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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1967
PAGE SIX TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1967
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'Loyal Illinois' Protests Dismissal
Ultimatum
of
Coaches
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (P) -- "We're
Loyal To You, Illinois" was more
than its school song yesterday as
Illini, from football players to
many alumni and fans, rallied
around university President David
D. Henry's fight against a Big
Ten-ordered f i r i n g of three
coaches.
Dr. Henry, who already has ap-agreed with the conference direc-
pealed the dismissal ultimatum tors' action.
by the conference athletic direc- "A violation is a violation re-
tors-terming it "harsh"-lauded gardless of what anyone else is
a supporting petition signed by doing and regardless of what we
82 Illini football players Tlurs- think of those have broken the
day. rules," the editorial read.
"It is an excellent statement and "It often is harder to acknowl-
I appreciate the action," said Dr. edge that a good friend has done
Henry, who has indicated strongly something wrong, but when the
he would rather fight than fire, evidence is there, there is little
even though Illinois' conference room for discussion.-
membership is in peril. Actually, the bomb tossed by the
Along with the football squad's :
petition which called the penalty
"unrealistically and unreasonably"
severe," Champaign-Urbana civic Bbo
leaders flooded banks, stores and
other business places with copies '. ,.,f:rr.{ , ,;r.,.,,.:..<
of a petition backing the three
coaches to the; extent of Illinois' Anyone interested in becoming
quitting the Big Ten. an I.M. volleybal referee should
An opposing campus shot, how- attend the meeting Monday
ever, was fired by the school's night at 7:30 in the LM. build-
student newspaper, the Daily Il- ing. Referees will be paid $2.00
lini, which said in an editorial it " an hour.
Big Ten athletic directors as out-
growthof Illinois's self-uncovered
$21,000 slush fund was a bomb
without a fuse, landing in the
laps of the faculty group which
meets next weekend in the regular1
March conclave.
The faculty men alone have the
power to accept or modify the di-
rectors' recommendation after
studying the appeal by Dr. Henry,
who has indicated Illinois, as an
institution, properly and suffi-
ciently has failed the admittedly1
distasteful case.
Dr. Henry described the direc-
tors' mandate as punishment
which does not fit the crime. The
directors'mandate that head foot-
ball coach Pete Elliott, head bas-
ketball coach Harry Combes and
assistant basketball Coach How-
ard Braun be fired or Illinois must
"show cause" why its conference
membership should not be ended
or suspended.
Athletic Supporters
The football players' petition,
signed at a squad meeting called
by co-captain Ken Kmiec and Ron
Bess, asked that Dr. Henry "vig-
orously support" retention of El-
liott as coach.
It also said: "While we are
aware that a violation of the ath-
letic code has occurred, we feelI Thinking of the faculty group cited coaches to other Illini posi-
strongly that dismissal of Coach in the Illinois case regarding the tions.
Elliott is an unrealistically and "show case" clause may be mir- Fuzak said it might be consider-
unreasonably severe penalty, re- rored to some extent by a com- ed "Contrary to university policy.
flecting undeserved discredit not ment yesterday by Northwestern's even tampering, if an outside body
only upon Coach Elliott but also faculty representative, T. Leroy dictated a job change when a man
upon the University of Illinois." Martin. who said: had not violated his university's
In a similar case, involving In- "I would define 'cause,' in part, rule."
diana in 1957, then commissioner as good characteristics the individ- Stressing that tenure was in-
Kenneth L. Tug Wilson recom- ual coaches have to offset bad tended to protect school employes,
mended dismissal of Hoosier foot- things." Fuzak said: "If a university pre-
ball coach Phil Dickens, but the Another view, by Michigan sented evidence that some outside
faculty group accepted Indiana's State's faculty representative, group was overriding the univer-
move in suspending Dickens for John Fuzak, concerned the aspects sity, I would consider that point
one year. of Illinois possibly switching the important."
FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES
FUZAK AND MARTIN
'VI' vs. Gophers: From Stellar to Cellar
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL
REGISTRATION FOR SPRING ELECTIONS
By ANDY BARBAS
No one won, no one lost, no one
tied, not enough men were' avail-
able, but the freshmen gymnastics
squad still competed in a trian-
gular meet with Michigan State
and Iowa. Team scores weren't
totaled because not all of the
events could be filled by the
squads.
Coach Newt Loken expressed the
opinion that he was "reasonably
satisfied with the performance of
the freshmen team." By this he
meant that while their showing
was good, many individuals have
done better.
Loken w'as especially impressed
with the performances of Chuck
Froeming and Ron Rapper. Froe-
ming scored an 8.9 on the rings,
and Rapper chalked up a 9.15 on
the parallel bars. Jim Deboo took
a first place on the side horse as
the Wolverines captured three of
the six events they competed in.
Joe Fedorchik from Michigan
State had the highest personal
point total, 57.275. He placed first
twice, second twice, third, and
fifth in the six events he entered.
Rick Sckorza from Iowa had the
second highest total with 48.125,
but was closely followed by Jen-
son with 48.0 .
VAULTING-1. Fedorchik (MSU)
8.875. 2. Balcombe (M) 8.75. 3. Jen-
son (M) 8.64; 4. Scorza (I) 8.575. 5.
England (I) 7.7. 6. Zepeda (1) 7.3.
FLOOR EXERCISE-1. Fedorchik
(MSU) 9.05; 2. England (I) 8.7; 3.
Booney (I) 8.2; 4. Jenson (M) 8.15.
5. Scorza (1) 7.9. 6. Taffe (1) 7.8. 7.
Balcombe (M) 7.5.
SIDE HORSE-i . Deboo (M) 8.75.
2. Fedorchik (MSU) 8.0. 3. Carpenter
(M)7.95. 4. Scorza (1) 7.0. 5. Jen-
son (M) 7.0. 6. Schlitz (MSU) 6.95.
7. Belcombe (M) 6.1. 8. Vanek 5.8.
HIGH BAR-. Scorza ( ) 8.8. 2.
Fedorchik (MSU) 8.75. 3. Weist (I)
7.7. 4. Jenson (M) 7.6. 5. Belcombe
(M) 7.3. 6. Murahata (MSU) 7.05.
PARALLEL BARS-i. Rapper (MW)
9.15. 2. Scorza (I) 8.75. 3. Lzar ()
8.6. 4. Ruttenberg (M) 8.45. 5. Fed-
orchik (MSaU) 8.4. 6. Jensen (M)
8.35. 7. Vanwormer (MSU). 8. Niest
(I) 6.7. 9. Downer (M) 6.05. 10. Bel-
combe (MW) 5.65. 11, Banek 5.5.
RINGS-i. Froemning (MW) 8.9. 2.
IJenson (M),8.3. 3. Fedorchik (MSU)
8.2. 4. Scorza (1) 8.1. 5. Zepeda
(1) 7.55. 6. Taffe (1) 6.5. 7. Bal-
comobe (M) 5.75.
Cagers Attempt
To Ditch Bottom
By JOEL BLOCK
On March 6,, 1965. Michigan
and Minnesota met in Yost Field
House to decide the Big Ten
basketball championship. It was
a tough battle for the Wolverines,
but they managed to clinch the
title with an 88-85 win.
It's been only two years from
that climactic game, but tonight's
game at Williams Arena in Min-
neapolis could be billed as "The
underground war for the Big Ten
cellar."
As of right now, Minnesota has
a slight edge on Michigan, sport-
ing a 3-7 record to the Wolverines'
2-7. The Gophers gained their
edge when they surprised title-
contender Iowa with a slim 88-86
upset last Tuesday.
That win against Iowa has put
Minnesota in an optimistic mood.
Assistant coach. George Hanson
states that despite their 2-4 rec-
ord in the last six games, "We've
played tremendously."
One player who has played
tremendously is 6'7" junior cen-
ter Tom Kondla. In those six
games Kondla has averaged 33
points per performance, a feat
which has vaulted him into sec-
ond place in the Big Ten scoring
race.
Hanson explains Kondla's
change-of-pace this way: "Eight
games ago we decided to move
Kondla into a low post.,Before
that he had been playing outside
in the corners a lot-almost like
a forward."
One highlight of their win over
Iowa-a defensive one-was junior
guard Wayne Barry's handling of.
Sam Williams, the man ahead of
Kondla in Big Ten scoring. Barry,
who is 6'1", held the 6'3" junior
college transfer student to just 13
points while he was in the game.
After Barry was pulled, Williams
scored four more points, but it
still was one of his poorest show-
igs of the season.
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Dill (6'10")
Bankey (6'1")
Pitts (6'5")
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Presthus (6'5")
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THE UNIVERSITY SESQUICENTENNIAL
ALUMNI CELEBRATION
WED., MARCH 1
FRI., MARCH 3
The Wolverine road has been
one of frustration and disappoint-
ment this year; still, coach Dave
Strck manages to give a note of
optimism that "Our morale is
fine."
Strack has put sophomore for-
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6:00 P.M.-Opening Reception and Banquet:
Speaker: Jack H. Vaughn, Director,
The Peace Corps
(Michigan Union Ballroom)
THURS., MARCH 2
10:00 a.m.-TOPIC SESSION:
The Right of Free Expression
Arthur Miller, playwright
Mike Wallace, TV commentator
Arnold Gingrich, Publisher, Esquire
(Rackhom Lecture Hall)
2:00 P.M.-TOPIC SESSION:
The Political Picture Today
Senator Philip A. Hart
Congressman Gerald R. Ford
6:00 P.M.-All Sports Banquet
Honoring Michigan Athletic Greats
10:00 A.M.-TOPIC SESSION:
American Enterprise-What Lies Ahead
Lynn Townsend, Chairman, Chrysler Corp.
Donald C. Cook, President, American
Electric Co.
H. Bruce Palmer, President,
National Industrial Conf. Board
(Rackham Lecture Hall)
10:00 A.M.-TOPIC SESSION:
The Law and Public Order
Richard A. Wasserstrom,
Dean, Tuskegee Institute
Judge John R. Brown, U.S. Court
of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Hobart Taylor, Director, Export-Import
Bank of Washington
(Rackham Ampitheatre)
2:30 P.M.-TOPIC DISCUSSION
Michigan in Orbit-A Discussion of the
Future of the Apollo Space Program
Joseph F. Shea, Manager Apollo
Space Program
General Edward H. White, Sr.,
father of late Astronaut White
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6:00 P.M.-Awards Banquet
Honoring recipients of the
Sesquicentennial Award
ward Bob Sullivan back into his
old starting role after having him
play a substitute's role for the
last few games. Strack made the
change because "Sullivan played
well for us in the last game."
Strack's defensive game plan is
to start with a man-to-man,
hoping that Craig Dill will be able
to hold down Kondla's polific
point production. If that fails to
work, he may switch to a 2-3
zone defense.
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