THE MICHIGAN DAILY ymnastsDefend BIG TEN RUNNERS-UP LAST YEAR: Michigan Wrestlers Bolstered by Veterans, Soj Conference Title "IY By JAN WINKELMAN Associate Sports Eitor . Coach Newt Loken's gymnasts will prepare for the 1962-1963 sea- son hoping to earn a third .con- secutive Big Ten crown. Two years ago, here at Ann Arbor, the Wolverines brought to an end a long Illinois domination of Big Ten gymnastics. Led by Captain Richard Montpetit's stel- lar all-around performance, the Wolverines outpointed Illinois 147 a -122. Last year, at Colum- bus, Newt's boys made it two in a row, taking the conference crown handily over Michigan State, their nearest rivals. Despite the addition of a flock of outstanding sophomores, the Wolverines are no shoo-in for the title this year. Michigan State has been rebuilding and will have a young squad of exceptional indi- vidual performers, featuring jun- lors Jerry George and Dale Cooper. Illinois is also perennially strong and should not be counted out of the money at this early date either. Retain Nucleus Nevertheless, Michigan retains its strong nucleus of all-around men from last year's team. Cap- tain Gil Larose, who competed this summer in the World Games at Prague, Czechoslovakia, is a scrappy fighter who has been a conference standout for the past two seasons. Larose's Canadian countryman, Jim Hynds, also re- turns as a senior and will boost Michigan in the high bar and all- around events. Loken expects a great deal from Larose and Hynds in their final season. Both have had previous disappointments in Big Ten meets and will be gunning for perform- ances indicative of their true abil- ity. Both have been instrumental in Michigan's quick rise to gym- ' =nastic 'supremacy. Lascari Stars pArno Lascari is the third return- #ng all-around standout from last year's squad. He was second in the Big Ten last year in all-around as a sophomore, and has developed into a threat in sidehorse, still rings, and high bar, in addition to being one of the country's finest parallel bar artists. The trio of Lascari, Larose, and Hynds, a coach's dream in itself, will be enhanced by another trio of all-around men from last year's freshman aggregate. Alex Freczka and Mike Henderson from Chicago as well as Stan Kurtz will provide Loken with a lot of raw talent that can be developed. Freczka, a prod- uct of Evanston High, can do all events well and will concentrate on his all-around routine. Hen- derson is especially good in tumbl- ing, free exercise, and parallel bars. Kurtz specializes in Trampoline. He spent the summer with a sophomore teammate, Fred Sand- ers. Bith worked hard on their Trampoline routines. They will be two of the men vying for the spot vacated by last year's graduating captain, Tom Osterland. Osterland 15 a past NAAU, Big Ten, and NCAA Trampoline champion. Trampolinists Aplenty Sanders was National Jr. Tram- poline titlist while in high school. Loken has nothing but the highest of praise for the sophomore. In addition to Kurtz and Sanders, Loken has two other promising Trampoline artists who will be sophomores: John Hamilton and Gary Erwin. "Both Hamilton and Erwin came to Michigan as already fine Tram- polinists," remarks Loken. "Our Trampolinists this season should be the best in the conference." Specialists Decisive Although the Wolverines will be strong in all-around men and Trampolinists, they, will need " strong 'performances from their specialists if they are to duplicate last season's triumphs. Lost by graduation from last year's team are sidehorsenian Lew Fenner, still rings specialist Ralph Bro- mund, and, of course, Osterland. All came through for the Wolver- ines when the pressure was on and were instrumental in the two pre- vious championships. Bob Harris, Paul Levy, and Jon Sakol will compete in sidehorse as well as all-around men Lascari, Larose, and Hynds. Harris is a senior with experience. Levy is a junior who gave Loken a steady performance last year. He finished seventh in the conference meet at Columbus and should improve this season. Sakol is a .sophomore and will also help in the event. Junior tumbler Phil Bolton and senior John Buss return from last year's squad. Bolton made a tre- mendous improvement during the season last year and is slated for even ?getter things this year. Hyman in School Junior Lew Hyman is a question mark. As a sophomore last year, Hyman finished second in tumbl- ing in the Big Ten. He was crtic- ally injured in the NCAA cham- : when he fell from the Trampoline pionships at Albuquerque, N.M., during his routine in the finals. Hyman returns to school, but Loken is unable to predict to what finger, was fourth, and Lascari fifth. "We will be strongest in Tram- poline, parallel bars, and all- around thi sseason," Loken main- tains. Team versatility will make' the Wolverines powerful in every event, though. Last year Michigan dropped on- ly one dual meet. They lost a close one early in the season to Illinois which was decided in the final event of the day. The gymnastics season gets underway with the Midwest Open at Chicago Decem- ber 5. By TOM ROWLAND Coach Cliff keen's Wolverine wrestlers were left out of the Big Ten championship picture last winter-a five-point margin giving Iowa the conference mat crown- but the grappling of some up-and- coming sophomores along with a nucleus of powerful veterans left the Maize and Blue a healthy 7-2-1 season mark. While the Wolverines were be- ing nipped out of the conference title two Michigan grapplers se- cured individual medals to cap off a pair of great wrestling careers. Don Corriere, who captainned last winter's grapplers' went un- defeated through the season. The Scrappy Fritz Kellermann took top honors in the 137-lb. class- the third time in as many years that Kellermann took an individu- al title. Both Kellermann and Corriere graduated last spring and will leave Coach Keen with the prob- lem of filling the shoes of the Wolverine mat greats. After a successful East coast tour that opened the winter sea- son with a pair of wins over Hof- stra and Navy the Wolverines ran into a 13-13 deadlock in the home opener against Pittsburgh. Entering into Big Ten competi- tion the matmen found easy go- ing until falling to Iowa, 15-13, and then dropped the season finale to Minnesota. Gain Experience Coach Keen took advantage of his sophomore lightweights to give some needed experience for Wol- verine squads of the future. Carl Rhodes, Gary Wilcox, R a 1 p h Bahna-all saw action that built Michigan strength in the light- weight division. Jimmy Keen, son of the Michi- gan head mentor, was anotherI sophomore who saw plenty of ac- tion. Keen grappled in the 147-1b. slot, with one high point of the season being a 7-6 win over Michi- gan State's David James that helped the Wolverines down the Spartans, 14-11. Incidentally, the MSU meet was one of special sweetness to the Wolverine mat crew. Two years ago the Spartans edged Michigan out of the Big Ten championship by a four-point margin after de- feating the Wolverines by an iden- tical score in season competition. Special Win No one man won the meet over State for Michigan, but it was homores 177-lb. bruiser Jack Barden who took the deciding match, 3-2, to ice the meet. Barden is back again this year-he'll be a strong point in Coach Keen's mat plans. Goes to Finals Barden rose to the finals in the Big Ten meet, was finally dropped by Indiana's Bruce Moroni, 3-2. Anther sophomore, Wayne Mil- ler, lost out on several meets due to a shoulder injury but neverthe- less played key roles in Wolverine victories. Doug Kuziak, another of Coach Keen's sophomore crop, fill- ed in for Miller when the latter was on the infirmary list. * GIL LAROSE .. . gym captain FEW LETTERMEN RETURN: 'M' Football Team Short o (Continued from Page 1) Senior Lou Pavloff, who missed last year, could help considerably at center, but again the problem of depth arises. The guard and tackle problem may very well prove devastating. Starting tackles Jon Schopf and Guy Curtis are gone, as well as starting guard Lee Hall. Guards Joe O'Donnell, Larry Pitrowski, and Deb Nolan missed last season owing to injuries and remain ques- tion marks until the season gets underway. Stalwart Tackles The outlook is not entirely gloomy, however, John Houtman, a 240 lb. veteran, should be a stalwart at left tackle. Tom Keat- ing and Jack Lehr are junior let- ter-winners who both weigh over 220 lbs.-Ron McLeese and Arnie Simms looked very good as fresh- iside Corner Dave Andrews I Michigan brawn-man wrestled his way to the 167-lb. Big Ten crown. in Experience men last spring and could also turn out to be starters. Senior John Minko received the most improved player award last \ o/ w~I 1 fi-ra spring and should spearhead the You wi ind our store specia y offensive line from his guard spot. Junior Dave Kurtz is a letterman who, though he is only 5'11", packs td o supplyyou w ith a great deal of punch and gained equipped valuable experience in varsity com- petition last year after O'Don- nells inury.LAW case books and Supplies. nell's injury.* Juniors John Yanz and Jim Wiley showed up well in the springo u LA e tndrlsatck.RihdHhns roomh nOur LAW section is staffed by a sophomore who may see action at guard before long. Nevertheless, to ~law students to assist you o n taking the guard and tackle can- didates as a whole, one can come up with only two names that ring a bell: Minko and Houtman-the your requirements. rest are unproven as yet as Big Ten caliber performers. In judging the interior line as somewhat weak, one must take in- to consideration the fact that in years past, Michigan starters have dled interior line could deal a OVRE K BOKTR death blow to any championship THE LAW BOOK STORE hopes around Ann Arbor this fall. However, with a few breaks and adequate development along the PhoNO 3-9333 1216 lines dicated spring practice, South university Bump Elliott could just have the personnel to match his schedule. The In with II I ~_ A Representative Season SOME SUNNY fall afternoon not to long from now, Michigan will win a football game. As far as that goes, some fall afternoon Michigan will lose a footballrgame-the pointof all this being that the Wolverines are not going to be world beaters this fall nor will they be doormats. Secretly, Bump Elliott might call this a "rebuilding" year. He knows he can't complain too much in public. Dave Raimey and four good quarterbacks anchor one of the Big Ten's better backfields. But Bump also knows that the best backs in the world can't move without the mules up front and that Duffy Daugherty at MSU, seems to have a corner on that market in this state. The football scribes who make their livings by picking Ohio State to win the BigbTen title every fall-and they're never too far wrong-might say the Wolverines will field a "representative" team. The question is, however, what is representative? If we applied last year's strategy to this year's personnel we decide that Bob Chandler will again be a last minute pinch hitter at quarterback hoping to throw the long home run that wil get Michigan back into the game. We find that Tom Pritchard, a reserve signal caller last fall, will be switched to halfback where the demand is greater than the supply; Dave Raimey will surprise everyone by catching a dozen passes one afternoon for two touchdowns and then be relegated to the role of the "secret weapon" for the rest of the fall. For once Michigan has an abundance of throwing quarterbacks, so for the first time in many years there is a shortage of letterman ends (just one: Captain Bob Brown); Dave Glinka, bidding for his third straight season as the number one quarterback, will still have a pot belly; Joe O'Donnell, a broken arm victim of UCLA last fall, will rebound and make the All-Big Ten team and Bob Timberlake, who may be the best soph field general in the league, won't get off the bench except for defensive duties. Mel Anthony, however, will score twice in the opening game against Nebraska and take the top fullback job away from Bruce McLenna. How About Attendancee..??? FIINALLY, THE WOLVERINES will suffer a dozen crippling knee injuries and as a result of that-and also the Michigan State and Ohio State games on the road-Michigan Stadium won't be more than three-quarters full for any game, giving ticket director Don Weir a huge sized headache and H. 0.. Crisler, Michigan's Athletic Director a huge hole in the wallet. Ticket prices will go up for the 1963 season. A representative season all the way, at least the way things have been going around here for the past five or six years. The Wolverines haven't beaten Michigan State for an eternity. The best effort was a 12-12 tie in 1958. Minnesota and Ohio State, the other two "big" ones on the schedule haven't gone so good either. Football around Ann Arbor, you see, is somewhat of a strange entity. Players and coaches around the Big Ten will tell you that you're no good for a week after playing Michigan. Yet it's always Michigan who comes up with the crippling injuries. Last year Jon Schopf, Bennie McRae, Bill Tunnicliff, Ken Tureaud, Todd Grant and George Mans plus a dozen or so lesser knowns missed at least part of the season. In other years the story has been the same. Maybe it's just that the other teams would like nothing better than to beat Michigan and play harder to do it. Maybe it's Michigan's game that explains the injuries. Who knows? Before Bump Elliott took over the head coaching job from Bennie Oosterbaan three seasons ago Bennie was often accused of having poorly conditioned teams. That was hardly the case. First half deficits were made up like the Yankees make up runs in the last of the ninth. The same has been true with Elliott's teams. The Wolverines demolished Iowa in the second half last year with half a team. They played Michigan State to a standstill. A Tough Game, Recruiting.. . WHY NO ROSE BOWL teams since 1950 then, or no Conference champs? This, too, is difficult to explain, but in all probability it's due to a combination of factors. Recruiting, of course, is much more difficult. More schools offer more. Since Forest Evashevski took over at Iowa, even territory that was once considered Michigan's has become a battle. And using Wally Weber's patented phraze, "The Harvard of Horticulture to the north of us" has not been sitting still. 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