9 Friday, January 22, 1971
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Nine
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By JOHN PAPANEK
(Second of two parts)
Sports heroes are always going to Vietnam at one time or an-
other. The government likes sports heroes because they
exemplify what America is really about: Youth, strength, healthy
competition. And, when they get there, what do they do? Why, -
they tell the boys how much America cares, they talk about
girls, and they talk about sports.
Glenn Doughty and Bill Taylor are potential football All-
Americans. The NCAA and the State Department sent them off
to Vietnam this past Christmas to show a Big Ten highlights
film and talk to the boys. But what they talked least about was
ironically, football and girls.
"Being football players was what originally attracted the
guys to us," says Taylor. "But once they started talking, the
conversations shifted pretty quick from football to the miser-
able conditions over there."
"Every black we ran into had some kind of story of
harassment to tell us," says Doughty. "We saw a definite
gap between blacks and whites. In the cities, and the less
active bases, racial tension is tight. But in the smaller com-
bat units, where guys have to depend on each other for their
lives, there are much closer interracial ties.
Doughty remembers one particularly distasteful experience.
"We ran into this unit somewhere near the DMZ, and flying
right in front of it was this Confederate flag. Now, there's no
question in my mind what this thing's supposed to mean-the
Civil War, slavery-everything we're supposed to be fighting
against. I just thought, suppose some guy puts a Black Panther
flag up there. You know what's going to happen to him."
Another incident Doughty had heard about was two blacks
being court martialed for going through a ritual black salute in a
4 mess hall, and setting off a small racial skirmish.
"These guys were court martialed for inciting a riot," says
Taylor. They called it a riot because more than one black was
involved." "You see and hear about experiences like these," adds
Doughty, "and all you can say is 'Man, I don't want to goT'"
"I had heard about this jail in Lon Binh," says Doughty,
"where they put all the guys for the more minor offenses. I
4 was told that the population of this jail was 90 per cent
black. Now that didn't sound right to me, so I decided to
check it out.
"At our de-briefing session I asked this colonel about it,
and he started getting really shaky. He got up and left the room
and when he came back he told us that they didn't keep statistics
on the numbers of blacks and whites in the jail. Now, this guy\
was really shaking. So what am I supposed to think? That he
was telling the truth?"
Both Taylor and Doughty agree that the black soldier has
a much tougher life in Vietnam than the white. "Those blacks
over there are fighting two wars," says Doughty. "They're fight-
ing the VC, but they also have to fight against the whites."
Another absurdity that neither could understand is the
tremendous amount of men with nothing to do. Understand-
able then, is the wide use of drugs. "Drug use has gotten
out of hand," says Taylor. "I'd say that at least 75 per cent
of the guys smoke marijuana and as many as 60 per cent
are on hard drugs."
Doughty says that "marijuana is as easy to ,get as grass from
your front lawn. Guys smoke it like you would smoke a ciga-
rette. These guys are so bored. What else are they going to do?"
"I spoke to one officer," says Doughty, "who told me that
he doesn't mind his men smoking (marijuana), but if someone
is killed because of it, it's out." "Most guys keep their heads
pretty well," adds Taylor, "they don't freak out and go wild."
"Another thing that really struck me was how hard a,
lot of those guys are trying to get out," says Doughty. "So
many guys give themselves self inflicted wounds, just to get
into a hospital. We spoke to some guys in one of the combat
units in the jungle who told us that they don't even take
their malaria pills, hoping that they can get three or four
weeks in the hospital. It's really pitiful."
If there is one emphatic message that Taylor and Doughty
came away with is that the military is to be avoided. As Taylor
puts it so convincingly, "They just don't treat you like a person."
Taylor feels that the strengthening anti-war movement is
"understandable" if not justifiable. "Young people today have
their minds together," says Doughty. "They're asking a lot of
questions about things that don't seem right. There are lots of
ways to get out, and they're finding them."
Neither man would trade his experience for anything.
"I've never had very much," says Taylor, "but after what
I've seen in Vietnam, from the poverty to the racism, I'm
loaded. Lots of people knock this country-I have myself--
but getting back here was really great."
"A lot of people said I was nuts for going over," says Dough-
ty, "but I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. I've seen
things that most people here will never see, until they're over
there and it's too late to come back."
-Daily-Denny gainer
FOUR HAPPY Wolverine icers, their sticks raised in the air, celebrate Brian Slack's unassisted goal
against North Dakota last Friday. Slack (closest to Sioux netminder Jim Nelson) was on the ice dur-
ing Michigan's power play along with Paul Gamsby (9), Bernie Gagnon (7), and Merle Falk (behind
the net).
SATURDAY AFTERNOON:
EMU opposesM gymnasts
200th
By CATHY GOFRANK
Michigan Coach Al Renf
will be looking for his 200th
tory as the Wolverines' head hc
ey mentor, as well as some I2
consistent performances from
icers when the Wolverines t
on the Denver Pioneers in t
first game of a two-game se
tonight at 8 p.m.
Only three other coaches in
Western Collegiate Hockey A
clation have won as many gar
including Denver's Murray A
strong, who has more than
wins and five national champi
ships in his 14 years with
Pioneers.
The Pioneers, who haven't
ished below second in the WC
in the last five years, have h
more than their share of trou'
this year and sport a 4-6 rec
good for seventh place in
conference.
The Wolverines, however, I
had an even rougher time of
They have been plagued by pei
ties, poor shooting and poor
fense, and currently have a
record, good for an unseemly l
place spot in the conference.
The Michigan icers will I
to overcome these problems
night without the services
Bernie Gagnon, the team's I
ing scorer. Gagnon was slat
with a game misconduct in 1
Saturday's game against N oi
Dakota, after he smacked I
NoDak's Dick Wilson on the cl
with a jaw-bending left hook
Renfrew will attempt to c
pensate for Gagnon by alterna
other players.
"Usually when a player of C
non's caliber is lost," Ren,
said, ."the others try to rise
the occasion. "I think i
chances are good against any t
if we work hard arid get
breaks. That's the name of
game."
One of the things the Wolver
have been working hardest on
week has been their five-on.
and five-on-four drills. Ren:
said these drills are designee
victory
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the
ries NIGHT EDITOR:
BOB ANDREWS
the
msO enable the team to go slower and
nes, develop better control of t h e
300 puck, areas which have caused
on- problems for the Wolverines in the
the past.
Renfrew will keep Tom Marra,
fin- formerly a defenseman, in t h e'
HA forward position he held against
a d the NoDaks, but says he is unde-
bles cided on who he will put at the
ord, other positions.
the It is important for the Wolver-
ines to start winning and to pull
lave themselves out of the WCHA cel-
it. lar, as the first eight finishers
nal- meet ina conference tournament
de- at the end of the season to deter-
3-7 mine two NCAA representatives,
ast- while the ninth place team s i t s
home and meditates on its mis-
ave fortune.
ought
"This is one year I'm not op-
timistic at all," Armstrong said.
"We have a lot of offense to find
and we're going to be using fresh-
men to try to fill gaps. There's a
lot of inexperience to overcome."
One of the Pioneer's top fresh-
men is center Bob Palmer, a 6-0,
185 pounder who hails from
Grosse Pointe Woods, scoring 102
goals and adding 93 assists in 70
games for the national junior
champions in Detroit last year. In
10 conference games this year, he
has a single goal and nine assists.
Other top freshmen include
wing Bob Kreiger, with four goals
and six assists; wing Vic Venasky,
who has three goals and e i g h t
assists; and defenseman M i k e
Busniuk, the brother of Duluth's
All-American defenseman R on
Busniuk.
The Pioneers junior wing Mike
Lampman is having a successful
season leading his team with ten
goals and adding five assists.
The Pioneer's goalie spot is man-
ned by Ron Grahame who has al-
lowed an average of 4.9 goals per
game. He also received the All-
WCHA honorable mention.
By BETSY MAHON
-For the first time in recent
memory the Michigan gymnasts
will cop prime Saturday afternoon
viewing time at Crisler Arena.
With the basketball team in Evan-
ston, the bouncers will have the
home sports scene to themselves as
they face the Eastern Michigan
Hurons in their second duel meet
of the young season.
The meet should be characteriz-
ed by a strong Ann Arbor flavor as
Eastern's coach and two of his
top performers are products of
the city. Both Jim Curtis, a spec-
ialist on the rings, and John Cia-
ravino, who competes on the high
bar and the parallel bars, prepped
at Pioneer High School before
beginning their college careers at
Eastern.
Wings lose;
Rangers tie
By The Associated Press
CHICAGO - Tony Esposito
registered his fourth shutout of
the season last night as the Chi-
cago Black Hawks blanked the
Detroit Red Wings 2-0 in a Na-
tional Hockey League game.
Rookie Dan Maloney gave Es-
positokall the offensive help he
needed in the first period by
scoring on a pass by Pit Martin.
*' * ,
Sabres draw
BUFFALO - Rod Gilbert's goal
with 21/2 minutes left in the game
earned the New York Rangers a
5-5 National Hockey League tie
against the Buffalo Sabres last
night.
Gilbert's goal was his second
of the game and his second con-
secutive two-goal night.
Walt Tkaczuk also had a pair
for New York and Jean Ratelle
had the Rangers' other goal.
Rookie flash Gil Perreault
scored twice for Buffalo with the
other Sabre goals going to Steve
Atkinson, Phil Goyette and Doug
Barrie.
Mary Johnson, the Huron men-'
tor, is a Michigan graduate and
was captain of the 1954 gymnas-
tics squad under present coach
Newt Loken. He has produced
some fine teams in his stint in Yp-
silanti and this years' squad is
capable of scoring in the 150
point range.
Michigan coach Newt Loken is
looking forward to a good meet
as "I have a lot of respect for
Johnson-coached boys." The Hu-
rons are led by all arounder Lan-
ny Mills who Loken feels will pro-
vide "ample competition" for his
Wolverines. The Hurons "look very
excellent in the floor exercise
event" and also excel on the high
bar and the parallel bars.
The Wolverines are hoping to
improve on the 160.75 performance
they had against Western Mich-
igan in their opening meet. Loken
feels that "We can improve. I
would like to see a 27 average for
each event. Given the talent we
have, I don't think that's asking
too much."
In practice sessions the p a s t
two weeks the men on the paral-
-lel bar event have put in extra
work as they racked uponly 25.45
points against Western for Mich-
igan's low score. Loken feels that
his all arounders Ray Gura, Rick
McCurdy and Ted Marti along
with specialists Bill Hudgins and
Murray Plotkin "have shown con-
siderable improvement" and
should make a better showing
against Eastern.
Several Wolverine gymnasts
have been working on more dif-
ficult routines which they will be
performing this week end. Junior
Dick Kaziny will try to duplicate
Scores
N H L
New York 5, Buffalo 5
Montreal 5, Philadelphia a
Chicago 2, Detroit 0
Minnesota 5, St. Louis 3
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, inc.
Only games scheduled.
ABA
Memphis 116, Floridians 106
his "fantastic" new routine on side
horse. The first time he attempt-
ed the feat earlier in the season he
earned a 9.35. Two Canadian per-
formers, Pete Rogers and Rusty
Pierce have been working on a
twisting vault which they should
exhibit before the judges on Sa-
turday. Senior Mike Gluck, never
one to sit idly by, will attempt a
new and more difficult move on
the side horse.
The meet will also feature a
trampoline exhibition by members
of Michigan's 1969 and 1970 NCAA
Team Champions which includes
George Huntzicker, Tim Wright,
Paul Kyprie, Chris Keane and
Dennie Harlan.
None to enter Hall of Fame;
Kinard named Rebel coach
By The Associated Press
* NEW YORK - The Baseball Writers Association of America
did not elect a candidate for enshrinement in the baseball Hall of
Fame yesterday.
Yogi Berra, who set all sorts of endurance and hitting records
as a catcher for the New York Yankees, came closest with 242 votes.
This was 28 shy of the 270 needed for election.
Three hundred and sixty ballots were cast. Seventy-five per cent
is needed for election. This was the largest ballot in history.
Early Wynn, the most recent 300 game winner as a pitcher,
received 240 votes, 30 short. Ralph Kiner, the former Pittsburgh home
run slugger, followed with 212.
Others receiving more than 100 votes were Gil Hodges, 180; Enos
Slaughter, 165; Johnny Mize, 157; Pee Wee Reese, 127; Marty
Marion, 123; Red Schoendienst, 123; Allie Reynolds, 110, and George
Kell, 105.
t JACKSON, Miss. - Billy Kinard, an assistant coach at the
University of Arkansas, was named yesterday as the new head coach
at the University of Mississippi, replacing Johnny Vaught, who will
become assistant athletic director at the university.
Chancellor Porter Fortune said Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, Billy's
brother and a longtime Rebel assistant coach, was named athletic
director, succeeding C. M. "Tad" Smith.
Vaught, 61, and Smith, 65, suffered mild heart attacks midway
in the 1970 football season and have limited their activities since then,
Vaught, who went to Ole Miss in 1947, had guided the Rebels to
six Southeastern Conference championships.
Hoope Pickings
Well, food fans, now that the strike is over and people are once
again gagging every breakfast, lunch and dinner, the weekly Cottage
Inn pizza prize may not be so attractive as it once was.
But besides the above named award, we generously offer to every
winner getting his entry in by midnight Fri. one free game at the
Union bowling lanes for himself and the companion of his choice,
provided same has three fingers on his bowlin' hand.
What better way to spend an eve. in A2 than dinner with a pizza
and pal and then working it all off by knocking them pins over.
You don't have to be an expert at hoopes to enter hoope picks,
and if you get confused, just bring out the ol' bowling ball for a work-
out with your own backyard hoope, being positive not to drop the ball
on your foot.
Not only is entering this contest an act of insanity, but crazy
people like CI pizza, though there is no connections as drs. have pro-
nounced said delicacy not harmful to the mind, to say nothing of all
other organs except the stomach,
testine, lungs, spleen and etc.
1. MICHIGAN at Northwestern
(pick score)
2. Ohio State at Minnesota
3. UCLA at Notre Dame
4. St. Bonaventure at Duquesne
5. Villanova at Pennsylvania
6. Dayton at Detroit
7. Kentucky at LSU
8. Toledo at Western Michigan
9. Depaul at Marquette
10. Ohio U at Miami, Ohio
kidneys, small intestine, large in-
11. Oklahoma State at Kansas
12. LaSalle at Lafayette
13. Jacksonville at Mercer
14. Western Kentucky at Eastern
Kentucky.
15. Auburn at Vanderbilt
16. St. Joseph's Pa. at Niagara
17. Clemson at Virginia Tech
18. Massachusetts at Providence
19. George Washington at
Maryland
20. Furman at Virgin Islands
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