Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 3, 1987 Columnists play name game Assuming there is such a thing as a loyal Daily sports following, then those who count themselves part of it probably have noticed lately the appearance of some new faces atop the sports columns. Along with the new faces are the traditional (and traditionally silly) column names. For the next couple weeks, as has been custom for the past year, readers will be forced to put up with both the photo and column name atop the columns of Barb "Barb's Barbs" McQuade, Adam "Martin Chronicles" Martin, Phil "Philling It Up" Nussel, Dave "Aretha Frankness" Aretha, and Mark "Mark My Words" Borowsky, all of whom shortly will disappear from these pages to go on to bigger and better things (what could be bigger than Bo Schembechler?!). Readers also will have to put up with Rick "Tip of the Kap" Kaplan, who will be at the Daily another year, and-five new column writers. Scott "Miller Time" Miller made his debuta few days ago, as did this Rush Delivery aBY JEFF RUSH writer, and others will follow in short time. The process that causes the delusion of column writers at this' time every year is the naming of the sports staff's new senior editors. The new senior editors were chosen two weeks ago, and officially took charge February 1. Being named senior editor gives one the privilege of putting one's face on the page and coming up with a name for a column. Coming up with that column name isn't always such a privilege. I wasn't happy about having to come up with a cutesy name for my column. Does Mitch Albom of the Free Press call his column "The White Albom" or "Platinum Albom" or "Greatest Hits"? Of course not. He knows he'd merely be making himself obsolete - compact discs are the in thing these days. Does Joe Falls of the Detroit News call his column "Cascading Down" or "All Wet" or "Just Splashing Around"? Heavens no - might one think Falls is washed up? When a former Daily writer coudn't come up with a play on his name, he called his column "One Small Voice". The name poked fun at the writer's short stature. Daily writers laughed at the joke. Nobody else did. Since starting at the Daily, it has been my intention to one day become a senior editor. I have spent much time trying to come up with a column name. Unable to come up with one that satisfied me, I wished to forget the column name and leave the column untitled - the way Albom and Falls do. But newspapers value (and sometimes adhere to) something called consistency. When other senior editors didn't wish to get rid of the column names, I gave in. Thus the column name above, ,which a friend came up with. Since getting the column name, though, I've realized that these names are more than a simple play on words. So next time you read my column, or "Miller Time" or any other column, realize that the names aren't just hastily conceived puns. "Rush Delivery", for example, fits well with my many hours of pounding dough at a small pizzeria in northern Michigan. The author of "Miller Time" always comes back from vacations with an extremely brightly colored nose. He always claims the Florida sun is at fault. I'm not so sure. Daily Photo by BRAD MILL Michigan's Ed Nagel nets a first place win at the Big Ten Indoor Tennis Championship in East Lansing last weekend. Nagel, the number-one seed in the tourney, defeated Michigan teammate Dan Goldberg (6-3, 6-4) for the title. M' netters ace Big Ten rivals at MSU SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Gymnasts improve but lose By JULIE HOLLMAN Improvement and disappoint- ment painted the men's and women's gymnastics teams' trip to Illinois last Saturday black and white, as the Fighting Illini inched past Michigan with some key last- minute performances. Although the men and women each bettered their previous overall scores, neither was able to find the extra ingredient to bring home the win. The women pulled out in front of Illinios and led throughout the contest, but with one event remaining they let victory slip through their fingers. Illiniois won, THE MEN kept Illinios concerned all night by staying at their heels through each event. However, despite a win in the rings and a tie on the horizontal bar, they could not jump ahead and found themselves on the bottom side of a 273.60-268.05 score. Despite the loss, women's coach Dana Kempthorne was very pleased with her team's performance but was upset with the judges. "I was disappointed in the scoring system. I felt that some of (Illinois') scores on the vault and floor were a little too high," said Kempthorne. One bright spot in Michigan's rlnm of dicnoir maa the tenm'. elimination of some mistakes on the beam and bars that have plagued them since the beginning of the season. Janne Klepek was the major contributor to the Wolverines' marked improvement. She delivered a 9.4 winning performance on the bars, and ended the night with a 37.25, a school-record overall score. The men showed an eight-point overall improvement, which should boost their national ranking above their current 16th slot. THE SQUAD'S 42.5 on the pommel horse marked their highest score thus far in that event. Nevertheless, that score fell 2.2 points below Illinois'. The Illini jumped out to a 91.45-88.45 lead after two events. Mitch Rose paced the Wolverines in the rings with a 9.5 to give Michigan its only win. Brock Orwig finished the night with the meet's best overall score at 55.15 Women swimmers win The Michigan women's swimming team prevailed over two of their Big Ten rivals last MASS MEETING Wednesday, Feb. 4 7:30- 9:00 P.M. Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union Refreshments Will Be Served weekend, beating Illinois Friday 'night 69-43 and Northwestern Saturday afternoon 77-53. Leading the Wolverine attack against Illinois was sophomore Susie Rabiah, a Flint native, who raced into Michigan history when she broke both the 50-yard and 100- yard freestyle Matt Mann Pool records with times of 23.92 and 51.52 respectively. The closest race of the meet was was the 200-yard butterfly, won by Wolverine Brenna Tymko in 2:06.01, just 13/100ths of a second faster than Liz Grant of Illinois. Both Rabiah's and Tymko's times were career bests, which is unusual for swimmers in the midst of their intense training and dual- meet season. Distance swimmer Stacie Fruth dominated the 1000-yard and 500- yard freestyles, winning both events by over four seconds. In the Northwestern meet, Michigan's Candice Quinn and co- captain Christina Vedejs competed in the two breast stroke events. In the 100-yard breast, Quinn placed first (1:05.77) and Vejedes second, but the 200 reversed the finishes with Vejeds first (2:24.94) and Quinn second. Rounding out the strong performances of the weekend were Michigan's women divers who crushed their opposition in both contests, grabbing the top three places in both the one- and three- meter events. Highlighting their performances was Clara Trammell who placed second in the three- meter diving event against Illinois, and second in the one-meter diving event against Northwestern. MARC C. PARRISH By JIM DOWNEY Big Ten take notice. The message was served by the men's tennis team this past weekend at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing. Competing against conference opponents, the Wolverines captured both the singles and doubles crowns. Ed Nagel lived up to his number-one seeding in singles, defeating Michigan teammate Dan Goldberg, who was seeded fourth, 6-3, 6-4 in the finals. "Needless to say, I was extremely pleased with the results," said Michigan head coach Brian Eisner. "Nagel and Goldberg were just fantastic. It's very difficult to play your teammate for the championship, but it was a great match. They both played very well." N A G E L, who is ranked among the top-20 collegians in the country, paired with Ed Filer to form the number-one seed in doubles as well. The two fought back from an early deficit to prevail over Marc Schwartz and Tim Madden of Wisconsin 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. "They weren't as sharp as they usually are," said Eisner of his top doubles team. "They went three sets in every match, but they did the right things at the right times, and served and volleyed well. "We're sending a message to the Big Ten and the NCAA as a whole about how good we are. We have made a substantial improvement since the fall, and we have to continue moving forward." Ilimi bounce Bucks 82-65 COLUMBUS (AP) - Forward Lowell Hamilton scored 23 points as14th-ranked Illinois rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to defeat Ohio State 82-65 in a Big Ten basketball game last night. Tony Wysinger added 15 points and Ken Norman and Doug Altenberger each scored 14 for the Illini, 16-5 overall and 6-3 in the Big Ten. Ohio State, 13-8 and 4-5, was led by Dennis Hopson with 21 points, Curtis Wilson with 11 points, and Jerry Francis with 10. THE BUCKEYES took a 46- W~e need mnodels. ............................................................................................ .. Would you like to appear in Weekend Magazine's Spring Fashion Issue? Come to the Student Publications Building, 420 Maynard St., on Friday, Feb. 6 any time between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Bring your best smile. For more information call Andi or Scott at 764-0562. ........................................................,..................................... M A G A Z I N E LSA STUDENT GOVERNMENT Positions Available * Treasurer " Fund Allocator " Action Group Representatives Fill our Application by Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1987 at 4003 Michigan Union or call 764-4799 ATTENTION U of M DEPARTMENTS! 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The Buckeyes trailed 19-18 at the 10-minute mark after an 8-0 Illinois run, but Ohio State hit six of its next eight shots for a 36-23 lead. Hopson scored 12 points to lead Ohio State in the first half while Altenberger and Hamilton each had eight for Illinois. DePaul 84, N.C. State 62 ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Rod Strickland scored 18 points and Stanley Brundy added 16 as fifth- ranked DePaul rolled over North Carolina State 84-62 yesterday in college basketball. DePaul, nursing a .17-point halftime lead, buried the Wolfpack with a 15-4 spurt early in the second half that pushed the Blue Demons' advantage to as high as 25 points. The 22-point loss was N.C.: State's worst this season. KELSEY WEEMS' basket at 8:20 trimmed the DePaul to 17- points, but N.C. State (12-8) never recovered from a poor first half. DePaul (19-1) put five players in double figures. Besides Strickland and Brundy, Terence Greene had 15 points, Dallas Comegys scored 14 and Kevin Edwards added 10. Walker Lambiotte and Bennie Bolton each scored 13 points for the Wolfpack. Charles Shackleford, averaging 13.6 points per game, was held to six. In the first half, DePaul raced ahead 14-4 before the game was five minutes old. By 11:32, the Wolfpack had six points, all byu Vinny Del Negro. The Blue Demons, ignited by Strickland's 14 points, twice owned 20-point margins beofre enteringthe locker room with a 44-27 advantage.