PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, 23 MARCH 1965,_ PAGESIXTHEMICIGA DALY TESDY. 3 MRCH1s6 . .v....,...s s e.v +.uaa.v a+sa +vvv Michigan's Cat Ha By RICK FEFERMAN This cat had only eight lives. Eight times this season the Michigan cagers entered the dressing room at halftime faced with a deficit. Eight times, when they returned after the final buzzer, there was another Michi- gan victory in the win column. But they had ONLY eight lives. For the first 10 minutes Satur- day the Wolverines looked un- beatable, as they roared from P four point deficit to a seven point lead at 20-13. "Seven points doesn't mean s lot, as we well know," said Coach Dave Strack yesterday, obvious- ly referring to Michigan's eight come-from-behind victories this season. What became more significant at this stage of the game was that Michigan was deviating from its pre-game plan. "We had hop- ed to substitute more frequently to rest our men against the press," said Strack. "If you get tired and make one mistake, you begin to worry and then make more errors." This is precisely what happen- ed. "Their press forced us into a number of errors which they capitalized on; we just had toc many turnovers," analyzed Strack From seven points behind the Uclans surged to within a sin- gle point, 22-21. This was to be the last lead for the Wolverines as UCLA stole the ball again and went ahead for good. A Bill Bun- tin tip-in tied it at 24-all, but the Bruins spurted to a 47-34 halftime advantage, includirv eight straight points at the en,1 of the half. "Actually, we stayed close un- til their spurt just at the end,' commented Strack. "But the game went so quickly we didn't have time to substitute." As a consequence, when UCLA brought Kenny Washington off the bench, he was able to out- leap the taller Wolverines, who were tiring from the. Bruins' zone press. What can you tell a team that is behind by 13 points at the half? "We still felt we had a chance to win. We knew we had to get on the boards stronger, hit their Oinly couldn't dribble by it, becausE everywhere they turned there was a Uclan in their path; in the end, they were squeezed up by it UCLA was biding its time on! offense, waiting for the sure shot; which would be taken by the dart-j ing phantom Gail Goodrich, who Eight Lives' PETITIONING NOW OPEN FOR GARGOYLE Senior and Junior Staff Positions Information may be obtained in the Student Publications Building. Freshman Track All freshmen who are inter- ested in going out for the freshman track team should come to a meeting Wednesday in the 'M' Club Room, Yost Field House, at 4 p.m. invariably found himself at thE foul line. And his shots invariably found themselves on the score- board. Twelve of 22 from the field, 18 out of 20 from the line; iand an amazing 27 points in the' second half for the All-American. II LLOYD GRAFF 'The Best of the Best Won in Portland The two best teams in the country played in Portland and the best of the best won. UCLA liad everything: shooting, speed, defense, rebounding, depth, and perhaps most important, unswerving confidence. The Bruins always thought they were the champs. "I knew we were going to win- it," said a glowing Gail Goodrich after the game. "Sure, they were hitting beautifully there at the start. But, I knew that they couldn't keep that up, and I could see that our press and speed were going to bother them." The press and speed weren't all that bothered the Wolverines. Goodrich, himself, was a plague that made the Michigan defense look sick. Atter UCLA got ahead, their offensive strategy was simple: get the ball to Gail and let him bounce around till he scored. The senior from Hollywood could be cast in a movie as William Tell the way he can shoot, but he hit baskets, not apples against Michigan. Poor George Pomey had the honor of covering All-Americans back to back. George took Bill Bradley Friday, holding him to 29, and Goodrich for an encore, Saturday. This is like being served cyanide 'for breakfast, and arsenic for lunch. Pomey is probably the only person in college basketball history to allow opponents 71 points in two games and still be considered one of the better defensive players in collegiate ranks. Ponley's plight pointed up how impossible it is for even a great defensive player to stop'a superb offensive player of comparable size except by flattening him with a punch before the tipoff. Goodrich's fakes and changes of pace on the dribble were too much for Pomey, just as they have been too much for anyone who has guarded him. Bradley had as good a jump shot as anyone I've ever seen and that includes Oscar Robertson and Jerry West. Bradley did have a flaw as a player, however. He didn't shoot enough. With the mediocrity on his team he should have fired at least fifty per cent of the Princeton shots rather than the one-third he took. Bradley could have scored 70 against Wichita if he had shot more in the first half. He only picked up 19 in that stanza, getting 39 in the second while hitting 16 straight in a three minute stretch. He swished 22 of 29 from the field and 14 of 15 from the line. If he hadn't passed up so many shots in the first half and shot maybe eight more times he would have gotten 70. Wichita had nobody who could even keep a hand in his face, much less block his shots. It was sad to see a team of Wichita's caliber in the tournament. Without Dave Stallworth and Nate Bowman the Shockers had nobody taller than 6'5" in the lineup. They would have had trouble finishing seventh in the Big Ten with the team that played in Portland. Will the Dynasty End? One of the most disheartening things about UCLA is that there's no end in sight for Wooden's Wonders. This team loses Goodrich and center Keith Erickson, who hardly played in the tournament because of a muscle pull. Edgar Lacey, Freddy Goss, Doug McIntosh, Mike Lynn, and of course Kenny Washington will be back to run opponents into the ground again next season. As if this isn't enough, Mike Warren, a high school All-American guard from South Bend, Ind., has Bruin fans buzzing already. Amazing as it may sound, Washington could be the best sixth' man in college basketball for a third straight year. But if Kenny is disturbed about not starting Michigan would love to see him transfer to Ann Arbor. The 6'3" 175 pounder from Beaumont, S.C., is 21, but he looks like a tall 11-year-old. When I saw him sitting in the crowd with UCLA I thought maybe he was Freddy Goss' kid brother. But what a pressure player. He turned a scrambling UCLA team into a .swarm of }fall hawking locusts who seemed to devour every I. press better, and improve our Squelched! shooting," revealed Strack. Under Goodrich's generalship. But implementing their knowl- the Bruins romped to a 20-poin edge was quite a different matter lead, 71-51. Then the miracle men Michigan still had to contend with from Michigan began their pat- that harassing full court press ented rally. The Blue closed the administered by those f I v e gap to 71-58 with seven consec- ball-hawking Bruins from the utive points. Another steal, ahead! West coast. to Darden, cut the lead to 11 ... Rally Needed Travelling. The ninth life wa, As the second half opened, the nipped in the bud. big question was whether the Wol- Armchair experts were far! verines could come up with the from satisfied with Michigan's rally they needed to get back into performance, but Strack was a bit, the game. They couldn't. The more realistic. "You can't criti- zone press completely cracked the cize the team with me," he said.I Wolverines' composure. "We played as hard as we had They couldn't pass around it, all year long. Of course, we werf because now their long passes disappointed that we didn't go aT were being snapped up by the the way. But you have to remem- eager hands of Bruin sophomor{ ber that it's a hard job to get{ forward Edgar Lacey; and they into the final four." OFFENSIVE BACKFIELD: -Daily-Thomas R. Copi Darden Elected Captain Ii :Z:.'Ii 4..1 ~flI Oliver Darden, who earned a permanent starting berth with his 25-point outburst last season against UCLA and pumped in 17 Saturday night in the national championship game, was elect- ed captain of the 1965-66 basket-? ball team yesterday in a vote of the team. new captain follows in the foot- steps of all three current Michi- gan coaches, as well as Pete El- liott, Ron Kramer, Bob Cantrell John Tidwell and a host of other greats through the years. Darden is from Detroit's North- western High School and is ma- Already looking forward to next joring in history with ambitions season, the 6'7" junior says "We to teach history, or go into in- were third last year; second this dustry. year; and next year we'll be The high point of Darden's ca- after the national title." reer came in the victory over Darden averaged 12.6 this sea- Purdue at Yost Field House this son and has ranked second in season when he shattered the rebounding and third in scoring I Boilermakers' defense hitting for both seasons he has played. 27 points,' mostly on long, ac- Replacing Larry Tregoning, the curate jumpers. FOR ALL YOUR FORMAL NEEDS! ] TUXEDOS Q WHITE DINNER JACKETS WEDDINGS-PROMS-DANCES "Special Student Rates" RUSELLS TUXEDO RENTAL SERVICE 1230 Packard NO 5-4549 Loss of Timberlake, Anthony Leaves Void (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of articles analyz- ing the strengths and weaknesses of the 1965 Michigan footballteam. Today's article deals with the offensive backfield.) By HOWARD BOIGON { As s p r i n g football practice enters its second week, Coach Bump Elliott is faced with two m a j o r problems: Ann Arbor weather and graduating letter- men. Yost Field House has provided the solution to the first problem, if such can be called a solution, but the second is not quite as easily solved. Typical of the holes left in the squad by the loss of the seniors are those in the offensive back- field where All-American quarter- back Bob Timberlake and fullback Mel Anthony leave huge gaps to There are bright spots, however. Returning at the halfback slots are sophomores Carl Ward and Jim Detweiler, while Dave Fisher, also a sophomore, who played be- hind Anthony, is currently holding the top spot at fullback. Question Mark The big question mark is at quarte,.back. As matters stand now, Dick Vidmer and Wally Gab-, ler are vying for the position, and right now there is considerable' doubt as to who holds the upper hand. Vidmer, a sophomore, was high-' ly touted last fall, but he tore some ligaments in his leg before the season opened, and was side- lined for !he year. "His leg is pretty good now," said Fonde, "but he is still not a hundred per cent fit." Up to row, Vidmer has been quarterbacking the offensive team in practice. The other candidate, Wally Gabler, is a junior with almost "two years more playing exper - ience," according to Fonde, and who did see some action last year. He has not been hampered by any injuries, and has been quarter-I backing the defensive team on of- fensef The rest of the backfield is bolstered by returning lettermenc and by some highly regardedI freshmen. At halfback, J a c ki Clancy, out with a back injuryt last season, is the top man behind Ward and Detweiler. although he is not out for spring practice. 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