THE MICHIGAN DAILY ,eball Squad 'Mentally Fit' for Wyoming Seven Wolverines To Compete in NCAA Gym Championships -Daily-James Warneka UNDER WESTERN SKIES-Three Wolverine baseball lettermen, Barry Marshall (left), Dick De- Lamielleure (center) and Ed Hood are part of the contingent facing Wyoming today in the spring trip opener at Phoenix, Arizona. Michigan Faculty, Students Form Unique Intramural Sports Program rt ror tion soon after, but no records were ever kept. About nine years ago the program began officially with a championship being award- ed to the students or faculty each year. Point Scoring When the two rivals compete, either the students or faculty get one point for each game won in a team sport, such as bowling, basketball or volleyball. The group winning the greatest number of matches in a non-team sport such as paddleball or tennis also get a point. At the end of the year the points are tabulated and the group with the highest total is judged the winner. Surprisingly, for eight of the past nine years the faculty has emerged the victors, as they did last year 18-12. Though the con- tests are arranged according to the relative strengtl of the parti- cipants the faculty, as can be seen, has performed well in com- petition. Water Polo Tough In water polo, the faculty is more than a match for even the strongest student squad. Through- out the year, members of the team play every noon hour and get in more practice than any student team possibly could. Each year this smooth faculty unit tackles a combined squad of the top two IM finishers and in .the past al- ways has come through the win- ner. Over 232 faculty members plus an equal number of undergrad- uates take part in this combined program, which embodies basket- ball, volleyball, squash, handball, billiards, table tennis, bowling and badminton. I At this point the faculty is the front runner for the cham- pionship, winning nine of 15 vol- leyball matches, six of nine bas- ketball games, and three of six bowling duals. Though the faculty often pulls a surprise by winning some sports they don't figure too, the students sometimes pull an equal "shock- er" in the annual rifle shooting matches between the faculty ROTC instructors and the under- graduates. Each year two instructors from the Air Force, Army and Navy compete against two of the best cadets in each branch. The Dan- iel Boone" undergraduates have bested their military superiors in every instance, which might prove the instructors take their jobs too seriously. Have Ceremony Athletics may be emphasized in these matches and the action might be heated, but the skirm- ishes are never without a certain degree of ceremony and good feel- ing. Before each game the cap- tains of both teams introduce their members to each other and in many instances last year, the student units treated faculty groups to dinner after the con- tests. By GARY GUSSIN1 A month has passed since Michi- gan's powerful gymnastics team swept to its first Big Ten cham-t pionship in history in front of a partisan crowd in the I-M Build- ing. It has been a month of working, and waiting-waiting to see if Newt Loken's amazing crew could add the NCAA crown to its laurels. Next Friday and Saturday the waiting will be^ over, when seven Wolverine gymnasts journey to Champaign to take on the nation's best. 'Best Ever' Loken will take with him to Champaign seven, of the "Best gymnasts we've ever had at Michi- gan." The group is headed by all- events men Richard Montpetit, Jim Hynds, and Gil Larose; Big Ten = trampoline champion Tom Osterland; tumbler Jim Brown; side horse specialist Lew Fenner, and trampoline specialist Mark Erenburg. Much has been said about Mont- petit, the team captain and Big Ten all-events champion, but it is' clear- that the team's chances and Montpetit's chances are coinci- dental. If Rich is at his best, the team will probably win. If not, who knows? Some 40 schools will enter the meet, and the presence of such.a vwst number of gymnasts means that a team that can qualify one man in every event, is a good bet to walk off with the title. SIU Favored Southern Illinois, led by Fred Orlofsky, is the team favorite, having beaten Illinois in a dual meet earlier in the year, and hav- ing edged both the Illini and Michigan in the Midwest Open. The only blot on Southern Illi- nois' record is an early season drubbing by the Wolverines, but Orlofsky was injured andl could not compete in two or three events that day. Since the meet will be held in Champaign, Illinois must be rated a good bet to gain revenge on Michigan and win the team title. If Ray Hadley hits, as he failed to do inthe Big Ten meet, then the Illinois will be tough to beat. More Toughies Other teams to' watch include California, Southern Cal, and Penn State. As Loken says, "never before have there been so many teams than were in top contention for the team title. It's the first time in a ABC Renews Football Pact NEW YORK P) -- American Football League games will be tele- cast exclusively again this year by the American Broadcasting Com- pany's TV network. The renewal was announced jointly today by Thomas W. Moore, ABC vice-president of television programming, in New York, and AFL Commissioner Joe Foss In Dallas. long time, that one or two teams haven't gone into the meet expect- ing to run away from the rest of the field." About his own team,-'Loken ad- mits its chances are good. "How- ever ,it's so difficult to tell w'hat will happen in a meet," he stressed. "The boys have been practicing' hard for over a month. It's been tough avoiding a letdown after the Big Ten meet, but everyone's been working to improve his routines," he added. Chances Good "Rich's chances are real good," Loken continued. "He's added new tricks to each of his routines and has improved considerably since the Conference meet (If that is possible.)." The team will practice during vacation and will leave Wednes- day or Thursday for Champaign. -Daily-James Warneka ILLINI STAR-Ray Hadley, whom Michigan's Rich Montpetit unseated as Big Ten all around champion this year, performs on the sidehorse in the conference meet. Hadley will get another shot at the Wolverine star this weekend at the NCAA meet, STARTING APRIL11: Elliott toWelcome 85 ToSprng Gri d Pratie To pil r4 Spring football practice starts after vacation and seems early enough to most enthusiasts, but Michigan players have been con- ditioning for several weeks. With the official opening on, Tuesday, April 11, Michigan coaches have been urging their players to work out at least three times a week in order to guard against costly spring injuries. Head Coach Bump Elliott and his staff have ,been working hard in preparation for the start of practice, and expect 85 or more hopefuls to report. The Ferry Field sessions will continue five days a HI Fl STUDIO Daily Classifieds 1319 S. University - block from Washtenaw Bring Rsults Exhibition Baseball Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles (A) 3, Vancouver (PCL) 2 Milwaukee 8, Kansas City 2 Minnesota 4, Chicago (A) 3 St. Louis 2, Los Angeles (N) 1 New York 5, Detroit 4 week through Saturday,' May 6, when they will conclude with the annual Blue - White intra - squad game in Michigan Stadium. Interest High Interest is high for the 20-ses- sion workouts as 20 of the 38 lettermen from 1960 will be back. However, some of them are play- ing other spring sports and will miss the football drills, They in- clude end Bill; Freehan* and back Ed Hood, baseball; Halfback Ben- nie McRae and Bill Hornbeck, track; and end Scott Maentz, ten- nis. Also absent will be fullback Ken Tureaud, still suffering with a bad shoulder that was injured at Ohio State last fall. Great Anticipation "We're looking forward to prac- tice with great anticipation," said Elliott. "There are a lot of new faces and we will be working main- ly witA the freshmen to see what they can do against stiff varsity competition. Our biggest problem is to find replacements for last year's interior line. Though they were one of the smallest in the Big Ten, they were also one of the toughest." STADIUM Automatic CAR WASH . 142 E. Hoover (One Block East of 1000 S. Main) COMPLETE CAR WASH ......... $1.50 SIMONIZING...............$12.95 We wash all foreign and small cars .. TTsS r.LaJmun C4.J L . .me.