SDAY MAY 1,1958 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE Michigan Netters Host Detroit Today P I 'M' Opens Home Season With 45 Straight Wins Grid Coaches Satisfied With 'Byers Experiment' By GARY GUSSIN Michigan's defending Big Ten and NCAA tennis champions will meet the University of Detroit this afternoon in their first home match of the season. The match, a warmup for the first Conference clash at Ohio State this Saturday, will start at 2:30 at Ferry Field. Erickson Leads The Wolverines, possessors of 45 consecutive dual match victories, will be led by John Erickson and John Harris in first and second singles, respectively. George Korol, the only other returning member of last year's squad will be num- ber three man. Ordinarily, Bob Sassone, a let- ter-winner four ,years ago, would be in the third slot, but an exam will keep him out of today's match. Three Veterans Detroit will also go with their three veterans in the top positions, these being brothers George and Andy Nasser and Captain Don Milazzo. Michigan's team will be rounded out by sophmores Frank Fulton, Bill Vogt and John Wiley, who will face the Titans' Jim Drinan, Mike Gergely and John Jordan. Last year, the powerful Wolver- ine netters defeated Detroit over- Resign By The Associated Press Leon Hart, Detroit Lion foot- ball player, and Alex. Hannum, coach of the world professonl basketball champion St. Louis Hawks, stepped down from their positions in sports yesterday. Hart, a three-time All-Amer- ican at Notre Dame and seven- year Lion veteran, retired and accepted a position as a 'color' announcer for Detroit football, games. Hannum's resignation was the result of a salary dispute. He stated it would be un- profitable for him to return. under his present contract. whelmingly, 9-0, and they are ex- pected to at least repeat the vic- tory in today's encounter. Michigan Coach Bill Murphy stated that he had "no idea" how well the team would do in the Big Ten this season and felt that the match with Detroit would not be an adequate indication of the team's strength. Slow Start The Titans started the season poorly, losing their first two matches to Wayne State and Al- bion, and obivously are not the caliber of any of the leading Big Ten teams. For this reason, one is inclined to agree with Murphy that the contest this afternoon will be sig- nificant as far as the Big Ten is concerned only if U-D wins. If this happens, or if the Wol- verines doi't play well, Murphy stated that he "would be very dis- appointed." JOHN HARRIS JIM BYERS ... leads netters . .. good move By HAL APPLEBAUM The "Jim Byers experiment" is beginning to show promise for Michigan's football team. Starting the season with only fourth-string Jim Dickey back and no outstanding freshmen, Coach Bennie Oosterbaan turned to mass experimentation this spring. Second string fullback Byers, end Gordie Morrow and freshmen guards Bob Wojcik, Tom Jobson and Dick Syring all were shifted to center in an effort to plug the gap. Byers quickly moved up to the number one position 'after learn- ing the techniques. Oosterbaan commented on Byers' play: "We are quite con- fident that he can do the job and be the number one center when September rolls around. He will be at linebacker on defense just as he was when he played fullback, and he has no problems handling this chore. It's mainly a problem of getting him acclimated to of- fense in the line. His blocking has always been good, so we are ex- pecting him to come through in fine shape." Byers commented on the change, saying, "Center sure is different than fullback. Once I get ac- customed to offense I should be alright, though. The hardest thing to get used to is the long snap on the single wing plays and on punts. Having to keep my head down un- til I snap the ball means that I get started slowly, but I'm sure with practice I can overcome this difficulty." Oosterbaan has been closely ob- serving the other converted line- men, as they adjust to the move. "Wojcik is the only one who play- ed center in high school and has r . : :.:;, , ..% done quite well lately," he said, and added, "He will help the team. We have not had enough time yet to evaluate Morrow's perform- ance." WOLVERINE AIMING FOR 15': Gibson Prepares for Marquette Star i By CHUCK KOZOLL Aiming for the magic 15' mark, Mamon Gibson combines mental skill with physical endurance to reach the top in the pole vaulters circle. Saturday's competition with Marquette and Western Michigan will afford Gibson a chance to bet- ter his top mark of 14'4" accom- plished in the Penn Relays last Saturday., Chief among Gibson's rivals will be Marquette's Ed Hoyle, who has soared 14'6" this spring. Planning Important Back of the Wolverine athlete's drive to surpass Hoyle in vaulting dominance are a combination of planning and constant practice of techniques. "I may work on one movement over a dozen times each day to get it down pat," noted Gibson. Pole vaulting demands a flawless approach and a coordinated take- off to get the right momentum for a successful ump. Before attempt- ing the jump, Gibson determines the correct distance to start his run in order to insure the right speed and drive- to reach the de- sired height. "I usually measure off a distance of about 60' and stride in that area until I can determine the distance I need to gain the right momen- tum for takeoff," said Gibson. After locating the point of take- off, Gibson measures the two dis- tances from that point and places down two markers. The first peg marks the point where he should begin the run and the second,, at the halfway point to the bar, helps him check his stride and gage his speed in the final dis- tance. Gibson also figures out the best position to hold his pole to reach the various heights. "For momen- tum I hold it at a point between 11' and 13' from the end of the pole," added Gibson. Gibson observes the fine points of other stars to figure out his best method. "I usually look to Bob Richards, Olympic star, for the best push-off and Bob Gutowski, world record holder in the vault, for the ideal swing up into the air and over the bar," the Wol-, verine vaulter added. Dickey's .545 Average Paces Big Ten Batters 1 By FRED KATZ v' I DELT SIGS, ATO TRIUMPH: Phi Gamma Delta Wins in 'A' Softball- C",-- By BILL ZOLLA A terrific pitching duel between Delta Upsilon's Dave Cobb and Paul Melgaard, of Phi Gamma Delta, highlighted yesterday's ac- tion in the social fraternity soft- ball games played at Ferry Field. Phi Gam won the game, 2-1, scoring their runs in the last in- ning. Melgaard hurled a three-hitter for the victors, andnChuck Steiner cracked a home run. Cobb allowed only two hits butone of them was the vital four-bagger by Steiner. Striking out nine men, Dale Geiger of Phi Sigma Kappa pitch- I I Major League Standings I AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Kansas City Washington Detroit Cleveland Baltimore Boston Chicago W L 9 4 8 4 7 4 87 7 7 5 6 4 10 3 9 Pet. .692 .567 .636 .533 .500 .455 .286 .250 GB 1 2 2% 3 51,2 5% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Washington 3, Cleveland 2 Detroit 10, New York 1 Kansas City 11, Boston 4 Baltimore 3, Chicago 2 TODAY'S GAMES Cleveland . at Washington (N) Chicago at Baltimore (N) Kansas City at Boston Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. GB San Francisco 9 5 .643 - Milwaukee 8 5 .615 Chicago 8 5 .615 % *Pittsburgh 6 5 .545 1Y2~ Cincinnati 6 5 .545 1Y Philadelphia 5 7 .417 3 *Los Angeles 5 8 .385 3Y/ St. Louis 3 10 .231 5 *Not including incomplete game YESTERDAY'S RESULTS San Francisco 10, Philadelphia 1 Chicago 8, Milwaukee 2 Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, inc. TODAY'S GAMES Milwaukee at Chicago Pittsburgh at Los Angeles (N) Philadelphia at San Francisco Only games scheduled. ed a four-hitter in leading his team to a 7-2 win over Chi Psi. The big blows for the winners were home runs by Ted Warren and Al Poellet. In an extra inning thriller, Delta Sigma Phi twice came from be- hind, the last time scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge Pi Lambda Phi, 6-5. At the end of regulation play, the score was knotted at four-apiece. Pi Lam picked up one tally in the extra stanza on a hit and an error, but it wasn't enough to hold off the victors. The winning run was scored on a wild pitch, after the losing pitcher Ed Lubin had walk- ed the bases full. In other "A" games, Alpha Tau Omega whipped Theta Chi, 12-7; Lambda Chi Alpha crushed Theta Xi, 17-5; Alpha Delta Phi blasted' Triangle, 11-5; Psi Upsilon nosed past Phi Kappa Sigma, 7-6; and Tau Kappa Epsilon defeated Phi Kappa Tau, 15-5. Tau Delta Phi took a "B" con- test from Kappa Sigma, 2 0-18. In more "B" action, Phi Sigma Delta smashed Chi Phi, 40-1; Sigma Nu humbled Theta Chi, 22-10; and Alpha Tau Omega won over Lamb- da Chi Alpha, 21-11. Michigan "B" defeated Lloyd "B", 27-18, in the lone residence hall game. In professional fraternity "A" games, the Law Club beat Phi Alpha Delta, 8-1, on Gerry Leip- ply's three-hitter, and Phi Chi triumphed over Phi Rho Sigma, 10-1. Jim Dickey is serving notice that he is out to claim this year's Big Ten batting crown after being deprived of it last season through no fault of his own. The husky Wolverine catcher is_ deadlocked with Don Foreman of Indiana for the top spot after three conference games. Each sport fancy .545 averages-derived from six hits in eleven attempts. Missed Title Last year Dickeyihit .583 but didn't,qualify for the title since he played in only five games. This personal battle between the two leaders will be continued Saturday afternoon when the Wol- verines host the league-leading Hoosiers in an important double- header at Ferry Field. Dickey had a fieldhdayin last Saturday's double header with Michigan State. In seven trips to the plate that afternoon, he crack- ed out five hits-the best day the burly catcher has had in a Michi- gan uniform. As a team Michigan is third in hitting with 22 hits in 87 at-bats for a .253 percentage. Purdue, which shares the standings lead with Indiana, has a .001 edge over their home state rival, .277 to .276. The Wolverines have estab- lished themselves as the most pro- lific fencebiisters thus far. 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