Diemer
NCAA
steeple'
champ
SpecialtotheDally
HOUSTON - Despite finishing second in his qualifying
heat, Brian Diemer ran away with the NCAA 3,000-meter
steeplechase crown with a Michigan record 8:26.95. That
time bettered his preliminary clocking of 8:28.86, which was
also a Michigan record.
"After the last water jump barrier he just ran away with
it," said assistant coach Ron Warhurst. "He won going
away."
In the only other race for the men's team, Gerard
Doiakowski placed third in the 10,000-meter run. "Through
the first three miles he kept with the leaders, but he just
couldn't stay with them," said Warhurst. "He was the best
American in the race."
DIEMER AND Donakowski closed out their careers at
Michigan earning 25 points, good for fifth place.
At this time, the Michigan women runners are doing a little
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better than the men as a team. They are resting in second
place with 19 points, just three behind leader UCLA.
"This is just tremendous for the program," said an elated
Francie Goodridge, the women's head coach. "To be leading
so many of those other top schools is a great thrill for us, even
though we know it won't last."
The Wolverines' points were accumulated through the ef-
forts of three runners: Melanie Weaver, Lisa Larsen and
Joyce Wilson. Weaver and Larsen earned the bulk of those
points with thifd- and sixth-place finishes respectively in the
10,000-meter run. Wilson garnered a single point with a twelf-
th-place finish in the 400-meters with a school record :53.2.
Goodridge praised both Weaver and Larsen, especially the
former, stating that she "ran the race of her life" in the final
meet of her collegiate career. In addition to earning points
for the team, both women set new personal records, 33:06.70
and 33:38.43.
LONGHORNS CRUSH JAMES MADISON INC WS:
Texas rolls, 12-0
By PAUL HELGREN
special to the Daily
OMAHA, Neb. - Texas showed why it
is Collegiate Baseball magazine's top-
ranked team by pummelling James
Madison, 12-0, in first round College
World Series action last night.
The Longhorns banged out 16 hits, two
doubles and 14 singles, while pitcher
Calvin Schiraldi (13-2) held James
Madison to just five safeties.
' GOING INTO the eighth inning, the
score was 4-0 but an eight-run Texas
rally put the game on ice.
Baseball
By MIKE BERRES
One of professional sports' best kept
secreta will take place on Monday. It is
the amateur draft of baseball talent by
the two major leagues which, in these
parts, hides in the shadow of the College
World Series.
Twelve Michigan players are eligible
for the draft. With many scouts' eyes on
the field in Omaha there is little doubt
that a good showing will enhance a
player's value. Pitcher Rich Stoll and
third baseman Chris Sabo are two
Wolverines expected to be picked early
Monday. Other Michigan players likely
to be selected are pitchers Dave Kopf
and Gary Wayne and second baseman
Jeff Jacobson.
THE BASEBALL draft is similar to
the NFL or NBA draft in that the teams
pick amateur players, and the teams
choose in inverse order of their regular
season records. That, however, is
"Our defense kept us in tlhe game un-
til our offense could get rolling," Texas
coach Cliff Gustafson said. "James
Madison had to be nervous. They
wouldn't be human if they weren't. I
was nervous.
"The day I stop getting nervous at the
College World Series is the day I die."
STEVE LABAY, Jeff Hearon and
Mike Trent each rapped out three hits
for the Longhorns. Trent also tied a
College World Series record by scoring
four runs.
Justin Gannon picked up the loss for
James Madison, dropping his record to
6-2.
James Madison plays the loser of the
Stanford-Oklahoma State game at 6:10
p.m. EDT on Sunday. Texas plays the
winner of that game at 8:10 p.m. Mon-
day.
In the second game last night, Mid-
western Regional champion Oklahoma
State faced Western champ Stanford.
R HE
Texas .................001 012 080 - 12 162
James Madison ........ 000 000 0oo - o S 2
Texas: Schiraldiland Hearron
James Madison: Gannon, Foster (7), Pleasants (8)
sad Callers
W- Schiraldi (13-2) LP-Gannon (6-2) A-9000
draft coming up
where the similarities end.
When the Minnesota Twins make the
first selection, there is a good chance
that everyone who isn't a baseball scout
will ask, "Who?"
A better question than "Who will be
the top pick?" is "Will the top pick
make it big?" While the average life of
an NFL player is four years, it or-
dinarily takes a baseball player that
long to make it through a team's minor
league system. The quality of any
year's draft cannot be determined for
at least five years. Scouts, however,
claim that this is one of the leanest
years for talent since the draft began.
NONETHELESS, OUTSTANDING
prospects do exist. Tim Belcher, a pit-
cher from Mount Vernon Nazarene
College in Ohio, and Jeff Kunkel, a
shortstop from Rider College in
Lawrence, N.J. are two of the top can-
didates to be picked first.
The scouts are quiet when asked
about players. Cincinnati Reds' direc-
tor of scouting Larry Doughty replied,
"I can't do that," when asked to say
something about Wolverines eligible for
the draft. Chicago Cubs associate
scouting director Vedie Himsl summed
up the pre-draft situation best: "No one
is going to say anything that would be
available to another team. They won't
even mention a player by name."
Speaking of names, do Danny Good-
win, Butch Benton and Juan Bustabad
mean anything to you? They were top
ten picks during the 1970's drafts.
Goodwin was the Number one pick in
both 1971 and 1975. Detroit Tiger Tom
Brookens was the fourth player picked
in January of 1975. Some players
almost don't get chosen. All-Stars
Dusty Baker and Cecil Cooper were
picked in the 26th and 27th rounds,
respectively. Kansas City picked for-
mer Tiger Al Cowens in the 84th round.
in 1968.
Softballers
take honors
By JIM DAVIS
The Wolverine softball squad
placed three players on the Big Ten
All-Academic team, more than any
other school in the conference, and
two of those players were named
second-team Academic All-
Americans.
Senior pitcher Jan Boyd,
sophomore first baseman, Mena
Reyman and junior outfielder Jody
Humphries placed on the Big Ten
team. Boyd and Reyman also were
named to the All-American squad.
BOYD OWNS A 3.5 grade point
average in education, Reyman has a
3.42 GPA in LSA, and Humphries
carries a 3.1 in communications.
Recruiting a success
Coach Bob DeCarolis and
assistant Carol Hutchins pulled a
coup, landing all five state players
pursued in the recruiting wars.
"We went after basically five
people and we got them all," said
DeCarolis, "which is pretty unheard
of when you consider the type of
people that we got."
THE SOFTBALLERS, who suf-
fered from a lack of depth in 1983,
also added pitcher Linda Allen, a
transfer student from Indiana, in
addition to the five recruits.
The list of recruits includes Julie
Clark of Howell, Mari Foster of
Richmond, Vicki Morrow of Pontiac
Catholic, and Martha Rogers and
Alicia Seegert, both of Ann Arbor
Gabriel Richard.
Clark "will be a pitcher all the
way," and is a righthanded hitter. "I
don't think she's even scratched the
surface of her ability yet," said
DeCarolis.
FOSTER, A three-sport All-Stater
in high school, will also pitch and
"will probably win a starting
position somewhere in the infield."
Morrow, a "fierce competitor and
good (lefthanded) stick," will pitch
right away for the Wolverines, ac-
cording to DeCarolis. "She has a
killer instinct. She's always coming
at you hard."
Rogers, a catcher and shortstop at
Gabriel Richard, is ticketed for a
look at catcher in the fall, and could
play in the infield or outfield as well.
"She's got a quick bat and is a
natural leader," said the third-year
coach.
Seegert, a righthanded hitter,
could catch and play in the infield.
"Her strong suit is hitting," said
DeCarolis. "She has tremendous
power and deceptive speed.
"When we started (recruiting) we
were thinking that if we could get
one or two of them we would be hap-
py. We got them all, though. I would
say that we were very successful."
...27th rounder
Baseball has two drafts each year,
one in January and one in June. In
Monday's draft there will be two rounds
and then the secondary phase. That
ohase has all the players who have been
picked within the last 13 months but have
not signed a contract. On Tuesday, the
clubs will continue with the regular
phase until every team has finished.
There is no limit to the number of roun-
ds. Last year, 832 players were selected
in the regular phase.
Persons eligible for the regular phase
are high school seniors, players who
have completed their second year at
junior or community colleges, and
players at four-year colleges who have
not been selected in the last year.
Sabo
....should go high