PAGE SIX 'l U IV~ 'M T V NT V £'I IM A UV i I- l~lle 1lM UAN " LL V EDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1967 I Ix HILLEL DELI HOUSE present's .THEODORE BIKEL IN PERSON featuring a discussion of Jewish Problems SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Due to Our Limited Facilities RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED' NOW CALL 663-4129 and specify "THEODORE BIKEL" Also enjoy our weekly special of 2ZKosher Corned Beef or Pastrami Sandwiches plus soda, pickles, candlelight, and Israeli Music. Gin ermen By BOB McFARLAND Kutschinski, all of whom will get It's been a long time since the their first shot at varsity com- words "American record" were petition on Saturday, in addition uttered within the confines of to letterman Alex McDonald from Yost Field House in reference to Kingston, Jamaica. the Wolverine cindermen. Inaugural To be exact, the last Michigan Kearney, Reynolds, McDonald, squad to set such standards was and Kutschinski will aim at the in 1952, when the Wolverines, led by Don McEwen, cracked an American indoor record in the distance medley relay, smashed the world mark outdoors in the same event, and set an American dirt track indoor record for the 880-yard relay. But Michigan track coach Don Canham opened the possibility of another record-setting season yes- terday when he said to a group of Wolverine middle - distance run- ners,''Maybe we'll even go for the American record later on." Soph Support The thinclads that lend cred- ence to such statements include the core of a varsity squad that placed fourth in the Big Ten in- doors and tied for third outdoors, plus a sophomore crop that rates as one of the best in Michigan history. A quintet of cindermen, four sophomores and a junior, will make up the relay combination that could fell some of the big marks in collegiate track. The group includes Tom Kearney, John Reynolds, Taimo Lips, and Ron ~ -, - ~ Yost Field House two mile relay mark in their inaugural attempt. Canham plans to alternate Reyn- olds and Leps in the number two slot until he determines the best combination. Some of the best' track teams in the East, including Villanova and Fordam, will re- ceive a glimpse (hopefully from' the rear) of the Wolverine two mile squad on Feb. 10 in New York. Whichever four finally run,' Canham says, "We'll have a hell of a two-mile relay team." The class composition of these five men is indicative of the over-3 all team, as only six seniors ap- pear on the 50-man roster. Cap-1 tain Jack Harvey leads the old- timers, holding the indoor and out- door Big Ten shot put records. His longest heave to date is 58'71/2". He has long hovered just under the 60-foot barrier. "If hedoesn't break it, I'll be disappointed," Canham remarked yesterday. Senior Sprinters Two other seniors, Carl Ward of1 gridiron fame and Dave Cooper, will spreahead the Wolverine sprint effort. Ward has a :06.2, ente eyes on some of these boys fromt the time they were sophomores in high school. Then, there were cases like Leps whose brother, Ergas, is a former captain of a Michigan track team," he con- tinued. Bull Market "We were very fortunate. Your recruiting efforts often run in cycles just like football. With this group, there's some overlapping in events, but when they're good, you don't complain about that," Mar- tin concluded. As another example of the fine quality of the sophomores, the fact that they broke six freshman records outdoors stands in their credit. Turning in one of the most notable performances, Kutchinski clicked off 660-yards at a 1:17.5 pace, :0 1.1 better than the varsity record held by McDonald, Frosh Fell Mark Running exhibition in a dual meet with Indiana last winter, a quartet of Kearney, Jim Olson, Reynolds, and Kutchinski made a successful assault on the Yost Field House record in the excellent time of 7:37.9. Olson has since transferred to Kansas. Kearney's specialty is the glam- our event of American track, the mile run. He has already covered Hopes { Hunt, a high jumper who has leap- ed 6'74" and copped the Big Ten outdoor title as a sophomore, they add necessary depth. Jim Dolan, who is rounding in- to shape after a leg injury last fall, is slated for competition in the two mile. Another medal win- ner in the Western Conference in- door championships, Ken Coffin, is a competent mile-half mile man. Placing fifth in the indoors and third in the conference outdoors, s weight-man Steve Leuchtman has tossed the iron ball 55'2", and will combine with Harvey to give the Wolverines, a one-two punch in that event. Other juniors of note include hurdlers Nelson Graham and Woodie Fox, Balanced Conference With talent like this, it's diffi- DAVE COOPER cult not to be optimistic. But there is a catch. The quality of 60-yard dash. Pole vaulter? Carl Big Ten track improved suddenly Watkins, who upped the freshman all across the board, not just in vault standard to 14' even. Long- one locality. Canham listed Iowa, distance runner? Steve Bishop, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and former Michigan state high school Minnesota, along with the Wol- champion in the mile. Hurdler? verines, as contenders for the Big- Larry Midlam, who holds the frosh Ten team title. 120-yard high hurdles mark. The Michigan cindermen might A strong junior bloc provides even consider this a building year the icing on the cake. Led by Rick . . a record-building year. on Sohs 40 JACK HARVEY the 1760-yard course in 4:12.5 this season, the Michigan indoor record being 4:09.4. In almost every department, the sophomore contingent has a stand- out. High jumper? Gary Knicker- bocker, who has cleared the bar at 6'8". Sprinter? George Hoey, the younger brother of Marion Hoey, and a :06.2 speedster in the $1.00 members $1.25 others 1429 HIL STREET 1 effort dash, finish indoor earned to his credit in the 60-yard along with a third place in the Western Conference meet last year, Cooper tfifth place in the outdoor Merical Repeats Same Miracle Pattern: From Squad Stand-In to Standout championships with a :09.8 clock- ing in the 100-yard dash. Grabbing the conference 1000- yard run crown indoors and tak- ing fourth in the 880 outdoors,' Jim Mercer will compliment his younger counterparts in the mid- dle distances. A :48.1 quarter mile performance, second best in the Big Ten fresh air meet, adds weight to the credentials of still another senior, Bob Gerometta. 'Sophomore Power' I "Sophomore power" will be more than just a slogan for the Mich- igan cindermen, however. Assist- ant coach Dave Martin, explaining the recruitment success that brought such a bevy of good per- formers to Ann Arbor from the class of 1969, remarked, "They just fell in, really. We would have had to recruit nationwide to find an- other group of boys equal to those which we attracted from Michigan and neighboring states." Martin added that "we had our I By BOB LEES cattle the family raised. "It wasl The story of the understudy who a long time ago, but I can still re- gets the "big break" and steals member taking three hours to milk the show is one of the legends in the cows, even with a machine," show business. he laughs. In sports, too, can be found the When Merical was ten, the fam- benchwarmer- who gets the key ily moved to another farm closer pinch hit, the sub whose 30-foot to the big city-Des Moines, that shot wins the game in the last is. There he found himself in a second, or the sprinter who volun- routine typical to most farmers'' teers to run the mile and cops kids - up for chores, catch the first place. school bus, back for more chores, To these can be added the story then off to eat. of senior wrestler Burt Merical, "But I had it easy," he says. "I who has performed the come-off- was the baby of the family, so I the-bench routine twice now. was spoiled by my two brothers For his first year and a half and my sister. But as I got older, on the Wolverine squad, the Des I got bigger than everyone, in- Moines, Iowa, grappler saw little cluding Mom and Pop, so no one 1 frAA'17ih MP th n" Actually, wrestling isn't exactly a novel undertakingl in the Meri- cal family. According to Burt, "A cousin of my great uncle, or something like that, was the world heavyweight wrestling champion, back when such a title meant something and the pros still wrestled scientifical- ly. Of course, the pros are a big joke now," he continues, "but I still like to watch 'em. You can learn some new holds if you pay close enough attention." All This and a Title, Too Burt was fairly active in high school in the.extra-atheltic events. President of the student council, member of the all-city student council, member of the senior class executive board, delegate to Hawk- eye Boys' State . . all these and number two, too-in his class, that i is I action. Rick Bay, now assistant wrestling coach, remembers Meri- cal as a sophomore. "I was cap- tain of the squad then, and we really had depth, with four Big Ten champs. Burt was just an- other member of the team at the time. "But," he adds, "he's sure come a long way since then." Lucky 'Break' i ._ r fooied witn me ten. For his freshman year in high school, Burt didn't even consider wrestling - mainly because his school didn't have it. He did, how- BURT MERICAL ever, go out for track, baseball and basketball, gaining varsity letters in the first two. "'Thai wasn't exactly too great a feat either," he declares. "I mean, with 11 guys on the squad, you get to Mlay a lot" IH AR rI OMMOM! Composer wants to know the score on '67 compacts 11 DEAR REB: I'm a well-known composer, and I need a new car.. The trouble is, I'm just too Bizet to pick one out. And what's more, many of the new cars I see are Offen- bach in the garage for repairs. But I do have a good friend who is pleased with his new '67 Dodge Dart. He was given an excellent deal and Berlioz any moneyon it. My Bach is to thawall. Can you help me? LUDWIG DEAR LUDWIG: My advice is that you let yourself Ravel in the enjoy- ment of driving the sporty, all-new Dart for '67. You'll find its Liszt price is a lot lower than you'd expect. And even though it's longer outside and bigger inside this year, Dart's still an easy car to Handel. Merical, who normally wrestles On the Move in the 145-pound division, was After his freshman year, the given his chance when Jim Kam- family moved again, this time into man, his roommate the past three Des Moines proper. Entering Des years, injured his knee. Though Moines Technical High School Kamman was holding down the ("one of the bestter in the nation, 157-pound division then, Merical according to official school prop- more than held his own in the aganda"-B.M.) he went out for heavier category, winning all of baseball again, and wanted to go the last six matches that year. out for basketball. "That wasn't so great, though," "But I was too short for the he declaims. "While all of those caliber of ball they played," he boys were good, none were out- remembers. "I couldn't swim, standing. I mean, I didn't exactly either, so I decided to try wres- upset anyone." tling. My parents were against it This year, starting in his nor- at first, mainly because they didn't mal 145-pound class, Merical has know too much about the sport, become a mainstay of the squad. but now they're behind me all the His match record to date stands way." at 7-1, including a championship in the Midlands Open, - As implied earlier, this wask Burt's second time around for the ' sub-to-leader role. "In my sopho- more year in high school, I started in exactly one meet," he recollects. "The junior year wasn't too much_ either, but my senior year I took the state title at 145." BOBBY JOE HILL, the sharp- The reason for the big surge? shooting guard who helped waltz "Well, I'd say it was because I was Texas Western to the national j given the chance towrestle more often. The more I competed, the basketball championship last year, more confidence I got. It's that ended his college career yesterday. simple." School officials announced that Corn 'Husky' Hill failed during the first se- But the reasons for Merical be- mester to make the grades neces- coming a wrestler were not that sary for him to maintain his simple. He was born on a 200- academic eligibility. Hill averaged acre farm in the midst of the 15 points a game last year but Iowa plains, and devoted much of was hitting at only a 4.9 ppg clip his time to the grain and dairy for this season. : KICKS , When he won the state cham- y pionship and maintained his high t academic average, his high school , wrestling coach, Don Ellingson, who once wrestled at Iowa State, realized that he had hot property on his hand. He went to Iowa City, where Michigan was meet- ing Iowa, and talked to Coach o Cliff Keen about his prize pupil. Keen was impressed, and soon thereafter a scholarship came' , Merical's way. "You know," muses Burt, "Il wasn't even thinking about college too much until I won the state title. I guess I procrastinated a lot then. It's a good thing Coach Keen talked to me then, or I may never have attended a good school." Merical is in the School of Busi- ness Administration, and plans to do gradaute work here. "Actually, I guess I made a mistake not do- ing my undergraduate work in something else. 1i wantu a oroaau education, and my best bet would have been to have gotten a liberal arts degree . . . and then go to Bus Ad grad school. Terminal Sport "The one trouble with wrestl- ing," he adds, "is that it's a term- inal sport. After graduation, that's it as far as competition goes. So I suppose I ought to really consider wha happens after 'school. "But here, too," he smiles, "I'm a procrastinator. I haven't even really thought about my draft sit. uation." And for the benefit of the ac- tiyists on campus, what are his views on the draft? "I believe in universal conscription, girls in- cluded," he states. "There should be some sort of lottery for every- one when they turn 18. Of course, if there were no wars we wouldn't need the manpower, and then theretcould be another method of selection." Merical has lived the past three yea's with fellow wrestlers Kam- man and Bill Johanneson (last year's captain and now coach at Melvindale) and a guy named Rick Kurtzman. "Really," he said, "you might put that I live alone with five dogs." When asked to explain, he replies, "Well, there's Shane, our German shepherd, and Tiny, the springer spaniel, as well as those other three guys."~ As for the future, Merical does look ahead more than he would have us believe. "I'd like to meet my old coach's school sometime before I graduate." But Michigan doesn't even have Iowa State scheduled this year. "Oh, we stand a pretty good chance of meeting them in the nationals," he remedies. The nationals . . . that's pretty far, even for someone who has come up to a starting role twice from the boondocks. Great Uncle umpteen times removed would be proud. 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