THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, THE MICHIGAN DAILV WEDNESDAY, -Dally-R. N. Hockett SHORT TRIP TO SUCCESS - Alex Gaxiola has developed in six short years into one of the United States' top backstroke swim- mers. During this season, he has lowered his personal time for 200 yards from 2:12 to 2:02.8, and currently holds the Michigan record for that distance. Backstroker Gaxiola Rises To SecondBest in i en Phi Sigs, Phi Gains Win Titles By DAVE COOK Phi Sigma Delta and Phi Gam- ma Delta rolled to victories last night in the final playoffs for third and fourth places in Fra- ternity "A" basketball. Grabbing most of the rebounds and employing q pass-and-break offense, the Phi Sigs jumped off to a four-point lead in the open- ing minute of play and were-never headed, downing Zeta Beta Tau, 20-16. Trailing, 18-9, at halftime, ZBT threw up a rock'em-sock'em de- fense in the second stanza, giving up no field goals and only two foul shots, but fell short in a seven-point comeback bid. Gil Asher led the winners with seven points, while Stan Alfred tossed in five for the lasers. The bruising rebounding of Ray Locke and the sharp shooting of Dick Peterson spelled the down- fall of Theta Delta Chi in the fourth -'place playoff, the Phi Gais romping, 37-21. Peterson, who poured through 19 points on nine field goals and a free throw, paced the winners to an eight-point intermission ad- vantage and was a constant thorn in the Theta Delt side defensively. He combined with Walt Scherer (10 points) on fast breaks. Earl Gottschalk kept the losers in a respectable position with sturdy work on the boards, besides racking up 10 points. HOLLND L.S.&A. VICE PRES. "for class, college & university" r MISSOURI MEERSCHAUM SETS set of 1-$1.50 set of 2-$2.15 PIPE CENTER 1209A S. University Ann Arbor r I U "A; HOW TO BE A TWO-CAR FAMILY THIS WEEKEND FOR Postponed Again ST. LOUIS-Welterweight. box- ing king Don Jordan, his training routine shattered momentarily by the birth of a premature baby to his wife, yesterday was granted a three-week postponement in his title rematch against Virgil Akins. The fight was- reset for April 24. Yt was the second postponement. Originally, it was scheduled for March 6 but a tornado damaged. the St. Louis Arena and caused the first postponement till April 3. 1 I Michigan's Big Ten champion track team will split up into three squads for this weekend's busy schedule. The first contingent leaves Fri- day fortthe. Knights of Columbus meet in Cleveland that night. Comprising this group are 13 Wol- verines, recent Conference -title- winners. Heading this group is double- winner Tom Robinson, who cap- tured the 60- and 300-yd. dashes. Robinson will be entered in- the 50-yd. dash, and will be matched against Olympic sprinter Ira Mur- chison and other veterans of the indoor circuit., Landstrom, Gibson Vault The Wolverines will be well rep- resented in the pole;, vault with Eeles Landstrom and Captain Mamon Gibson entered in the event. Gibson recently tied for the Big Ten title with Jim John- ston of Purdue and Landstrom has cleared 15' outdoors. Pete Stanger and Bennie McRae will compete in the hurdles. Stan- ger is fresh from his conquest in the 70-yd. lows at Madison. McRae is a freshman, but has beaten Stanger in practice. Ergas Leps,. another sensational freshman, will run in the 1000-yd. event. Unaccustomed to Boards The mile-relay team will be composed of Don Chalfant, Bryan Gibson, Marsh Dickerson, and Tony Seth, Big Ten 880-yd. cham- pion. The two-mile relay team will have Wally Schafer, Fred Mon- tour, Dave Martin, and Seth. Michigan track Coach Don Can- FRIEDMAR, -- first with figures L.S.A. TREASU RER ham said "Our relay teams should have a tough time because they will be running on a board track for only the second time while the Eastern squads have been com- peting on the boards all season." The second squad will head for Denison University at Granville, 0., where the Livingston Relays will be held Saturday night. Les Bird, Big Ten broad jump king, and Lou Williams, another varsity broad jumper, will compete in their specialty. Joel Boyden and Ermin Crownley will put the shot. Gibson will fly from Cleveland to compete in the pole vault, and Dick Cephas will high-jump and run in the low hurdles. The third team of 14 men will travel 'to Hamilton, Ont. for the Highlander Games. Earl Deardorff will compete in the 600-. or 1000- d run. Open House Tomo0r-row Intramural Director Earl Riskey announced yesterday that the an- nual I-M Open House will be held tomorrow, beginning at 6:45 p.m. The program opens with two 'B" basketball games for the resi- dence hall and social fraternity championships, followed by four other championship basketball games. These include the "A" resi- dence halls and fraternity games, the Independent game and the professional fraternity contest. Swimming championships will be decided in residence hall and fraternity divisions. Other action during the Open House, which is free to the public, includes residence hall paddleball, an all-campus gymnastics tourna- ment, and an all-campus diving championship for which there are already six qualifiers. There will also be some inter- esting exhibitions in water polo, volleyball, badminton, handball, squash, codeball, and basketball. In the basketball game,,girls will play fellows. The men, however, will play under a handicap. They will be wearing boxing gloves. By BUZ STEINBERG JoseBAlejandro Guillermo Gaxi- ola Robles, better known as Alex Gaxiola, may well be the most. improved swimmer that has given a hand to Michigan's efforts this year. One can hardly believe that only after six years' experience in the water, he has established himself as the second-leading backstroker in the Big Ten and is also one of the potential greats in the country. It was just before his 14th birth- day that Gaxiola first entered the water. "I wanted to learn how to swim since all my friends did, but I was always somewhat shy of the water," said Gaxiola. "The will to learn overcame my fears and the desire to become a good swimmer even pressed me more. Develops Backstroke "I swam in Mexico City for our swim club, and in 1954 went to the National AAU Outdoor meet at Indianapolis with six others from Mexico City. I entered the 1500- and 400-meter freestyle and also the 400-meter backstroke. The coach thought that the backstroke would developmy ability better, so I worked on that the hardest. Loses to McKinney He returned to the United States for the National AAU Outdoor meet and attempted to qualify in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke, but was jolted by Frank McKin- ney (who presently holds the world backstroke record) in bth events. Gaxiola went back to Mexico to compete in the Pan-American Games, but McKinney once more put the damper on him. After the Pan-Am Games, Alex, too, returned to the United States to learn English in order to pre- pare for entrance into the Uni- versity. Ailments, Injury, "I wanted to do much better than I did, but between my last year in high school and my fresh- man year in college, I ran into difficulty. At the beginning of the school year I got appendicitis. Then, after Christmas, I got bron- chial pneumonia and between semesters I broke my arm." Gaxiola added, "When I finally was able to return to the water this year, I really wanted to do well but was far behind everyone. I knew I would have to work hard," so he did. "Gus (Stager, swim coach) helped me all the time. He pressed me to swim harder and the re- sults are beginning to show." Gaxiola swam the 220-yd, back- COEDS: TRY OUR CASUAL, EASY-DO H AIR STYLE Ddesigned to your facial features Today!! - No Appointments Needed -- The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theatre stroke this year in 2:12.2 against Indiana (the old nemesis McKin- ney again took first place with a then world record-breaking time of 2:03.6). Next, against Michigan State, he did 2:11.1 and repeated the same time against Ohio State. "It didn't seem as if --ny efforts were paying off, but I continued working hard and finally gained some speed," added Gaxiola. "At the Big Ten meet Stager told me I would really have to swim to make the finals. This wor- ried me greatly, thus forcing me to put in an all-out effort." Breaks Varsity Record "In the qualifying match I did the 220-yd. backstroke in 2:08, which broke the Michigan varsity record. This seemed to build up some confidence in me. When the finals came, I remembered Stager's words of warning, 'Don't try harder but move your arms faster,' which I didn't forget. I went 2:06! "I raced against McKinney once again and this time we both broke his world record. I was one second behind the world's fastest 200-yd. backstroke time of 2:01.8. Strenuous Schedule "I would still like to beat Mc- Kinney and am practicing hard all the time. Stager makes me take forty 50-yd. laps across the pool with only 30 seconds' rest, but that is the way to improve. I sure owe a lot to the coach." Stager replies, "With all his ef- forts, the only way he can get now is better and better ..." 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