t __ __ Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 23, 1987 Tumblers set for Saturday Philling it Up F f~t >11"1 "'uss <.' Breaking the rules... By JULIE HOLLMAN Confidence and consistency - so important yet so difficult to achieve. That is the problem for the men's and women's gymnastics teams. Both the squads realize their weaknesses and hope to repaint the picture Saturday night at Crisler Arena, when the women's team battles Wisconsin and Northern Illinois and the men challenge Wisconsin and Eastern Michigan. The men worked all week on correcting the mistakes that hurt them in last week's meet against Ohio State, when their overall team performance was below 50 percent. "Our whole team was inconsistent last week and that's what we have worked on in practice by going through more full routines," said men's coach Bob Darden. Darden, who strongly feels his team can win this meet, will look to his most consistent performer, Craig Ehle, for a strong showing. THE WOMEN hope to build confidence and eliminate misses on the beam and bars. "We could have come within two points against Ohio State but we made too many errors," said women's coach Dana Kempthorne. "We've gained more confidence now, though, and we have an advantage since this is our third meet and only Wisconsin's second." Kempthorne said she hopes the added confidence will help standout Angela Williams lead Michigan to a score in the 178-182 range. Icers clash with MSU (Continued from Pagel1) win in last week's split with Illinois-Chicago, will start Norm Foster in goal on Friday and go with Bob Essensa when the teams meet in Ann Arbor on Saturday. Essensa is the CCHA's leading goaltender, with a 13-0 record and a 2.57 goals against average. Foster's 4.18 average this year is a far cry from his 2.92 lifetime average, but LS & A SCHOLARSHIP LS&A Scholarship applications for Spring-Summer 1987 and Fall-Winter 1987-88 are now available in 1402 Mason Hall. To qualify for scholarship consideration, a student must be an LS&A undergraduate and have completed one full term in LS&A. Sophomores must have a U of M grade point of 3.7 or better and Juniors and Seniors must have a GPA of at least 3.6. The awards are based on financial need and on academic merit. Mason is not concerned. "He played better in the loss last weekend than Bob (Essensa) did in the win," said Mason. "And a tough time for Norm is still a strong performance for a lot of others." The Spartans' offense boasts three of the CCHA's top six scorers, but one, Bill Shibicky, a leader on the power play, was suspended for fighting in Chicago and will sit out the first game. The Wolverines still will have to contend with Mitch Messier and Kevin Miller, the second- and fifth- leading scorers in the league. Although the Wolverines have come out flat for a big series before (like against Illinois-Chicago two weeks ago), the players seem extremely pumped for MSU. "Someone once told me, 'I don't care if you only win four games all year, as long as they're against State,' " said Sharples. THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS ARE A GREAT WAY TO GET FAST RESULTS CALL 764-0557 ill Frieder usually does not begin press con- ferences with complaints about newspaper stories, especially after his team upsets the undefeated, fifth-ranked team in the country. But that changed Sunday after the Wolverines beat Syracuse 9 1-88 on national television - by far the best win of the season for Frieder's gang. The seventh-year head coach devoted the initial portion of his post-game conference to lambasting the Detroit Free Press for its in-depth report in last Sunday's edition on Proposition 48 and its immediate effect on future Wolverines Terry Mills and Rumeal Robinson . The Free Press didn't accept Frieder's "no interviews with Terry and Rumeal" policy, and kept digging until it nailed the story. The Free Press spent over a half-hour with Mills and Robinson in their dorm room. The two players did not seem to mind the intrusion and spoke their minds freely, giving information without a complaint. And why not? After finishing their first semester with decent grades (Mills had a 3.0, Robinson a 2.0), these guys proved they could cope with Michigan academics just fine, despite scoring below the 700 SAT score required by NCAA Proposition 48. The two also succeeded in winning support from other students and hallmates. People already like the two, and they haven't scored a basket yet. They deserve credit. They deserve good press, for a change. All things considered, the Free Press story improved the two players' images. Frieder peeved Yet the story upset Frieder - it ticked him off - to the point where he threatened to take away the players' scholarships for not obeying orders. But why? Here's a guy with a safe job, two Big Ten titles in the last two years, and an improving team this season. Why is he making himself look like a bad guy? He blew up at the Free Press for not obeying the gag order. But more unfortunately, he will punish Mills and Robinson for giving the interview. At first he wrote a memo to athletic director Don Canham threatening to take away the scholarships, but he mellowed later and said Sunday he "isn't going to make a big deal out of it.I'llhave to come .shows good newsi up with some kind of discipline for the kids because they have to do what they're told." Obviously Frieder sits on a hot seat whenever this issue comes up in the press. Too many of the academic gods on this campus complain when the athletic department gets to bend the rules. The negative publicity last year surrounding the University's admittance of Mills and Robinson put a stigma on Frieder's program in particular and on Michigan athletics in general. Frieder wants the matter out of sight and out of mind. Positive publicity Even when good publicity about Mills and Robinson appears, Frieder will not allow fresh ink. When the Free Press went ahead and published its story about Mills and Robinson, Frieder went" through the roof. Despite the players' use of their right to free speech, Mills, Robinson, and the press breached Frieder's "authority," and the non-topic got even more publicity. Sure, an exclusive interview with everyone who wanted access to the two would have been a major distraction. Many reporters, especially ones who do not do their homework, like to make interviews twice as long as needed. Mills and Robinson, like many young athletes,. should be spared from this chore. Frieder knows, though, that once an editor of a paper in a competitive market such as Detroit decides there must be a story, there will be a story. Perhaps, then, one brief half-hour press conference for everyone was the answer. It would have saved Frieder a lot of aggravation. The news was good. Mills and Robinson could have told everyone that "everything is just fine." After that, everyone would know the story and maybe the controversy would have disappeared altogether - just what the coach wanted in the first place. But that's not what happened. The coach's reaction was unfortunate, not for the reporters or the Free Press, but for the players. As Mills said, he had something to prove and he proved it. He received better grades than most Michigan freshmen. It's too bad the Free Press had to break the rules to break the good news. LAUDERDALE BEACH HOTEL I Spring Break '87! Escape for 7 Nights /8 Days* to Ft.Luaderdale I i for only$135 r person Beachfront * Best location on the "strip" - c. 2 Dbl. beds, Color TV, Air Cond. & Phone in Every Room Cll now -800-327-7600 for info. and advance reservations Special incentive for student trip promoters ... 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