WAY, SEPTEMBER 12,196t THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAG IR SEVEN DAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1961 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN LOSE VALUABLE SENIORS: Wrestlers Seek Crown <*, By JOHN McREYNOLDS and DAVE KIMBALL The Wolverine wrestling team faces a tough season, headed by showdowns with Michigan State in dual and conference meets this year. Although his grapplers piled up some high point totals, mat men- tor Cliff Keen "would have need- ed only ten more points" last season to have been undefeated and reign as league champs. The Spartans won both encoun- ters last year, each by four points, due to a number of chance happenings and some shrewd planning on the part of the MSU coach. Dual Meet In last year's dual meet with the cross-state rivals, the Spar- tans took the lower weights, just as predicted, making it necessary for one of the Maize and Blue grapplers to pin just one State wrestler, since a pin is worth two more points than a decision vic- tory. The Spartans gained this ad- vantage over the heavily-favored Wolverines by playing a game called defensive wrestling, staying away from the opponent as much as possible. In this manner they managed to tie one man and pin another when he finally became unwary. The Michigan men never gave up, but just couldn't pull off the pin. In the conference meet several Wolverines were eliminated unex- pectedly to give MSU the win. Lettermen returning to Coach Cliff Keen's squad this year will be Don Corriere, senior captain, at either the 157- or the 167-lb. bracket; junior Jack Barden, 177- lbs. or heavyweight; senior Wil- lard Root and senior Nick Armel- egos, 123-lbs.; senior Fritz Kel- lerman, 130-lbs.; senior John Hol- lenbeck, 157-lbs.; and senior Guy Curtis, 177-lbs. or heavyweight "The year," says Keen, "will be a rebuilding process, even though two divisions, the 115- and 191-lbs., were eliminated." Keen must replace six graduat- ed stars from his reserves and sophomores, "Mainly from the new boys," he says, "but with Curtis returning (from scholastic inelig- ibility), we could do very well. "If we'd only had Curtis last year, even State would have been 'duck soup'." Curtis was unofficial Big Ten champ last year in the heavyweight division. Coming up from the freshman squad, Keen has a good deal of talent. Light Weights In the lightweights, 123- and 130-lbs., there are Mike Palmais- sino, Ohio state champion, Carl Rhodes, and Ralph Bahna.. In the middleweights he has Gary Wilcox of New York at 137, Bill Florence and Keen's own son Jim, at 147, and Wayne Miller at 157. In the heavier weights he has football player Mike Zuocola at 177. These men, along with last year's reserves, headed by John Hollenbeck and Bill Blanton, will have to replace the six graduates, three of whom, Jim Blaker (147), Captain Dennis Fitzgerald (177) and Karl Fink (heavyweight) won Big Ten titles and scored points in the NCAA championships. Besides those three there are Ted Ludwig and Willard Root at 157 and 115 respectively. Tough Schedule Concerning this year's meets, Keen surmised, "We've got a full, tough schedule. "On our first trip to the East we will meet Navy, Hofstra in See MATMEN, Page 11 Ne By DAVE Michigan's de tennis champi three straight will have quite a to make it four Despite the f two singles pe finalist Ray Se Tenney, along ti y .' -5'': ';.~ % :":? tters KIMBALL efending Big Ten1 ons, winners of conference titles, fight on its hands in a row in 1962. act that the first erformers, NCAA- nkowski and Jim with sixth man Capture who reported late from the bas- ketball team, rounded into shape and became the sixth man. Dubie Returns The question mark returnee is Gerry Dubie, a star for the wol- verines two years ago who became ineligible and had to sit out the '61 season. Although Murphy hasn't heard from his former cap- tain-elect, there is a strong possi- bility that Dubie will be among those present when practice be- gins next spring. In Senkowski the Wolverines are blessed with one of the better younger players in the country. Although widely heralded, the junior from tennis hot-bed Ham- tramck was not expected to go as far as he did as a sophomore. Only UCLA's top-ranked Allen Fox was. able to beat the talented young- ster, who was seeded eighth in the NCAA tournament. Captain Tenney, who hails from Toledo, will give Michigan a strong. one-two punch. Filling in for Sen-; kowski at times while the latter was injured,dTenney performed admirably and will be a definite threat to cop the conference num- ber two singles title. Maentz, an all-around athlete Big and Ron Linclau, from Grosse Pointe. 1961 was a highly successful sea- son for the Murphy-coached Wol- verines. When the last match had been completed Michigan showed a dual meet record of 9-1 (9-3 including two exhibition matches in Florida), a Big Ten title, its third straight and sixth in the last seven years, three Big Ten singles champs, two conference champion doubles teams, and an NCAA finalist. Lose Three Men Gone will be Wayne Peacock, number three; Bruce MacDonald, number four; and Bill Vogt, num- ber five. Peacock, in addition to taking the conferenec number three singles title, teamed up with Senkowski for the number one doubles crown as well, while Mac- Donald and Vogt, both finalist losers in singles, won the number three doubles title at East Lansing for the Maize and Blue. After losses to the more experi- enced Florida and Miami squads to start the '61 season, the Wolver- ines bounced back for a 9-0 shut- out of Illinois, their first confer- ence opponent and went on to a successful year. The only loss came at Northwestern's hands when Vogt and Peacock were out of action. Title Favorites The Wolverines were favored to take the team crown at East Lans- ing. They not only took it, but they turned it into a near-rout. In addition to Senkowski, Pea- cock and Maentz winning singles titles, the Senkowski-Peacock and MacDonald - Vogt taking double crowns, Vogt and MacDonald were singles finalists, while Tenney, the lone remaining entrant, was a semifinalist in singles competition. 1961 was a successful season for Murphy and the Wolverines, but the Maize and Blue will need a powerhouse to ward off the much- improved Wildcats, Spartans, and Hoosiers. However, Murphy isn't used to losing. Since coming to the Ann Arbor campus in 1948 he has guided the Wolverines to an amaz- ing dual meet record of 124-21, including a string of 47 straight triumphs during the "golden da> of 1955-57. Ten Title JIM TENNEY ... 1-2 punch RAY SENKOWSKI ... NCAA finalist Scott Maentz are returning, Coach Bill Murphy predicts quite a scramble for the 1962 crown. "Northwestern, (Michigan) State, and Indiana will all be strong," the Wolverine mentor said, "especially the Wildcats." Pose Threat However, pessimistic as the high- ly successful Murphy seems, the Wolverines will pose a strong threat to go all the way again this year. Besides retaining the services of junior Senkowski, captain - elect Tenney, and senior Maentz, Mur- phy will welcome back one, and possibly two veterans which will bolster the overall team strength. Returning for sure will be Tom Beach, a senior from Kalamazoo. Last year Beach alternated be- tween the number six and seven slots on the squad, finally being given the reserve status of the seventh position when Maentz, who was Michigan's only three- sport letterman last year, will add late season depth and valuable tournament points to the Wolver- ine cause. The 210-lb. Grand Rap- ids senior, whose other monograms included football and basketball, came out late because of his cage duties, but once he rounded into shape, he was hard to beat. Although he was a state champ while in high school, Maentz passed up tennis his first year of varsity eligibility. Nevertheless, he came home from East Lansing, site of the Big Ten championships last spring, as number six singles titl- ist. "He's a real competitor," Mur- phy asserted. Up from the frosh for added depth will be two sophomores, French-Canadian Harry Fauquier J f G i i t STRONGMAN-Who eles but Michigan. wrestling captain Don Corriere? 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