0 Page 10-Wednesday, November 24, 1982-The Michigan Daily N I Women harriers take 8th THE SPORTING VIEWS By MIKE MCGRAW The most successful season in Michigan women's cross country history culminated Monday in Bloomington, Ind. with the harriers UPI All-Big Ten Football team Offense Receiver-ANTHONY CARTER, MICHIGAN Receiver-DUANE GUNN, Indiana Tackle-CHRIS HINTON, North- western Tackle-BOB WINCKLER, Wisconsin Center-TOM DIXON, MICHIGAN Guard-STEFAN HUMPHRIES, MICHIGAN Guard-JOE LUKENS, Ohio State Tight end-JOHN FRANK, Ohio State Quarterback-TONY EASON, Illinois Back-LAWRENCE RICKS, MICHIGAN Back-TIM SPENCER, Ohio State Placekicker-MIKE BASS, Illinois Defense Lineman-TIM KRUMRIE, Wisconsin Lineman-JEROME FOSTER, Ohio State Lineman-DARRELL SIMS, Wisconsin Lineman-MARK BORTZ, Iowa Linebacker-ROBERT THOMPSON, MICHIGAN Linebacker-PAUL GIRGASH, MICHIGAN1 Linebacker-CARL BANKS, Michigan State Linebacker-MARCUS MAREK, Ohio State Defensive back-MATT VANDEN BOOM, Wisconsin Defensive back-DAVID GREENWOOD, Wisconsin Defensive back-KEITH BOSTIC, MICHIGAN Punter-REGGIE ROBY, Iowa Other Michigan Selections - Second Team; AliHaji-Sheikh, Win- fred Carraway, Mike Boren. Honorable Mention; Craig Dunaway, Rich Strenger, Steve Smith,;Al Sincich. taking eighth place at the NCAA national meet. Plus, the Wolverines boasted two All-American runners, Lisa Larsen and Melanie Weaver. Lar- sen gained that honor for the second straight year. Also for the second straight year, Virginia won the team championship, placing 43 points ahead of second-place Stanford. Oregon was third with 155 points, followed by Harvard, Clemson, Penn State, and North Carolina State; Michigan followed with 202 points. Big Ten rival Wisconsin finished tenth. "THE competition was really tremendous," commented coach Fran- cie Kraker-Goodridge. "Harvard was a big surprise, but everyone else finished about where we expected them to. Beating Tennessee was really terrific, theywere oneofethe favorites andhad beaten all of the Big Ten teams that they had run against." It was partly because of the tremen- dous competitionethat allowed both Larsen and Weaver to get All- American. Weaver placed 33rd, but still gained the final award usually given to the top 25 runners. "There were a lot of schools with foreign athletes; but they don't count towards All-Americans, so that's why we were able to get two of them," ex- plained Goodridge. LARSEN, WHO finished 14th at the AIAW meet last year, placed 25th with a time of 17:35 this time in the NCAA sanctioned event featuring all of the country's schools. Weaver followed at 17:45. "Our times were not as good as they were at districts last week, but we probably ran better," said Goodridge. "It rained for three straight days before the race and- there was a lot of mud to contend with. That slowed the times down." Other finishers for Michigan included freshman Sue Schroeder at 42nd,and Judy Yuhn and Sue Frederick-Foster crossed the line in 83rd and 84th overall. Leslie Welsh of Virginia won the event with a time of 16:39.7, which was a new course record. The top Big Ten finisher was Margaret Davis in fifth. __ _. Pun ch of death felt once again 01 Club Sports ndRoundup SAILING j The sailing team spent a disappointing weekend in Charleston, S.C. finishing last in a field of seven teams at the National Sloop Championships. Navy took top honors in the regatta followed by Boston University and the College of Charleston. Sailing for Michigan were Doug Wefer, Scott Ferguson, Scott Bird, and Ellen Wefer. Team captain Doug Wefer commented on Michigan's poor showing, "We were not well prepared for this meet. We did not get enough practice in the type of boat used in this race, and it definitely showed in our finish. Other schools like Navy had another boat to race against in practice which gave them a distinct advantage." The sailors will try to rebound next weekend when they travel to Chicago for the Timm E. Angston Memorial Regatta at the Chicago Yacht Club. RUGBY Even though the Michigan football team went down to defeat in Columbus on Saturday, some good news did come out of Columbus for Michigan sports fans. The Rugby club took three matches from the Buckeyes, winning the A, B, and C mat- ches. The A squad's victory was by a 17-9 count and the B and C teams both registered 8-0 wins. Trys were scored in the A match by Tom Raboine, Lane Bertrand and Paul LeBlanc. Club spokesman Dave Weber commented on the season-ending victory, saying, "It was one of our better games of the year. We played well for such a wet day. The forwards really looked good." The A side finished the campaign with a 8-1 record and the three sides combined only lost three times in 35 matches. The club will begin practice in January for the spring season. Anyone interested in joining should call 662-7296 for information. By RICHARD DEMAK C HARLES LOVE was 19 when he died. Andy Balaba died when he was 28. Benjamin Davis was 22. And Duk Koo Kim was 23 when he died last Wednesday from injuries inflicted in a lightweight championship fight. These are only the latest: 343 professional boxers have died from boxing injuries since 1945, 54 since 1970. The American public, media, and boxing establish- ment are currently encountering the latest in a series of periodic bouts with boxing criticism. Some demand the sport be outlawed. Others seek enhanced safety measures to protect fighters. It is expected that after a man is killed in the ring, outrage would proliferate. We are now experiencing such a period of anger. But, not to worry boxing fans, today's revisionist movement will fade like all the others. Boxing suppor- ters should notice, however, that these periods of con- tempt for their sport are occurring more frequently, thanks to a tragically plentiful supply of boxing deaths. But, again, no need to worry about the future of your sport, the safety movements have had little effect. The fact that there have been so many movements indicates that they have failed. The cycle of death-outrage-apathy will continue as long as the cause remains: deaths in the ring. Supporters of boxing point out that athletes die in other sports. Why should boxing be singled out for abuse just because it is the most obvious of many violent spor- ts? Other sports present athletes with the risk of death. The greatest hydroplane racers in history have died while practicing their sport in the last year. How many auto racers have died while racing? And is not the violence of football just as alarming? There is one difference between boxing and other sports (I hesitate to call boxing "a sport." Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines a sport as "a physical activity engaged in for pleasure." If a boxer receives "pleasure" from injuring another, then boxing's problems lie deeper than imagined): no other sport has as its sole objective that of boxing-the physical destruc- tion of an athlete. The boxer's goal is to injure his op- ponent. No other sport, not wrestling, not football, not hockey, determines its champion based upon the challenger's degree of, consciousness. No other sport finds its loser in the man whose legs no longer respond, eyes are swollen shut, or hands do not have the strength to reach his waist. Some fighters are fortunate enough to avoid the most serious blow and remain standing for ten or 15 rounds, able to have their bout determined by a decision. Thus, supporters may claim that their sport is not that inhumane; the rules allow for a non-knockout. The op- position counters: how many boxing fans, fighters, and promoters hope the fight they see, participate in, or arrange will end in a decision? None. Boxing advocates believe their sport represents the "art of self-defense." They see beauty in the practice of man's second-oldest physical activity. Critics of boxing reply that self-defense is not an "art"; it is a detestable reality of society. It is not an activity engaged in for pleasure. It is not to be admired, applauded, or ap- preciated; it is to be endured only when it is unavoidable. Defenders of boxing argue that professional boxing provides an opportunity for a young man to better him- self socially, personally, and financially. They suggest that the often poor, under-educated fighter has no other means of improving his social position but to box his way up the rankings, hoping to eventually fight for a big purse. Those who denounce boxing maintain that more young men are hurt by boxing than are helped. The 343 boxers killed since 1945 does not include those who were per- manently injured, or those fighters who live from fight to fight, getting paid a few dollars for each round they last. For every Ali or Leonard, there are a hundred gym fighters who are used as "record-builders" for other boxers, often not knowing they will fight until the after- noon before the bout. How many young men are worse off due to boxing? How many are injured, mentally, physically, or spiritually? Perhaps one result of this latest anti-boxing movement will be enhanced safety measures such as boxing headgear, changing glove weights, and more detailed medical evaluation. Some boxing supporters object to the use of headgear. They state that the object of the sport is to knock out the opponent. They are con- cerned that headgear will lessen the chance of a KO and their enjoyment of the sport. Can a sport worth saving be ruined by increased safety? When concern for the athlete is replaced by avarice for the fan dollar, a "sport" ceases to exist; it becomes a nightmare. Those hurt by ring deaths include not only the fighter and his family, but the "other boxer." The family will grieve and mourn and adjust, the fans will forget as quickly as the next fight, but the victorious boxer will forever remember that another man died at his hands. But he is not to be faulted-he is simply another victim. Although supporters of boxing may weather the current movement threatening their sport, there will be others. Opponents of boxing wish there would be no fur- ther movements, no need for them, no causes for them. The causes for such movements are deaths in the boxing ring. And as long as promoters will arrange, networks will televise, and fans will pay, there will be more deaths. ., IM ..a SHORT OR LONG Hairstyles for Men and Women DASCOLA STYLISTS Liberty off State........666-9329 East U. at South U........462-0354 Arboriand.............971-9975 Maple Vilage...........761-733 Il The Club Sports Roundup relates briefly the activities of Michigan club sports during the previous week. This week's information was compiled by Daily sports writer Dan Price. w r I JACOBSON'S HOLIDAY HOURS FOR YOUR GIFT SHOPPING CONVENIENCE: MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 9:30 TO 9:00, SATURDAY TO 5:30. 1 a a 10 A 0 .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. .