THE MICHIGAN DAILY lop By FRANK LONGO "We just didn't react.", Michigan hockey coach Dan Farrell summed it up best. Last, night Minnesota's Golden Gophers skated around and through the Wolverine icers for much of the game en route to a 4-2 victory at Yost Ice Arena. Except for brief spurts in the second period, Michigan just could not keep up with the faster Gophers, who hold down third, place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. "We're a much improved club," countered Minnesota men- tor Herb Brooks, whose team tied and lost to the Wolverines earlier in the season. "We came in respecting Michigan, and knew we had to play a good game to win. This was one of our better nights. "But I'll tell you this," con- tinued the second-year Gopher coach, "this WCHA race is notr going to be settled until the final week. I can see teams moving from eighth to fourth, maybe iers even fourth to eighth, and Before last night 12 poin arated the first and last in the league, with some, having as many as 12"gai maining. The Gophers almost com dominated the play in the ing period, but somehow gan emerged with the onl With each team a man Wolverine Paul-Andre, backhanded a shot from n face-off circle which found Brad Shelstad out of posit Michigan had an early le The goal was the second season for Paris, who also a major penalty-killing ro ing the remainder of the The Gophers did not score er play goal, while theN ines chalked up 28 mina the sin bin, including minute misconduct to Shand for swearing at Don Wilkie. Shand claimed that Mini Buzz Schneider had spear in the throat, and reacted deck so on." when Wilkie did not call a ts sep- alty. Shand sat out the rema teams of the' game, and will not teams for tonight's contest, whi nes re- Farrell's standing rule for ers receiving misconduct1 apletely ties. e open- "We lead the league in Michi- conducts," lashed an angry y goal. rell. "They are going to pla short, way or they, are not goi Paris play." ear the A number of end-to-end i I goalie marked the second period's ion and but Minnesota came up 'ad. three tallies while the Wolv I of the garnered only one, that be played tip-in by Gary Kardos offa ale dur- tering pass from Kris Mai game. The Blue icers began to a pow- some control, but Randy Wolver- and Angie Moretto were Lutes in thwarted by Shelstad, and a ten Dufek rang one off the goa Dave from right out in front. referee In the Michigan net, I Moore was kicking out 49 nesota's but Mike Polich and Schi ed him both beat him on the shor vocally from in close, and Robby I scored the eventual game-v on a pretty deflection of a from John Matschke. "We weren't up for it,' mitted Michigan captain I Trudeau. "As a team we didn't play well defensivel let them wander around i end too much." icers, 4-2 This Weekend in Sports TODAY BASKETBALL-Iowa, at Iowa City TRACK-Michigan Relays at Bowen Fieldhouse, Ypsilanti GYMNASTICS-Minnesota, 1 p.m. at Crisler Arena WRESTLING-r-Illinois, 3:30 p.m. at Crisler Arena SWIMMING-Northwestern, 4 p.m. at Matt Mann Pool HOCKEY-Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. at Yost Ice Arena MONbAV BASKETB'ALL-Wisconsin, 8 p.m. at Crisler Arena Women's-University of Toledo, 6 p.m. at the IM Bldg. night. In contrast, Minnesota skated hard, passed well, and forechecked and backchecked in- cessantly. The two teams do battle again tonight at Yost, beginning at 7:30. If Michigan seriously. in- tends to challenge for that final playoff berth, a change is defin- itely in order. Gophered Blue SCORE BY PERIODS Minnesota 0 3 1-4 MICHIGAN 1 1 0-2 FIRST PERIOD SCORING: 1. M-Paris (Kardos) 6:00. PENALTIES: 1. Mn-Harris (inter- ference) 4:12; 2. M-Dunbar (hold- ing) 5:37; 3. M-Shand (misconduct) 7:16; 4. M-Moretto, 5. M-Neal, 6. Mn-Auge, 7. Mn-Miller (roughing), 8:54; 8. M-Dufek (tripping) 15:57. SCORING: 2. Mn-Polich (Schnei- der, 'spannbauer) :47; 3. M-Kar- dos (Manery) 4:10; 4. Mn-Schneider (Polich) 11:37; 5. Mn-R. Harris . . ,,m*. (Matschke, J. Harris) 13:41. PENALTIES: 9. Mn-Auge (hook- ing) 5:03; 10. M-Trudeau (holding) on the ice); 12. M-Hughes (high sticking) 17:38.' THIRD PERIOD ' SCORING: 6. Mn-M a t s c hi k e ...:* *~~; (Auge, J. Harris) 12:10.{s hk PENALTIES: 13. Mn-Polich (high sticking) 11:27; 14. M- Trudeau (high sticking) 11:27; 15. M--T. Lindskog (tripping) 12:55; 16. M- Fox (high sticking) 18:29. Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI SAVES: 1 2 3 Total MICHIGAN GOALIE Robbie Moore (29) readies -himself for a shot off the stick of Minnesota's John Sheistad (Mn) 7 17 8 Sheridan (18) during last night's 4-2 Michigan loss at Yost Ice Arena. Moore saved this drive and Moore CM) 19 14 16 9 48 others, but that wasn't enough to stop the Golden Gophers. ATTENDANCE 3742 I Sports of The Daily Cage broadcasts are scheduled Tonight's basketball game at Iowa begins'at 8:35 p.m., East- ern Daylight Time. It will be broadcast in Ann Arbor over WAAM, 1600 AM; and WUOM, 91.7 FM. Minor sports take over While Johnny Orr's hoopsters are off visiting the Fun Capital of the Midwest, the so-called "minor" sports will come into their own here at Ann Arbor. This afternoon's gympastics-wrestling doubleheader at Crisler Arena has been moved up a half-hour as a concession to the energy crisis. The action begins at 1:00 when the gymnasts host Newt Loken's alma mater, the University of Minnesota. Imme- diately thereafter, Rick Bay's wrestlers take on Illinois. The Illini are rebuilding this year, which is a polite way of saying that so far they haven't been very good. Last night, for example, they got stomped 33-2 by MSU up in East Lansing. Their best men include 126-pounder Bob Mayer, Andy Passaglia at 134, and heavyweight Palmer Klass, who should be the toughest opponent Gary Ernst has faced in awhile. The Wolverines' next home meet will be a lot tougher: Oklahoma visits Crisler on February 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the first of four dual meets where the Maize and Blue will confront na- tionally-ranked foes. If Michigan does win its hoped-for national championship, no-one will be able to accuse the Wolverines of having waltzed through a patsy schedule. Swim fans should enjoy the meet against Northwestern at 4:00 p.m. in Matt Mann pool. The Wildcats have dropped dual meets to nonpowers Ohio State and Purdue, and if they come close against Gus Stager's crew, it will shock everyone. The Michigan Invitational track festivities were originally scheduled for the new indoor track facility, but because that building is still under construction, the event had to be moved to Bowen Fieldhouse at Eastern Michigan. Action be- gins at 10:30 a.m., and continues throughout the day. Minnesota is back at Yost Ice Arena for a rematch at 7:30 tonight, but if you want to see a really big game, clear your schedule for Monday night and show up at Crisler, where the Michigan basketballers will take on mighty Wisconsin at 8:00. -STAFF Hawkeyes pick Cecchini IOWA CITY-Tom Cecchini, who played some scintillating games at linebacker for Michigan during the Bump Elliott era, has been named an assistant football coach at the University of Iowa, where the Bumper is now Athletic Director. Cecchini's last job was as head football coach at Xavier. He turned the team around on the field, but couldn't do the same at the boxoffice, and the sport was dropped. -DAILY WIRE SERVICES * * * After what would have considered. a successful last weikend (a split at XN sin), the Wolverines just seem to have any energy Mcy grapp le rs rip up Pu rdu e By FRED UPTON The 30 to six score wouldn't indicate a close match to the casual scoreboard watcher. But the Michigan victory over the Purdue Boilermakers was exactly that. Four of the six decisions were won by a total of six points. The best matchlin was between Wolverine Dan Brink and Ptir- due's Dave Dilworth. Brink won at the buzzer with a takedown and a near fall for a total of four points for a 14-12 victory. Coach Rick Bay commented that, "Brink made a lot of mis- takes out there-bit he's a hell- uva competitor. He went for broke and gave eight minutes of wrestling." THE CROWD WAS on its feet for most of the battle. It almost resembled last week's basketball victory at the b'izzer over MSU. The referee didn't hear the signal because of the crowd noise. At that instant, Brink had.just taken his opponent down on his back. Though the wrestlers continued. past the buzzer, Brink was awarded two points for a near- fall, and Purdue coach Don Cor- rigan argued to no avail with the timer. daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: CLARKE COGSDILL Afterwards, Corrigan claimed that "we shouldn't have been in there at all, but then when you take a guy down four times as Dilworth did, s o m e t h in g's wrong." The Jim Brown - Joe Corso match was close all the way. It was decided on a false start by Corso that gave Michigan a one point penalty and hence the vic- tory. Corso led in riding time. RIDING TIME helped Michi- gan's Rich Valley win over Joe LaSpada in another close 4-3 decision. Next came total domination by Senior Bill Davids over Boiler- maker Aaron Benjamin. Davids almost literally ground his op- ponent into the mat scoring ten points by takedowns and 11 in near falls. According to Bay, the biggest surprise of the match was Rick Neff's performance in his loss to Al Housner. Neff replaced the injured Bill Schuck, and Bay promised that "based on Neff's performance he will definitely still challenge Schuck for the spot." Though Bay was impressed with Neff, Corrigan said that his man (Housner) thought Michi- gan was trying to scout him and therefore didn't show any great moves. "I didn't talk to Al though, he did it on his own," the Purdue mentor alleged. JERRY HUBBARD, like the Miami Dolphins, was like a ma- chine in his cakewalk victory over Andy Watt. Hubbard char- acteristically took his man down and repeatedly 'let him escape adding one point to his lead every time. The Maize and Blue cap- tain had seven takedowns, giving his opponent five escapes. Rob Huizenga had nine points in four near falls against Harry Downing in his superior decision. The only two points that Down- ing collected were a reversal which was countered by another reversal 'ten seconds later. Dave Curby showed signs of Hubbard influence by completely dominating Nate Kempler. THE MATCH ended on a high note as Gary Ernst pinned Dick Rodgers with 1:11 gone in the second period. After the first period, it almost could have been predicted. Ruptured Boilers 118-Jir o rown (M) dec. Joe Corso (P). 4-3. 126-Rich valley (M) dec. Joe La- Spada (P), 4-3. 134-Bil Davids (M) sup. dec. Aaron Benamin (P), 24-4. 142--Al Housner (P) dec. Rick Neff (M), 3-1. 150-Jerry Hubbard (M) sup. dee. Andy Watt (P),,18-5. 158-Dan Brink (M) dec. Dave Dilworth (P), 14-12. 167-Bernie Barrile (P) dec. John Ryan (M), 9-3. 177-Rob Huizenga (M) sup. dec. Harry Downing (P), 18-2. 190-Dave Curby (M4) dec. Nate Kempler (P), 10-4. Hwt.-Gary Ernst (M) pinned Dick Rodgers (P), 3:11. SCIRIES NBA Detroit 93, Houston 89 IChicago 104, Seattle 99 Boston 112, Philadelphia 97 Kansas City-Omaha 118, Buffalo 113 NHL f Detroit 2, Atlanta 2 Doily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI WRESTLING ACE Rob Huizenga skillfully rises to his feet while attempting to control the hands of his opponent, Purdue's Harry Downing, in their match last night. The former Bullshit Party candidate for SGC did everything but ship Cagers By MARC FELDMAN Borrowing the hackneyed cliche of a sportswriter gone bad,. Michigan Coach Johnny Orr says, "Well, it's out of -the frying pan and into the fire" for the Mich- igan Wolverines when they take the court at Iowa City tonight to play the Iowd Hawkeyes. Having played a much more demanding non-conference slate than most Big Ten teams, the Hawkeyes struggle into tonight's encounter with five straight loss- es and a 4-10 overall record. The Hawkeyes have had no success whatsoever on the road with loss- es in all seven games away from the friendly confines of Iowa Fieldhouse, but they have one, strong sympathizer in Orr. "They've had some tough de- feats. Without a doubt, they're the best 4-10 team in the country and they've played a tremendous schedule." While other teams were fattening up on Rollins and North Dakota State, the Hawk- his foe to Singanore on the way to an 18-2 superior decision. battle Iowa tonight THE LINEUPS Padres get Kroc-ed CHICAGO-Raymond Kroc, who turned the MacDonald's hamburger chain into a household word, announced yesterday he plans to purchase the San Diego Padres, which he intends to turn into a baseball team. -DAILY WIRE SERVICES 5. * * Pistons burn DETROIT-Thundering "Bob Lanier whipped in .26 points last night as the incredible Detroit Pistons recovered from a 12-point halftime deficit to stifle the Houston Rockets, 93-89. -DAILY WIRE SERVICES eyes were losing to Marquette, Kentucky, and UCLA as well as former top t w e n t y occupant Kansas State. Orr feels his team will be able to bounce back from Monday night's mind-blowing defeat at Purdue. "We've had some good practices and hopefully we'll play well in Iowa." Iowa mentor Dick Schultz has a young team this year as his former top gun, 7-0 Kevin Kun- nert, has taken his talents to the NBA, and guard Rick Williams graduated. The Hawkeyes' top scorer (18.1) is backcourtman Candy LaPrince, wvho pumped in 32 points M o n d a y night against Michigan State up at East Lans- ing and had a 34 point night in a December game with Ken- tucky. Three-year starter Neil Fegebank is the only other Hawk in double figures with a 12.9 point norm. The scoring averages drop off considerably after that with La- Prince's running mate at guard, John Hairston, scoring at an 8.4 clip and cornerman Scott Thompson, 7.0. Senior Jim Collins (6-9) has taken over the pivot spot after languishing on the bench and his improved play in the Hawks' last two gameshas given Schultz some reason to be optimistic. "Collins has played two great games in a row and when he f o u l e d out against Michigan State, that's when they broke open the game." The Hawkeyes' major problem seems to lie on the backboards. Fegebank, Iowa's leading re- bounder, has pulled down just under seven caroms per game and the Hawks are ninth in the Big Ten in rebounding, com- ppred with Michigan's surpris- ing fourth ranking in that cate- anr Campy Russell (6-8, 23.0) Wayman Britt (6-2, 10.6) C.J. Kupec (6-8, 13.7) Joe Johnson (5-10, 9.7) Steve Grote (6-2, 13.1) Michigan seems to have every- thing going for it this evening except the home court. The Wol- verines are very much in the thick of the conference race with a 3-1 conference log and 11-3 overall record. Campy Russell, who has been as consistent as fine wine this year, leads the Big Ten in scor- ing with a 24.0 average while center C.J. Kupec is eleventh in the loop in scoring, second in field goal percentage (.593), and fifth in rebounding. The fans at Iowa Fieldhouse also remember the brouhaha that, erupted at last year's encounter b e t w e e n the Wolverines and Hawkeyes, won by the Iowans, 75-68. Home court or no home court, tonight's game is a must win for the Wolverines with the tower- ing Wisconsin Badgers coming to town Monday night. In other Big Ten action today Indiana will play at Northwestern, Michigan State at Minnesota, and Wiscon- sin will entertain Ohio State. F F G G G MICHIGAN DIVER CRAINE EXCELS: IOWA Neil Fegebank (6-8, 12.9) Scott Thompson (6-3, 7.0) Jim Collins (6-9, 6.3) Candy LaPrince (6-2, 18.1) John Hairston (6-2, 8.4) Tankers sink Purdue J.4,.. . .,= . a .' F WALTON GANG FA VOREI -1 h 11 or I A~ Am 14111.AZ .il ZX- By TED SMITH Today's UCLA-Notre Dame rematch dominates this weekend's college basketball action. The Irish are ranked first in both major wire-service polls following their stunning 71-70 upset victory last week over the previously invincible Bruins. Clearly, the Irish's desperation prayers worked. UCLA led by wide margins throughout the game until the closing minutes. Then, Notre Dame miraculously reeled off the final 12 points to capture the victory. But weirdness can only go so far-it will take another supernatural effort on behalf of the Irish for them to nill off another triumnh over D: I invade UCLA ference and the NCAAs" song-and-dance act, the Uclans will have a lot of pride .at stake whenr they take the court this afternoon. Most basketball observers ,predict a UCLA vic- tory, with a substantial point spread. It's dif-i ficult to dispute their conclusions. Almost no- body can imagine Notre Dame center John Shu-: mate driving on Walton with impunity for the second straight time. Bruin All-American Keith Wilkes is a well- k n o w n come-through-in-the-clutch player, who' simply had an off-afternoon in South Bend. And coach Wooden is widely respected as a master nsvchologist who can inspire his teams to peak By BILL CRANE The Michigan swimmers pad- dled away with another easy vic- tory last night, swamping Purdue 89-32 at Matt Mann Pool. Coach Gus Stager again tried some new combinations of swimmers to test the Wolverines' depth for the quick- ly approaching Big Ten meet. Freshman Norm Semchyshen, who is becoming a minor sensa- tion, won the 1000-yard freestyle event, beating Tom Szuba by near- ly five seconds. Stager remarked that, "with the way Norm is swim- ming, Szuba is finding a need to get in better shape." Semchyshen is one recruit who is truly coming through for the tankers. Fred Yawger, another Stager re-, cruit new to the team this year, won the 100-yard butterfly. Rob Helt and Joe Bauer placed second and third respectively behind Yaw- ger. SENIOR DAN FISHBURN had a fine evening for himself, winning both the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly. In the best race of the night, Purdue's Randy Rodriquez came from way back to nip Pat Bauer at the finish of the 500-yard freestyle. The race was not really a disaster Craine gave the rest of the Mich- Purdue boiled igan divers a new goal bysearning 100 YD. BACKSTROKE-FOster (M), a 310.05 -- Michigan's best threeI :56.6 meter board score of the year. 100 YD. BREASTSTROKE-Shuck (P), 1 :03.28. ALTHOUGH individual swim-'100 YD. BUTTERFLY-Yawger (M), ALTHOGH mividal -wim-4.6. mers are paring their times, no ONE-METER DIVE-Schenthal (M), team season bests were recorded 275.10. F Yy last night. One season record set- 1000 YD. FREETYLE-Semchyshen (M), 9:51.87. ter, freestyler Gordon Downie, is 200 YD. FREESTYLE-Fishburn (M), competing in the Commonwealth 1:48.87. Games and won't rejoin the team 50 YD. FREESTYLE-Krauser (P), until February. :22.22. 200 YD. INDIv. MEDLEY-Bauman The Wolverines face North- (M) :. 2:02.19. western at Matt Mann Pool today THREE-METER DIVE: Cralne (M), at 4 p.m. Tom Szuba, used spar- 200 YD. BUTTERFLY-Fishburn (M), ingly last night, will probably see 200 YD. BACKSTROKE-Foster (P), more action this afternoon. Stu 2:01.19. 100 YD. FREESTYLE-Anderson .(M), Isaac did not swim . breaststroke :49.30. event and Chris Hansen didn't see 500 YD. FREESTYLE-Rodriguez (P), I5:00:60. action in the backstroke races. 200 YD. BREASTSTROKE-Brockway Both might return to their spe- (M), 2:20.41. 400 YD. FREESTYLE RELAY- Michi- cialties today. gan, 3:16.96. Big Ten Standings | W L Pct. Purdue MICHIGAN 5 0 1.000 3 1 .750 i i E. I i I i PARTY at RIVE GAUCHE RPD R AA JIIlcw Subscribe to The Daily Phone 764-0558 Indiana 3 1 .750 y I WUenm,., 2 1 _6