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By AL HRAPSKY
After a lethargic first half
that should have provided a
panacea for insomniacs, Mich-
igan's basketball team recover-
ed to hand the hapless Iowa
Hawkeyes their fourth straight
Big Ten loss, 99-75, here at
Crisler Arena yesterday.
Co-captains Joe Johnson and
C.J. Kupec continued their one-
two scoring punch, collecting 26
and 18 points respectively to
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lead the Maize and Blue. Three
other Wolverines hit double fLg-
ures in Michigan's finest offen-
sive showing of the year.
"Little Joe," who shot 100
per cent from the free throw
line and dished out six assists,
explained the Wolverines' slow
start.
"Iowa played well in the
first half, and it was just a
matter of getting loose and
starting to work," he said.
"Basically we had to get our
running game going."
Echoing similar sentiments,
Kupec said, "They came out
ready to play and caught us off
guard at first. But it was im-
possible for them to keep up
that tempo."
The Wolverines seized the
momentum a f t e r Kupec tied
the score at 26-all on a technical
foul shot with 5:22 remaining
in the first half. Johnson follow-
ed with six straight points as
the Maize and Blue outscored
the Hawkeyes 21-9 to take a
44-35 lead.
But it wasn't until the sec-
ond half, when Michigan's
fast break began to click, that
the Hawke ye hopes were
dashed.
With scarcely four minutes,

gone in the second stanza, John-
son completed two straight three
point plays to put the Wo'ver-
ines ahead 60-48.
The three-guard lineup of
Dave Baxter, Steve Grote and
Johnson then took control of the
tempo and the running game
overpowered the slower _awk-
eyes.
In scarcely three minutes, the
Maize and Blue scored five lay-
ups while Iowa hit only one
bucket.
Johnny Orr, in his usual
post game rhetoric, said, "We
got going in the second half.
We moved the ball well, got
up the floor, and shot real
well."
He also admitted, "It's a dif-
ficult situation trying to get
your team to come back after
losing."
Baxter, the 6-1 freshman,
turned in the best performance
of his short Michigan zareer,
collecting 12 m a r k e r s, six
assists, and six rebounds.
"Baxter played very well,"
Orr said. "When we get to the
open floor on the fast break,
he's great at hitting the open
man."
Iowa coach Lute Olson shuf-
fled nine players into his line-up
in the first nine minutes, try-

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tion. But too many fouls L nd
the absence of leading scorer
Dan Frost limited any offense
the Hawkeyes could generate.
Orr conceded that Frost,
who broke his arm in an up-
set of Minnesota two weeks
ago, is the key to Iowa's of-
fense.
"They're a different team
with Frost in there. I think he's
their best player," Orr said.
Johnson, who has pe:furmied
superbly in Michigan's last two
victories, rationalized the
team's current success.
"I think it's because I'm
playing well, C.J.'s playing
well, and everyone's begin-
ning to put their game to-
gether," he said. "The key
to the whole thing is con-
sistency."
Scott Thompson and Leon
Thomas led Iowa with 15 pcints
apiece while three other Hawk-
eyes scored in double figures.
Michigan's current Big Ten
record rests at 7-5, and with
Michigan State's victory over
Minnesota yesterday, a win
against the Gophers Monday
night is crucial to Michigan's
post-season tournament hopes.
"We'll have to be very sharp
and will have to play as well
as we've played this year to
beat them," Orr noted.

Baxter breaks in fast .

Yesterday's Results
MICHIGAN 99, Iowa 75
Mich. St. 86, Minnesota 81, OT
Indiana 82, Northwestern 58
Purdue 114, Illinois 91
Ohio State 76, Wisconsin 70

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MADISON - The Michigan tennis team upended Texas white
1-yesterday afternoon 7-2 to move into the finals of the Na- Jonston
tional Collegiate Indoor Team Tennis Championships.,schinnerer
p- Sparked by the exceptional play of Eric Friedler and Comstock
{0freshman Buddy Gallagher the Wolverines won four of the Kuzma
six singles matches and swept the doubles events against Team
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by knocking off Southern California Friday..
r' Friedler and Gallagher, the only Michigan players unde-
feated in tournament play so far, "looked extremely good"
for the Wolverines, according to Coach Brian Eisner.
The Wolverines will more than likely face Stanford
today in the finals. The Cardinals played against Georgia
last night in a semi-final match.
In their quarter-final match the Wolverines dumped By E
Southern Methodist 7-2 Friday. SMU was fourth in the
nation in tennis last year. Michigan s
Michigan 7, Texas 2 scored the
SINGLES 116 secondS
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2. Eric Friedler (M) d Stuart Keller (T) 6-3, 6-4 gtory over
3. Gary Plock (T) d. Fred DeJesus (M) 7-5, 7-6t
4. Jerry Karzen (M) d. Paul Wigand (T) 6-1, 6-4 Fighting S
5. Graham Wahling (T) d. Jeff Miller (M) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 Yost Ice A
6. Buddy Gallagher (M) d.D BradNabers (T) 6-1, 6-4 Hughesn
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2. Friedler-Karzen (M) d. Plock-Nabors (T) 7-6, 6-2 that saw
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. wins starting spo
By BILL STIEG
IT LOOKS LIKE one of Johnny Orr's experiments is workin
David Baxter started his third game in a row yesterda
and came up with a performance that could be entered
evidence to defend Orr's selection as 1973-74 Big Ten Coach (
the Year.
The 6-1 freshman scored a season-high 12 points, passe
for six assists, came down with six rebounds, and-perhaps mot
important in his case-turned the ball over just twice.
"I think it was my best game this season," Baxter said
mattet-of-factly after Michigan's win. "I felt a lot more a
part of the offense. In the beginning, I didn't get to prac-
tice with the first string. I wasn't getting into the flow of
the game."
Baxter was put on the spot two weeks ago in Indiana whe
Orr called on him to play one-third of a three-guard offense. Tl'
pressure was even greater a week ago when Orr benched Stes
Grote in favor of Baxter for the 'Big Game' with Michige
State.
Aggressive, hustling play has made Grote a favorite
Crisler Arena regulars. His benching raised some eyebrows-
and some voices.
After all, Orr himself had said the Grote/Joe Johnson bac
court combination was as good as any in the country.
But Baxter played, and despite some poor shooting, manage
to hold his own against the Spartans. Orr now says that Baxt(
will start tomorrow against Minnesota, and admits Grote
sixth man, at forward or guard.
Yesterday, Baxter steered clear of the erratic, nervous
play that had hurt him earlier in the season. He passed
with near-perfect timing and accuracy, and his cool-headed
shot selection netted five of six field goal attempts.
The slim left-hander came to Michigan with a shooter
reputation: he averaged over 27 points a game for Detro
Luthteran West. Still, he says, "I didn't come here with a
high expectations of starting."
He was. the third guard from the beginning of the seas
until last week, and Michigan fans may need some time to g
used to his style of play. Baxter likes to dribble the ball u
usually high, and his hustle can sometime be mistaken f
recklessness. But he is a definite asset to the team.
"Dave does a lot of things well," praises teammate Joe
Johnson. "He adds another dimension to our game, because
he's very quick."
Orr and Johnson both recognize Baxter's prowess at exec
ing the fast break: bringing the ball up court and hitting t
open man.
"He's a fantastic passer," Johnson says. "He brings the b
up the court fast. With him in there, the tempo of the ga
has really picked up. Grote was a more physical guard. Again
some teams you need that kind of player.
"They're equally effective," assures the senior play-
maker. "They just have different styles, that's all."
The soft-spoken, modest Baxter knows his weaknesse
though. "I have to work on my defense," he admits. "That
been the biggest adjustment for me from high school to college
Meanwhile, Steve Grote sits on the bench, waiting for
chance to once again prove he can play the kind of tough d
fense that made him so valuable last year - without fouli'
out. Grote picked up four fouls in less than 18 minutes playi
time yesterday.
Next year, Orr will have to pick from Grote, Baxter, Edg
Burch (a superb transfer from Duke) and maybe even a coup
star recruits. That's the kind of problem most coaches wou
love.

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Doily Photo by KEN FINK
MICHIGAN SOPHOMORE Johnny Robinson (45) groans as
Iowa's Mike Gatens robs him of a rebound while teammate
Terry Drake (40) looks on. However,. Robinson managed to
hang on to 12 other caroms to pace the Wolverine rebounding.

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DAVE WIHAK blueline in a race for the puck. and rose above their frustration
id, storybook finish Reaching the puck just before I to score when it counted."
pdstrybPa Hughs Waselovich could get his stick After two periods North Da-
winningr Pat Hughes on it, Hughes flicked the disc kota led 3-1 on goils by Joe
weting goal with into the empty net. Kompon, Bob DePiero, and
s left to highlight Ironicall the game could Roger Lamoureux. Michigan's
the North Dakota easily have gone the other way,!lone goal was scored by Captain
Sioux last night at as just ten seconds before Randy Trudeau.
xrena.I g Hughes scored, North Dakota's Then came that ecstatic third
Brad Becker skated in all alone period, in which the Wolverines
notched the winning on Michigan goalie Frank Zim- swarmed around the Nodak net,
a spectacular play merman. Becker tried to deke firing 22 shots at Waselovich in
the Wolverine for- the freshman goalie, but Zim- an attempt to tie and win the
the Sioux goaltenderthfrhmnghbtZm-
sheioich narthe merman made the key save, ganie.
selovich near the setting the stage for Hughes' Defenseman T o m Lind-j
heroics. skog deflected a power playj
I It was for the most part the goal past Waselovich at the

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at the 13:36 mark. Tom Lind-
skog scored his second of the
night, on a classy setup by
brother Doug.
That tied the score, setting
the stage for the heroics of
Zimmerman and Hughes..
As forward Gary Morrison
aptly commented, "we gave the
fans a show -- what a come-
back".
Finlly, a sweep!
First Period
Scoring: 1. ND-Kompon (Becker,
Gibb) 1:00; 2. M-Trudeau (Moret-
to) 2:47; 3. ND-DePiern (Kompon,
Drader) 13:35.
Second Period
S e o r i n g: 4. ND - Lamoureux
(Brown) 13:11.
Third Period
Scoring: 5. M-T. indskog (Pal-
mer, Neal) 2:59; 6. M-T. 'Lindskog
(D. Lindskog) 13:36; 7. M-Hughes
(Moretto, Trudeau) 19:44.

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splendid goaltending of North
Dakota goaltender Waselovich
that kept the game as close as
it was.
"Their goalie played out of
sight" said Dan Farrell, "but
our guys just never gave up

2:59 point, on a shot that came
from Rob Palmer. That made
the score 3-2, still in The
Sioux's favor.
Waselovich c o n t i n u e d
with his miraculous play, un-
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By TOM CAMERON
The Wolverine t r a c k team
revenged last year's defeat to
Michigan State with an 81-50
victory yesterday at the Multi-
Sports Building.
The Wolverines had a "very
satisfying meet" as they took
first place in nine events and
had nine second places.
Although the Spartans jump-
ed off to a quick start, taking
the top two places in the mile
run, Michigan came back
with a sweep in the 60 yard
dash and the top two places
in the 440-yard dash.
In the 60-yard dash, the three
Wolverine sprinters all crossed
the finish line with a 6.4 time
but Jim Howe was said to cross
just in front of Doug Henniger
who finished a hair in front of
Rob Lytle.
In the 440, Dave Williams
slowed to cross the finish line
even with Michigan teammatey

Jeff McLeod as they both ended
up with a 49.3 time.
Williams also won the 300-
yard dash with a 30.9 clockingI
and ran a leg in the winning
Michigan mile relay.
"Williams is just amazing,"
commented coach Jack Har-
vey. "For a guy who sup-
posedly has no speed, he is
just something else. I just I
can't say enough about him."
The Wolverine field events
proved exceptionally over-pow-I
ering as they added 33 points
while yielding only 9.
Abe Butler won both the long
jump and the triple jump. Even
though Butler says that the Iwo
events are hard on his recuper-
ating knees, and admits he
doesn't like doing both, his
22'8 " in the long jump and
his 46'11 " in the triple were
the best of the day.
Freshman Mark Lonner, a
hurdler, took second in the

triple jump. Coach Harvey said,
"Mark has been a real surprise.
He never did the triple jump
before, but if he keeps improv-
ing, he could place in the Big
Ten."
The pole vault, which has
been "consistent" this yearj
for Harvey, was won by Ed
Kulka with a 15'6" vault.
Randy Foss won the shot put.
However, it was against ro
competition from M i c h i g a n
State. Although it was reported
the Spartan shot putters bad
the flu, Foss said that the Mich-
igan State coach, Fran Dittrich,
told him that he "didn't know
where they were. They iust
didn't show up."
The high jumpers for Mich-
igan took the second and third
spots as both Jeff Swanson and
Jesse Myers cleared a dismal
6'6". "They just had an off
day," Harvey explained. 'It
happens."

Michigan reserves
fall to Ford caers
By KATHY HENNEGHAN
Powerful Henry Ford Community College handed the
Michigan varsity reserves their second loss of the season,
74-67, at Crisler Arena yesterday.
Michigan coach Richard "Bird" Carter started a line-up
of two deposed varsity players, Len Lillard and Burrell
McGhee, and three reserves who had seen limited action
in previous contests.
Ford's Darryl Weston led all scorers with 26 points. Kent
Storey, coming in off the bench, led the Wolverines with
17, followed by McGhee with 15 and Dave Ziegler with 14.
The Maize and Blue hit 57 per cent from the field.
McGhee, 6-7, normally plays forward, but started at
guard yesterday.
"The last two weeks Burrell has shown the ability to
play guard," said Carter. "He has the ability to handle
the ball, and he's a decent outside shooter. I feel he played
extremely well."

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By MICHAEL WILSON
As the snow turned every-
thing white outside Crisler Are-
na, the Michigan gymnasts
spent their time turning every-
thing Maize and Blue inside,
rolling to their fifth straight
jBig Ten victory without a loss
against a lackluster Michigan
State tumbler - team by the
score of 206 to 184.60.
Michigan completely dominat-
ed the meet, scoring over thir-
ty points in every event in a
meet characterized by mostly
mediocre performances.
Things started off on the
right foot for Michigan in the
floor exercise, as the Wolver-
ine tumblers, led by Chuck
Stillerman's super 9.05, com-
piled a 34.70 score.
For the Spartans, however,

things started off on the wrong'
foot. State's top floor exerciser,
John Short, fell at the begin-
ning of his routine and could
muster only 7.40 points.
Spartan coach George Szy-
pula said, "We could've won
the event if Short hadn't fallen
and there's no telling what
could've happened then."
From that point on, it was
all Michigan. Coach Newt Lok-f
en's tumblers immediately pro-
ceeded to run away with every}
event.1
As about 200 faithfuls watch-
ed, Michigan scored 31.5 on the
pommel horse, 35.45 on the
rings, 35.55'in vaulting, 32.951
on the parallel bars, and a sup-
er 35.85 on the high bar.
"The high bar was just
great," Loken said. "It was

just great to see Bob Dar
den hit the routine he's beer
practicing all season."
Darden 1 e d Michigan'
high bar with an idivldua
score of 9.25.
Other top performances i
cluded Joe Neuenswander's
on the rings, Harley Danner
9.05 vault, and Bob Creek's 9
score on the high bar.
Michigan also copped the t
two spots in the all-around col
petition. Danner took first wi
49.55 total points, barely edgi
teammate and co-captain Bru
Keeshin who compiled 49.05.
Looking ahead to the Iow
Hawkeye dual meet next Sa
urday in Crisler, Loken warne
that, "we'll have to sharpe
up considerably before then."
Next week Loken guns f
his 200th career dual meet vi
tory against the defending B
Ten champion Hawkeyes.


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By ED LANGE
Ohio State, an institution long on football success, finds itself
sadly lacking in the swimming department. The Buckeyes
invaded Matt Mann pool yesterday and were properly ham-
mered 75-48 by a Michigan squad which now turns its eyes to
the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 27 at Indiana.
The long-awaited diving showdown between defending NCAA
champ Tim Moore of OSU and Michigan's Don Craine dis-
appointed no one. However, after the illustrious show put on by
the two schools' diving coips, Michigan's last home dual meet
tnnklI n ta~rn Ifnr 1.1 the wnrc

Moore in the one meter competition, held on Friday night, by
piling up 327.97 points. Blocher finished second with 319.72 and
Moore a disappointing third with 307.6.
MOORE WAS SUPREME on the three meter, though, rolling
up 355.2 to Craine's-344.8 and Dick Quint's 311.17.I
"Don (Craine) was fantastic last night," said Kimball, "and
real good today. He blew his back 2%12 but he came back like a
demon and damn near won it."
Craine commented that he "was pretty pleased with my one

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