* Field Hockey vs. Michigan State Tomorrow,7:30 p.m. Oosterbaan Field House S Volleyball vs. Northwestern Friday, 7p.m. Cliff Keen Arena s1 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK 'M' finally 1e By KEN SUGIURA DAILY FOOTBALL WRITER They probably won't bring along their favorite teddy bears and blankets, but maybe they should. After spending the first month of their season in Ann Arbor, the Michigan Wolverines are finally leaving home to play Michigan State in East Lansing this Saturday. "I think sometimes it can be good, but when you play a team of this caliber, you'd like to have them at home," Michigan coach Gary Moeller said on his weekly tele- conference yesterday. "It's an advantage (for Michigan State) in that way, but we've been playing at home quite a bit." Michigan benefited from having all three of its non- conference games - Washington State, Notre Dame and Houston-atMichigan Stadium,as wellaslastSaturday's Big Ten opener against Iowa. The lasttime the schedule had Michigan athome for its first four contests was 1987. Coincidentally, that stretch also included a victory over Washington State and a loss to Notre Dame. Of the Wolverines' final seven games, four will be away from Ann Arbor, beginning with the Spartans. If there is an advantage to playing in East Lansing, it may be provided by the artificial turf covering Spartan Stadium. Michigan is acknowledged as one of the faster, if not the fastest, teams in the Big Ten. Playing on the carpet could aid speedsters like Tyrone Wheatley, Ty Law and Amani Toomer. "I say it's always comparable," Moeller said. "It's the same bodies, whether they're running on turf or they're running on grass. Sometimes I think fields can slow you down, but not to that great an extent. We'll probably run faster, but at the same time, they will be running faster as well." WHEATLEY WATCH: Wheatley continues to crunch out the mind-boggling numbers. With his three touchdowns aves home against Iowa, Wheatley is the leading scorer in the NCAA He has eight rushing scores and one receiving. At his current pace, he will eclipse Desmond Howard's Michi gan season records for total touchdowns (23) and scoring (150). l With 35 career touchdowns, Wheatley will also likely demolish the Michigan career touchdown mark of 40, held by Anthony Carter. With a rushing average of 136.8 yards per game; Wheatley is third in the country in rushing and second iii the Big Ten, behind Indiana's Brent Moss. Michigan has never had a national rushing champion. HOWARD LENDS A HAND: While Howard may not bt receiving much playing time with the Washington Redskins he is still making a contribution in the nation's capital. A recent Washington Post article detailed Howard'S visit to Anacostia High School in the city's troubled southeast. In early September, Anacostia football player Albert LaShon Preston was shot and killed. Howard and teammate Ricky Ervins visited the team to help players* cope with the loss. According to the story, Howard requested permission to speak with team members. Howard reminded them that others have had to endure hardships such as sharing neighborhoods with drug dealers and dealing with pov- erty, but had successfully overcome those circumstances. JOHNNY AND BUSTER: Illinois' Johnny Johnson and Michigan's Buster Stanley were this week's Big Ten Players of the Week. Johnson, a quarterback, completed 11-of-17 passes with three touchdowns in his first colle- giate startas the Illini defeated Purdue, 28-10, for their first win of the season. Stanley, the first Wolverine to be so honored this season, made 10 tackles, three of them for losses, in Michigan's 24-7 victory over Iowa. ELIZABETH LIPPMAN/DaIty Michigan defensive tackle Steve Rekowski sacks Iowa quarterback Paul Burmeister during last Saturday's Big Ten opener. The Wolverines go on the road for the first time this season when they head to East Lansing Saturday. : Arn Arbor Civic theatre" SPonsOd in t- y:THENE Y A MainStage Productions ANN ARBORNE Music by RICHARD RODGERS Book & Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs" Original Dances by Agnes de Mille Directed by Conrad Mason - Music Direction by Ben Cohen Choreography by Gregory George Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre - October 6-9,1993 ~ Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Call 972-AACT for ticket reservations - beginning October 4, call 763.1085 Jordan to1 ASSOCIATED PRESS Michael Jordan, the world's most famous athlete andbasketball's great- est active player, will announce his retirement today, according to pub- lished reports. "Dateline NBC," theDenverPost and the Chicago Sun-Times reported the news almost simultaneously last night. Jordan, NBA scoring champion forarecord seven straightyears, leader of the three-time champion Chicago Bulls and two-time Olympic gold- medal winner, is expected to cite his father's death this summer as the rea-. announce retirement from NBA is happy to welcome THE STORY to Ann Arbor, Thursday Oct. 6! Come sample their great harmonies during a FREE acoustic show at Schoolkids' from 2- 3pm, then catch one of their shows (7:30 or 9:30pm) at the Ark that evening. son for his retirement at age 30. "It's time for me to move on to something else," the Sun-Times quoted Jordan as. saying. "I know alotofpeopleare going to be shocked by this decision and probably won't understand. But I'vetalkeditover with my family and friends, and Jordan most of all I'm at peace withmyselfover the decision." His father's death apparently robbed Jordan of his desire to play, the Post said. Dateline NBC producer Neil Shapiro said the show learned of Jordan's plans from "authoritative sources close to the NBA." The Bulls have scheduled a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT today to GUEST STUDENTS WELCOME Recruiting for 1994 Spring Term May 5 - June 18,1994 OTTAWA POLITICAL INTERNSHIP in the CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS Offered by the Political Science Department at the University of Michigan-Dearbom Campus 6 hours of transferable Political Science credit (Pol. Science 494-496) Dr. Helen M. Graves, Director of the Canadian Internship WILL BE ON CAMPUS Wednesday, October 6 and Thursday, October 7 3:30 - 5:00 pm Political Science Graduate Student Lounge 6th Floor Haven Hall make what they called a "major an- nouncement." Jordan threw out the ceremonial first pitch at last night's playoff opener between the Chicago White Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays at Comiskey Park in Chicago. He left after the seventh inning, got behind the wheel of a black Mercedes-Benz and drove off. Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the White Sox and Bulls neither con- fumed nor denied the reports. "Ihave nothing to say tonight. We'll have something to say tomorrow," Reinsdorf said from the ballpark. Jordan came into theNBAin 1984 fresh off leading the USA Olympic team to the gold medal in Los Ange- les. He was the college player of the year at North Carolina in 1984 before leaving after his junior year to enter the NBA. However, Jordan's most memo- rable moment while in college came in his freshman season. His shot in the waning seconds of the 1982 NCAA championship game in New Orleans sealed the Tar Heels' victory over Patrick Ewing and the Georgetown Hoyas. Taken as the third-pick in the draft by the Bulls, Jordan made an immedi- ate impact in the league, grabbing rookie of the year honors on the strength of averaging 28.2 points per game. Jordan's second season was cut short by an ankle injury. When the Bulls' doctors told him not to play all year, Jordan rejected their advice and came back to the Bulls to lead them to the final spot in the Eastern Confer- ence playoffs. In the second game of the first round that year, against eventual league champions Boston Celtics, Jordan scored an NBA playoff-record 63 points in the Bulls overtime loss to the Celtics. Jordan would continue his all-star play throughout the remainder of hisI NBA career, winning three most valu- able player awards, in 1988,1991 and 1992. He was named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Yearin 1991. Jordan reached the pinnacle of his professional career in 1991 when he led the Bulls to the first of three NBA championships, sweeping Magic Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers. The NBA refused comment, de- flecting queries to the Bulls. Chicago Bull star Michael Jordan, seen here with his late father James before Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks in June, will announce his retirement from the NBA today. SELF-SERVE COPIES . 4 mwn_ C1'EU TofNdOt WO h M E- U2 111 SKv I WI rqfl inAaefT flcrc .LwD . ! reuCSSETrT