Tuesday,;September 12, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine /ait Respect4 - The Olympics .. . ... Idealism gone sour ---- - -john papanek WHAT was to be the most extravagant and colorful 10 days in the history of sport began and ended in the dazzling $60 million Olympic Stadium in Munich, West Germany. But though the games of the XXth Olympiad began on a blazing blue-skied afternoon, they ended yesterday in darkness; not only darkness of night, but more importantly darkness of heart, darkness of death, darkness of injustice. The colors that stick in mind are not those of the billowing flags, the uniforms of 8,000 athletes, or the rustic drindis of the Bavarian natives. They are red, for the blood that flowed from 11 Israeli athletes brutally murdered by a band of Arab terrorists. And black for. the thundercloud that now hovers over the International Olympic Committee for prostituting the healthy ideal of sport as man versus man into a monster replete with international dirty politics, racism and repeated abandonment of the spirit of fair play. Aside from the bloody massacre of the Israeli 11 which may or may not have -been beyond the control of the West Germans, a staggering number of other events helped to darken the stain of the Munich Games. Judging inconsistencies, in the individual events-gymnastics, diving' and boxing were incredibly flagrant, with preferences almost without exception going to athletes from Iron Curtain countries. The decision with the greatest disblief came when Russian Valery Tregebov, soundly beaten by American Reggie Jones, was declared the winner of their middleweight boxing bout. Ray Russell, another American boxer who knocked down his opponent six times was also declared a loser. Not to be outdone, the officials of the basketball tournament showed unparalleled ineptness in the final 51-50 Soviet Unionj victory over the United States for the gold medal, that marked the end of America's 36-year world domination in basketball. After trailing the entire game, the United States took a 50-49 lead with three seconds left. The Soviets made an inbounds pass which was deflected at midcourt and the court filled with cheering fans thinking the game over, though the clock showed one second left. The court cleared and the clock was set back not to one second, but to three seconds. This time the inbounds pass was short and the horn sounded, signalling apparent victory for the USA. The clock apparently had not been reset, and again went back to three seconds. A long pass was thrown to Aleksander Belov who dropped in the winning basket. But during the last three-second stint, the officials, a Bulgarian and a Brazilian, failed to call two violations, both of which appeared on the videotape of the game. One showed that the Russian stepped on the base line in making his full court pass, and the other showed Belov violating the three- second rule.. The Americans naturally protested, and waited while the appeals committee, consisting of members from Cuba, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain and Italy, overruled the protest. The United States refused to accept the silver medal, and the West Germans and the IOC were again left embarrassed for another job botched up. If the officiating was bad, the administration was worse. Overcome by its wealth of power, Avery Brundage and the IOC ruthlessly dictated absurd rules which only further damaged the image of the Munich Olympics. With an unprecedented cascade of divine right, the IOC declared: - That the pole used for the last eight months by American vaulter Bob Seagren was illegal, then legal, then illegal again. -That Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett, American gold and silver medalists in the 400-meters be banned for life ' from Olympic competition for "misbehaving during the award cere- mony." And yesterday, the IOC added 11 Pakistani field hockey players to that category. The Olympics is the pinnacle of sport, yet bastardized into a forum for political quarrels and manic nationalistic aims. You can empathize with an athlete who failed, like Jim Ryun, but your empathy runs to rage when the shackles of bureaucracy and politics get in the way. Swimmer Rick Demont had to return his gold medal because the U.S. team doctors never told him that the drug he took for asthma, ephedrine, was banned by the IOC. Eddie Hart and Ray Robinson are co-holders of the world record for the 100 meters, but they did not get a shot for the gold, because they were given the wrong time schedule. Sports must be returned to the sportsmen. Let the 1976 games be an intimate gathering of the world's greatest athletes. Leave the flags home. Let them play the games. Professional League Standings TIGERS SLIP TO FOURTH Bosto By The Associated Press CLEVELAND - Roy Foster hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the; sixth inning to break a tie and lift the Cleveland Indians to a 6-5 vic- tory over the Boston Red Sox in an American League game last night. The Indians filled the bases on a single by Buddy Bell, a hit bats- man, a sacrifice bunt and an in- tentional walk. The Red Sox got a double play on Foster's fly. Left- fielder Ben Oglivie dropped the baseball but JackHeidemann was forced at third and Foster was de- clared out for passing another run- ner going into second base. Boston scored twice in the first with Carl Yastrzemski's two-run homer but Cleveland answered in their half inning with three runs nipped, 0's win dail sports NIGHT EDITOR: CHUCK BLOOM including a solo homer by Jackl Brohamer. Tom McCraw hit a! two-run homer for the Indians in the third, then Reggie Smith and Carlton Fisk hit solo circuits in the fourth for the Red Sox. Orioles fly BALTIMORE - Boog Powell's three-run homer in the fourth inn- ing - his first one since Aug. 21 -powered the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee last night for a sweep of the four- game American League baseball series. Powell rapped his 18th homer, on a 3-2 pitch from Jim Colburn, 7-6, after Bobby Grich and Tommyj Davis singled to open the fourth.! Mike Cuellar, 16-10, allowed three of Milwaukee's hits in the seventh inning as the Brewers snapped a 31-inning scoreless streak against Baltimore pitching. Tigers dripped DETROIT - Bobby Murcer and Felipe Alou smashed consecutive homers on Fred Scherman's first two pitches of the fourth inning to snap a 2-1 deficit and lead the! New York Yankees to a 4-2 vic- tory over the Detroit Tigers last night in a game shortened to 5 innings because of rain. Umpires waited an hour and 43 minutes before calling the game when rain would not let up. The loss dropped Detroit to fourth place for the first time this season. Magic Number: 23 New York took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on consecutive doubles by Roy White and Murcer. The Tigers, pulled ahead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning on singles by Jim Northrup and Tony Taylor, an RBI ground out by Gates Brown, and a double by Duke Sims. After Murcer led off the Yan- kees fourth with his 28th homer of the year, Alou followed with his fifth of the year and 200th of his career. John Callison hit a pinch single in the fourth to give New York an- other run after Thurman Munson walked and stole second. NEWCOMERS PLENTIFUL: Rugge rs s e By CHUCK DRUKIS Huizenga is able After gaining national recogni- quickly, but nee tion last year, the Michigan ing in - the pass rugby football club faces a re- Doyle and Swee building task this fall, season undert The ruggers' primary problem could prove in will be to replace the (Richard) Blue scoring pun Thompson, (T e r r y) Larrimer, Ross Vickers, (Peter) Hooper backfield which ging minor inju gave the Blue a lightning fast past year, has a offensive punch and a heady de- making a comeb fense. The forwards Cleland Child, who hinged the three regulars, forwards and backs together at perienced depth scrum half for the past two sea- Gry ndersh sons, will move to standoff, thus Gary Anderson giving the backline experienced yar have pro leadership. A likely successor at sturdy props w scrum half is second year law dano, John McM student Todd Peterson, who dis- my Raw are able played both quickness and agility The hookerp in last Saturday's victory over battled for by th Purdue. ruggers, Hank The Blue's omnipresent outside Gordon, and La threat Ron Smith, one of the two The remainde Michigan players named to the yet uncertain e Midwest Rugby Union All-Star Lawson in the team, will soon be leaving Ann Vern Plato, the Arbor to do research in Aus- Star representat tralia, and thus creating another ward. gap in the backfield. Other likelys After two weeks of practice, didates include E the prime candidates to round Phillipson, and out the backfield appear to be Tom Raboine an John Bohlke, Rob Huizenga, Mike may also see so Doyle, and Mike Sweeny. wing forward sp Bohlke, also a triple jumper eight post will bi Ifor the track team, has shown how the rest of1 flashes of blazing speed and will filled out. probably start at openside wing. Michigan's b tto, rebuild to turn corners ds more season- ing game. Both eny have a full their belts and valuable to the inch. plagued by nag- uries during the a good chance of ack at fullback. despite losing have more ex- to fall back on. and Chris Peno- ven themselves hile Tom Gior- Vannis, and Jim- e back up men. position will be hree experienced Lukaski, Dave rry Lucarelli. r of the scrum is except for Quint second row and Blue's other All- tive at wing for- second row can- Eric Wallen, Rick Walt Holloway. rd Chuck Drukis me action in the pot. The number be determined by the positions are iggest weakness will be kicking extra points and penalty goals. None of the rug- gers have yet shown sufficient prowess to fill the role that had been shared by Dave Osborn and Richard Thompson last season. Michigan will play most of the first half of the fall schedule at home with the second half away. Consequently, the newer players will be able to lose their early season jitters in preparation for NCAA champion Palmer College in their second to last game of the year. Rugby Schedule Sept. 16-Detroit Sept. 23-at Toronto Sept. 30-Cleveland Blues R.F.C. Oct. 7-Notre Dame Oct. 14 Michigan State Oct. 21-at Chicago Oct. 28-at Chicago Tournament Nov. 4-at Indiana Nov. 11-Miami of Ohio Nov. 18-at Palmer College Nov. 25-at Ohio State AP Photo CHICAGO'S DICK ALLEN is congratulated by teammates after his first-inning shot over the center field wall in yesterday's 2-1 win over the Royals. Mass Meeting U-M RIDING CLUB Monday, Sept. 18 7 P.M. Union Faculty Club 761-9555 Gridde Pickings ANN ARBOR - Robert "Big Bob" Schreiner, stellar rookie half- back for the awesome DAILY LIBELS, will be on his way to the Mayo Smith Clinic next week for possible major surgery to his right knee. Schreiner was counted on for great things this season because of his quickness, speed, talent and wit in arguing with the referee. The injury was suffered during a typical vicious scrimmage as Art "Evil Finger" Lerner dealt a nasty blow to the leg as the hurt-one was attempting to block for his QB. Lerner sneered at the thought of causing injury, saying it was part and parcel of the game we've come to know and love. Coach "Long John" Papanek placed Lerner on waivers and added C. Bubba Constrictor, veteran defensive lineman, to the roster. Con- strictor is back from an unsuccessful tryout with the Yukon Yahoos of the Arctic League. Oh yes, pick a winner (not your nose) here by Friday and win a xpizza. P.S. We need bodies for the Sports Staff. Saturday nights can get lonesome. American League East National League Z East Boston Baltimore New York Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee w 73 74 73 72 63 54 L 61 63 64 64 73 83 Pct. .545 .540 .533 .529 .463 .394 GB I '7 2 11 20 West Oakland 79 57 .581 - Chicago 77 59 .566 2 Minnesota 69 66 .511 91; Kansas City 66 68 .493 12 California 63 72 .467 15 Texas 51 84 .378 271, Yesterday's Results New York 4, Detroit 2, 6 innings Cleveland 6, Boston 5 Baltimore 3, Milwaukee 2 Minnesota 2, Oakland 1, 1st Minnesota 3, Oakland 2, 2nd Chicago 2, Kansas City 1 Tonight's Games Boston (Tiant 11-4) at New York (Peterson 14-14) Cleveland (Wilcox 7-12 and Butler 0-0) at Milwaukee (Parsons 11-12 and Ryerson 3-8), 2 Oakland (Hunter 19-7) at Minnesota (Corbin 8-7) Chicago (Bahnsen 17-15) at Kansas City (Montgomery 1-1) Baltimore (Dobson 15-15) at Detroit (Fryman 5-2) Texas (Gogolewski 3-9) at California (Ryan 16-13) / Pittsburgh Chicago New York St. Louis Montreal Philadelphia Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Atlanta San Francisco San Diego w 86 75 70 64 63 49 83 75 73 64 60 51 L 48 61 64 73 72 87 53 60 62 73 77 83 Pet. .642 .551 .522 .467 .467 .360 .610 .556 .541 .467 .438 .381 GB! 12 16 23i/ 231/2 38 7Y2 9%/ 1911 23Y2 31 1. Northwestern at MICHIGAN (pick score) 2. UCLA at Pitt 3. South Carolina at Georgia Tech 4. Penn State at Tennessee 5. Toledo at Eastern Michigan 6. MSU at Illinois 7. Minnesota at Indiana 8. Iowa at Ohio State 9. Bowling Green at Purdue 10. Northern Illinois at Wiscon- sin 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Arizona State at Houston Wyoming at Air Force Duke at Washington Washington State at California San Jose St. at Stanford Baylor at Georgia North Carolina at Maryland Virginia Tech at Virginia Villanova at Kentucky Brockport State at Slippery Rock West Yesterday's Results New York 4, Philadelphia 2 Montreal 4, St. Louis 0 Houston at Los Angeles, inc. Today's Games New York (Webb 0-0) at Philadelphia (Reynolds 2-12) St. Louis (Santorini 6-10) at Mon- treal (Morton 6-13) Los Angeles (John 11-5) at San Fran- cisco (Bryant 11-6) Cincinnati (Simpson 8-5) at Atlanta (Freeman 2-0) Pittsburgh (Ellis 13-7) at Chicago . (Hooten 9-12) Only games scheduled TRY OUT.. . 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