THE MICHIGAN DAILY" Thursday, August 15, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, August 15, 1968 I Ii Downtown Honda western Conference sneaks into preseason poiis / By BOB LEESj Associate Sports Editor Preseason pollsters have sud- denly rediscovered the Big Ten. After years of lambasting the conference for slipping from its former exalted plateau, the analysts have picked no less than four --count 'em, four - Western squads on their various Top Ten listings. So this should be the year for all the conference schools to raise their collective heads high and re-proclaim their membership in the elite group. All, that is, except for North- western. The poor Wildcats, actually a better team than a year ago, have the dubious honor of playing their first five games against - hold on - Miami of Florida, Southern Cal, Purdue, Notre Dame, a n d Ohio State. In that order. It is the humble opinion of this sports- writer that, should coach Alex HONDA HEADQUARTERS Immediate Delivery Wenk Sales and Service, Inc. 10 E. Washington 665-8637 Agase lead his Evanstonians through that gauntlet unscathed,I the position of number one in the! country should be awarded to his Squad in perpetuity. For every one of those. five is listed on at least one Top Ten poll, and the middle three are ex- pected to fight it out for the top three positions in the country. Purdue, of course, along with Big Ten rivals Indiana, Ohio State, and Minnesota, need no real introduction to Wolverine fans. They all showed great strength last year, they all put on a tremendous struggle for the 1967 conference crown, and they all have an outstanding crop of; returnees and sophomores. In fact, they all might make a major' Top Ten list this season, except for. the fact that they all play each other. And the wire services have a disconcerting habit of dis- counting teams who lose games. The Trojans of USC. of course,; might settle this problem of top billing quite easily by dragging the title out west. O.J. Simpson is back, along with coach John McKay's usual collection of junior college transfers.. Yet any team which has five of its starters pick- ed in the first round of the pro draft is bound to feel the effects of graduation. And Oregon State is all set to ick up the slack in the Pacific Eight - and the nation - should USC falter. Last year the Beav- ers downed both Southern Cal and Purdue en route to a 7-2-1 record, and the entire offensive backfield is returning, along with the coaches' All-America John. Sandstrom on defense. The way things look, the Trojan-Beaver game in Los Angeles on November 16 might just decide the W e s t Coast Rose Bowl representative. To the east of these Pacific contenders are several teams em- inently worthy of Top Ten scrut- iny, with the Lone Star State holding three. Tops is Texas, which was racked by injury last year, but still has a strong of- fense returning. And should they falter, a soph crop which aver- aged 40 points per game last year is ready for picking. Texas A&M, however, is right behind - or maybe a little ahead receiver, Jim Seymour, may re- of - the Longhorns. A strong ceive similar honors. Defense is defense should be their forte, as their big questioi mark, and with 10 starters return from that their schedule, it. should be an- squad; but seven returning start- swered quickly. ers from offense mean a power- The Alligator State might join ful scoring punch. The Thanks- Texas and Indiana this year in giving Day Aggie-Loighorn game the Two-Top-Ten-Teams-in-the- should determine the Southwest Same-State category, with b o t h crown-we.rer. Florida and Florida State coming The other Texas power is Hous- on strong. The former seem to ton. Warren McVea is gone but have evrything but kicking this fullback 1aul Gipsin and Carlos year, while the latter will. base Bell, McVea's replacement, give their hopes on a passing offense. the Cougars another strong back- The East's best hopes for Top field to go with their quick de- fense. Ten power rest with Penn State, which won the Lambert Trophy Back in the Midwest, two more [or the umpteenth time last year. teams are destined for Top Ten- Since that success was based dom - Oklahoma and (of course) largely on sophomores, this year's Notre Dame. The Sooners return squad should be an experienced eight members of an offense crew. which ran up a 10-1 {record last j year, andshould remain atop the So there it is. A Top Ten or Big Eight, so that doesn't have an order, and The Irish, meanwhile, may be covers the entire country. And the only team in. the country right in the middle of them all with' two potential All-America sits Evanston, where the Wildcats quarterbacks -- Terry Hanratty of Northwestern have a right to and Coley O'Brien. And their ace feel hemmed in. Wouldn't you? Meyer breaksmore marks; Ol1ympicswim trials nd 0 COLEY O'BRIEN; f Stopreading ik e th ey.i 10tyears ago ao 4,- S- , ;I . J. SIMPSON } FOR MAXIMUM PAY NOW HAMfiILTON, Short, stimulating, brief, but intensive modern business courses designed for today's girls-going-up and determined to make it now, not tomorrow. New Hamilton Mini-Courses are starting shortly. Select now from classes preparing you for: Secretary,, Receptionist, Stenographer, Key-Punch Operator, Learn Speed- writing Shorthand . . . classes just a few weeks in length. Classes to fit your' schedule, free counseling and placement. LOS ANGELES (P) - "School- girl Debbie Meyer combined sta- mina with her speed yesterday to, smash her third world record in five days by swimming the rugged 800-meter freestyle race in 9 min- utes 16.4 seconds at the United States women's Olympic swimming trials. The tremendous performance in the metric half-mile came during preliminaries at the Los Angeles Swim Stadium when eight young ladies qualified for the.. evening finals.1 Debbie, 16, shattered her official world mark of 9:22.9 set a year ago in the Pan-American Games at Winnipeg, Canada, and her pending record of 9:17.8 in her home pool of Arden Hills near her Sacramento, Calif., home. On Saturday, the blue-eyed blonde bettered the world record with 2:06.7 in the 200-meter free- style and on Sunday she came right back with 4:24.6 for 400 meters. The top three finishers in each final event qualify for the U.S. Olympic team for October's inter- national competition at Mexico,. City. Pam Kruse of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., posted the second, best 800 qualifying time with 9:26.57 and Eadie Wetzel of Wilmette, Ill., and the Lake Forest Club had the third best at 9:27.35 as all swam in the same qualifying, race. Finals in the 800 complete the Olympic trials which included a dozen events and American girls established new world records in seven of them. The 800 is one of the six races for women swimmers being corn- p'eted in the Olympics by women for the first time this year. Others are the 200 freestyle, 100-meter breakstroke, t00-meter Individual medley, 200-meter butterfly, and 200-meter backstroke. Solon calls for -Russian 1OC expulsion, WASHINGTON (,) - The In- ternational Olympic Committee "should seriouslyI consider expul- sion of Russia 'because of its in- vasion of Czechoslovakia," Rep. Jack McDonald (R-Mich.) said yesterday. "The naked aggression commit- ted by Russia against Czechoslo- vakia makes Russian participation in the Olympics impossible," Mc- Donald said in a statement. Read and, Use Daily Cl assi fieds 'M t~fU t,_ ti.. Y w- 1 phone 169-4501 Co"e in, call or send coupon today. arilton Business College 621 E. William St. Ann Arbor, ,Mich. 48108' 100 years ago, people read the way you're reading right now. Word by word. About 300 or so wvords a minute. And 100 years ago, that kind of reading didn't cause any" problems. You could keep up with what was happening pretty well. But today, our knowledge is exploding so fast that people who want to keep ahead are actually falling behind. There's, simply too much to read. Too much homework. Too many magazines. Too many books. Too many reports and memos. What's the solution? Learn how to read faster and better. You can do it, too. So far over 400,000 other people have done it. People with different jobs, different IQ's, different interests, different educations. Students, businessmen, housewives. These people have all taken a course developed by Evelyn Wood, a prominent educator. And all of them have at least tripled their reading speed with equal or better comprehension. Most have increased it even more. Some have increased it 10, even 20 times. Think for a moment what that means.i All of them-even the slowest- now read an average novel in less than two hours. They read this ad in 8 seconds. They read an entire issue of Time in 15 minutes. Theydon't skip or skim, either. They read every single word. Nor do they use machines. Instead, they let the material they're reading determine how, fast they read. And-mark this well-they actually understand more and remember more and enjoy more than when they read like you. That's right. They understand more. They remember more. They enjoy more. You can do the same thing- even if you're a relatively slow reader now. We guarantee it. In fact, if you don't at least triple your reading speed with equal or bet ter comprehension, the course won't cost you a thing. This is the same course President Kennedy had his Joint Chiefs of Staff take. The same one Senators and Congressmen have taken It's eight weeks long, 2% hours a week, with classes held regularly in Ann Arbor. Shouldn't you find out more about it? You can, simply by coming to a free one hour orientation. We'll show you a film. Explain. the course more fully. Answer any questions you might have. You'll be under no pressure to enroll. If you want to, fine. If you don't want to, fine. But do come. It could change your life. %1 ,. Free Demonstrations i You will see a Reading Dynamics graduate read at amazing speeds from a book he has never seen before and then tell in detail what he has read. ! You will see a documented film that includes actual interviews with Wash- ington Congressmen who have taken Tne course. * You will learn how we can help you to faster reading, improved comprehenf sion, greater concentration and recall. Thursday, August 29 YM-YWCA-CLUB ROOM No. 1 350 S. Fifth Ave. 12-4 -6 and 8 p.m. F. 1 I iI - - -- - - - - -- Mail Coupon Today Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics 17320 W. Eight Mile Rd. Southfield, Michigan 48075 * Please send descriptive brochure -I I I For Further Information Call Today Collect 353-5111 RFADING DYNAMICS I