FRIDAY, FEBRUARY t3,1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1968 TUE MICHIGiN DAILY PAGE NINE Back Alley Tips in Career For Rudy OPENER TONIGHT: leers To Face Battered Sioux By ROBIN WRIGHT records that sit on his living room Rudy Tomjanovich's basketball floor. career was almost snuffed out in But for each game he spends the ninth grade. time planning what he has to do A friend and confidant of the against that particular team - freshman coach informed him that going over shots and plays in his he hadn't made the squad list on head. "I do that because I haven't the day before it was to be posted. timhe to think on the court. I'm Tomjanovich's reaction was to like an animal, everything is byH challenge the coach to a game. instinct." Tomjanovich. beat him, and was Teammate and former room- given a uniform the next day. mate Rick Bloodworth commented, Almost the same thing hap- "Rudy has more personality than pened again the next year. In anyone on the court. I haven't the middle of the season his coach seen anyone more exciting. told him not to bother coming "The only thing that has hurt out his junior year due to his him is the new dunking rule. It's performance as a sophomore. taken a lot out of his style. He Tomjanovich put all he had into has some phenomenal shots that'll the following games. never be used. The next month he was moved "I think he has the potential from reserves to the varsity in of a Rick Mount. First of all time for the state tournament Michigan isn't capitalizing on him and scored 30 points in his. first as they could. And secondly, he's varsity game, not accustomed to guarding a cen- In the summer Tomjanovich ter, Bloodworth explained, liked to play basketball everyday A lot of Michigan fans feel in the alleys of Hamtramck with' .Tomjanovich is a lazy player, but players like Eddie Miles of the RUDY TOMJANOVICH that's only because it's an easy Detroit Pistons and Mel Daniels game for him. He works real hard of the Minnesota Huskies. His "These guys didn't like playing on the game at practice so he can goal was to improve his game ordinary ball, so we. used to play be relaxed on the court." enough to win a scholarship. But tip-in, where you couldn't throw Because of his personality and his dad wanted him to work, not the ball through the basket unless ability on the court many fans SOPHOM( waste time playing ball. But you tipped it in. Everything had have compared him to Cazzie Rus- De Tomjanovich persisted. to be a rebound. I guess we used sell. Tomjanovich explained that December' By graduation over 200 scholar- to play some pretty wild games. there could be no comparison. fans, Ton ship offers had poured into the " h r t a "We're different kinds of play- sistent sco fellow that had won the "Best One thing I regret is that I ers. Cazzie could dribble and had per game. Player of the Year" award in never had a chance to work on my a powerful driving lay-up. I re- Michigan defensive game. The concentration bound better and like to shoot Basically was always on rebounds and tip- from the outside." likes to stay Influences ifdoinge anythe Since his family didn't actively ins. This has hurt my college Tomjanovich presently leads the doing anyt promote basketball and his coach- game. Plus what defense I had team in scoring with a 19 2 aver- playing card es weren't enthusiastic at the start, played was guarding forwards. The am in soringswth a 1. r- to kidnappi who was the motivating force? change in college to guarding cen- age. He also tops the team in re- Bernard an "Walt McCier-a guy who lived ters wears me out. Coach Dave Stra k best sum- friends bed across the alley. He wasn't too Game Preparations med it up "There was only one Nickname desirable a person, but he was the Tomjanovich prepares for games like Cazzie. He could do more ,epme best basketball player in Ham- in different ways. Sometimes he'll things than any player I've coach- ership come 'tramck," Tomjanovich explained. stay up with his roommates all ed. It's unfair to compare them. ness to aid "He had me playing everyday, night 'playing 500 Rummy or develops m ICazzie was more mature, buti even when I got tired of it. He Hearts-going to bed at 7 a.m. and Tomjanovich is an outstanding game. taught me. shooting and rebound- sleeping until close to game time, prospect, who could be a great Teammate ing tricks and got me rides to Other times to fire up he listens player some day." plained, "Hip play with the better playerg. to one of the piles of Motown Other Interests Tomjanovich likes-other sports .ME*"F too.- A major interest until high:l Big T4 Pit t Se ent In ig en* school was baseball.. After playing; P its Seventh in Big iTen- .a"fug i every -position he convinced his coach to let him try catching. Ohio Stat Moun Hods corng eadOn a tight play, ready to catch Iowa Mount Holds Scoring Lea d nu-r::h ~e ll te ball, he threw his glove of f Purdue instead of his face mask. After Northwest( Michigan's Jim. Pitts has moved that his participation was more as Wisconsin into a tie for seventh place in the a spectator. Illinois Big Ten scoring race. It was about this time that Tom- Michigan; The Wolverine captain tied janovich grew four inches within Indiana Northwestern's Dale Kelley with one year. "That made me lose all Minnesota a 19.3 points per game average in interestmin baseball. Basketball MICHIGA the latest statistics released yes- ,. seemed more my type of game." Although his life centers around TOMOI terday by the conference. basketball, he doesn't like to talk MICHIGA Michigan junior forward Den- :bu.t es vncnierd Iw tI nis Stewart is ninth with an 18.6 ~. about it. He's even consideredI Iowa at Ini average while Rudy Tomjanovich . quiet. He admits, "my egoism is Northwest( is 10thithe Bidy Tmnih 7.9.isolated to athletics. I feel ordi- Ohio State is 10th in the' Big Ten with 17.9. nr f h ors"Wsosn nary off the courts." Wisconsin Net riddling Rick Mount paces the conference with a 30.4 aver-> age. The sophomore sensation, BIG TEN TRACK MEET: who may pace Purdue to an up-{ hill conference basketball title climb, is apparently beyond reach of a Big Ten scoring record, how-C oa ch ever.I The league's record scoring av- By The Associated Press Minnesota i erage -is 33.9 points by Ohio COLUMBUS-Ohio State track Ralph Marin State's Gary Bradds in 1966. Play- coach'Bob Epskamp is convinced the long jum ORE RUDY TOMJAN s game against Kentu janovich finished the rer and rebounder, hel a night life man, he up most of the night .ing from talking or s with his roommates ng a fraternity St. d dumping it in a at 3 a.m. d "Big Man" by his Tomjanovich's lead- s out in his willing- others. His criticism ostly with his own By ELLIOTT BERRY Two hockey teams numbed from double setbacks last weekend will battle among the frozen depth of North Dakota's "Igloo" in a weekend series which opens to- night. Grand Forks, North Dakota does in deed have a fine ice rink, but because of an old feud with the University, the city refuses to let Sioux icers use it. Thus the game between North Dakota and Mich- igan will be played amidst the sub-zero temperatures in North Dakota's version of an. indoor arena; a quonset hut set up ov er an ice surface with no heat. In these familiar but hardly ap- preciated surroundings, a shell- shocked North Dakota team will host a down-hearted Michigan squad. Both the Wolverines and the Sioux. dropped their two game series last week to the league's front-runners, Denver and Michigan Tech. Fell Short While the Wolverines were just falling short of the hard-nosed -Daily-Andy Sacks Huskies, the Sioux were taking 7-0 and 8-2 shellings from the OVICH goes up for a shot in last class of the WCHA, Denver. cky. A familiar shot to Michigan With both teams now being game with 17 points. A con- eliminated from the race for the leads the team with 13 rebounds league's top spot, the emphasis on the series will be the fight for the most advantageous spot in a rific. Although he expects a lot open early next month. A sweep C from others, his main concern is the post-season playoffs, which nE with his own job. He takes a loss by North Dakota would drop personally. Michigan into the second division, at "After a bad freshman game and thus force them to play the ri you'd always be able to find him all important opening game of the in running laps in the IM Building playoffs on the road. ou the. next morning. The Wolverines will be out to by 'M' First Choice gain at least a split, which would li Tomjanovich came to Michigan keep the standings like they are, D to be near home. "Even if I were with Michigan fourth and the ar offered a starting position at Nodaks fifth. They will then finish W UCLA or Houston I'd stay at their regular season schedule in Ngiriara T~vf toar vala c~in' Wolverines attempt to get back they tackle fifth place North weekend against seventh place olorado College at the Coliseum ext weekend. The Sioux, a highly touted club t mid-season when they were ding in first place, have fallen ito a tailspin which they will be ut to stop. Their offense is led y a pair of extremely aggressive Utle forwards, Bob Munro and ave Kartio, who have 21 goals nd 21 assists between them in VCHA play this season. The story of the Sioux demise is into the winning column when Dakota tonight and tomorrow. in their defense. The proof of how stout the North Dakota defense was, is seen in the fact that de- spite the 15 goals scored off goal- tender Mike Curran last weekend he still supports a 2.1 goals against per gan'e, average, a figure good for second place among the WCHA goalies. The Wolverines have been de- pendent on solid goaltending and hustle, this season. However, it be- came painfully obvious in the Michigan Tech series, that their offense lacks the finesse of the WCHA's top clubs. MICHIGAN GOALIE Jim Keough kicks away a save in one of the last weekend's two heartbroken losses to Michigan 'ech. The * e Bill Frauman e:- Mchigan. Next year were .going s desire to win is ter- to be right up there. "My original intention was to come here as an. in-between step en Standing from high school to the pros. I Stanings knew it'd increase my basic skills WV L Pct. and my chances at a professional to, 7 3 .700 contract. 6 3 .667 "But now school work really 6 3 .667 comes first. If you don't get the ern 6 4 .600 grades you can't play." 5 4 .555 Bloodworth readily agrees. 5 4 .555 "Tomjanovich has really become State 4 5 .444 a studier. He has grown up a lot. 3 6 .333 School now o'ffers him the per-, 3 7 .300 sonal challenge that only athlet- 3N 2 8 :200 ics have offered him in the past. As Tomjanovich puts it, "The RROW'S GAMES pros are now the step between N at Minnesota college and a doaching career." diana If he fights for the pros like he ern at Illinois fought to keep playing when ev- at Purdue erything was against him, he at Michigan State should make it. Seve Russlians to Enter A A I T Trknntu Tivaoir Moot WCHA Standings I .btI- UoIIUor I OAKLAND (M) - A small band of Russians will challenge the United States' best in the U.S. National AAU Indoor Track and Field Chamiponships her'e tonight and Saturday night. The Russians already have par- ticipated in meets in Seattle and Los Angeles andthave come away with five firsts, three seconds and two thirds. They withdrew from last week's New York AC. meet to concen- trate on training for the AAU in the 14,000-seat Oakland Arena. Valentine Gavrilo, 22, might have the best chance of achieving a Russian victory. He won the high jump at Los Angeles at 7- feet-2 after having been second to Dick Fosbury's 7-1 at Seattle. Tonu Lepik, 21, who won the long jump at Los Angeles with 25-8V2 and was second at Seattle, once defeated Russia's world rec- ord holder, Igor Ter-Ovanesetan, and has an indoor best of 26-6%. But Bob Beamon, who recently leaped 27-1 to an indoor mark and Ralph Boston, who won gold and silver medals in the 1960 and '64. Olympics are among the 14 en- trants. The pole vault looks like a United Nations event with Russian Gennady Bliznetsov, 27, Greek Chris Papanicolaou and three SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: } ROBIN WRIGHT r11c eIU L Finns, Nisto Ivanoff, Allti Alaro- tu and Erkki Mustakari among the 13 entries.j Bob Seagren of Southern Cali- fornia has the best indoor vault, 17-3. Bliznetsov and Alarotu have gone 17. Ivanoff 16-11 and the others 16-6. k In. all, the meet has attracted nearly 400hathletes for the 11 women's and 15 men's events. Finals will. be contested tonight in women's 60-yard dash, shot put, 220, mile and sprint medley-relay, and men's pole vault, 60, long jump, high jump, mile walk and two-mile relay, W Denver 13 Michigan Tech 12 Minnesota 12 MICHIGAN 9 North Dakota 10 Michigan St. 4 Colorado Col. 3 Minn. Duluth 3 L 3 3 5 71 11 12 19 T 0 0 0 0 1 I 0 0 Pet. .813 .800 .667 .643 .594 .281 .200 .136 t' TODAY'S GAMES MICHIGAN at North Dakota Michigan Tech at Denver Minnesota at Michigan State TOMORROW'S GAMES MICHIGAN at North Dakota Michigan Tech at Colorado College Minnesota at McIichigan State ,' WHO WANTS AN re is Records n the 60-yard dash; will triumph here "There's tough nello of Ohio State in1 np and Doug Conquest, Ing a 14 game schedule, Bradds1 pumped in 474 points. That means that Mount, who has hit for 274 points in nine con- ference games, would have to av- erage 40 points in his remaining five games to match Bradd's rec- ord. Mount takes his league-leading average 'against invading Ohio State in one of the key battles of the conference season tomor- row afternoon. The Buckeyes currently hold top spot in the see-saw champion- ship race, while Purdue shares second place at 6-3 with Iowa. Mount; who is rated seven4h inI the country in scoring, holds a' comfortable margin in the Big Ten race over runnerup Sam Wil- liams of Iowa,'who has a 25.6 av- jO erage. This Weekei TOD HOCKEY-Michigan at North D TOMO BASKETBALL-Michigan at Mi GYMNASTICS-Wisconsin andI s HOCKEY-Michigan at North'D SWIMMING-Big Ten Freshmen TRACK-Michigan at Indiana WRESTLING-Michigan at Min RICK MOUNT to quite a few" Big Ten records will amble March 1-2 when the con- Third leading scorer is Wiscon- ference holds its indoor champion- sin's Joe Franklin with a 24.3 av- ships at French Fieldhouse. erage. Ohio State's Bill Hosket "Times will be faster here be- last week crept back into fourth cause we have excellent facilities plac with 22.5, while Illinois' and because this is an Olympic Dave Scholz dropped a notch to year," Epskamp told a press pre- 'fifth with 22.2. view of the 6th indoor meet. Minnesota's Tom Kondla, de- "I feel certain that quite a few fending scoring champion, is sixth of those athletes will be com- in the conference with a 22.0 av- peting in the 1968 Olympics." erage. The Buckeye coach said an out- Tomorrow's regional TV show standing crop of sophomores and at Lafayette, Ind., pits the two good depth should make for one hottest conference .scoring ma- of the most balanced meets in chines - Ohio State-with an 87.6 recent years. average and Purdue with 86.3. "But everybody is picking de- Defensively, Illinois continues fending champion Wisconsin to the team leader with an average repeat. The fight for second place 'yield of 64.9 points. Northwestern { could be decided by a few points." remains best in rebounding with The Badgers, shooting for their an average of 44.9 retrieves per third title in the last four years, game. have three of the 10 returning individual champs. Some 51 of the 72 athletes who scored points in the 1967 meet also are back. t1 in ,i Other individual indoor kings rid in Sports e Meokns returning include Mike Mondane of Iowa in the 440; Larry Wiec- )AY zorek of Iowa in the mile; Pat Wil- akota son of Michigan State in the 600; Roland Carter of Michigan State RROW in the pole vault; Hubie Bryant ofI of Purdue in the 1,000-yard run. Epskamp is optimistic regard- ing his team's chances for a title. "There's a definite advantage to running at home. The host team generally does well." Epskamp flatly predicts only half of the returning champions competition in all 15 events." Wisconsin again counts on de- lux hurdler Mike Butler, the in- door meet's only double winner a year ago in the high and low hurdles. He set meet standards with a :03.8 in the high and :07.6 in the low. And Ray Arrington gives the Badgers strength in the mile and half mile. Arrington set the 880 record last year at 1:50.3. 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