Wednesday, March 6, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pone Seven Wednesdtai . :, Mrh ,168TEMIHGNIAL f , -u -)CVC I r Behind Closed Doors s BOB McFARLAND '~':4r '?d.}vr , :By JOHN SUTKUS Minnesota came to play hockey v and Michigan could never quite thletcs; catch up. M The Gophers hung on and bounced the Wolverine icers out' } the first round of the WCHA , Dollars and Deficitspaf fired-up Minnesotans took thel 11a.te Only a couple of months longer and I'm destined to leave the world of Friday night dinners, banquets, luncheon meetings, consul- tations, interviews, and press boxes which has filled such a large part of my life in the last four years . . .or at least in any official capacity for I don't think you can ever leave it behind you completely. At times, it's been more exciting than a Cazzie Russell clincher, more electric than that pep rally in the snowstorm before the Ohio State game back in November, 1964. At other times, it's been more boring than a 4:00 lecture on Friday afternoon. But I don't want to talk about the last four years now. I want to talk about the next four, and the four after that, and the four, after that, when the Russells and Timberlakes and Clancys will be relegated to the scrapbooks of old news clippings and that great circular file that is sometimes called "memory." There are some big issues over the next hill, issues that concern Michigan, the Big Ten, and intercollegiate athletics in general; issues that may drastically change the nature of. intercollegiate athletics in the United States. I'm not the only one thinking about these prob- lems; many of the ideas set down here were either stimulated or downright borrowed from acquaintances. But there aren't enough of the "right people" considering what to do about the storm clouds. That, I'm convinced of. And they say that charity begins at home, so I start with Michigan, and its future in the athletic realm. It's funny, for as I ponder the phrase "Michigan, and its future," the keys naturally begins to relish past glories. Maybe that Freudian slip of the type- writer betrays the difficulties that lie ahead. The Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics has money problems like the rest of the University. The present expenditures for fiscal year 1967-68. are figured at somewhere near $1,950,000, over $200,000 more than estimated receipts for the same period. The Board isn't used to having a budget that's more in the red than a to Soviet flag, and has long prided itself on its fiscal independence. What the Board has accomplished over the past half century is to accumulate a physical plant and run an athletic program at the cost of some $34,663,126.82, totally out of its own resources, which is to say, largely football receipts. And that amount doesn't include the $7.2 million University Events Building. The Board even supported an excellent intramural department for several years to the tune of $5,000,000, although it is well-known fact that this aid has dwindled to a trickle in comparison to recreational needs over the last decade, In direct proportion to surpluses of the Board. hThe Board's contribution is undeniably a glorious and monu- mental achievement wrought under the directorship of two great men, Fielding H. Yost and H. O. (Fritz) Crisler. But the glory that was Rome's is of another day. And unfortunately, the Board's affluency spoiled the benefactors, like alumni, the University administration, the student body, and the state legislature. Many of the people that enjoy the Board's facilities still believe Board members wear striped pants and journey to Wall Street on weekends. Where did all the money go? You name it. The tender system siphons off about $400,00 a year, and each hike in tuition, especial- ly out-of-state tuition, rockets this figure even higher. Traveling expenses are on the way up. Maintenance of facilities is a big budget item. (Take scoreboards, for instance. One of those fancy four-sided jobs that they have in all the NBA carries a price tag of $100,000) Labor costs represent another difficulty. When the University extended time-and-a-half pay scales to their employees for overtime, the Board was required to follow suit, and another major hunk went under the liabilities heading. V And the Events Building, dedicated last week, depleted Board resources even further. A $1,000.000 portion of the $7,200,000 tab was taken out of Board reserves, while the $5.7 million bond issue floated to pay for the structure is to be paid back over a 30-year period. One traditional source of Board income has been a student fee allocation of $5 per semester 'per student, such as that which the Health Service, or Union receives. The Board was required to pledge this money as a guarantee against the bond issue, in effect cutting Board receipts by about $350,000 a year. Not all members of the athletic administration or Board were enthusiastic about taking on such a burdensome and long-term commitment, but higher authorities dictated otherwise. So the belts were tightened another notch. Little things had to go . . . small improvements in facilities were deferred, the number of athletes on training table was reduced. No, I'm not saying it's another Great Depression but the future has looked better. And the Board is still footing the bill for expen- ditures like the new roof on the Sports Building, while their reserve funds dwindle ever more. That $200,000 deficit is after a 20 per cent hike in football admissions, remember. What I'm saying is that the Board has the money to go one year or maybe two, assuming the present trend continues, before the reserves are completely exhausted. Last time I checked, you couldn't pawn old field houses either. What's the solution? I can give you some alternatives. The Uni- versity can increase the student fee allocation, the prospects for which are murkier than Mississippi River water. Funds can be solicited from alumni, an untapped major resource, but such monies are not always contributed without the attached strings. Athletic Director Crisler has maintained, and correctly, I believe, that a more honest, efficient. and autonomous program can be operated, if such "donations" are not accepted. Another possibility, of course, is to draw larger crowds to Wolverine athletic events. However, some knowledgeable observers maintain that no one institution is going to dominate conference athletics like Michigan did in years past, and, Ann Arbor fans like to watch a winner, just like everyone else. Finally, expenditures can be reduced. How? Simply by reducing FIRST PERIOD SCORING: (Minn) Buchan (Dick Paradise, Jenke) 2:01; (Minn) Hluges (Dick Paradise) 6:11; (:Minn) Shattuck (Fichuk, Dufo'r) 16:35; (Minn) Gambucci( Norby, Hughes) 18:21 PP; (Mich) Galbraith (Ullyot, Lord) 18:35. PENALTIES: (.Minn) Bucan (Elbowing) 11:51; (Vich) Pasliak (Elbowing) 17:37. SECONDJ PERIOD SCORIN,: (Mich) (Mich) Binnie (Domm, Galbraith) 4:18; (Minn) Fichuk (Unasst.) 18:03. PENALTIES: (Mich) Hansen (Trip- ping) 4:40; (Minn) Fichuk (Trip- ping) 4:46; (Minn) Ross (Inter- ference) 12:08; (Mich) Uiloyt (Hook- ing~) 15:17; (Mich) Ullyot (Illegal check) 15:17; (Minn) Dick Paradise (Tripping) 19:21. TiHIRD PERIODSCORING: (Mich) Glendinng (Deeks) 16:00 PP. PEN- ALTIES: (Minn) Carter (Interfer- ence) 6:26; (Mich) Ullyot (Cross- check) 10:53; (Minn) Shattuck (De- lay of game) 15:27, leers, "We just couldn't hit them. But we started hitting them in the second period and they slowed down." The Wolverines, down 4-0 at the .2~ time, finally got on the score- board in the first period at 18:35. iDoug Galbraith took a pass, faked goalie Murray McLachlan, and flicked the puck around his doub- led-up body from in front of the crease.1 Michigan momentum picked up with the goal and the "new look" Wolverines opened the second period. The perked-up look con- tinued into the third'period. Renfrew was satisfied with the effort put out by his team. "They really tried in those last two periods," he praised. "It was al superb effort." Randy Binnie scored the Wol- verines' second goal at 4:18 of. the second period. Minnesota then held off the charge for the next 14 minutes. At 15:17 the referees placed Ron Ullyot in the penalty box for hooking and illegal checking. WihteWolverin es mn hor to the ice in front of the Minne- sota net and was whistled to the penalty box for delay of game. 33 seconds later, Doug Glendinning scored the final Michigan goal of the season. The Wolverines put on a deter- mined final rush. Several near misses brought the sparse Coli- seum crowd to its feet. Goalie McLaclan was even look- ing in the net for the puck a couple of times. But the Gophers, with three defensemen deep, were as good as they had to be. For Renfrew and his Wolver- ines, the season is over. A Big Ten championship and a fourth place W C H A finish on the strength of an 18-9 seasdcn record brand the 67-68 season a success. Michigan can even claim a 4-2 season bulge over Minnesota. Purdue Rips S tate, 93-75 SAVES: McLachlan (Minn) Keough (inhch) 8 10 11-29 14 6 10-30 Minnesota 4 1 4-S MICHIGAN 1 1 1-3 initiative. By the time the game was little mor than six minutes old they were leading 2-0. But they had a helping hand, "They got some good breaks and a couple of cheap goals," sighed Michigan Coach Al Renfrew, "and that was the ball game." LEE MARTTILA (8), Wolverine senior, jockeys for position with M (17) in the Minnesota zone while senior Ron Ull yot (16) evadest Ullyot finished their careers last night as Minnesota bounced Mic offs, 5-3. --Daily-Bernie Ba ker 4innesota sophomore Jim Carter Chuck Norby (4). Marttila and chigan out of the WCHA play- first period. By controlling the puck on offense, Minnesota kept Michigan on defense, leaving the Wolverines without an offensive threat.I "They really flew in that first period," acknowledged Renfrew. Pete Fichuk scored the Gophers' fifth goal, their second cheapie. LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Ap} - Rick Fichuk was digging for the Mount poured in 34 points to lead puck behind the Michigan net be- Purdue's Boilermakers to a 93-75 tween two Wolverines when he Big Ten Basketball victory last meekly slapped it toward the net. night. The puck rolled into Keough's Michigan State used 14 players skate, bounced off, rolled back but Lee Lafayette's 13 points was and settled just across the goal the best any of them could muster line at 18:03. in the scoring column. Hustling in 3rd After an early flurry of lead That wasn't quite the back- changes, Purdue moved ahead to a breaker for the Wolverines. They 45-36 intermission bulge and built came out hustling again in the up an additional nine-point bulge third period. in the final half. Ironically, the third Michigan Bill Keller added 20 points for goal came on the power play, the winners. which has fizzled all season. At Purdue, with one game remain- 15:27 of the third period, Gopher ing, is 14-9 for the season and Rob Shattuck pinned Don Deeks Michigan State is 11-12. bounced off the boards, hit the With the game barely two min- Minnesota's first goal was one post beside him and careened in utes old, the Gophers had jumped of the cheap ones. Gopher de- front of the net. Before Keough out in front 1-0. fenseman Dick Paradise shot the could return to the crease, Min- Minnesota's potent offense, with puck into the Michigan zone. As nvsota's Scott Buchan was on the the top three scorers in the WC- goalie Jim Keough came out to scene with an easy score into an HA, kept the pressure on the stop it behind the net, the puck open net. Wolverines for the rest of the SPORTS SHORTS: Discrimination Char'ed at Washington; Pan-Amrican Grade Fxingi 'Deied By The Associated Press inittee member said some involved SEATTLE, Wash. - A group recruiting promises and playing of 13 Negro athletes at the Uni- time in university sports. versity of Washington said yes- Odegaard said he would arrange terday grave problems of racism a later meeting of the athletes and discrimination exist there, with Jim Owens, athletic direc- "and we plan to take positive ac- tor and head football coach now tion to solve them." attending a National Collegiate The first public expression of Athletic Association committee dissatisfaction by the athletes was meeting in Palm Springs, Calif. issued before they sent a four- man committee to meet with Dr. Owens, contacted by telephone, Charles Odegaard, university pres- said he would welcome a meeting ident. with the group on his return next It was contained in a prepared Monday. statement drafted by the 13 Mon- The dissidents denied their day night. statement was motivated by a Odegaard and the committee visit here last week by Harry Ed- declined to discuss any grievances wards, San Jose State College aired at the meeting, but one com- professor and leader of an Olym- - nip.. Gnamech bveott moverent hesion to our plan to air our grievances." * * * EDINBURG, Tex. - Charges of grade fixing at Pan American College were highly unwarranted and unmerited, a special investi- gating committee reported yes- terday. The committee was appointed after faculty members voiced criticism of the state-supported school's grading system and one member announced he planned to resign. The group praised the athletic department and coaches and said the charges by a faculty member were "non-specific and general in nature." The investigation was launched after a faculty member said teachers had been "under extreme pressure - both from the athletic department and from the admin- istration' on the question of grades given athletes. Dr. Harry Larche, head of the physical education department, had said he found the situation at Pan American intolerable and said he planned to resign. ...assst:nswsetasaa HAA ALBER? ELLIS Director of Institute for Rational Living Author of The American Sexual Tragedy, "Sex and the Single Man" DISILLUSIONED SOCIETY AND VISIONS OF UTOPIA SCORES COLLEGE BASKETBALL Tournaments NCAA Northeast Regional College Division Buffalo State 83, LeMoyne 66 East Tennessee 79, Murray State 75 Fordham 91, Colgate 67 ivy League Playoff for NCAA Berth Columbia 92, Princeton 74 pl ...4 t:kA%.S ULtY t, *s yJ '..AJ.41 .± Edwards said then he planned! to put Washington on a "white list" along with the University of California and Texas at El Paso; and do everything possible to un-1 dermine its athletic program. The athletes said, "The prob- lems existed before Edwards came here, but his visit lent co- I it March 10, in conjunction with NORMAN MAILER Sunday 2:30 Angell Hall - -Aud. A Sponsored by Dept. of Journalism P if t is 4 Ma*c 01 : minor sports to club status. But I find this about as distasteful as quad B i I I bo a r d food. 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