Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, December 9, 1972 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, December 9, 1972 i TONIGHT'S CONTEST CRUCIAL ichigan faces tou gh Dayton .1 By BOB HEUER The Michigan basketball road The University of Michigan Gilbert & Sullivan Society is now accepting petitions for it's Winter '72 Production "OSITIONS AVAILABLE: DRAMATICS DIRECTOR MUSICAL DIRECTOR TECHNICAL ,DIRECTOR PLEASE SUBMIT RESUME BY DEC. 13 TO 2531 SAB If you have any questions, calf Cindy at 769-51 16 5 p.m. I Welcome to the Pizza Loy's Sub-CultureI show rolled into Dayton today set to battle the Flyers in an 8:00 p.m. contest. The Wolverines, not too fresh from an 83-77 defeat handed them Thursday night by Brigham Young, are looking for their first road victory of the young season. The Flyers offer a squad sport- ing a win over Illinois and a loss to Louisville so far this year. They also offer a weakness that the now weary Michigan cagers should have no trouble exploiting. Coach Don Donoher's ball club lacks the board strength to re- bound with Ken Brady, John Lockard, Ernie Johnson and Co. That statement would have been hard to argue with until Thurs- day night, when the Wolverines were chewed up and spit out " Cunder the boards by BYU's scrappy Cougars. In that contest, Ken Brady man- aged a mere five caroms as he was thoroughly outplayed by 6-11 Kresimir Cosic. Ernie Johnson and Henry Wilmore garnered eight and seven respectively and Campy Rus- sell led the team with a modest nine. Dayton does not h a v e the strength to match Br ig ha m Young's backboarddominance, but they still possess a seasoned squad capable of carrying the play to Michigan. "We think Dayton is even bet- ter than Brigham Young," said assistant coach Jim Dutcher ear- NHL Standings By The Associated Press NHL MICHIGAN Campy Russell (6-7) Ernie Johnson (6-8) Ken Brady (6-10) Joe Johnson (5-10) Henry Wilmore (6-4) lier this week. "They're definite- feat in stride, but two straight loss- ly going to be very tough." es would be much tougher to swal- The Flyers return their top six low. The Wolverines also need a scorers from last year's 13-13 win to rekindle any hopes of hold- squad. Leading the pack is 6-0 ing their spot among the nation's junior Don Smith. From his guard top twenty. spot, Smith has hit 27 and 24 points Dayton likewise is on the thres- in the Flyers first two ball games. hold of a season that could go Michigan has yet to face a either way. While lacking Mich- guard of Smith's caliber this year igan's overall talent and depth, the and they will have to adjust their Flyers now have the -height to hit big man-oriented defense accord- the boards. Whether or not they ingly. can utilize that height to win the Mike Sylvester, last year's sec- battle of the boards has yet to be and leading scorer, netter a career proven. high 28 points in the Flyers' 81-75 Hopefully, Ken Brady will put win over Illinois. The 6-5 junior together the solid inside game was one of only two starters over Michigan fans have awaited since 6-4 on the '71-'72 squad. The other his sophomore year. Brady has one, 6-7 center John Bitter has sparkled at times in the first been relegated to the bench in three ball games, showing the favor of junior Joh Von Lehman. speed and finesse that charac- At a slender 6-8, 200 pounds, Von terized his play of two seasons Lehman doesn't add much beef up ago. front, but what he lacks in muscle, But until the Wolverines can get he's been making up in scoring a full game out of the big man, the punch. He tossed in 18 points pressure on Henry Wilmore and against Illinois after averaging only Campy Russell will continue to 5.0 a game last season. mount. Sophomore Joe Fisher augments After enduring a scoreless night Donoher's new emphasis on the big against Oregon State, Campy play- man, going 6-8, 225. But he still ed his best game of the year in the has to prove he can put the ball in Brigham Young contest, scoring 23 the hoop. Fisher was held score- points and avoiding the early exit less in Dayton's 75-58 loss to Louis- via fouls for the first time. ville. Wilmore continues to improve at Smith's performance was the guard. He collected 18 points in lone bright spot for Flyer fans Thursday night's debacle, but foul- in that one. A Dayton spokesper- ed out just when they needed him son termed the loss "immensely most, in the last four minutes of disappointing" after their fine the game. effort in downing a highly re- Ernie Johnson played his best spectable Illini outfit in the half of the season, tossing in 14 opener. first-half points. With both teams doming off dis- heartening losses, tonight's gameA takes on added significance for INDIANA, ARIZO each cl'.b. A second straight los doubts as to the team's inconsis- tency and have thegrowing "Dump rJl louder for the Michigan mentor's scalp. By The Associated Press Orr took the Brigham Young de- Yesterday was a busy day for the nation's collegiate grid coaches. cane Stats To wit: F F C G G al DAYTON Joe Fisher (6-8) Mike Sylvester (6-5) John Von Lehman (6-8) Don Smith (6-0) Gordie Gahm (6-3) k 30 different kinds of submarines 14 different kinds of meat ALSO: Vegetarian subs Cheese subs Pizza subs, Whole Wheat Pizza Sicilian Pizza Pastees 10% OFF on all pizza Mon.-Thurs. BREAKFAST SERVED FROM 6 A.M.-8 P.M. Montreal N. Y. Rangers Boston Buffalo Detroit Toronto Vancouver N. Y. Islanders Chicago Minnesota Pittsburgh Philadelphia Los Angeles Atlanta St. Louis California East Wv 16 16 16 13 11 91 81 3 West 15 141 131 121 11is 8 1 4. L T 4 7 8 3 7 3 8 7 12 2 13 4 16 2 19 2 Pts GF 39 115 35 103 35 118 34 102 24 82 22 84 18 76 8 50 GA 65 72 84 84 86 82 109 121 73 78 87 94 93 90 79, 105 AP Photo HENRY WILMORE (back to cpmera) picks up a loose ball in yesterday's scrambler with Brigham Young. Wilmore has been playing superbly thus far in the season. Tonight he and his friends of the hard court go into action against Dayton. VA INVOLVED: tenJI/tors prospe,,r PIZZA LOY'S. 333 E. Huron 663-7721 OPEN 'TIL 1 A.M. (Fri. & Sat. 'til 2) 9 10) 11 11 12 13 12 15 2 32 3 31 3 29 4 28 4 28 5 27 5 21 6 14 96 88 103 98 93 70 61 65 "t ii Thursday's Games Boston 5, St. Louis 0 Buffalo 6. Detroit 1 Atlanta 5, Vancouver 2 Philadelphia 6, Minnesota 2 Only games scheduled Yesterday's Games No games scheduled Today's Games California at Montreal Vancouver at Toronto New York Rangers at New York Islanders Boston at Philadelphia Detroit at Minnesota Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Atlanta at St. Louis Only games scheduled Wilmore E. Johnson Russell Brady J. Johnson Kupec Kantner Lockard Tyler (three games) FG FT TP 24-55 17-21 65 18-29 8-13 44 19-46 3- 7 41 16-23 6- 9 38 11-32 7- 9 29 2-4 4-8 8 3- 7 2- 5 8 3-10 0-0 6 1-1 0-2 2 A BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Pre- Avg. sident John W. Ryan announced 21.7 that trustees have voted continua- 14.7 tion of the present contract of John 13.7 Pont as head football coach for the 12.7 coming year with no termination 9.7 date, although Coach Pont's con- 4.0 tract does not come up for renew- 2.7 al until Feb. 1. 2.0 Ryan said the board thought it 2.0 necessary to act at this time so -- that Coach Pont could get on with the important business of recruit- ing. Pont said, "I am pleased the board has made a decision at this time so we can continue our re- cruitment of prospective student athletes and carry on our off-sea- son projects with the present squad members toward the 1973 season." In reaching the decision, the trustees took into consideration the unanimous recommendation of the Athletic Committee and of Direc- tor of Athletics Bill Orwig. Orwig said, "The trustees' action is most heartwarming to me. It substantia- tes my confidence in John and his football program.'' * HOUSTON, - Head football Coach Al Conover has signed a five-year contract to remain at Rice University, Univer- t City President Norman Hacker- man announced yesterday. Conover, who led the Owls to a. 5-5-1 record in his first season as a head coach, had been rumored in line for the head job at Wake For- est, his alma mater. However, Hackerman said he met with Conover yesterday to discuss Rice's athletic future and Conover Big Ten cage units face heavy weekend schedule had decided to remain at Rice. "We just talked about the pro- gram in general and what we hop- ed to do in the next few years," Hackerman said. "He gave me some recommendations for what he thinks desirable about our facili- ties and I will take them under con- sideration." Conover was interviewed for the Wake Forest job Tuesday and re- turned to say the job was his if he wanted it. Wake Forest offic- ials said, however, no offer h a d been made. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Pur- due University's defensive coach, Tony Mason, reportedly has been offered the head football coaching job at Arizona University. Television Station WLFI in Lafay- ette reported Mason's wife Caro- lyn, said he was in Arizona con- ferring with university officials. Purdue University officials con- firmed he was in Arizona Thurs- day and Friday but declined com- ment on the matter. Mason was offensive coordinator :nder Charles "Bump" Elliott at Michigan before coming to Purdue and the Wolverines won the B i g Ten title and the Rose Bowl his first year there. In 1964 he was named O h i o High School Coach of the Year. O SALISBURY, N.C. - William M. Faircloth has been elevated to head football coach at Catawba College, school president Dr. Mar- tin L. Shotzberger announced yes- terday. Faircloth, 30, a member of the Catawba football coaching staff for seven years, assumed his new duties immediately. He was named after Harvey Stratton asked to be relieved of his head coaching job. Stratton will remain as athletic director and associate professor of physical edu- cation. Birthday boy Bullpen coach Joe Pignatane of the New York Mets reached his 43rd birthday on Aug. 4. t I By The Associated Press Three of the Big Ten's f o u r still unbeaten basketball teams risk their perfect records in, a nine- game program today involving Conference clubs. The only idle league member is nationally fourth-ranked Minnesota 3-0 which marks time until a Dec. 16 invasion of Chicago Loyola. With Michigan tumbling before iBrigham Young 83-77 Thursday night for a 2-1 record, the Big Ten's only other undefeated quin- tets are Indniana, Iowa and Illinois with 2-0 records. Indiana is host Saturday before a home sell-out crowd of more than 16,000 against highly regardedf Kentucky, upset by Iowa 79-66 atI Lexington, Ky., Monday night. Iowa's Hawkeyes, also owning a 101-44 opening defeat of Chicago State, invade Kansas to face the twice-beaten Jayhawks who earlier fell before Indiana, 72-55. Illinois, following easy victories over DePauw and Valparaisin, hopes to make it three straight in a visit to Detroit U. Other conference tests Saturday:4 Missouri at Ohio State 2-1: Texas Christian at Purdue 2-1; S o u t h Dakota at Wisconsin 1-2; Michigan 2-1 at Dayton; Michigan State 1-1 at South Carolina, and Ohio Uni- versity at Northwestern 0-2. After a fast start against out- side opposition, the Big Ten has slowed to a 17-8 victory margin. Heralded this season as a su- per basketball conference, the tal- ent-loaded loop's most impressive performance to date was Iowa's up- set of eighth-ranked Kentucky. Hawkeye coach Dick Schultz commented after that triumph at Lexington: "Defense and rebound- ing win on the road. We did a good job of both, at Kentucky. I have never been concerned about the offensive ability or rebounding strength of this ball club." Thus far, all five Hawkeye start- ers have scored in double figures, led by Neil Fegebank's 17.5 aver- age and closely followed by 7-foot Kevin Kunnert's 16.5. 4 i NEWEST VERSION OF THE FIRST WATCH ON THE MOON The Omega Speedmaster Mark II is the streamlined version of the first watch worn on the moon. It con- tains the same high-precision movement NASA astronauts wore during Gemini and Apollo Space Missions. If you're looking for a watch that's truly "out of this world," we suggest you see the Omega Speedmaster Mark II. 2-button, 4-dial chronograph. Measures elapsed intervals of hours, minutes and seconds. Stainless steel case. Matching bracelet. Water-resistant . . .. . . . . . . .. $225. THE UNION GALLERY on the 1st floor of the Michigan Union PRESENTS LORRE WEIDLICH AND DAVE MOULTRUP I IS I PICK UP A COPY AT