THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, January 14, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, Jonuory ~4, 1969 Luck earns ice ors split with Denver RETSIGER HSUR RETSIGER HSUR RETSIGER By ELLIOTT BERRY Last Friday night the Michigan icers suffered through the most difficult evening they've exper- ienced during this young WCHA season. Badly out-finessed, the Wolver- ines had a difficult time getting out of their own zone as Denver's "red wave", constantly poured over the Wolverine blue line and forced play deep into Wolverine territory. Theresult of this evening of seemingly imminent disaster was a somewhat astonishing 5-4 over-, times Wolverine victory. Saturday night the Wolverines, took to the ice as an obviously su- perior team to the one which sneaked off with a victory the night before. From the opening face-off they flooded across t h e Pioneer line and kept the pres- sure on Denver goalie Gerry oPw- ers almost continuously for t h e first ten minutes of play. While the Wolverines showed a marked improvement the Pioneers appeared to have lost a degree of their sharpness as their pin- point passing attack of the prev- ious evening became exceedingly erratic. For all of Michigan's improve- ment and Denver's slightly less po- tent attack the Wolverine's were soundly beaten 5-3. Friday night the Wolverines won on a phenomenal perform- ance by senior netminder J i m Keough and the eleventh hour heroics of left-winger Dave Per- rin, who tallied the tying and game winning goals. It was Perrin and his hustling sophomore line- mates Paul Gamsby, and M e r 1 e Falk who supplied most of the fire power for Michigan. The Wolverines spent most of the series opener bottled up in .their own zone and coach Al Ren- 'rew admitted that his team was "pretty ,tight and was probably affected by Denver's reputation and all of their favorable press." Nevertheless they made the best of the opportunities which pre- sented themselves and skated off with the victory. Renfrew attributed the inspired play of his team in the opening period of Saturday's game to the fact that they were "much more This Week in Sports WEDNESDAY SWIMMING -Indiana at Matt Mann Pool, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY HOCKEY - Michigan at Colorado College SATURDAY BASKETBALL - Ohio State at Events Building, 2:00 p.m. HOCKEY - Michigan at Colorado College WRESTLING - Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and Northwestern at Iowa City, Ia. MONDAY BASKETBALL - Michigan at Northwestern relaxed having Friday's win be- hind them." Unfortunately for the Wolver- ines they played the first period of that game much the same as the Pioneers had played most of the game the night before; they did everything except put the puck in the net. Late in that opening stanza the Pioneers sustained two minor penalties within forty seconds of each other giving the Wolverines a two-man advantage for over a minute. Renfrew called Michi- gan's failure to take advantage of this golden opportunity "the turn- ing point of the game." The Denver defense anchored by All-American Keith Magnu- son asserted itself in the second period while the Pioneer offense finally found the puck bouncing right for them after four periods of frustration, and when the buz-' zer sounded to end the period the Wolverines faced on insurmount- able 4-1 deficit. The most noteworthy part of Saturday's contest was its chippi- ness which Renfrew attributed to the fact that "both teams were very tired." From the opening face-off the hitting was crisp and tempers were on the verge of flaring at all times. Due to the referee's quick whistles and the closeness with which he called penalties, little more developed than menacing JIM KEOUGH glances at short range. Speedster Gamsby appeared to be a target for the Pioneers for most of theI evening but he emerged quite un- awed, "they're a good hockey team he admitted, "but they're n o t tough. I'm looking forward to playing them again in the play- offs-that's when it counts." The series' only casualty was last year's team scoring leader Doug Galbraith who suffered a chipped vertebrae. He was side- lined for Saturday's contest but it is unknown for how long he will remain out of the lineup. MONOTONY: UCLA still top cage team HSUR 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fishbowl and Dorm Sports Beat Sports Beat Sports Beat By David Weil HAIR The NCAA's' recent decision to allow a school to remove an athlete's scholarship if he is found guilty of manifest disobedience' is not racist in the sense of being a direct slap at black athletes. It is, however, a decision motivated strictly by avarice and it may well be used by coaches to punish blacks and non-conformists alike when the opportunity arises. . The rationale for : the action was prevention of the type of "flagrant, disruptive action" which recently occurred before a San Jose State - Brigham Young football game. NCAA executive director Walter Byers was horrified to think that seven SJS black players "lay down on the field and refused to play" Brigham Young - a school controlled by the avowedly racist Mormon church. The actual purpose of the rule is not control of this type of behavior, however, since it is normally going to be con- trolled by most schools already. The rule will instead be used to cut those players from the team who warm the bench for four years while collecting all those beautiful scholarship funds. The price pf carrying 90 players on the varsity roster each year (as Michigan does) is a heavy one to pay in order to win football games. Especially when only a little over a third of those players ever see any action. Most coaches divide the third and fourth stringers into "demon- stration squads" which act as dummy opposition for the starters during daily practice sessions. The athletic department never seems to "get its money" out of the matter, however. The new NCAA ruling will alleviate this problem. Coaches will be able to regulate the personal aspects of a bench-warmer's life very closely. If a black benchwarmer decides to wear an Afro- haircut, he may very well get cut from the squad. This will never happen to a star player, however. Great athletes (as always) will have to cause a good deal of trouble before they are stripped of their grants-in-aid. This is not to say that all coaches will be rigid authoritarians and use the rule to discriminate against blacks or any other parti- cular group. But the fact that it's on the books is enough to guarantee sanction to discriminatory action by racist coaches around the country. Meanwhile, one of the most important justifications for inter- collegiate athletics is being considerably weakened by the new rule. Traditionally, athletic scholarships have been awarded to a large number of likely prospects 'with no strings attached'. In other words, a boy was guaranteed a college education once he received his scholarship. Whether or not he ever got to play was irrelevant. This tradition has been consistent with the notion that col- legiate athletics are not 'professional', and are not a form of 'big business'. As college football has become more and more spectacular- drawing bigger TV and stadium audiences and attracting more press coverage - athletic departments have been busily out- spending each other in obtaining the best coaches and equip- ment available. As a result, losing football has now become an inefficient business operation. Many schools are going into the red. It is estimated that big schools such as Michigan spend up to 150,000 dollars per year on 'excess tenders' for football players alone. This is not to mention the extra players in every other inter- collegiate sport. The total expenditure takes up a sizeable portion of the yearly budget. But now, with the new ruling, athletic departments will be able to slice excess scholarship funds significantly. Coaches will simple be told to get rid of anyone who rocks the boat. So much for progessivism in college athletics. The decision has particularly dangerous implications for Mich- igan athletes. At an institution where athletes generally have a higher level of academic consciousness than at most other schools, there are logically going to be more of the "long hair, bearded types" so feared by NCAA officials. Both Athletic Director Don Canham and new football coach Bo Schembechler have condemned the trend toward longer hair worn by athletes. Schembechler recently told a Daily reporter: "I despise long hair. It shows that someone is worried too much about himself. Football dominates a player's life during the season. He needs to think about the game and his physical condition, and not about his hair." Canham, who in six months as Athletic Director, has hired three black coaches, and established an unparalleled progressive record, also dislikes "long hair." Problems will occur at Michigan unless Canham and Schembech- ler recognize Afro-cuts and the like for what they are - necessary steps in the current development of a black consciousness. (The same is true of course though on a different level, with white ath- letes.) At any rate, an increasing portion of Michigan athletes are going to fulfill the implied conditions of "manifest dsobedience" during the upcoming season. It will be an unfortunate situation if Michigan officials interpret the rule in _a way detrimental to the educaton of these deserving athletes. i N A' I O I. -i III 0 OPEN PETITIONING Vacant Council Petitions available at SGC Offices--Ist flo PETITIONS DUE FRI DAY, JANUAR) )eat 3or, SAB Y 17 4 RETSIGER HSUR Central Student Judiciary (formerly Joint Judiciary Council)