Sports Monday Trivia Baseball's winningest left-hander didn't notch the first of his 363 victories until he was 28. Who was he? (For the answer, turn to the bottom of page 2) Inside Sports Monday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 AP Top 20 2 Griddes 2 Bowl Lineup 2 'M' Football Coverage 2 Q&A 3 Get Rich Quick 3 'M' Baseball Coverage 5 Volleyball 5 r The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - November 27, 1989 .-------------- -- .*.*.- . "; :A 1"1L1: e r: :;.:1i":"S :it.". i'':.:1"': :5 1'J}:~Y bull~ f~yVaaMua - :lp~ ri Un~l t5 tii~~~~twU~ a :4.l:".}] aU/y.m.. S..'t.....d.... . bhwt"rAin l" Cim....* ~n ~s~ns ke...:. X23 : '33 C l * it1 ~a - :tth Adam Schrager Adam's Rib As you enter the Michigan football team's meeting room, you see a mural painted on the back wall in indelible maize and blue ink, with the words "Back-to-Back" highlighted. To Michigan players, back-to-back is not a request for 6-foot-7 offensive tackle Greg Skrepenak to stand next to 5-foot-8 kicker Gulam Khan to see who is taller. Maybe if it was second grade, in gym class, but in the Wolverine meeting room, it means something different. The mural is there to inspire and motivate the Wolverines to their second straight outright Big Ten championship, which they accomplished with Saturday's 28-18 victory over Ohio State. With the title, Michigan became the first Rose Bowl becoming a second home for Michigan team since Duffy Daugherty's 1965 and 1966 Michigan State squads to win two consecutive outright titles. "We're the first team in 23 years to win back-to-back outright championships," Schembechler said. "After the loss to Notre Dame, this team has come back to win 10 straight games...It's due to a great group of kids." The last time this happened, the Cleveland Indians' pennant-less streak was at only 18 years and polka-dots were hip. Schembechler was a mere babe in the woods at age 37. "You have to realize how impressive that is," said Ohio State head coach John Cooper, referring to the two outright championships, not Schembechler's age in 1966. "Outside of two kickoff returns this season and something like five points last year, they could easily be the No. 1 team in the country for the past two years. But Schembechler won't think about a National Championships or No. 1 rankings. All he is thinks about is that in all the times he has won Big Ten titles (1969, '71, '72, '73, '74, '76, '77, '78, '80, '82, '86, '88 and '89); this is his first back-to-back outright title. "The only time I'll celebrate is tonight," said a sighing Schembechler. "This is for the players." The Wolverine players, who will have the opportunity to become the first Big Ten team to ever win back-to-back Rose Bowls, are just as See SCHRAGER, page 2 mae v iY t~u :: . . . . .. . . . . . ...n. . ... . . . . . ..........................- c>: .be I. i: a.:t:h.:. M' gets roses and a second date Fouls lead to Fisher's 1st loss by Mike Gill Daily Basketball Writer SPRINGFIELD, MA - On paper Michigan is an experienced, veteran ballclub with four returning starters. But if foul trouble prevents the veterans from taking the court, that paper is filled with question marks. Such was the case in Saturday's 82-75 loss to Arizona in the Tip-off Classic at the Springfield Civic Center. Michigan coach Steve Fisher found his hands tied and needed to test such unknown quantities as redshirt frosh Eric Riley, Chris Seter, and a three-guard offense with frosh Michael Talley. But nothing he tried could stop the inside' domination by most valuable player Sean Rooks and center Brian Williams. Arizona's ability to get the Wolverine big men into foul trouble allowed the Wildcats to move freely inside. With Terry Mills returning to the lineup after picking up his fourth personal foul only 34 seconds into the second half, Michigan erased a nine-point Wildcat lead and took a three-point See BASKETBALL, page 5 Defense earns 28-18 win on silver Plate by Adam Benson Daily Football Writer Michigan's 28-18 victory over Ohio State, Saturday, was strangely similar to their 34-31 win in Columbus last year. While the two teams cloned their 1988 game, the Michigan triumph finished off their second straight outright Big Ten championship season and earned an honor no team has received in 23 years. "We haven't lost a conference ' game in two years," said Schembechler, whose team will play USC in the Rose Bowl. "That's special." The win boosted Michigan to 8-0 in the Big Ten and 10-1 overall. Like last year's Michigan-Ohio State game, the Wolverines took the first half before the Buckeyes romped through the second. Also like last season's contest, the Wolverines prevailed. In fact, Schembechler should be getting used to a victory over Ohio State (8-3, 6-2), winning his fourth of the last five duels. But however many times he wins this game, beating the Buckeyes is a tradition Schembechler will never tire of. "This game has always been a big game," Schembechler said. "Ohio State really came at us and gave us everything they had." The "everything" Ohio State gave could not stop running back Leroy Hoard, but an ankle injury did. Before being forced to leave the game, Hoard rushed for 152 yards on 21 carries for a 7.2 average. He also scored Michigan's first touchdown on a one-yard run with 3:13 left in the first quarter. Hoard left after breaking a 40- yard trounce through Ohio State defenders in the fourth quarter, but fullback Jarrod Bunch stepped in.. rushing for 70 yards and scoring two touchdowns in the final quarter. 'Any time you play Ohio State, it's going to be hard hitting both ways. It's a big rivalry and everybody goes all out.' - Senior guard Mike Teeter Most of Michigan's stampede came in the first half, when the Wolverines gained 195 of their 310 yards on the ground. "(Michigan) was controlling the line of scrimmage and we weren't playing well," Ohio State linebacker Derek Isaman said. "We came up in the second half and started playing better and tightening up a little bit." The , only thing that kept Michigan from breaking the game open were two costly fumbles that stopped Wolverine drives, and the See FOOTBALL, page 2 Senior receiver Chris Calloway finds open space in the endzone but cannot hold onto the ball as Michigan wastes a touchdown opportunity. by Steven Cohen Daily Sports Writer As a child growing up in inner- city Detroit, Kourtney Thompson received large doses of reality in the form of his environment. Though his surroundings could at times be oppressive, he always had room for his dreams about baseball. Seventy miles away, in the suburban enclave of Oregon, Ohio, another tyke oiled his glove and shagged flies with equal determination. His name was Phil Price. Last June, the dreams of Thompson and Price received their biggest assault to date. As the major leagues held their annual amateur draft, both players were left unselected. The two Michigan outfielders were forced to consider whether their dreams would ever materialize. Last season Thompson, who played sporadically during his Michigan career, led the Wolverines in hitting with a .351 average to capture the Bill Freehan Award. He was a third-team All-Big Ten selection at designated hitter in 1989. Price was a second-team All-Big Ten selection last season and a Thompson and Price still looking for a major break by major league standards. They are also outfielders, perhaps the toughest position to make in the majors, and neither possesses a singular trait that makes them stand out. As Price says, "I don't throw 70 miles an hour, I don't hit a lot of home runs, and I don't run like the wind." But now they are forced to believe even more in themselves as major league baseball didn't believe in them. "I think both players should have been drafted," Eastern Michigan coach Roger Coryell said. ' "They have the skills, by professional standards, to have been selected." Minnesota coach John Anderson, who has watched Thompson and Price wallop his Gophers, has seen enough players come and go to be philosophical. "The professional draft is hard to figure out," Anderson said. "Professional baseball is looking for certain types of players. You can argue with the system, but the bottom line is that professional baseball decides who they want. "There probably was a kid who was drafted in the second round who leers back on track, f win two o From Staff Reports After last weekend's sweep at the hands of Ohio State, Mich- igan's seniors came through this weekend and put Michigan back on the winning path with a sweep over Western Michigan. The Wolverines beat the Bronc- os, 5-1, Friday night at Yost Ice Arena and won again, 4-3, Saturday night in Kalamazoo. Michigan (8-5-1 overall and in the CCHA) held off a second period comeback by Western Saturday night to clinch the sweep. After the Broncos (8-6, 6-6) pulled to within 2-1 on Keith Jones' goal at 1:31 of the second period, Patrick Neaton and Alex Roberts scored to give Michigan a 4-1 edge. But Western's Paul Pollilo scored at 11:59 and 13:41 of the second period to again pull the Broncos within one goal. Goals by David Roberts and Rob Brown gave Michigan a 2-0 advantage in the first period. ver WMU as well as sophomore Denny Felsner. "This was a total team effort," co-captain Alex Roberts said. "The forwards helped the defensemen out, the defensemen helped Sharples out and took away any second chances. We were hungry after two losses and we came out with 20 guys flying." Pardoski's goal at the 11:52 mark of the second period turned out to be the game winner. Just last week, Michigan coach Red Ber- enson placed the senior forward on "leave" from the team for academic reasons. Pardoski was reinstated af- ter last weekend's games. In addition to scoring his first goal of the season, Pardoski set up Turner's first tally of the year, which gave Michigan a 1-0 lead. "Anytime you miss a week with those kinds of circumstances, you're going to come back and try to prove something," Turner, who missed the first 10 games with a wrist injury, said of his linesmate.