THE MICHIGAN DAILY 7P1 RIDA Li Ten Track, Wrestling 'earson, Marchello Spark Wolverines n Conference Mat Meet at ChampaignI Battles Be in Toda Illinois Contingent Favored For Indoor Cinder Crown By AL JONES Special to The Daily CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-It will take a maximum performance from every m e m b e r of Michigan's wrestling team here today and tomorrow to fulfill any hopes they have of becoming Big Ten cham- pions.. Actually, the Wolverines are sporting a dismal season record of three wins, one tie and six, losses in dual meets, and have no visible reason to think of possible titles. History Means Nothing But in the grappling sport for- mer performances mean nothing. They are used only as a ruler to pick pre-meet favorites. The team that wins will be the one that wrestles the best here at the Il- linois field house today and to- morrow. Three teams, defending cham- pion Minnesota, Iowa and the host Illini, are conceded the best chances to walk off tomorrow afternoon with the crown. Michigan, which under Coach Cliff Keen has dominated the Conference wrestling scene three of the Past five years, will have to come in the back door this year if they hope for the title. 'M' Second Last Year Keen's charges won the title in 1953,;1955 and 1956, and were sec- ond last year as Minnesota edged them 55-54. A number of these fine finishes have been accom- plished after mediocre dual-meet seasons, an indication of what may ocur today and tomorrow. The Wolverines' main burden will be' centered on" Captain Max Pearson, defending champ at 130- lbs., and 167-lb. Jack Marchello, who will aim for the title he won in 1956 but lost last year,finish rihning second. If victory is to come Michigan's way, Improving performances will be needed from the other six men. Keen has switched his lineup greatly in an effort to get each man in the division he's best suit- ed for. Five Men in Regular Spots Aside from Pearson and Mar- chello, Wayne King at 157-lb., Karl Lutomski at 177-lbs., and Fred Olm, heavyweight, will be the only men in their regular weights. Larry Murray, usually a 130-lb. competitor, has lost weight so that he can compete at 123-lb. He should be especially tough at this lower weight. Lloyd Hamady will fill in at 137-lb., for Pearson who has dropped to the 130-1b. class, and Tom Leith will move from 157-1b. to 147-lb. to complete the line-up. The preliminaries will be held in all weights this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. and this evening at 7:30 p.m. The finals will be tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. FLYING HIGH--Wolverine star high jumper Brendan O'Reilly sails over the bar as he prepares to fight for the Big Ten high jump title today and tomorrow at Champaign, Ill. O'Reilly is the only returning Michigan track team member to finish as high as second place last year. This year he faces stiffer competition as favored Illinois has entered three men who have cleared 6'6", O'Reilly's best. FINISHES ICE AGE: Weekend Tech Hockey Series Ends Life of WIHL 0' By BRUCE BENNETT The Western Intercollegiate Hockey League pulls down the curtain for good this weekend, and for one of the few times in memory, when Michigan begins a two game series with Michigan Tech at Houghton tonight, a play- off berth or league championship won't hinge on the outcome. Only sixth place in the seven team circuit is at stake as Al Ren- frew sends his skaters onto the ice in ancient Dee Stadium, scene of some of the wildest battles be- tween these two schools h Instead of focusing on the ice sheet at the Dee, all college hockey fans' eyes will be centered on the arenas in Grand Forks, N.D. and Minneapolis, where playoff berths will be decided.. League leading Denver and NCAA tournament bound-North Dakota wind up their respective schedules tonight at Frand Forks. The Pioneers moved into sole pos- session of first place Wednesday with a 4-3 verdict over North Da- kota. North Dakota, however, is as- sured of a tournament berth on the basis of the won-lost mark, which will be better than either By JIM BENAGH Special to The Daily CHAMPAIGN -- Coach Don Canham and 21 members of his young "wait-'til-next-year" track team looked gloomy as they, viewed the all star pack of Big Ten rivals warming up for to- night's qualifying heats of the in- door finals. The Michigan contingent had good reason for the bleak out- look: in 14 individual events, 11 defending champions and 12 run- Underdog 'M' Gym Squad 0 IN Faces ilhii By PAUL BORMAN With its top two individual stars sidelined with injuries,, Michigan's underdog gymnastics team will have to rely solely upon depth as it takes on Illinois at Champaign. Both Olympic star Ed Gagnier and Big Ten trampoline champion Ed Cole will be missing from the Wolverine lineup. Although Gagnier and Cole were missing last Saturday, the Wol- verine gymnasts were still able to Michigan State. However, that job will be next to impossible to achieve tonight against the power- laden Big Ten champions. Returning to the Illini squad this year are Big Ten All-Around Champ Abe Grossfield, NCAA Side Horse Champ John Davis and two more spectacular performers in Bob Diamond and Frank Hailand. In predicting the outcome of the meet Gym Coach Newt Loken saw the Illini 12 point favorites and conceded Grossfield three' firsts: parallel bars, still rings and the high bar. "dagnier and Grossfield are the two top all-around men in the Conference.i With Ed out, it looks wide open for Abe,"' he declared. Davis and Diamond combine to for mthe best side horse combina- tion in the country and since that event also has the reputation as being Michigan's weakest, an- Il- linois sweep seems emminent. Hailand adds to' Loken's wor- ries as a result of hip talent on. the trampoline an dinl tumbling. He has yet to be defeated in the latter event this year. Tomorrow the team travels to Bloomington to take on Indiana in an afternoon meet. contending Colorado College or Denver, win or lose. . Denver Needs Help Denver's chances for a playoff spot depend on a victory tonight and a Minnesota win from Col- orado College in the two games at Minneapolis. The playoffs will beheld in Minneapolis March 13-15 in con- nection with Minnesota's centen- nial celebration. Getting back to action in Houghton, Renfrew will be minus three forwards this weekend. Don Gourley is still out with a cracked For AU+ Eaton Products 314 SOUTH STATE STREET Phone NO 3-2481 iI 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 I. I. 1 .I \V ti-t 'ockey brand T-Shirts helped me make varsityl" "There were at least twenty of us unknown freshmen at basket- ball practice that day. Suddenly, the coach was pointing at me. 'Hey you!' he called. 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Once considered the cream of collegiate ice circles, the league now embraces only two teams, Denver and North Dakota, following Colorado College's an- nouncement Wednesday that it, was withdrawing from the league. This announcement by the Ti- gers followed 'closely on the heels of Coach Tom Bedecki's resigna- tion because "I want to quit while I'm on top." Bedecki guided the Colorado school to its second NCAA title last winter, but his team is not yet assured of a berth in the playoffs this year. Being mentioned as his successor is ex- Michigan mentor Vic Heyliger. For More Satisfactory HAIR STYLING Try our PRINCETON FLAT TOPS. and CREW CUTS 715 N. University ners-up will be in action again fot the championships, held here at the Illinois Armory. Of those returning stars, only high jumper Brendan O'Reilly- second last year - will be wear ing the Michigan "M'" He will be matched against the best field of jumpers ever assembled in a Conference meet, including three Illini who have cleared 6'6". There are 11 sophomores, four juniors and only six seniors on Canham's squad. Back home in Ann Arbor are members of the best freshman team ever to enter Michigan, including many who could do well this weekend if eli- gible. "We won't take a first place in any event," Canham said earlier this week, "and- If we got every break in the world we still an't win." Illinois Tops Canham expects Illinois to walk off with the team title. "They could score u~p to 5 points," he predicted. Last year, the Illini finished s disappointing last in the indoor meet, scoring only 11 3/5 points. In the outdoor finals, they hit the comeback trail by bouncing to fourth place. Last year the indoor champion- ship was won by Indiana with 372/ points in a hectic finish. The Hoosiers dropped their baton in the final relay, g'ifing Ohio State hopes of a victory if they had won the relay. But the Buckeyes were disqualified later in the same race . and had to settle for second, de- spite Glenn Davis' record 16 points. OSU- Coach Differs Ohio State coach Larry Snyder's opinion differed slightly from Canham: "Illinois and Indiana. will battle it out for the title, with Ohio, Michigan State, Michigan and I-don't-know-who-else fight- ing for the rest of the glamour." "The tougiest thing for us will be getting through tonight's qualifying heats," noted the Mieh.. igan mentor, "and this will be even harder than placing in the finals." Qualifying races in all track contests except the mile, two mile and the relay will be held this evening. Also tonight, all but six broad jumpers will be eliminated. Finals will be held tomorrow aft- ernoon. Tennis Team' Begins Word Tennis coach Bill Murphy will start his sorting process Monday with an elimination tournament. His job is to find suitable re- placements for graduates Barry MacKay, Mark Jaffe and Dick Potter, last year's top three net- ters, who led Michigan to the Big Ten and NCAA championships. The first division of the elim. inations includes four returning lettermen, three from last year's squad. Captain John Harris, Jon Erickson and George Korol are re- turnees from the 1957 team, while the fourth, Bob Sassone, earned his letter as sixth man on the 1953 team. The second division consists of the four freshman returnees from last year plus one war vet, a pre- vious letter winner. The new sophomores include Wayne Peacock, Bill Vogt, Frank Fulton and John Wiley. Ron Mor- gan, a former Wolverine netter who interrupted his schooling to go ainto the service concludes the quintet., The eliminations are scheduled to be completed before spring va- cation at which time Murphy will take his selected team to Wash- ington to compete in the Cherry Blossom Tournament. . +'4 I WIHL Standings W L T Pts. I Denver 12 7 0 16 1 North Dakota 14 5 0 15 1 Colorado College 11 7 0 15 1 Minnesota 11 11 0 11 11 Michigan State 9 11 0 .10 14 MICHIGAN 6 10 0 g 8 14 Michigan Tech 4 14 0 4 1E Games This Weekend North Dakota at Denver (Friday) Colorado College at Minnesota (2) MICHIGAN at Michigan"Tech. (2) PL. 7 8 7 U 14 14 A I. ,A r s' a I MOSIC SHOPS -CAMPUS- 211 S. State NO 8-9013 -DOWNTOWN- 205 E. 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