Y L Sersitgan Seventy-Two Years of Editorial Freedom Www T_ 4 w fTY X.&IU.No1. i77 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. W L State esota HIGAN onsin ne hwestern 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 Pet. .667 .636 .583 .583 .545 .545 .417 .364 .364 .273 GB 1 1Y2 3 433 3Y2 4 TODAY'S GAMES twestern at Michigan >is at Minnesota State at Indiana le at Iowa onsin at Michigan State TOMORROW'S GAMES onsin at Michigan (2) >is at Iowa (2) hwestern at Michigan State (2) State at Indiana (2) ne at Minnesota (2) - -- iie tniil games. 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