4 Page 10-Thursday, February 3, 1983-The Michigan Daily Wade answers fans' call By LARRY FREED Bill Frieder leans over and motions down the bench. Suddenly, a murmur goes through the crowd. But as the massive 6-7, 230-pound frame lifts him- self off the bench, the crowd's growing anticipation reaches a crescendo as it chants "Butch, Butch." The body that trots out onto the court and causes such a frenzy in the stands belongs to freshman Butch Wade, who has become the darling of the Crisler Arena fans. S"THE CROWD gets me pumped up," said the soft-spoken Wade. "With 12,000 people yelling for you it's hard not to get excited. All those people behind you is a great, great feeling." And when Wade gets excited, watch out. Last season's Massachusetts Player-of-the-Year knows how to use his impressive physique on the court. Thus far in the Big Ten he is averaging 5.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per outing. "I like to go in and mix it up inside," Wade explained. "I pretty much go in to rebound, play good defense and get in- side with the other physical athletes.' IRONICALLY, THE physical nature of the conference probably gave the 6-8 forward his chance, because prior to that he saw limited action during the non-conference schedule. Wade, however, is philosophical about his earlier bench-sitting. "I think it helped a little bit sitting on the bench," he said. "That way I could watch the others and learn from their mistakes." Obviously, Wade's education paid off, as he used the Minnesota contest to showcase his talents. Coming off the bench he provided the spark necessary to give the Wolverines their biggest conference win of the season. IN JUST 14 minutes of action, Wade poured in nine points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. For his ef- forts, Wade was named the MetroSpor- ts Player-of-the-Game. "The Minnesota game helped me out a great deal, it showed the coach what I could do." Frieder, however, had taken notice earlier. "He's been a hard worker right off the bat. I said to myself after the Northwestern game (two games prior to Minnesota), 'He works so hard, I'm going to give him a chance.'" AND AS THE old saying goes, good things come to those who wait. He has become an essential component of what' every team needs: a catalytic sixth man. When Frieder's troops start to lull on the court, he calls on Wade to provide the necessary spark. But it was the two-time Boston Public League Player-of-the-Year who needed the boosting early on. And it was co- captains Dan Pelekoudas and Eric Turner who Wade turned to.-I "They are two terrific guys," Wade said. "They have really helped me out a lot. When things got rough he's (Tur- ner) always around to give me that ex- tra boost." BUT MAKE NO mistake, Wade has no regret about coming to Michigan. "It was tough at first. I was a bit homesick, but you learn to adjust after a little while." There have been many adjustments for the Boston freshman to make both on and off the court. The Parade All- American, who averaged 22 points and 24 rebounds per game in his senior year was forced to make the transition from center to forward. Add to that the competition of the five frontcourt freshmen, the move to the Midwest from out East, and you could begin to appreciate that Wade was no typical first-year Michigan student. But both he and Frieder are op- timistic about the future. "He's going to be a good one," said the Michigan coach. "A year from now you won't believe the improvement in him." The unassuming Wade probably puts it best. "You just have to roll with the pun- ches." 14 A Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Michigan's Butch Wade (inset) goes up against Minnesota's towering Randy Breuer45) and Jim Petersen(20) during the Wolverines' upset victory over the Gophers earlier this season. 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Read the Michigan Daily 764-0558 Player G-S Turner ...............................17-17 Rockymore ...........................17-17 McCormick ...........................18-16 Reliford ..............................18-15 Henderson ............................18-11 Person ................................17-7 Tarpley ................................18-2 Jokisch ................................17-1 Wade ............................ .15-3 Pelekoudas ........................17-2 Antonides ...............................7-0 Brown ..................................7-0 Rudy...............................!- Gibas...................................6-11 McFarland .......................64 FG-FGA Pct 121-250 .484 102-216 .472 67-123 .545 52-109 .477 46-107 .430 39-95 .411 32-70 .457 31-67 .463 22-51 .431 20-41 .488 3-6 .500 0-5 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 FT-FTA 60-97 23-35 64-80 27-35 21-32 20-29 18-30 10-14 11-22 12-18 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-4 0-0 Pct .619 .657 .800 .771 .656 .690 .600 .714 .500 .667 .000 1.000 .000 .500 .000 Reb-Avg 62-3.6 49-2.2 111-6.2 65-3.6 113-.3 79-4.6 60-3.3 43-2.5 43-2.9 36-2.1 2-0.2 7-0.9 0-0.0 0-0.0 0-0.0 Pts Avg A 315 18.5 102 228 13.4 42 198 11.0 14 131 7.3 9 114 6.3 12 98 5.8 18 82 4.6 4 72 4.2 6 55 3.7 3- 55 3.2 49 6 0.9 0 2 0.3 0 2 0.2 0 2 03 0 0 0.0 0 Wings bow to Blues, 4-3 By JIM DAVIS Special to the Daily DETROIT - The Red Wings were singing the Blues last night in Joe Louis Arena. In a crucial Norris Division game, the Wings dropped a 4-3 decision to St. Louis, despite holding a two-goal ad- vantage after the first period. A second period Blues onslaught cost Detroit. "WE DIDN'T have any killer instinct to start the second period, which allowed St. Louis /to get back in the game," said Wings coach Nick Polano. Goals by John Ogrodnick and Walt McKechnie gave Detroit the early lead, but the Blues got two goals from Jorgen Pettersson and one from Tim Bothwell. Detroit's second period goal came from Mike Blaisdell. Brian Sutter netted the game-winner midway through the third period. "It was a must game," said Polano, "We'd better be ready to play this weekend," when Chicago and Toronto visit Joe Louis Arena. MICHIGAN .............................18 535-1144 .469 270-398 .678 727-40.4 136075.6 159 OPPONENTS ...........................18 469-1021 .459 312-456 .684 588-32.7 127070.6 214 'Wrecking Crew' demolishes rivals I By STEVE WISE The housing industry may be in its worst slump in a long time, but that news doesn't seem to have hit the wrestling room down at Crisler Arena. It is there, and at wrestling meets aroung the Midwest, that the "Wrecking Crew," better known as Rob and Scott Rechsteiner, has been doing its best work ever for the Michigan grapplers. THE TWO have a combined 41-12 record this season. Rob, wrestling heavyweight, is 25-4 overall and 6-0 in Big Ten competition while Scott, wrestling at 167 pounds, is 16-8 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten. "They're definitely two of the better wrestlers we have," said head coach Dale Bahr. The Bay City duo has not always gone through opponents like a bulldozer through butter, however. Last year, as a freshman, Scott struggled to an 11-17- 1 record, finishing fifth in the Big Ten meet. Rob red-shirted, spending his sophomore year recovering from a *Doo~1 knee operation and learning from weight-lifting also played a role in heavyweight technique. the pair's improvement. He added that BOTH GIVE credit to assistant coach Rob, who can bench press 440, pounds, Steve Frazier for a big part of their im- especially benefits from the the added provement. "Every day you come in power. early and he (Frazier) kicks the crap "They both operate using a 'lot of out of you," said Rob. "It's when you strength," he said. "No one's stronger catch on to what he's doing and do it.on at heavyweight than he (Rob) is." the mat (that) it works." IT A LL started about seven years Bahr felt that increased strength ago. Rob joined his high school wrestling team at the suggestion of his best friend's father, also the wrestling coach. But Rob wasn't satisfied with the workouts he got after school, so he would practice on Scott at home. "We used to fight it out all the time in the living room," laughed Rob. "We, used to break everything." And so the Wrecking Crew was born. AS MIGHT be expected, Scott was compared with older brother Rob throughout his career at Bay City Western High School. Scott said the comparison served as incentive. "That's what made me work hard," he said. "I was always Rob's little brother. Even when I got-a write-up in the newspaper, it was 'Rob's little brother.' Rob said the pair was always more cooperative than competitive. He said they often helped each other perfecting or learning moves. "THE ONLY thing I feel, I want to see him do his best," said the elder "Crew" member. "I hate to see him lose, and I hate to lose." While most of the Rechsteiners' wreckage has come in competition, Rob once allowed his strength to sneak out of the wrestling room and into a West Quad hallway. It seems in his fresh- man year, some neighbors were distur- bing his pre-finals sleep. When they failed to respond to verbal requests for silence, Rob took action. But contrary to rumor, he didn't .ac- tually put his fist through a door. "I didn't punch my way through," he ex- And if things keep going the way they have, the Rechsteiner Wrecking Crew may just knock down a Big Ten Cham- pionship or two. HOUSING DIVISION RESIDENT STAFF APPLICATION FORMS FOR 1983-84 ACADEMIC YEAR Available Starting January 24, 1983 for Reapplying Staff Available Starting February 4, 1983 for New Applicants In Housing Office, 1500 S.A.B. 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