Wednesday, June 9, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Poge Eleven I Detroit selects Underwood 0 NEW' YORKAd) - Floyd Bannister, Arizona NState's left-handed fireballer tabbed by some scouts as a major league pitcher right now, was selected by the Houston Astros yesterday as the first choice of baseball's summer free agent draft. Michigan pitcher Lary Sorensen was picked by the Milwaukee Brewers, late in yesterday's pro- ceedings. Bannister, two-time All-American who was 37-5 in his three seasons for the Son Devils, was called "something special" by one scout, "Our reports say he can play right now in the major leagues, that he can break in, right off the bat." But Houston, winning the first pick by losing the most games in the National League in 1975, seemed likely to send him to the minors for more seasoning. Astros Manager Bill Virdon said Monday it would be unlikely for a college pitcher to step into a major league rotation. "I don't ever say something can't happen," he said, "but it's not something you expect." Jim Brock, baseball coach at Arizona State, the No. 1-ranked tenin in the country, said Ban- nister _coild be fitted immediately for a major Sle"iae uniform. -k,."My advice . . . would be to take him right up," Brock said. "Not as the top man, but as No. 6 or 7 on a 10-man staff." Bannister, the collegiate strikeout king this season with 195, blazed an 18-1 record in leading Arizona State to the College World Series begin- ning in Omaha, Neb. this weekend. The junior from Seattle who will be 21 Thurs- day-the last scheduled dty of the draft-com- pleted 15 of his 20 games in 1976 and compiled an earned-run average of 1.35. "He's very intelligent and worsk harder than any kid I've ever had," said Brock. BOB OWCHINKO, left-handed pitcher for the Eastern Michi- The Detroit Tigers, the losingest team in the gan Hurons, was the fifth player taken in the major league American League-and in the majors-in 1975, free agent draft. Owehinko, already has broken the EMU re- selected second and went for Pat Underwood, cord for the most wins in one season and hopes to add to the a high school pitcher from Kokimo, Ind. total in the College World Series which begins this week, in Underwood, whose brother, Tom, pitches for Omaha, Nebraska. the Philadelphia Phillies, was considered by one SPORTS OF TIHE DAILY: M AMERICA Player Club Walerhus.BhnettoKC McRae KC 4 Lynn usan scout "a bit ahead of his brother at the same stage of their development." The Atlanta Braves, owning the third choice, selected Kenneth Earl Smith, 18, an infielder- outfielder from Youngstown, Ohio. The Braves weer expected to have the 6-foot-2, 190-pounder concentrate on the infield. - The Milwaukee Brewers picked fourth and se- lected William Bordley, a left-handed high school pitcher from Rollings Bills, Calif. Bobt wehinko, a left-handed pitcher from Eastern Michigan University, who shutout Michigan twice in the NCAA tournament, was the fifth selection, taken by the San Diego Padres. The California Angels were next and picked Ken Landreaux, a 21-year-old junior center fielder from Arizona State, who led the nation with 87 runs batted in this year. Landreaux, who set an NCAA record for base hits with 112, belted 14 home runs and hit .413 this season. Playing all 70 of Arizona State's games, Landreaux did not commit an error while also leading his team in stolen bases. IMerman Segelke, a right-handed high school pitcher from San Francisco, was picked next by the Chicago Cubs. One scout caled Segelke "a big strong kid, a definite prospect." Next, the Chicago White Sox picked Steven Trout, a left-hander from South lolland, Ill., and the son of the late major league hurler Dizzy Trout. Last year's four division winners also went for pitchers. The Pittsburgh Pirates picked James Parke, a right-hander from Sterling Heights, Mich.; the Boston Red Sox went for left-hander Bruce Hurst of St. George, Utah, the Cincinnati Reds picked Mark King, a right-hander from Owensboro, Ky., and the Oakland A's completed the first round by taking right-hander Tom Sul- livan, Woodbridge, Va. Robert James, who plays the infield, outfield and pitches, was taken by the Minnesota Twins, who had the 10th pick. Aaior League Leaders AN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R H Pet. Player Club G AB R H Pet. 49 204 29 71 .348 MCB-ide StL 33 128 20 46 .359 49 187 31 65 .348 Griffey Cin 47 180 45 61 .359 38 142 19 49 .345 G.Foster Cin 47 183 28 62. .339 37 139 20 47 .338 Rose Cin 52 213 46 72 .338 43 174 26 58 .333 Cey LA 51 187 31 63 .337 46 201 28 64 .318 Boone Phi 41 131 21 44 .336 47 151 29 48 .318 Morgan Cin 44 154 41 51 .331 e Runs Home Runs ty, 10; L. May, nal- Kingman, New York, 21; Schmidt, Minnesota, 9; Ban- Philadelphia, 15; G. Foster, Cinin- Ystrzemski, Boston, nati, 11; Monday, Chicago, 10; Cey, leveland, 8; Bur- Los Angeles. 10. Batted In Runs Batted In xas, 40; Chambliss, G. Foster, Cincinnati, 50; King- Munson, New York, man, New York, 47; Schmidt, Phila- City, 35; Ford, Min- delphia, 39; Morgan, Cincinnati, 39; Texas, 34, T. Perez, Cincinnati, 38; Winfield, (5 Dccisions) San D~iego, 38. ity, 6-1, .857; Leon- Pitching (6 Decisions) y, 5-1, .833; singer, Lonborg, Philadelphia, 8-1, .899; .833; Slaton, Mil- Bough, Los Angeles, 7-1, .875; Mat- Travers, Milwau- ack, New York, 6-1, .857; R. Jones, Fitzmorrls, Kansas San ieg~o, 10-2, .833; Reed, Phil&- W. Campbell, Min- delphia, 5-1, .833; Alcala, Cincinnati, ; Goltz, Minnesota, 5-1, .833; Zachry, Cincinnati, 5-1, .833; 2 Tied with .750. Michigan baseball c a p t a i n D i c k Walterhouse has been awarded the 1976 Big Ten Medal of Honor, his third post-season award of the year. The award is given annually at each of the conference schools to the stu- dent w h o demonstrates the greatest proficiency in scholar- ship and athletics. Walterhouse, a senior fromn Ann Arbor, was previously se- lected as a member of the Big Ten All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year and as a member of the All-Big Ten first team as the top second baseman in the league. WALTERHOUSE achieved his primary goal of the season in being selected to the All-Aca- demic Team,- an accomplish- ment he feels recognizes more than just playing ability. He was also named the Outstanding Civil Engineering Undergradu- ate Student of the year by virtue of his 3.68 overall grade point average. Walterhouse led the team in base hits this season with 50 while finishing second in hitting with a .342 average. He entered the record book in two places, collecting 11 doubles to tie Wil- liam Roman (1960) for the Cubs acquire Coleman from Tigers for cash CHICAGO (P) - The Chicago Cubs obtained veteran Detroit y" right-handed pitcher Joe Cole- man from the Detroit Tigers yesterday for an undisclosed amount of cash and a player to be named after the season. Coleman, 29, had his best season in 1971 when he posted a 20-9 record for the Tigers, striking out 236 batters in 286e innings. In 1972 he had a 19-14 record and the following year f he was 23-15. Coleman, 1-5 after 12 starts this season, was the first selec- tion of the 1965 June free-agent / draft. He won his first two games for the then-Washington Senators only four months out of high school. oleman Michigan season high and get- ting seven triples to surpass the old mark of six by Steve Boros (1956). Michigan's 1975 B i g T e n Medal of Honor went to tennis . player Jerry Karzen. Meyer tabbed Michigan's steeplechase ace Greg Meyer, after earning All- American recognition .by plac- ing fifth in the NCAA Champion- ships in Philadelphia, has been invited to attend the AAU Na- tional Finals Saturday in Los Angeles. The junior from Grand Rapids currently holds the sixth best time in the nation ($:33.8) in the 3004-meter event and can auto- matically qualify for the Olym- pic tryouts by shaving 1.1 sec- onds off that time. MEYER'S 8:33.8, which he achieved in Saturday's NCAA finals, is the fourth best time run by a collegiate American this year. 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