Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan Saturday, 1 p.m. Ray Fisher Stadium SPORTS Men's Rugby vs. Detroit and Windsor teams Saturday, noon Mitchell Field The Michigan Daily Friday, March 24, 1989 Page 9 SEVEN OF NATION'S TOP 20 GYMNASTICS TEAMS MEET AT BIG TENS Numbers don't faze Michigan BY JEFF SHERAN 4,5,6,8,10,15,18. No, this is no arithmetic sequence. It's the assemblage of national rankings present at the Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships today in Madison. Michigan (15th) has been outclassed all season by conference foes Illinois (fourth), Ohio State (sixth), and Minnesota (fifth), but pos- sesses one final chance to surpass their power- house rivals. The Big Ten is unquestionably the strongest gymnastics conference in the nation, so placing highly in the tournament would com- mand nationwide prestige. Wolverines' coach Bob Darden, perhaps as optimistic as Sparky Anderson, approaches the meet with great zeal. "We look forward to hitting our crescendo in Wisconsin. The Big Tens are a real dog race, but we can make a run with the best." WISCONSIN assistant coach Mike Dutelle sees Michigan's chances differently. "The tournament is certainly not a free-for-all. There's little or no chance of anyone even coming close to Illinois, Ohio State, or Minnesota. But the other competition (between the remaining four teams) should.be a great race." The "other competition" includes eighth- ranked Iowa, tenth-ranked Wisconsin, Michigan, and 18th-ranked Michigan State. Although the Wolverines have not beaten any of the other teams in regular-season meets, they can overtake them in the standings with a strong showing today. "We are bursting with untapped capacity, so there's no telling what we can or cannot do. The rankings are determined by this last tourney, so we're going to make a go of it," said Darden. Untapped capacity is a term with which Dut- elle agrees. "Michigan has an extremely strong freshman class. They're still young, so it is difficult to do well in the Big Ten, but they can be outstanding within one, probably two years." THE WOLVERINES must compete with- out standout Jim Round, which undoubtedly hinders their overall performance. But other detri- mental injuries seem to have all healed in time for the meet. Glenn Hill, the Wolverines' best pommel horse performer, had cracked a toe on the parallel bars in practice two weeks ago, an injury which sidelined him for two meets. But he returns for the Big Tens, an addition which Darden refers to as "money in the bank." John Mains, a steady all-arounder, has been bothered by a tender ankle. He missed a meet and then competed in only certain events up until last weekend, but now enters the tournament at full strength. LIZ STEKETEE/DaRy Sophomore Stacy Berg has regained the form that made her Michigan's top singles player. Her play has helped Michigan to four consecutive wins after an 0-7 start. M'netters trip is notakehoetest BY JEFF SHERAN With four straight home victories to boost its confidence, the Michigan women's tennis team leaves the friendly confines of the Track and Tennis Building to face Miami of Ohio today, followed by Ohio State and Indiana. Ohio State hosts Michigan's first conference match since February 17, when the winless Wolverines lost to Northwestern at home. The Wolverines then proceeded to compile an 0-7 record. Now, however, with a 4-7 record, Michigan must gear up for the to battle Big Ten opponents and improve last season's fifth-place standing. "We were still shuffling our singles and doubles around a few weeks ago," said coach Elizabeth Ritt. "Now we're set in our rotation and set upon moving up in the conference." Defeating Indiana, last season's Big Ten champions, would be a giant step in the right direction. The team can do so when they travel to Bloomington Sunday for a tough match with the Hoosiers. "A win here would really establish us among the Big Ten, and do ,wonders for our confidence. These players need to know they can win," Ritt said. Confidence has apparently been a great impetus to the recent success of the team. After beginning the month with wins over Bowling Green and Toledo, Michigan last week defeated Western Michigan and Eastern Mich- igan, to whom they had lost in October. The team has regained the services of sixth singles player Jennifer Lev, who returns from a back injury, and first singles player Stacy Berg, who, after struggling earlier in the season, has been winning of late. Bo blasts former stars The battle for supremacy in Washtenaw Bragging rights to the winner of Michigan-Eastern baseball weekend series BY DAVID HYMAN Still looking to improve in verines swept a doubleheader from Second baseman Matt Morse has The Michigan baseball team almost every area of the game, the Grand Valley State as Mid-daugh been another offensive leader with a continues its non-conference sched- Wolverines biggest problem might used nine different pitchers in only .370 average, including two round- ule with back-to-back home and be replacing last year's pitching rot- 14 innings. He did not let anyone trippers. home twinbills with Eastern Mich- ation, which saw three pitchers leave throw too long, enabling the However, the Wolverines will igan tomorrow and Sunday. to try out for major league teams. manager to choose who he wants face some tough pitching this The Hurons, 7-4, travel west Michigan head coach Bud Mid- during the weekend. weekend in Huron starters Doug down Washtenaw Avenue to take on daugh is in search of some consis- Offensively, rightfielder Phil Martin and Steve Irwin. Martin has a the Wolverines with a 1 p.m. start at tency and steadiness, looking to see Price has been one of the leaders. 3-0 record with a 4.30 ERA and Ray Fisher Stadium tomorrow. On who will be part of this year's carrying a .432 average and having Irwin has a 1.80 ERA to support his Sunday, Michigan, 8-4, will travel starting rotation. reached base 13 straight times head- 2-0 record. to Ypsilanti at 1 p.m. ON WEDNESDAY, the Wol- ing into tomorrow's games. FIRST BASEMAN Mickey S a l s a d s Y Smerek contributes. much to the Huron offense. He is hitting .333, leading the team with 10 RBI's and. 11 runs scored batting from the cleanup position. Lead-off and steady contact hitter Ron Smith is batting .500 (8-16) while playing in eight of the 11 games. These are the first games Eastern will play since March 11, when they defeated Lewis University, 6-5, on their spring trip in Florida. Tomorrow's and Sunday's games will be different from those games played in Florida as the Hurons will need to adjust to a 30-degree drop in temperature expected this weekend. The Wolverines have already had some time to get accustomed to the colder climate, playing in 35 degree weather on Wednesday, and this may prove to be to their advantage. CHICAGO (AP) - Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler on Wednesday called players Garland Rivers and Robert Perryman a dis- grace for signing with agents while they still had college eligibility. Schembechler told federal jurors in the trial of agents Norby Walters and Lloyd Bloom that he would have thrown the players off the team had he known they signed contracts and took money from the defendants in violation of NCAA rules. Bloom, 29, and Walters, 58, are charged with fraud, racketeering and extortion in signing college players as clients and allegedly threatening some to keep them from jumping to other sports agents. Schembechler, also the athletic director at Michigan, said when he learned in the spring of 1987 that the two players had lied to him about their eligibility, he told Rivers: "You could have cost us a Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl game. "I told him he was a disgrace to Michigan football, that he would get no grant-in aid, he was suspended from the team, his locker is cleaned and his picture taken off the wall." DAVID LUBLINER/Daily Michigan shortstop Chris Gagin avoids a tag from Grand Valley State first basemen Tim Fritz in Wednesday's the Wolverines sweep of the Lakers at Fisher Stadium. Michigan, now 8-4 on the season, will try to continue their winning ways against Eastern Michigan. When Rivers returned to Ann Arbor in 1988 to finish college, the University cut off his scholarship. Earlier in the trial, Perryman and Rivers testified they had taken loans and signed pro representation con- tracts with the agents before their senior season in 1986. NCAA rules forbid athletes from signing with an agent or accepting any payments, even loans, until their eligibility is over. . Defense attorneys contend the agents were victims of money-hun- gry athletes, and have attempted to challenge the collegiate athletic system. The government contends Walters and Bloom defrauded seven univer- sities by signing student athletes before their eligibility had expired, in violation of NCAA rules. 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