BATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY P 1 Pik! 7! !',, - - - . - arass.. a KbAk A wilumE G MSU Defeat Bruce Bennett r Michigan-Michigan State Rivalry Hot Again with Snider Suspension S Wolverines, 4-2 in Big Ten Opener Perranoski Limits 'M' To Four Hits I 'I 'OUTSTANDING COACH': Hickmans' Sudden Death Surprises 'M' Coaches The Michigan-Michigan State rivalry flares anew today and the current score will be settled on the diamond at Ferry Field this afternoon. Michigan's baseball squad is bristling after a one-round tussle in East Lansing yesterday at which Michigan was on the re- ceiving end of a staggering blow before the opening bell. The Spartans from the north made a clean sweep yesterday, cap- italizing on Michigan's overanxiousness and ineptness on the ball field to claim a 4-2 win after Michigan's star catcher Gene Snider had been sidelined by the Big Ten. Snider was slapped down by the Conference at the instigation of Coach John Kobs of Michigan State, who questioned the number of semesters the Hamtramck athlete has competed for Michigan. Big Ten Commissioner "Tug" Wilson handed down the decision just before gametime. Enrolled When Freshmen Were Eligible ... In a nutshell, here's the situation. Snider came here in the spring of 1951, when freshmen were eligible for varsity play. He was on the squad that year but didn't play. That summer he went in the service and didn't return to school until September, 1954. He was the regular catcher on the 1955-56-57 baseball teams and Michigan officials, thinking he still had four years of eligibility, flashed the green light for him to compete this year. But the Big Ten claims he forfeited his fourth year by staying out of action as a fresh- man. Snider's loss is a severe blow to Michigan's chances this spring. The steady receiver wields a big bat and his presence in the lineup relieves Jim Dickey for outfield duty. Now Dickey must catch and the outfield is that much weaker. Irate Coach Spurns Gift.. . Coach Ray Fisher was burned by .the timing of the ruling. Snider had made the trip to State and was ready to suit up for the game when word was received. Scheduled to receive an award in a pre- game ceremony from Michigan State for his long service to college baseball, Fisher told Kobs that he couldn't accept their gift in light of the circumstances. "I'm no hypocrite," Ray snarled. "I've always said what I mean and now with this, I couldn't go up there and say I am happy about the situation." Meanwhile, the Wolverines played a ball game yesterday, too, and Fisher got a fine performance from soft throwing Nick Liakonis, the sophomore lefthander from Detroit Southeastern. A pair of walks in succession in the fifth inning spoiled an otherwise auspicious debut in Big ''en circles for Liakonis. The Spartans put singles on each end of these walks to push across the winning margin. Fisher has been doubtful about his sophomore laden pitching staff all year, but on the strength of Liakonis' performance in the opener, much of his fear could be dispelled. Big John Herrnstein and probably sophomore Al Koch will draw the pitching assignments in today's doubleheader and their performances will go far in determin- Ing how far Michigan will go in the Big Ten season. Spartan Hurler Staggers . . . Actually, Michigan could have claimed yesterday's game on sev- eral occasions. The Wolverines had winner Ron Perranowski on the ropes in four innings, but only in the sixth could they manufacture any runs. They left eight men stranded in the other three frames in which they threatened. Today's games, which get underway at 1:30 p.m., should provide some of the best action seen on the Michigan diamond in recent years. Besides the score left to be settled from yesterday's game, Michigan veterans remember how the Spartans knocked last year's team from the title with a 3-0 victory. Tippery, Nicholson Teammates ... BASEBALL NOTES ... Here's the rundown on Michigan's alum- ni in professional ball. Detroit bonus player Steve Boros is the regular second baseman for Birmingham in the Southern Association. Last year's captain, Ken Tippery, is back with Knoxville in the South At- lantic League, where he hit .299 last summer. A teammate is Dave Nicholson, the $150,000 Baltimore bonus player. Also playing in the Class A South Atlantic League Bill Thurston and Moby Benedict, both with Detroit's team at Augusta. Dick Le- May, a Michigan freshman last year, is pitching with Corpus Christi in the Texas League. He signed a San Francisco pact last winter. Two of Michigan State's better players this spring are ex-foot- ballers Dean Look and Don Gilbert. Look, a powerfully built center- fielder, swings a mean bat, while the husky Gilbert is a rifle-armed catcher. Fifth Gives Inning Rally Spartans Win By DAVE LYON (Continued from Page 1) Wolverine southpaw Nick Lia- konis came through with a good pitching performance, giving up only four runs and eight hits. If Michigan could have displayed a minimum of the robust hitting, it had shown this season, Liakonis would have come home a winner, but this was not the case. Michigan State got to Liakonis for three runs in the fifth inning when he gave up a single and two walks to fill the sacks. Spartan l e f t f i e l der John Fleser then stepped to the plate and lined the first pitch to centerfield for a single, scoring two runs. Don Gil- bert followed with a fielder's choice to score the Spartans' fourth and final run. Fisher Pleased Fisher was pleased with Lia- konis' showing because pitching is supposedly Michigan's weak- ness. He said, "Liakonis did a good Job, but our hitters let us down badly, especially when we needed clutch hits." Michigan scored its two runs in the sixth inning on a triple by Dave Brown. With one out and, one on, the sophomore third sacker boomed a long drive to deep right-centerfield, driving in a run and ending up on third base. Bob Sealby followed with a walk and then attemtped to steal second, drawing a throw from the catcher. Brown raced home to score Michigan's second and fi- nal run of the game. Yesterday's game was played at old College Park which is located on the banks of the Red Cedar in the heart of the Michigan State campus, about a stone's throw from the infamous, at present, un- marred statue of "Sparty." It was a clear but cold day with a chill December wind blowing across the field. This caused Ber- muda clad fans to use blankets and other garments to cover their frostbitten knees. Statistics NEW SPORTS EDITOR-Al Jones was appointed last night to succeed Jim Baad as Daily Sports Editor. Selections of Daily Sports Editor and Associate Sports Editors were made by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Jones Appointed Newv Sp-vorts Editor Associate Sports Editor Posts Given to Coleman, Riseman Al Jones, '59, was chosen Daily Sports Editor by the Board in Control of Student 'Publications for the school year 1958-59 at its annual appointment meeting last night. The Board also named Si Coleman, '59, and Carl Riseman, '59, to the positions of Associate Sports Editor. Jones, a junior in LS&A, is majoring in social studies and expects to teach history, social studies, and English on graduation. Jones is 21 years old and hails from Ann Arbor. Three-Year Veteran Michigan coaches were shocked yesterday at the sudden, death of Herman Hickman, sports com- mentator and former football coach at Yale. Hickman died yesterday after- [ noon in Washington, D.C., from complications resulting from an ulcer operation earlier this week. The news of Hickman's death was "a shock to me," said Head Football Coach Bennie Oosterbaan. "I can't speak too highly of him. "He was a fine coach, an under- standing fellow, and a friend of all persons interested in athletics." From his contact with Hickman, football Line Coach Jack Blott described him as an "outstanding coach and a great storyteller and entertainer." "You couldn't be around him without feeling his great person- ality," Blott said. "He will certain- ly be missed by a lot of people that followed the game." Head Baseball Coach Ray Fisher said, "I didn't know him person- ally, but I know he was very well liked by everyone who did know him." Hickman, a former grid starat the University of Tennessee, en- tered Providence Hospital March 28 after being stricken with an ulcer attack at La Plata, Md. He then was en route to Florida with Mrs. Hickman. Attending physicians said the rotund, jovial sports commentator underwent an operation last Mon- day and had been in satisfactory condition until Thursday. Then he suffered an acute hemorrhage in the esophagus, the tube leading down into the stom- ach. Bleeding was controlled, the doc- tors said, but because of "severe liver and kidney complications" his condition remained critical. Hickman was coach at Yale un- til the summer of 1952. He quit for a public relations job. He was already a TV personality, a spin- ner of yarns and quoter of poetry -some his own-on a quiz show panel. Drawing on a vast fund of in- formation while amusing listeners with a country-boy style, Hick- man continued to conduct his own sports commentaries on radio and television. He also became football editor of Sports Illustrated and origi- nated that magazine's silver anni- versary all star feature, giving recognition to famous football players of 25 years ago. ite Sox Stop Losing String, 6 -5 By The Associated Press CHICAGO-The flustered Chi- cago White Sox snapped a five- game losing streak yesterday, whipping the Kansas City Ath- letics 6-5 in 12 innings after scor- ing three times in the ninth to send the game into overtime. Red Sox Win, 2-0 BOSTON-Poised Pedro Ramos fattened his winning record against Boston by pitching Wash- ington to a 2-0 victory yesterday while former Red Sox players Albie Pearson and Norm Zauchin fur- nished the offensive punch. I CARL RISEMAN * .. Associate Sports Editor i 1I Major League Standings I MICHIGAN Meyers, ss Kucher, 2b Dickey, c Herrnstein, ef Roman, lb Brown, 3b Hutchings, If Sealby, rf Liakonis, p a Stabrylla b Koch TOTALS MICHIGAN STATE Golden, ss Russell, rf Palmara, 21b Look, cf Fleser, If Gilbert, e Stifler, lb Warner, 3b Perranoski, p TOTALS MICHIGAN MICHIGAN STATE AB R H 3 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 2 4 AB R H 3 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 1 4 1 2 4 0 1 42 4 8 000 002 000-2 4 2 000 130 OX-4 8 1 LINE SHUFFLES CERTAIN: Grid Team Scrimmage To Feature Experiments t i i t i f Y t ti c I t c x k t r r. b r. fl I I tl L a L a sl ri He has been with The Daily as a night editor for the pasts Golf Team To Oppose Three Foes Michigan's golf team will meet Ohio State, Purdue and Indiana head on in a quadrangular meet to open the Big Ten golf season today in Columbus. Earlier this spring Indiana de- feated both Purdue and Ohio State and as a result they will be the favorite in today's meet. Mich- igan Coach Bert Katzenmeyer looks for strong competition amongst all three teams in a meet which he rates as a tough battle. Weather is expected to play a large part in the proceedings as the Columbus forecast calls for wind, rain, and cold. The severity of the elements could easily be the deciding factor in the meet. The Wolverines, who defeated Detroit 22-5 Wednesday, will throw a different lineup at their opponents today. The match against Indiana will be a six player match, while Michigan will be meeting Purdue and host Ohio State in seven-man matches. All three contests will be played in 36, holes. The Wolverine line up will be, number one, Captain Stan Kwasi- borski; number two, Pat Keefe; number three, Ray Lovell; number four, Dick Bitcer; number five, Larry Markman; and number six, Larry Leich. The seventh man for the morning round will be Chuck Blackett, who played number one against Detroit, Wednesday, while Dave Britigan, who played two against the Titans, will play in the seventh spot in the afternoon round. By SI COLEMAN Michigan's football forces wil engage in their second scheduled scrimmage of the spring seasor this afternoon at 2 p.m. Much work has to be made up because the weatherman played havoc during the week and caused the cancellation of two practices. However, the two cancellations.will not detract from the total number of workouts permitted by the NCAA. Experiments Continued Today's scrimmage will afford Head Coach Bennie Oosterbaan the opportunity to continue his experiments at several positions. The chief experiment is being carried out at center. The loss through graduation of Gene Sni- der and Jerry Goebel has left the supply of material at that position weak. As a result, Oosterbaan is using the spring workouts to good ad- vantage, attempting the possibility of converting other players. Byers Moves to Center Jim Byers, standout fullback on last year's varsity, is trying to apply his talents at center. If the conversion of Byers is successful, Michigan would have two of the top linebackers in the Big Ten playing on the same unit next fall --Byers and captain-elect John errnstein. Standings W L Pct. Michigan State 1 0 1.000 Purdue 1 0 1.000 Minnesota 0 1 .000 Illinois 0 0 .000 Ohio State 0 0 .000 Indiana 1 0 1.000 Northwestern 0 0 .000 Iowa 0 0 .000 MICHIGAN 0 1 .000 Wisconsin 0 1 .000 Yesterday's Games Michigan State 4, Michigan 2 Purdue 9, Wisconsin 8 Indiana 3, Minnesota 1 Today's Games Michigan State at Michigan (2) Purdue at Northwestern (2) Iowa at Indiana (2) Minnesota at Ohio State (2) Illinois at Wisconsin (2) Sports Staff for three years, serving school year. Jones' sports interest -stretches beyond his Daily activi- ties. He has spent several summers as Athletic Director at Camp Manitou near Cheboygan, Mich., and is active as a participant in the Ann Arbor city sport leagues. Coleman, a junior in pre-law in LS&A, has also spent three years on The Daily Sports Staff, the present of these being in the capacity of night editor. Active in Fraternity The 20-year-old from Allen- town, Pa., is also quite active in his fraternity, Tau Delta Phi, in which he now holds the office of Executive Vice-President. Riseman is a junior in LSA majoring in history and plans to attend law school. He has been with The Daily three years. A native of Dryden, Michigan, the 20-year-old Riseman is now residing in Detroit. He is also a member of Tau Delta Phi fra- ternity. Jones is succeeding James Baad, '58, as Sports Editor. Coleman and Riseman are succeeding Bruce Bennett, '58, and John Hillyer, '58, as Associates. TWO MILE: Australian Sets College Track Mark By The Associated Press A swift-striding Australian who wasn't supposed to run, Alex Hen- derson of Arizona State at Tempe, shattered the American collegiate two-mile record at the 49th Drake Relays yesterday in Des Moines. Another American collegiate rec- ord was bettered when Cliff Cush- man of Kansas won the 440-yard hurdles in 52.3 seconds. The for- mer collegiate and Drake record of 52.4 was set by Bob de Vinney of Kansas in 1952. Henderson, 25, a last-minute sophomore entry, ran a brilliant 8:51.3 race in breaking Drake's 19-year-old record for the two miles, oldest running mark on the meet's books. Meanwhile at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, fabulous Ron De- laney ran a 4:06.5 anchor mile, made up 35 yards in the process and enabled Villanova to win the distance medley relay as the Penn Relays-a three-ring track and field circus-opened on Franklin Field. Michigan's only man competing - yesterday at Philadelphia was Geert Keilstrup, who finished sec- ond to Eugene Martin of Man- hatten in the two-mile run. Mar- tin's winning time was 9:23.5. The Wolverines other two con- testants, pole vaulter Mamon Gib- son and hurdler Pete Stanger com- nat tnr . AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. New York 7 3 .700 Washington 5 3 .625 Kansas City 6 4 .600 Detroit 6 5 .545 Cleveland 6 5 .545 Baltimore 4 5 .444 Chicago 3 7 .300 Boston 3 8 .273 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 6, Kansas City 5 Baltimore 2, New York 1 Cleveland 12, Detroit 2 Washington 2, Boston 0 TODAY'S GAMES Detroit at Cleveland Kansas City at Chicago Washington at Boston New York at Baltimore 04 1 /N GB 1 1/ 1'/ 23/2 4 4Y2 nished the offensive punch. I a """ NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. G1 x Chicago 6 2 .750 - x San Francisco 6 3 .667 Milwaukee 6 3 .667 Cincinnati 4 4 .500 2 Pittsburgh 4 5 .444 2 Philadelphia 3 5 .375 3 x Los Angeles 3 6 .333 3 x St. Louis 2 6 .250 4 x Notsincluding last night's game YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis at Los Angeles, inc. Chicago at San Francisco, inc. TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Milwaukee Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Chicago at San Francisco St. Louis at Los Angeles The scrimmage will also pro- vide a chance to work on the point-after-touchdown play. With the new scoring rule in effect, much alternation will be applied to the scoring play, and spring football workouts are. being used to test new plays. xB 2 nes. Outstanding Freshmen, Varsity Thinclads Compete in Michigan Open Here Today 1AEF m i. By BILL ZOLLA A giant field of two hundred and twenty trackmen will be en- tered in the first running of the Michigan Open Track Meet. The top competitors around the state will be present for the event which begins at 1 p.m. at Ferry Field today. Headlining the field will be the brunt of the Michigan varsity squad plus the finest freshman team in Wolverine history. Assist- ant Coach Elmer Swanson, run- B owlin Team ning the meet in the absence of Head Coach Don Canham, who is at the Penn Relays, was opti- mistic about his team's chances. "We are favored in three events and will have a good chance to place in all of them," said Swan- son. "In the pole vault, Eeles Landstrom will be a heavy favor- ite, and Doug Kyle should not have too much trouble taking his speci- alty, the two-mile run," added Swanson. "Tom Robinson, record-break- ing freshman sprinter, will also be favored in his events," declared Swanson. "In the 880-yd. run, Earl Deer- dorff and Bruce Fischer should Strong contingents from other Michigan track teams will be competing and they are not with- out their individual favorites. Mark Smith, former NCAA high Jump champion from Wayne, now representing the Detroit Track Club, is picked to take his event, and Ed Henley of Western Michi- gan College is favored in the hurdles. Eastern Michigan College be- came a late entry in the meet when it was decided that star hurdler Hayes Jones would be unable to compete at the Drake Relays. With Jones out, Coach eonie a rshallwithdrew the re+ t a U IAil