THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five OUT OF THE DESERT standing pat -Pat Atkins Horsehidemen back Bucks set records, beat 76ers, 156-120 on Invincible Gable, loses . . and a legend is dead MOST PEOPLE know that the unbreakable four minute mile barrier was broken by Roger Bannister, that the unob- tainable pole vault mark of 17 feet was topped first by John Pennell, that Lou Gehrig played in more consecutive baseball games. than any other player. In all those eases disbelief didn't keep the events from occurring. Last Saturday, in the somewhat more obscure sport of college wrestling a different unbelievable event happened. Dan Gable, a 142-pounder from Iowa State who was unbeaten in 181 matches stretching over seven years of high school and collegiate wrestling lost. After a career including 108 pins, Gable was defeated 13-11 in his final bout, perhaps because he felt that riding an op- ponent to victory was not winning, perhaps because as a cham- pion he could not help but try for his 109th career fall. Then, too, there w s the tremendous pressure and exhausting nervous energy which fell upon Gable as he tried to close out his career unbeaten. In the NCAA wrestling tournament at Northwestern, Gable had pinned his five previous opponents to reach the finals and foe Larry Owings of Washington. THERE HE WAS beaten - the Dan Gable who said-.before the tournament, "Winning is everything - it is my inspiration. When that first defeat comes, I know I won't feel the same. The inspiration will fade." It was Dan Gable who packed a standing room crowd of over 8500 into McGaw Hall for the finals. Even before the cham- pionship bouts, Gable was the center of attraction. "Whenever they announced that Gable was to wrestle, the people would stream over to his mat." Michigan assistant coach Rick Bay re- called, "It was like the gallery that follows Arnold Palmer around the golf course." The gallery was different in one respect, however. Palmer's crowd mostly comes to see him win. This crowd wanted Gable to lose his championship. "The crowd was after Gable's blood. They wanted to see him get lick- ed," Bay said. "]t was obscene the way they rooted against him." At the start of the bout the ten- sion was overwhelming because of the tremendous pressure on Gable andi because Owings, unlike most of Gable's opponents, had- the po- tential to beat the wrestler with the 181-0 record. The two huge 142-pounders squared off and . Gable quickly took the lead with a takedown at 29 seconds. But Owings escaped and got what he later considered a crucial take- ~down. "The takedown in the first round really helped," Owings said afterwards. "I thought then that I would get him." WITH LESS than a minute gone in the second period, Owings pushed the lead to 7-2. But Gable reversed Owings and proceeded to Gable (r) COMMAN pick up considerable riding time. When Owings finally escaped, Gable took him down again to narrow the score 8-6 going into the third period. Early in the final round Gable tied the bout up on a re- 4 versal, and still had points from riding time. "He might have been able to ride Owings out for the win," Bay said. But Gable, maybe instinctively or maybe by choice, was immediately on Owing's head and shoulders in position to work for a fall. That also put Gable in a more precarious position, and Owings es- caped. Gable said after the match, "I thought I could win on riding time when I caught up at 8-8. I can't remember anything that happened in the last 40 seconds and when I looked up at the scoreboard and saw he led 13-9, I couldn't believe it." Gable was out of time and energy .and the bout finished 13-9, with Gable piking up two riding time points to make the final score 13-11. AFTER THE BOUT was over everyone was utterly de- pressed," Bay said. "The crowd was emotionally spent. They felt that the rest of the bouts didn't mean anything. At the end, when awards were given, you could tell Gable was crushed. He lost like a champion, though. He stood in second place with his head up. The crowd had wanted him to get beat, yet now they were acting like they were sorry it happened. They gave him an emotional five-minute standing ovation." Bay noticed one other incident involving Gable that only those watching him closely after his loss would see. "Gable walked over to the side of the wrestling area right after his loss. The little kids came over and stood behind the rope'to ask him for his autograph. For an instant he turned away as if he didn't want to sign. It was hardly noticeable, but I happened to be watching then. I'll be darned if he didn't turn around, then go back to the rope, and sign autographs for the kids." His nickname of "The Machine," which he got because of, his dedication and rigorous training schedule, doesn't seem quite so appropriate now. In fact it seems slightly cold. Especially for someone who has an imperfect, "human," 181-1 record. Eastern Michigan University PRESENTS ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1970 8:30 P.M. Bowen Fieldhouse, E.M.U., Ypsilanti, Mich. TICKETS: $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 Advance Tickets Available: E.M.U. McKenny Union, W.S.U. Center Bldg., J.L. Hudson Co. Mail Order: Send check or money order payable to E.M.U., Uni- versity Activities Board, McKenny Union, Ypsilanti, Mich. By BOB ANDREWSI The coach of the Wolverine baseball team, Moby Benedict, when asked how his team would: fare this upcoming season, wasted? no time in saying, "We indeed have a young team, but they work hard, play hard and seem to be: improving all the time." This common cliche usually implies that a coach is trying to: escape the question posed to him. However, Benedict's case is an ex- ception. The 1970 version of the baseball team fields not only seven sophomores, but twelve freshman. Last week the team traveled to Tucson, Arizona, to open their season against the 10th ranked University of Arizona. Although the Wolverines managed to win, only two of the eight games these two teams played, the reasons they daily sports NIGHT EDITOR : RICKEY CORNFELD training schedule for the Wolver- ines while Arizonas season was well under way. All winter, they had been training, while Michigan entered the series with practically no practice under their belts. The most pleasant surprise for the Wolverines had to be the performance by one of the fresh- men, Tom Kettinger. In the eight games against Arizona, he com- piled a team-leading batting aver- age of .448. In his 29 times at the plate, he slugged out 13 hits including a double, and four homers, while batting in ten runs. Benedict plans to start Kettinger in the, outfield and bat him either third or clean-up. BESIDES KETTINGER, there were seven other Wolverine bats- didn't so well can easily be plained. ex- FIRST OF ALL, the inexperi- enced Wolverines were confronted by an Arizona team with plenty of experience behind them. They have just one freshman on their team, and he did not play. Secondly, the series with the Wildcats was virtually a spring CAPTAIN CRUNCH Netters overpower Titans, 9-0' campus men who batted over .200. Those who joined Kettinger in the .400 club or better were John Hornyak (.429), Michael Bowen (.417), andI Michael Corp (.400). One aspect of the team that dis- appointed Benedict was the pitch- ing. There were some good per- formances by Ed Bryson, Pete Helt and Jim Burton but the coach feels there is plenty of room for improvement. WITH THE GENERAL lack of speed on the team, Benedict plans to rely on hitting, pitching and, good defense. The hitting, he is sure will come and he feels con- fident that the latter two will come along in time. The outfield seems pretty .well set with Tom Kettinger in left field, Danny Fife in center and either Hornyak or Bowen in right. In the field, many of the posi- tions are still unsettled. At first base, Bob Makoski and Bob Bower will fight it out, while 'at second it appears that Reggie Ball will beat out Brian Balaze. At short stop Michael Rafferty and James Kocolowski, both of whom had respectable records at the plate at Tucson, are top pros- pects for the position. The only two positions that are pretty well settled are third base, where Mark Carrow will play, and catcher with Tom Lundstedt as a sure bet to be the backstop. THIS SATURDAY, the Wolver- ines open up their home schedule with a double header against the University of Detroit at Ferry Field. Benedict intends to use most of his pitchers during the ?course of both games, and at the same time, he will play the players who are battling for positions. He hopes to make his decisions after the game. Benedict sort of smiled when he, said, "I always like to think of our, team as a contender in the Big' Ten." Whether or not they will be may be a different story. He admits that his team is green and that a championship squad is not around the corner. However, he is confident that his boys will work hard and improve in time and will rapidly develop into a baseball power. By RANDY PHILLIPS The w o r d for the day was "crunch." That's right, the Michi- gan Tennis team crunched the Wisconsin S t a t e Titans, 9-0 in their first home match of the sea- son. The devastation was so com- plete that only in the third dou- bles match were the Wolverines extended to three. sets. In a gesture of good will the match got off to a cordial start as the Titan's coach, Jim Davies, presented Michigan mentor Brian Eisner with a container of Wis- consin State cheese. But Michi- gan was not about to let things get too chummy with the visitors from Oshkosh. Mark Conti began the barrage at No. 1 singles as he whipped Bob Luedtke 6-0; 6-0. Conti over- powered Luedtke with his power- ful serve and rifle-like returns. Mark took advantage of his back- court playing foe by placing num- erous shots down the lines. In No. 2 singles Jon Hainline used his tough serve and consis- tent volleys to carry him by the net-rushing Gary Hamachek, 6-1; 6-4. In other singles matches Joel Ross, No. 3, overpowered Leigh Ford 6-1; 6-2, No. 4 Bruce De- Boer rushed by Tom Turner 6.2; 6-3 on the strength of his im- proved returns, Dick Ravreby bounced Dave Hofkens 6-0; 6-2, and Dan McLaughlin reeled off a 6-2; 6-1 decision. In an exhibi- tion m a t c h Tim Ott defeated Mark Medow 6-2. Conti and Ott then paired up, to deal Luedtke and Hamachek a one-sided 6-1; 6-2 setback. The Wolverine duo dominated the first set with their serves and strong net play. But double faults and netted shots produced a more interesting second set. Conti added a little spice to the match when he turn- ed in a behind-the-back shot af-, ter being caught leaning the wrong way. Doug McClaury and Ramon Al- monte teamed up for a 6-1; 6-1 wash-out of their two foes, and Randy Toig and Mike Ware suf- fered through the longest match of the day prying out a 6-2; 3.-6;- 6-3 win in No. 3 doubles. Michigan's next meet is April 10 against Indiana as the Big Ten schedule opens. The Wolverines now stand 2-3 for the season. PHILADELPHIA ()-The Mil- waukee Bucks set a National Basketball Association p 1 a y o f f scoring record by routing the Philadelphia 76ers' 156-120 last night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Division semi-final series. The fourth game in the best of seven-game" set will be played here Wednesday- night. Milwaukee's point total broke the old playoff record of 145 set by St. Louis against Detroit March 25,, 1958. The Bucks also estab- lished a record for assists in at playoff game with . 46. Lew Alcindor, the Bucks 7-foot- 1 center, scored 33 points in 33 minutes of action. Alcindor hit 13 for 16 from the field and seven of eight free throws. He grabbed 17 rebounds and handed out three assists. The former UCLA All- American sat out the last 14%1 minutes of the game. The Bucks won the opener of Press to eoaeh Suns? NEW YORK ( P)-The Atlanta Hawks' contract with Pistol Pete Maravich, the scoring whiz from LSU, "is set to. include an NBA coaching job for Press Maravich, likely with the Phoenix Suns," Daily News sports columnist Phil Pepe wrote in the newspaper to- day. Press Maravich is the father of Pistol Pete and basketball coach at LSU. Young Maravich, a three-time All-American performer, signed a five-year contract for an esti- mated $1.9 million last week with Atlanta of the National Basket- ball Association. He turned down a contract offer from Carolina of the rival Ameri- can Basketball Association. Pepe wrote that "the fantastic package the Cougars put together for Mar- avich was for $2 million. Included in the package were gate percent- ages, part ownership of the Cou- gars, a movie contract with MGM and a coaching job for Pete's dad with the Pittsburgh Pipers." Chicago Boston Montreal Detroit New York Toronto 5t. Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphi Oakland. Minnesota Los Angele Today's Games Los Angeles at Minnesota Tomorrow's Games Detroit at Chicago Boston at Montreal New York at Toronto Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Oakland at St. Louis What is the A dvent Loud Speaker? Ask themn HI-Fl BUYS Ann Arbor--East Lansing 618' S. Main 769-4700 "Quality Sound Through Quality Eqiuipment~ Eastern Division W L T 43 21 9 38 16 19 37 20 16 37 20 15 36 21 16 29 30 13 Western Division 35 27 11 25 36 12 a 17 32 24 21. 39 13 16 35 22 es 13 50 10 Pt. GF GA I95 234 162 195 267 207 90 235 184 89 226 184 88 233 177 71 216 229 81 218 176 62 176 229 58 196 219 55 162 236 ,54 213 254 136 181 280 the series and lost the second of the pair played last week in Mil- waukee. Archie Clark, who debated with Philadelphia Coach Jack Ramsay about his playing time after the second game of the series, topped Philadelphia with 20 points. NHL Standings.. Pilot transfer to Milwaukee bits snags. in federal court SEATTLE (P) - A fedaral bank- ruptcy referee told the American League yesterday he w a s in- trigued by a provision in the league constitution saying it would take over a bankrupt club and the move of the Seattle Pilots to Milwaukee suddenly no longer seemed so imminent. Sidney 'C. Volinn, referee in bankruptcy, told the league that he wanted to think about the Vro- vision after William Dwyer, spec- ial assistant state attorney gen- eral, came to life near the end of the hearing. Washington's two powerful sen- ators, Warren G. Magnuson and Henry M. Jackson, both D e m o- crats, announced jointly they will introduce legislation after t h e Easter Congressional recess to lift baseball's protection from federal antitrust laws. They said the action would not save it for Seattle, but hopefully, 'We can' save other communities the agony and type of treatment pressed on Seattle by the Ameri- can League. Magnuson said a similar bill would be introduced into the House by Rep. Brock Adams (D.- Wash.) . Two frills thrown into the com- plex situation were a late offer by Fred Ruge, representing a Cali- fornia group, to buy the club, and a contention by the Pilot's broad- cast network that it either had a veto power over any sale or had the radio rights if the club went to Milwaukee. Volinn also indicat- ed he was interested in the sale of the Pilots training facilities in Tempe, Ariz. A league attorney also said a conference call vote by telephone Monday had been held and that the American League would ad- mit Milwaukee if the club w e r e sold. But, Dwyer argued, by the testi- mony of the clubs own witnesses, the Pilots assets actually were in- creasing. He pointed out that a Milwaukee representative said the Seattle agreement called for a $10.2 million payment for players an'd that the original players on the club had been bought for $5.5 million. Club owners had said a total of $8 million had been spent on players. 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