t Friday, October 7, 1977-The Michigan Daily D AND TUNED: D Invitational next for harriers By DAVE RENBARGER e time has come for Michigan's cross country to display its true colors. er enduring five solid weeks of training and itioning drills, interrupted only once by a ho- performance in their opening meet, the ers wheel their way westward today to com- in their first big meet of the year-the Notre e Invitational. CHIGAN WILL be one of 36 teams competing e five-mile event over the flat Irish course. Ac- ing to Wolverine coach Ron Warhurst, Eastern Western Michigan, along with Edinboro St. in.) and possibly the hosting Irish will provide quad with the stiffest competition. Most people would consider us as the favorites," Warhurst. "But right now I don't really know t to expect since we haven't had to run very fast yet this year." The confident Warhurst, however, left little doubt as to his expected outcome of the race. "We're ready to rip," he said. "We're gonna run well. I don't think that there is anyone strong enough to run with us in the Midwest." THE HARRIERS will be running at full strength for the first time this year, as both Mike McGuire and Steve Elliott return to the line-up. McGuire didn't run in the Springbank Road Races two weeks ago because of a cold, while Elliott was idled with a shin ailment. "I'm pretty excited about running the race," said Elliott, a junior from Pontiac who earned All-Big Ten honors last year. "After training for so long, I'm ready to race." Joining Elliott and McGuire in Michigan's seven- man contingent today will be Billy Donakowski, Dan Heikkinen, Bob Scheper, Doug Sweazey and Bill Weidenbach. WITH SIX of these seven returning as letter- winners from last year's Big Ten championship squad, Warhurst looks for plenty of depth and con- sistency among his runners. "Our goal at Notre Dame will be to finish our top five guys withing thirty seconds (of each other) and our top seven within forty," he explained. Although the real jewel in Warhutst's grand scheme of things is the Big Ten title each year, he feels that a few key races early in the year are necessary as stepping stones and confidence, builders. At the same time, Warhurst also fears that running too many early meets will cause his team to peak too early.v "This is an important meet since it's our first real test," he noted. "We'll be sharp, but not super- sharp." BLUE COASTS, 6-0 i's swing still weren't hot enough for Coach Phyllis Ocker. "We were very sluggish today. I didn't think we'd do as well as we did," said Ocker. Michigan, started slowly, but picked up their momentum after penetrating Eastern's goal. The club- bers smacked Eastern with six goals, whipping them by a score of 6-0. The scoring began with a goal by Jean McCarthy midway through the first half. Mary Callam slipped another one by the Eastern goalie, making the score 2-0 at halftime. By the second half, Michigan was intent on keeping their shutout. Goalie, Laura Pieri, "did an out- standing job," comhented Ocker. "She certainly kept us in the ball. game." Second half scoring was dominated by Lynn Darin and Dawn Kohut with two goals apiece. Kohut's two brings her season total to seven, the team to beat high thus far. Upcoming games for the Wolver- ines this weekend include Waterloo, McMasters and Toronto, last year's Canadian champion. "Toronto will be a tough game. It will be good for us. We need that competition," said Ocker. -DIANE SILVER * * * Phils aching The Philadelphia Phillies have had to go the first two games without their secretary of defense in center field, angular Garry Maddox. Mad- dox hit .293 during the regular season and ran down everything hit inside the stadium. But now, not only was Maddox questionable for the third game, but McBride was limping with an injured big toe on his left foot. -AP Tat g aQ ghcigoto By KATHY HENNEGHAN Bo's boys are great .. .,b bumheartswithState THE MICHIGAN-MICHIGAN State rivalry is a big one for students in Ann Arbor. The game may be even more important to students in East Lansing, the underdogs in recent years. What the rivalry means to me,-I'm not entirely sure. I lived in East Lansing until I graduated from high school, just a 20-minute walk away from Spartan Stadium. For the past four years, I have lived 20 minutes away from Michigan Stadium. Suffice to say that I have mixed feelings about tomorrow's game. I vowed that I would switch my allegiance to the Maize and Blue, but I've never quite pulled it off. Sure, I root for the Wolverines against all other foes-but when they square off against the Spartans I just watch the game, un- comfortably neutral. I've found that it's not as much fun having divided loyalties. I enjoy covering Michigan football, and I really like Bo (er, Coach Schem- bechler, that is). When I first met hiii in August, he asked where I was from., "East Lansing" was the reply. He pondered that for a minute, looked me straight in the eye and announced, "Why, no you're not." That settled that. I do know this much: growing up in East Lansing without the Spartans would have been dull. I started going to the football games back in '65, during Duffy Daugherty's glory days. The enthusiasm was contagious-I'll never forget how crazy the town was on Saturdays. And even in the "off" years which followed, you could always count on an exciting game or two.. Hubba hubba" To me, the biggest rivalry outside of tomorrow's matchup will always be Michigan State versus Notre Dame, not Michigan versus Ohio State. If I haven't, changed my mind by now, I guess I never will. (Who can forget such immortal chants as "Hubba, hubba here comes Bubba" or "Hail Mary, full of grace, Nor- tre Dame's in second place"?). Some of the best times I had centered around Spartan football Saturdays. "*My first "hero"-not including President Kennedy-was Dick Kenniey, State's barefoot Hawaiian kicker. He kicked a 47-yard field goal in the fanious 10-10 tie with Notre Dame. Duffy's only complaint was that Kenney's toenails scratched up all of the footballs. " My brother, sister and I could hardly get over it when Gene Washingto autographed our hands (we didn't have programs) outside of Spartan Stadium. We vowed never to wash them again. Washington set MSU season and career marks, long since eclipsed, for pass receptions and total yardage gained through passes. " I am told-by members of the Michigan Band-that the Michigan Band is technically better, but I've always liked the spirited Spartan Marching Band. Band members stage corny "flag races" between State and the visiting school' when the game gets slow in the third quarter. And after the game, fans march with the band out of the stadium, past the Sparty statue by the river and back to the music building, whooping and hollering all the way. All right, if I liked State so much, then what am I doing here? Well, by the end of high school, East Lansing seemed too familiar. And I couldn't imagine going to a school without a "big time" football program. After all, that just wouldn't have seemed like college. So, I chose the most viable alternative to State-that Big Ten school down the road. As surprising as it may seem, I was not aware of Michigan's superior academic reputation until after I was accepted. Perhaps more surprisingly, I do not recall hearing State referred to as "Cow College" or "Moo U." I never thought of "my" Spartans as "Feisty Farmers," either. Those jil es re easier for the Spartans to take when they winea lest some of the time It is hard to believe that State has lost to Michigan for seven The Spartans have had to swallow a lot of pride for a long time now, especially because of the current probation. But even after 1966, not everything was great at State. " The Spartans set a Big Ten record for fumbles in a single game a few years ago against Iowa. Duffy showed clips of the game and explained, "We didn't actually fumble the ball here. We had the oblique spiral dislodged from our grasp." Right. " Spartan losses to Northwestern in '70 and '71 have to be a low point.. , " One did grow awfully tired of "Eric-Allen-up-the-middle" off of Duffy's wishbone, almost as tired as some people are of Bo's ground game. And when the going got tough, the fans got rough on Duffy Daugherty. State did not have a really good team from '67 until '72, when Duffy retired. For the most part, the fans were great. State finished among the top ten in home atten- dance nationally for every one of those years, despite a 28-34-1 record. Then Notre Dame played at East Lansing in '72, just weeks before Duffy announced his retirement. State fans saw fit to cheer archrival Ara Parseghian and jeer Daugherty-pretty shabby treatment. But even during Duffy's last years there were some great players : the Saul twins, Eric "The Flea" Allen, Ron Curl, Joe DeLamielleure, Billy Joe DuPree, Bill Simpson and Brad Van Pelt, for starters. And then there were three upsets of mighty Ohio State in a four year span, the last of which came under coach Denny Stolz. Now, second-year coach Darryl Rogers has things moving again. The Spartans are optimistic. The school has too fine a tradition to stay down forever. I'd like to believe that the Spartans will one day be as great as they were in '65 and '66. And I hope they give Michigan one helluva game tomorrow. GAY UNDERGRADUATES There will be a meeting to form a GAY UNDERGRADUATES GROUP FOR SUPPORT -SOCIAL-POTICAL ACTIVITIES Sunday, October 9th, 7:30 p.m. Alice Lloyd Hall-Klein Lounge Open to all undergraduate women and mer For more information coll: SHELLY 764-6993 RON 764-1650 TOM 995-4770 U-M SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM in NEW YORK, CHICAGO & DETROIT --PA ID POSiTIONS-- RETAIL ING " PUBLIC RELATIONS " FINANCE ADVERTISING " GENERAL BUSINESS MEDIA * MARKETING $150/wk MASS MEETING Morn. Oct. 17- 8p.m. Rackham Auditorium Open to liberal arts oriented sophomores, juniors and seniors " The Wolverines aren't the only No. 1 team in Ann Arbor 'V ..:. _