18 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 18, 1994 FIFE Continued from page 17 proved himself to be deserving of the role he was in." Fife was All-State his senior year. He was recruited by Michigan, among others, to play quarterback or defensive back. Enough said. Still, the pressure did not end after his freshman football season. Dugan also started varsity in basketball all four years, and throughout his career - as many sons of coaches must - Dugan had to prove to naysayers he wasn't on the team just because his dad was the coach. It didn't take him long to do that. He scored 261 points his first season, and eclipsed that mark each year following, en route to 2,083 career points while leading the Wolves to four straight Class A district titles. He also earned All-State accolades twice, and was runner-up for the state's 1992 Mr. Basketball award, averaging 27.7 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals a game. And yet for all his success, it was the external pressures he had to deal with in high school that were perhaps most important in shaping Dugan Fife as a player and as a person. "As a player, he's very hard- nosed, mentally tough, I think because of some of the things he went through in high school," Dan said. "He just had things he had to deal with that most kids aren't able to deal with, and he's had to deal with it since he was 14 years old. It's really helped Dugan through things like this at Michigan." "It was a strange experience," Dugan said of the controversy at Clarkston. "I think it made me a better person at the time. It put some pressure on me, and prepared me for when I got older." And so it has been all along for Dugan, who has turned adversity into prosperity each time he has had to deal with it. That's good news for Michigan fans. As Dugan's dad is quick to point out, just as the pressure he dealt with in high school, and the frustrations he endured last season have accelerated his growth as a player, so too will the experiences of this season make him better. "I told him after the last game at Arkansas, even though he didn't shoot that well (1-for-8 with no three- pointers), I said, 'Dugan, that kind of pressure and that kind of experience no one can ever take away from you. I know damn well the way you are, you'll be better off the next time it comes around. It just can't help but make you better."' The day after Michigan's loss to the Razorbacks, Dugan Fife had no time to sit. He was back in the gym taking jump shots - this time with nothing to prove. Yanks beat * Tigers, 8-6 DETROIT (AP) - Bernie Will- iams ignited a four-run rally with a sacrifice fly and Luis Polonia singled in two runs in the eighth inning yester- day as the New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers, 8-6.. Don Mattingly led off the eighth with a double off Bill Krueger (0-1) and Danny Tartabull singled him to third. Mike Stanley was walked in- tentionally to load the bases, and Williams' fly to right brought Mattingly home with the go-ahead run. Mike Gardiner relieved Krueger and yielded an RBI single to Mike Gallego before Pat Kelly walked to re-load the bases. Polonia followed with his two-run single to make it 8- 4. Xavier Hernandez (1-0), who came on in the seventh, picked up the win despite giving up a two-run homer to Eric Davis in the eighth. Jeff Reardon worked the ninth for his second save. New York took a 3-0 lead in the third off Bill Gullickson, making his first start of the season. Gallego, who singled to open the inning, scored on an RBI single by Wade Boggs. Mattingly doubled Boggs across and Tartabull singled in Mattingly. The Tigers got two back in the bottom of the inning when Tony Phillips scored on a throwing error by Boggs at third, and Davis scored when Terry Mulholland walked Mickey Tettleton with bases loaded. Detroit tied it at three in the fourth on an RBI groundout by Phillips. Cecil Fielder lumbered all the way to third on a Boggs throwing error in the fourth and scored on Travis Fryman's double to give Detroit a 4- 3 lead. But the Yankees tied it again with an unearned run in the sixth. Paul O'Neill walked on four Kreuger pitches to start the inning, and raced to third when left fielder Cuyler dropped Mike Stanley's fly on the warning track. He scored on an RBI groundout by Williams. Summer Japanese Study Intesive(6wkptngamaLois & Qak College in Portland, OR July 18-Aug 28. Earn 12 quarterhs.Sady lang. (al levels) & culaiewilJapanv ntsonautheme * "Natume& the Envicrnme ."Tseeday wilderness program included. Prior language study wQI required. 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'r - ' 1 ...*.......... 0 University Activities Center The Fight For Gay Rights: A Debate Between Dave Pallone and Jack Thompson Tuesday, April 19, 1994, 8:00 pm Power Center, $5.00 admission AF\_A ,_ Dave Pallone, former Major League Baseball umpire who was fired shortly after affirming his gay orientation; author of the best seller Behind the Mask; and gay rights advocate will speak on his experiences in baseball and human rights issues. Jack Thompson, conservative activist attorney and Chris- tian fundamentalist; considered to be America's foremost antagonist to the gay community and rap community. Tickets available at the door and all TicketMaster * m N40mmm AtERIMAMW I