t, MAY 25, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 'T Golfers Eight Strokes off Pace at Halfwa UIar 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. * * 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. * * * 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. * * ,- 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. *C * * 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. I 11 I11 Professional Fraternity Ball Highlighted by Three Shutouts 4 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. II I --- I I Major League Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE I .4 4 Going Away? ARMY TYPE FOOT LOCKERS Brooklyn........... Chicago............ St. Louis......... Boston ............. New York.......... Philadelphia...... Cincinnati *........ Pittsburgh ........ w 20 17 18 18 17 16 15 14 L 13 15 15 17 19 18 19 19 Pct. .606 .531 .545 .514 .472 .471 .441 .424 GB 2 3 474 4'/z 51 6 AMERICAN New York.......... Chicago............ Boston............. Detroit............,. Washington........ Cleveland.......... 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