Friday, February 18, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Friday, February 18, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine busted Pardon brawlers? . . ... Unthinkable al shackelford FI E AFTERMATH of the celebrated Minnesota-Ohio State brawl is getting more farcical all the time, with the Minne- sota' athletic establishment along with black administrators from Michigan State calling for the reinstatement of suspended Gophers Ron Behagen and Corky Taylor. Why either player should be allowed back on the floor 1 is beyond me, considering that these two and sub Dave Win- 1 field were guilty of the most deliberate violence in attack- ing various Buckeyes. Even if Ohio State center Luke Witte's elbows set the pot boiling, these players weren't justified in setting off a racial battle ioyal which indiscriminately 1 drew in players from both sides and, worst of all, hot- headed Minnesota fans.1 Let's briefly sketch out the prologue to the fracas: coming 1 off the floor at the half Witte clipped Gopher Bob Nix on the head for no apparent reason, and no doubt Witte's character- istic churning elbows and wicked pirouettes were in full play during the entire game, shortening Gopher tempers. Still, Ken Brady popped Witte with an elbow when Michigan played the Bucks at Columbus and sent him sprawling, but nobody began throwing punches. Big Luke just played on the emotions of the partisan crowd with a pouting act and the game continued. With seconds remaining in the Minnesota-OSU game, Tay- lor fired the combat when he kneed Witte in the groin. The ex-Detroiter first claimed that Witte had spit in his face, then later weakly substituted a comment that he "thought" Witte was going to spit at him. Taylor's wicked boot set off a full-scale battle which saw Behagen stomping on the fallen Witte, Winfield clobbering Mark Wagar at midcourt, and black Gopher fans adding their feet and fists to Mark Minor on the sidelines. Any white Buckeyes who happened to be standing around were chased; Wardell Jackson and the other black Buckeyes weren'tbothered. The post-game rhetoric was almost as disgusting as the violence itself. Ohio Governor John Gilligan, the successor to former worthy James Rhodes and a typically big- mouthed politician, called the affair a "public mugging," thus spicing the whole affair with a taste of premeditation. Sports Illustrated took a few rabid shots at Gopher coach Bill Musselman and sat "the talented seven-foot blond cen- ter" Witte up on a pedestal, playing a short-sighted game of heroes and villains. Ohio State coach Fred Taylor steamed and, when his Bucks were whistled for 32 fouls in their 88-78 loss to Michigan, claimed that the refs had been afraid to ticket the Wolverines for fear of setting off an- other battle. And nowthe second outbreak of rhetoric has been initiated, first by Minnesota's regents et al and lately by three black ad- ministrators at Michigan State. Dr. Robert Green and his East Lansing colleagues called for the hiring of black Big Ten of- ficials and a consideration of the total question of the con- ference's black athletes at its annual meeting in March. They also joined with Minnesota's administrators in objecting to the suspensions of Behagen and Taylor. Of course black referees should call Big Ten games, and instances of racism in the conference should be investigated and punished. But to reinstate Behagen and Taylor is to con- done deliberate violence and tell the world that assault is excus- able when it occurs on the basketball floor. Big Ten Commissioner Wayne Duke has already screwed up the whole affair bad enough with his failure to suspend Witte and Winfield, or even see that assault charges were instituted against the violent players and any fighting fans that might have been corraled. If Duke succumbs to the growing pressure and reinstates the suspended Gophers, he will be doing basketball a disservice. 4 .....gam mm ... ..~m .....g.... . Professional League Standings NBA Pacific Division Pucksters face By FRANK LONGO The moment of truth has finally arrived. The Michigan 'icers, horrendous >n the road but sparkling at home, will put their 8-2 Coliseum record on the line tonight against the true first-place team, Wisconsin. 'Early in the season, Michigan defeated two other first - place teams, Notre Dame and North Da- kota, on home ice over successive veekends. But that was at a time when a eam could lose a game and drop 'our places in the standings and he league lead changed three times in three weeks. The Badgers, however, have been atop the WCHA consistently since the semester break, leading by as many as 16 points. Nevertheless, the statistics are somewhat deceiving. Wisconsin played three of their fourth eight- point series by Jan. 2, which help- ed stretch their lead. This explains why their lead may diminish some even if they sweep the weekend series ,ere, in Ann Arbor. "This is definitely a big series for us," related Badger assistant coach Bill Rothwell. "Our record has fooled a lot of people. We could lose ground no matter what we do." Michigan met Wisconsin back in the first series of the season, and many a fan will recall that fiasco as a pair of drubbings, 8-1 and 7-2, but both games were tied go- ing into the final period. The Badgers "won't be taking Michigan lightly by any stretch of the imagination," says Roth- well. "We know Michigan is es- pecially tough at home." Wisconsin will be at full strength for the series, but the Wolverines will be hurting slightly. Pete Dun- bar isn't quite fully recovered from what has at various times been "analyzed" as a broken hand, arm, or wrist. As it turns out, Dunbar has been skating with a protective cast for his broken finger and should at least be able to dress. Forward Bob Falconer, who had apparently been afflicted with a Flaily sport NIGHT EDITOR: CHUCK BLOOM fractured ankle suffered la end at Michigan Tech, covered enough that he able to play, but will not b strength. Meanwhile, the Wolveri head into the final three m of the season hoping to on a 9-13 conference recor sees them tied for seven in the WCHA with Color lege and Notre Dame. C of the three will be all compete in the post-seas offs, however. Minnesota, which Michig in an eight-point series tw Iene ait n almost lion first-place Perkins and Jim Makey, lead the league with 2.4 and 3.1 goals against per game, respectively. Michigan's Karl Bagnell is 18th out of 20 goaltexders with a 6.0 S goals against average, but is also the league's hardest working net- minder. Bagnell has made 865 V saves so far this season in 22 league games, over 150 more than his nearest competitor. Wisconsin may' give him the chance to break :. st week- the 1000 mark tonight. has re- "We're coming on," comments will be Wolverine coach Al Renfrew. "This e at full will be the best test we've had so far," he added. nes will A formula? Somewhat pessimis- veekends tic: "If we can get a couple goals improve ahead," hopes Renfrew, "it'll be .,r.. rd which a great game." " Badgers th place ado Col- )nly two owed to on play- an hosts vo weeks eless 12 WCHA Standings This Weekend in Sports , FRIDAY WRESTLING-Wisconsin at Crisler Arena, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY-Wisconsin at the Coliseum, 8 p.m. SATURDAY BASKETBALL-at Northwestern TRACK-at Michigan State HOCKEY-Wisconsin at the Coliseum, 8 p.m. GYMNASTICS-Indiana at Crisler Arena, 1:30 p.m. TENNIS-Midwest Invitational Open, at Cleveland SWIMMING--at Ohio State 101e, 1 1 11U4 1jGG"S1 points behind the three teams. Although Wisconsin has held the first place spot for several weeks, they have only one player in the top ten of the league in scoring. Gary Winchester holds down the tenth spot with 33 points. Mich- igan's Bernie Gagnon leads the league in goal-production with 21 and is in third position in scoring with 38 points. The biggest difference in the two teams will be in the nets. The Badgers' two goaltenders, Dick Wisconsin Denver Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota Michigan State Michigan Tech MICHIGAN Notre Dame Colorado College Minnesota W 17 14 13 13 12 10 9 7 8 5 L 5 8 9 9 10 -10 13 13 14 17 Pts 42 36 36 34 32 28 22 22 22 10 This Weekend's Games Colorado College at Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan State (4 points) Notre Dame at Denver (4 points) Wisconsin at MICHIGAN Michigan Tech at North Dakota -Daily-Rolfe Tessem BERNIE GAGNON, Michigan center and number one scorer in the WCHA, stickhandles the puck in a recent contest against Colorado College. Gagnon and the Wolverines face the league- leading Wisconsin Badgers tonight at the Coliseum. BRUINS BOMB FLYERS: Pesky Penguins blank Buffalo a a a7-7 J By The Associated Press to's three goals-his 47th, 48th and BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ron Schock 19th of the season-led the East scored both goals as the Pitts- Division leading Boston Bruins to burgh Penguins posted a 2-0 vic- a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia tory over the Buffalo Sabres last Flyers yesterday. night in a National Hockey Lea- Esposito's first goal of the game gue game. at 8:28 of the second period proved Theshutout wasthe first of to be the winning margin. The the season for goalie Jim Ruth- erford, who was observing his 23rd , wift' Bruins center coaxed the )uck past Flyer goalie Doug Favell from 10 feet out just as a hooking penalty ran out on Philadelphia forward "Guy Gendron. Philadelphia got the lead on Simon Nolet's 19th goal of the season with 3:29 gone in the game. But Bobby Orr brought Boston 3ven at 18:10 when he batted in t4'e9ktahe wil 6e aheed .4 CALL COLLECT._ 7 Days 24 Hours4 215-877-7700'. &4'tnman4 93ee Clinic birthday. Schock's first goal came at the 8:12 mark of the first period as le tippedkin a shot from the blue line by Dave Burrows for his 10th goal of the season. f Rutherford made some acrobatic saves during scrambles around, the Pittsburgh net as he blocked 23 shots to 26 for Crozier. Flyers flounder PHILADELPHIA - Phil Esposi- Memphis St. 70, Bra Army 76, Seton Hall Rhode Island 77, Ver Kentucky St. 100, U Indiana, Pa. 86, St.' Cathedral 70, Yeshiv SE Louisiana 65, Lac John McKenzie's rebound. --ii * . . IC ES 'Bulls knicked CHICAGO-Dave De Busschere climaxed an unbelievable come- dley 59 back by scoring on a short jumper 72 with 25 seconds remaining in over- rmont 61 time last night, enabling redhot nion 67 New York to edge the Chicago Vincent 83 Bulls 102-99 for the Knick's sixth a 59 successive National Basketball As- uisiana College 66 Sociation triumph. 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