Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, May 17, 1975 le 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.