Thursday, February 13, 1975
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Thursday, February 13, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine
Lytle: Now
off and
running
By ANDY GLAZER
November 23, 1974. Michigan was
facing Ohio State in Columbus. The
first half ended with Michigan lead-
ing 10-9. There has been a surprise.
Bo Schembechler has abandoned his
system of alternating tailbacks. Gor-
don Bell has played the entire half,
leaving Rob Lytle on the bench.
ROB LYTLE didn't get into that
game until the middle of the fourth
quarter. There were various reasons
why - the main one being a tenuous
feeling among Michigan's coaches
that an injury incurred earlier in the
week would slow the sophomore down.
This was not true. Rob Lytle was
healthy.
The.hFremont, Ohio native had burst
into stardom and a certain amount of
national notoriety in his first varsity
season. Suddenly, in the most import-
ant game of his life, this fierce com-
petitor was sidelined by the coaches.
And Rob Lytle was not angry,
which lets you know a lot about Rob
Lytle.
"I couldn't think about myself," said
Lytle, "we were winning. You have
to want to play, but you have to re-
spect the decisions of the coaches."
In other words, Rob Lytle has an
attitude that most coaches dream
about and fewever see.
NOW ANOTHER COACH is getting
to see that attitude. Lytle is on the
track team this year, and head coach
Jack Harvey is getting the benefit of
both Lytle's attitude and his skill in
the 60 and 300 yard dashes.
A number of high school coaches
worked with Lytle. Like many col-
lege football players, Rob was a multi-
sport star in high school, competing in
swimming, basketball and track in
addition to football.
Lytle has been a welcome addition
to the team. His times in the 60 have
alternated between 6.3 and 6.4 sec-
onds, which is usually good enough for
first place in a dual meet. Harvey
feels he will run 6.2 before the season
is out.
THE WOLVERINES almost had to
do without Lytle's contributions. After
a stellar high school career that cul-
minated in his being named to the
all-Ohio first team in football, he was
recruited by virtually every major
football school in the nation.
"I had it narrowed down to Ohio
State, Michigan and Purdue," said
Lytle, "and I was about to go to
Purdue when they had the coaching
shake-up (incumbent Bob DeMoss was
fired and Alex Agase took over). I got
kind of lost in the shuffle for a
while. By the time Agase was in4 I
had switched to Michigan."
There were some temporary changes
in Lytle's life after he arrived in Ann
Arbor. The worst of these was a blow
to his confidence.
"I really got down on myself this
past football season, and it hurt my
performance," said Lytle, "I was so
worried about making mistakes that
I just couldn't play well. There was
always the knowledge that if I made
a mistake, I'd come out of the game."
"There were no bad feelings be-
tween Gordie (Bell) and myself. He's
just a tremendous guy, and we were
both in an uncomfortable situation.
But he's one of the greatest guys on
the team, and whatever problems I
was having certainly weren't caused
by him."
But the negative feelings still cre-
ated a problem, and that's where track
has been good to Rob.
"TRACK has really done a tremen-
dous amount for my self-confidence,"
said Lytle, "just being here with the
guys, joking around, working out, and
doing something in the nmeets has' put
me into great shape. I don't know,
maybe it's put me into too good
shape." He stopped to smile. "Now
I'll probably do badly again."
If football hurt him mentally and
track has helped him, does that mean
that track is Lytle's favorite sport?
"Football and track are very differ-
ent. One is a team sport, the other
mostly individual. The training is dif-
ferent. In football everything is ex-
act. Do this at 4:03, that at 4:12. In
track you don't need to accomplish
the same types of things, and so prac-
tice isn't run the same way. They
both offerdifferent things, and I real-
ly like both."
NOW ROB is settled into the Michi-
gan campus. He likes two sports, is
getting involved with the Campus Cru-
sade religious group, and has his old
self-confidence back.
By all rights, with a list of things
like that going for him, Lytle should
have a swelled head. Yet, when ap-
proached for this interview, he shied
away, saying "why don't you inter-
view someone like Jim Howe. He's a
senior and has been running for a lot
longer than I have."
Success, it would seem, has not
spoiled Rob Lytle. Jack Harvey
praises him, saying that "he's a great
kid. He's got just a hell of an atti-
tude."
That attitude may take Lytle a lot
of places. The Rose Bowl may be one
of them.
Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN
ROB LYTLE, a Michigan tailback during the Fall, carries the pigskin for a big gain. Dur-
ing the winter Lytle carries only his own weight as he sprints against the Big Ten's best
for the Michigan track team. Lytle runs the 60 and the 300 indoors for the Wolverine
thinclads.
WEIGHT CUTTING MANDATORY
Major League Standings
Wrestlers
By JON CHAVEZ but if asked to cut to 118 by
Weight is a problem for a Johannesen, Brown knows ex-
good many Americans. A num- actly what he could do.
ber of us can't seem to put "You're not going to go up
enough on while the majority to the coach and say 'sorry
spend countless hours and coach, I can't make it'," says
dollars trying to take pounds Brown. "That just something
off. that doesn't happen. When
To the average person, los- you're asked to make weight,
ing a few pounds during the you make weight. It's just one;
week could decide whether or of the responsibilities that you
not he or she will wear some have."
new clothes to a weekend par- For Brown, who likes to keep
ty. his weight around 126 lbs., los-
To a wrestler, losing pounds ing 12 pounds from Monday to
is part of the job. How much Friday is pretty routine.
weight is lost during the week The veteran 118 pounder
may determine whether a cuts most of his weight
wrestler will compete or not. through a special diet, vita-
"Cutting weight" as it is mins, and dehydration.
sometimes referred to, is some- Dehydration, which most of
thing expected of amateur the w r e s t l e r s accomplish
wrestlers. Since the, NCAA through exercise in sweat suits!
lists ten weight classes for in- and a curious device called
tercollegiate competition, a "the box" (a mixture of hot
wrestler must weigh exactly lights, mirrors, and heat), is
118, ,126, 134, 142, 150, 158, 167, potentially harmful to someone
177, or 190 or he is advanced not conditioned properly.
into the next highest weight Essentially, a great water
class. Above 190 is the unlim- loss takes place during exer-
ited heavyweight division. cise in the form of sweat. Re-
To strengthen a lineup, a cent evidence has suggested
coach might ask one of his that the water and salt (about
grapplers to lose weight so 3 per cent of sweat) loss may
that he can wrestle in the cause fatigue in the body's
next lowest class. muscle cells.
Such a case is Jim Brown, Whatever the physical dis-I
who started the season at 126 comforts weight cutting may
lbs. for the Wolverines but has create, there is somewhat of a
been asked on many occasions mental strain involved too.
by Coach Bill Johannesen to "I don't think you ever
wrestle at 118. really get to where you like
Brown admits that he "feels it, you just kind of accept it,"
better" when wrestling at 126 shrugged Brown, "I think it's
dehydrate
more psychologically hard Jenkins feels 167 pounder
than anything else." Dan Brink is such a case.
"Yeah, that's the main thing, "Your technique, your style
the mental drain," agreed that's what has got to be em-a
freshman Rich Lubell. Lubell, phasized," insists Brink, a pro-r
won the New York State title ponent of weight loss through
at 134 lbs. but with the likes conditioning.
of Brad McCrory around he is Brink weighs just slightly
forced to wrestle at 126 when more than the 167 he wrestlesj
Brown isn't competing there. at and agrees that he is "a'
Losing weight is somewhat small 167 pounder". But rather
hard for Lubell and he ad- than cut weight to a lower
mits, "a lot of guys come in class he would rather com-
the day before the meet four pete at his present level no!
pounds over. I can't come in matter what the competition.
more than two pounds or else I "I think in the long run it'll
start really getting shaky." 1be to my advantage than some-
Lacking confidence in his body who's cut a great deal.
ability to dehydrate himself to He may be a bit bigger, but he
126 lbs., Lubell feels that, "the also may be much more tired
more mature the wrestler is, mentally and physically," says
the better he can, take the Brink.
weight loss." Hopefully the Wolverines
Assistant Coach Cal Jenkins won't be too drained mentally
claims, as does Brown and and physically when the Big
Lubell that different wrest- Ten championships roll around
lers have "different philoso- in March. We'll all have to
phies" about losing weight. 'weight' and see.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pet.
Boston 39 16 .709
Buffalo 36 19 .65
New York 27 28 .491r
Philadelphia 24 33 .421
Central Division
washington 39 16 .709
Houston . 29 27 .518
Cleveland 28 27 .509
Atlanta 23 36 .390
New Orleans 8 45 .151
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
Chicago 33v22 .600
Detroit 32 27 .542
K.C -Omaha 30 27 .526
Milwaukeea 27 27 .500
Pacific Division
Golden State 32 22 .593
Seattle 25 30 .455
Phoenix 23 28 .451
Portland 23 32 .418
Los Angeles 20 34 .370
Yesterday's Games
Chicago 103, Detroit 93
Cleveland 105, Philadelphia 102
Washington 112, Milwaukee 108,
K.C.-Omaha 103, Boston 102
Today's Games
Golden State at Cleveland
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4 Washington
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12. Yesterday's Games
Buffalo 3, Pittsburgh 3, tie
Toronto 2, Montreal 2, tie
Chicago 8, Boston 3
OT Today's Games
Chicago at Philadelphia
fWashington at Kansas City
Boston at Buffalo
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