THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'SUNDAY, FEBRUARY idiana Snaps Swimmers' Dual Meet String, 5 8-4 IWolf Troy Break Swlim Records; U lf y V.PJl,, J1~~14,~*// ~1 ) rk Ii.lvustu 1tCtuy 1 Uum oniuatGa iriu. n, By HAL APPLEBAUM "I certainly don't like losing, it in some ways I'm glad our reak was broken," said Michigan oach Gus Stager in a post mor- :m meeting following yesterday's efeat at the hands of Indiana. "When you're on top and have long win streak going you have othing to shoot for, while every- ne shoots at you," the obviously isappointed Stager added. "Now e have, something to shoot for, idiana. "When you have a streak that retches over three or four years ou need supermen to keep it go- ig and you can't count on swim- ing like supermen every time," e added. 'We Let Down'Stager "I thought we were going to win hen we led after the diving, but e just let down in the last half. Te weren't tough enough, Indi- na was," Stager continued slow- "Indiana swam just about as e had expected them to. Mike roy was great and so was Kitch- 1. Other than that we were not irprised," he said. While .Stager was answering uestions, greeting Michigan swim lumni, in town for a reunion, nd meeting high school swim- 2ers and their coaches, the meet's outstanding performer Mike Troy stood less than 20 feet away, talk- ing to a reporter from a national magazine. He was oblivious to the crowd of adulating high schoolers who surrounded him, in perfect contrast to the discouraged Mich- igan coach. Ahead of Gillanders "I came out of the opening dive a stroke ahead of G i ll a n d e r s (Dave) and I just went from there," the powerfully built world record holder from Indianapolis said happily. "The guys were really high for this meet. Our team from the In-, dianapolis Athletic Club has won the outdoor AAU championships three years in a row and every- body's always worked up for that one, but I never saw anything like this. I just hope we can hold this peak for the Big Ten and NCAA Championships," Troy comment- ed. Asked whether nervousness kept him or his teammates awake during the night, Troy smiled and replied, "No, I slept well, although I did have some trouble at first." "The spring in my bunk at the Union sagged and it was also too short for me, so I just put it on the floor and slept soundly after that," he said. (Continued from Page 1) then scored nine points in- the butterfly and 100-yard freestyle and the host's four point edge re- mained with four events still scheduled. Indiana Began Drive However, in the next event, the 200-yard backstroke, Indiana be- gan its drive towards victory. Frank McKinney, holder of nearly all existing backstroke rec- ords, took an early lead and coasted to victory, while team- mate Dick Beaver edged Wolf and Alex Gaxiola for second place. Indiana, now leading 39-36, ex-; tended its margin and for all prac- tical purposes decided the meet's outcome by completing another slam in the next event, the 440- yard freestyle. Indiana Slam The Indiana duo of Tom Verth' adFred Rounds, who had Com- pleted a slam earlier in the pro- gram with their one-two finish in the 220-yard freestyle, took com mand early in the race and were' never seriously threatened by the Wolverine entries, Bill Darnton and Win Pendleton. R o u n d s, who barely edged Darnton for second in the -'220, sprinted to the lead in the 440 and remained there throughout. Verth, his Canadian schoolmate, trailed him by two yards. Darnton finished a full second behind Verth, a well beaten third. Thus, with only two events left, Indiana led 47-37 and the Wolver- ines could have salvaged a victory wiht a comparable slam in the 200-yard breaststroke and a first place finish in the freestyle relay. They got neither. Clark Sets Pace In the breaststroke, Michigan's Ron Clark, American record hold- er in the event, had hoped to go to the fIrst 100-yards at a slow pace, trying to force Indiana's speedy Gerry Miki to swim at a comparable speed, thus giving teammate Ken Ware a chance to catch the usually quick starting Hoosier in the last 100 yards., Clark was able to keep the pace down in the first 100 (his time was a slow 1:11) and Ware was within striking distance of the leading duo. However, the Hoosiers' co-captain finished with a strong 100 and, although Clark sprinted ahead to victory, Ware and Michigan were left in his wake. Now only a disqualification of the Indiana team in the freestyle relay could have prevented a Wol- verine defeat, but swimming con- servatively the Hoosier quartet came nowhere near to committing such a mistake as they beat a dis- pirited Michigan combo to estab- lish the final 11 point margin. Hoosiers Begin Strongly The Hoosiers began the meet just as strongly as they finished it. The Indiana relay team opened the program with its record shat- tering effort and Verth and Rounds' followed it with their slam in the 220. Behind 16-5, the Wolverines came back with a slam of their own in 50-yard freestyle with Carl Woolley and Frank Legacki fin- ishing one-two, narrowing the margin by seven points. Wolf's victory in the individual medley cut another point from the Indiana lead and Michigan's second and final slam, in one- meter diving, gave the Wolverines their aforementioned 26-22 lead. 'M' Sweeps Diving The diving was won by Joe Gerlach with Bob Webster a close second as the Wolverine duo gave the fans a real show with their near perfect execution from the rarely used low board. Michigan's other winner was urday, before returning home for another meeting with Indiana, this time in the Big Ten Cham- pionships, March 3, 4, 5. The Wolverines gave a tremen- dous effort yesterday but it just wasn't enough to stave off the determined men from Indiana who were out to take away Michigan's collegiate swimming supremacy. The score indicates just how well they accomplished this. After the final score was an- nounced, the jubilant Indiana team threw Coach Jim Council- man in the water for a well de- served dousing, and he wasn't the least bid mad. However, it was evident to all rational observers that Indiana was clearly the better team yes- terday, although a few breaks might have tilted the edge the other way. RUSH FOR TICKETS: Gigantic Crowd Fought To See Swimming Meet Legacki, who edged Sintz in the 100-yard The Wolverines will a new victory string meet Ohio State at Co Streak En 400-yd. MEDLEY REL diana (McKinney, 'I Sintz) 2. Michigan.7 (Breaks American and ord.) 220-yd. FREESTYLE (I), 2. Rounds (I), 3. D Time 2:06.3. 50-yd. FREESTYLE - (M), 2. Legacki (M), 3 Time :22.4. 200-yd INDIVIDUAL 1. Wolf (M), 2. BartonI nell (I). Time 2:06.8 (Ni record). ONE.-METER DIVING lach (M), 2. Webster (i (I). 315.5 points. 200-yd. Butter/y - -. Gillanders (M), 3. K Time 1:59.1 (Breaks Ar NCAA records) 100-yd. FREESTYLE - (M), 2. Sintz (I), 3. 1 Time :49.6. 200-yd. BACKSTROKI Kinney (I), 2. Beaver (M). Time 2:05.7. 440-yd. FREESTYLE- (1), 2. Verth (I), 3. Dar 200-BREASTSTROKE (M), 2. Miki (I), 3. War 2:21.2. 400-yd. FREESTYLEI Indiana .(Parks, McKin Sintz), 2. Michigan. Ti -Daiy-Ian MacNiven EVERYBODY WANTED IN-Yesterday's mad rush for tickets saw fans trying to climb over the brick walls of Varsity Pool to get into the Michigan-Indiana swim meet which saw the Hoosiers snap Michigan's 33-straight string of victories. The crowd was in line at 12:30, fully three hours before the meet started, and the "sold out" sign went up at 2:30 as many fans were turned away. IIndiana's ' By FRED KATZ freestyle. Associate Sports Editor that we don't have an advance freetyl, sle fr simmng mets Somany try to begin Por all practical purposes, yes- salofthe foregularswimmingmees know this that when they terday's great swim dual meet they would have been left out if lumbus Sat- could have begun an hour earlier they had sold tickets ahead of than its 3:30 starting time. we h MIS At least, the 2,500 spectators time." AY -- I. In- the Michigan pool will hold, were As," it was,tily of the " lea rroy, Mi, all there then, leaving not a spare about the results second-hand be- rime 3:41.2. inch even in the most remote cor-abuthrelsscodanb- NCAA rec- ners cause they didn't show up soon ersenough. - 1. Verth It was a result of the most fren-B E arnton (M). zied demand for tickets in the Sale Began arly for-ea history of the Pool.The sale began at 1:30, a half- - 1. Woolley Pretty Good 'Fights' Before hour sooner than planned because . Parks (I). "Of course," recalls harried of the line already formed. MEDLEY - Ticket Manager Don Weir, "we "Many arrived here at noon and (M), 3. Bru- used to have some pretty good we just couldn't keep them waiting ew American ticket fights for Ohio State-Michi- any longer," explained Weir. gan meets back in the days when Weir and his crew were well ) 3. Gms we used the 964-seat pool. prepared for the ticket rush and "But even the NCAA meet here had policemen at the entrances .Troy (I). 2. two years ago didn't build up the controlling the crowd. Kitchell (I). widespread interest like this one." Even after the sellout, many de- merican and Weir had been turning down re- termined students refused to con- - 1. Legacki quests for the coveted pasteboards cede defeat. woolley (M). all winter and just the past week Gate Crashers said "no" to a high school coach One of the policemen rushed E --- 1. Mc- who wanted 100 for his students. in to inform Weir that paid cus- (I), 3. Wolf Demand Picked Up tomers were walking out with as - 1. Rounds "Demands really picked up the many as a dozen stubs to pass out nton (M). last few days and today the phone to their waiting friends. -- 1. Clark was going crazy," Weir related No one goes out." commanded e (M). Time while relaxing a few minutes after Weir, well-experienced in the devi- the "sold out" sign went up at ous ways of the gate-crasher. RELAY -- .. "It's a shame you can't be every- ney, Brunell, ust couldn't understand one's friend," he confided. Mme 3;23.$. ,epejs olntudrtn me___:23.6.____p___ But for a event where five times the number of seats are in de- liimand, firmness is a ticket man- liiager's prerequisite. tIe ame's the thing! Fred Katz, Associate Sports Editor OCTOR JAMES COUNCILMAN, Indiana swimming coach and chief Nomad of the Big Ten, believes in setting goals. This alone could hardly stamp him as unique from other purpose- ful individuals. But he sets goals so remote from reality that only a man with his frequent association with sucess could get away with it without being looked at in a manner that questions the state of mental health. Yesterday he accomplished one that even he admits was ahead of schedule. His band of underclassman water churners defeated three- times defending NCAA champion Michigan, In so doing, the Hoosiers picked up an incredible 38 points in the span of a year against the Wolverines. Last year Michigan had only to jump into the pool to splash to a 66-39 drubbing of IU,Yesterday Indiana won by 11. * * * * "WERE YOU POINTING for this one, Dr. Councilman?" "We sure were." "For how long?" "Three years," he answered with a sly grin. The time is significant, for that was when he inherited the team upon the death of Bob Royer. It was a team that was going nowhere. And it had only two outstandingsophomores-John Parks and Gerald Miki-now seniors. But as his deadwood began graduating, a club in the state capitol was also having graduation exercises. The Indianapolis Athletic Club was turning out such star pupils as Frank McKinney, Mike Troy aid Bill Barton-summa cum laudes all. With every stroke they now make life more and more worth living for Councilman and Indiana swim fans. A couple of more stray sophomores and Michiganders to boot - Pete Sintz (Birmingham) and Fred Rounds (Battle Creek)-have also helped immensely in indicating that the Wolverines no longer shall run rampant over all. "If we hadn't had those two, we certainly couldn't have won," says Councilman. "What's encouraging about their presence at Indiana is that they came to Bloomington on their own. The first we had heard about them was when they came down to look over the campus." COUNCILMAN, in addition, to luring and acquiring by acci- dent some top young swimming ' talent, has obtained himself a x ; < diving coach who is sure to strengthen the Hoosiers' only weak a event. He is Hobie Billingsley, a .1 former teammate of Councilman x and the late Bruce Harlan when all three were members of Ohio SW i State's national champions in the 4r t'A mid-forties. "It wasn't easy getting Hobie JIM COUNSILMAN to come to Indiana last year," re- ... three-year wait veals Councilman of his person- able assistant who was diving coach at Ohio State at the time. "In fact it was downright difficult. We begged him and offered him money -lots of it." There's no doubt that it was a tremendous investment. Billingsley has already attracted one top-notch freshman with others apparently on the way. * * * * ALTHOUGH LACK of good material has been overcome by Council man In resounding fashion, he still faces other obstacles. Indiana has only two small pools, one for divers and one for swimmers. "And the swimmers' pool is so small we're forced to work out in two-hour shifts," he says. "Not that our swimmers could afford to practice more than two hours daily anyway. They wouldn't be able to handle their academic load if they did." What Councilman lacks In facilities he more than compensates for in his own training system. His athletes use weights and other body-building methods to round into shape when not in the pool. "Of course, you have to be careful not to overdo it, but if done right, it can be very effective," Councilman says. While overcoming problems seems to be Counsilman's specialty, his success has led to a new one of a more personal nature-nerves. "This meet involved the most pressure I've ever had in my life," he revealed, sounding more like a rookie than a veteran from OSU, Illinois and Iowa. "Gus (Stager) was telling me he took sleeping pills Friday night. I didn't - and I didn't sleep, either." We have a feeling Doctor Counsilman slept quite well last night. Local Girls Drop Meet To Riviera It was a glorious day for the state of Indiana in swimming yes- terday as the two Hoosier teams invaded Ann Arbor and won vic- tories, the first and least of which was the 75-47 triumph by the In- dianapolis Riviera Club. The girls from Riviera defeated the Ann Arbor Swim Club, par- tially composed of Michigan co- eds, for its 92nd straight win in the Midwest League. Becky Collins led the winners with three firsts, setting a League record in the 200-yard individual medley, and missing her own world record by only three sec- onds in the 100-yard butterfly. She also anchored a new record in the medley relay. Ann Arbor winners were Sue Thrasher in the 250-yard free- style in which she set a new league record, freshman Pat Trimmer in the 200-yard back- stroke, and the 400-yard freestyle relay team composed of coeds Janice Snavely, Marcia Jones, Sperry Jones, and Miss Thrasher. They also set a new league rec- ord. "We did real well, but they were better." said Ann Arbor Coach Buck Dawson. Daily Classifieds Bring Results (I ANNOUNCING: TAU EPSILON PHI I