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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, S#pttmbtr 7. 1972
Page Four THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursdoy, Sept~mb~r 7, 1972
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By C1IUCK BLOOM
The Michiganvswim team is
fast becoming the Avis of Big
Ten swimming. For the past I I
years, the Wolverines have been
playing the role of bridesmaid
to the Hoosiers of Indiana. And
since Indiana is. in a class by
itself in swimming, Michigan
must endure the pain of finish-
ing second year after year.
However, the outlook is bright
and there is hope for a Big Ten
championship for Michigan in
1972-3. Indiana's Mark Spitz, Sul-
livan award winner and the na-
tion's outstanding swimmer, has
graduated and Hoosier coach Doc
Counsilman will be hard pressed
to fill the. vacancy.
The Wolverines have a strong
team returning but not nearly
as strong as Indiana. The back-
bone to the Michigan ,team is
Bi'g Ten champion breaststroker
Stu Isaac whose double victory
in both breaststroke events as a
sophonore propelled him to na-
tional prominence and to All-
America status.
Backing up Isaac is sprinter
Jose Aranha from Brazil. Aranha
started slowly last year but
came on strong for the Big Ten
and NCAA 'championships. Aran-
ha does better in long course
(meters) pools than the standard
American pools and is a good
bet to make the finals of the
100-meter freestyle in the Sum-
mer Olympics in Munich.
The Olympics will see a host
of Wolverines competing. Isaac
faces stiff competition in the
breaststroke qualifications where
several outstanding swimmers
such as Stanford's Brian Job,
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Canada will display two Wol-
vernes, butterflyer Byron Mac
Donald, already graduated, and
breaststroker Mike Whitaker,
who finished second in the 100-
yard breaststroke in the Big Ten
championships.
Augusto Gonzalez will repre-
sent Peru in the butterfly events
and is also a possible Olympic
finalist.
Recruiting will be important
to Coach Gus Stager as he
needs capable freshmen next
year to fill in the gaps caused
by graduation. Heading his
list is Dearborn's Tom Szuba,
one of the outstanding school-
boy swimmers in the nation.
Szuba is likewise an Olympic
prospect and is touted by
coaches as the new Gary Hall.
Along with Szuba will come his
teammate Paul Foster, a fine
freestyler. This combination led
Dearborn to the Michigan Class
A swimming championship the
pust year.
The season last year for Mich-
igan can be summed up in one
word: typical. Everyone knew
that the Wolverines would finish
second in the Big Ten and they
did. They had a 9-2 record in
dual . meets with losses coming
at the hands of Indiana and pow-
erful Southern Methodist, whici
was also expected.
The future remains uncer-
tain however. Recruiting has
not been completed with sev-
eral fine tankers undecided on
the choice of 'college. Gradua-
tion has caused holes in sev-
eral vital spots, especially the
butterfly where the absence
of MacDonald will be sorely
felt. Aranha and Gonzalez
must adapt better to the
short course in order to be of
real help.
Another weak spot was diving
which took a brutal beating at,
the Big Ten championships. TIe
key to Michigan's diving success
is sophomore Dick Quint who
had a poor frosh season after a:ni
outstanding'schoolboy c a r e . r.
Perhaps with a year's experi-
ence under his trunks, Quint will
mature into one of the fine divers
in the U.S.
Overall, with a little bit of
luck and a little more talent the
Wolverines could break 'those
second-place blues. Otherwise, it
should be number two again,
which isn't all that bad.
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By JIM ECKER and
BOB ANDREWS
For the Michigan baseball
contingent, the 1972 season was
good, not great. The 18-13-1
overall record was veiry respect-
able as was a 9-5 Big Ten con-
ference record. Nevertheless the
Wolverines could earn only a
third place tie with Minnesota.
The major difficulty which cost
head Coach Moby Benedict's
squad a shot at the conference
championship was the Wolver-
ines' inability to drive in the
men on base. Twice, ace starter
4 x {Mickey Elwood, who sported an
3 impressive 0.93 earned run aver-
age, was on the losing end of
1-0 decisions and in both cases
'against first-place Iowa and
Wisconsin) his teammates
f : wasted many scoring opportuni-
} > h< - . . . . . .uties.
SpWith this failure to produce in
Daily-John Upton the clutch, Michigan's fine .302
lacrosse action team batting average turned out
acr0ssers: seekig
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to be a very deceiving figure.
Most of Michigan's success
took place within the confines of
Fisher Stadium, its home ball-
park, where the Wolverines man-
aged to thwart the opposition in
nine of 11 contests. This included
a sweep of 'a pair of twinbills
against Ohio State (7-0, 12-Or and
Indiana (10-0, 6-5) near the con-
clusion of the season as the Wol-
verines made one last attempt
to capture the Big Ten crown.
HOWEVER, - THE effort fell
short as they were able to man-
age only splits of their last two
doubleheaders against Wisconsin
and Northwestern on the road. In
each case, Michigan fell one run
short, by respective 3-2 and 1-0
tallies.
In 1973, the Michigan baseball
team itself will see few person-
nel changes although it will be
playing within a league set-up
that is totally different fromthat
of last season.
In a new two-division align-
ment Michigan will be in the
East along with Michigan State,
Ohio State. Purdue, and Indiana
while the West will be comprised
of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Northwestern, and Illinois. The
divisional champs will meet to
determine the league champion.
Benedict forsees that Michigan
will "probably have a pretty
veteran team next year." Al-
though he maintained that he'll
make next year's decisions on
the basis of the performances
in the fall practice, indpor work-
outs and the spring trip, the ma-
jority of the squad appears set.
CHANCES ARE most of the
members of the pitching staff
will return led by a couple of
crafty veterans in Elwood and
Pete Hielt. However, in the pro-
fessional spring amateur draft
Elwood was selected by the Cali-
fornia Angels meaning his avail-
ability for next year is uncertain.
Helt led the team in victories
with six, while his inflated ERA
of 5.84 never recovered after
Arizona State shelled him early
in the season by a 26-1 score.
Craig Forhan (5-1) and Tom
Joyce (3-3) d e v o t e d their
freshman seasons in develop-
ing into depenable starters.
'Four starters are necessary to
cope with a pair of back-to-
back doubleheaders which in
the past have exposed many a
thin Big Ten pitching staff.
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The Michigan Lacrosse team was just a
couple of inches away from a perfect 1972 sea-
son. The campaign, which could have been the
most successful in Michigan history, was mark-
ed by both torrid and lackluster play. The Wol-
verines who were the defending champions of
the Midwest Lacrosse Club Association could
just not put away the games as they did in the
past.
Coach Bob Kaman expressed the disappoint-
ment, "Unlike last season, the team played in
spurts and could never put together a string
of excellent games."
This season the scenario will be a . little dif-
ferent. The lacrosse team, which was once offic-
ially defined as a club sport, is now in the pro-
cess of negotiating for varsity status. This
change could hurt the team as many of the
bright names in Michigan lacrosse are grad
students.
The move would be looked on with some fav-
or in Columbus as the Buckeyes have grown
tired of losing to a non-,varsity club.
Regardless of any move by the Athletic De-
partment to grant the higher status to the la-
crossers, next year will be a rebuilding year for
the stickmen. The Dick Dean, Skip Flanagan,
Carl Burns nucleus, which has powered the
Wolverines over the last years, will be gone.
dispersed to a cold, cruel world.
The season, which-- terminated with a 6-4
mark, started well enough for the lacrossers.
Their tour of the South, the powerhouse of col-
legiate lacrosse, netted for the stickmen a re-
spectable 1-2 record although the traveling
squad was quite reduced, consisting of only thir-
teen players.
As the Midwestern season rolled around, the
lacrossers seemed ready for action. In the open-
er against Denison, Jay Johnson, the superb
goalie who held a .740 saves average, left his
prime position and took up a position on the
attack. Though Johnson pushed the team, his
presence was not enough to insure a victory
for the Wolverines and Dennison carried the
day.
Ohio State racked the stickmen who then
came up against an Oberlin team that the Wol-
verines had never beaten. The attack came
alive with attackmen, Don Holman, Burns, and
Flanagan providing the fireworks. With John-
son playing an admirable game in the nets, the
Yeomen were smattered 6-0.
In shellacking the Columbus Lacrosse Club
by a 10-5 score, the Wolverines reminded every
one of just how good the squad could play.
Featured in the contest was a 5-0 spurt by
Michigan in the second half. The Holman-Dean
combination finally clicked and Flanagan
showed some fine thrusts as the Columbus
team was thwarted from the inception.
Most representative of the frustration of the
almost great season the Wolverines had was the
sudden death loss to Notre Dame in the second
to last contest. Twice the Wolverines had the
game won only to see the Irish eventually tri-
umph.
Whether the Wolverines can return to pre-
1972 consistency is still an unanswered ques-
tion, regardless of whether or not they receive
varsity status. But lacrosse still remains, as
they are so prone to say, the fastest sport on
feet".
center field last season was an-
other Wolverine selected by the
pros (the Tigers) and he might
think it best to depart the col-
lege scene. If he goes then there
may be room for both Buss and
Kettinger,
Last year the powerful ket-
tinger lost his starting job mid-
way through the campaign to
the speedy Buss, who also han-
dles some hoopball duty in the
winter. The loss of Roberts
would be a blow to the Michigan
offense, as he led the club in
batting with a .367 mark, slug-
ging out 40 hits in only 32 games.
THE INFIELD situation is
rated fairly healthy with the
only vacancy being at third
where John Hornyak graduated.
First base is manned by senior
Pat Sullivan whose power en-
abled him to leat the squad in
slugging average with a .539
percentage.
All-Big Ten Mark Crane is at
short while seniors Jim Kocolo-
ski and Brian Balaze will split
the keystone chores.
Benedict commented on the
not corner competition. "Maybe
Chrissy Burak (a junior infield-
er) will run someone out of a
job. Maybe a freshman will do
it."
It is unlikely that freshmen
will play an important role this
year however. As of the first of
May, Benedict had not received
any letters "of intent from pros-
pective high school seniors.
"Come to me 8 a.m. on the
first day of classes in September
and I'll tell you who I've got."
Benedict explained that "even if
they do sign (letters of intent)
the pros can still grab them
Fred Holdsworth (Tigers) is a
good example. Ted Simmons (St.
Louis) was also set to play ball
for me."
Benedict rates Arthur Adams,
a lefthanded pitcher from Bos-
ton as "possibly one of the start-
ers" next year. Adams.has not
been offered a scholarship but
he has assured Benedict that he
is heading west.
Michigan undergoes a rigorous
training period in preparation
for the regular season. Earnest
drills begin right after the Christ-
mas vacation when the players
congregate in Yost Field House
for some limb loosening.
The indoor sessions continue
until March, when Bedeict takes
those players who he is counting
most heavily on for a spring
trip to Arizona. "Nothing's defi-
nite yet, but we've been there
(Arizona) the last 14 years. It's
a good bet we'll go again,", com-
mented Benedict."
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uncertain arms out of the bull-
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Srock has one-year of relief werk
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Hurler Pete Ross worked out
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MICHIGAN HAS two able-bod-
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