THE MICHIGAN DAILY even Trackmen To Compete in Chicago) Clark Feels 'Good, Real Good After Winning Big Ten Crowi By JOHN McREYNOLDS I DICK CEPHAS .i. In Chicago How does it feel to win a Big Ten championship for the second time and set a new American rec- ord? Ron Clark, Michigan's 200-yd. breaststroke record-holder, says it's great. Clark set a new American rec-. ord of 2:14.3 in the Big Ten cham- pionships last weekend breaking his record of 2:15.9 set only a week before in Ann Arbor, while swim- ming an exhiliition race alone. That day some of his teammates said that he could have gone at least a second better if he had been racing against strong com- petition. He proved them right. How did he feel right after the race? "I felt good, real good. I didn't really know that I was go- ing for a 2:14 as'I pulled in, but I knew I'd won," related Clark. Start With Plan "I start out every race with a sort of plan. If (Jastremski) had gone out very fast for his first 100, I would have probably just held on to him, but if he had gone sort of easy, I would have been far enough ahead he wouldn't have had a chance of catching me. I -thought I could win." Clark's ideas closely follow those of his coach, Gus Stager. About Clark, Stager said, "Ron, like any other athlete, can sometimes wor- ry about his race too much, which can slow him down. But just let him get out in front. "I have never seen a race where Ron got ahead and lost. If he be- lieves he can do something, I'd say he could probably do it. Ron isn't unbeatable, but he is one of the greatest competitors that I've known." Ann Arbor Product Clark is a product of Ann Ar- bor's swimming program, whicha has also produced Steve Thrasher and Owen Kleinschmidt, a pair of strong sophomores, and is now a junior in business administration. Clark had some bad luck dur- ing the Olympic trials and was disqualified, but otherwise his ca- reer has been sparkled with vic- tories and new records, such as the one he ,set during the 1960 Big Ten championships, when he won going away in a then record time of 2:17.4. Who will be his toughest com- petition? "The whole field is tougher than usually would be expected-in the Big Ten meet. Dick Nelson came in fifth, but he did a 2:19 which is pretty fast. There. are lots of others, too." About Bill Mullikan, probably his toughest competition, Clark mused, "I don't know about him. He's the Olympic champion now, and has no place to go but down. Even if I don't win, he'll have an extremely hard time winning." "Before, all he had to do was to stay ahead of me, but now he has the whole field to worry about. Jastremski Uncertain "Jastremski, I'm not sure of. He hasn't beaten me yet in a 200, and I don't intend to let him." Of coutrse, winning isn't all at- titude, for a lot of training is in- volved, but that training has been provided by Stager. The name Clark is a common name, but connect it with swim- ming and you have an uncom- monly fast man, another of Mich- igan's champions. Delaney's indoor record set in 1959. Kidd has been the newest sen- sation of the indoor season in the two-mile run. He won the Boston Games event and finished second in the Los Angeles Invitational. Holds World Marks Bragg holds the world pole vault marks, both indoors and outdoors, and has vowed to clear 16-ft. in what he says will be his last indoor season. After tonight's competition Can- ham will take his Chicago en- trants, plus two miler Jim Wyman and a two-mile relay team to Wisconsin for the Milwaukee Games tomorrow night. RON CLARK .. ."feels good" , WHIZ KIDS WON 13 STRAIGHT: Unbeaten Buckeyes Parallel 1943 llini By JOHN SCOCHIN The Big Ten basketball cham- pionship has been decided and Ohio State has gained much na- tional recognition for its players, both as individuals and as a team. Ohio State, the team of Lucas, Havlicek, , Seigfried, Nowell, and Hoyt, has rolled through its first 23 games, including 13 Conference tussles, without a loss, thus ac- quiring the rating as the nation's number one ' college basketball squad. It has been a long time, in fact 18 years, since a team finished un- defeated in the Big Ten, noted for gridiron rather than cage prowess. Iflinois was the last to do it back in 1943. That team earned a nick- name. "The Whiz Kids."! The one-on-one free throw rule, which adds 'points to our modern games was also absent from the scene, but certain Illini were as famed then for their scoring out- put as the stars of today. Chief among them was Andy Phillips, junior guard. He led all Big Ten scorers in 1943 with a then-astounding 21.3 point aver- age, scoring 255 points on 111 field goals. A 40-point record-setting performance against Chicago was his best single game effort. - The Illini ran a four man weave around a high post offensively, waiting for a breakaway or an opening for a good set shot. Phil- lips was the good shot and Je came through for them. What happened that year was a surprise to coaches and fans alike, because the high-flying Hoosiers of Indiana had won their first 11 games and looked like the prime favorites for the title. It took a showdown battle of the giants, with the young Illini upsetting Indiana, to determine the final champion. Lost Once Despite its proficiency, Illinois did lose -one game that year. It was a time of war, with the world in turmoil, and the Whizz Kids played an exhibition contest with an army camp. The doughboys emerged the victors. Perhaps it was .patriotism, but nevertheless, it was the only blot on an otherwise perfect record. How far they could have gone, to what peak they might have soared in the following year, was never determined The Whizz Kids did not compete in their senior year. Instead, they all took up the khaki and went to fight with a gun, instead of a ball, for Uncle Sam. OSU 'Whiz Kids' Today's "Whiz Kids," the Ohio State Buckeyes, are the epitome of the streamlined fast - breaking and jump-shooting quintets. They get the ball off the back- boards in a hurry and in an in- stant all five men are rushing downcourt on the attack. Pum- meing 23 consecutive opponents Height was not the strong point\Tebounder of the Illini competitors, their tall- With a rebounder in Mathison est boy was 6'6" Art Mathison, and a capable scorer in Phillips, but they had a tough defense and the Illini also had good balance. worked the ball around until an Ray Menke at 6'2" played the for- open man could find the range, ward post opposite Phillips while They did it often enough to win 6'2" Gene Vance and Jack Smiley all of its 13 Conference games, played at the guard slots. Every starter on the team was a junior. No Jump Shot The 1943 "Whiz Kids" led the There was no jump shot in those Conference in scoring with a 63- days (it came after the war), and point average and in field goals even the one-handed push shot with 325. Defensively, they held was just in the experimental stage. the opposition to a meager 38 The two-handed set shot was king, points a game, outscoring them by and consequently, scores were low. j almost a two to one margin. *- including high-ranking St. John's and St. Bonaventure, the Buckeyes have no peer in cage circles today. Averaging 86 points a game against 65 for their opponents, OSU also leads the league in field goals with 445 and in accuracy, connecting on 49.9 per cent of its shots from the floor. 'Big Man' t Like Illinois it also has its "Big Man." In Jerry Lucas they have college basketball's most publi- cized and highly-regarded per- former. Although sitting out most of a game's final minutes, "Big Luke" is the Conference's second leading scorer, averaging 24.5 a game, the country's most accurate shooter with a .611 percentage, and the league's top rebounder with 218. What sets Ohio State apart from other fline squads is its balance, Behind Lucas, they have three of the, best ,ballplayers around any campus in John Havllcek, Larry Seigfried and Mel Nowell. Great on Defense Havelicek, 6'S5" forward, has been praised by rival coaches as the best defensive player in the land, although teammate Seigfrled gives him quite a battle for that dis- tinction. The junior performer is currently the ninth leading scorer in the Big Ten with a 15.4 average. He took in 101 rebounds in Con- ference competition and scored on 58.6 per cent of his shots, due to a dead eye jump-shot which he propels with a quick twist of his wrists. The calmest Buckeye mighs be Seigfried, if free throw accuracy in the pressure of a game is any indication. His .917 percentage is by far the best In the nation. This senior is tied for 13th among Conference scorers with 14.5 points a game. 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