Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 15, 974 Wolverines divide another By JEFF LIEBSTER You need runs to win baseball games. Michigan's pitching staff, acknowledged as the finest in the Big Ten, can not do it alone. In yesterday's season finale double- header at Fisher Field against Central Michigan which ended in a split, the Wol- verines got their usual fine pitching from Ace Adams and (back from the bullpen) Tom Joyce. But they still lacked the support that characterizes winners. CMU took the lidlifter, 4-0, and Michi- gan came back in the nightcap, 2-0. The Chippewas jumped into the lead in the first inning of game one as Wol- verine hurler Adams yielded a walk to CMU's Al Senchuk, after nine pitches. Next, the designated hitter, Al Tobin, sporting a .615 batting average, lifted a soft fly ball to left-center which no one caught. With runners on first and second, no- body out, Central's top slugger, Terry F. Lynch, lined a shot up the middle to load the bases. Adams appeared to be bearing down as he fanned the clean-up hitter. Ace then got the next man up, John North- rup (no. 24 but no relation) to tap a chopper to third. Ed Clegg's throw was not in time to catch Senchuk, and CMU led, 1-0. Chuck Carey, Central's superb catcher, didn't let Michigan off the hook as he lined a double to left-center for two runs. Michiga n Daily That was all for now, as Adams settled Tobin then sacrificed him down and retired the next two batters. Lynch, true to form, came Down by three runs, close followers with a single to right which w felt that the offensively inept Wolver- bled, eliminating the possibilit ines would have to settle for a split at play at the plate, and allowing, best, especially since they were facing ner to take second. Central's ace, Cap Pohlman, who's sea- Ace Adams realized things w son's record stood at 7-1. ting out of hand. After yielding a But spirits were elevated right away single, he proceeded to retire t as Michigan's leadoff man, Dick Wal- 16 men in a row, using only 55 terhouse, drew a walk. This was followed in 5 and one-third innings. by a sharp single to right-center by hit- The Wolverines threatened one ting star, shortshop Chris Burak. It but again beat themselves. Bu seemed too good to be true. lected a single. Pohler then th It was! As Walterhouse rounded sec- fast one a bit too inside to DH T ond, he paused, as if to get a good look han, clipping him on the body at the hit, and reassure himself that he fielder Mike DeCou followed with wasn't dreaming. This gave the center- per to short that was mishandled, fielder Ken Papes all the time he needed, the sacks full of Wolverines. and his perfect peg to third caught the With a 2-1 count to Jim Loncha sliding Walterhouse. er delivered a fastball that wa The Chippewas added an unearned and low. Carey, the heady Centr insirance tally in the second as Sen- stop, spotted Burak too far fro rhk reached first when Clegg's throw for his own good and zipped the drew first sacker Pete Ross off the bag. the bag, nailing the runner. through was bob- ty of a the run- ere get- n infield the next pitches ce more, rak col- rew his ed May- . Right- a chop- , leaving ar, Pohl- s inside al back- 'm third e ball to To add insult to injury, Lonchar walk- ed on the next pitch, once again loading the bases. The Chippewas went to their bullpen, and relief ace Chris Knapp quelled the uprising by retiring Ross and pinch hitter Greg Buss. In the second game, the Wolverines decided to give some support to surprise starter Tom Joyce, who didn't need much. In the bottom of the second, Lon- char opened with a walk. It appeared as if Michigan would die in the usual man- ner, as CMU's Bob Stadnika easily dis- posed of the next two batters. H o w e v e r, Greg Buss then came through with an opposite field single to left. A passed ball moved the alert base- runners up, making it second and third. Then Larry Gustafson ,playing third in this game, lashed a clutch two run dou- ble to right-center. That was all Michigan needed as Joyce only yielded one hit to the Chippewas. In evening his record at 2-2, Tom struck out six and walked but one. The Wol- verines collected just four hits, as in the first game, but they paid attention and brought in some runs. Michigan's conference record stands at 7-5, and first-place Iowa and Minne- sota are 10-4. Complications in the sched- ule make it necessary for Michigan to sweep Northwestern and Wisconsin, Fri- day and Saturday, on the road to win the Big Ten championship. Those bats have got to come through. LEAD CUP SERIES, 3-1 Pugnacious Flyers rap Bruins From wire Service Reports PHILADELPHIA-Bill Barber and Andre "Moore" Dupont scored late goals as the Phila- delphia Flyers broke the back of the Boston Bruins, 4-2, to take a three games to one edge in the best of seven Stanley Cup series. Boston had dominated play through most of the third per- iod, but failed to score as the superlative Bernie Parent and his cohorts on the Flyer defense robbed the Bruins time and again. Chief of their victims was Bobby Schmautz, who got robbed on a clean breakaway by the Philly netminder. WITH SIX minutes to go in the game, Ross Lonsberry took a pass from Joe Watson and headed down the ice. His pass found Barber alone on the left side, and the Flyer winger drill- ed the puck past Boston goalie Gilles Gilbert. A few minutes later, as Philly was attempting to kill time, Bobby Clarke found Dupont loose amid the inert Bruin de- fense. Dupont soon had the puck, and the puck was soon past the hapless Gilbert. For a while in the first period, it seemed like the two oppo- nents were trying to set a Stanley Cup record for most bodies crammed in a penalty box. Twenty-one penalties were called in that period, including ten majors, as both teams bat- tled for the psychological edge. In between the penalties, there was considerable action, as the Flyers jumped out to a quick two goal lead, with Rick MacLeish and Dave Schultz making Gilbert look like a hu- man sieve. But then the Flyers suddenly forgot how to skate, and Boston's Phil Esposito and Andre Savard took responsibil- ity for tying the score. Kate Smith sang "God Bless America" at the beginning of the game, and once again the Flyers came through for the dear fatty. Flyer coach Fred Shero, noted for his corny cloganeering, told his club be- fore the game that "We work together now, we will walk to- gether forever." One more win, and their names will be en- graved together forever on the Stanley Cup. Prof^#-dt~sioI Leoue 5tandinns AMERICAN LEAGUE East w L Pet. GB Milwaukee 15 13 .536 ,- Cleveland 17 15 .531 - Baltimore 15 15 .500 1 Detroit 15 15 .500 1 New York 18 18 .500 1 Boston 15 18 .455 2', West Chicago 15 14 .517 - Oakland 17 16 .515 - California 17 17 .500 1/ Kansas City 16 16 .500 (4 Texas 16 17 A.485 1 Minnesota 13 15 .464 15r Last Night's Results Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 6, Boston 2 Detroit 5, New York 2 Minnesota at Chicago, postponed Kansas City 4, Oakland 2 (1st) Kansas City at Oakland (2nd) in. California at Texas, postponed Today's Games California (Stoneman 1-3) at Tex- as (Clyde 2-0), night. Minnesota (Albury 1-1) at Chi- cago (Kaat 4-2), night. Boston (Marichal 1-1) at Cleve- land (Kline 3.4), night. Milwaukee (Slaton 4-3) at Balti- more (McNally 3-2), night. Detroit (Coleman 5-1) at New York (Tiedrow 3-3), 3 p.m., WJR radio. NATIONAL LEAGUE East w L Pet. Ga Montreal 13 11 .542 - Philadelphia 17 15 .531 - St. Louis 16 15 .516 ' Chicago 13 15 .464 2 New York 14 18 .438 3 Pittsburgh 9 20 .310 6' west Los Angeles 24 9 .727 - Houston 20 16 .556 5? San Francisco 20 16 .556 5y Cincinnati 16 15 .516 7 Atlanta 15 19 .441 91 San Diego 14 22 .389 11t: Last Night's Results Montreal 9, Philadelphia 2 San Francisco 4, Cincinnati 0 Chicago 7, Pittsburgh 1 New York at St. Louis, postponed Atlanta at San Diego, inc. Today's Games Chicago (Hooton 1-3) at Pitts- burgh (Rooker 2-2), night. New York (Koosman 4-0) at St. Louis (Curtis 2-3), night. Atlanta (Reed 5-3) at San Diego (Freiselben 3-0), night. Montreal (Renko 2-4) at Philadel- phia (Ruthven 2-1), night. I Houston (Griffin 5-1 and Koniee- any 0-2) at Los Angeles (John 5-I and Ran 2-1), 2, twi-nght. San Francisco (Bradley 4-3) at Cincinnati (Nelson 1-3). SREST KINDRACHUCK, Flyers center and Andre Savard, Bruins center are held apart by offi- c ials while fighting in the first period of last night's Stanley Cup action. Each was given a five rainute major penalty. The Flyers won, 4-2, to grab a 3-1 lead in the series.