TUESDAY, AUGUST-25,1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1964 TUE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NiNE Gymnasts Defend Crown x By LLOYD GRAFF v Habits can be awfully hard to break, and Michigan Gymnastics Coach Newt Loken hopes that his Big Ten champions will continue to be set in their ways. Michigan has won the confer- ence crown for four consecutive years and must be considered the solid favorite for number five in '65. The Wolverines lose just three men from last year's squad. Last year's Big Ten victory was no rout as the year before when Michigan obliterated the opposi- tion. Iowa and Michigan State made determined bids to unseat the "M" gymnasts, but superior depth won out. Captain Arno Las- cari, Mike Henderson, Gary Er- win and John Hamilton won first places for the Wolverines in the meet. All but Lascari will be back. Leaves Hole The loss of Lascari is a large one indeed, however. Lascari won his specialty, the parallel bars, while finishing fourth in the all- around competition. He did this despite a painful elbow injury which plagued him through the entire meet. Lascari could never reach the heights most observers expected of him because the in- jury bothered him from the be- ginning of the season to the end. Mike Henderson is back to com- pete in his specialties, tumbling and free exercise. He won tum- bling in the Big Ten meet ahead of graduated teammate Phil Bol- ton to cinch the championship for the Wolverines. Henderson had somewhat of an off year in free exercise as he could not find the form which had made him NCAA champion the year before. Coach Loken is hoping that he will re- gain the timing he inexplicably lost and become a solid two pronged threat. Dave Brod will back him up in tumbling, as will John Hamilton on occasion, and a couple of sophomores from Pen- saloca, Fla., the Fuller twins, Chip and Phil. Monopoly In recent years tumbling has always been a Michigan moiop- oly except for Hal Holmes of Il- linois, and this season would ap- pear to be no exception. Another Michigan monopoly, even more restrictive than tum- bling, is the Trampoline. This year's captain Gary Erwin is the best Trampolinist in the confer- ence and NCAA champion for two consecutive years. His chief com- petition will probably come from his own teammates, John Hamil- ton and Fred Sanders. Hamilton is a pressure performer who always looks good in the big meets. He tied Erwin in the Big Ten. meet and finished second to him in the NCAA. Fred Sanders finished fourth in both the Big Ten and NCAA, but there is only a shade of difference between him and Er- win and Hamilton. Outside of tumbling and Tram- poline the Wolverines do not have clear cut supremacy, but they can compete with the best. Senior Alex Frecska showed himself to be a solid all-around performer last season, picking up points on the sidehorse, high bar, and par- allel bars. John Cashman, a jun- ior, scored consistently around 91, last season on the high bar plac- ing fifth in the Big Ten. With graduation losses in the conference he could be up in the top three this season. Need Horseman Sidehorse appears to be a weak- ness for the Wolverines with the graduation of Paul Levy. Loken is hoping to find someone among the sophomores to help him out. Sophomores will be vital to the Wolverines chances for a repeat performance. Gary Vander Voort, who won the high school all- around championship in Illinois two years ago, will have to take up much of the slack resulting from Lascari's graduation. Vander Voort is strong on the parallel bars, high bar, and still rings, places where the Wolverines will need all the points they can get. Chris VanDen Broek is another soph upon whom Loken is count- ing. An Ann Arbor product, he showed well as a freshman in the all-around events. A big question mark for the Wolverines this season will be Rich Blanton who sat out last season with a severe shoulder injury. He underwent surgery and Loken hopes he will come back strong. Blanton has an excellent reputa- tion on the still rings. Tim Mousseau, Art Baessler, and Ken Williamns are other sopho- mores who figure to score for Michigan. Three Team Race Judging by past performances it would appear that Michigan State and Iowa will again press Michigan for conference honors. Michigan State will have Jim Cur- zi, a powerful all-around gymnast, who can score. a lot of points all by himself, plus Todd Gates, an outstanding performer on the par- allel bars. MSU has lost Dale Cooper who never lost a meet in three years in the Big Ten on the still rings. Reportedly they have a sophomore on the sidehorse who counld be a potential national champion. Iowa has a team with two stars, Glenn Gailis and George Hery. The Hawkeyes ended a string of 21 dual meet victories for the Wol- verines last season, and came with -in 17 points of dethroning them in the Big Ten meet. On the national level the Wol- verines will attempt to improve upon their third place NCAA fin- ish. Southern Illinois and South- ern California Which finished ahead of Michigan both suffered crucial graduation losses. BY ANYONE'S STANDARDS the outstaanding trackman on the Michigan squad was Kent Bernard. Bernard is shown above finishing the qualifying heat for the 440 at the Big Ten championships last May. Bernard did this 440 yards in :46.0, the fastest time run in 1964 in the world at that date. He should make a strong bid for a medal for Trinidad in the Tokyo Olympics. Bernard Soudek Break Marks (Continued from Page 7) In the only away indoor meet of the season Michigan overpower- ed the powerful Chicago Track Club 88-53. v-. In the only other indoor action, the Michigan Federation Cham- pionships, the Wolverines garnish- ed eight firsts as they set four meet records. The records were set by Schmitt in the shot, Bernard in the 600, Kelly in the 880, and the mile relay team. Meet records were tied by Reid in the 60-yard dash and Nuttall in the 65-yard high ;hurdles. Opening Outdoor Meet For the opening outdoor meet of the season Michigan traveled to the Kentucky Relays. The only first for the Wolverines was scored by Soudek who set a new varsity record of 177'6". The trackmen next traveled to Columbus where they did a little better with three firsts. Soudek was again first in the discus as were .the mile and the two mile relay teams. At the nationally renown Penn Relays Soudek captured the discus crown while the shuttle hurdle relay team composed of Nuttall, Woodton, John Henderson and Norm Kohns edged runnerup Maryland with a :59.0 While the Penn Relays were going on the rest of the team was at home competing in the Mich- igan Federation Open and walk- ing away with eight firsts. Three Varsity Records As a tune up for the outdoor championships Michigan traveled to Penn State where they downed the Nittany Lions 90-41, with a big onslaught on the record books. Three varsity records were broken by the Wolverines in that one' meet. Ammerman jumped 6'10" to erase the old high jump mark of 6'91" set by Ted Williams back in 1962. The leap by Ammerman was the best of the collegiate track season when he made it. Soudek broke his own discus record again with a heave of 185'5". The other varsity record was set by Bernard who ran a :47.1 to break his own record of :48.0 for a 440 around two turns. Following the Big Ten outdoor meet Michigan competed in the C e n t r a 1 Collegiate Conference track meet at South Bend. Soudek beat Henderson who had upset him in the discus in the confer- ence meet. In doing so Soudek again bettered the 180' mark with a heave of 183'. Ammerman was also able to get revenge as he jumped 6'9" and beat conference champ Miller by two inches while Bernard repeated his Big Ten victory with a :46.9 in the 440. In team scoring Michigan tied for second with Western Michigan at 34 points as host Notre Dame won with 35/2 points. 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