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… Still building for the Big Ten season, Michigan's baseball team limbers up with a four-game home stand this weekend. The Wolverines host Eastern Michigan in a doubleheader this afternoon and Detroit in a…

…-0 Wolverine win gave Zahn a 2-1 won-lost record. EMU Worries Benedict Coach Benedict anticipates a rugged twinbill against Eastern, as EMU has just returned from a southern spring trip with a 5-5 record. "Of…

… Meet at Michigan State in East Lansing. This is an important meet for the Wolverines in that it will en- able Coach Newt Loken to see how well these upcoming varsity gymnasts measure up under com…

…- petitive conditions. Seven seniors, who played vital roles in propel- ling the Wolverines to a second place finish in the Big Ten and a second in the NCAA finals, will be lost through graduation, and…

… 9, Los Angeles 2 New York (N) 2, St.cLouis 1 (10 inn) Chicago (N) vs. Chicago (A) at Ar- lington, TeX. (mc) year, and could very well be the Wolverines number one man- on the parallel bars next year…

… of ryas the Wolverines defeated their famous past, exploded for Eastern Michigan yesterday 7-1. seven runs in the third inning and Geoff Zahn and Jack Hurley right - hander M e I Stottlemyre combined…

… gave the Wolverines a 2-0 lead in the opening frame. In the second, Andy Fisher led off the inning with a wrong field double. After Forsythe flied out and Zahn grounded out, Redmon came to the plate and…

… Wolverine squad this sea- son. Coach Moby Benedict re- marked afterwards that "Zahn pitched his best game of the spring. His fast ball was moving' at times and so was his curve ball. He was mixing up his…

… Zahn for the Big Ten season which opens Friday with a doubleheader against Indiana in Bloomington. Sophomore Hurley came in to pitch the final three frames and continued the Wolverines' strike- out…

… opens the Big Ten baseball season today as it meets Indiana in a doubleheader in Bloomington. After the Hoosiers, the Wolverines travel to Ohio State for another doubleheader tomorrow. The Wolverines come…

… pitch- ing duties with Swain against the Wolverines. The other end of the battery, however, is lacking after Brink- man's graduation. Dan Carlson, a sophomore, seems to have pegged the position down…

… everything for Michigan except clean the courts, also is involved in recruit- ing for the Wolverines. "Because everybody knows everybody else on the tour, unlike other sports, we can call up our friends and…

… Wojicki for seven tallies in the second inning of the opening contest. The Wolverines collected only three hits in the frame, but were helped along by three Huron errors and two walks. Dave Neary, the husky…

…- ing back, gaining six tallies in the fifth on only two infield hits. The Hurons were aided by the wild- ness of Wolverine moundsman Steve Evans, who walked six bat- ters, and a Michigan error. The…

… Wolverines added a run in the bottom of the sixth, and it r10't mAnogs. 1ONI!. n-1414 C' Ultimately Dell leaves no doubt proved just enough as Eastern he's shooting for the moon, "The scored one in the top of…

… could never happen to me," he explained, "because I never go to class" Wolverines Host Area Tracksters By PHIL BROWN Michigan cindermen, who par- ticipated in their first outdoor meet of the season last…

…- tion to the host Wolverines. Six field events will be held, starting at noon. These include the discus, shotput, pole vault, long jump,:high jump and triple jump. The running events will get underway at…

…, and a bid to the NCAA post-season tourna- ment when Coach Dave Strack, United Press International Coach of the Year,, was hung in effigy for the second time within three months. The Wolverines, led by…

… mark of 2-12 and an overall record of 8-16, the Wolverines' worst finish since the dawn of the Buntin-Russell era and the first time Michigan had been shut out of a share of the conference championship…

… Daily LEXINGTON, Ky.-- Michigan's thinclads copped two firsts, a sec- ond, two thirds and two fourths in yesterday's windup of the Ken- tucky Relays. Wolverines accounted for two of the 12 field records…

…. Third in Mile Bob Gerometta replaced Reyn- olds for the, Wolverines' third- place effort in the mile relay, while Tennessee won. the event with a time of 3:12.5. Southern Illinois' 3:13.6 clocking gave…

… six firsts in seven events, topped runner-up Central Michigan 140 to 75. Michigan State's frosh followed in third with 54 points. Wolverine winners were: Parallel bars-Ron Rapper, 9.2: high bar…

… margin (0.4 second) over Bob White of Indiana. Wolverine Nel- son Graham skimmed the sticks in 14.7 seconds to grab fourth place in the event. Assistant coach Dave Martin, comented that he was "pleased…

… wore the home whites of the Wolverines, who be- gan their home season on exactly the right note by whipping Bowl- ing Green 8-0. Bare-handed? The game started out as if both squads were trying to top…

… front of 'the plate. The Wolver- ine backstop pounced on the ball, whirled, and threw, a perfect strike to first to nip his man. Threatening The bottom half of the same innig saw the Wolverines' first…

… wood on the ball." Benedict was not the only one happy with the results of yester- day's opening game. Wolverine baseball fans, who looked at this season with a lot of questions, found some of them…

… pay off as Andy Fisher grounded hard to first. But here the Wolverines got a break. First sacker Jim Barry made a good pickup of the ball, and started running to first, waving everyone else off. But…

… yesterday. The Wolverines had a score of 187.4 compared to 189.55 for the Salukis, but the big story was the success against Iowa. Michigan topped the Hawkeyes by one-half of a point (a respect- able margin…

… after fouling in the Big Tens. Rod- ney also came through with a sig- nificant 8.35 in the parallel bars as the Wolverines were desperate- ly trying to hold off Iowa. Captain Gary Vander Voort, recently…

… performance "easily his best of 1 the year," as his total was third highest. Complementing the two tramp giants, Mike Zadel turned in a fine 8.55 . The Wolverine tramp team cumulative score of 27.25 was the…

….55. However, the three evening events are not normally among the Wolverines strongest, so no actual victory was anticipated. But after the amazing vaulting performance, Michigan was still contending. And even…

… suffered through a very frustrat- ing season. For the first time in seven years, the Wolverines had not won the Big Ten gym title slipping to sec- ond behind up-start Iowa and Vander Voort was the Michigan…

… trampoline where the Wolverines are over- flowing in talent but he concen- trates on the rings, high bar and the parallel bars. The 'p' bars have been Voort's favorite events but this year, it has caused him…

…, who has a 1-0 record with a 1.29 ERA. He also wields a mean wedge, currently swatting at .250. Michigan's pitching this year is very strong. and the Wolverines will be using two or three pitch- ers. The…

… been tough- the probable starters are Bob er than last year." White, Jim Perry, and Dan God- And the Wolverine fans hope by. White, a .310 hitter this year, their stalwarts will provide even is much…

… undiplomatically scored three goals in the first five min- utes of play. The battle song of "The Victors" seemed like wishful thinking at times, for, though the Wolverine club was full of spirit, organization was in…

…. we'll try to!,, Depth may be a strong point for Wolverine coaches will 'try to, the Wolverine offense this year. by shifting veteran gridders tThere are promising sophomores at all three running…

… Jim Hosler and Joe Notz. Pinch-hitter Doug Nelson, who produced the hit, came through at just the right moment to take these two off the hook and help produce a 6-3 Wolverine victory over the visitors…

…'s not an easy profession," the coach of the Wolverines admits. Especially when your own family rubs it in. At the Los Angeles Classic last Christmas, Strack had reason to cringe when his daughter pleaded…

… year, but being sophomores just made too many mistakes." OFF-COURT disciplinary problems also plagued the Wolverines this winter. Strack was forced to temporarily suspend three players for skipping…

…, but Porter silenced him in the best way pos- sible. Draw for Fehrs Two other Wolverine grapplers were featured in earlier matches. Bob Fehrs, who had been desig- nated co-captain of the East squad along…