gin THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, MARCH 7.' six THE MICHIGAN DAILY TTITJRSDAY. 1WAIWH 7 1 ii VIRVKlYIAI 1 1111Yt.'il 1 1JV 7 Twelve Tank Titlists To Defend Crowns SOLID TEAM: Matmen Face Uphill Struggle (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond of a two-part series analyzing the Big Ten swimming meet, which starts today in Lafayette.) By BILL BULLARD Defending conference champions in 12 of 14 events will be trying to retain their titles starting to- day at the 1963 Big Ten swimming championships in Lafayette. There are also defending NCAA champions in 12 of 14 events in the meet gunning for a Big Ten crown. In only two events did the same swimmer win both the Big Ten and NCAA champion- ships. This is explained by the fact that Indiana swimmers won nine conference titles but couldn't AAU Forces Withdrawal Of O'Brien By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE -- Veteran shot putter Parry O'Brien of Los An- geles withdrew yesterday from the U.S. Track and Field Federation's findoor championships Saturday night, Meet officials said the withdraw- al was forced by the Amateur Athletic Union which threatened to make O'Brien ineligible for all future open competition. The indoor meet, sponsored by the Milwaukee Journal, is sanc- tioned by the new U.S. Track and Field Federation but not by the AAU. The two groups have been feuding for more than a year over control of track in the United States. Oliver Kuechle, Journal sports editor and meet director, said no AAU sanction was sought. Kuechle said O'Brien entered the meet three weeks ago but withdrew yesterday, saying the AAU "has prohibited my competi- tion in your meet threatening dis- barment for all future open com- petition because of no AAU sanc- tion." O'Brien is a two-time Olym- pic gold medal winner and former world record holder. Kuechle said all other partici- pantsin the meet are college un- dergraduates or graduate students and come under exclusive USTFF jurisdiction. compete in the NCAA Meet be- cause of their team's ineligibility. Michigan has no holdover con- ference champion but it does boast one NCAA winner in breaststroker Dick Nelson. The Wolverines are relying on team depth to finish second to powerful Indiana as in their second place finish last sea- son. Indiana's breaststroke world record-holder Chet Jastremski won both breaststroke events at the 1962 meet. Opposing him in the 100 is NCAA champ Nelson. In the 200, Jastremski will be faced with Minnesota junior Virgil Luken, the defending NCAA 200 champion. Two Others Michigan has two other threats in these events with juniors Geza Bodolay and Jon Baker. In the 100, neither is in Nelson's class but they were good enough to place fifth and seventh in the Big Ten Meet last season. Bodolay has been beating Nelson at 200 yards this season. He was a 200 finalist at the 1962 meet. Baker is an NCAA 200 finalist. Perhaps Jastremski's chief chal- lenger in the 200 is his teammate Ken Nakasone. Jastremski has been used as a sprinter in many of the dual meets this season and Nakasone has filled the gap in the breaststroke. Other top contend- ers are Ohio State's Bruce Norvell and Michigan State's Bill Driver. In the two backstroke races, Sta- ger is pitting his talented sopho- more Ed Bartsch against the best in the conference. Bartsch has already beaten Ohio State's L. B. Schaefer, the defending NCAA champion in the backstroke events and Big Ten 100 champ, in a dual meet. Coach Gus Stager said, "We're not worried about Schaef- er, we're shooting for Stock." Stock Record Tom Stock is the conference 200 titlist who also holds three world records in the backstroke. Anoth- er tough backstroker is Ted Stic- kles of Indiana. In the Michigan- Indiana dual meet, Bartsch beat Stickles but lost out to Stock. Other conference hopefuls in the backstroke are Minnesota's Bud Ericksen and Bud Peterson and Michigan State's Jeff Matt- son. Wolverine senior Mike Reis- sing has a chance to earn some points in the 200 where he placed fourth to Stock, Schaefer, and Stickles last season. Butterfly champion Mike Troy of Indiana graduated and so this season's title should be up for grabs between Indiana's Larry Schulhof and Fred Schmidt and Minnesota's W a1t Richardson. Richardson defeated the other two during the dual meet between these two teams but had to set an NCAA and American record to do it. Junior Entries Michigan's entries are juniors Jeff Moore and Jeff Longstreth. Moore placed fourth in the 200 and Longstreth was fourth in the 100 last season. Both swam fast races against Michigan State's Chuck Strong last Saturday. Nate Clark and Ben Donaldson of Ohio State are other topflight butter- flyers. In the 200-yd. individual medley race, it looks like a repeat per- formance of last season's win for Stickles. The Indiana junior holds two world records and will be op- posed by defending NCAA cham- pion, Marty Mull of Ohio State. Michigan's L a n t z Reppert's times have been way above those of both defending champions so far but should make the finals. Other contenders are Bill Wood and Dick Gretzinger of Michigan State, Peterson of Minnesota, and Indiana's Jastremski and Cary Tremewan. Complications The situation in the freestyle events is complicated by the few great swimmers who can swim sev- eral freestyle distances well and also another stroke. But there are some outstanding freestylers that can be counted on in certain events. Steve Jackman of Minnesota won the 50- and 100-yd. freestyle races at both the Big Ten and NCAA Championships last season. Mike Wood won the Big Ten 220 and Jim Spreitzer of Illinois won the NCAA 220. Both should be threats at the new 200 yard dis- tance. The 440-yd. freestyle (which has been changed to 500 this season) and the 1500-meter freestyle were won in the conference by Indiana's Alan Somers. Teammate Claude Thompson should be near the top of both events as he was last sea- son. Could Do Well. Michigan could do very well in the two distance events with Roy Burry, Tom Dudley, and Captain John Dumont. Burry and Dumont were sixth and seventh in the 440 and third and fifth in the 1500 last season. Wolverine sprinters Jim Riutta, Steve Thrasher, Tom Burns, and Frank Berry have a chance to place at the shorter distances which are always especially unpre- dictable. Riutta and Thrasher are the top hopes in the 50 while Berry is the best the Wolverines have at 200 yards. Michigan is bringing three div- ers - sophomores Ed Boothman and John Candler and senior Pete Cox-to the meet. Cox placed on both boards at both the Big Ton and NCAA Meets last season. (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond in a two-part series dealing with Michigan's chances in the Big Ten Wrestling meet beginning to- morrow at Evanston.) By JIM BERGER It seems in various minor sports in the Big Ten there are two sea- sons: the dual meet season and the Conference meet. The dual meet season lasts ap- proximately three months and the Conference meet lasts two days. But, it's how the team finishes in the two-day meet that deter- mines its final place in the Big Ten. Tomorrow, Michigan's wrestling team, undefeated and untied in the Big Ten dual meet season, puts everything on the line when it begins the annual Big Ten Cham- pionships. Michigan started the season with a 14-11 loss to Penn State, a perennial Eastern power. Green "We're a young team, we'll lose a few at first, but we'll get bet- ter with experience," Coach Cliff Keen said after the Penn State defeat. The Michigan mentor, a veteran of 38 years of coaching, was tell- ing no lies. Michigan defeated Pittsburgh, 14-11 in its next out- ing, and it hasn't been close since then. The Wolverines have chalk- ed up such impressive scores as 18-10 over Northwestern; 26-6 over Purdue; 17-8 over Minnesota; 21-9 over Ohio State; 29-2 over Wiscon- sin; 19-9 over Indiana; 19-8 over Michigan State and 17-12 over defending champion Iowa. Solid But this impressive record means nothing if Michigan can't produce in the Conference meet. "We're a solid team with no stars," Keen has maintained. Michigan's top wrestler has been heavyweight Jack Barden, but the brawny senior has been tied twice. :. Chris Stowell who has the second best record with six wins and one loss was topped by Indiana's Ran- dy Galvin, 3-1. Rick Bay, slated to go at 157- lbs. for Michigan has a 5-1-2 mark while sophomore flash Lee Deitrick at 147-lbs. has a 5-3-1 record. Dave Dozeman, another sophomore at 130-lbs., has a 5-3 mark. Gary Wilcox with a 3-1 rec- ord at 137-lbs. coasted to three easy victories until he ran into Iowa's Tom Huff who convincingly defeated him 14-6. Three of Nine Carl Rhodes, Michigan's 123- pounder, has a 4-1-1 mark, while three of Michigan's nine crnci- dates for the undecided 177-lbs. have an impressive record. What this all means is that Michigan will be favored to take but one of the eight weights. Bar- den's pinning of Badger Roger Pillath will earn him the top seed. In the other weights Michigan will be up against favorites from the other nine schools. What Michigan has been is a great dual meet team, but the question is can they be a con- ference champion. In -the dual meet season Michi- gan has scored 181 points to the oppositions' 91. The Wolverines have a cumluative record of 49- 22-9 and have registered 13 falls compared to their opponents' one. No wrestling coach will deny that Michigan's record is quite im- pressive, but its history. What hap- pens this weekend will go down on the record books. 'M' HAS TEAM STRENGTH: Individuals Pose Only Threat GRAD STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL TO QUESTION SGC CANDIDATES ON MATTERS OF CONCERN TO GRADUATE STUDENTS. 9 1 (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond of a two-part series previewing the Big Ten gymnastics meet, which starts tomorrow in East Lansing.) By MIKE BLOCK If the Michigan gymnasts are to prove themselves the strongest team in the Big Ten this weekend, they'll have to overcome some out- standing individual performances by members of the other confer- ence teams. Michigan, to be sure, has a wealth of talent itself. No less than six Wolverines, Gil Larose, Arno Lascari, Jim Hynds, Barry Spicer, Phil Bolton, and Paul Levy, Nanne Takes Scoring Crown Minnesota defenseman Louis Nanne became the first defense- man to ever win the Western Col- legiate Hockey Association scoring title when he picked up five as- sists against Michigan State last Friday and Saturday. Nanne's 32 points, which gave him the title, were scored on nine goals and 23 assists. Michigan's Gary Butler, who also picked up five points last weekend, finished second with 30 points. Michigan Tech's John Ivanitz scored the most goals in the WCHA, netting 16. Butler had 15. Michigan's captain-elect, Gor- don Wilkie, was tied for fifth in scoring with 24 points.\ Gary Bauman, Michigan Tech netminder, was the best goalie in the league, allowing only 2.7 goals per game. Joe Lech, of North Da- kota, was only .1 goals per game behind with a 2.8 goals against average. Bob Gray of Michigan was fifth in the league with a 3.6 goals average. Denver and North Dakota fin- ished in a tie for first with identi- cal .667 percentages but first place was awarded to Denver on the basis of goals scored vs. goals against. This first place counts only in the play-off ratings. Denver hosts fourth-place Minnesota and North Dakota hosts third-place Michigan Tech. If Denver and North Dakota win, then the final play-off game will be at Denver, because of the goals ratio. FINAL STANDINGS placed in last year's meet at Co- lumbus. In the rest of the league, there are only eight. He's the Tops Probably the best-known and most accomplished Wolverine foe tomorrow at East Lansing will be Illinois tumbler Hal Holmes. The Illini captain, described by Michi- gan Coach Newt Loken as "the greatest tumbler in the universe," has been the Big Ten tumbling champ for two years running, and the national AAU trophy-winner for the past four years. He has yet to take the NCAA crown, how- ever, as illness prevented it in 1961, and Southern Illinois' Rusty Mitchell edged him out last year. Up until this year, Holmes was the only Big Ten tumbler to use a double backflip in his routine, but Michigan's Phil Bolton and Mike Henderson are now sharing that distinction with him. Holmes' forte is his great speed down the mat -he generally covers its length in the neighborhood of four seconds, executing every move perfectly. A Ringer Another defending conference champ is Dale Cooper of Michigan State on the still rings. Cooper is also the current NCAA titleholder, winning the crown last year at Al- buquerque as a sophomore. Unde- feated in the last two campaigns, he was tied this year by Glenn Gailis of Iowa, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's slipping. The North Hollywood, Calif., star con- tinually scores 98 or better, and that kind of score stands up pretty well in a grueling conference meet. The Spartans also boast one of the more prolific gymnasts around in the person of Captain Jerry George. The New Orleans junior finished fourth in the sidehorse and rings at Columbus in 1962, seventh in the parallel bars, and ninth in the all-around. George could be one of the real sleepers this year in the all-around, as he's improved in just about every event. Other returning Spartan placers are Dick Giliberto (sixth in floor exercise and seventh in tumbling) and John Brodeur (eighth in p- bars). Gopher Surprise One of the top newcomers in the circuit is Minnesota's Tom Arne- son. Although he's a junior, Arne- son did not compete last year, but this season he's undefeated so far on his specialty, the sidehorse. He also helps the Gophers out on the p-bars and rings, and is highly touted for better things to come by his coach, Pat Bird. The Iowa team's answer to the trend in juniors this year is George Hery, third-ranking Trampolinist in the conference at the close of last year's action. Hery also man- aged a ninth in tumbling, and is considered a threat in floor ex and the high bar. He and Gailis com- prise the Hawkeyes' one - two punch, the latter being a strong all-around contender., Rounding out the list of scorers in the Big Ten meet last year who'll give it another try this weekend are Stan Hopper of Wis- consin (ninth in rings), Jim Woodward of Indiana (10th in floor ex and tumbling) and Jim Affeldt of Ohio State (10th in all- around., 7:30 P.M. m Athletic Directors Study New Basketball Schedule - Delicious Hamburgers 15c Hot Tasty French Fries 12c Triple Thick Shakes. .20c 2000 W. Stadium Blvd. By The Associated Press CHICAGO - Big Ten athletic leaders will discuss possible re- turn to a round-robin, 18-game league basketball schedule at their annual March business meetings today and tomorrow. The Big Ten currently plays a 14-game conference cage sched- ule, in operation since a 1952-53 experiment with a round - robin slate in which Indiana emerged champion with a 17-1 record. Also discussed, as faculty rep- resentatives and athletic directors convene, will be proposed confer- ence cage play on Saturday and Tuesday nights in preference to the current Saturday-Monday ac- tion. Some coaches feel an extra day rest is needed, especially as title competition gets hotter. If a Tues- day program is approved, effort would be made to' play rivals close to home to minimize travel prob- lems. Commissioner Bill Reed will re- port to athletic directors on a special review of football game movies by coaches Jan. 29. At that film hoedown, each coach displayed movies of what he re- garded questionable officiating calls. Recommendations may in- clude improved training and de- veloping techniques for officials. Other items on the agenda of the two-day meeting include im- plementing of the inter-conference letter of intent program and re- ports on eligibility, the NCAA-TV program and the U.S. Track and Field Federation. The Big Ten, along with such other conferences as the Big Eight, Southwest, West Coast and Atlantic Coast, already approved a move towards a national letter of intent program. This is aimed at preventing a free-for-all recruiting and wide- spread "shopping" by prime prep, athletes. For instance, once an athlete has signed a tender at a particular school he cannot ac- cept another tender within the same conference or any other con- ference which may join the pro- gram. The joint Big Ten group of di- rectors and faculty men will act finally on two recruiting modifi- cations. One would permit home visitation of prospective athletes by athletic staff delegates be- tween Dec. 1 and April 1, first date for issuance of tenders. The other would allow staff members to visit high schools at regular sports events or upon appointment arranged through school officials. 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