Tuesday, January 26, 1971 THE WICHIGAN DAILY h <': r' r: the upper deck Michigan dr stand s alone ops two; in Cella T CD F '4 . ' i {.'1Y~~r'.. . . . . ........... "T.'{;+e..'"2....'".' '..'.........r~","ry,. By MORT NOVECK 'IF WE DON'T play well, we won't win," Johnny Orr once admitted about his basketball team. But luckily for Orr and Michigan basketball fans, the team has been playing well and as a result has been winning, even on the road. Last Saturday's victory was the squad's third of the Big Ten season against no losses, and like its first, it came away from friendly confines. The Wolverines played a good second half against Northwestern, but then they had to. Michigan had its problems in the first period and the Wildcats roared, at least for twenty minutes. "Northwestern played very well," Orr noted, "for 30 minutes they looked as good as anybody. We didn't really do anything wrong, they took the aggressiveness away from us and controlled the game." That they did as the Wildcats held a commanding lead throughout most of the first half. Northwestern's leading scorer Ron Shoger went where he wanted, usually right under the basket, and dumped in 15 points, while the Wolverines were forced to shoot from the outside. Unfortunately the shots didn't drop in and as the Wild- cats controlled their defensive board, Michigan was in trouble. Northwestern ran their lead up to fourteen, but the cavalry came to the rescue, in the form of Dave Hart, Harry Hayward, and John Lockard. Hart came in first, replacing Wayne Grabiec, who picked up three fouls midway through the period. Grabiec, usually an ac- curate shot from the outside, was off and pumped in only one basket before getting in foul trouble. "Wayne just didn't hit the basket," Orr commented. "His family was there to watch him and he was just trying too hard. But he came out because of the fouls, not his shooting." One of the quicker men on the speedy Wolverine squad, Hart gave the team an immediate lift. He picked up six points before the half ended, but more importantly, he stopped Shoger. "Hart helped us defensively," asserted Orr. He was the only one quick enough defensively to do the Job on Shoger." John Lockard replaced Ken Brady at center shortly after Hart came in. His assignment was to get the ball off the boards. He only picked up two rebounds in the short time he played, but he used his strength to muscle Northwestern center Barry Hentz out from under the board. Henry Wilmore, who usually roams freely over the court, did some of his wandering on the bench. Wilmore took only six shots in the half and was replaced by Harry Hayward. Ac- cording to Orr, "Henry wasn't ready to work at the beginning of the game. They were physically strong on him and they made him work for what he got." Wilmore on the bench usually means disaster for the Wolverines, but Hayward "did a good job" and Orr feels that "there's not that much difference with Hayward in there. He's not that far behind Wilmore as a player." The substitutes played a large role in starting the Michigan comeback, but it was one of the team's "old men", senior Rod Rord who kept them close enough to catch up. Ford snapped off six rebounds and 10 points In the period, in addition to covering the court on defense. Orr considers him "always very good defensively," and adds that "Rodney is always very valuable to us. He takes a few bad shots, but when he drives he always gets the bucket." Though the signs of a comeback were beginning to show, the Wolverines went off the court at halftime with a seven point deficit. Orr was worried, but the team was still confident. "At the half I told them that we shouldn't lose because we played bad," Orr remembered. "If Ve were going to lose I wanted it to be because Northwestern played better." The tear was more confident. "When we got back to within seven I knew we could do it," Ford commented. Other members of the team must have had similar feelings as they came out after the half ready to tame the Wildcats. It took them nine minutes, but once they took the lead they kept it "We were only seven down, and if we played well I knew we could catch them," Orr asserted. "The team wasn't down, and that's the sign of a good team." Dan Fife, the other "ancient" on the team, helped key the comeback, while making a personal recovery from a poor first half. Fife shot only one for seven in the period. In addition he lost the ball on turnovers several times. He dropped in 16 points after getting started, 10 of them in the first 10 minutes of the half. According to Orr this was because he "started driv- ing to the basket more." This was one of the major problems in the first half, getting in close for the good shot. "We had trouble freeing Wilmore, Orr recalled. "But we did a little better in the second half." Wilmore did a little better too, as he picked up 17 in the final period before fouling out of the game. The Wildcats lost two players to fouls, Shoger and Mark Sibley, as they committed 32 violations in the game. Since Shoger left with 24 points and Sibley with 14 their absence hurt Northwestern. In addition the 32 fouls allowed the Wolverines to set two new Michigan records, for most free throws and for most free throws attempted. The team shot 50 times from the charity stripe and sunk 33 of them. "It was great to come back and win that way," Orr asserted. "I was very happy to win and its great to win another one on the road." "That's three down and only 11 more to go." ir By JOEL GREER After dropping two key games ! to the Denver Pioneers over the daily weekend by identical 6-3 scores, Michigan once again finds itselfj alone in the Western Collegiateo Hockey Association cellar. With Minnesota moving ahead of the Wolverines on the basis of NIGHT EDITOR: its series split with Michigan TERRI FOUCHEY State. Michigan's playoff chances continue to deteriorate. Now faced with playing seven "We didn't forecheck the wayI of their remaining ten league we should," Renfrew explained, games on the road, the Wolverines "They (the Pioneers) were get- have failed to gain on any of the ting their plays started in t h e i r contenders during their three week end too quickly." home stand. Realizing the move's shortcom- Losing five of their last six ings, Renfrew moved Marra back league affairs, four of them com- to defense late in Saturday ing at home, the Wolverines w i 11 night's game and shifted Michel have to win on the road, s o m e- Jarry to Marra's vacated forward thing of a tall order for a team position. with their problems. Renfrew is not sure whether he After hosting second-place Du- will continue using Jarry at for- luth this weekend, the icers will ward. "We'll try it again t h i s travel to Michigan and Wiscon- week at practice, but I'm not sure sin before coming home to face what combinations we'll use this the Irish of Notre Dame in a non- weekend." conference battle. The troubled Wolverines will close out their Renfrew has also been concern- schedule by traveling to Minnesota ed about the team's poor offense and battling home-and-home lately. "We have to find some- with Michigan State. .._, .._ The schedule, however, is only part of the problem as Coach Al Koosman su Renfrew continues to juggle his personnel. personnel. For the North Dakota series de- T ells arrest fenseman Tom Marra was moved up to forward in a move which By The Ass Renfrew said was to get more size MORRIS, Minn. - A suit up front as Michigan's forecheck- ing was less than adequate. The the recent purchase of a municip move failed, however, as the lack against pitcher Jerry Koosman of of forechecking again spelled and two business associates. doom for the Wolverines against The 28-year-old southpaw told thing different.. The team just hasn't been putting the puck in the net." The Wolverine coach cited last Friday's game as being indicative of their overall downward scoring trend. "We had three clean break- aways, and each time we didn't get a shot on goal." he mentioned, "The players have to be more de- termined out there." "We definitely lack size in some areas, Renfrew asserted, "but more important, we haven't play- ed to our potential." On the other hand. Denver de- monstrated what it takes to win in this league. Although a rather young team, the Pioneers played like seasoned veterans. Their hard skating, sharp passing attack proved to be the difference in both' Pioneer victories. Always look- ing for the open man, the Denver attack passed circles around the unorganized Wolverines. Denver, now 6-6, had a most encouraging weekend putting themselves in a position to peak for the playoffs. Michigan how- ever, will have to make a complete turnabout if it hopes to see any post season action. ed for fraud* !d after game oiated Press charging fraud and conspiracy in al liquor store was filed yesterday the New York Mets baseball team Sa reporter the allegationc were not --Associated Press Caus clout Celts Walt Wesley, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, backs away as Boston Celtic John Havlicek (17) prepares to pass. Wesley and his Cav teammates pulled through with a hard-fought 117-116 victory over the Celts last night to give Cleveland its second win in its last three games. The streaking Clevelanders were led by Bingo Smith with 31, and super rookie John Johnson who added 27.. Page Nine Liberation extends to auto race DAYTONA BEACH, () - The Woman's Lib movement, repre- sented by blonde Smokey Drolet headed a .parade of cars and drivers into Daytona International Speedway yesterday as registra- tion opened for the 24-Hour en- durance race. Drolet, a veteran racer from Mi- ami. will team with two male drivers in a Dodge Dart in the twice-around-the-clock grind that roars away at 3 p.m. Saturday. She is one of only three women among the nearly 500 professional and amateur drivers who will com- pete in 4,000 miles of racing dur- ing the next 17 days. "I'm still at 117 pounds and it's all muscle," the slender platinum- haired driver quipped as she hur- ried back to her garage. Asked about the scarcity of women 'drivers this year, Smokey said "I really don't know. Some of the teams that employed women last year aren't entered. Maybe it's the economy. We had our troubles, too." Scores N BA Cleveland 117, Boston 116 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Jacksonville 91, South Alabama 76 Florida 106, Mississippi 86 Penn State 70, Princeton 62 LSV 80, Tennessee 70 LA \M 30 Maynard . 4 IFS r ::::-.: r 1 Denver. Billboard The Michigan Rugby Foot- ball Club will have their f i r s t practice of the year at 9 p.m. tonight in Yost Fieldhouse. Practices will besheld at 9 on Tuesday and Thursday nights and any interested members of the university are welcome to join. - -- - - -"--.--- ----- - ~r' ''-. 11'- allu U1 As f ,1U true. He called them harsh and added, "We have nothing to hide." James W. Nohl, a local resident, filed suit in County Court, ac- cusing the three men and their corporation, Midwest Empire, Inc., of conspiring with city officials to defraud the taxpayers and residents of Morris. Nohl's suit charges the corporation purchased the bar for $70,000 despite two appraisals that it was worth $125,000 and $150,000. f LOS ANGELES - All-Star wide receiver Warren Wells of the Oakland Raiders was arrested in the Memorial Coliseum locker room after Sunday's Pro Bowl game on a warrant charging probation vio- lation. Wells was placed on three years' probation and fined $2,000 after pleading builty to a charge of attempted rape in 1969 following an indictment by the Alameda County Grand Jury. Bob TARANTU BbDylan's suppressed "book" $1.00 no tax no b.s. Students International Store-3 THE PEOPLE'S RECORD STORE Hoope Piknegs Well reeders we decided this wk. to give you another crack at picking all the basketball games this Sat. plus you also get to try your hand at picking the hockey game, which ain't too tough if you been to any of their games lately an if so, you have our deepest apologies. Its not like as if it was a life and death matter if you get all the games rite all we do is give you a free pizza from Cottage Inn weather you want 1 or not plus you get a free bowling game at the Union for yourself and friend. Just hang out at the alleys this wk. an you can get a gander of South Quad's Tom Dewoskin last wk.'s winner The onely thing is that you got to get your entrees in by midnt. Fri. as thats the deadline we decided on but we dont care how you send em in, by person, carryer, male or telegram. 1. MICHIGAN at Minnesota 20. SPECIAL: Duluth at (pick score) MICHIGAN Hockey 2. Iowa at Northwestern 3. Michigan State at Ohio State 4. Illinois at Notre Dame 5. Marshall at Purdue 6. Memphis State at Drake 7. Indiana State at Clemson 8. Niagara at St. Bonaventure 9. Virginia at South Carolina 11. Central State (Ohio) at Eastern Michigan 12. Dayton at Miami (Ohio) 13. Wake Forest at Davidson H 14. Pittsburgh at Bucknell 15. Auburn at Tennessee 16. Navy at NYU Ti e n sa 17. Kent State at Ohio U. I 18. Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky 19 Wichita State at Tulsa The University of Michigan Center for Russian and East European Sti Attention!. All students interested in concentrating RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STU There will be a meeting: DATE: Wednesday, January 27 TIME: 5:30 p.m. PLACE: Lane Hall, Room 200 REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED ESCAPE INTERNATIONAL Presents ACAPULCO MASS MEETING THURSDAY. 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