PAGE FOUR-.' THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1949 L'AGE FOUR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. ~, i$49 Wolverine Golfers Use Home Course to Advantage r Romp to Western Conference Crown What makes a golf course-great? Ask any member of last year's Varsity links squad that question and he'll probably tell you to take a walk out to the University course and see for yourself. IF YOU TAKE his advice you'll see one of the country's few truly championship layouts, and you had better stroll through all 18 holes before yielding to the urge to dust off the old golf sticks for a trial round. You'll need every kind of golf shot in the book to negotiate the 6660 yard route suc- cessfully. Here are found spacious greens with surfaces approaching per- fection that require near-perfect putting skill. A classic example is the treacherous fifteenth, shaped like an hour glass. But there is an additional problem of landing on those greens, caused by yawning sand traps located in strategic spots every- where. Off the tees, long booming drives are needed to make the use of shorter irons possible on the sec- ond shot. Longer irons and wood clubs lack the accuracy that the position of the greens demands. * * * THEN TOO, those drives must not stray from a direct line of flight. Slicers and hookers will find themselves tied up in knots by the shaggy rough which bor- ders the narrow fairways. As an added complication, there are many holes on which the green cannot be seen from the tee. In view of these facts, you prob- ably wonder what could cause the Wolverine golfer's enthusiasm when referringto his home course, but a brief glance at last season's record would clear things up. THE GOLF team was helpless when foraging in unfamiliar pas- tures but was unbeatable at home where it won everything in sight, including the 1949 Big Ten Cham- pionship. In addition, Michigan's captain, Ed Schalon, shared the Conference individual golf title. After getting off to a dismal start with three straight defeats in dual Big Ten meets on the road, the Wolverines came home to Ann Arbor to lick their wounds and set a trap that would avenge the rough treat- ment they received while visit- ing rival schools. Can May 15&t"ithey sprung the snare for the first time and made a double killing by jolting both Ohio State and Illinois in a big triangular event. This gave Mich- igan the momentum, it so badly needed. * * * TWO WEEKS later the trap was rolled out again but in quest of much bigger game. This time all the teams in the Conference tum- bled in as the Wolverines com- pletely outclassed the field in a two day, 72 hole medal play tour- nament for the championships. The winning team total of 1499 strokes established a new record for the event, replacing the mark of 1528 set by North- western in 1948. Ohio State was second, 58 strokes behind, and Purdue finished third. Members of the victorious squad were Schalon, Roger Kessler, Pete alI Two Athletes Share in iVM Honor Award Stanley Plagenhoef of Holland, Mich., and Lee Setomer of New York City were named Michigan's best all-around intramural ath- letes for 1948-49, the first time that a dual award was deemed necessary since 1930. Both men were awarded Michi- gan Daily Trophies for their ac- complishments. ** * AN ANNUAL tradition at Michi- gan, the best all-around I-M ath- lete of the year is picked by the intramural staff on the basis of number of sports participated in, advancement in these sports, in- dividual honors and points ac- cumulated. Setomer who also won the 1947-1 48 award, took part in eighteen' different athletic activities during the year, representing the Dodgers of the Independent Division. He won the all-campus handball singles championship and teamed up with John Scopas to win the doubles. He also won the paddle- ball singles title and, along with Herb Epstein, repeated in thel doubles. Plagenhoef, who was a weight- lifting instructor here, competed in 16 sports as a member of the Phi Epsilon Kappa professional fra- ternity team. He was runner-up in the all-campus badminton tourney. Setomer was the fourth person ever to repeat as an award winner. Two men, Milton Eskowitz of De- troit and Paul Keller of Grosse Pointe won the award three times. Most famous of the past win- ners is Tom Harmon, the Gary, Ind., football ace who was des- tined to become an all-time grid- iron great during his stay at Michigan. 'M' Puck Squad National Power By BOB SANDELL Vic Heyliger, beginning his sixth season at the helm of Michigan's hockey squad, has made his Wol- verine icemen one of the most powerful and feared college teamsC in the country. Coming here in the fall of 1944, Vic has put new life into a sport that could not even boast of a winning percentage over the pe- riod of years leading up to his arrival. * * * BUT -IN THE last two seasons alone his rampaging Maize and Blue skaters have dropped but four of 49 contests while winning 41 and tying the remaining four. These two highly successful campaigns include a National Collegiate championship in 1948 and a third place in the tourna- ment last March at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Coupled with four straight mythical Big Nine championships Heyliger can boast of the finest record in the history of the pop- ular winter sport at Michigan. His five year record now stands at 74 victories as compared to 24 losses and six deadlocks, a phenomenal .755 average. * * * MICHIGAN HAS managed to snare only six Conference crowns since the initial game back in 1921 with the Michigan Agricultural rivals have now faced each other 98 times with the rugged North- men still holding a wide margin with 58 triumphs. The Wolverines have been more >~successful with another long time foe, Michigan Tech, having whipped them 33 times and suc- cumbing to the Engineers in 18 encounters. * * * ONE JINX that Heyliger's teams have been able to crack is the one that the University of Toronto held for several years. The two squads play a char- ity game every year in Chicago and the Canadians took nine straight before the Wolverine puckmen finally broke through to win three of the last four and tie the other. Toronto can al- ways be counted on to have one of the finest college sextets in all North America. Several Wolverines have won nationalarecognition inethe past -two seasons. Defensemen Connie Hill, three time captain and vet- eran of 'four seasons of play, and speedy wingman Wally Grant both Col- were selected on the All-Star Tournament team in 1948 follow- ing the winning of the NCAA title. de- * * * me LAST SPRING Hill and Grant en- 1 along with Wally Gacek and Dick two Starrak were given All-American awards. Grant was given further recognition by being nominated on the tournament all star team for the second straight year. Red-headed Gordie MacMillan established a scoring record In the past four seasons that will stand for a long time. His total number of goals and assists stood at 205 after he had played his last game In a blue uniform. Heyliger held the scoring mark until McMillan came along and now Gacek and Al Renfrew have also passed his old mark of 116. THE WOLVERINE coach won All-American honqrs while starring on the 1936-7 Michigan sextet. He later coached the Uni- versity of Illinois icemen after playing professionally for the Chi- cago Blackhawks. Prospects for this year are bright with the All-American Grant returning to form one of the fastest lines in college hockey with Gil Burford and Neil Celley. Defensemen Ross Smith and Bob Fleming return to try to fill the big gap left by the grad- uation of Hill and Starrak. Other returning lettermen and last year's freshmen will fill out the rest of the squad that might pose another threat for national and conference honors. s WALLY GRANT ...All-American * * * College (now Michigan State lege). -Daily-wally Barth SUCCESS STORY--Youthful golf mentor Bert Katzenmeyer is batting .667 in the Championship League since becoming head golf coach at Michigan in 1947. Katzenmeyer's charges won the Western Conference Golf title in 1947 and repeated in 1949. Chances are that Bert will up his average next season when a brilliant freshman team.will combine their talents with five re- turning members of the 1949 championship squad. * * * * The cided series nially title has usually been in the home and ho with Minnesota's per strong Gophers. The t 4 Elliott, Bob Olson, Leo Hauser, and Chuck MacCallum. Co-medalist with Schalon was defending champ, Fred Wampler, of Purdue. Their 72 hole totals of 297 exceeded par by nine strokes. These two linksmen and Elliott started the final three holes all even but the latter dropped one behind on the par three sev- enteenth to finish third with 298. IT WAS THE eleventh league title and sixth in the last eight years for the Wolverines. Golfing activities are not yet over at Michigan thisnyear. Shortly after the beginning of the fall semester, two tourna- ments will be staged at the Uni- versity course under the super- vision of golf coach Bert Katz- enmeyer. HEY JOE! 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