Wrestling vs. Illinois Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Friday, January 15, 1988 Women's Basketball vs. Ohio State Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler. Arena The Michigan Daily U ' delays A D decision By SCOTT G. MILLER The University is still without a new athletic director. Despite reports earlier in the week, no announcement was made at the University's Board of Regents monthly meeting yesterday. Current athletic director Don Canham is retiring July 1. A decision could come at the February or March regents' meetings according to Regent Paul Brown (D-Petoskey). "We're not in a hurry," said Brown. "We'll take as long as required to find the right person." The search for that right person will con- tinue this month. Reportedly, Michigan head football coach Bo Schembechler will soon be interviewed by the regents. The regents would have interviewed Schembechler in December, but the 19-year Wolverine coach underwent heart surgery. Schembechler is on record as saying he is "interested in what is best for Michigan." He also has stated he will continue to coach. Whether the regents allow him to hold both positions remains to be seen. Sources close to the Michigan athletic department say if Schembechler chooses not to hold both jobs or is not allowed to, associate athletic director Don Lund would succeed Canham. Another possible candidate, Arizona State athletic director Charles Harris, is no longer interested in the position, according to the Sun Devil sports information department. North Carolina athletic director John Swofford withdrew his name from consideration last month. Reportedly, Swof- ford was the personal choice of ex-University president Harold Shapiro. Pag e 10 Recurringnightmare Icers hope to survive Chicago BY ADAM SCHRAGER The Hyde Park Hilton. The setting for the excitement in last season's Michigan hockey trip to Chicago or in other words, the Bates Motel of college hockey. The Wolverines are staying at The Days Inn this weekend in their attempt to maintain fourth place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Associa- tion and steer clear of the illness that led to a 13- 3 loss and a series sweep for Illinois-Chicago one year ago. Whether it was food poisoning or the flu, the illness that struck last season on Halloween weekend rendered Michigan helpless after its 5-2 loss in the first game of the series. Six players did not leave the hotel and two more left the ice in the middle of the 13-3 defeat, leaving only 14 players suited and healthy enough to play. Every time the Wolverines changed skaters, almost half the Michigan bench emptied. The two teams, which split earlier this season in Ann Arbor, are jockeying for the final home spot in the CCHA playoffs. Illinois, which has played two fewer conference games than the Wolverines, occupy fifth place, only three points behind the Wolverines. "EVEN THOUGH there are a few series left, this series is important because we would love to play our playoff games here in Chicago," said Flames head coach Val Belmonte. "A sweep this weekend would do wonders for this team. Maybe Michigan has not psychologically recovered from last year's sickness. It's a possibility, isn't it?" Another psychological battle transpiring will deal with Michigan assistant coach Larry Pedrie returning to his previous post and coaching against a Flame team that he primarily recruited. "It's going to be intense," said Pedrie. "I want to win more than ever. I know that they feel the same way, so when we go out to dinner together, I am going to make sure that I watch my food closely." The Flames are led by senior center Jeff Nel- son, whose 36 points rank among the league's top ten. Nelson, who was one of Pedrie's blue- chip recruits, is aided by Barry McKinlay, who holds almost every Illinois-Chicago defenseman scoring record in only his sophomore year. THE UIC POWER PLAY ranks next to last in the league by recording an anemic 22 per cent of its chances. While the Flames man advantage has been as visible as Norman Bates' mother, its penalty killing squad has scored eleven goals, almost half the number scored on its power play. The Wolverines are coming off another series split, their eighth of the season. This split per- sonality team has led observers to make an un- avoidable comparison between head coach Red Berenson and Anthony Perkins-Norman Bates. Last weekend, Ohio State rebounded from two deficits against a banged up Michigan squad. At that time the three top right wingers on the team, Brad McCaughey, Joe Lockwood, and Billy Powers were all out with injuries. Their status this weekend is not yet determined. A controversy over who will play goalie for the Wolverines continues with sophomores War- ren Sharples and Glen Neary vying for the posi- tion. Both could feasibly play this weekend. Whichever does not play however, it is almost guaranteed that with all the strange happenings in Chicago last season, he will stay away from the showers. Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Michigan's Sean Baker skates between University of Illinois-Chicago defenders earlier this season at Yost Ice Arena. Baker and the rest of the Wolverines face the Flames this weekend in Chicago, where last year a strange illness befell many members of the team. PERSONALIZED AND DISTINCTIVE Serving You: - JERRY *LARRY " DAN TUES-THURS MON & WED FRI-SAT ead&;70M BARBERS & STYLISTS HAIR STYLING FOR THE ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL 1 MEN "WOMEN "CHILDREN APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE 'M' tankers host Purdue, No. 2 Stanford By TAYLOR LINCOLN Tonight the Michigan men's and women's swimming teams embark on their most challenging weekend of the season thus far, when they. host Purdue in their first Big Ten dual meet of the '87-'88 season at Matt Mann Pool (7:30 p.m. start- ing time). Tomorrow, the second ranked 8:30 TO 8:00 8:00 TO 5:30 WE WANT TO THANK ALL OUR LOYAL a CUSTOMERS OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS BECAUSE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ISe 1 808 S. STATE STREET (BETWEEN HILL AND PACKARD) ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 and defending national champion, Stanford Cardinal travels to Ann Arbor to take on the men at 5 p.m., while the women host Ohio State, last year's Big Ten runner up at 1:30 p.m. Although the Boilermakers fin- ished eighth in the conference last year, Michigan men's head coach Jon Urbanchek maintains a healthy respect for them. "Purdue is a very solid Big Ten team," he said. "This year they should be in the top five in the conference." The Wolverines contest with Purdue will be difficult because many of Michigan's top swimmers will rest in preparation for tomor- row's collision with Stanford. Stanford was not originally on Michigan's schedule. The opportu- nity for tomorrow's meet arose after Harvard canceled its scheduled meet with the Cardinal. "It will be the first time in the decade that an NCAA champ will come to Ann Arbor," Urbanchek said. "This will also be the last re- ally major dual meet held in Matt Mann Pool (Michigan's new swimming complex opens next year)." Elite swimming teams like Become a Daily Photographer!? . Backgammon Table Soccer Table Tennis Bowling Chess Darts Pool Michigan and Stanford spend the entire season training for conference meets and the NCAA meet, thus their times are not expected to be that good. The meet, however, will allow both teams to gauge their relative abilities. "Since neither team is tapered (a swimming term for easing up con- ditioning prior to important meets), the Stanford meet will be a kind of checkpoint for :where we are," said Urbanchek. Currently, the sixth-ranked Wol- verines are the only non-Sun Belt team in the top 10. Gregg packs bags for SMU DALLAS (AP) - Forrest Gregg left his head coaching job with the Green Bay Packers and returned to his alma mater yesterday to start anew the scandal-rocked football program at Southern Methodist. SMU, slapped with the NCAA's so-called death penalty, won't start playing until the 1989 season. The NCAA banned football at SMU for the 1987 season in a slush fund scandal that reached the governor's office. It was the first application of the NCAA's death penalty for a football program. T-SHIRT PRINTING HIGH QUALITY LOW PRICES SINCE 1973 1002 PONTIAC TR. 994-1367 A CUI Campus Games Tournament Saturday, Jan 23 Regionals February 26 and 27 at The University of Michigan - Flint Register at the Billiards & Games Room_ Michigan Union, Second Floor For More information call 763-5786 Sponsored by Arts and Programming 4 The Michigan Daily: Of the Students, 4 The Michigan Daily:* Of the Students, By the Students, For the Students... 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