I Page 10 -The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, January 26, 1988 GRAPPLERS IMPRESSIVE ON ROAD Fisher, Gotcher key win I By RICHARD EISEN The road can be a tough place to be in the Big Ten. Ask Michigan wrestling coach Dale Bahr. His team's 1986-87 season was practically destroyed by an Illinois road trip last year. This year, however, the road has treated the 13th- ranked Wolverines kinder, at least for now. Last Friday, Michigan travelled to Evanston to face the Northwestern Wildcats and blew them away, 26-9. The dual victory was the fourth straight for Michigan, now 4-0 in the Big Ten. THIS VICTORY did not come as easy as the other three. William Waters, Michigan's 118-pounder, usually gives the Wolverines a quick three point lead by winning the first match. On Friday, he lost his match to NCAA qualifier Jack Griffin, turning the tables, putting Michigan in a 3-0 deficit for the first time this year. "Will's an important wrestler from the standpoint of setting the tempo of the match," said Bahr. "It did affect us a little bit, but knowing we had a forfeit the next match and then Fisher after that at 134, we didn't feel too bad." Northwestern had to forfeit the 126 match, giving the Wolverines six points, because their wrestler, Alan Seelye-James, severely sprained his ankle the week before. The forfeit helped the Wolverines immensely, giving them a three point lead going into All-American John Fisher's match. FISHER WRESTLED Joey Bales, a rematch of last year's Big Ten championship match, which Fisher won 6-2. It wasn't as close this time as Fisher decisioned Bales, 12-5. Fisher is now 26-1 in overall dual matches, undefeated in the Big Ten. Larry Gotcher, Michigan's 142-pounder, turned in a great performance against Kenny Thompson, smashing him, 11-1. Gotcher, who injured his knee in the Virginia Duals two weeks ago; had had a tough week, losing to three NCAA qualifiers. Overcoming all these problems to convincingly beat his opponent impressed Bahr. "That was an excellent win for Larry," said Bahr. "He hurt himself before and didn't get much practice and just hammered the kid from Northwestern." The 177-pound class had been the weakest link in the Michigan line up so far this season and those problems continued on Friday night as Fritz Lehrke lost to Northwestern's Mark Whitehead. Bahr plans to have tryouts again this week for the weight class to decide who will travel to Lehigh next weekend. In other matches, Michigan's Joe Pantaleo, Mike Amine, Jerry Curby, and Bob Potokar won, while Sam Amine suffered his first collegiate loss. 4 I 4 SPORTS OF THE DAILY Tracksters place well at EMU Undefeated heavyweight champion Mike Tyson spoils Larry Holmes' "Shock the World" comeback in Atlan- tic City with a fourth-round TKO. Tyson registered three knockdowns before the referee stopped the fight. I By JOHN McDERMOTT The Michigan women's track team continued its season last Saturday when it travelled to Ypsilanti for an unscored meet hosted by Eastern Michigan. Schools in attendence included Kansas and the University of Southern California as well as many local colleges. While nobody from Michigan placed first in an event, many faired well. The best finish by a Wolverine was turned in by Sonia Payne who earned fourth place in the shotput with a throw of 47'6 1/2". Starry Hodge was sixth in that event with a heave of 44'5". % In the running events, fifth place finishes were turned in by Gillian Osborne (400 meter,1:00.47), Chris Danks (1000 meter, 3:06.6), and Dana Davidson (200 meter, 25.7 seconds). Melissa Thompson placed sixth in the mile with a time of 5:02.39, and Caitlin Spaan finished seventh in the 800 meter running 2:26.33. Next Saturday, the team will compete in the Can-Am Classic in Windsor, Ontario. Thinclads perform well The Michigan men's track team was in action for the second time this season as it hosted the unscored Michigan Relays on Saturday. The meet produced several impressive performances including four first place finishes. The invitational 3,000 meter run was won by John Scherer with a time of 8:17.77. The 3,000 meter run open race was also captured by a Wolverine, as Tim Fraleigh crossed the line in 8:45.63. In the field events, Dave Irvine placed first in the pole vault with a jump of 16'0". Michigan's two mile relay squad (Thomas Fitzsimmons, Robert Rinck, Neal Newman, and Scherer) was the final first place ef- fort by the team with a time of 7:45.90. Next Saturday, the Wolverines will host Notre Dame and North- western in a triple meet in Ann Ar- bor. -JOHN McDERMOTT Heyward turning pro PITTSBURGH (AP) - All- American running back Craig "Ironhead" Heyward said yesterday he will skip his last year at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh to play. in the NFL next season. "I plan to petition the NFL," Heyward told Pittsburgh television stations yesterday. "My reasons for doing that (are) being a father and coming from a family of eight - you know, a low- income family - so I think the de- cision that I'm going to make is the decision for me," Heyward told WPXI-TV. HEYWARD SAID Pitt Coach Mike Gottfried did not know of his decision despite a meeting with him only hours earlier. "His decision was to persuade me to come back and to finish the educational part of it and I had my mind made up I wanted to turn pr and he had a somewhat hesitant reaction to it," Heyward said. "I can't say I'm surprised, but I am disappointed," Gottfried said immediately after Heyward's an- nouncement. The 6-foot, 280-pound Heyward, a redshirt junior, can't be selected in the regular NFL draft in April be- cause he has college eligibility re- maining and has not graduated, but could petition for a supplemental draft should he sign with an agent and forfeit his remaining eligibility. "I didn't know he was going to do it," Gottfried said. "He's got his mind made up and is acting on ad- vice from someone else. They say he's a top draft choice, but that's no given yet. "He's got another year yet and could enhance his chances by staying in school, but he's got (agents) blowing things in his ear and I don't know what they are telling him." Heyward said he was a "little frustrated" with the way the univer- sity handled a recent incident in which Heyward was involved in an altercation with a campus police- woman. Heyward's decision came hours after Gottfried suspended him for failing to attend classes this semester. Pitt's Lane breaks glass PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pitt for- ward Jerome Lame shattereddthe backboard on a breakaway slam dunk with 16:24 left in the first half of last night's game against Provi- dence, forcing a delay while a new board was installed. Lane, the 6-foot-6 junior who led the nation in rebounding last season, took off from the foul line on a one- hand slam, bringing down the rim and shattering the Plexiglas board. The board shattered instantly with pieces flying as far back as the foul line. Lane's slam gave Pitt an 8-5 lead. There were no injuries reported. THE SPORTING VIEWS By JOSHUA RAY LEVIN Special to the Daily ATLANTIC CITY-After the fight was over, after the crowd had fled Convention Hall and filed into the casinos, after Larry Holmes regained his consciousness, undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson found himself staring into his future. He was staring at Michael Spinks. Spinks, the "People's Champion," and his personal promoter Butch Lewis, barged in on the riotous Tyson post-fight interview session and stole the real champion's spotlight. Many in the crowd began screaming for a fight right then and there between the two boxers. Tyson remained at the mike long enough to say once again, "I'll fight any man in the world" and "bring him on" before he snuck out the back door. In the less than tactful world of boxing promotions, Spinks' intrusion was not so much rude as it was par for the course. In fact, Michael Spinks was by far a bigger issue among those involved in the boxing scene than Tyson's unfortunate opponent. Holmes' self-imposed quarantine from the media added to the media's already lowly opinion of him. The only time that the press saw Larry Holmes before the fight was at the weigh-in, when Holmes tipped the scales at the most he had ever weighed for a fight in his life. Any hope among Holmes' fans that the former champion would regain the quickness and endurance that helped make him such a good champion, dwindled rapidly as he took off his shirt. Even had Holmes been in shape, the overwhelming majority of fight fans and media "experts" wouldshave stood behind the seemingly indestructible Tyson. "Iron Mike" is the undisputed, undefeated champion of the world. He has dispatched of nearly, half of his opponents in the first round. He is the powerhouse who can throw four-punch combinations in less than one second. He is the granite-chinned brawler who has never been close to being rocked in the ring. "Iron Mike" Tyson is also the third highest paid television performer in the world. Sharing the spotlight with the fight and the Spinks talk was HBO's announcement Friday morning that it had signed Tyson to a one-year deal that will most likely net the champion 50 million dollars for just six fights. Only Bill Cosby and Tyson wins..- 0 0 sp inks waWLi Oprah Winfrey will be paid more than Tyson this year for being on the tube. The deal works like this: Tyson fights six bouts in the next twelve months. HBO televises them'. Tyson picks up a check for $26.5 million from HBO. He also picks up percentages of the fights' gate receipts, international TV rights, and site payments, which will in all equal 50 big ones. The schedule will take Tyson all over the world. He plans to -fight in Tokyo in March, London in June, and Italy in September. Although the year looks rough, if only due to the travelling, Tyson maintains his eagerness to fight. "I wouldn't do it if I wasn't sure I could handle it." The Tyson-HBO world tour has picked its fighters more for their global marketability than for their chances of creating an interesting fight. According to the promoter of the bouts,Tyson will meet Tony Tubbs in Japan because, "the Japanese want to see a long fight." It also probably has something to do with the fascination the Japanese seem to have with slow, fat American athletes. Tyson will also meet Britain's Frank Bruno in Wembley Stadium, and European champion Fransesco Damiani of Italy in either Milan or Rome. While these and the other, as yet unannounced fights on the six-fight slate are great promotional op- portunities, they lack the talent needed to give Tyson a decent fight. The problem is that there are few, if any legitimate challengers for Tyson to fight. Tyson sees only Michael Spinks as a legitimate future challenger. Unfortunately, Michael Spinks is not one of the fighters expected to be in the Half-Dozen. At least, not yet. There is a provision in the HBO contract that will allow for the inclusion of a Spinks fight, should Lewis and Tyson co-manager Jim Jacobs come to and agreement about purses. Rumors flying around Atlantic City include a winner-take-all fight, with the survivor bagging well over twenty million dollars for the night's work. It is a good bet that terms will be worked out for the Spinks bout. It is also a good bet that, although he is a better fighter than other opponents Tyson will face anytime soon, Michael Spinks will also end up on his butt. And its a good bet that, like his predecessor, Holmes, Mike Tyson will laugh all the way to the bank. I 0 4 3, t o -l L o I * Nippon Motorola Limited will be on campus February 9, 1988. Together we can make it happen - as Nippon Motorola Ltd. offers you the opportunity to come home to family, friends and a brilliant future with the world leader in microelectronic components and systems. Right now, outstanding career opportunities are available in our ultra-modern Tokyo facilities, Aizu Wakamatsu, and the new factory of the future in Sendai. Summer internships in the States are also available. 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