0 Hockey vs. Notre Dame Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena SPORTS Wrestling vs. Northwestern Sunday, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Tuesday, February 7, 1989 Page 8 Lory Knapp KapFrom theKnp SackL It's that time of year again. Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue, the best marketing strategy since sliced bread, has hit the newsstands. The swimsuit edition is often criticized for its exploitation of women. And, while I may agree that 'Swimsuit Issue' is a euphemism for skin magazine, that is not the subject of this column. My gripe is of a different nature. Sports Illustrated is my magazine too! And the market magicians at SI should be attuned to my interests. Sports Illustrated is a sports magazine, plain and simple. It is not a sports magazine for men, nor is it a sports magazine for women. Just a sports magazine. I RECEIVE Sports Illustrated in the mail every week, as do many other females I know. Sports Illus- trated has a significant female reader- ship, albeit a minority. So there should be a representa- tive amount of men appearing, in the male equivalents of the swim- suits the females wear, in this spe- cial issue. Male friends with whom I have discussed this matter of the swimsuit edition offer two arguments. The first was something about the swimsuits being the latest in fashion for women and I should be x .:.: Swimsuit Issue is only nartly there glad to see them. That's a good one. WELL, IF the majority of subscribers are men, why aren't they treated to a preview of the up-and- coming in men's swimwear, like we lucky women are? It seems only fair in this world think I want to see women clad in transparent, nearly non-existent bathing suits, in my sports magazine? This year the swimsuit catalogue and the sports issue are in different magazines. So that means there is nothing in this entire bulk of colorful pages that I'd be interested in. But if the magazine was half women and half men, that would be a different story. NEXT YEAR, however, things will return to normal and the two magazines will be combined once again, but still without men. Now, I am not naive enough to think that Sports Illustrated s exec- utives would ever discontinue the best-selling issue of any magazine. Nor do I deny that this issue is a brilliant economic move. However, this issue would be an even bigger seller if males were included. Women who are not nor- mally subscribers would buy a well- done issue of male models. I believe that equal representation should be given to all subscribers regarding the Swimsuit Issue. For every female who appears in a swimsuit, there should be a propor- tionate amount of males in swim- suits. After all, my subscription costs the same as my brother's. *1 DAPV IDLULIN I/ Sophomore Kirk Taylor could be the answer to coach Bill Frieder's guard woes, but his play has been inconsistent. Many people believe that Taylor's lack of playing time has been the cause of his inconsistency. Why not Jim Palmer? that they, too, receive the immense benefit of having a swim catalogue and sports issue all rolled into one. The second argument, and my personal favorite, I might add, went something like this, 'I don't want to see beefy guys in my sports magazine.' Aha! Well what makes the men Women's track faces setback in Ohio Taylor tired o BY.ADAM SCHRAGER Who is tired of Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder complaining, "Our biggest problem is that we don't have another guard that can play alongside Rumeal Robinson?" Sophomore guard Kirk Taylor is tired, that's who. And with Taylor's defensive effort against Michigan State last Saturday, he may have more than a few points to challenge his coach's assertion. "When the coach has confidence in me, I have confidence in myself," said Taylor, who was Ohio's class 3A Player-of-the-Year his senior season in high school. "It felt good to play the quality minutes that I feel I deserve." BECAUSE THE coaching staff has viewed Taylor's play as inconsistent, deserving minutes have been scarce for him this year. Taylor's Space Mountain-like season started with an outstanding per- formance in the Maui Classic, which the Wolverines won. The high caliber of teams seemed to bring out the best in Taylor as he recorded career-highs in both points (12) and assists (6) against basketball power BY MICHAEL SPIRO For the first time since the begin- ning of the season, the women's indoor track team failed to continue its streak of improvement as the Wolverines placed third overall at the Lady Buckeye meet in Columbus, Ohio last Saturday. "Our goal was to win that meet," Michigan coach James Henry said. "We had some opportunities to win, but didn't get some points from f tough times where we should have." Michigan placed third, with 103 points, among a field of eight schools. Ohio State (125 points) and Eastern Michigan (105 points) placed first and second respectively. One of the problems the Wol- verines faced was a recent bout of the flu that kept seven team members from competing last weekend. But, "those that were there," Henry said, "I thought were competitive and they competed to the best of their ability." Among the standouts were Mindy Rowand, who placed first in both the 500-meter and 1000-meter races, and Alison Smith, who captured first place in the pentathalon. Other strong performances for Michigan were turned in by Dana Davidson, with second place finishes in the 55-meter hurdles and the pentathalon, and by Kim Haluscsak, who took second in the 3000-meters. Starry Hodge finished third in the shotput with a throw of 47-feet, 21/2- inches. This was the first week the team had regressed after three steady meets of substantial improvement. There were areas where the team didn't improve at all. One area was in the high jump in which Michigan failed to place. Lisa DeVries, the team's best high jumper had been sick all week and was just getting better. "Look at Kirk Taylor," said ESPN commentator Bill Raftery, who broadcasted the Wolverines' victory over Oklahoma in the championship game. "The guy handled (Oklahoma's) Mookie Blaylock easily and he's an All-American. I cannot believe he's not getting more minutes." BUT RAFTERY has not seen.Taylor since his performance in Hawaii. Since then, Taylor has played an occasional solid game, such as tallying 10 points and four rebounds against Northwestern and 11 points and five rebounds against Central Michigan. But Frieder has not been happy with his play. He went so far as to say last week after the Purdue game, in which Taylor was on an up-swing, that sometimes "(Taylor) checks in for the other team." Against Michigan State Taylor scored only three points. However, he helped hold Spartan guard Kirk Manns, last week's Big Ten Player-of-the-Week, to only 10 points. Nearing the halfway point of the Big Ten season, Michigan is still wondering whether Taylor will develop consistency on a game-to-game basis. I Our specials start with a fresh salad and end with a whole lot more! Tuesday. Feast on a salad bar and barbequed chicken wingers. Wednesday. Salad bar and some irresistible lasagna. G d51irM Specials good until 9 p.m. Daily. CharleyS No other discounts or coupons apply. Sorry, no carry outs. Oklahoma. Gymnasts' high can't top Gophers BY MARK KATZ Michigan women's gymnastics coach Dana Kempthorn had con- sidered a win at this past weekend's dual meet at the University of Minnesota to be a realistic pos- sibility. But the Gophers squeezed out a four-point victory even though the Wolverines put together their best overall point total of the season. Michigan's 181.65 score topped last weekend's total by over a point, a feat which satisfied Kempthorn. "I think the meet went really well for us," she said. "Getting this type of score on the road is really pleasing. I felt the team really pulled together on every event." The meet was highlighted by some record performances. Mich- igan's Kim Crocker took fourth place on the bars with a personal collegiate best score of 9.15, and junior Julie Duckworth attained a season best on beams with a 9.3. In addition, the team's per- formance in the floor exercises was "the best we've ever done." Mich- igan averaged a 9.1- on floor routines. Chris Furlong came in fifth place and Angela Williams placed third to lead the Wolverines. While Kempthorn thought her team could have come closer to the Gophers, she was not too surprised with Minnesota's high point total. "Minnesota does this everywhere; they gradually improve during the season and their scores have reflected that," she explained. "We probably could have come closer, but we had too many falls on bars, and that's what hurt us." 0i I JOSTENS GOLD RING SALE IS COMING! 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