Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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VARSITY GULF l i LefT To righT: Richard GinTher, Gordon NeTzorg, Phillip Becker, William GinTher, Thomas Plowman, RoberT Adams. . For The TirsT Time in a number OT Years, The VarsiTv golT Team received Tinancial aid Trom The college To carry The Team Through a ThirTeen game schedule. ln previous years, Those who wished To play golT, had To Tinance The expenses Themselves, placing a handicap on golT enThusiasTs. WiTh This siTuaTion remedied, The golT Team enioved a mosT successTul season. The squad was composed oT Bill GinTher, Gordv NeTzorg, Bob Adams, George Walker, and Torn Plowman. Phil Becker and Dick GinTher acTed as co-managers. All OT These men have had previous experience, eiTher on previous Alma Teams, in high school, or aT various golT clubs. All home games were played aT The Alma Pine River GOIT Club, Tl-lE SCHEDULE Apr. Albion ------ l-lere ivlav OliveT l-lere May l-lillsdale l-lere May Kalamazoo There May l-lope - l-lere May l-lillsdale - There lvlav OliveT - There lvlav Adrian l-lere May l-lope - - - There May Kalamazoo - l-lere May Albion ------ There lvlav Adrian ------- l-lere May MIAA ivleeT aT Kalamazoo 88

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VARSITY TRACK TOP POW. lSl:T To righT: John MaThews, Millard l-lulTman, ATlee GilberT, RoberT Devaney. Middle row: Coach Macdonald, Angus MacGarvah, Gordon NeTzorg, Richard Cresswell, Jack Cresswell, RoberT Adams. BoTTom row: l-larold Dean, PeTer Cicinelli, Donald SmiTh, ArThur SmiTh, Carl Elder. The varsiTy Track squad, under The waTchTul eye oT Coach Gordon Macdonald, has had several indoor meeTs and pracTice conTesTs so Tar This season, and show excellenT promise OT rounding inTo a sTrong conTender Tor The MlAA championship crown This year. Eour valuable poinT winners were losT Trom lasT year's Team. Doc Ling, capTain oT lasT year'fs squad, and Clyde Dawe graduaTed lasT June. l.ing's absence in The 440- yard dash, and Dawe in The sprinTs and hurdles was keenly TelT and leT+ gaping holes in The Alma Team. Dud Taber, who excelled in The dashes Tailed To reTurn To school This year, and Angus MacGarvah, weighT man, Was unable To reporT. l-lowever, CapTain T-larold Dean, in his specialTy, The middle disTances, will aTTempT To lead his Team To a successTul season in spiTe OT These handicaps. ln The pole vaulT, Bob Adams and Mel l-lulTman, will hold sway. Don SmiTh, John MaThews, and Gor- don NeTzorg will run The hurdles. Carl Elder, Gordon NeTzorg, and BuTch GilberT will be vieing Tor honors in The broad and high jumps. ln The sprinTs, Alma is ex- cepTionally sTrong, WiTh PeTe Cicinelli and Don SmiTh pacing The Tield. Bob Devaney and Elder hurl The iavelin, and Elder, GilberT, and Cicinelli are Tops in The discus. The Cresswell's, Dick and Jack, have aided Alma considerably in poinTs, as boTh boys are Tine runners wiTh much experience. Dick picks The mile, and Jack The Two mile To help The ScoTs in piling up poinTs. For The TirsT Time in many year's indoor meeTs are coming inTo prominence aT Alma. On March l7, The MIAA lndoor meeT was held aT l-lillsdale. GTher meeTs have been wiTh DeTroiT Tech, Abion, OliveT, and Grand Rapids Junior College. ln The laTTer parT oT May, The annual MIAA ouTdoor meeT will be held aT Kalamazoo.

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VARSITY TENNIS TEAM Top row, leTT To righT: KenneTh OTis, Coach Seaman, John Eraker. BoTTom row: Floyd Boat George Purdy, Douglas Garrison, Ralph Daniels. il- WiTh Tive leTTermen reTurning Trom lasT year's squad, The Alma College varsiTy Tennis Team is poinTing Towards a mosT successTul season. Due To incleme-nT weaTher The racqueTeers have been hampered by lack oT early season pracTice sessions due To The poor condiTions OT The clay courTs. AgiTaTion Tor new cemenT courTs was sTarTed WiTh The resulT ThaT work has already begun on cemenT courTs which shall be ready Tor use nexT Tall. ProTessor W. l-l. Bill Seaman, head coach, has Ken CTis, George Purdy, Ralph Daniels, Douglas Garrison and Floyd BoaT, all capable racqueT wielders Tor This year's Team. l-lome meeTs have been arranged wiTh Tive oTher conTerence Teams. Tl-lE SCHEDULE Apr. 2l Olive-T ------ There Apr. 26 Hillsdale - - - There Apr. 30 l-lope - - - - Here May 7 Kalamazoo There-9 a.m. May 7 Albion - - There 3 p.m. lvlay l2 l-lillsdale - - - I-le-re May I6 Albion - Here May I8 OliyeT - - l'lGI'G lvlay 24 Kalamazoo - - - l'lGfG May 25 l-lope -------- There lvlay 27-28 lvl.I.A.A. MeeT aT Kalamazoo. 1