SPORTS The Michigan Daily Saturday, December 4, 1982 NO FUN FOR BLUE IN FOG-FILLED YOST Page 7 Hearns takes WBC crown from Benitez A~ . NEW ORLEANS - Thomas Hearns, who was in a must-win fight, decisioned Wilfred Benitez to capture the WBC Junior Middleweight title. Two judges ruled for Hearns, while the third called the fight even. ' 'he Detroiter opened the fight strong, winning the first three rounds. After an evenly fought fourth, Hearns took the fifth, a round in which he knocked Benitez to the canvas. , BENITEZ came back to win the seventh, eighth and ninth rounds (the sixth was a draw) when he scored a knockdown, too. Wilfredo Gomez took everything Lupe Pintor could dish out for 13 roun- ds; then knocked down the challenger twice to stop him in the 14th and retain the World Boxing Council super ban- tamweight championship last night at tle Superdome. -'It was a tough fight, with both men fighting like the champions they are. fthtor's WBC bantamweight title was not at stake. THE BOUT preceded Wilfred enitez's WBC super welterweight title mlefense against Thomas Hearns. Gomez, a Puerto Rican who has sdored all 38 of his victories by knockout, bombed Pintor for 13 rounds. But the Mexican stood his ground. Then, late in the 14th, Gomez shot home a short right and it landed on Pintor's left ear, dropping him to the floor. Pintor barely got up before the count of 10. GOMEZ LEAPED to the attack again and a right-left to the head knocked down Pintor again. Referee Arthur *Mercante never bothered to count, stopping the bout at 2:44 of the 14th. Pintor remained on the canvas for several minutes as a doctor and several handlers went to his aid. He was able to leave the ring under his own power. At the,end of the tight, the z6-year-old Gomez actually looked more the loser. He was badly marked about both eyes from Pintor's jolting hooks. BUT WHILE Gomez was rocked on numerous occasions, he would not fall. WMU By TAM BENTLEY The fog over the ice arena caused by the unseasonably warm weather out- side was thicker than the Michigan defense as the Wolverines were shot down 10-5 by the Western Michigan Broncos last night in Yost Arena. The Wolverines started out on top, scoring the game's first goal only 2:18 into the contest. Jeff Grade netted it on a pass from Kelly McCrimmon by tip- ping the puck right between Western goalie Steve Abbott's legs. It looked like it was going to be a good game. THE BRONCOS soon cleared up that misconception, though, as they came back by scoring a four-goal barrage against Wolverine goalie Jon Elliott before Michigan was able to score again. Bronco scorers were Andy Atkinson, Stuart Burnie, Lance John- ston and Rob Reid. Michigan's Doug May ended the period with style, however, as he was only out of the penalty box for 15 secon- ds when he skated down the ice to go one-on-one with goalie Abbott and score an unassisted goal. The period ended with Western on top, 4-2. Western's intensity didn't slack off in the second period either as the Bronco squad netted four more goals against Michigan. Western scored two goals on shots from Chris MacDonald and Reid within the period's first five minutes. AND THINGS just kept getting worse for Michigan. Atkinson scored again for Western, and Bailey was credited for a goal that Michgian goalie Elliott nudged in the net because he didn't realize he was sitting on the puck. Luckily the period ended before Western could up the 8-2 score any fur- ther. Michigan started the last period with a new goalie, Mark Chiamp, apparently in an attempt not to go down any fur- whips ther. Even this wasn't completely suc- cessful as Western's Johnston netted another goal only 2:57 into the period. Michigan netted its third and fourth goals on back-to-back slapshot scores from sophomore defenseman Mike Neff, bringing the score to 9-4 in favor of Western. THE WOLVERINES then pulled icers, goalie Chiamp to give the squad a 6-on- 5 skater advantage against the Broncos and a better chance to score. This time the move succeeded and May pulled in the Wolveirnes fifth goal. But the Broncos scored goal number 10 as Dorion made an empty net goal from center ice, an appropriate ending 10-5 to a fiasco of a hockey game. "They were terrible," said Michigan coach John Giordano. "You don't hit, you don't play defense and you usually don't win, pure and simple." In regards to whether the dense fog affected his squad's play at all, Gior- dano simply said, "I think the cloud started on our bench." Fogged in FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1. M-Grade (McCrimmon, Stiles) 2:18; 1. WMU-Atkinson (Dorion, Bina) 5:54; 2. WMU-Burnle (Johnston, Dorion) 9:48; 3. WMU-Johnston (Reifen berger, Odino) 12:47; 4. WMU-Reid (Orhn, Grillo) 14:02; 2. M-May (unassisted) 15:55. Penalties: WMU-Odino cross-checking) 10:13; M- May (roughing) 13:40; WMU-Miller (roughing) 13:40; M-Yoxheimer (interference) 15:04; WMU- Atkinson (hooking) 17:20; M-Speers (roughing) 18:27. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 5. WMU-MacDonald (Orhn, Bailey) 3:00; 6. WMU-Reid (Bina, Odino) 4:47; 7. WMU-Atkinson (unassisted) 12:34; S. WMU-Bailey (Grillo) 17:42. Penalties: WMU-Dorlon (slashing-major) 5:05; WMU-Johnston (high-sticking) 14:45. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 9. WMU-Johnston (Bailey, Bin a) 2:57; 3. M-Neff (Tippett, Milburn) 12:49; 4. M-Neff (Seychel, McCauley) 13:51; 5. M-May (unassisted) 15:54; 10. WMU-Dorion (Rue) 17:01. Penalties: WMU-Rue (holding) 6:01; M-Grade (slashing) 8:51; WMU-Reifenberger (slashing) 8:51; M-Stiles (slashing) 12:34; WMU-Balley (slashing) 12:34. SAVES Hearns ... wins early rounds 1 2 M-Elliott.....................10 10 M-Chiamp .....................- - WMU-Abbott .................... 6 11 Attendance: 2,037 3 8 13 T 20 8 30 IT WAS action from the opening bell, with both men throwing every punch in their arsenal, working to the head and to the body. It was savage, and sometimes dirty. Mercante penalized Gomez a point for hitting low in the sixth round and he penalized Pintor a point for low blows in the ninth. "This is the most important fight of my life,"Pintor said before the bout, and that's the way he fought. Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Western Michigan defenseman David Bina (22) successfully holds off Michigan's Chris Seychel (20) from unleashing a shot on WMU goalie Steve Abbott (35). Western went on to win 10-5 in action last night at Yost Ice Arena. Y' Hoopsters set to take on By JESSE BARKIN The odds are stacked heavily in Michigan's favor as the Wolverines host the terribly overmatched Wildcats oINorthern Michigan, 2.p.m. today at Crisler Arena. .)irst of all, Division II teams rarely fare well against Big Ten teams. Second, average teams like Northern (1-2) do even worse. And third, average, Woung, and short Division II teams are ill deep, deep trouble. THE PROBLEM for the Wolverines, consequently, will be keeping their ninds on playing the game and not on M~onday night's contest against Kansas. 'It is important for us not to take them too lightly," said Michigan coach Bill Frieder. "I'm hoping they don't look ahead to the next game. They are a 'young team, but they have all-state &layers that can play. And they get up 9 play Michigan." The Wildcats bring into the game a starting frontline that runs 6-7, 6-7 and 6-3, while the Wolverines counter with 6-10 Roy Tarpley, 6-11 Tim McCormick and 6-9 Robert Henderson. And as far as youth is concerned, Northern will start only two players from last year's 17-10 club. LEADING THE Wildcat attack is 6-7 transfer David Traylor. Traylor brings *a 17.7 scoring average and 7.5 rebounds game to Crisler after their first three games. Guard Todd Dickitnson adds scoring punch (10.0 ppg), and 6-7 junior Kirk Wayne helps out on the boards with a 6.3 average, in addition to scoring at a 9.3 clip. Making his first start for the Wildcats is 6-0 shooter Bill Harris who has ac- counted for 11.7 points off the bench. Northern has scored a lot points (80.2 a game), but has given up more (82.0 ppg.) and will be hard pressed to stop the Wolverine offense. Eric Turner and Leslie Rockymore will start for the fourth straight time (including Win- dsor) and will provide the outside pun- ch for Michigan. The tandem has com- bined for 64 points in its first two games. But it may be the domination inside by the Wolverine big men that will hurt Northern most. Henderson, a NMU freshman, will be making his first start following a good showing against Cen- tral Michigan earlier in the week (10 points, six rebounds in 15 minutes of ac- tion). It will also be the first time that McCormick and Tarpley will both start. Tarpley will play the low post and cen- ter duties with McCormick as power forward. THE LINEUPS MICHIGAN NORTHERN 2-0 1-2 / (15) (44) (42) (24) (25) Robert Henderson .. (6-9) Tim McCormick ... (6-11) Roy Tarpley ....... (6-10) Leslie Rockymore .. (6-3) Eric Turner.........(6-3) F F C G G (34) .....Kevin Latimer (30) ......... Kirk Wyers (55) ...... David Traylor (20) ......... Bill Harris (25) .....Todd Dickinson (6-3) (6-7) (6-7) (6-0) (6-5) Today's game will be broadcast WAAM (1600 AM). Gametime: 2:00 p.m. on radio stations WWJ (950 AM) and Site: Crisler Arena Ow SALS MSU names Perles new foot ball coach MNt4 PA Y,E=Co 6 Henderson ... debut as starter GRAPPLERS FALL TO PSU: Exausted M' pinned ?2 and4,ay,& By STEVE HUNTER .Ever had a long weekend, the kind -you thought would never end? Well the ;Michigan wrestling team may be in for -one. The grapplers went up against seven- th-ranked Penn State Thursday night ,and despite losing turned in a valiant :29-16 performance, despite the fact that wo time All-American Joe McFarland was unable to compete due to a strained hack. B:x WITHOUT McFarland Michigan was unable to win in the first four matches, but his absence wasn't the only reason why. Penn State's first four wrestlers are all ranked in the top ten in the nation, and combined with Michigan's youth (two freshmen and a sophomore in the first three classes) it was a tough situation. This is not to say the meet was a poor performance, however. "We have a young team and they went up against the number seven ranked team in the nation," commented Coach Dale Bahr. As the meet progressed the grapplers gained steam, with senior Tim Fagan winning an 11-3 decision over Chris Bevilacqua at the 158-pound weight class. Bahr credited Fagan's victory to better footwork and aggressiveness on the mat. SCOTT Rechsteiner followed im- mediately with a pin over Eric Brusel at the 165-pound class. Brusel was an All-American freshman last year, but Michigan has an 5-0 record against him. EAST LANSING, (AP) - George Perles, coach of the Philadelphia Stars of the new United States Football League, was named football coach at Michigan State University yesterday. The appointment, recommended by Athletic Director Doug Weaver, was approved by the Michigan State Board of Trustees. PERLES' appointment is effective immediately. He will receive a salary of $95,000 a year and a five-year contract, accor- ding to Michigan State spokesman Nick Vista. Perles succeeds Muddy Waters,who was fired Nov. 14 after three years at the helm. Waters was making $50,700 a year. PERLES, 48, and a 1960 graduate of Michigan State, has held the position with the Stars since July. Prior to that, he had spent 10 years as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Perles frequently was mentioned as a possible Michigan State coach when Waters was selected for the job three years ago. But Waters suffered through three losing seasons and drew criticism from alumni and fans. He first handled defensive backs and in 1970 became the defensive line coach. He was the defensive coordinator at the University of Dayton in 1966-67. He also coached in Chicago and Detroit high schools. Perles played football at Michigan State in 1958 as a tackle, but he suffeed a knee injury and played only one year. He received his bachelor's degree in 1960 and a master's in 1961 from Michigan State. i~fl~ etaw (o I et'APEPP9 we;G I Ir , ,I . t ' : . 1 x, f s -. U I 'S.- 'S U