The Michigan Daily-Thursday, November 19, 1981-Page 11 ~.:... m masmners m ara emmmmmmmmemsmmas M,.x. mmmmmmeammmmmusmmsae at'tu m :mammai AMI Buckeye tailback combo set for Blue By JEFF SNOOK Sports writer, The Ohio State Lantern Ten weeks ago, if somebody said that Ohio State's tailback position would be as productive as Georgia's Herschel Walker or USC's Marcus Allen, most obser- vers would have scoffed at the idea. But with one game still remaining, tailbacks Tim Spencer and Jimmy Gayle have combined for 1,660 yards and 19 touchdowns, putting the combination in the same company as Walker and Allen. SPENCER, A junior from St. Clairsville, Ohio, crossed the 1000-yard mark Saturday against North- western when he ran for 108 yards. Spencer now has 1,011 yards on 179 carries for a 5.6 yard average. The 6-1, 210-pounder has also rushed for 12 touchdowns. Gayle, a senior from Hampton, Virginia, has rushed for 649 yards on 135 carries for a 4.8 yard average. Gayle rushed for more than 100 yards in back-to-back wins over Illinois and Indiana earlier this season. Spencer and Gayle came to Ohio State after fine prep careers. Spencer rushed for 3,144 yards and scored 49 touchdowns in high school. Gayle, whose brother Shaun plays cornerback for the Buckeyes, won all-Virginia honors at Bethel High School. His team also won two state championships during his career. SPENCER BEGAN the season as starting tailback, but Gayle came on strong in the loss to Wisconsin. Now, Spencer and Gayle alternate with each offen- sive play. "Tim and I complement each other well," Gayle said: "You would always like to be the starting tailback, but I am satisfied now that I am carrying the ball more." Spencer, who was the starting fullback last season, was moved to tailback after the graduation of Calvin Murray. "THERE IS NO question-I like the tailback position much more than fullback," Spencer said. "Especially in Coach (Earle) Bruce's offense where the tailback is featured. I like to run the ball at least 20 times a game." Bruce praised both of his tailbacks. "Tim Spencer has been a truly fine tailback this season. He has great speed and he is very consistent. Jimmy Gayle hits the hole quick and he sometimes breaks three or four tackles on a run." Of this week's showdown with arch-rival Michigan, Spencer said, "They (the Wolverines) have more or less the same defense as last year. We have always moved the ball on them, but we have had trouble put- ting it into the end zone." In what is usually a ground-oriented game, Spencer and Gayle will be countered by the Wolverines' Butch Woolfolk, who has rushed for 1,189 yards in 207 carries. At the start of the season, most people would have laughed at a comparison between the Buckeye tailbacks and All-Big Ten runner Woolfolk. 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He wasn't too sold on the idea so I made him a bet." MASON MADE a wager with his father that the Sabres would defeat the Montreal Canadians in the 1974-75 Stanley Cup playoffs. If the Sabres won, Mason's father would buy him goalie pads and Mason could start to play hockey competitively. If the Canadians won, however, Mason would be out $50. The Sabres beat the Canadians, and thus Mason began a hockey career in which he played for the Junior Sabres' team and eventually made his way to the Michigan squad. Currently, the 22-year-old senior (with junior eligibility status) has been alternating in the net with freshman Jon Elliott. Mason is ranked first in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) with a 1.85 conference goals- against average (1.30 overall) and was the Wolverines' candidate for CCHA Player-of-the-Week honors two weeks. in a row, after series with Toronto and Lake Superior State, respectively. MASON HAS accumulated a 2-0-1 te Masoni season record thus far, including last Saturday night's 4-3 home-ice win over Western Michigan. Mason was less-than-satisfied with his performance, however. "I wasn't pleased at all with how I did. I let in a couple shots that I shouldn't have," he said. "It could have been a goal-less game for Western. I liked the way I played at Lake Superior better, even though we only tied them." The Williamsville, N.Y. native has not always been in a position where he could judge his own game performan- ces, since this is the first season in which he has seen regular action. Last winter, standing in the shadow of Michigan All-American goalie Paul t keeps n Fricker, Mason's only playing time came in an exhibition game against Windsor. MASON FEELS that his relative suc- ces thus far in 1981 is not a result of his own improved play, but rather is due to the fact that he has finally been given a chance to prove himself on the ice. " It was really hard to go to practice every day last year knowing that I wasn't going to get a chance to play in the games," he said. "It's different now that I'm out there playing every weekend. Practice now is not only a time to improve, but a time to pick up on the finer points of the game." Giordano echoed Mason's sentiments that the goalie's increased playing time is a direct cause of his success. "HE'S PLAYED pretty good this year," said the Wolverine coach. "He's got the concentration. He's just got to stop giving away some easy goals in or- der to play regularly." Mason believes that goalie is a key position and probably the hardest one to play. "It's a very lonely position. I look at it as the team, and then the goalten- der," he said. "I definitely feel the pressure when playing. I blame myself for every single goal." Although Mason plans to stay an ex- tra year and play out his college hockey eligibility at Michigan, he feels that this season is nonetheless a very crucial one for him as he considers a future in et clear hockey. "If things go well for me this season, it could open up a few doors," he said. "I really want to go on and play hockey somewhere after I'm through here. But I can't really tell what's going to hap- pen then." Stu dents want ouster YPSILANTI (AP) - Two student government leaders at Eastern Michigan University - which has thel second-longest losing streak in the nation- have called on football coach Mike Stock to resign even though school officials rehired him earlier this week. In a letter Tuesday, student body President Mark Lee and Vice President David Penrose asked Stock to resign ef- fective after the Hurons' final game Saturday against Western Michigan. "In four years, EMU is 6-34-1. We're 0-10 this year. 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P/M 10 5/10 10 3/6 5 12/14 5 5/10 4 6/12 4 .0/0 4 6/12 4 6/12 3 5/10 3 2/4 2 5/10 6 Perry, D ............. 3 Lundberg, D.......... 8 McIntyre, C.......... 15 Reid, RW ............ 11 Grade, C............. 27 Tessier, LW ............ 4 Neff,D...,......... 30 Elliott, G......... 24 Hawkins,D............ 35 Mason,G................ 2 Dg. May, LW ............ 20 Huber, LW............ 1 ChiampG ............... 2/4 6/12 1/2 1/2 5/10 0/0 4/8 1/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 Name (Record) Mason (2-8-1) ...... Elliott (3-1-1) ...... Chiamp (04-)..... GOALIES G Min 4 184:03 5 284:45 1 31:12 GA- 4 10 3 Avg 1.30 2.11 5.78 Sav 73 129 7 Pct .948 .928 .700 ABORTION CARE * No Age Limit " Completely Confidential " Local Anesthesia * Tranquilizers " Birth Control-VD * Board Certified M.D.'s " Blue Cross/Medicaid * Immediate Appts. 526-3600 (Near Eastland) Team MICHIGAN 1 2 Goals ..................8 13 Shots on Goalt.............. 74 70 Goalie Saves.............67 83 Penalties.................. 21 33 OPPONENTS 3 6 90 49 21 6 55 84 25 ot 0 8 10 t 0 10 8 0 Totals 27 242 209 76 17 226 215 69 Basketball tournament cut to one-day event. Goals ..................2 Shots on Goal............69 Goalie Saves ............. 66 Penalties................ 24 9 92 57 20 SCORES NBA Cleveland 110, Detroit 103 Houston 106, Boston 104 Atlanta 102, Phoenix 97 Philadelphia 102, Milwaukee 100 By MARK FISCHER For all you intramural hoopsters out there, here's some good news and some ad news. First, the bad news: there will be no All-Campus Pre-Holiday Basketball Tournament this year. The Recreational Sports budget cuts of last spring did away with that affaii, along with the 5-9-and-Under hoop season and the pre-holiday volleyball, hockey, and water polo tourneys. NOW FOR THE good news: the *University of Michigan Officials Association (UMOA) is sponsoring a one-day, single-elimination basketball tournament, open to all Michigan students and recreational User's Pass Holders.k "We're doing it to supplement the loss of the pre-holiday tournament, and to give experience to the officials in the Association," said UMOA member and tournament coordinator Dennis Carter. The day-long tourney will be held on Saturday, December 12, and is open to a total of 24 teams at a cost of $20 per squad. The entry deadline is Friday, December 4, or until all 24 team slots become filled. "ONE OF THE basic reasons behind it is to give teams the opportunity to play together before the regular season comes up in January," said Carter. Similar UMOA tournaments will not be held in other intramural sports, however, IM cagers get this extra event, said Carter, because of basket- ball's widespread popularity as a sport and the fact that "the Association is geared toward basketball." Carter ad- ded that a special softball season may be on the agenda for March or April, but that those plans were tentative. The IM Building (on Hoover St.) will be open to members of the general public who wish to watch the tour- nament action. The tourney finals are scheduled for 8 p.m. 11 Career Planning & Placement Presents a Workshop on HOW TO FIND YOUR OWN INTERNSHIP Monday, November 23 7 p.m.-Natural Science Auditorium For all U of M Liberal Arts undergraduates Strategies, Tips, and Resources on Job Hunting for an Internship For further information call 764-7460 Career Plann ingand Placement A UNIT OF THE OFFIC OF STUDENT SERVICES fUtellus w af you want. i !1