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Packer-49er preview Page 2 No. 1 Tar Heels lose Page 4 Ej Baseball's wish list Wisconsin State Journal Sunday, December 6, 1 987, Section 6 Page 12 Heisinon goes to igers sweep trown i f) ljV but Vii Stmts' Baca By Andy Baggot By Peter Richmond Knight-Ridder News Service NEW YORK The only surprise was the total lack of surprise. The voting was no closer than the pursuit on one of Tim Brown's touchdown rambles. But the intrigue lives on. The staid old Heisman Trophy is alive with a jolt of refreshing and healthy controversy.

The final tally has only fueled the debate. Notre Dame wide receiver and turn specialist Tim Brown won the 53rd Heisman Trophy, emblematic of college football's most outstanding player, in unexpectedly convincing fashion Saturday in voting announced at the Downtown Athletic Club. In balloting involving more than 1,000 national sports media, Brown i '-) Sports reporter HOUGHTON, Mich. The University of Wisconsin hockey team will take a month-long leave of absence from the rigors of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association feeling very, very good about life. A four-game winning streak buoyed by a rare road sweep completed Saturday night win do that to you.

UW played exemplary team defense, got more stellar goaltending from Dean Anderson and two goals from freshman Don Granato en route to a 4-2 victory over Michigan Tech. Coupled with Friday's 4-1 triumph, the Badgers put the following items in their first-half portfolio: Their first road sweep of the season and first against a WCHA opponent since taking two from Colorado College in February, 1986. They did it in a building the Student Ice Arena where they were 4-12 coming in. Their 14th straight game holding an opponent to four goals or less. They've accomplished that feat in 15 of 18 games this season.

Their fifth series sweep of the season. Their fourth straight victory over Tech this season. "A big weekend," Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer said. "Those were two big wins." Not only did the straight-set victories improve the team's already giddy outlook, they gave the second-place Badgers a 12-6 record and kept them four points behind front-running Minnesota (14-3). "If you remember about six games ago we talked about being 12-6 i 0 collected 1,442 points ana sa iirsi-place votes, far ahead of Syracuse quarterback Don McPherson, who finished with 831 points and 167 first-place votes.

Michigan State running back Lorenzo White finished a surprising fourth behind Holy Cross' two-way performer, Gordie Lockbaum. Lock-baum finished with 657 points, White with 632. White did finish second in three of the six regions into which the Heisman balloting is divided the South, the Midwest and the Far West But he was fourth in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest Lockbaum was second in the Southwest and third in the other five regions. Pittsburgh running back Craig Heyward finished fifth, 462 points behind White. Florida running back Em-mitt Smith finished ninth with 70 points.

Brown became the first wide receiver to win the award since Nebras- Turn to Page 2, Col. 4 A Thad Malta, left, and Chad Fordyce of Butler and Kurt Portmann of the Badgers all have their eyes on loose ball. State Journal photo by Scott Seid By Tom Oates going into Christmas, bauer saia. "That's where we are." In addition to Granato's efforts, Wisconsin also got goals from Chris Tancill and Tony Scheid. Sauer spent considerable time talking about his defense Saturday, and with good reason.

His talk started with Anderson, who earned his 50th career victory. Not only did the senior make 29 stops, he was more or less the catalyst behind the collective effort in front of him. "Everyone was confident because of the way Dean was playing and how well the defensive guys were playing," Granato said. The defensive effort was a combination of several factors, but in the end it boiled down to one thing. "Good defense is everyone holding up their responsibilities," Granato said.

Tech coach Herb Boxer agreed the Badgers' defense was the difference in the series. "That's the best I've seen a team come in here and play defense in 7 7 i 4 I -Kir Best effort by a Badger freshman Tim Locum's 29 points were the most ever by a University of Wisconsin freshman. 29 Tim Locum, against Butler, Dec. 5, 1987. 28 Joe Chrnelich, against Iowa, March 5.

1977. 28 James Gregory, against Northwestern, Feb. 19, 1977. 28 Al Rudd, against Michigan, Jan. 8, 1977.

and Molaski missed the front end of five consecutive bonus free throw situations). The Bulldogs cut the lead to 82-71 before the Badgers began making free throws. Yoder, who couldn't hide his disappointment with the finish, said he substituted too early. But the players insisted on taking the blame. "We got a victory, but the last 10 minutes of the game we just didnt play," Portmann said.

UTLER mm fg hw ltd rob pt a pts Fowlkes 34 10 15 1 1 45 226 Koralfa 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 Tucker 33 5 11 23 LIHrell 23 2 1 22 J'JJ Shoup Donovan 90 100 'IS? Malta 15 1 100 1S2J Etherinaton 11 I 2 0 0 1 1 Fordyce 201 12 00 Berry 10 000 Jl'S Herbert 20 'J Totals M0 11 44 I WISCONSIN mlnfolgartlarebPdpts Tompkins Slmms 70 012 Portmann 302 10 45 Jockson 26U 44 41125 Tapp 234 414 Jones 21 2 412 13 Moloskl 270 247 4je Locum 2715 4S JJJ2; Schubring 1 I 0 0 1 2 1 Fleming 7 1 i Robertson 20 000 wiiiev io ooo Robinson 1 0 Totals 2dt a a Rebounding totals include loom rebounds. duller JJ Wisconsin Threent goals Butler -ll (Fowlkes Tucker 0-1, Llttrell 1-1 Shoup 1-3. Motto 1-1. Fordyce 3-5); Wisconsin 10-21 (Jockson 3-. Locum 7-12).

Fktld-goal percentages Butler Wisconsin .517. Free-throw percentages Butler 1.000, Wisconsin .425. Turnovers Butler li, Wisconsin 14. OHIclols Phil Bova. London Bradley, Chuck welnkoul.

Art. 5,344. Locum made eight of 11 shots in the half. Seven baskets came from three-point land. On the other one, his feet were straddling the line.

"Coach (Brad) McNulty came up to me and said, 'You've got to start looking for your shot first instead of trying to pass it' Locum said. "With the zone they were playing, it made it doubly open for me." Locum hit a three-point shot the first time he touched the ball and the rally was on. "Tim was really canning those three-pointers and it gave everybody confidence," Portmann said. Locum cooled down in the second half even though Butler steadfastly refused to leave its zone. However, Jackson got hot and scored 18.

Jackson had seven as Wisconsin went on a 13-0 run during the first 5 minutes of the second half. Jackson's three-pointer, a dunk by Jones and two drives by Tompkins put Wisconsin ahead, 66-41, with 10 minutes left The Badgers had scored on 13 of their first 14 possessions in the second half. "That was just a great stretch of basketball," Jones said. "Then, to let (the lead) get down to 11 points, that hurts a lot" Wisconsin pushed its lead to 72-41 before Yoder emptied the bench with 7:50 left But Butler started fouling and Wisconsin started missing (Tapp Sports reporter Steve Yoder juggled his lineup Saturday, starting three new players in an effort to wake up his University of Wisconsin basketball team. It wasnt until about 10 minutes later that Yoder found what he was looking for, though.

Freshman guard Tim Locum came off the bench with the Badgers trailing by nine and scored 23 of his game-high 29 points in the first half as Wisconsin overcame Butler, 92-80, at the UW Field House in front of a crowd of 5,344. Locum, whose output set a UW record for points in a game by a freshman, sank seven of nine three-point shots the final one just before the buzzer as he rallied Wisconsin from a 16-7 deficit to a 37-34 halftime lead. The rest of the Badgers caught the hint after that as they outscored Butler, 35-7, at the start of the second half before some shoddy free throw shooting gave them an unnecessary scare at the end. "When Locum came in he was ready to shoot it," Yoder said. "They let him have the shot he got wired and he shot it very well He shot us back into the ballgame and gave us a lead." Junior guard Trent Jackson added Turn to Page 8, Col.

1 ..1 4 I 1-1 wiKwnln MicKIsM Tech First Mflad Butler (1-2) with 26 points. Yoder opened with a quick lineup that had Rodney Tapp, Willie Simms and Patrick Tompkins replacing Tom Molaski, Danny Jones and Darin Schubring. The only familiar faces were Jackson and Portmann. The lineup didn't give Yoder's offense the jump start it needed, though. It wasn't until Locum entered the game with 12:58 left in the half that things speeded up.

Sexson, afraid of Wisconsin's size advantage inside, had his team sitting back in a zone defense. Locum saw some openings from the bench. "I was itching to get in," he said. "I looked for my shot" 25 points for Wisconsin (3-1) and sophomore forward Kurt Portmann turned in perhaps the best game of his career 10 points, nine rebounds and a brilliant defensive effort on Butler forward Chad Tucker. Tucker came into the game with a 26-point average, but scored only two in the first 32 minutes as the UW took a 72-41 lead.

Tucker had 11 points in garbage time to finish with 13. "I didnt think Tucker was into the game," Butler coach Joe Sexson said. "But I thought the big fella did a nice job on him. He does a nice job of getting his hand out there and discouraging passes." Forward Darren Fowlkes paced Wisconsin Granato 4 (Anarlneo, Shuclwk), (PP), 10:17. Panaltlet: Andrliwa (tripping), Rhodtl.

MT (slashing; served by Hard). 6:30. Second period Michigan Toe Hannon (Russell, Noble), McKay, MT (stashing), Saglssor. (sloshing, roughing), McKay, MT (roughing), Wendorf, MT (roughing). Tuttle, (tripping).

Blssett, MT (hooking), Revok. (hooking). McKay, MT (roughing), w. Cyr, MT (roughing), 17:5. Third period Wisconsin Tancill 4 (Rohlik).

1:21. Mich lean Teck Luknowskv 1 (Honnon), 5:27. Wisconsin Granato 5 (Andrlnga, Ranhelm), "Wisconsin Scheid 1 (Shuehuk). 17:41. Saves Anderson (W) Rhodes(MT) 1 '4 1' 35 Power plav: Wisconsin 1 lor Michigan Tech 1 for 4.

Aft. 1521. Johannson earning his 1 i. 1 ff e. I'l 5 I 'J A kV Bill M'Sr Brophy Si i If you have tried to follow Team USA in its adventures throughout the country, most Madison news accounts have dealt with forward Tony Granato and goalie Mike Richter, the media darlings who played at the University of Wisconsin last season, and forward Lane McDonald, the fast-skating kid from Mequon who Jeff Sauer somehow let get away and play at Harvard.

In fact more has been written locally about the Badger who didn't make the team, Paul Ranheim, than another ex-Badger who did, Jim Johannson. That's just the way the hockey life of Johannson has gone. He walked on at Wisconsin as a forward from Rochester, MiniL, while his older brother John got a scholarship. While his brother was a Badger captain and had a recognizable nickname, Jim was the other brother. He scored 63 goals, one fewer than John, but Jimmy never got a lot of attention in Madison.

"I have learned that all the attention is out of your said Johannson, a likable red-haired, 23-year old who played pro hockey in West Germany last season before making the Olympic team this summer. "I dont care if people thought I should be on the team or shouldn't be on the team. "I know what I did to make the team. I worked hard last summer. Nobody can take that away from me." On a talented U.S.

team with two good goalies in Richter and Chris Terreri, a great defenseman in Brian Leetch and some talented and quick forwards like Granato, Clark Donatelii, Craig Janney, Corey Millen and Scott Fusco, Johannson is a role player. He knows that and accepts it Maybe that's one reason why Jimmy is still wearing red, white and blue while others arent Nothing has been given to Johannson. He's played at center and each wing and he adds the maturity and hockey sense to a young team like Mike Eruzione did to the 1980 team and Phil Verchota and John Turn to Page 3, Col. 1 Team USA's Jim Johannson, a former UW skater, signs a poster for Brian Schumacher, 9, of Fitch-burg during an autograph session Saturday af ternoon. Team USA plays an exhibition game against the Badgers on Monday at the Dane County Coliseum.

State Journal photo by Chris Corsmeier.