Thursday, April 18, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 18, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Steve By JEFFREY CHOWN There is definitely a tendency to write off as "dumb-jocks" among some segn the academic community. Occasionall one like Dave Gallagher is put on TV. about his educational objectives. But it this comes mostly from a "look here is that can talk" idealogy. He is presentee exception to the stereotype, not as e against it. One athlete who is upset with this att Steve Adams, 'M' club president, recent I Relays discus champion, and holder of ti 'en championships. Adams is the trac co-captain and holds school records in 1 indoor and outdoor shot put. But perhal importantly he holds a 3.5 grade point r in English, and is headed for graduate s Steve comments: "The only really pointing thing in my four years here ha the. athletic stereotype. It bothers m4 people form so many ideas about yoi ;because you are an athlete. It's amazin people at a supposedly liberal school c so close-minded." The 6-7, 285 pound native of Pittsfield, chusetts doesn't feel that awards for e ing athlete-scholars are particularly he squelching this image: "I'm not knockin Adams: The scholar-athiete they're a tradition. But I think it perpetuates the stereotype even more to say 'Here's our jock that can talk'. I just think it's a little ridiculous. Why don't they give an award to the outstanding student who plays IM sports, it's the same thing. While Steve will not deny that there are some athletes who live up to the "dumb jock" stereo- type, he points to the fact that many athletes could be better students if they did not have to devote so much time to their sports. He justifies the use of athletic scholarships: "Don Canham has told me of what extremes any PR man will. go to in order to get a name in the paper. When schools get publicity through their athletics peo- ple don't say "Where's .that" anymore. And be- yond that, how many students come away from a football game on Saturday having a bad time. It's entertainment, and same students don't realize how much effort goes into bringing about those Saturday afternoons." Adams also dislikes the idea that athletes get a "free ride". "That's just not true. You figure the money you get for the hours you put in and it's just not that much. I'm glad I didn't play. football, I don't know how those guys can do it. They have to come to school two weeks early for double sessions. They're subjected to the pressures of main- taining a winning tradition each week. They have spring practices, and they're at a tough academic school." With all this pressure and competition many athletes maintain it is almost necessary to make their academics run second place to their ath- letics. Steve, however, has not fallen into this trap; "My number one emphasis would be on academics. It's not like I let track slip. I've never missed a workout, and I've done a lot of good things like winning the Big Ten. But I've al- ways done it for the fun of the thing. But I don't condemn someone for doing it differently." As Steve explains his academic objectives: "I'm an English major, but I haven't had time to pick up a teaching .certificate here so I'll prob- ably go to Education Grad school. I'd like to teach at the high school level and coach, and if things go well move up to the college level. I've applied to the University of Massachusetts in my home state, and been accepted at Seton Hall which right now looks pretty attractive. And I've also applied for a teaching assistantship at the University of Tennessee. Adams was a much sought after high school star and his reason for choosing the Univer- sity of Michigan was its academic balance. "I didn't want to go to the Ivy League be- cause they are too academically orientated, and on the West Coast it seemed just the op- posite. Here there is a real balance between the two and I've been very satisfied." Steve feels athletics have done a lot for him besides paying his way through school. "I prob- ably don't realize half the things track has done for me. I know how to discipline myself. I, know how to budget my time and it carries over into academics as I know how to get papers done on time, and done right." Adams' coaches seem to agree with Steve's evaluation of himself. Dixon Farmer comments: "He's the kind of guy who leads by example. He is not a cheerleader, and he doesn't do stuff like bang his fist in the locker room. He's very in- telligent with well defined goals, and he knows how to go get them." Weight coach Jack Harvey notes: "He is a very methodical worker, very exacting, not emotional, although he is competitive. He is a pleasant guy to work with and one of the hardest working guys on the team. He's cer- tainly been an asset to our program." Whether Steve Adams is merely an exception to the "dumb jock" stereotype is open to debate. But most certainly this talented scholar-athlete demonstrates that we should never pre-judge someone's intelligence because they devote time to athletics. Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI The Heave-ho STEVE ADAMS LOFTS another 60-footer into the air. Besides the shot put, Adams is very talented in the discus as well. Last week he captured the Dodgwood Relays discus championship while recording a fourth in the shot put. Weight coach Jack Harvey thinks Adams has the potential to vie for a national championship in the discus. Although in this picture it looks like someone stepped on his toe, Adams is normally a very cool, calm, and collected person. I- - e Sanu4y iW &3i- Big Blue Machine. BOSOX BURN YANKS y T Professional Lague Stndins . . . retools with speed John Kahler-...... ONE OF THE FEW conclusions that can be safely drawn from watching spring practice is that the '74 Michigan Wolverines will present a different offensive look from past editions of the Blue Machine. Not really radical changes (after all, Bo voted for Nixon), but changes nevertheless. The most notable difference will be the lack of an overpower- ing fullback. Ed Shuttlesworth has departed, and the freshman candidates to replace him have been (alternately) hurt and un- impressive. So, the tailback from Tiffin, Chuck Heater, will spend the season vamping at fullback. Unlike Easy Ed, Heater will not overpower many people. This was demonstrated quite dramaticallyat. a recent practice where on a fourth and one inch play, the aroused first string defense threw Heater for a loss. But, unlike Shuttlesworth, Heater has speed. "Chuck Heater is the kind of player who needs to find a crack in the defense," explained coach Chuck Stobart, who handles the offensive backfield. "But once he gets a crack, he can pick up some good yardage. He won't run over many people, but he has advantages a big fullback would not have." Speed appears to be the trademark of Bo's new backfield' Rob Lytle and Gordon (Bad as Hell) Bell are nothing if not fast. There is also Heisman Trophy candidate Dennis Franklin (the squad's best open field runner) at quarterback. The most effec- tive play in the Wolverine repetoire is the Franklin scramble out of the pocket. IN FACT, IT IS this personnel that is forcing changes in Mich- igan's coaching philosophy. The Michigan offense has been called many things in the past, among them, dull, boring, and unimaginative. To these you can add: ineffective. Any team with a fairly competent defense can hold Michigan to 14 or less points in a game. The Wolverine attack is capable of only a limited number of options, and whenever a team can handle these plays, the attack breaks down. Fortunately for Wolverine fans (and Bo Schembechler's winning percentage), Michigan in a normal year plays only two teams with maor college defenses: Ohio State and the Rose Bowl opponent. For a team that shuts down the Wolverines, the trick is how to outscore them. Whenever the offense has gotten into trouble, the defense has come through to bail Michigan out. Michigan State (10-0) and Purdue (9-6) were games of that sort y 1972; the defense did the same thing to Navy (14-0) last year. Defense wins balgames at Michigan, and the defensive players know it. This is the group that, in practice, appears to have a monopoly on spirit and desire. The offensive players, on the other hand, seem deathly afraid that the slightest mis- take will earn them an exile on the demo squads for the dura- tion of their careers., Combined with this pathological fear of errors is a doctrinaire backwardness in coaching philosophy that can think of no better way to deal with an opponent than to bulgeon him to death. This approach is tried with every foe, even though it often means spending the afternoon futilely attacking the one strong point in the other team's defense (Ohio State, 1971). BUT NOW THE attack has speed, and coach Stobart seems to relish the opportunity to use it. "We will be discussing over the summer the changes we will be making to fit the personnel we have," he claims. "There are some things we can do now that we couldn't do in the past, and some things we could do in the past that we can't do now "We want Gil Chapman to be a Johnny Rodgers-type wingback. He will be doing everything; catching the ball, blocking, and running. If we play him at wingback, he will be seeing a lot of action. "We don't want to expose Dennis Franklin too much, since we don't have too much depth at quarterback. Actually, we intended to pass more last year than we did, but the offensive line was hurting in the first four games, and when they came back, Franklin was bothered with that hand injury. We have a great quarterback, some great receivers, and good blocking, and that's all you need for a great passing game." So the end of the offensive doldrums is in sight. It will be speed and finesse as Bo's Revenge rolls to a showdown in Columbus. This would not be the first small, quick team to win the Big Ten. Ask Johnny Orr. LOW-COST EUROPE FLIGHTS Palmej DETROIT ()-Baltimore jump ed on Woodie Fryman for five runs in the first inning and Jim Palmer fired a five-hitter last night, lead- ing the Orioles to a 6-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers. 'Fryman, 0-2, walked Bobby Grich and balked him to second to begin the outburst. Designated hitter Tommy Davis followed with a run-scoring single, then rookie Jim Fuller smashed a two - run homer, his first of the baseball season. Don Baylor then walked and stole second and Earl Williams was intentionally walked with two outs to get to Andy Etchebarren, who promptly delivered an RBI sin- gle. t Bill Slayback replaced Fryman and was greeted by a single by Mark Belanger who drove ii the fifth Baltimore run.. The Orioles added a run in the fifth inning, when Fuller was hit by a pitch, stole second, reached third on Brooks 'Robinson's' single and 'scored on a sacrifice fly by Williams. A walk to Willie Horton brought home Detroit's run in the sixth after Palmer, 2-0, loaded the bases with a pair of walks and an er- ror. Bronx bumbers NEW YORK - Bernie Carbo and Bob Montgomery drove in eighth- inning runs yesterday, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees and Pat Dobson, who had pitched no- hit ball for six innings. Juan Beniques opened the eighth with a double and wenttto third when right-fielder Walt Wil- liams"throw hit him on the batting helmet. Carbo singled Beniquez in to give Boston a 3-2 lead, and Sparky Lyle replaced Dobson, 1-1. Carbo went to third on Carl Yas- trzemski's single and scored on Montgomery's sacrifice fly. The Red Sox tied the game 2-2 in the seventh. Dobson lost his no- hitter and shutout when Yastrzem- ski hit his fourth home run of the season over the right-field fence. Bob Montgomery flied out, Cecil Cooper singled and went to third on Dick McAuliffe's hit-and-run single. Doug .Griffin's bunt single got the tying run home. Dobson escaped further trouble by strik- ing out Mario Guerrero and Tom- my Harper. The Yankees nicked Bill Lee for a pair of runs in the second in- ning, helped by some sloppy Bos- ton fielding. Thurman Munson led off with a double and remained at second as Lou Piniella beat out a groundersto deep short. Brewer bombers MILWAUKEE - Bob Coluccio greeted reliever Ken Sanders with a home run leading off the 16th inning, powering the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 baseball victory over the Cleveland Indians Wedes- day night. The blast spoiled an iron man performance by Gaylord Perry, daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: JEFF CHOWN who had pitched 15 innings fory the Indians before sitting down mi favor of Sanders, 0-1. Coluccio teed off on a 3-1 offer- ing from the reliever. Pedro Garcia had tied the game 4-4 for Milwaukee with a two-run homer in the ninth inningof Per- ry. Garcia unloaded with one out after Perry walked Bob Mitchell. Perry held the Brewers hit-' less until Coluccio, after fouling off five pitches, singled sharply to right with two out in the sixth. The Indians took a 2-0 lead in the sixth when John Lowenstein walked, took second on a sacri- fice and scored on a single by George Hendrick. Hendrick stole second and scored on John Ellis' single. Dave Duncan slammed a homer for Cleveland in the seventh. Thej Indians added another run in the frame when Lowenstein bunted1 for a single and eventually scored on a wild pitch. Cubs clobber CHICAGO - George Mitterwald hit three home runs, one with the bases loaded, and drove in eight runs and the Chicago Cubs belted three more homers in a 18-9 blast-' ing of the Pittsburgh Pirates yes- terday. Mitterwald hit his grand slam in the first inning, his first homer' of the season; hit one with two men on in the third, and socked one with the bases empty in the sixth. He also got an RBI with a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and doubled in his only other at- bat in the eighth. He had 14 total bases for the day. Rick Monday and Jerry Morales hit consecutive homers in the bot- tom of the second for the Cubs and Bill Madlack's first National League homer preceded Mitter- wald's third in the sixth. Chicago's first 10 runs and Mit- terwald's first two homers came off Pittsburgh starter Jerry Reuss, 0-1, in three innings. Steve Blass, making his first appearance of the year, relieved Reuss at the start of the fourth and finished the game, giving up eight runs, three1 - of them unearned.I Willie Stargell hit his second homer of the season, a three-run shot in the first, and Richie Heb- ner hit his fourth of the year with nobody on and Richie Zisk hit his second with one man on in Pitts- burgh's five-run ninth. r sizzles; Fryman fizzles Montreal Philadelphia St. Louis Chicago New York Pittsburgh wI 5 7 7 4 2 2 L 1 3 5 3 7 8 Pct. .833 .700 .583 .571 .222 .200 GB 1 1Y2 4Y2 5 East F 1 -vl-- -4 , a.ap.. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Milwaukee 6 3 Boston 5 4 Baltimore 5 4 New York 6 5 Cleveland 4 7 Detroit 4 7 Pet. .666 .556. .556 .545 .363 .363 GB 1 1 1 3 3, West Los Angeles 9 3 .750 --.+ Houston 7 5 .583 2 ] Atlanta 6 6 .500 3 San Francisco 6 6 .500 3 + Cincinnati 4 6 .400 4 ] San Diego s 3 9 .250 6 Wednesday's Games Montreal 7, New York 4 Chicago 18, Pittsburgh 9 San Diego 6, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 12, St. Louis 5 Los Angeles 14, Cincinnati 1 Houston 3, San Francisco 2; Thursday's Games New York Matlack 1-0 at Montreal Torrez 1-0, 3:15 p.m. Pittsburgh Rooker 0-1 at Chicago Frailing 1-0, 2:30 p.m. San Diego Grief 0-2 at Atlanta Bar- rison 0-2, 7:35 p.m. St. Louis McGlothen 1-0 at Phila. delphia Echeuler 0-1 or Lonborg 0-1, 7:35 p.m.y San Francisco Bradley 1-1 at Hous- !' California 7 3 .700 - Minnesota 5 3 .625 1 Oakland 6 4 .600 1 Texas 6 5 .546 1 Z Kansas City 3 5 .375 3 Chicago 1 8 .111 5H Wednesday's Games Baltimore 6, Detroit 1 Boston 4, New York 3 Milwaukee 5, Cleveland 4 Texas 4, Kansas City 2 Minnesota at California, inc. Chicago at Oakland, inc. Thursday's Games Boston, wise 1-0 at New York, Me- dich 1-1, 2 p.m. Minnesota, Blyleven 2-0 at California, Tanana 2-0, 4 p.m. Baltimore, McNally 1-1 at Detroit, Lolich 0-3, 8 p.m. Only Games scheduled. LACROSSERS LAUDABLE Golfers prepare for Keppier A Concert of Jewis Music from the late Renaissance to the present AN ENSEMBLE OF SINGERS AND INSTRUMENTS Directed by ELLEN KATZ MONDAY EVENING, April 22 8 p.m. Greene Lounge, East Quad ADMISSION FREE By MICHAEL WILSON The Michigan golfers will travel down to Columbus, Ohio this week- end where they will participate in the sixth annual Kepler Invitation- al Golf Tournament. The Kepler classic which will be held on the Ohio State University golf course is the second tourna- ment of the 1974 season for the Wolverines. Rounding out the squad at this point are co-captains Rene Des- marias and Craig Dhio, Louis Meldman and Tom McParlan. Two other players yet to be named will complete the Wolverine squad. Michigan comes off an excellent showing in the Miami Invitational, which was held last month. In that tournament, the Wolverine golfers earned a sixth-place berth out of a field of thirty-seven teams. Michigan compiled the lowest score of any northern school in that tournament. The Kepler tourney will contain teams from the Big Ten and Mid- America conferences. "We have a good chance to win," assistant Wolverine coach Jim Lipe speculated. "I expect Tom McParlan and Rene Desmarias to be our lowest scorers. Either one could individually win the tourna- ment." "They have the ability to win anytime," Lipe declared. McParlan. posted the lowest score of any competing Wolverine golfer in the recent Miami Tourna- ment. The Wolverines stiffist competi- tion should come from the Ohio schools. "They've had better weather and have ; gotten a good jump on us as far as actual prac- tice is concerned," assistant coach Lipe said. "Right now I think we're about the number two or three team in the conference," head coach BillI Newcomb stated. "Indiana is the best team I think. They beat us down in Miami and should win the Big Ten," New- comb said. This is the sixth year Michigan has competed in the Kepler tourna- ment. The Wolverines have never finished better than seventh. After the Kepler Invitational, the Wolverine golfers will head for the University of Miami at Ohio where, on April 29, they will compete in the Mid-Amedica championship tournament. Stickers slash Down by four goals in the second period, the Michigan Wol- verines stormed from behind to edge the Michigan State Spar- tans, 8-7, in a Lacrosse contest at East Lansing. The Wolverine scoring was paced by Steve Bissel's three goals. Don Holman contributed four assists, while netminder Tim Cotter had ten saves for Michigan, now 7-2 on the year. The Michigan stickmen will complete their season this Sun- day against the University of Illinois at 2:00 on the Tartan Turf south of Yost Ice Arena. 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