lLY ers Win Big 10 Title Again By FRED STEINHARDT 'inning its fifth Big Ten cham-, ship in six years, Michigan's -us team continued to shine er Coach Bill Murphy in 1960- he netters turned back a strong thwestern challenge with some ch play to walk away with the 59-50. Competing in the mament, which was played at nston, were Gerry Dubie, num- one singles, Frank Fulton, n Wiley, Jim Tenney, Bill Vogt Bruce MacDonald at two ugh six singles respectively. uilton won the number two lea crown and MacDonald iber six. Wiley and Duble won number one doubles. However the championship came as a result of outstanding team depth. Three points were awarded for each win. Wiley, Tenney and Vogt advanced to the finals of their respective divisions and Ten- ney and MacDonald went all the way to the finals at number three doubles. Four Titles This accumulation of points more than offset host Northwest- ern's four titles. Just as heartening as the per- formances at Evanston are the prospects for 1961. Returning vet- erans who played at Evanston are Dubie, Tenney, MacDonald and Vogt, whose eligibility is in ques-r tion. Others coming back are Tom Beach and Ken Mike, who played most of the season at number five singles.l Moving up from the freshman, team is the highly touted Ray Senkowski. Handicapped by bad weatherj and lack of practice, the team got ox to a slow start. On the south-} ern trip, over spring vacation, theyj lost two matches to Miami andI one to Yale. Then followed vic- tories over Ohio Wesleyan, West- ern Michigan, Wisconsin, Michi- gan State, Minnesota, Purdue and Northwestern and a close 5-4 de- feat to Notre Dame. (Collegiate tennis runs six sin- gles matches and three doubles for a total of nine points for a dual match.) Weather Uncooperative The weather was uncooperative' to the end. A total of five matches' were washed out and the confer- ence championships were thrown off schedule and pushed indoors. The two departing seniors, Ful- ton and Wiley, figured in a mid- season maneuver by Coach Murphy which helped to win the confer- ence title. They won the number three doubles title in 1959 and played together at number two until midseason as Dubie teamed with Mike at number one. Then Wiley was moved up to pair with Duble and Mike dropped back to join Fulton. It paid off as Wiley and Duble went on to win the numb~er one crown. Fulton, who- came to Michigan from Bay City, competed for three seasons, 1958-9-60. Only 5'4", he always played a waiting game, al- ways forcing his opponents into errors. But beneath this steady front was a fierce competitor who never quit until the last point, often coming from behind to win matches. His play at Evanston was probably the key to Michigan's success. the unexpected nine that Fulton got. Wiley, from Toledo, was a pillarE of strength all year. After the' spring trip, he went undefeateda until the conference finals when; he lost to Steve Hibben of North- western after the team standings had already been determined. In an earlier match he had easily disposed of Hibben. Dubie, elected captain for 1961. played his best tennis against" highly rated Bill Cook of Western Michigan, whom he downed 6-1, 6-2. Cook was rated the equal of any player in the Big Ten. Dubie lost to Brian Eisner of Michigan State, Don Ralph of Notre Dame, and Konicki of Northwestern. Combine for Title In the conference champion- ships he teamed with Wiley to take the number one doubles title. In singles at Evanston he lost to Konicki in straight sets in the semifinals after defeating John Stoy of Iowa and Joe Epkins ofj Illinois. Konicki went on to win the conference title. Tenney, who will be a junior in 1961, was a pleasant surprise to Murphy. Stocky and slow mov- ing, he plays a baseeline game, re- treiving until his opponent makes a mistake. His opponents made enough mistakes for him to go unbeaten all the way to the finals, when, like Wiley, he saw his string snapped by a Northwestern man whom he had beaten before. Tight Schedule Probably, the most tired out by the squeezed schedule, Tenney simply did not have enough steam to chase the brilliant net shots of Charlie Lockhart, also a sopho- more. But Lockhart, playing inspired tennis, had played the same stren- uous slate, being a member of the winning number two doubles team, MacDonald, who will be a senior this year, is a scrappy, aggressive player, who likes to rush the net on his second shot and stay there until he blasts his opponent off the court. He holds the distinc- tion of being the only member of the team not to lose a match after the spring trip. His victory in the conference finals was a pleasure to watch. Playing his best tennis of the year, he ran Steve Bard of Northwest- ern off the court, 6-1, 6-1 in the match that clinched the team title for Michigan. Like Fulton, he is from Bay City. Murphy's second personnel shift of the year was a coaching mas- terpiece. Ken Mike, who had play- ed rather erratically at number five singles all year, was replaced in the championship by Bill Vogt of Saginaw, who had been a stranger to many fans. But Vogt had competed in 1958 as a sopho- more and was forced to sit out 1959 because his afternoon classes, conflicted with practice and meet schedules. Although the tournament play was his first competition of the year, he was ready to meet the task. He swept to the finals be- fore bowing to Ron "Spider" Mes- call of Michigan State. He de- feated top seeded Lon Reudisili of Wisconsin 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, taking most of the first set to accustom himself to the competition. Afterwards Reudisili claimed Vogt was the best number flve man he met in his college career. If he is eligible for 1961, he will be more than welcomed. Versatile Athlete Mike, who is remembered by Detroit sport fans as an all-State halfback and four time all-City tennis star, suffered from incon- sistency. Big and strong, he would wipe the floor with his opponent one day and be helpless the next. He seemed to improve however as the season progressed and could be arealassetin 1961. Beach, who prepped at Kalama- zoo, lost an early challenge match to MacDonald for the number six position and played out the season as a reserve. He could move into a starting slot this year. The main reason for the op- timism for 1961 played freshman tennis last season. Ray Senkow- ski, who teamed with Dubie to win a National Scholastic Doubles title at Hamtramck, figures to be one of the best in the conference, along with Eisner of Michigan State, and Dubie. A .,strong, tall, and blond belter, he won the Na- tional Scholastic singles title and was a member of the Junior Davis Cup team. WOME N'S uin"minm"umin"mmmmm""""""""mm"mmm"nm""mmm"w""mmmmm, AT 1 ~.inm TLETIC ,iiiMmmmmmmmmi#Iitl~""ii~iiinmim m ii ASSOCIATION CLUBS Bowling Golf ANNuAL EVENTS Life Guard Corps Michifish Figure Skating Riding Michif ins Lantern Night Spring Weekend Dance Concert Michifish'Show Rifle Speed Swim Tennis Horse Show Ballet Sport Tournaments Modern Dance I I Key Match I He came up against first seeded Gay Messick of Northwestern in the quarterfinals. Messick was rated one of the outstanding in- dividuals -in the conference, who was playing at number two because of the presence of Denney Konicki at number one. Down five games to three and at match point in the second set he came back to defeat Messick and take the title from Jerry Utley of Iowa. That match cost North- western 18 points, the nine that Messick was expected .to get and __ c HG LABER ONE SINGLES-That's the position Gerry Duble held the powerful Michigan tennis team last spring. 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