THE MICHIGAN DAILY
renson Signs, To Join Montreal in Playoffs
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By TOM WEBBER
DETROIT -Red Berenson, his
four-game pro fling a success after
helping break two records with his
first NHL goal, signed a contract
with the Montreal Canadiens and
left last night to join the team in
Montreal for the playoffs.
The last obstacle in Berenson's
path was to secure the permission
of his instructors to miss approxi-
mately two more weeks of classes
so he could play in the whole
playoffs which begin tonight in
Montreal against Chicago. This is
the last semester for Berenson, a
business administration major. He
is currently carrying 17 hours,
r more than he needs to graduate.
.Frank Selke, managing director
..z r,4for the Canadiens, stayed behind
S .here to see if Berenson could get
x # ...the time off. After Berenson ob-
' .taiied permission, he and Selke
conferred over the phone and
*agreed on the contract about 6:30
-Daily--Bruce Taylor
END OF THE TRAIL-Michigan backstroker-individual medleyist
Fred Wolf enters his last competition for the Wolverines this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the NCAA meet at Columbus.
He has never won an NCAA title but took the Big Ten medley as a
sophomore.
last night. The size of the
was not revealed.
Replaces Richard
Room was made on the
because of the injury to
Richard. Berenson did not
bonus
roster
Henri
know
whether he would continue as a
regular on the third line, but thej
better guess is that he will be used
only sparingly. Montreal has two
very established players they can
use in Berenson's spot, Dickie
Moore and Donnie Marshall.
Berenson was a bit apprehensive
about playing in the playoffs be-
cause he has only one semester to
go, but finally succumbed to what
he considered an "opportunity that,
comes only once."
He becomes the first American
college hockey player to ever make
the jump from college to the play-
offs. Red Hay, another WCHA
product, is a top scorer for Chi-
cago but spent a season in the
minors first.
Goal Sets Records
It seems only natural that the
redhead, who broke the all-time
Michigan scoring mark with 43
goals this season, should start his
pro career with a goal that helped
set two records.
His third period power play goal,
the last goal in a 5-2 victory over
the Detroit Red Wings, was Mon-
treal's 259th of the season and
broke the NHL record of 258 set
by Montreal in 1958-59. It was
also the 219th scored against De-
troit this season, the most ever
yielded in the Detroit club's his-
tory.
And as Marty Pavelich put it
when he congratulated Berenson
in the locker room after the game
-"it wasn't a cheapie." The Mich-
igan captain made the play all the
way and even joined elite company
doing it as "Boom Boom' Goef-
frion, of 50-goal fame, assisted on
the play.
Goeffrion Starts Play
Goeffrion started the play by
sliding the puck around the boards
to the right of the Detroit goal.
Berenson picked up the puck
there and skated in toward Hank
Bassen, the Detroit goalie. Warren
Godfrey, the defenseman, backed
off to cover another player in
front of the net, and Berenson
skated in unmolested to flip a
hard backhand shot over Bassen's
shoulder.
The crowd of 13,191, including
all of his Michigan teammates,
roared its approval and a linemate
dug the souvenir out of the corner
of the net.
Berenson earlier had missed two
scoring opportunities. In the first
period he broke in alone on Bas-
sen, but couldn't get a good shot
off and Bassen made an easy save.
In the second period he had the
puck bounce over his stick when
he had an open net.
Picks Up Assist
Berenson also picked up an as-
sist in the second period when
linemate Claude Provost scored
on an odd angle from the corner.
Berenson may have actually got-
ten the goal since he was standing
in front of Bassen, but it was ruled
that Bassen kicked the puck in
himself. "I don't know if I got my
Lucas Picked
In NBA Draft,
NEW YORK (AP)-The Cincin-
nati Royals plucked big Jerry Lu-
cas of Ohio State, a three-time All
America and college basketball's
player of the year, yesterday in the
National Basketball Association
draft.
All of the 1962 collegiate All
America team members were
drafted on the first and second
ballots by the professional teams.
Billy McGill of Utah went to
Chicago and Len Chappell of Wake
Porest went to Syracuse on the
first go-round. Terry Dischinger
of Purdue was chosen by Chicago
and Chet Walker of Bradley by
Syracuse on the second draft.
The Detroit Pistons picked De-
troit's Dave De Busschere first, but
their fourth round choice was a
surprise. The Pistons 'named a
high school player, Reggie Hard-
ing, 19, a seven-footer.
stick on it or not," Berenson said
after the game.
He also had an assist in the
game with Toronto on Saturday
night so he ended the season with
one goal, two assists, and two
penalties.
In the locker room after the
game Berenson was kept busy ac-
cepting congratulations from his
French-speaking teammates, and
Montreal Coach Toe Blake was
kept busy putting the "can't miss"
label on his rookie. "He seemed
overly cautious out there at first,
but later played very well. He has
a lot to learn but has all of the
makings of a great player," Blake
said.
Renfrew There, Too
Other who stopped by to offer
hand-shakes were Michigan Coach
Al Renfrew and former NHL stars
Ted Lindsay and Pavelich.
"I always said you would make
it," Pavelich said.
"Nice going," Lindsay added,
"You played a whale of a game."
Berenson was given a little edu-
cation in his turns on the ice. On
one turn he found himself check-
ing Detroit's great Gordie Howe
and Howe promptly added a few
elbows to the head. A little later
he learned not to skate with his
head down as Bill Gadsby leveled
him with a body check at the Wing
blue line.
"They carry the elbows, sticks
and knees high in this league,"
Berenson said.
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Announce
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SPRING WEEKEND CO-CHAIRMEN
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Wolf Bows Out in Final Meet
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By BUDDY BERKSON
It's been a long, hard road for
Michigan swimming star Fred
Wolf, but the trip is almost com-
plete.
Wolf can be found these days
working out at ;the Varsity Pool
in preparation for the NCAA meet
which starts Thursday in Colum-
bus. He is still adding to the miles
and miles of swimming time he
has chalked up over the past eight
years. "But it's almost over now,"
he says. "After this Saturday I'm
all finished."
It doesn't really seem so long
ago that Fred Wolf came out of
New Trier Township High School
in Winnetka, Ill. heralded as one
of the top schoolboy swimmers in"
the country.,;
In 1958, at a time when future
New Trier greats such as Fred
Schmidt (current world record
holder in the 100-meter butterfly),
Roger Goettsche, Dave Lyons, and
Dale Kiefer were mere ,freshmen,
Wolf captained a fine New Trier
team to the Illinois state cham-
pionship. Among the records he
set that year was the national
high school mark in the 200-yard
freestyle with a time of 1:54.7.
No More Freestyle
When Wolf came to Michigan]
he decided to give up the freestyle
events. "I sprained my ankle dur-
ing a meet the summer before my
freshman year here. After that I
just couldn't swim freestyle right.
I switched to backstroke and my
times started to drop."
The change, of course, wasn't
too difficult. The versatile merman
was high school state backstroke
champion as a senior and state
individual medley champ as a
junior.
Wolf reached his peak in his
sophomore year, winning the Big
Ten individual medley champion-
ship with a time of 2:06.6. His
victory, along with a third and a'
fourth in the backstroke events,
was- instrumental in bringing
Michigan another Big Ten title.
Wolf was a collegiate all-Amer-
ica that year, placing among the
top ten in the country in all three
of the above events.
Best When Sophs
"Most collegiate swimmers do
their best when they're sopho-
mores, and I was no exception,"
Wolf explains. Wolf slippeda little
in the backstroke events, although
he was still high enough to make
all-America in both of them.
"It isn't that Fred was getting
any slower," says Coach Gus
Stager. "It's just that the younger
boys were turning in faster times."
You can see how right Stager is
when you consider that Wolf re-
cently tied his varsity record of
:56.6 in the .100-yard backstroke
against Indiana.
But Wolf came nowhere near
his sophomore performances in
the individual medley. He failed
to place in either the Big Ten meet
(where he was defending cham-
pion) or the NCAA meet (where
he had finished third the year be-
fore).
"The individual medley is a
funny race. Every year some dark-
horse turns in an amazing time
in the event. Champions seldom
repeat.
Breaststroke Slows Him
"As for me, I suddenly forgot
how to swim breaststroke. You
can't do a good 'I-M' without a
top breaststroke leg. To this day
I can got out as fast as (Ted)
Stickles (Indian's medley man, the
only swimme- ever to do the race
in under 2:00), but when we hit
the breaststroke I'm dead," Wolf
explains.
Why isn't Wolf setting records
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anymore? "It happens to all swim-
mers," he says. "You can just swim
for so long until you get tired of
all the working out. Fatigue and
pain are enemies. I can still take
both but I don't enjoy it anymore.
I used to love to swim my guts out,
but I've been swimming for too
long."
Stager is quite satisfied with the
job Wolf has done. "We wanted
Fred to come to Michigan because
we knew one thing-he's a marve-
lous team man. He's been a pretty
steady performer and has provided
good leadership. He never had the
world's best stroke: He put himself
up at the top by sheer power."
When the NCAA meet ends Sat-
urday, Fred Wolf's career will be
over. He'll leave a few records
behind him, but those will soon
be broken. But his contribution
to the tradition of two great swim-
ming schools can never be for-
gotten.
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