Football vs. Maryland Saturday, September 28 Michigan Stadium, 1 p.m. SPORTS IM Football Deadlines October 2, 3, 4 IM Building The Michigan Daily. Tuesday, September 24, 1985 Page 7 a .. STILL UNABLE TO SCORE Stickers boosted by tie By LIAM FLAHERTY At least they didn't lose. That's about all you can say for the 0-0 tie the Michigan and Eastern Michigan field hockey teams played to at the Tartan Turf last night. It was another agonizing loss for the Wolverines, who outshot their op- ponents an incredible 33 to 9. "It's frustrating when you dominate," said Wolverine coach Karen Collins. Dominate they did, but Michigan continued to be unable to translate this domination into goals. The Wolverines have scored only once in its 0-4-1 season. MICHIGAN was also unable to capitalize on a 14 to 4 penalty corner advantage. Coach Collins cited inex- perience (two freshmen starting on the frontline) as part of the problem. "But we're progressing," said Collins. "We're definitely moving forward." Both Coach Collins and star junior Joan Taylor said that nervousness around the goal is another factor. "We get good, hard shots," said Taylor, "but it would be better to lift shots sometimes." Taylor explained that players often attempt straight shots instead of the riskier lift shots. However both were satisifed with a tie, especially after four straight losses. "It feels much better than a loss," said Taylor. "We can't play any bet- ter," coach Collins said. "We'll start winning." That day is inevitable. This is a talented young squad. When the players mature, and all those almosts become goals, the Wolverines will be a team to be reckoned with. Taylor ...better than a loss SPOR TS OF THE DAIL Y: Time, please Milwaukee Brewers Cecil Cooper calls for time after he safely slid into second base during last night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto won the game, 5-1 and increased their lead in the American League East. M + ... ,5 L. Byars COLUMBUS (AP) - won two games and rem the nation without all-A Now the Buckeyes will h, another two weeks. Dr. Robert J. Murph broken foot, was much b one week before but tha the 6-foot-2, 235-pound Therefore, they replaces foot next Monday. Bell tops in Midu CHICAGO (AP) - St out additional two weeks The Ohio State football team has diana was named Midwest Player of the Week on defense ained among the top 10 teams in by the Associated Press for his performance in the American tailback Keith Byars. Hoosiers' 38-35 victory over Navy. ave to live without him for at least Bell, a 5-foot-11, 196-pound senior from Rockford, Ill., had 12 solo tackles, returned a punt 52 yards for a touch- y said they found that Byars' down and deflected a pass to save a touchdown in Satur- letter than it was when examined day's victory. t it still wasn't strong enough for Evans grabs AL honors senior co-captaintorunonit. NEW YORK (AP) - Darrell Evans of the Detroit d the cast and will re-evaluate the Tigers, who batted .500 with a 1.231 slugging percentage and hit six home runs during Sept. 16-22, was named yesterday the American League Player of the Week. vest Evans, the league's home run leader with 37, collected 32 total bases on a 13-for-26 performance. He drove in nine rong safety Leonard Bell of In- runs and scored 11. and walked four times. THE SPORTING VIEWS I By ADAM OCHLIS LARRY, Larry, Larry. Mr. Holmes, sir. What are we to do with you? You go out Saturday night and lose your heavyweight title that you have proudly held for so long to someone named Spinks. Not only do you get beaten by a guy who has never fought as a heavyweight in his life, but you blow your chance to tie Rocky Marciano's record of 49- 0, a record considered to be unbreakable when it was Sset. But that's o.k., Larry. Throughout your stellar career you took on all challengers. You gave credit to those who deserved it. In a sentence, you did your profession proud. Until Saturday night. At the post-fight press conference you showed more emotion than you did in the fifteen rounds you boxed. You verbally attacked (using obscene language) Mar- ciano, the record holder, by saying that he wasn't half the fighter you were, and that he "couldn't carry (your) jockstrap." You went so far as to attack his family, most notably his brother, Peter Marciano, calling him a freeloader. For years you talked about the lack of respect that has come your way. You cer- tainly didn't help yourself last weekend. Losing a fight in which you looked sluggish at best is one thing. Acting like a complete idiot is another. In the midst of your tirade, Larry, you spoke of how you will never get your credit because you are black, and that Marciano will always be considered a better boxer just because he is white. Poppycock. Some (maybe most) of the great fighters in history have been black. Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard and of course the "greatest" of all, Muham- mad Ali. In recent years there hasn't been more than a couple white fighters (Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is the only one that comes to mind) that have been cham- pions. Don't be mistaken. You were a great fighter. But you were no Ali. And that is where your problem began. Holmes loses. . . o.o.o.fight and face Ever since you won the championship title you com- pared yourself to Ali, but no one else did. You rarely fought anyone the caliber of yourself. Trevor Berbick just is not a household name in the fighting game. Neither is Greg Page or Carl "The Truth" Williams. Compare that to the Ali era and names such as Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, and Earnie Shavers. In effect, the opposition was just not there and by no means is that a fault of yours. It is the professions fault and you have to live with it. But you, Larry, don't seem able to. Your ability was questioned over the past five years because of the lack of decisiveness with which you won your matches. Tim Witherspoon beat you, the Truth beat you, but in both cases you were awarded the decision because of your reputation as a great fighter that you compiled over the years. The problem, however, was that you insisted on being in the public eye; a favorite with the fans. When you fought Gerry Cooney you worried more about the black/white aspect of the fight rather than the fight it-. self and you almost got burned. Sure, now, you regret what you said. You said later that same night that "Downstairs in the press con- ference, I got to relieve the pressure." But apologies seem a little late at this time. Hopefully you will learn a lesson from all this. Usually when a person reaches the age of 39. he knows what to say and what not to. You will always be remembered, Larry, for what you said one Saturday night in Las Vegas. But for now, go back to your home in Pennsylvania and your 99 million dollar fortune you claim to own. Please, don't come back to boxing as you showed that you just don't have it anymore. Maybe Channel 4 in Detroit put it best when under your picture (during Sunday's Sports Final Edition), the caption under- neath read: Larry Holmes-loser. 48-1 sure ain't bad. But it isn't 49-0. Michigan Alumni work here: The Wall Street Journal The New York Times The Washington Post The Detroit Free Press The Detroit News NBC Sports Associated Press United Press International Scientific American Time Newsweek Sports Illustrated Because they worked here: She Mdiiga Bai1 Tired spikers settle for second By SCOTT SHAFFER A road trip to Chicago may sound like a weekend full of fun to most students, but the Michigan volleyball team had little time to enjoy the Win- -y City on Friday and Saturday. Instead, they served, set and spiked their way to a second place finish at the Loyola Tournament in Chicago. -Three of the four matches played by the Wolverines took place on Saturday :which left the team drained both physically and emotionally after their loss to Iowa State in the finals, 15-6, 15- 43,13-15, 15-13. THE LOSS did not diminish the positive accomplishments of the team during the tournament, however. "I'm very happy with the second place," head coach Barb Canning ex- plained. "We didn't know what to ex- .pect, but now we have a good in- dication of where we stand for the Big Ten season, especially after the win against Wisconsin. The victory over Wisconsin came immediately before the final against Iowa State. It was a two and a half hour marathon that saw the seemingly beaten Wolverines make a g tunn~ring enmebaekp~ to eliminate the game, at the turning point of the mat- ch, Jennifer Hickman scored six poin- ts with her serve. "Jenny was serving really smartly and she also had great control," stated Canning. In the next game, Marie-Ann Davidson served up eight points as the momentum turned completely in Michigan's favor. Earlier in the day, Canning's squad had emerged from its bracket un- defeated by downing eventual cham- pion Iowa State in straight games, 16- 14, 15-9, 15-12. The Wolverines opened the tournament Friday night with a victory over the University of Illinois at Chicago by the score of 15-7, 15-6, 15-9. But the Wolverines were not able to defeat the Cyclones twice in one day. Canning felt that the team used up all of its energy and concentration in the semifinal and the players could not play up to their full abilities in the final. Canning took advantage of the busy schedule to establish her lineup for the Big Ten season, which begins later this week. She was extremely pleased with the offensive play of Lisa Vahi, who led the team in kills over the weekend, and Andrea Williams. "An- drea hit very consistently throughout the tournament and was fairly flawless up the middle." Tomorrow night, the Wolverines will be in Midland for a match against Division II Northwood Institute. Can- ning will be looking for her team to improve its passing game and polish up on its timing. BE A ROAD SCHOLAR Get an "A" around town. You can rent a car if you're 18 or older, have a valid driver's license, current stu- dent I.D. and a cash depos- it. Stop by and fill out a short cash qualification form at " Weekend rate available noon Thrdythrough Monday. Rates will be slightly lower for drivers over 25. $2295* NO MILEAGE CHARGE least 24-hours in advance. You pay for gas used and return car to renting loca- tion. We also accept most major credit cards. SQUASH We feature GM cars "wm like this Pontiac Sunbird.