PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1964 PAGE SiX THE lIJICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1964 FIRST MATCH TOMORROW: Matmen Test Purdue, Illinois To Open Loop Crown Defense THE TRIM MOCCASIN BY f" \.S * A Moccasin seam 2s sewn entirely by hand with tough dacron thread ... By BOB CARNEY "Everyone's out to knock off the champion"-that's how Michigan; wrestling coach Cliff Keen de- scribes the competition his mat- men will face this weekend as the, Wolverines entertain Purdue Sat-' urday afternoon and then meet Illinois on Monday. Both meets begin at 4 p.m. in Yost Field House. Illinois, a young squad that has already lost to Iowa, comes to town after meet- ing Michigan State on Saturday. Purdue meets Michigan after plac- ing second to Northwestern in a quadrangular meet. Coach Claude Reeck of Purdue expects to utilize nearly the same lineup he did against Northwest- ern. The best bets for individual honors in the Boilermaker line- up are Ralph Trail at 130 pounds and George Reid who'll compete at 167. Trailhasae7-2 record for the season and Reid, who Keen ranks as one of the best wrestlers on the squad, has posted a 6-3 mark. Leads Off Michigan's lineup will begin with senior Ralph Bahna in the 123-pound class. Bahna alter- nated with sophomore Tino Lam- brose during the holiday exhibi- tion meets, and Lambrose will replace him Monday against Illi- nois. Bill Johannesen moves back to the 130-pound class against the Boilermakers. Johannesen filled in temporarily at the 137-pound class when starter Cal Jenkins was in- jured during the holidays. Johan- nesen has suffered from a nose ailment this year that coach Keen called "very painfull" but for- tunately the injury seems to have healed. In the Illinois meet, Jo- hannesen will be replaced by Doug Hornung, who earned a starting berth with three consecutive vic- tories in the last month. Team captain Wayne Miller will wrestle in the 157-pound class against Purdue, but, Dave Post will start in this division against Illinois. Post, who began the sea- son at 167, moved down when Big Ten champion Rick Bay returned you get foot-hugging comfort and long, strong wear... come try a pair. to the lineup. Rounding out the Michigan line- up in the 177 and heavyweight classes respectively are Chris Stowell and Bob Spaly. Stowell is returning after a side injury that hobbled him during the holidays. Sprin tei By BILL BULLARD "The main thing about sprinters is their unreliability," swimming coach Gus Stager said the other day. Twice this weekend the varsity sprinters as well as the other members of the team will have a chance to prove themselves in competition. The varsity meets the freshmen this afternoon at 4 p.m. and tomorrow the Wolverines take on Purdue at 2:30 p.m. Both meets are to be held in the Matt Mann Pool. From past experiences Stager's statement about sprinters is pain- fully accurate. For two seasons in a row he has been disappointed in the performances of his sprinters, This is why he contends that you can't tell in advance if a sprinter is going to turn out well or not. With this season just beginning !J- To Face Black, wine, brown 15.95 CAMPUS BOOTERY 304 S. STATE ST. -Daily-Jim Lines RIDING TIME-Penn State's 123-pounder Tom Balend rides the back of Michigan's Ralph Bahna in action in the opening meet of the winter. Bahna has seen most of the action at lightweight for the Wolverines; tomorrow he faces Jon Schrag in the meet against Purdue. This Weekend in Sports TODAY GYMNASTICS--Ohio State, Sports Bldg., 3:30 p.m. HOCKEY-Michigan Tech, Coliseum, 8 p.m. SWIMMING-Varsity-Freshmen, Matt Mann pool, 4 p.m. TOMORROW SWIMMING-Purdue, Matt Mann Pool, 2:30 p.m. WRESTLING-Purdue, Yost Fieldhouse, 4 p.m. BASKETBALL-Michigan State, there, TV-4:30 p.m. HOCKEY-Michigan Tech, Coliseum, 8 p.m. TRACK-Chicago Track Club, there. Gymnasts, Open Season Against SU Michigan's daring young men of gymnastics fame compete in their first meet of the Big Ten season today at 3:30 as they match their skills against Ohio State at the In- tramural Building. . Michigan is defending Big Ten champion and also holds the NCAA crown. Coach Newt Loken says that the team has looked good in practice. Arno Lascari, captain of the team will not compete in the meet because of the effects of ten- donitis in his elbow. This may not provide OSU with much solace as Loken is loaded with talent. Some of the Wolverine names to watch in the meet are Gary Erwin, Fred Sanders, and John Hamilton in the trampoline, Mike Henderson and Phil Bolton in tumbling, and Alex Frecska in the all-around. Ohio State has a couple of good trampolinists in Dan Jarrett and Ken Collins. The Buckeyes have lost their first two meets to Illinois and Michigan State by close scores, but Loken sees them as im- proved over last season's eighth place conference finish. Tests there is cause for both optimism and pessimism. To start out with the bad, Stager learned just before last Saturday's Indiana meet that sophomore Bob Hoag would be in- eligible this semester. Considered No. 2 Hoag was considered the No. 2 sprinter on the freshman team last season behind Rich Walls. How- ever, after finishing fifth in the 100-meter freestyle at the outdoor NAAU Meet last summer, he was pegged as the top sophomore sprinter on the squad. Hoag, Walls, Bob Tanner, and Dave Roadhouse comprised a freshman freestyle relay team that defeated the varsity team last sea- son with a 3:18.6 time. Things looked good for this season's pros- pects but now the situation is in doubt. On the optimistic side, Stager was very pleased with Walls' vic- tory in the 100-yard freestyle and a second in the 200 against In- diana. It was only one of four Michigan victories (distance free- styler Bill Farley won three first places) as the Wolverines lost, 81-42. Walls Wins Walls' winning time in the 100 was 49.7. He went under 49 on a relay team as a freshman. Tanner was also impressive, finishing third in both the 50- and 100-yard free- style. Sprinters left over from last sea- son are junior Tom Burns and seniors Fred Damm and Frank Berry. Stager might also call on Roadhouse who so far has been concentrating on butterfly and Lantz Reppert, a junior individual medleyist who has done some sprinting. Berry has anchored both relays for the past two seasons. Neither year has the freestyle relay team placed in the NCAA Meet. "Every year it looks like we're really going to have a great relay team," Berry said. "But.something always happens. Steve Thrasher was ineligible my sophomore year and now it's Hoag." The last time Michigan won the NCAA Championship (1961) the freestyle relay team was third and , , RICH WALLS ..-soph sprinter Wolverine Frank Legacki took a first and second in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle. In the past two years the relay team has improved but not as much as the other teams around the country. In 1961-62 Stager had four freshmen of promise: the two best Michigan high school sprinters the previous season - Jim Riutta and John Johnson - plus Burns and Reppert. This foursome defeated the varsity team and hopes were high for the coming season. Before the next season started, Johnson had quit the team. He was the only loss but the others never did come into their own as sprinters. Nevertheless, Riutta, Burns, Berry, and Thrasher made up a team that set the current varsity record of 3:17.8. Riutta was the best swimmer in individual sprints. He was in two swim-offs in the NCAA 50-yard freestyle before failing to gain a place in the finals. But before the start of this sea- son, Riutta was suspended from the team. After Thrasher's gradu- ation, only Berry and Burns were left from the record-setting team. This season's sophomores were to have made up the difference. The meets this weekend will give them one opportunity to show what they can do. 4 I GREEK LIFE FOR YOU? RUSH IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT. BEGINS JANUARY 26. 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The Boil- ermakers, however, currently have a 1-0 record in dual meet compe- tition. Coach Dick Papenguth's squad takes on Michigan State in East Lansing tonight and should face Michigan tomorrow with a 1-1 record. The Purdue victory came last Saturday when the Boilermakers won seven of the nine individual events in squeaking out a 53-52 verdict over Northwestern. Big Ten Finalist Junior Harry Wickens was the only Purdue swimmer to place in the Big Ten Championships last season. He placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle and fifth in the 1650-yard freestyle. Purdue also placed both of its relay teams sixth. This gave the Boilermakers a sixth place finish in the Conference Meet. The sea- son dual meet record for Purdue was 5-5. Papenguth was heavily depend- ent on five swimmers in the Northwestern meet. These five won the seven individual events and the meet for the Boilermakers. Three Victories Wickens led the crew with three victories. He took first places in the 200-yard individual medley, 200-yard butterfly, and the 500- yard freestyle. Other first place winners were Bruce Whitney in diving, Bob Inpyn in the 100-yard freestyle, Ailbe Burke in the 200-yard back- stroke, and Hugh Scott in the 200-yard breaststroke. Last season Michigan swamped Purdue, 68-32. The Wolverines set two pool records and won eight of the eleven events in the victory. [ RENT A TV THIS SEMESTER 111 A NEW 19" G.E. PORTABLES only $10.00 per month I I it I