US xs1 1948sTHE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN Iviu-atais~lrn aie~ot By BEV BUSSEY Six Michigan captains will all be feeling the pinch of their vari- ous Jzed boots as each one leads to tme startingpost. a Western Conference championship team. The leaders who will be out to retain those titles are Dom To- masi, of the undefeated Big Nine and Rose Bowl football conquerors, Bill Roberts, head of the basket- ball squad, Al Renfrew, of the "royal" hockey "mounties," and co-captain swimmers Dick Wein- berg and Bob Sohl. In the spring Hal "Tubby" Raymond will lead the Wolver- ine diamond aggregation which tied Illinois for a share of the Confcrence crown in '48. The baseil! team, starting out slow- ly, inmshed in a fiery blaze at Shampaign, by splitting a :cru- si' series with the Illni. They salvaged one title out of a very disappointing spring season for Michigan athletics. Tomasi is a little guy. If he walked past the average student en the siag, he'd never be taken for theW"guard that makes the Michigan offensive go." That's what former gridiron coach "Fritz"' Crisler said about Dam after last year's overwhelming season. About 5 ft. 8 in., weighing in at 180 pounds soaking wet, Dom pulls out of the line for those all-important key blocks against opponents twice his size. "Sur- prise" is his by-word, because, according to Tomasi, the opposi- tion never expects him to hit as hard as he does. After playing three years in E-- - -2 -- ---2 -32- the big-time college ranks, Dom admits that he still gets buck- fever the night before every game. But after the first hard "encounter" it's no longer a bed of roses-only the side thorns that keep the guy with the per- petual brush-cut hopping until the 60 minute spectacle is over.- In addition to football, Tomasi has been a regular at second base since his freshman year in 1945. At the opposite end of the yard teammates, Renfrew hails from parts across the northern border, Canada, but unlike the rest, he calls Toronto home. Along with GordGMcMillan at center and Wally Gacek at the other wing, Renfrew can claim the distinction of playing on a lineI that set the record for scoringt the most points in intercollegiate competition. Al, a shy guy off the ice, took more interest in setting up plays than in producing all the goals. Nevertheless, he netted enough to push his total past the 100 point mark, the third Michigan hockey player to achieve this. It was a difficult choice for Michigan's Big Nine and NCAA swimming champs to make when; election time came around. The only safe way out was to name Bob Sohl and Dick Weinberg co-cap- tains. but is chock full of spunk. Take that from his closest friend since high school days and still his teammate, Dom Tomasi. Last summer, Raymond broke his leg trying to steal a base. He wore a cast during the fall se- mester, and when Fisher issued the call for pitchers and catchersI in November, Raymond was the first to show up for assignments and drills-the removable brace being stored in the locker over two hours every day. The boys on the team like to tell about "Tubby" during the Iowa series. It was a comical sight watching little Raymond stand up for his rights to Umpire Major- kurth, a midget-sized giant who weighed close to 300 pounds tow- ering over the Wolverine peanut. A TTL'i U'),lb 3'b'~ yt Sin les r ,n WNolverii e 'et tFun Seend in (oRgg iec The season record doesn t count. Although Michigan's tennis team won 7 matches and lost only 2 during the regu-lar 1943 season, they couldn't quite win the con- ference title. The favored Wolverines were edged by Northwestern despite s:cetacuiar work by Anr'y Paton who won the individual title and Paton and Bill Mikulich who teamed up to win the number one dcubles crcwn. - The team, coached by Eob Dix- on, was a seasoned outfit that played steady tennis all season only to be nipped in the Big Nine Championships by the Wildcats. The netters started their season with the annual Dixie tour and founa, southern hospitality a lit- tle rough. North Carolina and Virginia both whipped the Wol- verines, then Michigan turned around and edged Duke. Back in their own back yard the Wolverines gave little indica- tion that they were gOing to make a strong bi:l for conference honors. Both Miclhigan State and Notre Dame boat them before they found themselves, but suddenly catching fire, Michigan started to roll and piled up seven victories in a row previous to the Big Nine Chain- picnships. Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, and Illinois fell easily; then Northwestern's defending cham- pions were nosed out 5-4 in the most closely contested match of the season. Purdue and Western Michigan fell along the way, then to climax the dual match season the Wolverines stopped Michigan State to avenge the early season defeat. Throughout the season, Andy See TENNIS, Page 8 Both Sigma Chi fraternity k) 'N4 IIIIIIIUI 0 brothers, the two started churn- ing for Coach Matt Mann in their s A: Al1 Tr~~ cieinPaced b n, ~i~loi'4 8 A fast improving track squad was Coach Ken Doherty's parting a to the University, when he left at the end of th islast sea,)n '. "'1 x 11 U~!wo .1 L ; _-= .t I° _4 \ FRENCH SHRINER & URNER BASS OUTDOOR FOOTWEAR - 11 SANDLER SPORTSTERS BASS SPORT SHOES I II II III 111 I III