Sports Monday Trivia Who are the only three Cubs to win the Cy Young award? Inside Sports Monday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 Griddes 2 Field Hockey 2 Cross Country 2 Q&A 3 Get Rich Quick 3 'M' Football Coverage 4 Willy the Wolverine 5 turn to the (For the answer, bottom of page 2) vn4 \ ti;; i .... :4 ti, 'ti : }, tiff. tilti 1 :": : \ . +{' The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday- October 16,1989 State of the State: It's Blue Spartan green faded with Perles' gameplan EAST LANSING - The fall colors beemed brightly throughout the Michigan State campus on Saturday. Looking around the Spartan athletic facilities, one could seethe blooming red, the yellow, and all the fading green. About the only thing brighter than the beautiful Indian Summer sun was the smile running across the face of Bo Schembechler, The play calling from the Michigan bench made the Michigan State victory extra pleasing. However, Bo could not look bad when compared with the ineptitude on the opposite sideline. While Bo directed his ground attack, George Perles' team sputtered. "We moved around a little bit and A dam ran from some different formations," B Schembechler said. "We didn't do ens on anything that was revolutionary, just things that we hadn't been doing." Spartan defensive end Travis Davis added: "In the first half (Michigan) came out in some formations that we haven't seen or practiced for. We went to the sidelines and the coaches told us * what to do. We changed defenses a little bit." g Michigan State committed y several key errors in the game, yet never let Michigan run away to victory. "It was a tough game to lose," Perles said. "I' certainly couldn't go into the locker room and have anything negative to say, any scolding." That's true George, your players don't deserve any tounge-lashings for your play lousy calling. The superior coaching showed on the games two crucial fourth down calls. When Bo had to ram in, he See BENSON, page 4 Defense keys win over Spartans by Steve Blonder Daily Football Writer EAST LANSING - After a week of football coaches imitating army generals by imposing martial law on players, and round-the-clock vigilante groups protecting their schools' traditions, everything re- turned to normal Saturday, as Michi- gan knocked off arch-rival Michigan State for the eighth time this decade. The Wolverine's 10-7 triumph was closer than the seven points oddsmakers predicted, but Michigan won't complain. "Closeness is only for horse- shoes," an elated Bo Schembechler pronounced after the game. "When you lose, you lose.... The best team won. What more can you say." For starters, the Michigan offense refused to be intimidated by a highly-regarded Spartan defense. The Wolverines rediscovered their ground IER1 game, which had been all but non- NEDaiy existent in recent weeks, in jumping to a quick lead. At one point, Michigan (4-1, 2- See BLUE, page 4 "We didn't play well," said Miami coach George Gwozdecky. "The reason they didn't is because of Mark Michaud." The Redskins finally broke through against Sharples to tie the score at the 7:17 mark of the third period when Saban took a pass from Ken House and drilled a shot into the upper left corner of the goal. And while the Wolverines disintegrated offensively, Sharples had to stand even taller. But at the 13:30 mark, Luik tipped a Scott See ICERS, page 3 Michigan safety Tripp Welborne shuts the door on Michigan State's Blake Ezor on third down during the Wolverines goal line stand at the end of the third quarter. On fourth and one the Wolverine defense stopped Ezor for a second time keying Michigan's 10-7 win. _ .: . . 'M lCers escape Redskins at 1-0-1 by Andrew Gottesman Daily Hockey Writer OXFORD, OH - Despite two third period collapses, the Michigan hockey team returned from a weekend series against Miami (OH) with a 2-2 tie Friday and a 7-4 win Saturday behind four Denny Felsner goals and one assist. "We've got to be a better third period team," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "That's where you win and lose games." Michigan (1-0-1 in the CCHA) entered the last period Friday night ahead, 1-0, but failed to put the Redskins (0-1-1) away as Joey Saban and Scott Luik each scored to give Miami a 2-1 lead. The Wolverines then mounted a comeback of their own, as Felsner notched his second goal of the night with only two and a half minutes remaining to tie the score. The first two periods had been dominated by a battle between Michigan goalie Warren Sharples and Miami's Mark Michaud. After Michigan took an early lead when Rob Brown and Dan Stiver fed Felsner for his first goal four minutes into the game, both teams' offenses struggled for 43 minutes against their own missed opportunities and the goaltending of Sharples and Michaud. Michaud finished, with 39 saves in regulation and had another seven in overtime for a total of 46. Sharples had 25 for the game. "Mark had a great game last night," Sharples said. "He made a lot of spectacular saves and that really lifts a team." __________________________________________________ S I . INFORMATION MAN Wolverine spikers easy hunting for By Steve Blonder Daily Sports Editor Almost every Michigan. resident has heard of football coach/athletic director Bo Schembechler. But most people have never heard of Bruce Madej (pronounced Mah -tee) despite being arguably "the most visible person" in the Michigan athletic department. But instead of leading a team on the field or prowling the sideline with a towel on his shoulder, Madej works behind the scenes as the Michigan Sports Information Director. Last year, he managed only one day off (including weekends) between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. 4"I neeever wanted to do this. Period," Madej said after perusing through a large stack of phone messages. But Madej was ready for a change in 1982 when Michigan called and asked him to take the SID job. Since then, Madej has stopped having to write, stuff, and mail each press release himself. "At this point I'm the promotions director and I'm the SID. That's why I'm an assistant athletic director because I've got two titles." Assistant SID Mike Murray, who was a student intern during Madej's days as an assistant, sees the promotion as a big boost. "They've given him a big vote of confidence upstairs by giving him assistant athletic director responsibilities," Murray said. "He Bruce Madej works forever as Michigan sSID Information office for 12 years, noted Madej's background as the source of his success. Madej wrote for the Ypsilanti Press and Ann Arbor News, worked in television and radio, and handled public relations for the American Powerboat Racing Association before rejoining the athletic department. "It's a hard job to do right because a lot of things are on deadline," Perry said. "He's a good man for the job because of all his experiences." Those who work with Madej described a side of him not often seen by outsiders. "He's a perfectionist," said student intern Brian Movalson. "He likes things to run smoothly and when they don't, his temper shows." But Murray said the job would be boring without these "Brucisms." "I wouldn't say there's any 'Wrath of Bruce', but there are certain Brucisms we enjoy down here. When things are a little crazy, you can always count on Bruce to lose it for a minute or two. He'll continue repeating the same phrase until he's tired of saying it. "We sort of sit around and wait for him to explode. I'm sure he thinks it creates tension in the office. But that's not the way it is when Bruce gets mad. He's an animated kind of guy." Detroit News writer Jim Spadafore said people's initial impressions of Madej, who always by Theodore Cox Daily Sports Writer1 EVANSTON - "We were bad." That statement by coach Joyce Davis summed up the Michigan' women's volleyball weekend. The Wolverines, 5-10 overall and 0-7 in the Big Ten, first lost to Wisconsin, 15-4, 15-7, 15-2,' Friday night in Madison, and then were shut down in Illinois by Northwestern 15-6, 15-7, 18-16 Saturday. The Michigan defense was non- existent in Wisconsin, allowing the Badgers Lisa Boyd and Susan Wohlford to have an offensive field day. Boyd hit .500 in the match and finished with 5 kills. Wohlford led the team with 9 kills and hit .444 herself. "We just didn't have any defense," Davis said. "We made mistakes but the difference was that we weren't able to bring the ball up on defense, thus we weren't able to generate any offense off our transition game." Kim Clover was the only Wolverine bright spot in the match. Clover led the team with a .467 hitting percentage and pounded 9 kills over the net. Against Northwestern, Davis toyed with the line-up throughout the match. Reserves Jennifer Paulson and Heather Wells were frequently used for backcourt purposes. First-year players Michigan started the first and third games in early 7-0 holes. The Wolverine's passes were lifeless, and the team reacted slowly on defense, especially on serves. Northwestern managed an incredible 22 service aces. "There have been times when we've had 22 serving errors," said Northwestern coach Jerry Angle. "So this was just one of those games where we worked all week on a lot of tough serving and it paid off." Michigan came alive midway 'We were bad,' - Michigan volleyball coach Joyce Davis through the third and final match. Team leaders Karen Marshall, Julia Sturm and Autumn Collins took charge leading the comeback. The Wolverines executed crisp passes and added direction to their spikes. As the game went on the team seemed to gain confidence, and their potential shined through. But Michigan's effort was too little too late. "I think they have some nice athletes," Angle said. "I felt for the third game the chemistry for them came together, but overall I think the chemistry of Michigan still needs to be learned." "Our communication wasn't Badgers and Wildcats