THE MICHIGA~NDI~WV MwTlne4Y - a--ter - s a .vImfv si a .a TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1960 I ...t ...:: ..........x. 4 Daily SPORTS by HAROLD APPLEBAUM Wolverines Face Central Michigan In Last Test Before Big Ten Opener The Brave Trade HE Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians rocked the baseball world Sunday afternoon when they traded Harvey Kuenn for Rockey Colavito. Seldon do two teams get together two days before the season opens and swap the league's leading hitter (Kuenn) for the top home run and RBI (Colavito). A trade of such magnitude causes fans across the nation to ask unitedly what motivated such a maneuver. Tiger President and General Manager Bill DeWitt gave his side of the story: "We feel that we are making the right move in adding more power to our lineup. "Colavito's batting average won't compare with Kuenn's, but our biggest need now is to score more runs and we feel Rockey will help us more than Harvey in this respect." The irrepresible Frank Lane, General Manager of the Indians, specifying his reasons said, he had been trying to make the deal for months. "I made a survey of the ten best hitters in the league, asking opinions of the top ten hitters as to the toughest of all batters," Lane added. "Harvey was either first or second on all lists. "We traded 33 home runs, for 50 fewer strikeouts and 50 more singles. Power was sacrificed for consistency." As logical as these statements appear to be, they are not and can not purport to be the whole story. When two players of the caliber of Kuenn and Colavito are traded, the problem of motivation is always more serious than it would appear on the surface. Ever since he first became a general manager Lane has believed in the principle "if you can't win with what you have you'd better get something else" Last season it was obvious that the Indians weren't good enough to catch the White Sox and spring training this year convinced Lane that they were still at second base. Thus, the trade - the power-hitter for consistency. DeWitt, a long time member of the Yankee organization, un- doubtedly felt much the same way. A short look at recent Tiger history might explain part of the story. The Detroiters played throughout the recent exhibition as they had in each of the previous three or four championship campaigns; winning some and looking good, and then going into prolonged losing streaks. Always good, they often played uninspired baseball. In their preseason polls the nation's pressmen agreed that the Tigers have one of the strongest front lines in baseball. There are six or seven players who could conveivably be named to the American League All-Star team. Nevertheless as the season begins they are gen- erally picked for fourth or fifth place, their traditional stamping grounds. AT the same time the Tigers have had a reputation of being the most lackluster squad in the league. The reason for this lethargy' has generally been considered complacency. In its annual baseball issue, Sports Illustrated summarized the problem. "the Tigers biggest problem is how to stir their contended also-rans. Players like Kuenn, Kaline, Bunnig, and Lary became too good, too soon. They had made the big time and resultant big money before they were ready. Things had been too easy for the young Tigers. Detroit wasn't a hungry team and only hungry teams fight for pennants. Kuenn was generally conceded to be the chief of the Tiger too- contents. An All-American at Wisconsin, he became a major league star less than a year after leaving college. A consistent hitter perenially above or near the 200 hit mark Kuenn soon became a high salaried star, who seemed to punch out hits at will, while acquiring a reputation as a poor clutch hitter and man about town. Colavito is not a natural athlete like Kuenn. He has had to work O By BRIAN MacCLOWRY Don Lund's baseball team will be battling the weatherman as well as Central Michigan this afternoon when the two teams meet at 3:30 on Ferry Field. After an impressive 8-3 record on their spring vacation trip to Arizona the Wolverines came home only to have three of their first four home games rained out. Nats. rWin AL Opener WASHINGTON (MP -- C amilo Pascual struck out 15 men for a new club record and his hit-happy Washington teammates smashed' four home runs yesterday in a 10-1 rout of the Boston Red Sox. President Eisenhower and a packed opening day crowd watch- ed at Griffith Stadium. The rest of the league opens today. Pascual, the brilliant Cuban right-hander, gave up only three hits in the most dazzling first-day performance in the capital in years. Even one of the hits he allowed was spectacle. Ted Williams land- ed on a 3-2 pitch in the second inning and blasted the ball over the fence in deep center. The home run went over the 31-foot wall 420 feet from the plate. It was the longest hit out of the park since Mickey Mantle of the Yank- ees belted two over the same spot on opening day in 1956. Jim Lemon, Bob Allison, new- comer Earl Battey and Billy Con- solo laced homers for the Sena- tors. Breaks 'Big Train's' Mark Pascual, was superb in breaking a strikeout record set by the im- mortal Walter Johnson. Johnson had fanned 14 in 1910 and equaled the mark in 1924. Jim Shaw, an- other Washington hurler, also struck out 14 in 1914. Williams' mighty swat in the second was his 493rd home run and tied him with Lou Gehrig at fourth among baseball's leading homer hitters. Pascual, who led the majors with six shutouts while posting a 17-10 record last year, added spice to what otherwise wasn't much of a game for excitement. He created more tension than the 28,327 paid customers had experienced by In the only game they did play the Wolverines banged out 11 hits and got shutout pitching from Dennis McGinn, Al Koch and Bob Marcereau while routing Wayne State 16-0. Central Tours Central Michigan has just re- turned from their spring vacation trip to Tennessee and should pro- vide rougher opposition for Lund's hit happy crew. Yesterday they topped Ball State (Ind.), 15-1. Al Koch (2-0) will start on the hill for Michigan with Jack Mogk (1-0) scheduled for the last four innings. They will probably be op- posed by Central Michigan's ace righthander Bob Veach. Lund is still platooning his pitchers in an attempt to have them all ready when the Big Ten season opens this Friday against Illinois at Ferry Field. An interesting sidelight to to- Boxer Dies In Wisconsin MADISON (P) - Charles Mohr died Sunday at the University of Wisconsin Hospital. The 22-year-old boxer had been unconscious since suffering a brain hemhorrage in a National Col- legiate tournament bout here April 9, and had not been expected to recover. Mohr's death will force Univer- sity of Wisconsin officials to take another look at the role of boxing in the athletic program. Wisconsin is the only Big Ten school that still has an intercol- legiate boxing program. day's game will be the personal duel between Michigan's Dick Syring and Central's power hitting Dick -Mrozinski. The two played together at Bay City Central High School before going their respec- tive ways to college. Mrozinski leads the Chips in circuit clouts, including two he banged in one game on their southern tour. The Wolverines will go into to- day's game with an amazing .311 team batting average. They have collected 142 hits in 456 trips to. the plate. Brown Tops Individually, power hitting Dave Brown leads the team with a .413 average, including four home runs. Right behind is Will Franklin at .395. Franklin, a junior, led the team in hitting last year with a .347 average. Michigan fanswill also be see- ing one of the fastest Wolverine teams in recent years. So far this season Michigan has swiped 13 bases. Sophomore center - fielder Ed Hood is the leading culprit with five steals. Gene Stuzewski and Brown both have a pair. In the RBI department Frank- lin also leads with 14, one ahead of Brown and second baseman Barry Marshall with 13 apiece. Lund will start the same power hitting lineup that has produced an average of over 10 runs a game. Th Week. in Sports} Today: Baseball-Michigan vs. Central Michigan, here, 3:30 Thursday: Tennis-Michigan vs. Detroit, here, 3:00 Friday: Baseball-Michigan vs. Illinois, here, 3:30 Saturday: Baseball-Michigan vs. Purdue (2), here, 1:30 Track-Ohio Relays at Columbus Golf-Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue and Indiana at Columbus ENTER and WIN' Michigan Union Creative Arts Festival PHOTO CONTEST Over $200 in prizes Deadline: May 2nd Details available now at Michigan Union Student Offices {1 i1 911 6/" Rental service available hard for the success which he has achieved. Since his first days in whipping two balls and then three' baseball Colavito has been known as a tireless worker and great straight strikes past Gene Ste- hustler. His dilligence has paid off - at bat and in the field. He is phens for his 15th victim in the said to have the strongest arm in the majors, at the box, and in his ninth. increasing pay checks. He still has a tendency to swing at too many bad pitches, strike- -71 out too much, hit in streaks, and because of his flat feet, run too i a ors.ev ed th slowly. However, whatever he has lacked naturally he has made up for in determination. Standig s A player, who was on a barely beaten team last year, Colavito hates to lose. Infusion of this spirit into his new Tiger teammates would be the answer to DeWitt's prayers and a blessing to the still AMERICAN LEAGUE ng L Pet. GB staunch Detroit fans, who may be tired of waiting until "next year". Washington ... 1 0 1.000 I SUMMER FORMALS Genuine "Aftr Six" Be smart, save money and dress beter- own your own formal Stain shy, crease resistant 2-ply rayon tropical $29.95 Dacron-rayon blend $34.95 "Aite Magic" dacron-orlon wash and wear $39.95 Cummerbund and tie sets $5.00 up i.. . /.+ I4 t ' . x - ',t ; t -;e' : I 11 I DeWITT and Lane are to be commended for their bravery in dealing off their established stars. The departure of Colavito has aroused the ire of the Cleveland fans, who are reportedly against the deal ten to one. Colavito popularity has been well demonstrated in the last three years when the fans have elected his Man of the Year at the end of each season. The Indians of course were not taken in in their dealings with the Tigers. Kuenn is the league's leading hitter. He will fit well into the well balanced, strong-hitting Cleaveland line up. He surely is not a spark plug or team leader, but the Indians weren't looking for one when they have Johnny Temple, Bubba Phillips, and Jim Piersall on the roster and Joe Gordon as the manager. Obviously neither the Tigers nor the Indians will hurt because of the presence of Colavito or Kuenn on their rosters. If both perform as they did last year both Cleveland and Detroit will be satisfied. 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