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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Thursday, September 9, 1971

Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 9~ 1971

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Cagers
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the importance of Wilmore.
Against Notre Dame Wilmore
picked up three early fouls and
netted only Light points all
night as the Wolverines bowed
to the Irish. But playing against
Kentucky the supersoph poured
in 40 points and kept Michigan
in the ball game. When he again
ran into foul trouble against U
of D, Michigan's attack went
sour it took overtime heroics to
pull out the win.
With the Big Ten season just
around the corner prospects
were not very promising until
the cagers suddenly came to life-
in two holiday tournaments.
First the Wolverines captured
their own first annual Michigan
Invitational Tournament and
then met unexpected success in
the tough Rainbow Classic.
In the opening round at Hon-
olulu the Wolverines squeaked
past a strong St. Louis team and
after a loss to host Hawaii de-
molished national power Villa-
nova.
Ford, who performed at his
best in the Hawaii series, ex-
plains that the team came to-
gether during the vacation in
the sun. "For those first six
games I had some doubts as to
what kind of team we had,"
Ford said, "but after we beat
Villanova my doubts were gone."
The Wolverines' opening Big
Ten victory didn't convince ev-
eryone that Michigan would be
a leading contender, however. It
took a last-second goaltending
violation on an off-the-mark'
shot by Grabiec to give Michi-
gan a one point win over Wis-
consin.
But then the Wolverines start-
ed moving. Led by 35 points
from Wilmore and 20 rebounds
by Brady, Michigan toppled
leading contender Indiana 92-81
and then sped to five more con-
ference wins in succession.
Some wins came easy, others
took, last-second heroics, but in
all they, gave Michigan an 8-0
conference mark and a one game
W olvertnes
recruit four
top preppers
Michigan basketball fortunes
continue to look bright with the
signing last summer of four out-
standing prep stars to letters of
intent, Campy Russell of Pon-
tiac, C. J. Kupec, Doug Ashworth
and John Kantner.
Russell, a 6-8 center-forward,
was one of the most recruited
players in the country. An All-
American, he averaged 26 points
and 21 rebounds, while leading
Pontiac Central to a two-year
42-2 record.
Kupec, at 6-8, was also named
All-American, as well as the
Most Valuable Player in the Illi-
nois state tournament, while
leading Oaklawn to second place.
Ashworth, a 6-6 forward from
Xenia, Ohio, Beaver Creek,av-
eraged 21 points a game en route
to All-State honors.
Kantner, an All-State 6-1 guard,
is the fifth highest scorer in Ohio
history.

1971-72 Schedule

get it
lead over second place Ohio
State.
A loss on the road to Indiana
snapped the string and set the
stage for a crucial battle with
the Buckeyes, the only meeting
of the two teams for the season.
A slow start against Ohio State
did the Wolverines in and cost
them the Big Ten crown. Be-
fore Orr's team could get its
typical end of the half drive
mounted, the Buckeyes had rac-
ed to a 39-19 lead. Michigan
showed its spirit and abilities
by pulling to a 74-74 tie late, in
the game but the Buckeye's
Luke Witte and Allan Hornyak
outmatched Wilmore and his
42 points to give the Buckeyes
the victory.
Four more wins before the
regular season ended weren't
enough to net the Wolverines
even a tie for first as Ohio State
finished one win up, at 13-1.
But thanks to a new Big Ten
rule permitting teams to accept
National Invitational Tourna-
ment bids the Wolverine's sea-
son wasn't yet finished. Wilmore
won a trip home and the rest
of the team a stay in Fun City
but their basketball play didn't
win them any rave reviews.

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tourneys

In a very lackluster perform-
ance the Wolverines stumbled
past an unimposing Syracuse
squad by only six points in the
NIT's first round and then got
themselves eliminated in an ex-
tremely atypical slow moving
contest against Georgia Tech.
Despite the doldrums that hit
the team in New York their ov-
erall season performance was
impressive and so is the cast of
players they will be using this
season in an attempt to climb
that one last step into first
place in the Big Ten.
Wilmore, Brady, and Grabiec
will all be back and junior Er-
nie Johnson who last season
was an asset as a backup center
and forward will take Ford's
place in the lineup.
Joining his roommates Brady
and Wilmore on the front line
Johnson will give the Wolver-
ines a front wall that measures
6-5, 6-8, and 6-10.
Another Brady, this one Sam,
should be the replacement for
Fife, if he can live up to the
promise that caused assistant
coach Fred Snowden to say about
him last summer, "I'd say Bra-
dy is 99 to 100 percent sure of
starting." What is remarkable

about the statement is that Sam
inactive his freshman year.
r will also have last sea-
- s frosh stars John Bridges
and Mike Weaver - who also
missed part of the year with an
academic ineligibility - and se-
nior co-captain Dave "Mush-
room" Hart to choose for Gra-
biec's backcourt partner.

Ohio State again promises to
be tough in the Big Ten race
with four of its five starters re-
turning and Indiana may be a
contender even without George
McGinnis, now of the Indiana
Pacers.
And Michigan is again: cer-
tain to be in the midst of the
title fight.

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Rick Cornfeld
,Commotwon doesn't daunt
quiet Campy
CAMPY RUSSELL walked into the girl's gym at Pontiac Central
High School where a half dozen reporters were waiting to
interview him the day he signed the national letter of intent to
come to Michigan. Someone motioned to a table where he was to
sit, and Campy turned, his face losing its composure for just a
second and forming an annoyed scowl.
You couldn't blame him. Minutes earlier the newly signed
Michigan freshman had to endure being interviewed under hot
lights twice, once for Channel Two and once for Channel Seven,
as over a hundred less prominent schoolmates stared.
On Channel Two Campy was
interviewed by sports reporter .s
and Wolverine assistant basket-
ball coach Fred Snowden, who
asked him, "One final question,
Campy. Are you related to Caz-
zie Russell?"' Campy smiled and
said no.
The question- was more than s
just amusing since on Wednes-
day Snowden's Channel Two col-
league, Van Patrick, had an-
nounced that Campy was Cazzie's
younger, brother. Appealing as it
would be, however; CampS bears
no relation to Cazze, except in:
his skill on the hard court,
Now Russell had left the com-
motion of the t.v. interviews- but
he still had to endure: the questions of reporters, the same ques
tions he had answered a dozen times in the past few days. But
except for that one short scowl, Campy didn't seem to mind.
"You can be the greatest basketball player in the world"
Snowden said, "but if you don't know how to relate to people
and if you don't have some humility about you, you'11 never be
a great person."
But how -can a 19 year old boy be humble when almost 100
schools actively tried to get him - to win them fame and fortune,
and when people have driven all over the state to take his picture
and hear what golden words he has to say?
Only Campy knows how he did it, but he has done a pretty
good job. He freely admVits that he peeds work on his game, for
!example. "Really, I thin ia'll parts ofmya game are still lacking"-
he said. "They're all still lacking somewhere, you know. The big-
gest thing that's lacking is my defense. I can play defense, but
I have a t ndency to relax and stuff like that. When I relax, I get
beat.
If Campy is going tobe a success at Michigan; he isn't sure
of it now. Asked if he had thought about signing with the pros
before he graduates, he said. "I've thought about' it. I haven't
thought about it too much because you know I might be good
enough then, but then again I might not. But I think if they
approached me with offers," he aded, "I think I would take
it."
Snowden then rushed to his defense, "If they offered me a
half a million dollars, then I'd have to sign also.
"I think a guy owes it to himself and his family to sign. But
if they don't go half a million dollars or so, I don't think a kid is
making a wise decision taking less money.
"There were some boys who were approached this year who
did not get the big offer. (Henry) Wilmore-he was approached.
(Jim) Brewer was approached. (Jim) Chones of Marquette.
But they didn't get the big chunks of money. It wasn't worth
giving up their education and the exposure they're getting now
in the college ranks which will mean money when they grad-
uate."
For Campy now, the ordeal is over, but actually the ordeal
has just begun. "We're very fortunate that he selected the Uni-
versity of Michigan," Snowden said, "and we're just tickled to
have him." Then he added, "We're gonna work him hard."
Campy didn't even smile.
"Are you tired, Campy?" someone asked.
"No, I'm not tired," he said. "It's all right,"

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INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Ideal solution to frosh dog days,

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By CHUCK DRUKIS
The new arrival on campus can find many
activities to captivate his interests in addi-
tion to his studies. One of these activities is
athletic participation.
In your high school days, besides your nor-
mal school work, other attractions such as
dating, parties, clubs, community activities,
and athletics occupied your time. To many,
athletics received high priority.
Whether you played a varsity sport or just
a neighborhood game, you enjoyed the work-
out. But presently, you as a freshman have
probably relinquished any dreams of becom-
ing a professional athlete and are now focus-
ing your energies toward academic achieve-
ment.
However, once the typical freshman excite-
ment of the Big U wears off, you may dis-
cover that you miss that workout. To many,
that uncontrollable impulse to shoot a few
baskets or pass a football around will return.
Unfortunately, many freshman neither have
the old friends who were always willing nor

hall program, the graduate program, the in-
dependent program, the international center
program, the faculty program, the co-recre-
ational program, and the all campus pro-
gram.
The athletic manager is accountable for
making sure each team makes the deadline
for entries in all sports throughout the year.
The manager will be responsible for letting
players know what sports are available and
when.
Get to know your manager. Those divisions
which don't have a manager should call the
IM building for information.
One of the main attractions of IM sports is
the point system used to determine the all-
around champions. For example, in the dorm
system, each house competes for points which
are awarded on the basis of final standings
in each sport.
At the end of the Winter term the points
are added up and an all-around champion for
each division is determined. A last place
finish is better than not entering a certain

gymnastics, handball, horseshoes, ice hoc-
key, judo karate,, lacrosse, life saving.
Also, paddleball, relays, rifle shooting,
rugby, scuba, Sigma Delta Psi, soccer, soft-
ball, squash racquets, swimming, table tennis,
tennis, touch football, track, twenty-one, vol-
leyball, water polo, weight lifting, and wrest-
ling.
For further information see your resident
advisor or athletic manager, or get a copy of
Intramural and Recreation Sports for Men
and Women which is published annually by
the IM department.

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