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Sunday, January 23, 1977
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GREEN WATCHES 66-61 WIN FROM BENCH:
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tired,'" said Johnny- Orr," 'but
you'll just have to go out there
and suckit up for another 20
minutes.' Then, Rickey chimed
in, 'I'm not tired, coach!'
"I was very happy with the
way we gained control in the
second half," Orr added. "Illi-
nois didn't challenge us to the
point where they were going to
beat us, but they went into the
locker-room at the half thinking
they could win and we were
able to contain that. We rallied
strong."
Michigan outrebounded the Il-
lini 40-25, getting nine boards
from Hubbard and eight from
Thompson. The Wolverines got
a little first-half help in the
form of Alan Hardy. The sopho-
more sub got six of his seven
rebounds in the first half, six
points, including one slam dunk,
full court
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Hectic schedule**
.. wears down cagers
By DON MacLACHLAN
COACH JOHNNY ORR'knew yesterday's confrontation with Il-
linois would not be easy. It was the Wolverines' fourth game
in a week, and the cagers were tired.
Thus, Orr was very pleased with the 66-61 triumph, but he
certainly will not have much time to savor the victory. Early
this afternoon the Wolverines board a charter flight to Columbus
* where they tangle with the Buckeyes tomorrow night.
Then the cagers return to Ann Arbor briefly, only to take
to the road once more for Big Ten games Thursday at Wis-
consin and Saturday at Northwestern. After the tussle with
the Wildcats, Michigan will have ended a grueling stretch
of its schedule which had them playing seven games in
fourteen days.
"'This was our fourth game in eight days," Orr said. "We've
been high as a kite, and we are damned tired. We only have
three games in the next six days and they are all on the road.
Isn't that a super schedule?"
"Iowa is going to be on the road so much that the players
must be taking correspondence courses," Orr quipped.
"We were juiced up at MSU, and were hepped up at Iowa.
Gosh, we just blew them out of the gym. Then Purdue came in
here undefeated (in Big Ten play) and we got juiced up for
that. I told Bill (assistant coach Frieder) before the game that it
would be tough today," Orr added.
Illinois coach Lou Henson though Michigan was a little tired'
also, coming off the big game against Purdue Thursday night.
"There is no doubt Michigan was sky-high for Purdue. I
think they were a little flat today. When you are a great
club, there issno way you're going to get up for a team like
us," Henson said.
and two consecutive blocked
shots.l
THE ILLINI were whistled
down on 28 personal fouls to
Michigan's 11. What that boils
down to is that Illinois scored,
only one point at the free
Talent hunt
Among the fans at Crisler
yesterday was one Jim
Smith, a 6-10 basketball prep
from Cleveland East Tech
high school. Smith, a high
school senior, already made
his "official" visit to Michi-
gan and was up here on his
own. Smith is also consider-
ing Michigan State, Ohio
State and Pittsburgh, but
says he leans t'oward Michi-
gan. "I like the coaches.
They seem like nice peo-
ple," said Smith. "The peo-
ple on the team are nice,
too. They're good cats."
throw line while Michigan
scored 20.
Illinois coach Lou Henson saw
nothing unusual about the situ-
ation. "We've been in foul trou-
ble a lot," said Henson. "We're
not big, so we have to jump1
for rebounds. And we're not
that quick, so sometimes we'll
get caught reaching in instead
of moving the feet to stay with
the opposition.."
Audie Matthews led the Illini
Thy had
MICHIGAN
with 18 points while freshman'
Levi Cobb added 16 and Rick
Adams had 11.
ILLINOIS played without Ken
Ferdinand, 6-6 forward, who sat
out with a sore throat and a
high fever.
Crisler fans, though, will prob-
ably best remember Steve Lan-
ter, No. 21 and Tom Gerhardt,
No. 24 - that duo's aggressive
play brought boos and catcalls
at every turn, and the Wolver-
ines saw shades of Fordham
University when Gerhardt clob-
bered Baxter on a fast break
and sent him tumbling into the
crowd.
"Illinois was playing aggres-
sive," said Baxter. "I can un-
derstand him hustling and get-
ting back, but he could have
broken my neck in the process."
ORR FELT no foul play wasj
involved. "Those kids aren't
bad kids," said Orr. "Now Ford-
ham, that's another story. I
was momentarily upset, sure."
"To me, there should be some-
thing in the rules when a guy
does that. I think we should get
to shoot a technical and get the
ball out of bounds or something
to that effect."
Preceding the varsity game
yesterday, Michigan's varsity
reserve squad outscored Owens
Tech 14-4 over a four-minute
stretch in the first half and
were never threatened in a 95-
79 win.
MICHIGAN, 4-2, used bench
strength and a fast break of-
fense to do the job.
"Wel came in with our subs,"
said coach Dan Fife, "and they
did a super job. I thought all
ten guys did a helluva job."
Don Kooy led Michigan scor-
ing with 18 points. John Wang-
ler, reserve quarterback on the
football team, added 16 and
Keith Jackson had 15.
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T6 By ERROL SHIFMAN
16 Special To The Daily
11 SOUTH BEND - A total team
18 effort by the Fighting Irish of
o Notre Dame soundly defeated an
6 injury-ridden and frustrated
Michigan hockey team, 7-3 be-
fore a sellout crowd here last
night.
61 The ferocious Irish needed ro
luck. They pummeled Michigan
goalie Rick Palmer all evening.
Score by Periods
MICHIGAN'............
Illinois.................26
9
6
Totals
30-50 1-3
25 15
37-66
35-61 Attendance: 13.609
SPORTS OF THE DAILY:
Swimmers
There's a limit to. how long a we're very happy. Michigan is Tie only bright spot for.tne
team can hold up under constant the best club we've faced all Wolverines was Dave DeBol's
pressure, and Michigan cracked. year. There was no cheap two goals, his 17th and 18th of
Six different Irishmen scored, stuff," said Smith, "just good the season. His first cut Notre
led by Paul Clarke with two and hockey all the way around." Dame's lead to 21 on a power
Friday night's star Don Fair- With this sweep, the Irish now -lay in the first period.
holm with three assists. take over sole possession of sec-__ s Michigan coach Dan Farrell
ond lac in he CHAtwowas disappointed. "It was the
Notre Dame coach hefty adpaei h CA w
points ahead of Michigan, worst game of hockey we've
Smith was pleased with his ins played this year. The second
team's performance. "This The Wolverines had to con, end period was disastrous," said
was a key series for us, and with the Irish without the serv- Farre'l. "Notre Dame played
wsakysrs for us, and-- ices of three regulars. Doug very well."
Todd pulled knee ligaments in The Irish scored four 'straight
the first period and may be out times in the second period be-
for the rest of the season. j fore DeBol again tallied to make
Defenseman Dave Brennan the s'ore 6-2 entering the third
' suffered a concussion in Friday 11 eriod.
night's game and Bill Thayer ! It appeared that thedWolver-
Iwas left in Ann Arbor ;with strop tines were fired up "and deter-
throat. Both are doubtful forImined to catch the Irish : the
the players, but sportscaster next week. J ' third period. Manery scored on
Marshall Shapiro of WKOW Michigan's scoring chances la pretty power play from Greg
TV said sophomore Al Rudd were few and far between, and ±Natale and Dan Lerg, but that
and freshman starters Ray when the opportunity arose, was all the Blue could muster.
Sydnor and James Gregory Notre Dame goalie John Pe- Michigan scored two power
were awaiting exam scores to terson shut it off. play goals and seemed to need
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Guard David Baxter, who filled in for the injured Rickey
Green in the starting line-up, thought the deliberate Illinois at- special To The Daily
tack had a lot to do with the team's getting tired - in addition EAST LANSING-Sparked by
to the demanding schedule. the standout performances of
"Illinois was patient on offense," Baxter said. "Sixty-five per Katy McCullyand Lori Hughes,
cent of the time we were on defense and we just got tired. the Michigan women's swim
"I kind of expected this type of game," Baxter added. "But portant Big Ten meet here yes-
that Purdue game was rough and it took a lot out of us . . . terday, 74-57.
maybe it is this rugged schedule, I don't know." "This was one of the most ex-
Co-captain John Robinson doesn't really mind the rigorous citing dual meets I've ever
schedule - as long as the Wolverines keep on the winning track. seen," gushed Michigan coach
"I kind of like to have the games now and get them out of record to 5-0.
the way. Why not take and win the games now?" the senior McCully and Hughes each col-
forward said. ' lected three individual firsts and
At the outset of the game the Wolverines couldn't get on helped the 400-yard freestyle re-
track and battled on .even terms with the Illini until Phil Hub- lay to another one.
bard hit a lay-up on a feed from Steve Grote to put Michigan Besides winning the 100-yard'
on top for good 22-20, with 6:11 remaining in the first half. freestyle, McCully set school
records and qualified for the na-
"We just couldn't get going," Robinson said. "The press tional championships in the 200-
wasn't working for us." yard individual, medley and 50-
"You can't fault the kids when they have gone through what yard freestyle.
they've had to," Orr said. "Before the MSU game we had only Hughes also set a school rec-
played once every week. ord, winning the 200-yard butter-
fly, and grabbed first place in
"They were going wild in the locker room before Iowa and the 200 and 1000-yard freestyles.
Purdue. I could barely hear myself talk. But today they had Karen, Bockstahler took first
the attitude - let's play for 40 minutes and get it over with," place in the 200-yard breast-
Orr said. stroke and set a school record
Even the energetic Frieder seemed a bit weary after es- i the process. Divers Lori Wet-
terday's victory. laufer and Chris Seufert came
through with clutch perform-
"We just have got to hang in there and keep winning," thros, wath u t he oner
. ances, capturing firsts in the one
Frieder said. "These upcomning three games are games that we and, three meter diving events.
have to win." *
"After Northwestern, we get ready for Indiana and then we Tankers prevail
have a three game swing in five days again," Frieder added Special To The Daily
with a smile. - CHAMPAIGN - The Michigan
Thinclads low finishes cause
disappointment in 'M Relays
men's swim team rolled to its
fifth consecutive victory yester-
day, downing Illinois 80-39.
Despite disqualification in the
medley relay, the tankers were
too powerful for the outmanned
Illini.
Gordon Downie and Paul
Griffith led the rout as they
took two firsts apiece, Downie
in the 500 and 1000-yard free-
styles and Griffith in the 100
and 200-yard freestyle events.
In the diving events, Matt
Chelich grabbed top honors in
both the one and three-meter
boards.
Paul Morgan in the 200-yard
backstroke and Larry Schroeder
in the 50-yard free both swam to
first place finishes as did Scott
Weir and John Daly in''the 100-
yard backstroke and 200-vard
butterfly, respectively.
The swim team's swamping of
Illinois was its second of the
weekend, coming in the wake of
Friday night's 71-52 thrashing
of Purdue.
wamp
igan's women gymnasts walkedi
away from the rest of the field
(six Canadian schools) at the
Western Ontario Invitational
held here yesterday.
The tumblers swept first place
in all five events in compiling a
team total of 96.95 points, and
finished far ahead of second
place McMaster University with
a total of 90.65.
Sara Flom, a freshperson
from Connecticut, gave con-
sistently high performances,
winning vaulting and floor ex-
ercise and placing a close sec-
ond in the balance beam.
These showings gave. Flom the
all-around title with a score of
33.0.
Ann - Arbor freshperson Mia
Axon won the balance beam
competition, scoring 8.3, and
scored well enough in the other
events to finish fourth in the all-
around.
Junior co-captain Ginger Ro-
bey took first,. in the uneven
bars. She also was second to
Flom in vaulting, and finished
fifth all-around.
Bad Badgers
MADISON (P-Wisconsin bas
ketball coach Bill Cofield said
Friday that three of his players
may be in academic difficulty.
Cofield refused to identify
I
r
s
t
determine if they would retain
their eligibility.
"Some had incompletes and
had to take final exams in the
last few days," said Cofield.
"We won't have final word on
their eligibiilty until Monday."
The Badgers entertain Michi-
gan Thursday night.
'age sweep
Special To The Daily
WINDSOR - Michigan's wo-
men's basketball team swept
two games yesterday in the Can-
Am Tournament.
In the morning, Melinda Fer-
tig's 18 points . triggered the
Blue to a 68-58 victory over
Windsor.
In the consolation final, the
Captain Kris Manery had the man advantage to keep up
some excellent' chances early, with the strong No're Dame
but couldn't put the light on. He team.
did pick up a goal, his 19th of Michigan will try to get back
the year, to start the third per- on track next weekend at North
iod. 1 Dakota.
Luck of die Irish
First Period 15:28. 8. M - Debol (Kaufman,
Lerg) 15:28. Penalties - M - Man-
Sco'ing - 1. ND - Clarke (Fair- cry (hooking) 5:12. M - Natale
holme) :57. 2. ND - Clarke (Fair- (hi h-sticking) 5:48. ND - Jack-
holme, Collier) 8:01. 3. M -f Debol son (tripping) 7:50.
(Turner, Rob Palmer) 8:38. Penal-
ties - ND - walsh (slashing) 7:30. 'third Period
M - Turner (interference) 13:50,
M - Natale (holding 17:18. M :5 scoring - 9. M - Manery (Natale,
Turner (tripping) 19:08. N) -Lerg) 4:42. 10. ND - .T. Fairholm
Brownschidle (cross-checking) 19:49. (D. Fairholm) 12:26. Penalties - ND
-tnpt.inn 4:25.M-Kawa
1
Second Period
Scoring - 4. ND - Baumgartner
(cross-checking) 10:01. ND - Bour-
que (cross-cnecking) 12:40.
* * *
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Men tumbled
Special To The Daily
MINNEAPOLIS - The Michi-
gan men's gymnastics team
showed some good individual
performances but fell short, los-
ing to the defending Big Ten
champion Minnesota Gophers
203.5-197 here yesterday.
Minnesota placed first in
four of the six events, and
placed four tumblers in the
top five all-arounders. Tim La-
Fleur paced the Gophers with
52.75 points.
Nigel Rothwell, recovered
from his shoulder injury, led the
Wolverine effort with a third
place all-around score of 47.85.
Rothwell took first place in
vaulting, and second in floor ex-
ercise.
Scott Ponto and Kurt Golder
finished 1-2 in the still rings for
the Wolverines in other top in-
dividual performances.
Minnesota was expected to be
among the toughest teams in the
Big Ten this year, according toj
Loken, himself a Minnesota
graduate. "They're going to be
hard to beat in the conference
championships."
* * *
Women tumble
Special To The DaIly
LONDON, ONTARIO - Mich-
cagers dumped Guelph 52-42 be- (Weltzin, Burke) 4:36. 5. ND - Nu-
hind Terry Conlin's 12 points and , gent (Walsh, Brownschidle) 6:39. 6. SAVES
16 rebounds. . ND-Schneider (T. Fairholm) 11:03. Palmer (M) 18 11 10-39
I thin or dfese as7. ND - Meredith (Walsh, Jackson) Peterson (ND) . .. 10 19 14-43
better and we had good team-
Work," said coach Carmel
Borders. "We are still missing
too many easy shots - our
shooting has to be worked on."
The. women travel to Michi-
gan State tomorrow night.
By ERNIE DUNBAR
Michigan failed to win any of the five relay
events and took only two of the eight individual
events in 'ast night's Michigan Relays held at.
the Track and Tennis building.
About the only bright spot to surface from
the home opener was the Wolverines' time of
9:49.9 in the Distance Medley, qualifying them
for the NCAA indoor championships to be held
in March.
IT WAS A MEET of disappointment for most
of the thinclads, but for distance runner Billy
Donakowski it produced two fine early season
races.
The junior from Dearborn won the three mile
in 13:40.4 in the afternoon, then came back in
the evening portion of the meet and placed sec-
ond in the'mile with a time of 4:06.7.
"'I think it's really going to help us," said
er individual winner, tying the meet record with
his leap of 16-0.
A slight ankle injury to Doug Hennigar in the
sprint medley relay forced Harvey to substi-
tute Chucky Crother in Hennigar's lead off po-
sition of the mile relay.
AS IT TURNED OUT, the Wolverines man-
aged a third place in the mile relay (3:18.7),
while also notching third in the sprint med-
ley (3:29.5).
One of the biggest disappointments was the
shuttle hurdle relay, an event the Wolverines
usually dominate.
The team of Arnett Chisholm, Gary Hicks,
Don Wheeler, and Crouther wound up on the
short end of a close race, taking second in
28.8.
MICHIGAN HAD HOPED to qualify its two
mile relay team for the NCAA meet, but didn't
even come close to the qualifying standard
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From Wire Service Reports '
EAST LANSING -,Guard
Jerry Sichting hit a layp with
20 seconds left and stolecthe
inbound pass to run the clock
out last night to give Purdue
a 76-70 win over Michigan State.
Purdue fell behind by eight
points early in the second half
before fighting off upset-mind-
ed MSU.
The Boilermakers were led by
forward Walter Jordan who
wound up with 20 points.
* * *
COLUMBUS - Kent Benson
scored 29 points and grabbed
12 rebounds last night, leading
Indiana to a 79-56 win over
THE SCOOP ON HOOP:
Purdue nips State
Ohio State. The 6-11 center sank
all nine of his free throws and
hit 10 of 18 floor shots.
IOWA CITY - Bruce King
returned to the Iowa lineup
scoring 24 points and grabbing
13 rebounds to lead the Haw-
keyes to a 76-74 victory over
Northwestern yesterday,
King, wearing goggles due to
an eye injury that kept him
out for the past two games,
sparked Iowa to an eight-point
lead as the Hawks fended off
a furious Wildcat rally.
Northwestern's Billy McKin-
ney led all scorers with 26
points.
KNOXVILLE - Freshman
Reggie Johnson scored 14 points
in the second half to help Ber-
nard King lead Tennessee to a
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