Page tignT rI Il IVI%.,nF1IfN L'nrIL riday, January i-t, 1 y IL Join The Daily CIRCULATION DEPT. Come in any afternoon 420 Maynard Gilbert & Sullivan Societv ANNOUNCES MASS MEETING i for PATIENCE Singers-Dancers-Stage Crew Monday, Jan. 17-8 P.M Old University Club Lounge MICHIGAN UNION Grapplers grab 4th, clobber Buck matmen INVADE DENVER: Icers stalk By ROGER ROSSITER Michigan's matmen were in the thick of competition over the holidays, grappling to a fourth place fiinsh in the Midwest Open Tournament and a dual victory over Ohio State's Buckeyes. The three highest r a t e d wrestling schools in the country, Iowa State, Michigan State, and Oklahoma State grabbed the first three spots in the Midwest Open with the Wolverines pull- ing down the fourth position in the competition which drew over 50 schools and 500 wrestlers. The big winners for Michigan were 118 pound freshman Jim Brown, who finished second in his class, and 126 pounder Bill Davids, a fourth place winner. Brown's only loss was to Iowa's Dave Sherman, the Open champion and last year's Big Ten runner-up. Coach Rick Bay was elated with Brown's show- ing, particularly since Brown is only a freshman. Davids' fourth place finish came in what Bay termed. "the toughest weight class in the tournament" the 126 pound di- vision. The only losses suffered by the Wolverine sophomore were to Fujita, a Japanese wrestler grappling out of Okla- homa State who was the NCAA champion at 126 last year and who is expected to represent Japan in the 1972 Olympics, and to Michigan State's Greg John- son, the NCAA 118 pound cham- pion last year. M i c h i g a n took seventeen healthy wrestlers to the tourna- ment and competed in 69 indi- vidual matches with an overallz record of 42 victories and 271 losses.I Mark King, Jerry Hubbard, and Gary Ernst also performed! well in the tournament, drawing praise from Bay. Hubbard was well on his wayt to a high ranking finish, when he was injured and eventually forced to withdraw. Ernst wast most impressive in his victory; over Chuck Jean a former 177t pound champion now wrestling1 heavyweight for Adams State. Bay summarized Michigan's performance as a "tremendous accomplishment" and the "max- imum performance" that could be hoped for from his squad of four freshmen, four sophomores, one junior, and one senior. Michigan's 34-12 trouncing of Ohio State boosted the Wolver- ines dual record to 3-1. The easy victory was attributed to the in- eptness of the Buckeye grapplers whom Bay termed as the Wol- verines weakest opponent to date. Brown and Davids both re- corded falls to give Michigan a quick 12-0 lead that was never in jeopardy the rest of the way. Jerry Hubbard and John Ryan added decisions at 150 and 167, while Mitch Mendrygal was awarded a forfeit victory at 158. Bill Schuck and Dave Curby also got their first taste of ac- tion against Ohio State, and al- though they lost they both were billed as wrestlers with great futures by mentor Bay. G TV &Stereo Rentals $10.00 per month NO DEPOSIT FREE DELIVERY, PICK UP AND SERVICE CALL: NEWA TV RENTALS 662-5671 By FRANK LONGO If Coach Al Renfrew's icers need a ready-made formula to help get back into the thick of the race for playoff spots in the WCHA, they've got it. If they beat the University of Denver tonight and tomorrow night (on the Pioneers' home ice) theyy will jump from ninth place to no lower than fourth. Tonight is the first game of an all-important eight-point series, the Wolverines' second of four such series this season. When two teams meet only twice during the regular schedule, as do Michi- gan and Denver in 1971-72, each game is worth four points. The Wolverines lost their first eight point series last weekend to Minnesota-Duluth, 9-3 and 7-3. So now Michigan heads into the Mile-High City sporting a 5-5 league record for ten points and ninth place. That leaves them only four points out of the cellar, but also only four points behind a five way tie for fourth place. North Dakota, Denver, Notre Dame, Michigan Tech, and Mich- igan State each have 14 points, and since none of them, except I Denver, play eight point series this weekend, the most any can have after this weekend will be 18. If the Wolverines can sweep the Fourth Pioneers, then the 18 points they; collect can result in no worse than a tie for fourth place. But the odds are by no means in our favor. Denver has the league's leading goal-scorer in Vic Venas- ky, a sophomore from Thunder Bay, Ontario, who won the scor- ing championship last year and was named All-America. Heading up the defensive'corps is another All-America, Mike Christie, a senior from Calgary, Alberta. In fact, from a team which finished second in the WCHA last year, only one player graduated. Added to this is Denver's near invincibility on home ice. The Pioneers have lost only one league game in the last 21/2 years at home and last season's record in the Arena was a fine 17-3-1. Finally, the Pioneer icers just completely outsize the Wolver- ines. Those who witnessed last season's double 6-3 beatings at home will remember Pete Mc- Nab and his buddies Tom Peluso, Mike Lampman, and Mike Chris- tie. All are six feet tall or over and not afraid to hit. But the Pioneers are not all muscle, either. Rob Palmer, a sophomore from Grosse Pointe, Michigan will be remembered for his fine stick-handling and pass- ing and weird tip-in goal which helped beat Michigan last year. The clouds grow ever darker. Denver is at full strength for these 'games while the Wolverines could use some help. Forward Pat Donnelly, a fresh- lace man who came to Michigan direct from the Detroit Junior Red Wings, has been declared scholas- tically ineligible. He's gone for the rest of the season. Forwards Julian Nixon and Gary Kardos have come down with the flu. Nixon will definitely sit out but Kardos may see some action. Denver holds three of the league's five leading scorers in Venasky, Peluso, and McNab. Their goalie, Ron Grahame, gives up better than one goal per game less than our Karl Bagnell. And Denver has won 28 of 45 games with Michigan dating back to who knows when. Although Denver has a definite advantage in being used to the higher altitude, the Wolverines have shown they are capable of knocking off the favorite teams as they defeated two first place teams, Notre Dame and North Dakota, in four straight games last month. WCHA Standings 40 Wisconsin Minn.-Duluth Colorado Col. North Dakota Denver Notre Dame Michigan Tech Michigan State MICHIGAN Minnesota W 11 9 6 5 7 5 4 5 5 3 L 3 5 6 7 5 5 6 9 5 9 T: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pts 30 24 16 14 14 14 14 14 10 6 4 BIVOUAC ARMY-NAVY 514 E. WILLIAM (Above Campus Bike)S 10:30-5:30 761-6207 spoe . Y il *Uo u1 1WMo4e, UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINA TION: woman ump wins appeal MICHIGAN'S BERNIE GAGNON (7) winds up to take a slap shot against North D~akota's Dave Murphy, Michigan swept two games from the then-in-first-place Sioux, 9-6 and 4-2. The Wol- verines are now in ninth place in tihe WCHA with a 5-5 record. ALBANY, N.Y. WI) - New York's highest court ruled yesterday that Mrs. Bernice Gera, a 41-year-old Queens housewife, can be a lady umpire in professional baseball. The 5-2 decision rejected the appeal of the New York-Pennsyl- vania League and the National As- sociation of Professional Baseball Leagues. They had appealed a ruling by a lower court that they were guilty of unlawful discrimination in de- nying Mrs. Gera the opportunity to become a professional baseball umpire. Mrs. Gera has been trying to umpire in professional baseball for about five years. She was gradu- ated from the Florida Umpire School in 1967 but has been un- able to get a job. In New York, Mrs. Gera wac trying to reach her lawyers to plan her next step. "I'm very excited," she said. "I couldn't be more thrilled. It's been Book Sale Monday-Saturday (17th-22nd) 1000's of out-of-print fiction BORDERS BOOK SHOP 518 E. William St. 668-7653 a long fight, but every decision has been in my favor." Baseball could continue to ap- peal the case to the federal courts in Washington but Mrs. Gera said she hoped the New York court's decision would end her legal battle..; "I'm hoping to go to spring' training and get in shape," she said. The league and the National As- sociation had contended that Mrs. Gera was not barred from employ- ment because of her sex but be- cause the umpire school that she attended was not approved and her conduct was inappropriate. 4 Heisman J I d f ti y f: P fi I a L Program for Educational& Social Change " "A community of students, teachers and workers within and outside the University of Michigan. We invite others to join our efforts to study social and educational change and provide flexible opportunities to facilitate that study." i-PESC- makes it possible for you to " define your major interest as educational and social change * create an interdisciplinary problem-oriented course of study * form a group within a course to work on specific topics * through talking to an instructor, create an independent reading course for yourself * expand the scope of learning to encompass community action STUDY: COMMUNITY CONTROL in Washtenaw County, course led by Charles Thomas and Hank Bryant of Black Economic De- velopment League, and other community leaders Community Control of Prisons led by John Sinclair-or any of 50 other courses in antropology, economics, English, geography, prize called biased HOUSTON (1?) - Notre Dame defensive end Walt Patulski, a finalist for the second annual Vince Lombardi Award, says the Heisman Trophy is biased against inemen because the backs get more publicity. The award, presented annually to the nation's top lineman of the year, will be given to one of four finalists tonight at a $100 per plate dinner at the Astroworld Hotel. The other three finalists, Ron Estay of LSU, and Rich Glover and Larry Jacobson of Nebraska agreed with Patulski that the Lombardi award would give past due credit to linemen. "The beauty of this award is the selection process," said Patulski, an Associated Press All-American. "I think the Heisman Trophy is biased. A lineman just doesn't get a good chance to win that award." U of M Riding Club MASS MEETING MON., JAN. 17 7:30 UNION BALLROOM Everyone Welcome Questions-call Don, 769-3369 A4 I'q ,A GNT EA51W00D S BACK TONIGHT NAT. SCI. AUD. I I 11_I LJ®uL lI I!'