THURSDAY, FEBRUABY 18, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 TOE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE TILE. VANDALS AND THE BOK ENI EADS . Phil Brown Cleaning the Bi Ten Closet: Illinois Revisited? It wasn't long ago-probably not more than a week at the most-- that the closest you ever came to being involved in a scandal was 4 laughing alon' with your roommates over the latest Daily purge. It sure was fun, snickering at the tribulations of University Vice Presidents, watching department heads squirming under the em- barrassing spotlight of public accusation, and self-righteously aligning yourself with the kids who showed those lousy beaurocrats up for what they were. And then th accusing finger was pointing a little closer to you. A close friend, maybe a fraternity brother or roommate, who happened to be an athlete on tender was indicted, by innuendo if not in fact, along with numerous others for accepting some form of aid not allowed tendered athletes by the Intercollegiate Conference (th Big Ten). Why was it ever done? It had been going on for so long, and everybody knew about it. It wasn't any big secret. All this you throw out to me in the wake of the new Michigan "scandal." Every school in the country does it. you whine. And it's all such penny-ante stuff. This could wreck all these players' careers; think of the damage it oould do to th coaches Well, that about sums up the list of arguments you get from everyone about the Daily stories of the past week. People continue to ask "Why did you do it, anyway?" and they mumble things about school loyalty and spirit, and suggest timidly that personal motives or vengances are the guiding impetus. Maybe you're one of the ones that's still tossing all these trivialities around, trying to make yourself and everybody else believe that they are good reasons for suppressing such stories. Are you the one that got really mad, and plotted to "get" the guys that wrote the stories, or the one that expressed his wrath and bravery by hurling a pair of bricks through the windows of the Daily? Congratulations: you're a real Michigan man. It didn't take long for you to realize the stupidity of that act, so now you're going to win your point with logic-and you lose: Every one of those arguments is completely valid, you protest, but I'll be more than happy to tell you exactly why they aren't. These stories were printed because Big Ten rules were ap- - parently being violated wholesale-even you knew about it. Maybe it wasn't a big secret, but for some unknown reason the conference denied having known of such activities, and admitted that it was very probably illegal. And what if every school in the country does do it? Does that make it any more right for the University of Michigan to play the game? Just because many schools lack the integrity to reveal their own transgressions, does it follow that they are to be overlooked? This is not 2 case of relative innocence, although I will be the first to admit that Michigan appears to be the cleanest school in the conference in these matters It would seem instead that the case is one of an absolute violation-a very specific sidestepping of a definite rule. But all this is the idealisr: that goes along with the case. It's great to be talking in flighty tones when you aren't directly involved. But what about those that are? Will the coaches and athletes who took part be put in the conference rotisserie for a few 'iCuick turns of the Purdue/Illinois treatment? The answer here probably lies in one of the reasons you cited before for overlooking the violations: every school does it. But does every school in the conference, in fact, carry on similar or even more serious activities in ignorance of Big Ten rules? Many say yes, but this is hardly enough to vindicate Michigan. The case against Michi- gan is made up of a handful of relatively minor instances of alleged wrongdoing-the type most easily proved. But allegation. of violations by other schools must be backed up with concrete proof, and it is only by actually proving that every school is guilty of avoiding conference rules that the entire matter can be dealt with reasonably and justly. Once it is apparent that every school ignores certain rules, the Big Ten may realize that there is the possibility of the rules themselves being wrong. When such guidelines are overlooked, sidestepped, or completely ignored, it becomes necessary to review them in order to either make them more enforceable or to im- prove the method of enforcement. A very real possibility, however, is that no one can prove wrong- doing at other schools, or is willing to risk censure for volunteering information about a specific case If this is to be the case, then the lone guilty institutions must pay for their sins. Just as Illinois suffered consequences far beyond the justifiable punishment induced by the self-righteous piety dis- played by other schools, so Michigan and her guilty sisters must be made to suffer. Oddly enough, one of the things you hear most often these days is "You guys haven't even scratched the surface." ".... the timing and tactics of their so-called 'expose,' as well as the very fact that they think they've uncovered a 'secret,' quite clearly exemplifiej their truly naive and superficial under- standing of intercollegiate athletics," writes a disgruntled (and obviously knowledgeable) junior. In other wclds, cheating is the name of the game. Well, Mr. Wangelin let me tell you something. One of the writers you con- demn as 'naive' is a member of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, whil another, as Sports Editor of the paper, has spent four years in close contact with the athletic department. Their "super- ficial understanding of intex collegiate athletics" seems rather ob- viously untru,. I digress, but only to point out that every member of the sports staff has a close working relationship with the athletic department. I count some coaches and athlete: among my best friends. And you Just don't put yct.r friends on the grill arbitrarily. Bump Elliott doesn't deserve anything so vicious, you cry. Why should such a great guy have to go through so much anguish? I couldn't agree more There, probably isn't a finer gentleman in the conference that Coach Elliott Despite everything that was said after the last football season I can't think of one person I'd rather have representing Michigan, and me, to the athletic world. Men with' far less personal integrity occupy positions of equal power and in- fluence, and without half the respect deservingly awarded to Bump. So what are you going to do about it? Go back to the hou' or the apartment to plot against the Daily? Or sulk until it just blows over? Or avoid the issue for fear of becoming involved? (Continued on Page 8) U.S. Skaters Surprise GRENOBLE, France OP) - America's surprisingly successful skaters, doing their best to smooth over the deluge of disappointment that struck U.S. Alpine skiers, sparked again yesterday as Ter- ry McDermott captured one med- al and Tim Wood closed in on an- other in the 10th Winter Olym- pics. While the 27-year-old sprint skater from Birmingham, Mich., joined three female speed skaters as U.S. silver medalists, Wood of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., shot into second place after the five com- pulsory figures in men's figure skating competition. Given little chance to defend his 1964 Olympic 500-meter speed skating title successfully, McDer- mott was considered ever out of the running for a medal when he CORRECTION Yesterday's story on the Mich- igan-Illinois basketball game incorrectly reported that the Wolverines were in last place in the Big Ten. Michigan is ac- tually in ninth with a 2-6 rec- ord. Minnesota is in 10th with a 2-7 mark, not in eighth with the 3-6 record stated yesterday. Furthermore, Purdue is tied with Illinois for fifth with a 4-3 mark, rather than 3-4 as reported. drew the last starting position among the 48 skaters. By the time his turn came, the, hot sun had created pools of water over many sections of the rink. But, McDermott steamrollered away from the starting gun, ac- celerated down the back straight- away, rounded the final bend perfectly and with head and arms flaying, crossed the finish line in 40.5 seconds tying Magne Thomas- sen of Norway for second place. Erhard Keller of West Ger- many, a 23-year-old dental stu- Ludmila Beloussova and Oleg dent who has the pending world Proptopopov, Russia's husband mark of 39.2, won the gold medal and wife team, successfully de- in 40.3, shy of McDermott's 40.1 fended their 1964 gold medal with record set four years ago. No a virtually flawless performance. bronze was awarded. Tatiana Joukchesternava and "I didn't come back to the Alexandre Gorelik won the silver Olympics just to skate," McDer- and Margot Glockshuber and mott said afterward. "I wanted to Margot Danne of West Germany win a medal. I didn't really know got the bronze. if I could do it. I was coming Ski Relay Surprises along slowly but surely and knew The U.S. men's 4 x 10-kilome- I had to put everything into one ter cross country relay team fin- race. ished as expected, 12th in the He said he lost his stride once field of 15, in another final yes- in the first stretch and almost terday. stumbled on the home stretch. Norway won the event for its Either of these errors could have second gold medal in Nordic com- cost him the two-tenths of a sec- petition. Odd Martinsen, Paal ond that were the difference be-pTition. rOdMrtinenPaal twen te gld ndsiler edas.Tyldum, Harald Groenningen and tween the gold and silver medals.!Ole Ellefsaeter finished in two Wood Grabs Second hours, eight minutes, 33.5 sec- American hopes soared anew a? onds, some 100 seconds ahead of few hours later when Wood shot Sweden with Finland edging Rus- into second place in the men's sia for third. figure skating competition. A su- The U.S. squad consisting of perb performance on the fourth Mike Gallagher of Killington, Vt., figure, gave him the top marks Mike Elliott of Durango, Colo., among all the skaters from seven Bob Gray of Putney and John of nine judges. Bower of Middlebury, Vt., was a The U.S. champion didn't do surprising sixth after the first lap quite as well on the fifth and final but steadily dropped back and figure but held second, 16.6, be- wound up 12th in 2:21:30.4. hind Austria's Wolfgang Schwarz. , * * "These figures are the best he Bobsled and Luge Disputes has ever done in a major inter- In the meeting room, the In- national competition," said Tim's ternational Bobsled Federation father, Dr. Kenneth A. Wood. rejected a West German request Gary Visconti, former U.S. that two gold medals be awarded champion from Detroit, moved up in the two-man bobsled. to fifth place after the fourth fig- The International Olympic ure but then slid back to sixth on Committee awarded the medal to the fifth. John Petkevich of Great Eugenio Monti and Luciano De Falls, Mont., climbed steadily with Paolis Sunday despite an identi- each figure and ended the day cal time with the West German in eighth place. team of Horst Floth and Pepi Pairs Finish Sixth Bader. Monti's team was given Meanwhile, the U.S. pairs fig- the gold on the strength of mak- ure skating team of Cynthia and ing the fastest single run. Ronald Kauffman of Seattle, The U.S. and eight other coun- Wash., finished a disappointing tries asked the International Luge sixth as Russians won the gold Federation to bar the entire East and silver medals. German squad fro mfurther com- Again petition after three East German girls were disqualified for heat-; ing the runners of their luges, il- legal under the rules. However, David G. Rivenes of Miles City, Mont., U.S. team manager, said "we are leaving the door open. We don't want to conm- pete with them, but we plan to continue even if they are not barred." 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