. Women's Softball at Eastern Michigan today at 3:00 pm SPORTS Women's Tennis vs Michigan State 1:00 pm today at Huron Valley Tennis Club Page 8 Thursday, April 7, 1983 The Michigan Da0,2 m RECORD SOARS TO 17-1 'M' nine sweep Broncos A. L. Royals to rule West 000 By MIKE BRADLEY The putrid weather conditions which prevailed at Ray L. Fisher stadium did little to prevent Michigan from sweeping a doubleheader from Western Michigan yesterday. It took the Wolverines ten long in- nings to dispose of the Broncos in the first contest. Doug Bair's two-out base- hit broke a 2-2 tie, driving in Chris Gust, who had walked and advanced to third on a single. MICHIGAN tied the game at two in the third when Chris Sabo's bloop double knocked in Barry Larkin from second base. That ended the scoring un- til the tenth. Tim Karazim entered the game in relief of starter Dave Kopf in the sixth inning and threw five strong innings of one-hit shutout relief to pick up his first victory of the season. The Wolverines upped their season record to 17-1 with a 3-1 victory in the nightcap. Again, it took some late in- ning heroics to assure the victory. MICHIGAN took a 1-0 lead in the third when Dale Sklar tripled and scored on a suicide squeeze bunt by Larkin. The Broncos came back to tie the score in the fifth when designated hitter Abe Walker walked, stole second, and scored on shortstop Tim Gourlay's base hit. Michigan struck back for the winning runs in the sixth. Sabo reached base in a single with one out, advanced to second when Ken Hayward worked losing pit- cher Kris Kuhn for a free pass to first and scored after Jeff Jacobson's grounder evaded Gourlay and third baseman Steve Chumas. On the play, Hayward was tagged out in a rundown and Jacobson advanced to second. Left fielder Fred Erdmann drove the final nail in the Broncos' coffin when he drove in Jacobson with a double. That was all that Gary Wayne needed to improve his record to 3-1. The junior lefthander who entered the game in relief of starter Casey Close in the sixth retired Western in the seventh, and Michigan had recorded its second doubleheader sweep in as many days. HEAD COACH Bud Middaugh was pleased with the fact that his team con- tinued on its winning ways, but showed some concern about his pitching staff. "We didn't pitch all that badly, but I think we're going to have to get better. We walked a lot of people today and that's something we'll have to stop doing," he noted. The Wolverines take on Eastern Michigan at home Saturday in yet another non-league doubleheader. 'Bronco Bully's' R H E western Michigan ........101 000 000 0 2 5 2 MICHIGAN ..............011 000 000 1 3 6 1 WMU: "Brake(9), Kriswell(10) and Marquardt; M: Kopf (5), Karazim (5) and Bair. WP-Karazim (1-0), LP-Kriswell (2-1) R H E Western Michigan .............000 010 0 1 3 4 MICHIGAN................001 0020 3 60 WJMU:Kuhn (5V), Knoll (%) and2Marquardt; M: Close (5), Wayne (2) and Bair. WP-Wayne (3-1), LP-Kuhn (1-2). Wayne .. . posts 3rd win ...Angels, Chisox challenge' By DAN COVEN A Daily Sports Analysis KANSAS CITY ROYALS - The Royals are a solid, veteran ballclub who should win their fifth division title in eight years. K.C. pennant hopes focus on its starting rotation of Larry Gura, Vida Blue, Paul Splittorff, Jeff Leonard and Steve Renko. The Royals' superb speed and defense is designed for Royals' Stadium's artificial turf. All of K.C.'s starting nine can swing the bat, as the lineup includes two former batting champs; George Brett and Willie Wilson. Dan Quisenberry (36 saves) will provide the relief. Danny Creel, a first year pitcher, looks promising. CALIFORNIA ANGES - This could be the chance for Autry's aging stars. For the Angels to contend, Tommy John, Reggie Jackson and Rod Carew must all stay healthy. The addition of an established reliever (or the resurrection of Doug Corbett) could put the Angels back on top. Their lineup is loaded with sluggers, and the loss of Don Baylor's bat will be offset by rookie Daryl Sconiers and Bobby Clark. New manager John McNamara replaces Gene Mauch who quit after the Angels blew a 2-0 lead in the playoffs last year against Milwaukee. CHICAGO WHITE SOX - The young Chisox are established contenders, but are still a year away (two infielders and a reliever) from winning their division. The Sox have endless depth on the mound, but the prolonged injury to, ace Britt Burns will hurt. Super rookies Greg Walker and Ron Kittle will replace Steve Kemp in the potent Sox attack. The Sox lack experience and are short on speed and defense, especially at third base and shortstop. Still, the pitching staff should keep the South Siders in the race through Septem- ber. OAKLAND ATHLETICS - The era of Billy Ball is finally over in Oakland. Unfortunately, the mess Martin made of the A's remains, and it will take several seasons for new skipper Steve Boros to get the team back in running order. Oakland must hope for the return of pitchers Mike Norris, Rick Langford and Steve McCatty to top form after being burnt out by Martin last year. Led by Ricky Henderson (131 stolen bases in '83), the Oakland baserunners will have the green light from Boros all year. A solid outfield, but an infield that plays defense like a seive will make the A's a sure bet to lead the A.L. in errors again. SEATTLE MARINERS - In an improving division, the Mariners are treading water. By losing veteran pitcher Floyd Bannister, the Mariners will have to rely on, now disabled, Jim Beattie and the elder statesman, Gaylord Perry, to anchor the starting rotation. Rookie phenom Ken Phelps should add some punch to a feeble Mariner attack. Relief pitchers Bill "The Inspec- tor" Caudil and Ed "Mr. Jello" Vande Berge will have to baffle opposing teams in order to keep Seattle's offense in the game. MINNESOTA TWINS - The Twins have the young talent to rebuild if only owner Calvin Griffith would hold on to it. Led by a platoon of young sluggers including Kent Hrbek, Tom Brunasky, Gary Gaetti, Gary Ward and John" Castino, the Twins should hit 100 homers in the Metrodome this year. Unfor- tunately, Minnesota's pitchers serve up the gopher ball faster than the Twins can retaliate. Ron Davis is the "Twinkies" only consistent pitcher. TEXAS RANGERS - Known throughout the Lone Star state as the "Strangers," Texas has lackluster pitching and worse fielding. Preseason - injuries to pitchers Danny Darwin, Charlie Hough, and Dave Schmidt will force Paul Mirabella and ex-Tiger Dave Tobik into the starting rotation. The Rangers have a solid outfield in Billy Sample (batted .500 this spring), George Wright and rifle-armed Larry Parrish. New manager Doug Rader will have his hands full trying to keep the Rangers out of the cellar this year. Tomorrow: A.L. East Preview Ex-'M' announcer calls f By MIKE MCGRAW Let us return to the golden days of yesteryear, a time when radio was king. It was a period of innovation and an aspiring radio voice had to struggle up the ladder of the airwaves to get his words broadcast. The time is the early years of the previous decade and the place is station WCBN, where talented sports announ- cers iabound. The studios were then populated by the likes of Ken Wilson, Al Wisk and Chuck Kaiton, all three of whom went on to announce in the professional ranks. Wilson is currently handling the Chicago Black Hawks, Wisk has had a long career that in- cludes stints with the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Royals and Kaiton is the play-by-play man for the Hartford Whalers. KAITON ARRIVED at Michigan in 1969, the year after Wilson had left, and when Al Wisk was one of the top an- nouncers at WCBN. While at CBN he worked with with Wisk on Michigan hockey for a few seasons and credits him and his partner at that time, Lou Glaser, for part of his success in the early years. "When I first walked into CBN, there were 12 other freshmen there that wan- ted to work," said Kaiton. "But no one wanted to do hockey, they all wanted to help out on basketball and football. Back then the hockey games were played at the Coliseum, which was like an icebox, so no one wanted to go there. So I volunteered and got to do stats for Wisk and Glaser every game my first year. Lou sort of groomed me as his un- derstudy." That experience led to announcing several Michigan hockey games on CBN his sophomore season. He and Wisk used a microphone at the penalty box to do interviews on the ice and originated the three stars of the game, a tradition still used at the Michigan hockey games. While still in college, Kaiton spread his talent out to another Ann Arbor station, WPAG. "MY JUNIOR year I did the scoreboard show on WPAG following Bob Ufer with the Michigan football games," said the 31-year old Detroit native. "Then I did hockey on WAAM the next year along with their high school football game-of-the-week. After I convinced WAAM to do the hockey games, my father sold all the adver- tising and they went on to do Michigan hockey for five years." But Kaiton was not with the station for the remaining years. In 1975 he joined WIBA in Madison and covered Wisconsin hockey for four years before getting the Whalers job in '79. "Getting the Hartford job was an ac- cident," explained Kaiton. "I was covering the Badgers in the '78 NCAA finals and someone told me that the Whaler job was open, so I sent them a tape and was hired a year later. "The previous year at the NCAA championships was weird because Wisconsin was playing Michigan in the finals at the Olympia, but I had to do the game for Wisconsin. The Badgers won the game in overtime and now an awful lot of NHL scouts tell me that they were at that game and they all say that it was the most classic NCAA final ever." KAITON started out in radio as a hobby but at WCBN it grew into an obsession. "I was always fascinated by radio and was always a hockey fan, so I combined Cottge NN Sunday thru Thursday HAPPY HOURS DRINKS 2 fori or pros the two," said Kaiton. "I started watching Hockey Night in Canada when I was seven." His current job with the Whalers works out well, despite the team's poor showing in recent years. By covering only hockey, it gives him the summers free and during the season, travel is minimal because Hartford is close to many east coast NHL cities. But life before the NHL wasn't as luxurious, except for one instance. "When I covered Michigan hockey for WAAM one year," said Kaiton, "Al Renfrew, who was the coach at that time, made a deal with the station such that he would budget for 21 players on the road trips, but he would only take 20. And he would pay 'for my expenses out of the Hockey budget. So I went on the team plane for free and rode the busses and at dinner they kept buying my food. I didn't find out what was going on until the season was over." REICHERT ON DISABLED LIST: M'nestersface 'MS U By PAULA SCHIPPER All predictions say that today's women's tennis match between Michigan and Michigan State will be close. Such was the case in 1982 when Michigan edged the, Spartans in two out of three matches: That includes the Big Ten Championships when the Wolveri- nes bumped off MSU, 5-4, to capture the third spot. BUT DESPITE a current four game winning streak, Michigan coach Oliver Ownens is worried this time. His team has been struggling with injuries beginning with top singles player Marian Kremer's knee injury last mon- th. She may be back to play at the end of April. At least Kremer will have company. PAULA Reichert twisted, and may have cracked, her ankle in third singles against Purdue on Sunday, though she completed the match with a surprising 6-4,6-0 win. "IT WAS hurt before and I twisted it again, but it didn't hurt when I was playing," said Reichert who may return in two or three weeks. What could be worst for the Wolverines. Well, the current second singles player, Stephanie Lighvoet, is suffering from knee problems, too, there's a possibility that she will not play today, and that really has Owens worried. "I think if we were healthy I'd feel pretty confident about it (the match)," said Owens. "If Stephanie can't play singles, we'll really be in trouble." INJURIES ASIDE, the Spartans and the Wolverines are evenly matched ac- cording to the records. Both teams smashed Notre Dame and Purdue last week to up their standings. Michig State is now 4-1 for the season, 1-1 the: Big Ten. Equally impressive are the Wolverines who are 5-5 overall and 2-1 in league play. They are picked to come third in the Big Tens again with;' you guessed it, Michigan State behind in fourth place. "We thought maybe Michigan would move up to the top twenty team spot (in the nation)," said coach Rutz who now admits Wolverine chances are slii with all the injuries. As for the Spartans, they are set* the matches to be held at 1:00 today. "We're looking forward to it." USFL's Birmingham signs receiver Smit II L PITCHER MOON AD2.95 GLASSES MI"*LO "LIGHT.S DOMESTIC HINES .7S 4 :00 - Midnight BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Jim Smith, receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers for the last six seasons, has signed with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League. Team officials announced the signing yesterday, but neither terms nor duration of the contract were disclosed. Smith, a graduate of Michigan, is ex- pected to suit up Saturday when the Stallions play the Chicago Blitz. A THIRD-ROUND draft choice by the Steelers in 1977, Smith caught four passes for 80 yards in his rookie season. In six seasons with the National Football League, Smith caught 110 passes for 2,075 yards - an average reception of 18.9 yards - and 24 touch- downs. During the strike-abbreviated 1982 season, he averaged 22.8 yards per carry. "He is a deep threat although he is big - 6-foot-2 and a fraction and around 200 pounds," said Birmingham Coach Rollie Dotsch. "He can run and he's aggressive. And he should give us the threat at wide receiver and that should really help our club." Birmingham, in the Central Divisi of the young football league, is 2-3 the season. SCORES Baseball Oakland 5, Cleveland 3 Montreal 3, Chicago Cubs 0 Pittsburgh at St. Louis ppd Softball Michigan at Grand Valley State, ppd. 3' Reichert ... on injury list - -- - -- - - - m