Tuesday, May 18, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY , Poge Eleven Big weekend for Blue 'M' netters snare ninth straight title By BOB MILLER Brian Eisner was right. A little confidence and a surprise starter were all the Wolverines needed to capture their ninth consecutive Big Ten Tennis Championship. It wasn't as tight as many people predicted, as Michigan nearly doubled the point total of its nearest rival, Ohio State. THE WOLVERINES were bouyed by the ap- pearance of Freddy DeJesus, who decided to sit out the regular season to concentrate on aca- demics. DeJesus displayed the form that earned him a title at number two singles last year, as he defeated the Illini's Bruce Franks, 6-3, 6-2, to win the title at third singles. Eric Friedler suffered only his second con- ference loss in the finals for first singles, again to the Buckeyes' Francisco Gonzales, 6-3, 6-3. With the victory, Gonzales retained his title. Jeff Etterbeek had a tough time, but finally beat OSU's John Botica, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Etterbeek thus became one of the few freshmen to win a title. JIM HOLMAN continued the onslaught of op- ponents, as Michigan placed five finalists in singles, winning four medals. Holman, one of the team's most consistent performers all season, needed only two sets to dispose of Chuck Meurisse of Illinois, 6-2, 7-6. BRAD HOLLAND, pushed back to sixth singles because .of DeJesus, took advantage of playing one notch lower to take top honors over the Spartans' Lee Woyahn, 6-4, 6-4. In doubles, Etterbeek and Friedler finished the season undefeated with a 6-2, 6-2 blitzing of the Gonzales brothers, Francisco and Pedro from Ohio State. AT THE final doubles position, Holman and Holland completed the sweep in these events in a three set victory over Woyahn and Dick Callow of Michigan State, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2. The Maize and Blue led the final points total with 75, three less than last year's team that finished fourth in the NCAA's. Second was Ohio State with 45 points. The Buckeyes had a chance to win three singles crowns and another two in doubles, but OSU took only one title. Wo veri By BILL STIEG But Michiga problems and The way things are gog so straight title the Big Ten baseball race, cal- losing in its h( culators and umbrellas should with Michigan be required equipment for the verines are at three teams battling for the and home Sun title. Rain has once again messed A split would up the games, schedulesand a chance tov standings in the Big Ten. Head- losses would le ing into the final weekend of Minnesota take play, just about anything can The champio happen, and the weather could by won-lost per have a lot to do with who wins of a tie, total r the championship. to-head series Michigan outs W L PCT. 2-t this year MICHIGAN (18-15-1) 8 3 .727 holds a 5-1 lea Minnesota (35-8) 11 5 .688 State in their g Mich. State (14-20-1) 6 4 .600 If Saturday's Iowa (20-15) 8 6 .571 gan State is rai Purdue (14-15) 5 S .500 header would b Wisconsin (19-13) 6 7 .462 If Sunday's gas Indiana (19-17) 6 7 .462 it would be p1 Ohio St. (18-16) 4 7 .417 both weekend g Vorthwestern (18.18) 5 11 .313 out, only one g Illinois (20-18) 3 8 .273 ed Monday. SATURDAY'S GAMES All these p MICHIGAN at Mich. State make the difl Iowa at Minnesota (2) first and seco Ohio St. at Purdue (2) ter of thousn Indiana at Illinois (2) centage poin SUNDAY'S GAMES splits and b Mich. State at MICHIGAN rained out, Ml Indiana at Purdue (2; .title by .692 to Ohio State at Illinois (2) If Michigan Michigan captures track triple crown By RICH LERNER The Michigan track team chalked up its third Big Ten championship of the school year this weekend, taking the outdoor track title in Cham- paign to go along with cross-country and indoor track titles won previously. THE WOLVERINES captured three individual titles in the two-day meet, besting runner-up Wisconsin 111-97. Indiana finished third with 68 and defending champ Illinois totaled 63. Senior Abe Butler won the triple jump-hop, skipping and jumping 50-8%. Teammate Mark Bohlke added two points to Butler's ten, by placing fifth. Junior Greg Meyer recaptured the 3000-meter steeplechase championship he won as a fresh- man, splashing to a time of 8:50.8. Teammate Bruce McFee was 16 seconds back in second place. The Wolverine 440-year relay team raced to victory, qualifying for the NCAA championships in a time of 40.69 seconds. Wisconsin was forced to scratch in the event, when its top sprinter Tariq Mughal pulled a muscle. WITH MUGHAL injured, his teammate Larry Johnson picked up the slack in the 100 and 200- meter dashes. The freshman footballer won both, nipping the Wolverines' Doug Hennigar. Michigan added a pair of fifth place finishes to Hennigar's two seconds-Jim Grace in the 200 and Arnett Chisholm in the 100. Michigan garnered a second and a fourth in the high hurdles, behind Indiana's Phil Stapp, who won for the second consecutive year. Chis- holm collected the fourth place points while Charles Crouther placed second. Crouther also anchored the 440-year relay and placed sixth in the 200. Other Wolverines to score were: Andy Johnson second place in the 800 meters, with Dave Wil- liams fifth; Jeff Mcleod third in the 400 meters, with Dave Williams fifth; Jeff Mcleod third in the 400 meters; Jim Stokes third place in the pole vault; Bill Donakowski and Meyer placed fourth and fifth, respectively in the 5000 mseters and the mile-relay team placed second behind the Badgers. ht race n eliminate any The Wolverines scored three ning both State runs in the top of the seventh to win the first game 3-2, but kend, Michigan dropped the nightcap 2-1, by of a twinbill at allowing two unearned runs. ten split two at Michigan plays Eastern Mighi- The split gave gan tomorrow in a doubleheader 3 record is the starting at 1 p.m. instead of the scheduled 2 p.m. 3000 meter champ Greg Meyer nes ead tig a can avoid any washed out this weekend, and But Michigan ca win its second Minnesota sweeps its Iowa confusion by win by simply not series, Michigan still wins, .727 gameA. ome-away series to .722. If MSU sweeps Michigan Over last wee State. The Wol- and Iowa sweeps Minnesota, was rained outc MSU Saturday Michigan State goes to the Wisconsin and th day. NCAAs as conference champs Northwestern.T give Minnesota with a 16-20-1 record. Michigan an 8-3 win it all. Two The possibilities are endless. Big Ten. .t either State or the crown. nship is decided centage. In case runs in the head- is the criteria. ,ored Minnesota and Minnesota d over Michigan ames. Michigan-Michi- ned out, a double- e played Sunday, me is rained out, ayed Monday. If ames are washed same can be play- ossibilities could Terence between ad place a mat- ndths of a per- t. If Michigan Minnesota gets Ichigan wins the .688. gets completely Ohio State is easy victor in conference golf tourney The old stand-bys of Big Ten golf, Ohio State, Indiana and Purdue, finished 1-2-3 in last weekend's rainy Big Ten cham- pionship at the Michigan course. Ohio State, the tourney favo- rite, pulled methodically away from the rest of the field to win easily by 32 strokes. Indiana, which was tied for first after the opening round, was second, 18 strokes ahead of Purdue. Host school 1ichigan, which entered the meet hoping for third, finished fourth, five back of Purdue. Ohio State, Indiana and Purdue have won the confefrence crown 20 of the last 25 years. This year, a couple of rela- tive newcomers led the way for the Buckeyes. 'Sophomore Ralph Guarasci put together a 71-72- 77-78-298 string to take individ- ual honors. Freshman teammate Mark Balen was runner-up with a 79-74-72-74-299. The Hoosiers were led by Mike Jackson's 70-73-81-78-302. To p Michigan scorers were freshman Rod Pafford at 306 and Randy McClelland at 309. Captain Harvey Ely carded a 314 and Tim VanTongeren had a 316. It rained intermittently dur- ing Saturday's 36 holes, and Sunday's 18 hole finale was delayed by fog and slowed by more r a in. Groundskeepers could not cut the fairway- either day. Though the Buckeyes' four other starters were seniors, there is already talk that OSU may be building a golf dynasty. They left some very good play- ers in Columbus and have 4- cruited the best high schoolers in Michigan and California. As for Michigan, coach Bill Newcomb started two freshmen and two sophomores and he says recruiting is going well. Mich- igan hasn't won a Big Ten tike since 1952.