THE MICHIGAN DAILY .. .. 1 Trestlers Try for Individual Titles By JIM BERGER 1960-61 Michigan wrestlng comes to a close this week ,h Cliff Keen takes a four I ~ -1 Wolverines Sever Hockey Relation With Minnesota for 1961-2 Season man squad to Corvalis, Oregon for the NCAA Championships which begin Thursday. A total of 154 colleges and uni- versities will be represented at the meet, "which will host the finest collegiate grapplers in the coun- try. The Michigan squad will con- sist of Captain Dennis Fitzgerald, Captain-elect Don Corriere, Jim Blaker, and Karl Fink. Keen had originally anticipated tqking a six man squad, but Jack Barden, a pre-med student, and Fritz Kellerman, could not make the trip because of scholastic rea- sons. Keen is wrestling each of "his boys" down one weight from what they wrestled during the regular season. Blaker, wrestling most of the year at 157-lbs., won the Big Ten Championship this year at 147- lbs., and will wrestle at 147-lbs. in the NCAA. Probably due to the fact that he wrestledfor most of the season over his weight, Blaker chalked up a mediocre record, but in the Michigan State dual meet, and in the Big Ten Meet, Blaker really came through to give the Wolver- ines important victories. "When he's got to put it on, he comes through," said Keen about Blaker who won his second con- secutive Big Ten Championship this year, and in doing this was the only Wolverine to register a pin in the entire meet. Corriere, the new captain-elect, will wrestle at 157-lbs. as com-. pared to 167-lbs., which he wres- tled during the entire season and at the Big Ten Meet. As a sophomore in 1959, Cor- riere won the Big Ten Champion- ship at 157-lbs., but then dropped out of school for a year. Returning this, year, Corriere went through the year undefeated in the ten dual meets and even registered pins in several of his matches. However, catastrophe struck at the Big Ten Meet as Joe Mullins of Iowa accomplished one of the greatest upsets of the meeti in de- feating Corriere in the semifinal round.. . Corriere will be wrestling ten pounds lower in the NCAA's, and with the added weight advantage the Michigan Captain-elect could go all the way. Fitzgerald, who will wrestle at 167-lbs., will also be wrestling ten pounds lower than what he wres- tled during the season and at the Conference meet. Fitzgerald's record speaks for itself. He has won two conference championships and one second place in three years, and has only lost one match in the last two years. Weight Advantage As with Corriere, the fact that he will be wrestling lower, will definitely be an advantage for the Michigan Captain, and a victory in the NCAA would be a fine finish in Fitzgerald's collegiate career. The one remaining Michigan grappler is Karl Fink, who will go at 191-lbs. at Corvallis. Due to the ineligibility of heavy- weight Guy Curtis, Fink has wres- tled at heavyweight for the entire dual meet season, and in the Big Ten meet. In his one attempt this season at 191-lbs., Fink won the Wilkes Tournament Championship. As a heavyweight this season, Fink was undefeated with two ties. However, he was defeated in the Big Ten Meet by Northwestern's Rory Weber, who Fink had de- feated earlier this year in a dual meet. In Fink's eight victories, four were won by pains, which shows Fink's potential. With his four man delegation, naturally Keen does not expect to win the NCAA meet. "We're just out for individual titles," said the Michigan mat mentor, when asked about Michi- gan's chances. Commenting about his four boys, Keen said, "they're just as tough as they come and they can wrestle anybody." (Continued from Page 1) { put on a couple of the wildest shows in league history. At Minneapolis in February, charges of "dirty playing" and "biased officiating" flew all over the rink as the Gophers took the first game of the series behind an onslaught of Wolverine penal- ties, 4-2. The real fireworks took place the next night when both teams errupted from their respective benches at the game ending buzzer and engaged in a free-swinging, but short-lived, brawl. The brace of games in Ann Ar- bor, while they didn't produce a riot, weren't much more congenial. The whole mess was further spiced by Mariucci's charges of was Minnesota's refusal to sche- dule Denver during the season, thus avoiding two "sure losses" and enabling the Gophers to have the playoffs on their home ice. Wolverines Split Michigan met Denver and lost four times. Against the Gophers (and including the playoffs) the Wolverines won three of six with one game ending in a tie. In other action taken by the WCHA Faculty Representatives and Athletic Directors, it was vot- ed to revise the play-off setup. The new arrangement provides for. a league "tournament" volving the top four teams held on a neutral rink. Plac still be decided by percentage the present system of matt the first against the fourth teams and the second agains third will still stand. The difference arises in thl will be single elimination. two-game total goal setup was used this season will be ished. The teams will play game semi-finals and then winners will meet for the cl pionship. Jones Beats McRae Again As Indoor Season Closes DON CORRIERE ... captain for next season ged by THE EXECUTIVE'S CHOICE When a man is being considered, for an executive appointment, his' appearance is an important consideration. I,- GREAT FUTURE AHEAD: Sophomore. Hynds Spariles In Big Ten Gym Competition By JOHN SCOCHIN A high iron bar, fastened se- curely to two ,steel putts in the' middle of a vacant lo; In Windsor was more than Just an oddity to young Jim Hynds. It became a challenge which led him into the gymnastics field and later to a starring position on Michigan's all conquering gym- nastics team. One of a batch of blue chip, sophomores that gymnastics coach Newt Loken based his hopes for a title on this season, Hynds came through with a third in the all events and,. a second on high bar in the Big Ten meet. In addition to considerably helping the Wol-, verines to a league title he was a standout on the high bar throughout the dual meet season, causing onlookers to predict fu- ture greatness for the former Windsor schoolboy.. Hynds first became, acquainted with the sport of gymnastics in his early teens,. On a vacant lot, a few doors away from his home, Bernie Newman, well known Windsor gymnastics promoter, had erected a makeshift high bar for the kids in the neighborhood, After seeing others practicing on numerous occasions, as he' passed by, Hynds decided to try it him- self. From that moment on, he developed a desire to become a great gymnast. Practice Makes Perfect For the first two years he prac- ticed the fundamental movements to improve his co-ordination and finally at the age of 15 he began to work on- certified tricks and routines for about 2 hours a day.. A short time later, not satisfied with his speedy improvement, he added an extra half hour to his practice sessions. Under the watchful eye of Ber- nie Newman he became a member of the Windsor Gymnastics Club, and soon was good enough to travel to Vancouver, Dayton, In- dianapolis and Toronto for inter- national competition. As a top teenage gymnast, Hynds practiced diligently through his high school years and in 1958 he captured the National Junior All Around Championship at the Canadian National Gymnastics Tournament in Vancouver. Gil La- rose, his current Wolverine team-. mate, finished second. Only two years before, in 1956, Hynds show- ed promise by placing third in the same event. Highly sought after by college coaches, Hynds originally leaned towards MSU, but became inter- ested in Miclcigan through talks with Wolverine stars Ed Gagnier. and Nino Marion, who were also members of the Windsor Gymnast- ics Club. He was impressed by Michigan's high academic rank- attitude. He is always calm and collected. In gymnastics, where you cannot rely on anyone but yourself, you must have patience and be able to concentrate wholly on a continuous repetition of movements, always striving toward perfection and grace. "When you are nervous or wor- ried about the people watching you, your performance will never approach your capabilities. Jim has a relaxed air. He has compet- ed in numerous big meets and has become accustomed to the pres- sure. This is an advantage which cannot be overemphasized in the character of a fine gymnast," added Montpetit. Ann Arbor and the Michigan squad have also lived up to all of Hynds's own expectations. "Every- one on the team seems to have a lot of things in common. At the Windsor Club the members weren't close knit and the practice times weren't consistent. Here, everyone works together for the good of the team and we all practice to- gether. This fosters a spirit of "comraderie" among us. The more experienced members are eager to help us improve our routines and we learn much from watching these veterans perform. Everyone here knows their gymnastics and the- performances are of a high caliber. This is bound to lead to worthwhile improvements in every- one's routines."~ Good Attitude About Coach Loken Hynds add- ed, "He is always jovial and hap- pY-go-lucky. He precipitates con- fidence in the rest of us." Hynds is currently majoring in biology with an eye toward teach- ing in the secondary schools. Jim Hynds has come - a long way from a boy, swinging on a bar in a vacant lot to a national- ly known athlete whose future is still even more promising. With the help of Hynds, Michigan's gymnastics star should continue to shine. By DAVE GOOD Hayes Jones had just beaten his star hurdler for the fourth time in four outings, but Track Coach Don Canham came home smiling from Friday's Knights of Columbus Games in Cleveland. Canham, it seems, came home knowing that in Bennie McRae he has the second-best hurdler in the nation today., Canham disclaimed wire service reports that Olympic bronze med- alist Jones had beaten the Big Ten's high and low hurdle champ by four yards. "That's ridiculous," he snorted. "He lost by a couple of feet." Earlier this. year McRae had polished off such vaunted hurdlers as Minnesota's Dave Odegard, Southern California's Don Styron and Kansas State's Rex Stucker, not to mention his own teammate, Dick Cephas. Only Jones stood un- marked. For McRae, who holds a share of both conference hurdle rec- ords, it marked his last chance to upset Jones indoors, for the weekend ended the season for Canham's Big Ten champs. In the other races Friday night, the two relay teams performed well in defeat. The two-mile team finished third, some seventy yards' behind record-setting Manhattan but only inches behind Yale, when anchorman Ergas Leps misjudg the finish line and was edged Tom Carroll. Best Time Their time fo 7:38 was their fastest of the year, as Leps and Dave Martin turned in 1:54 splits and Wally Schafer and Charlie Acquino did 1:55. The one-mile crew placed sec- ond behind Western Michigan, which won in a relatively slow 3:24. Leadoff man Cephas had been hurt and had to be replaced by Martin, who usually runs long- er distances. Bryan Gibson, Car- ter Reese and Leps rounded out the quartet. Michigan's two pole vaulters, Steve Overton and Rod Denhart, finished out of the money at 13'6", not in the same class with the 15' vault of Henry Wadsworth and Rolando Cruz. Overton got a measure of sat- isfaction when he won Saturday night at Granville with his best vault ever, a 13'9" winning effort. In Hamilton, Ontario, the same night, freshman David Hayes ran his best mile race as he won in 4:20.8 on a short 16-lap track. Leps won the 1,000-yd. run in a good, 2:13 and Jeff Engle, who made the finals in the Big Ten meet sprint, was third in the 50- yd. dash. i FRITZ CRISLER . .. reports break "professionalism" aimed at Mich- igan, Michigan Tech, and Denver, whose teams are primarily made up of Canadian 'junior" players. The Gopher squad had only one, defenseman Louis Nanne from Ste. Sault Marie, Ont. At WCHA playoff time, Michi- gan threw another bomb into the fire when it insisted on "neutral" referees for the contests. Two weeks earlier Michigan Tech had also refused to take the ice at Minneapolis unless the officials were changed. Underlying the whole situation And an important part of his appearance is his shirt. That's why so many business execu tives insist upon professionally-laundered shirts. 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In the all events you get another chance on some other apparatus to make up for any slips. That makes it more challenging and rewarding." -Coach Newt Loken has high praise for his. sophomore perform- er and stated, "Jim is & tireless worker, who'll persevere at a com- plicated routine until he has it perfected, no matter how arduous it is or how long it takes. He has the form and grace necessary to be one of our top stars." Olympian Rich Montpetit, Wol- verine captain, first met Hynds at the Canadian Nationals in 1956. "What set Jim apart from other good gymnasts is his fine mental The Union Sponsors CAREERS in MATHEMATICS Panel Discussion Tues., March 21 4:10-5:10P.M. Multipurpose Room, UGL I Multipurpose Room, UGLI 1 _ ARCURE MOTOR NOA 3-3309 617 815 601 SALES Detroit St. Ann Arbo South State East Williams NO 3-4185 "SPECIALISTS IN FABRIC CARE" - - - - - - - - - - 1023 East Ani 627 South Mair , . n1 / Experience for UNION BOARD Former executive council members Decidedly not. 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