AUGUST 29, 196" 'THE MICHIGAN DAILY' "Attv otowvw' THE 1/J ANflIL PAGE SEVEN~ qt Golf Team Tries To Break Jinx (Continued from Page 4) Coach Katzenmeyer predicts a strong team for next season, the lineup depending upon how well the veterans and upcoming soph- omres do during fall and winter practice. "The final decision probably will not be made until the night before the first' tournament," said Kat- zen meyer, now in his 21st year as Michigan's head coach. The nucleus of the team will be built around Schroeder. "The strong plus point of John is the iental side of his game," accord, ing to Katzenmeyer, "John is more mature golf-wise than the other boys ,are." Senior Frank Groves is coming along rapidly and Katzenmeyer rates him number two on the squad. Last season for senior John Richart was disappointing after showing promise the year before as a sophomore varsity regular; unless he can drive himself men- tally, his scores fluctuate from meet to meet, according to Kat- zenmeyer. Among the sophomores return- ing to the varsity, Rod Sumpter rates as the most consistent golfer. Harry Englehart and Mark Chris- tensen stil have a ways to go be- fore they can guarantee them- selves starting positions they held this last year. Dave Graff played in a couple of the eight-man meets with MSU and will face stiff competition from sophomores for varsity slots next year. And Katzenmeyer ex- pects the varsity crew to be great- ly enlarged by the talented crop of last year's freshmen. Top prospects among the soph- omores include Terry Becker from Saginaw; Gene Dink of Omak, Wash.; Randy Erskine from Battlecreek; Rocky Posa of De- troit; Merton Goode from Flint; and Keith Mohan from Grand Blanc. "The sophomores have to see action during the season and it'll probably be a dogfight right up to the night before the Big Ten chapionship," said Katzenmeyer. 'Even with a complete reurning squad, you have to give new play- ers a break or you'll get yourself in that bind that graduation will take half your squad with experi- enced players to fall back upon." Michigan is in about the best position of any major Big Ten golf power: Champion Purue lost three players, including standout Mayhew. Ohio State and Indiana will form probably the strongest threat. Curiously, coach Katzenmeyer has never had a collegiate star turn professional in his more than two decades at Michigan. His own philosophy of golf may be partly responsible. "I've never encouraged a boy to turn professional," he said. "I'm convinced that education is the best thing they can get out of Michigan and that education com- bined with golf as a avocation- not. a vocation-will enable them to prosper far more than by turn- ing professional." Hockey Team Faces Lack of 'Superstar' i (Continued from Page 4) age. Herman played 13 games, stopped 385 shots, and allowed 4.00 goals per game. Keough also had two shutouts to his credit. On the goaltending situation, Renfrew remarks, "If we find that one boy is playing better than the other this season, we will plan to go with only one goalie. If one of them. can assert himself, he should be able to play every game. Without a doubt, it's better to use the same netminder all the time." No Superstar Overall, there doesn't appear to be any superstar "number 9s". on the roster, but, according to Ren- frew, "we'll be good, we'll be fast and we'll be balanced. "We've 'got to have a good skating team-we are not losing any speed. As for added scoring punch, there is hope among some of the sophomore players." Top frosh prospect is high- scoring forward Dave Perrin from Dresdan, Ontario. Perrin has play- ed junior Canadian hockey with Chatham, and, in Renfrew's words, "has good quickness and shooting power." He scored four goals in last year's two freshman games. Other rookies on this season's squad include Don Deeks from Vancouver, a forward especially noted for his checking ability; Barney Pascak, former member of the Calvary Buffaloes' junior hockey team; Doug Glendinning from Dundee, Illinois, and Dave Rosichek, of St. Paul, Alberta. Also joining the club are twin brothers Doug and Don H'eyliger, sons of former Michigan coach Vic [eyliger. Al of the sophs are experienced forwards, but no promising de- fensemen or goalies are coming up this year. Renfrew expects to "count heav- ily on the sophs to fill in the holes. The sophomores were the key to our success last year and we hope for a repeat performance this time. "We dont have any stars," sighs the Wolverine mentor, "but neither does one else in the WCHA. North Dakota has no outstanding indi- viduals, but they have good overall balance. Denver and Dakota will most likely be the teams to beat again. "Minnesota and Duluth will be greatly improved this year-both have fine frosh players coming up. Our arch-rivals Michigan State and Michigan Teeh are losing heavily to graduation, but both will be tought as usual." Highlights One of the highlights of the up- coming season will be the first Big Ten Tournament, to be played in Minnesota over the Christmas holidays. WCHA members, Michi- gan, MSU and Minnesota will field teams, along with new entries from Wisconsin and Ohio State. The latter two have been develop- ing teams over the past three or four years and are almost ready for league competition. Renfrew expects the tourney to "raise interest in Big Ten hockey and do a lot of good as far as bringing kids into the conference." The regular season will open on November 24 with a home game against McMaster University and will end March 16 with the NCAA Championship at Duluth. The roster is complete and so is the schedule. 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