six THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, APRiL 18, 1961 ~TX TE MIHIGANDAIL 'ELDING, PITCHING GOOD: 'M' Hitters Let Chips Fly FOR TRACK SQUAD: Coaches Hope for Good Year By GARY GUSSIN One is tempted to suggest that otre Dame's baseball squad is snowed" by Michigan's reputa- on-but is it the reputation of 2e state of Michigan for fine eather, or the reputation of the ampaging Wolverine' baseball :uad? Whichever it is, the game cheduled for this afternoon with he Irish has been cancelled-for bvious reasons. The game was to have provided he first real test for the Wolver- nes since they returned from their outhern trip. Since then the team as scored rather easy victories gainst Wayne State, 14-8, and "entral Michigan, 9-1 and 13-8, to bring their overall record to nine and three. In all three games Michigan has demonstrated a devastating hit- ting attack and smooth fielding, and in spots excellent pitching. Weak Pitching Coach Don Lund is quick to point out that the 36 hits the Wolverines have rolled up in the last three games came against pitching that was somewhat be- low Big Ten caliber. Nevertheless, the frequency with which Wolverine sluggers have sprayed hits into opponents' fields has been impressive. And a .286 team batting average is nothing to sneer at. Included in the 36 hits have been eight home runs-two each by sophomores Bill Freehan and Dennis Spala, and one apiece by Ed Hood, Joe Merullo, Dick DeLa- mielleure, and Franz Neubrecht (a pitcher no less). Again these figures should be taken with a grain of salt. At Cen- tral Michigan Saturday, the fences were supposed to be 320 feet away down the line and 385 to straight- away center. And the wind was blowing away from home plate. Tough Grandma All in all, it looked like your grandmother could have dropped one over the fence if she hit it hard enough. The fielding has been equally impressive. The Wolverines turned in five double-plays in the Satur- day twin bill against the Chips and contributed many other fine plays besides. Lund considers the club's sec- ond base combination of Dick Honig at short and Joe Jones at second the finest it has had in several years. u, Solid Outfield The outfield also appears solid, whether Lund uses righties Jim Steckley and Jim Newman or lefties DeLamielleure and Spalla in right and left fields, respective- ly. The latter two turned in fine throws to cut down unwise Chip runners Saturday. Hood in cen- ter adds to the Wolverine fielding strength up the center. As far as the pitching is con- cerned, Wolverine hopes rest on the success of sophs Mike Joyce and Fritz Fisher. Joyce has been the team's leading pitcher this spring, chalking up his third straight win Saturday, a master- ful two-hitter, marred only by touches of wildness. Fisher carried a 2.81 earned- run-average into Saturday's game, but seemed unable to bear down all the way and frequent wildness kept him in trouble most of the game. The team will get its biggest test of the season Friday against the Gophers, defending Big Ten and NCAA champs. After that a more accurate evaluation of their prospects can be made. By JOHN McREYNOLDS The Michigan track team is favored to win the Big Ten Out- door Championships this year even though Illinois beat them by over 20 points in last year's meeting. The main reason the Wolverines are favored is that this year there have been no injuries of any con- sequence, while last year the Maize and Blue team, after hand- ily winning the indoor title, was hampered by injuries to Bennie McRae, Les Bird and others ex- pected to place in their events. Also slowing the Michigan men was a loss in the mile relay, in which it was favored, to Illinois as George Kerr, having one of his best days. picked up 12 yards on Tony Seth and opened up a seven- yard lead. The meet nad already been decided, but with McRae, the race could have been the crucial factor. Robinson Injured This year the only injury has been to Tom Robinson, who hurt his leg in the Trinidad Games over spring vacation, but the var- sity captain is running this week. The Michigan team, as usual well-fortified with reserves, will be entering open meets away from home this season, having only one home meet, the Michigan Open April 25, and one dual meet, with Western Michigan May 13. The first encounter for the squad will be the annual Ohio Ile- lays April 22 to be held in the Ohio Stadium at Columbus, where the heavily favored Michigan team will meet stars from Purdue, Michigan State, Western Michigan and Ohio State. Seth Lost Lost from last year's squad are Seth, 600-yd. champion, Earl Dear- dorf, 880-yd. runner and Steve Williams, Big Ten high jump winner, but again sophomores have provided the necessary strength, as shown in the win of the Indoor championship in March. . How do the trackmen keep in form? "Most of them make up their own workouts, since there are so many different things they are doing," stated coach Don Can- ham. "Some wear weight belts (working out with ten or more pounds hung over their shoulders), some work on their legs by run- ning up and down the bleachers at Ferry Field and others stick to calesthentics and straight run- ning." Canham is eager to have his men work outside the confines of Yost Field House. "I'd rather have them out there almost any day, even in light rain, than in there," he relates. The weekend after the Ohio Relays, the team will travel to Philadelphia for the Penn Relays, return for the Michigan Open and wait out an open date May 6 before the meet with Western Michigan. Western beat Michigan by a half-point at the University Relays over spring vacation by virtue of the fact that neither Robinson nor McRae was running in their respective specialties, the sprints and the hurdles. On May 19 and 20 comes the Big Ten Championships at Iowa City. "Our main competition should be Illinois again," states assistant coach Elmer Swanson, but George Kerr and four strong teammates are gone. So, probably, are Illinois' chances of winning, barring injuries. -Daily-James Warneka DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE-Wolverine gridders hit the dummies as they prepare for Big Ten football competition this fall. The team has been working out for a week despite the inclement weather, and heavy workouts will continue for two more weeks. Enthusiasm High Spirit Mark Spring Grid Drills Michigan Sailors Sweep To Two StraightVictories (4 -Daily-David Giltrow MICHIGAN'S HOT HITTING 6 "- Bob Marcereau, Wolverine pitcher, has a sure hit taken away from him as the Wayne State first baseman makes a diving grab of his sharp grounder between first and second. Marcereau was robbed, but the team is hitting at a very respectable .286 clip. FORD NOT BAD EITIER: Mantle's Homer Tops KC, 3-0 By The Associated Press NEW YORK - Mickey Mantle, hitless in the first two games, slammed a two-run homer and two singles for the New York Yankees yesterday while Whitey Ford shut out Kansas City 3-0 with three hits. Mantle hit Jerry Walker's first MERCEDES- BENZ Factory authorized sales and serv- ice. Good selection to choose from. Now taking* orders for European delivery. Be assured of delivery by placing your order now for the coming summer. ARCURE MOTOR SALES NO 3-3309 617 Detroit St. Ann Arbor pitch off the facade of the upper deck in right field after Yogi Berra walked in the first inning. In the1 Yankee third Hector Lopez singled but was thrown out trying for two.1 Berra then walked, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Man-' tle's single to right. Mantle also singled in the fifth and walked in the seventh. It was Walker's first appearance for the Athletics since he was traded with outfielder Chuck Es- segian to Kansas City for pitcher Dick Hall and utility man Dick Williams. After Walker left for a pinch hitter in the eighth, relief man Joe Nuxhall and Ed Keegan ran into trouble. After Bill Skowron singled and Tony Kubek walked, Nuxhall was replaced by Keegan when he threw a ball to Clete Boyer. Although Boyer singled, loading the bases, Keegan made Ford hit into a force play and got Bobby Richardson to ground into a double play. Haywood Sullivan singled in the third, Jerry Lumpe singled in the sixth and pinch hitter Essegian hit a ground rules double in the eighth. Boston 3, Los Angeles 2 BOSTON -Frail-looking Gary Geiger smashed a 400 foot home run today, nailing down a 3-2 Boston victory over the Los An- geles Angels. Sidelined much of last season by a collapsed lung, Geiger teed off on reliefer Tom Morgan's 2-1 pitch in the seventh inning with the bases empty. Let us style a ~ COLLEGIATE CUT Becoming to you ! ! 10 ARTISTS NO WAITING WELCOME The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theater Geiger, deceptively strong for his 165 pounds, came through with the big one just after fireman Mike Fornieles checked a Los Angeles bases-loaded uprising. Fornieles had his troubles with pinchljitters before completing his salvage chores, yielding a ninth in- ning solo homer to former Boston outfielder Albie Pearson. Boston broke a scoreless duel In the sixth to take a 2-0 edge on loser Ken McBride. Jackie Jensen snapped his season's hitless streak with a wrong-field single to right driving in one run. Pumpsie Green drew a bases loaded walk to force in the other. Ilajor League Standing s By CLIFF MARKS Coach Bump Elliott's Michigan gridders took a day off yesterday from spring practice because of the uncertain, winter-like weath- er. The weatherman 'gas kind enough last week to allow the Wol- verines to get in their prescribed five sessions, as they wound up Saturday with a two-hour control- led scrimmage. Elliott called it a "normal practice, but a hard-hit- ting one" and felt that the team has come along well in such a short time. "However, . .. there is still lots of progress to be made and much improvement forthcoming," he1 said. Elliott mentioned that he no-; ticed some of the newer players, who will possibly help out next, fall but added that it was too early to single out any particular indi- viduals, other than the proven vet-; erans from last year.7 "We are all still going through a sorting out process," said Elliott, explaining that more concrete specifics will be known after Sat- urday's first full-scale scrimmage in the Stadium. "The one thing we especially liked about Saturday's workout was the intensity with which they were hitting. They were really go- ing after one another. The morale and spirit were also very high." The enthusiasm could be con- tributed to the' fact that the younger men are trying hard to earn themselves a spot on the team, with the returnees, both let- termen and reserves, determined to hold on to their respective po- sitions. Openings Left In I-M League I-M Director Earl Riskey an- nounced yesterday that in addi- tion to the 200 teams participating in I-M softball, there will also be a regulation baseball league. As yet there are still three openings for teams for the league, which will play its games on the freshman baseball diamond. Riskey also anounced that spring hours for the I-M Building will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on week- days and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Despite Saturday's hard-hitting contact drill, the team remains in good shape with only minor in- juries, such as pulled muscles and sprained ankles, cropping up. El- liott and his staff are looking for- ward to~ this week's drills with re- newed anticipation as to how the squad will develop. By The Associated Press MONTREAL-Pierre Pilote, de-l fenserman for the Stanley Cups Champion Chicago Black Hawks,x set a record for most assists by a defenseman in the Cup series that1 ended Sunday night. Pilate scored one assist last night for a total of 12 in thek series, one more than the previousI record of 11 set by Montreal Cana- diens' Doug Harvey. Pilote's total of 15 points, in- cluding three goals, gave him a tie for first place with Detroit's Gordie Howe in the individual Cup scoring race. It was probably the first time a defenseman finished first or tied for first. * . * * Sharman Leaves Celts LOS ANGELES - The Los An- geles Jets of the American Basket- ball Association yesterday signed Bill Sharman, veteran star of the NBA Boston Celtics, to a three- year contract as general manager and coach. Sharman, contacted in the east, said he was "most happy" with the appointment, adding: "If things work out, I may try to test the NBA option rule by' operating as a player-coach." He said the ABA three-point rule for field goals looked espe- cially attractive to him. The Celtics have said they would let Sharman go as a coach but would not agree to his play- ing for the Jets because of an op- tion clause in his Boston NBA contract. Leo the Toe Fined LOS ANGELES-Leo Durocher, co-star in a shin-kicking exchange with an umpire Sunday night, drew a three-day suspension yes- terday. The other half of the shin-to shin fest, umpire Jocko Conlan, left town. He wasn't talking, any- way. All he told reporters last night was: "I got kicked twice and so did he." The affair made it plain that Lippy Leo after five years out of baseball has quickly regained-if not surpassed-his old form as one of the game's premier rhu- barb artists. Baseball-Si, Si BALTIMORE - Pitcher Pedro Ramos of the Minnesota Twins says now he didn't mean it when he talked of joining a revolution in his native Cuba. "I baseball player, not fighter or great lover," he said here Sun- day before beating the Baltimore Orioles. Ramos was quoted last week in New York as saying if a revolution was mounted against Castro he was ready to get in it. "I'm just kidding Cookie when I say I leave club," Ramos said. Since then, Manager Cookie Lavagetto of the Twins has cau- tioned reporters seen talking to Ramos by saying "baseball, si, politics, no." PRO SPORTS SHORTS: Pilote Sets Stanley Cup Assist Record By CORA PALMER Michigan sailors emerged vic- torious from their first two spring Michigan Collegoate Sailing As- sociation regattas. Skippers Timmy Schnieder, '62 E, John Goldsmith, '62E, Paul O'Reilly, '62, and Otto Scherer, '61E, sailing the club's Jet-14 sloops, beat out Wisconsin, Pur- due, Notre Dame, Detroit, Wayne State, and Middlebury (Vt) by taking nine out of ten races sail- ed Saturday in their home Cary- Price Memorial Regatta. The remaining four races were called off on Sunday because of sudden snow and wind storms, giv- ing the Michigan helmsmefi a hands-down win. The club has held the Cary-Price trophy since the institution of the memorial regatta three years ago in hon- or of two club members who were lost on a camping trip in Canada. The Whipper-snappers took an- other trophy, their first of the season, in South Bend, the week before at the Notre Dame Spring Invitational. There too, the weath- er turned nasty on Sunday, but the sailors braved it to ,win over five opposing schools. Scherer and O'Reilly also skip- pered in that regatta in the 'A' division, with John Gebhardt, '64 E, Bob Beuhler, '63, and Rolfe Worden, '61, sailing the 'B' divi- sion races. Next weekend, the Michigan sailors will face tough, New Eng- land competition at the Boston Dinghy Cup Regatta in Massachu setts. The host school will be the Coast Guard Academy. The Middlebury sailors from Vermont were the first Eastern competitors to attend a Michigan regatta. 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