Page 10-Wednesday, March 31 1982-The Michigna Daily
Batsmen whitewash
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Hurons, 6-0
Straight from the
source's mouth
By RANDY BERGER a
Torrential rains weren't enough to
dampen the Michigan baseball team's
regular season opener. Although the
weather cut the second game of the
doubleheader short, it couldn't keep the
Wolverines from blanking cross-
county rival Eastern Michigan, 6-0, in
the first game.
As far as Michigan was concerned it
would have been just as- happy to go
home after the first inning of the opener
After scoring six quick runs in the
opening stanza all the Wolverines
needed was for, pitcher Rich Stoll to
hold off the Huron bats the rest of the
way.
"WHEN YOU get six runs in the first
inning you tend to have a letdown offen-
sively," said Michigan head coach Bud
Middaugh. "We had some gift runs in
the first but that was enough."
The Michigan runs certainly weren't
picture-perfect. Greg Schulte led off
the inning with a single to center.
Huron pitcher Mickey Weston sub-
sequently walked Dave Stober and
Chris Sabo before hitting clean-up hit-
ter Jim Paciorek in the hand, forcing
honie the first Wolverine run.
Weston's and Eastern's trouble didn't
stop there. Shortstop Jim Riggs bob-
bled a John Young grounder which sent
two more Wolverines across the plate.
Then with Paciorek on third and Young
on second, second baseman Jeff Jacob-
son hit an infield single to load the
bases. Designated hitter Ken Hayward
followed with a single to left scoring
Paciorek and Young before any were
out.
WESTON proceeded to retire Tony
Evans and John Clem on grounders
which proved to be the only outs the
Huron pitcher registered all afternoon.
Schulte's two-run single which followed
gave Weston a - quick exit. Huron
reliever Tim Addis came in and struck
out Stober to end the Michigan rally.
Except for the first and last innings
the Huron batters never threatened
Wolverine hurler Stoll. He faced only
one more than the minimum of hitters in
the second through sixth innings.
"I can't say enough about the in-
field's defensive play,"said Stoll. "The
wind was blowing in so all the balls hit
in the air stayed in the infield."t
Stoll's modesty however, couldn't
coyer up the fact that the sophomore
righthander from Attica, Indiana
allowed only three hits and struck out
five on the way to notching his fourth
win of the season against no defeats.
"IT WASN'T one of his better
outings," said Middaugh. "The key to
the game was that he got out of the first
inning. John Young caught a fine game
and settled Stoll down when he got in
trouble."
It was only in the first and last in-
nings that Eastern Michigan left more
than one player on base. With two outs
in the first, Howard Simmons hit a
,single to center and Riggs walked
before Stoll retired Jim Irwin on a
grounder to end the Hurons' threat.
Stoll got into a little trouble in the last
frame after it looked like it was going to
be another routine inning. With two
outs designated hitter Dave Jonske
lined a single up the middle. Stoll, then
momentarily had control problems as
he walked leftfielder Frank Pontello on
four pitches. The bases were then
loaded when second baseman Jacobson
bobbled a Jack Shilling grounder. The
Huron uprising and the game, however,
came to an abrupt ending as Stoll
struck out Tom Siefert for the final out.
Michigan upped its record to 9-3,
while Eastern fell to 6-11-1. The,
Wolverines take on Grand Valley State
(9-3) in another twinbill this afternoon.
Rain rain go away
R H"E
Eastern Michigan.........000 000 0 - 0 3 1
MICHIGAN ................600 000 0 - 6 5 1
Weston, Addis (1) and Siefert; Stoll and Young
WP- Stoll LP- Weston
HR-none
LOB- Eastern Michigan 6. Michigan 4
Time: 1:44
By RON POLLACK
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LAUREL OR HARDY
LOOKALIKE CONTEST
at
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Cocktail Lounge
100 S. 4th AVE.
AT THE
ANN ARBOR INN
The life of a recruit...
.. early verbal commitments'
THE LIFE OF a high school basketball recruit isn't all glamour.
Sure he may get all-expense paid trips to Hawaii, Florida; California
and whatever schools he's actually thinking of attending. And sure he may
get to meet coaches that he has idolized since he was old enough to know how
to dribble a basketball, much less dunk it.
But with the good goes the bad, and the bad does exist.
Michigan has received verbal commitments from four high school cagers.
One is an All-American (Richard Rellford), one is the state of Michigan's
Mr. Basketball (Robert Henderson) and the other two are among the elite
players in the Wolverine state (Paul Jokisch and Roy Tarpley). The one
thing that all four have in common is that they all committed to Michigan
before their high school basketball seasons had ended.
On the surface there is nothing bad about this. But the reason, that many
recruits commit early shows otherwise. The pressure of recruiting wars of-
ten becomes so intense that the high school senior chooses a college in order
to get some peace of mind.
Too much attention
"You have to open 100 pieces of mail a day and answer all those calls, and
sometimes you just have to leave the house to get away from it all," said
Henderson.
"I committed early because I didn't want to have to put up with the ten-
sion," said Rellford.
Their choice of a basketball program is an important decision, but it
shouldn't dominate their lives like it does. After all, there are other things
that are important to the recruit, like the upcoming game against Crosstown
High, does Peggy Sue have a date for the weekend, etc.
But the recruiting letters have to be
opened and the phone keeps ringing. 'You have to open 100 pieces
"Son, I'm coac at North Carolina and of mail a day and answer all
I'd just like a few minutes of your time those calls, and sometines you
to tell you why you should become a Tar just have to leave the house to
Heel,"-says the coach at the other end get away from it all.'
of the line. The phone-rings again, "Son,- Robert Henderson,
I coach at Kentucky and I'd just like a Michigan recruit
few minutes of your time to tell you why
you should become a Wildcat." Everybody has a reason why his school is the
best place for the recruit.
As a result, everything else takes a back seat until a verbal commitment is
made. "I announced around Christmas and it worked out well for me," said
Jokisch. "I didn't have to worry about where to go to school. Then I was just
able to worry about high school and basketball."
Unfortunately, not all players can get this peace of mind even when' they
verbally commit to a school. Right now, Rellford is worried mostly about
two things. The first is that Michigan head coach Bill Frieder wants him to
work on his ball handling skills since he'll either play big guard or small for-
ward next year in college. The other thing that he is concerned with is that he
would prefer to play forward rather than guard as a Wolverine.
But he cannot give his full and undivided attention to these cocerns. The
reason? He is being distracted by the recruiting efforts of Louisiana State.
After Rellford committed to Michigan, most schools left him alone. But not
LSU. Every other day Rellford receives a phone call from LSU, and every
other day he tells LSU that he's not interested.
Solutions to the problem
What is needed is stricter rules to take as much pressure off the high
school senior as possible. The reason that basketball recruits are not allowed
to officially sign a letter of intent until April 14 is that if a signing dpte didn't
exist, players might be tempted to do so as juniors.
This is understandable. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see how a
slick-talking coach could convince a 17-year-old junior that he should sign
before his senior year. If this wereto happen, you'd have a lot of unhappy
players a year later when they change their minds, as many people do bet-
ween their junior and senior years in high school.
The solution is to keep the letter of intent rule but change the signing date.
Let the recruit sign any time during his senior year. This way, he could sign
once his mind is made up as a senior, and in so doing get recruiters off his
back a little earlier-something Rellford has been unable to do. Further-
more, make it illegal for other schools to recruit him once he signs in
November or December.
Another rule change that would lessen the pressure on recruits would be to
minimize the contact a coach can have with him. It is ridiculous for Hender-
son to have to open 100 pieces of mail a day and receive so many phone calls
from recruiters that he is driven out of his home. Non-athletes are able to
capably choose a college without all of this "help" and there is no reason to
believe that the same doesn't hold true for athletes.
The only reason that a coach may write to a player every day and call him
very frequently, is the knowledge that other coaches are doing likewise. The
coach fears that opposing schools may be at an advantage if he doesn't con-
tact the recruit as often as they do. If the frequency of calls and letters is
minimized, no one's recruiting effort will be harmed since everyone will still
be able to contact recruits equally. The only difference will be that the high
school athlete has more time to himself.
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CON TSTBEGINS AT 5 PM FRIDAY APRIL 2
A $25 cash prize WILL BE AWARDED TO EACH
PERSON WHO WINS THE LOOKALIKE CONTEST.
CONTESTANTS MUST BE 21 YRS. OLD
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT 10 PM
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Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER
WOLVERINE SHORTSTOP Tony Evans fires to first base to complete a double
play as second basemen Jeff Jacobson looks on. Michigan won its home opener, 6-
0, over Eastern Michigan yesterday.
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