Wednesday, November 17, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY I Page Seven Wednsda, Noembr 17 191 TH MINI~A DALY PgeNeve { out to .lunch mort noveck OF THE TOP TEN football teams in the nation according to the Associated Press, six are from just two conferences. And by a strange coincidence, these two conferences, the Big Eight and the Southeast, are among the leading advocates of_ the practice of redshirting. Redshirting basically means withholding a player from com- petition for one year, allowing him five years to complete his eligibility. It permits the schools practicing it to take a player who is not good enough to start as a sophomore, let him practice for a year without losing eligibility and then play him for three years. According to Mickey Holmes, Big Eight administrative assistant, "ninety per cent of those withheld from competition in our league are not good enough to play at the time they become sophomores." The same is true for sophomores in other conferences, but their schools have to use them anyway. Even'if they aren't needed, the sophs are on the team and they only get to play for two years once they mature as athletes. This gives the redshirting teams a tremendous advantage over other squads in being able to hold out players. Only the second- year men who are good enough to help the team immediately are ;used. The others are held over for another year when the seniors have graduated and there might be less talent around. Just prac- ticing. with a team will improve a player, so even though the red- shirts have not seen action, they will be better performers. As Notre- Dame Athletic Director Edward "Moose" Krause commented, "When you have 20 or 30 redshirts on a team, like Nebraska, of course you're going to be strong." Krause seems to feel that redshirting is an unfair ad- vantage, and he might be right. Ron Johnson, Michigan for- mer All-American halfback did not play as a sophomore. Bump Elliott, the coach in those days did not feel that John- son was ready to play, so Ron rode the bench for a year. It would have been nice if Johnson could have been redshirted and played during the 1969 season. Actually the Wolverines didn't miss Johnson that much since they had Billy Taylor and Glenn Doughty to fill his shoes. But it's painful to see Jim Betts coaching the freshman team instead of quarterbacking the Wolverines. Betts came to Michigan as a quarterback but never got a chance to play here because of Denny Brown and Don Moorhead. What if he could have been redshirted? He was a valuable asset as a safety last year, but he could have been worth his weight in gold at quarterback this year. Tom Slade and friends are doing a good job directing the team, but they are sophomores and their inexperience shows. Quarter- back is one position where experience is invaluable and Betts could have provided it. West Coast schools never play a soph at quarterback. The roster might list him as a second year man, but inevitably the player has sat out at least one year. Stanford's Jim Plunkett sat out his second year at school and his replacement, Don Bunce, sat out his two senior semesters. Bunce played behind Plunkett for two years, but then didn't compete last year so that he could start in the current season. Obviously he is more valuable to Stanford than he would have been if he had stayed in Plunkett's shadow for his full three years. It would be hard to dispute the fact that redshirting helps a school's football team, but some coaches claim that it helps the individual player more. "Redshirting helps the student ath- lete as much if not more than it helps the team," said Ar- kansas Coach Frank Broyles. "If my son were on an athletic scholarship, I would hope that the coach would redshirt lim to give him a chance to mature both athletically and academ- ica~ly: Many coaches would argue that football players need five years to graduate anyway. It is hard to take a heavy class sched- PISt.on By The Associated Press DETROIT - Guard Nick Jones and forward Joe Ellis came off the bench in the third period to spark a comeback that enabled the Golden State Warriors to whip the Detroit Pistons 122-101 last night. With the Warriors trailing by 10 points shortly after the second half began, Ellis and Jones joined vet- eran Jeff Mullins in a hot-scoring period that shot the Warriors ahead, 90-82. While Ellis had 10 points in the period, Mullins and Jones each had, eight as the Warriors fired in 17 of 23 shots for .739 percentage. During the final three minutes of the period, the Warriors out- scored Detroit, 16-2; and they con- tinued their massacre in the final plastered; Wings draw, sports NIGHT EDITOR: RANDY PHILLIPS period, as Mullins, Nate Thur- mond and Cazzie Russell led the closing blitz. Russell had eight baskets in the last period, during which Detroit went without a point for six min- utes and two seconds at one stage. Mullins led the Warriors with 23 points and Jimmy Walker topped the Pistons with 30. Wings tie ST. LOUIS - Mickey Redmond rifled in a 30-foot slap shot with 1:34 remaining to play and lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-2 tie with the St. Louis Blues in a Na- tional Hockey League game last night. The goal by Redmond, his fifth of the season, rallied the Red Wings after Barclay Plager's de- flected shot ignited a brief St. Louis flurry early in the period. Plager, firing from the left point, was wide to the right with a slap shot, which hit defenseman Bob Wall in front of goaltender Joe Da- ley and skidded into the Detroit net. The goal at 5:19 wiped out a 1-0 Detroit lead built on former Blues MARINARO SLOWED: Dartmouth ambushes Big Red 2-2 right winger Tim Ecclestone's ris- ing shot into the St. Louis goal at 17:22 of the middle period. St. Louis moved ahead 2-1 one minute and 33 seconds later when Gary Sabourin scored his third goal of the season on a rebound of Frank St. Marseille's shot. Knicks nick NEW YORK - Walt Frazier poured in a season-high 39 points, including 16 in the final period, as the New York Knicks stormed back fro ma 19-point deficit for a 112- 111 victory over the Phoenix Suns. The Suns, paced by Dick Van Arsdale and C o n n i e Hawkins, surged to a 97-78 lead with 9:40 remaining. At that point,. Frazier took charge. He scored 14 points with a span of 4:19 as the Knicks pulled to within 106-104 with 3:28 left. After New York's Dave DeBus- schere and Van Arsdale exchanged foul, shots, Jerry Lucas of the Knicks hit on a three-point play, pulling New York ahead 108-107 with 2:17 left. New York rookie Dean Meminger then scored on a driving lay-up and Phoenix' Neal Walk converted two foul shots before Frazier came back with two more free throws with 17 seconds left, clinching the victory. Seals slammed MONTREAL-A three-goal per- formance by right winger Yvan Cournoyer, the fourth of his eight- season NHL career, led the Mon- treal Canadiens to a 7-2 victory over the California Golden Seals. The Canadiens dominated play, pouring 39 shots at California goal- tender Gifles Meloche. The Golden Seals managed only 18 shots at Montreal netminder Ken Dryden. By DEBBIE WISSNER It may come as a surprise, but one of the more interesting con- ference championship races inthe nation is taking place in the Ivy League, a name not exactly syn- onomous with big-time collegiate football. Although the Ivys have been largely ignored since Walter Camp discovered land west of the Alleghenies, the 1971 season h a s featured not only a genuine pro prospect in Ed 'Heismann Trophy Candidate" Marinaro, but also a three-team fight for the title, in- cluding, believe it or not, Colum- bia. After last week's Dartmouth vic- tory over front-running Cornell, the Indians and the Big Red are tied with identical 5-1 conference records. Columbia, which upset Dartmouth two weeks ago, is now 4-2 and en route to its first win- ning season in ten years, with a phy, gaining 177 yards in 44 car- ries, and scoring on runs of 1 and 46 yards. However, an aggres- sive Dartmouth defense held him to 30 yards below his 206 yr.-per- game average. Dartmouth drew first blood, cap- ping a 57-yard first-quarter drive with a 27-yard field goal. Dart- mouth ran off 24 plays in the quarter, compared to Cornell's 10, as Indian runners Stu Simms and Rick Klupchak rolled up sizable yardage behind strong blocking by linemen Bob Norton, Joe Lesie, and Gregg Brown. Dartmouth's junior quarterback Steve Stetson, starting his first game since the 1970 opener, di- rected two lengthy second-quart- er drives, both culminated by touchdowns. Stetson, who finish- ed the day 8 for 15, ran it in from the 1-yard line, and Bren- dan O'Neil also scored on a one Cornell's offense finaly got rolling, with Marinaro scoring on a one- yard burst. Then, with six minutes left in the quarter, Marinaro ex- ploded with a brilliant 46-yard run, hurdling one tackler and out- running two others into the end zone, narrowing Dartmouth's lead to 17-14. After Cornell's kick-off, Stetson took over again, directing a 53- yard drive that took only eight plays. Klupchak, Dartmouth's leading rusher with 105 yards in 14 carries, highlighed the drive with a slashing 17-yard run be- hind superb blocking. End Ty- rone Byrd scored the decisive touchdown on a 9-yard pass from Stetson. The Dartmouth victory knock- beaten, as the Indians stopped the- Big Red's perfect season bid for the fifth time. -Associated Press PISTON GUARD Jimmy Walker (24) shoulders into Ron Wil- liams (21) on a drive in. last night's game against the Golden State Warriors. Walker's belligerent action would seemingly have drawn a toot from the referee's whistle, but surprisingly, none was heard. I AIRPORT LIMOUSINES small mathematical chance at a ' yard plunge, to give the Indians tie for the league championship. a 17-0 lead. In last week's regionally tele- Meanwhile, the Dartmouth de- vised game, Dartmouth ruined fense shut the door on Marinaro, Cornell's chances for its first per- allowing him only 40 yards on 18 fect season in 32 years, as the carries, with his longest gain be- Indians jumped out to a 17-0 half- ing a five-yarder. The Indians had time lead, and then held off a held The Big Red Rusher to only late surge by the Big Red to win 60 yards in their 1970 encounter, 24-14. and it was beginning to look as if Cornell's star running back Ed they had Marinaro's number. Marinaro continued his bid for the In the third quarter, however, hotly contested 1971 Heisman Tro- I PRESCRIPTION EYEWARE and SHADES 'Tr otters unonze ule and play football at the same time, and it seems only fair that CHICAGO (P) - Formation of their scholarships give them enough time to complete their edu- an independent union by the Har- cations. lem Globetrotters, a 23-player However some, including Krause, would argue that athletes bac k professional basketball are students first and should take care of their classes. Others troupe, was announced yesterday by a Chicago attorney. &would agree that the players need five years, but the extra year Elliott I. Goodman, former should come after eligibility is exhausted. counsel for the Abe Saperstein One thing, though, is certain. The redshirting schools won't family which -originated the want to give up the practice and it will be hard to convince the Globetrotters, said he was desig- NCAA to eliminate it. And as long as redshirting is around, the nated bargaining agent for a ma- conferences that use it will be nationally dominant. jority of the Trotters. Elliott said club management t he said resulted from "poor treat- SCORES ment," including inadequate sal- aries for playing "twice as many Yesterday's Results ; Chicago 95, Seattle 87 games as either the National Bas- NHL Cleveland at Los Angeles, inc. ketball Association or American Montreal 7, California 2 Buffalo. 102, Cincinnati 98 Basketball Association." Detroit 2, St. Louis 2, tie Milwaukee at Portland, inc George Glet.Totrpei Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 1 Only games scheduled Gillette, Trotter presi- Only games scheduled ' Today's Games dent, said he had no conversa- NBA Baltimore at Cincinnati tion with Goodman and that Yesterday's Results Houston at Philadelphia " f,, Baltimore 110, Houston 107 Seattle at Atlanta Golden State 122, Detroit 101 Phoenix at Boston by the Trotters than by higher- New York 112, Phoenix 111 Only games scheduled salaried NBA and ABA players. '- The : NECKLACE A beautiful gift ( * for a beautiful girl this Christmas Engraved with her MONOGRAM at no extra cost only eight dollars as shown, in GOLD-FILLED or STERLING Fielding Jest's LAUGH-A-MINUTE Offensive Squad Scores Again! U of M's mpus Humor Magazine Ca 613 6. *. 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