.audaMac 2 ,... : m97 I L lrA ln LAIL Pag Seen SotUrday, March 26, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven, I euck/h9 Wisconsin style . . ..no weaknesses By JOHN NIEMEYER FACE BLUE IN NCAA FINALS Badgers win 4-3 By RICK MADDOCK Special to The Daily DETROIT - Wisconsin center Mike Eaves rifled a shot from the right face- off circle at :42 of overtime lifting Wis- consin to a 4-3 NCAA semi-final victory over New Hampshire at Olympia Stadium last night. Special to The Daily _ DETROITE Now there are only two teams left. All the others have fallen by the wayside leaving Michigan and Wisconsin to battle it out for the NCAA hockey crown. The contest won't be anything new. The two teams have already faced each other six times this year. Wisconsin has the decided edge record-wise, having won; five of the six contests. Included ,among those five are two Wins at Ann Arbor and three in Madison. Michigan therefore comes in as the decided underdog. But the game tonight is for a national championship and in big games you can often throw the record book away. New Hampshire nearly proved that tonight. The scrappy Wild- cats nearly put it to the Badgers, who are the nation's first rated team. Wisconsin will be playing after only 24 hours of rest and} the tight contest with New Hampshire could take its toll. As Wildcat coach Charlie Holt put it "This is going to make the championship game a good one. It's going to be tough for Wisconsin to play back to back." The Wolverines will have to play inspired hockey if they hope to upend the Big Red, however. Their weaknesses are few and far between as the Wildcats eventually discovered. Defensively Wisconsin is awesome. Except for a rare three- goal first period, they completely shut down the New Hamp- shire offense. The three-goal total was right on Julian Baretta's goals per game average. In the last two periods Baretta demon- strated his All-American prowess. He will be a tough bar- rier for the Wolverines to penetrate. Baretta's success is largely due to the talents of two Minne- sota natives, John Taft and Craig Norwich. Taft handles the stick superbly, breaking up offensive charges on many occa- sions last night. Norwich is equally talented defensively and adds tremendovs offensive punch to boot. The junior All-Ameri- can was the WCHAs third leading scorer and leads the team with 81 points. In the third period of last night's game, the Wisconsin de- fense allowed only two shots from inside the face off circles, further attesting to their strength in the stretch. Offensively they are just as impressive, with yet another All-American leading the charge. Senior Mike Eaves was the second leading scorer for the Badgers this season and com- bined-with freshman Mark Johnson is a threat from any- where.. Their offensive pressure never lets up. Wisconsin nearly missed on half a dozen close in tries and could have easily have blown the Wildcats out with a little luck. And then there is the crowd. With the game in nearby Detroit, Michigan might have expected a home crowd advan- tage. The Wolverine fans will have to yell their lungs out, how- ever, if they hope to compete with Wisconsin's Red Hoards. Badger fans in numbers close to 5,000 came to cheer their team to victory. Their relentless cheering was deafen- ing last night. I think you will have to go to next year's Ohio State foot- ball game to match the crowd enthusiasm that is sure to over- flow tonight. But, as Wisconsin mentor Bob Johnson pointed out, "Michi- gan has a fine team of their own." The Wolverines are confident they can win it. Michigan goalie Rick Palmer put it this way, "I think we can win it, we have never been out of a game with them this year." Consider also that Michigan has made it into the finals eight times and has been denied only once. Will history continue to repeat itself? The junior All-American center scored his 28th goal of the season, winning a game that his team never led. The vic- tory sends Wisconsin against Michigan for the NCAA title tonight at 7:30. The WCHA boasts it's fifth straight domina- tion of the NCAA title clash. WISCONSIN COACH Bob Johnson ex- plained that players have several options on winning faceoffs. He said they can go backward, for ward or to a side. "On this particular play, he (Eaves) went forward," Johnson said. "It was a good play by Mike Eaves, give him all the credit in the world." With the score 3-2 after the first period, the game looked like it was going to be an offensive battle. Wisconsin goalie Julian Baretta's average was 3.01 going into the game, while New Hampshire goalie Dan Magnarelli had a 4.49 goal a game av- erage. Yet after the first twenty minutes, Magnarelli looked the better goalie. He made several saves on point-blank shots. Baretta, struggled in the first period, even allowing a goal that went between his legs. THE BADGER NETMINDER had no problems the rest of the evening, partly due to his calming down, but mostly be- cause New Hampshire eased up. Baretta had 23 saves compared to 39 for Mag- narelli. Another difference between the two goalie's performances was the shots they saved. Twenty-five of Magnarelli's saves were made on shots that were from the middle of the slot or closer. JOHNSON WAS VISIBLY relieved aft- er his team's comeback win. "We won the game. Throw all the statistics out, we won the game 4-3 in overtime," he concluded. New Hampshire initiated the scoring at 11:57 when forward Bruce Crowder scored on a point-blank shot. He receiv- ed the puck from Gary Burns, who was behind the net. THE WILDCATS surged ahead by two when they tallied a short-handed goal. Burns skated the puck the length of the ice untouched. He stickhandled past the charging Baretta and poked the puck into the empty net at 14:58. Thirty-eight seconds later, Wisconsin closed the gap to 2-1 thanks to center Dave Herbst. He tried slamming the puck through the back door, but was rejected by Magnarelli. The Wildcat save rebound- ed back to Herbst which he promptly re- turned, this time for a goal. Twelve seconds later, at 15:48, the Wild- cats regained their two-goal lead. For- ward John Fontas won a faceoff in the Wisconsin zone. He skated the puck near the edge of the crease and sent it home. InOT THE BADGERS tightened the score to 3-2 at 17:37. Mark Johnson fired a slap- shot from inches behind the left'faceoff circle. Mike Meeker, who was crouching in the slot, tipped the shot past Magna- relli. The game remained 3-2 until 11:42 of the third period, when Les Grauer fired a slapshot past Magnarelli's left ankle. The win was a hard fought one, some- what surprisingly so to the Badgers. "I knew they were a good team, but they were a little more physical than I thought they'd be," Johnson admitted. Badgertime 1st Period Scoring: 1. NH - Crowder (Burns, Pow- ers) 11:57. 2. NI - Burns (Langway) 14:58. 3. W -s Herbst (Lundeen, Chapouch) 15:36. 4. NH - Sontas (unassisted) 15:48. 5. WV - Meek- er (M. Johnston, Graver) 17:37. Penalties: .W - Lundeen (high stick) 2:38. NH - Langway (high stick) 2:38.W - D. Sut- ter (high stick) 10:44. NH - Miller (Elbowing) 10:44. NH - Burke (hooking) 13:33. W - Lun- deen (slashing) 18:46. NH - Noonan (slashing) 18:46. 2nd Period Scoring: None. Penalties: w -- Herbst (elbowing) 5:16. NH - Langway (hooking) 9:52. W - Lundeen (high stick) 19:19. NH - Powers (interference) 19:19. 3rd Period Scoring: 6. WV - Grauer (unassisted) 11:42. Penalties: . - Herbst (roughing) 4:58. NH - Cox (roughing) 4:58. NH - Langway (hooking) 6:53. NH - Powers (playing with a broken stick) 13:36. Overtime Scoring: 7. w - Eaves (unassisted). Saves by Periods New Hampshire .......... 11 9 19 Wisconsin............7 9 WOLVERINE CENTER Dave Debol f ips a backhander' to- wards the goal in Thursday's 6-4 victory over Boston Uni- versity in the NCAA semi-final. The WCHA's top scorer Will be needed at his best when Michigan faces off for the cham- pionship tonight. 0-39 1-24 Kenyans stir track debate By DAVE RENBARGER To recruit foreigners, or not to recruit foreigners, that is the question. While most of the track coach- es around the NCAA, including those at Michigan, ponder this controversial question, two of their colleagues continue their world-wide track talent quest, having cornered the rich mar- ket of seemingly unbeatable Kenyan runners. Michigan track coach Jack Harvey and his cross coun- try counterpart Ron Warhurst steadfastly refuse to become involved in a treasure hunt, across the Dark Continent,j sticking almost exclusively to American born and bred ath- letes. But both Harvey and War- hurst could be found at Cobo Arena earlier this month, quiet- ly muttering certain unprint- able remarks after watching the Kenyan - stocked teams from Washington State and Texas-El Paso dominate an im- pressive field at the NCAA In- door National Championships. This year's title went to the Cougars from WSU, as they edged UTEP by one-half point. Kenyan domination of the NCAA track circuit is certainly nothing new. Since UTEP ac- tively began recruiting from the East African nation, the Miners have held a lock on the Indoor Nationals, winning it three straight years before this year's narrow defeat. The Kenyan running ma- chines have enjoyed similar triumphs on the NCAA's cross country courses. 1 E At last fall's national local kids then recruiting an championship in Denton, Tex- over-age foreigner for the team, as, Washington State's 23- running against the kids in the year-old freshman sensation same races," he said. Henry Rono and fellow Ken- The fourth-year coach of the yan - Cougar Samson Kimom- Wolverine harriers emphasized bwa finished 1-2. Of the top 15 the age differential between the finishers, seven were natives imports and the Americans. of Kenya. "The one thing about the After that 10,000 meter race, foreigners that really bothers Illinois' former national cham me is how much older they pion, Craig Virgin, third-place are," he said. finisher that day said, "This "All I know for sure is that may sound like sour grapes 18 and 19 year-old freshmen . but I don't like to see all cannot compete with 24-25 these foreigners come over here year-olds," Warhurst contin- and reap the benefits of our ued. "Age is a proven physio- educational system at the ex- logical advantage in distance pense of the American youth." running. That statement pretty much "Maybe if I could keep Greg sums up the views of many Meyer (his top runner, who is NCAA track observers who op- graduating) around for another pose the Kenyan recruitment. four years, then it'd be the At Michigan, the lone im-'same thing." port on the track team is sen- IMeanwhile, Harvey voiced his por sprinter Jeff McLeod of -concern for the American ath- ior priner eff c~eo ofletes. Jamaica. Most of the Wolver- "Mv major complaint about ine thinclads hail from the theMyanrecruitment ibtht MichganOhioand Indiana heKenyan recruitment is that Michigan, Ohio it is unfair to the Americans. area. Meanwhile, all the mem- Each scholarship given to the bers of the Big Ten's three-time African is one less for the defending champion cross coun- American," he sh try contingent are Michigan- Ameican,' he said. e ders. "It'd be nice to do every- "e thing on the up-and-up, using our recr u to concentaten nothing but red-blooded Amer- the local area," explained can boys. But if the foreign- track boss Harvey. "If I pionare inning all the chain- could find a local kid out of F ships, it's a tough situa- high school with the same cre- "If I had all Africans on the d sin the loca kidfore e s, team, there would be no local I signthal ifo w re.-interest in us at all," he said. "I suppose that if I were ap- "There would be no hometown proached by a Kenyan express- feeling and nobody would come ing an interest to come to to see us run." Michigan, I'd consider him," Amidst all the controversy, said Harvey. "But I'm certainly however, two rapidly growing not going to spend my whole collections of national cham- summer in Ghana or anywhere Pc nftr enPlid xhn ie tn pionship trophies sit in their cases in El Paso, Texas and Pullman, Washington. Their owners don't seem to be over- ly concerned with all the com- motion. "A lot of people like to criti- cize us for what we do here and they may have a few legitimate gripes," said UTEP coach Ted Banks. "But there have also been a lot of false accusa- tions about the Kenyans." Banks currently has eight Kenyan natives on his squad, having established a "pipe- line" while bringing over some of the very best. "I understand that we don't have the best there are," com- mented Banks. "My kids are supposedly from the wrong tribe." Banks admits to the claim of the age advantage, while shed- ding little light as to actual ages of most of his runners. "The age thing is a legiti- mate complaint," he said. "Wilson (Waigwa, indoor mile champion) is 25 and he's a senior. I don't pay much at- tention about the ages of the rest of them." Washington State coach John Chaplin remarked, "I didn't know that there was any age rules in the NCAA anyway, so what's the big deal?" So, while the track world muddles through the complex issue of Kenyan recruitment, Michigan's Warhurst summar- ized his views. "What it all boils down to is that any coach can recruit any type of athlete he wants to, ac- cording to his own personal con- victions. But just because it'sI all legal doesn't mean it's all right." ROSE OB- 977 Michigan vs. USC BEAUTIFUL FULL-COLOR 16 x 20 AERIAL VIEW' $3.50 ea. P.P. BLISS AIR PHOTO Box 5152 Pasadena, CA 91107 APQILJULY SEMINARS START APRIL 1 FOR APRIL 16 LSAT 12-Student Avg. Classes 5 Specialist Instructors 18 Class Hours 1 To receive our complete course brochure and schedule information without cost or obligation, call toll-free to leave your name and address: 800-243-4767 11 am to 8 pm weekdays. tCa now for advance information on JULY Law Boards. 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