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ELECTRICAL POWER game-winning bask * * CAREER OPPORTUNITIES MINNEAPOLIS- prived All-America Research and Developrment of a Big Ten season Resarch andSDeemegntlast night by beat Plant and Systerm Design 95-89, behind the Equipment Engineering Dave Tucker and Planning for Growth to college basketb Purchasing 33 points to fall si in his spectacular sales the conference sc 459 points, set by Electrical -=Mechanical Schlundt in 195. ;=' tilt Z: ..Ter ss Wieekend Tis -Daily-Dave Rorabacher MICHIGAN'S CHAMPIONSHIP GRAPPLERS hoist Coach Cliff Keen to their shoulders after winning the Big Ten Wrestling championship at Evanston, Ill. From left to right the champions are: Frank Hirt, Jack Marchello, Dan Deppe, Mike Rodriguez, Coach Keen, John McMahon and Don Haney. Out of camera range is 123-pounder Charlie Anderson. WITH PHIL DOUGLIS Daily Sports Editor THERE IS a particular joy in destroying a legend-especially when the same legend was expected to destroy you. This was the case the past weekend in bleak, far-away Houghton- where the University of Michigan hockey team politely demonstrated to the home folk there that the lads at Michigan Tech just weren't what they were cracked up to be. But those of you who read the news reports this past weekend already know the details-how Michigan pounded Tech twice, 5-2 and 6-3, to get its' 9th straight NCAA tourney bid-and to move into a tie for the WIHL lead. What went on behind the scenes? That's quite another story. The Wolverines of Vic Heyliger appeared to this writer to be confident from the moment they stepped off the plane at Houghton's windswept landing strip. Snow stretched out'under the dancing Northern Lights in all directions, and the air was bitter at 1 a.m. One player ventured a safe comment-"bleak, isn't it?" Another answered-"It will be bleaker when we get through with these guys." This remark seemed to be the keynote to the entire trip. Houghton is a bleak town. It is built on hills-hills covered with a dirty white snow. It is old-very old-and looks much the same as it did 60 years ago. Outside the town lies the campus-a hodgepodge of the modern and the ancient-much like Ann Arbor. But the difference is apparent -for everyone is carrying a shoulder bag of khaki-with their books inside-and few coeds are to be seen. And everywhere the talk was of hockey-at least until 10:30 Saturday night. The Spirit Remains... BUT THE REAL STORY of the fandom there lies in their enthusiasm, something you have to see and hear to believe. And despite the double beating, we believe they still have lots of it left. Downtown, most of the windows were covered with water-color paintings-depicting evil Michigan meeting an early demise. One showed a maize and blue fire hydrant being approached by an eager- looking Husky dog. Another showed a graveyard-dominated by a husky-and containing an open grave for the U of M. Strangely enough, the day after the first beating the fire hydrant seemed to have been turned on the dog . .. and the tombstone had an "M-T?" engraved on it under the U-M. Tech fans began to line up for the games long before the opening whistle. Dee Stadium, the eighth wonder of the world, has to be seen to be appreciated. Just imagine our Coliseum with two sides of bleachers equal in size to our reserved side. Put in a balcony at each erid-standing areas on top of the stands, add a host of windows-and you have a picture of "Dee." It filled quickly-and meanwhile-deep in the innards of the structure-Heyliger talked to his men. "Skate-skate-skate out there ... skate them into the ice," he said .. . and grim-faced, Michigan jostled out toward the ice. A din of boos greeted the men in blue- and seconds later the greatest explosion this writer has ever seen in college hockey took place. A deafening roar rocked the building-a band thundered over the din-Michigan Techhad taken the ice. Cheerleaders-pretty girls on skates-swirled about; huge banners were unfurled saying "U-M shivers while Tech delivers;" the throng'rocked in unison to the Tech alma-mater-one row going in one direction, the next going in the other. f 4 Grap pies Seore Team ictory, Upset Iowa For Second Straight Year I I By DAVE RORABACHER (First of two articles reviewing Michigan's Big Ten Wrestling win. Tomorrow's article will describe and analyze the crucial matches.) The fact -stands: Michigan for the second straight year reigns as the Western Conference Wrestling Champion. Once again Iowa was strongly favored to take the title. Once again the Wolverines did the im- possible and upset the Hawkeyes. And, the story behind it all is one of bitter rivalry, shrewd move- ments, miscalculations, jubilation, ITY PEW RIT ERS I 1! heartbreak and perhaps just a touch of Lady Luck. Sitting meditatively behind his desk on which rested the gleaming silver Big Ten trophy, head coach Cliff Keen attempted to put into words the deepfelt pride which he had in his men. "In all my 37 years of wrestling, I have never seen such a tourna- ment where the fellows gave them- selves to the last ounce. "Everyone wrestled better than he knew how." In the pre-tournament calcula- tions, Michigan was given little chance. Iowa had a national champion, Dick Govig, at 123- bue he was eliminated on a ref- eree's decision in his first bout; a Big Ten champion, John Winder, at 157-but he was relegated to fourth place; a sure-thing for the title at 177 pounds in Gary Kur- delmeier-but he was beaten in the final bout by Wolverine Jack Mar-, chello. Bit the Michigan men did not depend entirely on Iowa's bad breaks; they made several favor- able breaks of their own. Dan Deppe, slated for no better than fourth at 123 pounds, placed third, pinning three men along the way; wrestling at 130, Charlie Anderson was expected to finish out of the running-but he decisioned two men to grab fourth. Fourth-seeded Fuank Hirt upset top-seeded Bill Muther of Illinois at 137 to take a vital second; in the bitterest battle of the meet Mike Rodriguez pinned the Illini's favored Larry TenPas for the 157 crown; and Marchello, pulling the impossible, decisioned Kurdelmeier. Of course, the bad breaks were present too. Don Haney, defending 147 pound champion, painfully in- jured his ankle early in his third match and was relegated to fourth place. "In all our calculations we fig- ured we just might possibly have a chance with Haney in there," Keen stated. "It was awfully hard for him to get out there and wrestle on one leg. Often it was torturous. He deserves great praise." To make matters worse, due to chance scheduling, Haney had to wrestle four matches on; Friday and one Saturday, more than any other individual in the tourna- ment. A .1 Rented Sold Bouht Re paired . ' , _;, a . rt 'F /s '' .: r,,,Y - . --- FOUNTAIN PENS REPAIRED 314 South State Street c Tech's Pride Smashed... I BUT ALL THIS WAS FOR NAUGHT. Michigan proceeded to smash the haughty Houghtonites into their own ice. Big Bill MacFarland played the greatest series of his brilliant career. Tommy Rendall and Don McIntosh were nearly as sensatibnal. Lorne Howes was the best goalie seen in Houghton all year. Tech's boys were good-but no as good as they said. Their defense was not in a class with Michigan-they couldn't stand the pressure. They have beaten others on spirit and hustle-but it takes more than spirit and hustle to beat the very best-and that's what Michigan was last weekend. This weekend the two collide again-this time in Ann Arbor. The league title and McNaughton trophy are at stake. If Michigan plays as it is capable of doing, we will see two more routs. If they don't- well-as one Tech rooter put it-"wait 'til we get you guys down there next week.e ,. '4 the Harry SlJffr1L i, : ,.. s't'ir .; -., r ,/" .. r r "Scholarship in Advertising" Awards! Competition in presentation of ideas for retail advertising open to all students of Junior or Senior class rating at the following Universities: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WAYNE UNIVERSITY To encourage interest in retailing, the Harry Suffrin "Scholarship in Advertising" Awards have been established. Cash awards totaling $5,000.00 are being offered, with separate awards totaling $1,250.00 to be made at each of the four participating Universities. SEE YOUR CAMPUS CONTACT NOW FOR INFORMATION AND DETAILSI Professor Edmund Wooding Department of Journalism X '1 " d 0 ;;d \ I. L -N' M i F I I