Page 12-Friday, April 7, 1978-The Michigan Daily BLUE STAR PREPARES FOR MINNESOTA: . Netter Ho rwitch By BILLY NEFF If the name Matt Horwitch comes up in conversation in Ann Arbor, there would probably be little reaction. However, if that same name is men- tioned in the town of Highland Park, Illinois, there would be quite a favorable response. There is but one explanation for this phenomenon. In Highland Park, "ten- nis was as big as football as far as my school was concerned," noted Horwit- ch, the two-time state tennis singles champion in Illinois. But in Ann Arbor, tennis does not draw 105,000 spectators and the Michigan men's varsity num- ber two singles star labors in relative obscurity. RECENTLY THOUGH, Horwitch has not even been laboring in obscurity as he was laid up for seven weeks with a broken bone in his foot. "I was out for seven weeks and I star- ted to go crazy. You get into a routine of playing every day and 11 of a sudden,a big part of your life is gone," said Hor- witch. His injury occurred during the team's second match of the young campaign against Miami of Ohio. Horwitch, a freshman, had to default this match, one in which he led 5-1. It was a tough way to lose his first match ever as a Wolverine. IIORWITCH MAY receive the oppor- tunity of climbing onto the winner's trail this weekend in matches against Minnesota (tonight at 7 p.m. in the Track and Tennis Building) and Iowa (tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the same building). It all depends on coach Brian Eisner's decision. Nevertheless, he will be playing first; doubles with number one singles player Jeff Etterbeek. Concerning his health for this i FR STUIO1 stereo & U.. service Fast-Competent RENTALSATSUDENTRAs 215 S. Ashley , 769-0342 Downtown, I block west of Main, between Washington and Liberty weekend's upcoming matches, the pre- business student, who is also interested in law school asserted, "I'm coming back faster than the, doctor thought; I should be 100 percent in a week." The former junior Davis Cup player matriculated at Michigan because "it bac kin "I'M PLAYING asi-nuch as I would have out there and we're one of the top fifteen teams in the country. Also, I think Brian (Eisner) is one, of the best coaches in the country," noted the mature freshman. Before attending law school, Horwit- ch would like to play on the professional circuit for a couple of years. But he ad- ded quickly that "there is not a prolonged future in tennis. You can only play for so long. And I don't think I would want to teach tennis." Being a two-time state champion, Horwitch carried along quite a reputation, especially since he vas rated 26th in the nation last year for 18 and unders. Many would have expected him to be resented by his teammates due to all the publicity he received. "THERE WAS (resentment) at the beginning because therewas a lottof speculation. I just had to win challenge matches. The racket took care of the matches and the situation." In these challenge matches,;Horwitch conquered everyone but his doubles partner, Etterbeek, the smooth swinging junior. One would have thought that a nat urtal rivalry would have developed between the two. "Not really; obviously we both want to play one but we're still teammates," Hor- witch said. For now, Horwitch will have to settle for second fiddle but he still sets some swing lofty goals. "The team wants to win the Big Tens, go to the NCAAs, and I'd like to see us ranked in the top ten or fifteen in the country." Individually, "Jeff and I can go to the nationals in doubles and do well." THINGS WEREN'T always this rosy for Horwitch in tennis. "When I was about fifteen or sixteen, I was in a basic plateau where I wasn't getting any. bet- ter and I was very erratic." With some help from former nationally ranked U.S. Davis Cup player Dennis Ralston, Horwitch changed his game around. "He showed me some technical things on my forehand but most impor- tantly, he proved to me that I could do it. Once you start believing, you can win anytime," Horwitch said. One thing Ralston could not help was Horwitch's speed afoot, "I'm not one of the 'fastest guys on the team," he related. In order to counter this weakness, the suburban Chicago native relies on his serve and volley, the strongest parts of his game. HIORWITCH, WHO rooms with the varsity's player Ihor Debryn, is very pleased with his decision to come to Michigan as is coach Eisner. "I'm very happy that he came to Michigan. He was the outstanding player in our region of the country, and one of the outstanding players in the country. He has a great deal of natural ability; I couldn't be more than delighted." Matt Horwitch has the academics I was looking for." He had wanted to attend UCLA or Stan- ford possibly but decided against ven- turing out to the West Coast since he perceived, "If I were going to Stanford or UCLA, I would have to play tennis all the time. Most of my buddies just wan- ted to play tennis and were real gung- ho, but I wanted an education." FALK NEW CAGE COACH Ws resigns EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Tex Winter resigned as head basketball coach at Northwestern yesterday and was replaced by assistant Rich Falk. Winter, who coached eight Big Eight championships at Kansas State in 15 seasons, was "unable to duplicate that success at Northwestern where he coached the last four years. The announcement was made by Athletic Director John Pont. Winter Deciding on mi a Law Career PREmLAW INFRMAIONNIGHT Monday, April 10-7:30 P.M. 1 02 Angell Hall was not available for comment and reportedly was in California but in the past he had referred to Falk as a "c..- coach rather than an assistant." Falk's ties with Northwestern date back to the time he was a child and watched basketball games at McGaw Hall.' "It has always been my dream to be head basketball coach at Northwestern since my earliest playing days," said Falk. "My ties with Northwestern athletics have been life long as my uncle, Ernie Nordstrom was a ticket manager and later became an assistant athletic director at Northwestern. I've seen Northwestern basketball games since I was 3 years old." Falk, 35, has been an assistant coach at Northwestern for nine seasons, the last four under Winter. He also worked one seasonunder Brad Snyder and four under Larry Glass for whom he played at Northwestern. Falk set two scoring records which still stand at Northwestern. In his senior year in 1964 he scored 49 points in the game against Iowa and also had 19 field goals in that game. He is a native of Galva, Ill., where he won the 1960 state basketball scoring championship. le was all-state in both basketball and football. Winter posted a 262-117 record at Kansas State from 1951 through 1965 and won two Midwest NCAA champion- ships. He was named college Coach of the Year for the 1958-59 season. Winter also coached the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association before coming to North- western for the 1974-75 season. His record at Northwestern was 33-74. Northwestern this past season had an 849 record and was 4-14 in the Big Ten, fiinishing in a tie for last place with Wisconsin. AP Photo John Schlee swings fiercely at the. ball as he hits from the 14th tee in the Masters Golf Tournament. Such determination gave him a four under par 68, good enough for a one shot lead over Joe Inman in Augusta during yesterday's first round action. Schlee shots6 for Masters lead AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP)-John Schlee, a supremely confident, talkative, 38-year-old veteran whose erratic career twice has been interrupted by injuries, birdied four holes in a row on the way to a four-under-par 68 and a surprising one shot lead in the first round of the 42nd Masters Golf Tour- nament. "If, at the age of 38, I'm destined to come back and become a great pleaser, well, other people have done it," said Schlee, a self proclaimed disciple and pupil of Ben Hogan. The graying, curly-haired Schlee-winner of only one title in 13 years on the PGA Tour unabashedly called himself "a heckuva putter and a great striker of the ball." He also referred to his "great strength" which was much in evidence in the gusty, tricky, shifting gales that swept the flowered, forested hills of the 7,040-yard Augusta National Golf Club Course and had most of the rest of the star-studded field of internationalists muttering about what might have been. Journeyman Joe Inman, the last man on the course, had a share of the lead until he bogeyed the 17th in the gathering gloom of late afternoon. In- man, who habitually handles the club with a nervous, constant squeezing of his hands, carved out a 69 that put him in second place. . "I could have been a couple of shots better on the back nine," said Lee Trevino, who conquered his personal nemesis with, a 38-32-70 and Oed for third with soft-spoken, 25-year-old Bill Kratzert, considered by his peers one of the finest of the young tourists. "I'm kind of disappointed in a 72," said Jack Nicklaus, who only mat- ched par in his role as favorite for a record sixth victory in this annual spring sports classic. He was one of many at that figure. "It could have been about four shots better," Nicklaus said. "I certainly played and putted better than a round of par. I actually played well when the conditions allowed me to lay well." 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