un THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, Hers Seek to Recoup Loss of Stars I By DAVE WEIR cry sport has its own Big that individual mark of ex- ent which distinguishes it every other athletic event. hockey, the real crowd-pleas- curs when the player wearing >er 9, traditionally the num- of the superstar, takes the on a breakaway and skates i the opposing team's goalie lone for a shot. t Big Plays are infrequent .,. ad, an accumulation of little make up the average game. :ewise, great number 9's are and far between . . . and a lomeration of players with ing skills and . handicaps up the average team - At any rate, the puck simply' failed to bounce in Michigan's di- rection late last spring, and a chance for extraordinary record dissolved into a mediocre 19-7-2 mark. Mediocre, that is, relative to what have been. For, regardless of how you cut it, 19-7-2 is a fine mark. Especially when it is re- membered that Michigan plays in the conference generally consider- ed as the toughest in the nation's college ranks. But still there remains that hauting question: what happened? The Wolverines jumped off to a tremendous start, winning ten and tying one of their first eleven games. That was mid-season-the had been the bulwark of the team gether exceptionally well "as a for three years, the "Blue" pulled team." Opposing coaches credited together after that one loss and them with "team spirit" and "ex- ripped (reeled) off six consecutive tra effort" in post-game locker wins against some of the toughest room interviews. teams in the league. Then, if ever, Michigan reached It was during this win skein that nebulous "peak'-that nearly that the Wolvverines played to- 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. * * * 4 he trick of turning a good puck end of Christmas holidays. In- n into a great one is to achieve cluded in that record were two best combination of players at tournament trophies chalked up right time. There can be little over the holidays, and four vic- t that any team reaches a tories over arch-rival Michigan ain indefinable peak during State. given season. At that point, Wakabayashi lays together as a unit; its Then, off-term graduation grab- ibers have a mutually rein- bed Michigan's outstanding "num- ing "spirit"; and consequently, ber 9"-Mel Wakabayashi. The von-lost percentage moves up- little Canadian speedster had rack- d. ed up 37 points in the opening Peacked Too Early eleven games on 17 goals and 20 oking back over last year's assists. HA hockey season, it appears Although the Wolveriens suffer- Michigan's ice squad reached ed their first loss in the next game peak too early, and that the -a 7-5 defeat at the hands of the -__ ''"--_- _- . l ( TY,'V I....a .......-.f h 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 lost six players besides Wakabayashi to graduation. Only one - Mark Thompson - was a defense man. The other five played forward and were the nucleus of last year's of- fensive attack. They include Dean Lucier, Bob Boysen, Danny Wal- ter and 1966-67 captain Mike Marttila. Also, last year's top scorer, winger Bob Baird, has only one semester of eligibility left. Ren- frew expects to use him "only on power plays, etc., since he won't season collapse which dropped Wolverines from first to fourth e in the league standings was itural turn of the "cycle." Dlenver Pioneers--w aka wasn t really to be missed until later. # Because ironically enough, de- spite the fact that Wakabayashi GOLF COACH BERT KATZENMEYER laces a drive down the fair way as the Michigan golf squad for 1967 watches. From left to right are Harry Englehart, Frank Groves, John Richart, John Schroeder, R od Sumpter, Dave Graff and Bob Barclay. Full sM' Golf qua Returns ex-t Season Linksmen Hope To Break Runner-up Jix BOB BAIRD .. - i _.i.- ...; . 0l I&aoqgue Instruments MW * O O I' II 0 I r I By DAVID KNOKE tain Bob Barclay. Barclay in fact' games next spring." Michigan's golf teams had this faced such rugged competition Baird racked up 46 points last thing about the Big Ten Chain- from the sophomores late in the ean though he missed two games pionships. Like placing second in season that he was unable to even tojuries. missedwashi was each of the last three years. Play- maintain his position as a starter. due to injuries.Wabyshws second on the team in scoring with ing the bridesmaid was ususally Coach Katzenmeyer is obviously 37 in 11 games. accompanied by the loss to grad- pleased with the depth of talent 37tine11 games. uation of the Wolverines' best in- which he will have to work with Little Optimism dividualist. this fall and next spring. among Wolverine followers, since Next year promises to break the "It's very unusual that a full 5 juniors and 7 sophomores return jinx for Bert Katzenmeyer's links team will be returning," said Kat- from iast year's regular unit.ur squad. All six individuals who zenmeyer, now in his 21st year as fturned in a sterling performance head links coach for the Wolver- Fur expincdg tdefensemn in the wind-swept Big Ten tour- ines. "We'll be very strong on that are back, including this season's ney will be back,.ai lnaumne yay team captain Bill Lord. The othernywi eak basis along, augmented by any- -L TPurdue won the Big Ten crown thing the freshmen can do." three are all second-year men- for 1967, but the Wolverines rallied The Wolverines are rapidly Paul Domm, Lars Hansen and Phil after falling behind 18 strokes on moving towards an intercollegiate Gross. the first day to cut the Boiler- schedule with almost sole emphasis Six forwards return: seniors makers' margin of victory to upon tournaments. Next year the Ron Ullyot, Bruce Koviak and Lee eight.uonytou edtd. Neeare Marttila, younger half of the Captain-election John Schroeder only scheduled dual meets are brte omo n jnosDog Cpai-lcio onScree pair of exchanges with Michigan brother combo; and juniors Doug finished fourth in individual hon- State. Gal} raith, Randy Binnie, and Jer- ors at 309 to pace the team's 1,562 The links squad faces an early ry Hartman.HartmanalsoplaysThedtfk effrt Purdue asnd Minhi- r 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- tain 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. Pacedby 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 caid- ed an 80. Schroeder finished fourth with 309, followed by Groves and Richart, 310, Sumpter 315, and Christensen, 320. (Continued on Page 7) Guitar Studio Classical, folk, electric instruments, accessories, private instruction, rentals instruments from around the world defensive safety on the football! squad, so he will miss the first part of the hockey season. Both of the regular goalies, Harold erman and Jim Keough, 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) 209 S. STATE ST, 665-8001 ext. 1 LI' gan were the only schools to be given team invitations to the NCAA tournament from their dis- trict. Returning Golfers Returning to Michigan teamI 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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