Page Ten THE MiCH{GAN DAILY Thursday, May 27, 1 976 Blue slugger hits books too Walterhouse all-around leader By LESLIE BROWN Traditionally, a team cap- tain can lead in one of two ways - vocally or through ex- ample. Dick Walterhouse, cap- tain of Michigan's baseball team, terms himself the latter. "In comparison to last year's captain I'm just not as vocal," Walterhouse explains. "I try to lead through example on the field." With two doubles his first two times at bat last Sun- day, Walterhouse showed Michigan the way to its sec- ond consecutive Big Ten Championship and a berth in the NCAA Mid-East Regional Tournament. So Walterhouse ends his reg- ular season career at Michi. ga% with a 328 batting aser- age, Now the question comes down to whether the Wolverines can keep it rolling this weekend at the NCAA Tournament at East- ern Michigan Friday at 4 p.m. Michigan will meet EMU in the first rouisd, With a season record of 19- 18-1, Michigan enters the tour- nament as underdogs. However, these statistics overlook this year's tough non-conference schedule, where the Wolverines rarely used their best pitchers. Walterhouse attributes the team's unimpressive record this season to the fact that 'its hard to get in a groove when you're rained out a lot. Baseball is a game that you have to play every day. There are times when a game is rain- ed nut and you may not play for a week." Whatever the outcome, Walterhouse's four year ca- reer with Michigan remains im p r e s s i v e. The hon- ors awarded him include Most Improved Player in 1974, Big Ten All-Academic selection in 1975 and being named one of Michigan's top three senior athletes this year along with basketball's Wayman Britt and football's Gordon Bell. Personally, Walterhouse con- siders the opportunity to play ot two Big Ten championship teams an honor as well. "Any player on a Big Ten team always strives for the title. It's always something that's in the back of your mind," says Walterhouse. Although baseball weighs heavily in Walterhouse's fu- ture plans, this was not al- ways the case. At Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, he only participated in baseball his senior year, along with foot- ball, basketball and golf. Accepted as an engineering student at Michigan, it was on- ly after a two day stint at a pro tryout camp that he was re- cruited for the baseball team. Approached by the Pittsburgh Pirates that summer, Walter- house opted to go to Michigan and continue his academic ca- reer as well. "Academics are just as im- portant to me. After all, I am here to gel an education," says Walterhouse. "House," as he is known by fans and teammates, com- bines the two successfully, As a civil engineering major, he maintains a 3.75 GPA and hopes to go on and receive his Masters in civil. "A lot depends is whether or not I'm recruited for the pros and I won't know about that until the first week in June." stated Walterhouse. The Wolverine captain re- ceived honors in the academic arena also. He collected a 1)is- tingtished Achievement Award for Civil Engineering to add to his athletic awards. However, there is one honor let to be achieved - an NCAA Mid-Eastern Regional title, which escaped Michigtn in the final game last year. Michigan baseball coach Moby Benedict signals to the crowd after his team defeated Michigan State to win the conference title for the second straight year. The Wolverines now ad- vance to the NCAA play offs at Eastern Michigan. BOOK SALE PAPERBACKS NOW 44c-88c reg. $1.95-$8.95 FOR SERIOUS MINDED BOOK PEOPLE BIBLIOGRAPHIES REPRINTS TECHNICAL BOOKS RESEARCH AIDS REFERENCE & LIBRARY ORIENTED BOOKS 4%OFF OVER 2,000 TITLES QUANTITIES LIMITED 322 s. State St. ~p~i't ~the tAvzi4 From wire Service Reports Guthrie opposed COLLEGE STATION, Tex. -- R. C. Conole, president of Texas World Speedway, said yesterday he is starting a movement to have Janet Guthrie's United States Auto Club license revoked. "I won't let her or the owner run at Texas World Speed- way," Conole said after hearing a rumor that Miss Guthrie accepted $10,000 to drive in the NASCAR-sanctioned World 600 at Charlotte, N.C. Females in the field LANSING - Michigan may become the first state in the na- tion to legally declare baseball a noncontact sport and thus open it to participation by girls, under a bill on its way to Gov. Wil- liam G. Milliken. The state House approved the baseball bill 93-7 yesterday. The measure was introduced by Rep. Gary Owen, D-Ypsi- lanti, and specifically amends the state School Code list of non- contact sports to include baseball. Hodge traded BOSTON - The Boston Bruins, seizing the chance to acquire a promising young player and one they have been seeking for three years, obtained 22-year-old right wing Rick Middleton from the New York Rangers for veteran right wing Ken Hodge in a National Hockey League trade yesterday. The trade reunites Hodge, one of the league's strongest shoot- ers, with center Phil Esposito, who was dealt to the Rangers last season along with defenseman Carol Vadnais for center Jean Ra- telle and defenseman Brad Park. PATE SET PACE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. BILLiARDS UP) - Jerry Pate of Pensa- cola, Fla., figures to do well on this year's PGA golf tour. Pate, the 1974 U. S. Amateur cham- $1 per hour pion, set a fast pace when he won last fall's qualifying tour- MEM. WEEKEND, nament at Walt Disney World with a nine-under-par 423 for SAT.-MON. six rounds of golf. OPEN 1 PM. There were 380 players in the starting field. Twenty-five play- at the UNION ers qualified for the 1976 PGA tour. 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