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Thomas surged to The Wolverine squad looked par- performers took firsts the e opening the lead early in the race and withstood ticularly strong in the sprints The team The Blue mile relay team highlighted several challenges to finally win going had two competitors in the six man finalBofethe 60ryard dashhand thetBlu the evening action, as the quartet of away. final of the 60 yard dash, and the Blue Ken Gardner, Charles Crouther, Ron speedsters won several of the heats in Affoon and Teddy Dobson qualified for Over 400 entrants jammed into the the 600 yard run. In the middle distan the NCAA meet with a time of 3:14.02. Track-Tennis Building for the meet, ces, the squad also looked quite strong. Once again, one of standouts for the which was the main reason for the In addition to Thomas' victory, Gary team proved to be Mike Lattany. Lat- problems with the drawn-out meet, ac- Hicks flew home first in one of the 1000 tany took top honors in the highjump, cording to Michigan assistant coach yard dash heats in a time of 1:11.4. clearing a 7-2 on his third and final at- Ron Warhurst. Warhurst commented Miler Dan Heikkinen battled his way to that large increases in the number of a fifth place finish in an extremely participants in the meet caused the big tough race, which saw the winner just en backup in the running of numerous miss the NCAA qualifying mark of W om en w n preliminaries. 4:05.8. He also said that next year all The final Wolverine victory in the fir- preliminaries would be run in the early st six events was recorded by the shut- first ever afternoon, as in the Michigan Relays, if tle hurdle relay team. They walked there are as many participants as this away with first place honors in a time of By SCOTT MUNZEL year. 28.8. The Michigan women's track team won its first meet in its two year history as a varsity sport yesterday, placing first in the five- team Michigan Invitational field. The women displayed their . ... superior quality over a weak field as they scored eight firsts out of ten events to score 56 total points. Second place Eastern picked up only . 20 points. -1 Coach Ken Simmons was "quite pleased" with the outcome, making t w< special mention of several athletes. y ' Debbie Williams broke the 40-foot F barrier in winning the shot put with . a 40-812 toss, Michigan's mile relay . team eclipsed the four-minute mark x for the first time, 3:59.31. -. MICHIGAN WAS especially strong in the relays, winning all three: the 440-yard in 50.88 seconds, the 880-yard in 1: 50.68, and the mile 5 Individual Wolverine winners were Yy . Marianne Dickerson in the mile run :...::. with a time of 5:11.16; Dawn _"- Woodruff in the 880-yard run in 2:23.2; and Chris Popp in the high 1 .. jump with a leap of 5-2. Also taking . firsts were Cathy Sharpe in the 60- h . yard dash in 7.02 seconds and Rene Turner in the 60-yard hurdles with a time of 8.36 seconds. Coming up on the Wolverine ~~~~~~~~~~~~..schedue.i............... in.::... ........ ..................:,- :. . ., . schedule is the Big Ten Meet i Daily Photo by PAM MARKS .which Simmons plans to enter ten MICHIGAN THINCLAD Marshal Parks extends his lead in the 60-yard high performers in hopes of improving on hurdles during action at the Wolverine Invitational last night. last year's eighth-place finish. ,-WOL(ERINES SECOND INS TA TE: ti r} i? t d s n n e n Y 0 D y t f i f The Michigan Daily-Saturday, February 24, 1979-Page 7 BLUE SINKS 12-3 Duluth demolishes icers By BILLY SAHN Special to The Daily DULUTH-The frozen tundra outside did not stop Minnesota-Duluth from declaring open season on Michigan goaltender Rudy Varvari inside, as the Bulldogs decimated the Wolverines, 12- 3 in front of a home crowd of 5,436 last night at Duluth Arena. Nothing could stop the Bulldogs as they teared the Wolverines apart in the third period, scoring seven goals. Duluth's last period onslaught was led by Bah Harrington, who scored twice, Dan Lempe, who notched two goals only 27 seconds apart, and Scott Carlston, whose last period goal gave the fresh- man a hat trick..Y The embarrassing loss was the 16th in the last 17 games for the cellar-dwelling Wolverines. Increasing their two-goal lead that the Bulldogs had at the end of one period, Duluth sent the Wolverines into the dressing room down 5-2 after 40 minutes of play. MICHIGAN'S second goal came as Wolverine Bill Wheeler took a Dan Lerg cross ice pass and fired it past Bulldog netminder Billy Perkl on his stick side at 7:40. Hard play on both ends of the rink in- tensified as the teams exchanged near misses that brought the crowd to its feet.. For example, on a one-on-one situation, Bulldog Gary DeGrio made a Napalmed nets FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1. M-Richter (Bourne, Manning) 4:22; 2. UMD-Henrickson (unassisted) 6:46; 3. UMD-Carlston (unassisted) 15:04; 4. UMD--Olek- suk (Hendrickson. Harrington) 18&56. Penalties: UMD-McCulloch (interference) 4:13; M-Mars (interference) 4:48; M-May (slash- ing) 16:56. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: S. M-wheeler (Lerg, Brandup) 7:40; 6. UMD-DeGrio (Giles) 12:17; 7. UMD-Kulyk (Lemnpe, Giles) 17:42. Penalties: M-Brandup (roughing) 8:00; UMD- Lempe (holding) 13:41; M-Blum (high-sticking) 16:19; UMD-Madsen (roughing) 18:02. THIRD PERIOD scoring: 6. UMD-Carlston (Harrington, Olson) 6:37; 7. UMD-Olson (Harrington, Carlston) 7:47; 8. UMD-Herrington (Kulyk) 9:13; 9. UMD-Lempe (DeGrio, Henrickson) 13:09; 10. UMD-Lempe (DeGrio, Rothstein) 13:38; 11. UMD-Knauf (Hen- drickson, DeGrio) 13:55; 3. M-Hamnpson (Mars, Richman); 12. UMD-Cariston (Lempe, Hendrick- son) 15:38. Penalties: M-Todd (high-sticking) :22; UMD- Giles (tripping) 8:56; M-Mars (interference) 14:14; M-MIier (hooking) 14:37. move on Rudy Varvari only to have the Michigan goalkeeper stop him with a stick save. Moments later, DeGrio scored as he pulled Varvari out of the crease at 12:17. Still knocking at the door of the Wolverines, Glenn Kulyk challenged Varvari, as he shot the puck past him at 17:42 on a power play to up Duluth's lead to 5-2. STRANGELY enough, Michigan scored the game's first goal on a Dave Richter power play score. Taking a pass from Roger Bourne, Richter shot the puck past a surprised Perkl. But Duluth quickly came back with three goals to close out the stanza with a 3-1 edge. Varvari had his problems its the period, twice mishandling shots that eventually ended up in the goal. full court Crisler crowd quietest .. . Splayers like-noise By GEOFF LARCOM W ISCONSIN 66, MICHIGAN 65-the score says it all. The Badgers limped into town at 2-12 in the Big Ten, losers of their last ten games. In coach Bill Cofield's words, they'd almost forgotten how to win. But the amnesiac Badgers regained their memory in Crisler Arena, which proved an unusually hospitable place for two reasons. First and most obvious, nearly forty minutes of sustained lethargy by the Wolverines. Second, an equally lackadaisical crowd, a Crisler Arena specialty. Though the Wolverines this year may be strictly a .500 team in the Big Ten, their fans are the worst. When the Wolverines make a good play-make that a spectacular play-the crdwd reacts. Anything less and it's strictly Dullsville. There's none of the sustained madness in Crisler which accompanies the games of even the second division Big Ten teams, excluding of course, Nor- thwestern's fans, whose lethargy is understandable. After a period and a half of sitting on its hands, Thursday night's crowd finally came to life when a Phil Hubbard jumper pulled the Wolverines to within two, 53-51. The first half was seemingly played in a vacuum. Why? The obvious explanation is to point to the team this year, saying it hardly merits avid crowd response. Okay, but I can go along with that line of reasoning only so far. Check out the crowd response at other arenas around the Big Ten. Hey, Crisler in com- parison is a funeral parlor, and to a degree it makes it more difficult for the players to play to their maximum potential. "The fans don't realize how much it helps you," said guard Marty Bod- nar. "It's a great lift. Like when I'm getting tired, I just have to tell myself to suck it up. But when the crowd makes noise you want to do something to make it louder." Crisler's soft seats make it sort of like the quiet of a movie theater and who can go wild in such a comfy place? On the other hand, there's Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing-the pit. That's where you're liable to go nuts, rather than stay sitting the whole game on those luxurious bleachers. Tom Staton, who's not above motioning the crowd to react, offered fur- ther explanations. "On the road, we do get intimidated. The students are up closer on the road. It seems the older fans are nearest the court here," Staton said. "They're louder and more into the game away," said Alan Hardy. "When I go away, I see more students. I see more hair." Even Phil Hubbard and Mike McGee become talkative when crowd reaction is brought up. "At Michigan State, they were saying all sorts of stuff to McGee," said Hubbard. McGee broke in, imitating the rabid MSU fans, "Hey McGee, you gonna get 25 tonight?" they asked him at MSU. "You gonna do it tonight McGee?" Granted, crowds like this can get out of hand. The Wolverines experien- ced such an audience when they visited Dayton this year, where flying toilet paper punctuates the Flyers' successes. Yef the fact remains, the more enthusiastic the crowd, the more of an edge the home team has. Crowd enthusiasm can degenerate into a dangerous situation. But when it remains enthusiasm, like the type of craziness that prevails at Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue and the rest, it works decidedly to the benefit of the home team. And of all the home court edges in the Big Ten, Michigan's wins the prize for dullness. Spartan. By ALAN FANGER Ponto's squad in Specialto The Daily position. Three MOUNT PLEASANT - Michigan arounders, Colleen State continued its dominance of and Teresa Ber women's state gymnastics last night by devastating spills outdistancing Michigan and four other from the bars, and teams for their fifth straight SMAIAW by Flom (8.45) cou crown. score on the bars A consistent State squad rolled up a (30.85). 132.75 score while the Wolverines, Michigan came despite turning in their finest score of balance beam and the season, finished in second place by then the undeh with 129.90 points, accumulated a sa MSU's rather easy victory over- eventual victory. shadowed many outstanding individual Ponto was never Michigan tumbling efforts. Four his team's perform Wolverine all-rounders brought home was a super job,' awards, the most notable being Sara three very good e Flom, who won the individual all hurt by all those fal around title. The first year m But gymnastic meets are not won by cede defeat after individual prowess alone, and a MSU had fallen off disastrous team performance on the more times, we wo uneven parallel bars left Coach Scott in it. But they'r the bridesmaid's Wolverine all- Forrestel, Mia Axon toncin, each took on their dismounts only an heroic effort ild keep the tumblers' s within mediocrity back strong on the floor exercises, but feated Spartans had fe margin for their theless pleased with mance. "All in all, it " he said. "We had vents, but we were Als off the bars." entor refused to con- the bars event. "If the beam a couple of ould have been right e a very consistent II tumblers team." Flom's refreshing bar routine was good for first place as was her floor exercise effort (8.7), which featured strong tumbling and expression-laden dancing. Forrestel topped the field in vaulting (8.4) and took third on the floor with an 8.6. Axon, despite her frightening fall, earned a 7.9 and fifth place on the bars. Bertoncin rounded things out with a fourth-place showing on the beam. The tumblers were somewhat disap- pointed with the team result. "We wan- ted to beat them (MSU) so much," said Axon. "At least we kept it all together in the other three events." On the State side, Coach Mike Kasavana was not surprised by his squad's showing. "We knew that if we hit the bar tricks, we would have won. We did make a few mental errors, but we should be able to get rid of them." As for the Wolverines, Ponto sees his team getting an at-large bid to the AIAW Midwest regionals next month. "I don't see any trouble there, and I think State will be the team to beat." STA TON, HARDY IN LAST HOME GAME Senior cagers look.back For -Ten towar -the en The from in ea -game TEA "Iowa, ine na "I Coach DE final r Iowa favored in Big Ten meet; hurella leads Wolverine mat bid By PETE LEININGER for the top spot, with Michigan, Michigan State and Min- some of the Michigan wrestlers, this weekend's Big nesota fighting for the next three positions. Tournament jn Iowa City will be a stepping stone "We have one major problem," said Bahr. "Jim Mathias ds the NCAA tournament, while for others it will mark (118 pounder) hurt his back (probably a sprain) yesterday id of a long, hard season. and will spend the weekend in the hospital." Big Ten Tournament will feature the top wrestlers "It will hurt us because he might have been third or fourth each weight class on each team. The top four finishers in his weight class." Because of the time of the injury, ch weight class will then qualify for the NCAA Tour- Michigan will be unable to send a replacement for Mathias. nt to be held in two weeks. BAHR FEELS THE 126, 134, 142 and 158 pound classes will AM POINTS WILL also be registered during the meet. have a difficult time, largely due to inexperience. "In essen- winners of 30 consecutive matches and ranked number ce, it (the team's performance) boils down to our inexperien- ationally, is the strong favorite to capture the team title. ced kids and how well they do." see it as a three-tiered-tournament," said Michigan Bahr did see some promise in the last dual meet of the Dale Bahr. Bahr feels Iowa and Wisconsin will battle season, a 31-6 loss to third-ranked Wisconsin. "We had some good matches. Some of our kids wrestled their best of the M artina, Ruzici winners year, even if it doesn't show on the score." Bahr is expecting great things from the Wolverine's in *otn*heavier weights. "Lou (Joseph), Mark (Churella), Steve in Avon tennis action Fraser, Steve Bennett and Bill Petoskey should all do well," By JAMIt TURNER stated Bahr. Churella (two-time NCAA champ and 35-1 this Specialto The Daily year) should be seeded first, at 167, in the tournament. Last TROIT--An upset and a blowout marked the quarter year Churella was voted the most outstanding wrestler in the tcin-Aon championship tennisy last night at country. Bahr feels that "both (Fraser and Bennett) should matches in Avon caposhp nsplay rlast nightr hat ,, " Tactvpnr F .c. nnw14f)n narpr By BRIAN MARTIN It hits some people when they receive their diploma, others with the end of their last final, and still others when they turn in their final tuition payment. But for this group, it will come this af- ternoon before the Purdue game when Howard King leans toward the microphone and announces, "and now, here are the seniors who are appearing in their final game at Crisler Arena. FOR TOM STATON and Alan Hardy, today will be the final time that they' will hear the Crisler throngs and the final time that they will don the Michigan home jerseys with number 23 and number 42 across the front and back. For Phil Hubbard, it might not be his last Crisler appearance, since' his in- voluntary vacation last season has secured another year of eligibility for the senior from Canton. Still under his cloud of silence, Hubbard had no com- ments on the matter, but he had in- dicated earlier that he would return next year so that he could have another shot at the Olympics. , Naturally, this final appearance holds some special significance for co- captian Staton, yet it is somewhat A late starter - The Wolverines take on fourth place Purdue, led by Joe Barry Carroll, today at Crisler Arena. Tip-off time is 4:05. filtered. "It is a little less special than if we were winning," Staton said. THAT CAN BE expected, for the unrd frnm Ferndale met with nothingi te, Indiana-especially Marquette, because that's the game that gave us the national title (from the wire ser- vices)." But all highs have their lows, and this year has provided Staton with more lows than he wanted. "Losing to Iowa at the. beginning of the year is probably my low point at Crisler. That put us in a hole that was hard to come out of. "I'VE ALWAYS .been kind of a. 'crowd favorite' here, so I'd like to thank all those people who have been good to me over the years," he added. The high points were not so easy for Hardy to single out. His career has not been quite as glamourous as Staton's, although they have been on the same teams. "Pve had a lot of disappointments. There's been a few good times, and few bad times that I will always remember. "I'm glad that I was fortunate to get this far. There are a lot of people in high school who don't get the chance to play, and I'm glad that I did." This season has been one of more than a few downs for Hardy, but a grin did flash across the Detroit senior's face as he reminisced. "Believe me, there'll only be one City Al to come through here," he beamed, holding his clenched fists above his head. Women face Oakland in tourney warm-up By LIZ MAC Michigan's women cagers have two more opportunities to add another measure to a season's worth of ex- perience before heading into the state tournament early next month. The first of these tune-ups will be against Oakland University today at Crisler Arena at 12:30 (originally scheduled for6:15). "ALL AROUND, we've improved," said Assistant Coach Margo Plotzke. "We're starting to run our offense a lit- tle better and have played some good defense." The Wolverines have progressed from a limited defensive team and are nn mnre versatile -eneein11 dinw' "WE'RE WORKING for consistency in that area," said Plotzke, referring to the offense. "If we play well in these next games, it will carry over to the tournament." Leading the Blue offense are fresh- women Diane Dietz (17.1 ppg) and Katie McNamara (15.6) and sophomore Abby Currier (12.8). Oakland will counter with Helen Shereda, who is averaging 23 ppg, and Kathy Hewelt, who averages 16. As only the top finisher in the state tourney goes on to the regionals, the. cagers will have to remember this season's lessons well when they come up against the other tough intrastate teams in the approaching tourney.