1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY I* A rAv* iktv,,k-rr.g 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY na--a---- PAGE NINE ;, ~. The Margin for Error Gil Samberg You probably saw them-the red-neck rebs who paraded around Iowa City all day and night on the hood of their grey and red- inscribed Ford. You probably saw them during the half too. How could you miss them? Red shirts and jackets blazing away in the smoke-misted arena, Confederate flags shouting the glories of a suddenlyl recognized team that has been winning consistently for years ... - Western Kentuck! These were the hillbilly Hilltoppers if you'd ever seen them.I They were right out of the backwoods or up from the Aggie institutel -farmboys on a binge who were looking for trouble. You figured you'd seen them in the newsreels from Arkansas or Alabara. Well, you're a Northerner, aren't you? And Yankee, maybe it's just that that turns an old Con- federate flag into a symbol of irrational defiance. Because Dixie is agreat fight song-few in the entire world can do the job it can-and an old red field crossed with white stars can be just as strong a rallying point for Kentuck as Doe Losh is for Michigan. It's one of the few unifying cues left in the South nowadays. These were the students-the real "fans"-of Western Kentucky. After 42 years of Ed Diddle you'd expect it. Down at Bowling Green they heard the whipping that their Tops were handling to Loyola's Ramblers and, after a late-nighti pep rally which included the Universitys President in his bathrobe,7 sold out their Regional ticket share the next day in 20 minutes. They drove 1100 miles on something like five crowded buses. One of the big transports got lost four times on the trip, while another was hit in the rear on a railroad crossing by a Ma and Pa Kent couple, and everything stopped while the Justice of the Peace thought about the new. furniture he wanted for his den . . . and the fine.1 When they started out they had heard that Iowa was bone dry, so the fans had resourcefully brought along 55 fifths of assorted booze (no mix) on the convey for the long weekend. But about halfway across Illinois, they found out that Iowa had made it out of the dusty Twenties with the rest of the States, they happily concentrated on polishing off the cache of juice "before it went bad." They finally downed the last of the stuff only 60 miles out of Iowa City . . . just in time. When they hit town, everybody knew it. They immediately stuck a claim on the only discotheque bar in town, posting guards at the l door to keep representatives of any of the other schools in the tourney out. And would' you believe that half of this mighty Mongol horde from the mountains of Kentucky that poured into the "Playground of the Western World" didn't even have tickets? They just sort of came and tayed to root and cheer and break out. They slept all over town: in cars, in parks, on benches, in "Quad"and some of them on the buses. They woke up Saturday morning to find that the buses had moved. But },,thing phased them. Theyg phromised right at the start that if Western won that Reg t, Iowa City would never be the same again. Considering the mpression they made as losers, can see it now. NIw t is usually the case that most of the people who make it to tl Regionals to raise hell for the assorted teams are not the students. Obvilously the "transients" don't have the money, sometimes the time, and often the inclination to hit the highways for, say, 12 ,ugged hours to see a couple of basketball games and spend their nights in the back seats of their roving homes. What usually happens here is that someone like Howie Wikel, the biggest of the local boosters, organizes a couple of package tours to never-never land, the good old days, and "the dear old Varsity" somewhere in the country for a few dozen Michigan alums around the state. If they have the money to blow, they can have air transportation, tickets, rooms, and meals for something over a hundred dollars. Michigan had 500 tickets to offer, and could have had more. 160 out of the 300 reserved seats were gone before a ticket window opened. . . to Wikel and the athletic department. The rest went t" slowly-many students didn't want to travel all the way to Iowa City without being sure of getting a seat ... So 42 General Admission tickets were actually returned to the NCAA staff. Maybe television and three years of a winner have made Michigan students more blaze about the whole thing, more complacent . Well, they tell use that they have TV at Bowling Green and Lexington now too. And you know that Kentucky is a school that 1M has seen more NCAA tournament games than the Wolverines may ever dream about. (They sold out their 1200 maximum as soon as they had the SEC title clinched.) But let's get back to Western, where red is not only a school color, but a way of life. Ed Diddle, who is now Western's Wally Weber, has made quite a mark . . . like with the red towel craze. Well, for the Regionals this year the school provided just about everyone -the band, the cheerleaders, students, some alumnae-with Reb-red towels. Those "hicks" you saw didn't need them. They had railroad flags, signs, faces, and . . . necks, to show their loyalty. And they paraded with them around the court during the halftime of the game. Along with that amazing Confederate flag. And when some Iowa administrator announced quite offi- cially, "Will you all please . . . get . . . off . . . the . . . floor with your street shooes," they complied. And then they came back on in their socks. After the game there was some talk among them of "tar and feathering" some referee. But after they had blostered that part of their image they went down to the Western locker room to console their players. And that's the truth. Men like Graig Smith, who was given the last foul for taking a nap on Cazzie Russell's shoulder, and Clem Haskins, were crying, crying after playing one of the finest games of the year. And the rebs stood silently by their coach as John Oldham quietly told reporters that he had wanted to win the game for Western's fans, "who are the finest in the country." After the hushed interview, Oldham asked the boys, who he seemed to know by name, not to say anything about a gyp or about revenge-the usual blindly senseless things-to the players. "You know we wouldn't sir," they said, And they meant it. They had come to console the team, not foster their own gripes. "Don't worry 'bout it Steve. Great game buddy."' "Shake it off Stevie. You're still the best." But it's really not the kind. of .thing you can shake off just that. They had just been hung by the emotional piano wire which . had to be strung so taut to get them there in the first place. And as they shuffled down the hall, heads down, you could hear one last voice echoing with them. It was one of the Rebs again. "But ah still. think they're number one .around here . . ." The others nodded in agreement. Sorta makes you wonder just who got the best of the whole damn thing ... Golfers To Invade Southern Florida 11 r .. By DAVE PFEFFERI the crown on the Biltmore CountryI The season of booming 250-yard drives and accurately placed wedge shots is now upon us. Michigan's golf squad, placing second in last year's Big Ten race, leaves today for Coral Gables, Fla., to play in two meets. On Tuesday, March 22, seven 'M' link- men will participate in a triangu- lar meet with Ohio State and the University of Miami. The tenth annual University of Miami Invitational Tournament, in which 28 teams will battle for Club layout, begins the following day. The final round of the 72 hole event will be completed on Saturday, March 26. The tourney field includes such traditionally tough schools as Florida State University, Florida Southern, University of Miami, and and defending champion Ga- tors of the University of Florida. Annually powerful in intercolleg- iate golf competition, golf teams from Texas are also entered. Other Big Ten schools that will be rep- TONIGHT: No Team Favored In NCAA Games resented are Michigan State, Northwestern, and Ohio State. Heading the cast of Michigan's entrants is Captain Bill Newton. Firing rounds of 73, 67, 74, and 73 for a total of 287 in last year's Big Ten tourney, the two-year let- terman finished runner-up to Minnesota's Dave Gumlia. Stars' Sons Another returning letterman making the trip down to the Sun- shine State is junior Bob Barclay. Hailing from Melrose, Mass., Bar- clay is the son of former Wolver- ine golf coach and four sport let- ter-winner Bill Barclay. Senior golfer Jim Evashevski is also the son of an eminent sports figure of the past, former Michigan foot- ball great and present University of Iowa athletic director, Forest Evashevski. Rounding out the traveling golf squad is steadily improving senior Bob Bond, and sophomores John Richart, John Schroeder, and Frank Groves. According to golf coach Bert Katzenmeyer, Richart, who was the Western Junior Champ, is quite a strong prospect. Sooner Spring" The Michigan golfers have been hitting shag balls since mid-Feb- ruary. Conditions permitting, the two and one-half to three hour practice sessions take place out- side. However, the team still hasn't been able to hit shots under actual playing conditions because the University course, being typical of clubs in this region of the coun- try, is still not ready for play. Last year it opened on April 19. However, Coach Katzenmeyer feels that with the hints of an early Michigan spring, the date could hopefully be sooner this season. The squads representing south- I I ern colleges and universities log- ically have the advantage in this early-season Miami Invitational. With their weather permitting 18 hole rounds throughout most, if not all, the winter months, north- ern schools like Michigan face an uphill battle. However, golf men- tor Katzenmeyer commented that this year's golf squad "has worked hard and should do a credible job in their first outing." He also stat- ed that the 'M' linkmen would make efficient use of the three days of practice at Coral Gables before the competition begins. After the Miami meet, the Wol- verine squad will return to Ann Arbor to resume practice. No more contests are scheduled until the Northern Intercollegiate at Bloom- ington on May 6-7. A home-and- home series with Michigan State is the only other competition before the Big Ten tourney at Iowa City. I WAYNE STATE OHIO STATE WESTERN MICHIGAN MICHIGAN STATE aldMIAMI OF OHIO to the REGION SEVEN CONFERENCE Marc. 18, 19 and 20 'The M~ichigan. Chaupter of DELTA CHI welcOmes delegates from L __.. By The Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- There is no clear-cut favorite in the NCAA basketball championship, but Duke and Kentucky dominate an informal poll of college coaches. Fred Lewis of Syracuse summed up the feeling best, putting it this way: "I think the finals are going to be played tonight. The winner of the Kentucky-Duke game wins the whole affair." Johnny Wooden, who coached UCLA to the latest two national titles, agreed, saying : "Duke is the best team I've seen this year. But I haven't seen Ken- tucky. "I understood Kentucky is my type of team-very much like my team of two years ago. But I haven't seen them so I can't pick them. Let's just say the winner of Kentucky-Duke." Kentucky, the nation's top- ranked team with a 26-1 mark, will be seeking a record fifth na- tional championship when it goes against Duke in the first of two semifinal games. Duke is ranked second in the nation with a 25-3 mark. The second semifinal matches third-ranked Texas Western, 26-1, and unranked Utah, 23-6. The winners play Saturday night for the title after the losers settle third place. Of 10 coaches questioned at the annual convention of the Basket- ball Coaches Association four picked Kentucky, two went for Duke, one nominated Texas West- ern and three declined to choose between Kentucky and Duke. Joe Mulaney of Providence was the lone Texas Western supporter, explaining: "I really don't know that much about any of them, but Texas Western has a big strong team, and, of the four they seem to' stress defense the most. Everyone scores big now, and I think the defense will win it. Just a hunch." 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