Wednesday, February 2 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Wednesday, February 2, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven __.. I Indian full court Downie: By DAN PERRIN I as a high schoo Some athletes set records in Recruited by high school and/or college. ing schools as H Some athletes are named All- ton and North C Americans and still others earn .chose Michigan a trip to the Olympics. put it, ."I don' But it is a rare group of a better all-ar sportsters that attains all of far as academi # these goals in five years. Michi- go." " , rebou nds reawired gan swimmer Gordon Downie is Downie attri a member of this elite class. deal of hiss ...r..r Hi I All-American. such outstand- Harvard, Prince- Carolina, Downie r because, as he t think there is ound school as cs and athletics butes a great success to ear- E yh a chie ver By DON MAC LACHLAN R THE PAST two days the Michigan Wolverines have been practicing hard in preparation for the Indiana Hoosiers who in- vade Crisler Arena tomorrow night. For a change, Michigan has enough time to really prepare for its upcoming opponent, rather than running through a couple of light practices the day before the game - as was the gase on its recent road trip. And the Wolverines are going to have to be prepared from now on as they embark on the toughest part of their schedule. The Hoosiers come into town knowing they cannot affordj another conference loss if they are to remain a contender. Indiana is big and very physical and Michigan must be tough on the boards in order to contain the Indiana front line, including All-American center Kent Benson. Hub needs board help Phil Hubbard, averaging 13.4 rebounds per game, always seems to be where the action is. Hub rips down caroms consis- tently, usually against larger opponents. But the sophomore sen- sation wiLl need some help against both Benson and Michael Thompson of-'Minnesota if Michigan is to win the battle of the boards. Against Wisconsin and Northwestern, the Wolverines failed to control the defensive boards, and the opponents capitalized on easy baskets - due to repeated offensive caroms. Senior co-captain John Robinson is corraling five re- bounds per game and playing sound defense, especially in the clutch. However, when .Robinson or Joel Thompson get in #-. ' ... 1 I2 .i ti..,... -----A --A)+. -A 1--A_. Downie, a senior from Wil- liamsville, New York, has dedicated himself to his sport since the age.of six in order to reach his present status as number-one swimmer on the men's varsity swim team. Working his way up from a YMCA program to an AAU team to high school competition and finally on to Michigan,' Downie deserves all that he has earned. During his senior year atj Williamsville North High School" Downie led, his team to a sec- ond - place finish in the state meet as well as a fifth place ranking on the East Coast. # He set two individual state records .-inwinning the 400 and 200 yard freestyles at the state meet, a feat which prompted coaches to tab him round training with no more than three weeks vacation an- nually. His schedule includes five- hour workouts (10,000 - 13,000 yards) daily from September through April in Ann Arbor under Michigan coach Gus Stager as well as training in London, England every sum- mer. Originally from Scotland, Downie worked hard for the} last six summers, hoping tol make .te Olympics. He realized his long-awaitedl dream when he representedt Great Britain as a member of its Olympic swimming team at Montreal this past summer.. Downie did more than just take a trip to Canada - he earned a bronze medal, swim- ming on the third-place 800 yard freestyle relay team. "The Olympics has been the highlight of my life so far, an unbelievable experience," said Downie. "It had always been a dream of mine just to get a chance to go. Winning a medal is icing on the cake. It seemed to make everything perfect." Although a superb athlete, Downie is not your ordinary jock. A physiology mapor, he is applying to graduate school at Michiganand at the University of Buffalo (New York). He plans to get a Ph.D. in Pathology and then go into research work in that area. Looking at this year's team, Downie remarked, "The fresh- man are looking good. It's the best class to come ,in since I've been here." The tankers finished third in the Big Ten last year behind perennial champion Indiana and runner - up Wisconsin. Downie predicts Michigan will equal if not better its place in the standings "this year. "For all I know, the race could very well end up in a three - way tie for first place," said Downie. "We have a good chance of beatingN Wisconsin, and Wisconsin has the kind of team that could challenge Indiana." The Wolverines take on Wis- consin at Matt Mann Pool Feb-! ruary 11. Downie outlined his future in swimming: "My final competi- tion will be this summer at Stockholm, Sweden where I will swim in the European Cham-i pionships," he said. "I'd like to win both the 200 and 400 me- ter freestyle races there. "I believe I have a good chance of capturing the world record in the 200 meter freestyle," said Downie. The record is 1:50.3 held by Bruce Furniss of the University of Southern California, Downie has a time of 1:52.0. "Following the summer com- petition, my only plans besides graduate school are to work as an assistant swim .coach at Michigan. Of course, that's only if Coach Stager will have me back," joked Downie. THE TOP By The Associated Press 1. San Francisco (50) 21-0 1.102 2. U.C.L.A. (3) ........16-2 868 3. Kentucky (1) .. 14-2 781 4. Nev.-Las Vegas (1) 16-1 603 5. wake Forest........ 16-2 547 6. Mavquette......14-2 544 7. MICHIGAN.15-2 483 8. Alabama......15-2 450 9. Louisville .........15-2 432 10. Minnesota (1) . 15-1 364 11. Tennessee.......... 14-3' 283 12. Cincinnati.....14-2 196 13. North Carolina ... , 13-4 193 14. Arkansas.17-1 172 15. Providence. . 6-2 139 16. Clemson .15-3 134 17. Syracuse..........16-2 62 18. Purdue.......13-4' 41 19. Arizona. ... 15-3 36 20. Detroit.. 16-1 35 TWENTY By United Press International 1. San Francisco (31). 21-0 402 2. U.C.L.A. (7).........15-2 303 3. Nev.-Las Vegas (2) 13-1 191 4. Marquette . .14-2 185 5. MICHIGAN.......15-2 184 6. Kentucky (1) 14-2 167 7. Louisville 15-2 165 8. Wake Forest (1) 16-2 162 9. Alabama.15-2 103 10. Tennessee..........14-2 82 11. Cincinnati .. ......14-2 64 12. N. Carolina........11-4 54 13. Arkansas..17-1 45 14. Purdue. . .....13-4 34 15. Arizona............ 15-3 30 16. Minnesota..........15-1 26 17. Providence.........17-2 24 18. Clemson.......15-3 22 19. Missouri............16-3 18 20. Utah 15-4 16 - - -- - ALL OU CN EAT ! Wednesday Special 5 to 10 P.M. flaked Lasagna DINNER INCLUDES- * Home Made Baked Lasagna * Large Pretzel Bell Salad with Choice of Dressing * Steaming Hot Basket of Russian Rye Bread with Creamery Butter $3.95 ADULTS CHILDREN Under 12-$1.75 THURSDAY SPECIAL "FRENCH FR IED SMELT" All You Can Eat $3.95 Tue Pretzel ell Restaurant SERVING DINNER 5 TO 10 P.M. OPENING DAY DRAWS NEAR Tiger (Continued from Page 1) threatened other areas o structure before it was f contained at 8:21 p.m. Stadium f the inally Firefighting equipment was both inside and outside thek stadium. ONE OFFICIAL said the fire burned a portion of the sta- dium's roof and spread down towards the third-base line. At the end of the 1976 sea- 'in burns grant to remodel the ball park in a bid to keep the Tigers from fleeing to the suburbs. The city offered to buy the stadium from Fetzer for $1 and lease it back to him for $1 a year over 20 to 30 years. Shows 2:15-6:45 "LOGAN'S RUN~ (PG) -AND- "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY" 120 E. LIBERTY 761-1470 3 N Y. 0 I foul trouble the Wolverines lose their second and third lead- C A M P B E L L SAID he ing rebounders on the season. had no idea of the extent of Michigan coach Johnny Orr has tried various combina ions damage, but said it appeared recently when faced with this situation. tres boxarea Opening day for the Tigers' baseball season is April 7, and Or u n o guads Campbell said. "Don't worry - we'll play ball." One obvious solution is to substitute a good rebounding sub- "There's still a lot of work stitute forward. Orr has summoned Alan Hardy off the bench to do hver there," he said. recently and the 6-6 sophomore has done the job. The main problem for fire- men was getting hoses to the In the past four games, Hardy, averages six points and area.s six rebounds in only 18 minutes of playing time. Hardy can They used hoists to get men get up and his board strength could be just what the Wol- over the top of the stadium and verines need to cope with Indiana - especially if Michigan many of their ladders were does get in foul trouble. stretched to their full capacity. WITNfESSES said the The other alternative Orr has tried recently is the three- flames could be seen for miles guard offense of Rickey Green, Dave Baxter ,and Steve Grote. around. The fire was so in- Last Saturday, Orr attempted a comeback against the taller tense, they said, that some of Wildcats with his three guard offense. And it nearly worked. the flames were blue. Afire official said it took Against a bigger team such as Indiana or Minnesota, this firefighters 1d-tn-iS minutes to offense would make the Wolverines much quicker, but the board get into the sadium after they arrived at the scene.- advantage would remain with the opposition. However, the guards' play of late has been excellent. Holy Kni r Steve Grote is beginning to thDy play up to 'his potential after Special to the Daily getting off to a slow start ttis (Hay Wire Services) BLOOMFIELD HILLS - season. He is hustling and-play- r The Birmingham Brother ing the tenacious defense he is kfRice Warriors rolled by the known for - both in Ann Arbor rKnights of Lahser High last and on the road (where he is I night, 57-54, much to the bombarded with boos,, much to disgust of Little League Bill his liking). His outside shooting Stieg. Known as "Slick" is improving, and possibly his i s ing day at best performance of the, season "w Lahser, Stieg was unhappy wast oersowaned bythe losatowith the play of K n i g h t was overshadowed by the loss at guard Doodus Renrel, w h o Northwestern (20 points and suffered through one of his eight rebounds). worst shooting nights ever, In addition to Grote, junior according to coach Ghenn Dave Baxter is on a hot streak Dingleberry. himself. The junior sharpshoot-i er has hi on 70 per cent of hisD a in o 1 field goal attempts in the last D n three games, mostly from long SGINAW () - Harvey Gart- range. Also, Baxter's ball handl- ing down the stretch has been Steve Grote day losths beinghmatchoany- invaluable in the close games of late. hionnn t's labsand rnd- son. 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