THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March; 27, l for baseball start By BILL CRANE runs won't be required in abund- pending on Buss' health and poten- The Michigan baseball season is ance. tial underclassmen surprises, the hardly under way but there have It is clear nevertheless that the Wolverines may hang tough. been murmurs in the diamond cir- Wolverines have to score by other Rogers says, "We don't have two Iles already that this year's Wol- methods than a walk, stolen base, .400 hitters or anything," but the verines may be "all pitch and no sacrifice and a wild pitch. 'Findlay, Ohio native thought what hit." (Remove the baseball lingo "We the Maize and Blue have in bal- and this means, the Maize and Rogers sees hope. We're pro-ay Blue won't give up many runs, but bably as good or better hitters ance may sufice. they won't tally well themselves ei- than last year," he said. But Rog- After all, Rogers is one of the ther.) ers revealed that, "Last season best judges. He has to struggle with we didn't get key hits. This year as many runs as his teammates Last spring's sluggers batted r the team may be a surprise." provide him. If he's optimistic per- a composite .256 average against' haps there is gold' for the boy, their opponents .243. Michigan aver- A surprise would be helpful in ofspring. aged about 3.5 runs per game. In pushing the Maize and Blue over addition Michigan led the league its 12-6, second place finish last Rogers proposed that pitching is in team defense and had an ex- season. "the biggest part of the game" cllent mound crew. The staff ERA Rogers sees a solid Blue outfield and although he won't get argu- was 2.83. On the surface it seem- even though Greg Buss is s t i l1 ments from Coach Moby Benedict, ed like runs were only of margin- having injury problems. Buss hit the big righthander knows he needs al necessity. .327 in 1972 but wasn't able to stay a few runs. But with an ERA of But with problems in the infield, in the line-up last campaign. The 2.25 last year, Rogers doesn't need right now, the defense may become injuries keep coming for Buss. bushels. more sieve-like and what o n c e . The hurlers must remain Michi- were close games may be lost by Rogers describes his battery gan's dream for 1974 as pitching is errors. Unless, of course, there are mate John Lonchar as, "the b e s t what would seem to be able to a few more digits to put up on the' catcher who's ever caught for me." carry the Maize and Blue. Craig scoreboard. Freshman backstop Ted Mayhan Forhan, Tom Joyce, Art 'Ace' Returning from the roundball should also become handy quickly. Adams, Larry Sorenson and Rog- season, Chuck Rogers now read- But Rogers is worried about the ers all should make intrasquad ies for his spring on the mound. infield. "The only thing," Rogers competition furious. Rogers is a top pitcher for t h e queried, "is the inexperience in the Wolverines and has a vested in- infield. I hope it doesn't take its Rogers looks forward to the Big terest in having some runs to toll, but I'm afraid it could." Ten struggle and figures Mi gan work behind. As the strategists put State, Minnesota, and Iowa are the it, one can pitch a little easier with It is conceivable a few errors teams to beat. Not much change a 10-run advantage. may be nullified by Michigan's pos- there. Surprisingly enough, Rogers was sibly new found hitting. "Pete Ross Even though the Wolverines aie not too concerned about any sup- hit a couple of homers in Florida,"ra behind this yabeus posed lack of hitting in Michigan's Rogers informed and he noted that really batting ranks. Perhaps Wolverine rightfielder Mike DeCou can also Michigan's obscene weather has pitchers are used to little support add homerun power. not been kind, Rogers contends - but probably the 74 pitching Mayhan is an "aggressive :lit- Michigan "has a good change." All A staff is looking so effectively that ter" according to Rogers, and de- hit oi' all pitch or whatever. t AP Photo Wrong finger Al L McGuire, Marquette coach, getting called for his first of two echnicals in 76-64 NCAA finals loss to N. C. State. Daily Photo Michigan baseball is just around the corner. Here's one of the happier §cenes from last season. The Maize and Blue finished second in the Big Ten last year with a 12-6 conference record. The 1974 season opens next Friday, April 5th, at Ray Fisher Stadium (behind Yost Field House) against Uni- versity of Detroit. Moby Benedict's diamond-men are highly regarded, and are expected to be a top contender for the Big Ten title. '.; TIGERS SELL DIDIER ..S.. r." Aparicio and Cepeda get the axe From Wire Service Reports for Pete Richert. ley, the wife of millionaire sports the last two years, said that no Major league baseball players The New York Mets announced owner Charles 0. Finley, has agreement had been reached, were being released and swap- that thev sold hurler B7z C'. ra fild fnr i - di ' a i "N hi;T Sports of the Daily TYPEWRITER SALE 10% DISCOUNT on all OLYMPIA and SCM MACHINES with this ad (Offer expires April 13, 1974) ped by the bunches yesterday, and some popular stars were in- cluded. The most conspicuous of the cuts was the unconditional release of all-time favorites Luis Aparicio and Orlando Cepeda by the Boston Red Sox. Bosox man- ager Darrel Johnson attempted to justify the move by saying that he had decided to "keep more of these young people around." Others guillotined were Bobby Bolin also of the Red Sox, the Yankees' Wayne }Granger and Tommy Agee by the Dodgers. Granger was acquired from the Cardinals late last season, and holds the record for most games pitched in a season. Agee, one of the many players that hail from Mobile, Alabama, was obtained during the off-season in a deal y ..C71 pflA* s..L *StUL'L .iJPFU to the pitching weak Atlanta Braves for an undisclosed sum. In an additional move the Red Sox purchased reserve catcher Bob Didier from the Tigers and assigned him to Pawtucket of the International League. * * * ' NIT all-stars NEW YORK - Utah's Mike Sojourner, the National Invita- tional Tournament's MVP with 92 points and 78 rebounds in four games, heads the All-Tourna- ment team named yesterday. Among those joining him were Frank Kendrick and John Gar- rett of champion Purdue. * * * Trouble for Charley LaPORTE, Ind. - Shirley Fin-. iLe JUror Uvorce, en nei r 32-year marriage. In her action she cited irre- trievable breakdown of the mar- riage, grounds for divorce in In- diana. * * * Rangers sale? ARLINGTON, Tex. - The sale of the Texas Rangers for some $10 million was imminent Tues- day; but owner Bob Short failed to give either one of the two groups bidding for the American League franchise his immediate blessing. Both groups are from Texas; one from Houston, and the other a metroplex group from Dallas- Fort Worth. Short, who brought the team from Washington to Texas and has lost a reported $1 million in NVotng is buindg until I have the money." * * * Campy honored Campy Russell added another award to his collection Monday night, when he was named the Wolverines' Most Valuable Play- er. It was also announced that the Pontiac junior was named to' the first team of the Basketball Writers Association all-American squad. Playmaking guard Joe Johnson received the Most Im- proved Player award. * * * Schenkel not dropped NEW YORK -Chris Schen- kel hasn't been dropped from the lineup of the American Broad- casting Company's NCAA foot- ball coverage team, but he's no 'longer the star of the team. In a Monday night statement, ABC Sports president Roone Arledge confirmed an earlier story reported by the New Hav- en Conn. Journal - Courier that Schenkel would be replaced as a play-by-play announcer for NCAA football by Keith Jackson. * * * Bowler belted NEW YORK - Bowler Larry Laub of San Francisco won the February balloting for the Hic- kock Belt, awarded annually to the outstanding professional ath- lete of the year. Laub received 72 points in the poll, with Bob McAdoo of the National Basketball Association's Buffalo Braves next with 62. Phil Esposito of the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins was third in the monthly vote, followed by racing driver Mark Donohue and Kenyan distance runner Ben Jip- cho. 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