Thursday, December 6, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rage Eleven Thursday, December 6, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rage Eleven Matmen Eatr challenge toughies By CLARKE COGSDILL The fun and games are over for Rick Bay's Michigan Mat Machine. The Wolverine wrestlers proved last weekend that they can de- stroytweak foes the way a super- ior team is supposed to, with consecutive 42-3 and 38-0 drub- bings of Western Michigan and Ohio U. This week, the grapplers have a chance to show what they can do against tough competi- tion, as they swing East for a dual meet tonight against Pitts- burgh and an appearance this weekend at the Penn State In- vitationals. "Pitt has a solid, nondescript lineup without any superstars," Bay analyzed. "I don't anticipate any individual slaughters like we had against Western and Ohio. If our team score is high it'll be because we won the close ones." Pitt's toughest wrestler will probably be 158-pounder Ray Dallatore, who will be matched against Wolverine Dan Brink. One sign of Michigan's confi- dence is that Rob Huizenga will drop ten pounds to wrestle at 167 against the Panthers ... and will gain that weight right back for the Invitational. "We'd better win this one," Bay emphasizes, "because we'll be wrestling teams with much better credentials in the future." Like Oklahoma. The Penn State Invitational should be more interesting be- cause it will unite three of last year's top 11 teams: Penn State, the Wolverines, and tiny Clarion State with its three returning NCAA individual champions. Clarion State can't be found in the official team standings of the 1973 NCAA Wrestling Cham- pionship because they're in the college division and a silly NCAA rule says a college division team cannot officially compete against university division teams even if it can whip them. However, in- dividuals from college division teams can compete in the uni- versity division championship, and are free to win whatever they can get. Logical, eh? More to the point is the fact that Clarion's Don Rohn, Wade Schalles, and Bill Simpson will be three of the most formidable wrestlers in their weight classes this year . . . as soon as they decide which classes they're go- ing to try and dominate. Rohn SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: CLARKE COGSDILL and ROGER ROSSITER ~ 5~2.............:n. By JACK TORRY Football Writer Ohio State Lantern And the Big Ten goes stumbling along. This time they've really done it. TI ruining two fine football teams. They managed to come np with a representative to the Rose Bowl which winner as it is to the loser. IN TIlS CASE there are no winner State and Michigan. They tied on the voting booths. Michigan, of course, lost the electio -7 Lean Bo results. The Buckeyes have been given matum by the Big Ten and heaven i shellacked by Southern California. And that is the tragedy of two weeken BEFORE I GO any further, let mes sion had gone the other way it would ha fair. Both Ohio State and Michigan dese Bowl. hey have succeeded in method of selecting a is as unfair to the s. The losers are Ohio field but lost in the n. Ohio State lost the view from Ohio I don't buy this nonsense that Michigan deserved to go because it played better in the second half. The score was 10-10 and will always remain 10-10. Nor do I accept the argument that Ohio State should go because the Bucks scored 30 points against Illinois while Michigan scored only 21. And using Dennis Franklin as a scapegoat defies belief. Dennis Franklin did not stop the Buckeye ground attack in the second half. BUT THAT REALLY isn't the important point. The point is that two teams deserved to go to the same bowl and the Big Ten has an idiotic manner in deciding it. They could have solved the problem years ago. They could have allowed the runner-up to go to another bowl game. Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler wouldn't have really cared if they had spent their New Year's in Pasadena or Miami. But the Big Ten treasures the almighty dollar of the Rose Bowl more than being fair and just to two great football teams. The Big Ten is afraid of sending the runner-up to the Orange Bowl for fear of watering downthe attention the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl, of course, offers the most money. They're afraid to do anything that might hurt that arrangement. WHAT REALLY BOTHERS me about this whole situation is that somehow, Ohio State is going to wind up the ogre. Nth matterwho voted how, all anybody will ever remember is that Ohio State went to the Rose Bowl instead of Michigan. That type of thing has already started. Woody Hayes has been accused of conning his way into the Rose Bowl by running up big scores and bragging about his players. That's ridiculous. What coach doesn't talk about his players? THE BEST THAT can come out of this mess is that the Big Ten will consider other bowl games as well. If they put fairness before economics they might do something. is the defending NCAA champ at 134 pounds, but may wrestle at 142 at the Invitational. Schalles is the titleholder at 158, and will probably move up to 167 this weekend. Meanwhile Simpson, last year's best at 167, will prob- ably grapple at 177 for awhile. It's not supposed to be easy to. understand, and that's probably why Clarion has decided to adopt this tactic. If it doesn't work out, their guys can always cut weight in time for the Nationals. Either way, the fact is that if Clarion State had been eligible for th° '73 NCAAs, it would have fin- ished fourth, immediately behind Michigan. Penn State also has some in- teresting credentials. The Nittany Lions are defending Eastern In- tercollegiate Wrestling Associa- tion champions, finished eleventh in the NCAAs, and have won 49 out of their last 50 dual meets. That one defeat, a '1-6 loss to Michigan a year ago in Ann Ar- bor, provided notice loud and clear that the Wolverines had put together quite a wrestling team. The Penn State Invitational has some other interesting features worthmentioning. In addition to the host team, Michigan, and Clarion State, the field includes the University of Virginia, and four other small-but-tough Penn- sylvania schools: Indiana State, Lock Haven, West Chester, and ever-popular Slippery Rock. "Slippery Rock is no joke," Bay hastens to explain, "rnd neither are the other teams. They all have a couple of decent guys who will make an impact somewhere, and they have an- other advantage because the seeding will be according to re- gion as well as ability. Seeding can win a tournament-even with less talent and ability you can win if you have it." Invitational matches will be only six minutes in length-a factor which tends to favor grap- plers who can gain a quick ad- vantage or who aren't quite as well-conditioned as their )ppo- nents. And the partisan crowds -wrestling is really big in Pvnn,- sylvania-have been known to in- fluence referee's decisions, and that's putting it politely. Even though no official t eamd standings will be kept, "we still want to make the best showing,' Bay affirms. "Some of the small schools might make up a stand- ings just so that they can em- barrass Penn State. And the re- sults can affect the seedings for the Nationals." Rick Bay very much wants his team to make a strong showing in the Nationals. For example: winning. After this weekend, he'll have a pretty good idea of his team's potential to do just that. Fat Woody a "win or else" ulti- heip them if they get ds ago. say I think if the deci- ve been equally as un- rved to go to the Rose Otherwise, this is going to happen again. It's a shame that one of the greatest and most football games I've ever seen had to be marred by unhappy ending. exciting such an .?.. :;!t4'3}r.. d:... ii'rr}:{C4!t.:,. - ___________/__:"_wX"_"____}____a_..___ir_______f ....... .....................:..:.....'";>.iid:}:{vX"?":"i ' Ci~dinirfif~~v.. :{ : }, !!/f rW " .f.tiv-it:"1e i . Sports of The Daily McLean to rejoin cagers Randy McLean, Johnny Orr's prized 6-9 recruit, will return to school next semester. The Walled Lake Central graduate began this semester on a rocky academic note and left school after the first day of basketball practice. Michigan's coaches had raved about McLean's play after his initial practice session and were miffed when he promptly left Ann Arbor the next day. McLean becomes eligible the first day of classes, January 8. He cannot even work out with the team until that date, how- ever, and will require several performances with the varsity re- serves to get his game back together. The blond-headed giant has been running and shooting during his extended vacation, working towards the days he rejoins the Wolverines. Michigan's 2-0 cagers, who visit the University of Detroit Saturday night, can use another big man up front along with Campy Russell and C. J. Kupec. As was evidenced Tuesday night against Toledo, when Kupec suffered through an off-night and Billy Ayler got in foul trouble, another reserve would be greatly appreciated. Still under wraps is freshman forward Johnny Robinson, the 6-6 sleeper from Chicago Hirsch. Robinson hasn't seen any light as yet this season, but the coaches have not forgotten about him. Also Rick White, the football player who started working with the varsity reserves just ten days ago and came up with 22 points and 14 rebounds against Lansing C. C. last Saturday, isn't far from being added to the varsity. One or more of the trio McLean, Robinson or White must develop this season for Michigan to have a real chance at being a factor in the Big Ten race. -JIM ECKER Georgia Tech tabs Rodgers ATLANTA WP) - Georgia Tech named UCLA football coach Pepper Rodgers yesterday to succeed Bill Fulcher as Yellow Jacket head football coach. A Tech spokesman said the appointment was recommended by Tech Athletic Director Bobby Dodd and was unanimously ac- cepted by the Tech Athletic Board. Rodgers, a 1954 Tech graduate, accepted the appointment by long distance telephone from Los Angeles, the spokesman said. "Pepper is the most colorful and enthusiastic coach I know of in the United States today," Iodd said. "I feel we are very fortunate to have him returning home to Georgia Tech." Cummins suspended MONTREAL (P) - Rookie defenseman Barry Cummins of the flrnin ('nltAin .CA.,lc o sc cinanroA actr rAi +r t ran NTq- OPEN MEETING Ann Arbor Democratic Party SECOND WARD o discuss candidate selection, ward organization, City issues. Thursday-8:30 p.m. ALICE LLOYD HALL KLE IN OU NGE Tomorrow FRIDAY with bread, butter, Greek salad, bakedpotato & sour cream by reservation-please specify lobster when making reservation 10Z V.IRST $TR(ET 443.4401 (other dinners from $3.50) Thursday Friday Saturday DECEMBER 6-7-8 Daly Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI FORTY-FOUR SECONDS after this picture was taken, Michigan wrestling captain Jarrett Hubbard turned the tables on Western Michigan's Mark Sa nds to get one of the quickest pins of his career. The defending NCAA champion at 150 lbs., 'Hub' will join three other national titleholders this week- end at the Penn State Invitationals, where he ho pes to lead his squad to an impressive showing. BLUES BURIED: Hawks thump Wings Professional Theatre Program By The Associated Press DETROIT - Stan Mikita scored three goals, two when Chicago tal- lied four times in the first period, to lead the Black Hawks to an 8-2 National Hockey League victory last night over the Detroit Red Wings. Chicago blitzed Dennis DeJordy for three goals 1:10 apart in the first period, Mikita, Dennis Hull, and Dick Redmond getting the scores. Mikita added the final goal of the period on a setup from defenseman Redmond, who had three assists to go with his score. The other Black Hawk goals were by Pit Martin and Dave Krv- skow in the second period against goaltender Doug Grant, and by Darcy Rota and Mikita in the final period. DeJordy was starting his first game since last March, and made' only four saves in handling eight first period shots. Red Berensen and Henry Bouche scored for Detroit just 32 seconds apart in the closing minutes of the second period. Detroit has now dropped four straight games. Tony Esposito, who has started all Chicago's games this seas3n, in the Chicago net, was repiaced late in the final period by Mke Veisor. Veisor, making his NHL debut, is the first Jewish goalie in league history. The Olympia Stadium organist played "Hava Nagila," a tradi- tional Jewish folk song whe:i Vei- sor took to the ice, and repeated es from linemates Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert to give New York a 1-0 lead after 8:41. Then Irvine beat Blues goaltender John David- son from close range at 18:13 of the period and Rousseau scored from 15 feet to Davidson's right at 19:00 to give the Rangers all the goals they needed. NIHL Chicago 8, Detroit 2 NY Rangers 5, St. Louis 1 NBA Roston 119, New York 97 Cleveland 89. Philadelphia 75 Buffalo 114, Portland 110 KC-Omaha 117, Atlanta 105 Houston 109, Capitol 99 College Basketball Indiana 72, Kansas 59 Louisville 75. Dayton 68 N. Carolina St. 79, E. Carolina 47 Maryland 106, E. 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