3, 9ao THE MICHIGAtJ DAISY Poae Nine 13, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY - joel block - Whatis worse than I two Big Ten refs? "Big Al" Kaufman once joked that the only thing worse than two Big Ten referees were three of 'em. Those of you who endured last Saturday's Michigan-Purdue basketball game know that "Big Al" wasn't just joking. (Those of you who don't know who "Big Al" is, shouldn't worry; he tells lousy jokes.) The traveling call against Rick Bloodworth in the final a seconds of regulation time was incredibly abominable. It was that sort of blind call, and many others I've seen in the last couple seasons, which made me seriously doubt the wisdom of the Big Ten's unique switch to three referees. I remember a Big Ten basketball press dinner two years ago just after the conference passed the three-ref rule. Herm Rohrig,' supervisor of Big Ten officials, was at the mike explaining the , change in officiating. Sure, Herm said, the calls will be more accurate with an- other ref on the floor. No, Herm protested, there won't be any more confusion on the court. Well, you were wrong, Herb. The piumerous Instances of refs screening refs on calls, of coritradictory calls by two and sometimes all three refs, and, (most horrendous of all), of refs blowing the goal tend whistle on legitimately blocked shots, have illustrated to Events Build- ing inhabitants that three refs don't make it. When the Big Ten gets together this March, they'll prob- ably talk about mundane topics like repealing the no-repeat rule on the Rose Bowl. There's another rule they should consider: Two's company, three's a hell of a lot of refs. By ELLIOT LEGOW Michigan's basketball t will try to get back in the ning groove tonight as the verines travel to Columb take on the Buckeyes of State. The Wolverines c u r r ex stand 1-2 in Big Ten play, dropping their last two g to Iowa and Purdue. If I igan hopes to get back int title picture it will need this week against two p title contenders, Ohio State Illinois. The Buckeyes who rats one of the nation's most rate field goal shooters, game faces cagers in -TODAY- BASKETBALL-at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m. -WEDNESDAY- GYMNASTICS-at Eastern Michigan, 7:30 p.m. -FRIDAY- HOCKEY-Michigan Tech at Colesium, 8:00 p.m. SWIMMING-Toronto at Matt Mann Pool, 7:30 p.m. -SATURDAY- BASKETBALL-Iinois at Events Building, 2:00 p.m. HOCKEY-Michigan Tech at Colesium, 8:00 p.m. WRESTLING--at Eastern Michigan, 2:00 p.m. GYMNASTICS-Western Michigan and Illinois, Chicago Branch at Kalamazoo, 2:00 p.m. Even the hippies speak ighly of Ann Arbor Banks special check Columbus BOTTM OF THE FIFTH a Jim Forrester The practice of amateur professioal ism, Well, sports fans you may not have thought it possible, but the NCAA is managing to abort itself again, this time in its meetings in Washington D.C.-a town that is sort of a national capital in this respect. : The eye-catcher is the 11 game schedule. Rue the day when a team can be six games out of first and still have a chance at the championship. Already the bowl games extend into the middle of January, blurring the eyes of many a fan. "The Bowery Boys Face Death" had a better TV rating than the Mineral Water Bowl. The real worry, though, is recruiting violations. Next to gambling, recruiting violations are the bane of every collegiate athletic official. In fact, it is so much on their minds they bust what intellect is avail- able to them in trying to out violate each other. The latest bit of recruiting cleverness involves Florida State's basketball coach, Hugli Durham. Durham dug up some business in which "a representative of the university's athletic interests has con- siderable-holdings" (according to the NCAA Council) to improve his program for procuring athletes. Three prospects were flown to and from the organization's headquarters where they received the full wining and dining treatment.f All this to pbtain basketball players. The concern, of course, is that if too many goodies go under the table then college athletes will be looked upon as (shudder) pro- fessionals. What if they couldn't compete in that paragon of amateur- ism, the Olympic Games? The event is too horrible for the NCAA to contemplate. Rejection of these phony ideas of amateurism would go a long way in eliminating recruiting violations. The players should simply be paid according to their worth in entertainment dollars. End the violatioins by ending the rules that are their cause. This, admittedly, would squeeze more than a few colleges out of the athletic entertainment field. "Let's go Blue" wouldn't have as much behind it. But if athletes are playing for pay, to generate revenue,.admit it-don't waste time and money upholding idiotic rules * and regulations. If any of this came about, the colleges would likely set up a "High School Draft," where top talent would be spread fairly evenly and. salaries to athletes could be kept minimal. Sort of the way the pros do things. This too is reprehensible. Pay a man what he is worth on the free market. If we're stuck with capitalism, then carry it to its logical extent. The thousands of dollars Cazzie Russell brought into the University would be better off in his pocket than the local athletic establishment's. 3 4 da ily s r NIGHT EDITOR: LEE KIRK pose a different type of problem to Michigan than did Purdue. Purdue's attack rests mainly in one player, Rick Mount, but the Buckeyes rely on a balanced attack. Three Ohio State players are averaging over 20 points per game' and four of their five starters are shooting at above a .500 average. DAVE SORENSON, Buckeye center, is the top scorer, aver- aging 23 points per game. He is an excellent shooter and a strong rebounder. In the Buck- eyes' loss to Illinois last Satur- day, Sorenson was held to 11 points. Michigan will need a strong inside defense to control Sorenson as well as the Illini did. Supplementing Sorenson in the front court is forward Jim Cleamons, the only junior in a starting quintet dominated by seniors. Cleamons provides the Buckeyes with speed, shooting ability, and' excellentkrebound- ing. He is the Buckeyes' top rebounder, averaging ten per game, and shoots at a 20 point per game clip. Both Cleamons and Sorenson have compiled shooting per- centages of over .530, but com- pared to the performance of guard .Jody Finney, this is only fair aJtbest. Finney has canned close to 60 per cent of his field shots on the way to compiling a 21.4 scoring average. JOINING THIS trio of 20 point per game performers in In accordance with the Daily Sport Staff policy of printing all the news that fits, we will in the future print each Tues- day morning the score of the Regents-Peoples Plaza game (see today's edit page and Jan. 10 Daily), now in its fifth week. Information supplied courtesy of the Press Office of the Ca- nadian Blue Panthers. Hours Held Since Midnight, December 6, 1969: regents PEOPLE 102 794 Ed. Note: Jimmy The Greek wired the Daily late last night that he is taking the game off the gambling boards. Said Jim- my, "The.heat's on, and I don't trust them Regents anyway. I blew 50 G's on the bookstore issue, and you know they should have won that one." ch.ecking accorunts -Daily-Thomas R.Copi Rudy moves in to block a Boilermaker shot BIG TEN STANDINGS Illinois Iowa Michigan State Purdue Ohio State Minnesota MICHIGAN Northwestern Indiana Wisconsin the Buckeye si guard Craig B W L 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 Pet. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .667 .500 .500 .333 .000 .000 .a0a arting lineup are Barclay and for- average 90 points a game they average only 60 shots. Illinois showed what kind of game can beat Ohio State. The Illini played a very tight de- fense, forcing the Buckeyes to take more difficult shots. As a result Ohio State's offense was held to 59 points and despite the fact that Illini high-scoring center Greg Jackson was in con- tinual .foul trouble and failed to score, the Buckeyes finished on the short end of a 77-59 score. Defense, however, has not been the Wolverines' strong point this season. They have allowed over 100 points in three games, including their last two contests. If forced to play Ohio State's deliberate type of game, Michigan will be at a definite disadvantage as the Wolverines shooting percentage is much lower than Ohio's .544. ADDING TO the Wolverines' problems is the uncertain con- dition of starting forwards Rudy Tomjanovich and 'Bird' Carter. Tomjanovich played all of Sat- urday's game with a cracked- knee. Neither the injury nor heavy bandaging seemed to hamper Tomjanovich severely as he again led the Wolverine scoring attack. Carter is also suffering from a leg injury which has hindered his play in the last several games. Wa y ne Grablec has spelled Carter muchof the time and may have to do so again tonight. ward Dan Andreas. Although Barclay and Andreas have low scoring averages, they too have deadly aim at the hoop. It won't pay to foul the Buckeyes either as they hit 80 per cent of their free shots. 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