Thursday, September,5; 1974,
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Seven
Thursday, September 5, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Baseball
Anemic hitting,
rainouts destroy season
Dear
Student:
By MARNIE HEYN '
When the dust and standings
settled, it was a blah season
for the Michigan baseball team.
The Wolverines combined re-
markably good pitching a n d
fielding with remarkably insipid
batting and worse luck with the
rain to chalk up an unremark-
able finish in the Big Ten, tied
for third place with Illinois at
7-5.
Six scheduled games were
rained out and never made up.
Had -all these contests b a e n
played and won by Michigan,
the Wolverines would have tied
Iowa and Minnesota for the Big
Ten title, all with 13-5 records.
The race had been scrambled
throughout the season, with
only Purdue a non-contender.
But the Wolverines had trouble
with the normally impotent
Boilermakers, falling twice at
Fisher Field without scoring a
run.
Chuck Rogers was the b e s t
pitcher in the Conference (al-
though his ERA stats put him
behind Jim Linn of Iowa) with a
5-0 won-loss record, 32 hits in
39 and two-thirds innings, and
a 31-7 strikeoutto walk ratio.
ACE Adams was a disap-
pointingly adequate workhorse
starting pitcher who wound up
respectably among the B i g
Ten leaders strictly by virtue
of his control. He gave up only
16 walks in 612 3innings played,
but he more than made up for
that by allowing 62 hits.
There are a few pitchers who
show potential for next year.
Towering Craig Forhan had a
good ERA, but only managed to
win half his decisions, due
mainly to his teammates' in-
ability to hit consistently. Tom
Joyce had the second best ERA
of the team, but gave up 21
walks in 35 innings. Larry Sor-
enson has similar problems.
The Michigan team won its
conference standing mainly ona
the basis of its pitchers' 3.00{
overall ERA.
The Wolverines placed second
in fielding in the Big Ten. The
stats they racked up are not
particularly impressive; they do
demonstrate that Michigan fluf-
fed games with the bat and not
with the glove.
ALTHOUGH Dick Walterhouse
and Chris Burak wound up at
the bottom of the conference
Top 25, the team batting stats
are a tear-inspiring saga rivaled
only by General Hospital.
Average total runs per confer-
ence team: 63; Michigan: 35.
Average hits: 102; Michigan:
80. Two count 'em home runs.
Average total bases: 144; Mich-
igan: 106. Conference batting
average: .275; Michigan: .246.
At least in this case, statistics
don't lie.
It was one of the least im-
pressive offensive performances
since the Cleveland Spiders of
1899, and it doesn't figure to be
helped any next year by Bur-
ak's graduation. Pete Ross, who
hit .268 while switching between
the mound and first base, has
also departed, leaving Walter-
house as the only returning
player who batted above .250.
Ironies are there, if you care
to look for them. Mark Gren-
kowski, a defensive replacement
for gimpy-kneed Greg Buss, hit
nearly as well as the man he re-
placed. Big John Lonchar, the
"clean-up" hitter, sent m a n y
Michigan runners from the base-
paths to their defensive posi-
tions with a woeful .207 mark.
LAST YEAR'S Wolverines not chore for the Wolverines since
only failed to hit much, b u t Elliott Maddox left.
when they hit anything, it didn't Unless Coach Moby Benedict
go very far. Only 62 of the can come up with someone, the
teams' 248 hits went for extra future, unfortunately, promises
bases, and 46 of these were more of the same. Ross is the
doubles. If watching Eddie only pitcher who graduated, and
Brinkman and Aurelio Rodri- the survivors should be able to
guez batting is your idea of fun, allow few enough runs to keep
Michigan baseball is ideal to the Maize and Blue in just about
your tastes, every game it plays.
Michigan desperately n e e d s But the guys who take the
hitters. Maybe Ted Williams mound for Michigan will be
was right when he said hitting frustrated more than once by
was the single hardest thing to the knowledge that a shutout
do in sports, because nobody might be barely enough to send
has been able to perform that the game into extra innings.
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Bo's Michigan teams
have won 48 of 55
Glenn E. (Bo) Schembechler, Michigan's 13th head foot-
ball coach, is in his sixth season in charge of the Wolver-
ines and during that time his teams have won 87 per cent
of their games.
Going into the 1974 season, Bo ranks in the top three
among all active coaches in winning percentage with a
mark of .793 built over 11 years as head football coach at
Miami of Ohio and Michigan.
During his tenure at Michigan Bo's teams have won 48
games, lost six and tied one, won or shared four Big Ten
titles and ranked in the Top Ten every season. The 10-10
tie with Ohio State last November extended Michigan's
home unbeaten string to 29 games since a loss to Missouri
in October, 1969.
Meanwhile, Bo has been voted national Coach of the
Year (1969) and the Big Ten's Coach of the Year (1972) as
he has compiled the best winning percentage of any Michi-
gan football coach since 1900 (.882).
Schembechler replaced Bump Elliott, now Iowa's Ath-
letic Director, as head coach at Michigan in 1969 and is
only the fourth head coach of the Wolverines since Fritz
Crisler was appointed in 1938.
At Miami, Schembechler posted a 40-17-3 overall record
and a 27-8-1 record in the Mid-American Conference. His
teams won two MAC co-championships, finished second
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team.
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and a win in the Rose Bowl would give Bo exactly 100 wins.
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Wolverines Chase 1974 Title
The Michigan football team has given the campus three straight Big Ten titles,
four out of the last five and 29 straight home games without a defeat. Obviously, the
Wolverines are a special attraction and in 1974 students can watch their classmates
play six home games for just $18, the price of a season ticket.
Such a bargain rate for a season ticket not only presents the Wolverine team, but
the entire spectacle of Michigan football including the marching band, the acrobatic
cheerleaders and the sheer fun of the crowd itself. And, of course, there will be fine
opposition once again as Big 8 power Colorado, Navy and Big Ten rivals Iowa, Mich-
igan State, Minnesota (Homecoming) and Purdue will all challenge the Wolverines'
streak.
Coach Bo Schembechler has the fastest backfield in Michigan history and astrong
defense anchored by All-America safety Dave Brown ready for another title run so
1974 Wolverine football should be more than worth the price.
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1974 Schedule
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Student Football
Ticket Information
" Students will be charged for
(heilr football tickets through
the Student Accounts Office.
Price for the 6-game home
schedule is just $18, less than
half-price.
" Each student will be given a
football coupon during regis-
tration. The coupon may be ex-
changed for a season ticket on
the, dates listed below. Tickets
will be distributed at Yost Ice
Arena Sept. 6, 9-11. Hours of
distribution will be from 8:30
a.m.-4:00 p.m.
" Priority will be based on
number of years in attendance
a Michiian and ticets s hould