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SON LUND walked into his office last July, said "Wait just a min-
ute," and bounced out again. Two minutes later he was back, still
smiling.
It wasn't the kind of homecoming most baseball coaches would
appreciate-getting bothered by a reporter on the first day home-
but when you've just put the lid on a 56 game college schedule that
has taken you from Kalamazoo, Mich., to Honolulu, Hawaii in less
than a month, I guess you can tolerate anything.
"What's the date today," he said, flipping over a handfull of
pages on his desk calendar. "July 10th or 11th," I replied. "Wednes-
day"
Finding the calendar clear, the personable coach settled down
behind his desk full of mail and relaxed.
If someone had told him last April that his baseball team
would still be playing ball-in Hawaii no less-in July he'd have
called the White Wagon. He'd have chuckled if someone would
have told him that Michigan would win 40 ball games. He might
have gotten mad if they had said his team would lose 16.
Yet it all happened.
His Wolverines-all but three of whom, barring Major League
intervention, will be back next spring-won the NCAA title. Then after
a short hitch in Ann Arbor while details were finalized, Michigan
proceeded to Honolulu to win the abbreviated International title, tak-
ing three out of five games' from Hosei University of Japan.
"The whole trip was sort of up in the air for a while," Lund
explained. "We didn't have anything in writing insuring us that we
would be taken care of once we got to Hawaii. The whole thing was
made worse when Fritz (H. O. Crisler, Michigan's athletic director)
couldn't get hold of Walter Byers, the NCAA executive secretary, to
verify things."
Future Series...
N A NUTSHELL, the NCAA had received an invitation. Michigan
had not. Crisler wanted to be sure the Wolverines would be taken
care of, housing, etc., before spending Michigan's share of the trip-
$5,000 to get the Wolverines to and from the west coast where the
free ride began.
Eventually however, the Wolverines did get an official invita-
tion via telegraph after many, many hurried phone calls and off they
went.
Before returning home, Michigan had polished off Hosei and had
also whipped the best of the service teams in Hawaii, all while getting
a crop of Hawaiian sun tans and the royal treatment from the natives.
"It was fun," said Lund, "but it got a little long. We were gone
for about 20 days."
The trip was the first of its kind. It probably won't be the
last. In fact, according to Lund, next year or in the following
years efforts may be made to further internationalize the Ha-
waiian series with teams from the Philippines, China, and other
nations.
The series with Japan drew good crowds, better than 4,000 for
some games, and the sponsoring services, the Marines, the Navy, and
the Air Force and the U.S. Subpac (Submarines Pacific) were well
satisfied. So was Michigan, though for understandable reasons the
games in Hawaii didn't mean as much as the NCAA title.
"We, got the royal treatment," said Lund, "tours, of the island,
the communications center at Hickham, and a look at the Battleship
Arizona lying as a memorial to World War II in Pearl Harbor."
"A few of the fellas even learned to surf," Lund laughed. "No fa-
talities.
"It was just like the book 'Hawaii' made it sound."
Different .Game ...
TUNING TO THE POINT of the excursion-baseball-Lund praised
the Japanese for their organization and sound fundamentals, but
couldn't see the Far Eastern country as seriously threatening U.S.
baseball supremacy.
"The Japanese were defensively sound," he said, "but they play
different baseball than we do in the states. They play strictly for one
run;
"Even trailing 5-0, if they get a man on base you can expect them
to bunt him along. Players are quick," he continued, "but I don't
believe they have as much speed as we do here. And they don't have
any power. The ball dies when they hit it, even if they hit it sharply.
"Hosei had only one player-the first baseman-who looked like
he might hit the ball with any power."
Outside of that, the biggest difference between the teams was in
the pitching, Lund said. Hosei had a team full of John Kerrs.
S, Kerr, if you remember, was the Michigan hurler who pitched
and won both ends of a doubleheader in the NCAA regional elimi-
nations at Kalamazoo to get the Wolverines back into contention.
"All of the Japanese pitchers have to be ready to pitch every
day. That's the way they play," said Lund.,
"It's great to be back though," he continued, getting up to shake
hands and accept the well wishes of Bump Elliott's backfield coach,
Hank Fonde, and former football coach Bennie Oosterbaan who were
passing by.
"I've got a few details to straighten out on next year's spring
trip and a few other things to get squared away," he said looking at
the stack of mail, "and then I'm going to take a little vacation."
There's not a person in the world who would have said he hadn't
earned it.

By JOHN SCOCHIN
Just a bunch of ballplayers; that's all Michigan's baseball team
was, but they were somehow special.
This ordinary bunch had that certain "oomph" when the chips
were down. They just wouldn't lose, even to fearsome and enviable foes.
And thus they brought the 1962 NCAA and International Col-
legiate World Series titles back with them to Ann Arbor this summer.
Patched-Up Squad
A patched up squad, supposedly dealt a lethal blow by the loss
of its two top stars to Major League bonuses, proved that a good,
well-balanced team can still win ball games even without a superstar,
and still can emerge at the top of the collegiate baseball heap.
It was an underdog's role that the Wolverine nine played last
spring, but they played it to the hilt and utilized a string of last-ditch,
come-from-behind victories to win the NCAA crown as the climax of
a two-week regional and national tournament grind.
Poor Prospects
Way back in March things looked pretty dismal as far as Michi-
gan's baseball fortunes were concerned. Star catcher Bill Freehan,
powerful homerun hitter and the Big Ten's leading batter as a sopho-
more, with a .542 average, had been whisked away to the Detroit Tigers
by the strong magnet of a $100,000 bonus check. Gone with him was
pitching ace Mike Joyce, another sophomore, who swallowed the
$50,000 lure cast by the Chicago White Sox.
Michigan Coach Don Lund, however, wasn't quite ready to quit
his job. He set to work rebuilding his team, and rebuild it he did. He
sprinkled some sophomores to go with an ample supply of juniors and
fielded a team which was to start the tough Big Ten season with only
three seniors in its 25-man lineup, only one of whom was a'starter.

During the team's annual spring trip bright signs were few. The
Wolverines tested their first bit of baseball outdoors and were slapped
soundly by Arizona and Arizona State to emerge with a 4-6 record for
the tour, their worst in years.
Off to Bad Start
The opening of the Big Ten season was equally bleak as 'M's Fritz
Fisher hurled a three-hitter against Illinois, but lost the game 1-0 on
an unearned run. The local batsmen finally found their stride, how-
ever, after the Illini encounter, and won 11 straight Conference games
to take over first place in the Big Ten.
While caretakers were busy dusting off a spot for another Big Ten
trophy for Michigan's hardware collection the front-running Wolver-
ines took off for Madison, Wis., needing only one victory in two games
with the lowly Badgers to clinch a title share.
Instead, Michigan lost a doubleheader. The nightcap was an
especially bitter setback. Wisconsin's Pat Richter won the game in the
last of the ninth after two were out. With Wisconsin trailing by one
run and a man of first, Richter smashed reliefer Fisher's first pitch
for a 400-ft. game-winning homer over the centerfield fence, snatching
the Conference title away from the Wolverines.
Do or Die Games
Conforming to their season-long pattern Michigan didn't lose
confidence. The NCAA tourney was ahead, but to rate a bid Coach
Lund's men had to win a three-game series from powerful Western
Michigan in the regular season finale.
The Broncos boasted a 19-1 record and were fifth ranked among
the nation's college teams. But Michigan went into Kalamazoo' and
whipped the maulers of the Mid-America Conference, 9-2, 6-1, 6-0, to
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FRITZ FISHER
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Football Coach "Bump" Elliott,
beginning his fourth year as Wol-
verine mentor, faces the 1962 sea-
son with one of the toughest
schedules in the country and a
personnel problem equalling the
difficulty of his opponents.
Elliott has lost seven starters
from last year's squad. To make
his problem even more acute, the
remaining talent is spread uneven-
up; there is amazing depth in the
backfield and a minimum of prov-
en prospects on the line.
The bright spots are at quarter-
back and fullback. The flagrant
weaknesses are at tackle, end, and
center.
Veteran Quarterback
Senior Dave Glinka, from To-
ledo, looks like the best bet at
starting quarterback. However,
sophomores Bob. Timberlake and

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Frosty Evashevski cannot be ruled
out for the starting job, and will
undoubtedly be used to a great ex-
tent during the season.
At this time last year, Glinka
and Evashevski were running neck
and neck in the battle for' the
quarterback position. Unfortunate-
ly, Evashevski tore a ligament be-
low his knee just prior to the sea-
son, and saw no action in 1961.
Another contender for Glinka's job
is senior Bob Chandler, a passing
ace whose running has returned
to form after a leg injury.
All four quarterbacks were im-
pressive in the spring scrimmages,
displaying great versatility in di-
recting attacks characterized by a
lot more aerial strength than Wol-
verine fans are accustomed to see-
ing.
The fullback problem has devel-
oped from one of despair to one of
pride. All three starting fullbacks
from last year have graduated, but
Bruce McLenna, Mel Anthony, and
Bill Dodd showed so well in the
spring drills that Elliott can hard-
ly complain in that regard.
Depth at Fullback
McLenna, a junior, has the size
(200 lbs., 6'3") and power for
short gains. Dodd and Anthony are
shorter and weigh less; yet, both
are powerful and elusive runners
with good speed for breakaways.
Senior James Ward and junior
Wayne Sparkman give Elliott ad-
ditional material at fullback.
Senior Dave Raimey heads up
the list of speed merchants at half-
back. Raimey netted 496 yds. last
season with an average of five
yds. per carry. Although speed-
ster Bennie McRae has left, Har-
vey Chapman, Ed Hood, Don Kor-
nowa, John Kowalik, and Jack
Strobel will remain. All have dis-
played better than average com-
petence on defense and are good
runners.
Two important prospects that
have developed into real threats
at halfback are sophomore Dick
Rindfuss and junior Tom Prich-
ard.
Converted Halfbacks
Rindfuss battled his way from a
nobody at the start of spring prac-
tice to an important contributor
to the White attack in the an-
naal Blue-White scrimmage end-
ing the spring workouts. He is a
shifty runner and good receiver.
Prichard is a converted quarter-
back. In seven carrying attempts
last year from the quarterback
slot, Prichard averaged 7.6 yards.
fiis pitchout passing during the
spring drills gives evidence that
he could be an important weapon
in that capacity during the sea-
son for Elliott, who is impressed
by Prichard's versatility.
The potential in the backfield

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HEAD COACH BUMB ELLIOTT LOOKS OVER THE 'M' TEAM

is almost unlimited, but line pros-
pects-a Michigan problem for
years-are disappointing. The key
problem is depth. Starting ends
George Mans and Scott Maentz
have graduated, and Captain Bob
Brown is the only letterman flank-
er.
Needs Pass Receivers
It is imperative that Elliott find
dependable ends who are worthy
pass receivers since his attack in
the past has been based upon de-
coying for his halfbacks. Last sea-
son fullback McRae took ten pass-
es for 210 yards.
The Wolverines also have ap-
parent difficulties at center. Elliott
used sophomore James Green and
junior Bill Muir in spring practice.
See 'M', Page 9
Students Get
Grid Tickets
All students will be able to pick
up their football tickets for Mich-
igan's five home games at the
Sports Building after they have
completed registration.
One will be required to show his
registration receipt, one section of
which is traded for the football
tickets. For the first time this fall,
full-time students will be charged
a one dollar fee for their ticket
books. The charge has been added
to cover the printing and handling
of the tickets.

Football
Tabloids
To Be Sold
The Daily hopes this year to fill
a void for football fans at the
Michigan Stadium.
It is The Daily's feeling that
there is a demand for lineups of
the two teams and interesting sta-
tistics about Big Ten football.
There were no lineups distributed
at the stadium last year, much to
the dissatisfaction of the student
body.
So this year at each of the five
home games The Daily will put on
sale before each game a tabloid
section which will contain com-
plete lineups, pictures, team and
individual statistics, feature ar-
ticles about star players, lists of
other games across the nation,
and, as an added attraction, an
introduction to a, different sport
each wek.
"We feel that each fan wants
to know what the individual rush-
ing averages of the halfbacks are,
or how good a passing percentage
the quarterback has, or how good
defensively a team has been, both
against passing and running," Tom
Webber, sports editor of The Daily,
said. "We have all of this informa-
tion and more..
"As far as we know, we are the
only college paper in America to
offer this unique service to the
fans," Webber added.

Triple-Decker Football
THERE HASN'T BEEN much national noise about it. No magazine
writers have been flooding the area. Not even, the Michigan
papers have picked it up, but Ann Arbor may have its own version
of Paul Dietzel come fall. That's right, triple-decker football, more
loosely referred to as the three-platoon system, will be seen on the
Michigan gridiron this year-and not just when Army comes to
town.
It's not a certainty yet, but there are two rather strong indica-
tions. One of course is that head coach Bump Elliott has only eleven
lettermen to call on in the line, including the ends. Only one of
these, John Houtman, was a starter all last year; another, John
Minka, started for half .of the year after injuries leveled the guard
position; and a third, Lou Pavloff, has had his knee operated on
twice and at last word the athletic department was having trouble
getting someone to insure him. Arithmetic rudiments reveal the
situation a bleak one.
The other indication is even stronger. It has been known to be
even more reliable than my football picks-namely, the Elliott
hint. Being the old halfback that he is, Elliott usually never commits
himself ahead of time, so an Elliott hint is just about as probable
as you can get. Elliott dropped the hint at a press conference prior
to watching his collection of inexperience clash in the spring game.
He had said something to the effect that he was "thinking" about
using two or three platoons next year. This makes it about as certain
as a Kennedy winning an election.
Quantity Replaces Quality .. .
ACTUALLY ELLIOTT'S SQUAD, as seen in evidence at the spring
game, seems well suited to the brand of football Dietzel populariz-
at LSU. As mentioned, there isn't much experience in the line, vbut
there is quantity. Granted, the quality is unknown, but the quan-
tity and beef is there, and that's a major stepping stone. Elliott
can field a pretty good starting outfit of John Marcum and Minkso
at guards, Houtman and Joe O'Donnel at the tackles and a surprising
rookie Jim Greenat center. It's seriously doubtful, however, if they
could hold up under a whole game's action. In back of this front
line there is no one who has shown any sings of being outstanding
from the rest, and no time to find out if any talent is hidden there.
So the three-platoon system would seem to lend itself to replacing
quality with quantity.
Elliott also finds himself blessed with a number of workable
backs and it would be sameful to have some of tlem sit on the
bench. He has veterans Dave Raimey, Jack Strobel and Jim Ward
as a starting crew, and along with them three other experienced
candidates in Harvey Chapman, Tom Prichard and Bruce McLenna.
Add freshmen standouts Bill Laskey, Dick Rindfuss and Mel Anthony,
and Elliott has three good backfields.
So about the only matter left is to decide how to name his three
platoons. "White," "Go" and "Chinese Bandits" have already been
patented, so they're out. "Blue" is a natural-but for which unit?
It would seem reasonable to call the starting team the "Blue" squad.
That's the outfit which is supposed to be able to go both ways
and contains the boys who get their names in the papers. If they
were the Blues, though, you wouldn't be able to shout "Go Blue"
when the offensive specialists took the gridiron. This could all get
very confusing to those fans desiring of liquid refreshment during
the contest.
... Whatever the Name
PRESUMING THE OFFENSIVE geniuses would be quarterbacked
by the likes of Frosty Evashevski, Bob Chandler and newcomer
Bob Timberlake, other complications result.' Each has his own
particular skills. Chandler is an excellent passer, but can't run;
Timberlake is an excellent runner, but can't pass; and Evashevski
is above average in both departments.
The name would have to imply swiftness, either through air
or on ground. It would have to imply toughness and tenacity. The
"Wolves" seems like an obvious name, but that's too sensible and
would never catch on. Maybe something like the "Knights," and they
could have a calling card printed which says "Have Football, Will


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