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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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By CHUCK DRUKIS
Onv May 1, 1968, Joel Ross
had decided to attend Columbia.
One day later a letter arrived
from Michigan, n o t only ac-
cepting him, but also offering a
tennis scholarship. Ross recon-
sidered and chose Michigan.
Thus, a near blunder of the ad- '
mission's bureaucracy was avert-
ed, and Michigan gained one of
its finest tennis players.
Although Ross. thought that j
Columbia was a fine school, he
felt that Michigan's tennis pro- ;
gram was "more enticing, more
professional, and already estab-
lished" whereas Columbia was ;
still building.
Ross is a competitor from the
word go. In his junior and sen-
ior years in high school, he won
the New York State tennis
championships. Not only did he
star in tennis, but he was also +
an outstanding basketball play-
er. He helped Westbery High +
School on Long Island battle to +
the Nassau County final, the
highest one can go in New York. 7
Upon arriving at Michigan,
Ross not only played tennis, but
freshman basketball as well.
However, the overburdening rou-
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tine was interfering with h i s
studies and concentration in
both games. Thus, following the
advice of the tennis coach, he
reluctantly decided to drop. bas-
ketball. Even though Ross ad-
mits that basketball w a s his
"first love," he now is totally
concentrating on tennis.
Ross considers practice to be
an essential part of playing ten-
nis. Furthermore, he divides
practice into two categories,
practicing the techniques of the
game itself and running. The
tennis court takes up at least
two hours of his day five days
a week, with tournaments us-
ually being on weekends.
Ross feels that running is an
equally important category of
practice: "One can't get in
shape by just playing tennis, for
an actual tennis match is very
different from just playing ev-
eryday. Running is the best con-
ditioner." Ross runs five miles a
day.
Ross attributes his success to
mainly three people: his dad,
Paul Lynner, a n d Michigan's
tennis coach, Brian Eisner.
His dad introduced h i m to
tennis at the age of 11. "Unlike
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some fathers, my dad wasn't a
pushy person. Once I started
getting interested, my dad kept
encouraging me. He would take
me to tennis courts and feed
balls to my weaknesses. My dad
was instrumental in entering me
in tournaments."
A second man that had influ-
ence on Ross' tennis career was
Lynner, a tennis pro on Long
Island. "Paul has been a great
friend since I was 12 years old;
he sort of took me under his
wing. Every summer when I'm
having trouble with my game,
he straightens me out. Paul is a
very good pro.''
Coach Eisner has been anoth-
er major influence on Ross. "I
know many of the top college
players in the country and get
general impressions from them
of their coaches. Without a
doubt, Brian is the best coach in
the country. His enthusiasm
makes the team 100 per 'cent
tennis. Specifically, he has help-
ed me with my volley and -dou-
bles play."
Ross is not a college athlete
that the general public stereo-
types as being in school for one
thing - sports. Ross is very
conscientious about his grades.
"Good grades are as important
to me as tennis. When the time
comes, I would like to have my
choice of grad schools." Ross is
presently in his junior year ma-
joring in English. For the time
being he is uncertain whether to
go into English or journalism in
graduate school.
Post graduate tennis plans are
as of yet uncertain for Ross,
The idea of teaching pro doesn't
quite appeal. "I think that I
would find such a career too
tedious and frustrating." To be
a playing pro, however, is his
dream. "There are lots of op-
portunities. The smaller tourna-
ments would provide part of a
living. Confidence would grow
with a few w in s. Someday I
would like to be as good as Rod
-Laver."
Ross plays both singles and
doubles. He feels that he is bet-
ter in singles competition than
doubles, b u t is improving in
doubles everyday. "Dick Ravre-
by, my doubles partner, and I
make a good team. I'm s u r e
we'll win."
The start of this semester was
also a new start for Ross. Last
June in the NCAAs Ross suffer-
ed an injury to the right elbow
that kept him out of action for
six months. His plans for play-
ing last summer, which includ-
ed the southern circuit and the
nationals, were shattered. But
staying in shape by running.
Ross is making a successful
comeback. He is not too con-
cerned about the elbow injury,
on which he still wears an el-
bow brace. "I'm improving ev-
eryday, although I haven't yet
reached the peak that I main-
tained all last year."
"Tennis is my chance to
prove myself." says Ross confi-
dently. If ambition and confi-
dence, added to talent and skill,
make a difference, Michigan has
yet another winner.
HEA
WILLIAM McNAUGHTON
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"Indiana could go through andj
win every event." That's how Wol-
verine Swimming Coach Gus Stag-
er summed up the National Col-
legiate Athletic Association's
swimming championships which
begin today at Iowa State and'
continue through Saturday. s
The Hoosiers are, no doubt, the
team to beat, but there is li t t I e
chance that anyone will be able
to catch them. However, Stager
added that Tennessee will most
likely capture the sprints to per-
haps rob the Hoosiers of a clean
sweep.
Stager is planning to take a
squad of seven swimmers and'
two divers to Iowa State to com-
pate in the rat-race behind Ind-
iana. The Wolverines will load
up heavily in their top three
events: the butterfly, breaststroke,
and backstroke. Tim Norlen, Lar-,
ry Day, and Byron Mcdonald com-
pose the flyer trio, while M i k e
Whittaker, Stu Isaac, and Bill Ma-
honey will be the breaststrokers
taken. Chris Hansen and S t e v e
McCarthy will make the trip for
the backstroke events, and the re-
maining swimmer on the traveling
squad will be Ray McCullough, a
freestylist.
After a disappointing showing
in the Big Ten Tournament, div-
ers Dick Rydze and Joe Craw-
ford will be trying to make
amends. Stager mentioned,. "I
know they're better divers. They
usually come through much better
in the nationals." Diving mentor
Dick Kimball added, "They're
capable of doing much better ...
Rydze buckled on one dive and
got (scores of) two's. '
Apparently, the Wolverines are
counting on a good performance
in diving if they are going to pose
any challenge at all to the top
five favored teams - Indiana,
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USC, UCLA, Stanford, and Cali- currance by the mental factor.
fornia State 'at Long Beach. "Shaving down gives a real mental
Kimball remarked that most of lift." The Wolverines have not
the good divers are in the Big Ten. shaved down yet, so when they
"The Big Ten will usually qualify do it will cut about seven tenths
10 ut of every 12." Ohio State, of a second off their times depend-
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led by Big Ten high board'
champ Mike Finnerman appearsl
to be the leading contingent at
this stage. But divers from Prince-j
ton, Yale, North Carolina, andI
Florida State could infringe on
the Big Ten's supremacy.
Although Stager feels that only
the divers have a good chance of
winning any event, he believes all
seven swimmers can place and pick
up points for the Wolverines. How-
ever Michigan is not listed na-
tionally in many events; only Day
and McDonald have rated times in
the 200 butterfly, while the early
season time of 3:32.4 in, the 400
medley rel'ay places Michigan in
the ninth spot in that event.
Indiana has posted the best time
in no less than nine events and
have the second best clockings in
two others. Several races have
more than one Hoosier listed.
Stager pointed out, though, that
many of the listed times were
posted when a swimmer has shav-
ed down for an important meet.
Once shaved down a tanker has a
much more difficult time achiev-
ing his top time in subsequent rac-
es. Stager accounts for this oc-
ing on the hairiness of the swim-
mer.
Michigan worked hard for t h e
first four to five days after the
Big Ten meet and then began em-
phasizing speed. Stager is happy
with the progress of his tankers
in the interim between the t w o
championship meets. "The speed
has been coming really well. (The
breaststrokers) have been doing
much better." Day, McDonald, and
Isaac have been looking excep-
tionally good, according to the
Wolverine mentor.
Stager would not allow himself
to be held to a prediction about
where the Wolverines wiAl finish,
but he did say that Michigan
should finish somewhere between
sixth and twelfth if the tankers
swim up to expectations. He said,
"It's hard to predict since five to
six years ago- four or five schools
were the powerhouses. Now there
are more schools." He added,
"Where you place depends on how
well you swim at the meet and the
breaks you get." One thing is
rather certain though, and that
is that, the Wolverines will n o t
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