4 Page 8---Saturday, October 27, 1979-The Michigan Daily MICHIGAN ROMPS IN WCHA OPENER: Wolverine icers demolish Duluth Big Ten Advance By JON WELLS There are many ways to score goals in hockey and so the Michigan hockey team held a seminar on the subject last night at Yost Arena, drubbing Min- nesota-Duluth, 11-6. Defense was a dirty word right from the start as the two teams tallied a total of nine goals in the first period. Fresh- man Wolverine center Bruno Baseotto was the dominant figure in the scoring barrage with a hat trick in the opening frame, his second of the young season. BASEOTTO'S FIRST goal came just under four minutes into the first period and tied the game, 1-1. The prolific freshman, positioned perfectly at the right goal post, slid the puck into the deserted net after Murray Eaves and Dan Lerg had attempted to jam the puck past UMD goalie Bill Perkl. Michigan's third and fourth goals were also scored by Baseotto, snapping a 2-2 deadlock and brgaking the game wide open. BULLETIN NEW YORK-Wilfredo Gomez of Puerto Rico retained his World Boxing Council super-bantamweight title here last night by stopping Nico Perez of Mexico in the fifth round of a scheduled 15-round bout. Baseotto s hat trick, Lerg, May pace Blue Both goals were tip-in shots from the point and came within one minute and twenty seconds of each other. The' first was a redirection of a Tim Manning blast from the left point when Michigan had a one-man advantage. Baseotto's third and final goal came when he got a, very small pieceof John Blum's slap- shot from the right point. BASEOTTO, WHO now leads the Wolverines with 13 points in just three games, remained soft-spoken concer- ning his achievements. "I feel great. I'm happy just playing," he said. While Baseotto was demonstrating the tip-in, the rest of the Michigan team was teaching the ;Bulldogs further scoring lessons. The second Wolverine goal came when Dan Lerg fed doe Milburn streaking in on the left wing on a two-on-one break. Milburn beat the beleaguered Perkl with a wrist shot high and to the short side. The first period ended with Michigan ahead 6-3 on the power of a pair of break- aways by Lerg (two goals, two assists) and Dennis May (two goals). In the second period, the Blue icers added another goal to their leading Bruno Baseotto margin, outscoring the Bulldogs 3-2. Captain Doug Todd knocked in a per- fect pass from the corner off the stick of freshman Julio VanBiesbruck. May and Lerg followed Todd, May's goal coming in rather spectacular fashion when the sophomore right wing dove flat out of bang a rebound past the sprawling Duluth netminder. JEFF MARS and Brad Tippett closed out the scoring in the third period. Tip- pett, as well as displaying tremendous hustle throughout the game, showed that he had a few flashy moves when he left a Duluth defenseman and goalie grasping at thin aair on a rush from center ice. Freshman goalie Paul Fricker was not exactly sharp in the Michigan net, giving up five goals in two periods. According to head coach Dan Farrell, Fricker had a bad case of the flu and was pulled after the second period for this reason. The victory last night has to be en- couraging for the Wolverines, as not only did they beat a team that finished fourth in the WCHA last season, but they also showed that they can score some goals, which was a big problem last year. The added spark to the offen- se has undoubtedly originated from the surprisingly good play of the freshman forwards. Baseotto's nose for the net and Tippett's scrappy play have been a shot in the arm to the Blue attack. Bulldogs bombed FIRST PERIOD Scoring: UMD-Fisback (Palmer. Carlston) 2::36: M-Baseotto (Lerg. Eaves) 3:16; UMD-Iledlund (Graven) 1:04, M-Milburn (Lerg. Lundberg) 5:04; M-Baseotto (Manning. Eaves) 7:56: M- Baseotto (Blum. Glover) 9:16; M-Lerg (Reid) 15:52: M-May (Blum, Richmond) 16:40: UNI)- Corgin (Lempe.Palmer)317:31. Penalties: M-Milburn (tripping) :46; UMD-- Crockshank (interference) 2:54: UMD-Palmer (interference) 6:37. M-Perry (roughing) 16:20: U'MD-LeTournea (roughing) 16:20. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: M-Todd (Van Biesbruck. Richmond) 4:12; UMD-Moore (Cleveland. Palmer) 4:34; M- May (Baseotto, Olver) 6:26: M-l.erg (Manning, Eaves) 11:32: L'MD-Kulyk (Henri. Lempe) 14:10. Penalties: UMI)-Carlston (holding) 10:57; M- May (interference) 12:16: M-Tippett (hooking) 12:40; M-May (hooking) 15:51: UMD-Graven (interference) 15:51. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: M-Mars (an Biesbruck. Todd) 9:09; UMD-DeGrio (Lempe, Ilendrickson) 11:36: ;M- Tippett (Richmond, Blum) 16:59. Penalties: UMD-Crookshank (interference) :3:25; M-Lundberg (cross-checking) 6:03:: M-Blum (roughing) 10::11; UMD-('orbin (roughing) 10::31: M-Perry (elbowing) 11:46: UIMD-Palmer (high- sticking) 17:07 SAVES By ERIC LUTTINEN It's the fifth week of the Big Ten season and, as usual, a "race for the roses" is developing between Michigan and Ohio State, although Indiana and Purdue still have an outside shot at the title. The Buckeyes host the slumping Michigan State Spartans in Colum- bus in the top game on this week's Big Ten schedule. MSU last defeated the Bucks in 1974, although that was in East Lansing. The last Spartan triumph in Columbus was in 1971. Coach Darryl Rogers said sophomore Bryan Clark, will open at quarterback on Saturday. Clark, who played in the second half of last week's 14-7 loss to Purdue, com- pleted 11 of 20 passes for 166 yards. "This (Ohio State) is an extremely fine team, better than Purdue by far," said Rogers at a Monday press conference. "Ohio State has many more offensive threats (than r x Michigan), especially at quarter- back. Art Schlichter has got to be the number one quarterback in our con- ference, period. Schlichter is as fina a young quarterback as I have ever seen." At the Columbus press luncheon, Coach Earle Bruce said that his team's injury situation is improving with each week, although tailbacks Ricky Johnson and Calvin Murray are doubtful for the remainder of the season. It seems that Ohio State is always deepest at the positions where injuries crop up. Illinois gave Michigan all it could handle in the first half of last weeks game, before bowing to the Wolverines, 27-7. This week the Illinois defense will have to concern itself with Minnesota's fine passing game, rather than the Wolverines' running attack. The Minnesota offense is directed by senior signal-caller Mark Carlson, who was named the Big Ten's offensive player of the week by the Associated Press and United Press International. In the Gophers' 24-7 win over Iowa last weekend, Carlson threw touchdown passes of 50 and 57 yards to Elmer Bailey and completed 14 of 17 attempts on the day. Carlson leads the Big Ten in passing, completing 61.7 per cent of his aerials for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns. The unpredictable Wisconsin Badgers host the Iowa Hawkeyes, hoping to rebound from last week's thrashing by Ohio State. Wisconsin relies greatly on its defense, although last week's game was no indication of this fact. The Badgers to watch on defense are linebacker Dave Ahrens, defensive end Buy Boliaux, and safety David Green- wood. The Hawkeyes, much improved under new head coach Hayden Fry, have a 2-2 conference record. Dennis Mosley is the Big Ten's leading rusher with an average of 125.5 yar- ds per game, while quarterback Phil Suess has completed 52.9 per cent of Big Ten Standings CONFERENCE W Ohio State ........... 4 MICHIGAN ......... 4 Indiana ............. 3 Purdue ............. 3 Minnesota ...........3 lowa .................. 2 Michigan State I..... l Wisconsin........... 1 Illinois.............,0 Northwestern........0 0 0 2 3 3 I 5 ( T 0 0 0 0 1! 0 0 0 0 0 his passes, fifth best in the conferen- ce. The "Mildcats" of Northwestern have played their typical season to date, losing all five of their con- ference games. There have been few bright spots for the 'Cats, but one plus factor has been the play of Mike Kerrigan at quarterback. Kerrigan is filling in for the injured Kevin Strasser. Purdue ,is paced by junior Mark Herrmann, who is ranked second in Big Ten passing. The Boilermaker offense revolves around the play of Herrmann, while the defense has given up only 72 points in four con- ference games, third best in the con- ference. Il Fricker (M)..................... I t Perki sUeN) ................1 Fricksen (UNI!)).............- 7 [3 -3 -- -21 M3- I SPORTS OF THE DAILY Sharp Spurs top Pistons Michigan icers John Olver (16), Tim Manning (4) and Murray Eaves (17) face off in a WCIIA contest against Denver last year. In Michigan's WCHA home opener at Yost Arena last night the Wolverines bombed Minnesota-Duluth, 11-6, to captue their third consecutive victory without a loss. Clubbers overcome weather jinx-; sun shines bright on M'victory By BOB EMORY The sun came out gloriously yester- day in time for the field hockey game between Michigan and Northern Michigan, which is technically a bad omen for the Wolverines, but they managed to overcome their fear of good weather as they calmly disposed of the Wildcats, 2-0, raising their record to 11- 7-1. Strange as it may seem, the Wolverines have developed a habit of playing their best hockey in the worst weather imaginable - like rain and slop, for instance. T HE CURRENT tally shows four wins and no losses for the Wolverines under depressing conditions, with the latest such victory coming last week in the bitter cold and howling winds of that prairie town known as Mt. Pleasant. Michigan defeated Central Michigan that day, 3-1, an impressive road win against one of the best teams in the state. So when the sun came darting out yesterday, there was naturally cause for apprehension among the Wolverines' since most of their seven losses have come in the sun. . ::: r f........: $ .F. av e Don 't miss tomorrow 's Sunday Magazine THE MAKING OF A MUSICAL: Three student authors unveil UAC Musket's' first original musical in a decade. NADER LOOKS WEST: Discouraged by his recent efforts in Washington, Ralph Nader brings the task of consumer advocacy to the ennumers "We just love the rain," was ,what Coach Candy Zientek said a few weeks ago. Yesterday, however, there was no rain but there was a victory nonetheless, Michigan's fourth in a row. The game came down to which squad had the better skills, as the Wildcats were running step-for-step with the Wolverines and even beating them to the ball most of the afternoon. Solid fundamentals - good stick work, ac- curate passing, positioning and con- sistency - finally prevailed for Michigan. The fact that goaltender Laura Pieri stopped all 17 shots didn't hurt the situation much either. MARTY MAUGH scored once in the first half and once in the second half, taking care of the scoring for the day. The shutout was Pieri's seventh of the season (surpassing the old mark of six) and 20th of her career, far more than any other Michigan goalie. Speaking of records, Michigan has now scored more goals in one season than any previous squad, and Mary Callam, the scoring machine, is rapidly approaching Dawn Kohut's single season scoring record of 25 goals. Callum has 20. CLUBBER NOTES: Following their disastrous performance in the Big Ten Championships (two losses, no wins and no prizes) the Wolverines went on to beat Hope College, 4-0, Central Michigan, 3-1, find Bowling Green, 2-1 By MARK FISCHER Special to the Daily PONTIAC - Detroit native George Gervin did it again last night, notching 41 points in leading his run-and-gun San Antonio Spurs to a 129-113 victory over the Pistons in the Silverdome. The win lifted the 4-2 Spurs into first place in the NBA's Central Division, while 4-4 Detroit dropped back into third place.. The Pistons hung with San Antonio for much of the game. At the end of the third quarter, the visitors led by only three, 88-85. But from that point the Spurs' running ganme proved too much for them. "Our game plan was to work the ball and get off good shots," said Detroit coach Dick Vitale. "But when you fall behind by six or seven points, that's when they get you." Detroit did fall behind by that much and more, when a combination of Piston turnovers and three straight lay-ups by Mark Olber- ding expanded the San Antonio lead to 19 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter. At this point the Pistons attempted to press, which forced them into San An- tonio's running game, and as Vitale noted, "We just can't run up and down the floor with them." The Pistons couldn't find anyone who could run up and down the floor with Gervin either. The NBA's Iceman hit a dazzling array of jumpers, double-pump lay-ups and stuffs on his way to setting a new Silverdome scoring record of 41 points. "Personally, I feel very proud, espe- cially since 'the performance came NBlA SuIl d( iiigs Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Philadelphia .......... 6 0 Boston ................ 5 2 New York ............. 4 3 Washington ........... 2 4 New Jersey ......... 1 4 Central Division Pct. 1.txlo .714 .571 .333 .200 Pct. .600 .571 .500 .375 .:M3 :150 W San Antonio ...........:3 Detroit ................ 4 Atlanta .................I Indiana ...............:3 Houston.............2 Cleveland............2 before a lot of my friends," said the former Eastern Michigan star. "I almost chartered a bus for all the people I had coming to. the game. I'm really not an emotional person, and the true feeling of the scoring record hasn't come to me yet. But I do feel very proud." Backing up Gervin's performance for the Spurs, were Larry Kenon, who not- ched 24 points and James Silas, who pumped in 16 and added eight assists. Center Billy Paultz also had a good game, grabbing 12 rebounds and adding 16 points of his own. James McElroy led the Pistons with 25 points, while Bob McAdoo, who had 20 points and cleared S 2 3 4 5 4 6 GB 12 Z2 4 412 GB I~ 2 12 212 GB 212 6 the boards 16 times, was awarded the Pistons' star award. Blue grappler hur Michigan wrestler Jim Mathias, con- sidered to be one of the team's key men this year, suffered a neck injury in practice Thursday. The 118-lb. mat- man, who has three years of eligibility remaining, cracked a bone in his neck and will be out for the season, accor- ding to Coach Dale Bahr. Mathias, now in his third year at Michigan, was forced to sit out as a freshman after knee surgery. lie came back last year to secure a 12-12-2 record for the Wolverines. Backing up Mathias at 118 is fresh! man Tom Davids from Hazel Park High School, where he won the Michigan state title in his senioryear. -AL GRABENSTEIN Bye, bye Billy? From Wire service Reports New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner is apparently most distraught over Billy Martin's latest altercation. So upset is King George, in fact, that it may even be time to bounce Billy the Kid. Martin, who nearly lost his job for good last year for slugging a Reno, Nev. sports writer, split the lip of an Illinois man Tuesday night during a fracas in a hotel lobby in Bloomington, Minn., ac- cording to a report from a security guard at the hotel. STEINBRENNER was quoted yesterday in Florida as saying that Martin "is supposed to turn the other cheek', when he gets into volatiie situtions. "He promised he would." Steinbrenner added, "We just can't have him getting into these things every two months. It's not good for'the Yankee organization." In New York, baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said his office was in- vestigating the incident "to find out all the facts." In the meantime, bring on Thomas Hearns! 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