Thursday, November 29, 1973 1TH5 MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Thursday, November 29, '1973 THE MiCHIGAN DAILY Pundits sound Off on! THE BALD SOPRANO by EUGENE IONESCO Rose Bowl "injustice" IF OHIO STATE is the Big Ten's best representa- tive, it should have demonstrated just that Sat- urday. It did not: The Buckeyes failed to beat Michigan. The injustice that is even tougher to swal- low is how the athletic directors, who voted OSU to the Rose Bowl, apparently let Michigan quarterb !ck Denny Franklin's broken collar- bone figure in the decision. Convinced his ab- sence would mike the difference in the Wol- verine's play, they are using Franklin's injury as an excuse, penalizing the rest of the Michi- gan team and discounting the great team ef- fort that it took on Michigan's part Saturday. -Lynn Herring, The Michigan State News * * * . In short, last Saturday's game might as well have been played in a publicity blackout-or not played at all - for all the good it did .. . He (Big Ten Commissioner Wayne Duke) might have blunted any criticism still by fly- ing all of them into Chicago and showing them films of the game they were allegedly basing their ballots on. And it's a good thing the courts don't operate in the same fashion the AD's were, basing their opinions on Franklin's health, or we'd all be in jail. -Rich Shook, UPI ** * Rose Bowl. After all, it has been five years since a Big 10 champion has won the New Year's classic. With that in mind I mused aloud that the directors should send Ohio State, even if Michi- gan won the game. Not that Michigan is ordinary in the usual sense of the word. It's just that the Wolver- ines are not extraordinary. I still feel that Ohio State is. -Robert Markus, Chicago Tribune * * * Michigan will field a team next year. Like all Bo Schembechler - coached teams, this one will have a stingy, swarming defe'nse, a strong run- ning game, and a quarterback who is absolutely the oest in the conference. But what should not be forgotten in RlI this controversy, what should not be allowed to fade into best forgotten memories of this unfortunate and foolish Big Ten move is the strongest of Bo Schembechler's charges - that college ath- letics is no longer for the athlete. "College athletics," Schembechler charged, "has con- sumed itself in the chase for the all-mighty buck." By tacitly admitting that fear of losing the contract with the Pac-Eight and the Rose riches, if their conference fell again the directors have said as much. That fact, not so much the decision, emerges as the disillusioning factor in this whole business. -Dan Borus, Michigan Daily Nov. 29, 30 & Dec. 1 &2 8 p.m. at the Union Gallery 1st Floor, Michigan Union TICKETS ON SALE AT GALLERY-$1.00 GALLERY HOURS: 10-5 Tues.-Sat. -_i __._____ i DENNIS FRANKLIN (9) strides effortlessly into the endzone as Bu futile attempt to stop him. Franklin's running an d passing led the and seemingly a sure fire Rose Bowl bid, but let us wallow in Wood Daily Photo by DAVID MARGOLICK ckeye Vic Koegel (62) makes a Boys in Blue to a comeback tie Ideally, however, the directors would vote for y no longer. the team they thought had the best chance in the KNICKS, BULLS ALSO DUM PED: r split wide to the left . Clarke cogsdill -- Hgo hum .. . it's Heis man time again T EYCALL IT the Heisman Trophy, but it might just as well be named after P. T. Barnum. The old huckster, who became a multi-millionaire by exhibiting everything from Jenny Lind to Jumbo's skeleton, would feel right at home in the annual char- ade which claims to designate college football's finest player. The spectacle begins in late summer, several weeks before football season begins, when newspapers and other media are flooded with beautifully-done four-color brochures from every section of the country, heralding a raft of people nobody has ever heard of who are this year's bona-fide Heisman Trophy candidates. Nobody takes this very seriously. About a month or so later, some of the candidates will have piled up impressive statistics, and the campaign begins in ear- nest. Coaches begin telling fatuous wire-service stringers that so-and-so is the finest player ever in the long and glorious his- tory of Holyfootball U. The young man's fans slap insipidly- worded bumper stickers on their cars, public buildings, and lavatory walls. Then it's the sportswriters' turn. Everyone knows about the inequities of the balloting process: it's impossible to personally observe all the players who are worth considering; it's all too easy to be impressed when someone does well in a televised game; the vote depends on publicity and the only players who get it are usually seniors who play In the offensive backfield, and so on. These arguments are almost as ancient as the trophy itself, so it's easy to take a story you wrote last year, pencil in the current year's players, and stick it in the paper. The Heisman simply wouldn't be the Heisman if people didn't know how unfair the whole thing really is. With suitpble fanfare, a winner is announced. While he stands under the kleig lights telling everyone how grateful and proud and humble he is, his agent is jumping up and down in glee, four or five other players put up a front of good sportsmanship, and outraged partisans everywhere blast the choice in language we at Michigan reserve for the Big Ten Athletic Directors. It happens like this every year, and if it weren't for the pain and anguish the unavoidably unfair process imposes on the runners-up, it would be easy to laugh the whole thing away as an amiable fraud - the sort of thing Americans have let them- selves be bilked by for years. But so long as the Heisman is viewed as a serious, pres- tigious award - a life-or-death matter for collegiate foot- ball superstars - the charade will continue to have serious consequences reflecting favorably on nobody. This year is perhaps even more strange because there is no small group of nationally-known players who clearly stand out above the masses. Instead, there's a large cadre of outstanding players, all but one of whom will suffer a fate Bo Schembech- ler's seniors understand thoroughly. One leading candidate, Penn State running back John Cap- palletti, is probably unknown to 98 per cent of the college foot- ball fans east of the Ohio-Pennsylvania boundary. Joe Paterno has hailed him as the best ever at Penn State (including Franco Harris) and he should be able to monopolize the Eastern votes. After all, Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett is only a freshman and he'll have three more cracks at the trophy. But once you move past the Alleghenies, the number of plausible Heisman candidates becomes overwhelming . . . and their chances for victory correspondingly slim. Ohio State offers a choice among Archie Griffin, John Hicks and Randy Gradi- shar; Michigan has Dennis Franklin; and Notre Dame's Tom Clements has convinced Irish partisans to forget Joe Theis- mann and Terry Hanratty. Tennessee's quarterback Condredge Holloway would have been a leading candidate had his team lived up to its pre- season ranking. He's undoubtedly the finest player in the SEC, and would probably get my vote if I had one. And there's lots of talent elsewhere: Texas' Roosevelt Leaks, Oklahoma's Lucious Selmon, Kansas' David Jaynes, Arizona State's Woody Green, Southern Cal's Lynn Swann, UCLA's Kermit Johnson, Oregon's Don Reynolds - and so on. Nineteen seventy-three has no lack of Heisman candidates, and the finrl res"lts will undoibtedly shortchage a lot of fine Piston By The Associated Press DETROIT - Austin Carr led a1 final two-minute surge that en-1 abled the Cleveland Cavaliers to' beat the Detroit Pistons, 96-91, yes- terday night for the fourth vic- tory in their last five National Basketball Association starts. ; The Cavaliers, who have won only eight against 16 defeats this1 season, trailed by as many as 16 points in the second period and were seven points down entering the final quarter when they start- ed a rush that carried them to an 88-83 lead with five minutes to go. Jim Cleamons had 10 points for' the Cavs in their comeback as they outscored the Pistons 18-6, when Detroit made only one of 13 shots from the field. Then three successive Detroit baskets by Don Adams, CurtisI Rowe and Bob Lanier lifted the1 upset by Cleveland L it Pistons into an 89-88 advantage before Carr hit two in a row to put Cleveland on top for keeps, 92-89. After Lanier connected to put Detroit within a point of a tie, Dwight Davis fired in a basket and Jim Brewer had two free throws to wrap it up for Cleve- land. Bobby Smith with 23 points and Carr with 22 led Cleveland while Lanier and Dave Bing each had 23 for2Detroit and Curtis Rowe added 21. Rockets romp NEW YORK - Mike Newlin scored 26 points as the Houston Rockets built a 30-point lead in the first half and held on for a 114-106 victory over the New York Knicks last night in the National Basket- b11 Association. ilsports NIGHT EDITORS: MIKE LISULL GEORGE HASTINGS stay at 89-88 by sinking one of two free throws with 5:16 remaining. The winners jumped to a 95- 90 lead with 3:35 left and the Bulls never came closer than three points for the rest of the game. The 76ers twice led by 24 points but Chicago tied the game at 76-76 to close the third quarter. Carter led the winners with 29 points, and Tom Van Arsdale add- ed 25. Chet Walker led Chicago with 30 points.3 NTcnuy Vn +lr e fn s.t1. It was I straight loss this season the Knicks Garden. New Y orxs tourn and the second time Houston has beaten in Madison Square S C IItE S 4 CIL We have obtained 12 addition spring break BANFF TRIP. Fc 663-7178 or 668-7225. We have obtained 34 addition another plane for the STEAM For info., call 769-4905. BRIGHTON TRIP. Info., call 7E Monadtory meeting for STEAM PERS Saturday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.r Assembly Hall. lews al places for r info., call al places on BOAT TRIP. 1-9669. BOAT TRIP- n. in Union's Sixers surprise PHILADELPHIA - Fred Car- ter and Steve Mix combined for 17 of Philadelphia's 25 fourth-quarter points yesterday night as the 76ers outlasted the Chicago Bulls for a 101-96 victory in a National Basketball Association game. Carter put the 76ers ahead to NHL Toronto 4, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago 3, Boston 3 Montreal 5, Los Angeles 3 NBA Cleveland 96, Detroit 91 Milwaukee 127, Seattle 93 Boston 111, Capital 104 Atlanta 130, Buffalo 106 Philadelphia 101, Chicago 96 Houston 114, New York 106 SportsofTheDail Seal chosen MVP The University of Michigan football team selected tight end PAUL SEAL as its most valuable player for the 1973 season, the third consecutive season the Wolverines have won or shared the conference title. Seal, 6-6, 218 pound tight end dazzled crowds all year long with his circus like catches and runs after receptions. Seal led the run crazy Wolverines with 14 catches for 254 yards boosting them to their infamous 10-0-1 record. * * * .Ayler gets starting nod After much brouhaha and competition, the other forward (opposite Campy Russell) for John Orr's 1973-74 roundball squad has been determined. Bill Ayler 6-4, junior leaper from Detroit Northwestern has nailed down the job and will start in that capacity in Saturday I SKI WEEKENDS Jan. 18-20: BOYNE call Bob, 761-5827 Jan. 25-27: TRAVERSE CITY (Timberlee, Sugorloaf) Feb. 8-10: WALLOON/THUNDER Feb. 22-24: TRAVERSE CITY call Dick, 761-9669 March 1-3: BOYNE call Damon, 769Y5663 All include 2 nights lodging at Holiday Inn in Petoskey or Traverse City, 2 days lift tickets, Saturday Wine Picnic, Taxes and Trips. COSTS ARE: BOYNE 2/room-$50.00 3,/room-$45.00 4/room-$40.00 WALLOON & TRAVERSE CITY 2/room.$4500 3/room-$40.00 4/room-$35.00 Deadlines are 2 weeks before trips GENERAL MEETING, 9 P.M. NOV. 29 ANGELA DAVIS LOUNGE-- MARKLEY HALL AP Photo Dave Bing and the Wilson NBA basketball wave bye-bye to help- less Cleveland Cavaliers Lenny Wilkens (left) and Dwight Davis. Bing with his endless inventory of feather-like passes and 23 points was not enough to halt the shooting of Cavaliers Wilkens, Davis, and Austin Carr. Rookie o the Year to Orioles Bumbry afternoon's opener against the Salukis from Southern Illinois. Ayler will join Russell at for- ward, C. J. Kupec at center and guards Steve Grote and Joe Johnson. Another position that has been cemented in the last few prac- tices is that of theall import- ant sixth man. Wayman Britt who started a few games at guard last year, will be Orr's first substitute on Saturday. Britt has been working at both guard and forward and can fill in at either. Griddes winner The Daily Sports Staff, an- nounces, with the faintest twinge of regret, that Gridde Pickings is through for the year. Craig Tessmer of 731 Packard won the free Pizza Bob pizza. But don't despair. . . Hoope Pickings will appear next week, and you'll have a chance to win free piz- zas all winter long. SIMS-IMS Benefit Concert TONIGHT, 8:00 P.M. Paul Jtones, pianist Rondold Copes, violin Michelle Makarski, violin Leo Na jar, viola James Tenant, violincello Works by MOZART, BRAHMS and BACH First Presbyterian Church 1917 Washtenaw Ave. Tickets at door $3.00 People! Music! Food! BACH CLUB PRESENTS Loree MULDER-viola Maria JUAREZ-piano Anne SABIN-cello WITH WORKS BY BACH SCHUMANN HINDEMITH BEETHOVEN Thurs., Nov. 29, 8 p.m. fl American Power and the New Mandarine. A questioning and analysis of the modes of operation of American Society. Chomsky examines the post-war rise to power of a new elite: the liberal intellectual, or "new ' mandarins." At War With Asia. Noam Chomsky drows on his visit to North Viet Nam and Laos for a discussion of the historical, political, Qnd economc reasons behind our first involve, ment in an Asian land war. For Reasons of State. Analyzes the theore- tical and practical development of the Am- erican state while discussing some ways in which individuals can respond to its grow- ing power: civil disobedience, the role of the university, the philosophy of anarchism. ' NOAM CH@MSKY LOVE HIM? HATE HIM? BUT READ HIM! NEW YORK (P"-Al Bumbry, a .337 hitter in his first full year in the big leagues with the BaltimoreI Orioles, was yesterdav named the American League's Rookie of the Year for 19'3. The speedy outfielder, a Vietnam veter-'r who worried about making the Baltimore roster last spring, won the coveted aw-rd in a land- slide over Milwaukee infielder lair, G-r:ia. Bubry received 1312 points to fi >r G r-ia in the voting by was used a 1 m o s t exclusively against right-handed pitching and batted 356 times while appearing in 110 games. In addition, Bumbry hit seven home runs, tied with Minnesota's Rod Carew for the league lead in triples with 11 and stole 23 bases in 33 attempts. f 1 Noam Chomsky, Ferrari Ward Professor of Linguis- & tics at MIT, came to national attention with two ar- ticles, "The Responsibility of Intellectuals" and "On.49 Resistance," both originally published in The New York R e v i e w of Books, and is acknowledged +4 e . ^ . ,cne n - - A rvnrrnc anli4. ~IIA #iIAILurnrE I