r Page 8-Wednesday, October 3, 1979-The Michigan Daily OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE ngels peak or Birds NO DAILY CAMPAIGN: Media distorts shoving incident By PETE BARBOUR Some call it one of the most exciting events of the year. Others refer to it as an elongation of agony. Most people, however, think if "it" as the major league playoffs. Regular season records are forgotten as the team that can win three of five games earns the right to participate in the World Series. i For those people (probably a large number) who are bored with playoffs featuring New York-Kansas City and Los Angeles-Philadelphia, 1979's 7pairings should awaken their interest. The American League series mat- ches the Baltimore Orioles (East) and 'the California Angels (West). Which team is favored to win? Baltimore, with ,its 102 wins on the year and 9-3 record 'against the Angels, gets the nod from most baseball experts. But before con- ceding the series to the Orioles, it's only fair to see what each team possesses on offense and defense. B-A-L-T-I-M-O-R-E. That's how most people who follow major league baseball would spell defense. Whether they finish in first or third place, good defense has been characteristic of Oriole teams managed by Earl Weaver. This year's team isn't any different. Over the season, the Birds ranked third in fielding with a .980 percentage. While their fielding is solid enough, the Orioles' pitching is even better. (They had the lowest team ERA in the AL, 3.26). With southpaws Mike Flanagan (23 wins), Scott McGregor, and Tippy Mar- tinez, and righthanders Jim Palmer, Don Stanhouse (who leads the team in saves), and Dennis Martinez, Baltimore probably has one of the best pitching staffs of the 1970s. Though the Angels' fielding is almost as good as Baltimore's (.978), their pit- ching is much worse. The fact that California is in the playoffs defies the adage that a team can't win without good pitching. The Angels' team ERA hovered around 4.50 all year. The only bright spots on the staff are rookie reliever Mark Clear (14 saves) and flamethrower Nolan Ryan (223 strikeouts). So it's pretty obvious. that California will have to score a lot of runs to win the series. Offensively speaking, the Angels have the capability to do just that. For the year, the Angels hit .281, scored 866 runs (5.3 per game), and belted out 164 home runs. Pacing the Angel attack is outfielder Don Baylor. Baylor hit .298 with 36 home runs and drove in an incredible 139 runs. As if that wasn't enough, Baylor stole 22 bases. Brian Downing (.324), Dan Ford (101 RBI's), and Bobby Grich (an ex-Oriole with 36 home runs and 101 RBI's) round out a California offense which should severely test the Baltimore hurlers. While the Oriole offense doesn't equal California's (.261 team average with 4.7 runs per game), they did hit 181 home runs. Four Baltimore players (outfielders Ken Singleton and Gary Roenicke, first baseman Eddie Murray, and designated hitter Lee May) collectively accounted for more than 100 four- baggers. In summation, the series pits Baltimore's pitching against Califor- nia's hitting. Looking at the record between the two teams and their respective statistics, Baltimore has the edge. Don't rule out an upset, though. It's only a best of five series and, should Angel hitters get hot, the team with the best record in baseball could be unex- pectedly ousted from the series. A number of local and national news stories gave a distorted picture yester- day of Monday's run-in between Michigan Football Coach Bo Schem- bechler and Daily sports writer Dan Perrin. Most of the accounts accurately stated that Perrin was poked in the chest and then shoved backward by Schembechler while the Daily reporter was questioning the coach about his team's kicking game. BUT IT'S alleged in more than one report that'the Daily is waging a cam- paign to get a kicking tryout for a par- ticular student. This is untrue. There have been no stories in the Daily's spor- ts pages regarding this,.although Coach Schembechler and Assistant Coach Jerry Hanlon have been questioned about the student. Following the Notre Dame loss, Billy Neff, a fellow football writer with the Daily, met with Hanlon, who coaches the offensive line' along with the kick- ers. Neff asked Hanlon several questions regarding the kicking game, one of them being why a certain student was not given the opportunity to try out as a walk-on. Hanlon reported the discussion to Setting it straight Michigan Sports Information Director Will Perry, who was quoted by the Associated Press yesterday as saying that the Daily has been campaigning to get the student a tryout. EARLIER, IN the press conference immediately following the Notre Dame game, Neff had asked Schembechler if he recalled this particcular student at tempting to try out. Schembechler shrugged the question off, and asked Neff if he was a student at Michigan, to which Neff replied "Yes." The question remained unah swered. However, a reporter from the Flint Journal caught wind of Neff's questioning and proceeded to write the story even though Neff concluded that there was not sufficient evidence to de so. Calls were subsequently made to Perry and Hanlon to assure them that it was not the intent of the Daily to cam- paign for any student. No stories were written to that effect, nor will there be in the future. -Billy SahO and Geoff Larcomn Senior Sports Editors SECOND FIELD HOCKEY SHUTOUT Michigan rolls past Delta, 11-0 STAR- BAR By BOB EMORY "How many goals did I score?," asked freshwoman Marty Maugh after yesterday's field hockey game between Michigan and Delta was over. "Four," someone answered. "What a joke." Well, yes, it was a joke of a game, but 109 N. Main St.-769-0109 APPEARING TONIGHT: JUMP STREET "Ann Arbor's Original Honky Tank Dance Bar" it wasn't supposed to be. Originally, the Michigan junior varsity was scheduled to plat the Delta varsity but just prior to the start of the season the JV program was scratched, leaving 'the Michigan varsity with a commitment to play Delta instead. So Wolverine coach Candy Zientek shuffled her lineup a bit, inserting a few second team players in for a few regulars and voila, Michigan romps to an 11-0 victory to up its record to 3-0-1 on the year. It was the third' straight win and third straight shutout for the Wolverines, and the second straightr game in which they have prevented their .opponents from even getting a shot on goal. So again, goaltenders Laura Pieri and Maureen Vachon teamed up for a piece of cake shutout. In addition to Maugh's four goals, the Wolverines got two apiece from leading scorer Mary Callam and Mary Lou Wolf, and single tallies each from Alexandra Callam, Mary Hibbard and Dea Mazzetta. Zientek is in her first year of coaching in this state, so she is relatively un- familiar with the opponents, having to rely mostly on the information her players can give her. "That's good in a way," said Zientek. "Because I won't be taking any team lightly and I'll bo able to get the team prepared as though every game is a big game." The Wolverines' nextmatch is again- st Western Michigan tomorrow, at Ferry Field. Asked if she is concerned about the Broncos, who always field strong hockey teams, Zientek replied; "No, but my players are so I guess I'l have to be too." In the only confrontation between the two teams last season, the Broncos clearly dominated Michigan in a 3- victory at Ferry. The players know Western is no joke. Gridde Picks How have your fall classes been going? Ever thought about getting out of school and into a new arid exciting racket? The life of a 'professional. bookmaker is an exciting - and challenging occupation. If you've had aspirations of being anyone from the friendly neighborhood bookie to Jimmy. The Greek, the Daily Gridde Picks is the place to start. Many a free spirit has used the'Grid- des to springboard into-the glamorous world of the professional odds-maker. If you are thinking about this exciting new occupation, or are just interested in a small one-item pizza from Mr. Tony's, get your Daily Gridde Picks in- to the Daily at 420 Maynard by mid- night Friday. MICHIGAN at Michigan St. (pick score) Purdue atMinnesota Northwestern at Ohio St. Indiana at Wisconsin Iowa at Illinois Penn St. at Maryland Baylor at Houston Georgia at Mississippi N. Carolina St. at Auburn Oklahoma St. at S. Carolina Texas A&M at Texas Tech Temple at Rutgers UCLA at Stanford California at Oregon N. Illinois at E. Michigan Princeton at Brown Syracuse at Kansas California (Pa.) at Slippery Rock Shippensburg at Indiana (Pa.) DAILY LIBELS at The State News WEDNESDAsY is 7 pm to Closing 611 Church One block south of South University Daily Photo by LISA KLAUSNER' FRESHWOMAN MARTY MAUGH, who scored four goals in the Wolverines 11-0 whitewashing of Delta College yesterday, prepares to head up field to try to score some more. The Wolverines upped their record to 3-0-1 and next play Western tomorrow afternoon at Ferry Field. ................................................... ;.....;.....................; .; ...............:x:. 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THE TOP FIVE in both polls remained essentially unchanged, the only exception being Nebraska replacing Missouri-in the AP number 5 spot, as the Tigers plummeted to 15th place in that poll after its 21-0 shellacking by Texas. Elsewhere in the UPI poll, the USC Trojans posted a whopping 32-4 margin over the Crimson Tide in first-place votes, but Southern Cal, 4-0, picked up only 27 ballots for the top spot following an emotional 17-12 victory over LSU Saturday night. The Trojans compiled 595 points, but Alabama moved within striking range after a 66-3 humiliation of Vander- bilt-the Crimson Tide's 12th straight 1. So. California (27) ..... 4-0 2. Alabama (11)..........3-0 3. Oklahoma ...........3-0 4. Texas (2).............2-0 5. Nebraska (1) .........3-0 6. Houston,..'.......... 3-0 7. Washington .........4-0 8. Ohio St................. 4-0 9. Notre Dame ........... 2-1 10. Florida St..........4-0 11. Arkansas.......... 12. MICHIGAN........ 13. Purdue ................. 14. LSU:.................. 15. N. Carolina St......... 16. North Carolina....... 17. Missouri.............. 18. Michigan St.......... 19. Tennessee........... 20. Brigham Young..... 3-0 3-1 3-1 2-1 4-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 595 562 517 492 454 344 289 261 259 232 185 170 159 97 70 62 54 29 27 24 1. So. California (47) .....4-0 '2. Alabama (14).........3-0 3. Oklahoma ...........3-0 4. Texas (1) ...........2-0 5. Nebraska ............ 3-0 6. Houston ...........'. 3-0 7. Washington........... 4-0 8. Ohio St................ 4,0 9. Florida St........ ...4-0 10. Notre Dame ......... 2-1 11. MICHIGAN......... 3-1 12. Purdue ............... 3-1 13. Arkansas.............. 3-0 14. N. Carolina St........4-0 15. Missouri ............... 3-1 16. Michigan St.......... 3-1' 17. LSU .................. 2-1 19. North Carolina ........3-0 19. Tennessee............3-0 20. Brigham Young...:...3-0 1,222 1,180 1,080 1,053 999 838 777 683 662 66 654 648 619 388 342 290 266 256 174 122 u :: ,. ; - MSU PLUMMETS: USC remains on top in polls UPI Top Twenty. AP Top Twenty Ilam v l AcF TELEPH( tany Lions, who were rated 18th en- tering the game. The Cornhuskers, 3-0, picked up 454 points. Houston, 3-0, received 344 points following a 49-10 rout of West Texas State and Washington remained un- defeated in four games with a 49-14 trouncing of Fresno State, receiving 289 points. Ohio State moved up three spots to No. 8 after beating UCLA 17-13. The Buckeyes, 4-0, received 261 points and a.,,...+- 1"4L .«.-.. 1- .,:..- - .- 9 pressive victories. Tennessee, 3-0, whipped Auburn 35-17 and Brigham Young, 3-0, beat Texas-El Paso 31-7 In the AP poll, Alalbama's defending national champs clobbered Vanderbilt 66-3 and received 14 first-place votes and 1,180 points while No. 3 Oklahoma hammered Rice 63-21 and earned 1,080 points. jg Houston jumped from eighth to sixth CellRme sometime-will y