Saturday, January 15, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Sever Saturday, January 15, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY I Denver bops 0{ icers, 10-1i By JOEL GREER asky deked the Michigan senior to Special To The Daily the left and fired a wrist shot just DENVER-Completely dominated inside the far post. from the start, the Michigan icers Denver built its lead to 4-0 with lost their third straight four-point ca pair of goals nine seconds apart.' contest to an insTpie Dene After Tom Peluso was left alone hockey squad 10-1. To the delighttosrefm the aleftf ofalone of 5031 partisans, Denver made crease, Ross Woodley scored his sure the Wolverines were never in first of three goals. It was a pine the game, individual effort as he completely The fans played a large part in faked out both Cartier and Bag- the action and expressed their ap- nell, proval and disapproval of variousI Things went from bad to worse plays by throwing chickens onto for the Wolverines as even Bernie the ice. In all more chickens were Gagnon missed a penalty shot. thrown out than were goals scored Pt uba aaroe ln by the players, about 15 all told. Pete Dunbar had broken alone Denver took advantage of early on Denver goalie Ron Grahame, Michigan miscues to. initiate the but was tripped by Peluso before rout getting a shot away. Dunbar was The Pioneers flooded Michigan injured on the play and was forcedf 711' maplemenlinvade. osU By GEORGE HASTINGS One of the biggest games of the young Big Ten basket- ball season will take place today in Columbus as the top two teams of last year, Michigan and Ohio State, go at it with the early conference leadership on the line. The Wolverines boast a 2-0 league mark after victories over Michigan State and Illinois, while the Buckeyes have taken their only conference contest at Purdue. One of the key factors in the game today will be the return of Michigan's 6-10 center Ken Brady to the line-up. ,i Brady has been forced to sit out the Wolverines' first twelve contests this year with an injured knee, and in his absence Michigan has been a mediocre 7-5. Brady, coming off an injury, is not expected to start and the amount of time he sees on the court will depend largely on how well his knee holds up. If he is able to play with decent mobility for most of the game, it will be a huge lift for the Wolverines, who need the big center if they are to make a serious run at the Big Ten crown. s- daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: BOB ANDREWS 1 from the outset and lit the light for the first time at 1:47 of the first period. The Wolverine defense failed to clear rebound and Petet McNab was open in the right face- off circle to beat Karl Bagnell with a screen shot along the ice. Four minutes later, Michigan1 was again pressed in its own zone.l Along the boards Randy Trudeau passed across to Punch Cartier,1 but the pick picocheted off Car-, tier's skates. All-American Vic' Venasky grabbed the loose puck to move in alone on Bagnell. Ven- FIRST PERIOD SCORING: 1. Denver,1 McNab (Peluso, Venasky) 1:47; 2. Den-t ver, Venasky (McNab) 5:32; 3. Denver, Peluso (Young) 10:34; 4 Denver, Wood-z ley (Venasky) 10:53.s Penalties Werner (M), interference,I 3:05; Venasky (D), tripping 6:01;{ Straub, (M), interference, 9:00; Pe- 1uis (D), tripping 14:46.E SLCOND PERIOD SCORING: 5. Den-{ ver, Woodley (Morenz, Lampman) 4:59;l 6. Michigan, Mallette (Neal, Jarry) 5:43; 7 Denver, Woodley (Lampman, Mor- enz) 13:52; 8. Denver, Kreiger (Brag-l nallo) 16:40; 9. Denver, Jim Peluso (un- assisted) 18:45. Penalties: Christie (D) elbowing 4:38;' Jarry (M) tripping 8:35; Tom PelusoP (D) illegal check 15:01; Falconer (M)I to go to the dressing room. Gag- non moved in on the penalty 3hot but Grahame made a brilliant save as Gagnon went for the upper left 'hand corner. The Denver crowd was so elated that the first of many deceased chickens was thrown on the ice from the balcony. In the second period Denver built the lead to 8-1 as the game be- came totally embarrassing. The Wolverines' only goal of the period came on a fine backhand pass from Randy Neal to Rick Mallette. -Daily-Tom Gottlieb Henry Wilmore (25) lays it in TITANS TOUGH: Baby Blue host Detroit By ELLIOT SEGEL Most of the basketball fans' attentions will be focused on Co- lumbus, Ohio, today where Mich- igan meets Ohio State in a crucial broken stick 15:47; Falconer (M). in- Big Ten contest. terference 20:00. However, here in Ann Arbor, THIRD PERIOD SCORING: 10. Den- Michigan's freshman cagers will,! ver Kreiger (Tomasoni) 2:45; 11. Den- I ver Bragnello (Krieger, Woodley) 11:49. have their own hands full as they Penalties: Lampman.(D) interference, take on the tough Titans of De- 1:15; Jarry (M) tripping 1:22; Skinner troit. (M) tripping 2:49; Paris (M) roughing, Detroit comes to Crisler Arena' 6:16; McNab (M), roughing, 6:16; Dun:- eri oe t rse rn bar (D) high sticking, 6:34; Christie sporting a fine 7-2 record. ThoseE (D) high sticking, 6:34; Busniuk (D) j two losses may be misleading1 holding 8:52, Jarry (M) roughing, 13:16; though. The first one was a one- Werner (M) roughing, 13:16; McNab '(D)pt sqg. aTerstontas Mich-1 roughing, 13:16; Busniuk (D) roughing point squeaker to Central Mich- 13:16; Young (D) roughing 13:16; igan, while the second was suffer-1E Young (D) interference, 16.43; Cartier ed at the hands of always-tough ! (M) hooking, 18:13. Marquette. SAVES: Mrute MICHIGAN 16 19 15 50 Leading the Titan quintet are Denver 9 4 7 20 two former Detroit area high school stars. Both 6-7 center Terry Thomhas, from Hazel Park, and 6-6 forward Jerry Guinane, from Notre Dame, are averaging better than 20 points a game. Other play- ers slated to start against the Baby Blue are 6-0 guards John Riley and Jim McHugh, and 6-5 forward Sean Savage. First-year Titan coach Tony Mc-! Andrews expressed great respect for Michigan's frosh. When asked what type of defense he planned to use against them, he immedi- ately replied, "We'll just keep our fingers crossed." Realizing, how- ever, that this tactic alone would not be enough to stop the Wolver- ines, he went on to say that he will probably use a basic man-to- man coverage. BUCKS BLAST BULLS: On the other hand, Michigan's freshman team will be going after their fifth win without a loss. So far the Baby Blue have lived up to all their expectations. They have made 45.6 per cent of their field goals, 71 per cent of their foul shots, outrebounded opponents 54.8-45.8, and averaged a margin of victory of 18 points. Starting intoday's game will be the same five who have started in the previous four games. The hottest Wolverines are the guards, Joe Johnson and John Kantner. The flashy Johnson is averaging 20.5 points per game and 53.3 per cent from the field, while Kant- ner's figcres are 13.8 and an amaz- ing 62.1 per cent. Campy Russell will be back at his familiar forward position. As predicted, he is leading Michigan's attack carrying averages of 25 points and 13 rebounds per game. Defensive ace Doug Ashworth is the other forward, and is currently averaging eigIgt points a game. Joining Russell and Ashworth in the frontcourt will be center C. J. Kupec, a 9.5 scorer. Super-sub Bill Ayler, sporting a 9.8 average, will probably see plenty of action as well. The Wolverines may have an ad- ditional problem when they take the court today, for they have not had a game in over a month. Coach Dick Honig has been holding rigorous practices since Sunday trying to make up for lost time. But he admitted that, "practices are not like playing a game, and that we might have trouble getting uncorked." Celtics bounce punchiess Pistons The big difference in the game may be made however by two oth- er players who are also still both- ered, by injuries; the teams' re- spective top scorers, Henry Wil- more of Michigan and Al Horn- yak of Ohio State. Wilmore, still moving slower than usual as a result of a knee injury, has scored 21 and 17 points in the two Big Ten con- tests, well below his average. The Wolverines will be looking for a big game out of their star for- ward today. Meanwhile Hornyak, still not 100 per cent following a heel in- jury which forced him out of five games, was recovered enough last Saturday to score 28 points and go the full forty minutes in the win over Purdue. Beyond the scoring of Wilmore it is the strong Michigan team .re- bounding effort of late which has Ohio State coach Fred Taylor most concerned. The Wolverines have picked /off 118 rebounds in their last two games, tops in the Big Ten. Meanwhile, the Bucks were outrebounded 58-40 by Pur- due. John Lockard, the 6-5 leaping forward, has taken 31 boards in the two Big Ten games, while Ernie Johnson, filling in for Brady, has 28. Taylor has a great deal of respect for Johnson, who also scored 43 points in the two contests, and still fears the Michi- gan front line with or without Brady. Attempting to counter the Wol- verine board strength will be the Buckeyes' 7-foot center Luke Witte. Witte, OSU's number two scorer behind Hornyak, has been averaging 13 rebounds and 18 points in overall play. A twisted knee which kept the Buckeye giant out of practice ear- lier in the week has improved, and Witte should be at full strength for this afternoon's contest. Witte is also an excellent defensive play- er, and his imposing presence in the middle may pose a few prob- lems for Michigan's offense. In fact, it has been defense which has been the strong point not only of Witte, but of the en-. tire Buckeye team this year. Despite a touch of sluggishness in the offense and a relatively low, team shooting percentage (43 per cent), Ohio State has been able to come up with a 9-2 record on the strength of their defensive performance. The Buckeyes have held all opponents to an average gymnasts Southern ist Jim Scully took second, and Southern's Mel Collins finished By The Associated Press BOSTON - Dave Cowens scored: 26 points and tied a career high with 28 rebounds last night in leading the Boston Celtics to a 108-94 National Basketball Associa- tion victory over the Detroit Pistons. The Celtics broke the game open with six minutes to play in the third quarter and the score tied 57-57. Cowens and Don Nelson each hit for six points as Boston out- scored the Pistons 18-4 for a 75-61 ' lead going into the final session. Detroit cut the margin to five, 82-77, with 61/2 minutes to play, but two baskets by John Havlicek and two free throws by Jo JoE White made it 88-77. Detroit managed to close the gap to 90-84, but baskets by Havli- cek and Cowens and two free throws by White put the game out of reach at 96-84 with 2 2 minutes to play. White had 23 points for the night and Havlicek added 20. Jimmy Walker led the Pistons with 25 and Bob Lanier had 23. Bulls KA jed MILWAUKEE-The shooting of Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Bob' -Daily-Tom Gottlieb ERNIE JOHNSON (30), Michigan's super-sub center, disdains to pass to co-captain Dave Hart (44) in an early season game against Western Michigan and instead arches a long jump shot deftly through the netting over Broncos' center Mike Steele (52). Johnson, filling in for the injured Ken Brady, has playyed con- sistent basketball so far this season averaging; 13.1 points per contest. Brady returns to action today to help Johnson battle the Bucks' stilt-like center Luke Witte. Dandridge and rebounding and de- Jerry West scored 30 points and; fense of Curtis Perry led the Mil- handed out 13 assists, while Wilt waukee Bucks to a 104-77 National Chamberlain scored 23, grabbed ' Basketball Association victory over 20 rebounds and blocked six shots.! their chief Midwest Division chal- Bob Rul scored 25 and Bill lengers, the Chicago Bulls, last Bridges 20 for Philadelphia. night. Los Angeles trailed 32-19 before The Bulls' point total was six outscoring the 76ers. 24-11 to tie fewer than the previous low in the the score 43-43 with 5:04 remaining team's history. Chicago fell five in the second period. At one point! games behind the defending NBA in the Lakers' rally, they scored chamipons in the Midwest. 10 consecutive points in a 1:24 Jabbar scored 31 points and span. Dandridge poured in 14 of his 16 Los Angeles led 63-57 at half- in the first half, when the Bucks time and, after the 76ers closed broke to a 52-33 lead. the gap to three points early in the' Jabbar and Perry each grabbed third period, pulled away again to 17 rebounds and Perry held Bob lead by as many as 16. Love, the NBA's second-leading scorer with a 26.8 per game aver-a lsrih age, to only six points-four of Royals relish them coming with less than four CINCINNATI - Nate Archibald minutes to play. scored 13 points in the final period Jabbar scored the Bucks' first for a game total of 43 as the Cin- seven points of the third quarter, cinnati Royals won their third' and the lead mounted to 92-56 with straight game after 14 losses by 6:35 left. Chet Walker led Chicago beating the Atlanta Hawks 126- with 17 points. 102 in a National Bas etball Asso- Trail Blazers a 102-100 victory over the Buffalo Braves in a National Basketball Association game last night. Nets squired HAMPTON, Va. - The Virginia Squires scored 13 straight points early in the first period to take an 18-5 lead and were never threatened the rest of the way in posting a 114-104 American Bas- ketball Association victory over the New York Nets last night.' of 64 points a game. Much of the credit for the de- fensive show goes to the Bucks' forwards, Mark Minor and War- dell Jackson, as well as guard Dan Gerhard. If the big names of the two teams negate each other's potency, it will be the play of these other starters which will swing the tide one way or the other. Michigan, on the other hand, has in recent games received bal- anced scoring from Lockard and guards Wayne Grabiec, Dave Hart, and Terry Tyler and will look to them to back up Wilmore and Brady. Because of their home court, advantage, along with the factl that they have whipped Michigan seven times in a row, a string that extends back to 1967, the Buck- eyes are rated a slight favorite, but the game looks to be a close- ly-fought affair, which should re- veal a lot about the Big Ten race this year. Three other Big Ten matches will also take place today, as only Iowa and Michigan State remain idle. The only other' undefeated team besides Michigan and Ohio State, Minnesota, (1-0), is enter- tain-4ig twice-defeated Northwest- ern in a night contest. Meanwhile Indiana, surprised by Minnesota last week in their only league game so far,-takes on Wis- consin, (1-1), and Purdue (0-1) goes against Illinois (1-1) at Champaign. Cou gars con quer In any case, the game should GREENSBORO, N.C. - Rookie be a closely contested one between Jim McDaniels scored 30 points, 14 two good freshman teams. Game of them in the final period, as the time has been moved back to noon Carolina Cougars withstood a late so that people will be able to see Floridians' rally for a 105-98 it, and then get back in plenty of American Basketball Association time to watch Michigan against victory last night. Ohio State on the tube. G,(ura leads Michigan past spunky Georgia UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BASKETBALL STATISTICS. (12 Games -- Thru 1-11-72) M * * Lakers stroll PHILADELPHIA-The Los An- geles Lakers overcame a 13-point deficit in the second period and went on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 135-121 last night in a Na- tional Basketball Association game. i I ciation game last night. The , slim 6-foot-1, 160-pound guard hit 14 of 22 field goal at- tempts and 15 of 16 free throws. On defense, he held Atlanta's Pete Name Wilmore Grabiec Johnson Lockard Tyler Hart Bazelon s. Brady Buiss Weaver Bridges Bernard Whitten Rea MICHIGAN Opponents RECORD: 7 8 60-150 69-89 84 10.5 189 12 67-165 30-39 59 4.9 164 12 66-133 27-54 126 10.5 1559 12 58-131 32-52 122 10.2 148 12 46,107 16-24 45 3.$ 108 12 38-106 29-40 22 1.8 105 8 8-19 6-9 13 1.6 22 5 8-15 2-3 7 1.4 18 9 9-22 0-2 6 0.7 18 8 5-21 2-6 0 0.0 12 3 3-12 2-2 4 1.3 8 4 3-4 2-4 7 . 1.8 8 6 2-3 4-4 3. 0.5 8 2 2-2 0-0 0 0.0 4 12 375-890 221-328 581 48.4 971 12 405-882 182-263 599 49.9 992 2-0) (Turnovers: Mich. 196, Opp. 23.6 13.7 13.1 12.3 9.0 8.8 2.8 3.6 2:0 1.5 2.7 2.0 13 2.0 80.9 82.7 198) G FG-FGA FT-FTA Rbs Ave Pts Ave Maravich to 17 points. Royals center Sam Lacey, out- playing Walt Bellamy, hit for 17 points, grabbed 19 rebounds and blocked six Atlanta shots. The Royals led all the way, start-{ ing with a 26-20 edge in the first period. Rookie Nate Williams hitI eight of his 18 points in the last quarter and Cincinnati pulled away. Cincinnati hit 51 per cent of its shots while Atlanta shot 41 per! cent. Lou Hudson led the Hawks' with 28 points. * *K *M Portland blazes AL AL a0/k-, Special To The Daily SAVANNAH - The Michigan gymnasts ran up against stiff Southern competition last night, but Coach Newt Loken's squadI held on for a 159.55-156.7 win over Georgia Southern. The vic- tory extends the Wolverine win- ning streak to 44 straight dual meets. Michigan captured a slight edge in four of the six events, losing points to Southern in still rings and parallel bars. Coach Loken commented, "It was a tight con- test, with the Southerners push- ing us all the way." He also com- The Wolverines took a clean' sweep in the first two events as Ward Black, Ray Gura, and Ter- ry Boys finiished 1-2-3 in floor exercises, and Gura, Dick Kaziny, and Ted Marti led the way on sidehorse. Georgia Southern's Dave Zirn- sak scored 9.1 in still rings, with Gura taking second and South- ern's Dan Warbutton finishing third. Warbutton took the long- horse' event, with Gura a close second and Southern's John Gra- cik third. Warbutton, who tied for all- around individual honors with Ted Marti, took first on the parallel bars, Marti finishing second and Michigan's Jean Paul Bouchard coming in third. Michigan again dominated the high bar, as Marti turned in a brilliant 9.3 perform- ance. Wolverine high bar special- , wins, 5 losses (Big Ten: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Geoff Petrie plimented Georgia Southern coach hit a 16-foot jump shot with two Ron Ortley on a tremendous build- seconds left, giving the Portland ing job in Southern gymnastics. Professional League Standingsr third. In all-around competition, War- button and Marti both finished the evening with a total of 53.2. Ray Gura finished second with 52.55, and Southern's Collins took third with 49.65, just .05 ahead of Jean Paul Bouchard. Coach Loken expressed appre- ciation for the Southern brand of hospitality to which his squad is being treated this weekend say- ing, "we had good food, good fa- cilities, and a great crowd at the meet." He expres'sed even more approval of the performances of Marti and Gura. "It was a good meet to have under our belt," Loken said, "and we're really looking forward to tonight's Olympic Preview." For the Student Body: LEVI'S r Denim Bells Winter §3 SBOOTS & SHOAmhES4 I FOR MEN FOR WOMEN Bass British Brevitts § French Shriner Sandler and Bass Johnston Murphy Many booa and buckle styles are included Gt ~ 20% to' 50% OFF! 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