SUNDAY, MARCH 17,1963
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LUCKY BREAK:
Buntin Leads Cage Rise
By LLOYD GRAFF ?t
The broken ankle of an obscure
center from Northern High School
in Detroit may, go down as the
turning point in Michigan basket-
ball history.
If you have not yet guessed the
name of that pivot man, it is Bill
Buntin, the Wolverines' sopho-
more center who was named to
the All Big Ten first team with
the likes of Gary Bradds and
Jimmy Rayl. His 534 points broke
John Tidwell's record of 520 points
for a single season and he also
broke M. C. Burton's Big Ten
scoring mark of 316 markers with
a 329 total.
As a junior in high school Bun-
tin played against fellows like {
Reggie Harding and Bill Chmie-
lewski, two other great high school r ..
centers. Buntin was outclassed3 in
high school, but he may well have
a more brilliant career in basket-
ball than either Harding or
Chmielewski.
Lacking
Hardin never had the grey , .
matter to make the grade in col- -: ......
lege and is presently waiting until
he is eligible to play for the
Detroit Pistons, who drafted him :
after he finished twelfth grade.
Chmielewski, after an outstand-
ing year at Dayton, being named
the top player in last year's NIT
tournament, dropped out of school
on account of financial problem:,.
He played briefly for the Wash-
ington Tapers of the ABL before
the league collapsed.
But now about Bill. He is solidly
entrenched in the School of Edu-
cation, is lifting Michigan from
the cage doldrums, and is making
a name for himself which could
make him a basketball legend at
least in Ann Arbor, if not in the
nation. M .* __
Georgia Joins Moore in Football Fix Query
By The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-The state
of Georgia joined Southeastern
Conference Commissioner Bernie
Moore yesterday in investigating
a report by the Saturday Eve-
ning Post that two prominent
officials fixed the 1962 football
game between the universities of
Georgia and Alabama.
Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook said
Gov. Carl E. Sanders ordered the
Georgia probe and that it is well
under way. Cook said he did not
know when it will be completed
but that he will report to the gov-
ernor before releasing any state-
ments.
Washington Reports
And, in Washington the chief
counsel for the Senate Investigat-
ing committee, Jerome Adlerman,
said the committee would investi-
gate the reports.
"The committee has been in-
vestigating reports of gambling in
sports for some time," Adlerman
said. 'This, the reports on the
Georgia-Alabama game, is an in-
dividual case which has just come
to our attention. We will look into
it.,
Butts Tells
The Post, in its March 23 edi-
tion due for general distribution
Tuesday, says Wally Butts, former
athletic director at Georgia, gave
vital information to Alabama
Coach Paul Bear Bryant prior to
Alabama's 35-0 victory over Geor-
gia in an SEC game here Sept.
22. 1962.
Burnett told the Post he heard
Butts give Byrant detailed infor-
mation on the Georgia team's of-
fensive and defensive patterns over
an accidental telephone connection
r
on Sept. 14-eight days before the
Georgia-Alabama game.
Butts and Bryant denied the
reports immediately, and lawyers
for Butts declared they will sue
the magazine for libel. A $500,000
libel suit by Bryant is pending in
Federal Court against the Post for
an earlier article.
FBI Inquires
In Washington, the Justice De-
partment said the FBI has made
some preliminary inquiries into
the reports, but no active investi-
gation is under way.
"We are watching the situation
but plan no further action at this
time," a spokesman said.
Moore confirmed the SEC in-
quiry after a spokesman for the
Georgia Athletic Board said Fri-
day night that the board had
made a full report to the confer-
ence on statements regarding
Butts.
Resigns
Butts, dean of SEC football
coaches until his retirement two
years ago, quit as athletic direc-
tor Feb. 28 "for business and
personal reasons."
M. Cook Barwick, Atlanta at-
torney and athletic board mem-
ber, said:
"The position of the Georgia
Athletic Board is that we do not
intend to persecute anyone, nor
do we plan to shield anyone. We
simply have made an investiga-
tion of the report that was given
to us. Coach Butts resigned. I do
not know of any forcing."
SEC Investigates
Moore said the SEC started an
inquiry when the matter came to
his attention.
"Upon completion of the inves-
tigation," Moore declared, "the
findings will be referred to the
SEC executive committee, which
directs policy when the confer-
ence is not in session.
"The Southeastern Conference
has had an outstanding athletic
program since the formation of
the conference and it will not be
interrupted or destroyed by the
article carried in the Post."
Story
The Post article, entitled "The
Story of a College Football Fix,"
involves in Bryant and Butts, two
of the most successful coaches in
modern football. It carries the
byline of Frank Grahm Jr., a
freelance writer.
It says:
"Before t h e University ofE
Georgia played the University of
Alabama Sept. 22, Butts gave Butts and Bryant both said they
Bryant Georgia's plays, defensive had turned the matter over to
patterns and all the significant their lawyers.
secrets Georgia's football team In a statement in Atlanta, Butts
possessed." said the article "contains highly
'Bama Favorite insulting and utterly false charges
Various betting lines showed against me. I categorically and
Alabama was favored by 14 to 17 emphatically deny it."
points, the article said. Alabama,
national champions the year be- Ex *ii*i*
fore, won by 35 points.
Bryant issued a statement at, a
news conference in Birmingham
Friday. At no time, he said, "has
Mr. Butts said anything to me Detroit 11, Philadelphia 10 (11 inn)
which helped or affected the play Cleveland 12, Chicago (N) 7
Los Angeles (A) 12, Houston 8
of the Alabama football team San Francisco 8, Boston 3
against Georgia. The .Alabama Pittsburgh 12, Cincinnati 3
players won the game last fall. Los Angeles (N) 7, Washington 5
The charge against Mr. Butts of (12 inn)
Minnesota 3, Milwaukee 0
collusion in the game is complete- Kansas City 3, New York (N) 2
ly false." . New York (A) 5, St. Louis 4
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Peg Leg
Buntin sat out his senior year
at Northern with a fractured
ankle. He had to satisfy his love
of basketball by being a student
manager. He used to put on a
little shooting exhibition on one
leg at half-time.
Most scouts missed Buntin as a
jnior, and ofcourse he drew no
attention his senior year. So after
his graduation Bill took a job and
linited his playing to games at
BrewsterCenter in Detroit, a hot-
bed k for roughouse basketball,
where Buntin learned how to util-
ize his weight under the boards.
Coach Dave Strack got a tip
about Buntin and went out to see
him at Brewster.yHe induced Bill
to enroll at Michigan after seeing
him play.
Caution
Strack was very cautious about
praising Buntin too much at the
beginning of the season, choosing
instead to surprise the unsuspect-
ingBig Ten. "He's good but we
don't know how good, yet," he
said repeatedly.
But Buntin couldn't stay hid-
den for long. His first important
st was against burly Paul Silas
of Creighton, who led the nation
in rebounding last year and aver-
agedd close to 20 points per game.
Poor Paul was humbled as Buntin
got 25 points and snagged 22
rebounds while Silas hit 13 points
and managed just 12 rebounds.
People wondered if it was just
a fluke, and Strack again said,
"Bill's got more tough tests com-
Ing up.
People still kept wondering as
Bill pumped in more and more
points and pulled down rebounds
by the score. Many another play-
er had excelled in non-conference
games and then been a dud in the
Big Ten.-
Warning
Buntin warned the Big Ten in
his first league game that he was
no pre-season phenomenon who
was destined for the minors. He
tallied 33 points against North-
,western and then struck for 34
In the Iowa game. The third test
was Ohio State and All-American
%arY Bradds.
Bradds won the duel in Colum-
bus as Buntin fouled out with
eight minutes left after notching
15 points while Bradds scored 33.
In the second head-to-head battle
between the two talented pivot
men Bradds also dominated, net-
ting 34 markers to Buntin's 21.
Looking back on the season,
only Bradds showed a clear cut
FALCON IS"NEW KING OF THE MOUNTAINS"
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-Daily-Bruce Taylor
SNARES ANOTHER-Promising center Bill Buntin shows the
form he used to control the backboards this past season in action
against Wisconsin. Buntin lead
bounds with a total of 216.
advantage over Buntin in overall
play.
Top Effort
Perhaps Buntin's top effort of
the season was against Indiana at
Yost Field House. With Dick Van-
Arsdale playing him man-to-man
Bill repeatedly drove around him
on the baseline for lay-ups to get
36 points in all as Michigan won
a 90-86 thriller.
In discussing his season, Buntin
said, "There were no easy fellows
that I played against. Jack Brens
of Wisconsin and Bradds were the
best shooters and Burwell was the
best jumper."
Another Gimp
Bill sustained a leg injury at
the midpoint of the season against
Detroit which slowed him some-
what, particularly against Michi-
gan State when he was held to
five points. With a sound limb
Buntin nowiconfidently looks
ahead to next season.
"I think we've got a chance for
the Big Ten title next year," said
Buntin. "Our sophomores and jun-
iors will be more experienced and
the boys coming up will help us
a lot."
Buntin thinks that his greatest
need for improvement is on de-
fense. "You have to hold your
opponent down or your own points
the Big Ten conference in re-
don't mean much," he remarked.
Currently Buntin is living the
life of a student. He is not going
out for baseball like he did last
year.
His long range plans are to
teach while coaching basketball
on the side, but he has cther more
immediate objectives. "I'm look-
ing toward the Olympics," he
said. "I'd really love to play on
the Olympic team."
Buntin would also like to play
pro basketball if "the right offer
comes along."
The chances are good that
offer will come if Bill Buntin
maintain or improve uponi
season's superb performance.
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