Thursday, February 21, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nana- Thursday, February 27, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Matmen, Grapplers challenge Hawks and Badgers tankers gear for Big Tens Szuba and company set sights on second By JON CHAVEZ All those months of training and preparation that go into a season will come to a head for the Michigan wrestling team within the next 48 hours. THE BIG TEN wrestling championships take place to- morrow and Saturday in Ohio State's St. John's Arena. They couldn't have come at a worse time for Coach Bill Johanne- sen's squad. "We're not healthy," says a dismayed Johannesen. Many of the Wolverines, including key 142-pounder Bill Schuck still suffer from a flu that hit the team last week. Worse yet, Gary Jonseck, slated to go at 177 for the Maize and Blue, may have a shoulder separation. He has no backup, either. Johannesen may have to drop Jonseck from the lineup, giving up any possible points the New Era, Mich. sophomore might have scored. THE WOLVERINES were distinct underdogs to tourney favorite's Iowa and Wisconsin without this new development. The Hawkeyes, rated num- ber one, boast fine strength at almost every weight. "Iowa could be in the finals in every match except 118," claimsyJohannesen. But the first-year coach thinks the Wol- verines have a chance to fin- ish second, if not first. "I think realistically every- one is expecting us to place third," said Johannesen. The Amateur Wrestling News' ranking put the Hawkeyes and Wisconsin ahead of Michigan. "I strongly feel we should have beat Wisconsin in the dual meet and I think we're better," said Johannesen. "If we get good draws and good seeds and we doon't place second, we are missing our shot," he said. THE MICHIGAN coaches feel their "best hope is at 118, 126, 134, 142 and 167." That means Jim Brown, freshman sensa- tion Rich Lubell, veterans Brad McCrory and Bill Schuck, and Mark Johnson, respectively. For Brown, a two-time third place finisher and senior, there is no tomorrow. A mid-season second - team All - American, Brown must be considered the favorite at his weight. Lubell, who continues to im- press each week, should repre- sent Michigan well at 126. It is likely he will be seeded either third or fourth, and Johanne- sen feels that "Lubell could be right there in the finals." For McCrory and Schuck, both of whom might well win their respective titles, it's now or never. Both are seniors, and while they are among the best at their weights, it remains to be seen whether or not they can overcome their illnesses in time. Mark Johnson will move down to 167 for the first time this season. Johannesen feels his chances are excellent. ONE SHOULD not overlook senior Dan Brink, who will go at 158. Brink, who has been facing much larger opponents at 167, also has a chance to place well. The big question for Michi- gan is, how will Dave Curby do? The defending Big Ten champ at 190, although beset by injuriesall season, finally seems to be in shape. A close loss to MSU's Scott Wickard and a fall against To- ledo's Mark Maderwald may have restored his confidence just in time. John King will go for Michi- gan at 150. Although he has been improving steadily, he'll have to wrestle the best matches of his career to place. Michigan's heavy- weight, Mitch Marsicano, will also have to wrestle well to place, but he probably has more potential than King. Mar- sicano nearly upset MSU's Lar- ry Avery a month ago, but then lost to a Wisconsin unknown. If Mitch is mentally prepared he could be a factor in who wins and who doesn't. By ED LANGEt The 65th annual Big Ten swimming meet begins today in Bloomington, Indiana and it appears the hometown Hoosiers will capture an unprecedented' 15th straight crown. The real battle will be for second place, where the Michigan tankers hope to avenge last year's dis- Appointing third place finish. Wisconsin upset the Blue to take second last year and then beat the Wolverines in this year's dual meet, 66-57. But in a championship meet, things can change. MICHIGAN boasts a number of individuals who appear to have a good chance of copping places. Gordon Downie, the Blue's fine freestyler, has turn- ed in a 1:43.18 for the 200 yard freestyle and a 4:41.44 placing him in the top five in both events. The Indiana trio of Jim Montgomery, Fred Tyler and Bruce Dickson lead the pack in these events. Tom Szuba has already quali- fied for the nationals in his specialty, the 200 individual medley, with a 1:57.05 clocking, but ranks third in this meet behind Indiana's Rick Thomas and Dickerson. However he leads the 400 individual medley. Szuba is only .61 seconds away from qualifying forthebna- tionals in the 200 yard back- stroke and his top competition in the Big Tens will come from the versatile Dickson and an- other Hoosier, Mel Nash. Michigan's Rob Helt is a darkhorse contender for honors in the 100 yard backstroke with a best time of 55.27, but In- diana's Nash, competing in his specialty, posted a scorching 52.06. The Wolverines' freshman sensation John Daly has an ex- cellent shot at taking the 100 yard butterfly but must come up with a solid effort. Daly's time of 51.5 stands a hair be- hind Illinois' Gregg Scott and Indiana's Bob Alsfelder. The breaststroke looks good for Michigan. Senior Pat Bauer has come into his own and is considered one of the nation's best. Bauer will have to knock off Indiana's Charles Keating to win but has been ready for this one for some time. Clark Kogen, another fresh- man, has turned in a 1:02.7 for the 100 yard breaststroke, good for fourth behind Keating, Bauer and Wisconsin's Paul Jarvie. Ohio State's diving corps, led by Tim Moore, is expected to take the diving competition but Michigan's Don Craine should throw a wrench into their plans. He and Moore will wage a torrid battle on both boards and hopefully Craine can pick up vital points for Michigan. Team- mate Dick Quint has shown signs of regaining last season's form and any pointsahe could produce would be an added bonus for the Blue. IF MICHIGAN is to upend Wisconsin, they will have to beat the Badgers in head to head competition. The Badgers' crew of butterflyers, Brad Hor- ner, Murphy Reinschreiber and Ben Taylor are very good, and Michigan's Daly and Fred Yaw- ger will have to swim their best. Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN MICHIGAN'S 126-POUNDER RICH LUBELL executes a dangerous manuever against Iowa's Tim Cysewski in last month's Big Ten dual meet. Lubell was eventually pinned in the 28-8 Michigan loss, but gets another shot at Cysewski, second in the Big Ten last year, in this weekend's Big Ten meet. Lubell, one of three wrestling brothers from New York, will be the only freshman in Coach Bill Johannesen's tournament lineup. END 7-GAME LOSING STREAK Pistons dump b By The Associated Press DETROIT - Bob Lanier scored 26 points, and the De- troit Pistons snapped a seven- game losing streak with a 104- 84 National Basketball Associa- tion victory over the Milwau- kee Bucks last night. The triumph increased De- troit's margin over the Bucks to 2 games as the teams battle for third place in the Midwest Division and the wild card berth for the playoffs.. Milwaukee has now lost four straight and nine of its last 13ID a games. The Pistons, meanwhile, won- for the second time in their last 13. S Forwards Howard Porter and NIGHT EDITOR. Curtis Rowe scored 21 and 17 I;FRED UPTON points respectively for Detroit, s"". ..., ........:. ..... which held a 58-38 halftime lead. day night as the Boston Celtics The Pistons shot 60 per cent rolled to a 121-103 National in the first half and held Mil- Basketball Association victory waukee's high-scoring duo of over the staggering Knicks. Kareem Abdul - Jabbar and Cowens, who twisted his Bob Dandridge to six field goals upper back in practice Tues- in 26 attempts. day, responded to treatment Abdul - Jabbar finished with and dominated the Knicks,$ 21 points and grabbed six re- who fell 2 games behind bounds. Houston in the fight for a uck 10 points and veteran Bill Brad- ley was held to two points. Capitals can LANDOVER, Md. - E l v i n Hayes scored 15 of rhisseason- high 39 points in the fourth quar- ter last night to pace a torrid Washington Bullets' rally and provide the difference inya 104- 98 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics. The Central Division-leading Bullets hit 20 per cent of their shots in the first quarter. They committed 10 turnovers in the second period and trailed at one point by 23 points, 56-33. The Bullets, now 46-17, finall3 caught Seattle at 93-93 on Phil Chenier's basket. They pulled ahead on Nick Weatherspoon's jumper with 2:20 left and never trailed again. j j9 S Track tourneys loom' Sports of The Daily King crowned LOS ANGELES-Capt. Micki King of the U.S. Air Force, a 1972 Olympic gold medal winner in diving, has been named director of women's intercollegiate sports at UCLA, Vice Chan- cellor Norman Miller said. Miss King, 30, was named to the post Tuesday over 110 other applicants from around the country, Miller said. Miss King is currently stationed at the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo. Miss King finished third in the women's Superstars com- petition in Rotunda, Fla., in January. The first competitions pitted women athletes in skills in seven events. -Associated Press Allen to Phils? CLEARWATER, Fla.-The Philadelphia Phillies are nego- tiating with the Atlanta Braves for controversial slugger Dick Allen. "I am talking with Eddie Robinson about a possible deal to bring Allen to Philadelphia," Paul Owens, the Phils' personnel director, said yesterday. Owens said he talked to Robinson, the Braves' general man- ager, on Saturday but had not talked to him since because he was tied 'up with the signing Tuesday of shortstop Larry Bowa and second baseman Dave Cash. He said he hoped to resume talks today. -Associated Press By TOM CAMERON The Michigan varsity track team won't be getting much of a rest over spring break as the indoor track season still has its most important meets left. This Saturday, the Wolverines travel to Ypsilanti for the East- ern Michigan Track Classic in preparation for the all-impor- tant Big Ten Championships on March 7-8. The preliminaries for the EMU Classic begin at 1 p.m. and the finals at 6:30 p.m. The track team is not taking this Saturday's meet all that seriously. "It's more or less just a practice for.the Big Tens," explained head coach Jack Harvey. "A week before (the Big Tens) you don't want anyone to get injured in that type of meet." "We're making this meet very low-pressured," echoed assis- tant coach Ron Warhurst. "For example, none of the jumpers will be competing .Their run- ways are hard and it is easy for someone to get injured. At this point in the season, we don't want that." But the Wolverines will be out in full force at the Big Ten championship meet at Indiana. The Big Ten tourney not only determines final team stand- ings, but is also the last chance for individuals to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships at Detroit's Cobo Hall, March 14- 15. Coach Harvey expects a third- place finish in the Big Tens in Y:% J"Ti: :t. :Y7:" O '"'.':K:?it.r:":1: ':tiJ his first year as head coach. Billboard { f "I'd have to say that In- diana would be considered the favorite," Harvey predicted. 'They have a good team with a lot of depth. The only team that will give them any trouble is Illinois, who also has a good chance to take it. "But you really never know, what is going to happen at a meet like this," Harvey con- tinued. "Indiana and Illinois may beat each other down and leave a pathway ,for another team to come through and take the whole thing." Harvey said Michigan will have to fight off Wisconsin to hold on to that third spot. "The other teams would have to be considered as real dark- horses," he added. So far, only runner Dave Wil- liams and Michigan's mile relay team have qualified for the NCAA's. Bill Donakowski, Mike McGuire, Abe Butler, Doug Gibbs, Jeff Swanson, Andy John- son, Jim Stokes and Terry Hart also have strong possibilities of qualifying. Celtics roll BOSTON - Dave Cowens, a doubtful starter because of back muscle problems, wreck- ed New York with his first-half scoring and rebounding Wednes- Gal I~s dump wild card berth in the NBA's Eastern Conference, The Knicks, who have lost three games in a row, were topped by Earl Monroe with 20 points. Walt Frazier managed i' The intramural indoor track schedules are revised in four divisions. Residence Hall and Independent teams compete Tuesday, March 11 in the Sports Building. Women's and Fraternity meet in that same facility but on the following day, March 12. Over spring break, the Sports Building will r e m a i n open for activity March 3-7, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will close March 1, 2, 8 and 9. For further informa- tion call 663-4181. Spring By KATHY HENNEGHAN The Michigan women's JV basketball team closed out their season last night at Crisler Are- na with a 45-28 win over the Spring Arbor College JV's. "Everything we've been working on all year finally fell into place," said Michigan coach Mary Ellen Ranker. "It was a good game - our best of the season." SPRING ARBOR never man- aged to take the lead in the game, although the score was tied 18-all at halftime. The Wol- verines employed an effective half-court press, and pulled away early in the second stan- za. SCORES NBA Detroit 104, Milwaukee 84 Boston 121, New York 103 washington 104, Seattle 98 NHL Los Angeles 2, Detroit 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 3, Washington 1 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 4 Toronto 4, Kansas City 2 Montreal 4, Vancouver 3 College Basketball Maryland 70, Clemson 64 Arbor Ranker substituted freely throughout the contest, and ev- eryone on the team scored. Michigan's Chris Belleau led all scorers with twelve points, fol- lowed by Joan Eicher and Lee Entzeroth with eight apiece. Cheryl Williams and Ann Way scored eight and seven points respectively for Spring Arbor. THE JV's finished with a 2-5 season record. The Michigan women's var- sity travels to East Lansing this afternoon to take part in the women's state college tour- nament. The Wolverines drew Hope College for first-round play. Special During Spring Break MARCH 1-8 Billiards $1.00 an hour I Ten Pin Bowling /_OPEN 1 P.M.-MICHIGAN UNION__ MORTAR BOARD A National Honor Society For Women