Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY St turday, .January 24, 1970 I ' ;' You say you're feelin' cold and lonely? I Spa rtans test By CHRIS TERAS emotions have indeed been run- Just how good is the unbeaten ning high through the week's Michigan gymnastics squad? practices. The answer to this question will "I haven't seen the boys put out be forthcoming at Michigan State this well all year," he said. today as the Wolverines travel to "They're getting themselves ready, East Lansing to meet a 1:30 date for this one - there hasn't been: in the Men's IM Building. any need for pep talks. Also today, the trampoline seg- "To take one instance," he con- ment of the gym team, including tinued, "my two all-arounders, Tim Wright (3rd in Big Ten and Rick McCurdy and Si d Jensen, 5th in the NCAA's last year), Paul ran through their entire six- Kyprie, and Chris Keane " (5th in event routine last Wednesday." the 1969 Midwest Open), will be It's no usual thing for the all- competing in the Memphis (Ten- ns)pegn arounders to perform six succes- Although the Spartans' best sive routines in practice because a score to datehas been just over good deal of physical punishment 155, and Michigan's high was the is involved. 163.25 scored last weekend against Another element adding to the Illinois Circle Campus, the con- pressure is the fat that the Wol- test has to be considered a chal- verines are not facing a pushover lenge. The reason is that this will by any means. Veteran State men- be the season's first competition tor, George Szypula, commaids in a really high-pressure situation. respect in . the eyes of Michigan For one thing, as is common gymnasts because of his past re- throughout the sports world, it is cord of successes. T h e worst a much more difficult to perform Szypula team has done in 19 well on the road than it is in the years of Big Ten competition has safe confines of home surround- been two fourth-place finishes. ings. Going into today's meet, how- Another factor adding to all the ever, the Spartans may be con- pressure is the tradition of the ri- sidered relatively weak. It always valry. Everyone knows that emo- hurts to lose an NCAA Champion tions .hit a fever pitch whenever like Toby Towson, who tied for the combatants are Michigan- the floor exercise title in 1969 and Michigan State, and according to has graduated, but State will also Wolverine coach Newt Loken, the be performing today without star Wolcerine gymnasts all-arounder, Joe Fedorchik, who is injured. Michigan, on the other hand is in relatively good physical shape. "Our only troubles in this area," said Loken, "are that Sid Jensen is just getting back his strength from his bout with the flu last week, and Ron Rapper (team cap- tain and a parallel bars special- ist) hasn't been able to practice all week because of illness." Loken said that his lineup will be virtually the same as it has been in Michigan's dual meet vic- tories over Wisconsin, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, and Illinois Circle Campus. "I do have tough decisions, though, in the floor exercise and the high bar," he said. "Ward Black, Ray Gura, and Bill Mack- le are all 8.9-90 performers in the floor exercise, and in the high bar, ' ' I have either Murry Plotkin, Jim Scully, or Ted Marti, who are all '. .. competing for one spot in each event." In the Spartans lineup, Szypula . plans to replace Fedorchek with Randy Balhorn. Other top per- formers are Mickey Uram, a 11- around, Charlie Morse, side horse, rings, and parallel bars, and Tom Kuhlman high bar. - Last year, Michigan won 163.- 025 to 159.525. i (,:.' I . UNKNOWN QUANTITY Matmen host improved Purdue Cheer Up! Come on up to the 2nd floor of the Student Publications Bldg. We'll give you warmth, under- and (if you're lucky) a job. See SCHULZ By LEE KIRK they also have a new coach. Vet- The Michigan wrestling team eran Coach Claude Reeck retired looks to pulling their dual meet at the beginning of this year and record above the .500 level for the his assistant, Don Corrigan, has first time this season as they take replaced him as the head man. on the Purdue grapplers at 3 p.m. There will be a few changes in this .afternoon at the Events the Michigan line-up for today's Building, meet. Heavyweight Rick Bolhouse The Wolverines sport a 2-2-1 has a slightly injured rib and Bay season record and a second place said he felt it would be better for finish in the Midlands tourna- Bolhouse to sit out a meet rather ment and are fresh from 1a s t t h an risk aggravating the in- Saturday's 30 - 7 thumping of jury. Iiv £itrtgtn ti1 Eastern Michigan. If past records are any indica- tion, the Wolverines shouldn't have to work up any sweat at all to dispose of the Boilermakers, but according to assistant coach Rick Bay, past performances may prove to be more of a liability than an asset. "I can't recall a match that has seen a Purdue wrestler beat one of our boys," said Bay, "and because of this it is hard to get the team excited about this meet. We real- ly don't know too much a b o u t Purdue other than that they are improved." The Boilermakers remain an unknown quantity because t h e y are basically a young team and BUSINESS STA F F Bay also plans to weigh in Jes- se Rawls and Marvin Pushman in the 177-pound bracket and Ther- lon Harris and Jim Thomas at 190 pounds. Two of these grap- plers will compete in their brack-' ets and one will replace the in- jured Bolhouse. This problem may not be all that serious as Rawls has had previous experience fill- ing in at the heavyweight slot. Tim Cech will return at the 126- pound division and Lane Headrick will wrestle at the 150-pound slot. Other than these changes, t h e Wolverines will sport the same alignment they used last week at Eastern Michigan. The Boilermakers wrestle d Michigan State last night at East Lansing and Bay feels that the outcome of that meet could ef- fect today's matches. The Spar- tans are ranked as one of the top three teams in the nation but they may be looking past the Boiler- makers too, although for differ- ent reasons. Today the Spartans are 'wrest- ling Oklahoma State, another of the nation's top three teams, and if Purdue catches the Spartans napping and wins a few matches, it could key t h e m for today's meet. Against the Hurons last Satur- day the Michigan matmen turned in an impressive victory, with su- perior performances in the light- weight and heavyweight divisions. t Jerry Hoddy, at 118 pounds, pin- ned his EML opponent in the first period. Weighing in at 126 pounds will be Jim Hagan, who decisioned his opponent last week, 12-4. In the upper weights Michi- gan proved to be just as tough as in the lightweights. Although near- ly pinned in the first period, Jesse Rawls came back to score a fall in the 177 pound match-up last week. Therlon Harris, 191-pounder, managed a 5-1 decision over EMU's Larry Meyers. Michigan's 30-7 win over Eastern Michigan s h o u1 d act as a good priming for this week's match against Pudrue. a Join The Daily Today! This is not an attempt to misrepresent, but, in essence, a soliciation to rent. This offer is authorized under the Homestead Act of 1862. 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