PAGE TEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 1965' , A E TN.l I H I A A L T N D V . 2 F R T W n: va .vaa.a, NV i'L:elta4 .41.'AlVl 1JUJ I Cagers Edge Illini; Icemen Routed by Tech ,; ,.. Last Minute Rally Wins, 80-79; Buntin Leads Scoring with 30 By RICK STERN Special To The Daily CHAMPAIGN--Sparked by Caz- zie Russell's heroic five point burst in the last 32 seconds of play, Michigan's Wolverines overcame a six point deficit and stopped Il- linois by an 80-79 score here yes- terday. The contest, Michigan's 11th Big Ten victory without a loss, left the Wolverines with an almost clear path to their second con- secutive Big Ten championship, and first outright crown since 1947-8. A howling, cheering, wild mass of 16,128 Illini rooters watched as Bill Buntin kept the Wolverines in the game almost single-handedly at times, but lost the spotlight in the last moment to Russell's clutch performance. The 6'7" Buntin, winning his duel with Illinois' 6'9" Skip Thoren, put through 30 points, and grabbed 13 rebounds. He hit on 12 of 25 shots from the floor, and equalled his highest point total of the season. Buntin's other 30 point performance came in the Wolverines' 89-83 triumph over Illinois in Ann Arbor last Jan- uary. With 5:09 remaining on the giant four-cornered scoreboard, Dave Strack's quintet trailed 72- 66. -Jump shots by Russell and Larry Tregoning, and a ten-foot hook by Oliver Darden put it even. Then Thoren and Buntin traded lay-ups and the score was 74-74 when Jim Vopicka fouled George Pomey with 1:12 left. Go-Ahead Pomey made good on the one shot foul and put the Wolverines ahead' for the first 'time since the early moments of the game. Vo- picka scored 20 seconds later on a push shot from the corner, which, had it stood up, would have thrown the Big Ten race wide open, and e n d e d Michigan's chances of becoming only the third Big Ten team in history to go through a full schedule un-' defeated. But it didn't stand, thanks to Russell. The 6'5" All-America from Chicago tapped in an errant Pomey shot with :32 showing on the clock, to make it 77-76, Michi- gan. Then, when Tal Brody missed a lay-up and Darden pulled the boards for his 15th and final re- bound, Russell and Pomey broke down court, and ,after hesitating briefly, Cazzie put through a cripple. This gave Michigan a three point lead with 15 seconds to play. Strack termed this the key maneuver of the game. Russell was called for charging on the play, but after the shot. Final Seconds Vopicka sunk a free throw, and the Illini pressed hard, fouling Russell just six seconds later. His aim was true and the score was 80-77, making a last second hook shot by Thoren merely a statistic, "A guy like Russell always comes through when he's needed," said Illinois coach Harry Combes after the game. "That's the fourth this season that he's won for us in the final seconds," said Strack. "It was the best defensive game we've played all year," Combes commented. Warpath And defense it was, as the Illini tribe opened like ballhawks on the warpath. The Wolverines, meanwhile, were stone cold in the first five minutes of play, and Illinois led 9-4, then 13-10, before the unpopular visitors took any lead. When Illinois broke a 28-28 tie on one of Bogie Redmon's 11 arching jumpshots, they were not to trail again until Pomey's free1 throw. The halftime score was 40-38,' Second Lo E By P. C. DEAN Michigan's last hope for a bid n to the WCHA playoffs was smash- ed last night in a hard-fought 8-2 loss to Michigan Tech. The scrappy Wolverines battled hard against the powerful Hus- xkie aggregation, but to no avail. Tech never trailed as they scored three times in the second period to break a 1-1 tie, and coasted on to victory from there. As a dejected Coach Al Renfrew said after the game, "We skated hard, but we just couldn't put the puck in the net." The first period was scoreless for 17 minutes and 32 seconds un- til Tech wing Wayne Weller hit BILL BUNTIN for his first of three goals on a but after just 3 minutes of the breakaway. Weller scored on a second half, the Illinois lead was beautiful shot from 10 feet out on up to nine. After Strack composed the right side into the lower left his team during a time-out, Mich- hand corner of the net. igan closed the lead to 66-62 with Except for the goal by Weller seven minutes left to play, and, at the Blue had outplayed Tech in that point, Buntin had scored 15 the first period. They continued of the 23 Wolverine points in the to put the pressure on and it paid second stanza. off in a goal by Marty Read at Split Four the 19:14 mark of the first per- The teams split a quartet of! iod. On a power play, Tom Polon- baskets, and, then, after a Brody ic's shot from the blue line was breakaway it was 72-66 and the deflected out in front by Huskie! stage was set for the Wolverines goalie Rick Best. Mel Wakabay- inspired drive. ashi was the first to get the puck, "I'm really proud of my team," but his shot was also blocked by a happy Strack said after the Best who went sprawling. Read game. "We performed well under took advantage of the situatiOn to pressure. Bill really gave us a poke the puck by Best's prone game with injuries. The loss leaves the Wolverines in fifth place in the WCHA. Mich- igan State, who beat Colorado College 7-6 in overtime last night, won the last berth in the WCHA playoffs. Despite a mediocre 13-12-1 over- MICHIGAN MICHIGAN TECH Pagen GBest Polonic D Ryan MacDonald D Leiman Dechaine C Milroy Martin W Weller Hood IW Holm FIRST PERIOD SCORING: MT- Weller (Milroy, Holm) 17:32. M- Read (Polonic, Wakabayashi) 19:14. PENALTIES: MT-Leiman (Cross- checking)E10:07. MT-Holm (Elbow- ing 18:08. SECOND PERIOD SCORING: MT -Wilson (Patterson, ' Yeo) 12:00. MT-Wilson (Yeo, Riutta) 15:31. MT-Yeo (Huculak) 15:46. PENAL- TIES: M-Schiller (Tripping) 3:49. M-Polonic (Slashing) 11:55. MT- Hluculak (Roughing) 13:21. M- Schiller (Roughing) 13:21. M-Po- Ionic (Slashing) 14:47. M-Schiller (Charging) 16:32. M-Schiller (Ten minute misconduct) 16:32. M - Thompson (holding) 16:55. THIRD PERIOD SCORING: MT -Weller (Milroy, Holm) 0:57. M- W a It e r (MacDonald, Dechaine) 8:39. MT-Yeo (Hacuiluk) 10:48. MT -Yeo (Patterson, Riutta) 15:19. MT - Weller (Milroy) 17:03. PENAL- TIES: MT-Gorman (Illegal C heck) 9:15. M-MacDonald (Elbowing) 19:28. MICHIGAN 1 0 1 - 2 MICHIGAN TECH 1 3 4 - 8 Saves by Periods: Page (M) 10 3 8 - 21 Best (MT) 10 9 9 - 28 all record, let it not be said that the 1964-5 University of Michi- gan hockey team did not go on the record books. Besides Mel Wa- kabayashi's chance for a WCHA scoring title, an all-time Michi- gan hockey record was eclipsed ss Ends Bid for Playoff Berth ,4 with 32 seconds to play last night. After a valiant effort to avoid setting the record, Barry McDon- ald recorded his 96th penalty min- ute for the season. In doing so he broke Barrie Hayton's record 95 minutes set in the 1957-58 season. I -Daily-Richard Cooper MICHIGAN FORWARD BOB BAIRD battles for the puck with an unidentified Michigan Tech player during last night's game. Despite aggressive play like this the Wolverine puckmen lost their fourth straight, 8-2. heckuva game. The Illinois defense had us flat on our feet for a while, but then all of a sudden- zing! " And "zing!" it was as the Wol- verines continued their cinderella streak which has seen them pull no fewer than four Big Ten games from the clutches of defeat and turn them into last minute vic- tories. Russell finished with 23 points, Darden with 13, Tregoning with six, and Pomey and Craig Dill, Aiad four {ZNG! body. In the final period Tech added insult to injury with four goals. Wayne Weller became the second Tech player to score a hat trick as he scored on a two on one rush. Playing for the last time for the Maize 'and Blue last night were juniors Pierre Dechaine, Alex Hood, Marty Read and Captain Wilfred Martin. Despite being jun- iors they are ineligible for compe- tition next year because they play- ed in the Junior Canadian Hockey League. Also playing his last year of eligibility is senior Dave New- ton. Dave had to sit out his last Accountants, Chemists, ME's, ChE's I Big Ten Standings i W L Pct. MICHIGAN 11 0 1.000 Minnesota 9 2 .818 Illinois 8 3 .727 Indiana 6 5 .545 Purdue 5 6 .455 Ohio State 4 7 .364 Northwestern 2 9 .273 Wisconsin 2 9 .273 Michigan State 0 11 .000 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS MICHIGAN 80, Illinois 79 Minnesota 100, Indiana 88 Purdue 76, Iowa 68 Ohio State 100, Northwestern 87 Wisconsin 99, Michigan State 89 Freedman Redmon,f Thoren, c Brody, g D)awson,g Vopicka,g TOTALS Tregoning D~arden, f Buntin, c Russell, g Pomey, g Thompson Dill, c TOTALS ILLINOIS (79) G F R , f 6-12 1-2 13 f 11-17 2-2 5 6-20 5-6 16 8-17 2-5 1 90-2 0-0 2 8 2-6 3-3 3 33-74 13-18 40 MICHIGAN (80) G F R , 3-10 0-0 7 f 5-12 3-3 15 12-22 6-7 13 10-18 3-3 3 1-11 2-3 5 n, g 0-5 0-0 0 2-4 0-0 2 33-82 14-16 46 p 3 1 3 4 1 1 13 P 3 3 2 3 1 1 16 T 13 24 17 18 0 79 T 6 13 30 23 4 4 80 I WCHA Standings North Dakota Michigan Tech Minnesota Michigan State MICHIGAN Denver Colorado College W L 12 3 12 5 10 7 7 7 7.11 4 7 2 12 Pet. .800 .706 .587 .500 .389 .364 .143 -Daily-Dave Good BIG OLIVER DARDEN sweeps the boards in the Wolverines' first win over Illinois last month. Darden contributed 13 points and led Mclhigan's rebounders with 15 yesterday as a last- -minute rally clinched an 80-79 win at Illinois and moved the 11-0 Wolverines a step closer to the championship.. Last Night's Results Mich. St. 7, Colorado Coll. 6 (ovt) North Dakota, Minnesota (inc) x 31ST CONSECUTIVE VICTORY: Matmen Roll Over MSU 17-8 By RICK FEFERMAN Putting forth a strong team effort to whip Michigan State 17-8 yesterday, Wolverine matmen completed their dual meet season and extended their winning streak to 31. Coach Cliff Keen, compliment- ing the grapplers, felt that, "they wrestled as .a team as well as they have all year. Michigan State fought a good tough, hard meet, but we had the edge by a little bit." Jim Kamman provided a 'key victory when he climbed into in- jured Cal Jenkins' spot at 147 pounds and gained a convincing 9-4 victory over previously unde- feated Dick Cook. Kamman man- aged to get the first takedown early in the first period and seem- ed to take heart from it. When Cook scored a reversal, the Mich- igan sophomore came right back with a reversal of his own. At that point Cook appeared to be tiring and Kamman increased his lead to record- his second victory in Big Ten competition. Seven Seconds At 137 pounds, Bill Johannessen seemed to be headed for his fourth draw of the year, but with a mere seven seconds remaining in the match he brought down Joe Ganz to register a 2-1 victory. Ganz, warned for stalling in the scoreless first period, escaped to take a 1-0 lead, but "Billy Jo" worked a sit-out in the first six seconds of the final period to knot the score. Another see-saw contest de- veloped between Wolverine Bob Fehrs and Gary Smith. Smith built up a 3-0 advantage via a first period takedown and an es- cape. Fehrs' takedown narrowed the margin to one point, 3-2; 15 seconds into the third period he escaped to tie the score. Twice seconds. remained when Fehrs grabbed a leg and brought down Smith for the deciding point in the 5-4 victory. Two supposed "cripples," Lee Deitrick and Rick Bay, both won easily without reinjuring their knees, for which Coach Keen was "grateful." Deitrick, 157 pounds, outclassed B o b Hansen, 6-1, spending the balance of the match trying to turn Hansen on his back. Bay, at 167, found his main prob- lem in keeping Spartan Terry Leonard on the mat, as he scored a relatively easy 6-2 triumph. Heavyweight Bob Spaly was up- set for the second consecutive week, as former Pennsylvania prep school champion Jeff Rich- ardson hung on for a 3-2 victory. Spaly engineered a sit-out to grab a 1-0 lead in the second period, but this was neutralized by Rich- ardson's stand-up, escape early in the final period. Spaly kept "shooting" for Richardson's legs but could not bring down the mus- cular Spartan. With 1:12 remain- ing Richardson took down Spaly, who escaped 15 seconds later. Be- hind 3-2, Spaly's final efforts for a takedown were repulsed. Next weekend the Wolverines host. the Big Ten wrestling cham- pionships. "I expect a real dogfight, espe- cially from Minnesota and MSU," stated Coach Keen, "but I think ,we have enough stuff to win." Pick on .Athens! 123-lbs. - Fehrs (M) dec. Smith, 5-4. 130-lbs.-Behm (MSU) dec. Hor- nung, 6-3. 137-lbs. - Johannessen (M) dec. Ganz, 2-1. 147-lbs.-Kamman (M) dec. Cook, 9-4. 157-lbs.-Deitrick (M) dec. Han- sen, 6-1. 167-lbs.-Bay (M) dec. Leonard, 6-2. 177-bs.-Stowell (M) and Boles drew, 2-2. Hvywt. - Richardson (MSU) dec. Spaly, 3-2. --P 'Designed for student privacy, UflIV(RSIIY TO (R . Now renting for Aug. '65 S. UNIVERSITY AVE. & FOREST AVE. PHONE 761.2680 For GUYS and GALS NEW LOW PRICES LEVI' SLI FIT fI %I S. t U all colors ... LEVI'S SLIM FITS - -.tea s 5 94 . . 59 Hi- J - s-t-r-e-t--c-h 0 . . THE CLASS of 1969 KN EE KNOCKE RS ' ("cut offs") - . . * . 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