EMBER is, 1950 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE I! M B R 1 . 19 ~ T E M I H I G N D A L Y A G E 4T N Vetters Take Big Ten Championship By BUZ STEINBERG ieigan's mighty netmen not chalked' up a near-perfect loss record last season, but alsol added the Conference m to their credit as every man he Wolverine aggregation tri- is was quite a reversal from 958 season in which the net- dropped to the third position he Conference. Also in that trous 1958 season,. Michigan a chain of 45 straight vic- s broken by Notre Dame. In tion, Illinois went on to de- the 'M' netters. it the Michigan representa- gained back much of its pre- s prestige by the success of its feats. Success Questionable the season's start, success ared as a question mark. But asn't too long afterward that wolverines seemed to be a. definite challenger to Iowa's Con- ference crown. The opener was a quadrangular meet with Minnesota, Ohio State and Toledo. The going was easy for the Wolverines as they dropped both Conference foes 9-0 and downed Toledo 6-0 in a short- ened affair. This resounding start was the needed spark to get things rolling for the remainder of the season. Coach Bill Murphy had a depth-laden squad and he used it to' best advantage. Returning vet- erans were captain Jon Erickson, Bob Sassone, Wayne Peacock, Frank Fulton and John Wiley. In addition were sophomores Gerry Duble, Mike Gordon and Bruce MacDonald, and transfer student Larry Zaitzeff. Bow to Notre Dame The next dual meet entangled a highly touted NotreDame. squad, and It lived up- to all expectations by battling the Wolverines to the finish before downing them, 5-4. This was the only loss inflicted on the 'M' netters last season, as they went on to mark up a 9-1 win-loss record. Then Michigan began to roll with a 7-2 victory over Western Michigan. Next an abbreviated 6-1 contest was won over North- western in the final home affair of the season. Wisconsin played dead as they were easily handled, 9-0. Then Michigan State fell at the Wol- verine's feet as Michigan added a 7-2 victory. Michigan found it advantageous to play at Michigan State, for it was to be there only one and a half weeks later where the Wol- verines were to roll to the Con- ference crown. The Conference meet at East Lansing was a three-day elimina- tion meet. Michigan entered a slight favorite over Illinois and defending champs Iowa. Then the magic bubble burst. Erickson, playing number one singles, conquered Art Andrews of Iowa for the title. Andrews was considered to be the best in the Big Ten, but the Michigan cap- tain edged him in a closely played contest, 9-7, 6-4. Sophomore Dubie added a Wol- verine triumph in number two singles by defeating Bob Brecken- ridge of Illinois 6-3, 6-0. Sassone continued the Wolver- ines' winning ways by adding a 6-2, 7-5 triumph over Minnesota's Ray Raddsevich. Fourth man, Larry Zaitzeff, then proceeded to chalk up a victory over Joe Epkins of Illinois 6-4, 6-3. Fulton, who was playing in fifth singles, found the going a bit more difficult, as he lost the first set 1-6 (which was one of the only two sets lost in the three-day meet; both by Fulton) and then reversed the trend to crush Don Mesch of Illinois in the final two sets, 6-0, 6-3.- Present captain Wayne Pea- cock, added the final Wolverine singles victory in a 6-4, 6-4 tri- umph over Michigan State's Ron Mescall. Both Peaccok and Fulton were defending titles from the previous playoffs. Sweep Possibility Evident By then the possibility that Michigan could capture all nine events was evident. This had only been done once before in the his- tory of the Conference playoffs, and that was back in 1938 when Chicago swept all honors. It was for that very team that present tennis coach Murphy, played. The Wolverines proved unbeat- able. 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