6 Page 10-Thursday, March 24, 1983-The Michigan Daily Mark Mees has it all and good manners too Michigan honors Elliot By DOUGLAS B. LEVY How many of you Michigan sports fans would love to be number one on the Michigan men's tennis team? How about winning four Big Ten Champion- ships? Mark Mees, who possesses poten- tially lucrative and finely tuned tennis skills, has earned these honors. AFTER THREE years of wearing down the second and third singles players in the Big Ten, senior captain Mees is now Michigan's number one player. Wearing down the opposition is what makes Mees a champion. His ground strokes are powerful and consistent. Glamour is not a part of the Mees ar- senal, he lacks the big serve and the drop volleys. On the court, Mees' style of play is similar to that of his favorite professional, Jimmy Connors. "I LOVE the way he plays," said Mees. "He's such a competitor. He just won't let anyone beat him." While determination, stamina and consistency are his trademark, Mees is unlike Connors in one respect. Mees is a gentleman. "Mark is different. He is a person who is very concerned about people," said tennis coach Brian Eisner. "Everywhere Mark has played he has won sportsmanship awards and been recognized for his on-court conduct. Mark never has any problems with (line) calls." ' THE ONE problem Mees has been faced with from time to time is physical injuries. Recently Mees has been suf- fering from a sore hip. "We just don't know what it is right now," said Mees. "The trainers have been great. We use ice and ultrasound to relieve the pain.' After playing in both singles and doubles last Thursday against Kalamazoo Mees felt no soreness in the hip, something which excites him even more for the upcoming Big Ten season. "I'M REALLY excited. We've got a pretty enthusiastic team. With two freshman (Jim Sharton and Hugh Kwok), getting fired up won't be a problem," said Mees. For the Zanesville, Ohio native, get- ting fired up for a sporting event has never posed a problem. "I'm a huge sports freak for anything," said Mees. In his four years on campus, the education major has also developed a genuine love for the University and his coach. "ANN ARBOR is unbelievable, I wouldn't trade these last four years for anything. I have made so many great friends," said Mees. "Eventually, if the opportunity ever comes up, I'd love to coach tennis." Eisner, a mantwho has spent many hours devoted to improving Mees' game, has made a powerful impression on Mees' future career goals, "He'll coach till he drops. He wouldn't stop coaching for anything. He's not just a coach, he's a friend." Following this final collegiate season, Mees will test himself as a professional against competition that is brutal. Although not a sure bet to be the kind of champion he is at Michigan, Eisner recognized Mees' most superlative characterictic. "Throughout his career at Michigan, when he's had to do it (win) he always has. Mark is a winner." Dr. MEIR PAIL "THE UNIQUE RESOURCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL - ITS MILITARY SYSTEM, AND ITS LIMITATIONS" Thursday, March 24 4:10 pm Assembly Hall, Rackham DETROIT (UPI) - Five men have been named to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, it was announced yesterday. Scheduled for induction May 25 at Cobo Hall are : - Vic Wertz, outfielder-first baseman whose 17-year career in baseball included stints with Detroit and Cleveland. - PETE ELLIOTT, the only athlete in University of Michigan history to earn 12 varsity letters. He also coached football 21 years with head jobs at Nebraska, California, Illinois and Miami (Fla.). - Andy Farkas, the nation's leading scorer with 11 touchdowns en route to All-America halfback honors at University of Detroit in 1937, and an All- Pro and NFL's leading scorer with Washington in 1939. - Michael Adray, a Dearborn businessman widely known as "King of the Amateurs" for sponsoring hundreds of athletic teams in seven sports since 1956. - THE LATE Bill Muncey, Power- boat's all-time winningest driver was killed at age 52 while racing Oct. 18, 1981, in Acapulco. Hall of Fame Commissioner W. Nick Kerbawy said the 1983 class of honorees brings to 119 those enrolled since the hall of fame began 29 years ago. Rangers 7, Red Wings 1 By DAN PRICE Special to the Daily DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings playoff hopes took a sharp dive last night as they were soundly defeated by the New York Rangers, 7-1 at Joe Lewis Arena before a crowd of 11,483 disap- pointed fans.,. The loss put the Wings five points behind Toronto in their battle for, the last playoff spot in Norris division with only five games remaining in the regular season. THE RANGERS were led by Rob McClanahan who had two goals and an assist, and Rick Chartois who also put in two goals. The Wings skated well for most of the opening period, but with two minutes left Berry Beck put home a long slap shot from outside the zone. Less than a minute later McClanahan scored off 4 two on one break away to give the New Yorkers a two goal advantage going in- to the locker room. Detroit made the score 2-1 on a Dwight Foster goal at the 10:11 mark of the second stanza. But the Rangers quickly came back with two goals bye Chartois and McClanahan. The final period was dominated com- pletely by the Rangers as they out- skated the Red Wings which resulted in- numerous two on one and three on tw4 breakaways. The result was three more Ranger goals. Red Wing coach Nick . Polano was disappointed with his, team's effort last night. "Not only did I' not like losing, I was not pleased with; the way we lost. We should have scored, at least three times in the first period: after that we were completely out-' skated'and out-hustled. We didn't show any character." 'Doily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Mark Mees, number one singles player on the Michigan tennis team and an avid sports fan, is one of the few spectators at an early season baseball game last year. The senior hopes eventually to be a tennis coach. -1 A I I 1 Shoemaker-Kusko Testing Preparation Services I Matehefts choosing playoff teams I By MIKE MCGRAW The four-man committee that chose the eight participants in the NCAA hockey tournament last week had quite a Michigan flavor to it. Wolverine hockey coach John Giordano was one member of the panel and another, Air Force coach John Matchefts, is a 1953 LSAT JUNE 20th EXAM GIORDANO WAS the only member of the panel to vote for the Falcons, as Matchefts and the other two panel members, Fern Flamar of Nor- theastern and Boston University athletic director John Simpson, favored UMD. The job of selecting eight teams out of over 50 college teams is understandably difficult and Matchefts has seen situations like that which occurred this year many times. "I've been on the committee seven out of the last eight years and there's been a lot of controversy," said the Eveleth, Minnesota native. "It would be easier to include more teams in the tournament but the NCAA likes to have a ratio of about one out of every eight teams go to its tournament. "THE PROBLEM with selection this year has been the closeness in all the leagues. The competitiveness has been tremendous," he continued. "In the WCHA, they had an overwhelming season. I think there is no question that their top four teams were among the top eight in the country." Matchefts, who is in his ninth year as head coach at Air Force, might have a point about the dominance of the WCHA. In games against CCHA and ECAC teams, the WCHA compiled a 22- 2 record and their record in all non- conference games was 37-7. And he also points out that the criteria for selecting tournament teams says nothing about a team winning its conference. GMAT JUNE 18th EXAM GRE APRIL & JUNE EXAM FOR MORE INFO ON REVIEW PROGRAMS CALL 800-345-3033 graduate of the University. Quite a controversy was stirred up by the selection committee when it selec- ted Minnesota-Duluth, fourth-place finisher in the WCHA, for continued play while CCHA regular season cham- pion Bowling Green was left holding its skates. "In the categories that we were to consider, Bowling Green had a better record, but Duluth played a tougher schedule," Matchefts said. "Their records in post-season play were idens tical so we used common opponents to settle it. And in games against Wiscon- sin and Michigan Tech, the two team they had both played, Bowling Green was 1-2-1 while Duluth was 5-5." MATCHEFTS IS certainly qualified to have a say in the NCAA tournament because while he played at Michigani he won three national titles and in 1953 was named the tournament's most valuable player. Both Michigan hockey and the NCAA tournament were quite different in those days. "Back then there were only six tea in the NHL, so there wasn't much roo to get into the pros," explained Mat- chefts. "So when a player in Canada finished playing junior 'A'hockey at age 20, if he had good grades he would go to college. There was no age limit then and we had a guy playing that was 33. Those teams were much more ex- perienced and skilled than they are now." When the Michigan hockey team won three straight titles, there wer 'lines a block long waiting to get into th games, according to Matchefts. And the national tournament was held at the Broadmoor resort hotel in Colorado Springs, which sponsored the event during its first ten years of existence. "THE BROADMOOR was one of the most luxurious resorts in the country," said Matchefts. "There was tremen- dous incentive to be one of the four teams that made it there." After his playing days, Matchef made the United States Olympic team and won a silver medal at the 1956 games in Cortina, Italy. That team was made up of most of the same players that took the gold medal in 1960 at Squaw Valley, but Matchefts was ineligible to play in 1960 because he had begun coaching professionally. ,,,,..,, 1 0 Friday, March 25 ff everything in tock, one day only! Matchefts . 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