Page 8-Friday, February 17, 1978-The Michigan Daily
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By PETE LEININGER
Michigan's men gymnasts will have
to be razor sharp this weekend if they;
hope to cut down the Indiana State
Sycamores, last year's NCAA cham-
pions.
"Everyone's feeling better and really
fired up," says coach Newt Loken.
"We're determined to make this a real
battle."r
THE SYCAMORES, presently sup-
porting a 5-2 record, have already
scored over 211.0 in each win. They also
have a dual meet tonight against Penn
State before traveling to Ann Arbor.
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Indiana State is led by all-arounders
Don Osborn and Mike Booth, who have
scored 530 and 52.0 respectively. The
Sycamores show strength in all events
with the only possible exception being
the side horse.
Vaulting probably is Indiana State's
strongest event, with Booth (9.50), Dick
Dyke (9.4) and Rich Apolinar (9.35).
The Sycamores also support a very
powerful high bar squad, led by Al
Kwiatkowsil (9.45) and Booth (9.40).
INDIANA STATE will be competing
without the services of Kurt Thomas,
one of the leading gymnasts in the coun-
try. Thomas red shirted himself this
year to rest up for next year, a year he
hopes will prepare him for the 1980
Olympics.
Compulsory action will be held on
Saturday at 7:30 p.m, and optionals
begin at 1:30 Sunday, both at Crisler
Arena.
BILLBOARDx
Next Tuesday's (Feb. 21) women's
basketball game between Michigan and
Western Michigan was changed to a
home game starting at 7 p.m. at Crisler
Arena.
* * *
There will be an organizational meeting
for the women's varsity softball team
Friday, Feb. 24, in the basement
classroom of the Athletic Ad-
ministration Building located on the
corner of State and Hoover.
By The Associated Press
Muhammad Ali went to the well
once too often and the result was one
of the most monumental tragedies in
sports.
"It's easy. A couple of more $3
million-plus paychecks against
pushovers and then maybe a $10
million killing for a fourth fight
against Ken Norton, win or lose."
That was the way the beautiful pic-
ture was painted to the rusting 36-
year-old boxing champion of the
world.
There was one catch in it. Al and
all the brains and well-wishers
around him reckoned without the
grit and determination of a ring-
raw, 24-year-old ex-Marine named
Leon Spinks.
They forgot that the gristly
Spinks, 27 pounds lighter than the
champion, with a four-inch shorter
reach and only seven pro fights to
throw against Ali's 17 years' exper-
ience, grew up in St. Louis.
He learned his art on the streets
where strong fists and a stouter
heart were the main sources of sur-
vival. In these alley brawls, the
more you got hit and the deeper the
hurt, the fiercer you fought back.
"I want to retire young," said the
new heavyweight champion of the
world yesterday during a press con-
ference.
Were you surprised that you won
the championship?
"Naw, my goal always been to be
the best."
Would you be proud to be known as
the man who ended the career of
Muhammad Ali?
"Sure."
Was your mother surprised that
you won?"
"Don't think so. She knew it before
I did. She said she got it from God."
Why did you go into the Marines?
"Better than going to jail."
Ali manfully shouldered the
blame. "I played around too much in
the early rounds," he said. "What I
didn't figure on was his stamina and
his will to win."
In the next breath, the aging ex-
titleholder talked of another Ali
miracle, a comeback that could
make him the first man ever to win
the heavyweight title three times.
Spinks said he would certainly
give Ali a rematch, and Top Rank
Inc., the promoter of Wednesday
night's upset, is planning an Ali-
Spinks rematch for $5 million for
each fighter.
However, Bob Arum, president of
Top Rank, plans to put Spinks in
against another challenger before he
meets Ali.
While Spinks contemplated a
vacation, Ali packed for a five-day
public appearance tour to
Bangladesh.
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BLUE TO FACE ROUGH TIGERS: ,
Icers need victo,
By GARY KICINSKI
Is there life after death?
Michigan hockey fans will be able to
decide that for themselves this
weekend, as the icers, losers of 13 of
their last 14 conference games, host the
Tigers of Colorado College.
the Wolverines' fatal fall has dropped
them all the way down to seventh place,
below even the Tigers, who currently
are situated in the fifth slot - and who
would have predicted that placement
back in October?
But the chances of a reincarnation
appear just as likely as a further plunge
into the seemingly bottomless WCHA
pit, meaning ninth place and no playoff
berth. Presently, ninth place North
Dakota trails Michigan by just two
points, and the eighth place Minnesota-
Duluth Bulldogs stand a mere one point
behind the Wolverines.
The icers realize the importance of
this series, as any possibility of produc-
ing something out of the season and
building some momentum for the
playoffs, means that they had better
win this weekend. Next weekend the
icers must tangle with the Michigan
Tech Huskies.
And we all know what success the
team has had against Tech this season.
It was Tech that threw the first rock
through Michigan's plate-glass season
back in December, sending the Wolver-
ines into their tailspin.
Coach Dan Farrell maintains that
neither he nor the team have given up.
"Where there's smoke, there's hope,"
Farrell said. "This is probably our.
most important series of the winter."
But instead of looking at this series as
a momentum-builder for the final
weeks, Farrell said, "We're taking
things one week at a time. We'd be
foolish to think with the way we've been
playing that wins this weekend will
make us go out and play like
gangbusters next weekend."
"I don't think we deserved. this
streak. We played hard in Duluth,"
commented Farrell. "I think we were
psychologically destroyed by our
schedule."
The Tigers come to town fresh off a
sweep of Minnesota's Gophers, and
sport three of the league's top ten
scorers. Junior Dave Delich is one of
ry now
the top players in the WCHA, having
made second team all-conference last
year and taking rookie-of-the-year
honors in 1975-76.
Delich is fourth in the league in
scoring, with 21 goals and 41 assists.
Teammate Greg White ranks right up
there with him on the basis of this point
total of 22-41-63. Senior winger Jim
Warner is the third big gun on the
squad, posting a total of 20 goals and 33
assists.
After that, CC doesn't have much in
the way of offensive punch, but Farrell
said the Tigers can beat you in other
ways. "They're an aggressive team, a
physical team," he said. "They've been
having some success lately after
shaking off some early-season in-
juries."
Two of the heavies on the Tiger
team are sophomore defenseman Dave
Feamster and junior wingman Rick
Pracht, both of whom spend more than
their fair share of time in hockey's ver-
sion of the confessional.
In addition, the Tigers have been
near the top of the league in penalty
minutes all season, so it could be a
hard-hitting weekend of action at Yost.
Farrell has no new brainstorms for
turning the icer season around, but he is
planning to move Ben Kawa over to the
right wing on a line with Mark Miller
and Dave Debol. In goal, the coach said
he has resorted to "pulling names out of
a hat" since all three netminders have
been having their difficulties.
If Michigan does have anything
looking favorably upon it in these last
three weeks, it is that five of the six
games are at home. After the two with
CC and Tech, Michigan plays a home-
and-home series with intra-state rival
Michigan State.
SKATE SCRAPES ... Michigan has
given up an average of 7.5 goals a game
in its last 13 losses. . . Its power play ef-
ficiency hovers around the 20 per cent
mark. When shorthanded, they have
yielded nearly a 30 per cent rate ...
Dave Debol still needs two goals to tie
Kris Manery as Michigan's all-time
leading goal scorer. The all-American
is already the all-time leader in points
and assists.
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