SPORTS Page The Michigan Daily Saturday, January 31, 1981 Hoosiers edge tankers : By CHUCK HARTWIG The Michigan men's swim team sur- prised everyone, including itself, last night as the Wolverines nearly pulled off an upset before falling to defending Big Ten champion Indiana, 60-53, at Matt Mann Pool. The two teams werre tied 53-53 heading into the final event, the 400- yard freestyle relay, but the undefeated Hoosiers bolted into an early lead in the race and held off a strong kick by Michigan's Bob Murray on the last leg to seal the victory. Michigan coach Bill Farley felt the close finish and narrow loss nonetheless built the confidence of his team. "The team knows they can do it now, and that's the important thing," he said. Murray echoed Farley's sentiments. Michigan loses meet in final race, 60-53 "We showed a lot of team character, and pulled together as a team. It gave us a lot of confidence," he said. Murray added that the team perfor- med much better than was expected going into the meet. He said many of the Wolverines "put in tremendous ef- forts" during the races. Murray himself came away with a pair of victories for his efforts, winning the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events in times of 21.09 and 46.48 seconds, respec- tively. Both were season bests for the senior co-captain. Michigan's other double winner was diver Ron Meerriott, who won both the one-meter and three- meter events by comfortable margins. Other Wolverine winners included Scott Crowder in the 200-yard butterfly, Bruce Gemmell in the 200-yard backstroke and Tom Ernsting in the 200-yard breaststroke. A subdued Indiana coach Doc Coun- silman said Michigan "was up very high for the meet and swam very well." Indiana, he said, "swam an average meet. There were some disappointmen- ts and .some outstanding performan. ces." Farley stressed that the Wolverines, unlike other teams, will not cut back on their practice workload in the weeks ahead, but instead will practice in an attempt to peak for the Big Ten cham- pionships which occur five weeks from. now. "I think we're better than everyone thinks eve are," said Farley. "I think we re going to make a great showing in the Big Tens." Michigan, 5-2 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten, faces Ohio State in its next meet February 14 at Matt Mann. Ieers, C.C. tied after two periods Special to the Daily COLORADO SPRINGS-Brad Tippett's goal at 18:25 of the second period vaulted the Michigan icers into a 3-3 tie with Colorado College after two periods of play in Broadmoor Arena here last night. Tippett's goal, which came on assists from John Blum and Ted Speers, capped a period which saw the puck flip into the net five times. Michigan had led 1-0 a.t the end of one period. Colorado College scored a pair of goals in the first five minutes of the second stanza, but Blum scored on assists from Dave Richter and Roger Bourne at the 9:36 mark to tie the game at 2-2. The Tigers' Bruce Aikens not- ched his second goal of the night at 13:57 before Tippett tied it back up. Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCJ WOLVERINE TANKER SCOTT Crowder is shown on his way to a first place finish in the 200 yard butterfly last night. After Crowder's victory, Michigan captured the lead in the meet, which they managed to retain until the final race. 1 WISCONSIN HOSTS BLUE CAGERS: Badgers on the rebound i By JON MORELAND special to the Daily MADISON , The Michigan basket- ball team may feel a bit more at ease when it takes the floor this afternoon in stately Wisconsin Field House for a game against the Badgers. The two-tiered gym is a unique place- as far as the Wolverines are concerned, for it is here that they earned their only Big Ten road win of the 1980'season - a 73-69 double overtime victory. They completed the sweep by pinning a 68-59 defeat on the Badgers in Ann Arbor. NOT EVEN Northwestern or' Michigan State were as friendly in their role as hosts. The cagers boived to both the Wildcats-and §pakans away from home last year. When Wisconsin dropped its first four games of the conference season, Michigan followers looking ahead on the schedule invariably added this game to the win column. But this is not the same Badger squad that was swept by the Wolverines and collapsed earlier this month. "(Wisconsin coach Bill) Cofield really has turned them around," said Michigan mentor Bill Frieder. Frieder was referring to the Badgers' perfor- mance in their last three games, which consisted of wins over Michigan State and Illinois a four-point loss to Ohio State. FItRIEDER WAS quick to point out that Wisconsin's performance in Columbus was especially significant, since "not many teams in the country are going to win down there." 6 Frieder's own team (which stands 4-3 in the conference), meanwhile, eclipsed last year's road victory total (of one) with a 77-52 thrashing of Northwestern Thursday night in McGaw Hall. The Wolverines pulled out an 80-76 double overtime win at Minnesota Jan. 10 for their first road triumph. "We're treating these two games (Northwestern and Wisconsin) with special importance," said Frieder, em- phasizing that Michigan must improve upon last year's 3-3 mark against the conference's lower echelon of teams. IN PREPARATION for the Badgers, Frieder hashis team looking at their strong, physical pair of frontcourt players - center Larry Petty and for- ward Claude Gregory. "They're as good a pair as we're going to face," said Frieder. "Matching up against their size is our biggest problem." Gregory is Wisconsin's leading scorer, while Petty has done yeoman- like work for Cofield's crew. Against the Buckeyes and Herb Williams, all Petty did was score 16 points and hold Williams to single scoring figures for the first time in 89 games. I MfVIDUAL THEATRES SI 5trh'Ale ort ee,') 71-9700 -BARGAIN MATINEES- WED, SAT. SUN $2.00 til C:00 A FILM BY AKIRA KUROSAWA Cagers' Corner MICHIGAN (13-3, 4-3) WISCONSIN (8-7, 2-5) 40-Mike McGee, 6-5 Sr. (23.4) 35-Claude Gregory, 6-8 Sr. (19.7) 45-Thad Garner, 6-7 Jr. (9.5) 30-Mike Kreklow, 6-6 So. (2.1) 15-Paul Heuerman, 6-8 Sr. (7.7) 00-Larry Petty, 6-9 Sr. (15.0) 54-J. Johnson, 6-4 Sr. (15.3) 12-John Bailey, 6-3 Jr. (12.2) 24-Marty Bodnar, 6-3 Sr. (7.0) 5-Greg Dandridge, 6-2 So. (4.6) GAME TIME: 2:35 p.m. EST TV/RADIO: No local television. Radio Stations WWJ(950), WPAG(1050), WAAM(1600),and WUOM(91.7FM) will carry the game. EXPECTED CROWD: 9,000. SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: I/ Former 'M'gridder honored By JOE CHAPPELLE graduate from Michigan. Michigan. tonight at 6:00 in the with AP reports Former Dallas Cowboy stars Roger and Tennis Building. btrhn h avladB b L'llu (TC «._ -_ e Track d coach tely do Former Michigan football great Alvin Wistert, captain of the 1949 Wolverine team, will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame today. WISTERT WILL join his two brothers, Francis and Albert, in the Hall. Wistert, an All-American tackle and a member of Mithigan's last national championship football team, was the last of the famed Wistert trio to IM Scores WEDNESDAY Paddleball Fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa 2, Sigma Alpha Epsilon I Sigma Chi 2, Sigma Phi Epsilon I Evans Scholars 2, sigma Phi I THURSDAY Basketball Independent Chunkyts Chargers 34, F-Troop 29 Old Timers 46, Rick's Rogues 39 The Uppers 51, U-Towers 'A' 30 Knicks 45, The Gc's 39 No Preservations 63, Special Edition 59 Rockets 47, Chicken Chokers 39 Arbory Pirates 51, G-Kats 31 N. C. Alums 77, 821st Squadron 42 Aces 64, Immoral Minority 48 Curly Whites 49, Skywalkers 48 America 1981 58, Woodbury 50 Powerhouse '80 68, Sloan's Clones 33 Fraternity 'A' Sigma Alpha Mu 57, Alpha Sigma Phi 33 Chi Psi 34, Delta Tau Delta 29 Phi Beta Sigma 54. Phi Sigma Kappa 37 'B' Phi Sigma Kappa 29, Sigma Alpha Mu 21 b Graduate Stau acn (Navy), an a n ynJJJ £AH( U.1 ), "We should do alright," saic will be inducted along with Wistert. Ken Simmons. "We will defini WISCONSIN'S CLAUDE GREGORY (inset) jams one home as Larry Petty (00) and Robert Jenkins (32) look on. The 6-8 Gregory, who leads the Badgers in scoring with a 19.9 average, teams with fellow senior Petty, a 6-9 pivotman, to form one of the best front court tandems in the Big Ten. STEREOPHONIC SOUND THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE! . 1* RNc-e(s'd by BUENA VISTA SAT-SUN-WED Shows Today at 1:10-4:10-7:10-9:35 "AWESOME" Canby N. Y.TIMES THE SHADOW 'WARRIOR R FRI--6:30, 9:15 SAT, SUN-12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Walton through says S.D. SANDIEGO (AP)-Bill Walton is through with basketball, despite more surgery, and his doctor has - "totally given up" hope the one-time Portland superstar can come back, the San Diego Clippers said Yesterday. THE 6-FOOT-11 patient was reported asleep in a Los Angeles-area hospital and unavailable to add his opinion in the continuing saga involving multimillion-dollar lawsuits contending his playing days are over. He was described as in some pain. Women trcksters face WMU The Michigan women thinclads will run up against the Broncos of Western better in the sprints and the distance events," he added. While Western will enjoy an advan- tage over Michigan in the shot-put, the Wolverines, lead by sophomore stan- douts Lorrie Thornton and Joanna Bullard, should take the other field events. 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