n AUGUST 25, 1944 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE I Wolverine Wrestling, Golf Squads Are Big Ten Winners ____ Golf Team Vietorious In Big Ten Golfers Win Their Eighth Links Title By BOB CLINTON One of the strongest and most powerful Wolverine golf squads since the days of Johnny Fisher and Chuck Kocsis brought home the Big Ten championship for the third year in a row. This also marked the eighth time the Wolverines have garnered top honors in the Western Conference, a record that is unequalled. The conference sweepstakes were held over the Medinah Country Club course at Chicago. Led by Johnny Jenswold, a V-12 trainee from Du- luth, Minn., the linksmen rolled to an easy 27-stroke victory over Purdue. Jenswold set a torrid pace in the first round play, firing a 72 to gain a five-stroke lead over teammate Jack Tews. Jenswold Leads Jenswold faltered to an 81 in the afternoon, but his 153 total for 36 holes was good enough to capture individual honors. Phil Marcellus, who was last year's captain, carded a 155, for runner-up honors. Close be- hind was Tews who had a 156 total. Completing the Wolverine quartet was Tom Messinger, who fired a 159. Paul O'Hara was the fifth Wolverine golfer to enter the matches, but his 160 was not good enough to make the select Wolverine foursome, al- though it was better than several of the other linksmen. Michigan's team total was 623 as compared to Pur- due's 650. Win Six of Eight The overwhelming victory in the Western Conference meet climaxed a season in which Coach Ray Court- right's charges won six of eight dual swatches. Early in the season, the "Wolverine practice sessions were hampered by rain and it wasn't until late in the schedule that the golfers obtained the fine coordination they displayed at the Big Ten matches. The first match of the season was against the University of Detroit Ti- tans, and the Wolverines walked off the greens with an overwhelming 18-0 win. The very next day, the linksmen played host to a foursome * from Northwestern, and promptly set them back, 13-8. Lost to O.S.U. The Maize and Blue golfers jour- neyed to Findlay, O. the next week and were soundly beaten by Ohio State, 12-6. Following this setback, the Wolverines stayed on the road and after trimming Western Michi- gan, 25-2, they received their second and last setback of the season at the hands of Notre Dame, 17/2-9%/2. The next week, the linksmen re- turned home and scored two decisive victories in one afternoon. The first was a moral triumph because Coach Courtright's men avenged the prev- ious Ohio State defeat when they whipped the Buckeyes, 16-2. The reserves easily trimmed Western Michigan, 16/-11/. The last match before the Big Ten title was against U. of D., and Michigan won easily, 17%2-%. Third in N.C.A.A. One month after the close of the season, Coach Courtright took six players to the NCAA golf champion- ships held over the Inverness Coun- try Club course at Toledo, O. The top four Wolverine golfers finished third in team play at this tourna- ment. Jenswold, although firing a high 82 in the opening round, turned out to be the Wolverines' individual star at the tourney. Jenswold shot his way into the quarter-finals, semi- finals and finals before losing the individual award to Louis Lich of Minnesota, one-up. Throughout the championship match, Jenswold was on the short end. However, he put on a last minute burst that just fell short of tying the Minnesota ace. Messinger stayed neck and neck with Jenswold until he was defeated by Lick in the semi-finals, 6 and 5. Marcellus was defeated in the quar- ter-finals, while Ken Morey and O'Hara were eliminated in the sec- ond round, O'Hara being one of Jenswold's victims. Six members of the squad received "M's." They were John Jenswold, Duluth, Minn., Phil Marcellus, Rack- ford, Ill., Tom Messinger, Houghton, Mich., Duncan Noble, Ann Arbor, Paul O'Hara, Detroit, and John Tews, Bay City, Mich. O'Hara was elected captain for the 1945 squad. Rifenburg May Be Lost to Wolverines Dick Rifenburg, a prospective four- letter man at Michigan, will be lost to the Wolverines for most of the football season, through his recent Maize and Blue Matmen Finish Season Unbeaten Wilson and Curtis Lead Grapplers to Title; Purdue Team Produces Surprise Resistance By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor With Hugh Wilson and George Cur- tis copping the only individual first places, the highly favored Wolverine wrestling team climaxed an unde- feated season by taking their first title in six years, 28-27, as they met surprise resistance from Purdue in Patten Gymnasium at Evanston, Feb. 19. The Wolverines started out in fine fashion in the preliminaries of the Big Ten finals, as they qualified every man on the squad for the semi-final events, also garnering five points for their team total as Lowell Oberly, Jim Galles, John Greene, George Curtis and John King each registered falls. Only Four Reach Finals However, Oberly, Curtis, Wilson and Greene were the only Wolverine representatives to win their semi- final matches which entitled them to go on into the finals in an effort to pick up valuable points for their squad. At the start of the season Coach Ray Courtright had only lettermen Johnny Greene, heavyweight, and Bob Allen, 165-pounder, with which to rebuild a team. But before the season had got underway Jim Galles, former 175 pound Wolverine Confer- ence champion, joined the ranks. And with the rapid improvement of Lowell Obegly, Wisconsin transfer, two untried sophomores, George Cur- tis and Hugh Wilson, and reserve lettermen Chip Warrick, Coach Courtright's squad gradually took shape and was being hailed as one of the strongest teams produced at Michigan in recent years. Buckeyes Beaten Michigan's untried crew had their initial test against Ohio State, and the squad lived up to all advance ex- pectations as they romped over the Buckeyes, 24-8. Bob Reichert started the Wolver- ines off on the right track in this meet, as he won a decision over Rog Cantarelli of Ohio in the 121 pound bracket, but Dick Ewart of the Buck- eyes put his team ahead with a fall over Dick Freeman, Michigan 128- pounder. Oberly Decisions Payne Oberly again put Michigan in the lead with a decision over Bill Payne of Ohio, but this was short lived as Nick Demora kept the Bucks in the thick of the battle with a decision over Warrick at 145 pounds. However, this threat by the Buck- eyes was quelled as the Maize and Blue scored three successive falls over the amazed Ohioans. George Curtis, Michigan's 155-pounder, started this barrage of falls when he pinned Cap- tain Joe Stora of Ohio State. Hugh Wilson at 165 pounds and Jim Galles at 175 pounds registered the other two falls to cinch the victory. Greene Adds Three Points Johnny Greene finished this suc- cessful invasion of Ohio State with a clear-cut decision over Stan Gerace of the Bucks in the heavyweight di- vision, adding three more points to the steam roller total amassed by Michigan. Michigan and Purdue who were rated as the top teams in the Con- ference before the start of the season, and as these two Goliaths of the Midwest clashed, it could easily have been a preview of the Big Ten finals. Wolverines Beat Purdue Both teams entered this meet un- defeated and boasted plenty of pow- er, but the Wolverines managed to keep their slate untarnished as they toppled the Boilermakers from the rank of the unbeaten, 17-9, in a hotly contested fray. Reichert got Michigan off on the right track as he scored a 6-2 deci- sion over Dave Liang at 121 pounds. Bob Gittins, Wolverine 128-pouider, increased the score as he registered an impressive 6-1 decision overasey Stengal in his first appearance for the Maize and Blue. Oberly Defeated In the feature match of the day, Oberly wrestled his lifellong pal, Dannie Nettesheim, at 136 pounds and he lost a close 1-0 decision, which was not decided until the final period. Both men entered the tilt (Continued on Page 5) WIESE AND NUSSBAUMER-Captain Bob Wiese and Bob Nussbaumer are two probable starters in the Maize and Blue backfield as they enter a difficult ten game schedule beginning on September 16 with a game with Iowa Pre-Flight. Oosterbaan Is Remembered As Great Athlete, Physical Education for Men .Continues To Stress Muscle 'Hardening; and Coordination Cage Coach One of Few Nine Letter Ranks as Michigan Heroes By BILL MULLENDORE Michigan's greatest athlete-that is what they call Bennie Oosterbaan and with plenty of reason for Bennie wrote enough records into the book during his brilliant three-year career at Michigan to entitle himself to a page all his own. To begin with, Oosterbaan man- aged to win nine block ."M's" while performing for the football, basket- ball and baseball squads and might have won a few more if he had had time to go out for any more sports. This feat lifted Oosterbaan into the elite of Wolverine sports heroes be- cause you can count on one hand the number of Michigan athletes who pulled down nine letters.A Oosterbaan earned his greatest The intensified physical education for men program is now entering its eighth consecutive semester of war- time training. This program, which consists of all sorts of physical exercise, was started during the summer semester of 1942, and has been continuing ever since. It is required to be elected by all students and is participated in three times a week in periods of about an hour and a half duration. These three periods usually appear in se- quence, that is on Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday, or on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with the latter class being held on Saturday morning so that the student will have the rest of the day free. The program consists of all sorts of exercise, some of which are calisthe- nics, track, games, relays, gymnastic exercises, swimling, combats of all sorts, and an obstacle course. This obstacle course, conceived during the summer of 1942, is a 344 yard course with all obstacles. These impedi- ments consist of different tests, which Ufer Closes Great Career With.Michigan One of the greatest thinclads ever to don a track uniform for the Wol- verines has completed, four years of outstanding performances on the Maize and Blue cinder paths. His name is Bob Ufer. Ufer has made his best records in the 440-yard dash but the is capable of running any distance against the best of competition. In 1942 while running in the Big Ten Track cham- pionships at the Chicago Field House, Ufer ran the 440 in 48.1 seconds. This amazing time shattered all existing records for the distance. The time set a new Conference record, broke the United States record, and was a new unofficial World's record. Ufer was unbeatable indoors in the 440. Assisted Coach Doherty Ufer was one of Coach Doherty's most spirited runners. During the last year, Doherty left the 440 run- ners under his direction, and he de- veloped a mile relay team that was almost unbeatable. Besides running in his specialty he anchored the Wol- verines best relays team during his four years. This last year, he successfully de- fended his Big Ten 440 champion- ship and was a vital factor in win- ning the team title. When the out- door season started he went to Phila- delphia and sparked the team in the Penn Relays. He ran a quarter-mile on the medley team that won and then ran a half mile on the 2-mile relay that finished third. To top off a tiresome day's work, he ran an- other 440 for the third place mile relay team. require the use of the leg and trunk muscles. Some require the arm mus- cles and some require simply dexter- ity and coordination. The average time for a beginner is about 2 min- utes and 45 seconds, but as one pro- gresses he is able to cut his time down to 2 minutes and 15 seconds. The record was set by a V-12 trainee, Warren Cowles, who completed the course in the amazing time of 1 min- ute and 29 seconds. Howard Leibee, in a recent inter- view stated, "The men are not forced to tremendous physical outbursts dur- ing their first weeks. They progress as their ability becomes more and more adapted to this type of condi- tioner." Thus this physical hardening- pro- gram does not set out immediately to be a tortuous grind, but works up to its peak gradually. During the later portions of the semester one may participate in mass programs; that is in mass games or tug o'wars or mass relays of all sorts. In con- clusion Mr. Leibee stated that the boys at first dread the program, but as time goes on they grow to like it more and more until finally they thoroughly enjoy it. i Where To Eat DELICIOUS MEALS you'llI remember at the League Cafeteria and Dining Room. MICHIGAN L EAGUE Ann Arbor offers many fine eating places. They are proud of the food they serve, and they want you to come in and. try their tasty and delicious food. MEET and. 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Whenever he stepped onto the diamond or the basketball floor he performed excep- tionally well and according to some of the older heads, never had an off day. Baseball coach, Ray Fisher, once told this writer that Oosterbaan might have had a great career in the major leagues had he not turned to coaching as a profession. And Ray ought to know for he has seen most of the big-time greats of the national pastime for the past quarter century. Fisher recalls that Bennie hung up his spikes with a three-year batting average of .400 plus and fielded sen- Delic,"ious Chinese Food 0 Q at the b LIBERTY CAFE 0 613 East Libert' IT FOR GOOD FOOD FRESHMEN! For Delicious' and Healthy Me.l . Patronize SU PERB SERVICE