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standard language of mainland China and Taiwan,
in on economical and effective group format. Bring
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Spring classes are:
Spoken Chinese for Beginners i
Saturday--10-12 A.M. (April 26-June 14)
Spoken Chinese for Beginners II
Tuesday-6:30-8:30 P.M. (April 22-June 10)
Spoken Chinese for Beginners Ill
Wednesday-6:30-8:30 P.M. (April 23-June 11)
All classes meet in Room 3001 Frieze, and all are taught by
Hildo Tao, who has been teaching beginning Chinese at the
University of Michigan Department of Eastern Languages and
Literature since 1968.
To register, come to the U-M Extension Service Building
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; further information..

The Sporting Views

Ballesteros burns Augusta .. .
... Seve surprises everyone

By ERIC LUTTINEN
It appeared for a while that Severiano
Ballesteros, the 23-year-old Spaniard would make
a runaway of the 1980 Masters, and possibly break
the tournament record of 17 shots under par by
Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd.
Sixteen strokes under par with only nine holes to
play, Ballesteros appeared to be the winner going
away. And then the back nine that he had burned
up in the first three rounds turned against him;
the famed Amen Corner was the beginning of an
almost fateful tailspin for Ballesteros.
The 12th hole at Augusta National is called the
Amen Corner with good reason. It is a 155-yard par
three, with Rae's Creek and sand traps ominously
guarding a green the size of a postage stamp.
Ballesteros hit a seven-iron into a biting wind and
it barely caught the water; he consequently made
a double-bogie five and dropped to 13 under.
Ballesteros hit his second shot at the par four
thirteenth hole fat, and it bounced into the mean-
dering stream. He managed to get to the green in
four after the drop, but his par putt went in and
out. He carded a bogie six and slipped to twelve
under par.
Seve's drive on the par four fourteenth was
hooked sharply into the towering pines down the
left side of the fairway. He was left with a shot that
would have to clear the trees and then travel
another 90 yards to reach the green.
Ballesteros needed a par desperately in order to
regroup,rand he hit a magnificent shot that ended
up 11 feet from the pin. At this point, it was clear
that Ballesteros would be wearing the green

blazer awarded to the winner, and collecting the
winner's purse of $55,000. He had regained his con-
fidence and went on to win the tourney by a four-
stroke margin over Gibby Gilbert and Jack
Newton.
It is remarkable that this man didn't fold under
the intense pressure that can abound in golf,
especially in the prestigious Masters. Last year,
Ed Sneed needed to make only one par in the last
three holes to wrap up the title, and failed to do so.
"After 12, I say to myself, 'You may lose the
tournament.' That was when I tried even harder,"
said Ballesteros after Sunday's final round. He led
the Masters from start to finish.
At age 23, Ballesteros became the youngest
player to win at Augusta, and he became only the
second foreign player to win the Masters (Gary
Player of South Africa has won the tournament
three times). Yet he showed poise and composure
beyond his 23 years, along with a lot of golfing
skill.
Never a dull moment
He is, to say the least, an exciting player to wat-
ch, with his frequent recoveries from seemingly
impossible positions and his deft putting. touch.
When Seve won the British Open last year, he hit
only 18 fairways with his erratic driver and was
forced to make numerous recoveries from the
treacherous rough of St. Anne's; he showed that
he was a golfer equal to the task.
It doesn't matter whether he is ten strokes ahead'
or behind, he plays an aggressive game of golf.
Ballesteros attacks the course, throwing caution
to the wind.

On Friday, he hit his tee shot from the 17th tee
onto the seventh green. Instead of playing safe and
probably taking a bogie, Seve pulled a seven-iron
from his bag and lofted a miraculous shot onto the
proper putting surface. Ballesteros knocked in his
eight-foot birdie putt, and casually strolled to the
18th tee. Just another routine birdie for a man who
has claimed two major championships in the first
four years of his pro career.
A promising future'
Balesteros introduced himself to the inter-
national golf scene in 1976, when he tied with
Nicklaus for second place at the British Open. He
has also won 24 world-wide tournaments, ranging
from the Dutch Open to the Japanese Open, and
even the Greater Greenesboro Open on the
American tour in 1978. It is indeed a unique and
fascinating story of how Ballesteros came so far
so quickly.
"From the age of nine, golf has been his life,"
said Seve's brother Manuel, who plays on the
European golf circuit.
Ballesteros wanted to leave school at 14 to turn
pro, but his brothers persuaded him to stay. in
school for a while. At 15, he launched a golfing
career that will someday be recognized as one of
the greats of all time.
And so until next April, Augusta will be quiet
and peaceful, awaiting ,the men who dare
challenge the great course. But for three and a
half days, it was tamed and it finally surrendered
to this year's Masters champion, Severiano
Ballesteros. It couldn't have happened to a better
golfer with a brighter future.

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By GREG DEGULIS
In the never-ending recruiting war
between Ohio State and Michigan, the
Wolverines scored a decisive victory
last spring by obtaining Zanesville,
Ohio native Mark Mees right from the
heart of Buckeye country. "Being from
that part of the country, I've been an
OSU fan all of my life," relates Mees.
"But I'm a Wolverine now."
Many tennis enthusiasts are thrilled
that Mees is a blue-blooded Wolverine,
especially the man who recruited Mees,
men's tennis coach Brian Eisner. Mees
is currently playing number three"
singles and number two doubles for
Michigan, with a personal singles
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impressive record stems from a loss to
Chris Dunk of California-Berkeley, the
number one team in the nation,
IN BIG TEN competition, Mees
remains undefeated including a pair of
straight set victories at the illustrious
number one singles slot. "I was a little
nervous playing one," explained the
freshman netter, "but it was really ex-
citing."
If Mees was a little nervous playing
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Eisner explained why Mees moved
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"Many times players further down on
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evaluated for the NCAA tournament.
We want to give Mary the opportunity
to play the top players and at number
three he doesn't always meet the best,"
Eisner related. "Right now, I'd say he's
the number three man in our section
(Midwest) behind Leach and Horwitch.

'Being from that part of the country (Ohio) I've
been an OSU fan all of my life. But now I'm a
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Junior Davis Cup team. The top eight
players make the team which travels
all over the country this summer.
Eisner considers it an honor to be in-
vited to the Junior Davis Cup and the
coach feels that with a year of college
tennis experience, Mees may rise to the
apex of junior tennis. "Our goal is to get
Mark a top ten position in the country.
(18 and under). We feel he has the
ability to be the best in the nation,"
Eisner flatly stated.
WELL, HOW does someone get the
opportunity to be the best in the nation?
Yon might expect that a player of Mees'
caliber would hail from a country-club0
setting in the suburb of a major city, a
background too familiar to many tennis
players. Mees, however, followed a
slightly different path.
His first racquet was cut out by his
father, the lack of competition in
Zanesville forced him to drive to
Columbus, and his high school was not
tennis oriented.
Despite these shortcomings, Mees
captured the AAA state singles title two
years in a row acd posted a 67-1 high
school record. Eisner became well
aware of Mees' talents and ventured
deep into Ohio to woo Mees to Michigan.
As it turned out,.Mees didn't need a lot
of convincing.
."I KNEW that Michigan had a win-
ning tradition and I knew that Coach
(Eisner) would work harder than any
other coach. I came up to'visit, met
with the players and was impressed
with the school," related Mees.
Thus, the Ohio boy became a
Wolverine and according to the fresh-
man, "couldn't be happier." And it
won't make Buckeye fans any happier
when they see Mees sporting Michigan
colors when he steps on the court in
Columbus, May 4 to face Ohio State.

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weekend never knew it. Mees knocked
off Iowa's highly touted Tom Holtmann
6-4, 6-3 and the next day disposed of
Minnesota's best player Ted Kauf-
fmann in straight sets to cap an im-
pressive weekend at number one
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The NCAA tourney takes between five
and eight players from each section, so
Mees should qualify as a freshman."
IN ADDITION to the rigors of college
tennis at" Michigan, Mees remains in-
volved in junior tennis as he will not
turn nineteen until after this summer.
Presently, Mees ranks 24th nationally
in the 18 and under bracket. Last sum-
mer Mees won the Westerns, which is
an invitational tournament comprised
of the best players in the Michigan-
Ohio-Indiana region.
The most prestigious title in junior
tennis awaits Mees this summer as he
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