Page 8-Friday, February 17, 1978-The Michigan Daily MEN EXPECT BATTLE Tumbler 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. PREPARE FOR 40th MCAT * DAT - LSAT - GRE GMAT OCAT"VAT SAT NMB I,I[,II, ECFMG-F"-LEXVQE NAT'L DENTAL BOARDS NURSING BOARDS Flexible Programs & Hours There IS adiffcrence K4P N LEDUCATIONAL CENTER Test Preparation Specialists Since 1938 For Information Please Call: (313) 662-3149 For Locations In Other Cities, Call: TOLL FREE: 800-223-1782 Centers in Maor us cities toronto. Puerto Rico and Luganlo. Switzerland' s face ISU 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. SpI ks savors stunnng upsetL: T he new cham AP Photo 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 ... 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