The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 2,1989-Page 12 nWnvs - the sporbn iews . the Sporting views Two heroes leave Women's ultimate frisbee : ; club takes second in tourney BY ANDY GONDA The Michigan's women's ultimate frisbee club just missed a national championship over Memorial Day weekend. The University of California- Davis edged out Michigan for the title at the 1989 Ultimate Players Association College Finals in Wilmington, North Carolina. The men's ultimate club is tasting success as well, having just won an international tournament last weekend in Toronto. All that aside, you might ask, just what is ultimate frisbee? "Well, you play on a soccer field and try to work the disc into two end- zones like in football; you can only take three steps with the disc. It's a non-contact sport, and you make your own calls," explained the women's team co-captain, Kris Olssen. There are two teams of seven on the field, and games are played until one team reaches a preset score, usually around 20 points. This was what it was set at during tournament finals. "There's a lot of running and cutting, and the game never really stops like in football; if the defense knocks the disc down, it's a turnover and play starts the other way," Olssen said. 165-gram Wham-O or 175-gram Discraft flying discs are used, and ultimate is played in any weather, such as in last year's women's Regionals. "We played in the second week of November in Wisconsin, there was freezing rain one day and snow squalls the next," Olssen said. Potential players needn't have a lifetime of frisbee experience, as Olssen only started playing as a sophomore in college. She stressed that the team itself was organized only last fall with as few as three experienced players. "Ultimate can be a serious sport, and we need a commitment to practices and the team, but we like to have fun as well," Olssen said. Olssen also explained that inclement weather can change strategies of play, as wind and rain make a zone defense more plausible than player-to- player. " tt- ' lpb the sports arena e snotmo vews .the spo tqves-tesot career totals to 548 home runs and 1,595 RBIs. BY PETER ZELLEN This hero went out before his declining skills could All through history the public has always followed produce the boos from the home crowds. By surprising heroes. In ancient Greece, they honored winning everyone with his mid-season retirement, he avoided a gladiators. During the medieval ages, people praised scene that could tarnish that hero image. jousting knights. In the formative stages of America, But physical talent wasn't the only reason Schmidt people revered the soldiers of the Revolutionary and left the game. "My children are at an age where you can Civil Wars. talk to them and they understand. Three or four years Today, the public has a new kind of hero: the ago, they were too young to do any of that. Now, they professional athlete. And on Sunday, we said goodbye want their father around and when I hear that from my to two of the greats in the game of baseball, Mike wife, it tears me apart." Schmidt and Tommy John. . That family aspect makes Schmidt even more of a Over the last 15 years these two players have been hero than his athletic endeavors. heroes to many children as well as fans in general. John left baseball under different circumstances, but While Schmidt hit home runs with his muscular arms, his hero image can be no more diminished. With his John tossed victories with his surgically repaired left career thought to be over, he underwent what is now arm. known as the "Tommy John operation" where tendons Schmidt left the game of his own accord as he from his right elbow were used to replace the tattered decided that his 39-year old body couldn't play well ones in his left. This was in 1972. enough anymore. 17 years later, John was still pitching, but the "When I get to first base now, I say to myself, I can Yankees couldn't squeeze any more wins out of that 46- steal second base.' But my legs and my body stay back year old arm and released him, 12 wins short of 300. in the dirt at first," said a teary eyed Schmidt. While no team seems interested in either player, Schmidt went out in style, respected by fans and there is a certain shrine in Cooperstown, New York peers alike. 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The 1964 Rose Bowl-winning that results from competition against igan sports. football team will be celebrating its one another and (from being) united "This is one of the greatest days 25th anniversary in conjunction with against an opponent," Seyferth of each year for the Athletic Depart- 'M' day. added. ment," said Fritz Seyferth, the The activities slated for the day The day also provides athletes associate athletic director. "It is an include a shotgun golf tournament, a from different eras a chance to see opportunity for teammates of the tennis tournament, a luncheon, and and actually meet the individuals past to reunite and reflect upon their an awards meeting. whom they had only heard about past achievements." Some of the proceeds from the previously. i This is where they start: The Michigan Daily This is where they go:. Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey Advertising,NationalParksMaga- zine Wall Street Journal Elle MraZine, ABC, Young &Rubi- cam They went there because they started here. 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Senior John Scherer and junior Mindy Rowand each swept the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races. It was the second year in a row that Scherer has accomplished the feat. "It was a super thrill to win," Scherer said in the Ann Arbor News. "Michigan distance runners really proved themselves. Mindy won her race, and Brad [Barquist] and I went one-two." 0 0 i This weekend at the NCAA Championships, Scherer will defend his NCAA title in the 10,000 meters with Barquist running beside him. Also competing will be Brad Darr in the pole vault, Rowan in the women's 10,000 meters, and Sonya Payne in the women's shot put. 203 E. Hoover 662-3149 I