WEDNSDAT, MARCH 29, 1980, THE MICHIGAN DAILY WRI*W1 1U.Uf WiN PRESS PASSES - By BUD BENJAMIN - Belated Basketball ... BACK FROM CHICAGO, basket- ball coach Bennie Oosterbaan re- ports an interesting session at the annual Big Ten coaches' meeting. Three days of festivities and consul- tations were culminated Monday night when this highly discriminat- ing audience watched Oregon's long quintet defeat Ohio State's Confer- ence titleholders, 46 to 33, for the N.C.A.A. title. This column watched the Pa- cific coast team play during the Christmas holidays and Bennie states that their game with the Buckeyes was the same old story. A zone defense, backboard con- trol (the five average six feet two inches in height), and fore- court congestion whenever State got the ball. It must have been a novel sensation for the coaches who attended to expert the game from the stands. Can you imagine Ohio's Harold Olsen sitting by with 400 colleagues buzzing advice in his ear? And by the way, it looks as if the Wolverines will tour the East again next Christmas vacation. Oosterbaan sought to arrange a western trip, similar to the one made in 1936, but the two top coast quintets, Stanford and California, beat him to the draw. Both are heading this way for their games, leaving the great west slight- ly devoid of talent. Bennie is still writing letters, but he figures the chances of a Pacific hegira are rather remote. FOUR new rule changes are being considered by the Confgence bas- ketball rules committee, according to Oosterbaan 1. Return of the center jump. 2. Compulsorary glass back- boards. 3. Four quarters of 10 minutes each to replace 20 minute halves. 4. A proposal which would penalize a team committing ade- liberate foul in the waning min- utes of the game by loss of the ball after the free throw. Number one is the old story of the wear and tear on the players whic' the faster game supposedly causes Its chances of adoption are slight. Two is primarily aimed at improv - ing spectator vision for those sitting behind the backboards. It too is un- likely to be legislated. Three seems to be a sound pro. posal to give added rest to partici- pants and is being seriously consid- ered. The fial proposal is rather com- plicated, but it aims to correct an oh1 evil. Teams which lead by a narrov margin in the final moments of th game are prone to deliberately fou their opponents (holding, pushing etc.) rather than to permit them t take a free shot. The psychology i "one point is always. better thai two, and let's freeze the ball." Th rule would give the fouled team th ball after the free throw, thus nulli fying the other team's intention o freezing during the closing mom ents of the game. Its chances fo passage are good. -- -- QUOTE OF THEE WEEK: Says Jo Louis-"What fo' dat funny little fa man call me a bum." (Time maga zine). He's referring to "Orange Bowl Galento, of course. Phi Delts Win li Gedeon Connects For The Circuit Gri I-M FraternityI Track Crown d Coaches Stress Speed 11 I Sofiak's Work Ii I I I At Thui~d Raw~ Toronto Trims Red Wings, 44 ii Phys Ed Team Dethrones' Has Beens To Become IndependentChamps By DON WIRTCHAFTER Phi Delta Theta rolled up 23 points' to successfully defend its fraternity; indoor track title and the Phys Eds nosed out the Senators by one point to cop the Independent crown in the annual I-M meet last night at the Field House. Led by Jim Clark, who took first 1 in both the 65-yard high hurdles and the mile run, and Tom Harmon, first in the 60-yard dash and second in the 65-yard low hurdles, the Phi Delts turned back the strong chal- lenge of the favored Phi" Gamma Delta team thatvended in second place with 16 1/6 points. Psi Upsi- lon was third with 13 1/3. Phi Kappa Sigma ended fourth with a total of nine points and Alpha Sig- ma Phi finished in fifth with 8%/ markers. Harmon Beats Laskey Harmon nipped Derwood Laskey, the Phi Kappa Sigma one-man track squad, by a foot in the dash with a time of :06.6 and then lost to Bob Holt of Phi Gamma Delta by the same margin in the low hurdles. Clark ran the high hurdles in :09.4 to beat out Les Eames of Alpha Sig- ma Phi and galloped a 5:11.5 mile to whip Chuck Newman, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Chuck Hall, the Phi Gam distance ace, in the final event. Laskey won the 440-yard run for Phi Kappa Sigma by beating Phi Gam Butch Jordan with a time of 55.4 and Phil Whittemore of Psi U raced home ahead of Keith Bronson of Alpha Sigma Phi in the half mile. Siegel Wins Shot Put In the fraternity field events, Don Siegel, of Sigma Chi, retained his shot put title by heaving the weight 39 feet, just two inches better than Butch Jordan's best effort. DeltaUp- silon's Charles Clark won the broad jump with a leap of 22 feet, and Jack Chapman of PsiaUpsilon soared 10 feet 9 inches to capture a first in the pole vault. The fraternity high jump event ended in a three-way tie with Bob Larkin of Delta Upsilon, Jim Mc- Lean of Chi Psi and Chapman of Psi Upsilon each failing to go above 5 feet 3 inches. In the Independent division, Herb -Daily Photo By Bogle Elmer Gedeon, Varsity first sacker, is shown connecting for a home run in the first inning of yesterday's intra-squad game. The clout, which came off Mickey Stoddard, sophomore right-hander, was to deep left- center field. Gedeon, six foot four inch Varsity hurdler and football star, led the sjuad last year in round-trippers with six and Coach Ray Fisher is counting on him for yeoman service at the plate this year. Brogan finished third behind Hap Griggs of the Robert Owen team and Paul Fager of the Wolverines in the final event, the mile run, to give the Phys Eds the two points that'it need- ed to nose out the Senators. Two Tie For Th-rd The Has Beens, defending champs, and the Robert Owen tied for third with 16 points, just one behind the Senators. George Lewis gained the Indepen- dent winners their only first place by whipping Ray Coturney in the 65- yard low hurdles with a time of :07.8. Doug Lyttle finished first in the 60-yard dash with Earl Smith of the Phys Eds in second place. Bob Reid of the Celtics beat Courtney to the tape in the high hurdles. Frank Jankowski won the 880-yard run for the Senators and Bob Reid of the Celtics captured the 440-yard title by defeating Les Matson of the Wolverines. In the field events, Ed Murphy of the Has Beens won the pole vault and the broad jump, SPORTS TRYOUTS All tryouts for The Daily sports staff who did not report yester- day must report to the sports desk at 5:30 p.m. today. Tennis Team Drills For Annual Spring Trip To Southland Plenty of practice is the general order of work laid out for the varsity tennis squad this week by Coach Le- roy Weir, in preparation for the coming spring trip. At present, the quartet of seasoned veterans, Capt. Don Percival, Steve Woolsey, Ed Morris, and John Kid- well, are leading the team in accur- acy and general all-around play, but the remainder of the players are rapidly rounding into shape. The spring trip, the second in two years for the netmen, is the goal to- wards which each and every one of the players is striving. The squad will be pared down from 12 members to seven, by the time Spring Vacation rolls around, and Coach Weir intends to take only the best with him. Their first match on the road will be on April 10, when they meet Wash- ington and Lee University at Lexing- ton, Va. Before they return to Ann Arbor, the team will have played five matches. On last year's trip they managed to win three matches while losing two. Sophomnore Bob Thoma§ Shtor In Scr~immage Speed was stressed yesterday af- :ernoon at South Ferry Field as the Wolverine gridders entered their sec- nd week of spring practice. All three groups, backs, ends, and linemen, vere drilled in a quick starting charge or a good portion of the workout. In addition, the players went through the routine dummy blocking and drill plays. Backfield men under Coach Earl Martineau were worked hard in try- ing to perfect their speed. Running pass plays, zig-zag running drills, and simple quick starts were employed in order to get the backs moving faster. Sophomore guard Bob Thomas, who spent the past season on the re- serves, stole the show in the scrim- mage by his excellent defensive work by breaking up playsbefore the of- fense could get started. Greenberg, York Homer;_Tigers Win TAMPA, Fla., March 28.-(A3)- Pitchers Dizzy Trout and Al Benton stood the Cincinnati Reds on their ears today and the Hank Greenberg- Rudy York powerhouse then blew 'em down with home runs for the Detroit Tigers to win an exhibition game, 6 to 2. The way Trout and Benton handled the Reds, who are the spring seasoi choice of, numerous experts for the National League pennant, did Man- ager Del Baker's heart good consider- ing his worries over the slabmen, and the rest of the show was encouraging Tiger news as well. Michigan Enters Relays Michigan's track team will partici- pate in the Penn Relays April 29 in Philadelphia instead of the' Drake Relays scheduled on the same date, it was announced yesterday by Herbert (Fritz) Crisler, Acting Director of Athletics. Pleases Fisher Pe-mjues Prove Costly ._To Detroit Team By IIERB LEV .TORONTO, March 28.-(RP)-The "They look very good for this time Toronto Maple Leafs took a lrg step of the year," remarked Coach Ray toward the Stanley Cup finals to- Fisher yesterday afternoon as he night by trouncing the Detroit Red watched his Varsity whip the re- Wings 4 to 1 in the opening game of serves in a practice game. "That in- their semi-final National Hockey field might very well develop intoeague playoff series. one of the best I've ever coached." And thus the much debated infield I At the top of their game after a problem, complicated by the surplus lOng rest which followed their two- of promising candidates, appeared to game conquest of the New York be drawing towards a solution. Americans in the preliminary round, The combination which will take the Leafs jumped into the lead in the field against Wake Forest next the sixth minute of play tonight and Friday will find veterans Elmer Ged- i never were even threatened. They eon and Pete Lisagor back at their completed their scoring, with Dick first and second base positions, Capt. Metz and Gordon Drillon each notch- Walt Peckinpaugh moving over from ing two goals, before Marty Barry third to short, and the vacated hot sank the lone Red Wing tally. corner filled by one of two capable Although the Leafs got three of sophomores, Mike Sofiak and Art their goals while the visitors. were Bergeson.j short handed, they might have Sofiak Good At Third doubled the score if it hadn't been for Fisher was especially pleased with the brilliant goal tending of Tiny Sofiak's work around third base yes- Thompson. The veteran goalie was terday. Little Mike covers a lot of the only effdctive member of Detroit's ground and possesses an excellent -ear guard. arm. Although most of his past ex- perience has been at shortstop he ap- Rangers Beat Bruins, 2-1 peared quite at home at third yester- l day, and the fact that he looks slight- To Stay In Cup Playoffs ly better at the plate may give him ai NEW YORK, March 28.-VP)-The edge over Bergeson, a bigger lad with New YoRK, aten in)the an equally rnga ,a t fnur New York Rangers, beaten n he first aneqalystrong arm, a lot of natur- the games of the best-of-seven al ability, but not much experience. threegme of e ' series, bounced off the ropes to hang Both Sofiak and Bergeson will have a 2-1 defeat on the Boston Bruins to keep hustling all the way, because tonight in the National Hockey in back of them, Fisher has in Bill League's Stanley Cup playoffs, thus Steppon and Earl Smith, two more sending the series into at least one infielders who have all the prerequi- more game. sites of Big Ten ball players. _ Steppon Shows Promise , Steppon shouldn't be overlooked even though there's no immediate MASON & MASON opening. 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