TUESDAY, JANUARY I1,1966 TIDE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN L TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1966 TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN i i I' Caz, By LLOYD GRAFF "Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air." Macbeth. Act I, Scene 1, Line 12 In the turgid air of Yost fair fouls helped Michigan overturn the baddies from Bloomington, 88-68. For a time it appeared Michi- gan might "go the primrose way of the everlasting bonfire," but good Jim, good Ole, and of course, good Cazzie struck the "air-drawn dagger" of defeat into the Indiana Hoosiers. But ,alas, we must admit that if the Bard had written the plot for last night's game he could have improved the less than taut encounter. A bit of pique, a trifle more fury, a dash of jest would all have been welcome in this cordial Big Ten home opener. Through- out, it was a contest fitting the salon-a gentle tearoom affair as contrasted to the melee Saturday in Columbus. The Sisters "The weird sisters" - lethargy and sloppiness - hounded both Myers teams in the first half as Michi- out of gan dawdled behind the Hoosiers ed in for the first 10 minutes. Then a Myersx polite thrust by the Wolverines Winn in which they scored 10 points in free th two minutes provided a 23-21 lead ning a which they never relinquished. It bea Michigan possessed a petite 39- exhilar 32 lead at the half. It was a game with precious little toil and trouble. The fire burned and the cauldron bubbled in Dave Strack's stomach early in the game, but tiny and inex- perienced Indiana was hardly much of a threat. Really, the only distinguishing feature about this Henry Jamesion basketball game was the slough of free throws that Michigan made and the paucity of Indiana free tosses. The Hoosiers outgunned Michi- gan 31 to 30 from the field, but at the line the Wolverines held a 28 to 6 advantage. Michigan, of course, got more chances than Indiana (34-13), but hit at 82.4 per cent compared to the Haos- iers 46.2 per cent. Darden Toes Line Oliver Darden spent half the night at the line, notching 15 Spark G /t9 lvi Victory FRATERNITY 17 attempts. Cazzie bang- seven of eight and Jim popped four of five. ning a basketball game on hrows is rather like win- baseball game on walks. ts losing, but it's scarcely ating or memorable. You don't go to a basketball game to watch gifted athletes practice one handed push shots from 15 feet while nine others stare passively. But winning is winning. Michigan attempted to move the ball close to the basket for per- centage shots. Indiana, a team of half-pints and a few three quar- be a bit less so, as he struggled ter-pints, felt the need to shove on his outside shooting. He hit 10 and bump when Michigan edged of 25, but is still over 50 per cent close to the bucket. The referees from the field for the season. observed the Hoosier love pats and Naturally, he led all scorers with blew the whistle on them. 27, but Cazzie is a player who If it hadn't been for the profli- scores 27 on a off day. And, as gate Indiana fouling Michigan with all great players, a miss by might have been in a dither. The Cazzie Russell is an event to be Hoosier guards Vernon Payne and wondered about. A miss by an or- Max Walker defied Michigan's ag- dinary player is ignored or quickly gressive man to man defense by forgotten, but a miss by Cazzie launching shots from spots right- Russell is slightly disturbing be- thinking guards would only drib- cause it defies all anticipations. ble on. They potted 25 and 30 But a Michigan victory over a footers with awesome regularity as foul oriented Indiana team is quite Payne hit a startling 12 of 19. within the realm of expectation. This Payne is a mite. He stands Michigan won a game it was sup- 5'10" according to the program but posed towm. the measurement must have been made when his shoes were padded; and his hair was long. But this wee sophomore scampers like a runaway hampster and shoots al-+ most instantly when he finds an opening. Big Jim But if Payne illustrates that the little guy ain't down yet, big Jim Myers shows that size doesn't hurt either. Myers finally appears to be reaching the excellence which was predicted when he was a freshman phenom from Defiance, Ohio. Heftier and shaggier than ever before he hugged ten rebounds last night and bagged 24 points. Half his points were bombs from outside while the others came on inside moves. Oliver Darden again looked like his December doldrums had ended, plopping in 19 big ones. Cazzie was still Cazzie, but may- Former Wolverine star Bill Bup- tin attended the game at Yost last night. Buntin is slimming down and working out at a De- troit gym. jTi. GNRA L s0 kREJE PRO Wrestling: A Really Big Show There can only be one professional sport that is faked as well as fixed, and that is professional wrestling. A few years ago that great wrestling idol with tons of sex appeal, Haystacks Calhoun (who tips a butcher's scale at about 600 pounds), was quoted in a Chicago paper as saying, "I used to be a two bit wrestler, in fact I never even rehearsed half my matches." Now wrestling fans and scoffing non-wrestling fans alike know that the matches are rehearsed and fixed, but that didn't keep upwards of 8000 people from paying a good price to get into Cobo Hall on Saturday night for an eight-match card.- This reporter paid $4.00 to sit about 15 rows from ringside and witness an exhibition of "professional wrestling." The eight matches defy description except to say that they were exactly what you ex- pected only more so. The fans were a show in themselves-there were "beautiful women" in low cut evening gowns sipping mixed drinks from the nearby bar, and innumerable men who looked like they had gotten a handout to get inside. One thing about wrestling is certain and that is that the pro- motions, as trite as they may seem, with grudge matches and "good" verses "bad," are effective. Professional wrestling exists because of the crowd appeal of rivalries between beer-drinking buddies that exist only in the ring and in the minds of the spectators. It would not seem unlikely that two of Saturday's opponents might be the best of friends, but they think of themselves as "pro- fessionals" and try to look like they are killing each other in the ring regardless of who their roommate is. That does seem professional, doesn't it? The headline on the program was "Title Rivals Forsee Good Year." Naturally seven or eight men picked themselves to win the "U.S. Championship" (now held by The Sheik), but the implications of the headline are interesting. Pro wrestling seems to be holding its own, if not growing a little, while NBA basketball, pro tennis, etc., are all slipping. The things a psychiatrist could infer from this are fright- ening, and when "name" attractions like Bulldog Brower are making over $100,000 a year it makes you stop and think for a moment. Below, for those fans who couldn't make it to Cobo is a brief resume of the matches. It is interesting to note that the "good guys" barely edged out the "bad guys" 4-3, and there was one draw. Funny that it should be that close? Not really, for now the winning bad guys can come back (along with the victorious good guys) and wrestle again. Generally the losers were second-rate wrestlers who are sacrificed regularly to build up the big title bouts. The Shiek and Brower'vs. Brazil and Powers The campaign for this match had been going 'on for weeks, the Shiek carrying around'a box which he claimed would beat behemoth Bob Brazil. He opened that box on Saturday and inside were two box- ing headgear that "protected" his team from Brazil's famous "coco- nut butt" (where he rams his forehead into that of his opponent). Also inside were two leather collars that protected them from Johnny Powers' favorite hold, "The Sleeper" (which is seemingly applied like a choke). When the match finally got underway the tide switched twice before Brower bounced Powers off of the top rope and onto the wooded floor of the arena. This was the last blow since Powers was unable to get back in the ring in time to continue the "Texas- style Death Match" (his form of tag team wrestling does not deserve any explanation other than they generally take longer to complete). Killer Karl Kox vs. Chief Big Heart This was probably the best match of the night, and it ended in a "bloody brawl" after The Chief (good guy, as you might guess from his name) was disqualified. The Chief's entire face was covered in blood as was Kox's when they were finally hustled to the dressing room they shared. I thought that ketchup was no longer used for blood in stunts, but I was mistaken for I happened to smell a few drops that had fallen to the floor. The Remaining Bouts Briefly, Mark Lewin put his famous sleeper hold on one of the ugliest men alive, Wild Bull Curry (according to the program, "a man' the fans love to hate"). Argentina Appollo used his back- breaker to force the rotund Baron Leoni to say "uncle" in Italian. Crowd-pleasing Sweet Daddy Siki, who appears much older with his platinum hair, was pinned by a Detroiter, Ricky Cortez. New- comer Don McLarity pinned the always hated Hans Schmidt (who was more of a name immediately following World War II) in a one minute bout. Massive, muscled Sailor Art Thomas won on a disqualification when Professor Hiro landed a karate punch (which probably could have killed had it landed). Finally, in what was the first bout of the evening, Gino Britto drew 45-year-old Joe Christy whose secret weapon is a basketball knee pad that is supposed to contain a steel plate. All in all it was a fascinating evening, and I feel that every- one should go to a pro wrestling card at least once, even if it is just to laugh, because it is a "reeeeely big sheeeeeew." -JIM TINDALL Darden Clawson Myers Russell Bankey Brown Dill Tillotson Delzer Totals Joyner Grieger Johnson Walker Payne Everett Inniger Totals INDIANA MICHIGAN MICHIGAN G F R 2-715-1711 6-10 1-2 11 10-22 4-5 10 10-25 7-8 7 1-4 0-1 2 1-1 1-1 0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 30-69 28-34 48 INDIANA G F R 2-7 0-0 5 2-8 1-3 2 2-4 3-4 6 9-16 0-0 14 12-19 1-2 3 2-8 9-13 4 2-7 1-3 2 31-69 6-13 42 PT 3 19 3 13 1 24 1 27 2 2 1 3 0 0 14 88 P T 5 4 3 5 5 7 4 18 1 25 3 4 15 22 68 32 36-68 39 48-88 -Daily-Frank Wing This Week in Sports FRIDAY HOCKEY-Michigan vs. Colorado College, Coliseum, 8 p.m. GYMNASTICS-Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan, Sports Bldg. SATURDAY BASKETBALL-Michigan at Northwestern HOCKEY-Michigan vs. Colorado College, Coliseum, 8 p.m. WRESTLING-Michigan at Northwestern SWIMMING-Michigan vs. Indiana, Matt Mann Pool, 3 p.m. WOLVERINE CENTER JIM MYERS unleashes a hook shot in last night's 88-68 Michigan victory as Frenk Everett vainly at- tempts a block. Myers dropped in 24 points and grabbed off 10 rebounds against the Hoosiers. LUNCH--DISCUSSION TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 12:00 Noon U.M. International Center SUBJECT: "MEXICO AND GUATEMALA" (illustrated) Speaker: Dr. Robert Klinger Acting Director, International Center For reservations, Sponsored by the call 662-5529 Ecumenical Campus Center GENERATION first meeting, tonight 8:00 P.M. 420 Maynard NEW STAFF WELCOME i A REGISTRATION JAN. 10 thru 17 SOUTH QUAD WEST QUAD KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT! From Helmets to Homburgs, we can use the head that's underneath on either the Business or Frlitnrir-il ttnff C nme to the 491-rhinan Daitu I