!AGE FOUR TUP MtP]4lrV- A IV , " A n Xr P A G E F O U R . 3 . Z J J 1 Y 1 L Sj 1 1 1 r , h u L I MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1949 V Wolverine Golfers Use Home Course to Advantage Romp to Western Conference Crown What makes a golf course great? Ask any member of last year's Varsity links squad that question and he'll probably tell you to take a walk out to the University course and see for yourself. * * * IF YOU TAKE his advice you'll see one of the country's few truly championship layouts, and you had better stroll through all 18 holes before yielding to the urge to dust off the old golf sticks for a trial round. You'll need every kind of golf shot in the book to negotiate the 6660 yard route suc- cessfully. Here are found spacious greens with surfaces approaching per- fection that require near-perfect putting skill. A classic example is the treacherous fifteenth, shaped like an hour glass. But there is an additional problem of landing on those greens, caused by yawning sand traps located in strategic spots every- where. Off the tees, long booming drives are needed to make the Use of shorter irons possible on the sec- ond shot. Longer irons and wood clubs lack the accuracy that the position of the greens demands. THEN TOO, those drives must not stray from a direct line of flight. Slicers and hookers will find themselves tied up in knots by the shaggy rough which bor- ders the narrow fairways. As an added complication, there are many holes on which the green cannot be seen from the tee. In view of these facts, you prob- ably wonder what could cause the Wolverine golfer's enthusiasm when referring to his home course, but a brief glance at last season's record would clear things up. THE GOLF team was helpless when foraging in unfamiliar pas- tures but was unbeatable at home where it won everything in sight, including the 1949 Big Ten Cham- pionship. In addition, Michigan's captain, Ed Schalon, shared the Conference individual golf title. After getting off to a dismal start with three straight defeats in dual Big Ten meets on the road, the Wolverines came home to Ann Arbor to lick their wounds and set a trap that would avenge the rough treat- went they received while visit- inglival schools- On May 15th they sprung the snare for the first time and made a double killing by jolting both Ohio State and Illinois in a big triangular event. This gave Mich- igan the momentum it so badly needed. * * * TWO WEEKS later the trap was rolled out again but in quest of much bigger game. This time all the teams in the Conference tum- bled in as the Wolverines com- pletely outclassed the field in a two day, 72 hole medal play tour- nament for the championships. The winning team total of 1499 strokes established a new record for the event, replacing the mark of 1528 set by North- western in 1948. Ohio State was second, 58 strokes behind, and Purdue finished third. Members of the victorious squad were Schalon, Roger Kessler, Pete Two Athletes Share in I-M Honor Award Stanley Plagenhoef of Holland, Mich., and Lee Setomer of New York City were named Michigan's best all-around intramural ath- letes for 1948-49, the first time that a dual award was deemed necessary since 1930. Both men were awarded Michi- gan Daily Trophies for their ac- complishments. * * * AN ANNUAL tradition at Michi- gan, the best all-around I-M ath-, lete of the year is picked by the intramural staff on the basis of number of sports participated in, advancement in these sports, in- dividual honors and points ac- cumulated. Setomer who also won the 1947-1 48 award, took part in eighteen different athletic activities during the year, representing the Dodgers of the Independent Division. E He won the all-campus handball singles championship and teamed up with John Scopas to win the doubles. He also won the paddle- ball singles title and, along with Herb Epstein, repeated in the doubles. Plagenhoef, who was a weight- lifting instructor here, competed in 16 sports as a member of the Phi Epsilon Kappa professional fra- M' Puck Squad National Power By BOB SANDELL Vic Heyliger, beginning his sixth season at the helm of Michigan's hockey squad, has made his Wol- verine icemen one of the most powerful and feared college teams in the country. Coming here in the fall of 1944, Vic has put new life into a sport that could not even boast of a winning percentage over the pe- riod of years leading up to his arrival.r BUT IN THE last two seasons alone his rampaging Maize and Blue skaters have dropped but four of 49 contests while winning 41 and tying the remaining four. These two highly successful campaigns include a National Collegiate championship in 1948 and a third place in the tourna- ment last March at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Coupled with four straight mythical Big Nine championships Heyliger can boast of the finest record in the history of the pop- ular winter sport at Michigan. His five year record now stands at 74 victories as compared to 24 losses and six deadlocks, a phenomenal .755 average. * * * MICHIGAN HAS managed to snare only six Conference crowns since the initial game back in 1921 with the Michigan Agricultural rivals have now faced each other 98 times with the rugged North- men still holding a wide margin with 58 triumphs. The Wolverines have been more successful with another long time foe, Michigan Tech, having whipped them 33 times and suc- cumbing to the Engineers in 18 encounters. .* * * ONE JINX that Heyliger's teams have been able to crack is the one that the University of Toronto held for several years. The two squads play a char- ity game every year in Chicago and the Canadians took nine straight before the Wolverine puckmen finally broke through to win three of the last four and tie the other. Toronto can al- ways be counted on to have one of the finest college sextets in all North America. Several Wolverines have won national recognition in the past two seasons. Defensemen Connie Hill, three time captain and vet- eran of four seasons of play, and speedy wingman Wally Grant both were selected on the All-Star Tournament team in 1948 follow- ing the winning of the NCAA title. awards. Grant was given further recognition by being nominated on the tournament all star team for the second straight year. Red-headed Gordie MacMillan established a scoring record in the past four seasons that will stand for a long time. His total number of goals and assists stood at 205 after he had played his last game in a blue uniform. Heyliger held the scoring mark until McMillan came along and now Gacek and Al Renfrew have also passed his old mark of 116. THE WOLVERINE coach won All-American hon'rs while starring on the 1936-7 Michigan sextet. He later coached the Uni- versity of Illinois icemen after playing professionally for the Chi- cago Blackhawks. Prospects for this year are bright with the All-American Grant returning to form one of the fastest lines in college hockey with Gil Burford and Neil Celley. Defensemen Ross Smith and Bob Fleming return to try to fill the big gap left by the grad- uation of Hill and Starrak. Other returning lettermen and I -4 WALLY GRANT All-American * * ng (now Michigan State SUCCESS STORY--Youthful; batting .667 in the Champion golf coach at Michigan in 194 Western Conference Golf titl Chances are that Bert will up brilliant freshman team will c turning members of the 1949 * * Elliott, Bob Olson, Leo Hauser and Chuck MacCallum. Co-medalist with Schalon wa defending champ, Fred Wample of Purdue. Their 72 hole tota of 297 exceeded par by nin strokes. These two linksmen an Elliott started the final three hole all even but the latter droppe one behind on the pardthree sev enteenth to finish third with 298 IT WAS THE eleventh leagu title and sixth in the last eight years for the Wolverines. Golfing activities are not yet over at Michigan this year. Shortly after the beginning 'of the fall semester, two tourna- ments will be staged at the Uni- versity course under the super- vision of golf coach Bert Katz- enmeyer. HEY JOE! "Meet me at that popular student Tonsorial Parlor." The DASCOLA BARBERS Liberty near State -Daily-Wally Barth golf mentor Bert Katzenmeyer is iship League since becoming head 7. Katzenmeyer's charges won the College lege). The cided series nially Col- title has usually been de- in the home and home with Minnesota's peren- strong Gophers. The two * * * 'last year's freshmen will fill out LAST SPRING Hill and Grant the rest of the squad that might along with Wally Gacek and Dick pose another threat for national Starrak were given All-American and conference honors. A~ e in 1947 and repeated in 1949. ternity team. He was runner-up p his average next season when a in the all-campus badminton omnbine their talents with five re- tourney. championship squad. Setomer was the fourth person * * ever to repeat as an award winner. The first will be a 72 hole medal Two men, Milton Eskowitz of De- Tihtroit and Paul Keller of Grosse test for the William B. Crawford Pointe won the award three times. r, Trophy, an invitational event. But Most famous of the past win- is anyone is eligible to stride onto ners is Tom Harmon, the Gary, e the first tee in the other tourney Ind., football ace who was des- d except golf letter winners. 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