Friday, February 14, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ~'age Nine Friday, February 14, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY gage Nine Blue tracksters engage Spartans By FRED UPTON At the start of the hockey By TOM DURANCEAU season last November, it ap- Anytime Michigan meets Michigan State in anything ;peared as though Michigan there are fireworks and Saturday will be no exception as r j would benefit from the sched- the Wolverines and Spartans battle it out in their annual ule by playing five of its last dual track meet at the Multi-Sports Building at 4:00 pm. six games at home. But alas, their record is 12-14 and theI Michigan track coach Jack Harvey summed it up saying, hopes for a home playoff berth! "it's just like football, they might pull off something you have all but vanished. wouldn't believe, it's always an emotional meet." "I think the last six games This meet marks the traditional mid-point in the indoor= will act as a tune up for theE season for the Wolverines thinclads. After tomorrow the playoffs," commented Michigan Blue tracksters have two meets until the Big Ten cham- coach Dan Farrell. "We've got pionships at Indiana, the Western Collegiate at Kalamazoo to start generating momentum February 22 and the Eastern Michigan Classic March 1. now. For tomorrow's meet against the Green and White, the THE WOLVERINES have lost their last three games and hope Wolverines should be in their best physical shape this sea- to get back on the winning track son. The only exceptions are high jumper Doug Gibbs and this weekend in Ann Arborj middle distance man Andy Johnson. against North Dakota. The In the mile relay outstanding sprinter Jim Grace is Fighting Sioux have won only back in action after being out with leg problems and will four conference games all sea- run on the 'B' mile relay team for the Wolverines. "The mile relay is open to the fastest men on the team in the 440 so until Grace proves himself, the 'A' team will stay intact," explained Coach Harvey. Last week in the Michigan State Relays the team of Doug Hennibar, Dave Furst, Jeff McLeod, and Dave Wil- liams ran a blazing 3:14 to win the mile relay. Grace will have to pump one of those men. The Wolverine's strength in the dual meet with State should be in the field events, middle distance events, and the sprints. The Spartans have talent in two-miler Herb Lindsay and miler Stan Mavis. They have an outstanding long.. . jumper in John Ross who has consistently leaped 23 feet ....... ;. this season. State is also strong in the high hurdles with Paul Zielinski and Howard Neely, and the boys from East Lansing have a strong sprinter in Lean Williams who has gone 6.3 in the 60.h One person from Michigan State who will be notable by t his absence will be world class sprinter Marshall Dill who is ineligible this semester. "Dill missing means more to State than just poin'ts lost, he also affects team morale," summarized Michigan mentor Harvey. y Regarding the outcome of the meet Harvey stated,' "We're not going to die if we lose, but we'd like to win and revenge last year's loss. On paper I think we can beat them, but in track you have to run." .." ...4..4i"a.F.}i};':^vr.... :. :.:x.. ...x...'.: ? : :...,.. :... . . . } . . . _.. i 1rs son and are the cellar-dwellars of the WCHA. Farrell plans to juggle the Wolverines' lines this weekend in hopes of finding the winning combination. In many of the series this year, Wolverine leading scorer, Angie Moretto, has been effec- tively tied up by opposing teams. When this happens,' Michigan usually loses as was the case last week at Colorado College. The Wolverines lostI both games to the Tigers and Moretto had no goals and but one assist. TO HELP counter this stra- tegy, Moretto now has winger; Pat Hughes and Don Dufek on his line. With Hughes a major scoring threat with 14 goals and 12 assists, opposing teams will ' tie North Dakota ri AdVIAl"i'WA& not be able to concentrate solely on Moretto. Dufek's addition should 'dd strength to the cor- ners. Other line changes include RandyNeal centering with Doug Lindskog and Gary Kardos at the wings. Also Don Fardig, Gary Morrison and Dan Hoene have been teamed up for a line. The only line staying intact for the Wolverines is center Dave Debol and wingers Kris Manery and Frank Werner. NORTH DAKOTA coach Rube Bjorkman ruled out any special strategy to contain Moretto. "No, we'll play 'em straight and tight." North Dakota finished in the basement of the league last year with an 8-20 record. One of those wins was a 4-2 victory series-whoever is hot at the against the Maize 'n Blue. But time will usually stay that way. it appears as though North Dakota's record will be worse . Aware of this Farrell said, "I this year. dust hope North Dakota doesn't "Our biggest weakness is that get hot this weekend." we're not as big as the rest of the league," appraised Bjork-. man. "We're a very young clubC S though, and skate well."W HA Standings; I Ill Martha Cook Mixer FRIDAY Feb. 14 8:30 BEER * BAND Admission $1 It is expected that North Da- kota will start Peter Waselovich in the nets tonight opposing Robbie Moore. Waselovich and his back-up, Gordy Hangsleben, both have a 5.2 goals against average, though Farrell believes that is deceptive. "THEY HAVE two good goalies but their averages don't tell their true ability," added Farrell. "They are only as good as the team is in front of them." Backing Farrell's observation is the fact that Waselovich has 718 saves, second in the league to Michigan State's goaltender Ronald Clark. Whether Michigan wins or loses two games this weekend will make no difference in the standings. They have a lock on sixth place with little chance of moving up in the standings. Going into the playoffs with a healthy winning streak could give . Michigan the confidence necessary for putting it all to- gether and advancing to the NCAA's in Saint Louis. As it has been often said in a short TONIGHT 8 P.M. 4 PERFORMANCES ONLY! 3 . ,. { S tk 4 W L T Pts. Minnesota Michigan State Michigan Tech Wisconsin Colo. College MICHIGAN Notre Dame UM-Duluth Denver North Dakota 20 6 18 7 17 9 16 9 16 10 12 14 9 16 8 17 7 18 4 23 0 1 0 1 0 0 I 1 1 1 40 37 34 33 32 24 19 17 1S 9 This week's games j Colorado College at UM-D I Minnesota at Denver North Dakota at Michigan Wisconsin at Michigan State Notre Dame at Michigan Tech MUSIC TEACHER WANTED TEMPLE Beth 'Emeth Sunday School Call DAVID STEIN 761-6454 evenins St. Valentine's Day SPECIAL' KISSES FOR SALE IN OUR WINDOW !E $1s00 (one dollar) FEMALE and MALE PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITIES 'i'7) 0' tG C * ,,,,' CAN'T IF YOU DON'T LET us KNOW ABOUT IT. ;il I