER Summer Sports Editor Berutti a chance to display their wares. They could be loaded. That's the But the biggest question mark feeling one got watching the of the day was Doughty, New Michigan football team in the Wolverine head coach Glenn E. Stadium yesterday as the "Blue" "Bo" Schembechler is expecting squad defeated the "White," 23-7 the fleet sophomore to at least in the final spring scrimmage. partially fill the departed shoes Don Moorhead, the junior quar- of record breaking Ron Johnson terback who spent most of last even though Doughty has never, season collecting splinters as grad- run out of the backfield before. uated Denny Brown led the Big "Glenn has all the speed in the Ten in total offense, sparked the world," commented Schembechler, "Blue" attack as he passed for two "but absolutely no experience. At touchdowns and ran for another in present he tends to stutter step at the first string-second string clash. the line of scrimmage and will The first scoring toss was to need plenty of work to be ready Glenn Doughty, the man who must for Vanderbilt." Even with these replace Ron Johnson, for two obstacles facing him, the new yards to cap a 56 yard scoring coach was confident about his drive. Moorhead ran and passed novice back's ability, "Unless I well, collecting 54 yards in 15 car- don't know anything about foot- ries while completing seven of ball, he can do the job.". eight passes for 80 more yards, Moorhead scored on a six yard until he was taken out of the run as he rolled out to pass with practice to give Jim Betts and Bill only 2:31 left in the first half. ,ii I i daily sports NIGHT EDITOR' JIM FORRESTER i This Week in Sports TOMORROW TENNIS-Notre Dame at Ferry Field, 2:00 p.m. FRIDAY BASEBALL-Wisconsin at Ferry Field (2), 1:00 p.m. GOLF-Spartan Invitational at East Lansing TENNIS-Indiana at Ferry Field, 2:00 p.m. SATURDAY BASEBALL-Northwestern at Ferry Field (2), 1:00 p.m. GOLF-Spartan Invitational at East Lansing TENNIS-Ohio State at Ferry Field, 1:00 p.m. TRACK-Michigan State at East Lansing I . The drive, which began on the "Blue" 33. featured a 17 yard jaunt by wing back Paul Staroba. But as Staroba was brought to the turf he snapped his collar bone and will be inactive for the The play which netted Staroba his long gain is part of the "belly" series which Schembechler calls "the only real change from last year's Michigan offense." Staroba's play came off a fake to fullback Garvie Craw and then a hand-off to the wing back. Garvie Craw played a strong game lugging the ball eleven times to collect 54 yards. The new of- fense calls for the fullback to run quite a bit and Schembechler ha's been pleased with Craw's progress as a runner but feels his blocking, has suffered, "Last year Garvie was one of the best blocking backs in the country but now that we; have given him the ball more his bocking hasn't been as good. I'll have to get on him about that." The final "Blue" touchdown came as Don Moorhead fired a 26 yard pass to tight end Jim Man- dich running the post pattern. Schembeohler calls Mandich "A MICHIGAN FULLBACK Garvie Craw is brought down by two "White" squad linemen during yester- day's scrimmage at the Michigan Stadium. Craw's teammate Jerry Imsland (86) is also shown throw- ing a block into Mark Werner (49). Craw, a senior out of Montclair, N.J., carried the ball 11 times for 54 yards during the "Blue" team's 23-7 triumph over their "White" teammates. pleasure to coach. fou don't have Both were all-Big Ten selections suffered a knee injury last Th to push him - he is always push- last season. day. But all things taken into ing himself. Mandich is a genuine The "Blue" tallied its final sideration the spring was as All-America candidate." points as Tim Killian, a linebacker as it could have been." Schembechler also lists defensive switched to center, booted a 45 back Toni Curtis and offensive yard field goal to the amazement tackle Dan Dierdorf as having and pleasure of the few fans that good chances at national honors. turned out for the scrimmage. BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Pinch hit home run pulls Royals by Tigers i 'i ,, 4 By The Associated Press Piniella 'alked. McLain fanned DETROIT - Pinch hitter Hawk Joe Foy but Bob Oliver's single Taylor greeted reliever Dick Ra- filled the bases, one run crossed datz with a towering three-run on Jerry Adair's infield out and homer with two out in the ninth Chuck Harrison singled in an- inning, capping a, five-run explo- other. sion that powered the expansion Radatz replaced McLain and Kansas City Royals past Detroit Taylor. batting for Juan Rios, 7-6 last night. walloped his second homer of 'the Tiger ace Denny McLain was season into the upper left field working on a five-hitter and a 6-2 lead but Ed Kirkpatrick opened stands, sending the Tigers to their the ninth with a double and Lou fourth straight loss. :} "' :'"::." ::P{:"X .".'::. :. ... . . . ... Major League Standings : 4}L : .,,:." ;";":. . W :..".;.. n">a.'..-r:::: ". "".r ". :r.. ":: :"::::wr: >L{","" Birds fall knocked out the Los Angeles pitcher in the sixth inning yester- BALTIMORE - Luis Aparicio's day and downed the Dodgers 7-1. run-scoring single, following a Sutton, who came into the game two-out-walk and stolen base by with two straight shutouts and a Sandy Alomar in the third inning, string of 25 scoreless innings, suf- gave Joe Horlen and the Chicago fered his 11th career defeat at the White Sox a 1-0 victory over the hands of the Cubs who were led Baltimore Orioles last night. by homers by Al Spangler and Horlen blanked the Orioles on Randy Hundley. five hits as the White Sox broke a six-game losing streak with their first' victory in three starts under Giants shortented new Manager Don Gutteridge. ST. LOUIS-Bob Gibson, who Loser Jim Palmer, 3-2, who al- pt.Ld UI3 -hobsGtbson lowed four hits in eight innings, pitched 13 shutouts last season, tried several times to pick Alomar ngitei'edhis five-hittyear lasthe offfirstbseindthethiSt. Louis Cardinals trimmed the the fleet second baseman swiped San Francisco Giants 3-0. a base. Aparicio followed with a,; Gibson, 3-2, struck out eight single to left for the only run in and retired the Giants in order the game. after the fifth inning, when two * * strong throws by right fielder Jim{ Dodgers clawed Hicks saved the shutout. CHICAGO-The Chicago Cubs. DA I LY CLASSI FI EDS who never had lost to Don Sutton BRING QUICK RESULTS The "White" team generated some offense in the fourth quarter as Preston Henry blasted over, from the two yard stripe. Iate. in the final period the "White" drove to the "Blue" two foot line but Berutti fumbled the pigskin on a fourth down play. Though Schembechler Iwas pleas- ed with the performance of 'sev- eral of the squad he was not satis- fied with over-all play. "The exam break really hurt us. Those ten days without practice were ex-! tremely damaging. Dan Dierdorf LIMOUSINES for information call 971 -3700 Tickets are available at Travel Bureaus or the Michigan Union 32 Trips/Day READ AND USE DA I LY CLASSIF IEDS G1D Syr c'us e@TUxiv*er sitt~ 1969 SuammerSesSioxis SCHOOL OF ART-FLORENC SCHOOL OF MUSIC - __. .SWITZERLAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATIgN ..--....... LONDO DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY _----.,... MUNIC ITALIAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE........FLORENCE *Undergraduat credit only. 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