Improved Bulldogs battle Blue skaters k in enferei By BOB EMORY Having both tuned up with season opening games against CCHA opponen- ts, Michigan and Minnesota-Duluth prepare to start their WCHA season with games tonight and tomorrow night ,at Yost Arena. The Wolverines are 2-0 on the year, having won a pair of bitterly earned overtime victories against Bowling Green in a home-and-home series played last weekend. Duluth comes to- town with a 2-1 record after splitting a two game series with Lake Superior State and beating Notre Dame in an exhibition last Friday. THE BULLDOGS, who last season finished in a tie for seventh place with For more Sports- see Pages 16 and 17 Notre Dame and Michigan, are a much improved team according to Michigan coach Dan Farrell."They have a lot of their top players returning," he said. "Their only real weakness is in the goaltending department where they have a couple of inexperienced players." Last year the two teams met only twice, with Duluth winning both games at home, 8-7 and 6-1. It will be a dif- ferent story this year. For one, the two teams will play each other four times this season, twice here and twice in Duluth. Also, neither team will be directly battling the other for a playoff spot as the WCHA was split up into two five-team divisions, with the Bulldogs in the Western Division and the Wolverines in the Eastern Division. The Bulldogs are loaded with plenty of individual standouts. On defense, All- ice opener American Curt Giles returns for his final season along with junior blueliners Stan Palmer and Pat Regan. Giles single-handedly destroyed the Wolverines last year in the 8-7 victory by scoring three goals, including the game winner in overtime. On offense, Duluth has 13 returning lettermen headed by All-Conference center Dan Lempe. Only a junior, Lem- pe led the Bulldogs in scoring the last two seasons in addition to being named a conference all-star. "IT SHOULD be a real interesting series," emphasized Farrell. "Duluth is a very quick skating team and I know they'll try to force us into a skating type of game." The Wolverines are coming off a series in which Farrell admits they were outplayed. "Sure, they (Bowling Green) controlled the puck on us well and outshot us badly, but most of those shots were taken from outside the cen- ter line and weren't that tough for our goalies to stop." Speaking of goalies, the Wolverines got a stellar performance from sophomore transfer Bob Sutton in last Saturday's game in Bowling Green. Sutton kicked away 56 shots as Michigan snapped the Falcons 23-game home ice winning streak. Farrell said he is planning on going with the same goaltending system he employed in the Bowling Green series, starting Rudy Varvari in the opener tonight and playing Sutton tomorrow. In other WCHA action this weekend, defending league champion Denver plays the Spartans of Michigan State in Denver. Other action finds Michigan Tech at North Dakota, Notre Dame at Colorado College and the Minnesota Golden Gophers hosting Wisconsin. The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 27, 1978-Page 15 Welcome to the Checkmate '78 HO ECO I GSS LE s I OS FO GUY 5,000 Si E TERS 25% O)FF THIS IS IT MEN! GET YOUR ASS DOWN TO CHECKMATE PRONTO This is one hell of a buy on some beautiful FI goods. We've got CREWS, TURTLES, V- NECKS, and CARDIGANS. Sizes Small thru X-Large. Bring a friend-You may have to fight for these bargains Harriers gunning for 5th straight CCC title By DAVE RENBARGER Most of the hard work for the Michigan cross country team is already over this season. Whether or not it was all worth the effort, however, still remains to be seen. the harriers, who have trained hard for seven straight weeks, seek their reward in the next four weeks, as they enter the crucial portion of the schedule. The Central Collegiate Conference championship meet, tomorrow in Glen Ellyn. Ill., will be the first in a progression of big meets for the harriers. Following the CCC meet is the real gem-the Big Ten Championship meet--and then comes the NCAA District and the NCAA National meets. In preparing his runners for this all-important, season-ending stretch, coach Ron Warhurst emphasized strength and endurance training all year long. But from here on out, the grueling workouts will be toned down as Warhurst is looking for an appropriate mix of strength and speed. "Everybody's healthy and fit," said Warhurst, who is seeking his fourth CCC crown in a row. "We're ready to race for keeps now." The 8,000 meter up-and-down chase through suburban Chicago tomorrow will find the undefeated Michigan runners up against the best competition they've seen this season. Penn State, rated fifth in the nation by Harrier magazine, and Notre Dame are expected to provide most of the competition. The Wolverines are ranked 12th. Penn State returns with virtually the same team they had last year, plus freshman\Alan Scharsu, who has stepped in as one of its top three runners, according to Warhurst. Michigan will counter with its regular top seven-Dan Heikkenen, Dave Lewis, Steve Elliott, Gerry Donakowski, Doug Sweazey, Bill Weidenbach and Gary Parenteau-plus seniors Jim Baumgartner and Bruce McFee. Each of the 13 teams in the race will run nine men instead of the usual seven. "I've been telling them all along that Penn State's going to be a bitch," said Warhurst. "But we've beaten them three straight years." How would Einstein 1 theorize about Cinci? Although the Cinci formula is secret, certain factors in the equation are well known: 1. Cinci has a hearty, full-bodied flavor 2. It is smooth and easy going down. 3. Its head commands respect. Our theory is that Einstein would have concluded: It's too good to ulp. Relatively speaking, of course. I __- State Street at Liberty U U Celebrate 98 colorful years of Michigan football with THE UNIVERSI1TY OF MICHIGAN SCRAPBOOK Here they are-Michigan's great games, teams, players and coaches, vividly re- created before your eyes in a magnifi- cent year-by-year scrapbook history of Wolverine football. Page after page of rare news clip- pings, scorecards, game programs, and photos make all the golden moments come alive again, from the very first Wolverine victory in 1879, against Racine College, down through the years to Coach JORDAN A.L)MTSCH Schembechler's 1977 season.'" "' f Here are just a few of the thrilling highlights- 0 Vivid accounts of the aston- ishing Fielding Yost's "point- a-minute" team victories... A detailed commentary on the legendary "Little Brown Jug" games against Minnesota... Extensive coverage of 4 the incredible O hio Statesei .. series.. U., -~-'A: - ~ g~'