"I THE MICHIUGAN DAILY iksmen Capture Wolverines' Lone Conference Crown ._ _.; Netters Have' Winning Year But Lose Title Jim Evans captures Number Five Singles By EV ELLIN% With a record of five wins and two defeats to their credit in Big Ten competition, Michigan's tennis squad concluded the 1946 season on June 1 by capturing fifth place honors in the Conference meet at Chicago, which saw Wolverine Jim Evans crowned Big Ten titlist in the number five singles.'% Leading the netters throughout the season in the number one spot was Jack Hersh, a veteran perform- er letterman from the 1945 Confer- ence championship squad. Bill Mi- kulich, who earned his freshman numerals in 1942, held down the number tw9 position while Fred Wel- lengton, "returning "M" man from the 1943 team, handled the third singles assignment. McClusky Is Campus Champ Dean McClusky, winner of the 1946 all-campus tennis tourney, per- formed ably in the number four slot and newcomer Evans made a fine showing in the fifth position. Rounding out the singles lineup was Hal Cook who played most of the schedule in the number six spot. Coach Leroy Weir, Wolverine net mentor, tried 13 different doubles combinations in match competition. The number three duet of Dean Mc- Clusky and Paul Schoenlaubncom- piled the most impressive record of the season, exhibiting seven victor- ies against three defeats. Hersh and 'Evans handled most of the number one play while Mikulich and Evans appeared in the majority of the num- ber two pairings. Win Doubleheader The Conference schedule opened with a doubleheader April 27 and the Wolverines lost little time in chalk- ing up their first two victories, blan- keting Indiana, 9-0, in the morning and squelching the Purdue, 7-2, in the afternoon clash. Illinois racketmen, later crowned' Conference champs, offered Michigan its toughest opposition of the season in handing the Wolverines their first Big Ten set-back, 6-3. FERRY FIELD - which is the scene of many sports activities at Michigan. Here Saturday's gridiron heroes run through a practice scrimmage and the Wolverine trackmen workout on the quarter-mile track surround- ing the field. In the background is the Sports Building, housing a large swimming pool, where intramural competition and PEWl classes are held. .Ferry Field, Once a Criket Park, Now Center of Athletic Activity Hockey Team Cops 17 Wins In 25 Games Pucksters Snap Three Records in 'Best' Year Before the season opener it was freely predicted that the Michigan hockey team would be the best in his- tory and Coach Vic Heyliger's sextet really lived up to advance expecta- tions with a record number of 17 wins' in, 25 contests against some of the best amateur teams in Canada and the United States. Furthermore, the team broke sev- eral scoring records which had been on the books for many years. Gord MacMillan, high-flying center, broke the season's individual scoring mark with 59 points and the team erased other marks by tallying 16 goals in one game and 168 for the season. Take Conference Title Biggest achievement for the Wol- verines was the wresting of the Big Ten hockey title from Minnesota for the first time since 1935. The Maize nd Blue conquered the Northmen wice on coliseum ice and then clinched the crown at Minneapolis two weeks later as they battled the Gophersnto a three-goal tie. Minne- sota won the final game, however. Michigan's lineup was studded with talented first year men, hailing mostly from Canada. *gop scoring line was that of MacMillan, Al Ren- frew and Bill Jacobson, all from across the border. Renfrew was run- ner-up to MacMillan in scoring hon- ors, playing half the season with a fractured wrist. Wally Grant, Neil Celley and Wally Gacek formed a second offensively minded front line combination.. Hill Heads Defense . Captain Connie Hill, Bob Marshall, Clem Cossalter and Ross Smith han- dled the defensive chores with Jack McInnes and Jack MacDonald both proving very capable in the Wolver- ine nets. Michigan established a new win- ning streak with 11 straight victories before going down to a double defeat at the hands of the University of Toronto Blues. Up to that time the Wolverines had twice defeated Colo- rado College, Minnesota's Gophers, the Windsor Spitfires, and scored single wins over five other Ontario puck aggregations. After the first Toronto series, the Maize and Blue stickmen suffered a mid-season slump caused by the strenuous schedule. By BOB MODIC With a good eye for drama, Michi- gan's golf team waited until the final day of the Conference tournament in Minneapolis to fulfill the promise it had shown all seas.on and upset Ohio State's defending champions by a 17-stroke margin for the Big Ten championship. The title, ninth for Michigan in 27 years of Conference competition, also kept intact the 24-year stretch over which Wolverine teams have cap- N~<'* M W Golfers~' Eleventh-Hour Victory Preserves String Golf Championship Keeps Alive 24 Year Old Title-Per-Year Pace in Big Ten Competition largely to a torrid 73-73 score on the last 36 holes. His total was 302, com- pared to the 294 of medalist John Jacobs of Iowa, but combined with 306 totals by Dave Barclay, Pete El- liott and Bill Courtright, it gave Michigan a decisive victory. All four Wolverines hit th'eir stride on the final round with a pair of 73's and a pair of 74's among them. Michigan's play over the season was not as impressive as it was in the tourney, though the golfers went through the 11-game schedule with only three defeats. Bad weather ham- pered them throughout the season and kept the scores up. Beat Spartans Opening the season against Michi- gan State, the Wolverines rang up an impressive 24-3 win and followed with a decisive victory over Wayne both matches being played on the University course. Journeying down to Columbus, the Wolverines had their embryonic winning streak cut short by the Buckeyes, 19/2 to 71/2, but bounced back to smother Detroit, 251/2 to 1x/2, and then upset the high- flying Northwestern golfers, 14-13. The Wolverines seemed to have picked up a road jinx as they dropped two of the three following matches away from home, bowing to Michi- gan State and Notre Dame and edg- ing Illinois. Returning to t e famil- iar haunts of the University course, the Wolverine golfers settled down to defeat Purdue and then avenge their earlier loss to Ohio State with a decisive 18-6 victory. A win over Detroit brought the schedule to a close and provided the final tune-up for the triumphant Conference tour- ney. Playing in the number one spot for the entire season was Dave Bar- clay, the most consistent golfer on the team. His doubles partner, El- liott, was lapable of some brilliant golf but was erratic after+ the first few matches. Courtright reported late because of his wrestling duties and didn't hit top form until mid- season, but after that he paced the team several times. Freshmen are advised to take advantage of the athletic facili- ties of Michigan's modern sports plant. Full-time intramural pro- grams have been devised by the Athletic Department and all new students are urged to participate. J' Colorful History Began With One Tent in 1858 Of the various facilities incorpor- ated in the University athletic plant, which started as a single gymnasium- tent in 1858, none has a more colorful or complicated history than Ferry Field. Since the first makeshift structure, the athletic setup has undergone many changes, moving from the orig- inal site, where the Physics labora- tory now stands, to the South State stronghold it occupies,at present. In- cluded in the current group of build- ings' is the mammoth stadium, the Sports Building, Yost Field House, the Coliseum, and the Administration Building, Waterman and Barbour Gyms, of course, accommodate both men's and women's physical educa- tion classes. PUBLICITY RELEASE: Etter Recalls Top Sport Thrill Of the outdoor fields, besides the Stadium, the plant includes the Fer- ry Field track, the baseball diamond, the University golf course, tennisj courts both on Ferry and Palmer Fields. Field Purchased in 1891 Ferry Field itself was purchased byj the Board of Regents for $3,000 in 1891, when it was realized that the play field near the campus gymnasi- um and the fair grounds in the south- eastern part of Ann Arbor were be-j coming inadequate. First recognition of the need for outdoor facilities came in 1865, however, when the Board ap-j propriated $150 in two years for thej care of a cricket field. But Michigan was destined for big- ger things than cricket. The original purchase included the south ten acres of the present Field, which had to be graded and drained before a quarter- mile track surrounding a baseball diamond and gridiron could be laidI out. Called 'Regents Field' Called "Regents Field," the name was changed to the present title in 1902 when the Hon. D. M. Ferry of Detroit donated 21 additional acres north of the original ten. Two years later, a brick wall was constructed around three sides of the field, and later gifts of Ferry made possible the building of gates and ticket offices. The entire plot now covers approxi- mately 80 acres. In 1893, stands with a seating ca- pacity of 400-a drop in the bucket now-were built for football specta- tors, but in 1895 they were destroyed by fire and consequently rebuilt, this time accommodating double the old amount. A ground keeper's house was also raised at that time, showing thatMichigan was right in step with "progress." First Gridders Played There When the final football game on the old site was played in 1906, the stands had been expanded to the point where they could seat the 17,- 000 people who were part of a record crowd that day. The heyday of Ferry Field as the site of all important Michigan athlet- ic spectacles was not ended until 1927 when the present Stadium was built and football games were shifted there from their old home. But before this happened, many elevens were to set foot on the field. Gridiron Moved In 1906, the gridiron was moved to the northern part of the area, sur- rounded by the present quarter-mile cinder track, Wooden stand accom- modated spectators until 1914, when the concrete stands were constructed. Although this south unit, seating 46,- 000, was the only one built, plans eventually called for a U-shaped structure to surround three sides of the track. Meanwhile, the wooden stands were moved to the new base- ball diamond in 1912, which lay on the site now occupied by Yost Field House. DAVE BARCLAY tured at least one Big Ten crown as. it was the only one brought to Ann. Arbor during the 1945-46 season. Co-Favored for Title The Wolverines went into the tour- nament as one of the three top teams in the Conference along with the powerful Ohio State Buckeyes and Nbrthwestern's well-balanced squad,. which finished second and third, re- spectively. After trailing through the first half of the tournament, the Wolverines' took a one-stroke lead at the three- quarter mark and widened the mar- gin to 17 strokes on the last 18 holes. Key to the victory was not one "hot" golfer, but over-all balance of the Michigan team. Schalon Stars Only freshman Ed Schalon played a championship brand of golf as he grabbed a tie for third place, due In describing his most thrilling ex- perience of more than 20 years of newswriting, Les Etter, head of the publicity department of the Univer- sity athletic association, relates the incident which won the second of a two-game series between Michigany and Minnesota- during the 1926 sea- son. "It was late in that game," Etter begins, "that the great All-American, Bennie Oosterbaan, whom I have come to know quite intimately as a Michigan coach in the last two years picked up a free ball inside the Michi- gan 40-yard line and romped 60-odd yards for the score that tied the ball game." That play, coupled with the conversion for goal by the other member of', the Bennie-to-Benny combination, Benny Friedman, was the most thrill-packed of his life,. Etter related. "I was a freshman at Minnesota at the time and was full of the old college spirit. It was a seri- ous blow to my morale, for with that play, Michigan won the game 7-6," he added. ,Ends Sec n Year Here Etter, who has seen quite a few thrilling sights during his career-as news reporter and publicity man, is now entering his third year at the University, having marked his second anniversary here Aug. 8. As head of the department, Etter's responsibilities are numerous. He sends all Michigan sports news to more than 600 newspapers and radio stations throughout the country. In addition a five-page monthly sum- mary of sports events was compiled and sent during the, war to more than 150 former 'U' men in the Armed Forces. ..+. 1 You'll get VOLUMES. 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