i / 4 Women's Basketball vs. Michigan State Friday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Hockey vs. Western Michigan Friday, 7:30 p.m. Yost jce Arena The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 20, 1985 Page $ Polo players take plunge BARB'S II BARBS By Barb McQuade By STEVE HERZ We all know horses can't swim, or even tread water for that matter, but how many people really know what water polo is? A bunch of Michigan students knew well enough to earn themselves a second place finish in the Big Ten championships last fall. But just what is water polo? "It's a combination of basketball, soccer and hockey," said team member Scott Steiner, a junior, who also coaches Huron High School's team in the fall. THE GAME itself is divided into four seven minute periods with a running clock. "You end, up swimming about five to seven miles in a game, it's about 20 miles jogging, easily," said Steiner. Each team has seven men, including a goalie, who is the only player allowed to touch the ball with two hands. If you think that a ball is thrown into a pool and 14 guys go haywire for 28 minutes you're partially correct. "If you got a camera underwater you'd see a lot of pushing, shoving, and fighting...it's really physical," said sophomore Bill King. But this game, like most, has a lot of room for strategy. The offense, very much like hockey, revolves around getting an advantage in manpower. This is achieved by get- ting three consecutive fouls on a player, who is "kicked out" for 35 seconds, which Steiner says, "almost always en- ds up in goals." FOR MOST of these guys the strategy is second to the idea of spreading the popularity of the sport. "Our number one priority is to teach people how to play," said co-captain Scott Cot- tingham, "When we get to a tour- HEY! BEFORE YOU LEAVE TOWN YOU SHOULD STOP BY ULRICH'S FOR THE BPRE-SPRING BREAK SALE. 20% off ALL Michigan items. t-shirts " trash cans glassware jackets mugs " music boxes prints * flags * pens sweatshirts clocks hats " baby bottles buttons sweaters blankets * stickers frisbees *"neck ties lampsD *lighters " pens AND MORE! nament we're out to win but we're not really scrooges about giving pedple time. We don't say, 'you're no good-you sit on the bench."' Don't be misled. The team practices three days a week all through the win- ter, five times weekly in the fall and the results are documented. "Our season never ends," said co-captain Mike Hsi. Unlike other sports where practice is viewed as little more than a chore the players look forward to the afternoon workout. "It's an outlet from going to class all day. Instead of going to the library you come here," said Steiner. "It's really physical. That's probably a big reason why I play." KING PUT it more candidly, "You get pissed-off all day, you got to get it out of your system." As with most club sports there is a cry for cash. "We definitely need more money," said Cottingham. "On road trips we drive our own cars we use our own budget ($850) for gas." Steiner takes a different approach to the situation, though. "Since it's a club sport, when we go on the road it's a lot of fun," he said. Surprisingly, the players claim that you don't have to be a great swimmer to play this sport. "I know a lot of great swimmers who can't play water polo and a lot of water polo players who wouldn't make good swimmers. The two don't go hand in hand," said Hsi. So you've got some time or just want to get in shape? Do as Steiner invited, "Come on down." But beware as Cottingham warned, "It doesn't help on a resume for law school or medical school." I No more oiecial trouble.. . ...if only the refs were double A FTER VOLUMINOUS incidents of cheap shots and retaliation and an altercation that halted play for nearly 15 minutes in last weekend's hockey series between Michigan and Ohio State, it's apparent that of- ficiating in the CCHA leaves something to be desired. The referees handed out 108 penalty minutes in the two games, but never seemed to have control in either contest. "(They) called some pretty picky things, some interference and hooking calls that could be called any time you drop the puck," said Ohio State head coach Jerry Welsh, "and they didn't call some blatant things that were going on." Part of the problem is the league's new system of one referee and two linesmen per game. In past seasons the officiating crew was composed of two refs and one linesmen. With only one set of eyes judging the difference between clean, aggressive checking and due cause for a trip to the sin bin, the CCHA is finding more and more chippy play going on on the ice. "One of the reasons it was put into effect was to increase the consistency of the calls by just having one person make the calls," said league com- missioner Jim Ruehl. "With the same man calling the game all night long it's easier for the players to determine the style of the game," said Miami University head, coach Steve Cady. "Each official may be a little off. One may call a real tight game and the other may let you play." Perhaps the new system has quelled the discrepancies that can occur with two officials making the calls, but only at the expense of obtrusive violations behind the referee's back. That's exactly what went on last weekend in Columbus. What started as a physical game became an exchange of smacks, slaps and shoves, reminiscent of hitting your little brother when mom's not looking. "We got tackled twice in front of the net with no penalties called," said Welsh. "I'm not saying he calls Ohio State penalties and lets Michigan's go. I'm not so blind that I can't see what we're getting away with." "It's impossible for one man to keep up with the game," said Cady. "A number of calls are missed during the course of the game because of the one- man system. It's not the fault of the referee, it's the system itself." Because of a gag rule in the CCHA that forbids referees or linesmen to talk to the media, Ruehl was the lone league representative reached for com- ment. The commissioner admitted that the system has its drawbacks. "It's virtually impossible for one referee to see everything that's going on on the ice, particularly those things that go on behind the play." Michigan bead coach Red Berenson, who spent 22 years in the NHL as a player and coach before becoming the Wolverine head man this season, sees the problem not in the system, which is used in the NHL, but in the of- ficials themselves. "I don't think it's the one referee. It's harder to get two good referees than it is to find one," said Berenson. "They lose control of the game, and I don't think they realize the leeway they have. I think they're trying to let the teams play hockey but they're allowing too much to go on. "I don't think it's the officials, per se , as much as it is them knowing what they should be doing to control a game." Berenson pointed out that blatant highsticking and the wearing of face masks are at the root of the problem. "The face mask is here to stay," the Michigan mentor said. "It's like giving you a policem'an's badge and all of a sudden you completely change your personality because of that badge. The same thing in hockey is giving someone a face mask. "(Players) do things they normally wouldn't do because they normally would be retaliated on. Someone would punch them in the nose," Berenson said. "But now they're not worried about that. The face has always been sacred in hockey. Now it's not." But while the face mask is at the root, the violence that stems from it can only be controlled by an efficient officiating team. It's hard to disagree with Cady who said, "One man can't be looking at 200 by 85 and see everything that's going on. There's no way you can say that one man can see as much as two." A 4 14 Daily Photo by CAROL L. FRANCAVILLA Neil Quinn holds the ball high overhead during a recent water polo practice. The first year graduate student, like many of his teammates, enjoys water polo as an outlet from classes. Chiamp. named' CCHA player of the week By TOM KEANEY Senior goaltender Mark Chiamp, whose 76 saves last weekend at Colum- bus against Ohio State helped -the Wolverines sweep a two game series, has been named CCHA player of the week. "It (the award) was kind of a bonus," said Chiamp. "This is the first time I've been on a team that won two games in a row on the road. "THEY HAD a lot of shots, but no third and fourth rebounds. I could see almost all of the shots, and there weren't any clear breakaways." Chiamp, who had been splitting time Summer Stock Northwestern's renowned Theatre Department provides special educational and performance opportunities during the SummerSession. The curriculum offering ranges from backstage to on stage ... from Playwriting and Stage Makeup to Mime, Acting, and Children's Theatre. And, while each class provides extensive opportunty to "do-it-yourself," there are other exciting chances to perform on campus. 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The sweep over Ohio State was the first road sweep for the Wolverines in conference- play since the 1981-82 season, and clinched seventh place for the playoff-bound Wolverines. Craig named Tiger scout DETROIT (AP ( - The Detroit Tigers have signed former pitching coach Roger Craig to scout the National League and to work as a special minor league instructor. Bill Lajoie, general manager of the defending World Series champions, said yesterday that Craig will scout the NL out of his home in San Diego. Craig will also spend a few weeks with pitchers at the .Tigers' Triple-A farm club at Nashville early in the season and again in June, Lajoie said. 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