Soturdoy, Morch 24; 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Saturday, March 24, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Against The Wa/I Tankers HOOSIERS LEAD sixth in NCAA Snowden to Indiana . . 0 Ain't no way By CLARKE COGSDILL FREDDIE SNOWDEN got his name in the papers again, which is no surprise. A black coah with a winning record is hot property, and an enterprising Associated Press writer reported that Snowden said he was considering job offers from Detroit, Northwestern, and Indiana. Detroit? A natural. Snowden has been quoted as saying he'd rather have a coaching job in his hometown, other things being equal. Northwestern? Sure. This school has unusual problems of size and expense to surmount in its athletic programs, and it is reasonable to think that an unusual cach like Snowden might be just the man to handle them. Indiana? WHAT HE H-?? Don't they already have Bobby Knight, the defensive wizard from West Point who took them to the NCAA semis and finished third in the national voting for College Coach of the Year? If Knight is out at Indiana, that's news, BIG NEWS. It had better be checked out. After the usual fudging with Ma Bell, this reporter was able to reach Indiana athletic director Bill Orwig, a Michigan alumnus, who was more than happy to contradict Snowden's (alleged) statement word by word. "There is no substance " (underline that) to Mr. Snowden's statement," he said decisively. "I don't know where he got that idea. Bobby Knight can have his job here at Indiana as long as he wants it." So much for the Scoop of the Century. Having more than a residual curiosity as to where Snowden got his story from, I tried to reach him through the Sports Information Office at Arizona U. The first time I called, a secretary told me they had no idea where he was, and when I suggested St. Louis (site of the NCAA basketball finals) she reacted with utter surprise. When I called back a couple of hours later, I was told he had already left town for guess where,and hadn't left behind any information on where he could be reached. None of this is standard practice. One suspects, but can't prove, that maybe Fred Snowden has more to hide than just his body. . . + Battle shaping in the secondary Bo Schembechler has some serious problems to solve in spring drills this spring, and they shouldn't be underestimated, but the most interesting battle looks like it's going to happen in one of Michigan's traditional strong areas, the defensive secondary. The difficulty is simple: there are six players who are unquestionably good enough to start, and only four positions available. Wide side halfback Tom Drake and short-side halfback Dave Elliott were supposed to start last year until they got hurt, when erstwhile reserves Barry Dotzauer and Roy Burks stepped in, and played expertly. So far, all four have played well: Dotzauer, in particular, seems to realize that he is in the struggle of his life and has been coming up with some spectacular practice interceptions. They're all fun to watch, so much so tat the temptation is to concentrate upon them and overlook the contest which will probably have more impact upon Michigan's football results next year: the scramble for jobs along the interior lines of both platoons. Watching line play, and evaluating what is going on, is always a problem, especially with a neophyte like yours truly doing it. Coach Schembechler is complaining, which he always does, but finding people to fill in along the line is a job he has done well since the day he started coaching. A strict argument by historical analogy would state that there's nothing to worry about, and I could have used a similar argument to prove there was no way for the 1972 Michigan offense to be stopped three out of four times inside the Ohio State five yard line. In any event, it will be too early to beat the tom-toms and dust off the petal-strewing maidens until the MSU game, which is more than a half year in the future. And even if the Wolverines confound us all and drop all the games they play, it won't be the end of the world. Football arouses too many emotions to be taken seriously. * * * * Super Bowl not so super Sports is the American Fantasyland, and so it causes people to behave in ways which contradict every model I have ever seen which postulates the human species as rational. The Peterson-Kekich circumstance, overplayed and tedious as it is, should furnish enough proof of that. But the acme of sports insanity, the "non plus ultra" of North American ridiculous- ness, simply has to be the Super Bowl. What reminds me of this is the recent proposal by GM "Tricky Al" Davis of the Oakland Raiders to expand the Super Bowl to a best two of three game series. It's not much trouble to extrapolate this into a best-of-seven-of-thir- teen Super Summer ending just before the pro football training camps open, and it's also beside the point. There have been seven Super Bowls, that is to say, there have been seven slow-paced deadly dull mindnumbing wastes of Sunday afternoons. But, defying all logic the American middle class-that great bunch of guys who gave us the Silent (translated: dumb-dumb) Majority--embraces the Super Bowl with more fervor every year. This for an extravaganza which, no matter what side wins, will do nothing to relieve the needs of poor people, or straighten out U.S. foreign policy, or do anything else to improve the way in which we live. Someone's priorities are terribly screwed up. Workshop in Transactional Analysis with STEPHEN KARPMAN, M.D. at C"AMPUSC INM C SUNAYV Mnrrrh 2C By CHUCK BLOOM Special To The Daily KNOXVILLE - Following two record setting performances, In- diana increased its lead on its way to a sixth consecutive title in the golden anniversary version of the NCAA swimming and diving SOT championships last night.dSPO RTS h But alas, all was not rosy for NIGHT EDITORS: MARC FELDMAN and ROGER ROSSITER the Hoosiers. In fact, following the first two events yesterday, it look- ed like a good day for Southern Cal fans. Everything was coming Jim McConica, also of South- ed sixth in a field that contained up Trojan. But following an un- ern Cal, pulled a big upset in five Olympians. believable effort by the.Hoosier winning the 200-yard freestyle. Michigan's luck in relay events s800 yard freestyle relay squad, the McConica barely qualified for the;has been non-existent. Thursday secndda fiisedwit Idinachampionship finals,. but turned' the Wolverines barely missed holding a 39 point lead over sec- on smoke in the last 50 yards to qualifying in the finals of the med- ond place Southern Cal. nip Indianas John Kinsella and ley relay, and the same thing hap- Michigan fell behind Washing- Tyler. pened last night. The Wolverines ton in the battle for fifth place and has a gap of 25 points to The other record performance 800-yard freestyel relay squad nar' make up to place ahead of the came from Indiana's Mike Stamm rowly missed the finals by a mere Huskies. in the 100-yard backstroke. Stamm .7 of a second. They did, however, Sparked by freshman Fred Tyler, did what no human had done be- finish seventh as Szuba outraced whose leg of the 800 freestyle re-I fore which was go under :51 at Southern Methodist's Paul TitietzeI lay was 1:38.05, the fastest 200 this distance.. His time, :50.91, in the last 200 yards. yards ever swam by any human, broke the record he set early in "We just aren't getting any the Hoosiers broke all records in the preliminaries. Southern Cali- breaks in the relays," said Mich- that event. This emotional victory fornia's Steve Cameron finished igan coach Gus Stager. "Szuba by Indiana may have put the lid second and husky Mike McIntryre was okay, but I wish we'd get a on all the hopes Southern Cal had placed third. relay into the finals." of upsetting the Hoosiers for the' However the real story in this Szuba was not disappointed at team championship. All four mem- race was Indiana's Santiago his performance, losing to the na- bers of the Indiana team were Estava. Estava, delinquent from tional record setter Furniss. "Steve under 1:40 and Gary Hall followed water for a year and a half sur- (Furniss) went out like gangbust-I Tyler's time with an equally bril- prised everybody by finishing ers, but I thought I could keep up liant swim of 1:38.70. fifth. -The former NCAA cham- with him. But I didn't." It was a record breaking night pion only started swimming last If Michigan is going to catch all the way around. Southern Cal's January after a bout with ten- Washington, the Wolverines must Steve Furniss ripped Hall's old donitis. garner points in one vital area: record to shreds in the 400 yard diving. Preliminary rounds were individual medlay with a clocking Gold medalist John Hencken of held yesterday in the three-meter of 3:55.16, almost three seconds Stanford captured the 100-yard springboard diving event, and better than the previous mark. breaststroke title i easy fashion. Michigan stands a good chance of Washington's Dick Colella finished Southern Cal's Mike Chatfield fin- gaining ground. Joe Crawford, who second and Michigan's Tom Szuba ished second and defending NCAA placed third in the one-meter event, garnered his second consecutive champion Tom Bruce came in is in the same position following third place finish of the meet. third. Michigan's Stu Isaac finish- the first five dives. He is only ten ,, . .{ ,f . i i . points out of first with today's ac- tion coming up. Diving coach Dick Kimball feels Crawford has a good chance of winning the event. "In high- board ten points can be gained or lost on dives. Joe has five or six dives to make up the dif- ference." Steve Schenthal is fifteenth after the first cut, but Kimball feels that he can move up to qualify for the finals tonight. Tonight will be another big night in Michigan's attempted conquest of the fifth spot. Szuba will be attempting to place in the 200-yard butterfly, Isaac and Pat Bauer will be swimming in the 200-yard breaststroke. Jose Aranha stands an outside chance of placing in the top 12 in the 100-yard freestyle. However, the key will be the 400-yard freestyle relay as a place in the chamiponship heat is all important. "We've gotta get in there ahead of Washing- ton if we want to move up," Stager emphasized. But it looks like Indiana has broken the ego and spirit of South- ern California, especially with the 'dramatic relay win. In this, the. 50th annual meet, everything is turning to gold for the Hoosiers.f AP Photo Mighty s wimU Jack Nicklaus, noted for his mighty swing, slices a shot with vigor during the Greater New Orleans Open yesterday. Nicklaus trailed Lee Elder by three strokes after he carted an excellent 68. I l i TITLE HOPES FADE: Tumblers hold Tarknian leaves ongeac fIor post at Nevada-Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, Nev. (RP') - Jerry at a four-year college. His record ally 100 per cent behind us and'I Tarkanian signed a contract to at Long Beach was 122-20 with feel we have been offered the op- become head basketball coach at championships in the PacifictCoast portunity to build a great pro- the University of Nevada-Las Ve- Athletic Association the past four gram." gas yesterday ending what he call- seasons. Tarkanian succeeds John Bayer, ed an agonizing week of indecision "The decision to take the Las who resigned at -the end of a 13-5 over whether or not to leave Long Vegas job was the toughest of my season in the West Coast Athletic Beach State. life because we have been happy Conference. The 41-year-old Tarkanian signed in Long Beach," Tarkanian said, Meanwhile, Dr. Stephen Horn, a one-year, $22,800 contract after "but we feel the protential of the president of Long Beach State, a final meeting with university program in Las Vegas is unlimit- said: "We intend to secure the best President Roman Zorn and a su- ed. The community there is virtu- coach available." dent-faculty athletic council. - - Tarkanian, a fiery, fingernail- biting, towel-chewing coach well r e g a rd e d for his recruiting NOW OPEN prowess, said he was extremely tired from the past season, when he led third-ranked Long Beach to a 26-3 season. But, he said, "I can't take a vacation now. 1166 BROADWAY ANN ARBOR I've got to get out and get some players. (near Plymouth Rd.) "I'm very grateful to Long BeachJUTRLAE for five years of happiness," Tark- JWT RELEASED . anian said of his first coaching job NEW and USED third By RICH STUCK and LEBA HERTZ Special To The Daily BLOOMINGTON - A young, Michigan gymnastics team ex- plained the meaning of courage last night as they gamely battled their way back into title conten- tion after a disappointing com- pulsory round. T he Wolverines currently stand third behind Minnesota and Iowa in the Big Ten Gymnastics Championship Meet. Minnesota garnered 236.75 midway through the optionals while Iowa scored 236.35 to stay close behind. Mich- igan has 235.85. Michigan coach Newt Loken had high praise for his tumblers after a poor showing in the hori- zontal bar compulsories, scoring only 23.45. Loken said, "These guys are giving all they have. They're really p s y c h e d up. They've shown me a lot of guts." THE GUTTIEST performance was by senior Terry Boys, who . H.*S...ndin::g:s:. N HL Standings s pr a in e d his ankle 'midway through his floor exercise rou- tine but managed to finish and gain a brilliant 9.1 for the Wol- verine effort. Added to his 9.0 in the compulsories, Boys was a cinch to make tonight's individ- ual finals but it looks doubtful whether he will be able to per- form. Boys commented, "It hurts now, but the doctor says if I taped it and was able to stand up, I would be able to go." If Boys is unable to perform, his loss in the vaulting exercise will be a crucial one for the' Wolverines who are striving to catch Lhe Gophers and Hawk- eyes. Loken's leavers, down by 1.15 at the end of the compulsories, whittled Minnesota's lead to 0.9 with some solid performances on the rings and the floor exercise. RING SPECIALIST Monty Falb turned in another brilliant rou- tine with a 9.3 and Joe Neuen- swander recorded a 9.15 to start the Michigan comeback. Besides Boys' 9.1 mark, Ward Black gave a phenomenal per- formance in the floor exercise iwith a 9.4. Black, who received only a 8.6 in the morning com- pulsories felt he was deserving of a little higher score. "I didn't do that well, but I should have gotten around an 8.8 instead of what I got. On the side horse, the Wolver- ines couldn't p i c k up any ground. Jerry Poynton scored a 9.05 but usually reliable Rupert Hanson fell off the horse and as a result, received a mediocre 8.05. In case you have been wonder- mg what ever happened to Ray Gura, he is leading the all- around individual competition by a comfortable margin. Referred to as "steady Ray" by Loken, Gura was indeed his usually steady,- self, scoring no lower than 8.0 in the compulsory and optional rounds. THE SENIOR captain stands an excellent chance of winning the Big Ten all-around champion- ship. Gura, however, was more concerned with the team's cham- pionship and the condition of Boys. He stated, "For us to c a t c h Minnesota, they (the Gophers) will have to blow some event." Expressing his concern for Boys, Gura added, "It's a shame it had to happen in his senior year.". The competition concludes to- day with the parallel bars, vault- ing exercise and the horizontal bars routine where the Wolver- ines did so poorly in the com- pulsories. Loken is looking for a good day saying that, "We'll need a good day from everybody but we can do it." L c ---- --- -- a ~OIIE! s~j ' // tJ/ '' 1 , -= ' .. 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