THE MICHIGAN DAILY' WEDXESDAY, 'Nu}Y n:z Big Ten Football Versatile, Interesting, Judging by.... HARD WORK-It's becoming increasingly difficult to be a NHL goalie these days. Some goalies such as Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens have taken to wearing masks on occasions to protect :themselves from painful facial injuries due to flying NHL, Goalies Having Difficult Time; Different Methods Used To Ease Job "The Canadiens have had a can see as well with as without high-scoring team for years, and it, and he feels more secure with now the other teams are starting it on. to develop a lot of fine young play- Yet even the Canadien star is ers who have been with them for having his troubles this year. So a few years," he stated. far this year he is the NHL's sec- Fine Young Stars and most scored-upon goalie, and "Mahovlich of. the Leafs is just the mask has not been worn so starting to develop, and there's much of late. Bathgate (of the Rangers) and Adams, however, thinks the Boston's 'Uke' line (Johnny Bucyk, mask will be a good thing once it's perfected and if goalies start wearing them while they're young." BOXERS! As for the split-goaltending, the Tonight marks the beginning Wing General Manager noted that of boxing instruction at the IM the team would play 8 games in an Building under the direction of 11 day period, and that Bassen Gary VogeL. Anyone interested would see action in two or three should show up tonight at 7:30. ofthem. The sessions last two hours, and "That's just too many games for will be held on Monday and a goalie to stand on his feet for 60 Wednesday nights. minutes of play, and we have to give Terry (Sawchuk) a rest," he Bronco Horvath, and Vic Stasiuk), added. and many other fine young stars," Working for Detroit he added,. So far it has worked out well for "Nowadays the goals come in Detroit. In the Wing's first 17 clusters too, and the style of play games, the combined average of is more wide-open," he continued, Sawchuk and Bassen has been 2.76 "even though there are still a num- goals a game, second in the league. ber of good defensive players in In addition, the Wings boasted an the league." 8-6-3 record and were only three The success of the attempts to points behind the league-leading stem the tide of goals is yet to be Canadiens, who had played one seen, more game. There is some question as to the Successful or not, this experi- effectiveness of Plante's mask. ment as well as Plante's mask does Some say it hampers his vision, much to add color to an already but Plante himself argues that he colorful sport. GRID SELECTIONS Ohio State slipped from third to tenth in the AP Grid poll this week because of their 35-12 loss to second-ranked Iowa. The Buckeyes will be looking for revenge. The only team left to be on the receiving end of this pent-up anger and thirst for blood is-Michigan. Whether or not the rugged Wqlverine defense will be successful again is the big question. Why don't you try to answer it in_ this week's Grid Picks contest? Send this entry blank to Grid Picks, Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, or return it by hand to the main office on the second floor. All entries must be in by Friday midnight to be eligible. The person with the most winners will win two free tickets to the Michigan Theater, now showing "Midnight Lace" with Doris Day. Here are this week's Grid Picks: I' I 1. MICH. at Ohio State (score) Minnesota at Wisconsin Illinois at Northwestern Indiana at Purdue Detroit at Michigan State Iowa at Notre Dame Kansas at Missouri Colorado at Oklahoma State Nebraska at Oklahoma TCU at Rice 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Arkansas at Texas Tech Florida State at Auburn Duke at North Carolina Kentucky at Tennessee Tulane at Vanderbilt Yale at Harvard Penn State at Pittsburgh Stanford at California Oregon at Oregon State UCLA at Southern California U I SLACKS I DRESS PANT SALE All of our regular stock of dress pants, priced from $7.99 to $16.99. Buy one pair at the regular price and get a 2nd pair of the same price pont for only $2.00. I I Example: 1 I ExamDle: rAj I