THE MIC * IG N "C)AILY Page Seven THE MICHIGAN ~A1LY ~'age Seven 'I' -Et Lrappler uZenga astounds all ii Noon Luncheon Home made soup and sandwich-.40c Friday, February 1 st By CLARKE COGSDILL R Rob H u i z e n g a. His name sounds like the slogan for a fif- teenth - century peasants' revolt. His life evolved for awhile like a drunk sportwriter's f a v o r i t e cliche plot. Scion of a nuclear physicist from Rochester,.N.Y., Michigan's ace 177,pound w r e s t l e r went through :the standard adolescent trip of steady booking, lots of sports, plenty of good times-a regular Ivy League background. Princeton wanted him to play football, and he was all set to go there w h e n s o m e disturbing thoughts flashed t h r o u g h his mind. Princeton was all-male. Prince- ton was Presbyterian. Michigan was neither. "I decided I'd have a better social life and overall college ex- perience here," he explains off- handedly. "I figured everyone just studied there (at Prince- ton)." Studying is not his problem. A pre-med zoology m a j o r, - Rob keeps his grades hovering just below the 3.8 level, and has filled out the med-school applications for Harvard and several other prestige institutions. dIaiy sports NIGHT EDITOR: CLARKE COGSDILL This makes him sound just like the man Amos Alonzo Stagg's generation had in mind when it created the concept of the "scho- lar-athlete"-many years before people like Chris Schenkel made that phrase quasi-meaningless. But even that doesn't come close to capturing the personal- ity of a guy who comes across like the typical pale, handsome, b 1 0 n d, curly-haired, muscular Jack Armstrong-type All-Ameri- can anarchist who lives next door. "He came here completely un- recruited and unheralded,' Mich- igan wrestling coach Rick Bay reminisces. "I think I corres- ponded with him once, but that was about it. It was a complete surprise when he came out." It was even more of a surprise when Rob showed what he could do on the mat. Relying on a style whose cornerstone is the exceptionally-heavy use of his legs to confuse and tie up -his opponent, Rob popped up with moves which "no sane wrestling coach would teach to any wres- tler at any time on any level," in Bay's words. "My philosophy," the W Aver- ine mentor continues, "is that when a guy shows up with an unorthodox style, you don't try to change him at first. In fact, if he's able to beat some good people with it, you leave it alone. "Well, Rob beat some pretty decent guys and I just couldn't believe it. His style still gives me ulcers at times, but it works." Following ,the c li c h e script exactly, Rob became a freshman sensation, sweeping through an undefeated dual meet season in 1970-71 and placing a "disappoint- ing" third at the Big Tens. Then, he confounded all observers by deciding to leave the team. Rob recalls that "it (wrestling) put me under real stress. I couldn't sleep nights, I'd been wrestling four years and I just didn't have the desire to put up with it anymore." Bay proffers some additional reasons. "Rob was under some pressure from home to go full- time academically," he remem- bers. "There wasn't much inter- est in his athletic achievements. Besides, Rob was a bit of a non- conformist: he wanted to start practice a bit later than the other guys, and he didn't like the grooming rule. "I never thought there was anything malicious about his at- titude. In fact, I've always felt kinda close to Rob. We've talked at the beginning of each year, and this year he just decided to come out. Don't ask me why." "I was getting bored with the other things I was doing," Rob asserts. "I was on the rugby team for awhile, and it got to be where I was the only guy really running hard and doing the work. In wrestling, you only blame yourself if you lose, and no-one can just say they're bet- PERRY BULLARD DEMOCRATIC STATE REP. 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Conqueror of Clarion State star Bill Simpson, the Wolverines' 177-pound zoology major will be one of the favorites to take Big Ten and national honors at his weight. g- J Walton's gang's grea. . ... but not THAT great F YOU CAUGHT the wire service basketball polls this week, you saw UCLA back in the top spot after a week of Notre Dame-imposed exile. The Bruins avenged the breaking of their 88-game winning streak by pounding the Irish into submission, 94-7 proving, for now, that the talented crew from South Bend was a mere pretender to the throne that sits in Westwood. In the wake of UCLA's two-game set with Notre Dame, few basketball fans would dispute the claim that the Bruins are playing the best college ball in the country-again. In fact, that statement has been-thrown around to the point of boredom and deserves neither repetition nor analysis. But the inquiring mind presses ever on, in infinite pursuit of comparison. Consider this: * Despite its overwhelming talent, this year's UCLA team doesn't rate with the vintage championship teams of the 60's. Why isn't this Bruin team the best? They have amassed the lion's share of the longest winning streak in major college his- tory. Opponents point to them like never before. They are often literally impossible to stop on offense. The guy who told Tommy Curtis before a high school game that he would shoot him if he scored over 30 points had the right idea, that's the only defense I can see working on this year's Bruins. But I still can't call them the best ever. Call it a personal bias, but there are things about the Walton Gang I don't like (excluding, of course, the incredible ability of its namesake). If you saw the second UCLA-Notre Dame clash last Satur- day, you saw Notre Dame fall behind in the first half and you saw the game turn into a rout in the second half. But the Irish were not run off the court. They were not outclassed. And much as I dislike Notre Dame as an athletic institution, I thought they played a good ballgame Saturday night. "So what?" you say. "Just because the opposition didn't lay down and die, that doesn't diminish UCLA's brilliance." I disagree. Bruin teams of old turned other great teams into disorganized collections of uncoordinated, bumbling idiots. Cases in point? Houston (circa 1968) and Michigan (circa 1965). Houston beat the Lew Alcindor edition in the Astrodome back in January of '68 and the Bruins had to wait six weeks to get a return engagement. It came in the NCAA semi-finals when Alcindor and his sup- porting cast, including Lucius Allen, Edgar Lacey and Lynn Shackelford, made Elvin Haves et. al. wish they'd missed the team bus to the game. The final score read UCLA 101, Houston 69 . . quite a dethroning for the top-ranked team in the country to endure. But that wasn't the only time UCLA made mince meat of a number one ranked team in the NCAA tournament. Back when most of us were in elementary school, a guy named Cazzie led the Michigan Wolverines to a once-beaten Big Ten season, a victory in the Mideast regional, and a semi-final win over Bill Bradley's Princeton club. The Wolverines had the number one ranking, an awesome height and muscle advantage, and an amazing cool under pres- sure. But none of that meant much when they couldn't get the ball across half-court, twice in a row. After jumoing off to an early lead, Michigan found itself out- bustled, overhauled, and just plain blown out by a ferocious Br in oress feturing the likes of Gail Goodrich, Ken McCintosh, Mike Lynn and Keith Erickson. Only a late rally made the final score a semi-respectable 91-80. Johnny Wooden made pressure basketball synoomous with UCL4A in the mid-Sixties, and only with regret did he hnge .tvles to build around Alcindor. Since then, players like Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, Bill Walton and Keith Wi lks have discourAged the pressure game. Against Notre D'me, the press seemed to be little more than a nuisance. UCLA basketball is 'still pure poetry in motion. But in the Alcindor-Weglton era, it has relied more on pure talent; in the H zzard-Goodrich era, it relied on speed, hustle, and a devas- tnt-ยข f1"11coulrt Dress All the.m tenms were (and are) great, but if you ever get a 11h unce ask Wooden which ones he had more fun coaching. FORD __________ In 1932 and 1933, when Michigan' football won big, Gerald Foredtdd't AT E IO play. In 1934, he started, and the team ATTENTION went 1-7. ADVERTIMSRY ter than you are. They gotta go out and prove it." Nobody will ever be able to say for sure how good a wrestler Rob might have become without his two-year layoff. In econo- mists' language, he paid a heavy opportunity cost by skipping out on the grappling subculture. And he reaped some unusual bene- fits. The most spectacular of these is a peculiar worldview which still persists from his active role as a non-leader of the legendary Bullshit Party. Rob was respon- sible-culpable, if you prefer- for the proposal to build a plat- form around the Union ginko tree to keep the leaves off the ground. He ran for SGC on that "plat- form" a year ago, and if the election hadn't been thrown out, he would have won. "I wouldn't go into politics permanently," R o-b emphasizes. "You have to kiss too many peo- ple's feet, and that's not how I want to relate to anyone. I just want to be standing out in the hall, joking and having a good time." It's too bad he wasn't around 30 years ago to give Richard Nixon s o m e s o u n d political advice. WALK-ON SETS RECORD: Wir am # " .. hirii - - - - - 1 r r W5/ 5/9// L."'/ N N 5/sr.v v'W/W By RICH LERNER igan Relays, Williams placed right Michigan t r a c k coach Dixon behind three-time Big Ten chain- Farmer received a big surprise pion Bob Cassleman of Michigan earlier this month-Dave Williams. State by doing a 1:11.5. He blames Williams, a junior running in his his slower time on a case of first varsity appearance for the nerves and is confident he will Wolverines, broke a school record beat Cassleman next time. and registered the second fastest' "Now that he has beaten me," time in the world so far this sea- Williams noted, "the pressure is son at 600 yards by running the on him. I have nothing to lose. distance in 1:09.8 at the Eastern "I haven't peaked yet. I have Michigan Open Jan. 19. peaked physically but you're al- The old Michigan record had ways ready physically. Your peak been set by Kent Bernard at 1:09.9 is your psychological peak," the back in 1964. Maize and Blue runner added. IRONICALLY, Williams finished DAVE, WHO had run the 600 second then to Eastern Michigan's only three times before his great Stan Vinson, who was clocked in run at Eastern, believes -that tac- the identical time. His previous tical mistakes have hurt him both best had been 1:12.5. times out. He made his move too The following week, in the Mich- late against Vinson, and rushed' f NFL takes Wolverines- Pistons murderBuffalo mrns up ira ci1- too soon versus Cassleman-play-' "DAVE HANDLED it very well, ing right into his opponents' hands most athletes tread water while either way. they're out, but he learned," "Dave has the physical ability," Coach Farmer said. "Dave never Farmer claims, and adds that "he questions work, he's energetic, en- has plenty of speed, and ample thusiastic and very easy to coach." endurance." Williams patterns his running "But it will be a half-dozen races style after Vinson, both running before he's confident enough in his with a long stride. "hickenman" tactical ability to be a national as he was called in high school cotne, ihgnstrack men- used to lean forward too much ocontended.hg rwhen he ran but Coach Farmer has worked on his form and "since Williams, who has no scholar- I've straightened up I've taken two ship, was recruited while in high seconds off my time." 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Fullback Bob Thornbladh got picked by Kansas City in the eleventh, and Walt Williamson, a 14th-round choice,, goes with Clint Haslerig to San Francisco. Pistons power By GEORGE HASTINGS Special To The Daily DETROIT -- The Detroit Pis- tons came out of the locker room and outscored the Buffalo Braves 194 at the beginning of the second half last night to break open the game, and continued to a 111-96 rout in a National Bas- ketball Association contest- last night. Piston center Bob Lanier out- played the Braves' league-lead- ing scorer Bob McAdoo in a head-to-head duel, whipping in 36 points and dominating the de- fensive boards. McAdoo finished with 30 points. The two teams, both fighting for "wild-card" playoff spots in t h e i r respective conferences, played fairly evenly the first half, with Detroit gaining a 56- 50 halftime edge by outpointing the Braves 30-17 in the second period. * * * Bulls bellow CHICAGO 0P-Howard Porter, a reserve forward, unloaded a 10-point barrage in the final five minutes last night to spark the Chicago Bulls to a 103-94 triumphr over the Capital Bullets in a Na-J tional Basketball Association con- test. 11SCORES I NBA Detroit 11, Buffalo 96 Boston 120, Cleveland 108 Golden State 129, Atlanta 122 Chicago 103, Capital 94 ABA ALL-STAR GAME East 128, West 112 NHIL Vancouver 7, Detroit 3 N. Y. Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL N.C. State 86, Maryland 80 I W. Michigan 85, Cent. Michigan 67 Penn. St. 61, Syracuse 55 Connecticut 71, Holy Cross 68 Toledo 86, Kent State 55 school by Dave Martin, Michigan's track coach at the time but he headed to Muskegon Junior College for financial and social reasons. Williams dropped out after his first semester because the school had no track team. By the time he had "gotten enough cash together" to enroll here, Farmer had become the track coach and he knew little about him. When Dave walked into Farmer's office to join the track team, Coach Farmer was not very encouraging. But Williams has, a dream to run in the Olympics and this was his only chance so he decided to give it a try. Last year he had to sit out of varsity com- petition because of his transfer but he worked out with the team and ran kith the Ann Arbor Track Club. the axis of -s eros by WALTER SPINK Schocken-$10.00 our price-$9.00 Walter Spink is professor of Eastern Art at U of M. Pro- fessor Spink will sign copies of his new book Saturday, Feb. 2, 2-3 p.m. Border's Bookshop 316 S. 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