Wednesday, July 26, 1995 - The Michigan Daily 15 FREEHAN Continued from page 16 faced no penalties, although three players sat out one game. It isn't known if the incident had much of an effect on Freehan's decision to leave. Roberson said he spoke to Freehan about his decision on multiple occasions and the allegations never came up. The 53-year-old Freehan, who grew up in Royal Oak, hit .446 with 10 home runs and 44 RBI in his sopho- more season at Michigan in 1961. He led the league with a .585 Big Ten av- erage, a mark that still stands as a Michigan record. He joined the Detroit Tigers immedi- ately following his sophomore cantspigrr and went on toan illustrious 15-year ca- reer in the major leagues, holding a .262 lifetime batting average. In 1968, the All-Star catcher hit 25 homers, drove in 84 runs and won a World Championship with the Tigers. Freehan compiled a 166-167-1 record, becoming the first coach since the baseball program began in 1866 to leave Michigan with a losing record. oiverines-to-be Louis Bullock and Robert Traylor will represent the United States at the Junior World Olympics. The jair, posing here at the U.S. Olympic Festival, was named to the team as replacements late Friday night. Notre Dame increases football S tdm.C. rom Staff Reports When the Wolverines take the field t Notre Dame in 1998, more eyes will on them than in the past. The Irish are renovating 64-year-old otre Dame Stadium to up their seating acity to 80,990 from59,075. General ting will total 78,452, preferred side- ine seating will be at 2,270 and disabled ccess seating will number 268. A new natural-grass field and new oal posts will be added, but the field will not be lowered. Instead, the first three rows will be eliminated. In addition, two new dot-matrix scoreboards will grace the north and south Spend the Fall '95 Semester in Madrid (or one of our other sites) 1- ^ email: dipa@suadmin.syr.edu 1A.3 ends of the stadium and a new three-level press box with field and campus views will be constructed on the west side. like atmosphere on the periphery of the stadium. Locker rooms will be expanded with the Irish gaining 4,400 square feet and the visitors 2,350. The cost of expansion and restoration will be approximately $50 million. It will be funded by bonds. The stadium opened in 1930 and the Irish have played 318 games in the facility since, accumulating 243 wins, 70 losses and fives ties. The expansion should be completed for the 1996 season opener. Notre Dame Stadium ranks 44th in seating capacity in Division I-A. It is ex- pected to rank 14th after the expansion. IEEkEFI'lEEtr liES Telephones " Answering Machines # Appliances Walkmans " Casio Watches " Calculators " Clocks A/V Accessories " Fans * Much More! 320 S. State * Above Decker Drugs 213-5971 Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-2pm 09s t@@@' Ns of Am ftiipe U- - AC4