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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1964

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(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
second of two articles which ana-
lyzes the Big Ten track meet today
and tomorrow at Columbus.)
By GARY WINER
Special To The Daily
COLUMBUS-The Big Ten in-
door track meet opens here thisl
afternoon and evening with pre-
liminaries and some finals.
Michigan coach Don Canham
takes his defending co-champions'
up against some stern competition,
particularly from Wisconsin, last
year's defeated favorites.
A continuation from yesterday
of comparisons of the major con-
tenders in each event on an event-
by-event basis follows:
BROAD JUMP-Canham will be
employing the services of John
Rowser, Willie Brown, and Tom
Sweeney in an effort to pick up
some unexpected points here.
Michigan State's Sherman Lewis
won last year with 23'812", and
this year. Defending outdoor
champion Paul Warfield of Ohio
State has signed with the football

Cleveland Browns and will not be
competing. Canham also cited
Wisconsin's Doug Pride as a man
to watch this year.
70-YARD HIGH HURDLES -
This event figures to be a battle
between Wisconsin captain Gene
Dix and Michigan's Cliff Nuttall.
Nuttall finished second last year
and edged Dix for the outdoor
crown in the spring. Nuttall is un-
defeated in competition this sea-
son, but Dix is a strong hurdler
who finished second in this event
two years ago as a sophomore.
Other Michigan hurdlers are Roy
Woodton and Norm Kohns.
70-YARD LOW HURDLES -
Wisconsin's Bill Smith broke the
conference record last year with
a time of :07.8 and should have
little difficulty in repeating this
year. His chief competition will
come from Ohio State's Bill Smith
and perhaps Nuttall. Nuttall's best
time this year is slightly above
eight seconds flat and Canham
hopes he'll be able to pick up some

points. Michigan's
also be competing.

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60-YARD DASH - Michigan
State's Bobby Moreland, who Can-
ham has referred to in the past
as "the best sprinter in the world
when he's healthy" is favored to
repeat as conference champion.
Moreland set a Big Ten record last
year at :06.1, but it's possible that
he'll have to go even faster this
year to win. Teammate Sherman
Lewis, Purdue's Nate Adams, and
Illinois' Trenton Jackson are re-
portedly all healthy. Michigan's
Dorie Heid, whose best competitive
time this year is :06.3, and Ken
Burnley could also be in on some
of the pay dirt at the tape.
300-YARD RUN-The Boiler-
makers' defending champion Al
Washington is going to find him-
self pushed this year by the Illini's
Jackson and State's Lewis. Jack-
son was injured last year so did
not compete. The Wolverines' Mac
Hunter figures to place in this
event.
440-YARD RUN - Defending
champion Gary Hollingsworth of
Iowa will be running against the
much-publicized- Wisconsin speed-
ster, Elzie Higginbottom, who is
reported to be injured, and Michi-
gan's Dave Romain. Romain
placed fifth last year, and has
been hovering around the :50
mark this season, probably too
slow to cut the tape first.
600-YARD RUN-It's most like-
ly going to take a record-setting
performance to win this event this
year and both Wisconsin and
Michigan appear to have such
men. This will be one of the key
events of the evening as the Badg-
ers' best, Al Montalbano, will be
facing Michigan's best, Kent Ber-
nard. Montalbano ran a 1:09.8 two

This Weekend in Sports
TODAY
GYMNASTICS-Western Conference meet at Madison
HOCKEY-Michigan at Michigan State
SWIMMING-Western Conference meet at Minneapolis
TRACK-Western Conference meet at Columbus
WRESTLING-Western Conference meet at Madison
TOMORROW
BASKETBALL-Michigan at Iowa
GYMNASTICS-Western Conference meet at Madison
HOCKEY-Michigan State at Coliseum, 8 p.m.
SWIMMING-Western Conference meet at Minneapolis
TRACK-Western Conference meet at Columbus
WRESTLING-Western Conference meet at Madison

weeks ago at Madison while Ber-
nard crossed the tape this past
weekend in 1:11.7. Canham quick-
ly pointed out though that the
times at the Wisconsin Field House
generally run two to three seconds
faster than anywhere else.
880-YARD RUN-Canham la-
bels this event as another one
which probably will take a record-
breaking effort. Minnesota's Ras
Miller, second last year, Michigan's
Ted Kelly, third last year, Wiscon-
sin's Bill Gill, fourth last year, and
Illinois' Mike Holbrook will pro-
vide the excitement in this race.
Canham is also running Cecil
Norde in the half.
ONE-MILE RUN-An all-star
cast will be present for this race.
Illinois' sensational distance man,
Allen Carius, should win, but he
may have to do it in record time.
Carius isn't a sure winner by any
means, as he still must contend
with Michigan's highly-regarded
Des Ryan, as well as Wisconsin's
Mike Manley, and Michigan
State's outdoor champ, Jan Bowen.
Wolverine Dave Hayes should also
be in the money, according to Can-
ham.
TWO-MILE RUN -- Another
star-studded cast will show up for
this event, but Canham gives the
nod again toCarius. Carius is the
indoor and outdoor defending
champion who ran a 9:11 last
year. His strongest competition
could come from the Spartan's
Dick Sharkey if he has thorough-
ly recovered from an early-season
injury. Wisconsin's Jim Weinert
and Mike Manley and Iowa's Larry
Kramer are also rated good run-
ners. Michigan's Ted Benedict,
who's best time to date is 9:20,
and Jim Austen should pull in
some points.
ONE-MILE RELAY-This is the
last event of the meet tomorrow
night, but Canham doesn't think
the title will hinge on this event.
Hopefully, it will though, because
Michigan and Wisconsin have the
two best squads in the conference
to date. Wisconsin's best mark
was a 3:15.2, which is very close
to the Big Ten record established
by Iowa last year at 3:14.7. The.
Wolverines were clocked in 3:17.1,
but Canham has been juggling his
lineup this year and hasn't decided
on who his competitors are going
to be yet.

By The Associated Press
Cazzie Russell and Bill Buntin
were placed on the identical sec-
ond and third teams in the Asso-
ciated Press' All-American teams
as they were in the other wire
service poll.
Michigan's two All-Big Ten
Cage Tickets
Student and faculty exchange
tickets for the final Big Ten
basketball game of the season
with Purdue Monday night will
be distributed at the ticket
window all day today starting
at 8 a.m.
choices were rated below an out-
standing first team made up of
Gary Bradds of Ohio State, Cot-
ton Nash of Kentucky, Walt Haz-
zard of UCLA, Bill Bradley of
Princeton, and Dave Stallworth
of Wichita.
Russell, the only sophomore on

the first three teams, was seventh
in the voting and is on the second
team which includes Jeff Mullins
of Duke. Fred Hetzel of Davidson,
Mel Counts of Oregon State, and
Ron Bonham of Cincinnati.
Buntin on Third Squad
Buntin, who rated an honorable
mention last year, moved up to a
third team which also boasts How-
ard Komives of Bowling Green,
Paul Silas of Creighton, Barry
Kramer of NYU, and Jim (Bad
News) Barnes of Texas Western.
Rick Barry, junior from Miami
of Florida, topped the honorable
mention list which also included
lina, Wally Jones of Villanova,
Bill Cunningham of, North Caro-
Gail Goodrich of UCLA, Wayne
Oklahoma City, Nick Werkman of
Estes of Utah State, Bud Koper of
Seton Hall, Danny Schultz of Ten-
nessee, Les Hunter of Chicago
Loyola and Willie Murrell of Kan-
sas State.

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FOUR-WAY BATTLE:
'Gymnasts Try
For Crown Repeat

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(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
second of a two-part series on the
Big Ten gymnastics meet, to be
held today and tomorrow at Madi-
son. This article deals with Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan State, and Min-
nesota. The Spartans, along with
Iowa and Wisconsin, are expected to
be Michigan's strongest opposition.)

By JIM GREINER

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Special To The Daily
MADISON - "We will win at
Wisconsin."
This may be one of Newt Lok-
en's passwords in this weekend's
Big Ten gymnastics finals, but
he has no monopoly on it. Three
other coaches are saying the same
thing. And among that trio is
George Szypula of Michigan State.
He has come here with high hopes
of annexing the first gym title in
the school's history.
And, unfortunately for Michi-
gan, his hopes may be well-found-
ed. With Michigan ailing most of
the current season with injuries
and just now recovering, State will
pose a definite threat to Wolverine
chances for a repeat.
Spartan Standouts
Loken has already written off
Dale Cooper of the Spartans as
winner on the rings. Cooper has
been a first-place winner for Mich-
igan State for the past two years.
He has continued his pace this
year, averaging about 98.
Szypula has other standouts to
go with Cooper. Loken calls Jim
Curzi, the Spartans' all-around ex-
pert, "excellent." He suffered a
shoulder separation earlier in the

year, but came back in his first
meet against the Wolverines, pick-
ing up a first on the side horse
and a third on the parallel bars.
Captain Dick Giliberto also fig-
ures to be high in Szypula's plans.
Last year he ended sixth in the
free exercise and seventh in tum-
bling, but with added exper-
ience should finish higher this
weekend.
More Hopes
Two other men that Szypula
will be counting on are Ted Wilson
and Todd Gates. Wilson demon-
strated his high bar prowess
against the Wolverines, as he
and teammate Dave Price tied for
first with 93.5.
Gates is one of Arno Lascari's
top challengers on the parallel
bars. Said Loken, "If Arno wasn't
there, Gates would win." Exactly
that happened against Michigan,
as Gates finished second to Las-
cari with a 92.5.
With all the top competitors
from State, Iowa, and Wisconsin,
you might begin to wonder where
also-rans Illinois, Indiana, and
Minnesota fit in. In Loken's plans,
though, there is no wondering.
Oddly enough, they figure prom-
inently as help for the .Wolverines.
Top finishes could deprive Wolver-
ine challengers of vital points.
Fine performances from men
such as Ed Weintraub of the I-
lini on the free ex and Keith
Ruggles of Indiana on the side
horse "could really mess up
things," as Loken says.

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Icers End Stretch Drive
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By JIM TINDALL
Michigan's hockey team, which
is, presently in first place in the
WCHA, squares off against Mich-
igan State this weekend for a
two game home-and-home series.
The Wolverines only have to win
one of the two games to mathe-
matically cinch the title, as sec-
ond-place Denver lost 4-3 to Mich-
igan Tech' on Tuesday night, to
leave its conference mark at 6-3-1
compared to the Wolverines' 10-2.
The Blue journeys to East Lans-
ing today, and then returns home
tomorrow for the final regularly
scheduled home game of the sea-
son at 8 p.m. at the Coliseum.
When the two teams met in a

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home-away series in the middle of
February, Michigan won both
games by scores of 2-0 and 7-2.
"Michigan State is always a
tough series for us," Coach Al
Renfrew said. "Even though they
haven't done too well this season
Playoff Tickets
Tickets for the Western Col-
legiate Hockey Assn. play-off
games at the Coliseum, March
12-13, will go on sale at the
ticket office in the Athletic Ad-
ministration Building, at 8:30
a.m., Monday, March 9.
Prices will be as follows: Stu-
dents and Athletic Card Hold-
ers, $1; General Admission,
$1.50; Reserved Seats, $2.
(1-10-1), they are always up for
this series."
Michigan State's leading scorer,
center Mac Orme, is presently 16th
in WCHA scoring, followed by
Doug Roberts who stands '23rd.
This stands out in sharp contrast
to Michigan icers who hold first
and second place in the scoring
race, plus three of the next eight
places.
The last series was marked by
strong skating and hard checking
by both squads that led to several
penalties, typical of a Michigan-
Michigan State game.
Michigan will play without the
serivees of wing Jack Cole tonight
because of a five minute fighting
penalty he incurred in the Mich-
igan Tech series. The Wolverines
also might be without the services
of goalie Bob Gray, pending a de-
cision on his status by Renfrew
in a disciplinary case.
In addition, burly defenseman
Tom Polonic, will be watching the
games from the stands for what
Renfrew termed "disciplinary ac-
tion." Polonic is presently the sec-


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