Vednesdoy, January 22, 1975
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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ports scene ...
... a money maze
LROY HIRSCH, the Athletic Director at Wisconsin, came up
with an interesting bad idea for getting college athletics out of
evere economic trouble: eliminate scholarships for all sports
xcept the guaranteed money-makers, basketball and football.
Worse yet, his proposal sounded plausible enough to get a
ound denunciation before the other Big Ten ADs voted it down.
Back when 4mos Alonzo Stagg was young, athletics was
hopeful, mostly amateur, idealistic enterprise. Games and
pectacles were alleged to provide all sorts of wholesome benefits,
anging from character-building to, in the case of the Olympics,
reating friendship between nations and abolishing war.
We all know better now. Seventy years of practical experi-
ence has shown that teaching a young man to hit like a gorilla
n the field doesn't contribute much at all toward making him
ehave like Spinoza on the street.
Individual coaches, like individual English teachers, can
ometimes help people to define themselves and a purpose for
heir lives. This, however, is largely a function of the coach's
empathy as a teacher, not of his role as a participant in a sport.
Sports has matured. While it still wraps itself in the old
rhetoric whenever it gets a chance (observe Gerald Ford's
never-ending paeans in praise of football), increasingly it is
evolving into the only form this society allows for its activi-
ties: an enterprise whose value is judged strictly by the
number on the bottom line.
ros coddled
In the case of its professional variants, this development is
elcome and to be encouraged. These were businesses all along:
ut by wrapping themselves in. a combination of civic pride and
lleged adherence to the values of amateur sport, they acquired
bevy of advantages even J. P. Morgan could envy:
f Most professional teams have their workplace provided for
hem by the taxpayers. General Motors doesn't.
New professional sports franchises can claim that most of
heir capital was paid for players, and can amortize that sum for
ive years against operating revenues. GM couldn't do that when
t started.
*Professional sports teams have the right to exclusively
laim the college graduates they want to work for them. GM
oesn't.
* Professional sports teams can trade any of their employes
o any of their competitors for whatever price they can get.
M can't.
* Professional sports leagues can get antitrust exemptions
hrough Congress virtually at will. GM doesn't dare.
So much for the native habitat of Gary Davidson, whose
inancial exploits belong with those of Ponzi and Jay Gould in
he Robber Baron Hall of Fame. University athletics are some-
hat different.
These differences come through most clearly in the
'minor sports," those which don't lead automatically to a
playing career for a professional franchise. With a gymnast,1
an amateur wrestler, or someone who runs track, the chance'
to a large income playing in front of thousands of spectators,
is almost unreal.
Young men who play minor sports are genuinely students
irst, and the main reason they are playing on the team-beyond
eeping their scholarship-is that they like the game.
ollege farm system
In the revenue sports, the reasons for participating are
colored outrageously by that great professional pot of dough.
"Where does the NBA find most of its talent?" a brochure
innesota sends to its recruits asks, and responds, "Right in the
ig 10 Conference."
The brochure then goes on to name a few Golden Gophers
ho've lived up to that name quite literally.
The difference between a kid who responds to this pitch
and an overt professional is a legalism, not a reality.
More than 30 years ago, the University of Chicago got fed
up with this whole trip and dissolved its intercollegiate athletic
program. The school, however, didn't bring the wrecking ball
around to its playing fields, in fact, Robert Maynard Hutchins
(Chicago's President) expressed strong support for intramural
programs, while turning Stagg Field over to the Manhattan
Project.
To the satirist, this would suggest that the first step out of
college sports' financial squeeze would be for everyone to drop
football, basketball and (maybe) hockey tenders, while keeping
up scholarships in those sports where athletics-for-its-own-sake
isn't just a phrase. Unfortunately, this approach-which does
have merits-falls short on some points of equity.
Even in the "revenue sports," most of the players don't
move on up to the pros. For them, their years of competition
are-or should be-interesting, exciting moments spent dur-
ing one's spare time on the ivay to a degree.
For them, also, playing a sport isn't a matter of setting up
for a 10-year career, but an activity pursued for the satisfaction
one gets from participating.
Scholarships for all
Furthermore, everyone can agree that there's something
unfair about giving scholarship money to someone who can play
ball for the school team, without giving the same consideration
to someone who can play flute for the school orchestra.
Just about everyone who comes here has some talent which
contributes to the University's reputation and, hence, its ability
to raise funds when the taxpayers cop out-the standard reasons
used to justify giving athletes grants in aid. Therefore, instead
of taking athletes' scholarships away, people should work
toward securing similar benefits for all.
And finally, it's time to put the screws on pro sports, at
least to make them pay for the services colleges provide in
maintaining free farm systems and by giving free tickets to
their scouts.
Although not the best system, it beats scholarships for ROTC
any day, and by once again making most athletic departments
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ROUT CAMPBELL 7-1
I By The Associated Press 's
MONTREAL - Center Syl
Apps scored two goals and Guy
Lafleur had three assists last
night, leading the Prince of
Wales Conference to a 7-1 rout'
of the Clarence Campbell Con-c
ference before a record crowd
in the 28th National Hockey
League All-Star game.
His second goal of the game
was the first of three Prince of thro
Wales goals in a 3:54 stretch of first
the third period which com- up.
pleted the runaway in this first Th
classic played under a confer- cont
ence format. Cam
help
'I THOUGHT if they were thei
going to name a center to the was
team, it would be someone Cam
else," Apps explained. His Potv
name was not among the first ers.
12 players voted to the roster. TI
He was later selected by Bep mea
Guidolin, coach this year of the blun
Kansas City Scouts - last year Cam
he coached Boston into the ed
Stanley Cup finals -and coach goal
of the Prince of- Wales stars. tion
Some 28 years ago, Apps' cut
father scored a goal and added seco
an assist for the Toronto Maple peri
Leafs in the first official All-
Star game played. It was back A]
min the times when the defend- Prin
ing Cup champion faced an op- of u
h position of stars from the re- flip
maining teams in the league. Joh
Berr
AP Photo IFORMER Montreal goalie delp
Rogatien Vachon, now playing Bt
time in a1 for Los Angeles, and current the
Gmeorgia netminder Ken Dryden were al-
t. Georgia most vacuum-tight against a min
ional gim- sloppy Campbell Conference fens
squad which fell behind 3-0 hR
star's
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NIGHT EDITOR:
RICH LERNER
ugh defensive lapses in the
period and never caught
he Prince of Wales stars
inually pounced on a lax
npbell team and got some
in the middle period when
r fourth goal of the game
deflected into the net by
npbell defenseman Dennis
vin of the New York Island-
he Prince of Wales goalies,
nwhile, were sharp in
ting what there was of the
npbell attack. Vachon start-
and gave up the Campbell
when Potvin's first deflec-
- of a Garry Unger pass-
their deficit to 3-1 with 19
onds remaining in the first
od.
offense showed signs of awak-
ening in the middle period but
Drydenadazzled them, turning
aside all nine shots he faced
and making lightning saves on
most of them.
Meanwhile, Boston's Phil Es-
posito, the league's leading
scorer with 87 points, widened
the Prince of Wales lead to 4-1
when his centering pass from
the left of the goal bounced off
Potvin's legs and past Parent's
replacement, Gary Smith of
Vancouver.
THE ROOF and the unsteady
defense collapsed on Smith be-
fore eight minutes had been
played in the third and final
period. Apps' short shot made
it 5-1 after 3:25, O'Reilly scored
at 5:43 and Bobby Orr of Boston
closed out the Prince of Wales
massacre by powering a 45-foot
slap shot past Smith at 7:19.
Vachon and Dryden combined
for 28 saves while their Prince
of Wales mates pelted Parent
and Smith with 37 shots.
S CO R ES
PPS started things for the - -
nce of Wales stars after 9:38 NBA
ninspired play, deflecting a Chicago 97, New York 94
pass from California's Joey KC-Omaha 109, Portland 106
nston past Campbell goalie washington 97, Cleveland 88
rnie Parent of the Phila- Buffalo 118, Seattle 108
phia Flyers. Boston 113, Houston 102
Atlanta 135, New Orleans 103
uffalo's Don Luce doubled Philadelphia 101, Phoenix 95
advantage less than three ABA
utes later when Flyers' de-,
eman Joe Watson missed a San Antonio 110, Indiana 91
Ali shuffle st led?
MUHAMMAD ALI appears to have met his match as he hits the deck for the second
brief heavyweight fight with 285 pound Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson last nigh
State Senator Julian Bond, referee, raises Jackson's arm in victory, in the promoti
mick staged for Black businessmen in Atlanta.
FACE MSU TONIGHT:
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eilly behind the Campbell
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s seven feet in front of the
for Luce's tap-in.
arryl Sittler of Toronto's
ple Leafs made it 3-0 about
minutes later when Parent
n't protect the space be-
en his catching glove and
near goalpost and Sittler
eaded the needle with an
ht-foot shot.
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Editor, c/o The
Michigan Daily.
By MARCIA KATZ
Few entertaining pasttimes
remain that the average student
can enjoy for free. Sure, one'
can go to the UGLI and spend
an entertaining evening reading
"War and Peace" for the pop
quiz tomorrow. One may find
pleasure in staying home and
watching "Kojak," "Gunsmoke"
or even "Truth or Conse-
quences."
These possibilities are al-
ways open, but other opportuni-
ties exist. You can see exciting.
basketball, live-foj free. Yes,
no admission charged.
Tonight at Crisler Arena the
women's basketball team is
hosting MSU, with junior var-
sity action beginning at 6 p.m.,F
followed immediately by the
varsity game.
The women's basketball pro-
gram is only in its second year'
of operation here. Competition
comes from throughout the state '
of Michigan although there is'
no formal league. The regular!
season's games are used only
for rating teams in the state
tournament.
So, although it is beneficial
to win regular season games, itI
is not essential. Coach Carmel1
Borders says, "No matter how1
we fare in seasonal play, we
are working toward a good
showing in the state tourna-
ment."
This tournament will be held
in Lansing, beginning Feb. 27.
Borders, who is in her first
year coaching the team, feels
very confident about the future
of women's basketball at Michi-
gan. She feels with more pub-
licity from the media morel
people will become aware of the
-W 'd
team and come out to see it
perform.
Presently, what the team
needs is buildup. It received so
little publicity concerning the
formation of this year's sq-ad
that not all the players came to
the original tryouts. Tryouts be-
gan in the middle of last semes-
ter's exam week. This had an
effect on the number of players
which tried out for the team.
"Many (players) didn't come
out because +h team wasr't a
winner. Thwy get frustrated
when we work and work and
still lose," says Borders.
This year's team is made up
of almost a whole new crew
from last year. No seniors are.
on the squad, which consists of '
four freshwomen, three 9ophu-
mores and two juniors.
One freshwoman, guard Col-
leen Woodbury, didn't actually
join the team until after Christ-
mas vacation.
"At first I didn't know if this
would get in the way with my
studies," says Colleen, "but
during vacation I was watching!
my brother play basketball and
I decided I wanted to play also."
Woodbury sets the tempo of
the game for the offense, and is
an aggressive ball hawker on
defense. Her 100 per cent, 10
for 10 free throw shootiig. and
eight and ten point scorin per-
formance, have helped the
team.
The tallest player on a rela-I
tively short team is 5-10, fresh-
woman center Terry Conlim.
Commenting on the play of the
team, Terry says, "We're good
competitors. There are no in-,
dividual players on this teurn.
We play as a team, and ahlm;s
, -.w7
try to go for the open man."
Borders agrees. "The spirit on
this team is great. There is no
animosity among the players,
as they all just try to play to- I
gether. Of the ten girls in-
terested, all of them come to
every practice and work hiard
for me."
What Borders hopes for e I
that somer'1ing can be added o
the orienta:ion program, telling
incoming fresl-women wiat s
being offered in the area of
women's sports.
In the :wo previous games,
poor shooting and not enough
strength an the boards has hurt
the team. Another factor has
been that their competition has
been muca taller and more
physical.
All-State
gridder's
4 -1
Bill McCartney, who was add-
ed to the Michigan football
coaching staff to recruit the
Detroit area, has landed two
prime recruits. Both are mid-
season graduates, and both are
currently enrolled and prepar-
ing for spring football.
Kyron Williams, a 6-1, 220
pound offensive and middle
guard from Detroit South-
western, was named All-State
in Class A two years in a row.
Mark DeSantis, a 6-4, 21.5
pound offensive guard, was a
class B All-Stater for Harper
Woods Bishop Gallagher.
Two other All-State midseason
graduates got away. Halfback
William Broadway of Flint
Northern chose Michigan State,
and quarterback Anthony Dud-
, ley of Detroit Northern is head-
ed for Wisconsin.
The women s practices ccisist
Df shooting .r the backboards a'
the IM building. Because of ail
the acti'ities going on at the
time, the junior varsity and
varsity must share one court.
Ten players try to perfect their
shot on one basket.
Tonight's game is the first of
four upcoming home games at
Crisler Arena this year.
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MILWAUKEE - Cincinnati,
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lead seven minutes into the sec-
ond half last night and held on
to upset 12th-ranked Marquette
University 68-58 in a battle be-
tween strong independent bas-
ketball teams.
with 16.
SUCCESSIVE baskets by Bo
Ellis, Rick Campbell and Dave
Delsrnan brought Marquette to
within 55-54 with five minutes
left. But Cincinnati's Mike Jones
countered with successive bas-
kets and teammate Mike Frank-
line made a layup after Km-
stra stole a Marquette inbounds
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