Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, January 28, 1972 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY I U Sli din Choose your own thing -learn what YOU want -take up painting or finding edible plants or maybe one of these non -degree I By FRANK LONGO The Michigan icers travel to Grand Forks today to take on North Dakota in an attempt to break a horrendous road losing streak dating back to the begin- ning of this season. The Wolverines have won one of eight games played on their opponents' ice in the 19'71-72 schedule, and have picked up only two of a possible 24 points. Michigan will put its one-game winning string on the line to- night at nine o'clock (Central time) and will meet the Sioux again tomorrow afternoon at three. North Dakota will have quite a bit of incentive going into this series, as it is tied for second place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association race with Minnesota-Duluth. Duluth is idle this weekend and first-place Wisconsin plays Notre Dame. The Bndgers have an eight point hold on the league lead. Coach Rube B.iorkman's crew will be without the services of one of its star players. left wing- er Dennis Johnson. Johnson had been nlaying on the first line with Jim Cahoon and Earl An- derson. the team's two leading scorers with 23 and 22 points,j respectively. Johnson had contributed sev- en goals and nine assists for 16 points up to a game two weeks ago aaainst Minnesota when he in.iured his ankle. Johnson at- tempted one shift the following weekend when the Sioux played host to Colorado College. but was unable to play effectively and remains a doubtful starter for the Michigan series. Concerning North Dakota's chances of catching front- runner Wisconsin in the remain- ing weeks of the WCHA season, the general attitude is less than ontimistic. Coach Bjorkman was unavailable for comment, but Sports Information Director Lee Bohnet concedes that "although there is an outside chance, I wouldn't predict it." Last November the NoDaks in- vaded the Coliseum for a series with the Wolverines and many Michigan fan will recall that one as a rare double victory on home ice. The Sioux were riding high at the time. holding first place in the WCHA and coming off an eight game home stand. But Michigan stopped them cold, by scores of 9-6 and 4-2, the last Wolverine victories un- til an 8-6 conquest of Michigan Tech last weekend. Besides getting eyen for those thrashings, North Dakota would probably like to get back at Wol- verine coach Al Renfrew, who quit 'a coaching Job there 15 yearsago. But Michigan isn't about to give up easy. The Wolverines now find themselves eight points out of a playoff spot after a split last weekend with Michigan Tech. They sat out the post- season contests last year for the first time in a while after fin- ishing in ninth place. Eight teams make the playoffs. Michigan State, Michigan Tech, and Colorado College are tied for sixth place with 20 points. The Wolverines have 12 points and have the chance to overtake at least one of these teams when they play host to Colorado College in an eight- point series next weekend. Michigan is going to have to take advantage of these series soon, unless it wants this to be the first time ever it has sat home from the post-season play- offs two years in a row. s stal Sioux 4 ' . ' {:'' C } ?"'tMr - :": WCHA Standings W L' P Wisconsin 13 3 34 Duluth 10 8 26 N. Dakota 9 7 26 Denver 10 6 24 Notre Dame 7 7 22 Mich. Tech 7 7 20 Mich. St. 8 9 20 Colorado Col. 7 9 20 MICHIGAN 6 9 12 Minnesota' 3 13 6 Tonight's-Tomorrow's Games Michigan at North Dakota Wisconsin at Notre Dame Denver at Minnesota (4 points) Lake Superior St. at Mich. Tech 4 4 -Associated Press New Papa Bear SMILING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS, Abe Gibron, 53, tries to de- tide whether a tIe will be more appropriate attire, as opposed to his usual turtle neck, in his new capacity as head coach of the Chicago Bears. 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Both teams have some fine wrestlers and ac- cording to assistant Michigan coach Bill Johannesen the Wol- verines will have to wrestle well to win. Friday night's meet will be highlighted by several outstand- ing individual matches. At 118 U of M Students, Faculty and Staff WITER: LOVE-IT OR LEAVE IT BAHAMAS- Freepori 8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS March 5 to 12 $159.00 HAW1eac 8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS March 4 to 11 $269.00, ALL TRIPS INCLUDE: 0 Round trip non-stop jet transportation 0 Open bar and meal service en route 0 Accommodations for seven (7) nights at: Freeport: Freeport Inn. Hawaii: Hale Maki For Detdils Call: Owen Perlman-663-2044 Larry Kaufman-764-7692 Steven Eder-763-2790 Carol Klav-663-8227 or Steven Zacks-Studentours 483-4850 Phil Miller of Illinois will be paired against Michigan's fine Jim Brown. Miller and Brown were both state champs last year in high school. An old rivalry will be renewed in the 126 class when Wolver- ine Bill Davids takes on Bob Mayer, who beat him last sum- mer in tournament competition. Last year's 142 class match saw Michigan's Mark King pin Enos Brownridge. But Brownridge is out for revenge against anyone in maize and blue colors and the man Friday will be Bill Schuck. Denver Beck, another good Illini wrestler will be at either 177 or 190. There are two changes in the Michigan lineup for the duel meets. Jim Hagan was injured in the Oklahoma State contest with NCAA champ Yoshiro Fu- gita and will not wrestle. Re- placing him at 134 will be Rick Neff who has so far posted a 3-3 record. There may also be a shake- up as Roger Ritzman may wrestle instead of John Ryan. Ritzman beat Ryan in a chal- lenge match Thursday in prac- tice. Coach Johannesen indicat- For the Student Body: LEVI'S Denim Bells, 18.00 CHECKMATE ed that one may wrestle Friday while the other takes the inat against Purdue on Saturday aft- ernoon. A good crowd is expected for the match with the Boilermak- ers, not only because it will fol- low the 'M'-OSU basketball game but also for the fact that Purdue may be the strongest Big Ten team, except for MSU, that the Wolverines will face this season. A number of returning people provide them with an ex- cellent nucleus. One thing which could work to Michigan's -advantage is the caliber of Purdue's Friday op- ponents. While the Wolverines take on Illinois, the Boilers face the unenviable task of tackling Michigan State at East Lansing. The Spartans are a rugged team and might physically wear out Purdue. Purdue, like Illinois, has sev- eral good wrestlers who could give the Wolverine fans a bit of excitement. At 126 Jim Gra- zer will wrestle Davids. Grazer beat Michigan's Tim Czech last year by over 10 points. Michigan's Jerry Hubbard will face an opponent at 150 who defeated him earlier, Rick Dru- ry. Mitch Mendrygal is also seeking a i turn-about with his combatant, Tim Havig. Purdue boasts an undefeated man at 177 in the person of John Bar- nard. He will meet a young but improving Michigan grappler, Dave Curby. The heavyweight category is nrobably the strongest for Pur- Sdie. Dave Cerqua, last year's Rig Ten runnerup, will be meet- ing an inexperienced Wolverine, Gary Ernst. Ernst has taken over that chore for Michigan since regular Rick Bolhouse left the squad. Three of Michigan's wrestlers carry fine records into the week- end action: Freshman Brown has nosted a 9-2 mark so far, while Hubbard is 9-2-1 and Bill Da- vids is 12-3. Mendrygal has wrestled impressively but has only a 7-6 record to show. His disappointing loss was the one hedropped against Oklahoma State when three questionable stalling calls handed the match to his opponent. Both Illinois and Purdue have beaten Indiana, a team that Michigan had a little trouble with. Johannesen said, "If we don't wrestle well, we'll get beat. It will be a good test of our wrestling ability." 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