Friday, July 7, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven F Friday, July 7, ~972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven ' i Sports of The Daily I Tribe tops Texas Olympic basketball .. . . itching from Iba 1WO ISSUES HAVE arisen from the tryouts for the U.S. Olym- pic basketball team held at the Air Force Academy last weekend. And not surprisingly, both controversies center around crusty Head Coach Hank Iba. Iba has earned the ire of some fans and players over his player selection and his somewhat reactionrydiscipline tactics. One issue seems a bit suspicious, but the latter problem is real and threatening to the performance of the squad at Munich in the fall. Well known names like Tom McMillen and Luke Witte were absent from the final twelve man squad and virtual unknowns such as Doug Collins and Dwight Jones were chosen instead. To some the exclusion of McMillen was criminal. Actually the selection against McMillen of Maryland was a just and honest decision. Although the former Pennsylvania schoolboy sensation towers over his opponents with a jaunty 7-2 frame, he is what is commonly deferred to as a white center. This uncemplimentary term, which refers to style of play, not race, is applied to a big player who, instead of using his bulk to muscle the opposition and control the critical central area around the bucket prefers to take picturesque sweeping hooks which look great in the paper the next day but do not have the all-around value of a rebound or blocked shot. The performance of the team is helped, not by gunners, but by nit- ty-gritty team play. McMillen is an excellent shot from both far and near. In fact he lead the Terrapins (which, sport fans, is a ocean shelf turtle) in percentage converted from the charity stripe. But Lenny Elmore, a 6-8 block buster from New York, is what made Maryland streak. His shot-blocking and ruggedness on the boards was what led the Terps to the NIT title. Big Time Olympic basketball, in which the United States has a spectacular 75 game winning streak, places emphasis on rugged play on the boards and the ability to drive. TP- lanes are widened and penalties are whistled less often. Hence a center who has a natural inclination to drift towards the corn- ers like McMillen is an extravagance, not matter how accurate and graceful his jump shot is. This year's teand will have to make an almost super-human effort to match and extend the American history of success. This year's squad is marked by the lack of a "black" center, the take-charge aggressive player who wants the ball and is not particularly choosy about who is going to be flettened. No Spencer Haywoods are lurking about unless Minnesota's Jim Brewer mistakes the Czechoslovakians for Ohio State Buckeyes. But anybody who saw Ole Ernie Johnson put the wraps on Brewer in the crucial Big Ten game here in February has to be a bit wary about the U.S. of A's chances in Munich. Iba's generation gap with his players could be more of a determinant of American success than American personnel. Iba is a precise taskmaster and tolerates no deviation as good defensive players have found out in camp. Although Iba has earned his fame for his tough defense,: he lacks touch with to- day's defensive trends. Despising switching off, Iba's dictum to stay with your man sounds suspiciously like parental rigidity to old and decaying values. Many a player who used the tactic got the axe from the old man. But this rigidity does not end on the basketball court, but extends its ugly presence throughout the entire camp. Insistence on a game plan can be understood by those who think that a basketball team is not a participatory demo- cracy, but even members of a constitutional monarchy or third rate totalitarian state would be shocked by the condi- tions that exist at the Olympic basketball camp. Players were under no circumstances to leave the Academy or en- tertain friends. Lights were promptly out at 11:30 and deviation from this rule sent a couple of prospective cagers packing whether or not they personally had violated the code. Iba clatms that these and other machinations such as regula- tion haircuts, spies to insure a good attitude in the locker room, prompt attendance at a seven o'clock breakfast even when games do not start until two, and prohibition on congrega- tions of more than three in the dorm rooms are responses to the attitudes of the players involved in the ill-fated American Pan- American games entry. But the labeling of black players as "boy" or "colored" serves no motivational function. It is frankly degrading as are most of the rules that Iba has institut- ed. Without getting into the player as grown-man critique of sports writing, let it suffice to say that Iba's no-nonsense phil- osophy is translateable as harrassment. Rather than dropping players who may give a black power salute at the Olympics, a gesture that at worst shows what most of the world knows that American has a ractial problem, maybe someone should cut the coach. IBA'S WINNING AT ALL COSTS philosophy is a bit crude for the Olympics. This, of course, is not to advocate apathy for participants in sporting events. But adherence to the Lombardi ethic of winning as everything is misplaced outside of the pros, since a pro's job does depend upon w ing. But Iba has taken the Lombardi dictum and gone one 'step further, wrapping pa- triotism and discipline around basketballs. Hank Iba has apparently forgotten that only the ABA has funny colored balls. This strictness has already caused some player dissatisfaction and failure of the U.S. team in Munich may be the eventual result. Dan Borus By ELLTIO LEGOW Special To The Daily CLEVELAND - Greg Nettles cracked a 12th inning run scor- tng double to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-5 victory against the Texas Rangers in the second game of their double-header last night, after the Indians had beaten the Rangers 4-3 in the first. In that contest Gaylord Perry recorded his 13th victory of the season whiel weathering a two- run Ranger outburst in the top of the frame. The Indians scored two in the bottom of the eighth to earn the victory. In the second game the Ran- gers had a 5-2 lead entering the bottom of the eighth when Gerry Moses lofted a mammoth home run to left field after sending two long fouls in that same di- rection. The Indians tied the score in the ninth when Chris Chamblis doubled to score John Lowenstein who had walked. The victories were the' second and third in a row for the In- dians who have not lost in the last four days. At last KANSAS CITY (/P)-Joe Cole- man ended Detroit's four-game losing streak by pitching a six- hitter for a 7-0 American League baseball victory over the Kansas City Royals last night. Coleman, picking up his 10th victory in 17 decisions, let only two runners reach third base. He struck out six and walked only one. -AssociatedPress JAN KODES, Czechoslavakian tennis star, stretches to return a volley off the racket of Stan Smith. Though Kodes battled valiant- ly, the overpowering service of the American was enough to give him a berth in the finals at Wimbledon. GOOLAGONG VERSUS KING: Smith smacks to finals WIMBLEDON, England (AP)- the eighth game of the second Cpl. Stan Sm1ith of the U. S. set to regain some of his con- Army and Lt. Ilie Nastase of fidence. the Romanian Army won their Both agreed later that the men's singles semifinal matches match was over midway at Wimbledon Thursday and through the second set. meet for the tennis champion- "Up to then he had a bit of ship Saturday. an edge, but then I started to Smith, the No. 1 seed from roll," said Smith, who conceded Pasadena, Calif., overcame Jan that he wasn't moving too Kodes of Czechoslovakia 3-6, 6- well and was a little bit off bal- 4, 6-1, 7-5 in a lackluster match ance-not nervous but a little that lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes. tight." Nastase, the first Romanian "I have a chance, then Stan ever to reach a singles final had a lucky shot which made here, beat ManuelsOrantes of him more confident-butmone Spain 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in a thrust- ball doesn't win a match," said and-parry battle that lasted Kodes. just over an hour and with ev- The women's top seed, Billie ery minute full of thrills. Jean King of Long Beach, Ca- It will be Smith's second lif., will attempt to avenge her straight Wimbledon final. He loss to Evonne Goolagong in lost to John Newcombe of Aus- the 1971 seminfinals when the tralia last year. two meet for the crown Friday. Smith started off badly in the Miss Goolagong, a 20-year-old semifinal, with Kodes serving Australian, won the title last well and reeling off the first year, in her first attempt. Mrs. three games. He never recov- King, 28, has won three straight ered from that setback in the times-the first in 1966. first set, and it took him until In the semifinal between Nas- oe::S d Professional League Standings ia tase the Romanian won the first three games, Orantes quickly levelled at 3-3, then Nastase reeled off another trio to take the first set at 6-3. Then they cut at each other with rapier-like ground strokes, and the match was really won because. Nastase had just that much more experience. Fischer cools Victor's ire By The Associated Press Bobby Fischer offered a writ- ten apology to Boris Spassky on Thursday for "disrespect- ful behavior" that threatened to cancel their $300,000 match for the world chess champion- ship. Officials of the Internation- al Chess F'deration - FIDE- said they "hope" the match could begin on Sunday. Harry Golombek, a member of FIDE's central committee, said Tues- day should be the latest time for a start. In his letter to Spassky, who demand-d a written apology for Fischer's conduct before he would sit down at the chess board, the American champion called his attempt to grab a share of the gate as "my petty dispute over money." "I have offended you and your country the Soviet Union, a-here chess has a prestigious position," Fischer wrote. Nev- ertheless. he took issue with a demand by the Soviet Chess Federation that he be penalized with the loss of the first game for his tardy arrival. Described Wednesday as be- ing "very upset" by the tangled prelude to th- match, Spassky appeared calm and fit Thursday as he played his daily round of tennis with Russian companion Jivo Nei. He joked with photographers, signed autographs for kids and demonstrated that the post- ponement had allowed him to improve his tennis game. Fischer remained out of view, apparently sleeping, at one of the hideaways provided him by the organizers. American League East Baltimore Detroit Boaston Nes York Cleveland Milwaukee Oakland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City California Texas W L Pct. 40 30 .571 38 32 .543 33 34 .493 33 35 .405 30 39 .435 27 41 .397 -West 46 26 .639 41 31 .569 36 34 .514 35 36 .4931 33 40 .452 29 43 .4031 Y esterday's Results New York 6, Oakland I Cleveland 4, Texas 3, 1st Clieveand 6, Texas 5, 2nd, 12 innings Detroit 7, Kansas City 0 naltiomoe 2, Chicago 1 Milwaukee at California Othee slobs nat scheduled Today's Games Milwauee (Parsons 6-7) at Oakland (Blue 2-4) noston (curtis 6-3) at California May 2-6) Detroit (Slayback 1-2) at Chicago (Lemonds 1-1) New York (Peterson 7-9) at Minneso (woodson 5-0) Kansas City (Drago 6-7) at Clevelaw (Wilcox 6-9) Texas (Broberg 5-7) at Baltimore (Palmer 11-4) National League east GB W L Pet. GB - Pittsburgh 44 26 .629 - 2 New York 43 29 .597 2 S Ict.Louis 38 34 .528 1 a Chicago 31 35 .5211,!) 9j2 Montreal 31 41 43114 12 Philadelphia 25 47 .347 20 Cincinnati 44 28 1611 - 5 Houston 44 30 .595 1 9 Los Angeles 38 35 .521 6> 101/ Atlanta 35 39 .473 10 13 San Francisco 32 47 .405 15j. 17 Sna Diego 10 41 .3506O18 Yesterday's Results Los Angeles 11, Montreal 3 Atlanta 4, Chicago 3 Pittsburgh at Bouston San Francisco 0, Philadelphia 4, 10 innings san Diego 1, New York 0, 14 innings Other clubs not scheduled Today's Games Houston (Koberts 7-3) at St. Louis (Gibson 7-5) Los Angeles (Sutton 9-4) at New York (Matlack 1-4) San Francisco (McDowell 8-5) at Montreal (Stoneman 7-5) San Diego (Corkins 0-4 and Norman Ia 5-6) at Philadelphia (Carlton 10-6 and Nash 1-4 , 2,) d Chicago (Hooton 6-7) at Cincinnati (Simpson 4-2) Pittsburgh (Kison and Walker 2-4) at Atlanta (Hardin 1-0 and Keley 5-5),