THE MICHIGAN DAILY ED BY LEGACKI, DARNTON: Freestylers Lift 'M' Hopes Faculty-Student Games Open (This is the first of two articles analyzing Micihgan's strengths and weaknesses in the upcoming, Big Ten Swimming championships. To-. day's article deals with the five freestyle events, tomorrow's with the specialty events and diving.) By FRED STEINHARDT If Michigan is to retain its Big Ten swimming title, it will Grob- ably have to score very heavily in the five freestyle events to offset such great individuals as Mike Troy, Chet Jastremski, and Frank McKinney of Indiana, undoubtedly the only other serious title conten- dter. The Houston stars flexed their muscles two weeks ago as they swept to a 62-39 dual meet victory over the Wolverines at Bloom- ington. As in the' dual meet, it will be Michigan freestyle depth vs. Indiana individuals. However, three factors at the conference championships should make the title contest much closer than the dual meet: First points are awarded on a 5-3-1 basis in a dual meet., In the champion- ship meet, the first six receive points as they finish and the next six on ;the 'basis of -qualifying times. r Second, each school may enter a miximum of four competitors in each event. In a dual meet, the limit is two. Third, five events in the championship meet are not included in dual meets; the 1500- yd. freestyle, one meter diving, 100-yd. breaststroke, butterfly, and backstroke. Michigan should bene- fit by the addition of at least the first three and possibly the fourth. Wolverine Captain, Frank Leg- acki is the defending conference champion at both the 50 and 100- yd. freestyle sprints. Bill Darnton is a prime contender at 220, 440, and 1500 yds. In addition, Coach Gus Stager has excellent depth at the 50, 440, and,1500-yd. events. Legacki will receive stiff compe- tition in the 50 from Minnesota sophomore Stave Jackman who has equalled his conference re- cord of :22.0. In the Michigan- Minnesota dual meet, Jackman won the 50 and Legacki the 100. Wolverine Juniors Jim Kerr and DIVING CLUB MEETS The Scuba Diving Club will hold its first meeting of the year tonight at 7:30 in the 3rd floor conference room of the Michigan Union. Dennis Floden could both place very high. Kerr took third place in the conference meet in 1960. Others to watch include Jeff Matt- sone and.MikeWood, Michigan State, ;Ron McDevitt, Wisconsin,. all of whom have done :22.7 or better this year in a race in which an uneven start or missed turn can spell the difference between first and last place. Legacki Fastest In the 100, Legacki's :48.9 against Michigan State and :49.0 against Ohio State are the two fastest times recorded in the con- ference this year. But close be- hind are Jim Spreitzer of Illinois and McDevitt with :49.1 and Wood with :49.2. Indiana's Pete Sintz has done :49.4. Steve Thrasher and Dave Heizer are Wolverine point possibilities. Sintz, Troy if he enters, and Alan Somers of Indiana should all place high in the 220 although the best time, 2:02.0, belongs to Spreitzer with Sintz, 2:02.3 and Danrton, 2:02.8 next. Billy Steuart of Michigan State is a strong threat and so is his teammate Dave Brackett. Owen Klienschmidt of Michigan is bracketed with Orrin Nord- strom, Ohio State, and Bill Claer- hout, Iowa. All have sub-2:06.0 clockings. Klienschmidt carries a reputation as a clutch swimmer and might bear watching. Good Depth Michigan dominates the 440 with four of the top eight men in the conference. The situation is vir- tually the same in the 1500 in which most of the same swimmers will be competing. Darnton finished second in the conferenceh440 title race last year and fourth in the 1500. However, in both races he will have to do battle with Somers, the defending AAU champ at both distances, and Steuart, who won both races in the 1959 NCAA championships. Teammate Win Pendleton fin- ished third in the conference 1500 race last year and is also a threat in the 440. John Dumont and War- ren Uhler will probably be the other Wolverine entries in the dis- tance events. ELEVE, GOING ON?-Coach Charlie Pond (left) will lead his petct'tLi ri U W. r Fwiuiyaarne -rvnn- "y Illinois gymnasts in their quest for a 12th consecutive Big Ten faculty petters against various Faculty strength perennially lies student players, in the racket and paddle games championship this weekend in Ann Arbor. With him is sophomore All-American tennis, badminton, table tennis, Hal Holmes, undoubtedly the top tumbler in the Big Ten. Andy Kozar, an all-American squash, and paddleball. Gymnasts Seek To End lini om11nato1 Michigan Icers Due To End Up Third A W HCHA Is All But Decided By GARY GUSSIN Newt Loken has been gymnastics coach at Michigan since the sport's inception here 13 years ago. For most of these 13 years, the last 11 to be exact, the Conference title has been the soul possession of Charles Pond and his remark- able Illinois gymnastics squads. This week-end in Ann Arbor, Pond and friends will be attemp- ting to make it 12 in a row, and Loken's Wolverines are thie best bet to stop them. The last time the Illini failed to win the Conference crown was in, 1949, when Minnesota edged them, 62-61. Curiously enough, the meet washeld in Ann Arbor that year, and one of the outstanding Gopher performers was Herb Lo- ken, younger brother of the cur- rent Wolverine coach, Long List Since then, led by a list of stars that reads like a combination of United States and Canadian Olym- pic squads, the Illini,have always been threatened in their quest for Big Ten titles, but have never By JIM BERGER The WCHA playoff positions! were all but decided last week- end, when Michigan split with Michigan Tech, and Minnesota plowed /through Colorado. Saturday's 6-1 loss to Tech, coupled with, Minnesota's 7-2 blasting of the CC Tigers, has put Michigan in third place, and has lifted the Gophers to the cov- eted second place slot. And unless the "impossible" happens, this is the way it is go- ing to end up. The Huskies of Michigan Tech will end up in fourth place and will play first place Denver at Denver, while second place Minnesota will host the Wolverines.. However, with a Michigan State sweep of Michigan in this week- end's home and home series, the Wolverines would land in fourth. A North Dakota sweep of the Gophers at Minneapolis, coupled with a Michigan series sweep with f o last place State, would give the Michigan squad second place. This situation is very highly hy- pothetical, and it is quite obvious that the race is all but decided. Although Coach Al Renfrew's strategy of switching the lines, proved unsuccessful in Saturday night's lopsided affair, the Michi- gan mentor will stick with his newly formed combinations. As far as injuries for the week- end are-concerned, the Wolverines were fortunate in this department. Defenseman Bernard Nielson and forward Joe Lunghamer were shaken up in Friday night's con- test, but both -recovered suffi- ciently to play on Saturday, and both will see full action against State this weekend. yielded. The list includes names like Dolan, Culbertson, Grossfield, Tonry, and present-day stars like Hal Holmes and Ray- Hadley. As a consistent winner, Pond qualifies as a Big Ten version of Casey Stengel, and like "Ol' Case," "O' Charlie" is not adverse to saying what's on his mind. About eight years ago, he claim- ed that one of his tumblers, Skip- py Browning, could high jump seven feet with a little practice. This was a swell idea, but it was abandoned when it was learned that a high-jumper must take off from one foot. It seemed "tumb- ling" over the cross-bar didn't count. Casey' Talks After Michigan upset the Illin, 621-39%, February 11 Pond noted Entries for Lorillard Sweepstakes can be deposited at the following locations: Disc Shop Mich. League Mich. Union Mich. 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Now, the next stage is und yvay-the daring attempt to explore the Moon and tI planets of our Solar System and their environments. The National Aeronautics and Space Administratic 1ias assigned Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPI the responsibility for the Nation's program of unmanne lunar, planetary, and interplanetary exploration. TI objectives of this program are to contribute to mankind fundamental knowledge of space and the space eni ronment and to the development of the technology c space exploration. For the next ten years, as larger boosts vehicles become available, spacecraft with ever-increa ing scientific instrument payloads will be developed. JPL will conduct the missions, utilizing these spacecra to orbit and land on the Moon, to probe interplanetar space, and to orbit and land on the near and far planet Earliest of these spacecraft will be the "Ranger" serie ,t6w being designed, developed and tested at JPL Th mission of this particular series will include first, explora tion of the environment and later the landing of instru nent capsules on the Moon. Subsequent steps will continue a constant probing fc the knowledge of what is beyond and will require all th skills, ingenuity, courage, endurance, perception anc imagination that men can bring to the task. EHntire Sudnt Bod f Ly FACULT CAN ENTER THE LORILLARI3 SWEEPSTAKES FOR THESE FOUR GREAT PRIZES! d ,....... oom a 6 Illustrated is a "Range" proof.tst model undergoing design verification testing in one of the laboratories of JPL. 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