Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday March 28, 1969 Page Eight THE MiCHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 28, 1969 BLACK VIEWS ona REPRESSION and DISSENT Unsung Richards dismounts with elusive crown WED., APR. 2 8:00 P.M. DONATION $1.00 { f F. t MICHIGAN UNION BALLROOM . Benefit for Legal 'Defense Fund~ By JERRY CLARKE When Dick Richards won the Big Ten parallel bars champion- ship last weekend in the Events! Building, it marked the climax of four years of hard work for one of Michigan's finest gymnasts. Richards, a senior, won the title by beating out teammate and de- fending champion Ron Rapper, and in doing so, he bettered his average for the season by almost .7 of a point. As a senior, this was Richards' last chance to win the champion- ship and to compete in the na- tionals. The victory was especially sweet because he has been per- forming all season in Rapper's shadow, as he never had the high score on the bars. Wolverine coach Newt Loken describes the new champion as an extremely hard worker. He is, says Loken, a "tech- nician who studies every move he makes, and analyzes them very discernedly." Richards first became interest- ed in gymnastics while in ele- mentary school. He took up tum- bling and trampolining in the fourth and fifth grades, partici- pating in YMCA shows. "Growing pains" placed too much stress upon his knee and he was forced to cease this activity and turn his attention to other areas. He went to high school at Northshore Country Day school in Winnetka, Illinois, a private school with no gymnastics program. Here,. his primary interest was football, and he earned honorable mention on the all-state team. MOHON STARS: Golfers slip in tourney PANEL DISCUSSION BLACK PANTHERS DETROIT In his senior year, Richards be- gan spending his afternoons at the public high school, where his brother was captain of the gym- nastics team. He was permitted to work out and sometimes per- formed in exhibitions. On a trip to Michigan, he ran into Alex Frecska, the adopted son of his first tumbling instruc- tor. Frecska, an all-arounder on the Wolverine squad, introduced him to coach Loken. The next fall, Richards enrolled at Michigan and began working out. SINCE HIS freshman year, Richards has worked hard to per- fect his routines. He began in several events, but soon began to specialize on the parallel bars, the area of his best achievement. His performances have shown increasing improvement since. He is the only man known to do a move that Loken calls, appropri- ately, the "Richards." This man- euver involves a full pirouette while holding on to one bar. In the conference meet, Rich- ards stunned the crowd with a rarely seen dismount. The full twisting back somersault is an extremely difficult move used by only two Olympians. Richards is one of the very few collegians to have successfully performed the dismount. He used it in both his preliminary and final routines, posting identical 9.35 scores and easily winning the championship. OFF THE parallel bars, Rich- ards is an English major. He hopes to eventually attend graduate school, but does not expect to do so immediately following grad- uation. He hopes to teach in the Chicago area, but wherever he goes, it will have to be near enough to the waterathat he will be able to pursue one of his favorite ac- tivities, sailing. Dick Richards is an accomplish- ed yachtsman with a great deal of experience, His father placed fifth in the Olympic trials last year in San Diego. Richards himself has competed in several international events. He and his brother once traveled to Rio de Janeiro to en-, I JOHN WATSON Editor "South End" KEN COCKREL Radical Detroit Lawyer Special To The Daily CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Rain mixed with frigid winds and early tee off times hurt the scores of the Michigan golfers as they slid from fifth to seventh in the second round of play in the annual Miami Invitational Tournament. The linksmen finished the day with a combined total of 621 strokes, nearly fifty strokes be- hind tournament leader Florida State., DODGE REVOLUTIONARY UNION MOVEMENT The only bright spot for t he Wolverines was junior Keith Mo- han who blazed to a 72 to equal par. Mohon's 146 total for the two days easily placed him in first place among the Michigan golfers, 11 shots ahead of second place Mark Christenson. Assistant Coach Bill Newton noted that, "I was very, very pleased with Keith's (Mohan) shooting." Although Mohan breezed along, the rest of the Wolverines found plenty of troubles. Newton expres- sed his concern o v e r the other scores, but expected that better tee times and playing could aid the Wolverines to a fifth place finish. While the Wolverines flounder- ed, Brian Fleicher of Miami Dade J.G. stole the show by breaking the old course record with a nine un- der par 63. -Daily-Andy Barbas DICK RICHARDS EXECUTES one of the many graceful moves that resulted in his parallel bar victory during the Big Ten Championships held last weekend in Ann Arbor. Richards will represent Michigan in this event as he travels to Seattle next weekend to compete in the National Cham- pionships. Iowa edged out the Wolverines for the right to go as a team. ter the International Penguin Championship. Equipment prob- lems resulted hina finish only idno rejects ,fT* the middle of the pack. They did - better a few years later when they1 finished second in the Junior Na- tionals in New Orleans. Richards is not on scholarship for his gymnastics work. This ; DETROIT - Two groups of local businessmen were reported makes him a rarity among cham- yesterday to be negotiating to buy the Detroit Pistons of the National pions in this age of "big business' Basketball Association. athletics. Nevertheless, he has BaktalAscain been a valuable part of the Michi- The Detroit News said one group includes Wayne Walker of the gan gymnastics team for the last Detroit Lions And former teammate Darris McCord. three years. 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