TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pa IUSli JNUR02,1941 "M IG N ALY1 Depth and Experience Key to'M' Track Hopes Order Your SUBSCRIPTION Today Phone NO 2-3241 FELLOWSHIP ALPHA PHI OMEGA Service Fraternity OPEN MEETING Wed., Jan. 22, 7 P.M., RM 3C, Union By GARY WINER Michigan's varsity track team, anchored by no less than 15 re- turning letterien, including six possible Olympic prospects, is rat- ed by all forecasters as one of the teams to beat this year in the Sig Ten. x Coach Don Canham's thinclads tied Iowa last. year for the indoor crown and finished a dismal third behind Iowa and Wisconsin in the outdoor competition. According to Canham, "we have a strong squad this year, maybe even good enough to take the Big Ten. We're at least as good as last year, but I still don't ,know just exactly how good we are since we haven't had any meets yet." Winning Tradition Michigan has had a tradition f excellent track squads with plenty of depth, but they haven't swept both championships since 1961. In that year, Canham unre- servedly labelled his track team as the "best Big Ten squad ever." The Wolverines took their third straight indoor title, and for the :first time in five years also cap- tured the outdoor crown that sea- S son. Such .Olympic participants and Big Ten title holders as Tom ~ Robinson, sprinter, Ergas Ieps, middle-distance, Bennie McRae, hurdles, and Dick Cephas low hurdles, anchored the team. Dave Martin, who is now assistant coach under Canham, ran for ' Michigan that year and set the varsity mile record at 4:06.9. Trade Upsets Wisconsinrupset Michigan in 1962 in the indoor meet, but the Wolverines came back to upset the highly-favored Badgers and capture the outdoor crown that spring. As in years past, the Wolver- ines will have an international flavor with some highly-regarded talent from all over the world. One of those Canham has men- tioned as Olympic prospects for their respective countries is Ernie Soudek of Austria. Soudek now holds the varsity record in the discus at 177' and Canham lists him as a sure thing for the Aus- trian team this year. The Vienna- born athlete also took up the shot for the first time in his life last year, and earned himself a fifth place in the Big Ten indoor meet with a 54' heave. Bernard Back Hailing from the West Indies, sprinter Kent Bernard was plag- ued part of last season with a leg injury. Nevertheless, he earned the varsity record for the 440 outdoors with a time of :48.0. He also ran the quarter mile in .47 go TO THE. OFTI BEA The Group TI 3,x, Records in Ei Now, they are here! A ne BEATLES (S)T-2047 introdi sensations to the U.S.A. Be own the first American Beat you probably will want to stat album by The Beatles. Come in today and ask to se seconds on the mile-relay team for the fastest indoor 440 in the country last year. Bernard also competes in the.660 event where his best mark is 1:10.4. Canham thinks he may break the Big Ten record in this event this year, but that still may not be good enough to - take the title due to the strong competition. Dave Romain, the quarter-mil- er from Trinidad, and Des Ryan from Ireland, are also rated as possible Olympic prospects and conference titleholders. I Senior Cliff Nuttall from Cana- is Big Ten outdoor high hurdles champ with a time of :14.3 and should win this event again. For the United States, Canham lists sophomore Bob Densham as a possible s t a n d o u t. Densham's event is the high jump. He has reportedly gone as high as 6'11V2" in practice this month, and Can- ham feels he quite conceivably could hit the 7' mark. Depth has been traditional at Michigan, and Coach Canham can easily point a finger at four other possible conference winners. Hayes Rated Highly Besides Ryan, senior Dave Hayes is highly rated in the 880 and mile events. Ted Kelley, Jay Sampson, Dorr Casto, and Cecil Norde will also give the Wolver- ines depth in these departments. Kelley has run the 880 in 1:52.8. Running in the two-mile event for Michigan will be Chris Mur- ray and Ted Benedict. Murray proved his capabilities last fall when he beat Dick Sharkey, high- ly - touted sophomore distance man from Michigan State in a cross country meet. Schmitt Shotputs Captain Roger Schmitt will car- ry the burden in the shotput de- partment. Schmitt placed third in the indoor event last year, but then came back in the outdoor competition to take the con- ference crown. Expected to further bolster the Wolverines in the weight events was George Puce who finished among the top four in both the shot and the discus last year. However, Puce went ineligible after the spring semester and did not return to school this year. Al Ammerman will be teaming up with Densham in the high jump this year. His best leap in competition last year was 6'8" but this year during practice he has already gone 6'10". In the pole vault, the gradua- tion of Steve Overton will be felt, but senior George Wade and sophomore George Canamare and Dick Wells should strengthen the Wolverines in this department. Wade has already cleared 14'4" and Canham has his eyes set at 14' for the two rookies. Rounding out the field events is the broad jump. Canham admits that this is one of his team's bas- ic weaknesses besides the fact that it will be difficult for anyone to defeat defending league cham- pion Paul Warfield of Ohio State. Michigan will be relying on junior Tom Sweeney and sopho- more Willie Brown. Both have been measured at 23'. Densham has also been mentioned as a pos- sible competitor in this event and Canham is also experimenting with football halfback John Row- ser. Sprints Suffer As far as the sprints go, Can- ham is all but conceding the 60 indoors and 100 outdoors to the competition. The Big Ten is load- ed with talent here in the persons of Purdue's Nate Adams, Wiscon- sin's Lou Holland, Michigan State's Bobby Moreland and Sherman Lewis, and Illinois' Trenton Jackson, who is the co- holder of the national high school mark at :09.4. Canham claims, "Bobby Moreland is the best sprinter in the world when he's healthy." Michigan State and Wisconsin are expected to give Michigan the toughest battles for the confer- ence titles. The Badgers were fav- ored to capture both the indoor and outdoor crowns last year, but were upset both times. What's more, Wisconsin's Elmars Ezerins has graduated. Ezerins won the discus throw outside last spring, and the shotput indoors. State is bolstered mainly by Lewis, More- land, and Sharkey. Canham sounds a bit optimistic this year, and this weekend he will take his squad to the Chicago Relays to find out just how much talent he really has. 71 I1 -CORRECTION- Ladies' Slim Fits Black or White..... 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