Th rs ay J nu ry 16 1 75T E IC IGN|AI Y ag-N n - r own a wrestling "W W JENNN W MBy RAY O'HARA In the late winter of 1973 wrestling fans at the NCAA Schampionships witnessed an un- Sforgettable match. , Oregon's Tom Phillips and Michigan's Jim Brown collided in one of the semi-final matches. By the time it was over the crowd was on its feet and a thunderous ovation thanked both men for their superlative ef- forts in a thrilling, overtime draw. Jim Brown, then a sopho- more, lost .that match by a score of nine points and one referee's vote to nine points and no referee's vote. Bigger disappointments &re hard to come by in collegiate sports but something more than Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI the basic dichotomy of viztory unidentified opponent to escape anid d e f e a t impressed Jim ~s an NCAA title this year. Brown. "It was the most excring 7 -- ~- -- _ match I have ever been in. Pe- tween us we created that Imatch. That's what's so beau- tiful about wrestling. I'll move and he'll counter and I'll coun- ter that and it will just go on that way. A match is somethirng that you create through the competitiveness of the wres- tiers." James H. Brown is an intel- ligent young man who happens to be one of the nation's best light wrestlers. When he wres- ties at 118 pounds he is all but invincible and speculation that he could beat anyone in the 126 pound class is not entirely idle. For a man who weighs 135 in the off-season, however, cutting weight to 118 can be less than what the doctor ordered. Jim has discovered that the hard way in the past and con- sequently coach Bill Johanneson istern Daily NIGHT EDITORS: BRIAN DEMING a ANDY GLAZER just another wrestler but the other half of an integral and artistic whole. For Jim Brown the thrill of the sport is ;n the creating of each individual match. Sub-par performances by ei- ther wrestler can spoil the fun, however. "I like to beat them at their best, and it does take some- thing away from it when I know that the other guy didn't wrestle well. It bothers me a lot more, though, when I know I didn't do wvell." irtist of schools like Iowa disturb Jimn Brown and not just because it makes them harder to beat. De- spite the fact that he~ has one, himself, Jim does not particu- larly like the idea of athletic scholarships. "I guess that I'm sort of against the idea. It's almost like a job. I love wrestling and I don't like to think of it as a job." When Michigan offered it to him they did not know they were getting an artist. To his way of thinking there is a DQaiiy WOLVERINE JIM BROWN skillfully thwarts the efforts of an out of bounds in action from last season. Browvn hotly pursue I !~ (~ucIeih9 #lfl~Uh4 has allowed him to wrestle at 126 most of the time; only drop- ping to 118 when the dictates of strategy cannot be ignored. * At either weight Jim wins a lot, lie has won 13 matches without defeat this year and allowvs that he would be dis- *appointed if he did not win an NCAA title in March. IWinning is far from a new experience for Jim. His lhigh school celebrity status re *ched a zenith when he became the first kid from Akron to win the state championship in 31 years. The previous champion was his father. thingt and Swith itrycom th l';xury of being' able to occa- sionally reflect on the nature of wrestling is that there is al- ways somethi n til totabe in command of the match- youdmust react to everythnyg moves and so many counters to each move. It's like chess." Physically overpowering an opponent can be satisfying but what Jim really enjoys is out- smarting his antagonist. He likes to "outslick" him. To Jim, his opponent is not 4 4. t si#ea eaamissi!eas#E ti##ie resese "A match is something you create through the competitiveness of the wrestlers. -Michigan wrestler Jim Brown season FE6 Inconsnicuous hero . . . By TOM DURANCEAU what the "experts" termed a 17 The Michigan Track team fair team. T1F~rl~qj.,*v ~ 1J~ estarts its indoor season in the Harvey, who handles the field . . . W olI(Vt5eneW. KI a e Eastern Michigan Relays at events people and generally I Ypsilanti under what could be oversees the whole operation', By BRIAN DEMING described as guarded optimism. jwas cautious in stating, "I hate Under the tutorship of new to forecast this early in the sea- IF ONE were to describe the image or recreate the tone 01 head coach Jack Harvey, the son; after a few weeks I'll be this year's Michigan hockey team, one would express it in team has a few individuals with able to tell better." Harvey terms of brawling potence, physical contact and hard, brutal the potential for national honors continued, "We do have very checking. The size, strength, and oftentimes, violence of men~ but as Harvey put it, "we are good team morale, and we've such as Don Dufek, Angie Moretto, Frank Werner, Gary Mor- looking to the future." got a lot of young kids so we'll rison, Doug Lindskog, and Greg Fox seem to have set this This is not to say that medi- Ihave a good basis for the fu- pattern of Michigan hockey. ocrity wil be the by-wordc for ture." ougtamwl lo o This is why Kris Manery is a startlingly unnoticed figure trary, it should be an exciting a few outstanding individuals on the ice for the Wolverines in spite of his being the second track season for the Wolverines, to lead them this season and leading scorer and leading assist maker for the team. Assistant coach Ron Warhurst, into the outdoor season. Out- who handles the middle dis- standing middle distance man Playing on the strengths of his well balanced skating tance and distance men for the Dave Williams leads a contin- and shooting skills the sophomore winger has scored 14 team, stated, "A lot of people gent of good prospects in that goals and collected 15 assists for 29 points, only five points |will pick us fourth in the Big area of the team, to take up the behid tam eadr Moett wih 3, ye 10poits hea of Ten, but I look for a second slack of such lost performers Doughindskog, her thirdhest ihigaye1 pointgetter, place finish in the Conference at Big Ten 600 champion Kim DogLidkoth hidhihstMchgn ot-ete.meet." Rowe. To score, Manery doesn't depend on particularly superior IF ANY ONE should know IN THE SPRINTS footballer sizeor tregth asdoe soeonelik Moett, toug Maeryabout surprises it should be Rob Lytle will run the 60 along isby o srntade omean mlwihne8 ankd srtndin hoverhsix-fey Warhurst. As head coach of .with speedster Doug Henniger, is y n mens mal, wighng 80 nd -tadin ovr sx-fetthe Wolverine Cross Country and Jim Howe. All have run 9.6 tall. Nor does the blond Ontario native possess exceptional team, he coached the distance in the 100 outdoors. speed or stickhandling ability as compared to, for example, runners to a stunning Big Ten The Wolverines should be the Pat Hughes. Championship despite having strongest in the distance events Instead, Manery's scoring prowess rests on what he calls .7 amsimsmmni:anias with the presence of many of the ability of "Being at the right place at the right time." The :theampenship othe Bi Tny key. according to the young and evidently well schooled hockey Bilboords capos hi cross - couny Gibbs, both of whom have high jumped over 6'10", lead that area with Jesse Myers also con- tributing potential. Fortunately for the Wolver- ines bad showings by Jim' Bronaee nd far betwe the Blue. He can inspire them lave them flat with ra ba oe Jim wrestles well for more than justdpersonal reasons. The teamn nees.im A big meet, such as the im- pending battle with Iowa later this month will find Jim trying harder for pins because of the tible difficultie tha his teammates may encounter. The heavy recruiting efforts I take-downs and poetry. over until you could use it on anyone and then it becomes 'your' move. When you really read a poem over and over, and you come to grips with that poem, it becomes 'your' poem." If all goes well for him, Jim Brown may take his poetic take- downs past the NCAA title to the Olympics. Perhaps the world will like him as much as the fans did two years ego. definite similarity between ABE BUTLER, who was third last year in the Big Ten triple jump, returns this year again hoping to improve on his av- erage of 48 feet in the event. Ken Stokes, Ed Kukla, and Jim Hart hold down the pole vault event, with all of them having the potential of going over 16'6", according to Harvey.i hes put, hurt by the loss of Mike Lanitry and Steve Adams. The EMU Invitational running events are relays only . . . for that reason it should be a good indicator of Michigan's depth. With four men needed for each event, weak spots will show quickly. 4 try siinge . i's F .0 star is positioning and timing. "It's half the battle knowing where to go, not how fast you get there. I'm sometimes called a garbage goal-scorer." Growing up in Leamington, the "Tomato Capital of the World" located about 30 miles southeast of Windsor, Kris' s first exposure to skating came at the age of two and his first experience at organized hockey came at age five. Later playing on the Lean- ington Flyers, a Junior C team in the Great Lakes Junior scrr ad "Rooke of the Year s c o r e r and "Most Valuable Player" his second. In spite of his appareot excellence in hockey, Kris played, and in some extent still plays, in the shadow of his brother R a n d y. Randy Manery is a defenseman for the Atlanta Flames of the % NHL. Kris rejects the impor- tance of the oft-made corn- parisons between him and "I don't really think we can , be compared," Kris m ainrta n.. of auforward and a defenseman.g He's good at his position and I would like to think that I'm Kris's decision to come to Michigan came at a "spur of thebemoment" as hegdescr'ibed imity to Leamington.......... Manery alsoR ha ofer fo technic Institute, and Brown.se Kris also had a chance to p'lay Junior A hockey but saw no chance of doing thpat and get- ting an education simultane- M~aner~ At Michigan Kris has seen his style of play influenced by Coach Dan Farrell. "Dan got me to play a lot more aggressive Here I've had to." Manery still considers lack of aggressiveness as his biggest weakness. ''I go in streaks," remarked Kris, who rarely mixes into the frequent brawls that have so often interrupted Mich- igan hockey games. "Even in the junior leagues I never got into many fights." Anyone interested in be- coming an IM Basketball offi- cial should attend a meeting and clinic tonight, at 7:30, in the Wrestling Room of the IM Building. If unable to attend, please contact Ken Nemerov- ski or Jeff Liebster at 663-4181 or come by Friday. ners as Greg Meyer, Bill Dona- kowski, Mike McGuire and Jon Cross are at Harvey's disposal. In the field events, the Wol- verine thinclads have strong points and weak points with the strongest areas being the high jump, triple jump and the pole vault. Jeff Swanson and Doug NHL Montreal 5, Boston 3 Toronto 4, St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 3 N.Range , Minesota 3 Someth ing COMING W103 FM DR. PAUL USLAN Optometrist Full Contact Lens Service Visual Examinations 548 Church *663-2476 FR EE CL INIC . 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