9 Friday, January 22, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Fridy, anuay 2, 191 TE MCHIGN DILY ageNin Against Ihe k/all M' icers host Denver; Drugs and racism ... . running rampant in Nain 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 rew vic- daily ck- iors po t his s o t ake 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. 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