Page Twelve
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Saturday, May 17, 1975
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By CLARKE COGSDILL
It was a day Northwest-
ern's baseball team should
remember to forget.
Michigan. combining bril-
liant pitching and an un-
usual, solid attack, swept
th eWildcats at Ray L. Fish-
er Stadium yesterday, 7-0
and 9-0. C h u c k Rogers
struck out a season-high 10
men on the way to a five-
hitter in the opener, and
Mark Weber went him one
better, allowing but four
safeties, in the nightcap.
Now, the Wildcats go on
to East Lansing, where the
second-place Spartans took
a pair from Wisconsin yes-
terday to stay a half-game
behind the Wolverines in
the Big Ten title chase.
Michigan shouldn't n e e d,
and doesn't expect, any
help from yesterday's foes
in today's f i n a l day of
league action . . . but it
would certainly be appre-
ciated.
Wisconsin, the t e a m that
visits Ray L. Fisher Stadium
at 1:00 p.m. in today's twinbill,
went into yesterday's action
with a .342 team Big Ten batting
average. "All that tells me,"
said Michigan coach Moby Ben-
edict, "is that they haven't been
facing any good pitching. Good
pitching will stop good hitting
every time. EVERY time."
A Michigan sweep would
clinch the Big Ten title.
IN YESTERDAY'S action, not
only did good pitching stifle a
mediocre attack--a previously-
mediocre offense bomber the
league's seventh-best pitching
staff with numbing consistency.
The Wolverines accomplished
this without help from Randy
i
sweep
Hackney, their slugging first strikeouts and bases on balls.
baseman, who got but one hit "It was really moving out there.
in seven trips to the plate yes- "You don't need to strike out
terday, and figured in none of that many guys to be a good
the scoring. pitcher," he added, "but I'll
Most of his teammates had take it."
more to celebrate. Mark Gren- MICHIGAN did not play quite
kowski became, with Hackney, so subtly in the nightcap, and
one of the two Wolverines with scored five runs with two out in
Big Ten homers, when he drove the opening frame to put the
in a two-run shot over the left- game away.
centerfield fence in the fourth Ross scored Walterhouse, who
inning. He finished the day with had tripled, with a shot off los-
three hits in six at-bats, and ig pitcher Clayton Bond's (0-4)
four RBIs, to lift his season leg, and the floodgates opened.
hatting average to .341. James chipped in a 2-RBI dou-
ble, followed by a Damiani 2-
Ted Mahan, who took a .245 RBI triple, to complete the Wol-
mark into the fray, and Dan verines' fun.
Damiani, hitting an uninspiring Weber, 3-1 in conference play,
.230, contributed four hits each walked no-one and whiffed sev-
over the two games. Dick Wal- en and never got in serious
terhoise and Jeff James joined trouble. He allowed only one
G"'nkowski with three safeties, Wildcat to reach third - Lynn
with James also driving in four Lyall doubled in the sixth, and
r ,ns. moved on when Weber made
THREE unearned runs in the Michigan's first balk of the
second-inning gave Rogers all year.
the sunport he needed to breeze
thro',h the opener. Pete Ross
led off with a deep fly ball to
lft which Wildcat Ed Grzela-
kowski misolayed and dropped,
for a two-base error. Losing
nitcher Chris Curfman, now 1-8
on the year, then walked desig-
nated hitter Bill Haslertg.
Mahan grounded into a dou-
blenlay, advancing R o s s to ,.t..4
third, anparently ending Mich-
igan's hopes for a big inning.
Then James rifled a shot down
the third base line, which -
Northwestern's Bill "B u f fi e
sneared but could not recover
in time, to score Ross with the
game's first run.
After Damiani walked, light-
hitting shortstop Tim Berra hit
a high chopper which flicked
off B'iffie's g 1 o v e, scoring
James. Grenkowski then follow- '
ed with a single to knock in
Damiani.
"I had a really good .?fast-
ball," said Rogers, now 7-2 in
Big Ten action, explaining his
surprising number of b o t h
Wildcats
Closing in ...
NORTHWESTERN
AB R H RBII
Scheidt dh 4 0 1 0
Lyal2b 4 0 1 0
Biuffie 3b 2 0 0 0
Grriakowski if 3 0 0 0
Moor c 3 0 0
McGuire ri 2 0 0 0
Hau of 2 0 0 0
Goldak lb 0 0 0
Bruksch ss 3 0 2 0
Curtman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 0 4 0
MICHIGAN
AB R H RBI
Grenkoski if 3 1 2 3
Walterhouse 2b 4 1 1 0
Hackney 1b 4 0 1 0
Ross it 4 1 011
Haslerigdh 3 0 1 0
Mahan c 4 0 1 0
James 3b 3 2 2 1
Damiani of 2 2 2 0
Berra ss 3 0 1 1
Rogers p 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 12 6
1P H R ER RB SO
Curiman 6 12 7 4 3 3
(L, 1-8)
Rogers 7 4 0 0 4 10
(w, 7-2)
NORTHWESTERN
AB R H RBI
ScheidtiIf 3 0 1 0
Lyall 2b 3 0 1 0
Bufie 30 3 0 1 0
Greclakowski dh 3 0 0 0
II- chelc -3 0 0 0i
McKinney rf 3 0 2 0
Brokschss 3 0 0 0
Hague cf 2 0 0 0
Goldak lb 2 0 0 0
Bond pb 0 0 0 0
Trompeter p 0 0 0 0
Totals i5 0 5 0
MICHIGAN
AB R H Rill
Grenkoskiif 3 1 1
Walterhouse 2b 4 1 2 0
Hackney ib 3 0 0 0
Boss rf 3 2 11
Parker dli 23 3 1 0
Mahan e 3 1 3 1
James 3 4 1 1 3
Damiani if 4 0 2 2
Berra ss 4 0 1 0
Weber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 9 12
1P H R ER BB SO
Bond 2 7 7 2 2
(L, 0-5)
Trompeter 4 5 2 1 4 4
Weber 7 5 0 0 0 7
(W, 3-1)
Sports of the Daily
Billy Jo signs wrestlers
Three of the top wrestling prospects in the country will be
enrolling at Michigan next fall. Coach Bill Johanneson will wel-
come to Crisler Arena Mark Churella, 155 pounds from Farming-
ton, Amos Goodlow, 126 pounds from Flint Northwestern, and
s heavyweight Lewis Smith of Paoli, Pa.
Churella is the real catch. Called the "best high school wrestler
to come out of the state since Jeff Callard", he was named the
outstanding wrestler and took the most falls trophy at the U.S.
Wrestling Federation Eastern Juniors meet. Goodlow, a state
champion, is almost as good. Lewis will double as a tackle for Bo
Schembechler.
Also enrolling for the fall are; Ed Burnham, 138, Battle Creek
Lakeview, Bill Petosky, 158, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Jeff Chudy, War-
ren Mott, Al Bowles, 167, Inglewood, Ca., Steve Halprin, 105,
Malone, N.Y., and Tim Malinak, 190, Flemington, Pa.
V. MSU woes-football
By The Associated Press
EAST LANSING - Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes
predicted last December that Michigan State University was
headed for trouble in its player recruiting, according to an MSU
football recruit John Vielhaber.
Big Ten Commissioner Wayne Duke refused specific comment
on the allegations or whether they might constitute a violation of
the Conference's "negative recruiting" rule, in which it is a
violation to tell potential football recruits anything but the facts
about a com-peing school.
Gridder charged with rape
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police arrested Woody Green, professional
football player with the Kansas City Chiefs, of the National
Football League, on a charge of rape Friday.
He is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on May 11 at Loon
Lake, 36 miles northwest of Roseburg in western Douglas County.
Bail was set at $3,000.
WILDCAT third sacker Bill Buffie learns that it's too late; Wolverine designated hitter Mike
Parker has slid safely into third, to the approval of coach Moby Benedict (1). Michigan swept
the doubleheader, and only Wisconsin stands in the way of a Big Ten title.
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Player Club G AB R B Pet.
Munson NY 28 110 14 43 .391
Yount Mui 24 84 17 32 .381
Carew Min 23 75 14 26 .347
E. Maddox NY 29 115 17 39 .339
Baylor Bal 27 104 10 35 .337
R. White NY 24 85 23 28 .329
Braun Min 24 76 4 25 .329
McRae KC 34 127 18 41 .323
C. May Chi 30 97 8 31 .320
Rivers Cal 33 133 21 43 .319
Home Runs
Horton, Detroit, 7; Burroughs,
Texas, 6; 9 Tied With 5.
Runs Batted In
Hisle, Minnesota, 23; McRae,
Kansas city, 22; Horton, Detroit,
21; G. Scott, Milwaukee, 21; L. May,
Baltimore, 20; Bonds, New York, 20;
Burroughs, Texas, 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PlayerClub G AB R H Pit.
Lacy LA 21 73 11 27 .370
Morgan Cin 36 124 22 43 .363
Watson Stn 30 114 17 41 .360
cash Phi 31 131 22 47 .359
Griifey Cin 29 84 15 30 .35
Sanguillen Pgh 26 93 8 33 .355
Garvey LA 35 154 21 54 .351
Cardenal chi 30 117 21 41 .350
Monday Chi 29 100 22 35 .350
B. Smith stL 21 80 14 27 .HI8
Horne Runs
Luzinski, Philadelphia, 8; Ceb
Los Angeles, 7; winfield, San DiegO
7; Watson, Houston, 6; Wynn, 1.01
Angeles, 6.
Runs Batted In
Garvey, Los Angeles, 26; T. Perel,
cincinnati, 25; Luzinski, Philadel-
phia, 24; Bench, cincinnati, 21
wynn, Los Angeles, 24; Winfield
San Diego, 4.
WILLIE HORTON, Tiger
designated hitter extraordi-
naire, is currently leading
the American League in
home runs with seven, and
is tied with George Scott of
Milwaukee for third in
RBI's with twenty-one.