SPORTS
Thursday, July 7, 1983

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The Michigan Daily

Hoop stars flock to summer league

By PAUL HELGREN
If you're a sports junkie looking for a
fix this summer, look no farther than
Pioneer High School right here in Ann
Arbor.
Michigan basketball players like in-
coming freshman sensation Antoine
Joubert, Tim McCormick,Roy Tarpley,
Robert Henderson, along with pros like
Pistons John Long and Terry Tyler will
all be showcased in the Sandy Sanders
summer basketball league. The league,
which started in June, has games every
Monday, Friday and Saturday in July,
with the championship game on the
30th. There is no admission charge for
the games.
Sanders, a 33-year-old Michigan
alumnus who is head football coach at
Pioneer as well as a college and high
school basketball referee, started the
league last year because of what he call
a "basketball void" in the Ann Arbor
area during the summer months.
Response from college and professional
players alike was enthusiastic so San-
ders decided to continue the league this
year.
THERE ARE EIGHT teams in San-
ders' league. Each is sponsored by one
or more Ann Arbor area businesses.
The sponsors pay for use of facilities,
referee's salaries, and other costs.
There are 10 Wolverines on various
teams in the league. The 11 professional
players are also scattered among the
teams.
Sanders said 6-11 Wolverine center
McCormick has been by far the most
impressive performer thus far.
"I'M VERY IMPRESSED with Mc-
Sandy Sanders Basketball
W L Pct.
The Chance ................3 0 1.000
Washtenaw PAL ...........3 0 1.000
G&S Leasing ...............1 0 1.000
Hathaway House ...........2 1 .667
Franklin Wright .............2 2 .500
Stein and Goetz/
Brewer's Gulf ...........1 3 .250
Round Haus ................0 1 .000
Moe's Sport Shop/
Whiffletree/
Wilkinson Luggage .........0 3 .000
A dray
before their own games begin, Hall ex-
plained.
WHILE THE league is quite com-
petitive, Hall and most other coaches
use it as a proving ground for college
players.
"It gives the freshman who played a
lot last year a chance to try new
positions and the freshman who didn't
play have the opportunity to prove to
themselves that they're good enough to
play at Michigan," Hall said.
Consequently, Watters has played
second base instead of right field and
Close has played first base as well as
pitcher and designated hitter.
Sound's next game is Saturday at
noon versus Appliance at Fisher
Stadium.

Cormick," Sanders said. "He's turning
into a stud. He went from being a nice
guy from Clarkston (his home town) to
being an excellent ball player"
But what about the professional
players? Don't they dominate? Or
maybe they just take it easy. Sur-
prisingly, neither is the case.
"No way do they (pros) dominate,"
claimed Sanders. "These are good
(college) ball players that come here
and they really like the chance to play
against guys like Long or Tyler. The
players are there to work on their
game. It's a serious business."
There are no coaches for the teams,
something which Sanders says has
never caused any problems.
"IT WORKS BETTER without
coaches," Sanders said. "(the players)
never argue about substitutions. This is
a social league. This is a competitive
league. It's kind of like honor among
theives."
The team of greatest interest to
Wolverine fans would probably be Stein
and Goetz/Brewer's Gulf, which
features future Wolverine teammates
Joubert and McCormick, as well for-
mer Wolverines Ike Person and Leo
Brown. So far the team has only one win
in four games (a 72-70 victory over
Hathaway House on a last-second bomb
by Joubert), but Joubert has missed
two games.
Another team of interest is The Chan-
ce, with Pistons Tyler and Long,
Wolverines Tarpley and Garde Thom-
pson, former Wolverines Thad Garner
and Alan Hardy, and Huron High
graduate and Piston draft choice Eric
Santifer.
Games
Friday, July 8
Round Haus vs. Moe's (6:30 p.m.)
G&S Leasing vs. Stein and Goetz
(8:00 p.m.)
Saturday, July 9
The Chance vs. Washtenaw PAL
(5:45 p.m.)
Hathaway House vs. Franklin Wright
(7:15p.m.)
G&S Leasing vs. Moe's (8:45p.m.)
All games at Pioneer High School, corn-
er of Stadium and Main.

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Daily Photo by JON SNOW
Former Wolverine cager Ike Person, shown here driving past a Northern
Michigan opponent in a game this past season, is one of many college and
professional stars participating in Sandy Sanders' summer basketball
league.
Wolverines join

By JIM DWORMAN
Although the College World Series
ended a month ago, for many members
of the Michigan baseball team the
season is just beginning. Ten Wolverine
underclassmen comprise the nucleus of
Adray Sound, an All American
Amateur Baseball Association team
that competes in sponsor Mike Adray's
Detroit area league.
The top 18- and 19-year old players in
the area compete in the league. For
Adray Sound, this includes Casey Close,
Scott Kamieniecki, Barry Larkin, Mike
Watters and Dale Sklar, all mainstays
of Michigan's team. Other Wolverines
playing are John Codere, Chris Gust,

Eric Sanders, Dan Disher and Greg
Hudas.
MANAGED BY Michigan assistant
coach Danny Hall, Sound currently is
tied with Adray Photo, and Eatern
Michigan-based team, and Adray ap-
pliance for first place with an 8-2-1
record.
"Considering all things, that we've
just got back from the College World
Series and didn't get a break, we're
playing pretty well," said Hall. "I hope
by the first of August we're playing our
best baseball. When camp ends, my
players usually play better."
Many Adray Sound players work at
Bud Middaugh's summer baseball
camp in the daytime, tiring them

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