The Michigan Daily-Wedresday, September 28, 1977-Page
Britt back
on home turf
By KATHY HENNEGHAN
Wayman Britt is back in Crisler Arena.
Britt, the former Michigan captain, is trying out
as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons. He was a
three-year starter at forward for the Wolverines
despite standing only 6-2.
"I have as good a chance of making this team as
anyone else coming in," he said. "It all depends on
how much better I can play in practice (he scored
26 points in a scrimmage Sunday night).
"I LOVE basketball," said Britt. "I love the
game. I like Detroit and the Pistons. They're good
for me and I think I could be good for them."
But to make the pros Britt must play at guard,
which means that ballhandling and outside
shooting, never Britt's strong points, are
paramount. Britt's greatest asset is his attitude. He
is unselfish and mature-two qualities in short sup-
ply on Herb Brown's club.
The Pistons grabbed headlines last season not
because of their record, which was mediocre, but
because of the bickering between coach and guards..
On paper Britt is a long shot to make the team as
it already includes four talented-if unhap-
py-guards: Kevin Porter, Eric Money, Chris Ford
and a somewhat overweight Ralph Simpson. If
Brown is willing to give Britt a thorough tryout,
however, a lot of people might be surprised.
THE PISTONS contacted Britt last spring.
"From then on I drove down to St. Cecilia's in
Detroit to play whenever I could," said Britt.
This isn't Britt's first go-around with the pros.
The Los Angeles Lakers tabbed him in the 4th round
of the 1976 NBA draft. He was the last player
cut-the Lakers released him on October 15, the day
his former teammates in Ann Arbor began practice.
Brown was apparently interested in having Britt
in camp last year, but at that date most clubs had
already trimmed their rosters.
"Since it was so late, lots of veterans had a better
chance of latching on somewhere," explained Britt.
"I stayed out in Los Angeles working as an assistant
coach at one of the high schools, hoping another club
would get in touch with me. That was about all I was
doing."
LIKE LAST year's seniors-Rickey Green, Steve
Grote and John Robinson-Britt left Michigan
without a degree. (He is 12 hours short and has no
plans to finish up). Fortunately he found oppor-
tunities in areas other than basketball.
Britt left Los Angeles for Grand Rapids, the
hometown of his wife Marilyn, and began looking
for a job.
"I didn't like Flint (Britt's hometown) and I
didn'thwant to come back to Ann Arbor," he said. "I
thoughtmy wife would be happier in Grand Rapids
and I thought I'd have the best chance of getting a
job there.
"IT DIDN'T take long," Britt said. "A week after
I'd been there I went to Michigan National Bank to
see about a job in public relations. I found out that
banks don't have PR departments, per se. So in-
stead they set me up 'in a managers' training
program. After six months I was substituting for
people on vacation.
"If I don't make the Pistons, I should be a branch
manager pretty soon because Michigan National is
building a lot of new branches."
Britt worked at the bank up until the opening of
training camp September 20. And if things don't
work out with the Pistons, he plans to resume.
"You can't get rich working in a bank but you can
make a living," Britt explained. "I'm trying to
make a little more money playing in the pros."
A&M FULLBACK INCAPACITATED:
Bo put on probation by Big T
From Wire Services University of Michigan in violation of "Our conference sends three non-DirectorD is a ruleaid
Big Ten Commissioner Wayne 'Regulation Three Sportsmanlike descript guys here and they just "Whactr can Cyoua sdod Ia
ike reprimanded Coach Bo Schem- Conduct, for his public statements stand around. I'm not saying they What can you do? ican
chler Tuesday for his comments on concerning officiating in the Duke- should call them for us, but they Wayne Duke's point is."
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the officiating in the Duke-Michigan
game two weeks ago.
Duke acted under a sportsmanlike
conduct rule which the Big Ten has
had in effect for the past four
seasons.
The code includes a paragraph that
public criticism of officials would be
cause for a public reprimand and a
second offense cause for a one-game
suspension.
The-code reads:
Any person who publicly is unduly
critical of any game official, confer-
ence personnel, another member in-
stitution, or its personnel. Such
person shall be subject to a public
reprimand for the first offense and to
a one-game suspension for an addi-
tional offense.
"I find it unfortunate that I must cite
Coach Glenn Schembechler of the
Michigan football game," said the
Big Ten commissioner.
"I have made this finding pursuant
to my responsibility under confer-
ence procedures. I have notified
Coach Schembechler of the penalty
which has been assessed against him
and of his right to appeal to the
Conference Compliance Committee
if he desires to do so.
The penalty was levied for Schem-
bechler's 'comments after the Duke
game which read in part, "I never
have liked split crews and you can
quote me on that. I certainly question
the three delay of game calls against
us. The ACC officials made those
calls. They were helping their team
while our Big Ten officials stood
around like a bunch of goons.
ought to tell those southern guys,
'don't try to just hand them the
game.'"
It was the second time that
Schembechler has received a public
reprimand from the Big Ten. Pre-
viously he was reprimanded on Nov.
5, 1975, and a Big Ten spokesman
said "in a sense given a one year pro-
bation."
He was not suspended for the Duke
violation because it has been longer
than one year since his previous pen-
alty. The spokesman indicated that
Schembechler, in a sense, received a
one year probation in this case too.
Schembechler was not answering
his telephone and unavailable for
direct comment on the reprimand.
Texas A&M fullback George Wood-
ard entered a university hospital in
College Station, Texas yesterday
morning complaining of pain in his
stomach.
Doctors have diagnosed the All-
American'shailment as a "hotappen-
dix" and have placed him under 24
hour observation.
A doctor in Ann Arbor expressed
doubt that the Aggie fullback would
be able to perform Saturday against
Michigan. Wolverine trainer Linsey
McLean aded, "There's no way you
can tell without waiting a few days
(whether there will be an opera-
tion.)"
The decision on whether to operate
will be made this morning.
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The play's the thing. At least that's
what' William Shakespeare wrote in
hamlet. If Shakespeare were covering
the women's volleyball team he might
change that line to "the team's the
thing."
Michigan's spikers using a total team
effort opened their season by defeating
Western Michigan 15-10, 15-7 and
Eastern Michigan 15-10, 15-11 in a tri-
team meet yesterday.
Coach Sandy Vong called the vic-
tories a big win and said "we can do
better, but it's nice to get those first
wins under our belts."
THE SPIKERS totally dominated
WMU in the opener; unselfishly setting
each other up, diving for loose balls,
and continually forcing the Broncos in-
to errors. The setters and backcourt
gave the tall hard-hitting front line
many opportunities for spikes that won
points and forced errors.
After WMU defeated EMU in the
middle match in a hard fought three
game battle that saw the Hurons come
back from deficits of 12-5, and 14-7 in
the first game before losing 15-12 and
then overcoming an 11-4 margin in the
second to finally win 16-14.
The hustling Hurons then ran out of
gas in the last game and dropped it 15-7.
In the match between U-M and EMU.
the difference was the height ant
strength of the front line, Karel Pen
nington, Beth Major, Jackie Madison
and Roberta Salay. Blocked shots anc
spikes by these players accounted foi
most of Michigan's scoring.
Lottsa luck
Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer
conceded Monday that his offensive
team is heavily dependent on junior
quarterback Thomas Lott.
The top-ranked Sooners, with Lott
at the"helm of their wishbone offense,
rolled over Ohio State in the first
quarter last Saturday, but faltered
when he left the game with an injury
in the second quarter. Oklahoma had
to come from behind for a 29-28
victory.
"The first quarter, offensively, we
played as well as we have all year,"
Switzer said. "After that we lost all
consistency, rhythm and confidence.
"If Lott hadn't got hurt, we might
have won by two or three touch-
downs. When Lott turns up field he'll
get three, four yards after getting hit.
That's the difference."
"Jay made some mistakes but
there was tremendous pressure on
him. A player shouldn't be thrown
into such situations, but under the
freshman rule, he is," Switzer said.
"There was times when Jimerson
would make the same play as Lott
would have, but get turned complete-
ly around. He just hasn't got the
strength that Lott does."
In the fourth quarter, with Okla-
homa down 28-20, Switzer went to
senior Dean Blevins, who guided the
Sooners to one touchdown and then
marched them downfield to set up
Ewe von Schamann's game-winning
field goal.
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Phillies clinch crown
By The Associated Press
The Philadelphia Phillies clinched
the National League East crown for
the second year in a row with a 15-9
victory over the Chicago Cubs yester-
day afternoon.
The Phillies will face Western
Champions Los Angeles in the
league's best of five playoff, starting
at Dodger Stadium.
Highlighting the Phillie
was a grand-slam homer by
Larry Christenson.'
victory
pitcher
five-hit pitching of Mike Flanagan
and the strong hitting of Pat Kelly.
The Yankees lowered their magic
number to three with a 2-1 squeaker
over the Indians with a run in the
ninth.
Jim Bibby, the Indian starter
wildpitched the winning run home
when the score was tied 1-1. Thurman
Munson, who had led off the inning
with a single, scored the tiebreaker.
NowOpen at 10a.m.
BILLIARDS,
PINBALL
and BOWLING
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BASS HAS GONE OUT WITH MORE GIRLS
THAN THE MICHIGAN FOOTBALL TEAM.
In the American League, the Red
Sox kept alive their slim Eastern
Division pennant hopes, edging the
Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5, with the help
of Bill Campbell's 30th save of the
season. Boston completed the sweep
of the rain-caused doubleheader with
a 5-1 win.
Baltimore kept moving along in
pursuit of the Yankees with a 6-1
victory over Detroit behind the
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