Tuesday, March 17, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Tuesday, March 17, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY - -a - , on this and that The coach takes the field eric siegel 1p MICHIGAN FOOTBALL team begins spring practice this afternoon, and Bo Schembechler, the man who took the Wolverines to the top of the heap in the Big Ten, will be out there to lead the Wolverines in their opening drills. Bo's appearance at Ferry Field today will mark a major point on .his road to complete recovery from the heart attack he suffered on the day of the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena. But for those who have been following the activities of the Wolverine coach since he returned to Ann Arbor sev- eral weeks ago, Bo's appearance on the field today will come as no great surprise. For the last several weeks, Schem- bechler has been quietly going about his job of being head football coach. Schembechler's convalescence has been active as well as successful. He has been actively recruiting from his home and from local hotels around town, and he is quite pleased with his recruiting efforts. Thirty football tenders went out this past weekend, and Bo is confident he will get most of his top pros- pects. In addition, Schembechler has set up football shop in his home over the past couple of months, and has been reviewing his personnel in anticipation of tomorrow's opening drills. Even if he isn't out for practice every day this spring, Bo will still be in command of the practice. He has, of course, kept his public appearances down to an absolute minimum, under the orders of his doctors. In fact, since his return to Ann Arbor, Bo has made only two public appearances: one was a surprise appearance at the Michigan-Wisconsin basketball game; the other was a more- businesslike venture at the beginning of this month to re- ceive a new car presented by Chevrolet for being named Coach of the Year. Keeping his public appearances down has not been any great sacrifice for the Michigan coach. Although he is person- able, amicable and quite quotable, Bo considers public appear- ances somewhat extraneous to his business of coaching the g football team. But his appearances, limited though they were, have showed his public that Bo has recovered his spirits as well as his health. At the Wisconsin game particularly, where he rose to a standing ovation, the Michigan coach appeared to be thoroughly enjoy- ing himself, greeting old friends and signing everything from programs to scraps of chewing gum paper for some of his younger fans. Schembechler's return to visible activity should come as a welcome sight to his staff and friends, and even to his opposing coaches. Anyone who has watched Bo coach knows how much he loves his job and the game of football; to use an old cliche, having Bo off the field is like keeping a fish out of water, and even the most heartless of people would be hard-pressed to wish Schembechler any ill fortune. His appearance at practice should also squelch the rumors that Bo won't be around to coach the Wolverines in 1970 once and for all. The rumors should have been squelched a long time ago - everyone from his doctors to the officials in the athletic department had said all along that his heart attack was a mild one and that he would definitely be holding the reins next season. That the rumors existed in the, first place is due mainly to the efforts of certain recruiters from other schools who ap- parently took along their bankrolls but left their scruples back home when they went to talk to high school recruits. Those re- cruiters had been telling their prospects that to consider Michi- gan would be a mistake since Schembechler wouldn't be around to coach the team. The number of recruiters spawning and spreading the .4 rumors were limited, bht that didn't prevent the rumors from reaching some ugly proportions. The rumors reached their ugliest proportions about a month ago, when the Chicago Tribune printed a report saying the Schembechler wouldn't be coaching the Michigan team next year. Everyone who has seen Bo since his heart attack - including Bo him- self - promptly denied the report, and the Tribune printed p a correction and - a retraction in a later edition of the paper sued that same day. Since then, the rumors have pretty much faded away to nothing, and after today's practice, they should be completely non-existent. They never really bothered anyone too much any- way, least of all Bo Schembechler, who was too busy preparing this team - and future teams - for practice. ^^ . r . The Globetrotters are coming! Mel Davis (left), Bobby Hunter and David Lattin are just three of the famed Harlem Globetrotters who will be making their annual visit to Crisler Arena April 6. Led by the Crown Prince, Meadowlark Lemon, the Trotters will meet Red Klotz's New Jersey Reds. This is the 44th edition of the Globetrotters who have been viewed by over 60 million fans in 87 countries. Reserved and general admission tickets for the 7:30 p.m. contest are on sale at the Michigan Athletic Dept. Ticket office, 1000 S. State St. Reserved seats are $2.00 for students and staff members and $3.00 for the general public. General admission is $2.00 for adults and $1.50 for children under 14. MOVING TODAY Seattle sues for By The Associated Press The American League must show cause in King County, Wash., Superior Court Friday why a temporary injunction should not be issued blocking any transfer of the Seattle Pilots-or, as they may be known later today, the Mil- waukee Brewers. The State of Washington and1 City of Seattle took matters into their own hands yesterday and filed a suitdaskingsmore than $80 million in damages if the finan- cially troubled franchise is moved. Superior Court Judge Solie M. Ringold granted the request for the restrainer and ordered the defendants to show cause Friday morning why an injunction should not be issued. But, according to unimpeach- able sources, the owners of the Pilots have the nine American League votes needed to transfer the team to Milwaukee in time for the 1970 season and the shift will be formally approved today at a league meeting in Tampa, Fla. The whopping amount of the suit is based on $25 million to the state, $2.55 million to the city and an unspecified amount of other damages to the general pub- lic. Under the State of Washing- ton's antitrust laws, the damages are trebled. Named as defendants were the American League, all 12 club own- ers and the principal owners of the Pilots - William R. Daley of Cleveland and Dewey and Max Soriano of Seattle. Mayor Wes Uhlman of Seattle daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: BILL ALTERMAN said he doubted the suit would keep the Pilots in Seattle, but added he was confident it would protect the financial investment of the city and its taxpayers. Uhlman said the American League "made a mistake in pla- cing a franchise here and was substantially underfinanced. It is up to the league to pay for the Yesterday's suit was the second brought in King County Superior Court seeking to prevent a fran- chise shift. Alfred Schweppe, a lawyer, obtained a temporary re- straining order last week in a suit filed as an individual taxpayer and holder of a season ticket to the Pilots' games. A hearing on that suit is sched- uled for Thursday, but William L. Dwyer, a special assistant attorney general for the state, said he would ask to have Schweppe's suit combined with the state's for a show cause hearing. Yesterday's suit said the sale and transfer of the franchise would "render impossible the scheduled financing, construction and operation of a multi-purpose sports stadium" in Seattle and would cost the state at least $25 It is reported the Milwaukee group will put up $9.5 million for the franchise and antadditional $1.5 in operating capital. I MERGER TALKS CONTINUE NBA expands to four divisions mistake." I million. The American League made several attempts to keep the Pi- } lots in Seattle; but the last one I failed Friday when a group of Scottsigns with ABA ;ieSeattle businessmen, who had Sbeen turned down in February on NFL three networks Sued their proposal to buy the fran- chisesaid they no longer were By Toe Associated Press interested. 0 WASHINGTON-Charlie Scott, first Negro to play for North ?.. .....* :. Carolina and a two-time second-team All-American, has signed a three-year contract with the Washington/ Caps of the American Basketball Association calling for more than $125,000 annually. Scott became yesterday the third college senior to sign with, ABA in its battle with the older, established National Basketball Associa- tion. The others were Purdue's Rick Mount with Indiana and David- son's Mike Maloy with Pittsburgh. ingmooplitipacics, *, * *IiL 0 PHILADELPHIA-A closed-circut television company, charg- ing monopolistic practices, filed a damage suit yesterday against the - National Football League, 16 of its teams and the three major tele- vision networks. In its suit in U.S. District Court, Management Television Systems, Inc., of New York, claimed the defendants refused to deal with it forcTe sd en-& closed-circuit showings of special football games like the Super Bowl.Peidn- LOS ANGELES-Wilt Chamberlain, sidelined with a severe . 5SCouncil Sc knee injury since Nov. 7, will return to the Los Angeles lineup to- morrow night against Boston, Laker Coach Joe Mullaney announceds- Board in Cot yesterday. * .Board in Coi 0 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Pitcher Ron Reed, an 18-game winner with the Atlanta Braves last year and a key figure in the Advisory Con team's pennant hopes for 1970, broke his right collarbone here yes- terday and will be sidelined three to four months. # WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-Tony Conigliaro, a hardened veteran of physical misfortune since he joined the Boston Red Sox as a 19- year-old kid in 1964, quietly accepted another setback yesterday when X-rays disclosed a broken rib. :.. :.,?ti__ __.___,..__ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ A"S}iici:V?+:: F":"":ti"4",a" v ;ti^. :"°?Yv':.$::is.v:5 vd ii'. t r r v . . rv .. ...4 +:.:r".;.:a .> ..;?x .:::: :.c:r:.y. ...ru "r r"::U~~ra "+:b :::< ; :: ..: Subscribe To THE MICHIGAN DAILY Phone 764-0558 CHICAGO (P) - The National Basketball Association set up four new divisions yesterday taking in four expansion teams, moved up its college draft one week and an- nounced it would continue ex- ploration of a possible merger with the American Basketball Associa- tion. The four new teams, Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Portland, Ore. were spread out to the four new divisions. The Atlantic Division includes Boston Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia. The Central Division consists of Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cin- cinnati and Cleveland. The Southern will be made up of Baltimore, Atlanta, Phoenix and Houston. The Pacific consists of San Diego, San Fracnsco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle. The NBA, with its new 18-team structure, again will play an 82- game schedule in the 1970-71 sea- son. Basically, each of the present 14 teams will play each other five games each for a total of 65 games. Each of the present 14 teams will play four games with each ex- pansion team. One game will re- main and the respective teams will work out a formula where a possible rivalry can be set up. For example, Seattle might want to play Portland. NBA Commissioner Walter Ken- nedy also announced this year's college draft would be moved up from March 30 to March 23. Ken- nedy said a telephone draft con- ference with all 18 cities included would be conducted with head- quarters in the NBA's New York City offices. Kennedy also said the NBA mer- ger committee was directed by the owners to continue to meet with the ABA, merger committee and was given certain instructions that the NBA owners felt had to be met to continue further explora- tions of a merger. Kennedy said he could not re- veal "the certain instructions" at this time. Asked if the two leagues were close to a merger, Kennedy said, "The fact we've met for nearly 12 hours today and as a result of instructing a committee to continue would be indicative of a possibly merger in the future." Kennedy, however added, "I don't look for any resolvement of our present talks." St. John's clips Ga. Tech; Jaspers fall to Cadets NEW YORK (P)--Army's bullish Cadets stalled Manhattan 77-72 and St. John's of New York checked Georgia Tech 56-55 on Greg Cluess' last-minute layup and advanced to the semi-finals of the 33rd National Invitational Tournament last night. Army and St. John's thus will meet in Thursday night's semi- final doubleheader. Today's LSU- Oklahoma and Marquette-Utah winners will be matched in the other semi-final. Army's tough defense helped forge a 20-point halftime lead and the Cadets held off Manhattan in the bruising first game before 15,132 fans at Madison Square Garden. St. John's overcame a 23-point effort in the second half by Geor- gia Tech's Rich Yunkus to pull out the nightcap. The Redmen took a 30-23 half- time lead and seemed to be con- trolling the tempo of the game before Yunkus got hot. Yunkus, who scored a game-leading 27 points, scored his team's first 17 points in the second half to keep Georgia Tech in the game., John Devasto's foul shot gave the Redmen a one-point lead and Yunkus countered with a jump shot. , With the Yellow Jackets ahead 55-54, Cluess scrambled down the court with 21 seconds on the clock and fired in the winning bucket. Scores Exhibition Baseball Chicago AL 9, Minnesota 4 Boston 11, Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 14, St. Louis 2 New York NL 3, Detroit 2 Montreal 11, Washington 10 Atlanta 2, Houston 1 California 4, Cleveland 2 Seattle B 9, San Francisco 3 Seattle A 6, San Diego 4 Oakland 7, Chicago NL 5 NIT Army 77, Manhattan 72 St. Johns 56, Georgia Tech 55 NBA Chicago 142, Cincinnati 140, o.t. ABA New Orleans 111, Dallas 95 ! The Fabulous A HARLEM GOLOBETROTTERS' "MAGICIANS OF BASKETBALL" Plus The Famous Globetrotter . . # .. :;=. J F 'l+ { I it 1 r~