SUNDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGENI SUNDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 1965 TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE 1 aat. L fi all: THROUGH THE BULL'S EYE by Bill Bullard a Athletic Board Election: A Candidate's Pledge I wouldn't even be voting in the election for student representative on the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics if it wasn't for a campaign pledge made by candidate Mary Freedman. Freedman, the head manager of the track team, has announced that if elected he will attempt to let the students know when decisions affecting them are being made. "Any proposal before the Board that involves students should be discussed and criticized by the student body," Freedman maintains. "The only way you can be sure of student opinion is to let students know about a proposal and see their re- actions to it. "I feel the Board owes the students an explanation for any such action it is about to take. If the Board persists in holding closed meetings, and if I'm elected, I will make sure the students hear about any pending decisions affecting them." Freedman cited the possible student athletic coupon fee increase from the present $12 to $15 that the Board is rumored to be discussing as an example of an issue that students ought to be openly discussing. If past precedent holds, the Board will wait until just before the final exam period before announcing any new price increase. This is a tactic the Board has used successfully in the past two years to quell student protests. After arriving at a decision in secret session, the Board announced last May 4, only one week before final exams started, that it would charge students $1 to attend each home 9 basketball game this season. The Annual Report.. .. It is interesting to note that the Board's annual report did not even mention the fact that it made the decision to begin charging students to attend basketball games. From this it can be assumed that the Board doesn't feel that charging students money to attend basketball games is significant enough to mention. It could be that students themselves don't care if student prices to attend Wolverine athletic events are raised year after year. But at least students should have the opportunity to express their opinions before these decisions are made. Freedman's pledge to try and rally student opposition to Board policies that adversely affect students is a step in the right direction. This is a significant change from past candidates who promised to represent students if elected to the Board but who didn't believe in violating the secrecy of the Board. Tom Weinberg, elected to a student seat last spring, has not had any visible success in changing the policy of secrecy and has felt it his duty not to break any confidence the Board has placed in him. Secret Proceedings ... It would be interesting to elect a student who was reckless enough and possibly foolhardy enough to disclose the secret proceedings of the Board. If this were the case, the Board might just as well open its meetings to the press and public. Then if the students weren't able to bring pressure on the Board to take its interests into consideration, the students would have no one to blame but themselves. Freedman's opponent is Rick Volk, a starting defensive half- back on Michigan's Big Ten champion football team. Until this election, the Manager's, Council nominated two athletes who ran for a student seat on the Board and one of the two invariably won. Last year was an exception in that Weinberg, who had to submit a petition of 300 signatures, defeated Cazzie Russell and two others. Due to a change in a Regents by-law, both candidates in this election have submitted petitions in order to be placed on the ballot. It is to Volk's credit that he showed enough interest in running to go through the procedure of gathering 300 signatures. However, he has apparently done little else since then to further his candidacy. Volk would probably be a good representative if elected. But I'd personally rather see a person on the Board who indicates some promise of blowing the lid off the Board's secrecy. That person is Mary Freedman. Gymnasts Pave cM Title Tril By TOM WEINBERG to represent the Southeastern Conference as it now has a two- The Champions of the West! :game lead with just three left to It's trite but true. 'play, The regional winner then; Throughout the 1964-5 school advances to Portland, Ore., for the year, Michigan teams have lost finals March 19-20. only the Purdue football game in official Big Ten competition and WRESTLING the undefeated winter sports Coach Cliff Keen's squad won teams are headed for unprece- a cup for capturing the Big Ten dented heights as the leaders of ; meet championship yester- .,,, ,* yy i s " i Y' the Big Ten. * GYMNASTICS The gymnastics team is the first to officially sew up the title as it was crowned champion yester- day when the final dual meet of the season was cancelled. Coach Newt Loken's "team ofsspecialists" has taken its fifth straight Big Ten title with a 6-0 dual meet record and goes after individual titles next weekend at Champaign. After next weekend's action, the gymnasts have a week off before the NCAA regional championships at Iowa City on March 19-20. The winnef i that meet with South- day afternoon with its 31st consec- utive dual meet win, a 17-8 tri- umph over Michigan State. The wrestlers go after individual crowns and the second half of the team title next weekend in the Big Ten meet at the Sports Bldg., then goes to Laramie, Wyo. for the NCAA meet March 25-27. " SWIMMING The title isn't decided until next week's Big Ten meet at Wisconsin, but Coach Gus Stager's team has already defeated powerful Indiana in a dual meet and awa.cs the chance to dethronedthe Hoosiers next weekend. The Wolverines en Illinois will advance to the were denied the opportunity to' inter-regional dual meet at Penn face the champs in a rematch State the following weekend, with scheduled for Friday but cancelled that winnero oing to Carbondale. due to the weather. gluW111 ulr Vla u lal, E Ill., for the national dual meet title on April 2-3.; 0 BASKETBALL Of course, the basketball team . I is one step closer to an puted title by virtue of day's last-minute salvage undis- yester- of the1 * HOCKEY There's no official Big Ten ti- tle in hockey, but the 1964 NCAA champion Wolverines finished their season last night with a resounding 8-2 loss to Michigan Tech, while Michigan State qua hi- fied for the WCHA playoffs by taking fourth place in the confer- ence. game at Illinois, 80-79. The Wol- verines have three games inter- vening between a perfect 14-0 mark in the conference and the NCAA tournament. Wisconsin is the first hurdle at Yost Field House Tuesday night. Minnesota follows on Saturday with the windup of the Big Ten season next Monday at Ohio MICHIGAN'S FIRST OFFICIAL 1965 championship team, Coach Newt Loken's gymnasts, line up with their coach. Standing from left to right are Loken, John Hamilton, Alex Frecska, Fred Sanders, Chip Fuller, Phil Fuller, Gary Vander Voort, Ned Duke, Art Baessler, and Captain Gary Erwin. In the front row are Cliff Chilvers, Mike Henderson, Ken Williams, Chris Vanden Broek, Dick Stone, Rich Blanton, and John Cashman. BACKSTROKE ACE: Bartsch Makes Third Big Ten Title Bid State. After that comes the NCAA By JIM LaSOVAGE tournament with the opening round played at Lexington, Ky., on It's been three years since1 March 12-13. The opponents at swimming captain Ed Bartsch Lexington are still uncertain, al- started plowing through the na- though Vanderbilt appears certain tion's pools as Michigan's number one backstroker. And now, with a list of achieve- , , ~ ments almost as long as the enum- S CN E2erated grievances in the Declara- tion of Independence, one might suppose that the senior from COLLEGE BASKETBALL IPhiladelphia is ready to terminate Kentucky 61, Tennessee 60 his career . . . but he's not. North Carolina 71, Duke 66 "My greatest goal was to make Ohio U. 95, Kent State 75 the Olympic team, but I missed UCLA 83, California 68'te lypceabtImsd Bradley77, Wichita 73 t h a t," says the soft - spoken Florida 83, Georgia 74 Bartsch. "Now my goal is to help vanderbilt 75, Alabama 54 the team in whatever way I can." N-/ Princeton 107, Corunell 84 St. Louis 75, Louisville 68 West Virginia 70, William & Mary 6 (2 ovt.) Detroit 75, Bowling Green 73 Providence 75, Holy Cross 64 Kansas State 65, Colorado 50 Cincinnati 66, Drake 58 Army 62, Navy 52 Notre Dame 83, DePaus 67 Villanova 91, Memphis St. 58 Nebraska 67, Oklahoma 63 NHL Chicago 3, Montreal 3 Detroit 4, Boston 1 New York 4, Toronto 3 NBA Detroit 117, Cincinnati 115 New York 102, Baltimore 99 Looking Ahead 67 But Ed is also looking forward to the championship meets - the Western Conference and the na- tionals. "He's shooting for a 1:56 in the Big Ten's," comments Coach Gus Stager, "and he wants to be even better than that in the nationals." Bartsch feels that this is the time which he will have to swim to win this year's race in the 200-yard backstroke. "A lot of people think that there's always - a let-down in swimmers' times after the Olympics," says the blond-haired swimmer, "but this year there are a lot of guys who are still in top shape, and the times should be faster than ever.' Ed says that there are two main types of swimmers - those who fast starters usually have an ad- vantage because the race is over so quickly, but in the longer events the strong finishers very often have time to catch up. "I guess I'm neither type of swimmer." Bartsch remarks. "I try to pace myself with the fastest swimmer in the race, and then I try to make my move at the right time. I try to prepare myself mentally, and against some swim- mers I can get an advantage by out-guessing them." But No Cigar Although Bartsch has to his credit pool, varsity, national and international records, the closest he has ever come to a Big Ten in- dividual championship is second place. As a sophomore he finished second in the 200-yard backstroke and third in the 100-yard race. In his junior year, he repeated his second for 200 yards, and moved up to second in the shorter event, also. "I've always felt that the Big Ten meet comes too early," Ed ex- plains. "I haven't been hitting my peak until the nationals." And, indeed, after his runnerup performance in the Big Tens as a sophomore, Bartsch came back a short time later to win the 200- yard backstroke in the NCAA meet. Then in the NAAU's, he swam a :53.5 100 yards to qualify for the Pan-American Games. Biggest Thrill "The biggest thrill I've ever got- gest accomplishment was winning the Pan-Ams." In the Games at Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bartsch swam the 100 meters in 1:01.5. "He has a sincere interest in becoming a great swimmer," notes Shger, "and he's got the poten- tial to be one. In fact, he's one of the greatest backstrokers in the nation right now." This is evident not only in Bartsch's national and interna- tional marks, but also in that he currently holds down the varsity records in both the 100- and 200- yard backstroke events. Previously the 200-yard pool record and a share of the varsity medley relay record . ere held by Bartsch. Home Town 'Y' Bartsch began his career about 12 year sago at a local YMCA in his home town. Before he came to Michigan he was coached along mainly by two people, one of whom was an ex-Wolverine var- sity swimmer, and the father of Tom Williams, who is a varsity swimmer here now. "Mr. Williams helped me along quite a bit and encouraged me to go to Michigan," Ed explains. While in high school, Jim Campbell, swimming coach at Penn, started helping him. He en- couraged Bartsch to go to a school with a good swimming coach. Bartsch had had offers from Ohio State, Michigan State, Yale, and some other eastern schools, but was already pretty sure that he would accept Michigan's offer. According to Ed, "Mr. Williams took me to Ann Arbor, and Gus impressed me quite a bit when I first met him. Later we talked at the nationals, and Stager showed a real interest in me. It wasn't really too hard a decision." Elected Captain Last year Bartsch was elected captain by his teammates, prob- ably the biggest honor a team can give one of its members. "There were only four juniors to choose from," Ed points out modestly, "but it's always a great thrill to be captain, especially of a great team." And as a captain, one of his goals could be realized by leading his team to a Big Ten Champion- ship for the first time since 1960. "We've worked together for a long time, and we've had our ups and downs," recalls Stager. "He's a wonderful guy to work with." It's been a good three years for Ed Bartsch, and his achievements have been many ... but he's not quite finished yet. 'M Trackmen Take 6 Events, Wildcats 5 In Final Breather Before Big Ten Meet \. AU ST I N DIAMOND 1209 S. University-663-7 151 I I IL By DAVE GOOD Michigan and. Northwestern made almost a dual track meet out of last night's State of Michi- gan Federation Championships at Yost Field House in the final tune- tup for both teams before next weekend's Big Teen Meet. Coach Don Canham's Wolver- ines, the defending conference champions, swept to six firsts, one more than Northwestern, but did not show Canham anything he didn't' expect.j "I don't see how anybody's going to head off Wisconsin, but if they don't' perform we. could be in 4 there," Canham explained after the meet. "The points are going to # be cut up pretty well among four or five teams." Bernard Sets Record Included among Michigan's six firsts last night were Kent Ber- nard's meet-record, 1:11.4 in the 600-yard run and one-two slams in the shot put, (Jack Harvey and Bill Yearby), high and low hurdles (Roy Woodton and John Hender- son), 60-yard dash (Dorie Reid and Dave Cooper) and 880-yard run (Dan Hughes and Cecil Norde). Northwestern claimed three new meet records by men Canham call- ed potential conference champions Lee Assenheimer with 9:14.7 in the two-mile, Jim Albrecht with 14'6" in the pole vault and Craig Boydston with 2:11.4 in the 1000. The victory by Bernard, who Last Tune-Up start fast and those who finish ten in swimming was making the jumped Northwestern's Jim Harris fast. In the 100-yard races the Pan-Am team," Ed says. "My big- on the backstretch to win going away, was the most predictable performance of the meet. Bernard *.k:.:?.... is the defending conferencermn chaitn pion at the distance and a mem- ber of Trinidad's Olympic team and hasn't come close to losing WL{EA A.EATC.sy:sb stk this season. Sweep Shot Harvey e and Yearbyhae what last lap. He took headedin Caexnhksam e me n teso atkn tette Tha n -thinks maybe the team's strongest event. Yea rby fouled on F EEEE all but one throw, but his 51' h was enough for second. Woodton edged Henderson with .On.::::.: lunges in both hurdle racesbut Reid was a clear winner in the 60. Canham kept Carl Ward, M ichi- ;{'... . :::<{< :... :"...:.,. :h {":.: >,:;>";;:;.::::;.:"::<;";.:. .::::.::;;"::.;.;. gan'ls thr pi ter, o'ut ofecomd peiinbecause of a slight muscle .. ...... .". strain. -Daily-Dave Abineri Hughes, who earlier in the week ran 1:51.9, fastest half-mile in the WOLVERINE CAPTAIN ED BARTSCH displays his backstroke conference this year, was content form that Coach Gus Stager says makes him "one of the best last night to lay back until the in the nation. Bartsch, with the rest of the Wolverines, is await- last lap. He took the lead heading ing next week's Big Ten meet and the shot a taking the title into the backstretch and won by away from Indiana. eight yards over Norde, who timed_________________________________ 1:55.8. mmmm mm-m-mmmmmmm-mmmmmm--mmmm--mmmmmmg Two non-winners gave Canham i. a little encouragement last night. : FREE~ D ELIV ERYf Senior Des Ryan, Michigan's de- 3 fending mile champion, ran his # H MP O ' best race of the season, timing rjH M P O ' RESTAURANT 2:13.0 for second in the 1000. Ryan ' has been sub-par all season with! Phone, 761 0OO1 an injured Achilles tendon. Junior Bob Densham, who col- * jOn larg'e lected second places in the Big Ten __0c. O FF one item piz meet high jumps last year, went a out last night after 6', but cleared ' opnGo oda huTusa 6'10" in a practice jump afterward. CopnG o odyIhuT usa Densham has had knee trouble ; MARCH 1 -MARCH 4; this winter. mmmmmmmmmmmimmn~mmmm I' -..-.----- - I BROAD J U M P: 1. Whitaker (Flint JC), 2. Henry (Ashland C), 3. Sweeney (M), Distance-22'7". MILE RUN: 1. Norman (EMU), 2. Dolan (Ann Arbor unat.), 3. Ste- phens (Ohio Wesleyan), 4. Mercer (M), 5. Dennis (Ann Arbor unat.). Time-4:15.9. 'SHOT 'PUT: 1. Harvey (M), 2. Yearby (M), 3. Leuchtman (M), 4. tie, D'eramo (Ann Arbor unat.). Distance-54'5'-. I 440-YARD DASH: 1. MacDonald (Ann Arbor anat.), 2. tie between O'Neill (M) and Hoey (M). Time- ;50.2, 65-YARD HIGH HURDLES: 1. Woodton (M), 2. Henderson (M), 3. Miller (Kalamazoo unat.). Time- :08.2. 1000-YARD RUN: 1. Boydston NU), 2. Ryan (M), 3. Kelly (M), 4. Coffin (Ann Arbor unat.), 5. 'Le- gacki (M). Time - 2:11.4 (breaks meet record of 2:13.5 set by Dick Lampman, Penn State, in 1963). HIGH JUMP: 1. Brady (WMU frosh), 2. Sarndel (AATC), 3. Hunt (Ann Arbor unat.), 4. Densham (M), Purple (Ann Arbor unat.). Height- 614". 6$-YARD DASH: 1. Reid (M), 2. Cooper (M), 3. Gregg (AATC). Time -:06.4. 600-YARD RUN: 1. Bernard (M), 2. Harris (NU), 3. Baker (Toledo). Time-i1:11.4 (breaks meet record of 1:11.7 -set by Bernard in 1964). 300-YARD DASH: 1. Buresh (NU), 2. Cooper (M), 3. Jarema (M). Time -:32.2. 880-YARD RUN: 1. Hughes (M), 2. Norde (M), 3. Cullinan (Evans- ton unat.), 4. Grove (M). Time- 1:54.1. TWO-MILE RUN: 1. Assenheimer (NU), 2. Benedict (M), 3. Sidney. (AATC). Time-9:14.7 (breaks meet' record of 9:15.3 set by Chris Mur- ray, Michigan, in 1964). 65-YARD LOW HURDLES: 1. Woodton (M), 2. Henderson (M), 3. Miller (Kalamazoo unat.), 5. Fox (Ann Arbor unat.). Time-:07.7. MILE RELAY: 1. Northwestern (Johnson, Buresh, Harris, Thomas), 2. Ann Arbor Track Club, 3. Toledo. Time-3:21.9. POLE VAULT: 1. Albrecht (NU), 2. tie between Canamare .(M) and Barrett (EMU), 4. Wells (M). Height -13.14'6" (breaks meet record set by Albrecht in 1964). 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