PAGE SI THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1966 i PAGF SIX TIlE MICIHGAN DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1.1966 Leslie A. Fiedler is ...ASTUTE.. !I myself, though I Practice the art of the novel ironically and desperately in a world which pro- vides zne no assurances about the nature, or even existence, of such an audience as I dream, ant inclined to believe that the history of the genre is approaching its end."" Waiting for the End Writer-In-Residence January 5-25, 1967 G olle iate By DAN OKRENT win the NCAA single-handedly- While pre-season prognosticators maybe even one-handedly. have a tendency to busy them- The sorry fact of the matter- selves with weighing one team's' to all but UCLA fans-is that Mr. "this" against another team's Alcindor could probably ride the "that," never before has the prob- Bruin bench for half of each game1 lem beenoas easy as it is bound and the Uclans could still go un- to be this season-and next and touched. So, to drive the wound t yet deeper into the cynic's side, nexts gotta be UCLAlet's look at the rest of the Wood- en legions: Coach John Wooden's Bruins At guards: Second-string All- have the eyes and the ayes of the American (that speaks for itself) pollsters aimed directly at them, Mike Warren, and soph Lucius as perhaps the greatest dynasty Allen, the boy from Kansas City in modern collegiate history is to who, in any year other than that3 be reborn after a one-year lapse, ofaAlcindor, wouldtmost likely Solid on the bench and on the have been called the top prep court, as well as in the coach's of- prospect in the country. Allen fice, the Uclans are destined for averaged 22.4 points on the bear- three-year greatness, keynoted by ish UCLA frosh squad of last year. Lew Alcindor, the 7'1" wonder: At forwards: All-conference from New York. IMike Lynn, whose 16.8 average and One But Not Alone more than six and a half feet of The prize recruiting catch of rebounding strength solidify the the decade. The one that got front line with sophomore Lynn away. Observers have compared Shackleford, a home-grown pros-1 Lewie Alcindor with Chamberlain, pect that out-flashed Alcindor and with Russell. His defense is al- Allen in many of the Baby Bruin legedly his strong point-and he games last winter. averaged 33.1 points per game as And Next Year ... a freshman. They say he could There you have It. Five players, Ca gers Aim At Bruins each more than solid enough to make any team in the nation, probably any all-league team if they were isolated from 'each other. Speed, strength, and talent. But: while it may be said thatF this year's UCLA team may be the, greatest college team ever as- sembled, next year's is bound to' be better. Allen, Alcindor and Shackleford will have benefited from a year of big time competi- tion, and Warren, a junior, will be back again. Add Edgar Lacey, per- haps the best all-around player ' from last year's team, red-shirted- this year, on the basis of the lhg injury that will keep him out this season. Need we say more? But after the Boys from Los Angeles are written off as a sure thing, a bumper crop of wondrous "also-rans" will people the charts. How we see them, In descending BOB VERGA order: Kentucky: The hurry-up sur- The Baron" Rupp the coaches' prise team from last year is a coach, will combine these two stel- solid bet on finishing near the lar returnees with SEC "soph of top again. All-Americans Louie theuear" Thad Jaracz up front Dampier and Pat Riley will spark e y iv a a f p this team that, in tactics, is bound to be not unlike UCLA. Adolph more crew led by Phil Argento, tob-ntunieUCA-Aop whose 30.7 freshman average has uling will be their downfall like NIT champion Brigham Young, Texas Western's,, opponents like among others. All-American can- Morehead State and Austin Peay didate Hubie Marshall, a 6' dead- being hardly worthy of the calibre eye who tallied 26.9 points per of the Western team. game last year, can be counted on North Carolina: Perennial run- to be the hurry-up leader on this ners-up to Duke in the Atlantic seasoned squad. Sophs are tough, Coast Conference scramble for a too. . tournament spot, the Tar Heels Loyola (111.): Rounding out the will be put to an early. test of Top Ten is perennial charger Loy- their credentials against Kentucky ola. George Ireland, one of the in their fourth battle. Led by high- craftiest field generals in the na- scoring Bob Lewis, who averaged tion, will try to direct three re- over 27 last year, and 20.9-man turning starters back to the NCAA Larry Miller, good sophomores will tournament, where Western Ken- be the "make-it-or-break-it fac- tucky came from nowhere to sur- tor" for this potentially top team. prise them last year. This time, La Salle: Each year, one of the seasoned Corky Bell will lead the smaller Eastern schools creeps out charge into one of the nation's of the hardboards to surprise the toughest schedules, filled with basketball world, and the choice teams like Dayton, Wichita, and this time to fill St. Joseph's shoes UCLA. If the Ramblers can motor will be La Salle. Seven letter- past this type of opposition, watch men return from the team that out. won eight of their last nine games After the Bruins, however, any- last year, toppling Louisville and thing goes. insights and insults CHUCK VETZNER ' S U I earned him a spot opposite Dam-I pier in the backcourt. Houston: Michigan's first home oponent is bound to be a tough one. Big Elvin Hayes, a sure All- American, averaged 27.2 points and 16.9 rebounds per game last year against top competition. Strong sophomores are counted on to help Hayes lead Houston to a record better than their none-too- disappointing 23-6 mark of last year. Wichita: While the Shockers were not overly shocking last year (17-10), they can be counted on this time around. Warren Arm- strong, who aided in WSU's deci- mation of Michigan last year, will add his more refined and defined strength to the all-around ability of 22-point man Jamie Thomp- son. Only Kelly Pete, a standout to be sure, will be missing from last year's squad. Duke: The first major cog Dave Strack's Blue will run into this year (on the first road trip), Vic Bubas' Devils have to be rated in the top ten for their seventh year in succession. All-American guard Bob Verga leads the team, anchor- ed at center by bruising Mike Lewis, who at 230 pounds will grab the rebounds for the quick Dukers. Also back is starter Bob Reidy, and a flock of talented sophomores, including Bubas' first Negro, Clau- dius Claiborne of Danville, Vir- ginia. Texas Western: How can one possibly leave the previous season's NCAA champs out of the top five when five of seven "starters" are back? Well, it isn't easy, but the other talent seems too tough, even though the Miners are sporting Michigander Bobby Joe Hill, aptly-named Willie' Cager, and "Dangerous Dave" Lattin, more of a Spartan then a Latin in last year's tournament. Tough, tobe sure, but their schedule (Abilene Christian, Weber State) doesn't warrant a higher position. They'll have to prove themselves against the big boys in the tournament- like last year. Western Kentucky: The sur- prises of last year's tournament, the Hilltoppers haven't forgotten their one-point loss to the Wolv- erines last year. Four of five start- ers are back, leThd by All-Regional Clem Haskins. This team,\ fast as any in the land, has been working together all summer and can't help but be tough again. Sched- 0 Cheer, Cheer For Old Notre dame .. . ... Wake up angels blessing her name Notre -Dame is number one. Not number one in the country maybe, but there's nobody in the Holy Romran Empire who can touch them. Old ND is in a league of its own. The only fair competition is saints and angels. Notre Dame has lots of alumni named Kelley, O'Toole, and Flynn, but the spiritual alumni are even more impressive. Boniface III, Pius II, Charlemagne, Innocent III, and Richard the Lion Hearted. Now don't get the _idea that Notre Dame isn't up with modern times. After all, the football team uses the forward pass and plastic helmets. Of course, the school's Contemporary Civilization course discusses the Crusades, and the political science faculty never heard of any president other than Kennedy. f South Bend is the world's last surviving papal fief. ' The Irish are the ultimate solution to the puzzled folks who formed the Nicene Council (convening in 325 A.D. of your history textbook) to chat about humane and divine. Notre Dame combines the highest forms of each. Now how do you get a better football team than that. If this school could patch things up for that meeting, it's hard to see why 20th century sports writers are still scratching their heads. One scribe started to vote for Michigan State as number one, but suddenly thunder shook down from the sky. He changed his ballot in a hurry and' began studying the ND fight song. It's futile to compare Notre Dame with other college football teams from state-supported institutions. Notre Dame is a relic of what used to be. The school tradition doesn't start with Rockne, Gipp, and Four Horsemen. It begins way before the world got bogged down witli sticky concepts like constitutional mon- archies, natural rights, and separation of church and, state. Ara Parseghian had to get a special dispensation to be appointed head secular coach. Notre Dame doesn't even follow NCAA rules if they conflict with canon law. It's the only surviving medieval university with a football stadium done in basilican architecture. When one professor said Alabama,-could beat Notre, Dame, he was promptly dumped in a pot of boiling water to see 'if he was telling the truth. What other school can offer Paradise to the man who ranks the top ten correctly. What's correct? Haven't you heard of predestina- tion? Notre Dame can't miss. When the team was doing poorly, they held a series of ecumenical conferences to study game films. Recently the players got tired of halibut, so the Vatican said they could eat steak on Friday. Notre Dame is just plain different. Halftime shows feature a pipe organ instead of a marching band, and fans wave rosaries instead of pom-poms. And nobody can recruit like the Irish. They have missionaries luring the hot prospects, not ordinary alums. And what a farm system: 175 Loyola Academies, 289 St. Paul High Schools, and Boys' Town. Notre Dame is in an ecclesiastical world of its own. Where else would the quarterback call signals in Latin? 0 0 lot o 0 Auditoriums A-D, Angell Hall OPEN MEETING TO DISCUSS ADMINISTRATION TO RESPONSE TO DEMANDS OF LAST TEACH-IN 0 'I American Culture Student's Association THURSDAY NOON LUNCHEON, Dr. Robert Sklar of the History Dept. will speak on 'F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Genteel Tradition" RENEW or RETURN ART PRINTS TUESDAY DEC. 6 10-4 Room 2Y, UNION ART PRINT LOAN 0 What Should We Do Next ? GUILD HOUSE 802 Monroe 25c lunch December 1 OPEN AGENDA OPEN DISCUSSION DR. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER- Swiss Theologian 0i