PAGE SIX, THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1968 PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1ft~ iOE~ ....... "v.~.,...ass # a a:eara.vv[aaa. . .s.V}:. II iTVV 'IV Walls Sparks Tankers as Sprinter, Captain James Likely toRepl ice Dufek =r By GRETCHEN TWIETMEYER c A good-looking, sandy-haired boy dove off the starting blockj and swam a few lengths of theF pool. His name, Rich Walls. Po- sition: Michigan tanker captain.1 This is the boy who, at 12, joined the .Phillips Petroleum*Co. swim team of Bartlesville, Okla- homa and began to win races.' Rich started as a butterflyer, and switched to backstroke when he1 was 14. It wasn't until high school that he found his niche .as a, sprinter-but he found it quickly. As a freshman he dropped two races and these were the only losses of his high school career. He took state championships hon- ors for the 100- and 200-yard freestyle twice and three times' respectively.' Big Ten Luring7 When he was a senior, the AAU's were held in Bartlesville and Rich got his first look at Coach Gus Stager. The lure of a Big Ten school plus Stager's reputation as a coach who produces swimmers' convinced him to come to Michi- gan. In his own estimation, Rich Walls came to Michigan as only a "fair" swimmer. The first thing Stager did with him was change his stroke. "Gus taught me to keep my head down and only kick two or four beats to a stroke instead of the normal six or eight. I swam a tight race and this helped me loosen up." - Another blessing was Bill Far-' ley. "For the first time," says Rich, "I had someone to swim with and this really helped me." Proof of this came as a sopho- more, in the form of 100- and 200-yard freestyle records in the Big Ten. The glory didn't last, however,' and in his junior year Walls did not start looking good until mid- season, mainly because he was not used to swimming 500-yard events. But, he said, "It -really helped me in the long run because I built up my overall strength and when I went back to shorter events, I found I did a lot better." Walls is also a fourth of the record-holding 800-yard freestyle relay team and anchor man for the 400-yard medley relay, which drew the fastest time in the coun- try this season. What is his swimming philos- ophy? It 'varies with the distance. "In' a 50-yard sprint I just put my head down and go, and in a 100-yarder I -start off a little slower than most; but in a 200- yard race I usually try to get away a little faster and get ahead. The problem is that if I sfart too fast I tie up and then it's harder to settle down and swim." Team Philosophy As for the team, the general philosophy for the dual meets is just to do as well as- possible. This has been all the impetus the team has needed so far, but for the Indiana meet this weekend, a little more fire up is necessary. Consider that the Hoosiers have never been beaten in their home pool and, you know why. ' Last summer Rich was plagued with a tonsilectomy and ear in- fection, a combination which served to estrange him from water for a good part of the summer. As a result, he "came back in the worst shape I had ever been in. Even Gus could beat me in 400 yards." But he recovered enough to earn praise from Stager as "a tough swimmer-and by that I mean one who can swim events close together without getting tired." Earns Respect of Squad As team captain, Rich sees him- self as a mediator between the coach and the team. Evidently he has succeeded because as Stager says, "the team attitude reflects the job he is doing and team at- titude is a lot better this year. A good captain also makes a coach's job easier and Walls has certainly done that. He may not feel like the most popular guy at times but he is respected by thegteam." Walls has two main goals be- fore he finishes his swimming career in April. First, he wants to beat Indiana in its home pool and second, he wants to place in the NCAA's and the AAU's. As he puts it, "this year is our best chance for collegiate honors... But though the swimming team will miss him next year, he may still be on campus, this time as a law student. That is, unless the Marines get him-and Oklahoma has problems filling its draft quota. By GRAYLE HOWLETT Don James, 34-year-old assis- tant coach at Florida State Uni- versity for the past seven years, is likelyto be named to the Michigan football coaching staff when the Board of Control of Intercollegiate Athletics meets on Friday. "Of course, it will not be of- ficial until Friday," James com- mented via phone from Talla- hasse, "but they (University of Michigan) have offered me the job and I have accepted." The ap- pointment of James as an assis- tant coach will fill part of the gap created when defensive coach' Bob Hollway and defensive back- field coach Don Dufek resigned last month to enter private busi- ness. Dufek's resignation followed shortly after Hollway's announce- ment. When asked about his duties, James answered: "I Nyill be work- ing with the defensive backfield much the same as my job at' Florida State where I was defen- sive coach. The type of defense that will be used next year is, of course, up to Coach Elliott." Although James has been coach- ing in the South for the past few years, he is no stranger to foot- ball in this part of the country. He played his high school football in Massilon, Ohio, the perennial hotbed of prep football, and quar- terbacked the Tigers to a state championship in 1949. His high school mentor was Chuck Mather, currently an assistant coach un- der George Halas for the Chicago Bears. James first went South when he again assumed quarterbacking chores for the Hurricanes of Miami of Florida, playing under the tutelege of Andy Gustafson and setting five passing records. Upon graduation, he went; into service for two years before ini- tiating his coaching career. He was first named to an as- sistant coaching position at the University of Kansas and also received his Master's' degree in educational psychology. The next year he was named head coach at Southwest High School in Miami, Florida and, then, in 1959 he assumed the defensive coaching chores at Florida State. 'Not as Famous' '.I suppose I'm not quite as famous as my brother," James added wryly referring to brother Tommy who starred for Mather also at Massilon and later played defensive back for the professional Cleveland Browns. At Florida State James' defen- sive charges were consistently rat- ed high and the 1964 Gators, win- ner in the Gator Bowl over Okla- homa, were fifth in the nation in total defense, third in rushing defense. James had only glowing words to say about Big Ten football: "It's been a ticklish situation down here at Florida State because I've always had a favoritism for the Big Ten. I think that if you took Alabama, and I know how tough they are because we played them this year, and had them play Michigan's schedule, they wouldn't have had as much success. I think that the NFL bears me out on this point. They have drafted more from the Big Ten than any other conference." Old Friend James is an old friend of Mich- igan's offensive line coach Tony 4' r II FR. ERNAN McMULLIN speaks on Teilhard de Chardin" Friday, February 11 ... 8 P.M. 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Then, at 11:43 of the middle: frame, Bergman and Bobby Hull exchangedseveral punches near the Hawks' goal, and both were given five-minute majors for fight- ing. Wharram opened the scoring at 10:50 of the first period when he1 looped a shot over Wing goalie Roger Crozier's shoulder from 20 feet. Gordie Howe's 21st goal of the year pulled the Wings even at' 13:28, his shot bouncing past goal- ie Glenn Hall after hitting Hawk! defenseman Pat Stapleton.I Maki scored the winner at 4:07 of the final period, fielding Sta-1 pleton's pass at the Wing blue line and breaking past the Detroit! defense before firing a 15-footer1 past Crozier's shoulder. Leafs Win TORONTO - Terry Sawchuk, the National Hockey League's rec - ord holder, chalked up his 98ths career shutout last night as the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the1 New York Rangers 3-0.t It was the first shutout, this c year for the 36-year-old veteran who is playing in his 16th NHL season. In his last start against the Rangers 10 days ago, Sawchuk gave up eight goals. But he was in complete control last night. He battled New York goalie Ed Giacomin on even terms through a scoreless first period. Then Bobby Pulford gave him working room with his 21st goal of the season in the middle session. The Leafs fattened their margin in the third' period with Dave Keon and Ron Ellis clicking inside of 70 seconds. Keon beat Giaco- min on passes from Frank Mahov- lich and Allan Stanley at 7:43 and Cllis whipped passes from Brit Selby and Wally Boyer home at 8:53. Pistons Dropped DETROIT - Paced by Wilt Chamberlain's 30 points, the Phil- adelphia 76ers rolled over the De- troit Pistons 108-91 last night in a National Basketball Association game. A 10-1 scoring spree late in the first period shot Philadelphia in- to a lead it never relinquished against the fading Pistons, who went down to their 41st defeat against only 18 victories. Hal Greer and Lucious Jackson paced the 76ers' early breakout with four baskets in the second period to lift Philadelphia to a 58-42 halftime command. With Ray Scott dropping in three baskets and two free throws, the Pistons cut the 76ers' lead to 69-63 with four minutes remain- ing in the third period. Philadel- phia then cut loose again and with Chamberlain adding two more baskets the 76ers built up a 79-67 edge after three quarters. Chamberlain finished with 30 points to move wtihin 98 points of tying Bob Pettit's all time NBA career scoring record of 20,880. . Greer added 27 while Ray Scott topped the Pistons with 26. * * * Knicks Bumped BOSTON-Mel Counts came off the bench twice to rally Boston and the Celtics snapped the New York Knicks' four-game winning streak with a 121-117 National Basketball Association victory last night at the Garden. The seven-foot Counts scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds in only 16 minutes of action. Counts was called upon the first time in the opening period with the Knicks leading 31-19. The Cel- tics immediately ran 12 straight points to tie the count and then wentahead 43-41. Counts scored eight points in the surge, and Boston took the cue in pulling away to a 58-54 halftime lead. In the final period, with New York threatening, Counts came off the bench nad scored six straight points to boost the Celtics to a 108-99 lead. Bullets Nipped BALTIMORE-Jerry West scor- ed the tying basket in regulation play and then led the Los An- geles Lakers to a 123-116 overtime National Basketball Association' victory over the Baltimore Bullets last night. West scored four of his 39 points in the five-minute extra period. The victory extended Los An- geles' Western Division lead to six games over San Francisco and dropped Baltimore into third place, 6% games behind. The Bullets led 54-43 near the end of the first half, fell behind 96-86 early in the fin.al period,' and then rallied behind little Johnny Egan to go ahead 110-107 with 1:46 remaining. A free throw by Leroy Ellis and a basket by West tied the score at 10-10 with 32 seconds left. Egan sank two foul shots to put Baltimore on top again, but West knotted it at 112-112 with 12 sec- onds to play in regulation time, COLLEGE BASKETBALL Notre Dame 84, Butler 61 St. Joseph's (Pa) 110, Seton Hall 64 Miami (Ohio) 70, Ohio Univ. 55 Maryland 74, Navy 69 New York Univ. 83, No. Carolina 78 Adrian 84, Albian 81 Toledo 74, Western Michigan 68 Central Michigan 90, Ferris State 71 Aquinas 94, Hope 91 DON DUFEK Mason, who hails from Niles Mc- Kinley in Ohio, and probably came to the Blue on Mason's recom- mendation. First impression also must count, because James had only met head coach Bump El- liott. once at the Florida High School All-Star Game last year. James plans to journey north- ward next Tuesday and meet with Elliott' and assistant coach Jocko Nelson in Cincinnati, where they will touch, off some recruiting in the western part of Ohio, long- time recruiting beat for James at Florida State. Then, Michigan will welcome its newest coach in Ann Arbor a week from today. 'M'Tankers Top Rate d,"' LOS ANGELES (MP)-Michigan is the nation's top-ranked swim- ming team and Indiana close be- hind in ratings released yesterday by Swimming 'World magazine. The two best performances of the season in each event: 400-yard medley relay: Indiana, 3:36.1; Michigan, 3:36.2. 200-yard freestyle: Mike Fitz- maurice, Villanova, 1:46.3; James MacMillan, Michigan State, and Bill Utley, Indiana, 1:46.5. 50-yard freestyle-Steve Rerych, North Carolina . 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