Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, April 3, 1977, Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, April 3, 1977 KARZENS PACE WOMEN'S ROUT etters tame ats By LISA ALLMENDINGER In second singles action, Ann Kercher placed a second Michigan victory on the board when she defeated Nolan Julia Chalk up another victory for Michigan women's tennis team. 6-2, 6-4. The Wolverine women trounced Northwestern, 8-1 at the Track Kercher was also happy with her play. "I'm real pleased and Tennis Building yesterday. with my backhand and I stuck with my forehand. I didn't run "The match was easier than we expected. Everyone played around it," she said. reasonably well," said women's tennis coach John Atwood. Jodi Strom had a big win in the third singles slot unending The indoor surface also gave Michigan a slight advant- sectionally ranked Clair Roehn. Strom won the first set easily, age. "We're not used to the slowness and our timing was off," 6-1, and then engaged in a fierce ground stroke battle for her 7-5, said the Wildcat's number one player, Aimee Conlan. second set win. Conlan, the only national ranked player on the Wildcat team Barb Selde added to the Michigan victory with her fourth fell to Kathy Karzen, Michigan's ranked player, 6-2, 6-2. singles 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of Northwestern's Bev Tuite. "We've played against each other in junior tournaments and "I felt really good. For th-e first time in a really, really long it was pretty even," Karzen said. "It went one way or the other." time, I had my mind under control. I was consistent." "I thought it was a good match. I was up for it. I'm pretty "Michigan hit more crisply, all the way around," said Wild- pleased," Karzen said. } cat coach June Booth. "We were tired for some reason, after our -- - -I match last night with Michigan State." Micki Perket felt the fatigue the most. "I'm really out coach es look of it. .really tired today," she said as she came off the G ri d ! court. And, Debbie Rentschler took advantage of that with a 6-0, 6-0 victory. ] In the sixth singles spot, co-captain Jan Karzen won easily in Or 1 rep R~en entSstraight sets over Northwestern's Ann Yoshidi. In doubles action, Northwestern proved to be more of a threat. Kathy Karzen and Selden had a field day with passing shots in By ROB EVAN and William Jackson. the first set, gaining many points on'their net volleys. A NEW PAIR of linebackers But, the second -set was a much closer contest. Trading Most of the talk about the will be playing behind the line, games, the Michigan duo hammered away backhand lobs to prove 1976 Michigan football team cen- with the departure of All-Amer- that they were the tougher team and took the match and the sec- tered around the offense and ican Calvin O'Neal and Jerry ond set, 7-5. players such as Rob Lytle, Jim Vogele.g sKercher and Rentschler had an easier time of it though. In Smith, Rick Leach and Harlan Although it is still too earlythfisseNohwtrnm agdotkeaaeadtent Huckleby. to pencil anyone into the start- the first set Northwestern managed to take a game and then it This is understandable since ing lineup, junior Jerry Meter was Michigan'sl d ledaae 6.eheswsyntakSnge dhedsat .6-e. the offense was the most prolific and sophomore Ron Simpkins The second set proved to be a battle. The Wildcat team of in the Wolverine's history, lead- both saw plenty of action in the Julia and Tuite traded games with their Wolverine opponents, ing the nation in total offense, fall, and appear to be the lead- but in the fourth game the Blue women took the lead and event- scoring and rushing. ing candidates. ually the set 6-3. CONSEQUENTLY the defense The coaches have also been Despite Northwestern's dismal final score, the third dou- had to take a back seat as the impressed with the play of jun- bles team of Perkt and Stacey Miller proved to be a sur- media and fans drooled over the for Steve Graves at middle prising bright light. In a good show of talent, they upended offense, guard. their Michigan foes Jan Karzen and Strom 6-3, 6-4. However, as any coach will THE WOLF position, which Booth spoke of her team's showing with the statement, "It's tell you, defense is the name of departing Jerry Zuver handled early in the season and we have nowhere to go but up." practices left in the spring sea- Hcontended for b senior Atwood summed his team's performance by saying it was a son. Michigan's coaches are tek and s nior, ay ond JP good warm-up for the Purdue Invitational where his Wolverine paying particular attention tok ndteam will meet Big Ten reigning champion Ohio State. players who can step into the The other opening in the sec- "If we can get by them we will be in good shape for the State seven vacant positions on the ondary is at the strong safety (championship) and the Regionals. We have to end the season defensive squad. position. Sophomore Gene Bell in the top two in the Midwest to get into the Nationals." THE ONLY returning starters looks like the likely replacement If Michigan can beat Ohio State they will be assured of doing from last fall, are defensive for Jim Bolden. well in the Big Ten and a place at the Nationals. ends Domn Tedesco and John An- derson, safety Dwight Hicks, LOSE TENTH STRAIGHT, 4-3 and defensive back Jim Pickens. According to defensive coor- dinator Bill McCartney there is a lot of young talent ready to "We're encouraged with what AP Photo Hold me tender hold me tight. TORONTO AND BUFFALO are playing keep each other away from the puck. Maple Leaf Ian Turnbull (2) prevents Sabre Jim Lorentz (8) from taking a stab at the puck. In the background Borje Salming (21) is battling an unidentified Sabre. Goalie Mike Palmeteer (29) watches his defensemen battle and the puck bounce. METS REFUSE HIS DEMANDS: 1 Kingman going west? By The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- ST EESUG .The New York Mets said Sat- urday they have talked with the Los Angeles Dodgers about a' possible trade for unsigned slugger Dave Kingman and said his contract demands are $800,-! 000 more than the club's final offer. In a blistering attack on King- Mets' final offer was $200,000 a year for anywhere from two to! six years while Kingman is ask- ing $2 million for six years after coming down from an original demand of $2.7 million. During the off-season, King- man asked the Mets to keep the contract negotiations private. McDonald issued his remarks Saturday after Kingman held a SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: RICK MADDOCK man, which included computer number of news conferences on figures showing that he is a be- his own earlier in spring train- low-average clutch hitter despite ing in which he attacked thevw his numerous home runs, Joe Mets' management and said the o McDonald,the Mets' general club's salary policy wasin "the I manager, said he was convinced dark ages." Kingman would play out his op- "We have made a final offer w tion. to Dave and we are sd far apart D we are convinced he is going to h FOR THE first time, McDon- play out his option," McDonald h ald disclosed the salary the club said. "We obviously don't have s has offered as well as King- any ongoing negotiations. We man's asking price. He said the will attempt to trade him, but being restricted toI KINGMAN HAS hinted he would like to be traded to the Dodgers. On Thursday, he said e would play out his option if he is not signed when the sea- on opens April 7. "I talked to Al Campanis, the Dodgers' vice president in harge of player personnel with- in the last 24 hours," McDonald said, adding that the talks with the Dodgers would continue. "Dave would like to keep the conditions under which he would sign between himself and my- self" McDonald continued, "but we want him to agree he will never ask for less from another club than he is asking from as." Kingman indicated he would not lower his demands if traded. we've seen so far, but there still needs to be improvement by the fall. The winner of the Big Ten will have to have a great defensive team," McCart- ney commented.j "Our most glaring weaknessI is our defensive line," he con- tinued. The coaches are faced with the formidable task of re-! placing standout tackles Greg Morton and John Hennessy. Those presently under consid- eration are Chris Godfrey, Rob Taylor, Curt Greer, Rob Keitz, By The Associated Press DETROIT - Wayne Bianchin scored on a rebound with 12. seconds remaining to give the1 Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 vic- tory over the Detroit Red Wings Saturday night and close out the home half of Detroit's worst National Hockey League season in its 50-year history. The loss was Detroit's 10th inf a row, a club record,. and con-i tinued a team winless streak which has now reached 18 The game was tied three times before the winning goal, Bianchin's 26th of the season but his first shot on net of the game. Lowell MacDonald gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead in cele- brating his return to the Pen- guin lineup after missing 77 games with a knee injury, scoring a power-play goal at the 43-second mark of the first period. son with a goal at 12:25 of the second period, smashed the record at 2:16 of the final period when he took a pass from Jacques Lemaire and fired a low shot past Wash- ington goalie Bernie Wolfe. The record-breaking tally was greeted by an ear-splitting standing ovation. The Montreal Forum crowd of 16.369 also saw the mighty Canadiens set NHL marks by posting their 59th tri- umph of the campaign - they I~~ £pt qhe d I Yaz out with bad back WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-Carl Yastrzemski, the Boston RedI Sox' slugging 37-year-old outfielder, has a more serious back ail- ment than first believed, the club reported Friday. "Carl is suffering from muscle spasms in his lower back, and the condition is more serious than what we thought," said Man-t ager Don Zimmer.t "We don't know for sure, but right now it looks as if he'll be out aonther seven or 10 days."1 Yastrzemski, who is heading into hs 17th year with the Red Sox while closing in on baseball's all-time leaders in many de-X partments, pulled up lame and had to be scratched from theq lineup before an exhibition game Thursday.r He said that he felt something pop when he slipped while throwing a ball from left field in a game Wednesday. D c NBA ROUNDUP Buffalo nips Milwauke By The Associated Presso BUFFALO-Clutch baskets by Rocets roar -AP Roberts shelled in Tiger loss A couple of baseball 'veterans-pitcher Phil Niekro and in- fielder Bill Melton-continued their hot spring performances Saturday." Niekro, the knuckleballing mainstay of Atlanta's mound corps, allowed two hits in seven innings and picked up his fourth exhi- bition victory as the Braves edged Baltimore 4-3. The Orioles scored all their runs in the eighth off Mike Marshall. Meanwhile, Melton collected three hits, including his seventh home run, in the Indians' 4-2 rain-shortened seven- inning triumph over the Seattle Mariners. The best pitching performance of the day belonged to Texas' Bert Blyleven, who held the Houston Astros to one hit-Enos Cabell's ground single in the fourth-in seven innings of the Rangers' 3-2 victory. Dwight Evans hit a two-run homer and Luis Tiant allowed two unearned runs in five innings as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox 6.4. The St. Louis Cardinals tagged Detroit's Dave Roberts for seven hits and five runs in the fifth inning-including Jerry DaVanon's leadoff homer and Garry Templeton's two- run triple-and beat the Tigers 7-3. Two-run singles by Butch Wynegar and Lyman Bostock in the eighth inning rallied the Minnesota Twins past the Phila- delphia Phillies 6-5 and Bobby Murcer's three hits helped the Chicago Cubs overpower the San Francisco Giants 12-3. Warren Cromartie's tie-breaking two-run homer led the Mon- treal Expos over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 and run-scoring hits by Robin Yount and Sixto Lezcano in the first inning enabled the Milwaukee Brewers to defeat a split Oakland squad 3-1 in a 1 i 1 7 c Chuck Williams and John Gia- nelli carried the Buffalo Braves to a 94-93 victory over the Mil- waukee Bucks last night. Adrian Dantley led the Braves" with 32 points and broke the Buffalo rookie scoring record set by Bob McAdoo during the 1972- 73 season. Dantley now has 1,452 points while McAdoo scored 1,- 441. Dantley also pulled down 10' rebounds. The Braves, who had trailed by as many as 15 points, went ahead to stay 89-87 on Wil- liams' driving layup with 2:54 left in the game. Gianelli scored to increaseI Buffalo's lead to 91-87 with 1:54 left, and after Brian WintersI tallied for the Bucks, Gianelli completed a three-point play to give the Braveq a 94-89 edge. Two late baskets by Junior Bridgeman closed out the scor- ing. Bridgeman paced the Bucks with 26 points and Brian Winters added 20. Milwaukee played without cen- ter Swen Nater and forward Bob Dandridge, both of whom were out with ankle injuries. HOUSTON - Rudy Tomjano- vich scored 33 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 106-93 vic- tory over the Celeveland Cava- liers Saturday night. Tomjanovich, the f o r m e r Michigan standout, broke out of a seven-game shooting slump, in, which he had been averaging less than nine points a game, with 16 points in the first half. However, the Rockets did not put the game away until late in the fourth quarter when Hous- ton outscored Cleveland 14-5 to lead 99-87 with just over two minutes to play. The v i c t o r y moved the Rockets to within one game of clinching the NBA Central Di- vision title. Cleveland's loss prevented the Cavaliers from gaining a playoff berth. Calvin Murphy s c o r e d 22 points for the Rockets and Tom- panovich and Moses Malone combined for 25 rebounds. Bingo Smith led Cleveland with 15 p o i n t s and teammate Foots Walker added 14. Indiana triumphs ATLANTA - Billy Knight and John Williamson combined for 60 points Saturday night, lead- ing the Indiana Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The victory gave Indiana a 4-0 sweep of their series with the Hawks in the Pacers' first season in the NBA. Both teams are out of contention for play- off spots. Knight led all scorers with 32 points and Williamson add- ed 27. .. . . Michel Bergegron's power- set the old record of 58 a year play goal at 3:15 deadlocked the ago - and finishing their home game for Detroit at 1-1 after season with just one loss. one period. Rookie Steve Coates put De- ,troit in front 2-1 at 7:15 of the' second period with his first NHL S CO RES Li goal, but Blair Chapman knot-'- jted the game at 2-2 with a Pen-1 NBA gum score at 17:24. Indiana 106, Atlanta 99 Atlanta led 49-44 at the halfi Pittsburgh went ahead 3-2 on Buffalo 94, Milwaukee 93 buriteracoltreakrsthethirdPhil Apps' unassisted effort at Houston 106, Cleveland 93 quarter as the Pacers sped, to a 2:14 of the third. But Bob, its3 rg N.HetoiL 76-70 lead. Len "Truck" Rabin- 2:4P h hid u o ittsburgh 4, Detroit 3 on slored 15 Trck"Robn Ritchie tied it for the final time Montreal 11, washington 0 so cre hthird-quarter with a Red Wing goal at 8:54. Buffalo 1, Toronto 1 points for the Hawks' but the d * * St. Louis 9, Cleveland 2 rest of the team added only six. Philadelphia 4, New York Rangers 1 Canadians Crush Boston 5, Islanders 3 Robinson led Atlanta with 26 MONTREAL - ' EXHIBITION BASEBALL MOTEAI Montreal's Minnesota 6, Philadelphia 5S points. Steve Shutt set a National Hock- Montreal 5, Toronto 4 Hawks Coach Hubie Brown ey League record for left wings St. Louis 7, Detroit 3 was ejected from the game in by scoring his 58th and 59th Atlanta 4, Baltimore 3 the fourth quarter after picking goals of the season as the Cana- Tas 3,6Chicago A 4 up his seconl technical foul for diens swamped the Washington New York A 8, University of arguing. Capitals 11-0 Saturday night. North Carolina 1 The victory gave the Pacers Shutt, who tied the mark of Chicago N 12, San Francisco 3 3445 Milwuakee 3, Oakland 1 a 34-45 record while the Hawks 558 set by Chicago's Bobby t Cleveland 4, Seattle 2, slid to 30-48. Hull during the 1968-69 sea- I 5 innings rain :vi>y}}i:"'rS;.".;:?.;{ .::+}: :":??"r:i:?:?".'%r.? 3.'rr:"?:"k":4"::C:%::"::"r'.;:. :'"Y + ........................................................................n.......................................".,....., ................... " .. PRO STANDINGS (not including night games) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Texas' freshman sprinter Johnny Jones crossed the finish line in the 100 meter dash in a time of 9.85. The time bettered the world rec- ord in the event of 9.95, but Jones was denied the mark due to a malfunctioning elec- tronic timer. Finishing second to Jones in the race is Bill Collins, formerly of Texas Christian, followed by Arkansas State's Ed Preson. Jones, a member of the gold medal winning sprint re- lay team in Montreal last summer, took the ruling in stride. "The timer is just one of those things that happen," he said after competing in yesterday's Texas Relays. "I'm just happy to win." The timing rule was changed last summer so that y-Philadelphia Boston N. Y. Knicks Buffalo N. Y. Nets Cen Houston washington San Antonio Cleveland New Orleans Atlanta ir W L Pct. GB 48 28 .632 - 40 36 .526 8 36 41 .468 12 f 28 47 .373 192 21 56 .273 27% Denver IDetroit Chicago Kansas City Indiana Milwaukee Pacific Los Angeles Portland Golden State Seattle Phoenix 47 30 .610 - 42 35 .545 5 40 37 .519 7 40 37 .519 7 33 45 .423 14 27 51 .346 20/ tral Division 47 31 44 33 43 35 41 35 34 43 30 47 .603 .571 .551 .539 .442 .390 2-- 4 5 12% 16Y, Division 50 27 45 33 43 35 38 39 31 46 .649 .577 .551 .494 .403 7% 12 19 y-clinched division title VHILSTANDINGS I I I II