six THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, AMEL 19, 1961 SIX THE MICHiGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1~, ~oei Honig Sparks M' at Shortstop FRATERNITY SOFTBALL: Trigon, ATO, PDT Enjoy Hitting Spree By PETE DILORENZI Rookie shortstops have a way of doing nice things for baseball teams, especially when they come through. Take a case in point. Last year the Baltimore Orioles were written off by most as a second division ball club mainly because of a perennial weakness at shortstop. The only contender was a 21 year old rookie. Yet the Orioles came through in a big way, leading the league for a good part of the sea- son and finishing second. The kid shortstop-Ron Hansen - led the way. Take another, more significant, case in point-the Wolverines. At the beginning of this season, Coach Don Lund anticipated a shortstop problem. The chief contender was a 19 year old sophomore-Dick Honig. It was extremely important that Honig make the grade. In Coach Lund's words, "He had to make it." Had Confidence Honig realized this, for in his words, "I knew that I could come through if I worked hard enough at it." Judging from his performance in the season's 12 completed games, Dick Honig has come through, and in a big way. But success has not come easily to Honig. According to Lund, "We never had any doubt that Dick could hit, but his accomplishments in the field have come as a result of hard and diligent practice." Practice Pays Off Reviewing his performance so far, it is quite clear that those hours of practice have payed off. In its western trip, the team suc- cessfully executed 11 double plays, in most of which Honig played the major part. On the trip, he amassed a total of 27 assists and eleven putouts for a .950 fielding average. In the Wayne State doubleheader, Honig had a total of 11 assists, many of them on balls hit over second, or far to his right. All in all, Honig has been more than a pleasant surprise to Coach Lund and to fans at the games. He will certainly be a valuable asset to the team when it encounters NCAA champion Minnesota this weekend. Since High School The 5'10", 160-lb. physical edu- cation major from Farmington, Michigan, has played shortstop since high school. He played for two years on the national cham- pion Lundquist team of the Detroit Federation. Last year, some of his teammates were present, Wolver- ines Bill Freehan, Jim Steckley, and Fritz Fisher. The other half of the Wolverine second base - shortstop combina- tion, Joe Jones, has this to say of Honig, "Dick is always thinking. He's always getting assignments straight. He covers up for you if you happen to forget an assign- ment, and you never have to worry about him forgetting his assign- ments." Asked about the team's Big Ten chances, Honig said, "We can go a long way in the Big Ten games if the pitching comes through." There may very well be a ques- tion mark with the Wolverine pitching staff this year, but there is one position Coach Lund :eed not worry about this year or for the next two-shortstop. By BOB WAZEKA I Chilly weather seemed to mar the performance of pitchers and fielders, as the offensive units had a field day in IM social fraternity "A" action yesterday at Ferry Field. Sparked by seven unearned runs in the second inning, Trigon rolled over Alpha Kappa Lambda 18-1. Bob Reeves lashed out three hits including two home runs, batted in six runs and struck out nine AKL batters in five innings to spark the aroused Trigon team. Reeves' first homer came in the big second inning with one on, and 'I the other, with two men aboard, came in the third. Charles Rowley hit a circuit clout with one aboard at the tail end of the second and Art Schermerhorn contributed a grand slam homer in the fifth. Well-balanced hitting and a good pitching performance by Bill Vose led Alpha Tau Omega to a 21-2 rout over Phi Kappa Sigma. John Enns paced ATO with three hits while Dave Garcia, Lloyd Polinsky and Vose added two apiece. Phi Delta Theta, supported by Mike Harmon's home run, crushed Phi Sigma Delta 14-5. Tau Delta Phi also won easily, downing Alpha Delta Phi 14-4. Two games ended in ties and must be replayed at a later date. Kappa Sigma, although outhit 17-8, tied Alpha Sigma Phi, 13-13. In a game which saw the lead change hands six times, Delta Sigma Phi and Chi Phi played to a 9-9 tie. Bill Martin homered for Chi Phi in the first with no one on base and Dick Fsher, DSP pitcher, homered in the third with one on. Bruce Gordon blasted a grand- slam home run in the second in- ning to give the K Sigs a 6-1 lead, but Alpha Sigma Phi retal-- iated in their half of the third' to forge into the lead. The game see-sawed the rest of the way.. Beta Theta Pi, aided by Jim Gnewich's home run, downed Tai Epsilon Phi 10-6. Ray Silverstein homered for the losers. Phi Kappa Psi rallied for four runs in the last inning to defeat Sigma Nu- 12-11. Zeta Psi won 'over. Delta Tau Delta by forfeit. Sigma Alpha Mu likewise scored a win when the Delta Chi team failed to show up. As neither Sigma Chi nor Zeta Zeta Tau appeared, the- game will be rescheduled for a later date. SPORT SHORTS: Brown Retains Crown; Snider, Neal Sidelined DICK HONIG ... defense star LONDON (P) - Lightweight. champion Joe Brown of Baton Rouge, La., cut Dave Charnley's nose in the fifth round last night and hammered out a decision over the blood-smeared Briton in a 15- round title fight. The long-armed American re- peatedly smashed Charnley's gashed nose with fast rights and snapping left jabs. By the 12th round Charnley was bruised about the eyes and trying desperately for a long-shot knockout, but Brown calmly pecked away with both hands piling up points. It was Brown's second straight victory over the 25-year-old Lon- doner and his tenth defense of the 135-lb. crown. LOS ANGELES 01)-The already slow starting Los Angeles Dodgers were dealt two jolts yesterday with injuries to second baseman Charlie Neal and slugger Duke Sider. Neal will be out of action for several days with an injured left knee while Snider fractured a bone in his right elbow, which will bench him for at least a month. CHARLESTON, W. Va. (A)-An- dres Gimeno, the professional tennis circuit's rookie from Spain, won four of the first five games and upset defending world cham- pion Pancho Gonzales, 12-7, in a one-set match yast night. It was the 24-year-old Gimeno's first victory in seven meetings with the veteran Gonzales on the current 25-city tour. A crowd es- timated at 2,000 saw former U.S. Davis Cup Player Barry MacKay surprise Australian Frank Sedg- man, 20-18, in the other singles match. pi K It's *} .t : J -. j Wolverine Averages BATTING AB R 2B 3B HR R Freehan 49 22 2 2 6 2 Spalla 25 10 0 1 2 1 Newman 18 7 1 0 0 Jones 51 17 2 1 0 ! 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