Page 10-Friday, December 8, 1978--The Michigan Daily Ii\ 7I LOSING STREAK HAUNTS MICHIGAN: FOR THE TIME BEINGi A Christmas Verse Play by W. H. AUDEN Sunday, Dec. 10-7 p.m. in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church 502 E. Huron Street presented by The American Baptist Student Fellowship Blue icers lfor victory against MSU By BILLY NEFF If a 3-9 hockey team, that has lost four in a row and eight of their last ten, would ever have big series, this is the weekend. Michigan's icers fit this description and tangle with intra-state rival Michigan State this weekend in a home-and-home series. MSU is tied with the Wolverines and Colorado College for eighth place in the WCHA. In the WCHA, only eight teams make the playoffs 'at the end of the season. This series could go a long way towards determining the final playoff position. The Spartans sport a 3-9 WCHA mark, 5-9 overall, after splitting with Wisconsin last weelend. Amo Bessone's forces have also split with Michigan Tech (in Hougthon) and North Dakota. "We haven't been able to put two games together all season," said Bessone. MEANWHILE, DAN FARRELL'S dekers have played the top two teams in the WCHA the last two weekends in Minnesota and Notre Dame. This weekend's series with the lowly Spar- tans couldn't come at a better time. Michigan has suffered from a dearth of offense, due to injuries to star center= man Terry Cullen and Dan Lerg. Farrell agreed, "If you're going to get into the playoffs, you better beat them (Michigan State). Both games are real big. They always play very hard against us. They've had some problems this year, too." The Spartans are strongest down the right side of the ice with their leading scorer of the last two years, Russ Welch, once again leading the way (4- 10-14). MSU's leading goal scorer, Joe Omiccioli, backs up Welch at right wing with eight goals and six assists on the season. The Spartans don't lose anything on the third line either as Ken Paraskevin nas notched six goals and seven assists this year. PARASKEVIN IS teamed with Frank Finn and converted center Arron Rucks (4-10-14) on left wing. Other leading Spartan icemen been off-target with their shooting, but they also have had "weak defensive play in our own zone by our forwards," said Bessone. Even though the Michigan State for- wards have not played the defense Bessone would have liked, opponents have not been shredding the Spartan nets. This is due to the fine goaltending of Mark Mazoleni and especially Doug Belland (3.9 goals a game). "Our goaltending this year has been our strongest point," Bessone injected. MICHIGAN, ON the other hand, may have its share of goaltending problems this weekend, since Penn transfer Bob Sutton broke his toe in practice this week. Peter Mason will fill in for Sutton behind Rudy Varvari at least foi tomorrow night. The forward situation will b bolstered as both Mike Coffman an Bill Wheeler are returning to action thi weekend after one-week suspensions They are coming at just the right time as the Wolverines are sputtering alon at less than 3.4 goals a game (54 in 1 games). For Michigan, freshman Murra Eaves leads the. way with eight goal and 15 assists for 23 points. Captai Mark Miller, who has played inspired hockey this year, has tallied 13 goal and seven assists. Sophomores John Olver, defenseman Tim Manning, and Doug Todd round out the double-figure scorers for the Wolverines. We BUY and SELL QUALITY. previously owned RECORDS & TAPES Recycle and Save RECYCLE LIGHT & SOUND lower level, 221 E. Liberty Plaza corner of Fifth & E. Liberty Downhill Package Rossignol Challenger.........................$130.00 Tyrolia 150.........................................58 00 leash .................. ............. .. 00 B arrecrafter Pole . - - .......-...-12 00 $205.00 Mon. Frt-. 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These statistics span a i4-game season so MSU has not been putting the puck into the net with any consistency (3.5 times a game). Not only have the Recently though, their defense has faltered, too (31 goals in the last four games)-. "This is a big series for all three of us (MSU, Michigan and Colorado)," said Michigan State coach Bessone. "It should be a hard fought, evenly- matched game since both teams are struggling with injuries." Giants obtain Carew; but need his approval ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-The Minne- sota Twins have traded seven-time American League batting champion Rod Carew to the San Francisco Giants in a deal that requires only Carew's ap- proval. Twins' owner Calvin Griffith said yesterday. Griffith came to the winter meetings determined to trade Carew, hopefully to a National League team. Philadelphia and San Francisco were the prime can- didates but the Phillies fell out of the sweepstakes when they signed free agent Pete Rose to a four-year, $.32 million contract. THAT LEFT THE Giants, and the deal was finalized yesterday with Min- nesota receiving two players from San Francisco's major league roster, probably first baseman Mike Ivie and centerfielder Larry Herndon, and a minor league pitcher. Besides the three players, Griffith is likely to get $400,000-the limit set by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn on cash transactions between teams-in the deal. "I'm confident the deal will be com- pleted," said Griffith. "We've agreed. There is no complication in the transac- tion. The only complication is Mr. Carew saying yes or no." His approval, however, was not assured. Carew appeared on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minn., last night after word broke of the trade. "I didn't want to go to San Fran- cisco," Carew said. "I don't know how it's going to work out." Carew said he and his agent would meet with Giants officials today in Minneapolis to discuss the trade. CAREW WAS NOT available for fur- ther comment at his home, but his wife, Marilyn, told the Associated Press her husband had refused a trade to the Giants four times previously. "That's right. He refused them four times," she said. "He told the Twins that, and he told San Francisco, too. If he can't play here, it really doesn't matter where we go as far as making a home is concerned because home is in Minnesota. "It will just be up to Rod, for him to decide, and where to thinks it's good for him as a player," said Mrs. Carew. Qots vthe badq APAII-Big Ten By the Associated Press The Associated Press named it's 1978 All-Big Ten team Wednesday. Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State all landed six players on the squad. Here is the lineup: OFFENSE ENDS: Kirk Gibson (MSU); Eugene Byrd (MSU); Mark Brammer (MSU) TACKLES: Jim Hinesly (MSU) and Joe Robinson (Ohio State) GUARDS: John Giesler (Michigan) and Ken Fritz (Ohio State) CENTER: Mark Heidel (Indiana) QUARTERBACK: Rick Leach (Michigan) RUNNING BACKS: Russell Davis (Michigan) and Marion Barber (Minnesota) KICKER: Paul Rogind (Minnesota) DEFENSE FRONT FIVE: Curtis Greer (Michigan); Melvin Land (MSU); Kelton Dansler (Ohio State) ;Keena Turner (Purdue) ; Ken Loushin (Purdue) LINEBACKERS: Ron Simpkins (Michigan); Tom Cousineau (Ohio State); Joe Norman (Indiana) DEFENSIVE Mike Jolly (Michigan); Tom Graves (MSU); BACKS: Vince Skillings (Ohio State) PUNTER: Tom Orosz (Ohio State) Elsewhere in football, Billy Sims of Oklahoma, who was formally presented with the 44th annual Heisman Trophy last night, also received one of six Downtown Athletic Club awards as the nation's outstanding running back. The DAC inaugurited six outstanding player awards last year to honor players other than the Heisman winner. UCLA's Jerry Robinson was honored as the outstanding linebacker for the second year in a row while guard Greg Roberts, Sims' Oklahoma team- mate, was named the top offensive lineman. The other DAC Awards went to PennState tackle Bruce Clark as the out- standing defensive lineman, Michigan State wide receiver Kirk Gibson as the top offensive end and Johnnie Johnson of Texas as the leading defensive back. Phtons pulverize PONTIAC, Mich. Rookie John Long scored 28 points, and veteran M. L. Carr added 24 as the Detroit Pistons swept past the fading Cleveland Cavaliers 121-105 last night in the National Basketball Association. Carr, hitting on eight of his first 10 shots, finished the first half with 18 points. Long had 12 points by the intermission as the Pistons led 65-51. Then Detroit opened the third period by outscoring Cleveland 18-3 in just over four minutes. The Pistons led by as many as 30 points in coasting to their 10th victory against 16 losses this season. Cleveland actually made a game of it only for one quarter, trailing 30-26 going into the second period. The Cavs were outscored 35-25 in the second quarter and then 33-22 in the third. Orioles sold BALTIMORE -The sale of the Baltimore Orioles to a group headed by former Treasury Secretary William Simon is virtually complete and should be accomplished before the start of the 1979 baseball season, the Baltimore News American reported yesterday. Board Chairman Jerold C. Hoffberger denied the deal was near in an in- terview with WCBM Radio in Baltimore. The paper, in a dispatch from baseball's winter meetings in Orlando, Fla., quoted reliable sources as saying that the deal "is 90 percent certain to take place before the 1979 season starts." "The deal is all but complete-only the final details have to be ironed out," the News American quoted one closeobserver as saying. Helen Conklin, a spokeswoman for the Orioles, said neither she nor anyone else in the team's Baltimore offices knew anything about the repor- ted sale "besides what we read in the papers." Negotiations between Hoffberger and the Simon group were first repor- ted several weeks ago. The group headed by Simon apparently would keep the team in Baltimore, at least for now. But the News American said that-if the sale is completed in time-the Orioles could play some of their 1979 gaimes in Washington, which has been without major league baseball since the old Senators moved to Texas after the 1971 season. Under terms of the team's lease for Memorial Stadium, the Orioles would be limited to a maximum of 11 games in Washington's RFK Stadium next season. Come and Save with Special Package Prices on both CROSS-COUNTRY and DOWNHILL SKIS 2455 S. 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