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 daily sports 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 NEW AT BIMBO'S NO COVER CHARGE MILO HIS GUITAR AND HEAD FULL OF COUNTRY MUSIC BIMBO'S 114 E. WASHINGTON BEER, WINE & COCKTAILS off the Tigers' Woodie Fryman and Tom Timmerman, but used two of them for their run in the first inning. With two out, Bob- by Tolan singled to center, stole second and took third on catcher Bill Freehan's high throw. Tony Perez; followed :r f - r _ c .ei. .ai rn f kee 5-4 and Oakland defeated San 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. 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