t, MAY 25, 1951
THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 'T
Golfers Eight Strokes off Pace at Halfwa
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TALKING...
THE NEW DAILY policy an up-to-date coverage of IM activities has
run into a few snags since its conception. Although something in
that line is written every night, a sizable contingent of the readers
has voiced its objection to the recent practice .of seemingly just men-
tioning names and scores and often totally excluding some of the
"minor" IM sports.
Yesterday was a fine example of what the readers beefed about.
The Sig Eps and the Phi Delts staged a 13 inning marathon in soft-
ball which the former won, 1-0. Bob Schmidt, the Sig Ep pitcher,
highlighted the contest by fanning 18 of the Phis. His opponent,
Hank Heil, after having relieved Paul Geyer in the fourth with one
out and the bases jammed, struck out six in a nine inning stint, but
the first man up in the last of the thirteenth blasted one of his
pitches for a home run and the ball game.
The game had quite an angle inasmuch as the same two
A teams played each other in the finals last year with the Sig Eps
winning by the same score. While the Sig Ep-Phi Delt tilt was
being played, the finals of the intramural baseball league saw
the Jokers, behind the six hit pitching of Jerry Rovner, down
Wenley House, 6-0.
The Sig Ep win over the Phi Delts was casually mentioned in
yesterday's IM story, but the coverage really wasn't enough to do
the game justice. The Joker-Wenley clash not only wasn't covered,
but no mention had ever been made of the baseball league to indi-
cate there was one in existence. Horseshoes and tennis also have
been slighted with only an occasional write-up.
We on the sports staff have not been totally unaware of the
situation. But we have recently been handicapped by pages that
border on the "dinky" side, and with quite a few varsity sports on
the agenda, IM is naturally cut to the bone. If the reader will bear
with us, however, matters will eventually be straightened out and
IM will get the space it deserves.
Things in General .. .
THE ALL-CAMPUS intramural athlete will be named next Monday,
at which time he will be presented with the Daily trophy for the
outstanding individual performance in IM sports. Last year's winner
was Bill Raymond of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Tom Harmon was probably
the most famous winner of All-Campus honors, taking the title twice
in '38 and '39.
With the results from the first rounds of spring sports in, only
one change was made in the standings of the top teams in either
residence hall or fraternity play. Phi Delta Theta moved from fifth
to fourth in the fraternity division, displacing Sigma Chi. All others
stood pat, with the Sig Eps leading in the fraternity league, followed
by Kappa Sigma and ATO. Williams House, with eight champion-
ships under its belt, leads in the residence hall race, followed by Pres-
cott, Fletcher and Winchell.
An estimated 350 linksmen will take part in the annual
intramural golf tournament to be held next Sunday. The local
hackers will begin leaving the tee at 7:00 a.m. and the last loop
will drive off at 3:45 p.m. What the late starters will do for light
on the back nine is an interesting question. The faculty golfers
will stage their tournament tomorrow.
Hats off to Earl Riskey and his staff for another well-run intra-
mural year. This is Riskey's 23rd year as head of the IM department.
He came here in 1928 from neighboring Ypsi Normal after having
spent a year as athletic director of Ypsilanti high school. He is
assisted by Bob Hollway, who handles fraternity activities; Bill Moore,
professional fraternity; Bob Betzeck, independents and co-recreation;
Wilbur Braithwart, faculty; and John Biery and Bob Fancett, resi-
dence hall sports.
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Purdue Tops
Tight Field in
Title Defense
Michigan Fourth as
Coulter Takes Lead
By BOB ROSENMAN
Special to The Daily
EVANSTON-With the Big Ten
golf tournament at the half-way
mark, Purdue's defending Cham-
pions held a narrow four stroke
edge over Ohio State as Michigan
slipped to fourth, eight strokes be-
hind the Boilermakers.
The tourney will conclude today
with 36 holes of individual and
team competition over the N U
course.
Co-medalists for the Wolverines
for the first 36 holes were Captain
Dick Evans and Bob Olson. Evans
had 75-74-149 while Olson carded
76-73-149. Both were six strokes
off the individual leader, veteran
Gene Coulter of Purdue, who shot
73-70 for a 143 total.
ONLY COULTER and Ted Vick-
erman broke par over the 6,615
yard par 71 layout. Vickerman
shot a 34-34-68 in the morning
for the top 18 hole round of the
day, but skied to a 76 in the after-
noon for a 144 total, one stroke
behind Coulter.
In team standings, Purdue
had 752 strokes for an average
of 75.2 strokes per 18 hole round.
The Buckeyes were close behind
with 756, Wisconsin was third
with 757 and the Maize and
Blue fourth with 760.
Trailing the four leaders came
Northwestern, 767; Michigan State
and Minnesota with 774, Iowa 784,
Illinois 793, and Indiana, 807.
Following Olson and Evans for
Michigan came Dean Lind with a
76-76-152 total, Lowell Le Clair
with 78-75-153, John Fraser with
75-81-156, and Jack Stumpfig, 78-
82-160.
AFTER THE conclusion of the
tournament today, the high man
on each team will be eliminated
and team totals of the five low
scorers will count towards the Big
Ten Championship.
As it now stands, the Wolver-
ines definitely have a good
chance of catching Purdue to-
day providing Olson, Lind and
Evans come up with better than
good rounds. The Wolverines
must pick up at least two strokes
per man while Purdue, OSU, and
Wisconsin skid.
Several of the Michigan links-
men can attribute their high
scores to poor putting. Olson, es-
pecially, was plagued by weakness
on the greens. His fairway game
was very sharp, but thecextreme
trickiness of the greens cost him
a par 71 on the afternoon 18 when
he three-putted on several occa-
sions.
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LE CLAIR RALLIED well in the
afternoon after a somewhat shaky
78 in the morning. Stumpfig ran
into trouble right from the start
while Fraser shot upwards after
a good 75 in morning play.
Wisconsin proved the big sur-
prise as it moved into contention
only five strokes off the pace set-
ters. Fine rounds by Curt Jacobs,
22nd in individual ratings last
year, and Bill Engel helped put
the Badgers in third place.
Coulter seems to be taking up
this year where his former team-
mate Fred Wampler left off last
year. The bespectacled Boiler-
maker shot steady golf all day to
put him on top.
Netters Trail MSC in Big Ten Meet
JACK SMART
... bounces back
Nine Meets
OSU Today
in Twin Bill
By GENE MACKEVICH
Coach Ray Fisher will send his
ball players against Ohio State in
a double-header this afternoon at
Columbus in an effort to register
their fourth and fifth consecutive
conference victories.
Last year Michigan's baseball
team journeyed to Columbus to
defeat the OSU Buckeyes twice,
6-2 and 7-3, and capture a co-
championship in the Western Con-
ference.
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THIS SEASON O h i o State,
which carries an impressive 7-1
record into the series, will be try-
ing to replace Michigan as Big
Ten baseball champs at the ex-
pense of the defending champions.
A victory by the Buckeyes in
either game will insure them of
the conference crown over run-
ner-up Illinois who now posts a
7-3 league record.
The Ohio State infield is head-
ed by three senior lettermen and
Jack Jones, a sophomore short-
stop who is hitting at a .292 clip.
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HOWARD MORAN holds down
the first base chores for the Buck-
eyes, Carl Parrill, who has seen
action against Maize and Blue
teams in the past, plays second
base, and Bob Montebello, who is
currently boasting a .355 batting
average this season is stationed on
third.
Three more lettermen roam
the outfield grounds for the
OSU nine. Goebel, who collect-
ed four hits in eight trips to the
plate in the '50 series against
the Wolverines, will be back in
right field.
Centerfield will be covered by
Stewart Hein; who also saw action
in last year's series, while Elbert
Getzwiller will hold down the left-
field position.
The Ohio State catching staff is
headed by veteran Vic Kauffman.
In addition to Kauffman Bob
Mann is used often by Coach
Karow, especially during the sec-
ond game of a twin bill.
Coach Fisher plays to send
southpaw Bob Larsen to the hill
in the first game, but is uncertain
as to who will get the nod to work
the second encounter.
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Professional Fraternity Ball
Highlighted by Three Shutouts
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Professional fraternity softball
moved into the final rounds yes-
terday with three shutout games.
In the first-place playoffs, Del-
ta Sigma Delta moved into the
finals by swamping Phi Chi, 17
to 0. The Delta scored 12 runs in
the first inning, and then coasted
for the rest of the game behind
the four-hit pitching of Frank
Zack.
JIM HARTMAN pitched no-hit
ball all the way to lead Phi Epsi-
lon Kappa to a 4 to 0 victory over
Alpha Omega in the second place
semi-finals. Hartman also drove
in the first run and scored anoth-
er himself.
Alpha Rho Chi defeated Phi
Delta Chi 5 to 0, Alpha Chi Sig-
ma won by forfeit from Phi
Delta Phi, Air Force defeated
Tau Epsilon Rho by forfeit, and
Phi Rho Sigma forfeited to Al-
pha Kappa Kappa in other pro-
fessional fraternity games.
In social fraternity softball
Kappa Sigma defeated Sigma Chi,
10 to 5, in the second place semi-
finals, and Delta Sigma Phi edg-
ed out Triangle 8 to 7 in the
fourth place playoffs.
In residence hall horseshoes
Prescott House and Williams
House advanced to the finals.
Prescott defeated Michigan House,
2 to 1, and Williams blanked
Vaughan House, 3 to 0. In the
only other match played, Theta
Xi defeated Pi Lambda Phi, 2 to
1, to advance to the semi-final
round of the fraternity playoffs.
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
St. Louis 11, Cincinnati 3
(Only Game Scheduled)
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TODAY'S GAMES
Boston at Brooklyn (night)-Bick-
ford (6-3) vs. Roe (5-0)
New York at Philadelphia (night)-
Hearn (3-2) vs. Church (3-3)
Pittsburgh at Chicago - Dickson
(5-3) vs. Hiller (4-2)
Cincinnati at St. Louis (night)-
Blackwell (5-3) vs. Brecheen (2-0) or
Lanier (2-2)
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New York 11, Detroit 1
Cleveland 16, Washington 0
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 2
St. Louis at Boston, rain
TODAY'S GAMES
St. Louis at Detroit (night)-Wid-
mar (2-3) vs. Newhouser (4-2)
Chicago at Cleveland (night) --
Pierce (4-2) vs. Lemon (3-3)
Philadelphia at New York (night)--
Kellner (3-1) vs. Lopat (7-0)
Washington at Boston (night) --
Marrero (5-0) vs. Stobbs (3-1)
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