JVednesday, February 28, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Nednesday, February 28, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY BITTERS WEET TRIUMPH: UWFT .7 Wrestlers savor Big Ten title By JIM ECKERG While most of the attention fo- cused on the Michigan-Minnesota1 basketball game last Saturday, Coach Rick Bay's wrestlers very quietly walked off with the Big Ten grappling championship. The Wolverines performed in a work- man-like manner, piling up enough second-place points for the vic- tory. Unfortunately, concealing the fact that it was a job half done is impossible. Michigan entered the tournament as heavy favorites. After the first day's competition Bay's grapplers had built an in- surmountable lead. The Wolver- ines left Minnesota's Bierman Building Friday night knowing all that remained was a return per- formance Saturday and the trophy presentation. Saying the Wolverines didn't wrestle well in last Saturday's championship round is unfair. The grapplers performed competently, displaying their skills and giving their all. But something was miss- ing. Michigan lacked an inner fire, some indefinable drive: Call it desire. This Week in. Sports TONIGHT HOCKEY-at Michigan State TOMORROW SWIMMING-Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships at Matt Mann Pool, preliminaries at 1:00, finals at 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY SWIMMING-Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships at Matt Mann Pool, preliminaries at 1:00, finals at 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY-at North Dakota SATURDAY SWIMMING-Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships at Matt Mann Pool, preliminaries at noon, finals at 7:30 p.m. BASKETBALL-at Wisconsin HOCKEY-at North Dakota With the team championship secure, the Wolverines forgot the killer instinct exhibited in the Penn St. and MSU meets. While other contestants salvaged individual glory, Michigan rested on the crown. The Wolverines' letdown was understandable. Allyear long, Bay and Assistant Coach Bill Jo- hanneson stressed the team cham- pionship. Michigan's first goal, an unde feated dual meet season, came an went. When the second goal, th Big Ten championship came with in reach, the season appeared ove But for five Wolverines, the con ference season ended one day to soon. Observers sensed the disappoin ment following the awards presen tation Saturday afternoon. Watchin Michigan Tech Photo MICHIGAN GOALTENDER ROBBIE MOORE moves heaven and earth in an attempt to deprive Mich- igan Tech of a goal in a recent game. Nevertheless, the Huskies triumphed. Recently, Dan Farrell, a Tech assistant was named the new Wolverine hockey coach. TO menting chuck bloom NEW HOCKEY MENTOR Farrell seeks ice re birth the procession of'Wolverines tak- impregnable NCAA heavyweight ing their place on the second- champ. The best Ernst hopes for place stand, inches below the is a second-place national finish. champion, seemed incongruous. Curby, his bracket's top-seeded Jerry Hubbard taking second place grappler, couldn't put it together in the Big Ten? After two straight in Minneapolis. Perhaps he was championships? That's hard to di- over-rated in the top spot, but gest. certainly 'Curbs' is one of the con- Hubbard left the mat after his ference's four best 190 pounders. crushing setback a shaken man. While some of the Wolverines Sitting on his knees several feet waited around for the consolation from his suddenly isolated team- matches early Saturday afternoon, mates, Hubbard buried his head in a glimmer of hope entered Curby's his lap and shook from side to mind. side. Later, a compassionate Rick mik Bay tried to console his wrestler. "I've been thinking about the But what can you say? nationals," confessed the Ann Ar- "There's not much tosa, con- bor native. "You know, Purdue's "ee'saynlater."uhtsay,"io only got two guys eligible for the fessed Bay later. "Just tell him to nationals. Are they going to fly keep his head high." Michigan's those guys all the way to Seattle? coach thinks losing the conference They've got. no chance for the title e- title might be a blessing irn dis- anyway," d guise for Hubbard, taking some ofIanyB e the pressure off his back. The Curby, the Big Ten's alternate h- NCAA tournament will test Bay's 190-pounder, looked for reassuring r" theory. agreement. But Wolverine Captain n- By d rt tMitch Mendrygal informed his But it could work the other way, teammate the conference is chart- too. Now there might be more ering a plane out of Chicago for t- pressure on Hubbard. Now he must the coast. Curby's hopeful eyes n-provee's still the Big Ten's best, checked out the linoleum gym floor. grather than having it taken for. onRaMcia' ogte g granted.. John Ryan, Michigan's forgotten Gary Ernst's and Jeff Guyton's man, lost his two outings and very individual crowns salvaged some- quickly assumed a spectator's role. thing from Saturday's disappoint-# The 177 pounder missed 'the last ment. Guyton, the freshman who two dual meets with a bruised seized every possible break in the shoulder and obviously suffered tournament, won three matches by from the layoff. a combined margin of three points. The trimmed-down Michigan The rookie emerged from Minnea- wrestling team resumes practice polis as Michigan's biggest sur- this afternoon for next week's nd prise. Although third-ranked, no- NCAA championships. With seven th body thought Guyton could possibly grapplers in action, the Wolver- win the title. ines have a shot at high national Ernst wrestled as close to form honors. Depth, the key to Michi- asposible. Clearly the dominant gan's conferencetcrown, will once heavyweight in the conference, again determine their team per- Ernst zipped through three op- formance. Individual titles are hard it ponents for the crown. Surprising- to come by, but a few Wolverines ls. ly, the junior from Saline takes still have something to prove. its little satisfaction in his title, or so a- he claims. - be "It's not very satisfying to beat ; I er a bunch of blobs," confided Ernst OCES before competition even began. "There's not much of a challengeNH ir in it." NHL s The frustrated Ernst suffers from Chicago 5, New York 3 d a double dilemna: lack of league COLLEGE BASKETBALL competition and a guy named Chris North Carolina St. 82, I Taylor. Taylor, the 400-plus pound Texas Tech 64, Arkansas 63 get behemoth from Iowa State, is the St. John's 108, Holy Cross 90 er ht- t'v erUNSELLING AT TOTR IS is now being offered. Lola Jones is at Trotter House on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4 p.m. and invites minority students to walk-in and discuss any problems or concerns. Ms. Joner 'so J I encourages students to talk with her about setting up group sessions. Call 763-1356 (Trotter House) or 764-8315 (Mental Health Clinic, Health Service) 5 "Aquapotent" Hoosiers. . . . . . "pool" their funds BELIEVE THE saying goes something like this: "You have your hills and your valleys." This weekend during the .Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships to be held here at Matt Mann Pool, there will be two perfect examples of this truism. Last year at Michigan State, Indiana completely dominated the competition capturing all but three of the swimming events. However, the real excitement was generated by the intense battle for second place between Michigan and Ohio State. The Wolverines garnered the second spot on the very last event of the meet and nipped the Buckeyes by five slim points. This time there will be no battle. After finishing ninth in the NCAA championships, Ohio State has fallen into the valley of dismay. All their outstanding swimmers and a couple of their class divers fell by the wayside due to gradu- ation. Now instead of fighting for the top spot among the Big Nine (the Hoosiers are in a class by themselves), the Bucks will be hard pressed to finish higher than ninth over shoddy Iowa. So bad is the Buckeye team, they have even advertised in the dorms for willing souls. Ohio State's downfall can be attributed to several factors. They recruited poorly and as coach John Bruce commented, "Our new boys just haven't come through for us." But the major factor for the abyssmal season of Ohio State has been the new Big Ten rule that decreased the number of minor sport scholarships from 38 to 1S. Ohio State, according to Bruce, does not provide enough money to bring champion- ship-caliber swimmers to Columbus. And since the Buckeyes pride themselves on their outstanding diving program, Bruce may be lucky to secure one or two full rides for tankers. Money helps Hoosiers Indiana, on the other hand, does not suffer from the aforementioned dilemma. Their athletic department funnels vast resources into "Doc" Counsilman's program enabling him to bring in the finest swimmers from all over the country. Traveling expenses for recruiting improvements in Royer Pool, and Counsilman's salary are but a portion of the total funding; a situation unique only for IU. Out of the 15 Big Ten full rides given, Counsilman claims to have five, or one-third of the total, leaving five sports to divide the remaining 10. Counsilman is by no means com- plaining about his total of the pot but believes it is unfair to shaft the other sports who need talent just as bad. "I feel hat we (the Indiana swim team) should drop out of the Big Ten," stated Counsilman. "That way, it would allow the other deserving sports "a chance to recruit more and better athletes. Also we wouldn't come under the stringent Big Ten rule. The whole thing is embarrassing to the conference. It was just a trial plan and now we're stuck with it." Another advantage Indiana has is their tuition waiver policy. Normally tuition for an athlete on scholarship is paid by the athletic department. But at IU, the athlete merely presents a slip to the cashier which is accepted as payment. Hence, no money changes hands and the athletic department saves thousands in tuition expenditure. Since all but two Hoosier swimmers are from Indiana, that saves more money than any bank. "We save roughly $176,000 in tuition costs," stated Indiana assistant athletic director Bob Dro. "The university just gives it to us. Wisconsin is the only other school with a similar policy." When the swimmers go at it this weekend, individually it will be talent versus talent. But when it comes down to the team standings, money, or the lack of it, will have a lot to say in the final outcome. By ROGER ROSSITER There was little surprise after the degeneration of the Michigan hockey team this season when Athletic Director Don'Canham an- nounced a coaching change for next year following the retirement of Al Renfrew. Though the name Dan Farrell may be unfamiliar to most Michigan hockey fans, Farrell is a well known figure around Mich- igan Tech and the WCHA. As a player at Michigan Tech, Farrell skated on a line with Mur- ray Oliver and gained a reputation 'for his skating ability and penalty killing prowess. After graduation, Farrell became an assistant for venerable Tech coach John Mac-, Innes and for the past few years has done the bulk of Tech's re- I cruiting. While in Houghton 'this past weekend, I had a chance to chat with Farrell. QUESTION: W h a t influenced you to accent the head coaching job at Michigan? FARRELL: The opportunity to rebuild a hockey program at a school with Michigan's prestige was a major factor. I've been hop- I ing to get a head coaching job, buti I really didn't know I was being considered for the Michigan jobi until a few days before the deci- sion was announced. The offer was just the thing I'd been waiting for, so I accepted. QUESTION: What will be your major task in rebuilding the Michigan program? FARRELL: Getting a steady flow of sound players that can play both ways. WCHA rules stipulate that you can only give six scholar- ships a year,and some coaches don't take full advantage of them. Here at Tech we've always worked under the philosophy that even if we really didn't need six players, we'd get them anyway. You never know when injuries and other prob- lems will change your plans, and it's always nice to have some play- Get 4 teGov 'GRO~A s1 WON Michi in Uinion e Groovy 1111ar Room sports NIGHT EDITOR: MARK RONAN ers in reserve that can step in and do the job. QUESTION: What types of players do you hope to recruit in order to fill out the Michigan squad? FARRELL: Some good sized for- wards that can handle themselves on both ends of the ice, especially some righthanded shooters, since Michigan has a definite lack of players on that side. I'd also like to have another right defenseman, and another goalie that can play regularly, either to back up Moore or to take over the number one spot. I've always had a preference for big goaltenders. QUESTION: Will the fact that you have been recruiting for Michigan Tech hinder you now in recruiting for Michigan? FARRELL: I think it will work to my advantage. Naw that I've been on the road recruiting for al few years I know more of what I am looking for. I've also madej some s t r o n g friendships with coaches and player's parents and have assembled a lot ofcontacts in the Wisconsin-Minnesota area that should be of great use in the future. As far as individual players go for next season, Tech really isn't looking for the same type (f player as I am for Michigan. Mich- igan has a good group of young defensemen, while Tech will be re- cruiting heavily in that area. I've talked to a couple players already for Tech, and have assured coach MacInnes that I will leave them alone now. I pretty well Know what QUESTION: Will Michigan' lack of a first-rate hockey fa cility hinder your recruiting? FARRELL: Not as much as would at some other schoo There are so many strong poin to the university-its size, loc tion, diversity-that we should1 able to attract players oth schools can't touch. 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