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Tennis Captain Mann Faces
Stiff Competition In Singles

By MARV SIEGEL
"The best player on the Michi-
gan tennis team has the greatest
-chance of losing the most
matches."
This observation was made by
1ob Mitchell, number five man on
the Wolverine net squad, in point-
ing out the unenviable position
that Captain Al Mann is in. As
number one singles player, Mann
is consistantly being pitted against
the very best that the opposition
can furnish.
a * * *
THE 5-11, 150-1b. Mann, who
has been cast in the first position
isingles since his freshman year
in 1952, has no illusions about the
task before him. "You have to al-
ways be up for each match. In
lower positions you can be off
your game a bit and still win, but
in the first slot either you have it
or you're beaten. You can't let up
T$or a minute."
Nevertheless, if anyone is cap-
able of handling the assignment
it is the junior from Grosse
Pointe. Mann's play can be de-
* scribed as a smooth all-around
game. Nothing is singularly out-
standing in the Mann repertoire,
"but every movement on the court
that he makes is executed with
effortless grace.
Primarily a defensive player the
past two campaigns, Mann has
'thanged his style of play this sea-
son. His new form will be "The
Big Game," which in tennis par-
'lance means a wide-open offensive
game, which utilizes a fast serve
8nd frequent rushes at the net.
ALTHOUGH physically sub-par
pt the time, Mann tried out this
style on the southern trip. He ex-
pressed satisfaction with the way
it turned out.
Mann won rather handily in
,his first match against Dixie op-
position at Spring Hill. He stood
up well against the amazing can-
non ball serves of Loyola's Bob
Hamburg before succumbing,
6-3, 7-5, and his performance
'in battling Tulane's Wimbleton
and Davis Cup Ace, Hamilton
Richardson, was the best of 'any
Michigan man in the infant '54
net season. Mann, in a losing
'cause, had the Louisianan
straining hard at the finish.
If it weren't for a diamond in-
fury that he suffered as a Grosse
Pointe High freshman Mann might
lave been toiling for Ray Fisher
instead of being Bill Murphy's
property. When a broken left
wrist prevented him from playing
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baseball, Mann turned to the clay
courts. In a school where tennis
is king, Mann starred for three
years on a team which was un-
beaten in dual match play.
* * *
THE EASTERN Michigan Jun-
ior crown and the coveted North-
west Ohio Junior title both fell
Mann's way in 1950. In addition

AL MANN
... "You can't let up"
to these two championships, Mann
was runner up in the Michigan
State Doubles tourney and the De-
troit Department of Parks final.
When Mann was named to the
number one position while still. a
freshman it came assa complete
surprise to the slim, sandy hair-
ed athlete. "I wasn't sure at the
time that I had even made the
team," he, recalls.
It wasn't long, however, before
Mann repaid Murphy for the faith
the coach had in him. At Evan-
ston early that season} Mann de-
feated Northwestern's highly tout-
ed Dan Baumble in a gruelling
match, 6-2, 9-7. The veteran
Baumble folded before Mann's
cool, precision play and excellent
twist serve. From then on Mann
was on his way.
* * *
MANN, who still has a year of
eligibility left after this season,
is equally impressive in doubles
play. This year he teams with Bob
Neterlander. The pair have won
all their tilts except the Tulane
match so far.
Mann was fairly optimistic in
evaluating the fortunes of the
team he captains. "We have a
well-rounded squad which is
strong all the way down the line.
If the inexperienced men come
through we'll be tough against
anyone."

'M' Golf Team
To Meet First
Big Ten Foes
Can Purdue's golf squad be
stopped?
Michigan golf coach Bert Kat-
zenmeyer will get some idea to
the answer of this question Satur-
day when the Wolverines travel to
Columbus for quadrangular meet
with Purdue, Ohio State, and In-
diana.
The Boilermakers are strong
favorites to retan, their Big Ten
links title. The team is built
around the veteran trio of Don Al-
bert, Bob Benning, and Dick Nor-
ton.
ALBERT, one of the leading
amateurs in the country, paced'
the team to its 1953 champion-
ship as he fired rounds of 73-70-
73-74-290 to take individual hon-
ors. During the 1953 summer com-
petitive season the 21 year old
junior, in addition to reaching the
semifinal round in the National
Amateur, led qualifiers for the Na-
tional Open in sectional play at
Grand Rapids.
The former Indiana State
Junior champion topped off his
previous accomplishments by
competing in this year's Mas-
ters Tournament. Last year Al-
bert compiled a sizzling 74 av-
erage.
Benning will probably hold down
the number-two slot for Coach
Sammy Voinoff's squad. He is not
as consistent as Albert, but he can
be sensatonal on certain days.
Last year in a dual meet with
Kentucky he blazed around the
course with a 66.
NORTON, a senior, fashioned a
respectable 77 average last year
and will be tough to beat playing
in the third or fourth position.
Ohio State, traditional dark-
horse, will be led by senior ace
Frank Cardi. Cardi turned in a
75.6 average last year.
Indiana's links team has been
a weak sister as long as the Buck-
eyes have been the darkhorse.
Coach Owen L. (Child) Coch-
rane's lineup is headed by Captain
Elliot Phillips. Dick Cardwell and
James Balch will hold down the
number three and four positions.
All three are lettermen.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 5, Boston 1
Washington 13, Philadelphia 1
Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 7, Chicago 3
Brooklyn 9, Philadelphia 3
Pittsburgh 5, New York 4
St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 2

Delts Paced
By Haywood
In 10-1 Rout
By DAVE GREY
Delta Tau Delta easily beat Tau
Delta Phi, 10-1, in an intramural
social fraternity softball game yes-
terday, as Delt pitcher Cal Hay-
wood, threw a sharp two-hitter.
Pete Naylor of the victors got
things off to a booming start by
hitting Ron Charfoo's first pitch
for a home run. The Delts added
three more in the inning, and
picked up their other runs with
rallies of four and three, In the
meantime, Haywood, who struck
out seven, was setting the Tau
Delts down with Herb Feinstein
getting the only solid hit, a
screaming line drive four-bagger
to right-center field.
* * *
IN ONE of the tightest games
of the afternoon, Sigma Alpha Mu
edged Phi Kappa Sigma by 4-1.
Star for the Sammies on the
;nound was basketballer Paul
Groffsky, who, besides hitting a
home run, forced his opponents
continually to hit the ball on the
ground to his infielders. The Sam-
mies collected four safeties, and
the Phi Kappa Sigs, two.
Behind the brilliant one-hit
pitching of Dave Cobb, Delta
Upsilon rolled over Phi Gamma
Delta, 14-0, in a game that went
three innings. The DU's collect-
ed 11 hits with homers by Stu
Evans and Jim Laarman. Sigma.
Phi Epsilon routed Theta Chi
for their second league win. The
Sig Eps belted out 10 hits good
for 12 runs, with four batters
getting two safeties apiece, while
Theta Chi got three hits andi
two runs. After being held sol-
idly in check by Bob Schmidt for
five innings, the losers combined
an error, a single, walk, and
another single to gather both
their runs.
Other important games saw Zeta
Beta Tau down Tau Kappa Epsi-
lon, 17-2, behind the three-hit
hurling of Les Salens, and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon gain a close 5-2
victory over Theta Delta Chi. Im-
portant roundtrippers were belted
by SAE's Lou Onders and Bob
Lotzer.
* * *
SIGMA CI had to rally with
four runs in the last half of the
last inning to break a deadlock
with Phi Kappa Tau and finally
win, 10-6. Taking full advantage
of their men on base, Theta Xi
collected several timely hits, in-
cluding a game-clinching triple by
Bruce Bacon, to come out the long
end of a 10-5 score.
An eght-run third Inning gave
Kappa Sigma a decisive 13-5 tri-
umph over Sigma Phi, as the Kap-
pa Sigs also pounded out a total
of 10 basehits combined with mul-
tiple walks. Psi Upsilon also won
by dumping Alpha Ph Alpha, 12-6.
In another contest, Phi Kappa
Sigma won by forfeit over Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
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'M TO DEFEND CROWN:
Big Ten Basebai
After an extensive spring train-
ing period, covering more than a Michigan s
month for several squads, the Big prove on its se
Ten baseball teams get down to last season,
business this weekend with the proved pitchi
official opening of the 1954 West- the top Sparta
ern Conference baseball season. while posting
Co-champions for two years, average, look
Michigan and Illinois face tough form during
opposition as they open their bids spring trainin
for a third consecutive title. *
* * * THE SPAR
THE ILLINI are confronted with was poor last
the harder job as they face Iowa promise of imp
and Minnesota, the fourth and Chuck Matth
fifth place teams last year, in a cic, who provi
three-game weekend at Cham- sive punch fo
paign, Ill. are returning
Illini Coach Lee Eilbracht is stered by sop
faced with a major rebuilding and Bill Hopp
operation, since nine of his 1953 With 15 r
lettermen will not be returning. Northwestern
The weak-hitting Illini have cessful season
lost the few good hitters they had The Wildcats
last season. In addition, the
pitching staff, which was the ma-
jor Illinois strength in 1953, will
be missing three of its best mem-
bers in Clive Follmer, Carl Ahrens,
and Jim Schuldt.
IOWA, Illinois' first conference
opponent, hopes to field a title-
contending squad this season. TheI
Hawkeyes finished second in team
batting last year, and with Cap-
tain Ed Lindsay, Ron Capps, and
Don Waldron-leading the return-
ing regulars the Hawkeye hitting!
should be good again this year.
Merle Jensen, who posted a
4-0 record in the 1953 campaign,
and Ron Schaeffer, who won
three and lost one while regis-
tering a sparkling 1.55 earned
run average, will pace the Hawk-
eye hurlers.
Minnesota, boasting the strong-
est mound staff since the advent
of Coach Dick Steiger seven years
ago, also has championship am-I
bitions. Paul Giel, who garnered'
a 1.76 earned run average last
season, Ron Craven, Don Streeter,
and Virgil Miller are slated to do
most of the Gopher hurling.
* * *
CATCHER Gene Steiger, who
paced the conference last season
with a .462 batting average, will
again take up the duties behind
the plate
The diamondmen from Ohio R a h
State are picked by many ex-

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TAN hitting, which
t year, shows some
proving. John Risch,
ews, and Tom Yew-
ded the main offen-
r last year's squad,
and will be bol-
homores Ron Stead
ping.
eturning lettermen,
n's hopes for a suc-
n are running high.
s have capable vet-

State hopes to Im-
venth-place finish of
due largely to im-
ing. Bud Erickson,
an hurler last season
a 1.42 earned run
td up to his usual
the Michigan State
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eran pitchers in George Bar-
vinchak and Ziggie Niepokoj,
who compiled earned run aver-
ages of 2.79 and 3.72, respec-
tively.
The Purdue diamond fortunes
seemingly will be no better this
year than they were last season,
when the Boilermakers finished
ninth. With only six returning let-
termen, Coach Henry Stram will
be forced to rely on a large group
of sophomores.
Indiana likewise is being forcedj
to rely on sophomores as it pre-j
pares for the 1954 season. The lack
of veterans may prove to be an
imposing hurdle in the way of the
Hoosiers as they attempt to im-
prove on their last-place finish of
last season. Only five lettermen
are returning.

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perts as the preseason favorites
to cop the Big Ten crown. Cap-
tain Dick Ernst and Jackie Wil-
son, both of whom hit above the
.300 mark last season, have re-
turned. to give the Buckeyes
strength at the plate. The
mound staff includes veterans
Paul Ebert, who posted a 5-3
record last season, and Dick
Finn, and newcomers Dave Mas-
ters and Hal Northop.
The third-place Ohioans de-
feated Western Michigan twice
in a three-game series last week-
end, indicating that they may now
be ready to bid for the Big Ten
crown.
WISCONS[N, Michigan's foe in
its conference opener tomorrow,
will probably not be a title-con-
tender, but the Badgers could
make trouble for several of the
more highly-rated squads. The
men from Madison, Wis., should
be strong at the plate, with Paul
Carter, Dave Moran, and Gust
Vergetis returning from last year's
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