FRIDAY, iKAI ClI 10, 1967 l 11 THE MICHIGAN DAILY P*.V VTVAJA.~i FRIDAY, MAR~U 10, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAf~V ~T~TY rn c, lvl.VtL ++ .rm w. Spartans By GRAYLE HOWLETT Acting Associate Sports Editor Special To The Daily EAST LANSING-The only way to begin this story is to say "The End." Last night the methodic Mich- igan State Spartans knocked the Wolverine icers out of the WCHA playoff round, 4-2, and set the hockey- equipment manager pack- ing away the gear for next year. For all intents and purposes the Wolverines 1966-67 season ended in the second period when Spar- tan Wayne Duffet got the puck from teammate Brian McAndrew, skated in alone, and dropped it in the right hand side of the cage. That made it 3-2, and nullified the Wolverines come from behind surge which tied the score a min- ute earlier. Just to add spice to the Spar- tans win, Wolverine-thorn-in-the- side Tom Mikkola scored Mich- igan State's final tally when his slithering soht found the Mich- igan open net with 15 seconds left in the game. All Effort 4 Michigan Coach 'Al Renfrew managed somewhat of a grin after the game: "We gave it 100 per cent. That's about all I can say. I know one thing-these guys came up here ready to play. We played much better than our last game MICHIGAN against State (lost 5-1) ." in the first 4 Captain Mike Marttila, whose i h is Michigan hockey career, along top scorer oz with six other seniors, ended pre- maturely added: "I don't know all you can say why we can't beat these guys. We final score was played well, much better than our not adequately two lousy exhibitions up at Min- not adequatelm nesota, and we still couldn't win. season. A team We just didn't get the breaks." posed to have Michigan goalie Jim Keough, el Waae who kicked out 42 Spartan shots, everyone exce, dejectedly commented: "Sure, they the WOHA played great. But so did we. About They split w Elimin ate Icers, 4-2 UNIVERSAL OILPRODUCTS COMPANY will be interviewing B.S. & M.S. CHEMICAL ENGINEERS on March 14, 1967 For work in: Process and Product Research and Development, Engineer- ing Research and Development, Engi- neering, Technical Service, Chemical Manufacturing, Construction, Process Control, Computer Activities, Process & Product Marketing, and Market Re- search and Economics. 9 SIGN UP FOR INTERVIEWS AT THE PLACEMENT OFFICE --- ..... ..... -Rick Browne SENIOR BOB BAIRD (12) lets fly with a slap shot aimed at MSU goalie Gaye Cooley in last night's 4-2 Spartan victory round of the NCAA playoffs at East Lansing. Baird, playing his last game for the Wolverines, finished the season as the m the team with 39 points on 19 goals and 20 assists. y though is that the 4-2. They beat us." y sum up the past y sum up the pst n which wasn't sup- gone too far after ashi left, surprised pt themselves and most of the season. vith the perennial e ..C LARK NORTONJ Sports - Q ue nosera ... no sera By CLARK NORTON Try to picture Bo Didley in "Madame Butterfly." Or Lenny Bruce in "Mary Poppins." Or perhaps Calvin Coolidge as emcee of "The Tonight Show." It's like asking Jasha Heifetz to, play the accordion. "Que sera, sera," although every bit as profound as "A rose is a rose is a rose," seems to miss the boat somewhere. Even with anin- ebriated casting director I still couldn't imagine Lenny Bruce singing "Chim, chim, chiree," or Silent Cal playing Karnak. Some things just aren't meant to be. And while it's tough to admit sports just aren't meant to be taken seriously.' Now if a cook doesn't like to eat, that's his business. And if a model is a nudist in private life, nobody really cares. But it would seem that a sports editor should at least care a little about who wins and loses. Other than for purely pragmatic reasons, of course, such as when he is betting on Clay in three rounds. But it's true. Not that I'm disloyal, a party-pooper, or apathetic. I didn't fall out of my crib onto a pair of 'football spikes as a baby and the coach's son never stole my girl. And just because I never learned to blow bubble., gum doesn't mean I have repressed hatreds for baseball. Actually I love sports. What better way is there to kill an evening. There's nothing more fascinating than trying to figure out who the AAU will suspend next, when Jim Nash will start shaving so he can do, some commercials, and how much money Oscar Robertson is making. It's enough to fire the imagination. Sports were intended as a diversion. As a diversion, they fit the bill perfectly. After all, what can be more humorous than a general manager who, straight-faced and brimming with self-importance, proclaims "We'll only trade to help the team." And a good old- fashioned "No comment" is always a stitch. I can't wait to hear Ralph Houk claim the pennant's in the bag. Whoever writes his material must have a hyperactive mimeograph machine and a lot of customers. And what can be better than a night at. the ball park. That will be two mustards, please. Or shivering at a football game. A perfect excuse for bringing a blanket. And there's no better therapy than taking out your hostilities on your neighborhood umpire. Be the first on your block to connect with a coke bottle. Just healthy, clean fun. As long as you don't get carried away with it. People just have to realize there are other things more im- portant. Even in the midst of a war everybody still turns to the sports pages first. The least they could do would be to start off with "Dear Abby." And why does anyone bother to memorize batting averages when they could stick to Dow Jones? What's materialism coming to anyway. I don't really feel guilty being a sportswriter. And not because I subscribe to the theory that "Somebody has to do it so it might as well be me." Actually nobody has to do it at all. The world could survive without sports. After all, it may not survive with them. I guess it's because sports are a lot like life itself. Crazy. Unpredictable. And emerging out of all the insanity is something wonderful. It doesn't matter so much who wins and who loses. The great thing about sports is that you can cast aside its serious aspects, something it doesn't seem you can often do in life. But if you can laugh when an easy bouncer skips through the legs of your favorite second baseman, you begin to think anything might just be possible. champs Tech and played great hockey in splitting with eventual champs North Dakota. It was the type of team that prompted Renfrew to say: "I've had many great teams here at Michigan but none quite compare with this squad. They don't have all the talent but they sure play well together." Super-Charged The Spartans, who seem to be- come super-charged around play- off time, nullified a scoreless first period when Duffett converted a Doug French slap shot into a goal at 16:31. The Wolverines tied it up mid- way in the second period on Dean Lucier's tip-in. Mikkola put the Spartans back in the lead when he scored off a face-off from Brian McAndrew to the right of Keough. Then Hartman tied it up. But Duffett and Mikkola put the final statistics into the Wolverines 1967-67 season score book. Amo Bessone, Michigan State's coach, who watched his Spartans come on strong in last year's playoffs to eventually win the NCAA crown, puffed on his vic- tory cigar after the game: "We've SCOR ES NHL No games scheduled NBA No games scheduled COLLEGE BASKETBALL NIT-First Round1 Marshall 70, Vilanova 68 (ovt) Southern Illinois 103, St. Peters 58 ACC Championships; South Carolina 57, Maryland 54 j North Carolina 56, No. Carolina St. 53 Duke 99, Virginia 78 Wake Forest 63, Clemson 61 (2 ovt) EXHIBITION BASEBALL New York (A) 8, Washington 7 played better games than this. I thought that 5-1 victory over you guys a couple of weeks ago was our best of the season. But I was happy with the way we came back after playing Wisconsin last week. They're a good team but not of WCHA caliber. "But you guys played a great ball game too. And even though Al (Renfrew) won't tell you, miss- ing (Bob) Boysen and (Lee) Mart- tila onl injuries hurt you." No Alibis Bessone was right. Renfrew didn't want to talk about it: "Look, the guys who filled in for Boysen and Marttila knew what they were doing. They played well. I'm offering no alibis. State just beat us. But I won't say they're better than we are. "This game is a game of inches and I think that was proven when (Bruce) Koviak hit the pipe on the goal with a couple of minutes left. If that would have rebounded SOB; With last night's hockey de- feat at the hands of Michigan State, 4-2, Michigan failed to capture a winter sports title for the first time since 1957. Better luck next year. in, we would have had a different game. But all you can say is that they beat us." You could also point out the tremendous play of the defense which held State scoreless for two minutes in the first period when the Wolverines were two men short. You could also point out the aggressive Michigan offense which fired 45 shots on goal. You could also talk about the great saves SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: JON SISKIN turned in by Keough as he looked down the barrels of the State gun- ners. But you always have to come back to the final score and the fact that the Michigan hockey season is over. FIRST PERIOD SCORING: MSU- Duffett (McAndrew, French) 16:41. Penalties: MSU-Duffett (interfer- ence) 3:09. M-Dommn (slashing) 5:11. M--Lucier (hook) 7:01. M - Bench penalty 7:01. SECOND PERIOD SCORING: M- Lucier (Doimm, Koviak) 8:36. MSU --Mikkola (McAn drew) 15:23. M- Hartman (Walter) 16:35. MSU - Duffett (McAndrew, Cristofoli) 17:- 51. Penalties: MSU-Volmar (rough- ing) 3:12. MSU-Volmar (miscon- duct) 3:12. M - Gross (roughing) 3:12. MSU-Bois (hooking) 4:00. M -Ullyot (tripping) 6:04. M - Too many men 8:11. 'MSU-Jacobson (in- terference) 9:31. MSU-Bois (hook- ing) 12:0. M-Domm (tripping) 15:22. THIRD PERIOD SCORING: MSU -Mikkola (unassisted into open net) 19:45. Penalties: 1W-Lord (elbowing) 3:34. MSU-Volmar (interference) 6:07. 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