THE MICHIGAN DAILY e D i e VARSITY REMAINS INTACT: r EnteringIDifcultiPeriodi 'T BLECH rd Vidmer, sophomore ack who was expected to Timberlake stiff compe- or the starting quarter- ot, now must concentrate the mental phase of foot- al calling. 'hursday, Vidmer suffered ries that have forced him idelined and to concen- 1 mental alertness rather .ysical perfection. g to escape onrushing line- idmer scrambled in the' d during last Thursday's practice. With his arm ready to fire a pass, the Wolverine sopho- more was hit several times and in falling caught his cleat in the ground. The result of the incident' was a broken tibia near his right ankle and several torn ligaments in the ankle. Leg in Cast As he now, lies in University Hospital with a full-length leg cast, the Pennsylvania high school star contemplates about the fu- ture. "I'm going to study films and games in order to improve the CHES OPTIMISTIC: xperience, New Talent olster Football Squad mental part of my game," Vidmer explains. By improving his mental foot- ball alertness and ability, he is hoping to use these difficult times to the best possible use. "A quarterback must do the right thing at the right time," Vidmer went on to say, "and I intend to work at this until I'm ready to return to the gridiron." The 189-pounder from Penn- sylvania recalls his brilliant foot- ball background, only to explain how he became a college quarter- back. Starred in High School Having ben a quarterback since eighth grade, Vidmer points out that Bill Abraham who coached him at Hempfield High School, Greensburg, Pa., was a great help to him. "Coach Abraham greatly helped me in learning the technique, exe- cution, and theory of the game and the Michigan coaches have gone on from there in aiding me to polish up my performance." Under Coach Abraham, Vidmer first gained wide-spread recogni- tion in his junior year in high school. At that time, he made the all-Foot Hills Conference team and gained all-state honorable men- tion. In his senior year, Vidmer became a high school scholastic all-American beside being named to the all-Western Pennsylvania and all-Pennsylvania state teams. Guided by All-American This summer, Vidmer worked at£ Camp Kohut in Oxford, Maine. There, he worked under the direc- tion of former Michigan All-t American Ben Friedman, exercis-r ing to gain weight and to strengthen injury-prone muscles.i By lifting weights, the Wolver- ine sophomore improved his 1 muscle strength in his neck, lower back, knees, and ankles. "I lifted weights, did some iso- metrics, and ran a lot in order to better prepare myself for this season." Vidmer is not sure how long it will be before he returns to action. He will probably be in a cast for six weeks and then start working to regain his strength. He, might be ready for the last few games of the 1964 season, but it is also possible that Vidmer will skip the season and regain &ophomore eli- gibility next season as others have done in the past. Quarterback Bob Chandler asi a sophomore was injured during the fall of the 1960 season and1 re-gained eligibility. Also Frosty Evashevski hurt his knee as a sophomore in 1961 and was grant- ed another year of eligibility. By TOM WEINBERG "We've got four freshmen who should help us," Strack said. "I guess we're a little bit spoil- ed." Three of the four that the So says Michigan basketball coach mentioned are from Michi- coach Dave Strack referring to gan while the fourth, John Gee, the prospects for this year's fresh- is a standout high school per- men team. former from Cortland, N.Y. 0 LI aU18A, L:j4A4II11ll "We've had three pretty good years of recruiting in a row," he said, "and while we don't have a Russell, we've got some ball play- Freshman Football An organizational meeting for freshmen football candi- dates will be held today, at 3:30 p.m., in the basement of the Athletic Office Building, 1000 S. State St. All freshman in- terested in football are urged to attend. ers. After reviewing the freshmen, Strack went on to say that all the players from last year's Big Ten championship team were back and in good shape. "The sophomores should be a big addition to the club. The only player who's not back is Leon Har- ris," he said referring to the 6'7" younger brother of former Wol- verine John Harris. Gee at 6'7%" is the tallest of the four freshmen Strack singled out. The others are Jim Pitts (no relation to the Northwestern cen- ter) 6'3", Mark Fritz, 6'41", and Tom Bowman 6'41/2", Direct Legacy. Gee is well grounded in the Michigan athletic tradition as his father was the first big man to ever play basketball for the Wol- verines in 1935-37. Gee also was a three-year letterwinner in base- ball and won the conference medal of honor in 1937. Strack was quick to praise the freshman, saying "he could de-' velop into quite a ball player." Pitts, confusingly enough, play- ed his high school ball at Detroit Northwestern high school, where he was named to the all-city squad and mentioned for all-state honors. Fritz is from Birmingham and is highly touted by Strack and the freshman coach Tom Jorgensen.. Baseball, Too Bowman is the fourth freshman whom the coach mentioned, and although he is primarily a base- Strack was quick to point out that any judgment on the fresh- men at this stage is premature and stressed that any freshman with basketball experience should not be afraid to try out. "We certainly have some good talent now," he said, "but we encourage everyone to come out." Citing junior forward Dan Brown as an example, the coach said that everyone would have a chance. "Dan came here un- hearlded," he said, "and now he has a chance of playing for us this year." es Frosh Cage Prospects By JIM LaSOVAGE i the beginning of clas the end of double pract r the Wolverine grid squ the coaching staff t the time when the job i a precision football m ecomes the most importa before the start of a fr fall head coach BumpI id his staff have 22 lett 'eturning from last ye who lettered two years a out five dozen other asp .ng' athletes with which this machine. With only of drilling before the fi 1 Saturday, there Is an o c feeling on the practi "Generally," said Elliott yester- day, looking at the previous week's ses i progress, "we're to the point where ice we should start to improve some. ad. The first week is mainly condi- his tioning, and progress is pretty of slow. But we had a pretty good na- week last week." He added that ant no position shifts were made dur- esh ing the week. The head mentor also seemed El- pleased with the action of his boys er- in last Saturday's scrimmage. "I ar, thought the hitting was real good go, and the intensity too," Elliott com- ir- mented. "And there was some to good running." He noted that the a speed in the backfield is better rst than at this time last year. >- Scrimmages Held ice Scrimmages are generally held each Saturday, although one may * be called on any day during regu- lar practice. Coach Elliott mentioned that there have been few serious in- juries this fall. Dick Vidmer has been put out of action with a broken ankle. Quarterback Bob Timberlake has what Elliott term- ed "an agitation in his ankle," but he worked out with the rest of the squad with a taped-up ankle. Ken Wright, a sophomore center, has an ailing knee, but it *is not yet known whether or not it is serious. Rick Sygar, who broke his leg twice in the last year, is improving steadily ?as his leg grows stronger, according to Elliott. During the remaining days of the preseason training, Elliott said he will be testing to see if Mich- igan can profit by the two-pla- toon system. "We're going to try, or investigate, the possible offen- sive andi defensive units," he ex- plained. The object will be to dis- coverwhich players will play well on either the offensive or defensive unit, or both. 4" New Shipments of USED TEXTBOOKS FRK"ESHMEN,1 For the best fotalseats the W Volverine ,Spirit Club announces Membership available Tues., Wed., Sept. 1 & 2 11Ia.m.-1 p.M, at Diag, Union, Engin Arch, Hill Auditorium Mary Markley, South Quad HOUSE BLOCKS AVAILABLE in limited supply Thursday morning at I.M. Building PRACTICE SESSION TO BE ARRANGED arriviro daily! NEW BOOKS IF YOU PREr:"'t for that hard-to-find textbook try 4 I MICHIGAN BOOKSTORE 322 So. State St. Bob Graham, Mgr. I SYGAR "U U (paid political advertisement) I l THE CANDIDATE WHO KNOWS AND CARES r. "x.-x.r:::a:Y:"4' : Y:r:J............... . r. . :r::..:. ........... ..i.;m.a.:av~wov"7{r:u~:... .........":;nw:.,.... .... ..... ... / AN OPEN LETTER TO TIHE VOTERS I resigned from the Board of the League of Women Voters of Ann Arbor this past February in order to become politically active. It seemed to me that my Republican Party was straying from the "mainstream of its philosophy, that enunciated by Lincoln and embodied in the platforms of both 1854 and 1960. Po- litical history relates that this is not a unique occurrence, but our political parties have returned to course because people who cared remained with them and worked to lead them back. I believe in a vigorous two- party system of government. A cleavage of our parties along liberal-conservative lines is wrong. Wrong be- cause liberalism and conservatism are methods of approaching problems rather than points of view, and wrong becauses such a split would mean the necessity of deciding on liberal and conservative stands on most major issues. If one party took a stand that was wrong for the country, on a major issue, that would be the end of that party because there would.not be within it the coalition of views that could lead to a reformation of opinion. That would leave us with a one party system, and my knowledge of history sug- gests a one-party system is the quickest way to tyrrany. I BELIEVE IN AND SUPPORT THE IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE MODERATE REPUBLICANS, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE IN TEMPORIZING WITH THE FORCES OF REACTION. IF ELECTED, I PROMISE TO WORK FOR: FISCAL REFORM: An adequate, equitable and flexible tax structure with coordination of local-state relationships, to distribute the tax burden fairly and attract new industries to Michigan, as detailed in Govenor Romney's full program'of fiscal reform. This would include elimination of sales tax on food and drugs, removal of the business activities tax, and institution of a personal income tax: CIVIL RIGHTS: Provision of adequate funds for the Civil Rights Commission so that it may carry out the full power in its sphere of authority to protect civil rights in employment, education, housing and public accommodation. GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION: Full implementation of the new Constitution including the passage of enabling legislation for County Home Rule and reorganization of the executive branch of government. EDUCATION: Expansion of higher edudcation, particularly community colleges and vocational training facilities. Recognition through adequate appropriations of the contribution made to the state by the unique quality of education which the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN provides. A strong and vigorous University is important to the economic future of Michigan both because it provides the professional personnel for these industries and the teachers for our expanding institutions of higher learning. CONSERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES: Rapid enactment of a comprehensive plan for land and water conservation so we may compete for federal funds under the recently passed Land and Water Conservation Bill. The groundwork for an excellent plan has been done under the direction of Governor Romry, and its enactment will mean more parks, recreation areas and wilderness areas for.Michigan. INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT: Pilot studies have shown that children from culturally deprived homes benefit enormously from intensive training before entering kindergarten. Passage of a bill allowing school districts to set up preschool classes would permit aiding these children when aid can be of greatest value. We must .increase the number and size of our state scholarships and loans to students seeking higher education. These policies should reduce the dropout problem, diminish, juvenile delinquency, lessen the future welfare burden and enlarge the opportunity of all our citizens for the development of their full potential. I BELIEVE THE RESULTS OF THE APRIL ELECTION SHOWED THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS AREA WANT REPRSENTATIVES WHO TAKE POSITIVE STANDS FOR PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION. I APPEAL TO THOSE WHO SHARE THE VISION OF THE FUTURE TO ALLOW ME TO WORK AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE 53rd DISTRICT FOR FISCAL REFORM TO CREATE THE BEST POSSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND, WATER, AND HUMAN RESOURCES IN MICHIGAN. CaroynRPana eewTE aJ IOG~RAPHICAL NOTES I 'I / CAROYN ANALEWIS wMWE 19! MM 90 w9 R1%2 4119I . I 00 V % 9.h A h / TEaw va~-0 e ra- v V.