UJtbe 1 ci~guu T R Tigers ring up Bell The Detroit Tigers signed Buddy Bell to replace Sparky Anderson as the team's manager yesterday. Bell, who has never managed before, signed on for two years. Bell played 18 seasons in the major leagues, and spent the last two years as the Cleveland Indians' infield coach. Page 12 Friday November 10 1995 olverines must deal with Boilennakers' stott oy Scott Burton White. the game with their running attack, as evidenced checking plays," Carr said. "When he plays Daily Sports Writer "He's big and strong enough that if you don't by Purdue's 40 minutes of possession in its 38- within their system, Trefzger is a very good The Big Ten may have the best collection of really get a good hit, he is going to run through 27 victory over Wisconsin last weekend. In that quarterback." featured backs in college football and, kindly, it," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. "And in game, Alstott rushed for 204 yards and Watson About the only thing Purdue seems to be the Michigan defense has been spared from two close, in the off-tackle areas, he has an ability to added 194. lacking on offense isjust a little bit of luck. The of them this season. Both Indiana's Alex Smith make some good cuts, and run north and south." However, the running game is hardly the lone Boilermakers missed a last-second field goal and Minnesota's Chris Darkins were injured Alstott is complimented by a physical collec- component to the Purdue offense, which has against Minnesota in a 39-38 loss, came within when their teams played the Wolverines. tion of offensive linemen, one of the better averaged 28 points a game. The Boilermakers a touchdown of upsetting Notre Dame and a ' But when Michigan (3-2 Big Ten, 7-2 overall) blocking backs in the Big Ten in tailback Edwin have thrown only five touchdown passes against field goal away from knocking off Penn State. faces Purdue (1-3-1, 3-4-1) at Michigan Sta- Watson and a running formation that includes 11 interceptions, but they have averaged 178 Consequently -just as Purdue brings one of dium at noon tomorrow (ESPN), the Wolver- 350-pound offensive lineman Damon Lewis in yards per game through the air. the Big Ten's most potent offenses to Michigan ines will not have an escape clause against the the backfield. Carr complemented the heady and efficient Stadium - the Wolverine defense will play in robust, and yes, completely healthy, Mike "It's a great short-yardage formation," Purdue play of senior quarterback Rick Trefzger. When front of skeptical eyes for the first time this Alstott. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound fullback is coach JimCollettosaid. "Theproblemis(Lewis) he's been healthy this season, he's completed season. WALKER VANoYKE/Daily perhaps the most bruising and punishing runner wants to carry the ball." 58.8 percent of his passes. For most of 1995, the defense had been a Tshimanga Blakabutuka will lead Michigan's in these parts since Michigan State's Lorenzo The Boilermakers can control the tempo of "He does a good job at the line of scrimmage See BOILERS, Page 14 ground attack against a suspect Purdue defense. SSiberians left out in the cold Taylor's 20 leads Michigan to easy exhibition-game wi By Barry Sollenberger Daily Sports Editor Nikita Khrushchev would not have been happy. The Michigan men's basketball team pounded the Siberia Basketball Club of Cheremkhovo, 89-65, yester- day at Crisler Arena. Maurice Taylor led the Wolverines with 20 points. Willie Mitchell added 15 points and seven boards for Michi- gan, while Vitaly Strebkov paced the Siberians with 25 points. Khrushchev is perhaps best known in the West for a speech he gave at the United Nations in 1960 as General Secretary of the Soviet Union. While talking, he took off his shoe, pounded it on the table and shouted defiantly "to the West": "We will bury you!" He wouldn't have liked what tran- spired yesterday. It was the Siberians who got bur- ied. The West ... er ... the Wolverines took a 6-0 lead on back-to-back three- pointers by freshmen Louis Bullock and Albert White in the game's open- ing minute and were never threat- ened. "Their speed and strength was the difference," Siberian coach Andrei Novikov said. "They were stronger than all of the teams we faced in Russia." The game was relatively close early on - Michigan led, 24-17, at the 10:59 mark of the first half. But then faster than you can say "perestroika," the Wolverines went on a20-6 run, capped by aTaylorjam, and the Siberians trailed by 21,44-23, with 3:16 left. Taylor did not start, but he got out of the gate early, scoring his first six points on thunderous dunks. He was, 7-of-9 from the field for 14 points in the first half and 9-of-13 for the game. "If Mo plays like that this season," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said, "he'll be difficult to guard." No kidding. The Siberians needed a couple of Ivan Dragos on this day, but they were nowhere to be found. This game was over by the inter- mission for a simple reason - the Wolverines couldn't miss before half- time and the Siberians did almost noth- ing but miss in the opening half. The Siberians shot just .423 from the field in the first half, compared with .590 for Michigan. The Wolver- ines cooled off considerably in the second half and shot .480 for the game, but it didn't matter. If it weren't for Strebkov's 16 first- half points on four-of-six shooting from downtown, the Wolverines' 19- point halftime lead could have beer 30. For the night, Bullock and White reached double figures with 11 and See EXHIBITION, Page 'M' gets Morrison back f .. The Wolverines shot 48 percent for the game, while holding their opponents to just over 40 percent. JONATHAN LURIE/Daily By Nicholas J. Cotsonika Daily Sports Writer Unfair as it may seem, the fourth- ranked college hockey team in the na- tion just got better. Michigan will add a Hobey Baker finalist, a first-team All-American and the 1994-95 national scoring leader to its lineup for this weekend's games against Miami (Ohio) at Goggin Ice Arena in Oxford - all wrapped up in one maize and blue blur. Brendan Morrison is back. "He is going to make us a much more balanced team," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "(His return) gives us another top line center... and he is a big leader for us out there." While the junior was sidelined with an aggravation of an old knee injury for the first month of this season, the Wolverines (3-1 CCHA, 5-1 overall) nearly made people forget about his importance. Ex- cept for a disappointing 7-3 loss to West- ern Michigan, they have rolled overteams like Guelph (Ontario), Ferris State and 1994-95 NCAA finalist Maine. But everything hasn't been perfect. The power play went 5-for-15last week- end against the Bulldogs, but it had converted only 12 percent of its chances beforehand. This ineptitude is a sore spot for a team that was an impressive 29.3 percent with the extra man last season. The Wolverines, strong as they are, need improvement, and that is where Morrison should come in. "His greatest impact will probably be f f on the power play," Michigan assistant coach Billy Powers said. "We've been un- organized, and he will bring a lot of vision to the ice. There will be more crisp passing and tape-to-tape Morrison plays." Morrison will complete an offensive corps that many consider the best in the NCAA. Michi- gan has been known for its depth, but now it is marked by an overabundance of talented forwards. "We have to evaluate our team now with Brendan Morrison," Berenson said. "This is the first time we've had everyone healthy, so some guys who have been playing well (such as John Arnold and Justin Clark) are going to have to sit." Berenson has shuffled his lines to ac- commodate the center, giving Michigan fourdangerous combinations and leaving or roadtrp the opposition wondering which to chick. Morrison will skate with Greg Crozier and Warren Luhning,bumpingMikeLegg over to play with Sean Ritchlin and-Matt Herr. Bobby Hayes will centcr. new pairingofJohn Madden andBill Muckalt. The line of Jason Botterill, Kevin Hilton and Dale Rominski will remain intact. "We don't really have a No. linte anymore," Berenson said. "We have ort of, two No. I lines and two No. 2 lines." That has to concern Miami, whioh has been roughed up a bit thus. far. Miami (0-1, 1-4) has been sweeping the league basement and hasn't done much outside of the CCHA, either. Miami beat Boston College, 7-1, but lost to No. 5 Maine, 6-5, Michigan State;6-3, and No. 7 Vermont, 7-4 and 4-3. Miami's most talented player is seiior Kevyn Adams, who has 10 points and is described by Berenson as a player~who "could become dominant in the CCUA." But he can't make up for Miami's young, porous defense - averaging six goals against pergame-that may have trouble with Morrison and his mates. "We've got to give up fewer chances, especially when we're playing a team with as much firepower as Michigan," Miami coach Mark Mazzoleni said."And if they've got Morrison back, they're going to be really tough." I I.. .. .", '}'j . :^ . y w ., e 1970 -1995 areer Planning & Placement invites you to a forum with r .i+ r . aN, t j" "' F 1 '1. tic ;"J ri