'SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY Icers Bow to Minnesota, 6-4 HOST WILDCATS: Cagers Open Big T Special To The Daily MINNEAPOLIS - Last night's hockey game with Minnesota had its ups and downs--mostly downs -for the Wolverines as they lost their fourth Western Collegiate Hockey Association game, coming out on the short end of a 6-4 score. The Wolverines meet the Go- phers in another contest tonight. The outlook for the Wolverines is dim, for Bob Gray was injured at 14:56 of the third period with the score 6-3. Gray slid to the left side of the net to stop a puck and was checked by a Minnesota player- no penalty was called. Gray limped back to the net and slowly col- lapsed. Alternate goalie Bill Bieber was called in to replace Gray when ECAC Act May Cripple Indoor Track for AA U <+ he was carried from the ice, ob- viously in great pain. Gray has had trouble with his left knee before. Gary Butler broke a scoring drouth when he picked up his three-goal "hat-trick" and assist- ed on the opening goal of the game-a tip-in by Ron Coristine. Coristine's goal was his first Drop Fourth Game MICHIGAN MINNESOTA Gray G Groth Rodgers D Nanne Kartusch D Westby Wilkie C Schmnalzbauer Coristine AVLilyholm Butler W Brooks First Period Scoring: MICH - Coristine (Butler, Wilkie) 7:33; MINN - Constantine (Lilyholm) 17:59. Penalties: MICH - Rodgers (holding) 9:42; Kartusch (hooking) 15:45.. Second Period Scoring: MINN - L. Stordahl (Nystrom, J. Stordahl) 5:18; MINN - Schmalzbauer (Met- zen) 5:49; MICH-Butler (Morrison) 6:16; MINN - McCoy (Lilyholm, Schmalzbauer) 10:59; MICH-Butler (Coristine, Morrison) 11:49. Penal- ties: MINN-L. Stordahl (interfer- ence) 13:00. Third Period Scoring: MINN - Nanne (Ramsay, Constantine) 1:21; MINN - L. Stordahl (unassisted) 4:34; MICH-Butler (Wilkie, Cors- tine) 19:19. Penalties: MICH-Morri- son (high-sticking) 1:10; MINN - Falkman (charging) 4:00; MICH - Kartusch (misconduct-10 min.) 5:10; MINN-Falkman (illegal check) 11:42; McGonigal (highsticking) 11:42. LOS ANGELES (P) - The in-. fluential Eastern College Athletic Conference, representing more than 130 colleges and universities, dealt a damaging blow to the AAU- sanctioned indoor track season yesterday. In a letter from Commissioner Asa Bushnell, mailed to member schools by the conference office in New York, and disclosed here at' the NCAA convention, the ECAC strongly urged its members not to compete in the meets unless they are sanctioned by the U. S. Track and Field Federation. Only AAU Chick Werner, president of the federation, said none of the big Eastern indoor meets has sought federation sanction. The recommendation, labelled a threatened boycott by the AAU, involves all of the major track powers of the East who tradition- ally have competed in and fur- nished many of the top perform- ers in the indoor season-includ- ing Villanova, Manhattan, New York, and all the Ivy League schools. It comes on the heels of pro- posed legislation expected to be adopted by the NCAA member- ship next Wednesday that would knock a collegian out of the NCAA track and field championships for one year if he competes in an AAU Bars Top Runner NEW YORK (') - Jim Du- pree of Southern Illinois, one of the United States' top half-milers, was suspended by the AAU yester- day for competing in a track meet sanctioned by the U. S. Track and Field Federation. Among other things, the sus- pension makes Dupree ineligible for the Eastern indoor track sea- son, which starts in Boston Jan. 12. Length of the suspension was not specified in a prepared re- lease by the AAU. The suspension of Dupree is the first of the nationally known athletes by the AAU in its pres- ent squabble with the USTFF. SCORES NBA St. LouIs 121, Detroit 100 Cincinnati 130, San Francisco 129 New York 129, Chicago 108 COLLEGE BASKETBALL LaSalle 78, Miami (Fla) 76 Virginia Tech 71, Virginia 63 Creighton 94, Wabash 51 Villanova 77, Detroit 60 event not sanctioned by the NCAA-backed Federation. Only Elliott Balks The general feeling is that few, if any, of the schools will fail to go along with the ECAC stand, although several coaches, includ- ing Jim Elliott of Villanova, have indicated they would like to enter the indoor meets regardless of who sanctions them. The pair of actions probably will limit the field and indoor meets like the Millrose Games, New York Athletic Club Games, Boston and New York Knights of Columbus Games, Philadelphia Inquirer Games and the National AAU championships to post-grad- uate and unattached athletes. in the WHCA. He also picked up two assists as the Wolverine's big line did all the scoring. The game started out as if Gil the players had forgotten the old fueds, but by the third period play got rougher and the linesmen were kept busy separating jostling players. Late in the third period, Larry Stordahl, who picked up two of Minnesota's goals, was forced to leave when a gash was opened on his head. The Gophers are now 3-2-0 in the WCHA. The Sioux of North Dakota downed the Michigan Tech Husk- ies 4-2 in other action last night. North Dakota now has a 2-1-0 record and Tech has a 2-3-0 rec- ord. M'JPl a ye rs See Green' MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota hockey Coach John Mariucci add- ed a colorful touch for last night's game with Michigan-green tint- ed ice. Mariucci got the idea when cam- eramen complained plain ice gave off too much glare for filming. lie says the tint isn't deep enough to make the puck hard to see. By TOM ROWLAND They're calling them the "sur- prising Wolverines" and "amaz- ing Michigan" now; just yesterday the Associated Press commented that the Blue "seem to warrant considerable respect" and center Bill Buntin is "a sophomore find of the season.' The fact that the "dark horse" from Ann Arbor has matched Ohio State and Illinois, ranked fifth and third in the nation, respec- tively, in the AP poll, with a healthy 8-1 record in pre-confer- ence play might be the reason. The Wolverines will begin to give the answer to whether it's all for real or not when Coach Dave Strack pits his cagers against Northwestern this afternoon in the first lap of the Big Ten race. Game time is 4:30 in Yost Field House; the play will be in front of the television eye as the Big Ten "game of the week." Harris 'Doubtful' It's probable that the Wolverines will be without the starting serv- ices of senior forward John Har- ris, hobbled by an ankle injury against Yale during the holidays. Sophomore Larry Tregoning is ready to fill the vacated slot, with Harris listed as a "doubtful start- er." Northwestern will be carrying a 3-7 mark onto the court this aft- ernoon. The Wildcats suffered from competition with some top- notch teams on the West Coast; they've won over Western Michi- gan (83-74), Pittsburgh (57-55), and Stanford (62-61). The purple offense centers around 6'3" forward Rick Lo- possa, a "both sensational and sporadic" junior who leads North- western in points (14 a game) and rebounds (six a game). Lo- possa swished 29 points against Kansas but against Colorado State he was held scoreless. Height Returns The return of 6'9" Bill Wois- law to the center slot, after a knee operation tabbed him as in- capable of recovering to play this year, boosts Wildcat striking pow- er. He's backed by John Miller (6'5"). Northwestern boasts -three top guards, "experienced and sharp shooters" according to Michigan Law Club To Play Former Michigan basketball stars John Tidwell, M. C. Bur- ton and Jon Hall will play for the Law Club at 2:30 this aft- ernoon against Tom Jorgen- sen's freshman team, consid- ered the best in Michigan his- tory. Assistant Coach Jira Skala. Bill Gibbs (second leading Wildcat pointman with 13 a game) and Rich Falk are the starters with Marty Riessen as a top third man. Riessen is defending Big Ten ten- nis champ and Davis Cup team member. Junior Phil Keeley holds down the other forward spot. He's 6'5" and paced the Wildcats in the re- bounding department last year. Cantrell Ready With the exception of Harris the Michigan line-up will be the same one that has brought the Blue six straight wins. Guard Bob Cantrell is set to go after he sat out the Yale game with a bruised shoulder. n fl Cantrell's 12.8 points a game is second for Michigan, trailing onlyI big Bill Buntin, who paces the Wolverines with 21. Harris is hit- ting at 11.9 digits a contest, and forward Tom Cole is the fourth Michigan starter in double fig- ures with 10.1 a game. Hustling Doug Herner will be at the other guard. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, Something from LEV IS m MICHIGAN MINNESOTA 1 2 1-4 1 3 2-6 RICK LOPOSSA ... heads NU attack (Bucks, Ilini Head Conference Slate, Buntin Heads Cagers o By TOM ROWLAND With the whirlwind of holiday cage tournaments over, Big Ten coaches are set to send their charges into the fray for the con- ference marbles today. A full slate is on tap: Illinois faces Iowa, defending champion Ohio State meets Minnesota, and Michigan State, fresh from a holi- day Hawaii trip, clashes with In- diana. Wisconsin meets Purdue, while Michigan and Northwestern entertain the video tube viewers. It's the first time in quite a while that the Big Ten goes into conference play without an un- beaten team. Illinois held on through eight straight victories but finally fell on New Year's Eve to Notre Dame, 90-88. Three-Way Race? The Illini break into the con- ference race even up with Ohio State and Michigan, all with 8-1 marks. Only Wisconsin (6-3) and Purdue (5-4) can boast above-.500 records along with the conference leaders. Ohio State, minus a few names from a year ago, have hardly missed a step in the fight for top national honors. The Buckeyes were second in the country with center Gary Bradds at the helm, until the Big Ten champs ran into a tough Wichita five, 71-54. Bradds, not giving OSU fans much time to lament the passing of Jerry Lucas, pumped in 24 points when the Buckeyes racked Butler, 66-62, and has a season high of 45. The Ohio five also spent a part of the holidays smashing Detroit, 101-66. Chief challenge to the defend- ing champs comes from Illinois' soph-backed five, equipped with a new fieldhouse and best hopes for the Big Ten title in years. Senior center Bill Burwell paces the Illini offensive attack; the 6'8" pivot man swished 26 points while his teammates hit at a 56 per cent clip against Pennsylvania. Illini Move Up When Ohio State vacated the number-two national spot the Il- lini, then undefeated, moved in. What the defeat to Notre Dame will do to the Illinois national sta- tus is yet to be seen. Wisconsin and Purdue appear to be other teams capable of put- ting on a strong push for the crown. Purdue, a team that dropped Yale during Christmas vacation, 76-66, ran by Drake Wednesday night to push the Boil- ermaker season mark above the 50 per cent class. Slow Start Wisconsin, supposed to show some spark this winter, is off to a disappointing start. The Badgers, who finished second inthe Big Ten last year, did defeat Mar- quette, 70-56, to cop the Milwau- kee Classic Crown. Ken Siebel led the scoring with 23 points. The Badgers didn't help their reputation out on the West Coast with a 77-63 fall at the hands ofM UCLA. Northwestern, 3-7 going into to- cus Sanders hit for the same to- tal while beating Subpac. MSU is now 3-6. Iowa's coach Sharm Scheuer- man was ejected from the Hawk- eye game with Arizona for pro- testing a referee's call. It must have done the Hawks some good. They were behind 50-43 at the time of the call; they won, 57-56. 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Ken Lutgens tipped in the winning basket with just under four seconds to go. The Wildcats lost out to Colorado State in the finals of that tournament, 75-50. A trip to Hawaii over the holi- days gave Michigan State two wins and a loss to service teams in the Pacific. Before the Spartans left, though, they dropped three straight to Wichita, Utah and Utah State. Bright spot for MSU: Pete Gent dropped in 33 points while the Spartans lost to Servpac of the Armed Forces League, and Mar- I i I IL w--Y Y------ -YY YYY- YY-- Y YYrYYYYY-YY-YYY YYYYYY YY .Y YYYYY -YYYY Y- YYYY YYYY k-! I_ F F FF i F FaFi fi Fi aF aFfi fifi F #fifi fiffi F fififfi fifi fi ffifiaF# fififififi F F Ffi ! FaF F F Ffi F#tfif^fi l -* - *r * * * . 'TTTTT' 'TTTTTTTTTTT' NEED A JOB BETWEEN SEMESTERS? 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