Tuesday, February 6, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
page Seven
Tuesday, February 6, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven
sports or The Daily
Minor sports . .
... Minor no longer
By DAN BORUS
WHAT WITH the basketball squad playing like Charlie Brown's
All Stars and the hockey team playing like Charlie's second
string, some not so knowledgeable Michigan sports fans have
been counting the days until Bo Schembechler opens up spring
practice.
Well, if you're in that category, you've missed the boat. Al-
though the so-called "major" sports have the zest of a deflating
volleyball these days, the so called minor sports have been
nipping along with the speed of the Flash.
The rather carthartic year suffered by both the dekers and
the cagers has not been matched by the wrestlers and swimmers.
In fact both squads stand on the verge of their best seasons in
quite sometime.
And, sports fans, if you've already seen "Deep Throat" then
some of the .cheapest thrills you can find this weekend are avail-
able at Matt Mann Pool and Crisler Arena. The aquactic ma-
gicians of Coach Gus Stager take the pool at 4:00 p.m. and Rick
Bay's Grapplers spring on to the mat at 7:30 at Crisler Arena.
Both meets are the pinnacle of each respective team's sea-
son. The grapplers move to defend their perfect dual meet re-
cord with a showdown with the Big Ten's periennal best, Michi-
gan State, while the swimmers face-off with arch rival and all-
time nemesis Indiana.
The latter meet may well be worth your consideration.
Although the only way you can view Mark Spitz is on milk or
watch or razor commercials, the Hoosiers still possess the
finest aggregation of watermen around. Dec Counselman, who
has been winning swim meets since God created the world
in seven days, leads the Hoosiers swimmers down to Matt
Mann pool.
Though the Wolverines are not yet in the tip-top class of
Indiana, Daily swimming writer Charles Bloom ,assures me that
the tankers are going to give the Hoosiers a battle royal. And
the tanke-s are rarin' to go.
For those who have avoided swimming because it was a little
too hot in Mat Mann pool, a look at the Hoosiers and some fine
Michigan swimmers could well pay off for curly hair with some
real down home excitement.
One of the real surprise stories of this winter sports season
has been the unblemished record of the Maize and Blue grap-
plers. Once considered the most inconsistent of the minor sports
performers, the grapplers have continually wrestled with the
cream of the crop. From top to bottom the grapplers really don't
have a weakness.
In Saturday's contest the old order faces the new. State,
long the dominant force in Big Ten wrestling. Spartan mentor
Grady Penninger has been long considered a master molder of
men.
The Daily's wrestling expert Jim Ecker has been touting
the grapplers all season and feels, "that Michigan could
conceivably dethrone State from the perch which they have
held for so long."
While talk of a Michigan NCAA championship is premature
(after all Iowa State and Oklahoma State still field teams),
Michigan remains in fine shape for a shot at the Big Ten title.
Coaches from Illinois and Minnesota have tabbed the Wolverines
the team to beat.
In fact Illinois coach Jack Robinson said only last week,
"from what I've seen, Michigan is the BEST."
Though wrestling has not been glamorized to the extent
of say football or even basketball, there is something basic-
ally exciting about the sport. The college variety, in no way to
be confused with the kind that takes place in Cobo or at the
Olympia, is quite dependent upon skill as it is on strength.
In fact, with the exception of the heavyweight Division, the
former quality is more important than the latter.
No "minor" sport round-up of Michigan could be complete
without a review of the gymnasts. Coached by the personable
Newt Loken, the gymnasts are the artist in athletics. Once the
automatic winner of the Big Ten crown, the gymnasts have been
pushed in recent years by the likes of Iowa and Minnesota. And,
with last week's victory over Iowa, the team that spoiled Michi-
gan's championship hopes of '72, the tumblers seem ready to
assault the championship ranks again.
Michigan's secondary sports are so strong that the All Sports
title, which has resided on State and Hoover for two years, will
most likely be the property of the Maize and Blue once again.
Though the cagers may crack the second division and the icers
seem, unfortunately, to be last. '
Gymnastics, wrestling, and swimming are their first or sec-
ond Big Ten finishes for the Wolverines. Tennis and baseball are
likewise top two finishers. Indoor track is a question mark,
though the recent performances have been quite promising.
Football is a first already, as cross country is a second.
So there, wise guy. All is not dead with Michigan sports. If
we could get Joe Shlobtnick for the basketball team, we'd be in
great shape.
Buckeyes
shock Indiana
By The Associated Press
COLUMBUS - Alan Hornyak's
free throw with five seconds re-
maining gave Ohio State a 70-69'
Big Ten basketball victory over,
league-leading Indiana, the Hoos-
iers' first loss in conference play.
Hornyak, who scored 19 points,I
was fouled by Hoosier freshman
Quinn Buckner and sank the sec-
ond of two foul shots for the upset.
The loss snapped an eight-game
winning streak for fifth-ranked In-
diana, now 14-3. The Hoosiers,
however, still are atop the Big Ten
with a 6-1 mark.
A last second desperation play
by Indiana went awry when John
Laskowski's pass went over John
Ritter's head. Dave Merchant of
Ohio State stole the ball as time
elapsed. Steve Downing pumped in
22 points to lead Indiana.
Luke Witte scored 18 points and
grabbed a game high 16 rebounds
before fouling out with less than
four minutes to play for Ohic State,
now 9-7 overall and 3-3 in the con-
ference. Wardell Jackson also
scored 19 for the Buckeyes.
* * *
Illini conquer
EVANSTON-Nick Weatherspoon,
held out much of the first half
with three fouls, came back in the
second half to score 24 of his 32
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MARC FELDMAN-
points to lead Illinois to an 84-77
Big Ten basketball victory over
Northwestern last night.
Illinois led by as many as 10
points in the first half but fell
behind 41-38 at intermission.
Northwestern scooted to a 47-40
lead early in the second half be-
fore Weathersoon asserted him-
self. With Weatherspoon hitting,
the Illini gradually came back to
take the lead at 70-68 with less
than 10 minutes to play.
Weatherspoon then helped Illinois
hike its lead to 76-72 despite a 29-
point performance by Northwest-
ern 's Mark Sibley.
The victory gave Illinois a 4-1
record in the Big Ten and lifted
the Illini within one game of
league-leading Indiana.
* * *
Luburn awes
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jimmy Dan
CnnerSetutheatewith aoge-c
basketball game.
The Wildcats dominated both
boards and outshot Auburn from
the field as the visiting Tigers
closed the gap a little in the final
minutes with substitutes on the
floor.
Conner's 21 points at halftime
matched the first-half scoring for
the entire Auburn team.
Jim Andrews added 19 and Mike
Flynn 13 for Kentucky as the Wild-
cats hit 44.4 per cent of their 81
shots.
Sylvester Davenport led Auburn
with 11 and Robert Osberry had
10 in a substitute's role.
Conner, a 6-foot-4 sophomore
from Lawrenceburg, Ky., hit 12 of
20 shots from the field and three
of four free throws for his total.
* * *
Oklahoma romps
NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma
Sooners defeated the Missouri
Tigers 90-77 in the OU fieldhouse
last night before 4,700 enthusiastic
fans.
The Sooners controlled the tip
and followed with a four-point ad-
vantage, Missouri narrowed the
lead to two and then the Sooners,
led by Alvin Adams, stretched
their lead to 9-2 with only 1:45 gone
in the first half.
The Tigers then narrowed the
lead to one, 9-8, with 15:15 remain-
ing and took the lead 10-9 with
14:24 to go. Missouri then pushed
their lead to five as Gary Link
floated a full-court pass to Mike
Jeffries to hit layup, the Tigers
then led 16-9 with 12:36 remain-
ing.
The Sooners, with a flurry of
points, managed to shoot a spree
of shots and handed the Tigers a
48-37 lead with 38 seconds to go
before the half.
AP Photo
NICK WEATHERSPOON of Illinois soars and fights for a rebound
in the Illinis' Big Ten win last night over Northwestern in Evan-
ston. The "Spoon" had 32 points including 24 markers in the
second half.
JOHNSON AXED
Guidolin tabbed as Bruin coach
Doly Photo by DAVID "MAGIC EYE" MARGOLICK
Jumps league
Steve Fetter (center) formerly of WCBN signs a multi-million
dollar contract with Sports procurement director Dan Borus (glass-
es) and Associate Sports Editor Froggy Alterman.
BOSTON (M-The slumping Bos-
ton Bruins, fighting for the key to
defending the National Hockey
League's Stanley Cup, fired Coach
Tom Johnson yesterday and re-
placed him with Armand "Bep"
Guidolin.
Harry Sinden, managing direc-
tor of the Bruins, made the an-
nouncement.
GUIDOLIN currently is coach of
the American Hockey League Bos-
ton Braves, the Bruins' top farm
club.
The move came as the Bruins
continued a three-week slide that
has dropped them into third place
in the NHL's East Division.
Sinden said the change in coach-
ing was effective immediately. He
said Johnson would remain with,
the team in an administrative ca-
pacity.
"We felt a change was neces-
sary at this time," Sinden said.
Guidolin, 47, has been the
Braves' coach since the team was
placed in Boston at the beginning
of he 47-77 - -- caac~
MSU SATURDAY:
Matmen
By MIKE PRITULA feet at
More than just a few eyes will might j
be focused on the Michigan However
wrestling team when they clash others)
with the Spartans from East mats an
Lansing Saturday. The meet will Coach
'go a long way in deciding the lers thei
Big Ten Championship as both workout
teams bring spotless records in- end. Ba
to the confrontation. troops to
Comparing scores against com- for this
mon opponents is not the ideal
way to make the odds, but one
just has to look at last week's
grappling results in order to pre- BETH
dict the "big one" at Crisler Michiga
Arena this Saturday for the E
The Minnesota Gophers came West Al
bounding into the State of Michi- battledt
gan last Friday undefeated in Hubbar
the Big Ten and atop the stand- opponen
ings. They left the Great Lake the East
State with two defeats and tail
between legs. On Friday night that sw
the Spartans sent the Minnesota dropping
team whimpering on down to room" t
Ann Arbor when they edged the "We
Gophers by a 18-15 count. The this we
Michigan State win was as close Mhigw
as the score indicated and it Michigan
took a clutch win from the Spar- is the f
tan heavyweight to put it away. isthtfwe
Minnesota then prepared to do hatwe
battle with our own Wolverines about or
and were soundly routed 20-12. It will
And if it were not for an injured when B
Bill Schuck and a slip of the team n
The Braves finished atop the Guidolin served a stint in the
AHL's East Division last year. armed services but still managed
This year they are in second place a nine-year playing career in the
despite current personnel changes NHL with the Bruins, retiring after
forced by the Bruins' search for the 1952 season.
the right combination in their ef- Before taking the Braves' job,
fort to win the Stanley Cup for the] Guidolin was coach of a junior
third time in four years. hockey team in Ontario. While
Guidolin has a long history of there, he developed such talent as
association with the Bruins, join-
ing them in the 1942 season at the Atlanta's Dan Bouchard, Toronto's
age of 16, the youngest Bruin ever Darryl Sittler and Chicago's Dan
to play in the NHL. Maloney.
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126 pounds, the score
ust as well been 26-6.
rthis meet (like all
will be decided on the
d not on these pages.
Rick Bay gave his wres-
eir usual light Monday
after the rough week-
ay will be pushing his
otheir best in preparation
Saturday, which means
rap plers vie
iLEHEM, Penn. -- Two
in wrestlers competed
East in yesterday's East-
11-Star Meet. Jim Brown
to a 4-4 draw and Jerry
d decisioned a Cal Poly
t 4-4. The West defeated
t, 24-14.
eat and pounds will be
by the wayside in "the
his week.
really have to regroup
ek and concentrate on
n State" the former Big
.mpion commented. "This
irst time in a few weeks
'eve only had to worry
ne opponent."
be easier than last week
ay had to prepare his
ot only for the always
tough Gophers but also the peren-
nially rough Iowa Hawkeyes. Be-
fore their thumping of Minnesota
the Wolverines defeated the
Hawkeyes on Friday night by a
18-17 count.E
"Sure we were tired from thec
Iowa meet," Bay remarked. "ButL
Minnesota was at the same dis-c
advantage after wrestling up atr
East Lansing thenight before." d
It was a successful weekendL
for the Michigan Mat MachineE
which mirrored their entire sea-n
son. Coach Bay has built up the
team thathcan put an end to the
Spartan dynasty. It has been five
years since anybody but Moo Yoo
has sat atop the Big Ten wrest-
ling standings and Bay is the
first one to suggest that it's been
too long.
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Big Ten Standings
W L Pct.
Indiana 6 1 .857
Illinois 4 1 .800
Purdue 5 2 .714
Minnesota 4 2 .667
MICHIGAN 4 4 .500
Ohio State 3 3 .500
Michigan State 3 4 .429
Iowa 2 5 .286
Wisconsin 2 6 .250
Northwestern 1 7 .125
I-SCORES
College Basketball
Big Ten
Ohio State 70, Indiana 69
Illinois 84, Northwestern 77
Other Majors
Oklahoma 90, Missouri 77
Florida 87, Ga. Tech, 85, ot.
S. Carolina 77, Toledo 74
Rutgers 80, Bucknell 69
Hofstra 67, Hofstra 65
Notre Dame 89, Butler 62
Cincinnati 81, Louisville 79
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