THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAM PAr.P.. 4ZIrVVV THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2,1965 TIlE MICUIGAX DAILY fl A fiE' ~ Afl~AI~ CLYLA'! r'AUL' Z!5t V tlN n -r)CLLrC I BASKETBALL: Russell, Clawson Spark 'M' Win, 71-63 Hof stra, 96-57 K--7 Ut fl q y ') -9 -0 U-" q 4, uo By LLOYD GRAFF Acting Sports Editor Coach Dave Strack's hands, pink as a rare steak with a rawness no dishwater and detergent could inflict, told you what kind of game it had been for a basketball olpener. Some coaches pull hair, others scream abusively, and a few just weep with heads in lap, but Strack claps-sometimes maniacally-ex- horting his team to SCORE, SCORE, SCORE if the contest is close. Last night against Tennes- see (yes, they do play basketball down there) he was at his mad- clap best as Michigan struggled to a 71-63 triumph. "You shouldn't have to subject yourself to this so early," moaned Strack, hands clasped, after the game. And it was something to be sub- jected to, I'll tell you. Negative Ball Tennessee is college basketball's avowed champion of negative bas- ketball. The Volunteers don't go out on the court determined to score more than the opposition. Their hardcourt weltanschauung is to hold the enemy to zero or close to it. This philosophy netted 80 per cent victories last season, and the best defensive statistics in the nation. This kind of basketball is nuts and bolts mechanical. It com- pensates for lack of real talent. But as Michigan showed, it gen- erally can't beat ability. Cazzie Russell does not respect defense. There was probably no real turning point in the court tete a tete. Michigan was simply about eight points better. The Wolverines couldn't afford to hide much against Tennessee 0 as they might have done against some sacrificial lamb. They un- veiled a full-court zone press, ala UCLA, and harassed the Vols with Bruin-like vigor. Michigan's big man, Craig Dill or Jim Myers flap- ped his arms and tried to intimi- date the man taking the ball out of bounds. John Clawson and John Thompson covered the backcourt area, Cazzie positioned himself at the center line looking for the long pass, and Oliver Darden played goalie, in effect, spiking hopes for an easy cripple. Strack admits that some of the philosophy behind the maneuver is similar to John Wood- en's west coast formula. What the defense also means-though does not say it in so many words - is that this year's team can run miles further than last year's be- cause Bill Buntin is gone. Lean Post Buntin was a magnificent play- er, the best college center in the, nation last season, but he had midriff bulge which meant the press was not a viable alterna- tive. This year, Michigan's man in the' post is built like a post so the pressure will be on. ' Last night's unveiling not only displayed a slick new defense but' some old names in different roles. John Clawson drilled eight for 16 from the field plus four of six from the line for 20 big ones, While Tennessee was surrounding Cazzie, Clawson was taking aim. John Thompson moved well at guard, but Craig Dill was pushed around in the pivot, snagging a mere three rebounds. His replace- ment, Jim Myers, operated aggres- sively in his short opportunity and stuck some pizazz into the zone press. Still The Caz But with all the strategems and rookies it was still Cazzie that made the show. He scored 29 points, plucked 10 rebounds, and, flashed four assists. It took over six minutes for him to record a field goal, but he quickened the pace after that. And Cazzie ex- hibited the same gusto and flam- boyance on the court that has made basketball a continuous joy at Michigan for four years. As a corn-chip munching re- porter from Knoxville blurted out after watching Cazzie send a draft down the Volunteers' backs, "he's something else, ain't he." Cazzie is something else. Ten- nessee Coach Ray Mears wished he were somewhere else, however. The game was a zig zag affair from the start. Michigan would Crunch ahead, make grand indica- tions of pulling a rout, and then the Vols would call time, absorb a Mears lip lashing, and go out to 64-61 lead. But Clawson popped play like Batnen. from 20 feet, Cazzie converted a A typical example of this dedi- free throw, and Darden plunked: cated spurtiness came when the a layup off a Michigan semistall. Strack finally stopped clapping. For Tennessee it was one of FbA Meeting those games you can say was good The Michigan chapter of the for you with a week's recuperation.I Fellowship of Christian Ath- Michigan annointed a couple Vol- letes will hold a meeting to- unteer sophomores with the heal- night at 10:00 in the Sports thy oil of noble lefeat. The game Bldg. at 1000 S. State. Former also showed that Ron Widby, even NFL star Dave Middleton will after only eight days practice (he be a guest speaker at the meet- got a knee injury in football) is ing. one of the better players in the South. Wolverines held a 60-51 margin Ray Mears has written a book with seven minutes left. Six free (what coach hasn't?) entitled "It's throws and two jumpers later All a State of Mind." Michigan was gasping with a lean Well, maybe. v~. By Tlhe Asocated JPress PHILADELPHi1A -- F o u r t h - ranked St. Joseph's of Philadel- phia trounced Hlofstra 96-57 last night in the second game of the season's first basket ball double- header at the Pales ra. In the opener, Hubie Marshall scored 42 points to lead LaSalle to a 97-73 victory over Albright. It was a team effort for St. Joseph's, which started off just the way they ended last season with a 26-3 record. Bill Cakes led the scoring. with' 20 points, followed by Cliff Ander- son with 17, Matt Goukas 14 and Tom Duff 12. Mike Pollack was high for Hofstra with 16.1 St. Joseph's took charge in the opening minutes and connected, for seven straight shots to grab a 15-4 advantage. At one point, be- fore the starting five was taken out, the Hawks led by 41 points. In the first half, which ended with St. Joseph's ahead 42-21, the Hawks ran up two 11-point strings} in separate scoring sprees. * * * Jayliawks iWin LAWRENCE, Kan. - Eighth- ranked Kansas, led by Wale Wes- ley's 20 points, broke it open in Missouri had tied it up with 17 seconds left on a jump shot by Ron Coleman who was the high scorer with 27 points. The Tigers went into a press with the Buck- eyes leading 74-68 and started catching up. Ohio State had led from midway of the first half, was ahead 31-28 at halftime and held a lead of as much as 10 points, 48-38, in the second half. With the Buckeyes leading by eight points, 70-62, with 2 minutes and 50 seconds to go, a Missouri sub, Henry Pinkney, hit a set shot, then a jump shot to bring the Tigers up to 66-71. Ron Sepic led Ohio State scorers with 18 points. Missouri was out- rebounded 50-29, but outshot Ohio State 42 per cent to 35 per cent. * * * Badgers Fall MADISON, Wis. - Nebraska's Cornhuskers, displaying an abund- ance of offensive power, whipped Wisconsin 101-88 last night in a non-conference basketball opener for both schools. Senior Grant Simmons set Ne- braska's blistering pace with 29 points and four other Cornhuskers scored in double figures. They Any More Volunteers? Russell Thompson Dill Clawson Darden Myers Bankey Totals MICHIGAN G F R PT 12-24 5-7 10 1 29 3-10 0-0 2 3 6 1-3 0-0 3 2 2 8-16 4-6 6 4 20 3-8 2-5 12 4 8 3-4 0-0 2 1 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 30-65 11-18 38 16 71 TENNESSEE G F It P 'T McIntosh 2-9 6-6 5 4 10 Coffmann 0-0 2-5 1 4 2 Robbins 4-9 5-6 7 2 13 Bayne 4-5 0-0 7 4 8 Widby 9-19 5-5 7 0 23 Hend~rix 3-3 1-2 3 2 7 Totals 22-45 19-24 32 16 63 MICHIGAN 37 34-71 TENNESSEE 34 29-63 the last seven minutes of the first yielded scoring honors, however, half and overwhelmed Arkansas to Wisconsin sophomore J o e 81-52 in the season's basketball Franklin who sank 30. opener for both clubs last night. Nebraska pulled away midway The Jayhawks led only 17-15 through the second half to open after 122 minutes, before a 10-0 up a 72-65 lead on baskets by spurt in a four-minute span made Willie Campbell and Nate Branch. it 27-15. By halftime, it was 43-28. The Cornhuskers broadened the Kansas is the Big Eight title margin to 91-73 for their largest favorite, lead late in the game. The 6-foot-11 Wesley drew his The two teams had traded third foul with 5:36 left in the command in a tight first half with, half and played less than three Nebraska leading 50-49 at inter- periods. Bob Wilson, 6-foot-7 mission. transfer from Western Michigan, Nebraska showed a solid de- had 17 points for Kansas and Al fense under the basket, holding Lopes had 14 before leaving with Wisconsin's two pivotmen to four an injured ankle with 11:31 left. points while forcing the Badgers down 28 rebounds to dominate the boards. Georgetown managed to stick with the Cardinals through the first half and trailed 32-26 at in- termission. But Louisville overpow- ered the Tigers in the first seven minutes of the second half, pull- ing to a comfortable 47-31 ad- vantage with 13:22 remaining. . * . Irish Get Scare SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame shot a cold 29 per cent from the field and had to come from 17 points behind to beat Lewis College 75-69 last night in the opening basketball game for the Irish. Notre Dame led at 2-0 but tralfed for more than 35 minutes before regaining the lead at 67-65. The Irish were down 39-22 with three minutes left in the first half and trailed 41-31 at halftime. They were still 11 points behind at 62-51 with 8:25 to play. . Duane Szymkowski of Lewis topped the scoring with 22 points, hitting 9 of 22 shots from the field. Jim Monahan led Notre Dame with 15 points. Bob Bentley sparked Notre Dame's closing rally, coming off the bench and scoring 11 points in the last five minutes. * * * Bradley Bats UMW PEORIA, Ill.-With five players hitting in double figures, includ- ing 21 points each for Ernie Thompson and Joe Allen, Bradley opened its basketball season last night by trouncing Wisconsin-Mil- waukee 104-68. Bradley zipped into a 9-0 lead as UMW missed its first 11 shots and the closest the losers came thereafter was 19-10 as the ninth- ranked Braves moved into a 49-24 bulge at halftime. Eddie Jackson with 14 points, Ron Martin with 12 and Walt Slater with 10 supplemented the Bradley attack. Four players hit for doubles for UMW-Todd Fred- enberg with 15, Dennis Murphy 14, Larry Reed 12 and Phil Micha- lovitz 11. Bradley made good on 47 of 94 floor shots for 50 per cent while UMW hit only 28 out of 73 for 38 per cent. * * * Drake Dumps WJ DES MOINES - Drake, looking ragged in its season opening basketball game, out-shot a short- er William Jewell 96-68 last night. The Bulldogs of the Missouri Valley Conference, passing poorly and shooting wildly at times, led by as much as 31 points late in the second half. Although they were in from by 20 points at one point in the first half William Jewell cut the margin to 44-31 at intermission. With the second half less than four minutes gone Drake's lead was cut to seven points, but the Bulldogs shot in front 64-44 with the second about half finished. Bob Netolicky made 11 of 17 field goal attempts and added four free throws to lead Drake with -26 points. He also captured 17 rebounds as the taller Bulldogs pulled in 83 rebounds to 47 for William Jewell. Drake, hitting only 34 per cent from the field in the first half, wound up with a shooting per- centage of 42. William Jewell averaged 33 per cent from the field. t \\ 0 J. B. McConnell led the Razor- backs with 16 points. K a n s a s out - rebounded t h e shorter Southwest Conference clubj 66-44 and hit 45 per cent from the field to .28 per cent. The crowd of 9,500 was largest for an opening night in several years. M * * to shoot from outside. The taller Cornhuskers controlled the back- boards with ease. * * * Indiana Takes First BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-Indiana cut down its fouling in the second half and beat St. Joseph's of In- UTER WEAR -Daily-Jim Lines Michigan's John Clawson (34) waited three years to get a regular season start, and last night he was rewarded for his trouble. Clawson played center in high school, guard at Michigan, and was finally switched to forward. His 20 points against Tennessee indicates he's where he belongs. Ron Widby is defender. _ _ _.I_.._. ._._.. _ .. _ . .. - .. v . _ . . J a I j D. TODD'S, SALE "'-1 8.88 CC :I 10 U0 All ' I wool Black Burgundy It Navy Camel - 34 lo 46 . 1Regular -1 I. Lo:ng Regula 1 :14 " if . : ,,. ,..;"ay SC70itES l Gift Hints Visit Our -Featured from our selection of outer- wear, these fine coats are made cx- pressly for Redwood & Ross in a va- ri'ety of lengths and styles. From top to bottom: diana 76-62 in its opening basket- Illini Rolls ball game last night. CHAMPAIGN, II1.-Don Free- The Hoosiers never trailed but nan pumped in 32 points and Rich had to 'break out of a 35-35 half- Jones added 25 to lead Illinois to time tie, brought about because a season opening 88-74 basketball St. Joseph's sank 15 of 26 free victory over Butler last night, throws in the first half and .In- Freeman, who topped rebound- diana got only.3 of 7. ers with 15, hit on 13 field goals Indiana had run up early leads and 6 free throws and made 17 of of 10-2 and 21-10. The Hoosiers his total points in the first half, broke- away quickly in the second 12 in the final 10 minutes before half to take a 52-39 lead, and St. intermission. Joseph's late rally stopped four Illinois broke fror a 17-17 dead- points short at 66-62. lock to race into a 46-40 halftime Tom Crowley of St. Joseph's was edge and that was the closest But highwith 26 points, hitting 10 of ler could come as the Illini held 20 from the field. Sophomore Ven as much as a 15-point margin, 78- Payne led Indiana with 17 and' 63 in the second half. got 8 of 14 field goal attempts. Ed Schilling with 21 points, 12 * * * in the last half, Lon Showley with Louisville Wins 13 and Ron Salatich with 12 head- LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A well- ed the Bulldogs. balanced scoring attack, coupled Illinois hit on 35 out of 82 floor withnte seouing of -oted shots for .427 while Butler made with the rebounding of 6-foot-8 30 of 59 for .508. Illinois out-re- sophomore Westley Unseld, guidedr bounded Butler 44 to 36. Louisville to a 77-58 victory over' * Georgetown, Ky., last night. 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