'1 Page 8-Wednesday, April 7, 1982-The Michigan Daily THE SPORTING VIEWS NCAA's for Beckwith. .0. .0 why not ALAW's? By CHUCK WHITMAN Last weekend, Kathy Beckwith, an outstanding sophomore gymnast, could have been competing at the AIAW National Gymnastics Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. Although she qualified at the AIAW regionals in Columbus, the athletic department refused to let her attend the meet. Athletic Director Don Canham cited a written departmental memoran- dum which states that an athlete can compete in only one national cham- pionship. Since the women's gymnastics team qualified for the NCAA nationals in Salt. Lake City, Kathy could not go to the AIAW championships too. She was caught in the middle of the Women's Athletic Department tran- sition from the AIAW to the NCAA. This is the gymnastics team's last year as an AIAW member since next year all the women's teams will be exclusively NCAA. Because this year was an exception and the gymnasts competed in both the AIAW regionals and the NCAA regionals, as an extra meet, it seems that the tacit rule could have been overcome. Normally there is only one national championship open to an athlete and, indeed, just because one qualifies does not automatically mean that they go. But all the gymnasts, and even the coaches, believed that since they were permitted to attend both regionals, anyone who qualified would be able to to to nationals. It seems logical that the reason the team went to the regionals was to qualify for nationals. Naturally the soft-spoken gymnast wanted to participate. She even offered to pay her own way down to Tennessee, but the answer was still no and the deadline passed, One would assume that the athletic department would encourage athletes to partake in championship meets. It is prestigious for the University and it can improve recruitment and team morale. Since the department is spen- ding a lot of money on athletic scholarships, one would hope that they try to maximize their investment. More importantly, competition at such a high level is what every athlete in any sport strives for. Kathy probably would have finished well at the meet like she did last year as a freshman. Championships are what one trains so diligently and sweats for. To be denied permission to compete seems to be against the spirit of athletics. Such bureaucratic rules are not found only at the University of Michigan, and when they appear the universal question raised is who an athlete com- pete for: is it for the school, the team, or for the individual? I believe that an athlete should be allowed to represent all three. 0 Winter in Although football season is months away, Coach Bo Schembechler has his squad practicing hard in the "spring." Sophomore quarterback Steve Smith hopes to im- Ti er opener rescheduled Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK the air? prove his throwing arm before next season. If he does, Wolverine fans can expect another winning season and possibly a Big Ten championship. DETROIT (UPI) - The Detroit Tigers announced yesterday that today's home season opener against the Toronto Blue Jays has been rescheduled for April 15 because of the spring snowstorm. The club also said tomorrow's game will be rescheduled sometime later this season. Tickets sold for opening day will be good for the April 15 game, which begins at 1:30 p.m. That means the Tigers will open the 1982 season on the road Friday in Kan- sas City. It was the second postponement of the Tigers' opener, which originally was scheduled for yesterday. Anticipating the storm, the Tigers rescheduled the game, a near sellout, for this afternoon, originally an open date on the schedule. 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Steve Yeager's one-out homer in the bottom of the fourth gave Los Angeles a 3-1lead, but the Giants came back to tie with two runs in the sixth. Reggie Smith and Darrell Evans walked with one out. Jeff 'Leonard's single scored Smith and Milt May followed with an opposite-field bloop single to left that scored Evans. Mariners 11, Twins 7 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rookie Jim Maler drove in five runs with three hits, i opener including his first major league homer,, to key the Seattle Mariners to an 11-7 victory over the Minnesota Twins yesterday in the regular-season inaugural at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. A crowd of 52,279, the largest baseball audience in Minnesota history, watched the American League opener for both teams. THE TWINS tied the score 4-4 in the fourth on a three-run homer by Gary Gaetti. But in the fifth, Julio Cruz scored on a sacrifice fly by Bruce Bochte to give the Mariners the lead for good. The Mariners scored again in the six- th on Maler's sacrifice fly and added four more runs in the seventh on an RBI double by Al Cowens and a three-run double by Maler. Cowens added a solo homer for Seattle in the ninth. Maler started Seattle off in the third with a single that keyed a three-run in- ning. In the fourth, he hit a solo homer off Minnesota starter Pete Redfern, 0-1. Cardinals 14, Astros 3 HOUSTON (AP)- Darrell Porter's three-run homer in a five-run first in- ning opened the floodgates against Houston's Nolan Ryan for an 18-hit at- tack yesterday as the St. Louis Car- dinals rolled to a 14-3 season-opening victory over the Astros. Ryan, 11-5 last season, including a record fifth career no-hitter, was no match for Cardinal starter Bob Forsch, who scattered seven hits in eight in- nings, including solo home runs in the sixth inning by Alan Ashby and in the seventh by Art Howe. Ryan, who led the major leagues with a 1.69 earned run average last season, started the disastrous first inning by hitting Lonnie Smith with a pitch. He then struck out Tom Herr and walked Keith Hernandez prior to Porter's towering blast"over the"right field fen- ce. MINI-SOCCER Superstar Playoffs Leafhopper United 3, Psi Upsilon Owls 2: The stage is set. The teams are ready and confident. The superstar mini-soccer season all boils down to this, the championship game to be played Sunday, April 18 in the Coliseum bet- ween Leafhopper United and the University Soccer Club. The Leafhoppers warmed up for the season finale last Sunday by beating the Owls, 3-2, in a hard-fought game that brought out the true meaning of intramural playoff competition. "It was a very hard-fought game, the other team was very aggressive," said Hopper captain and goalie, Joel Brown. "We're really looking forward to being in the finals for the first time indoors." Competitive Division-Class 'B' Mariah 5, Spudboys 11 3: "We're in the semi's, and we're on a roll," said captain Jim Narens. Such is the spirit on the Mariah team. It opened up the game against the Spudboys in exciting fashion as Bill Hill started the scoring spree with a "lovely" first period goal just in front of the net. Then with the score tied at two in the second half, Howard Wolpin of Mariah volleyed home a brutal goal to put his team back on top. But the Spudboys didn't give up and quickly responded with a tying goal. It was then that Mariah simply wore the opposition out as they erupted for two fourth-period goals to account for the final margin of victory. FC Spaz 5, Walloons 0: Providing the opposition for Mariah in the class 'B' semifinal will be FC Spaz. The Spaz rolled past the Walloons led by defen- seman Frank Schwarzkopf's two goals. "In our last four games we've outscored our opponents 29-5, and Frank has been the key reason," said captain Tom Hill. Pete Ploumidas, the Spaz leading scorer put in a good effort, scoring one goal despite a toe injury that limited the use of his right foot. Rowdies 13, SNAME 2: The powerful Rowdies overcame a poorly-played first half and then exploded to defeat the Snames, 13-2. "We started out playing really sloppily," said captain Chris Leonard. "Our defenseman, Steve Guidos kept us in the game the first half as we only allowed one goal." Mark Ohlhaver led the Rowdies with six goals and Steve Paul added four. "That was a subpar game for Steve," said Leonard. "His girlfriend was at the game and I think he was distracted." Next for the defending champion Rowdies will be the Spudboys I. VOLLEYBALL Independent League Playoffs Dali Llamas 2, M-Heads 0: Led by Ken Meade, the Dali Llamas over- powered the Heads from the outset and won handily, 15-6, 15-7. The Llamas go on to play Brown's Bums Monday in the next round. "Our team expected to make the 'A' playoffs, but we didn't," said captain Peter Bronstein: "But since we're in 'B' I think we should go all the way." Carps 2, Oilmen 0: Eight years ago, a tradition began. A university student searching for a name for an IM team, came upon an enlightening thought. "In the stream of life, on the top of the water, there are the trout. And scraping the bottom, amongst the muck and the slime, there are the carp." The name Carps still exists today with the same inspiration still being felt. Living up to such a rich tradition isn't easy, but the Carps nonetheless poun- ded the Oilmen in first-round playoff action by scores of 15-6, 15-6. "We were really killed, we got annihilated," said the noticably dishear- tened Braunsdorf. "We started out playing with only five guys and played kind of well, but then the sixth man arrived and it was like getting hit by a car, we were pummeled from there on." The IM Digest relates briefly the activities of the Michigan in- tramural program during the previous week. This week's information was compiled by Daily sports writer Mike McGraw. 0 * * * * * * * * 4 * * * * * * * 7 7 * * * 7 4 * * * * EASTARI Are you a hunk? you know someone who is? BIG TEN' calendar, coming out next fall, will guy from each of the Big Ten schools. e Michigan man. you must first send a photo to: Men of the Big Ten Calendar 611 S. Grand Ave. Lansing, MI 48933 Deadline is: April 17, 1982 ographer will visit campus at the end of April. e a self addressed, stamped envelope for return of photos. 04 LATE ADDED HISTORY COURSES FOR FALL TERM 1982 HISTORY 220-Survey of British History to 1688, 4 Credits M W F 10-11 A.M. HISTORY 37I-Wgmen in American History, 4 Credits Undergraduates, 3 Credits Graduates M W 10-11 A.M.; Sections also available HISTORY 448-Africa in the Twentieth Century, 4 Credits Undergraduates, 3 Credits Graduates T Th 10-11:30 A.M. HOUSING DIVISION FOR 1982-83 ACADEMIC YEAR Resident Advisor and Graduate Student Teaching Positions Available Anthe PILOT PROGRAM/ALICE LLOYD HALL Individuals must come to 1500 S.A.B. to update application presently on file. SCORES Major League Baseball American League Seattle 11, Minnesota 7 National League Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 3 St. Louis 14, Houston 3 0 ann nn DOWNTOWN ANN ARBOR ROOMS STILL AVAILABLE FOR GRADUATION HISTORY 477-Hispanic America; The National Period, 4 Credits Undergrad- uates, 3 Credits Graduates LM NJ