PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, JAN. xs, 1ss PAGE SIX FIlE MICUIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18, 1967 Illinoi Ex-Whiz Kid Gene Vance Inherits Post By The Associated Press CHAMPAIGN - Gene Vance, 43, forx'ner Illinois Whiz Kid of basketball fame in the 1940s, was named athletic director of the university yesterday, effective April 1. Vance succeeds Doug Mills, his former cage coach, in the position. Mills resigned in November. Vance, who in the days of the Whiz Kids was the team's defen- sive expert, has not been pre- viously. employed by the univer- sity's athletic department. He has been serving as executive director of the Illinois Alumni Association. tion. Vance takes on a tough assign- mentin the light of a probe that revealed the operation of an il- legal $21,000 slush fund. The uni- versity's investigation into finan- cial aid irregularities resulted in head football coach Pete Elliott and head basketball coach Harry, Combes being placed on probation which prevents them from per- sonal recruiting activities for one year. The Big Teri still is to act on the matter. Commissioner Bill Reed said in Chicago yesterday that he hopes conference action will come before its business meetings the, first week of March in Chicago. The NCAA also must review the case and pass judgment, but Reed said he had no inkling when this will happen. He added that it may come after Vance officially is installed in his new post. "I feel that Illinois athletics have a bright future despite im- mediate problems ahead, but that future will be within the rules," said Vance. "If Illinois ever suffers another experience such as the present one, we will be through Taps 1 Athletic Director Icers' Wins Gain WCHA Lead By DAVE WEIR Michigan's pace-setting hockey team has one great weakness which it must overcome: the players don't get on and off the ice fast enough. Not fast enough, that is, to play winning hockey in the thin air of Colorado Springs. Before trav- eling to the mountain statekfor a two-game series this weekend with the Tigers of Colorado Col- lege; the Wolverine icers will prac- tice switching lines quickly. Another problem facing coach Al Renfrew's league-leading squad is a. rash of injuries resulting from last weekend's games with Min- nesota. t I 3 t t J c t r r X r4 C GENE VANCE 'FANTASTIC: Gymnasts' Team Effort Clips Illini in Cliffhanger Down is an building the Old By DAVE WEIR in Champaign, Ill., there ancient, orange-bricked, inappropriately known as Men's Gym. Last Saturday, 900 enthusiastic fans packed the rafters of Old Men's Gym and witnessed one of the most exciting gymnastic meets in history. Everyone felt the tense antici- pation in the atmosphere beforek the match began, including this reporter who added scorekeeping and rooting to his usual duties. The excitement reached a fev- erish pitch during the final two events, as Michigan's tiny lead would preserve their margin of ; victory on the rings. Mousseau was a prophet. De- spite the 1.4 point advantage gained by Illinois on the bars, Michigan Mill led by .125 and after the two squads tied on the rings with scores of 27.4, the visitors trooped out of Old Men's Gym with their second victory in as many outings this season. One of the highlights of the meet was a new maneuver on theI long horse performed by IllinoisI junior Hal Shaw. The Michigan victory set the stage for a four game home stand, opening this Friday against. I t i t l e i i1 i1 I; ' i I i 1 . 3' dwindled away to almost nothing,,Western Michigan. Two main but hovered above the zero mark stumbling blocks remain in the to preserve victory-by the al-'Wolverines quest for fulfillment most unbelievable margin of one- of their "Seven in '67" champion- tenth of a point. ship string: Michigan State and! Fantastic Effort Iowa, in Bid Ten athletics." Yesterday, as he reflected on Loken retains a "cautious op-I Dr. Leslie Bryan, Illini faculty the thrill-packed contest, Wolver- timism" about his team's chances. representative, has been serving ine coach Newt Loken termed the and states that "with the amount as acting athletic director since win a "fantastic team effort. We of sincere hustle and work that Mills' resignation and will con- had an almost perfect day with they have displayed they deserve tinue until Vance steps in. the exceptions of several small to win a few more." Elliott had been the top can- breaks in a few routines." --._--.- -...._ didate for the job until the illegal And a team effort it was. The i fund was disclosed. He then with- six-time defending Big Ten champs drew his name from consideration rolled up a score of 190.825 which 1 1 and did likewise at Northwestern averages out to over 9.0 per man University. for each event.! Vance, who has been executive The Fuller brothers performed COLLEGE BASKIrBALL director of the Illinois Alumni up to their usual standards. Phip Bradley 64, Cincinnati 59 Association the last six years, grabbed first in the floor exercise DePaul 73, Bowling Green 7z said that he is familiar with re- with a 9.5 score and a second on astern cDgan 106 ayne State 65 cruiting and financial aid rules. the long horse with a 9.125. Chip Vance was field director of the finished second in the floor ex- NBA Philadelphia 119, New York 111 Illinois Alumni Association four ercise and tied for third in vault- Boston 109, chicago 101 gears before being named execu- ing. tive director. He isnmarried and Loken claims that Phip is now the father of four children. "in the number one spot in the nation in floor exercise." ANO Tramp Champ ruins R eta It Excellent team scores were roll- ed up by the side horse and high To Poll Sot bar teams. Art Baessler and Dave Geddes finished second and third, The AP Top Ten, with first- respectively, on the horse, while plane votes in parentheses, sea- team captain Gary Vander Voort son records through games of and sophomore Mike Sasich team-SPECTA Saturday, Jan. 14 and total ed up for a third-place tie on the points, on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3- high bar with a 9.15. 2-1 basis: On the trampoline, Dave Jacobs 1. UCLA (40) 12-0 400 racked up a 9.55 to outscore team- JA C K E 2. Louisville 14-1 318 mate Wayne Miller, last year's 3. Houston 14-1 267 world champion. Miller rated a 9.2 4. North Carolina 12-1 263 and' Mike Zadel a 9.05 to round 5. Princeton 13-1 182 out what Loken describes as "the 6. Texas Western 11-2 175 best trampoline team in the 7. Kansas 11-2 157 nation." 8. Florida 11-1 120 But it was the last two events 9. New Mexico 11-3 88 which captured the crowd's atten- ON MOS 10. Providence 11-3 60 tion and it was sophomore Tim Others receiving votes, listed Mousseau who .predicted the final I NCLU DI NG MANY M alphabetically: Boston College, outcome."WESTERN" DES Bradley, Cincinnati, Fairfield, Hang on, Sloopy Michigan S t a t e, Mississippi On the Michigan bench just be- State, Northwestern, St. John's fore the start of the high bar .ex- ~.7 . N.Y., Seattle, Syracuse, Toledo, ercise, Mousseau remarked that Tulsa, University of the Pacific, if the Wolverines could hold on to Drastic mark-downs on< Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky, their slim lead through the high continuin S1 n n.nllhnrvents.theicon ng STORE V Two defensemen, Paul Dommi and Lars Hansen, missed MondayI afternoon's practice due to hurtst suffered in the dual victories over the last place Gophers. DommI also sat out the Saturday night game because of a bad shoulder.I Hansen's knee injury is described by Renfrew to be a "ligament problem."t The extent of the injuries is not( yet known, but Renfrew hopesI that both wil be ready for the trip to Colorado. A third Michigan player in bandages is junior center BruceE Koviak, who - suffered "popped knee cartiledge" in the weekend action. Koviak says that the in- jured leg is "sore to walk on, butI all right for skating when it'st taped up."I The weekend sweep from Min-3 nesota left the icers with a 5-1t record in the WCHA and a 13-1-1t mark overall. Friday's 10-5 mas-t sacre was highlighted by a four- goal outburst by Bob Baird. e The senior forward now leadsr the team with 18 goals and 197 assists for a total of 37 points., He needs only one more pointI to surpass the 37-point total rolledt up by graduated All-American Mel Wakabayashi in the first 11 games of the season. The excellent play by all three lines in the Minesota series raised speculation that the Wolverines have completely recovered from the loss of Wakabayashi. As Koviak put it, "We have finally shown everybody that we can get along without Mel. All the players are working real hard now, and where we once relied upon one| player to pull us together, we are ' now counting more on ourselves " Koviak centers the line with forwards Randy Binie and Bob+ Boysen. He feels that "all the lines are clicking right now, and as long as we keep winning, the same combinations will stick to- gether." Coach Renfrew agrees. The team has racked up three wins in four games since the de- parture of Wakabayashi, and Ko- viak attributes this to a feeling of "pride in ourselves. "If we are 'flat' like we were against Denver in the Friday nght game two weeks ago, then we won't win . . . everybody has to keep on working all the time. "There's no overconfidence on this team . . . we realize that we are not unbeatable." Renfrew reflects the cautions attitude of the players: "The league is very well-balanced this year. We are in first place but it is by no means a comfortable TH ER CULAR! T SALE. off T STYLES ANY BRAND NAMES IGN PILE LINED . NOW 16.16 all Jackets during TODD'S WIDE Pre-Inventory onors Michigan Bankard, r's Club Credit Cards. position. Denver, a team with four losses, is as good a favorite for the title as anyone else.' Renfrew stated that he was pleased by the performances of goalies Jim Keough and Harold Herman against the Gophers. "Both boys played well and we will continue to rotate them in the upcoming series. Each has a different style of goalt ending, l which is a good situation." The two netminders have a combined goal-against average of only 3.40 as compared with thel 6.87 scoring pace of their hot-1 shooting teammates. There is evidence of the win- ning spirit among the players. Koviak says that "we really want to go to Syracuse (sight of theI 1967 NCAA championships) this year. We know that we can win the big games, and if we continue to pull together we may take all the marbles." Michigan's host for this week-r end, Colorado College, has a 4-2 record in the WCHA so far. The Tigers are tied with Michigan Tech for third place in the league behind Michigan and North Dako- ta (8-2). Rules Body Table A ction Special To The Daily PHOENIX, Ariz.-Storm clouds gathered between the coaches andI rulesmakers at the National Col- legiate Athletio Association meet- ing here yesterday. The NCAA rules committee changed its mind about accepting changes recommended by the coaches at last week's meeting in Houston, Texas. It tabled several proposals, in- cluding: * Elimination of the "flex- shift," which coaches maintain is designed solely to pull offensive linemen offsides. * Elimination of the tackle eligibility play. * Disallowing a player to enter a game without reporting to a designated official. A report by a subcommittee stu- dying the use of electronic scout- ing devices caused some stir, but there was no indication what ac- tion would be taken. 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