TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TIMER I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAGE THRE! i --- -- - dl I 0!57SOrtecrIPt At, . 4.by Ivan N. Kaye NOW THAT SPRING FOOTBALL is a thing of the past, it might be! enlightening to review the significant developments of the off- season practice.' First and foremost, the shift back to one-platoon was accom- plished with a minimum of difficulty, with the only major position change being the switch of Captain Dick O'Shaughnessy to right guard to make room for Dean Ludwig at offensive center and de- fensive linebacker. Ludwig has a Treat future as a linebacker. He is certain, if his performance this spring has been indicative, to be a worthy successor in the line of great names at that position which be- gins with Germany Schultz at the turn-of-the-century and con- tinues up through Dan Dworsky, Dick Kempthorn and Roger Zat- koff of our own day. Captain O'Shaughnessy, who has been called by some "the for- gotten man of spring football," has begun the intricate task of learn- ing a new position. With the old master, Jack Blott, tutoring him, the Michigan leader has shown an amazing knack for picking up, the essentials of guard play. The zeal with which O'Shaughnessy has plunged into his new assignment should serve as a perfect example to the Michigan squad of just what is meant by that oft-misused term "team spirit." * * * * Stress Fundamentals . . THE COACHES STRESSED fundamentals this spring as never be- fore. The linemen especially were put through a gruelling twenty days of blocking and tackling practice. The coaches undoubtedly felt that if they were going to have to start all over, they might as wellj begin at the beginning and build from that point. A great improvement in passing could be observed all through the drills, and reached its greatest heights in the intra-squad game Saturday at the Stadium. Everyone in the backfield is capable of throwing the ball with a fair degree of accuracy, and what is just as important, there is a talented corps of pass-catching ends to serve as Y receivers. Yearling quarterback Lou Baldacci of Akron, Ohio, climaxed a five week period of steady improvement with a sparkling per- formance in the Blue-White game on Saturday. He passes well, runs well, calls plays with imagination, and after learning the 4 tricks of blocking from graduating Michigan quarterback Ted To- por, who was an assistant coach for the drills, appears to have mastered the rugged part of that position. In addition, Baldacci fits into the defensive picture as Ludwig's teammate backing up the line. Duncan McDonald is blocking twice as well as he did last year, but gives away too much weight to Baldacci to match him in that department. McDonald is still the team's best passer, but finds it difficult to gain a place on defense. He has been played at a half- back position, but seems to lack the necessary speed to handle pass receivers. A great deal of credit must be given McDonald for the im- provement he has shown over his all-around play of last season. , Whether this improvement has been great enough to install him as a first-stringer is doubtful, but will be decided this autumn. * * * Deception Returns .,. THE BACKFIELD has been doing a lot of fancy ball-handling this spring. The result has been to import some of the old slight- of-hand to the Michigan attack. Some of the plays brought memories of the 1947 Magicians of Bob Chappuis and company. The explana- tion for the increase in variety probably lies in the fact that Ted Kress, Dick Balzhiser and Tony Branoff have all played together for over a year, and are beginning to work as a unit. Along with the increased deception has also come a greater em- phasis on "T" formation plays. Here the major concern has been quick opening drives which make use of the exceptional, all-round speed of the Michigan backfield. Branoff, especially is much faster than last year, and should really come into his own this fall. He and the ever- t hustling guard Don Dugger were worthy recipients of the coveted Morton Trophy. 'M' Netters Face MSC Tomorrow By DICK BUCK "The team is a lot better than I expected but they haven't met their toughest competition yet," tennis Coach Bill Murphy com- meilted. He was refering to the Michigan tennis squad which has now taken six straight dual meets without a loss. THE "TOUGHEST competition" will come tomorrow as Michigan State's powerful tennis machine moves into town. The Spartans have an equally favorable 8-0 rec- Any person interested in joining the Scimitar Club (Fencing) is invited to attend the new-member meeting to- night at 7:30 in Room 3N of the Union. --Ed Neback ord on the books and have piled up more impressive margins than the -Wolverines against teams which both have opposed. Michigan's schedule has been nearly perfect this season. Start- ing with the University of De- troit and Western Michigan Col- lege, comparatively weak teams, the prowess' of the Maize and Blue squad has improved steadily with the caliber of the teams it has faced. Against Notre Dame Saturday the Wolverines played their best tennis thus far, defeating top flight players such as Wally Clarke and Ken Angyall. * * * THE IRISH boasted a good all- around squad and it was Michi- gan's first chance to really show what it has. It controlled the sin- gles matches with little trouble but had difficulty in doubles, drop- ping two of three matches. Al Mann has now had a chance to regain his 1952 form! while netters such as Pete Paul-I us and Maury Pelto have added! to their store of meet experience. Murphy has a young team with largely sophomore and junior membership. These players have been making up for what experi- ence they lack with "hustle." 1 -9 Cooley Nine Blanks Adams on One Hit Stapleton Wallops Pair of Homers As Van Tyne Bows to Taylor, 11-3 ILLINI, BUCKEYES SECOND: Iowa Nine Captures Big Ten Lead By DAVE LIVINGSTON Surprising Iowa has come from nowhere to jump into the Big Ten baseball lead. Hardly considered as a poten- tial title threat less than two weeks ago, the Hawkeyes, who finished ninth last year, won three games over the weekend to give them a 5-1 record with the con- ference season nearly two thirds gone. * * * BATTING AVERAGES _ By CORKY SMITH Norm Kiel pitched a one-hit vic- tory yesterday as Cooley House romped over Adams, 11-0, in resi- dence hall intramural softball at Ferry Field. The lone hit came in the fifth inning when Chuck Wood smacked a single off the Cooley third base- man's glove. Kiel registered four strikeouts as he shut out the Ad- ams squad. JIM, EVANS led the victors in the hitting department with a triple and two singles. Tom Sachs contributed a home run and a single and Joe Uhrich banged out two singles for Cooley. Wenley walloped Reeves, 15-1, in another residence hall ball- game. Gordon Jaaskelianen, Wenley pitcher, struck out six men and allowed only three hits, as his team, aided by six Reeves errors, had a field day at bat.' Bill Waldner hit a roundtrip- per, and teammate Sheldon Ro- Fence Ruling Hurts Baseball Crowni Hopes ANN ARBOR -A) - There's a cloud hanging over Michigan's chances of winning the Big Ten baseball title again this season. The Wolverines are doing all right ; nd are accorded a fair chance of coming out on top. But there's a fence they'll haveto hurdle. It's the new Western Confer- ence rulinz calling for a fence around ever., Big Ten ball park. It doesn't nee. to enclose the playing field but should mark the limits of the outfield. If the league wants to be tech- nical, the coaches can sit back and wait for the finish before act- ing. If Michigan did manage to win the title, a solid protest could force the Wolverines to forfeit. vin contributed a double and single for Wenley House. Jack Holth spoiled Jaaskelianen's chance for a shutout with a home run. Strauss whitewashed Hayden, . "t Tadian Billings Harrington Haynam Corbett Eaddy Howell Sabuco Cline Lepley Mogk Leach .Ritter Pavichevich Wisniewski Yitkosky Woschitz Fancher AB ' R H Pct. 2 0 1 .500 22 2 S .363 6 1 2 .333 62 12 20 .323 46 8 14'.304 66 14 19 .287 56 13 16 .285 70 9 20 .285 29 8 8 .276 67 12 18 .268 72 17 18 .250 63' 13 14 .222 15 2 3 .200 12 0 2 .167 12 1 1 .083 8 1 0 .000 3 0 0 .0&0 10-0, while Don Simon poked out THE PRESENT leaders are a two four-baggers and Hugh Dutil long way from having the cham- one in another slugfest yesterday. pionship sewed up, however, as at Don Haapala was the winning least six teams remain very much hurler. in the race for the laurels. * * * Ohio State and Iillinois, with BIG STICK man in Taylor's 11- identical 7-2 marks, aren't far 3 trimming of Van Tyne was Tom off the pace. Stapleton who hit two home runs. Neither is Michigan. with a 6-3 TomBaker shared hitting honors record, but with those three big Tom Baker shared hitting honors defeats, the Wolverinesmust stay with two singles and a four-bag pretty steadily in the win column smash. / from here on out if they are to re- * * * tain the conference crown they. IM SCORES shared with Illinois last year. Hinsdale 8, Greene 7 Williams 9, Scott 8 Lloyd 7, Gomberg 7 (tie) MINNESOTA and Wisconsin, TENNIS with 4-2 and 3-2 marks respective- Delta Tau Delta 2, Sigma Phi Epsilon 1 ly, are currently buried behind the Sigma Chi 2, Phi Kappa Sigma 1 leaders, but with only a pair of Law Club 3, Alpha Kappa Psi 0 Phi sigma Delta 2, Theta Xi 1 games in the all-important loss FRATERNITY GOLF column both bear consideration. (Top Five) The Illini, and Gophers, as 1 sigma Phi Epsilon, 332 well as Iowa, came through with 2 Phi Gamma Delta, 341 three victories over the week- 3i Delta Kappa Epsilon, 345 4 Phi Sigma Delta, 346 end, while Michigan and Ohio 5 Phi Delta Theta,,3481 State each absorbed a licking GOLF RESIDENCEIIALLS along with two triumphs. (Top Five) Last week's pace-setters at 2-0, 1 Gomberg, 355 Wisconsin and Northwestern, 2 Allen-Rumsey, 364 didn't find things so rosy. 3 Reeves, 372 * * 4 Cooley, 376 5 Van Dyne, 393 ILLINOIS, winner of six straight three-game' weekend series, but still managed to suffer their third defeat. Sandwiched between Friday's 9-1 rout and Saturday's 20-2 second-game debacle was a 6-5 eleven-inning heartbreaker, with Michigan on the short end of the score. Coach Ray Fisher's outfit should have a little easier sailing this coming weekend as it tours In- diana for a non-conference game with Notre Dame Thursday, a sin- gle loop test at Purdue Friday, and a double-header at Indiana Sat- urday. Elsewhere in the Big Ten, Illi- nois and Ohio State square off in a big weekend series at Columbus, Iowa and Minnesota trade Wiscon- sin and Northwestern as oppo- nents, and Michigan State will face the Hoosiers and the Boiler- makers on alternate days with Michigan. MAJOR LEAGUE SCORES Chicago 2, Cleveland 1 I } since Michigan trimmed them in both ends of a twin-bill, handed the Wildcats their first loss Fri- day, then did the same thing to the Badgers on Saturday, dump- ing them twice. Wisconsin had beaten Ohio State on Saturday, but the Buckeyes came back the next day to rout Northwestern in two games. Iowa picked on down-trodden Purdue and Indiana, each with 0-8 records. 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