THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAIL'Y' PAGE SEWN., ,HJSA,1AY516 H MCIA AL dr%%XJ4 orv~l N M' Nine Faces Illinois, Purdue QUADRANGULAR MEET AT INDIANA: Netters Challenge Three Foes By BUD WILKINSON Summer Sports Editor After suffering a one-run set- back at the hands of Western Michigan at Kalamazoo Tuesday, the Michigan baseball team re- turns home this weekend for three conference games in an attempt tnkeep its Big Ten record un- '1tarnished. The Wolverines will take a 4-0 conference record and a 15-5 overall record into a Friday game with Illinois. On Saturday the Michigan nine will play two games against Purdue which is currently entrenched in last place in the . Big Ten with an 0-5-1 record. Weak Pitching The Illini, now 3-1 in league action, placed fifth last year but professional signings have riddled the infield and pitching staff. A professional signing, a gradua- tion, and a school dropout elimi- nated Illinois' three best pitchers of last year, who accounted for all 14 of the team's victories. The top pitching prospects of this year for the Illini are senior Bob Pogue, who pitched two shut- outs in pre-conference play, and Mike Rodgerson. Rodgerson had no decisions last year but had the best earned run average on the squad with a 1.86. Although the Illini pitching is weak, the fielding and hitting is strong. Five regulars were batting over .500 after the spring trip. Illinois' best hitter is Captain Dan Humay, who hit .319 in the conference last year and was named to the third string All-Big Ten team. He hit .424 this year in non-conference games. Other top batsmen for the Illini are first baseman Jerry Szukala who batted in 13 runs in the first ' nine games this year and Jim Reed, junior second sacker. Reed to Pitch Bob Reed is scheduled to pitch for Michigan against the Illini. Reed has won all four of the Wol- verines' Big Ten games, getting game winner last year, and Steve Krull, who had the season's best ERA at 0.60, will be the top mound choices this year. C o a c h Moby Benedict has named Geoff Zahn and Bill Zepp as the probable pitching starters for Michigan in the Purdue dou- bleheader. Other conference games this weekend will see Iowa at Min- nesota, Northwestern at Indiana, Purdue at Michigan State, and Wisconsin at Ohio State in single games on Friday. In Saturday doubleheader ac- tion, Illinois will be at Michigan State, Iowa at Minnesota, North- wester nat Ohio State, and Wis- consin at Indiana. BATTING The Michigan tennis squad tra- vels to Bloomington, Indiana, this weekend to face Indiana, North- western and Iowa in a quadrang- ular meet. The Wolverine netters have been practicing outside every day this week after bad weather earli- er in the year. "These are the first good out- door practices we have had so far this year, but the team is coming along very well now," said Coach Bill Murphy yesterday. Eleven new varsity courts are now being constructed at Ferry Field, and the team has been working out at the Ann Arbor Racquet Club. Because of the con- struction of the new courts, there are no home tennis meets sched- uled for the remainder of the season. On the basis of recent intra- squad matches, Coach Murphy named the lineups for this week- end. Captain Karl Hedrick will play in the number one position and Jerry Stewart will take the second spot. Jim Swift will be at number three singles, Ron Teeguarden at number four, and Bill Dixon and Ed Waits at fifth and sixth sin- gles, respectively. According to Murphy, Indiana will probably be the toughest of the teams the Wolverines face in the meet. Indiana was runnerup in the Big Ten last year behind Michigan. The Hoosier squad is led by Dave Power at number one sin- gles. Power is a senior and is theI favorite for the Big Ten champ- ionship. The other first-line singles players are returning from last year's squad - Mike Baer and Mike Nolan. Baer posted a 15-3 record at sixth singles last year and Nolan was 13-2 at the fifth; spot' Coach Murphy figures that the Iowa team will also be tough. Io- wa has five lettermen returning from last year's seventh place team plus some good sophomores. The first, third, and fourth singles players return from last season. The sophomores expected to challenge the lettermen for the top spots include Richard Strauss, Mirrel Kephart, and Rolly Mc- Grath. The other team in the meet will be Northwestern. The Wildcats have been strong in tennis during the past four years, producing two Davis Cup team members, Marty Riessen and Clark Graebner. Riessen and Graebner have gra- duated now, however, and the, Wildcats are faced with a major rebuilding task. Only two mem- bers of the seven man squad play- ed last season, and four of the other five are sophomores. One of the three Wildcats fight- ing for the number one spot is Jerry Riessen, Marty's younger brother. The other top prospects are soph Dave Crook and junior Tom Mansfield. DAN HUMAY two of the victories in relief. He currently holds a league earned run average of 0.76. The Illinois game will begin at 3:30 Friday at Yost Field. Facing Michigan in a Saturday doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. will be the Purdue Boilermakers. Hitting Deficiency Purdue finds itself with the re- verse of Illinois' problems. The Boilermakers have a weakness in hitting with no established hitters. Only two of the top eight bat- ters from last season return from a team that posted a .226 batting average. The entire infield was lost through graduation and pro- fessional signings. In the first six conference games this year Purdue scored a total of only 10 runs. The leading hitters for Purdue so far this year have been catcher Tom Huset and Mark Rosenblum, shortstop. Cunningham Tops On the other hand, the Boiler- maker pitching staff is fairly strong. Steve Cunningham, a five- Gilhooley ss Bara, of Tanona, of Sygar, 2b Simonds, lb Berline, c Wakabayashi, Sizemore, c Schryer, of Spicer, 3b Fisher, of-p Nelson, lb McVey, 3b-pf AB 69 68 69 57 48 19 2b 26 61 52 69 25 20 10 R 15 17 11 18 9 6 12 14 8 10 7 4 2 H RBI Pct. 25 20 .362 24 8 .353 23 17 .333 19 9 .333 16 17 .333 6 2 .316 8 4 .308 17 4 .279 14 6 .269 16 10 .232 4 5 .160 3 4 .150 1 0 .100 GEOFF ZAHN BILL ZEPP Beliveau Probable Pick For Playoff MVP Title f. PITCHERS BATTING Kerr Radakovic Reed Zepp Guidi, of Zahin Lyijynen Scott Buzynski Totals Opponents Scott Kerr Guidi Reed Zahn Lyijynen Zepp Buzynski Radakovic Fisher Totals Opponents 1 5 18 6 13 2 2 2 650 626 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 143 91 PITCHING WL 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 4 4 157 101 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 185 113 156 79 SOBB 7 4 10 3 18 11 41 18 22 7 4 2 10 10 1 3 10 9 0 1 123 68 113 110 1.000 .200 .167 .167 .154 .125 .000 .000 .000 .285 .249 ERA 0.00 0.00 1.99 2.52 3.00 5.40 6.86 7.20 9.00 3.72 6.41 Spring Sports Schedules BASEBALL May 6-Illinois Ann Arbor, 3:30 7-Purdue* Ann Arbor, 1 9-Univ. of Detroit Detroit 10-W. Michigan Ann Arbor, 3:30 13-Iowa Iowa City 14-Minnesota* Minneapolis 16-E. Michigan Ann Arbor, 3:30 18-Bowling Green Bowling Green 20-Michigan State East Lansing 21-Michigan State Ann Arbor, 1 *--Doubleheaders TRACK May 7-N'western & Illinois Champaign 14-Chicago Track Club & Ohio University Ann Arbor 20-21-Big Ten Meet Bloomington 21-Class "A" High School State Meet Ann Arbor June 4-Cent. Col. Championships Notre Dame, Ind. 16-18-NCAA Champnonships Bloomington, Ind. 24-25-USTFF Championships Kent,O. TENNIS May 6-7-Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern Michigan Bloomington II-Notre Dame Notre Dame 13-14--Ohio State, Wisconsin Michigan Madison, Wis. 16-W. Michigan Kalamazoo 19-21-Big Ten Meet East Lansing June 13-18-NCAA Meet Miami, Fla. GOLF 6-7-Northern Invitational Tournament Bloomington 12-Michigan State Ann Arbor i" 16-Michigan State East Lansing 20-21-Big Ten Meet Iowa City, Ia. he in i he s In By The Associated Press DETROIT - The National Hockey League's Board of Gover- nors faces a tough decision when it comes to voting for the most valuable player in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs. Detroit Red Wings goalie Roger Crozier, who performed brilliantly in the semifinal series against Chicago and in the first two games of the finals against Montreal, appeared to be a shoo-in. But Crozier was injured last Sunday after playing less than six minutes. He returned Tuesday night, and the Canadiens won 5-1 to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-7 series. The player named the most val- uable in the playoffs receives the Conn Smythe Trophy-donated in 1964 by the Toronto Maple Leafs- $1,000 and a new automobile. The latter prize is new this year. Though the award does not nec- essarily have to go to a member of the winning team, players on the championship team probably draw more consideration. If the Canadiens win their sec- ond straight cup either tonight in Detroit or Saturday in Montreal, the MVP race probably would boil down to a battle between two and possibly three players. Jean Beliveau, who won the first award last year, has a better than even chance of repeating. GUARANTEE A LOW-PRICED RADIO? .YES, & FOR 6 MONTHS! f~4 TRU-TONE,AM,SOLID STATE FOR ONLY $9.97 i"a STAY IN TOUCH THIS SUMMER- GET A FULLER RANGE OF GOOD LISTENING WITH THIS ALL-POWER- FUL, HIGHLY SENSI- TIVE NORTH Ameri- can (NACO) Instrument with tote handle; built-in ferrite bar antenna; complete with bat- teries, earphone, gift-box. ORDER NOW (while stock lasts). SEND CHECK OR M.O. Jllifd or 539 North Lombard Ave. Oak Park, Illinois 60302 Send me 75-Transistor Radio(s) For Only $9.97 each, with 6-mo. guarantee. 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