Wednesday, May 26, 1971
Page Eight
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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CAMPY RUMORED TO COME TO 'U'
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No letter of intent received
from Pontiac l)asketball star
From Wire Service Reports
PONTIAC - Campy Russell, Michigan's high school
basketball player of the year last year and one of the most
heralded and sought after prep stars in the nation, revealed
yesterday that he has signed and mailed a Big Ten letter
of intent to attend Michigan.
An athletic department spokesman last night said
Michigan has not yet received the letter.
Russell, a 6-7 All-America and two-time everybody's
All-State, had been sought by 75 schools. Those most in
contention besides Michigan, had been reported to be
UCLA, Michigan State, and the University of Detroit, where
his brother has a year of eligibility remaining.
Russell led Pontiac Central to 44 victories against only
two defeats during his high
school career He averaged
Big Ten cuts 26 points and 21 rebounds
over the two year span.
.. P According to collegiate finan-
Scholarships cial aid rules, the Big Ten letter
of intent means that Russell
ii 5 y a must go to Michigan if he goes
a s in ear to any Conference school. A sub-
sequent national letter must be
signed to rule out attending a
IOWA CITY, Iowa (41) - The non-conference school.
Big Ten yesterday initiated an Russell said that the decisive
economy move by trimming its factor in Michigan's factor was
athletic scholarships for minor the Wolverine athletic staff.
"My friendship and- respect for
sports and also made certain assistant coach Fred Snowden,"
that athletes will be able to Russell said, "and the entire
obtain a degree over a five-year Michigan staff was instrumen-
period. tal in my decision."
In a joint meeting of policy- He added he was confident
about Michigan's basketball fu-
making faculty representatives ture. He predicted the Wolver-
and athletic directors, the fa- ines "will be a winner in a
culty group authorized a spec- couple of years."
tal committee to reduce t he Ann Arbor fans will remem-
annual number of minor sport ber Russell's outstanding per-
scholarships from 34 to 16. formance in the 1970 state basket-
Their proposal, which still ball quarterfinals at Crisler Are-
mt he finaraprva, h he na where he led Pontiac Central
must have final approval at the past the Lindsay Hairston-led
next conference business meet- DetrtetLing. o
ing in August or December, Detroit Kettering.
would allow for six at large Central went on that year to
athletic scholarships at an y win the state crown, but this year
sport in minor sports, exclusive after being rated the top school
of football and basketball, and in the state all season lost to Ket-
furthermore, the six scholar- tering in the semifinals.
ships could be divided into 12 Assuming Michigan receives
on the basis of tuition and Russell's letter, getting Russell is
fees, or room and board. quite a coup, but Michigan's re-
The faculty group also ap- cruiters are not yet halting their
proved financial aid to stu- efforts. The Wolverines would
dent athletes requiring a fifth like to get Hairston, who said he
year to obtain a college de- would not make any announce-
gree. ment until after June 1.
SAME OLD STORY:
AA
Is this ostrich a yellow journalist?
Curious Sam was awarded first prize in the annual Vander Patrickic look alike contest. Vander Pat-
rickie; known for his daring adventures, might take a lesson from ostrich Sam and put his head in
the sand.
METS NIP PHILLIES
-Tigers eradicate Yanks, 74
By The Associated Press
DETROIT-The Detroit Tigers
ripped into Lindy McDaniel and
Jack Aker for four runs in the
seventh inning en route to a
7-4 victory over the staggering
New York Yankees last night to
extend their winning streak to
seven games.
In the top of the inning New
York pushed across two runs off
starter Joe Coleman on a force-
out by Danny Cater and sacri-
fice fly by pinch hitter Ron
Hansen to take a 4-3 lead.
McDaniel, 2-6, the fourth of
five Yankee pitchers, was tag-
ged for three of ~Detroit's runs
in the bottom of the inning. He
gave up singles to Al Kaline and
Jim Northrup, then hot-hitting
Norm Cash singled in a run.
Pinch hitter Gates Brown
drove in the lead run on a field-
er's choice when Northrup slid
under the tag at home plate.
Aurelio Rodriguez and Ed Brink-
man then knocked in a run each
with singles off Aker.
Detroit scored three times in
the second on Cash's RBI single
after a Willie Horton double, a
triple by Bill Freehan and a
squeeze bunt by Brinkman.
The loss was New York's
ninth in the last 11 games.
Mets bomb Phillies
NEW YORK - Bob Aspro-
monte singled home the winning
run with two out in the 12th
inning, ruining Jim Bunning's
debut in relief and giving the
New York Mets a 5-4 victory
over Philadelphia last night.
Tim Foli was safe to open the
12th when shortstop Larry Bowa
bobbled his smash. Tommie Agee
walked and was forced at second
by Don Clendenon, with Foli tak-
Patterson puts career on line
CLEVELAND (tP) - Floyd Pat-
terson puts his comeback hopes
on the line tonight when he fights
Terry Daniels in the feature
heavyweight bout at the Cleve-
land Arena.
But he says that's nothing new.
"Actually, I put it on the line
every time I get into the ring,"
says the 36-year-old boxer who
is the only man to regain the
heavyweight championship.
Wolverine
Batting
ab r h hr rbi pet.
Balaze 1 1 1 0 0 1000
Kettinger 99 16 32 2 18 .323
Kocoloski 108 14 33 0 15 .306
Decou 43 3 12 0 4 .279
Sullivan 121 15 33 2 26 .273
x-Blowen 99 15 27 1 10 .273
x-Rafferty 92 13 24 1 11 .261
x-Carrow 132 25 33 0 9,.250
Roberts 96 14 22 2 16 .229
Hornyak 40 5 9 0 8 .225
Mulvihill, 51 7 11 0 1 .216
Lonchar 68 7 12 0 4 .176
Buss 8 4 1 0 1 .125
crane 19 3 2 1 6 .105
Moug 1 0 0 0 0 .000
PITCHER'S TOTALS
x-lIfe 8 1 2 0 0 .250
x-Fleszar 14 3 3 0 2 .214
Elwood 24 1 5 0 2 .208
x-Burton 27 2 4 0 3 1.48
Helt 25 3 2 0 1 .080
Ball 4 0 0 0 1 .000
TOTALS 1080 152 268 9 138 .248
Opponents 1064 109 214 12 93 .201
x-Graduating senior. Bold face de-
notes team leader.
"I'm at a stage now where if
I lose bad enough, I have to hang
it up," Patterson says.
Patterson will pick up more
than $15,000 to fight Daniels, but
there's another prize for win-
ning. Cleveland promoter Don El-
baum says he has preliminary
approval from Muhammed Ali's
handlers for a fight with Patter-
son if Patterson wins tonight.
Elbaum says a match against
Ali would mean the return to a
"very big" payday for Patter-
son.
Daniels is 12 years younger and
Patterson says he's never seen
him fight. "I hear he's a good
puncher," Patterson says. "We'll
see."
Daniels, from Dallas, has 22
knockouts in 28 fights. In ama-
teur boxing, he twice defeated
Harold Carter of Cleveland, a
boxer with a 7-8-1 record who
knocked down Patterson in a
Cleveland sparring session last
week.
Patterson laughs off the knock-
down by Carter. "It wouldn't be
a 'fight if I wasn't knocked down
first," he says. "I go down all
the time -in workouts." Be says
he was off balance when Carter
hit him.
Patterson won the first three
bouts on his comeback circuit
by knockouts and wrapped up
his workouts in Cleveland Mon-
day saying he fel; fine. But he
concedes "it could be the end"
if he loses decisively to Daniels.
Patterson says money and
pride aren't involved in his ef-
fort to get the heavyweight
crown back tor a third itme.
"It's the way I feel about box-
ing. There's a degree of chal-
lenge; at my age of 36 there's
more of a challenge.'
ing third. Foli was nailed at the
plate on Cleon Jones' bouncer to
Bowa but Aspromonte then rifled
a pitch down the right field line,
scoring Clendenon.
It was the eighth defeat in 10
decisions for Bunning, just taken
out of the Phillies' starting rota-
tion. He came on in the ninth.
For the Mets, it was their eighth
triumph in nine extra-inning
games.
The Mets tied the score 4-4 in
the fifth when Jerry Koosman
and Agee walked and around
Foli's single, loading the bases
with two out.
Reds plunder Bucs
PITTSBURGH -- The Cincin-
nati Reds, aided by three Pit-
daily
sports
NIGHT EDITOR:
GERI SPRUNG
burgh errors, scored seven runs
in the first two innings, then
went on to defeat the Pirates 7-4
last night as Ross Grimsley
notched his first major league
victory.
Pitcher Bob Moose walked
Pete Rose to start the game and
Woody Woodward and Lee May
were both safe on errors by Bob
Robertson and Dave Cash. 'Sony
Perez drove in a run wiht an in-
field out and Bernie Carbo sin-
gled for two more.
Royals sock Soxs
CHICAGO - Solo home runs by
Gail Hopkins and Paul Schaal
powered the Kansas City Royals
to an 8-3 victory over the Chicago
White Sox last night.
The Royals jumped ahead 2-0
on a run-scoring single by Ed
Kirkpatrick in the first inning
and an RBI double by Schaal in
the second and then made it 3-0
in the fifth when Hopkins hits his
third homer of the year.
Major League Standings
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
W L Pct. GB
Boston 26 15 .650 -
Baltimore 23 16 .590 2
Detroit 23/ 19 1.542 3%
New York 17 21 .430 9%
Cleveland 17 23 .425 9Y2
Washington 17 26 .392 10
West
Oakland 30 15 ..667 -
Minnesota 22 21 .512 7
Kansas City 20 21 .488 8
California 21 23 .477 8V
Milwaukee 16 22 .421 10Y2
Chicago 15 23 .395 11
Yesterday's Results
Cleveland at Baltimore, postponed
Detroit 7, New York 4
Washington 6, Boston 5
California at Oakland, inc.
Kansas City 8, Chicago 3
Minnesota 8, Milwaukee 5
Today's Games
California at Oakland
Minnesota at Milwaukee
Kansas City at Chicago
New York at Detroit
Cleveland at Baltimore
Washington at Boston
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East
W L Pet. Gn
New York 25 15 .650 --
St. Louis 26 17 .610 2
Pittsburgh 24 18 .571 2
Montreal 17 18 .489 5A
Chicago 20 22 .472 6
Philadelphia 15 26 .363 10 /
West
san Francisco 30 13 .698 --
Los Angeles 21 22 .488 9
Houston 21 22 .418 9
Atlanta 21 23 .474 9 /
Cincinnati 18 25 .419 12
San Diego 13 28 .319 171/
Yesterday's Results
St. Louis 4, Chicago 2
New York 5, Philadelphia 4
Montreal 3, Atlanta 2
Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4
Houston 3, San Diego 2
San Francisco at Los Angeles, inc.
Today's Games
Atlanta at Montreal
San Francisco at Los Angeles
Houston al San Diego
Philadelphia at New York
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Chicago at St. Louis
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