THE MICHIGAN DAILY Track Team Wains Indoor Tit DISTANCE MEDLEY CHAMPIONS-This quartet of Ergas Leps, Dave Martin, Tony Seth and Brian Gibson brought home one of Michigan's two Penn Relay crowns last spring. TEXTBOOK RIESERVATION for all PRE-CLASSIFIED or PRE-REGISTERED STUDENTS Reserve BoslhsEASY Way- Avoid the Rush and Confusion at the Book- stores on the First Day of Classes - by Fill- ing In the Blank Below and Mailing to ULRICH'S. YOUR Books will be ready for you to pick up during Orientation Week. (Please cancel this order if you are unable to attend school the first semester.) e Guarantee: ALL BOOKS to be REQUIRED texts and - to supply the RIGHT book for each course FULLY RETURNABLE if a course is changed. ULRICH'S has the largest stock of USED and New textbooks for ALL courses on cam- pus. If used books are available, Ulrich's will have them. ,........................ ................................................ I I BOO RESERVATION BLANK SEPTEMBER 1960 COURSE Sec- NAME - DEPT. NO. tion k Street ! Citys * Local Address (if Available)__ I Prefer n Good Used 5 New Books t II I- _Signed' j Immm..m rmmm r.-" w-r- -r-"-rmm -rmm rr mm mm mmrmtmmammrmsmmrmmrmrmm mm. mm - mm mmrmm"mm. .rmsrb For the best selection Mail YOUR Reservation Blank AT ONCE By BILL PHELPS Three years ago this fall when, coach Don Canham called his first track practice of the season, he was greeted by one of the most outstanding freshmen teams that would ever dig their spikes into the FerryeField cinders. The varsity team, which will respond to the first call this year, is built around these greatly im- proved 1957 freshmen. Now sen- iors, they have already done most of the accounting for two Big Ten indoor championships and two second places in outdoor Confer- ence meets. Last season they finished first in the Conference indoor meet and second to Illinois in the out- door meet. In his estimation, this year's team is the best Canham has ever coached and one that should be headed for some great perform- ances, Team Captain The most accomplished member of this year's seniors has quite fittingly been chosen to be the team captain. Sprinter Tom Ro- binson had already taken part in one Olympiade before he first en- tered the Yost Field House locker room. Since then, the Bahama Bullet has won six individual Big Ten championships and was only stopped from a seventh and eighth by a pulled thigh muscle in the spring of 1959. His most cherished track vic- tory was over Trinidad's Mike Agostini in the British Empire Games 220 in 1958. He has since set or, tied all the Michigan var- sity and freshman short sprint records. The stocky Wolverine captain was cited by United States Olympic Coach Larry Snyder as the only non-American who had a WANTED!, 1000 HEADS be they square, flat or rounded for that crew-cut at tae lascola Barbers Near Michigan Theatre i chance for an Olympic sprint gold rival George Kerr of Jamaica and medal this summer. Illinois and United States' Tom Deardorff Graduated Mfurphy. Although last year's captain Earl Backing up Seth in the middle Deardorff has graduated, the half distances are seniors Frank Geist, mile which was his specialty will Dave Martin and junior Ergas be far from lacking Michigan en- Leps. These runners were all very tries. Tony Seth, the senior from strong in the relay meets last sea- British Guiana who was rated as son and with the graduation of only the fifth best halfmiler on Illinois' Kerr and Michigan State's the freshman team three seasons Bob Lake, should have a fine time back has come along to gain the in conference as well as open number one spot through the last competition this year. two campaigns. From Cranbrook Seth has won the indoor 880 and Martin, an ex-Cranbrook run- 660 titles respectively in the last ner, has a best mlie time of 4:09.4 two conference meets and has as well as some excellent half- finished second and third in the mile relay performances to his outdoor 880. A year ago he gained credit. Leps, holder of the Cana- the bronze medal in the Pan dian juvenile mile standard of American Games 800 meters as he 4:13.6 won the conference mile finished behind arch conference in 4:12.4 and anchored two win- ning relay teams at the Penn Re- lays this spring. Frank Carrissimi, the record- breaking high school miler from Detroit is expected to join these two in training as a freshman this fall and his experience there will doubtlessly sharpen the two var- sity men towards better competi- tion times. In the longer sprints, the senior combination of Marsh Dickerson, Bryan Gibson and Seth are enough to strike fear into the hearts of most relay opponents when group- ed with hurdler-classmate Dick Cephas or juniors Bennie McRae or Leps. Different combinations of the above were very successful in the relay events last season. The double entry of McRae, the football halfback, and Cephas, the sprinter and high jumper, in the hurdle events was very effective until the Big Ten meet in May, °McRae tied the conference record of :14.0 in the qualifications for the highs, but injured his back severely in the preliminaries for the lows. Cephas met a similar but less serious fate in his heat of the lows and was considerably slowed for the finals. If these two can come back strong this winter, they have ex- cellent chances of placing one- two in both events, indoors and out. On the field, the Wolverines' chances look very bright after their two outdoor wins in the con- ference meet. Shotputter Ray Locke, a former national high school record holder finally showed successfully in varsity competition with a 55'''" heave and he has two more years to try for the Big Ten record. Best Effort Lanky high jumper Steve Wil- liams came through with his best varsity effort, a 6'74" leap, to beat Indiana's Reggie Sheppard for the conference crown. Like Locke, Williams is just starting his , junior year. He will be accom- panied at the pit by the versatile Cephas who is always trying to squeeze in a few jumps between hurdle heats. Missing for a year since the graduation of the great Eeles Landstrom and teammate Mamon Gibson has been any Wolverine action around the pole vault stand- ards. This campaign will see sophomore StevehOverton, an ex- Indiana high school state cham- pion thrusting the Swedish steel pole into the box. A good showing on his part will complete the team potential in nearly every event. This summer many team mem- bers competed in the Olympics. Ace broadjumper Lester Bird from Antigua wore the colors of the British West Indies, Seth ran for the Guianas and Robinson for the Bahamas. Good summer performances from these athletes hold a favor- able outlook for the team in Maize and Blue this winter and next spring. j " S NIPPED AT THE WIRE-Willie Williams of San Jose State nips Michigan's Tom Robinson at the wire. Robinson and the Wolverines had to settle for in this the 440-yard sprint event at the Penn Relays. 11 8 11960 agner's Welcome to Buying your clothes from Wagner's" a MICHIGAN TRADITION for 112 years ESQUIRE fashions, for men who are beyond the junior college fads-fashions in good taste anywhere at anytime. 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