FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE :RDA,JNAW ,167TE.CHG NDAL _EVN " [ VfL 1\!1\G p Mat Squads Ex By CLARK NORTON The Michigan wrestling squad apparently does not believe in the old adage, "United we stand, di- vided we fall." Coach Cliff Keen, in fact, open- ly defied the warning by splitting his team last week between the Midlands tournament in La- Grange, Illinois, and the Wilkes-. Barre, Pennsylvania, tourney. The result? The grapplers still managed al fourth-place finish in the Mid- lands, to which they sent most of their competitors, and a sixth- place spot at Wilkes-Barre. "Although we weren t guing for team points as such at the tourna- ments," Keen emphasized, (the tournaments awarded only indi- vidual titles, not team) it is sig- nificant that we managed to finish as high as we did. With 35-40 schools ando clubs represented in each tournament, our men showed up very well in team totals 'con- sidering that our squad was split." Fehrs Named Best And split it was, if more in qual- ity than quantity. Bob Fehrs, Michigan's two-time Big Ten 123- pound champion and twice run- ner-up in the national champion- ships, copped first place in his weight division at Wilkes-Barre. In the process he was named the meet's outstanding wrestler. Geoff Hansen, a sophomore who Keen expects to start at 13(} pounds this Saturday against In- diana in Bloomington, took fourth place in Pennsylvania. ' As Keen observed, however, the major emhpasis was. on "giving the team members some good competition before the dual meet season starts, and assistant coach Rick Bay and I an idea of whoI BURT MERICAL should start early in the season." In most cases members of the mat squad who live in the east decided to participate at Wilkes-Barre, while those who live in the Mid- west saw action at La Grange. James Defeats Porter At the Midlands, national heavy- weight champion Dave Porter of the Wolverines had to settle for third place, but lost his only match to Joe James, a former national champion himself. Iron- ically, Porter lost to James last year in the Midlands as a sopho- more, and then proceeded to win all his succeeding matches. "Porter wasn't really ready to go," Keen believes.'"He was right out of football and then exams, and hadn't had time to practice. And he lost to an outstanding wrestler." Michigan's 240-pound giant won all his other bouts by pins. SEASON STARTS eel inTourneys By Utlul0ime Mulftmun Burt Merical, a part-time per- former last year, turned in a first- By GRETCHEN TWIETMEYER place performance to head the Blue delegation at La Grange, When it comes to Michigan solidifying his bid as a 145-pound aquatics, divers have it all over regular. "And Jim Kamman and swimmers in fringe benefits. Fred Stehman were both very im- While the waterbound tankers pressive at 152 pounds," Keen merely scudded about in Matt maintained, Kamman grabbing Mann Pool over Christmas vaca- second and Stehman copping third tion, diving coach Dick Kimball's at that weight. "Right now I think boys flew to Florida. I'll start Stehman at 152 and move Back at home they also have Kamman up to 160 pounds against more haunts than swimming coach Indiana." Gus Stager's swimmers. They have Sophomore Cornell Edged their own private dungeon. Pete Cornell, a highly-touted "MBehad an entrance marked sophomore, "lost a close one at "Mechanics Room" and two musty sophomoe, "ostgh "Ha cosi one aflights of stairs beneath it lies a 177,," Keen sighed. "He's still green I high-ceilinged chamber complete and an unfinished wrestler, but F with grotesque contraptions and did well for a sophomore and may ominous grumbling machines. start against Indiana. After that, I'm afraid, we have nothing to FRED STEHMAN But it Modern Times bragabou." Bt itisn't a medieval torture brag about." Keen stressed. "It was very good, chamber-it's a practice room, Gordon Weeks, expected to be a especially considering that most rigged with ropes to help divers' stalwart at 137 pounds, was in- other schools had had previous perfect their somersaults. And jured after defeating two op- competition this season and hadn't there Kimball incongrously related ponents, but practiped today with just been through exams." the results of the Florida diving the squad. Porter also suffered And after this the Wolverines meets as he assisted sun tanned a minor injury which is not ex- won't have to divide in an at- sophomore Jay Meaden on his pected to keep him out of action. tempt to conquer. flips. MSU Takes Midlands - -------- In the College Forum meet, All- An ominous note for the grap- Top Ten American Fred Brown took first; plers' Big Ten title chances was By The Associated Press in woman's competition, Micki the pheformance of the Michigan w L Pts. King, who dives with the men s State, to whom Michigan was run- 1. UCLA (38) 8 0 389 team, won and Lani Token, daugh- ner-up in last year's standings 2. Louisville n (1 0 339 ter of Michigan's gymnastic coach, ne-p3. North Carolina (1) 9 0 309 and who ran away with the Mid- 4. New Mexico 9 1 215 placed. Micki also won the women's lands' mythical team champion- 5. Houston 11 1 169 springboard in the AAU meet ship. 6. Texas Western 8 2 108 while Meaden was second in the 7. Providence 8 2 93 "Needless to say, they're going 8. Cincinnati 8 1 92 men s contest. to be tough for any one in our 9. Kansas 9 2 51 Micki again copped first in conference to lick this year," 10. Bradley 9 z 44 women's springboard in the Inter- nTe. ts yeare Mississippi state 8 0 44 national meet December 28, bu moaned Keen. The Spartans are others receiving votes, in alpha- nat et, Decemer 2, bu combining nearly all their starters betical order: Boston College, esle Bush 1964 Olympic chai from last season with products of Creighton, Dayton, Florida, Georgia pion, squeezed her out in tower Tech, Harvard, Illinois, Iowa, Mich- competition. Micki and Lani (who an outstanding 1966 freshman igan State, New Orleans, Loyola, squad. Princeton, Rhode Island, St. John's, again) outshone the men's com- "But our team's overall per- Seattle, Southern Methodist, Syra- petition, but freshman Bruce form c cn tbe overaloked, cuse, Utah, Utah State, Vanderbilt, McManaman placed eighth and formance can not be overlooked," Western Kentucky, West Virginia. Meaden tenth. Calm Coach irKimbal, in his usual unruffled ynner, named Brorwn and V g Meaden as his choices for tomor- row's Minnesota relays, Michigan's The purported $200,000 which first real swimmen meet of the Miami offered was the Michigan season. Commented Kimball, "If atins ric numer ad thethey dive well, they have a chance Florida playground will receive of winning. Back at ground level, Stager the nation's second-leading pass cited the progress of his stay-at- receiver and unanimous All- homes. "We've been working hard American split end. and look pretty good," he en- The mosquito-like Wakabayashid Hard work is a mild word for who ts tands only 5'6" and weighs it. Michigan tankers spent at least 140 pounds, played out his college j.two days after their last exams eligib lty last semester in typical at Matt Mann and returned the form. Fin-hing up with 37 points Wednesday after Christmas to in 11 games, the 23-year-old cap- tain led the Wolverines to a spec- tacular 10-0-1 record before the semester break. Wakabayashi, whose hore is Chatham, Ontario, is assigned to * * tue Centtral Hockey League team irl Memnphis and is expected to begin playing for them irlr:ed- A dc:s itely. MEL WAKABAYASAHT workouts twice a day but that is beside the point. The workouts are new of a different type-the tankers swim more milage with less rest in between. For example, they will swim five 500's with less than a minute's rest between, which Stager judges, is more strenuous exercise than any ol his previous teams have done. Team captain Carl Robie, who can win in just about any event, figures that this kind of training "helps him as much as anybody. I have a swimming background so I'm used to it, and it's especial- ly good because I didn't swim this summer. In the long run, distance helps." Huffing Sprinters The approach seems to be work- ing with everybody except the sprinters, who are not conditioned to take the extra distances. The team is, the coach puts it, "be- gining to shape up." Specifically, the team is shaping into "multimen" who can swim different types of events. An ex- ample is Lee Bisbee, who according to Stager, "does the butterfly ex- tremely well and also has an ex- cellent distance freestyle, which fits in well with our dual meet re- lays." Mike O'Conner, initially a dis- tance swimmer, is now sprinting as well. And John Salassa besides showing tremendous ability in the medley relay is also being con- sidered for the backstroke. ! The Minnesota relays this Sat- urday should be a triple race be- tween Indiana, Michigan State, and Michigan. The Hoosier sta- tistical edge has probably been SATURDAY: n' Give Tankers Extra Mileage pared, however, by the loss of three swimmers out for six weeks. due to automobile accidents. Loss of champion Bill Utley, one of In- diana's best, will hurt them most, With this break to "put them back in the race," the Michigan tankers, anxious to escape the confines of their maize-and-blue pool, are cautiously optimistic. FRED BROWN CARL ROBIE y rrru rr SPECIAL METAL SKIS BY MERCURY BUCKLE BOOT BY HANKE CUBCO BINDINGS AND POLES Complete Outfit $1391° only ten pair available Wakabayashi, Clanc a .i By JOEL BLOCK Two ex-Michigan star athletes, All-America end Jack lancyand Wakabayashi, have already signed contracts to enter the professional' 'xranks. Clancy is now contracted tc play for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League }4 ~ .j A while Wakabayashi was signed by Detroit of the National Hockey League and then sent down to their farm club at Memphis, Tenn.' Clancy, as a five-year player, was fortunate to be picked in the 1966 football drafts of the National and American football leagues, the last drafts before they finally, got together to end the bonus baby era with their recert merger. Con- sequently, Clancy (to his delight) was fought over by St. Louis of the, NFL and Miami of the AFL,' the two teams which drafted him JACK CLANCY as a "future." JUNIOR CIRCUIT (Continued from Page 8) Washington to play Washington St. and then to Seattle to play Washington. These are two of the roughest places in the country to play at and these are the first two away games that the UCLA sophomores have ever played. This should be a good test." That UCLA was playing in the Classic on their home court is indeed a relevant point. For the Pauley Pavilion fans, 14,000 strong are a rabid, cocksure bunch and provide Lew and his mates with a maniacal, almost sadistic backing. Occasionally they will even cheer on the opposition a bit, just out of sheer boredom. The Bruin official scorer, one Michael Marienthal, a part-time scout for the Los Angeles Rams, calls technical fouls on UCLA opponents if they do not recite their name properly when they report into the game. Alcindor is lackadaisical and appears almost oblivious to the happenings going on around him, even when he is on the court. He stays in the defensive court when the Bruins get a fast break and he doesn't go back on defense when the opponents get a break. And he is slow and rarely moves from his low pivot position on offense. When he gets the ball he dangles it for a while, appearing to meditate on whether or not he should shoot. When he does shoot he scores, almost at will. sHe's played 150 games in his six year basketball carreer and has lost only once, when a senior in high school. Thus he is rather im- passive, looking down on the procedings with the disdain of someone who knows all the ropes and has also mastered them all. Alcindor seems to take more pleasure in passing off to a team- mate for an assist than in scoring, just because it is something to break the boredom. And the public address announcer always an- nounces the UCLA assists too, though he rarely does it for the opponents. "Basket by Lucius Allen .,. assist Lew Alcindor." "Basket by Lynn Shackelford.. . assist Lew Alcindor." I think though, that there's one assist that this fellow misses whenever Alcindor scores. That's the one I'd like to hear, the one that makes you think twice when someone suggests that Alcindor is un- equivocally "the greatest." "Basket by Lew Alcindor ... assist Mother Nature." WINTER SPORTS FUN! SKI JACKETS and PARKAS One mile south of Campus SKI LESSONS One Mile From Campus Ip Beginners Slope Lessons and Tow $2 ech~ 2454 S. 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