Wednesday, November 7, 1973 I HE MICHIGAN DAILY rage Nlne Wednesday, November 7,1973 I HE MICHIGAN DAILY rage Nine i "r"""""sn v. "."::""o ": to::.""r v: r :..............."."." .". ": r: {r: ::7t:.. 4". .. " .:::::.:.............. s.......,...". a: r: r;...... .":::::.;::......,.... .......,....... ............, .::: :.. ::: r:.":.... .v.":::.::^.:^. ............."ro::::::.^. :::::.:::".: .:: "::..:: .r:.:; v:,.,,.:::..nv.a...................,a::..::::, t ONl full court PRESS I idhigaU l i1J Night Editor: Wednesday, JOHN KAHLER r ts Nov. 7,1913 Fred Snowden .. . . Answering Orr's charges By JIM ECKER FRED SNOWDEN served four years as Michigan's assistant basketball coach, leaving after the Wolverines' 1971-72 cam- paign for the head job at the University of Arizona. Snowden's stay in Ann Arbor, and the job he did for Head Coach John Orr and the Michigan basketball program, have always been very highly regarded. Until now, that is. In a recent interview with The Daily, Johnny Orr inadvert- ently revealed his inner thoughts concerning Snowden and his former aide's work at Michigan. Orr takes credit for bringing Snowden to Michigan and in landing "The Fox" his current job at Arizona. "You know, there was a lot of pressure not to hire Snowden here," con- fided Orr. "A lot of people were against him. If it weren't for me, he'd still be coaching in Detroit." Whether Snowden would "still be coaching in Detroit" today is highly questionable. Before landing his Michigan post, Snowden had compiled an enviable record at Detroit Northwestern High. During his tenure there as varsity basketball coach, Snowden racked up an amazing 87-8 record and five consecutive city league titles. Before that, the one-time Wayne State University six-letter man led the Northwestern junior varsity squad to an unblemished 80-0 record: five consecutive undefeated seasons! Obviously Snowden possessed impressive credentials. "It's kind of difficult to ascertain whether I'd still be coach- ing high school in Detroit" said Snowden from his office in sunny Arizona. "I'd like to feel I'd have found a job somewhere if I 'hadn't been hired at Michigan. I don't like it said that somebody did me a favor," complained Arizona's diminuitive mentor. Snowden outrecruits Michigan A little over three weeks remain before Michigan's season lidlifter December 1 against Southern Illinois. The Wolverines struggle daily in pursuit of fielding a representative crew for the tough campaign ahead. Coach Orr and his associates work hard with the material at hand, trying to mold an outfit around the outstanding talent of Campy Russell, the solid play of C. J. Kupec and a cast of generally mediocre Big Ten ballplayers. But the big problem is the material not at hand-the players who got away and those who came and left. Fred Snowden might have retained and attracted those students. Snowden has done one helluva job recruiting people for his program. And these aren't ballplayers who grew up under the lengthy shadows of the University of Arizona. Ten of the Wild- cats' 18 listed varsity candidates come from the neighboring states of Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, with five from the Wolverine state alone. HEADING THAT LIST are two Detroit Kettering stars of two years back, Coniel Norman and Eric Money. Norman, now a soph, was accorded the Western Athletic Conference's (WAC) "Player of the Year" accolade as a freshman last year while making several All-America checklists. And Money trailed only Norman in Wildcat scoring a year ago. Joining Arizona as fresh- men this year are highly-touted Bob Elliott from Ann Arbor's own Pioneer High School, Jerome Gladney from Detroit's Martin Luther King, Jr. High School and Gary Harrison from Ypsilanti. Saying that these five players would have enrolled at Michigan is unfair to everyone concerned. Arizona has several recruiting advantages going for it which Michigan lacks: A gorgeous climate, lower admissions standards and the all- important (for Michigan residents) "get away from home" factor. But the main difference between Arizona and Michigan remains the difference in the men who occupy the head coaching chairs. Who recruited 'M' stars? As for Snowden's recruiting effectiveness at Michigan, Orr doesn't think his main assistant did such a great job. "Name the guys Snowden recruited for me," asked Orr. Didn't he recruit Henry Wilmore? "No. That was me," informed Michigan's main b-ball man. "And he didn't recruit Brady (Ken), or Johnson (Ernie) or Lockard (John). The guys he recruited were Sam Brady and Mike Weaver, Terry Tyler and John Bridges." (Sam Brady, Weaver, Tyler and Bridges are no longer with the team due to a variety of personal problems.) "The only guy he recruited for me was Russell," continued Orr. "Just because he's (Snowden is) black, people assume he recruited all the black people." Snowden naturally took offense when informed of Orr' s unattractive statements, but partially understood. "When you work as assistant coach, you have certain responsibilities to carry out," explained Snowden. "But in the end, the fruits of any effort must eventually fall back to the head coach. "But it's a matter of record that I pursued more than those who left school. I was assigned more legwork than just those who left. I'd be very distressed if it were said I only recruited those who left," emphasized an emphatic Snowden. Why is Snowden such an effective recruiter from Michigan and especially the Motor City? Forgetting for a minute whether he was or was not instrumental in attracting good basketball prospects to Michigan during his four years here, why is he now so successful? "I don't have any magic wand that I wave in Detroit," joked Snowden. "I go in' there and work like hell. I like to thinkthe coaches in Detroit feel comfortable with the type of program we have out here." 'The fox' gave his all Orr was also none-too-complimentary about Snowden's last two years at Michigan, making that the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons. "He didn't work very hard for me his last couple of years," claimed Orr looking back. "His first two years he did a heckuva job for me. He really worked his rear off. But his last couple of years he just didn't do the job," evaluated Orr. "I gave The University of Michigan everything I had," boasted Snowden. "I gave them absolutely everything. I had a job to do and I busted my back to get it done. I don't think I slacked up in that effort. People know I believed in hard work and that's the way I approached it." Snowden's philosophy of hard work and dedication have paid instant dividends at Arizona. He inherited a dismal 6-20 Arizona basketball team when he replaced Bruce Larson on the Wildcat campus a year and a half ago. The Arizona basketball program was floundering when AU Athletic Direc- tor Dave Strack (the longtime Michigan cage coach and later Assistant Athletic Director here) tabbed his fellow Wolverine for the head coaching spot at Arizona. Snowden went out to Tuscon and turned the program around. A 16-10 overall record last year, including a second-place WAC 9-5 mark, earned Snowden several "'Coach of the Year" citations, including one by the NCAA's District 7 coaches (covering the Rocky Mountain area) and another levied by the sportscasters hovering the WAC. ALL YOU CAN EAT Mounds of Spaghetti, Coleslaw, Garlic Bread EVERY WEDNESDAY 4:30-10 P.M. HURON HOTEL & LOUNGE 124 Pearl-483-1771-(Ypsi.) DR. MOSHE MAOZ' Director, Institute for African and Asian Studies The Hebrew University of Jerusalem "THE PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL, PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE" THURSDAY, NOV. 8 4:00 P.M. ROOM 200-LANE HALL DR. MOSHE MAOZ Director, Institute for African and Asian Studies The Hebrew University of Jerusalem "AN ASSESSMENT OF THE 'YOM KIPPUR WAR'" THURS., NOV. 8 8 P.M. HILLEL, 1429 Hill Street HENRY WILMORE pops for two against Wyoming in the Mich- igan Invitational Tournament as Dan Fife (24) and John Lockard (45) look on. Most Michigan basketball fans had generally assumed Fred Snowden recruited Wilmore for Michigan. Not so, says John Orr. "That was me." Ruling erases Backcourt71 FRED SNOWDEN enjoyed a happier relationship with Johnny Orr back in 1971 when the two Michigan basketball coaches took the Wolverines to an NIT appearance. The 1970-71 campaign mark- ed the best Wolverine performance in recent years, a performance which offered hope of better times ahead. Snowden left Ann Arbor following the next season and it has been a downhill slide ever since for Michigan basketball. a forfeit win; khing stronger The Michigan Women's IM De- partment declared a win by for- feit last night to the West Quad powder puff football team that had already lost the game six days earlier by forfeit. Mosher- Jordan, the opposition, claims that it will file a formal com- plaint about the legitimacy of the IM ruling. The West Quad-MoJo contest, originally scheduled for Oct. 31, was won by Mosher-Jordan as the Quaddies never showed. De- spite the pouring rain, the offi- cials named MoJo as the victors. West Quad c o m p 1 a i n e d that w e a t h e r conditions were too harsh to play ball in and re- scheduled the gamefor this com- ing Suinday. Acting sportswoman- like, MoJo agreed and that's how it stood at 4:00 yesterday, afternoon. Around 6:00 last night, Colleen Shafer, the MoJo coach, received a call explaining that the game would be played at 8:00 last night and if MoJo did not show it would forfeit. Half of the squad had night classes so MoJo for- feited the game that they had previously won. -MARCIA MARKER * * * Guards sparkle The Michigan basketball team may have its problems up front this year, but the backcourt is shaping up well. Starters Joe Johnson and Wayman Britt re- turn, but the top guard in prac- tice so far this year has been a freshman, Steve Grote. "Steve has looked exceptionally well out ther¢," quotes Michigan c- - Johnny Orr. "He works aJ1 the time." Grote, a 6-3 for- mer Cincinnati Elder star, has all but locked up a starting po- sition. Joe Johnson, something of a disappointment last year, has looked good in practice so far. "He's regained his confidence," says Orr. "He's shooting better than he ever has in the past. ' Wayman Britt is running third a 48-23 victory over Iowa. He carried the ball 31 times and gained 146 yards. Northington needed a super day to win the honor because of several out- standing performances through- out the conference last weekend by the likes of Northwestern's quarterback Mitch Anderson and his batterymate Steve Craig, tailback Chuck Heater of Mich- igan and David E. Brown of Michigan State. Spurts of The Daly military overthrow of the pro- Marxist regime of the late Sal- valor Allende, had asked for the game to be played at a neutral site. But FIFA ruled the game should go on as scheduled Nov. 21. J I* behind Johnson and Grote, but it is a close third. Wayman has also spent a lot of time working out at forward. The deep reserves behind the top three are sophomore Lloyd Schinnerer and freshmen Lionel Worrel and Bob Malaby. All three have potential, but need experience. -JOHN KAHLER Frosh named star Mike Northington, a freshman from Louisville who scored five touchdowns for Purdue last Sat- urday, has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week by the Associated Press. Northington's five touchdowns tied a Big Ten single game scor- ing record as he led Purdue to J 13ergie sent North BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (P) - The Minnesota N o r t h Stars traded team captain Ted Harris to the Detroit Red Wings yester- day for Gary Bergman in a swap of veteran National Hockey League defensemen. Harris and Bergman are in their eighth NHL seasons. Berg- man, 35, spent his entire NHL carrer with the Red Wings. Har- ris, now 37, was with the Mon- treal Canadiens for six years before coming to Minnesota. Bergman has scored 55 goals in his NHL career, while Harris has 29 goals. Bergman was voted the Red Wings' outstanding defenseman in each of the past three sasons. He played for Team Canada last year in its series against the Soviet Union. -------------- I I I ( Bu'c1eyes f irst in poll, a TOpseven unchanged By The Associated Press record to 7-0 with a 30-0 romp over Unbeaten Ohio State maintained Big Ten foe Illinois and Al-abama its No. 1 ranking in the weekly made it eight in a row by rolling Associated - Press major college over Mississippi State 35-0. football poll yesterday while No. 2 THE NEXT FIVE teams, all un- Alabama picked up some ground. beaten although third-ranked Oklo- Woody Hayes' Buckeyes and homa has been tied once, remain- Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide re- ed unchanged from a week ago. mained in a two-way race for the The Sooners, 6-0-1 after a 34-17 lead after shutting out opponents triumph over Iowa State, polled last weeke-id. Ohio State ran its seven first-glace votes and 910 Soviets dumped ZURICH, Switzerland (M)-The Soviet Union has been eliminated from current World Cup soccer competition because of its re- fusal to play Chile in a return match at Santiago later this month, the International Soccer Federation (FIFA) announced yesterday. The Soviet Union, in an ap- parent protest against the recent - - - - - -i JLD CHAIR, SALE Chairs, Chairs, Chairs Te Top 20 1. Ohio State (35) 7-0-0 1146 2. Alabama (14) 8-0-0 1096 3. Oklahoma (7) 6-0-1 910 4. MICHIGAN (1) 8-0-0 888 5. Notre Dame (1) 7-0-0 746 6. Penn State (4) 8-0-0 714 points. Fourth-ranked Michigan and No. 5 Notre Dame each received one No. 1 vote and 888 and 746 points, A TL ALTERNATIVE rvn rfRY.D I I I