THURSDAY, APRIL 26,1962, THE MICHIGAN DAILY !PALM.'. CVIV*-V THURSDAY, APRIL 26,1962 A # IF VAUE 6EvL' IN I ka J' I I AT PHILADELPHIA: Leps Key to 'M' Chances in Relays . 0 By BOB ZWINCK It's off to the Carnival this weekend for some of Michigan's best track men - not the Michi- gras, however, but rather the Penn Relay Carnival. There are 115 events in all, so it is at least partially evident that there will be more than just relays (after all, what's in a name?) al- OPEN: Meet To Be Held Saturday By STAN KUKLA The Michigan Athletic Depart- ment and the Track Department have added another attraction to the already full Michigras slate this Saturday afternoon, the an- nual Michigan Open. This wasn't a spur of the mo- ment idea, however. In fact, this year will be the sixth annual run- ning of the event and is just by coincidence that it falls during Michigras. At Ferry Field The meet will be held at Ferry Field, starting at 1 in the after- noon and hopefully ending at 4:30. Despite the fact that the team's stars will be either competing in the Drake Relays or the Penn Re- lays, the meet will not be lack- luster." Elmer Swanson, assistant track coach and director of the non- AAU sanctioned event, said that there will be about 125 entrants in the 16 track and five field events. These competitors will be those who aren't competing in the major meets. "This meet was established with the idea in mind of giving the players who can't go to Penn or Drake meets some competition so they won't go stale with a two week lay-over," said Swanson. Fierce Competition "Because of the fierce competi- tion at Penn, the coaches only take their very best runners - a small squad at most. Meanwhile, the rest of the team is left home to practice - and you can't get much done just practicing. "So about six years ago we got the idea of holding our own meet during this time to keep our men fresh and to do the same for the other teams. The idea caught on quickly and was met with enthu- siasm from the other coaches. "It also gives the freshman team a good chance to get some valu- able experience," he finished. MSU Here Teams from Michigan State, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan will be competing against the Michigan team. M- Masters University, in. Hamilton, Ontario, will be sending John Passmore, a hurdler, to partici- pate in the meet. All the schools will be sending both varsity and freshman squads to the meets. In the meet last year, Michigan gained a trio of sixes - six firsts, six seconds and six thirds. With a strong freshman team Michigan stands a chance of doing as well or better. Michigan will be challenged by other teams, who have been im- proving as much as, if not more than, they have. though the relays do get the most noise. In Four Relays Coach Don Canham's athletes are entered in the four-mile, dis- tance medley, two-mile, and mile relays and four individual events. Michigan relay hopes depend largely on the usually-great an- chor laps of Captain Ergas Leps, who may finish for all four relay teams. Michigan is the defending champ in the four-mile relay, so Jim Neahusan, Jay Sampson, Dave Hayes, and Leps are out to keep us in that same position for next year. The distance medley quartet will be Ken Burnley, Charles Aquino, Hayes and Leps. They won this event at last week's Ohio Re- lays, and are given a good chance to take it on Friday. Also a Good Chance The two-mile relay will also have a good chance. Hayes, Samp- son, Aquino, and Leps carry the colors in this one. Here, too, Mich- igan is the defending champion. As for the other relay team, the mile unit, Burnley, Carter Reese, Aquino, and possibly Leps will see duty. That should give the relay boys a good workout since there are only seven different ones sched- uled to run, sixteen legs against some top competition. In the individual events, Bennie McRae will go in the 120-yd. high hurdles; Steve Williams will be in the high jump; Rod Denhart and possibly Steve Overton in the pole vault; and Dave Raimey, if his leg is well enough by then, in the broad Jump. Must Improve It is hoped that Denhart's vault of 14'81/2" at Ohio last week shows evidence of even better things to come. In fact, his pre- vious best doesn't figure to leave him in contention because there will be a field of 151 vaulters at Philadelphia, the site of the Re- lays. Raimey claims his muscle pull doesn't bother him, but he is not as yet certain to compete. Yanks Release Robin Roberts NEW YORK (1) - Robin Rob-. erts, a 234-game winner for the Philadelphia Phillies in the Na- tional League, was given his un- conditional release yesterday by the world champion New York Yankees. Roberts, a 35-year-old right- hander, never threw a ball for the Yankees in the regular season. 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