f TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1967 THE MICHI A flAIIV t/aaiV Al Lf1a1/1 PAGE NINE Thinclads Trip to Fifth; Grapplers Grab Second Wisconsin Claims Track Title Matmen Trail Spartans in Dual Runaway By BOB McFARLAND Acting Executive Sports Editor Special To The Daily MADISON-Dave Martin, Mich- igan's assistant track coach, de- cided to get a breath of fresh air during the 300-yard dash Satur- day, midway through the finals of the 57th Annual Big Ten Indoor Track Championships. "And the doors were locked," Martin said wryly. His experience sums up the fate of the Wolverine cindermen, ex- cept that they found themselves locked out rather than in, garnering only 21 points for a fifth place finish. The meet marked the worst performance of a Wolverine track squad since 1958, when the Mich- igan thinclads placed eighth with 16 markers. Home Crowd Wisconsin, spurred on by a' highly partisan sell-out crowd of 4400 at Camp Randall Memorial Building, picked up their sixth conference indoor title, as the Badgers edged out Michigan State, 56 % to 53. Iowa, with 30 points, and Minnesota, with 28, rounded out the first division. A combination of factors . . bad luck, poor performances, ill- ness, and injury . . . led to the Wolverines' demise. "We should have been third," remarked Mich- igan's head track coach, Don Can- ham, at the meet's conclusion. "You can't criticize Jack Har- vey," Canhamn noted, "because he's been bothered by a sore arm." Harvey, the Wolverine captain, and winner of the shot put in 1966, finished second to Bob Hawke of Wisconsin. Harvey's best toss was 56'7%", while Hawke managed a 57'7" heave. Tom Kearney, Michigan's soph- omore miles, was expected to give the favorites trouble in his event, but, running a strong fourth, he was clipped from behind on a turn and fell to the ground. "That cost us some valuable points too," Can- ham continued. "I know he's cap- able of a 4:06 mile right now." Sick And the illness. The Wolverines had been bothered by flu and bronchitis for the two previous weeks, and Alex McDonald, Ron Kutschinski, and John Reynolds. were still suffering from the ef- fects. Wisconsin managed,to wrest the team title away from defending champion Michigan State with a sophomore-dominated' team very similar to the composition of the Michigan squad. When asked if he expected victory with such a group of cindermen, an elated Charles (Rut) Walter, Wisconsin mentor, said, "You never know. You just keep hoping." Analyzing the factors in the Badger victory, Walter remarked, "That great double of Ray Ar- rington's, Mike Butle's good races, and our success in the pole vault spelled first for us." Butler and Arrington, both soph- omores, accounted for 19 of the Wisconsin points, and knocked off three of the five conference rec- ords that fell on the fast clay track. Charge'. Teddy Roosevelt could never have been more effective at trust- busting than Butler. The Badger hurdler had no mercy for the powerful Spartan monopoly which had swept the first three places in both the highs and lows last season to push Michigan State to its first indoor championship ever. Ony two members of the invin- sible trio, -Gene Washington and Bob Steele, returned, but they had been joined by Charles Pollard, an MSU sophomore, and again threat- ened to pull off a coup. Butler had other ideas though. He edged out Washington for first place in the high hurdles and broke the defending title- holder's record in the process with an :08.2 effort for the 70-yard POLE VAULT-i1. Carter -(MSU). 2. Bergemann (Wis). 3. Burnette (o- ,wa). Height-iS'. SHOT PUT-1. Hawke (Wis). 2. Harvey (M). 3. Bliss (Wis). Distance HIGH UM--1. Bowers (MSU). 2. Knickerbocker (M). 3. Stuart (Minn). 5. Marton (M). Height - BROAD JUMP - 1. Marinello (OSU). 2. Dick (Wis). 3. Crawford (MSU). 5. Flowers (M). Distance - 23'3/"- 60-YD. DASH-1. Bryant (Minn) 2. Jackson .(Wis). 3. Keenan (Ind). Time--:06.3. ONE MILE RUN - 1. Wieczorek (Iowa). 2. Sharkey (MSU). 3. Ar- rington (Wis). Time--4:05.3 (new conference record, old mark held by John Ross, Michigan, 1952). 440-YD. DASH - 1. Mondane (Iowa). I Whipple (Wis). 3. Gill- ham (Minn). Time-:47.9. 70-YD. HIGH HURDLES--1. But- ler (Wis). 2. Washington (MSU). 3. White (Ind). 5. Midlam (M). Time -:08.2 (new conference record, old mark held by Gene Washington, MSU, 1966). 1000-YD. RUN-i. Conquest (Pur). 2. Merchant (MSU). 3. Walker (Ill). 4. Coffin (M). 5. Leps (M). Time-- 2.11.5. 600-YD. RUN--1. Wilson (MSU). 2. Frazier (Iowa). 3. Hanson (Wis). 4. McDonald (M); Time-1:11.3. 300-YD. DASH-i1. Dialing (Ind). 2. Campbell (MSU).D3. Simonsen (Minn). Time-:30.9. 880-YD. RUN-i. Arrington (Wis). 2. Spain (MSU). 3. Kutschinski (M). Time-1:50.3 (new conference record, old mark set by Bill Fra- zier, Iowa, 1963). 70-YD. LOW HURDLES-1. Butler (Wis). 2. Warford (Minn). 3. White (Ind). Time-:07.6 (new conference record, old mark set by Gene Wash- ington, MSU, 1965). TWO MILE RUN - 1. Sharkey (MSU). 2. Hoag (Minn). 3. Edmond- son (NU). Time-9:03.8. MILE RELAY - 1. Iowa (Feree, Frazier, Mondane, Reiner). 2. Mich- igan State. 3. Wisconsin. 4. MICHI- GAN. Tine-. :13.1 (new conference record, old mark set by Iowa, 1963)., TEAM TOTALS:- Wisconsin 563, Michigan State 53, Iowa 30, Minne- sota 284, MICHIGAN 21, Indiana 183, Ohio State 73%, Purdue 7, Il- linois 5, Northwestern 3. distance. Meanwhile, Spartan Pol- lard hit the last hurdle and crash- ed to the track, being edged by Michigan's Larry Midlan for fifth place. Butler continued his break-up of the Spartan combination in the low hurdles. Washington saw an- other of his marks go first-hand, Butler speeding home with a :07.6 clocking, and leaving Washington to a fourth-place finish. Steele emulated Pollard's performance, placing sixth for no points. Goliath vs. Samson Participating in the battles of the Big Ten track giants, however, Arrington earned one first, a third, and the crowd's admiration. The mile shaped up as a three-way duel between the Wisconsin thin- clad, the Spartans, Dick Sharkey, and Iowa's Larry Wieczorek, with Kearney also rated a strong con- tender. Sharkey and Arrington had clashed a week earlier in a dual meet, with Sharkey coming out on top. Hawkeye Wieczorek grab- bed this encounter, however, with a 4:05.3 time to snap the old con- ference mark by °:04.1 seconds. Sharkey was :00.7 behind, with Arrington taking third in 4:06.8. Arrington wasn't through by any means. His foes in the 880- yard run were Michigan State's John Spain and Michigan's Kut- schinski. All are sophomores and all had bettered the existing con- ference record the week before. Last Chance Kutschinski, the last Wolverine hope for a victory at that point, started the race in the third posi- tion. Spain had grabbed the early lead, was followed in the number two spot by Arrington. The Michi- gan student made his bid at the 440-yard mark, passing Arrington, but was unable to catch Spain. Arrington waited until the final lap to make his move, sprinting past the MSU leader to break the tape in a record 1:50.3, just one hour and ten minutes after the conclusion of the mile. Kutschinski took third in 1:51.1, his best time to date. "I just ran a poor race, and they ran good ones," the Wolverine entry ex- plained. "I thought the pace would be faster. When I tried to sprint at the end, I just didn't have it." Needs Warm-up Arrington, who also anchored the Wisconsin mile relay unit, said after the meet, "Since high school, I've always liked the mile better than the half. They always run the mile first in these meets though; and I can't warm-up enough. After I've run one race, I' begin to feel good." He wasn't satisfied with his mile effort. "I wanted to stay a little closer to Wieczorek and Sharkey.1 Then, I lost count of the laps, and tightened up at the end," he noted. Michigan found itself a party to JACK HARVEY another exciting dual in the high jump. Wolverine sophomore Gary Knickerbocker and Spartan Mike Bowers left the remainder of the field stalled at 6'7". Both cleared 6'9", but Bowers was awarded first place on the fewest number of misses. Clarence Martin, another Mich- igan sophomore, earned fifth with a jump of 6'6", but Rick Hunt, defending outdoor conference champion, failed to add points to the Wolverine column. He also jumped 6'6", but was eliminated n number of misses. Too Many Jumps After reaching a height of 6'6", the high jump bar was only raised an inch at a time instead of the customary two inches. Knicker- bocker blamed his defeat on this development. "I jumped too many times," he stated. "I felt okay, but I should have passed up my turn at 6'7"1." The Wolverines managed to pick up one other point in the field events, a fifth place by Carl Flow- ers in the long jump. Ohio State's Ralph Marinello won the event with a 23'23%" leap, in a field weaker than a used tea bag. Another Michigan threat, Mc- Donald placed fourth in the 600- yard run. He tried to grab the lead from the eventual victor, Spartan Pat Wilson, with 150 yards re- maining, but the attempt was fu- tiule, and the Wolverine was nosed out by Carl Frazier of Iowa and the Badgers' Brad Hanson on the backstretch. The final Michigan markers were picked up in the mile relay, in which a unit composed of Kut- schinski, Leps, McDonald and Bob Gerometta turned in a 3:15.3 clocking fof fourth place. The event was taken by Iowa in the record time of 3:13.1. It loked like a typical last-out World Series scene when the Bad- gers mobbed Butler after his win in the low hurdles, the next-to-last event on the program which vir tually assumed them -of victory. The winners were happy. The losers were happy. But the only reward for finishing in the middle was frustration. By BOB LEES Special To The Daily COLUMBUS-In the Year of the Purple Goat, the Jolly Green Giants used the Luck of the Rat- tail and a Benevolent Genie to: claim their second straight Big' Ten grappling title. The Year, of course, is 1967, ac- cording to the Chinese calendar, while the J. G. G.'s are the label the Ohio State Lantern applied, with amazing inspiration, to the Spartans of Michigan State. An then there's the rattail. This zoological appendange refers to the brackets of the Big Ten tour- nament, where preliminary match- es were necessary to determine psitions in the quarter-final rounds. These preliminaries, tack- ed on to the end of the brackets, dangle like-well, you know. Because a wrestler gets points for each advancement in bracket, as well as another point for a pin, every highly seeded entry tries to get into preliminary rounds, realizing that his opponent will be a low-rated grappler, against whom he can pick up a quick point or two. Three to One MSU got three such rattails; Michigan had one. It was evident well before the meet that this year's conference championship was a two-team fight between the M i c h i g a n schools. Moreover, State was the pick to win in spite of their loss the week before to the Wolverines. The drawings the night before the tourney began confirmed this rating. Immediately after the drawings were held, Rick Bay, Michigan's assistant coach, had it all worked out. "According to the pairings," he stated, "State should win it by eleven." Sure enough, the Lantern the next day headlined its wrestling story with "MSU is Heavy Favorite to Repeat Title." Michigan coach Cliff Keen grimaced, upon read- ing this bit of news, "The way the newspapers figure it, we might as well have stayed in Ann Arbor." Only a Hundred When the prelims started Fri- day afternoon, barely a hundred CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 123 lbs.-Bob Fehrs (M) pinned Jim Anderson (Minn), 6:58. 130 lbs.-Don Behn (MSU) out- pointed Roger Young (OSU), 15-8. 137 lbs.-Dale Anderson (MSU) outpointed Mike Gluck (Wis), 3-0. 145 lbs.-Dale Carr (MSU) out- pointed Burt Merical (M), 13-4. 152 lbs.-Fred Stehman (M) out- pointed Dave Campbell (MSU), 12-5. 160 ibs.-Jim Kamman (M) out- pointed Otto Zeman ,NU), 8-0. 167-lbs.--George Radman (MSU), outpointed Dave Reinbolt (OSU), 11-3. 177 lbs.-Mike Bradley (MSU) out- pointed Pete Cornell (M), 6-3. Hvt.--Dave Porter (M) pinned Jeff Richardson (MSU), 4:33. TEAM SCORING Michigan State 92, MICHIGAN 78, Minnesota 32, Ohio State 27, North- western 22, Wisconsin 21, Indiana 18, Iowa 8, Indiana 7 and Purdue 0. Arena; the only time they could be heard above the whine of the air-conditioners was when a Buck- eye took to the mats. To the real enthusiast, though, the prelims presented a picture of confusing magnificdnce. Three mats were employed, and as soon as one was emptied the two con- testants were hurried away to make way for the next match. But it was amidst this beginning con-' fusin that the Benevolent Genie smiled upon the Spartans, paving the way for their e v e n t u a l triumph. , For that afternoon, State's 152- pound entry, Dave Campbell, came up against Minnesota's Ron An- keny, the only grappler not from Michigan or Michigan State to have a top-seeded position. And when Campbell came out on the top side of a 3-2 score, elatement spread throughout the Green camp, for here were some points the Spartan's hadnt even counted on in their neck-and-neck battle for the position. Campbell then proceeded to ad- vance all the way to the finals be- fore Michigan's Fred Stehman bumped him off, but he picked up 11 crucial points on the way. MSU by a Neck After the tourney, MSU's Grady Peninger was quick to recognize Campbell's accomplishments. "He saved our neck out there," beamed the effusive, ever present State coach. "The kid had a losing rec- ord all season, but he came through like Cinderella.". But of course, Campbell wasn't the only Green-clad grappler to advance to the semifinals. In fact, seven of his teammates followed his lead, as the Spart ns garnered 16 points for the afternoon. Michigan, meanwhile, was keep- ing pace. The Wolverines picked1 up 12 points in the first rounds, but two losses sustained that af- ternoon would show their effect later on, as only seven Michigan matmen lasted the afternoon. spectators sprinkled St. John's The first casualty occurred in the 137-pound division. Gordy Weeks, facing Larry Lentz of In- diana, fell behind quickly at the' beginning of his match, but had gained a takedown and was behind only 5-4 when time ran out. For the rest of the day, he was pacing up and down the sidelines, hoping that Lentz would win in the semfinals to give him a crack at the consolations. But when Lentz was decisioned by Wiscon- sin's Mike Gluck, his hopes went down the drain. GuttyI Bill Waterman, at 167, was the other Wolverine to feel the early axe. The junior grappler had drawn MSU's George Radman as his first-round opponent - the same Spartan who nearly pinned him a week earlier in Ann Arbor. Yet Waterman came out much stronger. than last weel, only to be edged 6-2., Later, in the dressing room, a teammate observed that "Bill was really fired up out there. If every- one of us had guts like him, we'd have this thing wrapped up." The other team members made it easily to the semis, as Michigan wins included pins by captain Bob Fehrs at 123, Jim Kamman at 160, and the redoutable Dave Porter at heavyweight. When the evening sessions be- gan it was evident that Columbus finally recognized the presence of a Big Ten tournament for nearly a fifth of the arena seats were filled. Yet the local fans had little to cheer about, as only two Buck- eyes won their semifinal matches -Roger Young at 130 and Dave Reinbolt, last year's NCAA champ at 167. Michigan supporters, too, had their spirits somewhat dampened as 130-pounder Geoff Henson was overwhelmed y Spartan Don Behm, 13-3. 11 Waterman, too, lost 14-5 in his consolation round to end his competition. Yet, Fehrs, Burt Merical, Stehman, Jim Kam- man, Pete Cornell, and Porter con- tinued their victory skeins with impressiverdecisions-or, in the case of Porter, a one minute, 13- second pin. But the State machine continued its determined march onward. Only one Green-clad grappler lost that night as Peninger was every- where, badgering officials and giving advice to his players. By the end of the semifinal round, the Spartans had an incredible total of 75 points, while the Wol- verines trailed with 64. Saturday afternoon's fi n a 1 s looked like a dual meet, as 13 of the 18 finalists wore the uniforms of the two Michigan schools. And by the time the dust had cleared, all nine championship crowns nestled on State or Michigan heads. Bob Fehrs started the afternoon with a pin in 6:58 of Minnesota's Jim Aanderson, but the next three matches saw State victories. The one at 145 found Dale Carr de- cisioning Burt Merical in an im- pressive display. Fred Stehman then broke the State skein at 152 with his strong decision over State's Campbell, and Jim Kamman followed with a come-from-behind victory over Nortwestern's Otto Zeman. Radman t hen proceeded to murder OSU's Reinbolt at 167, and teammate Mike Bradley followed with a close-fought decision over Michigan's Pete Cornell. In the finale, Porter took 4:32 to pin MSU's Jeff Richardson. Later, Porter received the Out- standing Wrestler Award for the turnament as well as the award for most pins in, fewest elapsed minutes. Afterwards, gazing at the score- board, which showed 92 points for State to 78 for Michigan, Keen declared, "I'm tremendously pleas- ed with the performances of the boys. They went out there and did their best." And, as Rick Bay put it, "It was just a matter of degree. We were great; they were fantastic." U K UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY w i l l be interviewing B.S. & M.S. 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