THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1948' THE MIICHIGAN DAILY ,. Ref's Decision Costs Matmen Big NineTitle By JACK MAY But for the bewildering ruling of a referee, Michigan's wrestlers would be the Western Conference champions for 1948, instead of sharing second place with Iowa and Illinois one point behind winning Purdue. Bob Betzig, Michigan captain, twice was penalized in his final match with Ken Marlin of Illin- ois' for using an illegal hold, the same cradle hold that enabled him to pin two earlier opponents in the tourney. Slim Margin Purdue's title winning point total of 24, was one more than that of the second place trio. Wolverine Jim Smith brought home the only slice of bacon for the Maize and Blue as he out- pointed Miles Taylor of North- western 8-1 for the 136 pound Conference championship. Smith had things pretty much his own way throughout the match. Curtis Bws Michigan's second finalist, George Curtis didn't fare quite as well as his teammate and had to settle for the runner-up slot of the 146 pound division champion- ship. Curtis bowed to Warren Jones of Ohio State, 9-4. Michigan's wristlers, under the very able leadership of Cliff Keen, took three points on falls, while gathering 20 for team actio' throughout the two day meet. During the regular season, the SeeMATMEN, Page 8 Six 'M'Captains All in Same 'Boot' By REV BUSSEY Six Michigan captains will all be feeling the pinch of their vari- ous sized boots as each one leads to tne starting post a Western Conference championship team. The leaders who will be out to retain those titles are Dom To- masi, of the undefeated Big Nine and Rose Bowl football conquerors. Bill Roberts, head of the basket- ball squad, Al Renfrew, of the "royal" hockey "mounties," and co-captain swimmers Dick Wein- berg and Bob Sohl. In the spring Hal "Tubby"1 Raymond will lead the Wolver- ine diamond aggregation which tied Illinois for a share of the Conference crown in '48. The baseball team, starting out slow- ly, finished in a fiery blaze at Champaign, by splitting a cru- cial series with the Illini. They salvaged one title out of a very disappointing spring season for Michigan athletics. Tomasi is a little guy. If he walked past the average student on the diag, he'd n'ever be taken for the "guard that makes the Michigan offensive go." That's what former gridiron coach "Fritz" Crisler said about Dom after last year's overwhelming season. About 5 ft. 8 in., weighing in at 180 pounds soaking wet, Dom pulls out of the line for those all-important key blocks against opponents twice his size. "Sur- prise" is his by-word, because, according to Tomasi, the opposi- tion never expects him to hit as hard as he does. After playing three years in the big-time college ranks, Dom admits that he still gets buck- fever the night before every game. But after the first hard "encounter" it's no longer a bed of roses-only the side thorns that keep the guy with the per- petual brush-cut hopping until the 60 minute spectacle is over. In addition to football, Tomasi has been a regular at second base since his freshman year in 1945. At the opposite end of the yard teammates, Renfrew hails from parts across the northern border, Canada, but unlike the rest, he calls Toronto home. Along with Gord McMillan at center and Wally Gacek at the other wing, Renfrew can claim the distinction of playing on a line that set the record for scoring the most points in intercollegiate competition. Al, a shy guy off the ice, took more interest in setting up plays than in producing all the goals. Nevertheless, he netted enough to push his total past the 100 point mark, the third Michigan hockey player to achieve this. It was a difficult choice for Michigan's Big Nine and NCAA swimming champs to make when election time came around. The only safe way out was to name Bob Sohl and Dick Weinberg co-cap- tains. Both Sigma Chi fraternity brothers, the two started churn- ing for Coach Matt Mann in their freshman year: They won Big Nine titles in '46-'47-Dick taking. a double dose in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle as Bob clipped the 200 meter breaststroke. Along with backstroke Harry Holiday, retiring captain, Sohl and Weinberg composed the medley relay team which holds the world's record. Their indi- vidual accomplishments added to their team work thus made ,I DOM TOMASI ... little dynamite * * - M" I stick is long Bill Roberts, a six- feet-seven-inches of steadily im- proving center material. From Harmon - on - the - Hudson, New York, Roberts came to the Mich- igan scene with the advent of re- juvenated basketball under newly- acquired coach Ozzie Cowles. That was only two short years ago, during the '46-'47 season, when Cowles took a handful of freshman players and moulded them into the following season's Big Nine cage sensations. Rob- erts, in his first year, looked as green as the first apple on the tree. He was clumsy and didn't always know the right thing to do. Off the court Bill appears and acts like the suave, former Army Air Corps officer. With a polished sense of humor, he knows how to take both work and a lot of rib- bing. And it has paid off. He has the confidence on the Yost Field House hardwood that he has during off hours and he's ripened into a capable pivot man that Coach Ernie McCoy can count oin. When the Wolverines played in the NCAA tournament in Madison Square Gardens last winter, it was Roberts' homecoming appearance for the folks back in New York. As the cagers lost to Holy Cross and whipped Columbia in the East, the hockey team trav- eled west to Colorado Springs where they annexed the NCAA championship. Finishing his third season with the sextet was Al Renfrew, left wing on the best line in collegiate hockey last year. Like most of his but is chock full of spunk. TakeI that from his closest friend since high school days and still his teammate, Dom Tomasi. Last summer, Raymond broke his leg trying to steal a base. He wore a cast during the fall se- mester, and when Fisher issued the call for pitchers and catchers in November, Raymond was the first to show up for assignments and drills-the removable brace' being stored in the locker over two hours every day. The boys on the team like to tell about "Tubby" during the Iowa series. It was a comical sight watching little Raymond stand up' for his rights to Umpire Major-' kurth, a midget-sized giant who weighed close, to 300 pounds tow- ering over the Wolverine peanut. Swimmers Place in All Tank Posts As befitting the Western Con- ference and NCAA swimming champions, Michigan natators captured berths in all eleven events in the recently announced 1948 All - American swimming team selected by the College Swimming Coaches of America. The Wolverines were the only school in the country to have men place in all the divisions. However, only Michigan's cham- pion 300-yard medley relay team was awarded a first place, while their arch rivals Ohio State gar- nered three first spots but were shut out of two events. Two Wolverines grabbed sec- onds on this year's squad. Bob Sohl, Michigan's sole Olympic swimmer was runner up to the incomparable Joe Verdeur in the 200-yard breaststroke. His best time for the year was a 2:17.5 clocking against Keith Carter of Purdue in a dual meet in the Michigan pool. Harry Holiday, Michigan's ace backstroker slipped to second in his specialty, as Allen Stack of Yale was named for first honors. Holiday only lost one race all year and that was to Stack in the NCAA meet here in March. In the sprint events, it was Dick Weinberg who took the laurels for Michigan. Anchor inan on the medley relay team, Weinberg was honored in both the 50-yard and 100-yard dis- tances. His two seconds in the Big Nine meet and his fourth and third in the NCAA event gave the Wolverines needed points. , Breaking into Ohio State's vir- tual monopoly of the high and low springboard diving, Gil Evans brought home the bacon for IMichigan, gaining positions in both events. Gus Stager, who was reon- sible in no small way for Michi- gan's triumph in the NCAA meet, was honoredyby spots in the 220, the 440 yard and the 1500 meter free style events, while teammate Matt Mann III joined him in the 440 and the 1500. In the last event, the 400 yard freestyle relay, Michigan's four man team gained the fourth spot in this national ranking. Paton Volleys Way to Big9 Singles Crowii Wolverine Net Team. Second in Conference The seascn record doesn't count. Although Michigan's tennis team won 7 matches and lost only 2 during the regular 1948 season, they couldn't quite win the con- ference title. The favored Wolverines were edged by Northwestern despite spectacular work by Andy Paton who won the individual title and Paton and Bill Mikulich who teamed up to win the number one doubles crown.> The team, coached by Bob Dix- on, was a seasoned outfit that played steady tennis all season only to be nipped in the Big Nine Championships by the Wildcats. The netters started their season with the annual Dixie tour and found southern hospitality a lit- tle rough. North Carolina and Virginia both whipped the Wol- verines, then Michigan turned around and edged Duke. Back in their own back yard the Wolverines gave little indica- tion that they were going to make a strong bid for conference honors. Both Michigan State and Notre Dame beat them before they found themselves, but suddenly catching fire, Michigan started to roll and piled up seven victories in a row previous to the Big Nine Cham- pionships. Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, and Illinois fell easily; then Northwestern's defending cham- pions were nosed out 5-4 in the most closely contested match of the season. Purdue and Western Michigan fell along the way, then to climax the dual match season the Wolverines stopped Michigan State to avenge the early season defeat. Throughout the season, Andy See TENNIS, Page 8 A fast improving track squad was Coach Ken Doherty's parting gift to the University, when he left at the end of this last season to accept a similar post at Penn- sylvania. Newly appointed Coach Don Canham will have such individual stars as Herb Barten, distance star, and stellar shotputter Char- lie Fonville as a nucleus for next year's campaign. Pramising Frosh In addition, a promising crop of lost year's freshman give prom- ise that Michigan's 1948-49 cin- der squad will be one of the strongest. The biggest piece of news to Wolverine track fans was the set- ting of a new world mark in the shotput by Fonville. He sent the 16-pound sphere 58'%" in the Kansas Relay's to eclipse the for- mer mark held by Jack Torrence of LSU by almost a foot. Barten Stars Herb Barten was probably Michigan's biggest point getter during the regular season with successes in the 880-yard and one mile runs as well as being the an- chor man on the mile relay squad. His peak of achievement came at the beginning of the ummer in the Olympic track trial, when he placed second behind Mal Whit- field of OSU to gain a place on the U. S. Olympic track squad in the 800 meter run. Constantly improving through- out the year and a very valuable asset to the Maize and Blue trackmen was 440-man Val John- son. 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