Wednesday, August 27, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven WgM |e d n|! e s d ayII|,IIIIIIIIIIiI|||I.Iii i i 1 -- ------- A u g s t 2 7 , -9 9T H -C I A N D IL'"gl e e Netters look for recovery from tourney disaster 1969 STUDENT SFOOTBALL TICKET INFORMATION A student wanting football tickets must purchase an Exchange Card. This will be exchanged for a season football ticket. For those students who did not purchase by mail during the summer and now wish to purchase, the Exchange Cards will be on sale during Registration at the Cashier's offices in Barbour Gym- nasium or the LS&A Building. The seating preferences for students are determined by the Number of Years in Attendance at the University. Your proper priority group will be indicated by your I.D. Card as follows: Group No. 4--I.D. Shows a No. 6 or less to the right of your name. Group No. 3- I.D. shows five letters imprinted on the bot- ton. Group No. 2--I.. shows three letters imprinted on the bottom. Group No. 1I D. shows one letter imprinted on the bottom. If the ID. does not indicate proper group please bring tran- script at time of correct distribution day. Priority No. 4 tickets begin at the fifty yard line. Priority No. 3 begins at the end of No. 4. Priority No. 2 begins at the end of No. 3, etc. Exchange or distribution will be at the I.M. (Sports) Building as follows from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Group No. 4, Friday, September 5 Group No. 3, Monday, September 8 Group No. 2, Tuesday, September 9 Group No. 1, Wednesday, September 10 The following rules will be strictly adhered to: 1. Students in all four priorities should pick up their tickets on the day of their priority distribution, if not, they will be issued tickets in the area being distributed on the day of pick-up. After September 10, tickets will be distributed at the Football Ticket Office, corner of Hoover and South St., thru noon of September 20. No student tickets will be handed out after this date. Hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2. A student may present his football coupon with Exchange Card and three other Football coupons with exchange cards to receive tickets at the regular distribution windows. No more than four tickets may be picked up at the regular distribution windows . 3. Grouping of more than four will be permitted. A student may bring as many football Coupons and Exchange cards as he wishes. He should take them to a special group window and the seats will be assigned in the estimated middle of their Priority Area. Priority No. 4 groups will be issued in Sections 25 and 26. The priority assigned to a group will be determined by the lowest priority of the group. All students should pick up on their regular day of priority distribution to obtain proper seating. The Athletic Department will not be responsible for lost coupons, tickets, or Exchange Cards. 4. Athletic Cards for Student's Spouse may be purchased at designated windows in the Sports Building. Students purchasing tickets for their spouse will receive both tickets in the next lower priority area. He should, however, pick up the tickets on the regular distribution day of his priority. The price is $18.00 and please make checks payable to the. Michigan Ticket Department. By BILL DINNER The Michigan tennis team, perhaps the finest ever, swept through nine Big Ten meets and compiled a record point total in the Big Ten Championships to retain the conference crown they had captured last year. At the end of the season, Coach Bill Murphy said, "This Michigan team is possibly t h e best I have ever had. Although it has no one superstar, it has great balanibe and a lot of depth." The team began the season in top form. With no outdoor prac- tice the netters ventured west on their annual spring trip coming back with satisfying vic- tories over California, Stanford, and Arizona State. Their o n 1 y setback was a narrow 4-2 de- feat by a strong, well-seasoned Arizona squad. During the Big Ten season, the power of the team was ever more convincing as they down- ed every opponent, never los- ing more than one match in each meet. In seven out of the nine meets they went unblem- ished by winning every match. Their strongest challenger, Michigan State, turned out to be one of those seven victims. The Wolverines further dis- played their supremacy o v e r three spot with no problems, while Dell and Mark Conti combined to win the number two position. The number o n e doubles co'mbination of P e t e Fishbach and Brian Marcus had trouble putting their g a m e together and fell to N o r t h- western's top team of Don Lutz and Tom Rice. ing to migrate to the greener courts of private tennis clubs. In 21 years of coaching at Michigan, Murphy had com- piled a fantastic 199-45 dual meet record with 11 Big Ten titles in his last 14 years. Mur- phy also had the distinction of coaching the only Big Ten team to ever capture the Na- There were subtle hints from sources on the learn that the most success ful tennis coach in Big Ten history might not return for another season. After a brief investigation the Daily discovered th at Iurphy, without informing (Jan Ihairt, as go- ing 10 migrate to the greener courts of private ten- hiis clibs. Losing only that one match the team compiled an over- whelming total of 162 points, only three shy of a perfect score. With the conference crown tightly tucked away the team prepared for the National Col- legiate Tennis Tournament at Princeton. There was some ap- prehension as to whether or not the squad would be able to make the trip because of a deficiency tional Championship. In 1957 he coached the national titlists and the only individual winner in Big Ten history. Barry Mc- Kay. Although his reasons for leav- ing were supposed to be strictly financial, there were also ru- mors of conflict between Mur- phy and Canham. Toward the end of Fritz Chris- ler's term of athletic director- ship, there seemed to be a good chance of securing a completely enclosed building for tennis. In addition to serving the needs of tennis enthusiasts during t h e year. the building would signifi- cantly aid Murphy's recruiting program. When Canham took charge, money was not in abundance, so the prospects for any enclos- ed facilities looked dim, T h e proposed structure was never stai'ted and an idea concerning the conversion of the old hock- ey coliseum into tennis courts also fell through. With Murphy definitely leav- ing, the morale of the team quickly began to fade. Michigan's chances in t h e national tournament rested on Dell, with Fishbach, Marcus, and Conti filling the other slots. Dell, a senior, was the 26th ranking amateur in the coun- try, and seventh in men's doub- les. He is also the younger brother of Don Dell, coach of the United States Davis C u p team. Dell had also been a three-time member of the Jun- ior Davis Cup team and three- time winner of the National In- terscholastic Doublas Cham- pionship. With his college days behind him and a depleting spirit, t h e Wolverine ace decided to look ahead and took off for Europe and a chance to play at Wim- bleton. With the departure of Dell, and the future absence of Mu''- phy in the minds of the team members, the chances for a high placement in the NCAA cham- pionship appeared slim. But the netters still had enough depth for a respectable finish. Fishbach and Marcus entered the tournament fresh from a doubles victory in the New York State Championship and Fish- bach had also placed in the singles finals. John Hainline was to fill in for Dell to complete the four- man squad. With the tournament about to begin, another problem arose. Junior Mark Conti could not be found. Conti, who plays his best game on hard surfaces, had ventured South for practice on the southern clay courts. In the process he sprained his ankle and was forced to be elim- inated from the national cham- pionship. Conti has had more trouble than anyone else on the team with injuries. Over the years he has piled up knee injuries, after which there was speculation concerning his tennis career, a recurring back injury, severe stomach cramps, and uncount- able ankle injuries. Ranked number one in the state for' three years, the loss of Conti was a severe blow. Freshman Joe Ross, who liv- ed nearby, was able to substitu- te for Conti in the doubles but no substitution was allowed in the singles. After the first day of compe- tition Michigan was already in a dismal position. Ross and Hainline lost in the first round of doubles competition a n d Hainline was defeated by event- ual champion Joaquin Layo- Mayo of Southern California in singles action. Fishbach had difficulty in the singles, losing a tough match to Rice's Mike Estep. Marcus was able to defeat Minnesota's Bill Drake in two quick sets, but had his hopes falter the next day as he lost to UCLA's Jeff Borowiak, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. The Wolverines last surviving competitor, the doubles com- bination of Fishbach and Mar- cus were then cushed by Trin- ity's duo of Richard Stockton and Bob McKinley, the top junior player in the country. So USC and their cross-town rival UCLA racked up the points whide Michigan finished with a meager 8 markers, good enough, or bad enough, for a two-way tie for 16th and a long way from where hey could have been. Michigan's hope for the com- ing season and the quest for a new coach are both in limbo. Fishbach, who finished out his last year of eligibility this sea- son, plans to compete in na- tional tours unless his draft board decides differently, in which case he will come back to Michigan to graduate. Marcus, a Lansing convert graduated this year and plans to continue his education at Wayne State while heading De- troit's tennis program. Conti will probably hold the number one spot for the Wol- verines next year, and Hain- line should take the second. Other prospects are junior Ro- man Almomte and senior Dan McLaughlin who won the num- ber six singles in the Big Ten. Joe Ross will also be back and there are some top freshmen coming in. John Lamerado, Michigan's top junior perform- er, and John Ack, a highly-rat- ed player from California should provide the team with some depth. As for a coach, the o nly name mentioned so far has been Dick Dell, but the athletic de- partment has not made public any choices they are consider- Jim Forrester 1s the' world really shaped like a football, 13o? In a normal week the stock market might drop ten points. President Nixon (and I use the term sparingly) will worry about the national economy. Stock brokers will contemplate jumping out of windows. But Bo Schembechler will wonder how all this will affect the Michigan football team. This may be extreme but I think accurately makes the point. As one Wolverine gridder mildly put it, "Bo is all football." Michigan's new head coach is extremely dedicated, and con- siders his job a seven day a week project. One can easily imagine him sitting up in bed in the middle of the night shrieking, "By George, I think I've got it." The dedication, the many hours of work, is the only way Bo can see as the successful way to build a winning football team. For Bo football isn't quite the same unless you win. Therefore the dedication he demands of himself he also ex- pects of his players. Their total focus must be football, to all but the exclusion of studies. This requires living in a controlled atmosphere, preferably a dormatory. "How much will they sleep," Bo analyzes, "living in an apartment? How well will they eat?" IN A DORM HE can make sure they are properly fed and get them to study. For it is painfully obvious that unless you get the grades you don't play football. But the field is where Bo puts on the pressure. "All this stuff about Bo off the field simply is not an accurate picture," comments one player. "He expects certain things of you but none are unreasonable. But on the field he is tough." Any lack of freedom players may think about is quickly forgotten on the practice gridiron. Bo is tough and feels he has to be. "I grew up under a tough program and its the only one I know. I feel its been sucessful, also." But the toughness has caused a reaction among the play- ers. Bo has a ban on long hair, mustaches and beards. "A boy with his hair cut long is not thinking football but of himself. To win he must be thinking of the team." It is well known that Jim Mandich's hair is a little longer than Bo appreciates and that his moustache is not favored. But Mandich is stubborn and seems to groom himself to his own tastes. Bo, though a little flustered, takes Mandich in stride, "Jim is a funny guy. I enjoy him - he's refreshing. He's one of the finest athletes I have seen and is a fine football player." THE IDEA, THOUGH, that Bo allows Mandich his way be- cause he is good doesn't quite hold up. He is more the excep- tion that proves the rule. The rest of the players, when asked how "tough" Bo is, usually answer with e, somewhat pained grin, "Oh, he can be rough," is a typical response, "but he knows his football." A few of the players, thinking of themselves, no doubt, have taken advantage of the summer to grow some foliage on the upper lip a-la-Joe Namath, but when pressed about whether it will be there its the fall, the answer is "Are you kidding?" It is inescapable to conclude that Bo is tough and demand- ing. His players tend to describe him as "disciplined." He him- self proclaims it. But in spite of his feelings toward his job and the inevitable conclusion that winning is and means keeping his job, Bo real- izes exactly who the game is for. "The game is mostly for the players," Bo states. "Its what happens to them that is most important. If they don't enjoy the game its really not worth playing." And it it with these eyes Michigan's grid mentor most in- tently looks at the world. He was elated upon hearing Tartan Turf was to go into the stadium. It would cut down on injuries. BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH ark 'Conti () (and DCIc Dell TIC'S Men's Shop 1109 S. University Campus Village Your Headquarters for "Levi['s SFarah Slacks Jockey, Hanes and B.V.D. underwear Adler, Interwoven and Burlington soXs Permanent Press Shirts $5.95 each 3 for $12.88 the Big Ten in the champion- ship meet. In the past only two teams had ever swept the tour- nament, and Coach Murphy had been a part of both of them. He was a member of the 1939 University of Chicago team that wvon all nine events, and coach- ed the 1957 Michigan netters that repeated the feat. This' year's squad was in a position to do the same. The en- tire team advanced to the finals by completely crushing their op- position. In the finals Dick Dell was the only one to encounter any difficulties in the singles com- petition. It took him three sets to oust Tom Grey, an impressive Michigan State sophomore. In the doubles competition, Jon Hainline and Dan Mc- Laughlin captured the numb(r in funds, but the strength of the team convinced Athletic Direc- tor Don Canham that they should make the trip. Michigan was one of eight teams that were given a chance to knock off UCLA for the num- ber two spot. The seemingly in- vincible Southern California team was virtually granted the national title with no question. But with the team at t o p strength and with what appear- ed to be solid team spirit, quak- es were felt in the structure of a not so solid base. There were subtle hints from sources on the team that the most successful tennis coach in Big Ten history might not re- 'turn for another season. After a brief investigation the Daily discovered that Murphy, with- out informing Canham, was go- ing. i' 4 Old, Designer Inspired.. 411( ti~lored by the's~tnwIhigh iquality manlllfaCtUreI s ml X\ veuseCfor our Sraditil c14 (lothil(.Six b1111011double t )rcasteMdfad slld(sing~le breasted shts(trc s or coik ..\(j-, mp r4nt. tartIs of your 1f1 al \0rclroI)C. * And his disgust was paramount upon viewing Michigan's . training areas for the first time. "Is this the freshman training room?" he querried. Upon realizing it was meant for the varsity he commenced to pressure Athletic Director Don Canham for better facilities. BUT BEFORE YOU get carried away with compassion for Bo, realize the extent to which football fills his mind. Poor school work,thoughdestressing, is not the end of the world. "Football players can't, for the most part, compete with most of the rest of the students on a campus, especially at one with the generally high calibre of student Michigan has. "This isn't to say these boys are stupid. On the contrary, most are above average, but with an outside interest like foot- ball it is all but impossible for them to keep up. But some can make It in the Literary College. Pete Newell is enrolled there, and is doing fine." Bo seems to hold the Lit School as some kind of formadible bastion and it seems Pete Newell does too. I met Pete last spring as he was in the process of running for a student seat on the Board of Control of Intercollegiate Athletics. Pete's campaign was successful, but when I talked with him during the election he made it clear his campaign for grades in the Lit School was going more at a reduced rate of success than he might wish. "I'm a philosophy major and it is tough for me, but that rs what I'm interested in," Pete commented. He went on to say his average was not exactly flying high over the crucial two point marker. IT IS CLEAR BOTH Pete Newell and Bo Schembechler were sincere in what they have told me. Neither may realize the oth- er's ends may be contrary to his own. Indeed, this may not be the case. Pete worked hard in spring practice and gained a starting defensive tackle position. I hope he attained the results he wants in the class room, also. But whatever the case, Bo will be tough. He will lay on the discipline to make sure his men are ready to go on the field, more for their sake than his. 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