Page Ten. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, April 4, 1975 Pane Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY upstairs NEW MENU: COMPLETE STEAK DINNERS PRIME RIB for X2.95 MICHIGAN HOSTS MEET S yives ex ore the blue LUNCHES START at $1.35 Village -:Y. it l , i- 1 < j { i , __iV 1 1 a a a Democrat for Mayor By DAVE WIHAK What goes up must event- ually come down. Such is the dilemma of thewskydiver, whose desire to soar like the eagle be- comes reality for those glorious shortlived moments that he is in free-fall. The sport of skydiving basic- ally originated as a bizarre quest for fun, with the partici- pants bailing out of an airplane, tumbling and gliding through the air, and then culminating in a parachute landing. Needless to say, it's not the safest sport in the world, and at one time or another in the past, a few of these "birds" have had rough landings. To say that the sport de- mands a lot of courage is an understatement, but for the neople who enioy the chal- lenge, the risks of diving seem quite minute. Ralph Glasser, a member of the University of Michigan sky- dining club said, "The sport is a eery safe one, if the neces- sarv precautions are taken." "If a malfunction in your main parachute, occurs, the main thing is to keep your cool," he added. "Then, you won't wnite any time in engag- ing your reserve parachute." Safe landings aside, the re- warding element of the sport is the period of free fall. From the moment the diver_ leaves the plane, his body is exposed to the strong air cur- rents, and any motion he{ makes will cause a change in body direction. Various techniques have been mastered by divers, and with improved parachutes and in- creased participation, skydiving has become competitive. There are three categories of skill that skydivers can com- pete in, both on an individual: and team basis. The first category, which is an individual competition, mea- sures landing accuracy. The parachutists will attempt to drop as close as possible to a 10cm. wide disc, with the win- ner having the closest average distance from the disc over three jumps. (The number of jumps is arbitrary.) THE ISSUES ARE CLEAR Divers who have jumped less than 50 times are clock-! ed for the time it takes them f to run to the disc from theirj landing spot - hence, "hit and run". Pity the person who lands a mile away.f The second category is called< relative work, and if executed properly, puts the Ringlingf Brothers high wire act to1 shame.t This category is a team com- petition in which the skydivers jump from the plane one after another and then unite to cre-J ate. various formations. Since it' requires time, divers will jump from 7500 feet, whereas they jump from just 2800 ft. for the accuracy competition. Relative work competition first involves the formation of a star, in which the divers lock on to each other and are timed from the time they leave the plane to the time of forma- tion. Another, more advanced form of relative work, it the formation of a three man star - followed by a separa- flyer jumps from an 6500 feet, and must altitude of execute a tion and then reunification into a new form, the cater- pillar. The caterpillar is a lateral formation, in which the flyer will latch on to the legs of the man ahead, with the exception of the leader, who guides the "caterpillar" forward with his outstretched arms. For, example, there are world records to be broken for the most people in a forrhation; the present record for the star for- mation is 32. Along the lines of innovation, there is a third category in sky- d i v i n g competition which stresses individual style. The sequence of moves to demon- strate his mastery of the air's currents. This sequence requires a 360 deg. right turn, then a 360 deg. left turn, and finally a back loop. The flyer can accomplish the loop by pulling the knees toward the abdomen, where- upon his body flips backwards. Sounds easy, doesn't it? The sport of skydiving is still evolving into broader, more complex competition, and as Glasser surmised, "there is a strong cohesion and comradery among sky- divers." This weekend the Michigan skydivers will host the Spring Collegiate Skydiving Meet, at Tecumseh Parachuting Service in Tecumseh. The meet will start at 10 A. M. on Saturday, and will feature clubs from Ohio State, Bowling Green, Fer- ris State, Wayne State and Michigan State. For more in- formation call Club President Jim Olson at 994-5728. DEMOCRATS 1. Assistance to health care services 2. Support for child care 3. Consumer protestion 4. Fair Rental Practices Law 5. Assistance to legal services for people 6. Safety Sidewalks 7. Pave Ellsworth Road 8. Use gasoline tax money for street maintenance 9. Support Public Transit 10. Parks for the 2/3 of the City which has only 1/3 of the Park space 'I. 2. REPUBLICANS', Widen State Street Build Thoroughfares through Downtown of Neighborhoods 3. Ignore Voter Defeat of Packord-Beakes Bypass 4. Build new City Hall-County Bldg. 5. Enlarge Airport 6. Build 2 more Golf Courses 7. Took $134,000 Voted Transit Funds for other purposes 8. Used gasoline tax money to buy computer 9. Raised city utility rates 50% 10. Held up use of Voted Park Funds *Based on plans or actions Voted by the Republican Council in the past 2 years Vote Monday APRIL 7 Daily Photo by SUE SHEINER Wolverine of the week This week's award goes to the gymnast sensation Harley Danner, for his all around title victory in the Big Ten finals last weekend. In accomplishing this feat, Danner became the first fresh- man in Big Ten history to win the ttle. He registered a score of 101.25, and beat out senior Bill Mason from Iowa, who was second with 100.8. Danner was edged out in the optionals by Mason and Minnesota's Jeff Lafleur, but his strong showing in the com- pulsory events was enough to sew up the title. Sports of-The Daily Ali-Lyle bout on tube NEW YORK-Muhammad Ali, who rejected a world heavy- weight title fight with Britain's Joe Bugner, will defend his crown against Ron Lyle at Las Vegas, Nev. May 16, The Asso- ciated Press learned yesterday. The bout will be shown on home television by ABC, according to a reliable source. It will be Ali's second defense in less than eight weeks. On March 24 he stopped Chuck Wepner at Cleveland. Ali will receive $1 million and Lyle, a 32-year-old ex-convict from Denver, will get $75,000. -AP Soviet puc sters bump U.S. MUNICH, Germany-Heavily favored Russia overcame a stubborn young U.S. team 10-5 yesterday in an opening match at the World Ice Hockey Group A championships. The Americans, playing in the group for the first time in five years, scored the first goal and led 2-1 early in the first period before the 13-time world champion Soviets ripped off three goals in less than two minutes for a lead they never surrendered. In an earlier game, Czechoslovakia routed Poland 5-0. -AP Male protest PHILADELPHIA-The best five players on the Neshaminy High School girls' softball team may have ben on the bench for this week team's season opener, an 11-10 win over Pennsbury. All five were boys. They were football players who had tried out for the girls' team after a court ruling declared that boys and girls must be allowed to compete together in Pennsylvania high school sports. "We were out to prove one point," said Paul Salvatore, 18, "and that is that boys would eventually dominate girls' sports." The controversial ruling was handed down last month by Commonwealth Court. It said the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's separate-but-equal sports programs were unconstitutional because an athelte's sex cannot determine if he or she should be allowed to compete in school sports. -AP IRah, Rah, Men! A clinic will be held for men interested in trying out for the 1975 Men's cheerleading squad beginning April 7 at 7:00 at the I.M. Building. The clinic will be held all week with tryouts some- time late in the wek. For further inforamtion call Robert Hersh at 663-7963. POLLS ARE OPEN 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. USE NUMBERS (1, 2,3) TO VOTE PREFERENTIAL FOR MAYOR USE (X) TO VOTE FOR COUNCIL AND ON PROPOSALS, Pd. Pol. dv -A1 Wheeler for Mayor, Russell West, Treasurer' RENT ME $A DAY 10c A MILE New VW Super Beetles Pickup and Delivery Available ,. ., t ysL ,. . { {i 1. 3 rte, a t, J T C j. } .:. s r w , . __. Y li RENTABEETL E 2016 PACKARD RD. ANN ARBOR 994-9300 i Jacobson's Open Thursday and Friday Evenings Until' 9:00 P.M. Saturday Until 5:30 P.M. DEWEY ST. 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