r Wednesday, April 4, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
rage Seven
COLONELS COMMAND:
Cougars
tip
Nets
FROSH LEAPS
Nowackl springs
up
By The Associated Press
UNIONDALE, N. Y. - Billy
Cunningham came off the bench
in the fourth quarter to break a
tie and score nine of Carolina's
final 20 points as the Cougars
whipped the New York Nets 101-91
last night and took a 2-1 lead in
their American Basketball Asso-
ciation playoff.
Cunningham, who played only
eight minutes and scored just four
points after picking up three fouls1
in the first period, came back into'
the game and immediately snap-
ped a 79-79 tie with 6:27 to play3
on a jumper from the top of the;
foul circle, then connected on a1
layup to begin the Cougars' win-
ning drive.,
After his quick baskets that put'
the Cougars ahead to stay, Cun-
ningham, who finished with 17'
points, scored five of Carolina's
next 11 points and Mack Calvin,
the game's high scorer with 28
points, followed with a pair of free
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NIGHT EDITOR:
MARC FELDMAN
Calvin and Joe Caldwell then
got hot for the Cougars, each scor-
ing seven of their next 14 points,
and Caldwell knotted the score
73-73 at theend of the period with
three seconds to go on a three-
point basket.
Brian Taylor had 25 points and
Carter had 18 to lead the Nets.
Caldwell added 18 and Tom Ow-
ens 17 for the Cougars.
* * *
By MARCIA MERKER
All season long Michigan track
mentor, Dixon Farmer, has pin-
pointed his freshmen in the field
events as the determining factor
for victory. They came through,
for sure. Out of the field of eight
frosh, one domineering high jump-'
er stands above the crowd, 6-6'
Mike Nowacki.
For a man with only two years
of formalized thinclad experi-
ence, Nowacki has chalked up
quite an impressive '73 season.
During indoor competition, the
Wolverine grabbed three firsts
and three seconds while battling
a strained leg muscle in all but
one of the meets.
With only two years of experi-
ence, what does Nowacki have
that has made his progress so
rapid? An. experienced coach? No-
wacki responds, "My high school
coach didn't know anything about'
high-jumping. Jack Harvey (assist-
ant Michigan track coach) is learn-
ing the Fosbury along with us."
Then it must be natural athletic
talent or individual drive. "They'
called me the 'wounded gazelle' in
throws and a layup as the margin Squires squashed
ballooned to 98-89.
The Nets, who split the two NORFOLK, Va. - The Ken-
games in Carolina, losing 104-96 tucky Colonbls lost a 10-point
and winning 114-111 in overtime, fourth period lead, then came from
took a 33-29 lead at the end of the behind in overtime last night for
first period in this game and wid- a 115-113 victory over the Virginia
ened the edge to 37-29 on George Squires and a 2-1 lead in their
Carter's jumper. IAmericanBasketball Association
The Cougars cut the New York
lead to 48-46 by halftime but the Dan Issel rallied the Colonelsj
Nets went on another tear early ilate in the overtime period, put-
in the third period, taking a 67-56 ting Kentucky ahead for good at
advantage with 5:19 to play in the 111-110 with 24 seconds left. Mike
period. Gale hit a field goal and Artis Gil-
moresadded two free throws in
the last 10 seconds to ice it for
the Colonels,
high school (Greenfield, Wisc.). I
went out for track as a freshman
but only ran in the mile time
trials, an unpaced 6:20. So as a
sophomore, since all I did was grow
during the summer, my friends con-
vinced me to try basketball but I
decided to take the first turn in
the locker room toward the swim-
ming lockers instead of the second
turn. They thought I'd do really
well as a backstroker because of
my long arms."
Nowacki surprised them all as he
finished the season with a thud
and went out for track again as a
miler. This time the results im-
proved but, "I don't like running
because all you do is run where
as in basketball you have a ball."
He tried roundball but, oddly
enough, couldn't get the jumping
height. He reverted back to track
and ended up as the Wisconsin
state high-jump champ at'6-10.
Nowacki said, "The first time I
stood by the track and saw a 9.3-
9.4 100 yard dash, I was really im-
pressed because these' guys are
just typical pepole. They stand
around the track before the meet
like typical guys. You have to talk
to the guys, be in the events or
on the track during the meet to
appreciate it." This is evident by
the varying spectator attendance
at track meets compared to foot-
ball or basketball games.
"You're in track for the self-
satisfaction," Nowacki replied.
"You're either a track freak or
you're not."
As a "typical guy" out for the
"self-satisfaction of track," the
"gazelle" regiments his own
practice. "I have no discipline
attitude. Yesterday Jack told us
(the high-jumpers) to lift
weights, so I jumped."
He also pinpoints personal pres-
sure as his driving force. "L -like
individual pressure, not outside
pressure because there's no one to
let down but yourself."
Mike Nowacki's driving force is
the personal satisfaction of achieve-
ment based upon individual pres-
sure and goals. When asked what
his jumping limit was, Nowacki re-
plied, "Well Chris Dunn (192-
1973 NCAA indoor champion). says
he can go eight feet and so do I."
Sports of The Daily/
Mo/uhammed Ali ..
. .. Pride and prejudice
By TONY SCHWARTZ
"he had come a long way . . . and
his dream must have seemed so close
he could hardly fail to grasp it . . ."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
ON FRIDAY night he partied and laughed, drew people close
to him in his characteristic style. And then suddenly, on
Saturday afternoon, his jaw was shattered - but more than
that, his dream, the one he had stalked, nurtured and fought
for, mentally as much as physically, since his youth in Louisville.
Muhammed Ali, legend, self-professed gift to boxing, a man
always bigger than life, had gone down. He had been reduced to
mortality by a hypnotized and determined ex-marine with a
wild punch and a crude style - one that hardly gave boxing
fans hope of a classy, charismatic star on the horizon.
It was a tragic way to go down, but one not all that startling
for a, man who despite, or perhaps by virtue of his enormous
talents has, for the past decade, been one of America's favorite
victims. Ali, a.k.a. Cassius Clay, has been a target for the most
base prejudices known: racism, blind patriotism, hypocritical
moralism and the most blatant religious persecution. He has
been the victim of people like Richard Nixon, the kind who stand
upright and preach the "way" while discreetly committing atro-
cities like Watergate on the side.
All chose to speak out. "I don't have to be what you
want me to be," he said. Nonetheless, after the climax of
Saturday, one has to wonder. True, Al has never given in.
He has remained courageous, outspoken, egotistical, inscrut-
able, magnetic and unpredictable. Those qualities in almost
any person would be enough to fire anger and reaction from
most people, but they are particularly vexing to the many
Americans who cling to the myth of the athlete as quiet,
clean, uncontroversial and consummately humble.
When Ali wouldn't relent, the Boxing Commission stodgies,
acting with widespread popular support, stripped him of his
title, his best years and his basic right to make a living. They
refused to recognize the legitimacy of his religious beliefs,
hanging the imposing threat of a prison sentence over his head
for nearly four years. If he was going to make public state-
ments like "I ain't got nothin' against them Vietcong," then
goddamnit, he was going to pay the price.
Ali brought intelligence and style to a sport which had nei-
ther, revolutionized boxing through a beautiful symbiosis of body
and mind, substituted quickness and psychology for brute
strength. He went at a sweaty, ugly sport with an artist's sense
of magic; spinning, dancing, snapping, tantalizingly biding his
time.
Nothing Ali did, however, seemed to quiet his detractors.
Depending on how he had disposed of an opponent, he was
accused of a lack of stamina, of sneed, of a good punch.
Against Joe Frazier, he pt on his greatest show, and cared
more about proving something to America than winning the
fight. He backed into a corner, and with a look of faint dis-
dain, took every one of Frazier's vicious body punches. He
taunted Frazier, laughed at him and took punishment which
it seemed no human could endure. Ali lost, but after the fight
it was Frazier who spent an incredible three months in the
hospital. Ali had probably ended Frazier's career.
At 30, Ali's own career as a world champion contender has
probably ended. The blame for the injustices which made Sat-
urday's event possible must fall on the many people who chose,
for myriad neurotic reasons, to make him their scapegoat.
When Bernie Paret was killed in a boxing ring back in the
early Sixties, it looked as if the sport had been its death sign.
It was simply too brutal and inhuman to persevere. Then Ali
came along and everything changed. On Saturday he did the
impossible again, going eleven rounds with a broken jaw. None-
theless, today he sits in a hospital sipping his food through a
straw,
Muhammed Ali won't be forgotten and not the least of the
reasons for that is contained in a statement he made a few
years back, when most of his prophecies seemed to be coming
true. "When I'm gone," Ali said, "Boxing will be nothing again."
With just two seconds left and{
Kentucky leading 103 - 101, Wen-
dell Ladner fouled the Squires'
George Gervin, and the rookie hit
both free throws to send the game
into overtime.
The Squires jumped to a 108-105
lead in the extra period with Erv-
ing hitting a field goal and two
free throws and Jim Eakins hitting
once from the foul line,
But after Neil Johnson's field
goal put the Squires ahead 110-106
with 2:22 remaining, Jimmy
O'Brien hit a field goal and Rick
Mount a free throw to pull Ken-
tucky to within a point, and Issel
sent the Colonels ahead for good.
AP Photo
TIGER SECOND-SACKER Tony Taylor's aged legs couldn't quite
reach the high throw from 'catcher Bill Freehan as Bobby Tolan
of the Reds slides in safely in the Cincinnati 1-0 exhibition victory
yesterday.
Cincinnati blanks Bengals, 1-0;
SWhite Sox, Angels, Pirates' win
Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI
Nowvacki: Up and over
By The Associated Press
Reggie Cleveland, Ross Grims-
ley and Bob Moose dazzled thej
opposition in exhibition baseball
yesterday.
Meanwhile, Bob Robertson and
Dick Allen used their muscle,
Gene Hiser used some daylight
robbery, John Stephenson used his
bat and foot and Reggie Jackson
used the wind.
Play ball!
All you baseball freaks down
at Fisher Stadium yesterday will
be happy to hear that the Mich-
igan-Eastern Michigan twinbill
has been rescheduled for this
afternoon at 2 p.m. Pete Helt
and Art "Ace" Adams go on the
hill for the Wolverines, opposed
by EMU's Woody Mills and
Terry Harrison.
Cleveland, St. Louis' chunky
right-hander, hurled a three-hit-
ter through eight innings as the
Cardinals defeated Boston 3-0 in
their spring training finale.
He limited the Red Sox to Ben
Ogilvie's second-inning single un-
til Reggie Smith and Ogilvie hit
two-out singles in the seventh.
Grimsley, a left - hander, tossed
four-hit ball for eight innings as
Cincinnaticlosed its exhibition
schedule with a 1-0 victory over
Detroit.
The Reds got only four hits
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and Tom Timmerman, but used
two of them for their run in the
first inning. With two out, Bob-
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stole second and took third on
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Diego 3-2.
Robertson drove in three runs
with a single and a homer, lead-
ing an 18-hit attack, and Moose
yielded five singles in seven
;coreless innings as Pittsburgh
shelled Philadelphia.
with a run - scoring single to Allen's first home run of the
left. spring drove in two seventh-inn-
In the other afternoon action, ing runs to lift the White SoxI
Piitsburgh blitzed Philadelphia, past the Rangers. The homer off,
Charley Hudson followed a double
8-1, the Chicago White Sox topped by Carlos May and gave Dennisj
Texas 5-4, the Chicago Cubs edged O'Toole, last of four Chicago hurl-
Cleveland, California beat Milwau- ers, the victory.
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