Page Seven Sunday, January 30, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, January 30, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Wolverines bomb Bucks f......{C" '"" ' {: fem.}':"\- .:": '. vX: By JOHN PAPANEK The Michigan Wolverines managed to stumble toward a. Big Ten basketball champion- ship yesterday, when they knocked off the ailing Ohio State Buckeyes 88-78 for the first time in their last nine meetings. But even though it was a' big victory for Michigan, rais- ing their conference record to 5-1, and at least a tie for the Big Ten lead, it came as the result of some pretty un- fortunate circumstances. Ohio State staggered' into Cris- ler Arena with their 7-foot center ;Luke Witte looking like Joe Pa- looka and along with his 6-8 back-up Mark Wagar,, recovering from a major concussion. They were the most visible remnants of last Tuesday night's battle royal with Minnesota. The Buckeyes were forced to start sophomore Jack Wolfe at center against 6-10 Ken Brady. Wolfe has played enough in eight previous games to take 13 shots, so his experience is not very impres- sive. In a futile effort to stop Mich- igan's awesome front line of SUNDAY SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: AL SHACKELFORD and JOHN PAPANEK Brady, John Lockard and Ernie Johnson, Ohio State lost centers Wolfe and Gary Kiracofe and for- ward Mark Minor with five fouls within a span of one minute in the second half. In all, the Bucks committed 32 fouls, sending Michigan to the charity line 50 times, to tie a team record. The 52 total free throws made in the game broke the old Crisler Arena record of 51 set by the same two teams in 1968. An angry Ohio State Coach Fred Taylor, who has had an aw- ful lot of problems since that de- bacle at Minneapolis, gritted his teeth as he talked about the of- ficiating. "There was a wide range of personal fouls. It was a little bit ridiculous," he said. "If they're going to call them like that, they ought to call them both ways." Across the hall, a jubilant l Johnny Orr must have seen a dif- ferent game. "There's no question about the fouls," he said. "I think the of- ficials did a good job."- Things looked shaky in the first half, when Wayne Grabiec, still sizzling from his 31-point performance against Iowa Tues- day night, licked up three fouls in the first 57 seconds. But his absence was compen- sated for three minutes later, when Ohio State's hot-shooting guard Alan Hornyak was forced to the pines with a similar plague. Meanwhile, H e n r y Wilmore kept Michigan in the game, sink- ing seven of seven from the free throw line, hitting a 23-foot jumper, stealing Buckeye Dan Gerhard's dribble and driving full court for a layup, and tipping in his own missed shot to give the Wolverines their first lead at 20- 19. For the game, Wilmore drew 14 Ohio fouls and sank 16 free throws to break his old Michigan record of 15, scoring a game high 26 points. The lead changed hands three times, before Grabiec tied it at 37 with a pair of charity tosses. Tvo foul shots by Mark Minor and a breakaway layup by Ger- hard put Ohio on top at half-' time 41-37. Michigan got the lead early in the second half on a jumper by Lockard that made the score 50- 48, but a minute later he was out of the game after drawing his fifth foul. Meanwhile, Buckeyes Wardell Jackson, Jack Wolfe and Minor picked up their fourth foul and the roof was ready to fall in on Ohio. Grabiec and Steve Bazelon opened up a 59-55 lead, but as a result of two quick Bazelon fouls and Grabiec's fourth, Ohio tied it up at 59. Grabiec and Hornyak exchang- ed 25-footers, then Wilmore led an unanswered seven-point scor- ing surge, including a pair of identical 20 - footers and three of four free throws, to put the Wolverines up for good, 68-61. In the next minute the roar of the 13,609 Michigan partisans swelled as fitst Minor, then Wolfe and Kiracofe drew their fifth and final fouls and marched off the court like so many beaten war- riors. Some Michigan fans, always hungry for B u c k e y e blood, screamed for the Wolverines to "pour it on". Greg Buss, doing another fine job in relief of Lock- ard, finished the assault with a flurry of pinpoint scoring passes to Wilmore, Grabiec and John- son. When the final buzzer sounded, an ecstatic Orr grabbed his as- sistant Freddie Snowden in a lov- ing embrace, symbolic of their first defeat of Ohio State since coming to Michigan four years ago. "I'm elated," Orr said grinning after the game. "It was a great victory, but we've go eight more to play." But Taylor was angry, and he looked as tired as his team must have been. "We were pretty badly outsized. We stayed with them in the first half, but they just wore us out," he said. The major question stewing in the minds of the fans and the coaches is what difference Witte and Wagar would have made in the outcome og the game. "That's just a matter of con- jecture," Taylor said. "We had two guys (Kiracofe and Chris Reinhardt) who haven't even been in a game this year (Reinhardt has played about six minutes)." Orr seemed to think that Witte being out was a bit of poetic justice. "Nobody had any sym- pathy for us when we had to play without Brady," he said. In fact, Orr said yesterday that he expected the efficials to have sympathy for Ohio State because of the fight. "Yeah, I saw that in the paper," Taylor said. "That was a real nice quote, wasn't it?; "I think that they were really afraid that the crowd might come' down and start another one (fight), that's all." Buckoff! MICHIGAN --Daily-Terry McCarthy SOARING LIKE A HAWK is Michigan's pride and joy Ernie "Big E" Johnson as the slim ball of fire goes high to block this shot by the Buckeyes' Mark Minor. The Big E fired home 19 score-o's and fascinated the crowd of 13,609 just as he ooh-ahhed the other fellows in the picture. CAMPY CLICKS BabyBlue burst Buck bubb wro r o out to lunch mort noveck rs rA 1 r r r r A foul way s to wn a game T1HELOCKERROOMS in Crisler Arena are less than 100 yards apart, but after Michigan beat Ohio State yesterday.it was more like '100 miles. The contrast between the two couldn't have been more marked. On one side of the hall Johnny Orr was holding court. It was his first victory over the Buckeyes as head coach, and he was making the most of it. As the overflow throng of reporters crowd- ed around, Orr happily expounded on the Wolverine victory. A few feet away the Michigan players joyously accepted congratulations from the crowd of old alums And young ad- mirers that had forced their way in past the guards. The room was noisy as the players celebrated their rise into first place. Across the hall it was deadly quiet. The Ohio State squad, dejected after giving their all only to lose, was just interested in dressing and getting away. Around the corner their coach, Fred Taylor, was facing the press. Unlike Orr's meeting, the air here was not congratula- tory. It wasn't even sympathetic. Most of the writers did have empathy for the Bucks who had tried so hard without their star center, but Taylor wasn't ready for commiseration. He was angry, and his mood set the tone. His players had been charged with 32 fouls while the Wolverines got off with 18. Taylor thought that this was the difference in the game and he wasn't happy about it. "If they're going to call them close, they should call them at both ends of the court," he explained. "Two to one is just a little out of range." Orr had publicly stated that he was afraid that the officials would favor the Buckeyes because of last Tuesday's riot at Minnesota. However Taylor thought it went the other way. He thinks that the officials were intimidated by the Michigan crowd, stating that "the only sympathy the officials had was that the crowd might come down on the floor." Ohio -State had done a good job without Luke Witte. They led at halftime and stayed in the game until their other start- ers fouled out. Alan Hornyak and Wardell Jackson both sat out part of the game after picking up their third fouls, but the Buckeye reserves came through. Though they had the advantage in height and in fouls, the Wolverines couldn't chalk up the win until Ohio ran out of energy. "We were giving away so much size and weight inside that we were worn down," Taylor commented. "And we could not do some things because of the foul trouble." Winning hides many of the flaws in a game and Orr had nothing but paise for the Michigan effort. The halftime deficit was just shrugged off. "We were down at the half in our last three games," he said. "It's a trait of this team to come on strong in the second half. We really dominated the back- boards in the second period and that really helped us." Orr showed no sympathy at all for the Buckeyes. He doesn't think that Witte would have made a difference anyway, but commented that, "we didn't want our guys to feel sorry for them. Last year we fel sorry because Jim Cleamons was in- jured and it hurt us." In contrast to Taylor's opinion, Orr felt that the referees did a good job In fact, he thought the OSU players were getting away with violations in the first half. "There was no question of the fouls," Orr asserted. "They fouled us. I couldn't believe that we couldn't get the ball up to the rim on a layup in the first half and they weren't calling fouls." Henry Wilmore took a record 22 shots from the free throw line and according to Orr, "Wilmore deserved every one of the 22 he got and probably about 15 more." He wound up with 26 points, but more importantly he looked more at home playing guard. Wilmore brought the ball down with ease, even against the press, and moved with more author- ity than previously. He was helped by Wayne Grabiec who came on strong after picking up three quick fouls. He had to guard Hornyak and though Hornyak continued to shoot phenomenally Grabiec managed to give him trouble without picking up any more fouls until near the end. Ernie Johnson also turned in a fine defensive effort on Jackson. Jackson led the Bucks early in the contest but Johnson shut him off in the later stages. In addition he knocked in 19 points and led the,team in rebounds with 14. Though Ohio probably feels that the referees stole the game for Michigan, the calls went both ways. John Lockard fouled out early in the second half, and his absence hurt the Wolver- ines. The refs called them pretty much as they happened. Ohio State has a reputation for being a meek, defenseless tam Aftr lta Tesdav thi rntatin i evn strnner. But Johnson Lockard Brady Wilmore Grabiec Hart Buss Bazelon TEAM TOTALS FG 7-13 3-8 6-7 5-16 6-14 4-6 0-3 1-1 FT 5-S 1-2 3-11 16-22 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-1 R 14 7 12 8 5 0 2 1 6 54 PF 2 5 3 0 5 0 1 2 TP 19 7 15 26 14 2 2 3 By BOB ANDREWS The Michigan Baby Blue over- rowered the Ohio State freshmen at Crisler Arena yesterday aft- ernoon 101-57, and the win is going to cost head coach Dick Ho- nig a steak dinner for each and every player. Sparked by Campy Russell and Joe Johnson, who combined for 54 points, the Wol- verines easily surpassed the 30- point-or-better winning margin they had to meet to win the free dinner. With only a' 24-19 advantage with 7:18 to go in the first half, Russell and Johnson ignited a 12- 0 Michigan spurt to send the Wolverines rolling. In addition to their fine shooting percentages, the two freshmen demonstrated some nifty defensive play that forced the Buckeyes into num- erous turnovers. However, the Buckeyes managed to walk off the court at halftime with only an eleven-point -deficit as guard Barry Bonnell and for- ward Jeff Smith found the range for 10 points in the last five min- utes. With only a 44-33 advantage, Honig was displeased with the team's performance in the half. "We weren't running our offense well," stated Honig, "we stood aroundsand looked tight. If our forwards don't get free we get into trouble." However Russell seemed to be sailing easy as he went into the lockerroom with 21, while John- son added 12. their biggest incentive, the Wol- verine starting five came out in the second half and began ex- tending their lead. Doug Ash- worth and John Kantner comple- mented Russell and Johnson with some fine outside hitting. -Midway through the half they opened up a 64-44 margin as Kantner made five straight points. According to Honig, "Kantner played the best game that I have ever seen." Despite scoring only 11 points, his defense and play- making was outstanding.. With about five and a half minutes to go, Ashworth hit on two ' free throws to give Michi- gan the 30 point advantage they needed at 85-55. The only task left was to stay at that margin. The only interest at the end Buck off again! MICHIGAN was whether Michigan would once again reach the 100-point plateau. With 2:28 remaining, Honig re- placed all the regulars and it was up to the super-subs to score at least six points as the score was 94-55. Super-sub Bill Ayler's playing time was briefly interrupted late in the game as he ripped his shorts while going up for a re- bound. Quickly running off the court to change, he came back in time to score the last five Wol- verine points to close' out the scoring. Honig commented on the incident saying, "After all, we needed a little comic relief in the game." For the Stunnt Body: 28-59 32-50 18 88 Minor Jackson . Wolfe Ijornyak Gerhard Merchant Kiracofe Seikmann Reinhardt TEAM TOTALS OHIO STATE FG FT R PF TP 3-8 5-6 9 5 11 5-9 4-4 5 '4 14 3-7 2-3 4 5 8 9-20 6-6 4 4 '24 5-11 1-2 3 1 11 143 0-0 1 2 2 1-4 2-2 7 5 4 1-9 0-2 3 4 2 1-2 $-2 2.,2 2 6 29-73 20-25 44 32 78 -Daily-Terry McCarthy HENRY WILMORE (25) takes off on one of his patented twisting dog shots as a whole host of cagers look on in admiration. Wil- more, still sub-par from the floor, hit for 26 big points on five for 16 and-dig-16 of 22 from the foul-line. Can you recognize some other players you know in this picture? CLOBBER HAWKS: Ashworth Russell Kupec Kintner Johnson A~yler Wolff Rahn McParlan TEAM TOTALS Wenner Weston Andreas Smith Bonnell Grau Rickett ,Ehlen Conkie Keep Stuckey Carano TEAM TOTALS FG FT R PF' 5-8 5-6 1 0 14-22 5-10 11 2 5-10 0-0 7 0 4-7 3-4 5 1 6-8 9-13 2 2 4-12 2-7 9 1 0-1 1-2 0 1 0-1 0-0 2 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 18 38-69 25-42 53 8 TP 15 33 10 11 21 10 1 101 OHI SCORE BY PERIODS: MICHIGAN 37 Ohio State 4 SAL 0 Jeai " Bell v Flar /2o01 51-881 1 37-78 With a thick t-bone steak being 2 [0 STATE FG FT R PF TP 5-10 0-0 3 5 10 6-15 3-3 4 3 15 4-14 1-2 11 r5 9 3-12 0-0 6 3 6 4-9 3-4 5 4 11 0-3 0-0 1 3 0 2-6 0-0 1 2 4 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-2 2-2 3 1 2 12 24-27 9-11 47 27 57 BY PERIODS: 44 57--101 33 24- 57 I rns Is es f lATE. it Liberty CIECKN state Street a Gophers share first after, omp SCORE MICHIGAN Ohio State By The Associated Press ers. employed ball control most IOWA CITY-A spirited and de- of the game and at times held the liberate Minnesota team last night ball as much as a minute and one- scored a 61-50 Big Ten Conference half before shooting. victory over Iowa to move into a Clyde Turner's 19 points topped tie for the conference lead. Minnesota. Minnesota, using only five play- Minnesota built a 27-15 halftime Murray CO ps honors at MlichiganRelays lead as Iowa shot a frigid 23 per cent from the field. The closest. Iowa came in the final half was 54-48 with 2:21 left. Iowa was led by 21 points from seven-foot center Kevin Kuniiiert. * * * Spartans triumph EAST LANSING-Michigan State sophomore guard Mike Robinson pumped in 34 points in pacing the Spartans to an upset 83-73 victory over Indiana yesterday. The Hoosiers, who were predict- ed in pre-season to be Big Ten title contenders, are now 0-4 in conference action, l(hile the Spar- tans are 2-3 with an 8-6 overall record. MICHIGAN 88, Ohio state 78 Michigan State 83, Indiana 73 Minnesota 61, Iowa 50 Purdue 78, Northwestern 75 North Carolina 92, Maryland 72 St. Bonaventure 76, Niagara 73 Penn 82, Princeton 59 Louisville 52, Bradley 46 Penn State at Pitt, inc. Kansas State 70, Oklahoma 58 Kansas 57, Nebraska 55 Detroit 76, Boston College 68 Purdue edges EVANSTON - William Franklin scored 26 points last night to lead Purdue to a 78-75 victory in a nip- and-tuck Big Ten basketball game. Mark Sibley led the Wildcat scor- ing with 19 points. BILLIARDS TABLE TENNIS BOWLING FOOSBALL UNION REDUCED AIRFARES Fly with a Reservation at Spring Break on American Airlines to NEW YORK Space Available Only Through Feb. 3 REDUCED YOUTH FARE CARDS ALSO AVAILABLE Contact UAC Travel, Union 763-2147 141 By SANDI GENISC Highlighted by five r e c o r d - cracking performances, the annualv Michigan Relays got the Wolverine. track team off to itsindoor sea-r son debut in elaborate style. s Igniting the noisy and numerous spectators at the very start of lastj evening's Individual competition, Michigan State's outstanding new1 acquisition, Olympic hopeful Mar-1 shall, Dill, smashed the meet and1 Yost Fieldhouse records in the 300i yard dash with a quick 30.6 sprint. A few events later, Dill swept to the second slot in the 60 yard dash with a 6.1 clocking'behind teammate and co - world record h o 1 d e r Herb Washington who posted a 6.0 race. Wolverine sprint- er Gene Brown captured the third spot with a 6.2. Perennial M i c h i g a n standout Godfrey Murray captured the out- standing trackman award of the evening with three consecutive 8.3 performances in the 70 yard high hurdles. Murray's c l o c k i n g smashed his old meet and field- house marks of 8.4, set last season. For the first time in the past of his career with 58-11%/. Ending the evening as it began, with the final record - smashing performance of the day, EMU's mile relay team roared past a strong Spartan team at the last second to capture the winner's slot with a 3:15.1 run. In he same race, the Wolverine's highly touted A-team of Reggie Bradford, Geof Leplante, Kim Rowe and Greg Syphax gained the fourth spot at 3:17.2. r r. ,I ANNOUNCING A new PRETZEL BELL policy ENTERTAINMENT 7 NIGHTS A WEEK Sunday thru Thursday-starting at 9:.30 P.M.4 Friday and Saturday-starting at 10:00 P.M.4 N/l f"VF7 t IIRCF4