Daily Libels Football vs. Ohio State Lantern 8:00 p.m. Friday Tartan Turf The Michigan Daily SPORTS Thursday, November 17, 1983 Hockey vs MSU Painter's Hat Night Free to First 1000 Friday, 7:30 p.m. Page 9 Senior icer guides Blue By TIM MAKINEN The flat, treeless stretches of the CAnadian Great Plains are best known fol the crops produced there. But out of this dreary, unremarkable landscape lso come hockey players, the type that rise above their counterparts to lead their team toward its goals. Michigan hockey co-captain Kelly McCrimmon is one such player. R1AILING FROM Plenty, Saskat- cliewan, some 2,000 miles from Ann Ar- b~r, McCrimmon can be considered the elkder statesman of this season's squad. The 23-year-old McCrimmon will close out his career at Michigan this year, but his influence could be felt for several years more as the younger players soak up his experience and knowledge: "He's a father-type," said fellow co- captain Jim McCauley. "A lot of the guys really look up to him. He knows what it takes to get the guys fired up." Although not a prolific scorer from his right-wing position on the ice, Mc- Crimmon knows how to put the puck in the net. In 11 games so far this season, i Crimmon has notched three goals and one assist for the Wolverines. But 'personal marks are not the highest priority on McCrimmon's list of objec- tives. "OBVIOUSLY I want to earn the respect of my teammates and opponen- ts, but I think more in terms of team goals basically," McCrimmon said. "If the team wins, pretty much everybody looks good. Winning seems to solve a lot of problems.", McCrimmon's leadership qualities first arose in his junior hockey career in Canada. Playing along with older brother Brad and future NHL players Brian Propp, Ray Allison, and Laurie Boschman, McCrimmon's team advan- ced to the Canadian Major Junior 'A' championship before bowing out 2-1 in overtime. Brad, now a defenseman with the Philadelphia Flyers, was the captain that year. Kelly took over the reigns the next season. Thus it is no surprise that McCrim- mon has assumed a leadership role at Michigan. McCrimmon's brand of leadership flows out of his own humble and unselfish nature. 4 1*%*, "I'VE PLAYED regularly for four years so maybe I know a few more things than some of the other guys," said McCrimmon. "But I don't really think, 'Well today I've got to act like captain.' I just try to be myself. That's how I was voted in, so that's how I'll continue. "There are ways to do things (at Michigan) that maybe some of the younger guys aren't aware of. If you can tell the kid he's doing something wrong before coach gets a chance to see him, you can save the kid from catching it one time." McCrimmon's maturity has not been lost on Wolverine coach John Giordano. After both arrived at Michigan in 1980, the two clashed because of attitudes that were at "opposite ends of the spec- trum" according to McCrimmon. He subsequently sat out the first half of the '81-82 campaign for disciplinary reasons. SINCE THAT time, however, there has been no trouble at all and Mc- Crimmon has been elevated to his present status as co-captain. "He has understood what it takes to play on our team," said Giordano, "and he has settled down some. He's a leader on the ice and a very heady player. I think he is just a better all-around in- dividual since then and a valuable member of our team." The Wolverines appear to be a much improved team this season, and despite losses to Michigan Tech last weekend, one looks for them to continue their winning ways. McCrimmon's role as leader will be instrumental to the team's future success. As for his own future, McCrimmon in- tends to move back to Saskatchewan with his wife Terry after graduation. The couple has some land with which to farm and raise a family. It is quite possible that McCrimmon will give back to the plains that same leadership that was given to the Michigan hockey team during his four-year career. McCrimm on .. . elder statesman Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Right winger Kelly McCrimmon, the senior member of the Michigan hockey team, uses some of the tricks he has learned in the past three years to get the puck by an opposing defenseman. Wrestling star shoots for gold: helps others grapple with life I Gridde Picks By DOUGLAS B. LEVY Total domination earns recognition. Very few athletes can be recognized as the very best at what they do. Steve Fraser, wrestler extraor- dinaire, is the best 198-pound Greco- Roman wrestler in the United States. The wrestling world knows it, and within months, millions of Olympic ob- servers will know it. FRASER GRADUATED with a degree from Michigan's School of Education in 1980, after completing an impressive three year careero0 :the; Michigal wrestlig team. Since 1980, Fraser has been a' graduate-assistant for the U-M team. As a graduate-assistant Fraser helps According to Fraser, the advantages of the Community Work Program are enormous. "Say Steve Fraser is convicted of drunk driving," he explained. "Instead of getting sentenced to 30 days in jail where I can't work and my wife and children suffer, I get sentenced to the work program. This means I can work my normal job five days a week and over the weekend come in ind work two eight-hour shifts for Washtenaw Coun- ty." y.Under the work program, a 30 day jail term can be worked off after 15 weekends. Several advantages are also received by the community. "IT COSTS $45 a day to keep a prisoner in jail, which is paid by the tax payer," said Fraser. "Plus it saves the county from paying people to do these jobs." The jobs include picking up garbage along the roadways and cleaning up park facilities. The Ann Arbor and Yp- silanti public school systems, the Red Cross and over 50 other agencies benefit from the program. Inside, Fraser is beaming at the ac- complishments of his program which now rehabilitates 250 convicts a month. "IT'S ENJOYABLE because you see the rewards," said Fraser. "The program right now is the only one of its kind in Michigan. And it is currently being looked at by several other coun- ties. The state sees the benefits that have come from it, and is looking for ways to apply it to state institutions." Fraser's rise to the top of the Greco- Roman wrestling world has paralleled his career with the Sherrif's Depar- tment. "What happened is, Steve entered a lot of tournaments and didn't do well," said Michigan coach Bahr. "But then he made a break through. Not only did he start doing well, he started winning. And winning in Europe." FRASER'S COLLEGIATE statistics are impressive, but short of spec- tacular. He won a total of over 60 mat- ches as a 190 pounder in his junior and senior seasons, but failed to capture a Big Ten or NCAA championship. He did earn all-American status twice, HIS MOST impressive victory came last May at a tournament in California when he beat Norbert Norveini of Hungary. Norveini was the 1980 Olym- pic champion at 198 pounds and is widely regarded as the best in the world. Currently Fraser is training with several qualified wrestlers including Steve Goss, the 1983 180-pound National Champion in Greco-Roman, who is a new graduate-assistant at Michigan. "He's got the most stamina of anyone I know in wrestling," said Goss, who is an Olympic hopeful and a Cen- tral Michigan graduate. "I came to Michigan to be able to train with him." AS HE GEARS up to make his drive for Olympic gold, Fraser is appreciative of the people who have supported him: his wife, coaches Bahr and Wells, Goss and Bill Petoskey (his training partner for eight years), and his boss at work, Washtenaw County Sherrif Thomas Minick. Minick is responsible for Fraser's being able to take the necessary time off to train for certain tournaments. Fraser will be a busy man for the next six months, traveling to Europe at the end of January to compete in a han- dful of National championships and sharpen his skills against Europe's finest wrestlers. And come the summer of 1984, Fraser will be ready to earn the recognition that has become his due. Utilize Your U of M Dental Benefits! SUSAN W. HADDOCK D.D.S. 317 S. State, Suite 108 (at the corner of State and N. Univ.) HOURS BY APPOINTMENT 662-3222 Game time is drawing nearer. It's the Ohio State-Michigan contest that no one has tickets to. The Michigan Daily Libels will do battle with the Ohio State Lantern on Friday night at 8:00 on the tartan turf. At stake is a berth in the Ink Bowl, but more importantly this game is one of the twenty Griddes games. The Lantern has been holding double sessions each day for the last week in preparation for the battle, but this does not figure to defray the Libels' abun- dance of talent. Oddsmakers around the country have made the Libels a three point favorite. Turn in your picks by midnight Friday to Pizza Bob's on S. State or Church or the Daily training camp. 1. Ohio State at MICHIGAN (Pick score) 2. Illinois at Northwestern 3. Michigan State at Wisconsin 4. Minnesota at Iowa 5. Purdue at Indiana 6. Penn St. at Pittsburgh 7. Duke at North Carolina 8. LSU at Tulane 9. UCLA at Southern California 10. Washington St. at Washington 11. Oregon St. at Oregon 12. West Virginia at Syracuse 13. E. Carolina at Southern Mississippi 14. Harvard at Yale 15. McNeese St. at Lamar 16. Montana St. at Nevada-Reno 17. Northridge at Humboldt St. 18. Weber St. at Texas El Paso 19. Ohio State Lanternettes at DAILY LIBELLES 20. Ohio State Lantern at DAILY LIBELS IT'S NOT TOOLATE, Seminar openings are still'oail- able 11 /18, 11/19, 11/20 for the LSAT Jr head coach Dale Bahr and assistant coach Joe Wells train the varsity squad. Ahd at the same time, Fraser has the opportunity to train and work on his own technique. Yet Fraser has developed into much more than a world class wrestler. For tle past three and one half years, he had worked for the Washtenaw County Sherrif's Department, and today, Fiaser is the coordinator of a new program designed to rehabilitate minor criminals and clean up the county. 'THE COMMUNITY Work Program sa concept which offers an alternative tdjail," said the 26-year-old coor- }dfuiator. Washtenaw County judges are ndw sentencing public offenders to work a series of eight-hour work days rdher than doing time in jail. Fraser ... Olympic hopeful while making several national teams and traveling all over Europe. It is in the last two years, however, that Fraser has started beating everyone in sight in the Greco-Roman division, which differs from free-style wrestling in that only the upper body and arms are used. Fraser has won two consecutive National Championships in the 198- pound Greco-Roman division, and last August, he beat Luis Figueroa of Venezuela for the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Caracas. GRADUATING SENIORS Have you considered a career in: ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL.HEALTH? The University of Michigan offers Master and Doctorate degrees in: GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE WATER QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY TOXICOLOGY OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PLANNING & POLICY A degree from any of these areas will provideathe graduate with an in- teresting and financially rewarding career in a growing profession.' 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