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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Saturday, May 15, 1971
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The Wolverine baseball team took advantage of the
perfect baseball weather yesterday afternoon to enter-
tain the Michigan baseball fans with an exciting fifteen
inning pitching duel in the first game of a double-
header with Northwestern. The Wolverines managed
to pick up two crucial conference wins as they swept
both ends of the doubleheader, 2-1 and 4-3.
Southpaw Pete Helt, who handled the Wolverine end
of the pitching marathon, registered nine strikeouts,
allowing seven hits, to pick up the win, while Robert
Artemenko went the whole route for Northwestern,
also allowing-seven hits.
The Wolverines scored the go ahead run in the fif-
teenth as catcher Dan Mulvihill led off the inning with
a sharp single over second.
Following Shortstop Mike Rafferttys sacrifice bunt
that moved Mulvihill to second, second baseman Jim
Kocolowski rifled a double over the rightfielder to
score Mulvihill and hand Helt the win after a grueling
performance in the heat.
The runs were few and far between in that first game
as the Michigan team jumped out to an early lead in
the second inning with first baseman Pat Sullivan rap-
ping a triple into left center field to start the inning.
Then center fielder Leon Roberts belted a shot into
center field that got past the center fielder to score
Sullivan.
The Wildcats got their solo run in the seventh, the
last regulation inning of the game with two men gone,
as second baseman Bill Bauer belted a home run over
the right field fence.
Then began the extra inning display that saw both
teams blow a number of scoring opportunities until
Kocolowski dumped his game winning double into cen-
terfield.
The Wolverines had an easier time of it in the sec-
ond game as Dan Fife and teammates managed to hang
on long enough to register their sixth conference win of
the season.
The Wildcats struck first, scoring one run in the
top of the first as centerfielder George Greenfield
walked to lead off the game. A wild pitch from Fife
moved Greenfield to second and then Bob Artemenko
bombed a single over second moving Greenfield to
third.
Then Eugene Helfrich, the Wildcat right fielder,
walked to load the bases. Following a strike out by
third baseman Joel Hall. Bauer, who was responsible
for the Wildcat's run in the first game, bounced a
grounder past Wolverine third baseman Mark Carrow
to score Greenfield.
The Wolverines came to life in the following inning,
after tying the score in the bottom of the first as Car-
row scored on a wild throw by the Northwestern
catcher.
Kocolowski opened the inning with a line single over
second base into right field. Rafferty then followed
with a single into center.
Following a Fife sacrifice that moved the runners
to second and third, Carrow, who had a fine day,
singled to center to score Kocolowski. Right fielder
Mike Bowen cracked a fly ball to deep ,enter scoring
Rafferty.
The final run of the inning came as 'arrow scored on
Tom Kettinger's line shot past the third baseman.
Fife survived a final inning rally that saw the Wild-
cats score two last minute runs on a walk, two singles
and a sacrifice to pick up the win.
The double win lifted the Wolverines record to 10-t0
overall with a 6-4 conference won-loss mark.
The Wolverines tackle another tough conference op-
ponent in their second straight double-header of the
weekend when they meet Wisconsin this afternoon at
one at Fischer stadium. The Badgers split a double-
header yesterday afternoon with the conference-lead-
ing, nationally-ranked Spartans of Michigan State; to
own a 6-6 conference, and 16-15 overall nark.
The Wolverines pitcher Helt, by staying the distance,
became the second leading pitcher in Big Ten history
for innings pitched, one inning behind Ohio State's
Steve Arlin who pitched 16 against Michigan in 1965.
The game was the longest played in the Big Ten this
year.
McLain wins round one
while Bengals bow, 3-2
By T1e Associat'd Press
WASHINGTON-Denny Mc-
Lain beat his former Detroit
teammates in their first con-
frontation last n i g ht as the
Washington Senators nipped the
Tigers 3-2 on pinch-hitter Paul
Casanova's sacrifice fly in the
ninth inning.
McLain, traded from the Ti-
gers to the Senators last fall,
blew a 2-0 lead in the top of the
ninth before Washington came
back to win it when Toby Har-
rah doubled, took third on ai
infield out and raced home on
Casanova's fly to center.
The Tigers had tied it on a
two-run single by pinch-hitter
Ike Brown.
McLain, 4-5, took a five-hitter
into the ninth, but was nicked
for a leadoff single by Norm
Cash. D-l Unser dropped Willie
Horton's fly to center for an
error and, one out later, Kevin
Collins single to fill the bases.
Brown, batting for relief
pitcher Tom Timmerman, then
singled to center on a 3-2 pitch,
scoring Cash and Horton.
Frank Howard crashed a sec-
ond inning homer, his fourth of
the season, off Detroit starter
Bill Zepp. Unser tripled in the
Minnesota
challenges
-conference
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. WP) -
The Big Ten Intercollegiate Con-
ference has been challenged by
the University of Minnesota to
show how it has legal authority
to lease its athletic facilities.
The Board of Regents yester-
day passed a resolution assert-
ing that the board "has legal au-
thority over the use of the uni-
versity's physical plant, includ-
ing its athletic facilities.
"The board is unaware of any
action it has taken delegating to
another agency, such as the Big
Ten Intercollegiate Conference,
control over the use of facilities
or property belonging to the uni-
versity,"
The university would like to
lease its football stadiumto the
Minnesota Vikings professional
team. The thinking goes that
this would help the desperate
athletic funding picture at the
"U,".
The Big Ten directors have
balked at letting conference
schools go their own way in
such outside agreements.
fifth and scored on Tom Mc-
Craw's infield out, giving the
Senators a 2-0 lead,
Sox slam
BOSTON - Unbeaten Sonny
Siebert checked Baltimore on
clutch pitching and drove in a
run with a sharp single last
night as the Boston Red Sox
defeated the Orioles 2-0 and
After the first 36 hIol's of the
Big Ten Golf tournainent, the
Wolverine linksmen p 1 a c e d
seventh. During the first round
the Michigan team carded a
total of 781 strokes over the
tough par 72 Scarlet course.
Purdue, the favorite, held a
slim one stroke leadt over Ohio
State with 749 strokes, for the
first spot. Illinois was one stroke
behind the Buckeyes at 751.
hiked their American League
East lead to 2%/ games over the
1970 World Series champs.
Siebert, extending his record
to 6-0, hooked up with Balti-
more's Jim Palmer in a mound
duel in the first meeting of the
season between the flag con-
tenders.
The Red Sox nicked Palmer,
5-2, for a run in the fifth when
Duane Josephson led off with a
triple and Doug Griffin followed
with a sacrifice fly.
Siebert, who worked out of a
jam in the seventh, then added
an insurance run in the Boston
half of the inning. George Scott
led off with a single and was
sacrificed to second. With two
out, Griffin was walked inten-
tionally and Siebert wrecked the
strategy by singling sharply to
center, scoring Scott.
Cards club
HOUSTON - B o b Gibson
checked Houston on eight hits
and Dick Schofield crashed a
two-run double as the St. Louis
Cardinals trimmed the Astros 4-2
last night for their third straight
victory.
The Cardinals, hitless against
Jack Billingham until Gibson's
fifth inning single, struck for
three runs in the sixth to snap a
scoreless tie.
Matty Alou started it with a
leadoff single ,and, two outs lat-
er, Jose Cardenal beat out an
infield hit. Ted Sizemore then
punched a run-scoring single and
Schofield followed with his dou-
ble into the right field corner for
two more runs.
The Cards added a run off
Billingham 2-3, in the seventh,
on a double by Lou Bro-i. an it
field out and a single 'isTed
Simmons.
Pirates Ipinnhed
PITTSBURGH - Jery Ki -
man scattered eight hits nidt B b
Aspromonte cracked a ire ri
homer as the New 'orK Mits
drubbed the Pittsburgh Firotes
8-2 last night. The victory gave
the Mets a two-game lead over
the second - place Pirates in the
National League East race.
"Aspromonte's blast came with
two outs in the seventh inning off
Bob Moose, the Pirates' fourth
pitcher.
Dave Marshall singled to right
and Cleon Jones, who hit a solo
homer in the third, followed with
a .double for one run. Ed Krane-
pool, who drove in two runs in
the first on a broken-bat double,
was given an intentional walk
before Aspromonte hit his third
homer of the season ove' Ithe
left field wall.
Braves blast
ATLANTA - Ralph Garr cap-
ped a three-run seventh inning
rally with a run-scoring single
giving the Atlanta Braves a 3-2
victory over the Philadelphia
Phillies last night.
Barry Lersch blanked the
Braves on three hits until Orlan-
do Cepeda opened the bottom of
the seventh with his 10th hone
run of the season.
Felix Milian walked and sec-
ond baseman Denny Doyle drop-
ped Lersch's throw on Clete
Boyer's sacrifice bunt for an er-
ror. After Bob Didier tingled,
scoring Millan with tne tying run,
the Braves filled the bases with
two out, and Boyer scored the
winner on Garr's single to cen-
ter.
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ST. LOUIS CARDINAL catcher Ted Simmons tags Astro Cesar
Cedeno out for the last out of the second inning as he attempts to
score from third on Joe Morgan's liner to Lou Brock. Brock fired
the ball to Simmons for the tag as the Cardinals clipped the Astros,
4-2.
ROSS WINS
Netters lead Big Ten
Wolverine Joel Ross paced the
Michigan tennis squad to a 21
point lead in the Big Ten tennis
championships yesterday, all but
clinching the Wolverines fourth
straight conference title.
The Wolverines amassed 105
-points in two days action, ad-
vancing three singles and three
doubles teams into today's
finals.
Ross, unseeded in the compe-
tition knocked off top seeded
Tom Gray of Michigan State in
Major League Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
East East
W L Pet. GB W L Pet. GB
Baltimore 18 13 .581 2Y2 New York 20 10 .667 -
Boston 20 10 .667 - Pittsburgh 19 13 .594 2
New York 15 15 .500 5 St. Louis 19 14 .576 2 z
Detroit 15 16 .484 5% Montreal 12 12 .500 5
Washington 14 18 .438 7 Chicago 16 17 A85 59
Cleceland i 20 .355 9h Philadelphia 9 21 .300 11
West West
Oakland 24 12 .667 - San Francisco 25 9 .735 -
Minnesota 17 16 .515 5Y2 Los Angeles 17 17 .500 8
California 17 17 .500 6 Atlanta 16 17 .411 82
Kansas City 16 18 .471 7 Houston 15 18 .455 9 2
Milwaukee 12 17 .414 8Y Cincinnati 12 20 .375 12
Chicago 12 19 .387 9% Ian Diego 10 22 .313 14
Yesterday's Results Yesterday's Results
Boston 2, Baltimore 0 Cincinnati 5, Montreal 2.
Cleveland 2, New York 1 New York 8, Pittsburgh 2
Washington 3, Detroit 2 Atlanta 3,Phulalelphia 2
Minnesota 4, Chicago 3 St. Louis 4, Houston 2
Oakland 5, Kansas City 3 Chicago 3, San Diego 2
Milwaukee at california, Inc. Los Angeles at San Francisco, inc.
straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, while
Michigan's number one doubles
team of Ross and Dick Raverby
won its semifinal match, also
in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6, defeat-
ing Iowa's team of Jim Esser
and Craig Sanvig.
For the doubles championship
the pair will face Indiana's Mark
Bishop and Jeoff Hodson, who
advanced to the finals with a
7-6, 6-3 victory over the Boiler-
maker team of Nick Giordano
and Jim Mansfield.
Ross will face Northwestern's
Bill Meyers in the finals.
The Wolverines nearest com-
petitor is the Indiana team with
84 points. MSU holds the third
spot with 78, followed by Iowa *
with 77, Illinois 76, Wisconsin
56 Northwestern 38, Minnesota
38, Purdue 29, and Ohio
State 20.
During the regular season,
the team accumulated 59 points
in winning eight out of nine
dual meets, three ahead of In- -#
diana.
Michigan has won seven of
the nine championship matches
last season to take the first
spot for the third straight year,
but it was not expected that
they would take suchta com-
manding lead this year.