FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 11 1963 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE ' .F:R... AY-.:.F.....-A-RY..1,-.. 19.6-. THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACl 11 11 I - . Mm .- AWAY MEET SATURDAY: Wolverine Swimmers To ChallengePrinceton Bodolay Swims Best Time in Upset Race By BILL BULLARD Coach Gus Stager, diving coach Dick Kimball, and 15 swimmers left Ann Arbor Wednesday morn- Ing on an Eastern tour that will reach its climax tomorrow night in a dual meet against the Prince- ton Tigers. Along the way, the Wolverine tankers will stop to work out and play some water polo against the Army swimming team. Niagara Falls and New York City are also due for brief visits. But the real business of the trip is the meet at Princeton. The Tigers finished fifth at the 1962 NCAA Meet, three points be- hind the fourth place Wolverines. So this is the first big meet of the season for the Wolverines who previously had placed second in the Big Ten Relays and had trounced Purdue, 68-32. Two Teams Princeton's showing in the NCAA Meet was largely due to the performances of breaststroker Jed Graef and backstroker Gard- iner Green. The Tigers are not as good at dual meets as they are in a conference or NCAA champion- ships Kimball saw Princeton lose to Pittsburgh in a dual meet this season. "Princeton is tough," he said. "They shouldn't have lost to Pittsburgh. Several of their better swimmers didn't swim in the meet and they just lost on the last re- lay." Nevertheless, he predicted, "I don't think Princeton can beat us. The Minnesota meet next Monday night will be tougher." Kimball outlined the Princeton squad as one with good swimmers in every category except the free- style events. Besides the national- ly prominent Graef and Green, the Tigers have capable swim- mers in butterflyer Jim Griffith, and individual medleyist Dave Kennedy. Graef was second in both the 100- and 200-yd. backstroke events at the 1962 NCAA Meet. In both races, Graef was narrowly edged by L. B. Schaefer of Ohio State. At 100 yards, Graef lost by only .2 of a second and at 200 yards his time was .1 of a second bet- ter than Schaefer's. In the latter event, Schaefer was declared the winner on a judge's decision. Green took a second place be- hind Michigan's Dick Nelson by .3 of a second in the 100-yd. breaststroke. In t h e 200-yd. breaststroke, he finished third be- hind Virgil Luken of Minnesota and Nelson. Griffith Captain Princeton's team captain is Jim Griffith, a 1959 graduate of Ann Arbor High School. Griffitn's best time last season for the 200-yd. butterfly was 2:05.2. Dave Kennedy, an individual medleyist and butterflyer, Graef, Green, and Dick Williams, a free- styler from Birmingham, Mich, make up, the medley relay team which placed second at the NCAA Meet behind Ohio State. Princeton has two divers named Andrews that Kimball believes will give Ed Boothman and Pete Cox a challenging contest. John An- drews has placed in the national AAU Meet. He was ninth in low board competition and eighth on the high board at the las; NCAA Meet. The other Andrews, Scott, has never placed in national meets but is a competent diver. Besides the two Michigan div- ers, the Wolverine traveling squad includes: freestyle distance swim- mers Captain John Dumont, Roy Burry, and Tom Dudley; sprinters Steve Thrasher, Frank Berry and Tom Burns; backstrokers Ed Bartsch and M i k e Reissing; breaststrokers Dick Nelson and Geza Bodolay; butterflyers Jeff Moore and Jeff Longstreth; and individual medleyist Lanny Rep- pert. By BILL BULLARD Ordinarily if a Michigan swim- ming star like Dick Nelson, a two- time NCAA champion, loses his first race of the season it's some- thing to worry about. But when Nelson finished second in the 200-yd. breaststroke event against Purdue on January 12 there was no real cause for alarm. In fact, considering that the swim- mer who won the race was junior Geza Bodolay, the event was ac- tually a' hopeful sign for Michi- gan's swimming team. No one is worried about Nelson, who is known to be a slow starter. After two seasons on the varsity, Nelson has not failed yet to be ready for an important conter- ence dual meet or the Big Ten and NCAA Championship Meets. Rarity This was one of the few times that Bodolay has ever beaten Nel- son in regular competition. Since last season Bodolay has worked out with weights and has prac- ticed swimming in the water with a belt around his waist that is anchored with a rope to the seats in the Matt Mann Pool. "I think I've increased my strength and speed by working out with weights and by using the belts," he said. Baker form an unequaled trio. Baker finished fourth in the NCAA 200 with a time of 2:18.1. Outswam Although Baker outswam him in the NCAA finals, Bodolay was fifth to Baker's seventh in the Big Ten 100 and sixth in the 200 just behind Nelson. "I'd like to get down to at least 2:15 or 2:14 this season," said Bodolay. "That's what it will take to make the NCAA 200 finals." Besides Nelson and Baker two other finalists are still competing this season. So what was a national record ssv- eral years ago may be a necessajy performance to break into the finals this season. Usually Bodolay usually could beat Baker in the 100 last season but Baker could often beat him in the 200. "I've improved in both events this season," he said. "I'll certainly try my best to beat Baker in the 200. I'd like to keep ahead of Nel- son also if I could." Geza lived in Hungary until be managed to escape during the 1956 revolution. He started swimming in his native land but didn't taxe it up seriously until he came to the United States. After two sea- sons of competition for a high school in New Jersey, Coach Gus Stager convinced him to come to Michigan. "I came to Michigan because it's a good school and because of Gus," he said. "He made it pos- sible for me to come here. I couldn't have afforded going to college otherwise." Bodolay and Nelson will face the best two breaststrokers in the country outside of Chet Jastrem- ski and Ken Nakasone of Indiana in the next two meets. Gardiner Green will lead the Princeton Tig- ers in a meet Saturday at Prince- ton. Virgil Luken and the Minne- sota team invade the Matt Mann Pool Monday night for a meet at 7:30 p.m. Luken is the defending NCAA 200-yd. breaststroke champion. He placed fourth at 100 yards. Green was third at 200 yards and second at 100 yards. With Jastremski and Nakasone competing at the Big Ten Meet but not at the NCAA Meet be- cause of Indiana's probation, the former meet should be as com- petitive as the latter for the three Wolverine breaststrokers. But the NCAA Meet is especially important for Nelson as he tries for his third straight 100-yd. championship. SHOP ANN ARBOR CLOTHING for " Manhattan SHIRTS-dress and sport " PURITAN SWEATERS " RICHMAN BROTHERS nationally- advertised suits and topcoats SHOP NOW FOR SPECIALS on " Jackets--our complete stock 50% OFF " Corduroy slacks-20% OFF " Puritan sweaters (special grp) 13 OFF ANN ARBOR CLOTHING 113 South Main Street "THE HOME OF RICHMAN BROTHERS CLOTHING" GEZA BODOLAY ....upsets Nelson Last summer Bodolay practiced only about 30 minutes a day just to keep loose. In this fall he start- ed serious training arid now is at least in mid-seasor form. His time against Purdue was 2:18.5 which would have placed him in the NCAA finals last sea- son. Bodolay's improvement gives Michigan the best 1-2-3 punch for breaststroke events in the coun- try. 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