PAEw SI T~UF MICUT1ZA N JUA TTN PAGE SIX .aa.-. 4,1U .. I Z. ! f1 U Z.I1L1NJ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1966 6 MID-SEASON SKI 'SALE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT Reductions from 331/3 to 50% HAROLD S. T RICK Brand Fires Icers' Defense By DAVE WEIR Personable -Hank Brand has just recently come into his own as a first-rate defenseman on Mich- igan's high flying hockey team, His fine play has helped spark the Wolverine puckmen to five straight WCA victories and sec- ond place in the conference. What's behind this sudden change in performance? Accord- ing to Coach Al Renfrew, it may be any one of a number of fac- tors, Regular "Hank has been playing regu- larly; this may be one of the rea- sons he has improved so much. He has definitely been moving the puck better lately, and his spirit and aggressive is indicative of the entire team's attitude." Hank himself is not quite sure what has caused the change."A New Year's resolution to play bet- ter-that's the secret,"he jokingly explains. In a more serious vain, he cites self-confidence as playing a ma- jor role in his new-found success. Mental Block "The more I played, the more confidence in myself I developed. 1 Possibly it was just some sort of mental block I had to break be- fore real improvement could take place." Born in Holland, Hank didn't start playing hockey until four years after moving to Sarnia, Ontario. "When I was 11, they handed me a pair of skates and told me to play. That's how it is through- out Canada-every kid plays." From this background Hank progressed to Junior Hockey com- petition in Sarnia, and continued important also. "A defenseman has in the Boston tournament. to be able to rattle an opponent Turning Point and break up his rush. And after There is no question in Coach he gets the puck he has to learn Renfrew's mind as to when Hank to set up plays and get the action came into his own. "The opening out of his own zone. This cannot game of the Minnesota series was be done individually; it takes two the turning point. In the second men working together to do the game ofntha set, Hank ob wellthrough with the game winning LLOYD GRAFF Spending Some Time At the Complaint Dept. #4 Partners goal." After that series, Renfrew Walt Whitman wrote that he loved animals because they don't The man Hank has been work- called Hank the "outstanding sweat and whine about their condition." ing with on defense this season is Michigan player of the two In another attempt to separate myself from the toads, sloths, Mark Thompson, a junior from St. games. and baboons of this world I'm devoting this column to assorted com- Hanl is the puck out of the On the season, Hank has one plaints compiled during the haphazard meandering called survival. Hank"wors te puk ot ofthegoal and four assists to his credit. defensive zone very nicely and has This is not a tremendous total, but First there's this girl, a dainty, petite little thing built like a gained respect with his aggressive a defenseman isn't supposed to butter tub. She jaunts into class, honks her nose, then blows style of play. lead the league's scorers. His smoke in my eyes. I'm a tolerant soul, and I find this endurable. "This is probably the reason we clutch play within the Michigan But then she cracks her knuckles-the dear thing-one by one in have been effective lately. Hank blueline has more than made up a totally rhythmless pattern. Something about the gnashing has b e e n playing aggressive for his lack of scoring, and his hockey while I drop back and cov- one score won an important game. sound, the snap, crackle, and pop of it all mixing with the son- er near the net. I play more con- Cworous monotone of the lecturer makes it a thoroughly noxious servatively, eso Cwe work together Ha vale to thetsum edy musical composition, a bit like John Cage might play Stardust on we vel l y s a team ."e he Ha k' vform ica.te m er frankly, "without him in there, Tha f1- fie4-, 4._ .cZ. ..U __ M 711 N. University 902 S. State U I Join the Lloyd Graff Fan Club ne two 1irist paired up during playing the type of hockey he has their freshman year. They started been, we could never be a great playing together this season about team. He has played a big part in a month ago, in early December. the team's recent surge, and his Thompson feels that they really spirited p 1 a y has contributed started to click over the holidays greatly to the team effort." NBA ROUNDUP: Pistons Stun Celts* Royals Win, 119-108 "Comparative Christian Worship" Six Wednesday Sessions at the Guild House i I I I By The Associated Press Royals Stop Lakers 802 Monroe 7:30-8:30 P.M. PHILADELPHIA - The Detroit Pistons overcame a 22-point defi- CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati cit and survived a foul that could Royals whipped the Los Angeles have tied the game after time ran Lakers 119-108 last night, extend- out to beat the Boston Celtics ing their National Basketball HANK BRAND Sponsored by the ECUMENICAL CAMPUS MINISTRY An opportunity to learn the background and meaning of several forms and traditions of Christian worship. Today: THE LUTHERAN LITURGY, Dr. Henry Yoder Feb. THE FRIENDS WORSHIP, Mrs. Johan Eliot to play Junior Hockey while at- tending classes at Port Huron Jun- ior College. Specialist Right from the beginning, de- fense has been Hank's specialty. "Ever since I first started to play, I've liked defense the best. It looked like an easy job at first 116-115 in the first game of a National Basketball Association doubleheader last night. Mel Counts, who came in for; Boston when Bill Russell fouled out with 9:12 to go in the final period, was fouled as the final buzzer sounded. With Boston be- hind 116-114, Counts converted the first shot, but missed the second, resulting in the Pistons' second victory in five games against the champion Celtics this season. Miles Tallies 32 Detroit trailed 71-51 at the half. But Detroit's Eddie Miles, who scored 32, and Dave DeBusschere, Association winning streak to eight games. The victory, coupled with Bos- ton's 116-115 loss to Detroit, moved the Royals to within one percentage point of the leading Celtics in the Eastern Division. The Royals increased their 59-47 halftime margin to 17 points in the third quarter as Oscar Rob. ertson and Adrian Smith com- bined for 20 of Cincinnati's 30 points. Early in the final period Cincinnati opened up a 19-point lead and coasted in. Hawks Beat Knicks L I Gopher Ducats Tickets for the Minnesota basketball game go on sale to- day at the ticket office, 511 E. Hoover. The Minnesota game begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and, according to available in- formation will NOT be broad- cast on TV. The Wolverines have not lost a home basketball game since February of 1964. r§ § § § § § x4Va Rov4ev4 "§ on selected groups of§ CLOT HING and FURNISHINGS§ }§ i§ r. § § All itemns of clothing and furnishings offered in this § sale represent excellent values in only the finest of inn- § ported and domestic goods. Every article is front regu- ar stoc and re G uced for quicclearanceN § § § and I guess I was just lazy." There is nothing lazy about a college defenseman's job however. Obviously, his most important function is to keep the puck out of the net. But Hank sees other duties as who tallied 24, helped the Pistons ST. LOUIS-A blanketing full- to cut the margin to 93-90 at the court press enabled the St. Louis end of three quarters. Hawks to erase a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter and eke out Detroit then scored the first a 109-107 victory over the New eight points of the fourth period York Knicks in a National Basket- to complete a rally that gave them ball Association game last night. a 98-93 lead. Joe Caldwell's field goal with who had fouled out only 44 seconds left gave St. Louis a Russell, 106-105 lead and Len Wilkens 10 times in his 10 year pro career, added three free throws in the left the game after fouling Ray last 20 seconds to cap the rousing Scott, the Pistons' center. comeback. f Honey, if you're reading this, you know I mean no malice. Next complaint covers the Detroit Pistons and playing basket- ball coaches. Dave DeBusschere shoots adequately, passes poorly, and I coaches worse. The Pistons have been known to go six minutes without ever passing toward the basket, and a quarter without an offensive rebound. Detroit has a miserable team, perhaps the worst in NBA history (that includes the nascent Chicago Packers, alias Zephyrs, and the old Milwaukee Hawks) but they could still double their vic- tory output with a trifle more teamwork. Eddie Miles, the Man with the Golden Arm, made about three assists last season, but hasn't approached that mark so far. Ray Scott once tossed the ball into the pivot and the center was so dumbfounded that Scott would ever pass, much less to him, that he tripped on his drive toward the basket. It was a pathetic sight to watch Bill Buntin (admittedly a bulbous Buntin) freeing himself for shots only to wait endlessly for a pass. The only time he ever scored was when he rebounded himself. The ugly point is that DeBusschere hogs like his teammates. He dribbles up the court, stops 30 feet from the basket, stares at his dazed charges and lets her fly. It's really a shame that DeBusschere isn't General Manager also. Then he could trade himself to the Boston Celtics. Another thing that bothers me is that a guy named Pat Nugent gets a soft deal in the Army. Pat and Luci Baines are fixin' to get hitched you know, and young Pat patriotically enlisted. He'll train for four months and then be transferred to Washington, D.C., to finish his stint near the banks of the Potomac. Wonder who he knows? Next complaint concerns a certain weekly newsmagazine that picked General William Westmoreland "Man of the Year." It's a personal bias, but I wouldn't choose any general (except made a Marshall) for the honor. Supervising a killing operation may be noble in a neanderthal way, but why must we exalt our war heroes. West- moreland may have organizational talent, but so does George Halas. My choice for the honor is Ringo Starr who brought more happiness to more people last year than anyone else on the planiet. Second choice would go to Lorne Greene, who's been like a daddy to us all. Final gripe of the day smacks the University. Over in the ad- missions department they appear to be gleeful about the fact that 90 per cent of out of state freshmen were in the upper ten per cent of their graduating classes, and the percentage is rising. Besides, if you come from, New* York, Chicago, Waco, or -Yakima< you have to be honors material to get in. In other words your Board Scores should total over 1300. Needless to say, if I was applying this year I'd never get in. Look what they'd miss. But what's crushing about the admissions roulette game is that so many creative people who may not be grade grubbers or test wizards have no chance of admission here or at many like institutions. What we get at Michigan is a neat bundle of ex- tremely high achievers slashing at each other to reach their nezt goal-good grades to be admitted to grad school. It isn't a community of scholars but a cauldron of tense grade masters. The fantastic drive for grades which exhibts itself at finals time is one of the most nauseating and distressing sights I've ever seen. What an utter perversion of education to sponge up facts en masse while whirling on dexydrene at 4:40 in the morning. With admissions standards progressing (or is it regressing), the future for this University appears brilliant-in a grotesque sort of way. HAIRSTYLING Oilers Fire to Please !! Coach After -CONTINENTALS -CLLGITEBlanda Feud -RAZOR CUTS Ba d e' Try I HOUSTON, Tex. (R5)-The Hous- U" Of M Barbers ton Oilers of the American Foot- ball League fired Coach Hugh (Near Michigan Theatre) (Bones) Taylor last night, 4 * 11 COMP ARISON WILL PROVE Comparison will prove a shirt laundered at Greene's is as white as the day you bought it, To claim to produce a sparkling white shirt is one thing,{ but to prove it is another. That's why Greene's say simply . . . compare a shirt laundered at Greene's with a brand newf one. See for yourself that even after repeated wear, a shirt laundered at Greene's stays as white as it was the day you bought it. .4y :. NO 2-3231 r At the Store ... 5 convenient locations . . . to your door ... The ,new coach will be Wally Lemm, a former Oiler coach who recently resigned a similar job with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. The announcement that Tay- lor's contract would not be re- newed beyond its Jan. 31 expira- tion date was made by Don Klos- terman, who Thursday took over as the club's new executive vice president and general manager with the power to hire and fire. Klosterman said the decision to let Taylor go was based primarily on the continued feud between the coach and veteran quarterback George Blanda. In a prepared statement, Klos- terman said: "The decision was made pri- marily as a result of recent news media commentary indicating an apparent inharmonious relation- ship existing between Coach Tay- lor and George Blanda in which certain statements were attributed to both parties involved creating an atmosphere not conducive to a winning football team." SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: RICK STERN R I