t ME MICHIGAN DAILY Faae Eleven" vyc a c. ~ . YCII t it gymnast Gagnon sets own style ' By LEBA HERTZ Versatile Jean Gagnon's view of life runs parallel with his exper- iences in gymnastics. After eight years of competition, the spunky French-Canadian from Montreal finds his work in gymnastics a worthy experience. JEAN FEELS gymnastics offers a great philosophy of life. He is upset with the competitive nature that the sport has been thrown into.t "I've been doing gymnastics fort myself," comments Gagnon. "I'm' not a competitor. I've had ideas ofI changing the spirit of gymnasticsI competition. The competitivenessI has turned gymnastics into a minor: sport. More people should be in- volved. "It is an artistic sport. It's al- most like getting into yoga andI meditation." t experience was one the Canadian "I was surprised we came out so will never forget. good. The guys started to work His opinions about the Chinese! seriously. There was a feeling of were that they were extremely togetherness in the gym." S 1 sincere and relaxed.. Jeertan d eae cOF COURSE, Coach Newt Loken Jean became close with one receives high praise from Gagnon Asian gymnast, even to the point for bringing about this feeling of NIGHT EDITOR: of exchanging clothing with him, togetherness. "Newt spends so BRIAN DEMING although the Chinese citizen had to much time with what he likes get permission from his delega- (gymnastics); he really enjoys his ion. work; and this reflects on the PERHAPS ONE of .the greatest Gagnon remarks, "I never felt team. things that disturb Gagnon was that close with anyone before that "Newt understands there is a the financial support given to the I could exchange clothes with generation gap and adjusts him- so-called major sports. As Gagnon him." self to it. The coach is a real nice puts it, "We work as hard or even guy; I hope people learn from harder as athletes in hockey and GAGNON'S w h o 1 e experience him." football. Yet our popularity is low, with the Chinese team made him Gagnon's awareness of people due to the emphasis in the U.S. realize that if gymnasts are given constitutes his main interest I and Canada on their number one the right facilities and motivation, like to meet people who I can sports." - as is done by the people of China, give much to and receive much in This summer in Ottawa, Gagnon gymnastics could easily become return. Gymnastics gives me the participated in an exhibition with a major and appreciated sport in opportunity to travel, and there- the Chinese gymnastics team. The this country. fore, meet people." 1 1 I I I I I I I I U VALUABLE COUPON WORTH $Ao QUART I I . - I'Q h4.I C7I 4I with purchase of our delicious 12or14-inch PIZZA SUBMARINES & PIZZA 1327 S. University FREE, 6 30 1 FAST DELIVERY!! COUPON EXPIRES FEBRUARY 13, 1974 OF COKE'IMI Sports ofTe Dailyv Harkness resigns DETROIT-Ned Harkness, general manager of the Detroit Red Wings resigned yesterday citing "almost daily pressure and harassment from the news media." Harkness came to Detroit as a coach five years ago after a brilliant 26-year collegiate hockey coaching career. "Life is too short," the former Cornell coach stated, "I owe my first consideration to my wife who has been ill, and my own well-being." -DAILY WIRE SERVICES * * * Mat match rescheduled Looking at himself this year with Michigan, Gagnon realizes he has GAGNON'S OTHER interests in- greatly improved over last year. clude the guitar and nature. He This year his weakness is def- likes jazz, blues and folk music, initely the pommel horse. "I and in nature he loves fly-fishing. stopped working on the side horse Jean is into the entymology of in- for a year in order to emphasize sects and other aspects of nature. my other events. The emphasis He hopes to live out his life in a helped me on the events but I small town where possibly he will have to get back my strength on teach or coach but, more impor- the side horse. I'm working on the tant, live his life with nature. horse, and I'm beginning to enjoy Jean, readily admits he is work- it again." ing for a purpose. He is devoting On the floor exercise, Gagnon his work in hopes of representing feels he needs more control. His Canada in the 1976 Olympics at twists and tumbling are good, but Montreal. he still believes he needs a little Most people don't look at gym- more work on the floor. nasts as individuals with different identities, but as Gagnon puts it, EAST LANSING-The Michigan State athletic department has rescheduled the wrestling meet between the fifth-ranked Spartans and Michigan's number-one Wolverines. The con- frontation will be held Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Jenison Pieldhouse. Two mat judges will be used to assist the referee in making decisions. This practice is normally reserved for such events as the NCAA and Big Ten championships, but given the im- portance of the meet, and the spirited rivalry between the institutions, both schools agreed it would be wise to minimize the chance that the outcome could be decided by a wrong call. Tomorrow's Daily will include a comprehensive preview of the clash. - ON THE RINGS, Jean finds a physical and aesthetic purpose as important as that of any other' event. He's still perfecting moves for the rings. In the other three events Gagnon feels he is at an excellent plateau. Jean feels the same movements and pleasures that he was referring to earlier. His scores are more consistent this year, due to set routines that Gagnon has tested and successfully mastered. "I'm staying with the same moves for longer periods. As! a result, my scores are consistent. I'll still be changing my routines, and my scores may suffer a little,! but a change stops a chance of boredom." Gagnon considers himself some- what of a pe simist. He didn't think the team would be as .good as last year. Gagnon comments, Robinson tabbed as week's MYPa "each guy on the team is willing to help each other, and other people who come to us." SET POOL RECORDS: Tankers dunky Doily Photo by STUART HOLLANDER JEAN GAGNON expresses himself here on the parallel bars in a performance at a Michigan gymnastics meet. Grace, strength and solitude are all embodied in a crucial moment of stillness in the midst of competition. I Bo adds line coach -STAFF Tomr Reed, the defensive secondary coach for last year's Arizona WAC co-champions, and a defensive back on two of Bo Schembechler's championship teams at Miami of Ohio, has been named defensive line coach here at Michigan, Athletic Director Don Canham announced yesterday. Reed replaces Frank Maloney, who resigned to accept the head coaching job at Syracuse. "I've known Tom since he played for me," an enthused Schembechler commented, adding'that "he is not only a very capable coach, but enthusiastic and hardworking." -STAFF * * * Grid managers wanted Several openings are available for people who would like to be student managers for the 1974 Maize and Blue football squad. If you're interested, call Tom - Rasdale at 662-5476. -STAFF * * * DETROIT-Sonny Grandelius, whose name wafts through the rumor mill whenever the Detroit Lions look for a new head coach, shocked absolutely nobody yesterday when he accepted the position of general manager for the World Football League's Detroit Wheels. A former star halfback at Michigan State and head coach at Colorado University for three years, Grandelius admitted he has had no real contact with any of the 30 players the Wheels selected in the recent WFL draft. The new franchise has not purchased any equipment or set up any definite schedule, but, Grandelius said tryouts would probably happen in April, with training camp beginning sometime in June. Shades of the New York 'Titans! -STAFF LAKERS Boston dev By The Associated Press 31 points yesterday, leading the MILWAUKEE-Don Chaney and, Atlanta Hawks to a' 107-103 National John Havlicek sank two throws Basketball Association victory over apiece in the final 42 seconds last the Los Angeles Lakers. night, helping the Boston Celtics Bellamy also* sank two crucial -who trailed by as much as 17 free throws late in the fourth quar- points-edge the Milwaukee Bucks ter to put the game on ice for the 105-104 in the National Basketball wks. Association. Dave Cowens scored 12 of his 28 Gail Goodrich was high scorer points in the fourth quarter to for Los Angeles with 28 points, spark the Celtics, who pulled with- including a hot streak in the third in 102-101 on a Chaney layup with period when he scored 15 points. 1:21 left. The Lakers took the lead from, After the Bucks failed to get off the opening jump and held on until a shot before the 24-second clock! midway through the second period expired, Boston took possession when the Hawks managed to gain and Chaney sank two free hrows a 38-38 tie on foul shots by Bel- after being. fouled by Allen with lamy. 42 seconds to play. Atlanta went into the lead with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who led 5:27 left in the second period by a Milwrakee with 3 2oints .missed score of 44-43. By JEFF SCHILLER Michigan's swim team took a trip to Canada last weekend and the Wolverines emerged with a better understanding of Canadian culture, a first hand look at the economic development of the city of Toronto, an appreciation of the beauties of Eskimo art, and, oh yes, a 78-35 dual meet triumph over the University of Toronto on Sunday afternoon. Though the tanker's perform- ance was generally unimpressive prom a clockings standpoint, swimming coach Gus Stager was not at all displeased. ......: , .' "y 'i:,,..r . :f::a:... . :.....'-: fcc BULLETIN Due to the requirements of television, the Michigan - Ohio State besketball game this Satur- day will start at 1:00 p.m. In- stead of the usual 2:00 p.m. start- ing time. Plenty of tickets are still available for that game and the Monday contest with North- western. "We went to Toronto to give them competition," Stager com- mented. "They're one of the best teams in Canada, but there's no one up there to swim. against. You can't improve unless you swim against the best!" "We knew we would have noI trouble winning the meet," theE Michigan mentor continued, "so we spent a relaxed weekend. We saw the sights on Saturday and we did a lot of walking. The walking, the away pool, and the lack of competition in most events combined to produce gen- erally mediocre times. Still, we set four pool records and. that's not bad." "Fred Yawger and Rob Helt swam real well for us," the coach concluded. "Wayne Leslie did a very creditable job. It's been tough all year for him swimming behind three others in PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM CITY CENTER ACtING COMPANY JOHN HOUSEMAN, Artistic Director Toron to the breaststroke, but he's stuck it out. He's a real comer." Wolverines breaking pool rec- ords included Dan Fishburn in the 1000 yard freestyle, Norm Semchyshen in the 200 yard free- style, Rob Helt in the 200 yard backstroke, and Stu Isaac in the 200 yard breaststroke. Joe Bauer missed a fifth record by two- tenths of a second in the 500 yard freestyle. " " "g .. .. .*. .. .*.*..... @$0v .s.m.s:? 3{ J "E Quarry Michigan State's Mike Robinson, gunning for a rare third consecu- tive Big Ten individual scoring' title, was named yesterday the Conference Basketball Player of The Week by the Associated Press. Robinson plunked in the winning' basket in the closing seconds and contributed 25 points in all as the Spartans upset first-place Purdue 76-74 Saturday. Then, the 5-foot 11 senior from' Detroit, pumped in 31 points Mon-. day, night as Michigan State bare- lv was edged by highly-ranked No- tre Dame 81-79 in nonconference play Monday night. Robinson currently ranks third, among Big Ten scorers with a 21.6 point average, trailing Minnesota's Dennis Shaffer 23.1 and Michigan's Campy Russell 22.1. If little Mike should emerge the scoring champion for the thirdl straight time he'll become the fourth player inConference history to turn the trick. It was accom- plished previously by Indiana's Don Schlundt and Purdue's pair of Terry Dischinger and Rick Mount. "An outstanding theatre group"-Knickerbocker News "Well knit unit of young and proficient players"-Daily "Outstanding performances"-The New York Times "Absolutely sparkling"--Cue SCORE1 ~ s COLLEGE BASKETBALL South Carolina 63, Villan ova 47 Notre Dame 98, Lasalle 78 Maryland 88, Virginia 81 Western Michigan 67, Marshall 49 Bowling Green 82, Cleveland St. 69 NHL Detroit 2, Toronto 2 (tie) Atlanta 1, Chicago 1 (tie) Minnesota 4, Montreal 3 presenting John Gay's THE BEGGAR'S OPERA Feb. 14-15 at 8/ Feb. 16 at 3 and William Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE Feb. 16at 8/ Feb. 1 7at 3 & 8 Mendelssohn Theatre TICKETS: PTP Ticket Office, Mendelssohn Lobby 764-0450 SOAKED lues Phoenix. Phil Chenier also was a key figure in the Bullets' 30th victory in 54 games, scoring 27 points, 19 in the first half. The Bullets played without Archie Clark, who had his in- flamed right' elbow placed in a cast. He will be lost for at least a week. Manny Leaks, the Bullets' second-string center, pulled a thigh lucks muscle and may be out for several days. Bulls roar OMAHA, Neb.-Bob Love engi- neered a fourth-quarter uprising that powered Chicago to a 112-95 National Basketball Association victory over Kansas City-Omaha' last night. -- - --- - - - AT TH E END OF FEBRUARY, PARAPHERNALIA is moving. We must sell all our inventory. Therefore, everything in the store is marked 50 off v _._. DON'T MISS THE ANNUAL KIWANIS SALE Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Fehruarv 7 & Q 11 i I