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. GREAT ARRANGEMENT You... the hi-fi... and cold golden Budweiser.Around the campus, toro, where there's life . . there's Bud* 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 KING OF BEERS . ANHEUSER -BUSCH, INC. " ST. LOUIS . NEWARK " LOS ANGELES . MIAMI * TAMPA I- w .y11Mr.. ..MEMNOn t f "S t Now 1 I wl .. r" Irr" 1 HE RUSHED SHE RUSHED . . . . . . 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During the next few years, payloads will become larger, trajectories will become more precise, and distances covered will become greater. Inspections will be made of the moon and the plan. ets and of the vast distances of inter- planetary space; hard and soft landings will be made in preparation for the time when man at last sets foot on new worlds. In this program, the task of JPL is to gather new information for a better un- derstanding of the World and Universe. "We do these things because of the unquenchable curiosity of Man. The scientist is continually asking himself questions and then setting out to find the answers. In the course of getting these answers, he has provided practical benefits to man that have sometimes surprised even the scientist. Who, at this present time, can predict what potential benefits to man exist in this enterprise? 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