THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Gymnasts Start
Conference Meet
OHIO STATE HOSTS MEET:
M Cindermen Begin Defense of Titl
By CLIFF MARKS
Michigan's gymnasts are in
Minneapolis today under a cloud
of uncertainty and hope as thisw
afternoon they and nine other
squads open the 1960 Conference
Championships.
Coach Newt Loken and his
eight nian crew have an air of
optimism about them, although
having lost to four of the con-
peting teams in dual meets. How-
ever, none of the defeats were
overwhelming and "with a fair
amount of luck and peak per-
formances, we can turn the tables
onthem," Loken \said.
Hope To Reverse Defeats
"That's our goal this weekend,"
he continued, "to reverse our de-
feats, and go all the way." As one
of the team members put it after
last Friday's close contest with
Michigan State, "We were un-
beaten last year and lost the Big
Ten .Meet, while this year we've
lost and would rather win this,
naturally."
In addition to the team revers-1
[ defeats many of the Wolver-
BowlVt
Postponed
Until Today
COLUMBUS («) - The Big Ten
yesterday declined a one million
dollar yearly 6ffer to televise ath-
letic events separate from the
NCAA program, but took no ac-
tion on resumption of a Rose
Bowl contract because one facul-
ty representative was missing
from the meeting.
Michigan State's faculty man,
John Fuzak, and athletic direc-
tor Biggie Munn were snowbound
at East Lansing and did not make
the opening day meeting.
This prevented a vote to be
taken on the Rose Bowl matter,
which is expected to be a five-1
five stalemate, killing a future t
contract with the west coast Big
Five.
The old pact with the now-de-
funct Pacific Coast Conference
expired with the 1960 New Year's
game in Pasadena, after running
14 years.
Action on the Rose Bowl issue
is expected today. Also up for con-
sideration is a vote on whether
an individual school could accept
a Rose Bowl invitation. Such a
regulation now is in the Big Ten
books and a five-five stalemate
would keep it there.
ines have personal scores to settle
from this and previous years. For
instance, last week, Michigan
State tumbler John Daniels beat
an ailing Jim Brown, third place
finisher in last year's NCAA.
Brown's running mate, Captain
Bill Skinner, who has a good
chance to place in tumbling, will
also be leading the team spiritual-
ly, trying to "fire the boys up to
a razor sharp edge."
Three Michiganites, Rich Mont-
petit, Al Stall, and Wolf Dozauer,
will be battling for all-around
honors, a compilation of. six
events including the long horse,
which is added for the Big Ten
Meet only (and NCAA).
11 Points for Top Man
Winner of the all-around title,
as well as the other events, earns
11 points for his team, while the
other nine finalists earn from nine
points down to one.
Top contenders in the all-
around division are Ray Hadley
of Illinois, Duane Hoecherl of
Minnesota, and Bill Buck of Iowa,
all of whom gave the Wolverines
fits in dual meets.
"Tramp Twins"
The "tramp twins," Tom Oster-
land and T. Francis, will be two
more Wolverines in contention for
a coveted top spot, while Barry
Feinberg, who has come along
strong in the latter meets, will
provide needed depth in side
horse and high bar. If he could
click in either or both events, he
could become a key factor in the
outcome, by providing some "un-
expected" points.
Last year's champion Illinois,
gunning for its eleventh straight
title, has been strengthened re-
cently by the addition of all-
around man Roy Schmeissing,
and "hot" tumbler Al Borasch,
both coming from Navy Pier with
the start of the new semester.
The Illini coach, Charles Pond,
has already predicted his squad
to win, and these additions surely
won't hurt Illinois any.
'M' Gymnast Ready
In a last word before taking
off on the plane yesterday, Loken
said, "By the looks of last week's
State meet, we're ready for the
Big Ten. I'm more worried about
us reaching our potential than
what the other teams can, or will
do."
He also hurriedly added that
Brown, whose ailing ankle has
hampered his 'top' routine, will
"go all out" in the finals Satur-
day afternoon, after taking it
easy in the trials, just working
hard enough to qualify.
Loken and his 'boys' just hope
that the cloud of uncertainty lifts
this weekend to reveal a ray of
sunshine spelling VICTORY.
-Dlly--Jim Benagh
HURDLE HOPES-Bennie McRae and Dick Ceppas are Michi-
gan's top contenders in the hurdle races at the gig Ten indoor
championship meet today and tomorrow at Ohio State's French
Fieldhous .
Michigan leers Open Fight
For WCHA P lay-off Berth
By TOM WITECKI
Special to The Daily
COLUMBUS-Defending chain-
pion Michigan and perennial rival
Illinois are listed as co-favorites
for the annual Big Ten indoor
track meet, which swings into ac-
tion tonight at Ohio State's Fr each
Field House. -
Listed on, tonight's program are
a maze of preliminaries and what
could be a crucial broad jump
Interest in the evening's only final
centers around defending cham-
pion Les Bird of Michigan, who is
hampered by a leg injury.
If Bird doesn't compete or
doesn't perform up to par, top con-
tender Illinois figures to pick up
several important points. Compet-
ing in this event for the Illini are
Paul Foreman, who finished second
behind Bird last winter, and Del
Coleman, a fourth place finisher
last year.
Defends Titles
Leading the Wolverines into the
preliminaries will be sprinter Tom
Robinson, who set marks in the
60- and 300-yard races at last
year's meet. The Bahaman junior
ran the 60 in :06.1 and the 300 in
:30.3 last winter.
Apparently fully recovered from
last spring's thigh injury, he rules
as favorite in both of these events.
He can expect to be pushed in the
60 by Indiana's sensational sopho-
more Eddie Miles, who has done
:06.1 twice this vinter. '
Close on the heels of this two-
some will probably be Michigan's
John Gregg, a second place finish-
er last year, and Coleman of Illi-
nois, who finished fourth last year.
Hurdle Hopes
Bennie.McRae and Dick Cephas
will carry Michigan hopes in the
two hurdle events. McRae will
compete in both the highs and
lows, while Cephas will compete
in the lows, where he finished sec-
ond last year. McRae's top com-
petitor in the highs will be Dave
Odegard of Minnesota, while Ce-
phas will have to contend with
the versatile Coleman in the lows.
Cephas should also place well up
in the high jump event where Reg-
gie Sheppard of Indiana is listed
as the favorite by virtue of a
6'8%" leap earlier this season.
Michigan can also hope for some
points in the shot put where Bill
Brown of Illinois is favored. Wol-
verine hopes rest upon the broad
Scores
NHL
Chicago 2, Boston 0
Montreal 5, Toronto 1
NBA
Minneapolis 117, Cincinnati 114
Syracuse 149, Boston 108
Philadelphia=110, Detroit 101
shoulders of Terry Trevarthen,
Ray Locke and Bill Radford, who
usually finish in that order.
No Contenders
In the remaining field event, thej
pole vault, neither the Wolverines
or the Illini have a serious con-
tender.
In the longer races the mile and
two mile, the Wolverines have a
good chance for points. Both Er-
gas Leps and Dave Martin could
finish; in the top five in the mile if
Michigan Coach Don Canham
chooses to enter them there. Fa-
vorite in this race is Ken Brown
of Illinois, since defending cham-
pion Bob Lake of Michigan State
has switched to the two mile.
There the Michigan State Cap-
tain will be a heavy favorite to
finish first. Top Michigan entry is
Dick Schwartz, who finished fifth
in last year's race.
Although the coaches have not
named their nal entries in the four
remaining individual races, tenta-
tive favorites are: George Kerr of
Illinois in the 440 and 880, Willie
Atterberry of Michigan State in
the 1000, and Tony Seth of Michi-
gan in the 600.
Probable point getters fa
Wolverines in these races
pending where they are ei
by Canham) are Bryan Gib
the 440, Marsh Dickerson i
600, Captain Earl Deardorff
880 and Leps and Martin i
880 or 1000.
In the remaining event, th
relay, Illinois; which set t1
Ten record of 3:16.8 last yea
be favored., Michigan, which
ed 3:18.3 last weekend, wil
be a strong contender ii
event.
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By DAVE COOK
With one eye on the Denver-
Colorado series, Michigan's slump-
ing hockey team takes on the
North Dakota Huskies tonight at
Grand Forks.
The Wolverines have been
struggling to regain their early
season winning form ever since
the semester break. In first place
after sweeping the Michigan Tech
series, they are now faced with
the sturdy task of beating the
Nodaks once and possibly twice
to get into the WCHA playoffs.
Colorado in Fourth Place
Currently six percentage points
I b e h i n d fourth-place Colorado,
Michigan will need only a split
over the weekend if first-place
Denver beats Colorado twice.
However, if the Pioneers upset the
league leaders in either of the
two games, the Wolverines will
have to come out on top both to-
night and tomorrow.
Grueling Workouts
Coach Al Renfrew didn't stop
to look for the crying towel after
the double defeat by Denver Mon-
day and Tuesday. Wednesday's
practice session, the last one be-
fore departure for Grand Forks.
found the Wolverines going
through the most grueling skat-1
ing session since early-seasonl
conditioning workouts.
Renfrew indicated that he willj
stick with the line-up which came
up with one of the season's bet-
ter efforts in a losing cause Tues-
day night.
The third line of Carl White,
Gary Mattson and Al Hinnegan
is again slated to see only spot-
relief duty. Renfrew is counting
on his top two lines to mount a
scoring attack which has been
noticeably absent in the recent
home stand.
Five tallies out of a meager
nine-goal output in the last four
games have been counted by the
soph line of Jerry Kolb, Joe Lung-
hamer and Red Berenson. Beren-
son has three of them.
Steve Bochen and Bob White
triggered the red light once each
on regular shifts, while White
also scored a power-goal. Winger
Carl White fired the only tally
chalked up by the third line.
Some Encouragement
Renfrew found encouragement
amidst the ruins of the Denver
series. Sophomore Butch Neilsen
put some stiffness into the Wol-
verine rear-guard with his check-
ing Tuesday night as the Michi-
gan coach went the route with
only three defensemen.
Berenson and Bochen both re-
ported improvement in leg in-
juries. Berenson has been slowed
by a charley-horse and Bochen
picked up a badly bruised thigh
Monday night.
COLLEGE
Wake Forest 74, Clemson 69
Duke 82, South Carolina 69
North Carolina 84, Virginia 63
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