Sunday, February 25, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Sundy, ebrury 5, 968 HE ICHIAN AIL , _ 5 _ Wolverine Cagers Overpower Minnesota, 105-92 By ROB SALTZSTEIN Special To The Daily MINNEAPOLIS-"I don't know -we Just fell apart." That little quote, by a girl named Candy, captain of the Min- nesota cheerleaders, vaguely tells the story of what the Wolverines did to Minnesota last night here, in Williams Arena as they laid the Gophers to rest, 105-92. "We sort of tortured them a little, Kondla especially (Tom Kondla, Gopher star and the Big Ten's leading scorer last season). For the first time, I would say we really put a team away this year." On the Money This quote, by Michigan coach Dave Strack, is not so vague. It's right on the money-for that is exactly what Michigan did, they put Minnesota away and they did it like a group of happy butchers at a meat-cutting convention. Trailing 45-44 going into the second half, the Wolverines erupt- ed with a display of basketball fireworks that fizzled Minnesota's two-game winning streak and pushed them into a tie with the Wolverines for cellar honors. All the Wolverines, led by Rudy Tomjanovich, strong on the boards, and Ken Maxie, loose on the open court, played brilliantly for Strack's crew. Tomjanovich hauled in 22 re- bounds and socked the nets for 31 points. Maxie made five steals, at one point taking the ball away from This lead was sparked by Maxie stealing the ball almost as fast as Minnesota could take it out of bounds, and with Stewart, Sullivan and Pitts pumping in twenty-foot- ers as fast as Maxie could feed them. With 7:08 remaining in the game Tomjanovich began to open up from the outsideband; tossed in six straight points in a little over 60 seconds. If the Gopher back had not already been broken, this shat- tered it. "We've had a lot of tough luck this season," said Strack, "and this makes up for a little of it. Once we had them on the ropes, we didn't let them off. It was a great team effort all the way." As Tomjanovich was leaving the lockerroom, Strack gleefully shout- ed, "Rudy, you out-rebounded your man 23-3." Rudy grunted and left without looking back. It was that kind of a win, just a breeze in the second half. MICHIGAN ,, i! C E ,s , * * SLA UGHTER: * * * * * * Frosh Swimmers Rul By DOUG HELLER Associate Sports Editor all point totals doubled for relay events. DENNIS STEWART Pur low Ohi HUM Wis+ Nor Mic MI( Min BIG TEN STANDINGS WL due 7 3 a 7 3 o State 7 4 lois 6 4 iconsin 5 5 thwestern 6 5 higan State 5 5 Jana 3 7. JHIGAN 3 8 nesota 3 8 the Gophers three consecutive times. Jim Pitts and Dennis Stewart combined for 41 points and in the process shot the Gophers silly both from the inside and the outside. And Bob Sullivan? He passed' behind his back, over his head, and around his shoulders so often and with so much success that he left Minnesota fans muttering about players who deliberately show-off. The Wolverines started out slow- ly and trailed Minnesota 10-4 with just under three minutes gone in the first half. Then Stewart and Tomjanovich, beginning to hit with consistancy, pushed Michigan into a 13-12 lead. The game then se-sawed back and forth with the first half ending with the Wolver- ines trailing 44-45. Michigan shot poorly in this half, hitting only at 36.4 per cent clip; but they out-rebounded the taller Gophers 24-16. In the sec- ond half they were to use this superiority to anihilate Minne.- sota. Scoring Spree Tomjanovich held Kondla to three rebounds while picking up 15 himself. With the score knotted 54-54 at 17:59 remaining, Mich- igan went on its biggest scoring spree of the season, scoring 21 of the next 26 points to take a com- manding 75-59 lead in the next six minutes. Stewart, f Tomjanovich, Sullivan, c Pitts, g Maxey, g Edwards Henry McClellan Bloodwortha Frauman n Totals FG FT 10-17 0-1 f 14-31 3-5 8-17 2-3 7-19 7-9 5-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-3 0-2 3-4 0-0 0-0 44-94 17-25 P R 3 11 2 22 3 4 2 8 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 01 1 0 15 501 T 20 31 18 21 10 0 0 2 3 0 105 5 22 31 15 13 2 0 2 .spe'.co ine Dlly And Michigan's comparatively EAST LANSING-"We beat 'em inexperienced team amassed all its with a bunch of non-swimmers" points with only two first places,1 said Wolverine coach Gus Stager relying instead on its overwhelm- after his freshmen had turned ing depth. the 1968 Big Ten frosh meet into Greg Zann took one first with a shambles by walloping runner- a nifty :22.1 in the 50-yard free- up Michigan State by nearly 75 style and Bill Mahoney took the points and Indiana by almost 90. other with a 2:15.72 in the 200- Stager was referring to his own yard breastroke-a time that unorthodox recruiting program which emphasizes a) an over- . whelming desire to come to Mich- igan and b) an equally overwhelm- ing desire to work like hell, while honors won in high school are : thought of as only secondary. "Actually, we like this meet be- cause we can see some of the swimmers we considered recruit- ing a year ago, and then beaty their brains out," said Stager. And if beating the opposition's brains out was the result desired,