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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN,;FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1963
I' Still Has Chance for Big Ten Baseball Title
By BOB ZWINCK
ig Contributing Sports Editor
believe it or not, it could
a year ago at this time the
ne diamondmen were on-
the heap-one game in
f Illinois-and had only to
e game from Wisconsin in
'n-ending doubleheader to
'en a tie for the Big Ten
But...
Badgers tripped 'em up in
st game, 6-3, and then
d away the title from their
n a last-inning home run,
course, that was last year.
ht now the Wolverines are
her unproud owners of a
cord. (You're laughing.
One and a half games is
ig out of the running. Let's
the standings:
So Michigan can sneak in and
win it all by taking all three home
contests coming up this weekend
if the top teams knock each oth-
er off, particularly if the Illini
drop a pair on the road.
The pivotal doubleheader is the
Illinois at Iowa affair tomorrow.
If either team should gain a sweep,
it'll be all but over for the Wol-
verines. An Illinois sweep would
put them out of reach; an Iowa
sweep would at best permit Michi-
gan a tie.
Still Open
The possibility of winning the
Conference crown remains open to
six teams, from Illinois down
through Wisconsin. And the title
will not be decided today regard-
less of the results.
If there is a tie for the cham-
pionship, the Big Ten representa-
tive to next week's NCAA District
IV Playoffs will be that team
which won the game or series
against the team with which it is
tied. If the series was split or the
two teams didn't play, then it will
be that team who calls "tails"--
heads never seems to turn up.
If three teams should tie for
the title (that could happen, too),
then there will be trouble, for no
one has thought that far ahead.
Just how does Michigan fare
going into the big games today
and tomorrow?
Either One
Coach Moby Benedict will likely
start either sophomore lefthand-j
er Clyde Barnhart or righthander
Jim Bobel against Northwestern
this afternoon. Barnhart has a
Big Ten earned run average of
2.57 even though his record reads
0-2. Bobel has a 1-0 mark and a
3.46: ERA.
This leaves another left-righty
combination to hurl against Wis-
consin: southpaw Fritz Fisher and
Dave Roebuck. Both are seniors,
each eager to travel to the NCAA
playoffs and defend their hard-
earned title. Fisher leads the West-
ern Conference in innings pitch-
ed with 36 and has a sparkling
2.00 ERA to go along with his 3-1
record. Roebuck has hurled 35 in-
nings and is 2-2 with a 2.83 ERA.
Michigan has the dubious dis-
tinction of leading the Big Ten in
two departments and trails every-
body in a third. The Wolverines
boast a 2.57 ERA and a .956 field-
ing average. All of which leaves
them last in hitting at .209.
Scanning the Conference statis-
tics, one has to glance way down
to about 25th place before find-
ing a Michigan hitter. There one
finds three in a row. Shortstop
Jim Newman has a .289 mark.
Right behind him are Capt. Joe
Jones and left fielder Jim Steck-
ley, both at .282. Steckley ranks
high in home runs with 4 and he
has 9 RBI's.
But as Casey Stengel once ex-
plained about his Mets, "You only
have to hit well enough to beat
em." And the Wolverines have left
only 56 men on base, the best
mark in the loop. They usually
get them in when it counts.
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