Men's Basketball vs. Northwestern Tonight, 8 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily __SPORTS ______________ _________Thursday, January 17, 1991 Ice Hockey vs. Bowling Green Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena Paget Vaughn leaves Blue fo by Josh Dubow Daily Sports Writer Michigan running back Jon Vaughn decided yesterday to forego his final two years of eligibility and petition the NFL for entry into the 1991 draft. Vaughn was unavailable for comment but his agent, Mark Mot- taz, was surprised when Vaughn approached him with his decision. "Anytime a sophomore decides to turn pro it shocks you," Mottaz said. "But he had weighed all his options, and thought this was the best choice for him. "He had decided to leave Michi- gan before the season for personal reasons," Mottaz said. "After his per- formance this season and with the option for the draft, Jon decided to test the waters." Vaughn led the Wolverines in rushing this past season compiling 1,364 yards and scoring nine touch- downs during the regular season. Vaughn also was a First Team All- Big Ten Selection, Co-offensive player of the year, and the runner-up to Greg Lewis for the Doak Walker Running Back Award. Mottaz's firm, the St. Louis- based Sports Management Group, r NFL has contacted many NFL organiza- tions and has found that scouts rate Vaughn anywhere from a late first- round to late-round pick. Most place him between the third and fifth rounds. Noted sports attorney Leigh Steinberg thinks the threat of a wage scale in the near future may have played a part in his decision. "I know a lot of college players are worried about a fixed salary," Steinberg said. "I would expect it to be intact by as early as 1992. I know many players are considering leaving school also." Mottaz said Vaughn will not par- ticipate in the first scouting com- bines in February, but is planning on going to the makeup. Vaughn is not returning to school and probably will not pursue his degree. The athletic department refused to comment on rumors that Vaughn's departure was because of academic problems. The Athletic Department said that the only member of the Department who knew of Vaughn's decision was coach Gary Moeller who was unavailable for comment. KA'T prot IFC; game by Ken Davidoff The Intramural Building is usually the sight of fun and games, but last night, nobody seemed to be having fun, and there were no games. The opening night of intramural basketball was postponed last night in response to a threat of protest from the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Fraternity members threatened to protest both the Interfraternity Coun- cil and IM for their joint decision to exclude KATP, and all non-IFC fraternities, from league play. The fraternity did not learn of the IFC and IM's year-old decision until last Friday. Director of IM Sports Jan Wells decided to delay the start of the season to avoid a confrontation with the members of KA'. "We're doing all we can to try and accommodate these gentlemen," Wells said. In order to weed out some self- appointed fraternities from the Greek. branch of IM sports, the IFC suggested that only those organiza- tions approved by the IFC should be JOSE JUAREZalUIy Michigan tailback Jon Vaughn has decided to leave school and enter the NFL draft. The sophomore was co-Offensive Big Ten Player of the Year and led the Wolverines in rushing last season. sts TM, s cancelled allowed in to play in this depaia ment. KA'P, a non-IFC membhe which has previously part icipated it this league, was placed in the Independent A league. This great y upset members of the fraternity. "It was as if we were not a real fraternity," Maurice Morton, presi- dent of the KA'P house, said. "If there's anything we're trying to prove, it's that we are a legitimate organization." "We feel slighted because we were not included on these meetings and talks," Rodney Johnson, vice- president of the fraternity, explained0 "We are nationally-recognized as a fraternity. We have been on this campus since 1922, and we have participated in the basketball league for the past ten years." Wells explained that with all tlW teams that exist, she could nbt contact all the groups that this rule change affected. "We make our (rules) manual available at the IM building at the beginning of the year," she said. "We leave the onus on the team (toY see if any rule changes haye occurred)." The fraternity also had the optidi to become an associate member of the IFC. This would have allowed them to participate in the fraternity branch without adhering to thb majority of the council's rule2 KAP declined to do this, however; preferring to stay under the supervi - sion of the Black Greek Association: A compromise was reached around 7 p.m. in which KA'P wg placed in an adjunct conference with other fraternities that were left out ( the main fraternity conference. Thus the team will play all fraternities@ during its regular season, and it wil be eligible for the fraternity playoffs. Nevertheless, the members of Kappa Alpha Psi still planned on preven- ting the night's games in order to show its discontent with the entire IM organization. "We're glad that something was, done, but it wasn't enough," John- ~ son commented. "It's a shame that I took a demonstration amongst our- selves to get the attention of the IIM and IFC." Daily Sports Writer Matt Rennie contributed to this story Depleted wrestlers head to Indiana u Josh Dub ow Daily Sports Writer p Read the new WEEKEND MAGAZINE New Regular Featu re. Include:) *Restaurant Reviews *Week-long list of events and happenings *Entertainment and student issue stories *Feature columns *Dining & Drinking guide COMING FRIDAY! The Michigan wrestling team has suffered yet another loss at the 126- pound weight class. One week after losing starter Jason Cluff to aca- demics, Cluff's replacement, first- year wrestler Mike Mihalic, injured his ankle at the Virginia Team Du- als. Mihalic will be sidelined for all three meets this weekend, and the Wolverines have no replacement for Mihalic, forcing the team to forfeit the six points in his weight class. Michigan (5-2) opens its Big Ten dual-meet season on the road, be- ginning today at Indiana. The Wolverines will then travel to Illi- nois and Purdue this weekend. Michigan coach Dale Bahr looks for the 118-pound matches to decide this weekend's matchups. "We need a big weekend from Salem (Yaffai, 118 pounds). If he gets us off to a good start, the ball should start rolling," Bahr said. "In Las Vegas, Salem won the first match, and then we pulled off a big run. Hopefully we can do that again." The most important match of the weekend will be between Yaffai and Lance Ellis of Indiana. Along with Ellis, Indiana's toughest wrestlers are in the middle weights, led by All-American Jeff Lyons (142), Adam Caldwell (150), and Casey Graham (167). But Bahr is confident in his own leaders: Joey Gilbert (134), Sean Bormet (158), Lanny Green (177), Fritz Lehrke (190), and Phil Tomek (Hwt.). "They (Indiana) have a really ex- citing 118-pounder," Bahr said. "Salem beat him in Las Vegas and if he can do the same, we will be tough to beat in the upper weight classes, and should win the meet." Yaffai's performance is more im- portant this weekend considering the absence of a wrestler at 126 pounds. Michigan cannot afford to fall behind by too many points early in the meet. Earlier in the week, Bahr was hopeful that Mihalic would be able to wrestle, but his ankle injury has not improved. "It's important to the team for Mike to wrestle," Bahr said. "I know he doesn't like to wrestle unless he is 100 percent, but if he could wres- tle, we could maybe hold them to three or four points." However, Mihalic does not want to risk further damage to his ankle. "I won't be able to wrestle until Michigan State next week," Mihalic said. "I don't think the ankle is ready yet." Bahr looks for the Illinois meet, on Saturday, to be the easiest of the three. "I don't know much about Illi- nois, because I have not seen them compete yet " Bahr said. "Tomek will have a tough time against Jon Llewellyn (All-American). 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