THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, JAN1E JARY r, ;ymnasts Win Home Opener; .eat Central Michigan 62-48 AT POOL, FIELDHOUSE: 'M' Tankers, Grapplers Host Purdue By JAN WINKELMAN 1 last night's home opener higan gymnastics team do' Central Michigan Univer 8 before more than 450 f he I-M gym. group of talented girl gy s from Flint Junior Coll ehed by Tony Miele were f d between events in a m racterized by friendly comr n rather than fierce rival rom the beginning, it was s that Michigan would h 'eal difficulty with the visit n Mt. Pleasant. Accordin ch Newt Loken scratched s men from receiving poi entered them as exhibit estants in order not tox the wn- sity ans ym- lege ea- neet pe- ry. ob- ave ors gly, ev- ints ion run By BILL BULLARD The diving competition between Michigan's Ron Jaco and Purdue's John Vogel will highlight the Wol- verines' opening dual meet of the season today at 3 p.m. in the var- sity pool.- Vogel is a senior who won the National AAU diving champion- ship last summer. In the dual meet between Purdue and Michigan last season, Vogel topped Jaco in the diving event by jus.t a few points. Vogel also placed above Jaco in the 1961 Big Ten meet. He finish- ed fifth while Jaco took sixth place. So the diving event today will be a continuation of this rivalry. Diving C o a c h Dick Kimball thought that the home pool might give Jaco a slight advantage. But concerning who will win, he said, "It comes right down to who can hit his dives under pressure." Attar Entered Second Paul Attar will be entered in the meet as the second Wolverine diver. Kimball described Attar as ' .,_ _1 By ROY FRAZIER i "an outstanding sophomore diver." Besides Vogel, Purdue did not place any of its swimming team members in the finals of the 1961 Big Ten meet. The Boilermakers are not reported to be unusually strong this year either. Illinois defeated Purdue 61-44 in the Boil- ermaker's only dual meet so far this season. Attempting to improve on last season's winless record, Coach Dick Papenguth is counting on sophomores from last season's freshman team which is consider- ed about the best ever at Purdue. Backstroker Ailbe Burke; sprint- ers Bob Inpyn, Jim Hurst, and Mike Fryer; butterfly specialists Tom Beese and Chuck Nelson; and breaststroke artist Doug Baker are the most talented sophomores. Started Last August Practice started last August and the Purdue swimmers are in top condition for their long schedule. Coach Gus Stager said that some of his better-swimmers would only swim one event this after- noon. Like Purdue, Coach Stage: is depending greatly on sopho. mores this season. "We'll swim al. most all sophomores," he said, "That's what our team is this year." One interesting part of the meet will be an exhibition sprint free- style relay between three Michi- gan quintets. Freshmen Jim Riut- ta, John Johnson, Lanny Reppert, and Tom Burns will form one team. Steve Thrasher, Bill Darn- ton, Lauren Bowler, and Frank Berry will compose another. The other entry includes Ed Bartsch, Jim Kerr, Dennis Floden, and George Corby. After this meet, Michigan is idle until February 8 when the Wolverines take on Minnesota. r - l." S- AT COLUMBUS: Ca gers Play OSU up the score. Lascari Stars Sophomore Arno Lascari from Buffalo finally came into his own right last night. He was high point man in three events and took two seconds besides. He placed first in high bar bare- ly nosing out teammates Gil La- Rose and Jim Hynds. Loken was extremely pleased with Arno's routine; previously this year, he bad not completed a full set of tricks in competition. Lascari was also high man on still rings and parallel bars. He capitalized on the advantage he built up from. a beautiful mount in taking still rings, nosing out teammates, LaRose and Ralph Bromund. Lascari barely missed winning sidehorse-by receiving 88.5 points to Lew Fenner's high total l l I -Daily-James Keson LASCARI IN FORM-Sophomore Arno Lascari, shown here dis- mounting after his parallel bar routine, captured high points in three events last night as the Wolverine gymnasts defeated Central Mithigan, 62-48. CAPTAINS' CORNER: Berenson Dominates Ice Scene 89. Osterland Wins Two Captain Tom Osterland was gh in tumbling and trampoline id LaRose easily won in free ex- cise. Junior Hynds and LaRose mpeted in four and five events spectively, adding additional ints to - the Wolverine total. For Central Michigan co-cap- ins Denny Yeates and Jim haeffer scored well, although A well enough to seriously worry eir Michigan competitors. Doug lek, Max Inman, and Dick own also looked good for Cen- s (EDITOR'S NOTE: Electionto the captaincy of a Michigan ath- letic team is an honor few ever receive. To the qualities of lead- ership, sportsmanship, athletic ability, and intangibles that make a Michigan captain what he is, The Michigan Daily pays tribute. This is the second of a series.) By DAVE ANDREWS Associate Sports Editor ii. Johnny Buss, Paul Levy, Phil lton, and Ralph Bromund per- rmed smooth routines to gain ditional points for Michigan. ss outpointed Lascari in free ercise and since LaRose enter- the event as exhibition, Buss ,s awarded first place. Levy placed behind Fenner and scar in sidehorse,- with 84.5 ints. Except in the Midwest en, Levy has been very con- tent, usually averaging near 90 ints. l' Where do you begin to write a story about Michigan's hockey captain, Red Berenson. You could point out his record, both on the ice and off, but statistics are bor- ing. You could describe one of his exciting rink-long dashes that bring Wolverine fans to their feet and send chills up the backs of opposing netminders, but practi- cally everyone has cheered one of those and it would be old stuff. Or maybe you could just call him the greatest college hockey player there ever was, but people have already said that. No, n'iaybe it's just better to call him dominating. That seems like an appropriate description. He's that kind of guy in his quiet sort of way like Ohio State's Jerry Lucas is to college basketball or Detroit's Gordie Howe is to the National Hockey League. Some say he can't miss remem- bering his Canadian Junior hockey days with the Regina Pats on the same line with current Montreal star Bill Hickey, his play with the world championship Bellville-Mc- Farland sextet in 1959, and his dominance of Michigan hockey. "The only other guy I've ever coached who I thought could make the NHL right from college was Billy Weichart when I was at North Dakota," said Michigan Hockey Coach Al Renfrew. "Wei- chart's out East now scoring 50 goals a year because he wouldn't go to the Detroit camp without a guarantee. That won't happen to Red. He's got too good a head on his shoulders." Big for a hockey player at 6' and 190 pounds, Berenson has keyed Michigan for two and a half years, playing the point man on Renfrew's power play combina- tions and then taking his turn as a penalty killer. Whatever he does seems natural. "The more I play, the better I like it," Berenson says. "Most hockey players do. We thrive on work." Unfortunately for Wolverine op- ponents whenever Berenson is on the ice the red light behind their goal invariably glows brightly. In 11 games this season Michigan has scored 32 times with Red on the ice-22 of which he has personally accounted for.' It's an impressive total for a guy who gets his biggest kicks out of winning hockey games rather than scoring goals. "I get a bigger thrill out of winning than anything else," Ber- enson says, "especially here for the home fans or up in Minne- apolis. It makes a guy feel good to be a part of a winning team. Beating Denver "I'm looking forward to beating Denver four games," he continued. "That's something that we haven't done so much of while I've been here. I hope I can do my part." From all indications he'll be able to. "He's the greatest player in the league, in college hockey," line- mate Ron Coristine raves. "It's great to be on the same line with him. The only trouble is that I can't keep up with him." Opposing defensemen have the same problenis. His size makes him difficult to check and his quick stop and go speed makes him even more difficult to keep track of. Michigan Tech got a dose last weekend though they had geared their defenses to stop him since he had pumped in three goals in Michigan's second win in Ann Ar- bor in December. Different Story The first night they succeeded, until late in the game. Saturday it was a different story. With a single flick of his wrists Berenson had turned a Huskie, power play into disaster and upped a one-goal Michigan lead to 2-0, en route to a sorely needed 4-2 victory. That's the kind of guy he is dominating. About the only one he doesn't dominate is his pretty wife of two and a half years, Joy. In fact whenj she got him up New Year's morn- ing to bring into the world a baby' girl you might say that she had the dominating role. But that doesn't happen veryc often.< RON JACO .. . tough assignment Track Coaches Threatening To Bolt Meet CHICAGO (IP)-The leader of the nation's collegiatedtrack coaches threatened yesterday to hold a meet in conflict with the National AAU competition to select athletes for the U.S.-Russia dual meet this summer unless the AAU "accepts representation on the new track and field federa- tion." "If we are forced to a federation in opposition, without AAU, rep- resentation, there would have to be two meets with the top two athletes in each event selected from them," said Chick Werner, president of the National Col- legiate Track Coaches Association. The full membership of the NCAA convention, meeting in Chi- cago, will endorse federations in track, basketball and gymnastics today in the continuing struggle with the AAU. "They would have to be held on the same day because we would have to show the AAU that they can no longer control track and field in the U.S.," Werner added. "We notified the AAU of what we wanted, what . our coaches favored by a 548-9 vote. Theyl chose not to anything, except offer us a few advisory places on' committees.1 By DAVE GOOD All season long Coach Dave Strack has been wishing his cag- ers would hit 40 per cent of their shots from the floor. After all, Strack thinks, that's really not so much to ask-40 per cent, just three per cent more than they've shot going into to- night's game at Columbus against unbeaten Ohio State (to be broad- cast at 8:30 over WUOM, 91.7 FM). After all, he figures, even if the Buckeyes are canning 50 per cent of their field goal attempts, even if they have enjoyed some success the past few years .using fellows like Jerry Lucas at center, John Havlicek at forward and Mel No- well at guard, maybe they'll have an off night. "We're outmanned," Strack ad- mits, looking back over his team's 2-8 record, "but greater upsets have happened. We're just going to try to play our own game." Ghosts in Lineup Maybe Strack- is right; maybe the Bucks will have an off night, but if the three seniors who have been starters for three years are all that's holding them up, then something is wrong. Lucas is- averaging 22 points a game, Havlicek 19 and Nowell 12, but that only adds up to 53. That leaves about 30 points a game un- accounted for, because the Buck- eyes have been outscoring their victims by 20 points every game, 83-63. Nobody else on their roster looks so tough, though. The other two starters, guard Dick Reasbeck and forward' Doug McDonald, both juniors, are only contributing eight and five points a game, re- spectively, and the reserves slack off even more. This is where there's a slight catch. Seven of Coach Fred Tay- lor's top nine men are hitting over the coveted 40 per cent of their shots, and the other two are just short of it. You're Kidding And Lucas, who everybody knows likes to pass off to his. teammates and take only the good shots himself, is NOT the hottest shooter on the club. That distinction goes to Gary Bradds, a 6'8" sophomore center, who happens to -be notching 72 per cent of his shots. Lucas is far below this with a meager 62 per cent, and Havlicek is even lower at 58 per cent. The others are hardly worth mentioning, but in case you're in- terested, McDonald is going at a 47 per cent clip, forward Jim Doughty is hitting 44, Reasbeck and guard Gary Gearheart 41 each, Nowell 39 and forward Bob" Knight 38. Just by way of comparison, Michigan's top gun, John Ooster- baan, is hitting 18 points a game and 53 per cent of his shots, but Tom Cole and John Harris are both at 12 points and 33 per cent. A strong Purdue wrestling team will attempt to mar Michigan's flawless Big Ten record today in the Wolverines second pome meet of the season. The hard-fought contest will occur this afternoon at 3 p.m. in Yost Fieldhouse. In the only other Big Ten meet this season, the Wolverines slipped by Indiana 16-14 at Bloomington. Handicapped Handicapped by the loss of 147- lb. Dominic Fatta by graduation, the Boilermakers will enter their same contenders as they did last year. Last season Michigan etched out a slim 14-11 victory over Purdue in its first meet of the season. However, Purdue still retains Bob Marshall, outstanding wrest- ler in the 1961 Big Ten Meet. Marshall took first place in the 167-lb. class, but he will compete this season in the 157-b. division. Michigan's Wayne Miller will oppose Marshall Another Purdue veteran, Dave Gibson, second in the 157-lb. divi- sion at the conference champion- ships, drops down to 147 lbs. against Jim Keen. In the _137-b class Boilermaker Charles 'Chi" Rose, fourth in the Big Ten 130- lb. class, will have a tough op-' ponent in Fritz Kellermann, Big Ten 137-lb. champ. Corriere Faces Kinney Wolverine captain Don Corriere faces Dave Kinney in the 167-b. slot. Kinney, riddled by an injury .last year, took part in three matches, one of which he beat the national champion. Victorious last week at 130 lbs,. Wolverine Gary Wilcox is matched with Gail Sher- bondy. At 177 lbs sophomore Mike Vuo- colo is paired with Purdue grap- pler Tim Mongan. Purdue Coach Claude Reeck is uncertain whether John Elter or John Schrag will wrestle at 123- lbs. Carl Rhodes opposes the Pur- due 123-lb. 'contender. Reeck will send either Doug Hiner or Jack Turnock against heavyweight Jack Barden. Tied Last Week Michigan enters the contest after a 13-13 tie with the highly rated Pittsburgh Panthers last Saturday. "The boys were up for it and did very well in a tough meet," said Coach Cliff Keen. Tied for third with North- vestern at 45 points each, Purdue followed Minnesota with 60 points and Michigan State with 51 points in the Quadrangular Tournament held last Saturday at Evanston. The Boilermakers took one first, two seconds, four thirds and one fourth. College Scores WCHA HOCKEY Michigan Tech 5, Minnesota 1 , Michigan State 8, Colorado College 2 North Dakota 4, Denver 2 BASKETBALL Kentucky 84, Louisiana State 63 Harvard 75, Coluibia 67 Pennsylvania 58, Brown 57$ Yale 83, Princeton 61 Texas A&M 75, southern Methodist 55 Wake Forest 71, St. Francis,(Pa) 66 Rice 89, Texas 64 Pro Scores NBA New York 128, St. Louis 126 Boston 141, Cincinnati 125 Detroit 12, Chicago 99 Bolton has been another con- sistent performer for the Wolver- nes. Last night he gained .85.5 points in tumbling. Technically, he won tumbling as Osterland was ntered as exhibition. Gymnasts Coast FREE EXERCISE-*LaRose (M), 87.5. 1. Buss (M), 81. 2. Lascari (M), 80. 3. Wiley (C), 70.-4. Maynard (C), 67.5. 5. Inman (C), 56.5. TRAMPOLINE-1. Osterland (M), 93. 2. LaRose (M), 79. 3. Rackecky (C), 60. 4. Wiley (C), 58. 5. Picking-,- ton (C), 50. HIGH BAR-1. Lascari (M), 92. 2. Hynds (M), 91. *LaRose (M), 89. 3. Zalek (C), 69. 4. Jernodd (C), 5$. 5. Schaeffer (C), 37. PARALLEL BARS-*Lascari (M), 92. 1. Hynds (M), 89. 2. LaRose (M), 79. 3, Schaeffer (C), 67. 4. Inman (C), 65. 5. Zalek (C), 40. STILL RINGS-*Lascari (M), 89. *LaRose (M), 88.5. 1. Bromund (M), 87. *Hynds (M), 85.5. 2. f~rown (C), 73. 3. Yeates (C), 67.5. 4. Pilkington (C), 63.5.A SIDEHORSE--*Fenner (M), 89.1. 1. Lascari (M), 88.5. *Levy (M), 84.5. *Hynds (M), 77.5. *LaRose (M), 75. 2. Harris (M), 75. 3. Yeates (C), 70. 4. Schaeffer (C), 55. 5. Brown (C), 47. TUMBLING -*Osterland (M), 90.5. 1. Bolton (M), 85.5. *Spicer (M), 78.5. 2. Wiley (C), 57. 3. Inman (C), 51.5. 4. Maynard (C), 49. *-Denotes exhibition performance. ' Logical Choice It's only logical that Berenson should wear the captain's "C" on the shoulder of his Michigan hockey jersey. The team has be- come somewhat dominating in it- self. But Berenson is dominating in his own special way.. You have to see him in action to believe it. Where most collegiate hockey players wonder if they'll ever get a chance to make the pros, the pros have been wondering if Ber- enson can miss. The, Montreal Canadiens, the Yankees of the NHL for the past six years, won- dered four years ago. They offered him a contract, but Berenson chose an education via a Michigan tender instead. In June, a surprisingly short three and a half years after he entered Michi- gan thanks to a summer session and 18-19 hour schedules, he'll have it. Detroit 1_2 _hcgo 9 I FOR BEST DEALS Protect Pro Rights Then the Canadiens, who have protected their professional rights to him for four years, can take their long-awaited look at him in a Montreal uniform. That's the final test for .the 22-year-old all- America. It comes after 19 years on skates. on DOMINATING REDHEAD-Michigan's hockey captain Red Berenson is regarded as probably the best pro prospect in college hockey today. Berenson's almost complete domination of the ice is one of the reasons why the Michigan team has been so successful ouir Games [I Big Ten By The Associated Press innesota's surprising Gophers ably get their last chance to . the Big Ten basketball de today in facing tough Iowa regional TV matinee at Iowa I Gophers (2-0) the follow- aturday must take on the 's No. 1 team, Ohio State whose Buckeyes return to i tonight at home against gan (0-1). third and only other still ten Big Ten contender, Wis- 1 (2-0), along with Indiana will be away from con- e competition until Jan. 22. rer, Indiana' makes -a non- appearance at De Paul of go tonight. er league tilts include Il- (1-1) at Michigan State and Northwestern (0-2) at e (1-1). i s SIC FLICS CO'RVETTES MONZAS and on all CHEVROLET models including the all new CHEVY 11 1 Contact LES HARBER sales representative ~ to FJ the University Michigan ~. * S.. nesota had lost three of L I ~ A~ ~ ~ Ir Lnesota had last three of I , i IMUMMEN fM i6A0% r fiftF-F