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By MORT NOVECK
SPIRIT ON THE Michigan basketball team has never been
higher.
In fact, some of the squad's taller members have to duck
these days to avoid hitting their heads on Crisler Arena's ceiling.
As senior forward Rodney Ford phrases it, "this team is sky
high right now." According to captain Dan Fife, "everyone on
the team feels that we're capable of winning now. Morale on the
team is great."
Much of the explanation for the squad's heady feeling
can be found inelast Saturday's pressure victory over the
Wisconsin Badgers. The win was important for several
reasons. First of all it proved that the team cold win on
the road.
The squad's only other victories away from Crisler Arena
came on a neutral court at the Rainbow classic. As coach
John Orr emphasizes. "a win on the road is tremendous from
a mental standpoint."
It also proved that the team could win under pressure. They
had to hold the bal for over a minute and play for the last
shot. Last year when they tried it against Notre Dame Rick
Bloodworth got the last second shot, and by the time he fired it
he was so tense that the shot fell short. This time the squad
handled the ball smoothly, and calmly resisted the temptation to
shoot until Wayne Grabiec got clear.
The game was also important from a momentum stand-
point, After getting off to a slow start and dropping its first
three games the team came back strongly and won seven of its
last eight. The Wisconsin win continued the string and as Ford
put it, "the win gave us a boost to get us off the right foot.
The win was really imporant psychologically, mentally, and
physically."
Since it came in the Big Ten opener, the win was also
vital because it was the first one that really counted. Ac-
cording to Ford, "the Big Ten opener is always the most
important game, especially when it's on the road." Orr adds
that, "it was super important for us to win."
In addition to being on the road Michigan, unlike some of
the other top Big Ten squads, had to face tough competition in
the opener. Wisconsin was rated as a title contender before
the season began. The Badgers came close to beating second
ranked Marquette, losing only on a freak play at the close of
the contest. Orr feels that beating them made the Wolverines
"feel like winners. They feel hat they can beat anybody."
Confidence is important to any team, but its especially
important to a Big Ten basketball squad. It's a common feeling
that the championship is won on the oad. It's not the team
with the best home record, but the one that does the best in its
opponents backyards that wins the trip to the NCAA's.
Last year the Michigan squad didn't have the confi-
dence that it needed. The team was made up of players who
were used to losing and teams like that don't win last second
victories. If you think that you will lose anyway you don't
try, and if you don't try you won't win.
None of that feeling exists on this year's squad. For one
thing, eight of the fourteen members are sophomores. As fresh-
men last year they were part of the most successful frosh
squads in Michigan basketball history. They all come from
winners in high school and none likes to lose.
As Henry Wilmore summed it up after the team returned
from its third loss at Duke, "Man, that's the first time I ever
lost three in a row at anything."
Only two team members are juniors. Neither of them played
very much last year, so they didn't feel the full agony of defeat.
One of them, Wayne Grabiec, has been starting this year. After
a bad performance against Kentucky he was heard to say that
he should be benched. But after coming back strong in the
Michigan Invitational he's become one of the team leaders. And
uw he can be heard saying, "I know that I ca. do :t."
Just three members of the squad have been around long
enough to become seniors and two of them, Ford and Fife are
among the strongest advocates of this year's improved spirit.
As Fife puts it, "last year the last second shots never dropped
in. Maybe the Wisconsin game was the key. But we're defin-
itely ready to play now."
Ford goes even further. "We've got a big game this
week against Indiana and if we win that one there's no
stopping us."

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BLOOMINGTON (A) - Super-
sophomore George McGinnis
poured in 31 points last night to
lead Indiana to a 99-73 Big Ten
college basketball victory over
Minnesota.
The Hoosiers jumped from a 4-4
tie to a 16-4 lead and Minnesota
never recovered. In the first half,
Indiana shot 71 per cent from the
floor and led 55-29 at halftime.
Minnesota's Jim Brewer, an-
other highly regarded sophomore,
came off second best in his battle
with McGinnis. Brewer had 14
points for the Gophers. Senior
Guard Ollie Shannon led Minne-
sota with 24 points.
Joby Wright had 19 points for
Indiana and teammate Jim Har-
ris added 18.
Indiana Coach Lou Watson said
the Hoosiers "played the best de-
fensive game I've seen in a long
time. We didn't play as good in
the second half as we did in the
first half, but we didn't have to."
The 11th-ranked Hoosiers now
are 9-2 overall.
Purdue prances
LAFAYETTE (A) - Purdue
scored 9 of its last 11 points on
free throws last night and claimed
an 82-74 Big Ten college basket-
ball victoryover Northwestern.
Purdue, winning its second
straight conference triumph, built
a 13-point iead but Northwestern
fought back to within two points
at halftime, 35-33.
The lead changed hands 15
times in the second half and the
score was tied 11 times before
Purdue went into a freeze with
just over two minutes to go.
Larry Weatherford led Purdue
scorers with 23 points. North-
western's Ron Shoger had 27
points.
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Spartans strut
EAST LANSING (P) - Michi-
gan State survived a second half
Iowa rally here last night and
held on to beat the Hawkeyes 84-
81 in a Big Ten basketball game.
. MSU had a 48-35 halftime lead
out that evaporated as Iowa tied
the score at 69-all with 6:26 left
in the second half. The Spartans
went ahead 75-69 with six straight
points but Iowa bounced back
again to tie 78-78 all with 4:45
remaining.
Iowa's Fred Brown was the
game's leading scorer with 30
points while MSU put five men in
double figures led by Rudy Ben-
jamin with 21.
The Spartans are now 7-4 over-
all and 1-1 in Big Ten play, while
the Hawkeyes dropped to 0-2 in
the conference and 5-6 for the
season.
Badgers bounce
CHAMPAIGN (A) -Rick Howat
connected from the free throw
line for Illinois' last eight points
to lead the Illini to an 84-82 Big
Ten basketball victory over Wis-
consin last night.
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The Illini, who held several
leads of seven points in the first
half, squandered an 11-point lead
in the second half to the relent-
less Badgers.
Their lead shaved to 76-74 with
little more than two minutes to
play, Howat took charge at the
free throw line and converted four
straight one-and-one free throw
attempts.
Howat, who led the Illini with
31 points, staved off a late Wis-
consin rally by Glen Richgels who
scored Wisconsin's last three bas-
kets and kept the Badgers in con-
tention.
The victory was the second
straight for Illinois in Big Ten
play while Wisconsin is now 0-2
having lost both games by a total
of three points.
* * *
'Dream' game
MILWAUKEE - Dean Memin-
ger's four free throws and Jim
Chones' basket staved off Notre
Dame's closing rush and gavesec-
and-ranked Marquette a 71-66 col-
lege basketball victory last night
over the ninth-ranked Irish
The victory, Marquette's 24th
straight - the longest winning
streakin the nation - gave the
Warriors a 12-0 season mark.4
Notre Dame charged from a 17- e'Gns(
point deficit to within five points,
65-60, as Austin Carr began to t
find the range °~ .
However, Meminger sank tw~o -As, sociated Press
free throws with 56 seconds re- DEAN "THE DREAM" MEMINGER (14) finds shooting space at
maining to give Marquette a seveni a premium as the Marquette senior attempts to get off a shot be-
point bulge and Chones, the 6- tween Notre Dame's Doug Gemmell and Collis Jones (42). Even
foot-Il sophomore, ran the score
to 69-60 when he hit on a layup. so, the Warriors were able to upend the Irish 71-66.
BYE-BYE BUFFALO

'Ned Harkness . .
.still a stranger
DETROIT HAS NOT been kind to new Red Wing general man-
ager Ned Harkness.
As a coach, Harkness came to Detroit from Cornell and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with impeccable credentials -
both a phenomenal coaching record and a famous hockey family
name.
To Harkness' disadvantage that family name was not from
the reigning hockey heads of Detroit, not from the close-knit
names of Norrises, Adamses, Abels, Howes, or Gadsbys which
compose Detroit hockey fan and player loyalty.
His father was Pop Harkness out of Ottawa, a member of
the Hockey Hall of Fame on the strength of his great coaching
abilities.
In this case, the situation is like father, like son, for
the younger Harkness compiled a record at Cornell that far
surpassed that of his father. Over his seven year span at
Cornell from 1964-70, Harkness had a hockey record of 163-
27-2. n those last four years he won 110 out of 116 games,
tied one and lost five, for a winning percentage of .957.
Harkness took his team to the NCAA championship inboth
the 1966-67 and the 1969-70 seasons, achieving in the latter year
a record breaking 29-0 mark. From Harkness' third year at
Cornell, his teams claimed the Ivy League championship, and
beginning in his fourth year, they swept to four consecutive
Eastern Conference championships as well.
All this he did without benefit of a tradition of good hock-
ey at Cornell. Of greater aid to Harkness than any tradition
was a coaching characteristic that he shares with other out-
standing collegiate coaches.
"He was able to get guys to perform better than they
thought they were able to perform," one of Harkness' former
lacrosse players says. "Guys would come away from practice
saying, 'I didn't know I could play that well.' He was tough and
critical, but you'd work that much harder every time he criti-
cized."
At Cornell Harkness assumed lacrosse coaching duties
for three years in addition to his hockey chores, taking over
in 1966 after the death of the previous lacrosse coaches in
a plane crash.
His coaching talents were equally amazing off the ice as
Cornell lacrosse teams went 35-1 over the next three years,
drawing fans upwards of 5,000 to the contests. "In hockey we
had virtual sell-outs every game the last five years Harkness
was here," Cornell Sports Information Director Ben Mints adds.
It becomes quite easy to unaerstand why the Detroit organ-
ization was willing to bring a stranger from the East into a de-
manding and unfamiliar midwestern surrounding.
Also clearer now that Red Wing general manager Sid Abel
has stepped down over irrepairable difference between himself
and Harkness, then head coach of the Red Wings, was the han-
dicap of dissension under which Harkness was forced to work.
Likewise the renewed spirit shown by the Red Wing
team, after Harkness was kicked up to general manager
and Doug Barkley named coach, indicated a greater team
willingness to play for new Red Wing coach Barkley.
Considering themselves to be professionals, neither Detroit
fans nor Detroit team personnel have conducted themselves as
such.
Through the embarrassment and bitterness directed upon
him, Ned Harkness has maintained the most professional com-
posure. "I am very sorry Mr. Abel has seen fit to demean me
personally and professionally," Harkness stated upon hearing
Abel's charges. "I don't think anyone benefits by remarks of
this kind, and I am more than willing to stand on my record as
a coach,"
That record does not seem to rate highly in the Motor
City. If Detroit's hostile welcome stays as firmly affixed,
it's going to be a long time before Harkness is anything but
the stranger from the East. A longer time than either he or
Detroit hockey can spare.

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College Basketball
Indiana 99, Minnesota 73
Michigan state 84, Iowa 81
Purdue 82, Northwestern 74
Illinois 84, Wisconsin 82
Kansas 84, Georgia Tech 71
Marquette 71, Notre Dame 66
Oklahoma City 76, Texas christ. 69,
Boston College 71, Connecticut 89
Northeastern 67, Springfield 63
Providence 78, Brown 76
Syracuse 103, American U. 82
N..Texas St. 96, Mississippi 84
Texas Tech 98, Arkansas 68
New Mexico St. 91, Doane 73

BUFFALO (P) - The Buffalo controversia
Bills said yesterday owner Ralph and interes
Wilson Jr., was meeting with civic close to dov
leaders in Seattle, Wash., to dis- The drea
cuss the possible shifting of the that would
National Football League team to dome app
that West Coast city. through la
Wilson said the Bills had wait- tion bidsc
ed patiently for four years for million, wel
local legislative officials to build bond issue,
a new stadium, unable to c
Erie County had planned build- Kenford C
ing a domed sports stadium, but was to hav
increased construction costs ap- operated it
peared to have killed that project Eleven o
last summer. makers prc
"We are no closer today than the dome p
we were four years ago, and we clared dead
must act now to protect the future has not ye
of this National Football League floor for a
franchise," Wilson said. Meanwhi
"Many of our colleagues in the about buil
NFL have been encouraging us to tional and
leave Buffalo. Our present situa-
tion is so bad that we are having . ..i. >.
difficulty in scheduling future pre-1
season games at home." Pro
"Other NFL teams feel that
they can do better financially any-I
where in the country. We must Eas
remain competitive and cannot A
tolerate our present situation." New York
Wilson said the Bills never felt Boston
that a domed stadium was neces- Philadelphi
Buffalo
sary.Cc
"We have continually recom- iBaltimore
mended an 80,000-seat open air Atlantat
stadium at a much lower cost to cleveland
the community," Wilson said. we
"Our search for a new home is Milwaukee
serious and immediate. Buffalo Detroit
has given us no other choice." Chicago
Phoenix
To shift the franchise from P
Buffalo to Seattle, Wilson would Los Angele
need approval of two-thirds of the San Franci
NFL team owners. San Diego
Seattle
"We've been in Buffalo 11 Portland
years," Wilson said. "It's a fine,
city and we wouldn't want to hurt
the fans. If they would meet us Virginia
halfway and build a domed sta- Kentucky
dium, we would want to stay." New York
He said prerequisites for moving Caroltsinagh
to Seattle would include agree- Floridians
ment on a lease of the 58,000-seat
University of Washington stadium, Itah
ndiana
expansion of the facility to 65,000- Memphis
70,000 seats. Denver
"Buffalo would have to continue Texas
their inactivity on a domed sta-
dium."
The Bills have three other areas
in mind for a move, he said, but $10.
Seattle is the preferred site. He
said he wanted a definite answer FREE
from Seattle area officials in 60-, AND
90 days.
The Erie County Legislaturej NE
approved a $50 million bond issue
in 1968 to build a domed stadium.
But the proposal quickly became

wntown Buffalo.
.m of a sports palace
rival Houston's Astro-
eared to have fallen,
st summer. Construc-
came through at $72
1 above the $50 million
and the county was
ome to terms with the
o., a private firm that
ve leased the dome or
for the county.
f the 20 county law-
oposed last week that
'roject be officially de-
d. But their aresolution
t been brought to theI
vote.

Council of Buffalo and vicinity
declared flatly that its 25,000
tradesmen wouldn't help build
any stadium other than a domed
type.
The council said it was willing
to negotiate what it called an un-
precedented agreement to hold
domed stadium costs within $50
million.
Meanwhile, at Albany, N.Y.,
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller pledged
the state's support in assisting
Erie County and the City of Buf-
falo to "solve its stadium problem
and keep the Bills in Buffalo."
Rockefeller said he was a fan

le, there has been tall of the Bills and
ding a more conven- deeply concerned
less-costly style sta- of a possible move

added he was
by the reports
to Seattle. I

fessional League Standingsr

NBA
stern Conference
tMantic Division
W L Pet.
32 14 .696
26 19 .578
a 27 20 .574
12 35 .255
entral Division
26 17 .605
19 23 .452
14 32 .304
6 44 .120
stern Conference
[idwest Division
35 7 .883
30 16 .652
26 18 .591
26 21 .553
Pacific Division
s 24 19 .558
sco 25 23 .521
23 24 .489

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Yesterday's Scores
Pittsburgh 122, Floridians 106
Carolina at Utah, Inc.
Texas at Denver, inc.
Today's Games
Floridians at Kentucky
Memphis at Indiana
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East Division
W L T
Boston 29 7 5
New York 28 7 6
Montreal 19 13 8
Toronto 20 19 2
vaucouver 14 23 4
Detroit 13 23 4
Buffalo 8 24 7
West Division
Chicago 27 8 5
St. Louis 19 10 12
Philadelphia 15 19 6
Minnesota 14 19 8
Pittsburgh 10 20 11
Los Angeles 11 20 8
California 12 27 2

Pts. GF
63 195
62 138
46 139
42 144
32 114
30 115
23 85
59 155
50 112
36 99
36 88
31 112
30 115
26 103

GA
108
86
110
117
148
164
151
90
102
114
113
121
142
148

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512 New York at Vancouver, inc.
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141, Buffalo at Chicago
131 Los Angeles at Pittsburgh
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SAN DIEGO A() - Lew Alcin- five minutes to play in the game
;,dor's short jump shot off a before Los Angeles' West and Mil-
scrambling lob pass from Jerry waukee's 7-foot-2 Alcindor led the
West and the giant center's free comeback.
throw, completing a three-point Before going to the bench, Wil-
play, boosted the West to a 108- kens' driving lay-up and C h e t
107 victory last night over the Walker's three-point play helped
East in the 21st National Basket- the West cut a six-point deficit to
ball Association All-Star Game. one.'.
The West was sparked by t h e West's 20-foot jumper, only his
shortest man on the floor, 33-year- second field goal of the game, and
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Bobby Love of Chicago, playing
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Hudson and Reed paced the East
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