WAGE FOUR
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945
Hockey,
Tennis Complete
Year's Sports Picture
Sextet Enjoys Mediocre
Campaign, Winning 4
Vic Heyliger Concludes First Year as Coach;
Capt. Ted Greer Is Team's Leading Scorer
BIG LEAGUER:
By MARY LU HEATH
Michigan's hockey fortunes rose
and fell with amazing rapidity dur-
mlg the 1945 campaign, with the final
team record showing a subpar aver-
age of four wins against six losses in
former Illinois coach Vic Heyliger's
first season as Wolverine mentor.
Although five veterans were avail-
able at the start of the early prac-
tices, Coach Heyliger, a former Mich-
igan hockey star, blamed the losing
record on inexperience end said that
the squad did as well as could be ex-
pected, showing continuous improve-
ment throughout the winter.
Greer Stars
The sextet, composed of Capt. Ted
Greer and John Jenswold at the
wings, Karl Sulentich at center, Herb
Upton and Bob Henderson at defense
posts, and Dick Mixer as' goalie, was
built around Greer, far and away the
Wolverines' biggest point - getter.
Greer led the scoring with 18 goals
during the season, only two less points
than the squad registered in all its
matches.
The season opened with a high-
scoring 12-6 defeat at the hands of
the Vickers A. C., with Greer regis-
tering three of the Wolverine points.
The Michigan sextet was in the lead
only once in the match, midway in
the first period.
Swimmers-...
The Wolverines fared little better
the next weekend, traveling to Minne-
sota to suffer a 10-0 loss to the Goph-
ers in their first college match in
three years. The first win of .the
season came in the next contest, how-
ever, as the Sarnia, Ont., sextet bow-
ed to Michigan, 4-3, in a home match.
Registering still another win over
the Brantford, Ont., hockey club, 6-4,
the Wolverines looked forward to
the return match with Minnesota
somewhat more . hopefully. Their
hopes received a jolt, however, as
they managed to salvage little more
than a non-shutout score in a home
tilt which the Gophers took, 15-2.
Lose Last Three
The comeback trail was in sight
for the squad as it defeated the
Waterloo, Ont., sextet, 5-4, and de-
cisively overcame the University of
Western Ontario team, 11-2, in its
next matches. These, however, were
the last Michigan victories register-
ed during the season. In the clos-
ing matches, the Wolverines bowed
to a London, Ont., team, 6-3, suffered
a second defeat at the hands of the
Vickers squad, 4-3, in an exciting
overtime contest, and lost, 4-1, to a
Middlesex and Huron Regiment sex-
tet.
Lund Takes
Ni neLeters
AtMiehigan
By MARY LU HEATH
When Don Lund was awarded his
third letter in baseball this spring, he
became the eighth nine-letter win-
ner in the history of Michigan ath-
letics, and the first athlete in six
years to earn such an honor.
Lund's life was curiously tied up
with previous nine-letter winners.
He was preceded at Southeastern
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DID YOU KNOW?
By HERBERT RUSKIN
Ne tters Take Conference
Title for Second Season
Coach Weir's Team Vanquishes All Comers;
Wins Going Away at Climactic Big Ten Meet
dropping only the 50-yard freestyle
and the fancy diving contest.
Get 100th 'M' Title
The varsity pool in the Sports
Building was the scene of the third
successive triumph of Coach Mann's
boys on Feb. 11. Minnesota's well-
balanced squad was the victim of this
50-34 picnic. The Golden Gophers
only managed to snag the diving
and breaststroke competition, while
the superior Wolverine crew walked
off with seven tilts, as in the two
previous dual encounters.
Returning from th ir vacation be-
tween semesters, the Maize and Blue
stalwarts wrent on to annex the honor
of capturing the 100th Big Ten crown
to be won by Wolverine athletic
teams. Invading Northwestern's Pat-
ton Pool, they snatched the prize of
the year-the Western Conference
championship.
Top OSU for Title
Dominating a field of competitors
from Ohio State, Indiana, Minne-
Aota, Northwestern, Purdue, Illinois,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, the Michigan
men stepped into the winner's circle
five out of nine times. The Wolverines
chalked up 55 points, 12 more than
the runner-up Ohio State team.
Fresh from their championship
performance at Evanston, the Maize
and Blue natators boarded a train
for Columbus to face the Buckeye
crew which had come out second-best
the previous weekend in their last
dual meet of the season.
The traditional rivalry flared anew
as Scarlet and Grey met Maize and
Blue in a hotly-contested swimming
battle. By nosing out the OSU mer-
men, 43-41, the Wolverines sewed up
a perfect Conference season, estab-
lishing themselves as the undisputed
rulers of the Big Ten swimming cir-
cuit.
OSU's Revenge
On March 31 and April 1, the
"Mann-men" took a fling at the
NCAA title, competing against the
top swimming teams of the country.
Hard luck rode on the Wolverines'
heels as the Ohio State squad, ironic-
ally, edged them out in the fight for
national hpnors.
The Buckeyes profited by the
NCAA practice of having two diving
events instead of one, as is the rule
in Western Conference competition.
Entering three out of the four top
divers in the meet, the Scarlet and
Grey took first, second, and fourth
in the low-board tilt and the first
three places for the high board.
Hence, Michigan; weak in the diving
division, was relegated to second
place in the annual classic.
Church Named. 'Most Valuable'
Captain Merton Church was the
big gun of the '45 Wolverine crew.
Competing in the 50, 100, and 220-
yard freestyle divisions, he earned
more individual points than any oth-
er man in the Western Conference.
At the championship meet, he an-
nexed the Big Ten 50 and 100-yard
freestyle titles and, on top of this,
was named "Most Valuable Swimmer
of the Year" by the National Col-
legiate Swimming Coaches' Associa-
tion.
Chuck Fries ran a close second to
teammate Church in the freestyle de-
partment, his specialty being the 50
and 100-yard races. He was right
on Church's heels in the 100-yard
NCAA and Big Ten tilts, and also
snagged a fourth place in the Con-
ference 220 event.
Kessler Helps Cause
In the breaststroke division, Heini
Kessler ably represented the Maize
and Blue. Battling against Minne-
sota's Vernon Ojampa in the Big
Ten engagement, the Wolverine
stalwart came from behind to tie for
first and share honors with the pow-
erful Gopher. The NCAA meet saw
Kessler place second to Paul Mur-
ray of Cornell, beating Ojampa, who
snagged the third place spot.
DON LUND
High School in Detroit by Norm Dan-
iels who, after playing on the baseball
team which won city and state cham-
pionships, came to Michigan and
collected the maximum number of
awards given in football, basketball
and baseball from 1929 to 1932.
Lund's basketball coach at the Uni-
versity, Bennie Oosterbaan, was a
nine-letter man also, winding up his
career in Wolverine sports in 1935.
Was With Dodgers
Although Lund was drafted by the
Chicago Bears pro football team for
the coming grid season, he preferred
baseball, and started his diamond
career upon graduation this spring,
joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, and
playing left field for St. Paul in the
American Association at present.
Approached by both the Washington
Senators and the Detroit Tigers dur-
ing his college career, Lund pre-
ferred to remain in the University
until he received his degree in phys-
ical education this June.
After entering the University in
1941, Lund played under three foot-
ball capitans. George Ceithaml, Paul
White and Bob Wiese were chosen
to lead teams of which he was a
member, and after Wiese's mid-sea-
son departure last year, he himself
served as co-captain 'with the com-
ing season's captain, Joe Ponsetto.
Pre-V-12 Era
Lund enjoyed the distinction of
having played on the last "all-Michi-
gan" team before the war brought
athletes from other schools to the
University with its Navy V-12 pro-
gram. This was during his sopho-
more year, when he was a teammate
of Tom Kuzma and all-American
Julius Franks.
During the 1942 basketball season
Lund got one of his biggest thrills
in sports when he played against
Illinois' famous "Whiz Kids."
... That Michigan not only played
in, but won the first Rose Bowl game.
On New Year's day, 1902, the unbeat-
en, untied, unscored upon team of
1901 defeated Stanford by the score
of 49-0. The winning Michigan squad
included such stars as All-American
Willie Heston and 10-letter winner
Neil Snow.
. . , That during the five years
when fencing was a varsity sport,
Wolverine teams had a .750 average.
They won 21 while losing only seven
of their matches.
... That the track squad has the
honor of holding the first Western
Conference championship that
Michigan ever won. They won it
in the 1901 season, scoring 38
points to win over eight other
squads. Wisconsin finished second
with a total of 28 points.
. . . That outside of the charmed
circle of Ivy League teams, Michigan
has produced more All-Americans
than any other school in the country.
Up until this season, 28 men from
Michigan had entered the college Hall
of Fame.
.. That Michigan's football coach-
ing staff includes three former All-
Americans. They are Bennie Ooster-
baan, who was All-American end here
at Michigan in 1925, '26' and '27,
Clarence "Biggie" Munn, All-Ameri-
can guard at Minnesota in 1930 and
'31, and Earl Martineau, an All-3
American halfback, also at Minne-
sota.-
... That Matt Mann, Wolverine'
swimming coach, won the British
Empire free style swimming cham-
pionship at the age of 16. And that
in 21 years of coaching at Michi-
gan, he has brought home 12 Na-
tional Collegiate championships
and has never finished worse than
second in any of the others.
. . . That only Cornell has been
able to dominate Michigan on the
gridiron. The Wolverines have lost
11 out of 16 games to the Big Red.
All other opponents, some 90 in num-
ber, have either lost more games or
an equal number to Michigan.
... That Herbert O. (Fritz) Crisler,
head Michigan football coach, once
held a similar position at Minnesota.
After Minnesota, he went to Prince-
ton where he stayed until 1937, leav-
ing with a record of 35 wins and nine
losses. Beginning with the 1938 sea-
son, Crisler assumed his present po-
sition with the Maize and Blue.
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weight; and Charles Telfer. 165. Tel-
fer replaced Galles in the 165-pound
class when the latter was moved to
the 175 spot, replacing Hank Man-
tho, who was forced to leave the
squad because of a wrenched back.
With this formidable array, Coach
Weber's matmen over-powered
Northwestern in the season's opener,
22-8. The Wildcats took only two
events, the 136-pound and unlimited
weight divisions. The Maize and
Blue were not as successful in the
next match, as they bowed to a scrap-
py Illinois aggregation by a score of
21-10. Galles and Johnston were
the only Wolverines to repeat win-
ning performances.
Start Winning Streak
The M' men got back in the win
column when they next handed Pur-
due's Boilermakers a sound trounc-
ing to the tune of 21-13. The high-
lights of the match were the pins
registered by Johnston, Skillman and
Telfer.
Ohio State next succumbed to the
Wolverine powerhouse, 25-5. The
Webermen continued to bowl over
all opposition, taking all but one
event. George Bollas, 345-pound
Buckeye, pinned Phil Holcombe in
8:31 in the final event.
Sixth in Tournament
Once again, reliable Galles,
Johnston, Skillman and Gittins came
through, this time against Indiana.
However, their efforts were nullified
as the Hoosiers managed to. hold the
Wolverines to a tie, 12-12. Against
ar highly-rated Minnesota squad, the
men from Michigan were held to
their second straight deadlock, 14-14.
"Uncle" Jim Galles won his sixth
straight match of the season when
he defeated Chuck Loudjeff, and Bob
Johnston gained his fourth win of
the year.
The Michigan matmen finished the
season in a defense of the Western
Conference title. However, the re-
sult was not as gratifying as was that
of the previous year. Coach Weber's
club finished sixth, amassing 11
points, -while the winning Purdue
squad had onlyh18 points. Galles
won his second Conference crown as
he took the 165-pound event, and
captain-elect Bob Johnston finished
third in his class. The only other
. . That the Yost Field 'House,
dedicated in 1923, is one of the lar-
gest buildings in .the nation devot-
ed exclusively to intercollegiate
athletics. It contains, among oth-
er things, a complete laundry, a
shoe repair shop, and an equipment
room that bears a strong resem-
blance to a sporting goods store.
That since 1901, Wolverine
football teams have gone through 11
undefeated seasons. In that same
period, the grid men had nine seasons
in which they lost only one game. In
only two years since 1892 have Michi-'
gan squads finished a season with a
percentage of less than .500.
. That Ray Fisher'has been in his
position as baseball coach longer than
any other coach at Michigan. He
took over his present post in 1921,
succeeding Lundgren. During his 25
years at Michigan, he has coached
nine Western Conference champion-
ship teams. This isn't half bad con-
sidering the fact that there are nine
other schools in the Big Ten.
... That Don Lund, who won his
ninth letter in baseball this -spring,
is the seventh Michigan man to
reach that mark. The others are
Norman J. Daniels, Robert J.
Dunne, Harry G. Kipke, Russell D.
Oliver, Bennie Oosterbaan and
Daniel Smick.
That the little Brown Jug, the
famous trophy of the annual Michi-
gan-Minnesota rivalry, was stolen in
1931 just a few days before the Go-
pher-Wolverine game. Michigan had
an exact duplicate made, but luckily
the original was found in a clump of
shrubbery on campus before game
time.
... That the first competitive sport
at the University was baseball. The
first game in that sport took place
in 1886 when the Wolverines met and
defeated Ann Arbor by the score of
33-11.
BY HANK KEISER
Michigan's tennis squad, coached
by LeRoy Weir, topped off an unde-
feated season by capturing its sec-
ond consecutive Western Conference
crown, adding more honors to the
Wolverines' 1945 athletic record.
Coming out victorious in the nine
matches they played from April 21
to May 26, the Maize and Blue net-
men established themselves as kings
of the Big Ten courts.
Purdue, Illinois, Wayne, Notre
Dame, Western Michigan, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Ohio State, Northwestern
and Oberlin went down under the
Maize and Blue attack in the six
dual and two triangular encounters
of the year.
Open Against Purdue
First to be felled by the Wolverine
axe were the Boilermakers of Pur-
due, who traveled to Ann Arbor only
to suffer a 5-2 defeat. Illinois met
the same fate the week following and
on March 30, Wayne University of
Detroit went down under a 6-3 count.
Broadening their scope of action,
the Weir-men took on Notre Dame's
vaunted aggregation, shutting them
out, 9-0 by capturing every one of
the six singles and three doubles
matches.
Take Two Triangulars
It was the same story with Western
Michigan a week later, as the Wol-
verine squad ran roughshod over a
sorely outclassed opponent, to the
tune of 9-0.
Tangling with Minnesota and Wis-
consin in their first triangular meet
of the season, Weir's netters recorded
a double win, downing the Gophers
7-2, and the Badgers 8-1.
Ohio State and Northwestern were
the victims of the Wolverine steam-
roller in the second three-way clash
a week later. The Buckeyes came out
on the short end of a 7-2 count,
while the Wildcats were trounced by
a 9-0 margin.
Finishing off the dual meet season
against Oberlin, the Maize and Blue
stalwarts sewed up all six singles and
three doubles tilts to blank their op-
ponents, chalking up nine points in
the process.
On March 26, the Wolverines cli-
maxed a successful season, invading
Evanston and walking off with the
1945 Western Conference crown by
garnering 18 points, a comfortable
51/ more than the runner-up OSU
team.
Lewis Outstanding
Standout of the Michigan crew was
its captain, Roger Lewis, who han-
dled the number one singles berth.
He came out on top in all but one
of his dual meet solo matches dur-
ing the season and, paired with one
of his teammates, dominated the first
doubles division.
Jinx Johnson played humber two
singles and Jack Hirsch received the
number three assignment. Both of
these boys turned in admirable per-
formances during the year, earning
varsity letters for themselves.
Gordon Nauggle, Dave Post and
Roy Boucher complete the roster of
varsity racquet-men, competing in
the third, fourth and fifth singles
brackets respectively. These six men
were paired in three teams to take
care of the doubles battles.
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