PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAIN DAILY TUESDAY, AU P4Gw FOU3 THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, AK Icers Seek to Recoup Loss of Stars By DAVE WEIR At any rate, the puck simply Every sport has its own Big ! failed to bounce in Michigan's di- Play: that individual mark of ex- rection late last spring, and a citement which distinguishes it chance for extraordinary record from every other athletic event., dissolved into a mediocre 19-7-2 In hockey, the real crowd-pleas- mark. er occurs when the player wearing Mediocre, that is, relative to number 9, traditionally the num- what have been. For, regardless of eral of the superstar, takes the how you cut it, 19-7-2 is a fine puck on a breakaway and skates mark. Especially when it is re- in on the opposing team's goalie membered that Michigan plays in all alone for a shot. the conference generally consider- But Big Plays are infrequent ... . ed as the toughest in the nation's instead, an accumulation of little college ranks. ones make up the average game. But still there remains that Likewise, great number 9's are hauting question: what happened? few and far between . . , and a The Wolverines jumped off to a conglomeration of players with tremendous start, winning.ten and differing skills and handicaps tying one of their first eleven make up the average team, games. That was mid-season-the The trick of turning a good puck end of Christmas holidays. In- team into a great one is to achieve cluded in that record were two the best combination of players at tournament trophies chalked up the right time. There can be little lover the holidays, and four vic- doubt that any team reaches a tories over arch-rival Michigan certain indefinable peak during State. any given season. At that point, Wakabayashi it plays together as a unit; its Then, off-term graduation grab-t members have a mutually rein- bed Michigan's outstanding "num- forcing "spirit"; and consequently, 'er 9"-Mel Wakabayashi. The its won-lost percentage moves up- little Canadian speedster had rack- ward. ed up 37 points in the opening had been the bulwark of the teamI for three years, the "Blue" pulled together after that one loss and ripped (reeled) off six consecutive wins against some of the toughest teams in the league. It was during this win skein that the Wolvverines played to-I Peacked Too EarlyI Looking back over last year's WCHA hockey season, it appears that Michigan's ice squad reached its peak too early, and that the late-season collapse which dropped the Wolverines from first to fourth plate in the league standings was a natural turn of the "cycle." eleven games on 17 goals and 20 assists. Although the Wolveriens suffer- ed their first loss in the next game -a 7-5 defeat at the hands of the' Denver Pioneers-'Waka' wasn't really to be missed until later. Because ironically enough, de- spite the fact that Wakabayashi gether exceptionally well "as a team." Opposing coaches credited them with "team spirit" and "ex- tra effort" in post-game locker room interviews. Then, if ever, Michigan reached that nebulous "peak'-that nearly unbeatable combination of desire an dability-which transforms an average bunch of guys into a great team. But the bubble had to break. Predictably, the streak ended up in Houghton-the home of ever- tough Michigan Tech in a hard- fought (4-2) loss. From then on, the Wolverines were just another team-winning three and tying one of their last ten games. * * * But, overall it was a succesful year, and as head coach Al Ren- frew philosophized at season's end: "We won our share of the game and saw our share of the excitement. We have no com- plaints about last season. Now we are looking ahead to the 1967-68 schedule." The Wolverines have lpst six } players besides Wakabayashi to graduation. Only one - Mark Thompson - was a defense man. The other five played forward and GOLF COACH BERT KATZENM were the nucleus of last year's of- are Harry Englehart, Frank Grov fensive attack. They include Dean Lucier, Bob Boysen, Danny Wal- ter and 1966-67 captain Mike Marttila. Fnil 31' G( Also, last year's top scorer, winger Bob Baird, has only one semester of eligibility left. Ren- I saI.y~ai- frew expects to use him "only on Ed( fII3 IE 5E power plays, etc., since he won't be able to play in the conference By DAVID KNOKE games next spring," Mcia' oftashdti Baird racked up 46 points last Michigan's golf teams had this seasoi on 21 goals and 25 assists thing about the Big Ten Chai- even though he missed two games pionships. Like placing second in due to injuries. Wakabayashi was each of the last three years. Play- second on the team in scoring with ing the bridesmaid was ususally 37 in 11 games. accompanied by the loss to grad- Little Optimism uation of the Wolverines' best in- But ther reaso fo optimism dividualist. amtther ireaonfooptismince.Next year promises to break the among Wolverine followers, since jinx for Bert Katzenmeyer's links 5 juniors and 7 sophomores return squad. All six individuals who from last year's regular unit. turned in a sterling performance Four experienced defensemen in the wind-swept Big Ten tour- are back, including this season's ney will be back. team captain Bill Lord. The other Purdue won the Big Ten crown three are all second-year men- for 1967, but the Wolverines rallied Paul Domm, Lars Hansen and Phil after falling behind 18 strokes on Gross. the first day to cut the Boiler- Six forwards return: seniors makers' margin of victory to Ron Ullyot, Bruce Koviak and Lee eight. Marttila, younger half of the Captain-election John Schroeder brother combo; and juniors Doug finished fourth in individual hon- Galbraith, Randy Binnie, and Jer- ors at 309 to pace the team's 1,562 r'y Hartman. Hartman also plays' stroke effort. Purdue and Michi- defensive safety on the football gan were the only schools to be squad, so he will miss the first gin te initatios to te part of the hockey season. given team invitations. to the partBofthe ockhe easo. gsNCAA tournament from their dis- Both of the regular goalies, trict. 'A MEYER laces a drive down the fair way as the Michigan golf squad for 1967 watches. From left to right ves, John Richart, John Schroeder, Rod Sumpter, Dave Graff and Bob Barclay. olf Squad Returns Next Season; Hope To Break Runner-up Jinx d BOB BAIRD .. ... , '3 18 aroqgue Insrufeflt$ rnadt CA 0 tain Bob Barclay. Barclay in fact faced such rugged competition from the sophomores late in the season that he was unable to maintain his position as a starter. Coach Katzenmeyer is obviously pleased with the depth of talent which he will have to work with this fall and next spring. "It's very unusual that a full team will be returning," said Kat- zenmeyer, now in his 21st year as head links coach for the Wolver- ines. "We'll be very strong on that basis along, augmented by any- thing the freshmen can do." The Wolverines are rapidly moving towards an intercollegiate schedule with almost sole emphasis upon tournaments. Next year the only scheduled dual meets are pair of exchanges with Michigan State. The links squad faces an early test before the snow is off the Ann Arbor ground when it travels Florida in late March for the Miami Invitational. The Wolver- ines have had fairly good success obvious handicaps in being un- able to practice outdoors. Last Season Last season the Wolverines, playing consistent golf, finished in eight place in the Miami In- vitational. j With a month's layoff while the weather cleared, the Wolver- ines had an easy time winning the Alma Invitational. Even the ex- tended hiatus at *finals did not take the edge off Michigan in a mid-week dual with Michiagn State prior to the Northern Inter- collegiate Tournament. Sophomore Harry Englehart, although he proved to be erratic later in the season, won honors in the 627-655 trouncing of State by scoring a low 75. The Northern Intercollegiate, only in its second year, is already being billed as a "preview" to the Big Ten. This year all the Big Ten schools sent teams and so did Miami (Fla.), the Univer- sity of Florida, Notre Dame and a representative of the Mid- American Confernece. However, attendance at the. Northern .will probably not be as good in the future among the Big Ten teams due to scheduling problems. The Northern last year proved indeed to be a preview of con- ference finale. Two Florida players stole individual honors after Schroeder, in a bid to retain his half of the co-honors from 1966, had paced the opening round at 149. Come-from-behind shooting by Dan Oakley (300) and Richard Spears (302) of Florida sank Schroeder to a third place tie with Steve Mayhew of Purdue (304). Michigan's third round proved disasterous after complet- ing the opening day one point be- hind eventual winner Purdue, 780- 781. Michigan finished out of the running in fourth place. MSU got revenge for their ear- lier 28-point stomping in Ann Ar- bor when the Wolverines traveled to play the Spartans on the newly opened MSU course. While the eight-man team play rules per- mitted two more Michigan golfers to gain varsity experience, the blistering pace of the Spartan's Larry Murphy at 73 strokes proved too much for the high-shooting Wolverines as they lost 627-621. Spartan Invitational Michigan fared slightly better that weekend in the Spartan In- vitational. Michigan's two four- man teams in the 11-team field placed in second and fifth behind MSU's - first squad. Sophomore Mark Christensen played suffici- ently well to nose out team cap- Lain Bob Barclay and earn himself a berth on the Michigan squad for the Big Ten Championship the following week in Ann Arbor. Stiff winds met the sixty links- men on the opening Friday 36 holes. Paced by Mayhew, a Purdue senior, the Boilermakers managed to forge a respectable. 791 to Mich- igan and.MSU's 809 to raise spec- ters of the privous week's Northern results. The facsimile proved reasonable and Purdue's 1,554 edged out Michigan's 1,562 and MSU at 1,583. Mayhew's 69 in the Saturday af- ternoon round gave him individual honors at 298 after redeeming himself from a disasterous blow-up on the third round when he card- ed an 80. Schroeder finished fourth with 309, followed by Groves and Richart, 310, Sumpter 315, and Christensen, 320, (Conttnxied on Page 7) Guitar Studio Classical, folk, electric instruments, accessories, private instruction, rentals instruments from around the world 209 S. STATE ST. 665-8001 ext. 1 Harold Herman and Jim Keugn, are back. The two shared net- minding duties last year. Keough played 15 games, made 437 saves and had a 3.00 goals-against aver- (Continued on Page 7) -r Returning Golfers Returning to Michigan team next year wil be seniors Schroeder, John Richart and Frank Groves. Big Ten veteran juniors Rod' Sumpter, Mark Christensen and Harry Englehart will be back along with junior Dave Graff, who saw action in several tournaments last year but didn't meet the stiff competition for a berth on the Big Ten and NCAA squads. 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