Wednesday, February 5, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DRILY Page Seven I i Johnson keys Blue By RAY O'HARA Mark Johnson is a compulsive smiler. He smiles continuously; in greeting; in conversation; and when one compliments him he grins as if to say "Aw ... shucks." In truth, Mark would probably be smil- ing these days even if he didn't have natural talent. Wrestling at 177 pounds for Michigan (and sometimes 190) he has tasted defeat only once all season and that was by a referee's decision. Last week he drew Chris Campbell, Iowa's candidate for national honors at 177 and his prospects for Big Ten and NCAA champion- ships are at least as good as those of anyone else at this point. Michigan has had many champions in the past but few have been sophomores. "I started to wrestle after football sea- son when I was a freshman in high school," explains Mark, adding that "I'm still be- hind a lot of the other guys in what I know. Some of them have wrestled for much long- er and are at their peaks. I still have a lot to learn." In that regard 190 pounder Dave Curby has been helpful. "I like to wrestle him (Curby) in practice,", admits Mark, "because he pushes me." When Mark first arrived at Michigan his wrestling technique definitely ranked as a secondary problem, however. On stepping into his dorm room he was immediately struck with an acute case of 'freshpersonitis' with complications arising from homesickness. Like so many other students, Mark over- came his initial fears, thanks in no small part to the friends he made on the wrestling team. He feels very close to his teammates now and the success of the entire team means a hopes great deal to him. "We're all a pretty close team and we help each other get psyched up for matches. I kind of feel like I've let the others down if I lose." Mark Johnson has a great personal dread of losing, also. "I work as hard as I can to get better. After working as hard as that I feel as though I deserve to win. If I lose I feel cheated in a way." Indeed Mark Johnson works harder in prac- tice than many of his opponents do in real matches. "He always gives a hundred per cent and he's got a great attitude," reports his coach Bill Johannesen. One does not become a great wrestler by negative reasoning, however. Mark is mo- tivated by a more positive general ap- proach. "If I win a match it's because I did it, not because four other guys passed well or ten other guys blocked well," relates Mark. To him wrestling is a beautiful mixture of team sport and individual effort. Those efforts have paid off with victory for him so far this season but the religious John- son is not thanking only himself. "For me God plays a big part and I ask him to let me wrestle my best before each match. I don't claim to be better than anyone else because of it but that's just the way I am." He brought his attitudes with him from his home in Rock Island, Illinois, on the banks of the Mistsissippi. The oldest of four Johnson sons, he enjoys his family's company a great deal. Indeed, if Mark keeps up his winning ways all the Johnsons will be smiling when tourna- ment time comes in March. I By The Associated Press Second place bowl AKRON, Ohio-University of Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham will propose that the No. 2 teams in the Big Ten and Pac-8 football conferences play a post-Rose Bowl game, says Michigan football Coach Bo Schembechler. Schembechler, here Monday night for an awards banquet, said Canham hasn't determined when he'll make his proposal formally to the Big Ten Conference but that it will call for a contest in Hawaii's Hula Bowl. The football champions in each conference play each other now under a Rose Bowl contract which bars the con- ferences' other teams from any other bowl appearances. Under the current setup, Schembechler said, a team could lose only one game all season, and still be barred from any bowl activity, if that loss was against Ohio State or Michigan. A post-Rose Bowl contest would give such clubs a chance, he said. IS Probe benches King KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-The National Collegiate Athletic Asso- ciation disclosed Tuesday it was investigating the eligibility of Bernard King, Tennessee's freshman basketball sensaton. The inquiry centers, on whether any of King's grades at his junior high school and senior high school, both in Brooklyn, N.Y., were altered, according to the NCAA's Warren Brown in Kansas City. King was the leading scorer in the Southeastern Confer- ence with a 27.9 average until he was benched Monday. "We checked him out and so did the University of Tennessee," Brown said. "We detected a discrepancy between the early and later transcripts." "We confirmed that there was a question about grades in the ninth grade,"Brown continued.s"It would appearthat grades were altered. We have no idea who' did it, if the marks were changed." Tennessee Athletic Director Bob Woodruff ordered Coach Ray Mears to bench King until his eligibility could be clari- fied. King did not play Monday night when 15th-ranked Tennessee lost to Auburn 62-59 in an important SEC game. Sports of The Daily Daily Photo by STUART HOLLANDER Johnson flattens foe 1 Things look bleak... .key game this week John Kahler THE UNIVERSITY of Michigan's basketball team is back in town today, following a lost weekend in the state of Indiana. Their trip began with a 75-67 loss to Purdue on Saturday, and ended with a 74-48 loss to Indiana, a defeat that is being de- scribed as "the most humiliating in recent Michigan basketball history."' Monday night, swarms of Hoosier fans descended on the Bloomington McDonald's for a free hamburger, coke, and fries. Their Hoosiers had held an opponent below 50 points, and as promised, McDonald's came through with the food for those holding ticket stubs. Observers reported that, as the fans waited in line, a few of them voiced their thanks to Johnny Orr, the man who made their feast possible. No estimate of the crowd at the McDonald's is available, so we have no way of knowing whether or not Orr broke the record set by Jesus of Nazareth in 30 A.D., when Our Lord fed five thousand. But enough dumping on Johnny Orr. The man certainly tried to coach his team past the opposition last weekend. Unfortunate- ly, nothing he tried worked. Orr even sacrificed two of his most cherished coaching principles in the attempt to produce a victory. He believes that the man-to-man defense is the only one in basketball that can be consistently effective. But the Wolverines tried a zone against Purdue. The fast break is almost a religion with Johnny Orr. You will virtually never see his teams play slowdown, unless forced to by the opposition. But the Wolverines tried the slowdown against Indiana. Against both Indiana opponents, Orr tried a three guard offense, leaving C. J. Kupec as the only player in the lineup over 62. There were two reasons for this; the three guard lineup increases Michigan's quickness, and none of the genuine forwards -were playing ball worthy of his scholarship. But nothing worked. Pirdoe broke the zone with ease.j Indiana outpatienced the slowdown. And the Wolverine of- fense could never seem to take advantage of the added speed of the three guard lineup. Michigan's season appenrs to be over. And appearances could become reality Saturday. Michigan State is coming to town this weekend, and the Spartans are red hot. Their most recent effort was a weekend road sweep of Illinois and Ohio State. The player rebellion of early last month seems to have solidified Gus Ganakas' control over his individualistic players. Forward Terry Furlow scored 63 points for MSU over the weekend, and contributed 33 in the earlier 86-78 Spartan victory over Michigan in East Lansing. Those Spartans play good ball, and will be a difficult assignment for the Maize and Blue. It is an assignment that must be won, however. Michi- gan must beat MSU Saturday to have any hope of a post season tournament bid. It's that simple. The Wolverines are currently 12-6 on the season. A loss to MSU would make it almost imperative that they win all or most of their remaining seven games. With Purdue, Minnesota, and Ohio State still on the schedule, the task would be virtually im- possible. The situation is do-or-die, and the coaches are aware of it. "We've just got to pull ourselves together," says Bill Frieder, repeating the phrase over and over like an incantation. But the coaches can only advise and consent. It is the players that will have to produce if Michigan is to salvage this season. Basketball people are a strange lot. The most basic need of a basketball player is to be loved. They need love most when they are losing. Knowing that in the stands is a large number of people who paid their way in because they love you does wonders for one's morale. Unfortunatelv there are no crowds at Crisler Arena; the RALLY FALLS SHORT: 0 Wayne 'lips cagers 4 t Women boxers? NEW YORK-Edwin Dooley, the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, said Tuesday that licensing women as boxers could erode the sport's image as the "manly art of self defense." "Licensing of women as professional boxers would at once destroy the image that attracts serious boxing fans," Dooley said, "and bring professional boxing into disrepute." Dooley also said that equipment available to women boxers would be insufficient to protect them. He added that it was the By MARCIA KATZ play and capitalized on their Just falling short in their rally turnovers with s o m e clutch from a six point deficit in the shooting. final minute of play, the wo- The Blue had a chance to men's Varsity basketball team send the game into overtime lost a heartbreaker to Wayne with a basket in the final six State 51-49 last night at Crisler seconds, but Wayne stole an Arena. up the middle pass. By the time Michigan got MICHIGAN HELD W a y n e their hands on the ball again, scoreless in the last minute of the final buzzer had sounded. ' It had been a come from be-I hind effort all night for the cagers. Michigan rallied from a 12 point deficit and narrowed the lead to seven at the close of the first half, 30-23. THEN COACH Borders' phi-' losophy of "look for the open girl" began to pay off for the Blue. They started to work the ball inside for the easy layups. A layup by Linda Moody knot- ted the score at 37 all with eight minutes remaining.' From there it was a see saw battle, with Michigan never holding the lead. Wayne, now 5-2, kept the pres- sure on with their strong Gut- side shooting, which Michigan just could not contain. Coach Borders, however, was pleased by the play of the team. "For the first time I can say we should have won the game." SHE FELT the teams were equally matched, even though Wayne was much taller. "Every team we've played so far has been taller than us, but tonight we finally handled the height difference," Borders observed. Playing w h a t Borders de- scribed as a "dynamite" second half, the women made loor-ad- justments from the first half. Borders felt they were hesi- tant on defense and switched to a 1-3-1 zone. To spark their shooting they changed to a free lance offense, trying to get someone open. LEADING THE scoring was forward Linda Severin with 16 points, 8 in each half. Comment- ing on the game she said, "I thought we worked well as a team, better than in any other game. Our o f f e n s e worked well." Other top scorers for Mich- igan were center Terry Conlin with 14 points and Carol Klom- peron adding 7 points. Borders felt that Michigan needed better control of their passes, but said that by tourna- ment time these mistakes would be ironed out. A KEY factor was that Mich- igan had poor shooting from the free throw line. They were suc- cessful on only 1 out of 12 at- tempts. Showing more hustle and ver- satility than in previous games the Michigan attack was defi- nitely improved. Better physical condition kept them in the game right up to the final buzzer. Michigan, now 0-S on the sea- son, travels to Grand Valley tomorrow night, hoping to cap- ture their first victory. commission's responsibility to try to avoid injury. SCORES NBA New York 109, Los Angeles 94 Philadelphia 111, Buffalo 103, OT Atlanta 111, Cleveland 97 Chicago 102, Portland 90 Golden State 107, Houston 105 Phoenix 90, Washington 89 NHL Buffalo 6, Detroit 1 Chicago 3, Kansas City 3, tie Toronto 5, St. Louis 3 College Basketball N. 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