RiELIGION PUTSWINGS ON TRACK SHOES:
Harrier Beck running for the top
By MARK MIHANOVIC
"Feeling GOOD," the tall, skinny blond yells as he
,farts off on another long practice run in the cool Sep-
tember air. And Michigan cross country runner Dan-
i'yBeck is definitely feeling good.
"I feel good inside when I'm running, like I'm ac-
,mplishing something," Beck explained before
,practice yesterday. "You can get outside and enjoy
;what's around you."
Beck didn't always have such a gung-ho attitude
towards cross country. In fact, last Sunday he ran in
'his first competitive cross country race in three years
,t Michigan. Leg injuries kept him out of action his
first two years, and Beck is the first to admit that he
piossessed an attitude problem as well. Now a
,sophomore in eligibility (after being red-shirted his
freshman year), he claims that he's finally got it
together.
"I HAVE A lot better perspective on running," he
said. "I knew I had a God-given talent that I should be
developing, and I wasn't doing all I could to develop
it. I decided to work as hard as I could to do as well as
I possibly could."
Beck credits an introduction he made through his
girlfriend for his improved state of mind. "I was in-
troduced to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, and that's given me a lot of strength. It's a
way of life. My freshman and sophomore years, I was
interested in having a lot of fun, and then when I got
injured, my morale really went down.
"Now I have more determination to do what I
should be doing. I feel more content with the way my
life's going."1
"HE'S ALWAYS smiling," Beck's coach, Ron
Warhurst, said. "He's really found himself
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emotionally, and he has matured mentally."
Warhurst was pleased with Beck's performance on
Sunday in the Springback Road Race in London, On-
tario. Beck registered the fifth best time (20:31 for 4.3
miles) on the winning Michigan squad and finished
21st out of 150 runners overall.
"He ran very well," Warhurst said. "He's been the
biggest improvement and the biggest surprise so far.
He trained this summer with Bill Weidenbach, and he
was consistent with it. He has a lot of natural ability.
It's just a matter of his getting confidence."
"I was introducerd to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter DaY Saints, and
that's giren me a lot of strength. It's a
waY of life. My freshman and sophomore
years I was interested in haring a lot of
fun, and then I got injured, my morale
really went down."
-cross country runner Dan Beck
WARHURST LISTS Beck as the fifth man on the
harriers' depth chart, and he looks for big things out
of Danny in the future. "I'm confident that he will
remain in the top seven this year. He's a year behind
a lot of the guys in training, and I'm pretty sure he's
going to be here for five years."
Beck is one of four team members who came out of
Grosse Pointe North High School, the others being
Dave Lewis, Weidenbach, and Steve Brandt. Beck
feels that the summer running with Weidenbach was
a big help.
"I ran 475 miles this summer," Beck estimated.
"It's not much compared to what other runners do,
but it's the first time I've run the whole summer. I
came here in shape."
BECK ENJOYS running with his old high school
mates. "We're close. Everybody on this team is
really close. We have a good time together, and the
whole idea is to have fun."
He cited what occurred at Sunday's race as an
example of the team's feeling of togetherness. During
the race he passed teammate Gerald Donakowski
and heard Donakowski call from behind, "Go get
'em, Danny."
Later in the race, Beck threw the same words of
encouragement at a rushing Lewis. The runners ap-
preciate that a great deal, as they realize that the ex-
pulsion of only a few words can take up a great deal of
a man's energy in a grueling cross country race.
Running cross country is only one phase of Beck's
life, however. Majoring in the University's rugged
Economics department has forced Beck to place a
balance between his studies and running. The busy
schedule leaves Beck very little time to unwind, but
he manages to enjoy himself now and then.
Although the Mormon religion doesn't allow Beck
to partake of alcohol, he doesn't find it hard to have a
good time on the weekend party circuit.
Beck's goals this season are very realistic. He wan-
ts to remain one of the top seven runners on the team,
and he hopes to stay healthy. While only time will tell
how well his leg holds up, Danny Beck shouldn't have
any problems with the health of his attitude.
The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, September 26, 1979-Page 9
'Horseplay' to abound
at Slippery Rock rally
Slippery Rock, rah! Slippery Rock, rah! Rah, rah, Slip-
pery Rock!
Followers of Slippery Rock football can give their adop-
ted darlings a rousing display of support this Friday at the
first-ever Ann Arbor Slippery Rock team rally.
The rally, to be held at 7:15 Friday evening at Ferry
Field, will be highlighted by Slippery Rock's own Marching
Band and a guest appearance by the world-reknown
Clydesdale horses of Budweiser fame. Admission is free.
Beat Shippensburg State!
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Denver ................. 3 1
Kansas City............2 2
Seattle . ............... 1 3
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Blue golfers happy their captain
always wanted her room messy
By M. J. SCHNEIDER
Why do people play golf? Some say that golf releases ten-
sion and frustration; others claim that the game aggravates
this condition. Some think of the sport as exercise and a
reason to get out onto the fresh air and sunshine
But for Alison Smith, it was the lesser of two evils.
"I started golfing because I wanted to. It was either that
or clean my room," joked the captain of Michigan's women's
golf team. "Mom and Dad wanted me to do something con-
structive. So I played golf."
Smith teed up the ball for the first time when she was ten
years ojd. From a humble beginning on Grosse Ile's country
club course, Smith improved her game in the city's junior
golf program.
"It was fun," reflected the slender blonde. "I never
really took the game seriously until high school. Then I had
the chance to try out for the team."
The only golf team at Grosse Ile High was the men's
squad. So, Smith golfed with the men, and earned a letter in
all three years that she played.
"I look at that as an accomplishment," she said. "I was the
only female and we had a very strong team."
After a rewarding high school tenure, she enrolled at
Michigan, primarily for academic reasons.
"There was no women's golf team before I came, so I
didn't come specifically to golf, and I wasn't recruited," she
said. "It's just a good school."
From being a member of Michigan's first women's golf
team, Smith has expanded her role to take on the respon-
sibilities of team captain. This position, appointed annually
by Coach Tom Simon, includes obtaining uniforms, infor-
ming team members of special practices and outings, and
hardest of all, psyching the team up for competition.
"It's difficult to fire them up. It's an individual sport and
so our team performance depends on the individual moods of
the players. Sometimes it's very hard."
It must have been especially difficult to keep the morale
of her team up this past week. Due to what Simon dubbed a
"disappointing performance" in the linksters' first tour-
nament of the season, the coach cancelled his team's par-
ticipation in last week's competition.
"They're practicing this week," explained Simon.
"They're concentrating on improving their game. They've
accomplished more this week staying at home than if they'd
gone to the tournament (Indiana State Invitational) and
played."
Smith echoed Simon's attitude. "You don't get as much
out of playing as you do practicing. It also gives us time to
rest. It'll all show up next week," she hoped aloud.
This coming weekend, the team faces the hardest
challenge of the infantile season. A usual women's golf
schedule is comprised of two-day weekend meets. For the
first time since the team's conception, the Blue linksters are
scheduled to compete in a.three-day tournament.
On Friday, the team will travel to Mount Pleasant and
play on Central Michigan's course. Saturday's and Sunday's
rounds will be played on Michigan State's Forest Akers.
"This tournament will tell you who's good," Smith said.
"With three consecutive days of play, and all the traveling, it
will be difficult. Whoever wins it is a very good team."
The combination of rest and practice this week gives
Smith hopes of a good finish in this weekend's competition.
But, still, she has reservations.
"I'm apprehensive and a little scared. It's the first time
we've had to do this (play three days). An advantage we have
is that we'll be rested. We don't know what the other teams
have been doing, but chances are they played last weekend."
When pressed for a prediction, Smith's optimism shines
through.
"We're improving every year. Last year, most of the
teams were beating us. Now we're beating them. We'll go out
and do our best. After all, you don't become a superstar all at
once."
SCORES
National League
Pittsburgh 10, Montreal4
Chicago (N) 11-3, New York 3-4
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1
Houston K, Atlanta 0
American League
Toronto 5. Boston 3
Detroit 3, Baltimore 2
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MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP
Bucs regain 1st
By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH-Willie Stargell hit
two home runs to lead the Pittsburgh
Pirates to a 10-4 victory over Montreal
and a one-half game lead over the Ex-
pos in the National League East
division.
Stargell and Ed Ott drove in three
runs apiece before a crowd of 31,348 as
the Pirates beat the Expos for the 10th
time in 17 meetings this season.
Stargell rapped a homer in the first
inning off Scott Sanderson, 9-8. Tony
Perez drove in a run for Montreal in the
third with a sacrifice fly and Larry
Parrish hit a leadoff homer in the four-
th off Pirates starter Jim Rooker.
BUT STARGELL put Pittsburgh
ahead to stay with a solo homer to open
the Pirates' fourth, his 31st of the
season. Pittsburgh added three more
runs in the fifth and four more in the
sixth.
twice as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the
Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 last night.
Cubs 11-3, Mets 3-4
CHICAGO-Pinch-hitter Steve
Henderson singled home Dan Norman
with two out in the 10th inning yester-
day to give the New York Mets a 4-3 vic-
tory over the Chicago Cubs and a split
of their doubleheader.
The Cubs, scoring seven runs in the
first inning of the opener, coasted to an
.11-3 decision as Lynn McGlothen, 13-13,
pitched his sixth complete game.
Tigers 3, Orioles 2
BALTIMORE-Ron LeFlore's run-
scoring single knocked in the winning
run in a two run ninth as the Detroit
Tigers scored a 3-2 victory over the
Baltimore Orioles last night.
TRAILING 2-1 enteripg the ninth,
Detroit got singles from Lance Parrish,
Alan Trammell and pinch-hitter Lynn
Jones for one run to tie the score at 2-2.
After Rick Peters flied to center,
LeFlore singled to right to drive in
Trammell with the tie-breaking run.
All four of the Tiger hits came off
Tippy Martinez, 10-3, the fourth Oriole
pitcher.
Jack Morris, 16-7, pitched the first
eight innings for Detroit. Aurelio Lopez
pitched the ninth to notch his 21st save.
College
gridder
collapses
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A 19-year-
old defensive end on the University of
South Carolina football team died
yesterday just before the squad began
practice.
Scott Sinclair of Homestead, Florida,
was rushed to Baptist Hospital shortly
after collapsing in the dressing room
about 2:50 p.m., according to Richland
County Coroner Frank E. Barron III.
"He started breathing heavily and
just keeled over and never regained
consciousness," Barron said.
. The coroner said an attempt was
made to ,revive the 6-foot-2, 220-pound
defensive lineman, the younger brother
of senior middle guard Fred Sinclair Jr.
The coroner said an autopsy will be
performed at Baptist Hospital today,
although he said as far as he could tell
Sinclair died "a natural death."
Coach Jim Carlen said members of
the team were informed of Sinclair's
death before the start of yesterday's
workout.
"It's a sad time for me and for
everyone concerned," said Carlen.
"If you've ever lost someone you
loved very much, you'll know what I
mean."
Barron said Sinclair complained of a
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