THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29,1963 *s WINTER OLYMPICS: ..,..........~NCAA's in Puekster's Future.iPrlmny .*.. . M Preimiar Wains Set 1 By JIM TINDALL For a coach whose team fin- ished dead last in the Western Collegiate Hockey League last year Al Renfrew envisions great things for this year's team. "This year's team has a great deal of balance. We have a good chance to get in the NCAA play- offs this season," the affable Ren- frew said. Last year Michigan was 3-14-3 "in the conference. So far this year Michigan is 3-1 in con- ference. He added, "I think that we are a much improved team. I was wor- ried about the defense at the be- ginning of the year, but they have really come through." Thus far this season Michigan's pucksters have won ten games while dropping only two. The team is averaging over seven goals per game, while allowing only three per game. These statistics certain- ly are a credit to both the offense and the defense. Kids Came Through The Wolverines' defense, com- posed of three sophomores and two juniors, has turned in out- standing performances in the past few games. Good strong body and poke checking allowed Michigan Tech to get only four shots on the Michigan goal in the third period of last Friday's game. Tom Polonic and Roger Gali- peau, a converted wing, have both looked extremely good in the last two weekends. "Galipeau is fin- ally back where he belongs, and has been playing real well," said Renfrew. In addition, sophomore Ted Henderson has shown "steady, marked improvement." In a class by himself, goalie Bob Gray has shown a great deal of All-America potential-in the past weeks. In his personal duel with All-America goalie Gary Bauman, Gray stopped 54 shots, letting only two slip by him in the two game series. He has now bested the Tech goalie in six out of their seven fact-to-face meetings. The offense is certainly not to be overlooked though, as they have been scoring at a fantastic rate. The scoring in the Tech series was divided between Captain Gordie Wilkie (3 goals), Gary Butler (3 goals), Wilfred Martin (2 goals), Barry MacDonald (1 goal, Alex Hood (1 goal), and newcomer Mel Wakabayashi (1 goal), indicative of the "balance" that Coach Ren- frew has in this year's squad. A second-semester eligible soph- omore, Wakabayashi, has scored three goals and made five asists since playing his first game against Loyola of Montreal two weeks ago. His scrappy, rugged play has been a boost for the of- fense in the past series. Riding Crest The team moves into this week- end on the crest of four consecu- tive victories, a pair over both Loyola of Montreal (12-1, 14-2) and Michigan Tech (6-2, 5-3). The Maize and Blue meet Colorado College at home on Friday and Saturday. "We have to keep our momen- tum up," said Renfrew. "The vic- tory over Tech Saturday night was a big one, but we have a lot of tough games left on our sched- ule, including four with Michigan State which are always tough.". Colorado enters the weekend with nine victories out of 15 games, and fresh from a split with the Duluth branch of the University of Minnesota where they won the first game 6-5, but dropped the second 6-3. The Tigers have won seven-of their past ten games, and should give the Wolverines a good battle this ,weekend. U.S.-Russia Puck Clash INNSBRUCK, Austria (IP)-The United States and Russia clash to- day in the first championship competition of the ninth Winter Olympic Games. The hockey teams of these two nations, rated among the strongest of the 16 entered, turned in easy victories yesterday in preliminary round competition, made neces- sary by the size of the field. The United States beat Romania 7-2 after Russia had swamped Hun- gary 19-1. They will meet today at 7:30 a.m., EST, just 21/2 hours after the start of the colorful ceremony marking the opening of the games. The United States won the hockey gold medal in the 1960 Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif., but Rus- sia's world champion team is fa- vored to win here. The United States marked up' another important victory Tues- day as most of the 1,260 athletes from 35 nations went through their final training maneuvers be- fore the games start. Speed skaters Terry McDerm- ott of Essexville, Mich., and Tom Gray of Minneapolis tied for first and fourth, respectively, in the pre-Olympic 500-meter speed test. McDermott, skating as hard as he could, raced home in 40:5 sec- onds and tied with Russia's Vladi- mir Orlov. Gray and Kiichi Suzuki of Japan both were timed in 41.2 for fourth behind another Rus- sian, Rafael Grach, who did 40.8. The Americans didn't fare well in the 1,500-meter event, won by Rutgerus Liebrichts of the Neth- erlands in 2:07.9, well under the Olympic record of 2:08.6. The best U.S. placing was sixth by Buddy Campbell of Paramount, Calif., in 2:11.3. One more serious accident marred the windup of pre-Olym- pic practice, already marked by two deaths and several serious in- juries. Frank Gartrell, a Canadian ski jumper, took a bad fall in practice, on the 70-meter jumping hill at Seefeld when his ski bindings stuck together at the takeoff. WITH FOUR BIG TEN WINS: It was just two weeks ago that Jim Skala, Michigan basketball assistant under Dave Strack, looked over a list of the nation's lead- ing rebounders, snorted and said, "I haven't seen anybody I think is as good as our kids." The other day Strack sauntered over, after he and his team had finished watching films of the alley fight that was Saturday's Michigan-Michigan State game, and practically anybody on campus would have known it was the worst time of the season to approach him on the subject. Strack's team had managed to get away from Jennison Field House in East Lansing with their lives and their 14th victory of the season, 91-77, but for the first time in 21 games-covering a span of more than 11 months-Michigan had been outre- bounded. The last time had been a loss to Ohio State in February. Both Michigan and Michigan State fielded starting teams that averaged exactly 6'42". How did Strack explain the Spartans' 56-48 edge in rebounding, when his team has what many observers have called physically the most impressive personnel they've seen in years? Gamble Pays Off... "They were gambling on defense, for one thing," Strack grum- bled. "Instead of dropping back after one of our kids would come down with a rebound, they'd sacrifice two or three guys to whack at it. When you lose the ball like that, it doesn't count as a rebound, of course. It was a calculated risk on their part and it's something we're going to work on." Strack also pointed out another gimmick Forddy Anderson pulled to give his team a rebounding edge-rotating his offense to trap Michigan's Bob Cantrell, the only starter shorter than 6'5", under the boards instead of one of Michigan's big men. "Bob's a strong kid, but he's not as big as their guys," Strack added. Anyway, despite the Wolverines' embarrassment at getting their wrists slapped by the Spartans in front of a regional television audience, the remark by Skala came back to mind because of a little item published in last week's issue of the nation's leading weekly sports magazine-the one that carried a very complimentary story on Strack and his bloody-nosed charges. The magazine runs a regular feature called "Basketball's Week," and last week it published pictures of two old friends- Creighton's Paul Silas and Detroit's Dick Dzik-and called them "Leading Rebounders," which they are. The exploits of the two- Silas last year and Dzik this year-against Michigan made them quick favorites with the fans who come to see basketball games In leaky old Yost Field House. Silas, who came to town last year as the nation's premier re- bounder and carries the same title this year, delighted the crowd with a display of unselfish shooting that saw him net five of 28 shots from the floor and then get out-rebounded, 22-12, by a Mich- igan sophomore named Bill Buntin. Now billed as the second-leading rebounder in the country, Dzik went on display New Year's Eve this season and also won the ad-. miration of the crowd with his clean, sportsmanlike style of play and his grace of movement. He muffed seven free throws and wound up with 18 rebounds to Buntin's 21, although a number of Dzik's came after Strack had sent in his reserves. No Comment... Of the Creighton and Detroit stars, who rank one-two in indi- vidual rebounding for all the world to see, Skala called Silas only "adequate" and wouldn't even comment on Dzik. Strack contended that their statistics should be discounted because of the weak caliber ,of the opponents they play. Where would Michigan's three leading rebounders-Buntin (12A average), Cazzie Russell (9.5) and Ollie Darden (8.7)-place in the ratings if they played against weak competition on teams that had little rebounding balance? "I think they'd be leading the nation," said Strack. "Or at least in the top five, depending on circumstances." This year Michigan probably won't place anybody among the individual rebounding leaders, not even Buntin, who led the Big Ten and ranked 11th nationally last year. They'll get by on balance. And sometimes, although they shouldn't, they might get outfoxed in their specialty, as they did last week. But they've scheduled a rematch for Saturday, and the word is that State isn't going to get very many rebounds this time. Matmen' By TOM ROWLAND Early meet showings of plenty of team strength with a wide var- iety of lineup combinations as- sures Michigan wrestling coach Cliff Keen that he'll be in con- tention for the Big Ten title again this March. Too soon to be making guesses? Maybe, but when one figures that in the past three meets the Wol- verines have chalked up 72 points to the foes' 17 the guess comes easy. The only tough one the Mich- igan team has had was the con- ference opener against Northwest- ern, when heavyweight Bob Spaly cinched a 14-11 victory. But against the Wildcats Keen's crew was without the services of three of its top grapplers-Cal Jenkins, Gary Wilcox and Chris Stowell- and Lee Deitrick was ill before the meet. Easy Wins Since then the Wolverines have notched wins against Wisconsin, s Title Hopes Grow c WCHA Standings I1 WELCOME: Hairstyling for the Whole Family!! .8 HAIRCUTTERS 0 NO WAITING "Let's get acquainted" The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theatre Wilcox, Johannesen and Stowell were all in action Saturday against Purdue. Wilcox tallied one pin, and then on Monday got his second against the Illini. Stowell scored a :33 pin during the Illi- nois match. Johannesen looks fit again at 130-pounds, but is getting a tough go for the position from Doug Horning. Wilcox has the 137- pound class starting spot now, but there is a good possibility that Jenkins, a &ophomore, may be ready to challenge for the spot before the season is over. Down in the lightweight slot Ralph Bahna has been seeing most of the action, but Tino Lambros also looks good at that weight. Lambros won easily against Illi- nois, 9-4. Elsewhere around the Big Ten challengers for the title-defending Wolverines are appearing. Iowa, a team that finished second a year ago, is undefeated in Big Ten action, winning over Illinois, 16- 10, Wisconsin, 23-9, and Minne- sota, 19-8. Perennial NCAA power Oklahoma beat the Hawkeyes, however, 14-12. MICHIGAN Minnesota Denver North Dakota Michigan Tech Michigan State Colorado College w 3 3 2 2 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 T 0 0 1 1 0 0 Pct. .750 .750 .625 .625 .250 .250 .250 I _ _ --- i'~ j 71 WINTER BARGAIN DAYS MAST'S SHOES Men's Sport and Dress SHOES Reduced values to $19.95 By Winthrop-Plymouth Briarcliff-Hush Puppies SPECIAL SALE .r' 1!, 'I on ---I Postponed SKI CLOTHING WOMEN'S HEELS SNOW BOOTS Mid-High-Stacked 0 0 0 $6-$8.00 The 880 relay for fraternity, independent and residence hall division teams, scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 30 at Yost Field House, has been postponed un- til Thursday, Feb. 7. 23-9, Purdue, 25-3, and Illinois, 24-6. Keen hasn't had all the going on an injury-free basis. 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