Saturday, February 8, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY doge Seven Saturday, February 8, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Blue cagers, r ers host 1VsU Orr' s desperate cagers battle Matmen face tough squad; hope to avenge earlier loss Gus Ganakas' surging squad By KATHY HENNEGHAN The Michigan basketball team desperately needs a win today, but the red hot .Michigan State Spartans are in town. State is 13-5 overall and the Spartans have won three straight games on the road. Meanwhile, M i c h i g a n has slurped to a 5-5 record in the Big Ten, after road losses to Purdue and Indiana last week- end. The teams met on Jaimarv 11 in East Lansing, and MSU was victorious, winning 86-78. "Our game with Michigan State is crucial." said Mi ,+ an cn-eantain Joe Johnson. "Tf we win, we're even with State at 6-5. If we lose, we dron to 5-6 and 4tnto tn4 to 74 WP r d in a 105-87 win over Wisconsin. However, even though Furlow will play today, he is the sub- ject of a Big Ten investigation after a slugging incident at last Saturday's game with Illinois. Striking a player is unsports- manlike conduct under Big Ten rules, and the penalty could be saspension from further games. Wayne Duke is expected to an- noince a decision next week State has had solid bench sup- nort from Bob Chapman at both forward and guard, Edgar Wil- son and Benny White. "We're playing well as a team," Ganakas said. "We're going good, both offensively and defensively" has another experiment up his sleeve for the Michigan State game. This time Orr is bench- ing Steve Grote in favor of Dave Baxter. "Hopefully, Baxter will fill in the gap and do an excellent job for us," Orr said. "Grote's just having troubles scoring, and he's also having troubles de- fensively. We just can't figure it out. Hopefully, he'll come off the bench and give us a spark sometime during the course of the game.", THE TEST will come today. "It'll be a real game," Orr said, "and the Wolverines will come tin with their too effort of the year. Whether it's good enough or not, we'll just have to wait and see." In other action around the league, Minnesota, 7-3 and the best defensive team in the Big Ten, hosts Ohio State, 5-5. Pur- d-e, also 7-3. is on the road at Wisconsin, 1-8, while Illinois, 3-7, travels to Northwestern, 1-8. Indiana takes on Iowa in the final matchup. At last report, fans will not be treated to a free McDonald's in Iowa City, should the Hoosiers hold Iowa to less than 50 points, as the Hoosierstdid the last time the two teams clashed. By JON CHAVEZ "I think Michigan State wasI Should the Wolverine cagers fortunate enough to beat us continue their slump today last time. They're going to3 against the red hot Michigan have to wrestle darn well to State Spartans, take heart for beat us this time." revenge may come sooner than Possessors of a 6-4 slate, you think. the Spartans are anything but weak. Their four defeats have THE MICHIGAN wrestling come only from midwestern team coached by Bill Johanne- powers Oklahoma, Oklahoma sen will take the mat this eve- State, Iowa, and Iowa State. ning at 7:30 p.m. against those same Spartains, and while the LED BY two-time 126 lb. MSU grapplerskare not exact- NCAA champ Pat Milkovich, ly on a tear like the hoopsters, the feisty farmers figure on they're not pushovers either. paper at least, to win five of In a series that goes back to the ten matches. Should that 1922, this will be the 56th meet- happen Johannesen hopes that ing between the two teams with ace Jim Brown will do more Michigan holding a decisive 33- than just decision his man, Jim 19 advantage. There have been Bissell. three draws. "We're expecteing a super- LAST DEC E M BE Rior (decision) or a fall (pin) 'rom Jim," confided Johanne- I ': A big question for Johanne- sen, also known as Billy Jo, has been his defending Big Ten Champion and' team captain, Dave Curby. Having to deal with mononucleosis, then a shoulder injury, Curby has got- ten off to a slow start. CURBY is 95 per cent back to normal, if not fully insists Billy Jo a former Big Ten champ himself. He will have to be at his best if he is to beat Spartan Scott Wickard. Wickard, a surprise to MSU coach Grady Peninger, is un- defeated this season and al- ready has one victory over Cur- by. Wickard at 190 and Larry Avery at heavyweight gives the Spartans a tough combination in the upper weights. Coach Johannesen sees the earlier loss as one of experi- ence. "The only thing this team has lacked is experience. Now that the season is almost over, we're not inexperienced anymore." Judging by the confidence of the Michigan coaches, the Spar- tans may be in for a real ex- perience. The J.V. wrestle at 5:00. e t 1 i i i ~. :1 1 anc -jaieg UeIo. w';e MEANWHTLE, the Michigan a winning streak, and with five ra-ers have had their problems. of onr next seven games at "he ha are at the neak home, we can do it. But we've of their game," said Michigan got to start now. coach ,Johnnv Orr, "and un- VRTI COt1ArH C;TI anakas fortimately, the Wolverines are aid his team is still "very much in sort of a slump. in the picture." "We've ont Onr "We lost two tough games to gamre together individually and P"rdue and Indiana, but I don't colle1tivelv," Ganakas continu- think anyone in the Big Ten is ed. "We'll be going into the oing to win at those two places Michigan game in the best this year. free of mind we've been in. "I think this is the first time "We feel like we''/e -peaked."s sinlce T"'e been at Michigan Gaakas said. "and, it's the that we'll be the definite ender- hest time of the year to be in dogs in this game," said Orr. that nosition." "The game with Michigan State State has a one-two scoring is a matter of nride. It's a big winch in Terry Furlow, the Big intrastate rivalry, and a big Ten's leading scorer, and Lind- nress'ire game," he continued. say Hairston. " We have to cut down on mis- "Hair ston's total plav has takes,hand nlav like we're cap- been an inspiration," said Ga- able of playing, and like we nakas. "He's been very im- have played. nortant to the team-playing "We're not playing smoothly," defense in the middle. rebound- Orr said, "and we have to cor- ing, scoring and leading." rect that. We just have to bounce back and go." STATE has been shooting well as a team also. They set a ORR TRIED to play a zone school record field goal per- defense against Purdue. He centage of .640 against Michigan tried a three-guard lineup and in their first encounter, only to the slow-down against Indiana, break it with a .648 performance both strategies to no avail. He THE LINEUPS Doily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS MICHIGAN FORWARD Wayman Britt goes in for an easy two points in the Wolverines' first encounter with Michigan State. The Spartans defeated Michigan 86-78. The Maize 'n Blue hope to avenge the loss as MSU comes to Crisler Arena today. Game time is 2:05. sixth State pinned a 19-16 loss on the Wolverines up at East Lansing on a disputed match. Since that time, the Blue mat machine has rolled to an 11-3 record with their only losses coming to defending NCAA champ Oklahoma, and number one Iowa. Coach Johannesen feels his' team is ready for State this, time. sen. Another key match, assuming Milkovich holds true to form, will be at 134 where Wolverine Brad McCrory must take care of State's Dennis Brighton. "We fully expected McCrory to win last time," reflected Jo- hannesen of the December meet, "but, he only got a draw. He knows he must win against Brighton." GYMNASTS DUMP HOOSIERS, ILLINI Tige rs claw skaters Michigan 32 Waymn Britt (6-2) 45 John Robinson (6-6) 41 C. J.' Kupec (6-8) 24 Joe Johnson (5-11) 25 Dave Baxter (6-1) Michigan State F 25 Terry Furlow (6-5) F 52 Jeff Tropf (6-7) C 45 Lindsay Hairston (6-7) G 32 Pete Davis (6-1) G 12 Bill Glover (6-2) Special To The Daily........... .....;swept the top three places. Co- .OLORADOSPRsis sNiTg captain Bruce Keeshin placed COLORADO SPRINGS - The .special To The Daily isaha o alyDne IColorado College Tigers dumped *" 'pBLO cialGToNTeDal first, ahead of Harley Danner CoordoCllgeTie 'ume BLOOMINGTON - The Mich- and Pierre Leclerc. the Michigan hockey team 8-4 g s Tteam over- Otherfirst elecs last night, here. The Wolverines' I ..igan gymnastics ta vr te is place finisher~s for' whelmed Indiana and Illinois Michigran were Harley Danner WCHA record is now12-13. p r last night amassing 208.6 points, in the floor exercises, an event The fifth place Colorado team NIGHT EDITOR. to Indiana's 198.6 and Illinois' which Michigan took the top proved too much for the Mich- 197.45. t three spots, Bruce Keesnin on igan defense and goalie Robbie BRIAN DEMING "Overall, we were glad with the parallel bars, and Bob Moore as the Tigers went on ;.:*:.:....:;::. the score," said ke o v e r ine Creek on the high bar. coach Newt Loken. "There are Michigan also swept the vault- a scoring spree during the series, a Wolverines again several places with work ahead ing, as Leclerc, Keeshin ,and game. faceoff against the Tigers to- of us, however." Bob Darden finished in that Hoping for a split in the night at 10:00 p.m. EST. In the all-around Michigan i order. ... .... ... ................ .....r.............. . ublet upplement is coming March 23, 1975. Now is the time to submit your ad for this annual event. Forms may be found in the Daily, at various locations around campus, or at the Student Publications Bldg., 420 Maynard St. Hurry-the first deadline is March 7, 1975. ,Trackmen travel to State; swimmers meet Wildcats By ANDY GLAZER Coming off an impressive win over Notre Dame and Bowling Green, the Michigan track team travels to East Lansing today to run in the Michigan State Re- lays. Michigan coach Jack Harvey was guardedly optimistic about his expectations in the Relays, for which there will be no team points kept.I "We'll be at our healthiest with . Andy Johnson back," said Harvey, "and of course it's later in the season and everyone will be in better form. But this will be the best quality meet of the indoor season so far." "It'll be a stronger field than we had here at the Michigan Relays both because of the training factor and the addition of such teams as Tennessee, Ne- braska and Missouri," added' Harvey. Tennessee was the NCAA track national champion last year. It's been an especially fine practice week for the Wolver- ines, and eye-catching perform-' ances by Greg Meyer and Abe Butler have led the way. Meyer, according to some of his mates, is "gonna burn" in the mile, and triple-jumper Butler is just about ready to hit the 50-foot mark that he'll need to qualify for the national finals. Other events expected to be Wolverine strong points are the high jump, the two and three mile runs, the shuttle hurdle re- lay, the sprint medley relay and the mile relay. Ironically, the man who may be the finest Michigan per- former of all isn't expected to win his event. Dave Williams is entered in the 600 yard run, where he must face Eastern Michigan's Stan Vinson, who may be the finest in the world at the event. Williams should get a share of: some of the glory, though, as he's entered on the powerful mile relay team that includes Doug Hennigar, Dave Furst and Jeff McLeod. Mike Lantry's status in the shot put has finally been de- cided. The football place-kicker has been contacted by Dallas and a couple of other NFL teams and is going to try to make pro football as a free agent, ending his shotputting career. "It's a shame," said Harvey, "he would have been second in the Big Ten right now." Maybe Mike Lantry has had enough of being second in the Big Ten. * * * Tankers travelr By ED LANGE The M'ichigan swimmers are on the road today as they square off against the lowly Northwestern Wildcats in what has to be termed minor chaos. A "lack of communication" with Northwestern coach Jack Bolger has resulted in confusion for Michigan's Gus Stager and his squad. Stager recently found out that the meet is actually a double dual with Southern Illinois also involved. Even though no tabu- lations are being kept between the Salukis and the Wolverines, Stager doesn't like the idea. "We've already beaten SIU and I don't exactly relish the idea of going against them again," snorted Stager. Anticipating no trouble with Northwestern, Michigan is leaving some of their better swimmers, such as Tom Szu- ba, Gordon Downie, Pat Bauer, John Daly and Clark Kogen plus diver Don Craine, at home but because of the confusion surrounding t h e meet, it could be harmful to Wildcats' best bets appear to be distance man Ric Phillips, Phil Dodson an excellent 200- yard freestyler, and sprinters Mark Killion and Jeff Lukens. "If those guys got hot, we 3 could be in trouble," stated Stager, "but we've matched them well with Joe Bauer, Norm Semchysen and Brian Wylie. SCORES I SCORES COLLEGE BASKETBALL f future Michigan recruiting. North Caroline 86. Furman 81 North Carolina State 101, Northwestern's five lane pool j Georgia Tech 66 is woefully inadequate for a Penn 113, Columbia 69 double dual and Northwestern Harvard 81, Yale 64 has switched the event to New NBA TrierEastHighSchool in Win- Philadelphia 98, Boston 95 Trier East High hBuffalo 108, Los Angeles 98 netka, Illinois. Chicago 95, Detroit 83 "He (Northwestern coach Bol- ouistee lanta s9 Milwauee1, ewOrleans 98 ger) has placed Michigan in an ABA embarrassing situation," com- Indiana Ill, Virgina 106 mented Stager, "there's going New" ork 114, Memphis 110 to be a lot of high school kidsSn ti In there and Michigan isn't going Atlanta 3, Los Angeles I to be at its best. 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