THE MICHIGAN DAILY VVPnNLIRTlAY _ rF.RR TARV t'7_' THE MICHIGAN DAILY W L' 1 l VIV1WT O1 VOl 1 , rjrjnnuanx r. 1, 1 ~it ICERS DROP TWO: Aquino To Defend c1000' Title . .-- I-M SPORTLIGHT By Tom Rowland] Student-Faculty Contests From now until the advent of spring vacation close to 225 faculty athletes and their -student counterparts will engage in a program of :ompetition that intramural director Earl Riskey calls "about the best around." It's the eleventh year that student teams have taken on faculty -and the professors have taken the point honors on every occasion ave one, that in 1955-56 when a powerful student aggregation won, 24-14. Top teams from both divisions compete entirely voluntarily in 2 sports, with point totals in each activity counting towards the group total. "We try to get championship teams from both the student and faculty divisions," says Riskey. "We, make up teams as they vant-they're playing just to have the game., Volleyball ranks as the hottest spot for competition since 30 faculty teams compete. Comments Riskey: "The faculty really has he edge in volleyball because they're playing it in their division 'ight now. The student teams have finished and are almost through with basketball. "One thing that's really unique is the rifle shooting. The faculty has armed forces officers-two from each service- who shoot against heir own pupils, and the faculty has never won in this category. t's usually close, though, like last year when the students won 1589 o 1572." Besides volleyball and rifle shooting, teams compete in basket- >all, billiards, water polo, bowling, table tennis, badminton, squash, >addleball, and handball. "We tried to get some indoor tennis played ast year," says Riskey, "but the floors were so slippery from the noisture in the building it was impossible." The intramural director goes on to comment that "because there are so few duplications in players on the teams it gives a lot of people a chance to play. And, of course, that's the real purpose. "The competition gives a good opportunity for people to get acquainted. And the whole program is on an invitational basis so everyone plays because they want to." The faculty-student games are a Michigan first. "Other schools are really amazed at how successful we've been in this program. Many have tried it out but always on only a small scale." Rules of eligibility in the program are the same for each group as the rules of their respective divisions. Faculty teams are prevented from tapping student talent by being restricted to teaching fellows er staff research assistants as outer bounds for recruitment. Riskey contends that the informality of competition is what nakes the program go. "Sometimes the student team will invite heir faculty opponents out to dinner at their residence after the games. And before each contest the captain of each team introduces his members to the other team-it's kind of a little ceremony." Often students recognize familiar faculty faces on the other dde of the net or under the basket. "We have some great compe- ition between the Forestry Club and the Natural Resources faculty. They all know each other-and those are the kind of matches we like to have." Do physical education professors have an advantage? "Not really," contends Riskey. "We usually have them play against physical education majors." Last year the phys ed faculty won in two separate volleyball contests, 3-2 and 2-1. University students, after their second win in the history of he program, will place top hopes with Delta Upsilon to lead the way n the volleyball competition. Champs in the social fraternity division this year, DU will clash with the Zoo Museum, the faculty title iolders. Volleyball play holds the key to any student victory this time around. Last year, when .the faculty won by a slim 22-21, the students were outscored in volleyball, 12-8. Other team sports accumulate points for each team win. It was :-4 in basketball a year ago with students taking a 7-2 advantage n bowling. In individual sports only one point can be picked up for each event. The following all-year standings for the two divisions are com- plete through four sports: Arrest Momentum By DAVE GOOD A year ago this Saturday the Big Ten's defending 1000-yd. champion was closing fast on the finish line when a Michigan jun- ior named Charlie Aquino pulled past him down the stretch and won his first conference title go- ing away in 2:14.9. As Michigan's captain and him- self a defending titlist in both the indoor 1000 and outdoor 600 this year, Aquino is considerably bet- ter respected-so much so that the man he burned in the conference meet last year might try to avoid him in Saturday's championship 1000 at Madison. Switch to Mile? This is the prediction of both Aquino's coach, Don Canham, and Michigan's head timer for over 40 years, Phil Diamond. Diamond said he figures that Iowa's Gary Fischer, after being victimized last year, probably will enter the mile, where the com- petition may be easier and where he has run most often this year. Aquino calls Fischer "strong as a bear" but is more concerned about a teammate of Fischer's- Bill Frazier, a junior who won the indoor 600 and outdoor 880 last year and went on to earn eighth place in the world half-mile rank- ings with a time of 1:48.1. CHARLIE AQUINO .. . improves with age Canham thinks Frazier will de- fend his 600 title or move over to the 880, and Aquino is not notice- ably disturbed at this thought. Okay with Charlie "I'd like to run against him sometime, but not in a Big Ten meet," he grinned. Without Frazier in the race, Aquino has what Canham calls a "good chance, but no sure thing" to repeat. He said that Aquino stands out among a field of eight returning! individual winners, including three from Wisconsin, last year's team champion. One-Day Wonders "Some of these guys, you know aren't going to repeat," Canham commented. "But Charlie's got a good shot at it." Aquino's only 1000 in open competition this year was a 2:11.3 against Penn State earlier in the month. It broke his own varsity and Field House record of 2:11.9 set last year and it put him within reach of the conference meet rec- ord of 2:10.7, dating back to 1954. Aquino concedes, "If everything goes okay I would like to get a good time. . . I'd also like to win, but funny things happen in Big Ten meets." Wait a Minute One of the "funny things" hap- pened in last year's 1000, when everybody came to a dead stop because nobody wanted to set the pace. Aquino won a strategic race, if not a fast one, and it emphasized his improvement from the year before. As a sophomore he had placed only fourth in the indoor 1000 (behind Fischer) and fourth in the outdoor 880. "It's hard to put your finger on! what improved Charlie so much," Canham explained. "More than anything else, he's a very hard-! working guy. He's got a lot of desire. I'd say it was a combina- tion of desire, pride and ability- and, of course, there's always maturity." Enjoys Himself Aquino agrees. "Last year I did work a lot harder than I had the year before," he said. "As far as any real changes-maybe my phil- osophy changed a little bit. I run more for fun now" Aquino equates relaxationnwith better times. His improvement since his high school days in Norwalk, Conn., has been steady. Aquino never placed higher than fourth in his state meet and didn't break 2:10 until his next-to-last meet as a senior, when he ran 1:58.4. He came down a full seven sec- onds, to 1:51.4. in the elimination heats of the NCAA half-mile last summer. The catch was that he was eliminated, finishing sixth in his heat even though the winning time was only 1:50.8. His time ranked in the top 15 in the meet. Needs Stoker "It was kind of a disappoint- ment," Aquino said. "I didn't get fired up enough for it. We went out fast and were about even. Then coming around the back- stretch everybody passed me and I could only pass one back." This year Aquino hasn't thought at all about the collegiate cham- pionships, but he hopes to go un- der 1:50 in the spring. "I'd like to get in real good shape so I'll be able to run a good time when I have too," he explained. "If you're in shape, the times will come by themselves." Charlie Aquino plans to stay in shape after he graduates from engineering school, too. The Ann Arbor Track Club has a place for him next year, and he has a place for the AATC. By MIKE AICHLER The crippled Michigan hockey team saw their two game winning streak come to an abrupt halt with a pair of weekend losses to the Spartans of Michigan State. In Friday's game, a 6-2 win for the Spartans, the Wolverines ap- parently lost the aggressiveness which had typified their play in the previous two games. Goalie Bob Gray was forced to make 31 saves in the Michigan nets, while the Wolverines could muster only 21 shots at State goalie John Chandik. Newton Ill Defenseman Dave Newton was stricken ill in the second period of Friday's game, and did not re- turn to action during the series. A doctor's report today will deter- mine whether or not Newton will be able to return to action this weekend when the Wolverines go on the road to engage Nortn Dakota in the final series of the season. As a result of the inavailabiiity of Newton, Saturday's game saw Larry Babcock and Tom Pendle- bury in the role of defensemen for the first time in their careers. "They played very well, even in the hot arena," reported coach Al Renfrew. The Saturday game, wflich Michigan State took by a 2-1 score, saw the Wolverines once again forcing play as they out- shot the Spartans 37-28. One Penalty The relative aggressiveness is reflected in the number of penal- ties incurred in the two games. In. the first game of the series, the Wolverines received only one penalty, while the second game saw the Wolverines penalized six times. 1111 tax XUO .1 I Pro Standings I NHL W L7 Chicago 30 151 Montreal 24 161 Toronto 28 21 Detroit 24 211 New York 17 311 Boston 13 321 YESTERDAY'S RESULT New York 4. Detroit 3 T Pts. 14 74 18 66 9 65 13 61 11 45 15 41 With Babcock and Pendlebury serving as defensemen in the sec- ond game, the Michigan icers weie forced to go with only two for- ward lines. "We didn't play too well Fri- day," said Renfrew. "We wanted to play a clean series, but soon found ourselves a couple of goals down. We were trying to pace our- selves.' In the second game, said Ren- frew, "I thought that we were the stronger team and outplayed them." Goalie Bob Gray was outstand- ing during the series, even though six shots got past him in the first game. "I thought he was fine, but he's still not 100 per cent. He still can't get back up as well as he should due to the knee injury," commented Renfrew. NBA WESTERN DIVISION W L Pet. GB Los Angeles 50 18 .735 - St. Louis 40 27 .597 9 Detroit 28 42 .400 23 San Francisco 25 43 .368 25 Chicago 20 49 .290 301/ EASTERN DIVISION W L Pct. GB Boston 51 20 .718 - Syracuse 40 29 .580 10 Cincinnati 36 33 .522 14 New York 19 48 .284 30 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 125, Los Angeles 116 St. Louis 114, Cincinnati 107 Scores Cincinnati 72, Xavier (Ohio) 61 Dayton (Ohio) 57, Miami (Ohio) 53 Connecticut 102, New Hampshire 72 Miami 75, Stetson 60 St. John's (NY) 82, Massachusetts 73 LaSalle 75, Georgetown 72 Providence 83, St. Joseph's (Pa) 64 Holy Cross 64, Boston College 59 Duquesne 78, St. Bonaventure 68 Texas 77, Rice 59 Texas Tech 99, Texas Christian 87 Delaware 77, Gettysburg 76 I U *- I 40 UP AND IN-Tom Cole (31) puts up a reverse lay-up shot In Mon- day night's 78-70 victory over Iowa. The win put Michigan's rec- ord at 6-5 in conference play, good for fifth in the Big Ten. Bill Buntin (22) is poised in case of a rebound and is making sure that Iowa's Jerry Messick (13) is out of the play. Trying vainly to block Cole's shot is Dave Roach (23, partially hidden). Excessive Cost Factors Keep Freshmen From Competing a Don 't COEDS: Then assistant coach Jim Skala added, "Of course the real reasoni is money. Most of the schools in the Big Ten just don't want to lay out the money to equip and send freshman teams around the; Midwest."1 You may say that it wouldn't cost much to send perhaps 10 basketball players, but you have to remember that it wouldn't be a matter of just one sport. You would have to include wrestling, tennis, swimming, hockey, gym- nastics, and the rest, including football. It would take a great teal of money to send a freshman foot- ball team to play a game out of town." Topic Brought Up Skala then remarked that the ,topic had been brought up in a recent meeting of the athletic de- partment. "Many people here are in favor of freshman scheduling even in football. The idea of 150- lb. football has been discussed also." Then Jorgensen commented that! it wouldn't be necessary to play other college teams in basketball. "An abbreviated schedule with! local teams would be a welcome addition," he said. Here at Michi- gan we're' fortunate to have a' number of fine players in thel graduate school to play against. Of course they're out of shape but they're still good ballplayers. Most! opportunities we have, but play- ing varied opposition would help. Freshmen are permitted to par- ticipate in varsity athletics in small college play but are not allowed to do so in the NCAA's large college category. So freshmen football and bas- ketball stars, even though they might help' Michigan or other teams into contention, have to sit in the stands and watch. Our hairstyling enhance you. Our will win- 1 dow pictures are the latest coiffures. no appts. needed The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theatre r be i CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL ... 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