THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, THE MCHIGA DAIY THUSDAY ussell Bids for Olympic Journey BRINGS WINNING RECORD: Mason Assumes Offensive Lie Dutes By TOM WEINBERG It seems strange to play in a basketball tournament when it doesn't matter if you win or lose. But that's exactly what Michi- gan's All-American Cazzie Rus- sell and a handful of the nation's best amateurs are doing in New York today, tomorrow and Satur- day. It's the tryouts for the Olympic team to represent the United States and only 12 players from the galaxy of 96 stars will be se-i lected. The selections are made entirely on an individual basis and the team which wins the three-, day tournament doesn't automat- ically qualify anyone for the Olympics. -% By Committee The selections are made by the 20-member Olympic Selections Committee. The coach of the Olympic squad, Henry Iba of Oklahoma State, is not a member of the selecting committee, but will be on hand. for all the games at St. Johns University and will make recommendations to the committee. In addition to the 12 regular a group chosen. menibers of the squad, of six alternates will be The teams which are competing in the tournament are smatter- ings of the elite from every divi- sion of amateur basketball. There are a total of eight all-star teams --three from the NCAA, one from the National Association of Inter- collegiate Athletics (NAIA), two from the AAU, and two from the armed services. NCAA To Dominate The NCAA representatives are expected to dominate the selec- tions, both individually and as a group. The NCAA teams are called the Whites, Reds and Blues. The first two are all-star teams, com- posed of players from all over the country. The third squad, the Blues, has six players from national cham- pion UCLA plus a few other play- ers Barry .Kramer, NYU; Jerry Sloan, Evansville; Jim Davis, Col- orado; Ollie Johnson, San Fran- cisco; and Bennie Lennox, Texas A & M. Russell's team, the Whites, boasts the following collegiate stars: Cincinnati's Ron Bonham; Paul Silas of Creighton; Leslie Hunter of Loyola; Manny New- some of Western Michigan; Steve Thomas of Xavier; Doug Moon of Utah; Billy Cunningham from Carolina; Fred Hetzel of David- son; Joe Caldwell of Arizona State; and Cotton Nash of Ken- tucky. Bad News? The third NCAA entry has Wally Jones, Villanova; Howard Komives, Bowling Green; Jeff' Mullins of Duke; Dave Stallworth, Wichita; Bill Bradley, Princeton; Willie Murrell, Kansas State; Rick Barry, Miami; Wayne Estes, Utah State; Ray Carey, Missouri; John Thompson, Providence; Mel Counts, Oregon State; and Jim (Bad News) Barnes, Texas West- ern. The players representing the small colleges of the NAIA in- clude the two stars from Pan American, Lucius Jackson and Mitchell Edwards; two from Grambling, Willis Reed and Wil- bert Frazier; two from the NAIA champions, Rockhurst of Kansas City, Pat Caldwell and Ralph Tel- ken; Willie Shaw from Lane; Jesse Branson of Elon; Lou Skur- censki, Westminster, Pa.; Doug Glaysher from Emporia State; Cecil Tuttle, Georgetown, Ky., and Jerry Moore of Morris Harvey. All the members of the NAIA all-star squad are on the Little All-America team, in the same way that those from the NCAA are mentioned for All-American teams. The top players from the AAU are Larry Brown and 71" Mike McCoy from Akron and Larry Pursiful of Bartletsville. Those who will represent the armed forces on their all-star squad in- clude Al Saunders, formerly of Bradley, representing the Army. Air Force players on the service team are Ken Piehette and Don Lotz. Russell's Ankle Russell, who has been suffer- ing from an ankle injury for about five weeks since a freak collision with teammate Bob Can- trell at Madison, still is ham- pered by the sore ankle. Michigan assistant coach Jim Skala said last night that he saw Russell play at Kentucky Tues- day and that he was far from playing one hundred per cent. Skala explained that Russell nev- er had bone chips in his ankle, as was common knowledge, but that. the injury was an inflam- niation of his ankle capsule. The coach said that the confusion with the bone chips came when the doctors diagnosed that Rus- sell had bona spurs, a common injury, to athlet es. "All Cazzie really needs is about a month of rest," the coach said. "But he just hasn't had the chance, with the NCAA's and now the exhibitions with the Oiympic team.' If Russell aces make the Olym- pic team, there remains doubt as to how much he'll be allowed to play next year. "He wouldn't Cr - roll the first semester," SkaA said. "No one knows right now if he'd be eligible for the holiday tourna- ment in New York. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Skala added. The question of eligibility will eventually have to be resolved by the Big Ten, but if Michigan eli- gibility rules are used, Russell would become eligible immediate- ly after the close of the first se- mester. This would make him eli- gible for the New York tourna- ment, although ineligible for the first few warmup games in De- cember. By BILL BULLARD Acting Sports Editor Tony Mason, Michigan's new assistant football coach, moves into the collegiate coaching ranks after compiling one of the most outstanding records in the history of Ohio high school football. Mason fills a vacancy caused by the resignation of offensive line coach Jack Fouts. The former Wolverine mentor is now head coach at his alma mater, Ohio Wesleyan. The announcement of Mason's appointment was made last week during vacation. Mason has been in Ann Arbor for several days now, being briefed on the person- nel he will tutor in spring prac- tice and generally settling down to his new duties. In 1953 Mason began a coaching career in which his teams were undefeated in seven of 11 seasons. His overall record is 87 wins, nine losses,and seven ties. At Brookfield (O.) High School, teams are now on the Michigan varsity. Mason's proteges now at Michi- gan are last season's starting right halfback Dick Rindfuss, tackle Chuck Kines, end Dennis Flanagan, freshman quarterback Jim Seiber, and tough-luck half-' back Rick Sygar. Mason's only connection with, Michigan before accepting the job here, are these players. His only previous visit to Ann Arbor was last May to watch the annual spring intrasquad football game. After four undefeated seasons at McKinley, Mason says he de- cided to accept the Michigan of- fer because, "I think Bump El- liott is a great coach and Michi- gan is a great University. If the coaches here were able to recruit five of my boys, then it wasn't too difficult to recruit me." Ready Mason said Elliott contacted him in Atlantic City, N. J., where he was speaking to a convention of coaches on March 16. Elliott offered him the job and he ac- cepted immediately, according to Mason. This speaking engagement was not at all unusual for Mason. In 1963, he gave 70 speeches to vari- ous groups and he has already given 48 speeches so far this year. Besides his coaching job in Ohio, Mason worked as a public rela- tions' consultant. This background should help in his new recruiting assignment which is his home area of East- ern Ohio and Western kensyl- vania. End coach Jocko Nelson will take 'over Fouts' old respon- sibility in the Dayton-Cincinnati region. Elliott says the interior line is one of the areas that will have to be worked on this spring and fall. "I've met some of the boys that will be playing on the line for me already," Mason says. "We want hitters--and I think they are." As a lineman, Mason earned four letters at Clarion (Pa.) Teachers College in the late 40's. "As a head coach, I've had to know all areas of the game," Ma- son comments. "But I think any coach can do a better job if he is allowed to specialize." Elliott's staff is now at full strength. Besides Mas6n and Nel- son, the group consists of off en- sive backfield and offensive coach Hanke Fonde, defensive line and defensive coach Bob Hollway, de- fensive;backfieldcoach D.on Du- fek, and freshman coach Dennis Fitzgerald. 4 STARS IN BARTLESVILLE: Tankers in A AU Meet; Farley To Stay Home' I TONY MASON :antrell SIgns Michigan's basketball Captain Bob Cantrell is losing little time in putting his basketball skills to monetary advantage. Cantrell, who was the playmak- ing guard in the vaunted Wolver- ine attack, signed a 1964-65 con- tract with the Grand Rapid Tack- ers of the Midwest Basketball League it was announced yester- day. Tuesday it was announced that the 5'11" guard had also signed to play with the United States Stars against the Harlem Globe- trotters last night. Other members of the stars team were Jerry Harkness of Chicago Loyola and George Bork, Little All - America quarterback from Northern Illinois. By MIKE MEYERS Several Wolverine swimmers and divers join America's top swim stars, as the AAU meet gets under way today in Bartlesville, Okla- homa. The first six American per- formers in each event earn the right to go to the Olympic trials in New York in August. Missing the. meet, however, will be Michigan distance freestyler Bill Farley, who decided to re- main in Ann Arbor. Representing Michigan in the diving events will be Ed Booth- man, who placed second at both the one and three meter boards in the NCAA's last week; John Candler, who placed fifth at one meter and seventh at three meter; and Greg Shuff, a freshman from California. For sprinter Rich Walls, a na- tive of Bartlesville, the trip is a homecoming. Backstroker Ed Bartsch, NCAA champion in 1963 and third place finisher this year, and distance man Tom Dudley round out the varsity entries. In addition to Shuff, several of Michigan's great freshman team are making the trip. Foremost among them is Carl Robie who holds the world record in the 200-meter butterfly. Sprinter Bill Groft, backstroker Russ Kingery, breaststroker Paul Scheerer, and individualhmedleyist John Vry complete the group. All Michigan swimmers will be competing unattached in the meet. his five-season mark was 40-6-1. The forty wins included a 28- game victory string and three un- defeated se'asons. Mason then moved to Niles (O.) McKinley High School where he developed one of the top prep teams in the nation. His last four squads have been undefeated. The 1963 and 1961 teams were rated state champions. In 1960 and 1962, his squads were ranked sec- ond in the state. 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