Sports Monday Trivia Who did Babe Ruth replace in right field for the Yankees? Inside Sports Monday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 AP Top 20 2 Griddes 2 Field Hockey 2 Swimming 2 Get Rich Quick 3 Q&A 3 'M' Football Coverage 4 'M' Volleyball Coverage 5 'M' Hockey Coverage 6 (For the answer, bottom of page 2) turn to the The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - November 6, 1989 Michigan slams Boilermakers Evasive 700th win not up to par with 'M' tradition The first of anything is supposed to be special. Like the first wedding in a family, the first child being born, or the first bar mitzvah. Saturday was another first as Michigan became the the first Division 1-A school to win 700 football games. Seven hundred games, with only 232 total losses. That's better than other football powers such as Alabama, Notre Dame, or Penn State. The only school to win more games is Yale with 753, but the Bulldogs do not compete in college football's upper echelon. Steve For Michigan to join the 700- club in such a poorly-played game is Blonder disheartening. It just seemed that Michigan would majestically win number 700, either by trouncing an opponent or pulling a victory out during the final minutes of play. It's only fitting considering Michigan's football tradition. Unlike at some other schools, tradition remains relatively Blonder untampered with at Michigan. The Wolverines have retained the winged helmet design, first used by the legendary Fielding H. Yost whose "Point-a-Minute" teams scored 2,821 points to the opponents 42, in addition to playing 56 consecutive games without a loss. The words to the fight song remain unchanged since Louis Elbel composed "The Victors" in 1898. And the school has not bucked tradition and adopted Wy the Wolverine or any other such inane proposal as x a mascot. Part of the winning tradition should have included a seven hundreth victory achieved by a performance up to the standard of excellence set by the winningest active coach in college football. But it didn't, and Michigan coach Bo Schembechler was the first to admit it. "What a 700. Fielding turned over and said, 'Bo, what the hell are you doing?' I'm sure he did. See BLONDER, page 4 QB can't evade Michigan by Richard Eisen Daily Football Writer As the Michigan Wolverines were on their way to all-time win No. 700 against Purdue last Saturday, legendary football coach Fielding H. Yost was probably looking down from football Valhalla and smiling. But the current Michigan football coach, a legend in his own time, had a different vision. "Fielding probably turned over and said, 'Bo, what the hell are you doing?"' Bo Schembechler said. After realizing that his statement could be considered sacrilege in some parts, Schembechler looked skyward and said, "I apologize, Fielding." Unfortunately, Yost didn't hear him because he was probably still dizzy from watching the scrambling Boilermaker quarterback Eric Hunter. Evading tackles all afternoon, the first-year quarterback seemed as if he had buttered up his uniform. A typical Purdue passing play Saturday would almost always include Hunter running around like a chicken without a head before uncorking a howitzer-like pass. "We chased him out of the pocket, but we contained (Hunter) most of the game," defensive tackle Chris Hutchinson said. "He was real mobile and as soon as the pocket See FOOTBALL, page 4 Buster Stanley rushes Purdue first-year quarterback Eric Hunter. However, Hunter completed 27 of 42 passes for 344 yards and four passing touchdowns. He scored the most touchdown passes ever against Michigan by an opposing quarterback. His performance was also the best performance by a Purdue quarterback against a Schembechler- coached team. - - _ ..,.., ... t Spikers suffer setbacks on road by Theodore Cox Daily Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, IN - Just another typical Big Ten weekend. The football team pounds Purdue, and the Michigan women's volley- ball team just gets pounded. The Wolverines (6-15 overall, 1-12 in the Big Ten) traveled to Ohio State and then Indiana, only to add two more losses to their dismal record. The Buckeyes dropped the Wol- verines quickly Friday night in Columbus by winning all three games, 15-6, 15-6, and 15-11. "We just had an off night and they played well like usual," said Michigan captain Karen Marshall. "Ohio State is a much better team. It was one of our typical bad matches; there's nothing positive to say about it." Michigan, with a hitting percentage of only .065, generated little offense against Ohio State. See VOLLEYBALL, page 5 Blue icers halt losing streak; ease past Bowling Green, 4-1 by David Hyman Daily Hockey Writer After only totalling 18 shots on goal Thursday night in Bowling Green, the Michigan hockey team responded with 38 Friday night in defeating the Falcons, 4-1, in its home opener. "We were more aggressive tonight," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We checked more and created more scoring opportunities." First-year defenseman Patrick Neaton agreed. "When we check we're going to create the chances. We worked a lot harder and checked a lot harder tonight than last night." The scoring opportunities were seen in the first period as leftwinger Don Stone started the scoring for Michigan (4-3-1 overall and in the CCHA) with only 3:19 left in the first period as Michigan was skat- ing with the man advantage. Right winger Ted Kramer received a drop pass from Stone as both skated up the left side and Kramer returned the pass to Stone who lofted a backhand over Bowl- ing Green's Angelo Libertucci short side, giving Michigan a 1-0 lead which it never relinquished. Libertucci was making his first start, let alone his first collegiate appearance. "(Libertucci) played really solid in practice and he deserved to play," Bowling Green coach Jerry York said. "I thought he played outstanding tonight and he'll play a lot of hockey for us this year. Berenson added: "I was surprised with his start But sooner or later, you've got to play your first game and tonight was his." "There were times when I was a bit shaky," Libertucci said. "But See ICE HOCKEY, page 6 Michigan hopes to land 16-year-old superstar by Peter Zellen Daily Hockey Writer OAK PARK - Eric Lindros, the 16-year old hockey player who is the consensus first pick in the 1991 NHL draft, will decide in one week whether he will attend the University of Michigan or play for the Canadian Junior National team. Lindros, a 6-foot-4, 215 pound center from Toronto has been playing for Compuware, an Oak Park based team in the North American Junior Hockey League. "I'll make my decision. This is what I'll need to use as a crutch to prepare for what's ahead," Lindros said referring to his life after hockey. If Lindros chooses to play for the national team then he would be trav- elling throughout Canada and Europe playing other junior national teams. No matter what his choice is though, no one questions Lindros' ability on the ice. Jim Rutherford, Compuware general manager and a former Red Wings goaltender believes he could play in the NHL right now. "Because See LINDROS, page 6 JKS CJUA. Kim Clover pounds the ball to a defender in a loss at Indiana. Student trainers find reward in their hard work by Matt Rennie Daily Sports Writer They work four hours a day, five days a week, generally with additional hours on weekends, and in their first year, they receive no pay. The first Thursday of every month, they wake up and head for the Donald Canham Natatorium. At 7 in the morning. They deal with the sweat, the blood, the pain, and the suffering, but never, no matter how well thPV~ ni-rdnrm u.,ll that. hai- nmafA A11_ Annrin however, is not the case. The Michigan Student Trainer Education Program, of which Burton is the co-ordinator, currently has twenty students involved as interns, and receives new applicants every fall. "I do enjoy it a lot," says Jason Gold, a fourth-year trainerawho isscurrently working football. "The drudgery can get to you, but when you get closer to game day, the energy is just amazing." MSTEP, in its third year of existence, offers major in order to become an intern. The emphasis here is clearly on hands-on experience, as opposed to classroom, theoretical learning. The closest thing to a classroom is the early-morning sessions once a month, but here the upperclassmen make presentations to the rest of the group, which helps to polish their oratory skills. "A lot of training is public speaking, and a lot is teaching," said Burton. "And some of this make::'Red "Wing OldTiersbow e with1O 6: S .x . jai , '.." 410 I I