Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, January 27, 1973 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, January 27, 1973 Michigani { YBy BOB HEUER A crucial Saturday - Monday series with Indiana and Iowa marks the pivotal point in Michi- gan's quest for the Big Ten basket- ball championship this weekend. The Hoosiers, riding atop the heap with an unblemished 4-0 con- ference record, invade Crisler Are- na at 2:00 p.m. today. The Wol- verines then travel to Iowa City Monday night to face the Hawk- eyes, winless since their opening conquest of Minnesota. At this critical juncture in the season, two victories would propel the Maize and Blue right back into the thick of the title chase. Two losses would bring them to the brink of elimination. Coach Johnny Orr calls thisI week's action even tougher than last week's, a one point loss to Purdue and a one point victoryI over Northwestern. "Indiana is the hottest team in the Big Ten right now," intoned the coach. "Our scouts tell us they play- ed a near perfect game againstj Michigan State last Monday." Truly, the Hoosiers did little wrong, shooting a torrid 56 per cent while committing an infini- tesimal four turnovers en route to a 97-89 victory over a Spartan bunch that gave Michigan fits two weeks ago. Heading the list of young Hoosier standouts is freshman fireball Quinn Buckner. Quickly becoming a household word around the Big Ten, Buckner traded his football spikes for sneakers after a sea- son-long stint at defensive back, and has been equally impressive on the hardwoods. While not scoring at a mur- derous pace, Buckner has played key roles in the Hoosier victor- ies over Minnesota last Saturday and Michigan State with his pin point passing and impregnable defense. In the words of Gopher coach Bill Musselman, Buckner con- trolled the tempo of the game. "He was the guy who really hurt us." Joining Buckner will be a front line boasting size, speed, and scor- Russell . . . yes! ing ability. 6-8 senior Steve Down- ing leads the Hoosiers in scor- iTday in Sports Tankers host SMU THE MICHIGAN swim team faces its first real challenge of the year when they host Southwestern powerhouse Southern Methodist at Matt Mann Pool today at 4 p.m. The Mustangs were fifth in last year's NCAA Championships and have most of their squad returning. Gone is Olympian Jerry Heidenreich but that does not mean coach George McMillion has a weakened team. Freestyle is the strong suit Michigan must contend with. Ray Ince and Paul Tietze are among the top 10 freestylers in the nation. They will battle Ray McCullough in perhaps the best matchups of the meet. John Rubottom and John Thorburn will duel with the Wolverines' Tom Szuba and Dan Fishburn in the distance races while SMU's Larry Driver and Michigan's Stu Isaac will renew an old rivalry in the breaststroke. Gymnasts at Minnesota MINNESOTA LEADS Michigan's gymnastics squad by a 148.75 to 147.30 margin after completion of the dual meet's compul- sory events last night in Minneapolis. "The Gophers proved to be especially hot," reported Coach Newt Loken. "With us suffering several near-misses, it's been tough." The optional events, scheduled for this afternoon, provide the remainder of the competition in the two-day affair. We'll really have to fire-up tomorrow in order to make up the 1.4 deficit," explained Loken. Michigan's unbeaten dual meet record, which includes their stunning upset victory over defending NCAA champion Southern Illinois last Thursday, stands in serious jeopardy at the hands of the aroused Gophers. Mat men challenge Illini HE WOLVERINE wrestling squad will travel today from Lafayette where they met the Boilermakers in a match last night to Champaign where they will contest Illinois. Coach Rick Bay voices- confidence as usual in this eighth dual meet of the season. "If the team wrestles as well as they have been, we shouldn't have any trouble at all," Bay assures. Again Jim Blanks and Fred Lozon will take on the 126 and. 134 pound positions, however, they will be a match wiser after having contended in their first varsity match last night. Although Illinois has not been a stand out this season, they still appear strong in the first three weight classifications, with Phil Miller at 118 pounds, Bob Mayer at 126 pounds, and Andy Passaglia at 134 pounds. The team's best wrestler is Palmer Klass in the 190 spot, and will be met by Wolverine Dave Curby in today's match which is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Michigant Relays at Yost THE GLITTER OF TWELVE Olympian stars will brighten the gloom of Yost Fieldhouse today. It's the Michigan Relays and the Wolverine thinclad debut. In the 60-yard dash, the lightening fast speeds of Herb Wash- ington and Marshall Dill challenge Michigan's best-Godfrey Murray. While the unconventional Dave Wottle blazes the track for Bowling Green, the Wolverines will be testing their six new frosh on pole-vaulting and high-jumping. The preliminaries begin at 3:00 this afternoon, followed, at 7:00, by the finals. General admission stands at $1.00. AM m A & EM W n E &A V Luels daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: MARC FELDMAN ing with an 18.6 average, and in, rebounding with 12 per start. At the forwards are 6-5 John Ritter and 6-7 Steve Green. Ritter scores at a rate of 16.4 a game, including an incredible So of 52 from the foul line. Green, in sharing play-; ing time with John Kamstra,I sports a 5.5 average. 6-41/2 fresh-t man Jim Crews joins Buckner at guard, with John Laskowski wait- ing in the wings. The Hoosiers run a dynamo of- tougi1 fense making primary use of their big men. "When they come down on offense," warned assistant coach Jim Dutcher to the team during the week, "they don't set up. They just go." The offense is designed to find the big man near the hoop. It worked for a slew of easy buckets against Michigan State and may hurt the Wolverines at the high post, where Purdue found repeat- ed openings last Saturday. Defensively, Orr plans to go with his 1-2-2 zone that went a long way toward lowering the personal foul total to a measly ten against Purdue. The zone however, yielded 42 first half points in the Northwestern game and Orr went to a man-to-man in the final stanza, "to open things up." The coaching staff has been concentrating on the Indiana of- fense man for man all this week in practice. The second string has been running the Indiana attack, with each substitute portraying a starting Hoosier. The Wolverines will have to cure a lack of movement on offense that cost them the lead in last week's Purdue contest. Although they have at times gotten very hot offensively, a consistent pattern, has been noticeable by its ab- sence, except when the stack is run. Outside the starting lineup, C. J. Kupeccontinues to look sharp as a third -forward and second cen- ter. Kupec was thought to be the only Michigan big man with an out- side shot, that is until Brady can- ned three jumpers in the Purdue tussle. Both John Lockard and Greg Buss saw action against North- western. While getting a mini- mum of game time in recent Hoosiers THE LINEUPS 3 MICHIGAN Campy Russell (6-7) Ernie Johnson (6-8) Ken Brady (6-10) Henry Wilmore (6-3) Joe Johnson (5-10) F F C G G INDIANA (42) John Ritter (6-5)" (34) Steve Green (6-7) (32) Steve Downing 6-8) (45) Jim Crews (6-5) (21) Quinn Buckner (6-2) weeks, both looked sharp in prac- tice this week going through the Indiana offense. The key to stopping the Hoos- iers for Michigan will be to deny the inside feeds from the likes of Buckner, who excels in the art, to Downing and Ritter. The two, if allowed to get the ball in close, are likely to score and/ or put the Wolverines in serious foul trouble. Icers lose COLORADO SPRINGS - The Michigan icers dropped an 8-7 decision to Colorado College last night in overtime, despite Roy Ashworth's three goals. Offensively, a mix-it-up type game is needed from Brady, and a dearth of turnovers to match In- diana's expected low output. Orr commented on the burden of playing Saturday - Monday sets. "We've played more than any other team in the Big Ten," he griped. "It's really tough to come back Monday and play again, es- pecially; if you lose Saturday," he continued.{ "If we beat Indiana, I'm hop- ing our momentum will carry us over Iowa on Monday. If we lose, there's gonna be a lot of talking done to get things straightened out." If ever a team is ready to break out, it's the Hawkeyes. After b r i n g i n g Minnesota down to earth, the Hawks have dropped last-second decisions to Illinois, Michigan State and Ohio after a loss to Michigan. "The heavens must be frown- ing," moaned Iowa mentor Dick Schultz about his team's bad luck. "We've played under par a couple times, but we don't de- serve to be 1-4." Iowa still has the loop's fourth leading scorer in center Kevin Kunnert. Kunnert played a great first half in the first Michigan- Iowa game, but was stifled by Ken Brady in the second half to in- -. . . . . ........._ ..,.,. Big Ten Standings W L Pct. sure a Michigan victory. Slick-shooting Rick Williams has been strangely erratic, going hot or cold just like his team. The two average 23.2 and 16.6 respectively. w "We know Iowa's got a tough ballclub," voiced Orr. "They're' ready to bust out and they're play- ing at home." Elsewhere in the Big Ten to- day, co-leader Purdue entertains the enigmatic Ohio State Buck- eyes. The Bucks notched their first league win last week, edging Iowa 75-72. The Bucks could tighten the race considerably by beating a Purdue contingent pick- ed to finish well below them, now two games ahead. Michigan States tries to put another nail in Minnesota's cage Daily Photo by ROLFE TESSEM coffin when the two square off IN A BATTLE OF 25s, Henry Wilmore lofts a soft jumper over in Minneapolis. Iowa plays a the fingertips ofBoilermaker JerryaNichols. Wilmore was held non-leaguer at South Carolina; t onsaantPru u aebc ih2 gis while Illinois takes on North t onsaantPru u aebc ih2 gis Carolina at Chicago Stadium.) Northwestern Monday. FIVE MORE YEARS: FSchembechier signs newua pact' 41 * I 41 KEN BRADY hopes he can win the battle of the big men with Steve Downing in today's crucial Big Ten battle. 39-2 ROMP: Matmen roll on Special To The Daily The Michigan wrestling team annihilated Purdue last night by the humiliating count of 39-2. The Wolverines' juggernaut roll- ed to its seventh consecutive dual meet victory with only a draw at 126 pounds preventing an al- most unheard of whitewash. Assistant Coach Bill Johanne- son offered words of praise on virtually all his performers. "Jeff Guyton's victory was probably the most impressive of the night," claimed Billy Jo. "He beat a guy who's one of the Big Ten's best at that class." Guyton decisioned Bill Andrew 6-4 in the battle of 134 pounders. Head Coach Rick Bay planned on wrestling Fred Lozon at that division, but substituted Guyton late yesterday afternoon when Lozon came down with a virus. JOHANNESON t h o u g h t Bill Schuck wrestled well in his 9-4 decision against Tom Simpson. Two of Michigan's grapplers recorded pins last night. Mitch Mendrygal flattened Mike Houtz 1:34 into the first period while heavyweight Gary Ernst turned the trick against Rick Rodgers 38 seconds from the second stanza's horn. "Gary just crunched that guy," observed Johanneson, himself a former standout grappler for the Wolverines. "He had a tremend- ous advantage over the Purdue wrestler, not only in weight but also in strength." JOHN RYAN notched his sec- ond impressive victory in a row when he rolled to a 15-3 superior decision over Boilermaker Harry Downing. Ryan earned "Cham- pion of the Week" laurels last NBA Milwaukee 117, Detroit 105 jBoston 139, Houston 126 Atlanta 18, Buffalo 82 Chicago 110, Baltimore 100 Cleveland 105, Philadelphia 100 ABA Memphis 114, Denver 107 Utah 127, virginia 121 NHL Los Angeles 3, Atlanta 3 WHA Minnesota 4, Ottawa 2 week for his 11-2 effort against Indiana's Jim Clary. In the meet's other events, Jerry Hubbard struggled past Dave Dilworth 2-1 on the basis of a riding time advantage. 190- pounder Dave Curby decisioned Nate Kempler 3-1, while Jim Brown took a win-by-forfeit at 118. The meet's culprit turned out to be Jim Blanks. Blanks, a sehior wrestling in his first varsity match, surrendered Pur- due's sole two points when he drew Boilermaker Jim Yeager 2-2. Roger Ritzman looks like he's rapidly rounding into shape after sitting out the first part of the Wolverines schedule with an in- jured sternum. The 167 pounder blanked Purdue's Eth Ruiz 6-0 in a match completely dominated by the senior Wolverine. ANN ARBOR (UPI)-University of Michgan football Coach Bo Schembechler, recently voted the Big Ten's Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year in 1969, has signed a new five-year contract with the school, athletic director Don Canham announced yesterday. No salary figures were disclosed. Schembechler had a year re- maining on his original five-year contract with the Wolverines, signed prior to the start of the 1969 season. Canham said the new agreement, which becomes effective July 1, was approved by the Board in Control of Inter- collegiate Athletics at its January meeting. "I'm happy to have this new contract for myself, my staff and my family," Schembechler said. "It's nice to look down the road a few years and be able to make plans." Schembechler left Miami of Ohio 'in 1966 after six successful seasons and immediately guided the Wol- verines to a share of the Big Ten championship and a Rose Bowl trip. He guided the Wolverines to 38 victories in 42 regular season games over the last four years. * * * Lions ink McCafferty of the Lions. McCafferty will assume the post vacated by Joe Schmidt, who announced his resignation from the National Football League club earlier this month, saying the job wasn't fun any- more. Schmidt had served as head coach for six years. In Baltimore last season, Mc- Cafferty balked at orders from General Manager Joe Thomas to bench veteran quarterback John Unitas and was fired after the fifth game when the Colts record was 1-4. In his first two seasons at Balti- more, McCafferty compiled a 21- 6-1 record. I McCafferty, 51, is the 12th head coach in the history of the Lions. His appointment also marks the first time since 1948 that the Lions have selected a head coach from outside their ranks. BILLIARDS TABLE TENNIS BOWLING FOOSBA LL UNION jI Indiana Purdue MICHIGAN SIllinois MSU Minnesota Ohio State Iowa Wisconsin Northwestern 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 4 4 3 PSS 7 HOW a A LITTLE AC ® Field Enterprises, Inc., 1972 A OUT mToN? ------ Indiana at MICHIGAN MSU at Minnesota Ohio State at Purdue Iowa at North Carolina Illinois vs. South Carolina DETROIT (P)-The Detroit Lions yesterday named Don McCafferty, who coached the Baltimore Colts to the Super Bowl championship two years ago, as new head coach Tankers rip By CHUCK BLOOM Michigan swim coach Gus Stager must be a good card player. With Southern Methodist coach George McMillion scout- ing the Wolverines from the stands, Stager was deliberately careful not to reveal anything to him in last night's 73-50 win over Texas. "It was a tactical thing to- night," Stager commented. "We didn't want to show anything." Which is exactly what happened. Stager kept most of his best swimmers out and used others in oddball events. The opening event of the meet, the medley relay, was won by the Wolverines with a fair but not spectacular time of 3:36.54. Far more unspectacular was Dan Fishburn's winning time in the 1000 freestyle of 10:33.58. Fishburn, who went under 10 minutes against Wisconsin and is capable of better times, was conserving his energy for today's matchup against John Rubottom of SMU. Dick Quint was impressive in sweeping both diving events as the Wolverines took 1-2 on both' boards. Steve Schenthal was second on the one-meter board and Pete Agnew was runner-up on the three-meter springboard. Donnie Vick of Texas was third in both events. The two best races of the night were the 100 and 200 yard free- styles. In the 100, sophomore Pat Stevens records a personal best clocking of 48.88 leading the race from start to finish. Stevens beat out teammate Mike Sexton for the win which Stager called "very satisfying and impres- sive." The 200, however, was differ- ent. Tom Szuba, fast becoming the dominant crowd pleaser at Matt Mann Pool, came from be- hind to win the race. Behind to the Longhorn's Dick Worrel at 125 yards, Szuba, not normally a sprinter, came on to touch out Worrel with a time of 1:45.89. Felipe Munoz, the 1968 gold medal winner in his native Texa s Mexico, was in action last night and won the 200-yard breast- stroke. Fellow Longhorn Fred LeMaostre took the 50-yard free- style beating out Jose Aranha and breaststroker Stu Isaac, swimming way out of his event. But overall, Michigan domi- nated the meet. Paul Foster turn- ed in an excellent 1:58.80 in win- ning the backstroke and Don P e t e r s o n broke a persogtal drought in winning the individual medley. Stager was quite non-commital about today's clash with tough SMU. 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