Saturday, March 31, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven The Texas Wedge Jehel gets shaft .. . B *.. o can't hide By STEVE JOHNSTONE B° SCHEMBECHLER called it a "trivial matter." But to Rick Jekel it means everything in the world. The subject of such conversation is the Big Ten Champion ring that is given to the men who played for Michigan's 1972 football co-champions. Bo Schembechler was the coach of the 1972 team; Rick Jekel was a fifth string fullback on the 1972 squad. Yesterday, Jekel went to order his ring along with the rest of the 1972 team and was told by Schembechler that he wasn't going to get one. When Jekel asked why not the crafty head coach replied that he had to "continue in the program." This is the alleged reason that Jekel did not receive the coveted ring of champions. You see, he quit football this spring. He quit because he had decided that he had enough of the bleep that is thrown at the demo squad, the guys who aren't even considered for playing in the varsity games. His first reaction to Schembechler's decision was one of disbelief. When he had gathered his wits he asked Bo a very pertinent question: "If I am not getting a ring because I'm quitting, then why is C. J. Kupec getting one?" "That's different," Schembechler replied. "He lettered last year.'' Although it may be according to a department rule that Jekel isn't getting a ring, it seems awfully unfair to award one to Kupec. Why should he get a ring because he lettered, and Jekel not get get one because he never played? Coaches easily forget about the men who are thrown against the first string in prac- tice every day. Without these reserve players Michigan would be lucky to win just one game a year. Vital to the overall team, these guys are praised in public as being key members of the squad. But it is clear from Schembechler's action yesterday that they are not treated like everyone else. They put out the same amount of sweat and guts as the regulars do. They go to the same number of boring meetings. They put up with the constant certainty in their minds that they are never going to play. But they continue to stay on the team- because Bo says they are important. If they are so important, why didn't Jekel get a ring? Just because he quit this spring doesn't mean he didn't contribute a great deal to Michigan's success last season. And shouldn't the rings go to ALL the men who were on the 1972 roster for the entire sea~son? Schembehler's action epitomizes his attitude toward anyone who, like Jekel, wants to play football without a full- tender free ride. Certainly, a few people have succeeded as "walk-ons," but not many. The most recent examples were Henry Hill and Fritz Seyferth. And it's true that most non-tendered athletes are not as good as the ones on a full ride. But does that entitle them to the sort of treatment Schembechler dished out to Jekel yesterday? That ring meant an awful lot to the young man from Clio. After his confrontation with Schembechler, he remarked to a Daily reporter that "if I would have known I would've gotten screwed like, this I would have stayed on to work as a manager or something. Anything, just to get that ring." All four of Michi- gan's 1972 senior managers were allowed to order rings. After all, it isn't as if Jekel were dropping athletics entire- ly. He is still working out so that he can wrestle for Rick Bay next year. Is that so much different from Kupec's dropping foot- ball to concentrate on playing basketball for Johnny Orr? Sure, Kupec won a letter, but isn't it obvious that Jekel was just as much a part of the "Big Ten Champions" as C. J.? Jekel's case is much too typical of what goes on at Michi- gan. The football program simply does not accept walk-ons as normal human beings. Walk-ons are treated by Schem- bechler and the other coaches as sub-human, turgid masses. They are not given a fair shake like everyone else. The formation of a non-tendered freshman basketball team was a real breakthrough in Michigan athletics. I'm not de- manding that Schembechler follow suit, because I know that college football is extraordinarily costly, but for all the hard work and sweat that they put out, at least the subs should get a little more than Schembechler foisted on them yesterday: a fistful of nothing. TIGERS STUNNED: -Billy bolts camp LAKELAND, Fla. (I)-Billy Mar- Campbell said, "Billy jumped and Aurelio Rodriguez and the tin's status as m a n a g e r of the out of his chair and shouted, 'I'm young shortstop homered in the Detroit Tigers was shrouded in done. Get yourself a new miana- eighth. Another rookie, Dick Shar- confusion yesterday after the fiery ger.' " on,, hit a two-run homer in the skipper walked out of a meeting Martin left the office, stopped ninth. with General Manager Jim Camp- briefly in the clubhouse and re- ELSEWHERE, the San Fran- bell. 0 turned to the motel where the cisco Giants blanked the Milwau- Last night, Campbell announced team is staying. Campbell said he kee Brewers 6-0 on Ron Bryant's that he was attempting to locate heard nothing more from him and one-hitter, the Pittsburgh Pirates his team's estranged mentor. appointed Coach Dick Tracewski rocked the St. Louis Cardinals11- "I'm done, get yourself a new to handle the team in its exhibition 1, the Cincinnati Reds shaded the manager," Martin was quoted as game with the Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves 3-1, the Oakland telling Campbell. at Clearwater. A's edged the Chicago Cubs 4-3, the' Martin and Campbell were meet- When asked if he thought Martin Boston'Red Sox downed the Chicago ing with Tiger outfielder Willie was serious about resigning, Camp-.! White Sox 4-2 and the San Diego Horton to discuss an incident in- bell replied: Padres stopped the Cleveland In- "I can's understand Billy Mar- dians 2-0. Lacrosse today tin. Can you?" San Francisco's Bryant allowed The Michigan lacrosse team Martin and Horton, at odds in the Milwaukee only a one-out single will be seeking its fifth consecu- past, apparently were getting along i Jh Vki in te nith tive victory today as the stick- satisfactorily this spring. Campbell backed the lefthander with 16 hits. men meet Purdue at Michigan said Ct did n r appearuet Vukovich lined a clean hit to left- l ~when Campbell raised the fine. The Stadium at 2:00 p.m. The tough size of the fine was not revealed. center to become one of only two Michigan defense must stop a base-runners for Milwaukee. Purdue attack that scored 22 HORTON walked out of the park goals in the Boilers' last game. Thursday night after being pulled goalsfrom the game after playing six, innings. L 1",1 volving Horton's walking out of "If this drags on for a couple of . the ball park without notice during days we'll cross those bridges whent 1 a game with the Boston Red Sox we get to them," Campbell said, of Thursday night in Lakeland. Martin's vanishing act. "For all I MARTIN imposed what Camp- know he (Martin) may be back bell termed a "moderate fine" on tomorrow." to N L R B the tempermental Tiger outfielder, Martin, entering his third season but Campbell, apparently not satis- with the Tigers, received a new MILWAUKEE (M -Former fied with his handling of the situ- two-year contract calling for $67,- National League umpire 'Stan ation, called the pair into his of- 500 this year and $72,000 next year. Landes, contending he suspects fice and increased the amount of He piloted an aging Tiger team to baseball is trng o blackball hi the fine. the American League East title says he has referred the matter "I told Billy and Willie they're last year. to the National Labor Relations going to have to act and deal man- As a player, Martin appeared in Board. to-man in situations like this," New York Yankee, Kansas City, "Don't tell me I'm not being Campbell said. "If one of youshas Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Mil- blackballed by organized baseball a problem with the other,' I said, waukee and Minnesota uniforms. as a troublemaker," said Landes, 'talk about it.' " Rookie shortstop Tom Veryzer of employed by a hardware store 'the Detroit Tigers made a bid to here since his dismissal by the impress hismanager yesterday.. National League last fall after 18 only it was acting manager Dick seasons. Tracewski, not Martin, he was im- Landes has said he believes his pressing. dismissal resulted from, among VERYZER, known for his bril- other things, his activity in the liant glove, drove in four runs with Umpires Association, his criticism g u n s a95vcoyoe h hldlhaSre aei anadhsc1 two homers to lead the Tigers to of the playing of a 1%8 World a 9-5 victory over the Philadelphia Series game in rain and his eri- o Squires pranced on Phillies. The 20-year-old nonroster ticism of the dismissal several player hit a three-run homer in the years ago of two American League KLOUkSILLE n pIssa dscored fourth inning to put the Tigers on umpires. Kentucky's first 13 points and added; top 4-2. ---______________ _30 more to lead the Kentucky After Deron Johnson tied the Colonels tota 129-101tvictory over score with a two-run homer in The University of Michigan e the Virginia Squires last night and the fifth, a double by Gates Brown school of Music Presents a 1-0 lead in their ABA playoff and a sacrifice fly put Detroit! s series. back on top 5-4 in the sixth. Ver- Debussy's Exquisite Masterpiece e Issel had 41 in the first three yzer singled in the seventh and PELLEAS AND MELISANDE s quarters and sat out most of the scored on singles by Duke Sims opera in English final miUr tp after Kentuckv hadJ Blat. cnut AP Photo DAVE DeBUSSCHERE SHOWS Balitmore's Wes Unseld some tough New York DE-FENSE last night as the Knicks rolled to an opening-round playoff victory. DeBusschere, a perennial selection on the NBA's All Defensive squad, helped his mates limit the Bullets to just 83 points. PLAYOFFS BEGIN Knck qit Bulle t By The Associated Press NEW YORK-Walt Frazier scored 25 points and triggered a 14-5 run at the start of the fourth quarter to lead the New York Knicks to a 95-83 victory over the Baltimore Bullets last night in the opener of their first-round National Basket- ball Asociation playoff series. The second game in the best-of- seven Eastern Conference series will be played here tomorrow. Frazier scored 15 points in the first half to keep the Knicks within range of the Bullets, who had leads of 25-19 after one period and 45-43 at the half before the Knicks took charge late in the third period. The Knicks, who were rusty in the first quarter with only a 37 per cent shooting average, finally made their move with an 8-2 burst at the end of the thirdaperiod that gave them a 70-65 lead going into the final 12 minutes. Frazier then threw in a long jump shot to spark New York on its pullaway scoring burst. Willis Reed scored six of the Knicks' next 12 points as they charged to an 84-71 lead, their largest of the game, with five minutes left. ![ailty NIGHT EDITORS. MARC FELDMAN JIM ECKER W1 p 1) ni Jc g 1C If ith a hand injury with 8:43 ti lay. Nets ripped GREENSBORO,. N.C.-Billy Cun ingham scored 25 points and Stev( 'ones added 22 as the Carolina Cou ars downed the New York Net 04-96 last night in the first gam of their best-of-seven series in the American Basketball Association' Eastern Division ,playoffs. The Cougars, who finished firs n the East in the regular season moved ahead by five points o Mack Calvin's steal with 3:21 lef The teams were never more than six points apart in a tightly played i first quarter that featured rugged r defense. Baltimore forged a 25-19 N lead by running off six straight a points at the end of the period. t Tarriors Stabbed MILWAUKEE - Lucius Allen scored nine of his 20 points in a decisive third quarter last night, leading the streaking Milwaukee Bucks to a 110-90 victory over the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the National Basketball' Association Western Conference playoffs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson had 22 points each and Bob Dandridge added 20 for the Bucks, who ran their winning streak to 15 games. Rick Barry, scoring 22 points despite a sore back, sank three shots early in the third quarter as the Warriors cut a 48-38 halftime deficit to 52-49. The Bucks responded by out- scoring the Warriors 16-4,' includ- ing five points by Allen, to make it 68-53. The Bucks widened the margin late in the third quarter, and broke it open after Warrior center Nate Thurmond, scoring 14 points, left St 1, )n ft nai quarter after 1\1L~ y R opened up a 92-72 lead.- Virginia's Julius Erving, the' ABA's leading scorer, played for; the first time since suffering a and padded the margin on the way bruised rib March 16 o the final buzzer. team with 21 points. and led his -TONIG HT- Vanessa Glenda Redgrave . Jackson Queen ofSeats MLB $1.25 Friends of Newsreel Josef Blatt, conductor Ralph Herbert, stage director April 13, 14, 15 & 16, 8:00 p.m. MENDELSSOHN THEATRE All Tickets $2.50 Information 764-6118 Mal orders: School of Music opera, Mendelssohn Theatre, uni- versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Enclose stamped, self- addressed envelope. Box office opens 12:30 p.m. April 9 It's YOUR turn now . . . Rr----------------------------------------- m I would like to proudly cast my ballot for............................ is MICHIGANATHLETE * OF THE YEAR,.. :MICHIGAN COACH OF THE YEAR, AND.- * is the most exciting moment in Michigan athletics.i this year. I s SEND BALLOTS TO: SPORTS DEPT. * MICHIGAN DAILY 420 MAYNARD ST., j * ANN ARBOR, MICH. 48104 BALLOTING ENDS APRIL 9, 1973 I I -------------- in--------mmmminminm-nmi-""m -__-__- -__- '- { W ILMORE ON LOCAL CREW: Scribes select district dandies ETHEL LEWIS 4th WARD From Wire Service Reports INDIANAPOLIS - Ninety of the top college basketball play- ers in the nation are represented on nine All-District teams an- nounced by the U. S. Basketball Writers Association yesterday. The voters also selected a top player in each district. They in- cluded Ernie DiGregorio, Pro- vidence; Tom Inglesby, Villa- nova; James "Fly" Williams, Austin Peay; David Thompson, North Carolina St. and Tom Mc- Millen, Maryland; Jim Brewer, Minnesota; Larry Finch, Mem- phis State; Louis Dunbar, Hous- ton; Kresimir Cosic, Brigham Young, and Bill Walton, UCLA. Michigan's Henry Wilmore was named to the District 4 hon- or squad, a team encompassing players from the Big Ten and neighboring schools. Joining Wil- more on the local outfit are Brewer; Doug Collins, Illinois State; Ron Behagen, Minnesota; Mike Robinson, Michigan State; Donald Smith, Dayton; Nick Weatherspoon, Illinois; Allan Hornyak, Ohio State; Steve Downing, Indiana; and Kevin Kunnert, Iowa. The voting was done by the 600 members of the USBWA, which selected 10 - man teams from each of the nine districts of the National Collegiate Ath- letic Association. Many of these basketball standouts can be seen this after- noon in the nationally televised Co'ches' College All-Star basket- ball game. Ed Ratleff and Dwight Lamar, a pair of All- Americans who were h i g h school teammates, will be on opposite sides of the court at tip-off time. The 6-1 Lamar will play for the East and the 6-6 Ratleff for the West. Lamar, the Southwes- tern star and the only player to win both the college division and university division scoring titles, and Ratleff, twice All-American at Long Beach State, played for Columbus East High School in Ohio. Adolph Rupp, who piled up a college record of 879 victories in 42 years at the University of Kentucky, comes out of coaching retirement to guide the East squad. Head coach of the West will be Stan Watts, Brigham Young athletic director and for- mer mentor of the Cougars. Other players on the East team are Mike Hornyak; Mike Bantom, St. Joseph's; Mike Boy- 1 a n, Assumption; DiGregorio; Kevin Joyce, South Carolina, Barry Parkhill, Virginia; Bill Schaeffer, St. John's; Kermit Washington, American Univer- sity; Brewer and Collins. The East, which has won the last two games in overtime, leads the series 7-3. Re-elect Councilman NORRIS THOMAS Democrat-First Ward I "Consumers shouldn't have to carry the whole ecological burden. 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