Thursday, January 7, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Thursday, January 7, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sagers hop b y Aussies By ELLIOT LEGOW The game was close and fast moving through the first 12 min- utes as Michigan held a narrow returned from its vacation in 27-26 lead. But then the Wolver- Hawaii last night to register a ines stopped hitting and looked 95-78 victory over the touring Aus- like Fielding Yost's famed point tralian National team and send a minute team as they scored just the Australians back home with a seven points in the last eight min- 1-9 record against the Big Ten. utes of the half. The Wolverines didn't really end their vacation until f the second Only John Lockard hit from the half when they rushed back from floor during the cold streak as the a 41-34 halftime deficit to register Aussie defense held the Wolver. the victory. ines in check. Very little of the polish the Wol- By the half the sparse crowd of verines were supposed to have 931 was beginning to think their acquired in Hawaii along with favorite team was back to its pre- their suntans was evident as they vacation depths. But the second played with little spirit and less half brightened hopes again and effectiveness in the first 20 mm- Michigan should now be ready for utes. Michigan shot only 36 per the tough Big Ten schedule ahead, cent in the half and outrebounded opening this Saturday in Madison the smaller Aussies only 25-23. against Wisconsin. No Wolverine hit in double fig- With their win over the Aussies ures in the half, partially because the Wolverines n6w sport a 7-4 Coach Johnny Orr substituted record overall including seven of S$ freely. The fast break which was their last eight. The cagers open so effective during the vacation up the home part of the Big Ten tournaments was seldom employed season on January 16 against In- and only yielded one score. diana, the pre-season pick in the - !v In the second half Michigan conference. exhibited more determination, es- If they continue ato show the Henry Wilmore (25) umps for another two pecially center Ken Brady. The consistency they picked up in 6-9 center grabbed 10 rebounds -_~_-~- ----~_~ ~in the half and intimidated the Hawaii, perhaps they will live up Aussies from moving into the to their role of championship con- middle. tender. The Wolverines also got their fast break working again and took' over the lead 48-45 on two consec- MICHIGAN utive breaks led by Wayne Gra- fg It r tp biec and Rodney Ford. Fordo6-14 2-2 7 14 The Aussies took the lead for Brady 6-9 4-10 16 16 J I the last time at 53-52 but Mich- Fife 4-6 2-2 4 10 ;' sfGrabitec 7-10 1-2 6 15 igan then ran a streak of 18-6 to Lockard 2-4 1-3 3 5 A. LEE KIRK take an 11 point lead and coasted Johnson 0-i 0-1 1 0 the rest of the way. Hart 0-1 0-0 1 0 Brady led the Michigan scoring Hayward 4-12 3-3 1 11 Unearthing an attack with 16 points and was Bussis 0-3 0-1 0 07 assisted by Henry Wilmore and Nicksic 0-0 0-0 1 0 o ,t cof in Grabiec who scored 15 points each. Bazion 1-4 0-0 2 2 Dave Lindstrom led Australia Rea 0-Team 50 Teaam0 0- with 31 points and center Rocky Totals 37-76 21-33 59 95 A MONG THE interesting stories obfuscated in the New Year' S Crosswhite added 20 before foul- festivities was Spencer Haywood's sudden jump from ing out. TomUSTRALIAN -5 TEAM6 3 Denver to Seattle. At first glance, Haywood's shift would appear Michigan seemed to be unnerved Koltuiewicz 2-7 0-2 7 4 to be nothing more than a part of the continuing skirmishes in toe first half by a sneaky ma- Crosswhite 7-11 6-8 7 20 between the National Basketball Association and the upstart nuever by Australian Coach Lind- Linasom 10-23 11-11 6 31 American Basketball Association, but there is more to it than say Gaze. Gaze, handed Orr a Kerle 1-3 1-2 2 3 that. - stuffed koala bear right before the Simon 1-3 1-1 2 3 anttisinnuve Johnstone 0-2 2-2 0 1 Denver will presumably go to court to get Haywood back, but opening tipoff and this manuever Maddock 2-3 0-0 1 4 seemed to unsettle the Michigan Team 7 some NBA teams also have tried to get Haywood banned on the team. Totals 26-67 26-32 39 78 grounds that lea ue rules p1rohibit the signing of anyone before ----- -------- -' Abel resig tiff with H DETROIT (R) - Sid Abel, who has been associated witht the De- troit Red Wings for nearly all of his 32 years as a National Hock- ey League player. coach and exe- cutive, resigned yesterday as gen- eral manager of the slumping team. Abel's decision to quit the Wings came in the wake of a dispute between himself and Head Coach Ned Harkness, a freshman NHL coach. "This decision was made by Sid Abel and by Sid Abel alone." the 52-year-old former Red Wings captain and coach said. "I cannot accept this hockey club and the way it is run. I can-; not accept the coach who is run- ning it." Abel appeared upset and his voice quivered as he spoke. When asked to assess the coach- ing ability of Harkness, who com-. piled a 163-27-2 record in seven seasons as coach at Cornell Uni- versity, Abel replied, "I can't be-, cause I don't think he is one. "I might as well be blunt. He can't coach." Red Wings owner Bruce A. Nor-. ris said in a statement he accepted1 Abel's resignation "with the deep-; est regret and reluctance. "Because there has recent arisent certain differences and philoso- phies as to the hockey club, Sidl has indicated that he deems it in1 the best interest of all that het take this step." Abel has been general manager° of the Red Wings since April.1962. Abel had a record of 340 victor-1 ies, 339 losses and 132 ties during1 ns after arkness sports NIGHT EDITOR: TERRI FOUCHEY 1 - wqp f. his years as coach of the Red Wings from 1957 through I as t season. The Wings finished first in 1965. made the Stanley Cup play- of fs eight of lq seasons and were finalists four times. The split between Abel and Harkness came to a head within the past few days. Harkness said in a newspaper interview published Sunday that Norris had told him, "you are the victim of our not doing our home- work for the last 10 years." In this, Harkness's first season as a professional coach, the Red Wings have compiled a 12-21-4 record. They suffered their worst loss in history last Saturday when Toronto pounded them 13-0. "In that time, we've gone through two expansion drafts," Abel replied sharply. "I suppose he (Harkness) thinks this league has been sitting around waiting for him to arrive." Abel said at his press confer- 'ence that at various times during the season Harkness had asked him to trade every player on the Red Wings team except veteran superstar Gordie Howe. Abel said the Red Wings "are capable of making the playoffs. They are a fine bunch of fellows and with proper coaching they can be in the playoffs." Harkness gave this reaction af- ter arriving in Buffalo for a game tonight. "Mr. Abel has a fine record in the NHL, and I cooperated fully with him from the time I came to Detroit. I came to do a job, and that is what I intend to do. "I am very sorry that Mr. Abel has seen fit to demean me per- sonally. I don't think anyone benefits by remarks of this kind. and I am more than willing t) stand on my record as a coach." Rodney Ford (43) grabs rebound INDIANA FAVORED:' Battle set for Big 10 cage title # his college class graduates. To say that the whole thing is a little 'peculiar is an understatement. The Denver club signed Haywood as a hardship case after, he had completed his :sophomore sea- 4 son at the University 'of Detroit. Any hardship Haywood and his family may have :ever experienced was quickly eliminated when he signed for a little under two million dollars on a multi-year contract. Haywood, was both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the ABA last year as Denver won their division after being last the previous season. Things looked even better for this season until. Haywood noticed some irregularities in his contract. It was voided in court and Haywood then signed with Seattle. The thought of going up against a player of Haywood's cali- ber intimidated some NBA owners, and they sought to have Haywood barred from the league because his college class had not graduated, but -a judge issued a restraining order preventing the NBA from invoking this clause. The whole issue of signing collegiate stars before they graduate, aggravated by the signing of Haywood and later Ralph Simpson by the Denver Rockets, could prove to be a Pandora's box for pro basketball. When the Rockets signed Simpson°last summer, the NCAA brought such pressure on the ABA Commissioner that he de- clared he would not validate the contract the former Michigan State star had signed with Derver. The courts, however, ruled that Simpson could play. This decision, 'coupled with the ruling in the Haywood case, could alter the, shape of both professional and college basketball. The ban against premature signings of collegians has been undermined by the courts, and a run on college stars by the pros is now a distinct possibility. IT WOULD BE a disaster for all concerned if this caine to pass, and although both the colleges and pros presumably would like to prevent this, the pros are currently torn with in- ternal bickering. If there is no consensus from the pros against/ the campus forays, there will presumably be more of them. Conceivably, basketball could end up just like baseball, with players being signed while they are still in high school.1 This could be very costly for the pros and the quality of the college game would suffer as well. Admittedly, there is little evidence to substantiate these fears just now; but the potential is frightening. There are those who question whether a college player should be barred from signing a pro contract just because he is in college. Although this rule has served both college and pro teams very well, some allowance must be made for hardship cases and other exceptions that arise. I The delicate balance that has existed for years may well have been toppled by the signings and resignings of Simpson and Haywood. It is high time that the NBA and ABA put their inter- and intra-league feuds aside long enough to formulate some sane clear-cut policy to resolve this problem before it gets out of hand. Tankers set for Big Tens, fae possible Saluki ambush By RANDY PHILLIPS The Big Ten swings into its conference basketball schedule this weekend with the bulk of its teams sporting winning re- cords. At this stage of the season Indiana must be rated the fa- vorite with a 7-2 mark while holding down the 13th spot in the UPI poll. Leading the Hoos- iers has been sophomore sen- sation George McGinnis, 6-7, who is averaging 29.7 points per gamne. Board strength and an out- standing shooting percentage has carried the young Indiana squad thus far this season. The Hoosiers have taken about 14 caroms per game more than their opponents. But five or six teams will be breathing down the necks of Indiana this season. Purdue (6- 3), crashed into the list of rank- ed teams at 20th on the basis of their upset win over Kentucky in the Kentucky Invitational Tournament. By JIM EPSTEIN The Michigan swim teams plunge into two tough meets within a three day period beginning with today's frolic at Southern Illinois. The Salukis pose a threat to the Wolverines unbeaten status this season; the Carbondale squad ap- pears to be improving after plac- ing eighteenth in' the NCAA cham- pionships. If the mermen are concerned about the Salukis, they can't help looking past them to Saturday's Big Ten Relays to be held in Iowa City. The Wolverines, with a good performance, will hold onto their bridesmaid spot in the competi- tion. The tremendously favored Indiana Hoosiers with their col- lection of past and future Olymp- ians should carry off the honors with little trouble. Going into the Saturday m e e t the mermen will be riding the crest of a 2-0 i'ecord in conference com- petition. Using only half the squad, the tankers dunked the Purdue natators in West Lafayette in the first Big Ten encounter, and fol- lowed with a 73-50 quashing of Wisconsin. Especially pleasing to c o a c h Gus Stager was the showing of two highly touted freshmen, Stu Isaac and Chris Hansen. Hansen paddled away with 200 yard back- stroke event with an impressive clocking of 2.00.65. Isaac, a breast- stroker, cruised through the 200, yard race in two minutes and fif- teen seconds. The Wolverines blitzed the wa- terlogged Badgers in the butterfly event, taking first and second. By- ron MacDonald won the event with a time of 1:55.07 over the 200 yards. Teammate Larry Day touched second, only 2/l00ths of a second behind MacDonald. The Big Ten Relays at I o w a Saturday is the first of the three big meets of the season for t h e tankers. Following later will be the Big Ten championships at# Ohio State and the NCAA champ-I ionships at Iowa State. Redskins fire Austin, hire Allen; Cards d mp Winner By The Associated Press George Allen, one of pro foot- ball's most successful coaches, was hired as head coach of the Na- tional Football League Washing- ton Redskins yesterday, a week after he was fired from a similar job with the Los Angeles Rams. Meanwhile. Charley Winner,; who, survived a 4-9-1 season in 1969 and returned to mold the St. Louis Cardinals into a 1970 title contender, was fired as head coach of the National Football League team. Allen's appointment came only hours after the Redskins fired Bill Austin, who led Washington to an I unsuccessful season after being hand-picked for the head coach-: ing job by the late Vince Lom- bardi. 1 after compiling a record of 49-17-1 4, building a loser to a winner in five years and almost doubling attendance in Los Angeles. The dismissal of Winner, whose continuous tenure of five seasons was the longest in club history, was announced by Cardinals Pres- ident Charles W. "Stormy" Bid-: will after thetwo met at noon inr Bidwill's office. Winner, 46. reorganized the Cardinals between the 1969 and 1970 seasons and steered them to a 7-2 record at inidseason last fall before the club faltered and finished 8-5-1.I "We felt that this action had to be taken in the best interest of the team." said Bidwill. "It didn't come as something that was spur of the moment. We've been dis- cussing it since the end of the* Illinois, pre-season pick to take the Big Ten crown, has played inconsistently. The Illini started off to a fast 4-1 mark but play- ed poorly in the loss to Okla- homa, 74-72, while shooting a mediocre 38 percent. In the next game leading scorer Greg Jack- son handled Vanderbilt's 7-4 center Steve Turner for an easy 96-79 win. Illinois ran into pre- viously 10th ranked Villanova to open the Rainbow Basketball Classic at Honolulul and suffer- ed its second defeat of the young season to give the Illini a 5-2 re- cord. Michigan competes with In- diana for the honor of the most sophomore laden team. A slow start due doubly to the inexper- ience of the young players and the rough opening portion of the schedule has now been overcome with six victories in its last sev- en starts including a 103-87 rout of Villanova. Minnesota should prove to be a tough contender for the Big Ten Title as they enter the con- ference season with a 6-4 record with three of their four losses coming at the hands of highly ranked Notre Dame, Drake, and Marquette. Iowa and Ohio State both en- ter the Big Ten campaign with 5-4 marks. The Hawkeyes, last year's conference champs, lost most of the starters from i t s hot shooting 1969-70 contingent and were not given much chance for a repeat performance. After a slow start the Hawks began to gain experience and took four out of its next six games. Sen- ior Fred Brown stabilizes t h e club with a 25 point average. The Buckeyes have not been Buy USED BOOKS at ..