:Y 5kr igan Daty Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVIII, No. 82 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1968 SPORTS SECTION Cagers Lose, Win, Lose, Win, Win, Lose Icemen Prepare for Spartans; Cougars Roll; Hayes Nets 31, Special To The Daily HOUSTON-After climbing to a respectable 4-4 record on the strength of two home court vic- tories over Butler and Northern Illinois, Michigan journeyed to Houston last Tuesday night only to be clobbered by the second- r ked Cougars 91-65. Houston, which was upset by an upstart Michigan team 86-75 in Ann Arbor last year, waltzed to its 14th straight victory of the season before a standing room only crowd. The Cougars, who host top-ranked UCLA in the strodome in two weeks, won its 47th consecutive contest at home. The Cougars, who couldn't buy a basket against the Wolverines a year ago, connected on 40 of 76 shots from the floor this time around. Elvin Hayes, who was called for six goal tending viola- 'ons in the Michigan upset last! ear, tossed in 31 points in thel return match. The "Big" hit on! 15 of 22 shots from' the floor in guiding Houston to an easy victory. Hayes, who has been called the best senior in the country, this! dear, was assisted in the Michi- gan debacle by Ken Spain and Don Chaney, who garnered 15, and 14 points respectively. "I sure couldn't be one to say those kids don't deserve the rank- ing they have," said a stunned Vjplverine Coach Dave Strack after the Cougars had torn his team apart. He had special praise for Hayes who was ranked among both the top scorers and rebounders in the nation the past two seasons. "He is absolutely tremendous," Strack aserted. "He makes the team. His presence on the floor is enough to awe anyone Houston plays." Besides being the leading scorer, the Big E snatched 13 rebounds. The 6'9" forward pulled down 11 of those in the second half as Michigan fell hopelessly behind ouston. The Wolverines, who have had trouble on defense and shooting Butler, Northern Illinois Fall; Line Changes Add New Look By DIANA ROMANCIUK the red line blue. But by First Victims in Events BuildingISat.aisWvrnevisnghat80 w pn" Friday "'Signs PRESSURE ON MICHIGAN SHOOTERS like this block by Houston's Melvin Bell on Dennis Stewart were largely responsible for the anemic 33 per cent Wolverine scoring average in their 91-65 loss to the Cougars Tuesday night. all year, only were able to take 1 20 points. Michigan, which had a brief 8-7 lead with 15 minutes been getting good scoring bal- remaining in the first half. From ance over the winter holidays was there it was all uphill, without it against the taller Michigan opened the game with Cougars. Only Pitts and Dennis a zone defense but switched to a Stewart were able to break into man-to-man after the Cougars double figures against Houston jumped out to a 14-10 lead. The' Wolverines again went back to the zone after the Cougars riddled the man-to-man with holes, opening up a29-21 lead. Still,Houston surged to a 40-29 halftime lead which was never headed. Michigan, which must have left its shooting eye at home, only could hit on 25 of 75 attempts from the floor for a horrendous 33.3 per cent average. Houston, which was colder than Green Bay during the NFL Championship game against the Wolverines last year, hit for a respectable 53 per cent. Rudy Tomjanovich was thej only bright spot in a lackluster' Michigan attack. The 6'7" sopho- more led both teams in rebounds with 18, pzilling down five more than Hayes. Tomjanovich also was the Wolverines' leading scorer with with 12 and 11 points respectively.j MICHIGANf By PHIL BROWN Michigan's cagers temporarily squared their season record at 4-4 last week with a pair of home vic- tories over tough small-college teams. A 93-76 trouncing of Butler and an 84-77 triumph at the ex- pense of Northern Illinois gave the Wolverines an optimistic finish to 1967. Butler came to Ann Arbor boast- ing victories over two Big Ten squads, but Michigan coach Dave Strack was looking beyond that point to the Bulldogs' unimpressive 3-4 record. The Wolverines reeled off four quick baskets to start the second half, breaking a 45-45 intermission deadlock and serving notice to the visitors that Michigan hospitality ends at courtside. It's What's Up Front Strack was pleased by the team's showing against Butler, although he did indicate that there was still room for improvement. "We need more strength up front," he commented after the game. "but we've always thought we did." Junior forward Bob Sullivan's 22 points led the Wolverine scor- ing, followed closely by 21, 19, and 18-point efforts by Rudy Tom- janovich, Dennis Stewart, and Jim Pitts. respectively. The Butler contest was the first for Michigan in which three offi- cials were used. Neither Strack nor Bulldog mentor Tony Hinkle ex- pressed much enthusiasm about the system. Getting Better "I have to say I saw improve- ment tonight," Strack said. "We played very poorly against David- son, then were much better outj xwest tin the Sun Devil Classic)." It was enough improvement to give the Wolverines their first vic- tory in the new Events building, but the excitement was all saved for the second win. Northern Illinois came to town with a player named Russell- from Chicago's Carver High-and an enthusiastic crowd gathered to see Michigan dump Donnie Russell; and his Husky teammates on af late charge, 84-77. The Brothers Russell Donnie Russell's famous brother, ex-Wolverine Cazzie, made a sur- prise appearance at the contest, to the delight of the partisan crowd. I Former Wolverine assistant Tom Jorgensen, now head coach at Northern Ilinois, credited thej younger Russell with playing "the finest game of his career." The sophomore guard tallied 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in his starting role. "We really thought we could win it," sighed Jorgensen. "WeI knew a lot about Michigan, of course. It's different from reading a scouting report-more like know- ing every one of the kids." The Huskies had battled Mich- igan on even terms throughout most of the game, and when they took the lead 70-69 on Aubrey See 'HOOPSTERS,' page 5 BILL LORD DROP TWO TO DENVER; Icers Finish Second in Tourney games, the Blue have won 57, lost only 20, and tied one. But Michigan State doesn't give up easily. Michigan painted everything but c h n L -in the 3,751 capacity arena will Though the much-traveled head be down for the first skirmish of T this season's four meetings. Sat- will be absent this Friday night, urday night, same time the scene the spirited rivalry that always moves to East Lansing, giving accompanied a Michigan-Michi- each team a chance at home- gan State clash will be here. The town-crowd advantage. name of the game this weekend is Last year in regular season not football but hockey. WCHA action, the same setup The Wolverines have maintain- resulted in alternate wins and de- ed the winning edge in this series feats for the two teams. However, - a series exceeded only by that the final meeting of the two, in with Michigan Tech. In the 78 ;h n f Arl 1 th~c WCH l ff'~J..O hl di lA~G By DAVE WEIR M i c h i g a n' s hockey players brought back a variety of trophies from the holiday schedule of four games. For instance, sophomore Don Deeks came back with a broken nose suffered in- a 'victory over Wisconsin. Observers of recent Wolverine practice sessions know that Deeks also has a masked partner on skates in the person of senior forward Bruce Koviak. Koviak has now decided to shed his protective mask, but he is still feeling the effects of a broken title game on the strength of checkbone. goalie Jim Keough's 8-0 white- Rookie scoring flash (he's got nine) Dave Perrin received sev- eral presents over the holidays, including a touch of the flu and a pair of rainchecks for this weekend's double faceoff with Michigan State. Perrin failed to light up the red light in the three games he played, but he did run up the thermome- ter in health service to 102 de- grees during the game he missed. Second Place As a group. the players fared somewhat better, copping second place in the first annual Big Ten Hockey Tournament at Minnea- i i i I i i f 1 wash of Wisconsin on the night before in the semi finals. Keough was named the Most Valuable Player of the classic for his performance, while Wolverine stars Bill Lord and Lee Marttila were voted to the all-tourney team. Minnesota jumped off to a quick lead in the championship match by scoring two first period goals against the usually-impenetrable Keough. Sullivan Pits Stewart Tomianovich Maxey Maundrell Edwards McClellan Frauman Henry 'totals I ue wun Payo rs, o 01s a1 memories of a 4-2 loss for Mich- igan. This year, though both teams were entered in the Big Ten Hockey Tournament over the holidays, they did not meet. While Michigan was compiling a 1-1 record good for a second place finish, MSU won two and lost one to place third. After blanking Ohio State 7-0 in the first round, the Spartans lost to Minnesota 6-3, meeting and defeating Wisconsin 4-3 in the consolation finals. The tournament did provide an op- portunity for the coaches to scout the opposition. Michigan coach Al Renfrew de- scribes the Spartans as "tough, good, and fast. They skate all the G 3-1 2-10 4-18 9-20 4-I 1-2 1-2 1-4 0-0) 2-5 :25-75 FT 1-1 8-11 3-5 2-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 15-24 H1ayes 15 Lee 3 Spain7 Chaney 5 Reynolds 1 Lewis Gribben Hamood F Bell3 Bane1 Cooper] Totals 40 HOUSTON MICIGAN Attendance: 5400 USTON G FT -22 1-3 -11 2-4 -12 1-4 -15 4-5 1-2 0-0 2-4 1-1 3-5 2-3 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 -76 11-20 It 3 6 7 18 4 0 1 5 0 46 13 8 9 8 6 0 3 S0 0 48 40 29 1} 1 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 15 T 3 20 8 2 3 4 4 65 polis. The undefeated Gophers ofI NOTICE It might be wel if those of you who want to but haven't yet joined The Daily sports staff to do so as soon as pos- cihl_ P 1' 4 31 2 8 3 15 3 14 1 2 0 5 3 8 1 4 1 2 0) 0 0 2 18 91 51-91 36-65 IN OUTSIDE ACTION: SBig Ten Cagers Victimized Minnesota slipped past the Wol- verines 3-1 in the championship match on the next-to-last day of the year to clinch the tourney crown. Michigan had advanced to the , eond IBest FIRST PERIOD SCORING M- 4arttila (Hansen, Gross) 2:31; Gal- braith (Marttila) 12:33 Marttila (Galbraith, Hansen) 17:58. PEN- ALTIES M-Lord (interferen'e) 32:58: Pashak (high sticking) 6:45; Hartman (roughing) 8:11; Lord (hooking) 9:19, Domm (slashing) 9:19; Hansen (slashing) 15:43. - SSmith (hooking) 3:08; Lenartson (slashig) 9:19. SECOND PERIOD SCORING: M- Galbrait~h (Marttila) 5:46; Marttila (a=braith, Ullyot) 15:44. PENAL- TIES: il-,Lord (elbowing) 2:48; Glendinning (slashing) 8:41; Gal- braith (tripping) 17:14. THIRD PERIOD SCORING: M- Pashak (Glendinning, Hartman) 3:51; Marttila (Gross) 8:57; Binnie (Lord) 11:19. PENALTIES: Al- 1)0mi (high sticking) 18:45. WV- Vroman (tripping) Obrodovich served 4:31; Fitzgerald (holding) 14:51; Smith (high sticking) 18:45. SAVES Vroman (V) 19 20 22-52 Keough (M) 19 15 9--43 F I - - - W yr w Score By Periods See MSU', Page 2 ichigran Wiscon sin 3 2 3-8 0 0 0-0 FIRST PERIOD SCORING: Minn -Shattuck (Dufour, Fichuk) 7:14; Fichuk (unassisted) 15:31. PENAL- TIES: Mich--Domm (holding) 15:44; Domm (holding) 18:50. Minn -Klatt (hooking) 16:25; Gambucci (roughling) 18:50. SECOND PERIOD SCORING: Mich -linnie (Hlartmnan) 12:25. PENAL- TIES: Mch-Hansen (slashing) 3:01; Perrin (tripping) 15:03. Minn- Shattuck (holding) 3:01. THIRD PERIOD SCORING: Minn --Paradise (Klatt) 1:22. PENALTIES: Mich-Glendinning (hooking) 13:18; Galbraith (cross checking) 17:17. inn--Gambucei (high stickinr) 17:48. Juggle Works sideI Between periods in the locker time." MSU who finished fifth in room, Wolverine coach Al Ren- the WC U las sed butthi frew decided to "juggle the lines the WCHA last season but third around in order to get some scor- in the NCAA finals, lost 10 seniors ing punch into the lineup." This to graduation. decision resulted in a spectacular "A lot of people will overlook second period marker by junior us," muses Amo Bessone, MSU's Randy Binnie. ice mentor, "but we'll have a few The goal came on a two-on-one breakaway with teammate Jerry surprises." One of those surprises See 'KEOUGH,' page 2 could be very well be goalie Rich- ard Duffett. A sophomore, Duffett lint W Wst becomes eligible on Friday night By PAT ATKINS Big Ten's comparatively poor rec- One of the worst holiday slaugh- ord in outside play did not alterj ters took place not on the nation's the prospect of a wide open con- highways, but on the basketball!ference race.: courts where Big Ten teams "I think you'll find the caliber played. of competition, particularly in Tourney toll was one of the tournaments, was unusually strong heaviest on record for Big Ten this season," said Glass. "But, theI teamsas they struggled to an Big Ten--because it is a tought 8-17 holiday tournament record. conference-had a tendency to do! Against outside competition they more experimenting than other have won 48 and lost 41 for a .539 people." Oercentage. Indiana and Michigan Statec The conference still has 10 non- shared the title last season, each loop games remaining after Satur- at 10-4, but both are tabbed to1 day's five-contest opening round meet challenges this winter from of league play to better the lowest at least a half dozen other con- n pmk n-ue tenders. State at 6-2, who base their hopes on Bill Hosket, followed by Wis- consin and Indiana at 6-3. Mich- igan and Illinois hold identical 4-5 records, with Minnesota turn- ing in the weakest performance at 3-7. Battered by one of their worst tuneup campaigns, Big Ten bas- ketball forces plunge Saturday from the frying pan into the fire of what looms as a wild, free-for- all championship campaign with opening conference games of Pur- due at Ohio State, Minnesota at Indiana, Michigan at Wisconsin, and Iowa at Northwestern. This Weekend in Sports FRIDAY WRESTLING-Illinois at Events Building, 3:00 p.m. HOCKEY-Michigan State at Coliseum, 8:00 p.m. SATURDAY WRESTLING-Indiana at Events Building, 2:00 p.m. BASKETBALL-Michigan at Wisconsin SWIMMING-Big Ten Relays at Bloomington GYMNASTICS-Michigan at Eastern Michigan HOCKEY-Michigan at Michigan State McLachla Keough Michigan minneSoto SAVES n (Minn) 7 9 6-22 (Mich) 6 13 11-30 Score By Periods BRUCE KOVIAK CHRISTIAN INFORMATION SERVICE P. O. Box 1048, Rochester, N. Y. 14603 a 0 1 0-1 2 0 1-3 --- _ ... _ _. _ _ . _. -----___._ ._._.__ Y _. . _..___--_ ._ _..._..._._. . OUTsla eMaR aguiiaiu-uu play in a decade, 52-44 for .542 in the 1960-1961 campaign. ' 1 UCLA and Houston, the nation's c one-two poll leaders, have been I especially hard on Big Ten teams 1 with five victories between them.'t Among other outside teams which , measured Big Ten clubs were Van- derbilt, Kentucky and Tennessee, urth, fifth and sixth, respectively Inthe national poll. Coach Bill Glass of Northwest- ern, who started 10 different play-{ ers in nine tuneup games, said the j Said contenders include Rick Mount-paced Purdue, Iowa, Wis- consin, Ohio State, Northwestern and perhaps surprising Illinois. Michigan and Minnesota may even cause trouble before the season ends March 5. Purdue battled UCLA down to I the wire in their opener before losing 73-71. But they also lost 76-59 to Butler, a team that Michigan beat handily 93 to 76. The best average against out- side competition belongs to Ohio You'll Like The Way GREENE'S Do Your Shirts $C19 l~trljtgztn Subscribe now forW the winter term rr" o,v r I r Inc.~ ~1 You'll like the way shirts are done at ' white, neatly pressed, and beautifully packaged. Greene's. They're sparkling Greene's use carefully-controlled formulas for soil removal, give your shirts a gentle bleaching, and then add a special brightener for a really white shirt. 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