The Michigan Daily-Thursday, March 16, 1978-Page 11 MR THE SPORTING VIEWS im - if F Rare excitement . .. .. *on field Saturday By JAMIE TURNER 4. t In most years, the NCAA Track and Field Championships held in Detroit last weekend would have begun pulling up the stakes and congratulating itself around 3:50 on Saturday afternoon. That's when the track portion of the schedule ends, and everybody knows that Kenyans don't high jump or pole vault, the only two events left, anyway. The crowd had been treated to one of the more exciting Championships, with plenty of close contests and upsets. Washington State, which had been one of the pre-meet favorites to capture the team title, was upset twice when Cougar athletes were beaten by Irishmen John Treacy and Gerald Deegan in'the three and two mile runs. I Too little, too late DETROIT'S TITANS learned the lesson of playing quality com- petition as a prelude to tour- nament play as they lost their; fourth game of the season to any type of competition. The com- petition yesterday was North Carolina State, who U of D lost to 84-77 in the NIT tourney as they completed their season with a 25-N 4 mark. John Long, who will have his jersey retired after the season, here scraps with the Wolfpack's Tony Warren for a loose ball. Long did not shoot well for the Titans but the difference in the game was the Wolfpack's almost 2-1 rebounding advantage. AP Photo SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: Gervin ices Pistons SCORES NBA San Antonio 135, Detroit 106 Indiana 111, Buffalo 106 Philadelphia 113, Los Angeles 93 NHL Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 2 (tie) Toronto 5, Washington 2 Cleveland 2, Colora'do 2 (tie) NIT College Basketball Texas 67, Nebraska 48 WeNeed A Good Writer Major advertising agency wants writer with BA in Journalism or Communi- cations for training as automotive technical film writer /producer. Send resume (don't call!) to: Mr. Borthwick ROSS ROY, Inc. 2751 E. Jefferson Detroit, MI 8207 Michigan had acquitted itself well, grabbing a sixth place tie with Auburn and Maryland in what was the Wolverines finest national perfor- mance. James Grace and Jim Stokes had grabbed seconds in the 440 and the pole vault, while Bill Donakowski was fourth in the two mile. Usually the crowd leaves shortly after the track events. The high jump and the vault are events that have been going on all afternoon, and who knows or cares who the contestants are? Well, they didn't leave Saturday, and the performers made themselves well known. Jumpy jumper The stage had been cleared for world record holders Mike Tully and Franklin Jacobs to attempt meet records in both the vault and the jump, respectively. Neither one had any doubts that he would be successful. "I felt really positive today," said the personable Jacobs, who says he needs to feel both positive and quite nervous before he's comfortable. "I was very confident that I'd jump well, and when I think that, I do." "I came here for 18-/2 (the meet record in the vault)," added Tully. "I've been thinking of (meet record holder Earl) Bell for quite a while." Indeed, the only question when the two entered the meet was whether or not there would be any records set. Both Tully and Jacobs were head and shoulders above (no small feat for the 5-8 Jacobs) the rest of the field. This, was shown when Jacobs declined his first jump until the bar reached 7-3, only 1/4 inch off the meet standard held by Olympic medalist Greg Joy. So the bar was set at 7-5 in the high jump and 18-1/2 in the pole vault. In a stretch of 90 seconds both were cleared and the crowd began looking for bigger and better things. Again there was no doubt in Tully's mind. "I came here for 18-2, but the second thing was the world record," he said. "This was the first meet that I have ever thought of breaking the record ahead of time. Usually you have to take it as it comes." So the bar moved up to 18-51/4 while Tully psyched himself on the run- way. Meanwhile, there was a different kind of psyche job going on. No sooner had Jacobs bounced off the mats after his meet record than the Fairleigh Dickinson sophomore was waiving off any more jumps. Claiming that the adrenalin needed for a world record was lacking, he started for the passageway leading to the athletes' quarters. It was there that his mind was changed for him. "He looked real strong and had good concentration over the bar," said Dickinson coach Walt Marusyn, "I felt Franklin had an obligation to the people that had come to the meet, and I told him that." Traped into try "I told him that there were 10 to 12 thousand people here and he's one of the highlights of the meet," continued Marusyn, "and besides, I thought he would do it." "They also told me they wouldn't let me out unless I tried," Jacobs added. So the high jump bar went up to 7-8, a height that would break Jacobs' own record set only two months before. Both Tully and Jacobs were now trying to better their own records, but only one was really confident. Only one would be successful. While Jacobs failed at 7-8, Tully cleared his height on the first try. The bar bounced a couple of inches but came to rest back on the supports with the packed house at Cobo roaring their appreciation. "I've had a lot of adversity in my career," the Californian remarked, "I deserved a little bit of luck. I had the height and I probably would've done it on the next two jumps." "I had lost my emotion," said Jacobs, "I need the competition, it helps me keep going."1 Ladies and gentlemen, presented for your perusal is a case of mind over matter.. . the pole vaulter who had it, and the high jumper who didn't. By DAVE RENBARGER AND GARY LEVY DETROIT - Right in their own gym, right in front of their own fans, right when they need a few victories the most, the Detroit Pistons crashed to record depths last night, falling to the San Antonio Spurs, 135-106. There are usually plenty of adjectives used to describe such a non-contest. But this was even worse. The lackadaisical, sloppy play of the hometowners almost defied description. "We got our fannies beat tonight, beat bad," said Piston coach Bob Kauf- fman. "We'll have to resurrect our game now." The Pistons are now an even 22-22 under Kauffman's direction. "WE GOT OUR fannies beat tonight, beat bad," said Piston coach Bob Kauf- fman. "We'll have to resurrect our game now." The pistons are now an even 22-22 under Kauffman's direction. Defense around the Detroit basket was virtually nonexistent from the start, as the Pistons allowed the Central Division-leading Spurs the season high total of 39 first quarter points. The for- mer EMU star George Gervin tallied 19 by himself, as the NBA's second leading scorer was virtually unstop- pable. Gervin, led all scorers on the nightwith 28 points in just 30 minutes. "I love to play at Cobo," said Gervin. lI grew up here, and Twanted to get the job done right." WITH THE PISTONS trailing by eleven after one period the game ,was over for all practical purposes. But the Detroiters were far from finished - they could do plenty worse. Take the third quarter, for instance. Behind 67-52, it was obviously high time for a comeback. So the Pistons went out and hit only 7 of 20 third quarter shots, mustering a sickly total of 14 points. Meanwhile, the Spurs' power forward Larry Kenon was single handedly burying the Pistons with 19 third quar- ter points to give the Texans a 102-66 bulge when it was over. Kenon ended up with 25 points. "TONIGHT NOBODY could get it going," said Pistons' M. L. Carr. We were pretty lackadaisical on both ends of the floor." The final twelve minutes was strictly razzle-dazzle, one-on-one basketball, as the Spurs continued to pour it on. San Antonio coach Doug Moe showed the mercy in his heart all evening long, sticking everyone except the trainer in- to the game, and they all scored. With 4:26 left a basket by reserve guard James Silas gave the Spurs an incredible 43-point margin, 122-79, before the Pistons made things at least half way respectable. The defeat was not the worst of the year - a 116-83 decision in Los Angeles gets that distinction. But it was cer- tainly the most miserable performance at Cobo. The Pistons now have 14 games remaining in their backward drive to the playoffs. Even Detroit captain Bob Lanier seems to be giving up. After scoring 25 points a disgusted Lanier said, "Maybe it (the season) should end right now." Brainy bouncers CHICAGO - Indiana's Wayne Rad- ford was the leading vote receiver on the All-Big Ten Academic basketball team selected by writers and broad- casters and announced yesterday by Commissioner Wayne Duke. Radford was named on 119 of the 124 ballots cast. Big Ten champion Michigan State placed Terry Donnelly on the team which also included Dave Baxter of Michigan, Neil Bresnahan of Illinois, Mike Campbell of North- western and Bill Pearson of Wisconsin. BAXTER WAS SECOND with 104 votes, Bresnahan had 67 and Donnelly 64. Campbell and Pearson tied for the fifth spot with 61 votes each. Radford has a 3.18 average in business administration, Donnelly a 3.0 in education, Baxter 3.1 in physical education, Bresnahan a 4.0 on Illinois' 5.0 scale, Campbell a 3.79 in pre-law and Pearson a 3.18 in education. -AP BELL' S HAS FOOD FOR THOUGHT! Pizzas - Grinders Open from 11 a. m. FREE DELIVERY from 4:30 p.m S. State & Packard 995-0232 t GREEK WONT- Admission Free with proof of membership in a frat. or sorority DORM NIGH Admission Free with a meal card TO NIGHT at . S EAREM E N 9lAIN 4I Frazier makes comeback PHILADELPHIA - Former heavy- weight champion Joe Frazier has kissed off a fight with one South African boxer and signed to fight another. Last week, it was announced that Frazier would fight Gerrie Coetzee April 15 in South Africa, but a provin- cial board failed to come to an agreement on the bout and on Tuesday Smokin' Joe signed to fight Ilie Knoetze in Las Vegas on April 29. Knoetze owns a knockout victory over Frazier stablemate Duane Bobick. The signing to meet Knoetze left Frazier, 34, in a mood to talk about meeting new heavyweight champion Leon Spinks. "It doesn't matter whether it's with Clay, just as long as we fight the cham- piaon," he said in a reference to Muhammad Ali, the longtime heavyweight champion dethroned by Spinks. Frazier retired after a 1976 defeat at the hands of George Foreman. -AP CTL NG 1Sn .C POETRY READING with CONSTANCE ENNIS, JANE SIEGEL and EUGENE HAUN reading fraom their work Thursday, March 16-7:30 p.m. at GUILD HOUSE Refreshments 802 Monroe (corner of Oakland) bNGHTB1. 8TAIZY, STAIR Y 14;c Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY '--9FM.-1A.M 4 A. . nr t¢.l.e !lOnn- ...rirtc" . n