Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 3, 1970 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursdar.-_rt..ber.. 1970. r Bay takes grip on wrestling team FALL TERM OF THE BEE1T MIDRASH PROGRAM IN JEWISH STUDIES e THE HASSIDIC VIEW ON THE EXISTENCE AND PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSE An introduction to Hassidic philosophy. Discusses the role of the Jew in the world, and his relation to the ultimate unity of the spiritual and the material in the Ein Sof, the wellspring of all beginning. Text: Col- lected Sayings (Tanya) of Rabbi Schneur Zalman, JEWISH MUSIC A guided tour through the golden treasures of Jewish melody, which arose out of the Jewish experience in many lands, past and present, East and West. Listening, with commentary by the instructor. ! HEBREW FOR BEGINNERS Grammar and conversational Hebrew for people with no background in the language. Emphasis on compre- hension of modern Hebrew, oral expression and composition. * HEBREW SPEAKING CLUB Hebrew conversation in an enjoyable, informal setting. All welcome. * INTERMEDIATE HEBREW For graduates of Beginners Hebrew. Students with some Hebrew background can determine their appro- priate level of placement by consultation with the instructor. * ADVANCED HEBREW Student uncertain as to the proper level of Hebrew placement should consult with the instructor. By PAT ATKINS Executive Sports Editor The bulletin board at the entrance to the Hilton Inn's Ambassador Room in Ann Ar- bor proclaimed in raised white letters, "Banquet Room - Test- imonial Dinner for Cliff Keen." After the dinner was over, it was obvious to all in attend- ance that another line should have been added, "Now appear- ing - Rick Bay." Michigan's new head wrest- ling coach Rick Bay, officially appointed this past June, w a s toastmaster for the affair held last March. Even those who did not know his broadcasting back- ground could tell Bay was at ease in front of his audience. With obvious enjoyment Bay related stories about Keen that he had heard and experienced during his association with the coach. Michigan wrestling alumni and their friends and relatives attending that night had known really only one Wolverine head wrestling coach, Cliff K e e n, Michigan's mentor for 45 years. By evening's end, they were left with the impression that Michi- gan's wrestling program was in knowledgeable h an d s , despite Bay's being a 26 year old 'youngster." Rather than fight the com- parison to his former coach, Bay remains flattered by the relationship. "He is one'of two men who most greatly influenc- ed my life. One was m father, the other Coach Keen," Bay1 says. "He was like a second father to me. Oddly enough, both were coaches. My dad was my high school wrestling a n d football coach." Bay continues, "You're always a product of your environment. You try to take the best from each situation that you exper- ience and each person that you meet." Even a casual conversation with Michigan's new head coach makes one realize that Bay ap- plies his o w n instructions to himself. "If I can just maintain what Cliff Keen h a s created, I'll feel successful," Bay ex- plains. NEITHER BAY nor K e e n entered college with the inten- tion of coaching wrestling as a career.. Keen began as a law' student. Bay took a degree in speech (radio and television) and English from Michigan with the aim of a sportscasting ca- reer. Right after graduation in 1965, Bay enlisted in the Marine corps. "I don't know why," Bay says, "but for some reason I felt about to be drafted. When I got out I was looking for a radio job, but I was married in Febru- ary and I needed to get a job." He took one with an .insu.r- ance- agency, knowing that it would not be a long term ap- pointment. Durilg this time, 'Bay hap- pened to drive to Iowa State to watch the 1966 NCAA champ- ionships. That was the cul- mination of several coincidences which led to his assistant coaching position at Michigan. Dennis Fitzgerald, who at that time was aiding Keen in the wrestling program as well as helping out on football, want- ed to go full time into football coaching. When Bay visited with Mich- igan Coach Keen at the tourna- ment. Keen sounded him on the possibility of the assistant coaching position in Ann Arbor. A blind ad for a radio news- man that Bay had answered just before he left turned out to be for WAAM, also in Ann Ar- bor. A bargain was struck whereby Bay could work an early morning news shift and coach Michigan wrestling in the afternoon. THE NEXT SUMMER, 1967, Bay enrolled in law school a n d finished a semester. "The fol- lowing year I had to withdraw," Bay explains, "because of in- creasing coaching duties. It was becoming more.apparent that Cliff was going to retire in a few years, so the job became more time consuming for me." Bay's broadcasting career, in- cluding color man on 'Larry Zimmer's football broadcasts and morning news man, had been necessarily curtailed also. This all was quite a switch from his original plans. "When I graduated from high school," 1~ 4 oi Rick Bay 4 BASIC JUDAISM This course covers the basic trends of Jewish thought and expression, as revealed in three classics of Juda- ism-the Torah, the Siddur, and the Mishnah-and their application to modern life. * ANCIENT JEWISH HISTORY From Abraham through the fall of the Second Temple, with special emphasis on the dynamics of power exercised by the ruling class. SHISTORY OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWRY IN THE 20TH CENTURY Ideological ferment and institutional unpheaval will be the focus of the course with emphasis on religious, political and cultural movements such as Zionism and Bundism. THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE A discussion of the literary forms in Biblical Literature with special emphasis on prose narrative and poetic structure.. YIDDISH SPEAKING CLUB The principle language of the Jewish people for 1,000 years, Yiddish is well worth studying. The emphasis is on modern literary Yiddish and speakers of all levels of proficiency will be accommodated. Beginners wel- come. " THE JEW IN ENGLISH LITERATURE A broad survey of the attitudes and conceptions of Jews and Judaism as found in the writings of Shake- spegre, Marlowe, Milton, Donne and Blake. THE KIBBUTZ: COMMUNAL WAY OF LIFE IN MODERN SOCIETY Kibbutz socialization and the communal way.of life in industridl society. Can America make use of the Kib- butz idea? THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT: HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES An interdisciplinary approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict will be attempted in this course. The course will focus on the Palestinian problem. Simulat on and other research methods of behavioral sciesces will be discussed. 3p *' i ,. ...i....Meggg 1 X:g i:"rFF .f "$Y : k ": 4i: t. ,n Y Lal Join the 1970 CHA NO EXPERIENCE NECESS. FALL AND SPRING SEAS( SPRING TRIP TO VIRGIN ORGANIZA Busin Wed., First I PRACTICE BEGI Ferry Fi( CONTACT COACHES: BOB KA SKIP FL 48 MANAGER NEEDED! Midwest Club Division MPIONS! ARY ;NS IA ATIONAL MEETING: ess Administration Buildingj Sept. 9 7:00 P.M. Floor Auditorium NS MONDAY, SEPT. 14 eld 4:30 MAN 662-3313 ANAGAN 663-4205 2-6608 (eves.) Bay recalls with a grin, "like every kid, I was certain that I would play pro baseball a n d football." From Waukegan, Illinois, Bay played football, baseball, and wrestled in high school. He was all-state quar- terback, and state _high school wrestling champ three years. "I felt I liked football best, my best sport was wrestling, and in terms of a career, my best bet was as a catcher." Bay remembers of his high school ambitions. "But my dad kept after me that not that many make it into the pros. You work on those grades, he'd keep say- ing." It was partly because of Mich- igan's balanced athletic a n d academic program that Bay came. But Cliff Keen was another and as compelling a reason. "HE JUST didn't have to re- cruit me," Bay explains. "My first . great impression came while he was showing me around the campus. Over in the wrestling practice room, then it was in the IM building, there were pictures of past champions. The first in line was Theron Donohoe up to, well, then it was Dennis Fitzgerald. I'd been in other wrestling rooms where they had the pictures of past champions, but he could tell me about what each of those guys was doing that day. "I knew right then that any- one who could formulate that type of relationship with a wrestler that could last a life- time was what I wanted." While at Michigan, Bay won two Big Ten championships and was a member of three, cham- pion, teams. Bay, who talks with a color man's flair, and looks like one's image of a Marine, loses his easy going set when he discusses the philosophy of wrestling. "What's most gratifying about coaching is the relationship'you build. Cliff was aware of this," Bay notes. "Michigan will do a great deal more for a wrestler than that wrestler will ever do for the school. I'm not a high pres- sure, recruiter. I enjoy taking young men around Michigan, showing the academic side and telling them about the yellow and blue. I won't downgrade another school to convince someone to come here,,and I'm certainly not going to wine and dine the recruits," Bay' says. "KEEN DIDN'T believe in re- cruiting and neither do I. I hope to God we can survive with this philosophy. But we're going to have to have a little greater emphasis on recruiting. There's no way we could compete if we didn't." Bay doesn't expect any sweep- ing changes. "They're big shoes to fill," Bay adds, "but it's happened at Michigan before. Look, Gus Stager took over from Matt Mann, Don Lund from Ray Fisher. The school's rich in personalities. You don't ever just replace a guy 11 k e Cliff Keen. Cgach Bay does have some distance to go before matching ten tenure of Cliff Keen. His 45 years won't be-up until 2015. * ~.i.nKrx f rv.v9.:;. Y ...; . fs A .