Wednesday, May 26, 1971 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY I CAMPY RUMORED TO COME TO 'U' rI 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 4 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 I