,.. ag . , .,, r riday, December S, 19/1 Page Ten r riday, Vecember ~, 1912 -, - s 207 E. Liberty Deker By ROBIN WAGNER Wisconsin's hockey team boasts a record of 9-1. Michigan's puck- sters are 2-8. The Badgers are number one in the country. The Maize and Blue reside deep in the second division of the WCHA. Two weekends ago at the Michi- gan Coliseum, the visitors from Madison swept Michigan, 5-3 and 7-2. This weekend, Wisconsin hosts the Wolverines in Dane County Coliseum. A snowball in hell stands a better chance of sur- viving than does Michigan's hockey squad. Barring a minor miracle, the lowly skaters should return to Ann Arbor at 2-10. After a fluke 10-6 loss to Colo- rado College to open its season, Wisconsin proceeded to rattle off nine consecutive victories, and peace again reigned in the hearts tackle tough Ba dgers of Badger hockey fans. The pow- erhouse has passed every clutch test so far this season. In its only overtime affair, W i s c o'n s i n toppled Notre Dame, 5-4. With nine minutes remaining in a game against Colorado, the score- board read, 3-3. No need for worry. When the buzzer sounded, the Badgers had sewed it up, 6-3. Mentor Bob Johnson proudly describes his team by saying, "Our strong suit is balance. Though we have a long way to go, we will continue to improve with every game by gaining con- fidence and experience." Spearheading the balanced Bad- ger attack are centers Gary Winchester and Dean Talafous. With twelve points apiece, the duo pace the team's scoring sta- tistics. As a sophomore last year, Winchester netted 25 goals and The Perfect Gi'ft Idea!.1 SA i y %r by . EVANS . MANISTEE Happy Holidays Van Boven Shoes 17 Nickels Arcade 27 assists. Johnson's remarkably effective goalie platooning consists of jun- ior Jim Makey and sophomore Dick Perkins. "Uncanny" best describes the performance of Per- kins. In five contests, the opposi- tion has beaten him only 13 times. In twelve appearances as a freshman, Perkins allowed but 1.92 goals a game. Wisconsin's stalwart defense (in sportswriting, defenses are al- ways either stalwart or porous) revolves around sophomore Bob Lundeen, whom Johnson refers to as "one of the best defense- men in the country." Lundeen, along with his defensive prowess, can also score, as evidenced by his 13 goal output a year ago. Comparative statistics for the Badgers and Michigan illustrate the incredible difference of abil- ity between the two contingents. Wisconsin has outscored its op- ponents, 70-32, averaging seven goals per game. Michigan has been outscored, 64-35, a mark of 3.5 "red-lighters" every three periods for them. Shots on goal? Sorry, but the Badgers again display superiority over the Maize and Blue. Wis- consin has pummeled foreign net- minders 503 times, or, believe it or not, 50.3 times a contest. The Wolverines have executed 316 shots on goal, or 31.6 per game. In six home games this year at Dane County Coliseum, an aver- age of 8,347 people have viewed the Badgers. Not bad for an arena with a seating capacity of WCHA Standings W L T Pts Michigan State 6 1 1 23 Wisconsin 7 1 0 14 Denver 5 1 0 14 North Dakota 6 4 0 141 Michigan Tech 4 2 0 8 Notre Dame 3 5 0 81 Minnesota 2 5 1 71 Minn.-Duluth 350 6 MICHIGAN ,2 8 0 4 Colorado College 1 7 0 2j This weekend's games MICHIGAN at Wisconsin Denver at Notre Dame Manitoba at North Dakota Western Ontario at Michigan Tech This Weekend in Sports FRIDAY HOCKEY-at Wisconsin SWIMMING-at Purdue SATURDAY BASKETBALL-at Dayton HOCKEY-at Wisconsin SWIMMING-at Illinois WRESTLING-at Ohio U. 8,000! The Coliseumites display craziness and devotion to their team equal to the Wrigley Field "bleacher bums" and the second balcony residents of Boston Gar- den. This weekend, they should have lots to cheer about. If Michigan's team can play hockey this weekend like it is capable of playing, if the play- ers can keep their cool in clutch situations, if the Badgers display a sub-par performance, and if a majority of the adrenalin-pump- ing Wisconsin puck fans forget to show up, the Wolverines might pull off an upset or two. That is a lot of "ifs," but David slayed Goliath, didn't he? 4 Miller blasts Kuhn on reserve clause matter NEW YORK (i) - Marvin Miller, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Associa- tion, accused Commissioner Bow- ie Kuhn yesterday of making a fraudulent statement and s a i d player negotiations had been set back by "an act that only the most rank amateur would per- form." He said that in an Hawaii news conference Kuhn outlined an own- I ers' proposal for modifying t h e straight reserve clause, w h i c h binds a player to one club for life unless he is sold or traded, and 5 said the players had rejected the plan which he labelled "historic" and "spectacular." "These words were clearly in- tended to deceive the public and players," the players' executive said. "His prediction of a catostro- phe if the terms were not accept- ed were a transparent and inept attempt to psych the players and the fans." The owners' proposal, as pre- sented by Kuhn, called for f r e e agent status for any player with five years' major league exper- ience not offered at least $30,000 for his sixth year or a player of eight years' experience not offer- ed $40,000 for his ninth year. The players proposal is that af- ter five years as a professional player, three in the major leagues, a player would become a free agent if he is earning less than the average big league salary now figured around $32,000. Miller charged that baseball sal- aries fall below those in the other major professional sports-football, basketball and hockey-and cited the National Basketball Associa- tion's minimum of $20,000 com- pared with baseball's $14,000 as an example. Y l I C H R ISTMAS PARTY AT BETSY BARBOUR 420 S. STATE FRI., DEC. 8 8:30 p.m. FREE LIVE BAND BYO UAC PRODUCTION COME ON OUT AND PARTY with SALMAGUNDI I i i _, i 'I 03 Lj~v3 '4 3 .' 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