Saturciuyw .!"ecember 2, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Se Saturciuy~ ~ecember 2, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Rt. New Irish test touted Michigan THE LINEUPS By MARC FELDMAN aged nearly 20 points a game in The glowing preseason reports his junior year, and he will be the are finished, 9,400 season tickets 04 .1Vonly returning starter on the court have been sold, the grueling months 1 today. of preparation are over, and, at The rest of the starting lineup last, the Michigan basketball team will be comprised of three sopho- opens the 1972-'73 campaign against mores who excelled for the Irish the Irish of Notre Dame this after- yearlings a year ago. Gary Bro- noon at Crisler Arena. NIGHT EDITOR: kaw was the big scorer on the 12-1 Touted as the best team at Michi- BOB McGINN S frosh with a 28.3 scoring average. gan in at least half a decade and ;Brokaw was an All-American at a preseason national contender, East Brunswick, N.J. High and he Michigan will have to start proving decent season last year were penetrated the Michigan freshman these reports were valid today. squashedswhen center John Shu- defense for 28 points in last season's At first glance, Notre Dame mate missed the whole season with opener in South Bend. shouldn't provide a severe test for a blood clot in his leg. But Shu- Starting at the other forward will the Wolverines. With just one mate is as good as new this year be 6-7 sophomore Pete Crotty. A starter returning from a team that and will be in the pivot this after- product of the New York City play- th'e outlook would appear to bnoon. grounds, Crotty scored at a 14 bleak for the Irish cagers. SHUMATE, who hails from the point clip and hauled down 10 re- However, Coach Richard "Dig- same high school as Michigan foot- bounds a game for the Notre Dame ger" Phelps has five former high ball star Gil Chapman, averaged frosh. school All-Americans in his start- 22 points and 14 rebounds two D ing lineup and this .talented group winters ago for the Irish frosh. The DWIGHT CLAY will set up the certainly has the potential to bring 235 pounder showed he was back plays from his guard spot and in sa a ast ondaround out the starting five. Clay Notre Dame back to respectability. in shape last Monday when he also showed ability to shoot from In his first season at Notre scored 26 points in a Notre Dame long range with an average of over Dame, "Digger" faced a complete exhibition win over the Australian 6ngorn g amer rebuilding program since the Irish Nationals. 1poins per game. had lost such outstanding perform- When Notre Dame was losing by Despite this array of talent, thet ers as Austin Carr and Collis Jones lopsided scores to UCLA and other nexperience the Irishcagers from the fine team that handed powerhouses last year, the lone i will probably hurt them today and UCLA its last loss in early 1971. beacon for the Irish was 6-7 for- Any chance the Irish had of a ward Gary Novak. Novak aver- r-Xadt 'eipect MICHIGAN Campy Russell (6-7) Ernie Johnson (6-8) Ken Brady (6-10) Joe Johnson (5-10) Henry Wilmore (6-4) NOTRE DAME F F C G G John Shumate (6-9) Gary Novak (6-7) Pete Crotty (6-8) Dwight Clay (5-11) Gary Brokaw (6-3) throughout the early season. Phelps be joined by little Joe Johnson as has one senior, one junior, and backcourt starters for the Wol- three sophomores in the starting verines, with sophomore John Kant- lineup and he says "We'll have to ner being the top substitute at play a perfect game and stop them guard. all over to win." Besides the burly Shumate in CAMPY RUSSELL had one for the pivot, the Irish lack weight ward spot virtually locked up in the front court. Crotty and No- through practice and Ernie John- vak are both 6-7, but are rather son and John Lockard battled for light at 190 pounds each. This pair the other position the entire fall. In of Irish forwards will have to fact, Orr did not name Johnson as battle 215 pound Camp Russell and his other starter until late yester- 200 pound Ernie Johnson on the day afternoon. He added, however, boards and the rebounding sta- that Lockard will see a lot of tistics will go a long way in de- action, especially if Ken Brady is ciding today's game. ineffective at center. Michigan coach Johnny Orr de- Most Notre Dame sports fans will scribed the Irish as "much im- have their eyes set on the big proved" and said "We'll have to football game with Southern Cali- play a good game to beat them. fornia this afternoon, but Michigan All-American Henry Wilmore will fans unfortunately have no more football games to worry about: It's basketball season in Ann Arbor. lcers i Photo by STUART HOLLANDER MICHIGAN FORWARD JULIAN NIXON (23) applies pressure to Minnesota defenseman Les Auge in first period action last night. Goalie Doug Hastings waits in the background. The Blue Dekers snapped their seven game losing streak with a 7-6 victory. WERNER NETS HAT TRICK win! Nip Gophers Where's the pressure? Ask the Big Fella I -- ---john papanek .... T SEEMS THAT a new epidemic has gripped this town that threatens to rival the granddaddy of them all. But while no- body can knock the act that spreads VD, the disease is a bummer. Catching on to this new one may be just as orgiastic, but its affects are by no means unpleasant. Let's call is Maple Madness. Because when today is over, the basketball team that in its preseason kudos has been com- pared to the super teams of the Cazzie Russell era will have played a game, and at least 12,000 onlookers at Crisler Arena are going to be infected with it. But before we start calling for the doctor (or booking reservations in St. Louis, where the NCAA championships will be held), there are some scores which need to be settled. Like, will the Wolverines really be as good as all that? All during the final countdown to opening day, Michigan's coach Johnny Orr has been doing his best to prepare the public for the worst: no, Michigan might not be the greatest team in all the land; the Big Ten is so well-stocked that almost anybody can win it; Henry Wilmore may have trouble playing his still- new guard position; Campy Russell is "only" a sophomore. You name it, Orr has said it. But the one recurrent theme that Orr drones on and on about is that even if everything else goes right, all the pressure to win is on one man: Ken Brady. Ken Brady - we've heard his name before. Two years ago as a sophomore, the 6-10 giant was one of the super- sophs that would restore Michigan to basketball prominence. The first true Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar style big man that Michigan has ever had. And sure thing, Brady had a good sophomore year and helped make Michigan the first Big Ten team ever to be invited to the post-season National Invitational Tournament in New York. Brady's junior year was to have been a big one for Michi- gan, but the "Big Fella" tore up a knee getting out of his car, underwent surgery, and got back into the lineup in bad shape, too late to matter anyway. Now he's healthy, big, and stronger and faster than ever. This is his last chance to impress the pro scouts, and just as importantly to make Michigan into a winner. "You know they always say the pressure is on the big man," Brady said yesterday. "But I don't feel it that much. The real pressure is on the team. I just try to go out and play the game. I remember as a sophomore, I felt a lot of pressure and I didn't like it. It's just that they always put it all on the big man. "You know, little men-guards-they're a dime a dozen. But not big men. There aren't many of them around." Suddenly a young lady was standing in front of us with a big smile across her face. "Are you interviewing him?" she asked me. I nodded as Brady tried to shoo her away. "This is the wife," he said. "I just want to say something," she said, oblivious to her gargantuan husband. "Ken Brady can be the best center in the country if he puts his mind to it." "Get-a-way," the big fella told her again, and she split, smil- ing and giggling. Then Brady got serious as seniors, co-captains and "key men" are prone to. "It's true," he said. "I think I can be the best." That's a thought that has been languishing in the backs of many minds ever since the former Michigan Player of the Year from Flint Central came to Ann Arbor. People said he could be great, but because of his injury last year, he hasn't had a fair chance to perform. In practice yesterday, he was snokin': scoring from inside, outside, rebounding ferociously, blocking shots and breaking up passes. His attitude, described as lackadaisical at times by his coach, seems to have evolved into one of fierce competitiveness -one of Orr's reasons for naming him co-captain. "Everyone says I've got to get more aggressive," he says. "They say I'm not mean enough. Well, I'm gonna change this year. If it means knocking people down or pushing them around, okay. I think I can play with any big man. I just have to keep him off the boards and stop him from getting the ball. "I can score if I have to, but If I concentrate on defense this year, I think I'll be as good as anyone." Brady will have plenty of chances to prove himself, since he'll be going against some pretty good big men in Brigham Young's Kresimir Cosic, Ohio State's Luke Witte, and Minne- sota's Jim Brewer. And if what Brady says is any indication of the way he thinks he and Michigan will play, then maybe this is the year. "Man for man we have better talent than anyone in the Big Ten. I'll say right now that I'll be very disappointed if we don't win it. "And if everyone says it's all up to me, then I guess it is. Looking back, it seems that every time I had a bad game we lost. If I come through we usually win. And I guess if you look at it that way it is pressure." But the pressure doesn't seem to be more than the big man can handle. "I'm not down about it. I don't let it get to me. At least I try not to. By JOEL GREER goal hat trick. The M i c h i g a n hockey team In fact, it was the entire line of couldn't have picked a better time Werner, Gary Connelly and Rick to break out of its distressing scor- Mallette that constantly pressured ing slump. Previously held to but Minnesota goaltender Doug Hast- 16 goals in their last seven straight ings. Connelly scored the game win- defeats, the Wolverines re-oiled ner with less than four minutes their scoring machine last night by remaining in the third period, and1 outlasting the pesky Minnesota also chipped in with three assists. Gophers, 7-6. Mallette, who still has yet to score this season added a pair of assists This Weekend in Sports TODAY BASKETBALL-Notre Dame, at Crisler Arena, 2:00 p.m. WRESTLING-Pittsburgh, at Crisler Arena, 4:00 p.m. SWIMMMING-Big Ten Relays, at Columbus HOCKEY-Minnesota, at the Coliseum, 8:00 p.m. GY-MNASTI(C-Widrl Ci I Tni aii of[hnrnisM __________ _t_1iviiN 1I~j-win y c i lnvitationai, at Cicago Circie to bring his total to nine. _ T Baltmore riol aded in well e coimenhas bee hia again as Pierre Sarrazin's elbow- game when you give up seven four players last night to coach Al Renfrew after the game. ing penalty gave the Gophers a goals," said the dejected rookie acquire catcher Earl Williams But he was more concerned with final power play opportunity at coach. "We were just too loose of the Atlanta Braves. Moving the two late Michigan penalties 18:32. out there." to Atlanta will be pitchers Pat that enabled the Gophers to erase In the final minute, Minnesota Neither squad played. a tight Dobson and Roric Harrison, in- a two goal Wolverine lead midway1 pulled its goalie and directed six game defensively, however, as on fielder Dave Johnson, and catch- through the third period, attackers into the Michigan zone. many occasions forwards were al- er Johnny Oates. The O's will Blais' screen shot accounted for lowed the open shot from close in. also receive standout shortstop AFTER WERNER gave Mich- the tying tally but an alert Moore Minnesota scored the opening TaylorDuncan.- , gveF ixcwasmade the big save just as the puck two goals of the game on a pair chased on a senseless roughing was going over the ine. of Michigan defensive lapses. "We've had trouble putting the call. Minnesota then scored its "I just batted at that one," ex- On the first one Fox was caught puck in the net," assessed delight- first power play goal of the night planed Moore, "another quarter of out o ed Frank Werner after the game. as Cal Cossalter converted a cen- an inch and it would have been in." f position and Cossalter took a pass from Blais just to Moore 's But Werner himself helped turn tering pass from Dean Blais. left. Unmolested, Cossalter calmly things around by getting the three At 8:28, Fox was again sent to' THE WOLVERINES apps time ran backhanded a shot just inside the the sin bm, this time for cross- out when Julian Nixon's shot had er post. checkin. nd again, the Gophers just enough steam to enter the em- RThe nextdgoal aw defenseman P tt s u aeup with a power play goal. enu Randy Trudeau fail to check John r This time it was Mike Polich pty net. The officials, however, Matchke in front of Moore as the completing his hat trick by stuff- ruled that time already had ex Minnesota forward slid a rebound ing a rebound past Michigan net- pired. to Moore's left. minder Robbie Moore. Minnesota coach Herb Brooks un- lid lifterTWith the score tied 6-6 Connelly doubtedly was disappointed in los- MICHIGAN'S GARY KARDOS finally notched the game winner ing a one-goal game to a team was also left free to score his frist at 16:47 after taking a sharp cen- that will be battling the Gophers of two goals after taking a pass tied 3-3 last year. tering pass from Mallette. for one of the final playoff berths. from Randy Neal at 8:58 of the There will be a couple of tough But Michigan put itself in trouble "You don't deserve to win a opening period. Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY Brady - .inside . .. twvo in treacherous seasoi By JIM ECKER The preliminary work is over., After two months of grueling, two- hour workouts in Crisler., Arena's' second - floor sweatbox affection- ately known as "the room," Mich- igan's wrestling team is ready. As soon as delirious Campy Rus- sell and Henry Wilmore fans clear the court this afternoon, the Golden Anniversary of Wolverine wrestling will begin. Pittsburgh is in town for the 24th renewal of the fight for supremacy of the animal kingdom: It's The Wolverine versus The Panther. Coach Rick Bay's boys grabbed a 23-17 decision in Pittsburgh's Fitz- gerald Fieldhouse last year and lead the rivalry 14-8-1. There have been three changes in Michigan's lineup since Thanksgiving. A slightly chunkier Billy Davids unseated Rick Neff for the nod at 134. Jeff Guyton, a freshman from Lambertville,I Ohio, replaces Davids at 126. 167-pounder Roger Ritzman will sit out the Pitt meet with a badly bruised chest cavity. Bay doesn't have another "authentic" backup man in this diviiton. He plans to weigh-in both Mitch Mendrygal and John King at 158 and sit tight, inserting one at 158 and the other at 167 at the proper moment. Pittsburgh has a wrestler named 1. =ri John Chatman, an "outstanding talent" who was runnerup in the 1971-72 Eastern Championships. He'll definitely wrestle today, but Panthe'r Coach Dave Adams won't say where. contests at the 177 and 190 brac- kets. At 177, John Ryan grapples Pitt's Tom Caramanna. Ryan pinned the Panther last year, but "There is some strategy involved was five points down a in wrestling," explained Bay. "lDe- Dave Curby faces C pending on how the first five in the confrontation of matches go, and where Pitt puts ers. Tritch wrestled t the time. raig Tritch 190 pound- Michigan's Chatman, will determine wherej Mendrygal wrestles." If Chatman goes at 1SO, he draws Big Ten champ Jerry Hub- bard. If he wrestles 158, it will be Mendrygal if Michigan has to win, and King if the Blue can afford a loss. There is one added factor: Chatman beat Mendrygal ttwo years ago. One of the matches expected to clarify Michigan's 158-167 picture is the Brown-Bryant battle at 118. That's Jim Brown, defending, Big Ten runnerup, and George Bryant, defending NCAA runnerup. They Therlon Harris in last year's meet and pinned the Big Ten's third- place finisher. Tritch could be tough. For Michigan, Bill Schuck goes at 142 pounds, while the heavy- weight wrestler is Gary Ernst. Coach. Bay calls Pittsburgh ". the weakest of our first three op- ponents. If we lose to them, we're really in a hole." The Michigan-Pittsburgh match should start around four o'clock. Stick around after the basketball game, or drop in when it's over. There's no charge. Both teams will have to tighten Finally .. . up their defensive play if either SCORING 15:13; 9. M-Kardos (Trudeau) 16:54.hexpects to make a run t a WCHA 12 3 F PENALTIES: 3. Mn-Morrow (rough-excttomkaru taWH MICHIGAN 2 3i2 7 Iing) 7:01; 4. M-Falconer (roughing) playoff berth. Minnesota 2 2 2 6 7:01; 5. M-Kardos (holding) 17:13; 6. -- ---- FIRST PRIOD iM-Lindskog (roughing) 19:17.! FIRST PERIOD THIRD PERIOD SCORING: 1. Mn-Cossalter (Polich, SCORING: 10. M-werner (Connelly) Blais) 1:11; 2. Mn-Matschke (R. Harris, 4:46; 11. Mn-Cossalter (Biais, O'Brien) Gambucci) 2:02; 3. M-Kardos (Neal, 7:09'; 12. Mn-Polich (Blis, Auge) 10:00;~ lll Falconer) 8:58; 4. M-werner (Mallette, 13. M-Connelly (Mallette) 16:47. E Connely) 9:14. PENALTIES: 7. M-Fox (roughing) - PENALTIES: 1. Mn-Cossalter (inter- 5:43; 8. Mn-Polich (roughing) 6:31; 9.1Fol Ietts ference) 6:41; 2. Mn-Spannbauer M-Cullen (roughing) 6:31; 10. M-Fox (tripping) 14:47. (interference) 8:28; 11. M-Sarazin SECOND PERIOD (elbowing) 18:32. SCORING: 5. M-Werner (Fox, Con- SAVES(ftbStdent:3.psiE nel)5:39; 6. Mn-Polich (Spann-. 1 ? 4 F fo tdn rupies bauer, Blais) 11:11; 7. Mn-Polich (Cos- MICHIGAN (Moore) 9 20 13 42 salter) 14:10; 8. M-Moretto (Paris) Minnesota (Hastings) 14 13 7 341 .''k +a..r, [ 4 s'Aa ..'mac.? . F ~ ' y TOYOTA f - - CtE It . _ . _ _ . _ -~ I COLLEGE Iowa 101, Chicago State 44 Wayne State 76. Alma 59 Albion 87, Lake Forest 42 N. Michigan 86, New Hampshire 71 Alabama 107, Cornell 84 Florida State 109. Ga. Southern 97 Chicago Loyola 86, Valdosta St. 76 Penn 94, Kings, Pa. 54 N. Carolina St. 110. 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