TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 196.5 TIlE MICHIG(AN DAILY~ . .AL. w - w as s deAS a K! +4.w Ali t M. k W aAa . ,i ,y._. _.......,.__.. Muse *EIGHTH IN 11 I EARS Michigan Thinclads Run a Lon PAGE SEVEN r Conference Grown w Way on Little More Than Guts IVetters 1 ftK By JIM LaSOVAGE It took a lot of guts. And that's the biggest thing that kept a rebuilding Wolverine track team in the running for con- ference honors last season. - The loss of 13 lettermen after the 1964 season left the cinder- men the big task of shaping in- experienced sophomores into re- placements for the graduated stars. So with Captain Kent Ber- nard as the nucleus of 17 re- turning lettermen, Coach Don; Canham went to work training for the indoor winter season in the, confines of musty old Yost Field- house. Most of the indoor season con- sists of federation opens and re- lays, in which team scores are not kept. They serve the coach and team as conditioning for cham- piohship meets and "discovering" new talent. However, before the indoor championships in Chain- paign this year, the tracksters competed in three dual meets against nonconference foes. Take on Chicagoj In January, Michigan traveled to the Windy City to challenge the Chicago Track Club for its first competition of the year. A closev meet indicated that the Wolver- ines had a lot of work ahead of them as the Chicagoans dealt them, a 67-64 setback. Michigan got a lot of help from KENT BERNARD its experienced hands and some encouraging performances by and Steve Leutchmian, both soph- sophs, but sweeps of both the 70- omore shot putters, also keptt yard high and low hurdle events working into the point-winning by Chicago made the difference places And a couple of juniorsl in the meet. who hadn't done much as sophs A few federation meets saw began to come through in big' much improvement in Wolverine ways. Bob Gerometta started run-f thinclads before the next dual ning like a star quartermiler in meet-this against traditional foe the dash and on the mile relay Steadfast Bernard set, a new Big Ten record of 1:09.9 in winning the 600-yard run, breaking the string just a tenth of a secoid ahead of his long-time rival from Wisconsin, Al Montalbano. Bill Yearby put the shot just over 54 for a second place, and was toilowed by sophomore Har- vey, who heaved the 16-pound ball 53'6". Sweeney managed a third in the broad jump, t-aveling 23'6 Canamare added another inch1 to his own pole vault record with a 14'8" vault, but had to settle for! fifth. Two more fifths were con- tributed by Brian Kelley in the 1000-yard run and the mile-relayI team. Championships Alter the Big Ten meet came' the first annual NCAA Indoor Championships Only one Wol- verine placed in the meet- Canamare-and he did it in grand style, too. He soared over the bar at 15'4k1" to take a third in the event and gain a varsity record. The cindermen got their first outdoor competition at the South Carolina Relays, in which 171 teams participated. Things looked good all the way as Michigan tied with Maryland for most first places (five), and added a second, two thirds, and two fourths. Harvey set a meet mark of 54' 7" in the shot put, Ted Benedict set one of 9:11.9 in the two-mile run, the mile relay team broke the meet record with a 3:14.1 clocking, and Canamare set an outdoor' Imark with a vault of 15'334". The two-mile relay team took the other first. Continue Improving Michigan continued its improve- ment at the Ohio State Relays and Canamare again stole the show with a new mark of 15'5". When the dual meets began, a rematch with the Chicago Track Club was first on the agenda. This time in Ann Arbor, the Wolverines retaliated for the earlier loss with an 89-37 pasting, winning 11 ofE (Continued on Page 8) By BUD WILKINSON The 1965 version of Michiaa men in white served and volleyed their way through the Big Ten dual meet season with only one loss and then took advantage of clutch victories in the champion- ship tournament to upset defend- ing titlist Indiana and take their' eighth conference tennis crown in the last 11 years. The season started out on a seemingly dismal note when the Wolverines were trounced three times on their spring tour in late March. However, it was the net- ters first outdoor play and the losses against the strong southern teams gave the squad experience 'which was helpful in later play. This season was the first in, which dual meet victories had a bearing on the championship. Each team played a round-robin scdedule and each doubles or singles victory in the dual meet counted as a point toward the' roW vn. Three Shutouts The netmen opened conference play with three perfect 9-0 white- washes of dual meet opponents. Following these victories came an 8-1 trounching of Michigan State and then Michigan's only dual meet loss of the Big Ten season-to Northwestern by a 6-3 score.. After registering another 8-1 walloping and two more 9-0 shut- outs over league foes, the netmen met Indiana on the last weekend of the dual meet season. The Hoosiers were unbeaten and had defeated Northwestern, the only team to top Michigan. The Wolverines, however, pulled out a 5-4 victory over the Hoosiers and entered the conference meet trailing them by only one point. Northwestern Third By winning eight of their; nine dual meets, the netters amassed a total of 69 match victories and 12 losses. Indiana wound up the regular season with a 70-11 rec- ord, followed at a distance by .othxvtdute n cxi i. Idiana xx asfvi toeyocti a of the uca nt f a c t h a tin n l . N pionhi tam di . ne c conferenrc( m b tenders won i the ren t ianltoeer e oface tie sd t match inch equal i t n Ma2e , t<(v. petters won al,.oX ecia lhcru m:n . tie ic matchdin the"c, .rlm Uai lwirst singlesCa- faced Northwest.,-. TIm theecond dax u n.i netr weretaod wiI ines arl Heldrick cis ..ad wart playrd in num bles against top-dd . Clark Graemc ad The Woerim all the above ma wart upset their Wildcat counter- where Flood lost in three sets to parts, 6-3, 6-4. Hedrick made a Rod McNerney of Indiana, 4-6, otrong bid to top Power but was 6-3, 6-2, and Hedrick and Stewart edged, 8-6, 10-8. absorbed a 6-3, 6-3 beating from- The Wolverines performed ac- Power and McNerney. cording to form at the other six -. In the - number one single positions and Michigan men ad- Graebner, who is ninth-ranket vanced to Saturday's finals in ihofnnspt.nationally, defeated Power,.,3 ; ight of nine spots. 6-4. 6-3. It was the fourth con- Vin in Rout secutive time that a Northwestern Entering the final day of action player won the first singles crown. with a slim three-point lead over Davis-Cupper Marty Riessen was the Hoosiers, the Wolverines took victorious in the three touney six of eight final contests to win preceding this one. the championship in a rout. At third singles, Jon Fraser Undefeated took three sets to defeat Barry T wart and' Lowe, went thfrg t Kane of Indiana 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.- Big Ten sea'son ad t'e .touia- Sophomore Stewart mauled last mient without a loss and the dou- year's sixth singles champ, Hoos- bles team of Flood and Swift also ier Chuck Fichter, 6-1 .6-4, to e sta b i s h e d an unblemished land the fourth singles title. record'. Hal Lowe whipped MSU's Vic The- W6verines sustained heavy Dhooge, 6-2, 7-5, and George iRus- raduatio'. losses from the cham- sell defeated Mike Baer of In- pionship team as Captain Flood diana, 6-3, 6-4, to land the fifth dndchahipions Lowe, Fraser and and sixth singles crown, respec- Russell departed with diplomas. tively. Returning as seniors will be cap- Doubles - - ain-clect, Hedrick, Swift and Bo In doubles Fraser and Lowe Ba',ker; aldg with junior-to-be took the measure of State's Stewart. nl.1n.- - -n21 Ti- fllif v Q.. f R 9 0.: NI- UIEDRICK Siiol n needd some itke thue lead hrnm In- - d they go(t themi. hd Sinle" is clhpion amroed ov'er Sheeh'ian, : nmd iledrick and Ste- Dlhooge and Jim PiJdlps, 8-6, q-L;.'(PthE21 for the second'doubles crown, and Indin-a.fd Flood and Jim Swift beat. Fichter also hea-ily and Bob Wham of Indiana, 7-5; loses. and1 6-3, for the number three title. g Michigan's only losses name ii itneftsc ain bei second singles and first- doubles uated senios. two strong squads. Northwestern, were hit by graduation Michigan may be in '66 if replace- found for the grad- 0 'a ,p r f- E_: i'" . ' _. ' Y 71777,1 .711 !%i \ ; ;<< ' Penn State. Drubbing The Nittany Lions came into Ann Arbor ready to fight, but when the dust had settled to the floor of the fieldhouse, Michigan had drubbed the visitors 92-49. "Three days later the Wolverines disposed of the Irish of Notre Dame in their last indoor dual meet of the season. During the course of the winter ieets the trackmen chalked up some impressive marks. Bernard was running good times in the 600-yards and the quarter mile, while other lettermen were work- ing into top shape in their respec- tive events. Cecil Norde, Bob Jar- ema, Bob Densham, Tom Sweeney, Dan Hughes, Fred Lambert, Des Ryan and Dore Reid all con- tributed to Michigan's strengthen- ing team. But new names like Jack Harvey team. Canamare Stars Perhaps most impressive of all, though, was pole vaulter George' Canamare, who began an assault on Michigan and Big Ten vault records which is still going. He cleared 14'7" in the Notre Dame meet. The Wolverines entered the conference championships as un derdogs to Wisconsin and Michi-l gan State. and Minnesota was also being talked . up. The Badgers collected a winning total of 46 points to edge the Spartans by 21rz points. Although Michigan took third, it was a disappointing 21 points off the pace. Still, there were bright spots in the meet. Reid beat a strong field in the 60-yard dash to win with a clocking of :06.2, and sophomore teammate Carl Ward finished fifth behind him to add a point. _ l; L'?_ -_ !,_ 'i 1 _ .e --",, - . .x'. 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