THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1967 'P'Mir Irtf AT +'J 'YAIFtr~lI 1.JSAA H IC I A AL ENSAY ERAY1.16 Kheel Still Hopes To Settle AAU- Fe ud 4 *. * * * * * * * Denounces New Plan M' Gymnasts Wound Up for Spartan Battle TO Bar Foi reigners By JOHN SIS1MN Newt Loken is known for his effusing optimism. In regard to to- day's meet with Michigan State at 4 p.m. in the Sports Building, he is in his customary frame of mind. "The boys are ready. Last Fri- day's disappointing s h o w i n g against Eastern Michigan shook up the squad and provided an even greater impetus for achieving peak performance against State. "The workouts since Friday have been encouraging, and men- tally the squad seems well-pre- pared. If the boys hit their rou- tines as they have done in the practice sessions, there's no reason to suspect anything but victory." Although optimistic, Loken is well aware of MSU's prowess. "Ev- ery event, with possibly the excep- tion of the trampoline, will be so tightly contested that winners could be decided by fractions of a point," he enthused.. Angry Mood The Spartans come into today's meet, in an angry'mood after drop- ping their first Big Ten dual meet in almost two years last Saturday at Illinois, 189.775 to 185.525. The loss dropped MSU from a first place tie with Michigan and Iowa, and a setback today could snuff out virtually all State hopes for the conference title. With the exception of floor ex- ercise and rings, Michigan State faltered badly against the Illini. Coach George . Szypula was tre- mendously disappointed with his team's showing on the side horse, high bar and parallel bars and hopes for an abrupt about-face year have exceeded his last year's against the Wolverines.! Sttae has eight lettermen back# from last year's squad, which went undefeated in dual meet competi- tion only to have the Big Ten crown snatched away after a phe- nomenal performance by Michigan in the Big Ten meet. Szypula also has the services of some outstand- ing sophomores. Thunder from Thor Junior Dave Thor, an All-Amer- ican last year, is the key man in the Spartan contingent. As a sophomore, he copped the Big Ten all around title with brilliant first place performances in the floor exercise and side horse, and then went on to finish third in the NC- AA all-around. Although it hard- ly seems possible, his efforts this f 7 ii COMBINE MOTHER'S TRICKS WITH THOSE OF THE GREEK GODS AT THANOftS PLACE IN THE LOBBY OF THE BELL POWER MOTEL FEATURING "MOTHER GREEK" SPECIALS j '"{ 1. :' Y " 4 t": !:ti showing. Another superior performer is soph Toby Towson, who has al- ready won the AAU floor exercise championship and captured the number one spot in the 1966 Mid- west Open. He is averaging a spec- tacular 9.45 in floor exercise this year, good enough for the top spot in the national rankings, just ahead of Wolverine standout Phip Fuller. Ring-Ding On the still rings, MSU boasts three more top-flight performers. Ed Gunny placed first in the NC- AA finals, while Larry Goldberg ranked third in Big Ten competi- tion and Dave Croft muscled his way to a first place finish in the league. As if this weren't enough, the talent doesn't stop here. Ron Aure, the captain of the 1967 squad, placed third in Big Ten floor exer- cise last season and has turned in noteworthy showings both in floor ex and on the long horse this year. Dennis Smith has been scoring over 9 consistently on the side horse, while Cliff Diehl has dis- tinguished himself on the parallel bars. The Spartans have a wealth of talent, and they are undoubtedly confident of hitting a greater de- gree, of proficiency on their rou- tines than they did at Champaign. Loken envisions several vicious- ly-contested battles. He sights the floor exercise, which looms as a possible foreshadowing to the NC- AA finals, with Towson and Phip Fuller, the two best in the nation, as an extremely close match. Chip Fuller and Thor are two other top entries in this event. Gym Standings By The Associated Press NEW YORK - "These people; make the Teamsters look like un- dernourished doves," attorney The- odore Kheel said yesterday in an- nouncing that his five-man vice- presidential committee w o u I d make one more concerted effort to settle the lingering NCAA-AAU track and field power struggle. "I wish to make clear we will render a final decision which will dispose of this dispute once andj for all," the New York labor law- yer added. Kheel steeped back into the pic- ture when the Amateur Athletic Union suspended seven foreign athletes for competing in the non- sanctioned U.S. Track and Field Federation meet here last Friday nigh.t WHEN MSU's Dave Thor isn't on the rings, he's on the high bar, parallel bars, or any other gymnastic apparatus which will bring points to the Spartans. The outstanding all-around performer is a key man for Michigan to outpoint in today's meet. Ir PAN-AMERICAN GROUP FLIGHTS to EUROP*E Group No.1-New York to London-June 1st London to New York-Aug.; 16th Fare $300 Group No. 2-New York to London-June 27th London to Philadelphia Aug. 17th Fare $309 Group No. 3-Detroit to London-July 12th London to Detroit-Aug. 11th Fare $353 This is for University Students, Alumni, Staff or University Related Personnel. Call: 761-2278 during the day. 665-2828 during the evening. meet here while Murphy, an Irish miler, had been entered in the Cleveland meet Saturday night. The foreigners were barred be- cause under international rules they were obligated to be passed uuon by the AAU, which is the :United States' agent in Interna- tional events. The AAU does not have jurisdiction over domestic coliege athletes competing in a college. a onsored event, such as the USTFF meet. Hamilton and Murphy said they had been threatened with loss of their scholarships by Villanova coach Jumbo Elliott if they failed to compete. Elliott denied it. Bud Winter, track coach at San Jose State. said he would appeal the action all the way to the State iDenartment C oah Clift A ndr_ I Phip and Chip Fuller along with Fred Rodney should provide stiff competition for State's Thor and Aure on the long horse. Michigan may hold a slight edge on the side horse, with Art Baessler, Chris Vanden Broek and Dave Geddes going against MSU's Smith, Thor and Ed Witzke, and Gerry Moore. Cliff Chilvers and Rich Kenney, the two Wolverine mainstays on the rings, face a severe test in the likes of Gunny, Croft and Gold- berg. Vanden Broek. Scott Paris, Mike Sasich and Gary Vander Voort will be matched against MSU's fourcome of Gunny, Thor, Diehl and Norm Haynie. Uphill Battle best, Thor and Diehl. If there is1 one event in which the Wolverines should be rated as favorites, it's on the trampoline where Dave Ja- cobs, Vic Conant and Mike Zadel should outpoint Thor, Aure and Keith Sterner. The Wolverines will be hamper- ed in one respect tomorrow, for' they will be without the services of Wayne Miller, last year's Big Ten and NCAA trampoline titlist and a steady performer also in floor exercise. Miller is stillhob- bled by severely sprained ankles and is sidelined for an indefinite period. Loken feels that the squad should feel confident after these last few days of practice, and that The USTFF is an arm of the National Collegiaite Athletic As-. sociation, which is vying with the AAU for control of the nation's, amateur track. Appeal on Way The attorney said, pending finalj settlement of the dispute, he would appeal to both parties for the lifting of any barriers that might keep athletes out of impending competitions. Without saying so, he indicated he would attempt to get the AAU to lift its suspensions, enabling three of those barred to compete in the New York Athletic Club meet Friday night at Madison Square Garden. Col. Don Hull, executive direc- tor of the AAU, has insisted he won't do it. "We' did it last sum- mer when the arbitration board asked us to," Hull said. "We will not make any exceptions now." Affected Athletes The athletes affected are Chris Papanicolaou, a Greek pole vaul- ter who attends San Diego State; Ian Hamilton and, Frank Murphy of Villanova and Benedict Cayenne and Carver King of Maryland State. Also involved are two Michigan trackmen, Alex McDonald from Jamaica and John Reynolds from Canada. They are members of the Wolverine' two mile relay team which won the USTFF meet. Neither man is effected by the suspension since they have no cur- rent plans to compete in any meets sponsored by the AAU. The current situation does not effect the chance of either man from making the Olympic team since the Games are controlled by a separate committee. Out of LA Papanicolaou was barred from the Los Angeles Times meet last Saturday night. Hamilton from Ireland, Cayenne and King from Trinidad, all relay specialists, were scheduled to run in the NYAC I'~ l'iC1.n n k tui%:1G1 i er- son of Maryland State said he would have to withdraw his relay teams from the NYAC meet. Hull said he had given sufficient warning that sanction was neces- sary in the case of the foreign athletes but the USTFF ignored it. Walter Byers, NCAA executive di- rector, called the action a "power play" and said it was a violation of the U.S. Senate moratorium resolution. Angry Arbitrator Kheel, whose five-man commit- tee hammered out the resolution, displayed pique and impatience at his noon press conference. "Our committee sought to arbi- trate this dispute - getting an agreement from both sides," he said. "We took four approaches, none of which has worked. "We will call another meeting at which the parties may sum up their final positions, then we are in a position-if necessary-to make a binding, final decision. Faith in Board "We hope that won't be neces- sary because we might salvage the 10-man Coordinated Committee on Track and Field, formed last Nov. 16, which, if functioning, appears an ideal solution. "If not, the board will resolve the isue. It's my opinion that the public is sick and tired of this and sympathetic to neither side." Prior to the November meeting the Daily printed a copyrighted story stating that NCAA and US- TFF officials were prepared to walk out of the meeting if they were dissatisfied with the proceed- ings. But both sides agree to arbitra- tion by the co-ordinating commit- tee. If Kheel and his board are unable to solve the current crises, there is still a possibility that the college group will follow through on its earlier threat and bring ev- en more confusion to the already volatile situation. I Iowa MICHIGAN Michigan State Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Ohio State W L Pet. 4 0. 1.000 2 0 1.000 4 1 " .800 3 2 .600 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 Dick Richards and Vander all they have to overcome now are Voort, Michigan's top men on the those nervous jitters which could parallel bars, will have an uphill cause slight faults in their rou- fight against the Spartan's Lwo tines. ,UNION-LEAGUE LABOR DAY WEEKEND ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE SECRETARY: SANDY MORTER TREASURER: DANA McCURDY TICKETS: SUSAN JOHNSON PUBLIC RELATIONS: TERRY CHRISTENSON, JANET WICKHAM PUBLICITY: RANDY RISSMAN, JENNY RHEA BOOKLET: VALERIE CAVIN, DICK BROWN SPECIAL EVENTS: JIM TISHLER, CAROL CASSAB SPECIAL EVENTS: JANET HART, LINDA SCHOBER GRAPHICS: DICK COPE I 4 W C3 *3 XX C3E43 UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA Livermore, California OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION U i .. N -A UN ION-LEAGUE '4 1967 Symposium Presents: REV. DAVID McCREATH AS FAR AS the AAU is concerned, Michigan trackmen John Reynolds (left) and Alex McDonald are no longer eligible for international competition. The foreign-born half of the Wolver- ines' crack two mile relay team were suspended by the AAU :or competing in meet sponsored by the rival United States Track and Field Federation. i,. -q MAJOR PROGRAMS NOW UNDER WAY: PLOWSHARE-Industrial and scientific uses of nuclear explosives. WHITNEY-Nuclear weapons for national defense. SHERWOOD-Power production from controlled thermonuclear reactions. BIOMEDI- CAL-The effects of radioactivity on man and his en- vironment. SPACE REACTOR-Nuclear power ranre fnr sp aevnIorations.-far-reachini pro- Speaking on CRIME: UGLI Multipurpose Room February 16 7:30 P.M. Rev. McCreath is trained both as a Presbyterian minister and as a social ..- I.. 1~. Join The Daily Sports Staff -- A CULTURAL ARTIFACT $ a i N' S wa.............eII . I i