PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1966 PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAYS FEBRUARY 17, 1966 9 m I N 2 E .9 - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - RRFN I -ml U ~ 1 -E p7 The CHILD CARE WORKERS MATURE COUPLE OR ERVISE HOME FOR SINGLE WOMAN TO SUP- ADOLESCENT GIRLS. AT- TRACTIVE LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS; GOOD SALARY WITH FRINGE BENEFITS. WORK WITH PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT STAFF. CALL OR WRITE TO: David B. Goldberg Jewish Family & Children's Service 10801 Curtis, Detroit, Michigan 48221 Diamond 1-5959 WA FOUR HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE STAN KEMP JOHN O'REILL) VALLY GABLER BOB WALSH Bring you Ann Arbor's most complete, on-the-spot, coverage of all U of M home basketball games WCBN-650 Now serving University Towers /flue dine d2S. _ Icers Discover Y By Jim Tindall An Open Letter TO Fritz Criser - 'Savior' By BILL LEVIS Usually when someone plays defense on a hockey team as a young child, it is because he is in Lord to get adjusted in this league. The referees are very thorough. They don't allow the game to get out of control." So far this season, Lord has accumulated 52 minutes of penal- ties. He was quick to point out, though, that he no longer is lead- ing the league in that department. The dubious honor has been claimed by Dick Paradise of the l' Bear Mr. Crisler:-VLSL iL A J;0ucxcA Sr. C unable to play forward or just not Two incidents in the last three home hockey games prompt me good enough. Such has not been to write this letter. Both of these situations were made possible by the case of Michigan's up and the conspicuous lack of protective screens in the Coliseum. Both coming sophomore defenseman, could have resulted in serious personal injury, and both could have Bill Lord. been prevented. Perhaps a brief explanation of the facts is in order. Lord plays defense because he Two weekends ago in the third period of the Michigan-Michigan likes it and he has been at that State game, a fan broke a stick over Spartan Brian McAndrew's head. position all his hockey career. "I Although Michigan State Coach Amo Bessone refused to push the have always been a defenseman' incident into court, he did comment that this pointed out the heexl. I like contact hance to glaring need for some kind, any kind, of screens. This year Lord has been teamed Last week an Ann Arbor police officer who witnessed the with senior defenseman Ted Hen- attack did press charges of assault and battery, and the case derson. Lord feels that playing will be tried February 23 by Circuit Court Judge O'Brien. The with him has been experience in sentence will be a fine, imprisonment, or both depending on the itself. "He is there to cover up' facts as ascertained by Judge O'Brien who was in contact with for me when I make a mistake. It both McAndrew and Bessone this week. The fan "turned himself is good to be playing with an ex- in" the day after the game saying, "I just lost my head." perienced defenseman. Without This past weekend a Minnesota iceman was checked into the Ted, I don't think we would have boards and his stick blade was seized by an enthusiastic spectator. won as many as we have." Mike Crupi ripped the stick free and, in hockey terms, "speared" the Rapid Progress fan in the chest. The referees did not see the attack since the action At the beginning of the year, had shifted to the other end of the ice. Fortunately no injury was Lord was not teamed with his inflicted upon the spirited fan who had tried to protect the Michigan defensemate of today. He explain- player from any "extra-curricular stickwork" by Crupi. ed that he was the sixth defense- Thus in the last three games there has been one attack on a man on the team then. 'Coach player by a fan and one attack by a player on a fan. In three years made some changes and I ended of regular attendance at the Coliseum I do not recall two incidents as up with Ted." TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL THAT HAS MOVED TO SIBERIA. It has been suggested to the farm boy that moved you down there that he run a shuttle-bus to the flagrant, nor as close together, as these two. I don't believe that these happenings refl'ect any, change in the attitude of either the players or the fans. The opportunity for a spectator to get involved in the action on the ice has always been there, but the fact that such things can happen perhaps slips to the back of one's mind. Some students feel that half of the fun of going to a Michigan hockey game is to sit near the ice because you feel so close to the action. And indeed you are. The sidewalls of the rink are a little above knee high on a spectator walking to his seat. They are so low that a few years ago a Michigan player bodychecked an opponent off of the ice and into someone's lap. As Mr. Bessone pointed out, Michigan is the only school in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association that does not both protect its players and fans from each other by screens of some sort. Cer- tainll there is a "keeping up" aspect in intercollegiate athletic facilities, but more importantly the other seven WCHA schools have erected protective barriers for a reason. Perhaps Michigan now has been given a reason too. Certainly the cost of such screens is a major consideration. I pretend to have no insight into the financial status of the Board State Street area; and he can have is cocoa, too. Last year as a freshman, Lord gained no actual game experience. He was a hard, rugged player, though, and developed enough to make the varsity. Bill received his basic training in the outskirts of Minneapolis. In Edina, Minn., where he was raised, hockey is the biggest winter sport. They run state hockey tournaments like most states run state basketball tournaments. As a high school player, Lord was an all-state selection. When it came time to choose college he came to Michigan instead of Min- nesota for various reasons. "When I came to the campus I knew I wanted to go here. It was not only for hockey that I came here, it was also for academics." Lord right now is majoring in business. Team Leader This year, Lord has taken over Barry MacDonald's role as pen- alty leader. Bill does not, though, see this as any honor. "In the be- ginning of the season, I was mak- ing many mistakes and getting a lot of penalties. It takes a while Minnesota Gophers. As a defenseman, Lard has more ice time than the forwards. He has the opportunity to play with all of the forward lines. Thus. they have no set plays. Lord feels that right now he has to tighten up defensively. "Right now," he explained, "we are giving up too many goals to win." Reach Peak "We hit a peak against Mich- igan Tech and just haven't seemed to recover so far. We hustled last week against Minnesota, but we just didn't seem to get the breaks." As to the future, Lords feels that "we have to shootknow for the playoffs. I would like to win the rest of our games. On a given night, this team can beat anyone. Everyone has just got to hustle." So far this year as a defense- man, Lord has scored two goals. He has also netted four assists. His job as a defenseman, though, is not to score goals but to prevent the opposition from scoring. Well Positioned His partner on defense, the re- liable Ted Henderson commented about Bill's play this year. "He is real easy to play with. He plays on his side of the ice and I play on mine. He is never caught up the ice on a break. There is seldom a three on one break. "Bill has come along well his sophomore year. He is very de- pendable. He has caught on to the plays fast and I know that I can. count on him. Bill is just de- fensively minded." Lord is married and the proud father of a baby girl. His biggest ambition for the rest of the cur- rent hockey season is to get into the NCAA playoffs in Minnesota. He feels the team is capable of doing it. - If Michigan can start rolling this weekend against the cellar- ridden Duluth team, maybe Bill Lord's wish of the NCAA playoffs can come true. Let's just hope so. 4 We miss all of you lost people. of Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, but I do have if a pressing, unbudgeted need arises money can somewhere. I feel that serious consideration should board to determine whether this is such a need. As to the type of barrier certainly plexiglass of the question; however, Michigan State uses while North Dakota has link fence, and both the feeling that be gotten from be gwven by the would be out chicken wire are effective. Redl 4 Durability is certainly a consideration, but so is time. Both of these incidents occurred in the course of a normal two- game series. In the course of the next three weeks there will hopefully be three more home games: one regularly-scheduled game with Michigan State, the first round playoff game with the Spartans, and the second round playoff (the quarterfinals of the NCAA turoney) with Michigan Tech. The tension and excitement will be even higher, at these games than it was during the regular season. It will perhaps1 be easier to, as the fan being tried for assault and battery said, lose one's head. Thus I feel that the board should give serious consideration to erecting some kind of protective.barrier as soon as possible toprotect the players and the fans who pay to see them play. ' Besides, look at all the pucks we could save.1 Respectfully yours, Jim Tindall L rI GYMNASTS FACE THIRD CHANGE: Scoring System Altered By BOB LEES When gymnastics coach Newt Loken described the method of de- termining the Big Ten champ as "confusing," he couldn't have. been more correct. Three times in the past three years the Western Conference has changed this sys- tem. While it may be fairer this year than before, the statisticians idon't have an easier time. Ss g l-, v eorpisu IQ - -' 4: on this new cardigan 4 dIt buttons at the fro Two years ago, the method was simple: nothing counted except the Big Ten meet at the end of the season. Then last year the conference altered the procedure and said that standings would be based entirely on dual meets held during the regular season. Hybrid System The way they are determined now is a combination of the two. A squad's won-lost record in dual meets counts for one-third of its final standing, while its perform- ance in the conference meet counts two-thirds. Since there are- eight teams participating in gym- nastics in the Big Ten, first place in the conference meet will be worth 16 points, second place will be worth 14 points, and so on. A school's score in this meet is then added'to its total number of dual meet victories to determine its final point total. Balance of Power Although won-lost records are not as important this year as last, the present standings give a good indication, of the balance of power in the conference. As of this past weekend, there existed a three-way tie for first place among Mich- igan, MSU, and Illinois, all with 4-0 records. In a tie for fourth at 2-2 were Iowa and Wisconsin. Minnesota trailed them with a 1-3 record, while Indiana and Ohio State were at the bottom with no victories and four defeats. Coach Loken appears quite sat- isfied with the new system as well as Michigan's showing to date. As long as the squad keeps winning, everything is fine. But with three teams tied for the lead, and with the conference meet so important, one loss-the wrong loss-would be disastrous. Sports Night Editor: R. 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