THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pace Nine Cagers sneak By JOHN PAPANEK Special To The Daily WEST LAFAYETTE - In a spectacular show of basket- ball yesterday, Michigan's Wolverines blew Purdue off itsy own court, 81-74. The win made Michigan a strong fav- orite to cop the Big Ten Playing most of the game without s u p e r Sophomore Henry Wilmore who was plagued with foul trouble, the Wolverines featured an amaz- ingly balanced attack with three of its other four starters, Ken Brady, Dan Fife and Wayne Grabiec throwing in 19 points each. Wilmore did manage to add 12 in the 21 minutes he played. The game never lacked an excit- ing moment, as the lead changed hands 21 times, with six ties. It was the first game that Michi- gan won with high-scoring Wilmore by pesky Boilers, 81-74 SUNDAY SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: Bill Alterman and Randy Phillips er, then lost it again ford dropped in a bac Brady grabbed th for Michigan on a t Ford tied it at 50 with A minute later, Bot by Rodney Ford and from Weatherford tc ahead 62-60, and Frf 10-footer to stretch th Tein a desperat seeing so little score tied at 25 Wilmore fouled and went to the personals. action. With the in the first half, George Faerber bench with three To compound the damage, hot. shooting Grabiec sank a 23-footer a minute later and came up with a turned ankle. He, too, headed for the bench and it seemed as though the Wolverines were in trouble. Michigan, with Dave Hart and Harry Hayward in lineup shifted into a 1-3-1 zone and effectively shut off Purdue's Bob Ford, who had been scoring at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, Purdue shifted into the Half way home PURDUE MICHIGAN -Associated Press MICHIGAN'S DAN FIFE (24) attempts a blind side steal on Purdue's Bob Ford in yesterday's 81-74 victory over the Boiler- makers. Fife scored 19 points. Faerber Ford Franklin Kroc Weatherford Price Longfellow Risinger TOTALS fg 6-12 12-22 4-11 0-1 8-21 0-1 2-2 1-9 33-79 ft r tp 2-2 13 14 1- 9 25 0-0 12 8 1-3 1 1 4-4 2 29 0-0 1 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 2 8-10 39 74 Wilmore Ford Brady Fife Grabiec Hayward Hart TOTALS MICHIGAN Purdue 5-10 2-2 4 2-13 2-3 6 9-10 1-4 14 4-8 11-11 3 8-17 3-3 7 3-10 0-0 4 0-1 0-0 2 31-69 19-23 40 42 39 - 37 37 - 12 6 19 19 19 6 0 81 81 74 T.. in,- Wdsaf V the lead back, Coach. Wilmore back into th same 3-2 zone that had crippled and ney Ford closed the nearly beaten Michigan last week with a free throw, ai in Ann Arbor. ened it to one with in An Aror.being fouled by Fran A tap-in by Brady with 2:50 to go1 Brady dropped in s in the half put Michigan up by one, after a perfect pass 35-34. As the clock ran down, the to make the count 6 next two minutes were wild. With with 4:00 left to play 2:47 left, Fife grabbed a rebound slim lead, until Pur and emerged from a big crowd un- with two quick bask der the Purdue basket, to race the 71. Grabiec sank a length of the court and sink a layup. throws to put Michig But a free throw by Larry WYea- With Purdue pass therford and a layup by Bill Frank- around in the backc t lin tied the contest at 37. tried for a steal, was Then the Wolverines reeled off ing Weatherford and . five straight points, capped by a the bench with his' 16-foot jumper by Hayward which Weatherford convert he got off right at the buzzer. Mich- things up, 73-72 with igan took a 42-37 halftime lead into ute and a half left. the locker room. Grabiec hit another Michigan came back in the see- 59 seconds left, and ond half at full strength- Wilmore a three point lead.. with three personals and Grabiec missed a shot, Fifev with a badly swollen ankle. Weatherford, and sI Wilmore opned the scoring with line with a one-and. a 20-footer, but before long he He quickly made bot picked up that inevitable fourth fans started to leave foul and the outlook was bleak Refusing to give up again for Michigan, as 14,123 fa- sank an 18-footer to natic Purdue fans shook the arena with 33 seconds left in approval. to get the ball bac Michigan had a six-point lead, Bill Kroc took an in 53-47 with 14:40 left, but Purdue got But he could have p. some momentum, and behind Wea- man to foul. therford and Ford shot into a 55-54 Fife went to the li lead as the fans roared, and Michi- routinely sank his 1 gan called a time-out. enth free throws in Coming back out in its 1-3-1 zone,! temps, to put the gan the Wolverines regained the lead Hayword finished 1 on a Grabiec 18-footer, lost it, he finished the half, gained it on another Grabiec jump- layup at the buzzer. - . _ _ _ ,-4 n as Weather- ck door layup. e lead again ip-in, but Bob a free throw. b Ford snuck d took a pass o put Purdue anklin sank a e lead to four. te effort to get John Orr sent he game. Rod- gap to three and Fife tight- a pair after nklin. a 10-foot hook from Wilmore i7-64, Michigan Y. due came up ets to tie it at pair of free an up by two. sing the ball ourt, Wilmore caught bump- d was sent to fifth persopal ed to tighten h just a min- 16-footer with Michigan had After Purdue was fouled by ;trolled to the -one situation th and Purdue e. , Weatherford make it 77-74 . In an effort k for Purdue, tentional foul. icked a better ne again, and 0th and elev- as many at- ,me on ice, the game like tossing in a OFFENSE SLUGGISH: Badgers 1 C , -~ ,s~w ~ .wts the up e deck, Adversity or no Michigan is 7-0 baer leers, 4-1 By RICK CORNFELD Wisconsin coach Bob Johnson Special To The Daily said. "I can't understand the Wol- MADISON - The M i c h i g a n verines' record. It was only a 2-1 hockey team, playing without in- game into the third period and jured Punch Cartier and Rick we were playing good hockey." Jackson, took barely a shot every As the four minutes last night and lost As the game began, Michigan "to Wisconsin, 4-1, in a hard- was not. An inept offense was for- fought game. tunately not duplicated on de- The loss further dims Mich- fense, and goalie Karl Bagnell igan's chances of finishing out of made several difficult saves. Miss- the cellar and in the playoffs of ed Badger chances also aided the the Western Collegiate Hockey Wolverines. Association, while W i s c o n s i n As an example of Wisconsin's clinched a. playoff berth and play around the net, eight minutes 'noved into second place in the into the game\ Jim Boyd took a league. hard shot from the right side A record Wisconsin crowd of which bounced in front of the goal 8,234, the second record crowd where Jim Young was waiting. Michigan has played before this Young took a big wind-up and, year, watched the Wolverines' in- with visions of red lights reflected ability to take advantage of the in his eyes, missed the puck. Badgers' inexperienced goaltender, Five minutes later however the 4im Makey. This was the first full Badgers were more successful. game Makey has played in a Lloyd Bentley skated at Bagnell month and a half. and, seven feet in front, passed to Still, the Wolverines played bet- Norm Sherry on his right. Bagnell ter than they had the night before. went down on his knees, but too "Michigan played well tonight," late. The puck was already by him.; The Wolverines came out skat- ing much better in. the second period, and missed a good chance when Paul Gamsby's breakaway shot went off the goalie's arm sec-, onds into the frame. Seven minutes later Wisconsin converted a three on one break- away as Stan Hinkley, skating down center, passed to Gary Win- chester, who scored, from 20 feet, out.,j The Wolverines, given credit for: just six second period shots by a scorer who must have failed first- grade arithmetic, came , back a minute later, when Brian Skinner found himself with the puck on the left point. Skinner took his time sizing up the situation, deliberated for a while, then took a slap shot that, when it hit Merle Falk's deflecting stick, it hardly made a dent. Makey however was screened so well he didn't see the shot, much less Falk's brilliant deflection. The period ended with Michigan unable to convert on a two-man advantage, although not because of lack of effort. The puck flew everywhere but in the net. Michigan continued to threaten in the third frame, but the Badgers put the game out of reach halfway through. A goal by Winchester, on which he took the puck from the left side of the net, faked Bagnell and scored from the right. and another one by Jim Johnston did the trick. Johnston's came on a delayed! SCORE BY PERIODS MICHIGAN 0 1 0 -- 1 Wisconsin 1 1 2 - 4 First period - scoring - 1. W. Cherry (Dool, Bentley) 13:15. Pen- alties - 1. M. Connelly (interfer- ence) 1:49: 2. W. Johnston (hi g h sticking) 9:18. Second period - scoring - 2. W. Winchester (Hinkley) 7:28; 3. M. Falk (Skinner) 8:29. Penalties - 3. M. Jarry (roughing) 16:06; 4. W. Boyd (boarding) 18:12; 5. W. Ericsen (charging) 19:49. Third period - scoring -- 4. W. Winchester (unassisted) 9:47; 5. W. Johnston (unassisted) 10:29. Pen- alties - 6. M. Desmarais (elbowing) 11:15. Saves by Periods Makey (W) 5 , 6 5 - 16 BagneRl (M) 15 13 12 - 40 Baby Blue o f/fed BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Michigan freshmen drop- ped their sixth game of the season here yesterday to Bowl- ing Green State University, 118-93. The loss put the Baby Blue two games under .500. Next Saturday, the freshmen will encounter a visiting squad from Alpena Junior College, coached by former Michigan basketball player Larry Tre- goning. The affair is sched- uled for 12:00 at Crisler Arena. r I By ELLIOT LEGOW "IF WE CAN WIN against this kind of adversity, we can win any time," announced Freddie Snowden, the Wolvrines' as- sistant coach, to a jubilant Michigan locker room after yesterday's amazing win. Th Wolverines had their fill of adversity this weekend, even before they made it to West Lafayette for yesterday's contest with the Boilermakers and in overcoming it they proved that they are a championship caliber team. A long bus ride, restricted practice time, and a near-tragic accident on the road all could have left the Wolverines out of shape both physically and mentally for their game. And playing before a screaming capacity crowd and against one of the Bib Ten's toughest team they had plenty of good excuse - to fold under pressure. In addition they were confronted in the game with myriads of pressure. The biggest problem of all for Johnny Orr and his Wol- verine players was trying to win with the team's superstar, Henry Wilmore sitting on the bench for more than half of the game. Michigan had been winning, most people felt, because of Wilmore, and almost solely because of Wilmore. Yesterday the Wolverines proved that they can without Wilmore, and they can win on the road, that they can with adversity of any sort going against them, and that they will be a tough team to beat the rest of the way in the Big Ten. "We're elated, we were super-good," Orr beamed after the . game. "It was another team victory for us." Michigan's success was indeed phenomenal as everyone on the court for the Blue r played aggressively and played well. Ken Brady showed his best performance of the season as he hit for 19 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, and blocked at least four shots. Brady in no way resembles the player he was in Michigan's first game, only two months ago. In that time he has improved immensely in his rebounding, shooting, and defensive abilities. Yesterday Brady missed only one of his ten shots from the field and came up with key rebounds on both ends of the court and etwo particularly important blocked shots in the wild, closing minutes of play. Wayne Grabiec who suffered adversity of his own, when he injured his ankle in the first half, came back in the second stanza with 14 points and five rebounds although playing on a badly swollen leg. He and fellow backcourtman Dan Fife showed the Boilermakers that a zone defense cannot stop the Wolverines, and were both instrumental in implementing Michigan's own zone. Orr admitted after their game that Michigan had pre- pared for possible foul trouble, working on a zone defense in practices. The 1-3-1 defense the Wolverines threw on Purdue kept the ball away from their front line, and Fife and Grablee defended well outside. Fife demonstrated to an extreme the cool the Wolverines played with despite the pressure piled on them. Three times in the closing minute Fife made good on both ends of one-on- one free throw opportunities to keep Michigan ahead. The crowd here at Purdue Arena was one of the most vocifer- ous the Wolverines have had to face, but that did not faze them either. Now victors in four road games, the Wolverines have only three away contests remaining and have proved themselves cap- able of winning on any court. "We're 7-0 now and that's half of it", Orr declared elated- ly in reference to the Big Ten race. No one is expected to go undefeated in the Big Ten, in fact Iowa last season, was the first team ever to do so. Two losses generally can be sus- tained by a team that hopes to win the title. In perhaps the most trying time of the afternoon, Michigan played without both Wilmore and Grabiec for the last six minutes of the first half, but still managed to outscore (13-9) and out hustle the Boilermakers for the remainder of the half. Fife, Brady, and Harry Hayward showed the hustle and determination that now are a mark of the Wolverines. A drastic change has occurred to Michigan basketball in less than one season. It's not just Henry Wilmore, or just the sopho- mores, or just any one item. The team now plays like a team. It hustles, it fights, and it knows it can win. _ Big Ten Standings penalty, with a three-one Badger break. On that one, Jerry Le- febvre, slipped and fell just as Johnston's shot came winging over his fallen body. Michigan coach Al Renfrew ex- pressed frustration at his team's, continued inability to win. "You have those years, I guess," he said.' "We just can't get the breaks we need." Renfrew expressed anger at the Wisconsin public address an- nouncer, who fancied himself an All-American cheerleader w i t h announcements like, "Let's give our Badgers the standing 6vation, they deserve."j "That's Little League :tuff, Renfrew said. "Our kids are work- ing their guts out and they have, to listen to that stuff." Johnson agreed, saying, "I think it's bush." Oops! Marquette's Jim Chones (22) gives a little rear-end action to Detroit's Darryl Johnson in last night's game in Milwaukee. MICHIGAN STATE RELAYS Washington ties sprint record By SANDI GENIS -Special to the Daily- EAST LANSING - With a crowd of 3,200 roaring approval, Michigan State speedster H e r b Washington repeated his perform- ance of a year ago at the Michi- gan State Relays posting a spec- tacular victory in the 60-yard dash. Washington switched on his blazing speed to post a world- record tying time of 5.9, the fast- est time ever posted on a dirt track. Washington posted a sim- ilar time in the NCAA finals last year to take that title and tie a mark held by several well-known sprinters including John Carlos. Michigan partisans had little to cheer about in that event as star Wolverine sprinter G e n e Brown came out on the short end of still another renewal of h i s rivalry with Washington. He failed to qualify for the semi- finals. The 240-yard shuttle hurdle re- lay featured another exciting fin- ish as a surprising Notre D a m e team of Mike Dimick, Tom Mc- Mannon, Dave Stickler, and Tom' Utz nipped a Michigan S t a t e team of John Morrison, W a y n e Hartwick, Larue Butchee, a n d Dave Martin to set a new meet, Jenison Field House, and Ameri- can record of 28.4. The old recordf was set last year by Michigan State. Earlier in the afternoon, the Wolverines sustained one of their several disappointments as a spec- tacular shuttle hurdle relay team of Godfrey Murray, Mel Reeves, Reggie Johnson, and Greg Syphax: saw their record performance of 28.4 nullified on the grounds that.: Johnson started too soon. Johnson was once again a party to the decision as he fumbled the baton handoff to Bolster and the ex- change was not completed. However, t h i n g s brightened slightly for Michigan as super- hurdler Murray provided the sparse Michigan fans with a reason to cheer with an 8.3 performancej for a victory in the 70 high hurdles. BEAT UP SUNS: MICHIGAN Ohio State Indiana Illinois Purdue Iowa Michigan State Wisconsin Minnesota Northwestern W 7 6 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 Big 10 L 0 1 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 Pct. 1.000 .857 .667 .667 .571 .500 .286 .167 .143 .143 All Games W L 13 4 12 5 12 4 10 5 11 6 8 8 8 9 6 10 7 10 5 12 5 12 Knicks end siX-gameslide By The Associated Press NEW YORK - Dick Barnett pumped in 30 points as the New York Knicks broke their longest losing streak in four years with a 114-97 victory over the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association last night. The Knicks. endingttheir six- game spin, jumped to a 59-45 halftime lead as Barnett scored 20 points and Phoenix managed to hit only 11 of 44 shots from the field. The Suns, behind Connie Hawk- ins, who scored 25 points, pulled within 69-67 in the third quarter before the Knicks took an 82-78 spread entering the final quarter. From there, it was all downhill for New York. McGlocklin's first jumper with 3:08 remaining in the game lift- ed Milwaukee into a 91-91 tie. Less than one minute later, another long one-hander gave the Bucks their first lead of the game, 93-91. Following Lew Alcindor's two free throws and a bucket by Os- car Robertson, McGlocklin's lay- up boosted Milwaukee into a five- point advantage, 99-94, and seal- ed the Midwest Division leaders' 50th victory of the season against 11 defeats. Chicago, third in the Midwest, dropped to 37-25. McGlocklin's clutch shooting capped Milwaukee's spurt after being 15 points down, 76-61, with 3:40 left in the third quarter. Alcindor led all scorers with 35 The Cavaliers blew a 10-point lead in the second quarter, but still led 84-80 heading into the final quarter. But Buffalo surged ahead, out- scoring the Cavaliers 12-2 in the first four minutes and 21 seconds of the final quarter. May hit for 13 points and Herm Gilliam for nine for Buffalo in the fourth quarter. * * * PITTSBURGH - The Pitts- burgh Penguins, taking advantage of two power play goals by rook- ie Syl Apps in a 20-second span of the first period, defeated t h e Chicago Black Hawks 5-4 yester- day in a National Hockey league game. -Associated Press WHERE'D IT GO? may or may not be what DePaul forward Paul Gilliam is thinking. But if he expects to go in for a layup he better turn around and go get the ball because that's what every- body else is doing. Notre Dame annihilated DePaul 107-76. I,,_' .... ...... . .:;