THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961
THE MTCUTGAN BATTV
PAflE
Nine
Awaits
Crucial
Series
Cindermen Counting on Depth
In Bid for Conference Title
Irish, Illini, Boilermakers
I
By JAN W[NKLEMAN
Final Wolverine Opponents
By BRIAN MacCLOWRY
OUSpecial To The Diyn ye
cocked at the sky, and the Big Ten
baseball crown within reach, Mich-
igan swings into this fabled Indi-
ana city early this afternoon to
meet Notre Dame on the first leg
of a four-game weekend series.
The five-day weather forecast
for the Midwest is rain and more
rain. If the weather man is cor-
rect the Wolverines could back
into their first conference flag in
years by sitting on an 8-1 record
that carries a .889 percentage.
Even if second place Indiana
should sweep their three games
this wekend with Northwestr
finish with only a 12-2 mark, and
an .857 percenage.ay
Ifth ais o'tcoe Michi-
ga h w inav tondo it the hard
way, in a single game against Pur-
due tomorrow, and a doubleheader
Saturday against red-hot Illinois-.
A sweep of the three games will
also assure the Wolverines the
title, and a trip to the Mid-Eastern
NCAA baseball playoffs. Nobody
wants to think what could happen
if the Wolverines drop two, or even
all three of their conference
games.
Neubrecht To Start
Today ithe non-conference en-
brecht to- the hill in quest of his
first victory. The big fastballing
righthander has hurled only seven
and two-thirds innings this spring
and has no record. ,
The first game between the two
teams, scheduled for last month
-'in Ann Arbor, was rained out.
Over the weekend Lund said he
will use Mike Joyce (8-1) against
Purdue, and Fritz Fisher (5-1) in
the first game Saturday against
Illinois. He hasn't decided on his
pitcher for the second game yet.
Lund said he toyed with the idea
of saving Joyce for the Illini on
Saturday, but scrapped it when he
surmised that the games still have
to be played one at a time. Instead,
he'll have Joyce ready for relief
duty on Saturday if need be.
Illini Storm Back
Lund has reason to be concerned
about fourth-place Illinois. After
dropping two of their first three
confr enc gaames, the Ilini have
last seven-including a three-game
against Iow eanod Minnesota.d
Minnesotaot onley droppedu te
Gophers from the top spot to
third in the Big Ten standings,
but also ended Minnesota's phe-'
nomenal 49-game home winning
-streak.
Illini coach Lee Eilbracht will
pitch both of his Gopher killers',
Ernie Kumerow and Ron Johnson,
againsti the Wolverines on Satur-
day.
Three Homers
In the first game last Saturday
Kumerow no only pthd a ie
three home runs as well, to win
his own ball game 5-4. Johnson
whipped Minnesota 4-3 in the sec-
ond game.
Purdue is resting in a tie for
eighth in the conference with a 3-8
record.
But Lund has no illusions about
LOOKING AHEAD-Wolverine center fielder Ed Hood, shown here awaiting a pitch, figures to see a
lot of action this weekend as he and the rest of the team prepare for the final four games of the reg-
ular season. The Wolverines currently lead the Big Ten, and hope to keep leading it*
looking past the Boilermakers. He
was cured of that affliction last
year. On opening day in 1960 Lund
sent assistant coach Moby Bene-
dict to Michigan State to scout
Purdue. The Wolverines were
scheduled to play the Boilermakers
a doubleheader next day.
Benedict came back with a re-
port on Purdue that could be sum-
med up in one word, "pathetic."
So what happens? Purdue's Jack
Helmkamp stifles the Wolverines
on five hits to win 4-2, and hand
Michigan their initial Big Ten de-
feat.
Never Again
tom orrow Lund hopes to aver a
similar catastrophe.
On the brighter side, Michigan
catcher Bill Freehan has taken
over the conference lead in hitting.
With seven hits in 10 trips last
weekend, Freehan raised his aver-
age to .533, some 33 points better
than Indiana's Max Bailey.
Netmen Favored To Take
Thid Sraiht Big Ten Title
By FRED STEINHARDT
RICH GET RICHER:
Tigers, Giant Wide Led
Special To The Daily ,
EAST LANSING-Michigan is
favored to capture team honors in
the 52nd annual Big Ten tennis
tournament which opens here to-
day.
Northwestern, host Michigan
State, and Indiana are all solid
contenders.W Of th thee th up
Wolverines the most trouble.
Solid Depth
Michigan will rely on Ray Sen-
kowski and solid top-to-bottom
depth to counter Northwestern's
sophomore strength. The Wildcats
first three men, Skip Gage, Ken
-Paulson, and Jim Kohl. are soph-
omores, and they all played ma-
jor roles in leading their team to
a 5-4 dual meet victory over the
Wolverines three weeks ago.
That day Michigan played with-
out Wayne Peacock and Bill Vogt
but Northwestern's lone veteran,
Charlie Lockhart was also absent.
Lockhart is the defending confer-
ence champion at number four
singles and also paired with Den-
ny Konicki to win the number two
doubles title.
Senkowski Favored
Senkowski is favored to win the
number one singles title. However,
he is still feeling the ill effects
of an attack of bronchitis which
kept him out of action for several
weeks. He was -released from
Health Service last week.
Michigan's next five men are
rated fairly close in ability by
Coach Bill Murphy and all five
have considerable tournament ex-
perience,.
Only Scott Maentz, the number
six man, has no Big Ten tourna-
ment experience. Jim Tenney was
runnerup at number four last
year. Peacock won the number six
title two years running, in 1958-9.
Bruce MacDonald won the num-
brufour title and Vogt was run-
Senkowski and Maentz will
combine ,for Michigan's number
one doubles team, followed by Pea-
cock and Tenney at number two
and MacDonald and Vogt at
number three.
Other Contenders
Both Indiana and Michigan
State have beaten the erratic
Wildcats and both could easily
emerge as title contenders. Mich-
igan State has 1960 singles run-
nerup Brian Eisner and the ad-
vantage of its home courts and
crowd.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois,
and Iowa are expected to round
out the middle of the standings
with Ohio State and Purdue bring-
ing up the rear.
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Michigan will be counting on
terminate Illinois' three-year hold
on the Big Ten outdoor track
championship.
in te field evens wil enh a th
Wolverine's chances for victory,
they will still have to rely on the
sprint, relay, and distance events
to gain a sweep of the indoor and
outdoor titles this year.
Tom Robinson, who has an im-
posing total of seven Big Ten titles
will be hoping to repeat as 100-.
and 220-yd. sprint champion. He
will be challenged by Minnesota's
Gene Pelletier, Indiana's Eddie
Miles, Illinois' Deryck Taylor, and
Michigan State's Zack Ford, who
have all run the event in :09.8 this
year.
Dave Mil of Purdue, one of the
finest sprinters in the country, has
and mnotompte a aCity.
He had been a pre-meet favorite
in the 220-yd. dash and the quar-
ter mile.
Dick Cephas has hit :47.5 in the
quarter mile and will compete
against Ed West of Northwestern,
Jerry Golem, also of Northwestern,
and Roger Kerr of Iowa. 'lthough
it is doubtful whether Mills will
run, he has a career peak of :46.6
in the quarter mile and ran :47.2
May 10.
Miler Ergas Leps will be greatly
handicapped in the half-mile be-
cause the shorter race follows just
4whic Lps is defendingchampon.
Leps' teammate, Dave Martin, will
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be a contender in the half mile
along with Ralph Trimble, Gary
GeeGr am oIniaadAr
Patterson of Minnesota will also
vie for the half mile title along
with Jim Davis of Ohio State and
Tom Creagan of Wisconsin.
New Event
A new event in the conference
outdoor program will be the 660-
yd. run. It is possible that Leps
may elect to run that distance. The
competition in the new event will
come from 440-yd. and half milers
who will either be advanced from
the 440-yd. race or will move down
from the 880-yd. run.
Leps and Martin gave the Wol-
verines a one-two sweep in the
indoor mile this spring, and will
be favorites in the 660-yd. Iowa
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will be a team to watch in the
mile, with Jim Tucker, Don Green-
Gealad Yong o<f Michigan State
will be the man to beat in the
two-mile marathon, Wolverine dis-
tance man Jimmy Wyman will be
pushing for the title along with
Tucker of Iowa if his leg holds up.
Odegard To Push McRae
Although Bennie McRae took
both indoor hurdles champion-
sh ips at Champaign this spring,
hewill have a tough time downing
outdoor high hurdle titlist Dave
diegard of Minnesota. Versatile
ster McRae in te hurdles and ru
a relay leg for the Wolveries
Bryan Gibson is anothe man
whose versatility wIll be needed In
the 440- and 880-yd. races and the
mile relay.
By The Associated Press
ATe etroi Tieres padded their
games, their biggest margin of
the season, by completing a three-
game sweep at Baltimore with a
9-1 vctor asover the injury-ride
place New York Yankees lost their
second in a row to Washington in
an afternoon game as the Sena-
tors won their fifth straight, 8-7.
In the National League, first
place San Francisco retained a
three-gamne lead with a 4-3, ninth-
inning victory -over the Chicago
Cubs. It was the fifth in a row
for the Giants, their longest
streak of the season.
Three Hit Loss
Second place Pittsburgh def eat-
ed St. Louis 4-3, and third place
Cicinnati, wi nig 12 outh of 14
held to just three hits by the hard
luck Phillies.
Milwaukee and the Dodgers
were scoreless after one inning
at Los Angeles.
In the only other American
League game scheduled, the Cleve-
land Indians defeated Boston 1-0.
16 Game Streak
Unbeaten right-hander Phil Re-
gan won his fourth and allowed
just four hits, one a -fourth-in-
ning homer by Brooks Robinson
that extended the young third
baseman's hitting streak through
16 games. Regan walked one and
struck out three while dropiping
the Birds to their fifth straight
defeat.
A two-run double by Dale Long
gave the Senators an 8-1 lettd in
the seventh inning, just enough to
hold off a closing Yankee rally.
Billy Klaus and Pete Daley each
hit solo home runs for Washing-
ton off loser Art Ditmar (2-2).
Ed Bailey, who hit a two-run
homer in the fifth, singled home
the tying run as the Giants scored
twice in the ninth off losing re-
liever Don Elston (5-2). Stu Miller
(2-0) was the winner in relief.
The Reds bunched two of their
hits off Johnny Buzhardt (0-4)
for both runs in the third inning.
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