Thursday, April 4, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY I mI Page Seven' I Sports o'f The Daily Havlicek shines Jim Hall... . . the life of a freshman By JOHN KOHLER SPRING FOOTBALL HAS traditionally been the time when sophomores-to-be attempt to fight their way into the starting lineup as replacements for departed seniors. Freshman eligibility hashnot changed that situation very much-at least not at Michigan. In the two years that freshmen have been eligible to play varsity ball only one freshman has ever started for Michigan. The Michigan system demands perfection, and except at an easily learned position like split end, new arrivals can seldom pick up the system quickly enough to acquire the savvy needed for the job. So they end up playing on the Varsity Reserves and biding their time for spring. "This is when we find out whether these people can play Big Ten ball," proclaims coach Schembechler. But the going is not completely clear even there. Bo treats his seniors well, and tends to favor experience over youth. Seniors are given a shot at starting a year, and hope- fully impressing the pro scouts. This serves as a sort of reward for years of faithfullness. The situation is a little different this year. Twenty-nine seniors are gone, including 11 starters, and at many positions freshmen must come through if the Wolverines are to have a successful '74 camgaign. An opening at offensive tackle EOF THESE positions is offensive tackle. Both starters, Jim Coode and Curtis Tucker, are, gone, and the returning ex- perienced people are not particularly distinguished. There is also n experienced depth at this high-injury position. This leaves the way open for people like Jim Hall, who is trying for Tucker's old job at quick tackle. Hall came to Michigan from nearby Ypsilanti as a highly recruited line prospect. Several Big Eight schools and most of the Big Ten went after him, including Ohio State. "I never really intended to go to Ohio State," states Hall. "Woody was nice enough, but I just didn't trust him." Hall finally ended up choosing Michigan because, "I felt they' had the best academic program, and I wanted to play for a winner, not a loser. Michigan's the best around." He and high school linemate Greg Boik comprised half of the prospects signed out of the state of Michigan last year. The behavior of a coach toward a player changes quite drastically once the player is signed, sealed, and delivered. The chummy fellow of recruiting days becomes a screaming maniac on the Tartan Turf of Ferry Field. "They don't get on you too much in the first few weeks ' while you're still learning. But after that, they start treating you lie everybody else," remembers Hall. The problems of adjustment ALL SPENT MOST of last fall working on the scout teams and playing for the Varsity Reserves. The Varsity Reserve team had a chaotic year, as Michigan State welshed:ut on two games and the Baby Blue lost the other three. Says Hall, "We had a lot of good guys, but no wins. We should have won, but Swe didn't." "The first priority for these kids is their work on the demo squads," states coach Elliot Uzelac. "They're asked, after never having played together, to play a system (Michi- gan's) they haven't practiced." There is also the academic side of life as a football player, as Jim Hall found out. "Academically, it's a lot harder here. In high school, you get a lot of attention, but here you're on your own. You can't expect help because it won't happen." But now comes the true opportunity to make a mark. Hall is currently on the second team behind senior Steve King. Says Uzelac of. him, "Jim's a good kid and he's doing well. With him, it's mostly a matter of picking up the system." Hall is realistic about his chances. "I think I have a good chance at starting, but I have this senior in front of me." A future of hope and uncertainty "THE -OACHES ARE very proficient and dedicated people. Coach Hanlon (who coaches the offensive tackles) knows his business and pushes you hard." "My freshman year here wasn't what I expected it would be when I 'got recruited. Things were different, not as ex- pected, but it's still all right." as Celtics romp BOSTON We-John Havli- cek and Dave Cowens led Boston to a 39-point first- quarter spurt and the Celtics romped to a 120-107 victory over the Buffalo Braves last night-to take a 2-1 lead in their National Basketball Association Eastern Confer- ence semi-final p 1 a y o f f series. Havlicek had 43 points for the game, including 26 in the first half, and Cowens had 23, 17 of them by halftime. Boston, which had fallen far behind in the early moments of the first two games, made- sure it was not going to happen again by running up a 39-22 first period lead as Cowens fired in '13 points, Havlicek 12 and Don Chaney 10. The score was tied 14-14 at the six-minute mark whensthe Celtics made their move, scor- ing 13 straight points in a string I NIGHT EDITOR: JEFF SCHILLER that included two baskets each by Cowens, H a yl i c e k and Chaney. HAVLICEK'S H 0 T shooting continued into the second period as he accounted for 14 more points in moving the Celtics out to a 62-39 lead before the'Braves' Bob McAdoo ran up 10 markers to help trim the margin to 66-53 at the half. Buffalo whittled the lead to 72-63 three minutes into the sec- ond half as Jim McMillian toss- ed in three baskets in an early third-quarter surge. But Boston put on another burst of 13 points to four for the Braves, who never threaten- ed again. HAVLICEK'S 43 points led all scorers. Cowens had 23 and Chaney 17 for the Celtics. Mc- Adoo poured in 38, Garfield Heard had 18 and McMillian added 16 for Buffalo. AP Photo ERNIE DiGREGORIO of the Buffalo Braves drives for a first down despite tough opposition from Celtics Dave Cowens (standing) and Don Chaney (12). Boston won, 120-107. NL WEST PREVIEW AP Photo IN ONE OF the more prophetic shots from the exhibition season, Cincinnati rookie outfielder Ken Griffey looks to right field as he rounds first base and watches another home run drop in. The Reds will count on Griffey to fill in the gap left by traded Bobby Tolan, as they face strong challenges from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Houston Astros sans Leo Durocher. RA[TY FAIV LLS4 .HOT. Daly picks By RICH LERNER the unfortunate incident of this The National League West di- winter. Newcomer Milt May will vision just might be labelled anchor the Astro infield, behind "The Hitter's Division" this year. the plate, and is looking forward Each team is loaded with play- to working with the strong Hous- ers who rip the cowhide-covered ton pitching staff, headlined by spheroid to shreds every year. Osteen, Dave Roberts, and Don Pitching and defense will decide Wilson. the winner. The Astrodomites have one of The Cincinnati Reds, defending the best defensive infields in the champions appear to be the game, but have not found an- strongest at these facets of the other outfielder to accompany game, in what just' might be rifle-armed Cesar Cedeno and the strongest division in the ma- burly Bob Watson. jors. San Francisco won the division Joe Morgan and the recovered in 1971 and have the sticks to Dave Concepcion form the best win it again. But once the Giants keystone combination around, get past Ron Bryant and Tom while Pete Rose and Johnny Bradley, on the mound, they Bench excel in the field as well will have to start a couple of as with their potent bats. This warm bodies. Relievers Elias time around, the Ohio River Sosa and Randy Moffitt, the dwellers will have third-sacker brother of Billie Jean King, will Dan Driessen all year, and are see plenty of action. counting on rookie Ken Griffey The Giants have the best to start in the outfield. Merv young outfield in baseball, with Rettenmund has come over from Bobby Bonds, 1973 Rookie of the Orioles and after many years the Year Gary Matthews, and of platooning will have the oppor- Gary Maddox. If Bonds and tunity to play regularly. towering Dave Kingman can Ross Grimsley is no longer manage to make contact with around, but Clay Kirby has mov- the ball the times they don't hit ed from San Diego to round out home runs, it could mean a the Cincinnati pitching staff. happy glow will emit from Can- The Dodgers have been saying dlestick Park, come September. "wait 'til next year" since the The Atlanta Braves can hit, departure of Sandy Koufax, and hit, hit, and hit. It is all down- this might be the one. Jim Wynn hill from there. Hank Aaron, will follow in the footsteps of Darrell Evans and Davey John- Frank Robinson and Dick Allen son became the first trio of team- as the new long ball hope for mates in baseball history to hit the Dodgers, but Willie Davis is 40 or more home runs in a sea- 'gone in center field and the Los son last year, but Atlanta finish- Angeles outfield defense will be ed fifth. weakened. Mike Lum, Dusty Baker, and Mike Marshall is the new right- Ralph Garr are also big swing- handed relief ace to go with ers, but none of the aforemen- southpaw Jim Brewer. With tioned six are particularly glove- Claude Osteen doing his thing in handy. Houston, Don Sutton, Tommy That leaves the Atlanta defense John, Andy Messersmith, and Al in the hands of catcher Johnny Downing will supply the Ange- Oates, and rookie shortstop Craig lenos with their traditionally Robinson. Too bad. strong pitching staff. Knuckleballer Phil Niekro is The Houston Astros will be reportedly switching to the bull- better this year - Leo Duro- pen this year, further depleting cher won't be around. New the beleaguered Brave pitching manager Preston Gomez will have his first chance to win a pennant (his early years in San Diego don't count), and he has BEN R the material to take it all. One of the big questions in the G land of the ten gallon hat is whe- C. V ther Cesar Cedeno can overcomeI I . Daily Consensus 1. Cincinnati 2. Los Angeles 3. Houston 4. San Francisco S. Atlanta 6. San Diego staff. The advantage the Brave pitchers have is that they don't. have to pitch to Aaron and the. rest of their teammates....... McDonald's magnate Ray Kroc bought the San Diego Pa- dres, and the Padres spent the big buck to get some hitters that can turn baseballs into ham- burger. New faces include Wil- lie "Big Mac" McCovey, :Bobby Tolan, Glenn Beckert, and Mat- ty Alou. Add these to the al- ready established Padres like Dave Roberts, Nate Colbert and John Grubb, and one finds a team that can hit. The Padres, to their dismay, had to trade away most of their pitching staff to get these.sticks. So with San Diego's leaky field- ing the Padres will be playing a lot of "ketchup" ball. --- 1 t..cus 1-dju.l 1ickm en bow to MSU RIAN DEMING deft stickhandling, broke open a goal by Washington. heavens poured down commanding lead with goals by "We made fundamental errors," ;ift of spring it seemed Pat Hardenburgh, Scott Urbin, commented Michigan coach Bob :ould contain the Mich- and three goals by speedster Val DiGiovanni. "We put too much But when the rain Washington. pressure on our defense." id the Maize and Blue But the clouds that had been " Defense inconsistant >urth quarter goals by threatening all afternoon broke The Michigan defense, led by ate left the Wolverine loose with the showers and the' Pete Lodwik Buck Foot, d anding on the soggy Wolverines suddenly sloshed theirPete LFrien c and anchored d carpet with a 9-7 set- way back. Danny Ti e a ancored At 12: 28 Steve Bissell bounced goalie Tim Cotter was inconsistant At 1:28Stev Bisellboucedbut played under steady pressure gave the Wolverines the ball past Spartan goalie Ronbpled unera tta k ed [efeat in five outings Hebert to cut the MSU lead to 5-2. applied by the Spartan attack led s season. Bissell came back in the second by Washington. ' never ahead half with a goal at 1:35. Meanwhile Hebert, in the nets ever led in the contest Only 20 seconds later Don Hol- for MSU, played an outstanding hind by as many as man scored on a picture perfect game stopping Wolverine scoring when trailing 5-1 late play. Clark Bell fed Bissell with a opportunities. Hebert plays goalie and quarter. Michigan pass, Bissell relayed it to Holman in ice hockey during the winter exceptional speed and just to the right of the goal where l(months. - Holman tossed in the goal. The lacrossers hope to re-estab- Bissell scores again lish their winning ways Saturday Just over a minute later Bissell when they take the turf against got a pass from Dave Murphy and Ohio University. The game will be- beat Hebert on a one-on-one situa- gin at 2:00 p.m. at Ferry Field. tion. In five minutes of play the Wol- verines had splashed back and tied the score at 5-5. S A F c l State responded with a goal byL &c The Second Session Hardenburg at 4:28 giving the :10 and the Third Ses- Spartans the lead once again asT urs., Al ding Michigan starts the rain coincidentally subsided. Michigan knotted the score again competes Friday in with an unassisted goal by John Center for Researd me UpUU1Iia atL 1T% * ithth Corbett. Summer Vacancy MAY-AUGUST FOREST TERRACE 1001 S. FOREST Large 2 bedroom furnished opts. Air Conditioning Parking See Manager in apt. 211 or call 769-6374 or 761-2559 There are other freshmen at differentI going through the same experience right Wolverine football fans will find out whether Jim Hall, are Big Ten football players. positions who are now. Come fall, these players, and InjAury-riddled Michigan NCAA gymnastics clashi ROMER ULATIONS! By LEBA HERTZ Michigan's gymnasts begin their longshot bid for the NCAA title today at Penn State Uni- versity. Lead by Coach Newt Loken, the Wolverines were se- lected as the at-large representa- tive-,because they posted the highest second place score from all 'eight qualifying meets, and because Western Independent Champion Air Force scored only 297 and was disqualified. Jean Gagnon, Bruce Medd, Pierre .LeClerc and Bruce Kee- shin will represent the Wolver- ines in the all-around. Randy'Sa- kamota and Chuck Stillerman will be competing in the floor ex- ercise along with the all-around men. .J. P. Bouchard's foot in- jury, which prevents him from making the trip, could hurt the Wolverines in this event. 'ably add strong support, along with either Keeshin or Scott Pon- to. Vaulting has been Michigan's strength this season, but Bou- chard's absence could lower the Wolverines' score. Gagnon, Le- Clerc, and Rich Bigras should keep Michigari alive in this event. Gagnon and Bigras look like the strongest men for Michigan on the parallel bars. In the high bar, Bob Darden and Carey Cul- bertson figure to staryfor the Wolverines and Medd should add a fine third score. THE COMPETITION will be tough for Michigan. Big Ten Champ Iowa will be there along with defending NCAA titleholder Iowa State. The host school, Penn fm.. - -- - _ - 'F' ty Workshop :ri 4, 1 974 and Learning (CRLT) ADISON Angell Hall-2:45 p.m. on your admission to HUC all the gang at H ILLEL Michigan the optionais at t p.m., wtm the other two sessions running at 3:10 and 8:00. On Saturday, the Individual Events Finals start at 7 p.m. The meet is sold out. The com- petition is awesome.. But the Wolverines' Big Ten score shows they deserve to be one of the eight teams with an opportunity to win the 32nd Annual NCAA Gymnastics Championships. MSU pulls away But that was the closest the Wol- verines would come to beating the Spartans as Hardenburgh and Bill Prutton each scored early in the fourth period and the Wolverine offense was stifled. Craig Bradley put Michigan one goal away from the visitors at 7:35 but Michigan couldn't put the ty- ing goal across. The Spartans iced the game with the just seconds to play with a 109 E.M Board bus in front of A Return at 5:15 I I Y W -A"*'.RSi.%- HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN THE MORNING AFTER PILL Dorothea Broginsky AT THE U-M HEALTH SERVICE BETWEEN 1967-1973 ., rw