Field Hockey vs. Eastern Michigan Saturday, 4 p.m. Ferry Field SPORTS Women's Golf Lady Northern Invitational Friday, 8:30 a.m. U-M Golf Course The Michigan Daily Wednesday, September 18, 1985 Page 71 o .I .. - .. « r. -r Chippewa rally nips 4 M' stickers, 2-1 By DOUGLAS VOLAN Another game, and another hear- tbreaking loss yesterday for the Wolverines, this one at the hands of Central Michigan University, 2-1, at Ferry Field. For the second straight game, Michigan has outplayed its opponent, but has nothing to show for it with an 0-2 record. Once again, Michigan outshot its opponent, 19-16. Against Notre Dame Sunday the Wolverines destroyed the Irish in the shots on goal department, 14-6, but lost the game, 1-0. WITH TEN minutes left in yester- day's game, Chippewa Helen Epple penetrated a strong Michigan defense and notched the winning goal. Michigan jumped out on top at the start, when junior forward Lisa Murray rammed home a pass from teammate Joan Taylor with 1:20 gone by in the half. Michigan then applied the pressure and held its opponent scoreless until the Chippewas' Jennifer Thompson Late CMII goal drops wolverines to 0-2 more penalty corners than Notre Dame, as was the case yesterday with CMU. A penalty corner is an uncon- tested centering pass from the sideline that results from the other team's foul. The Wolverines had 10 to the Chippewas' seven. Michigan is failing to capitalize on penalty cor- ners, attributed by Collins to a "lack of poise". She also thinks her team is not for- cing enough penalty corners. Ten each half are needed, Collins said for them to be effective. Despite outnum- bering their opponents in penalty cor- ners the Wolverines will need to force more opportunities to convert. Collins also saw improvement in her young front line, particularly freshman Sara Clark, who was a catalyst in the offensive game. "She adds a lot of scoring punch," said Collins. The Wolverines will travel to Ohio this weekend to take on Kent State Friday, and David & Elkins Saturday. scored on a penalty corner off a pass from sophomore forward Kristen Alf- sen at 9:30 into the half. WITH THE score tied at one, CMU had a golden opportunity to take the lead. Michigan goalie Maryann Bell was called for a penalty falling on the ball, which resulted in a penalty stroke for CMU. Bell awaited the shot from just seven yards away by her opponent. She dove to her left and knocked away the shot. The im- pact of the ball knocked the glove off of her hand. The second half started off with the Chippewas applying the pressure. This lasted only for the first couple of minutes, however, as the Wolverines came alive. The rest of the game was played mostly near the Chippewa goal, but Michigan couldn't capitalize on its opportunities. Then, at 30:50 into the half, Epple put her team ahead for good when she slapped home a shot off a pass from sophomore Corinne Dunagan, the first time in several minutes that CMU was able to cross onto their side of the field. MICHIGAN HAD its chances to come back, but several shots were turned away by Chippewa goalie Georgina Tofflemire. "This was a very frustrating loss," said Wolverine head coach Karen Collins, "but we're going to put it together. There is so much potential, and once we realize it, we're going to be very good." In that game, Michigan also had ( THE SPORTING VIEWS Dive of '85... .Sparked I by odds Mu rrayi ...scores lone goal By MARK KOVINSKY BET ON IT. Within this column lies the answer to the burning question, "Why did the Detroit Tigers, the roar of '84, take the dive in '85?" In fact, I'll even bet you the price of a copy of the Daily that you will like it. So, go ahead, and read it because neither of us can lose now. Make no doubt. The odds were against the Tigers in 1985 from day one in April. This is the '80s, and unlike the '70s, presidents are now able to repeat where World Series champs cannot. Worse yet, division champs rarely repeat their feat anymore either.- Considering his gambling style as a manager, Sparky Anderson should have understood the odds were stacked against him from the start. But if he did, he sure did not let anyone know. Then again, Sparky is not one to pay much attention to odds anyway. Most of his managerial moves go against all odds. How many other managers can you name that would intentionally walk the winning run to first base in the eighth inning, especially with Buddy Bell available as a pinch hitter for the opposition? You see, Sparky is what you call a hunch man. His moves come from gut feelings. Baseball games become poker games for him. He does not manage with the strategic and tactical drive of a Billy Martin or Earl Weaver, and he, consequently, leaves himself open to the odds of baseball. But sometimes hunches beat the odds, although rarely with any consistency. This is what made the 1984 season so magical for Sparky and the Tigers. They beat the odds time and time again. * No team had ever started the season 35-5 in the history of baseball. They did. " No team in recent memory had led their division from wire to wire. They did. " And nobody was betting that Willie Hernandez, a so- so reliever in the National League, would walk away with the American league's MVP and Cy Young awar- ds. He did. But none of this would have happened if Sparky had played the game according to the strict rules and odds of baseball. For one thing, few managers would have lz put so much trust in Hernandez from the start. Unfortunately, odds have a funny way of evening things out in the end. That is their purpose. And during the past season, the odds have performed their own bit of magic on Sparky and his blessed boys. The team that never lost a ninth inning lead in 101 games in 1984 now loses them with uncanny regularity in 1985. The fans now notice flaws in Sparky's managing ability, and put much of the blame on him. But it's not Sparky's fault. Or Willie's. Or anyone else's for that matter. Blame it on the odds. In fact, praise Sparky for learning a lesson long ago which many coaches never learn. He understands the importance of staying with whatever strategy of baseball gets you on the top in the first place. He un- derstands the importance of patience and of not jum- ping ship when things start going wrong. It is a lesson U-M coach Bud Middaugh learned the hard way last spring in the Big Ten Championship. Middaugh's style has always been one of solid defen- se combined with an offense that could scratch out runs from nothing. Last year was a different story. He had a powerhouse, and they made his job easier by taking the thinking out of offense. Runs were pounded out, not scratched. Then, when things got tight in the playoffs, Middaugh reverted back to his old style of baseball, a style his team was unfamiliar with during the season. The move backfired and they lost. Sparky's case has been similar. The Tigers struggled to drive in runs all season where they came so easy for the same bunch of guys just 12 months before. To make matters worse, his hunches were no longer beating the odds. Before he knew it, his team was 10 games back of Toronto and hanging on for dear life. But Sparky never panicked. He did not try to take a team whose natural tendency was to overpower others and turn them into scratchers. It could not have been done in midseason. Besides, Sparky had another hunch that things would turn around. He was betting on it, and so were his players. They never did. You see, Sparky forgot about the odds - or chose to ignore them. WE GET IT FREE, aID tIg! Members of The Women's Glee Club Twins release reliever Howe MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Former University of Michigan pitcher Steve Howe, who missed the Minnesota Twins' weekend series in Cleveland because of a recurrence of his cocaine addiction problems, requested and was granted his unconditional release, the Twins said, yesterday. In a prepared statement, the team said, "After meeting Twin of- ficials this morning, Steve Howe requested and was granted his uncon- ditional release from the Minnesota Twins. Steve will devote his im- mediate full attention to complete recovery from his personal problems." HOWE, THE 1980 National League Rookie of the Year with the Los Angeles Dogers, was suspended for the 1984 season by former Com- missioner Bowie Kuhn for violation of baseball's drug policies. He was released by the Dodgers on July 3 after failing to report for a game for the fifth time since 1983. The Twins signed him Aug. 11, at which time Howe said Minnesota's relatively laid-back atmosphere would be better for his recovery. Howe was unavailable for comment yesterday. Tom Mee, the Twins' publicity director, said Howe requested that the Twins not release his unlisted telephone number. Twins President Howard Fox said Howe's request came after a 1 -hour meeting with Dr. George Mann. S 1 r o, a ..., A40 STUDENT PHONATHON CALLERS WANTED Part Time Employment Nights The School of Education will be interviewing students by phone to call alumni nationwide for an alumni fundraising phonathon. * Phonathon held Sunday through' October 6 through November 7 Thursday evenings " Callers will be exoected to work two of the five niahts each