Women's Lacrosse vs. Indiana Tomorrow, 11 a.m. Elbel Field SPORTS Friday, March 27, 1987 Michigan High School Basketball Championships Tomorrow Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Page 10 WOL VERINES TO FACE ILLINI TWICE I 'M' batsmen trek to Columbus THE SPORTING VIEWS 4 By PETE STEINERT Just as soon as the baseball team returns from its spring trip in Texas, it heads south again this weekend. This time, however, Michigan (9-2) will only travel as far as Clippers Stadium in Columbus, home of the New York Yankees' Triple A farm club. The Wolverines will participate in a round robin series with host Ohio Dominican, Rednt aCr from Choose from small economical cars to vans. - Special WEEKEND rates Pick up services upon request We acceptt cash deposits OPEN 7 DA YS A WEEK ECONO-CAR - 439 W. Huron 761-8845 ANN A RBOR Eastern Michigan, and Illinois. Normally, Michigan would play Miami of Ohio in this slot on the schedule, but the Redskins decided to discontinue the series. Thus, head coach Bud Middaugh will take his team to Ohio. "IT WILL be a chance for our kids to get into a Triple A ballpark," Middaugh said, "and with them bringing Illinois in, that will be even nicer (because) it will give us real good competition. The better competition we can play, the more prepared we're going to be (for the Big Ten season)." The Wolverines would usually not face The Fighting Illini (10-6) during the regular season because they are not in the same division in the Big Ten, but they will face them twice this weekend - once Saturday and once Sunday. Illinois finished fourth in the West Division last season and looks to climb in the standings this year under head coach Tom Dedin. "It gives us a chance to sneak a look at Illinois who supposedly has a pretty good club this year - at least that's what the scouts say," Middaugh said, foreseeing a possibe confrontation in the playoffs. EASTERN Michigan (6-10) confronts Michigan on Saturday. It split two games with the Wolverines last year. The Hurons are coming off a spring trip to the Hall of Fame Tournament at Georgia Southern College where they went 5-9. Much like Middaugh, EMU's head coach Ron Oestrike fields a young team. His top three hitters are all sophomores: outfielder Brian Neil (.362 batting average), infielder Dave Sast (.341), and outfielder Ron Smith (.340). Michigan will oppose Ohio Dominican, a team Middaugh has never faced, on Sunday. The Wolverines will play without the services of Ed Woolwine (.345) who joins shortstop Doug Kaiser on the injured list. The junior outfielder pulled a groin last Tuesday against Grand Valley and will miss a minimum of three weeks. Rleagan, SMU share mutual deception4 By CHRIS GORDILLO Shakespeare had it all wrong in Hamlet. Something is not rotten in the state of Denmark. Something is rotten in the state of Texas. The state's obsession with winning football games has blinded its citizens and civic leaders to a point that would make Vince Lombardi turn over in his grave. Last month the NCAA declared the Southern Methodist University football program dead for the 1987 season because of repeated rule violations. Most notable were the illegal payments of $60,000 to a number of football players. Gov. Bill Clements admitted that as chairman of SMU's board of governors he authorized phasing out the payments instead of stopping them immediately as the NCAA had ordered. The problem that developed at SMU is not confined to the state of Texas - though I hope no other state governor becomes an active contributor to the corruption of any kind of program. Rather, it is an uncanny reflection of the current state of the nation in the midst of the Iran-contra scandal. Clements' predicament parallels the problems of another elected politician, who has been associated with football, or at least football movies. Consider the following: - Reagan vehemently declares a policy forbidding any negotiations with countries who support terrorist acts and that the U.S. will not trade arms for hostages. Texas Gov. Bill Clements, following his resignation as chairman of SMU's board of governors in order to take office as governor, tells the press, "We are going to have a program that will comply in a full sense of integrity, to all the rules and regulations." This was said after SMU had already been put on probation four times by the NCAA. -The Tower commission investigation decisively concludes that the Reagan Administration did indeed sell arms for hostages and with the terrorist-supportive Iran. An NCAA investigation finds SMU guilty of breaking NCAA rules for a record seventh time. The school was still on probation from earlier violations. Integrity indeed. -Reagan has denied any personal involvement in channeling money from the arms sales to the contras. Clements has denied any personal involvement in channeling money to SMU athletes. -Reagan - "...when you make a mistake as this, you take your knocks, you learn your lessons, and then you move on. That's the healthiest way to deal with a problem." Clements - "It's a bitter pill to swallow, but we'll take our medicine and move forward and take whatever steps are necessary...to see that this does not happen again." It is yet to be legally proven that Reagan's renegades, John Poindexter and Ollie North, knowingly violated the Boland Amendment of Congress. The amendment barred military aid to the contras. When Clements was faced with the question of whether or not he ever authorized payments to players he replied, "Hell no. Absolutely not." At least Poindexter and North were smart enough to take the Fifth. Now Clements must face the public humiliation he deserves as an elected official caught in the web of deception. 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