SPORTS The Michigan Daily Page 11 'M' alum Campell recalls grid career BY MIKE HEAD On Saturday, Wolverine athletes from the past gathered to celebrate the annual M Day. This event, sponsored by the Alumni Relations office of the Athletic Department, is open only to those alumni who lettered in a sport during their years at Michigan. Bob Campell was a halfback/punter on the Michigan football team from 1935 to 1937. His teammates included future President Gerald Ford and future Heismann Trophy winner Tom Harmon. The coach at the time was Harry Kipke, although a couple of years later he would be replaced with a man by the name of Fritz Crisler. "I think we (our teams) had a lot to do with bringing in Fritz, our teams were so poor," Campell said. 50 years ago, many of the current policies associated with college football today did not exist. "There were no scholarships back then. We even had to find our own housing; although, it had to be University approved first," Campell said. South Quad, home of many of today's football players, was only a blueprint in some architect's mind back then, and first-year students were not allowed to play on the varsity squad. Red-shirting was 40 years away. In fact, when asked what he valued most from his experience at Michigan, his reply came quickly and bluntly. "The education." "Coming from such a small town (Ionia), I was somewhat taken by the immensity of the school. Perhaps I would have attended a smaller school if I did it all over again," Campell said. During his stay at Michigan, Campell saw one of the great Wolverines of the past. "Bennie Oosterbaan was the greatest athlete I ever saw. He would stand back and field my punts. The ball would come down, he would catch it with his right arm, whirl it around his back, and toss it back twenty yards with his-left hand, all in one motion. It was remarkable,"Campell said. What was his favorite play? "Old 83, now that was great play. We would line up so that it appeared that we would be going to the long side of the field and then give the ball to the halfback on the short side," said Campell. "The halfback then had the option to throw it to an end." That play remains today. Mr. Campell has shown that a man's passion for football can also remain. Line Drives Baseball team ends '89 in true blue form BY JAY MOSES Well, you've got to give the Michigan baseball team this much: they lived up to the Michigan athletic tradition. At least the tradi- tion that existed prior to 1989. Until the startling one-two punch of the Rose Bowl-winning football team followed by the NCAA Champion basketball squad, Wolver- ine fans were accustomed to their teams falling short of expectations and potential, particularly in post- season play. This season, the baseball team jumped on the bandwagon. Head coach Bud Middaugh's 1989 squad was a very young team which had lost its three best pitchers and its starting catcher, leaving it suspect in both areas. GOING INTO the season, there were even question as to whether the Wolverines had the talent to make the Big 'fen Playoffs. Middaugh squeezed clutch per- formances out of players who had entered the season as question marks. Pitchers Russell Brock and Tim Lata were solid, giving strong backup performances when aces Ross Pow- ell and Mike Grimes needed rest. First-year infielders Tim Flan- nelly and Matt Morse truly came into their own, providing offensive spark when veterans like Phil Price and Greg -McMurtry were slumping or hurt. THESE factors, aided largely by shrewd coaching on Middaugh's part, led Michigan to a regular-season Big Ten crown, and ultimately to a 46- 14 final record and a number 12 ranking according to ESPN and Collegiate Baseball magazine. But when the post-season rolled around, the Wolverines rolled over. They lost the Big Ten Champion- ship to Illinois despite being heavily favored, a factor which undoubtedly affected their regional placement and seeding for the NCAA tournament. bracket, no less. All they had to do was avoid being beated twice in a row by number one seed Wichita State. THAT'S ALL. Just win one before they win two. There are many factors that come into play in a two-game set like that. That cliche about baseball being a game of inches is a cliche because it is true. Had certain things gone the other way in either of those games-even by a few inches- the Wolverines might be playing in the College World Series right now. But it didn't work out that way. The Michigan baseball team's post- season went the way of many a Michigan Rose Bowl or NCAA basketball tournament performance of the past. Because of the pending Big Ten investigation into Middaugh's pro- gram, his future here is uncertain. Regarding the 1989 baseball season, though, about all anyone can say is that it is a shame. A shame that Middaugh may have to go out on a sour note. A shame that the players and fans had to endure such disappointment. But especially, a shame that in a year when Michigan broke new ground in athletic achievement, the baseball team was stuck in the frustrating post-season tradition of the past. Middaugh They ended up seeded third at the West II regional in Fresno, CA, a tough regional far away from home. But Michigan gritted its teeth, bore down, and found itself in the finals of the regional-in the winners' Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Presents Play it gain, Sam b Wod Alen Directed b byWoody Allen Charles Sutherland June 14-17, 1989,8 p.m. " Sat. 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