Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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HOLF Standing, left to right: Albert Katzenmeyer, Don Peters, Coach Macdonald, Jack Lea, and Fred Hartt. Kneeling: Robert Phillips. Despite the loss of two members of its Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship team, the Scot golfers loom as strong contenders to retain their title this year, and are rated to be among the best in the conference. Bert Katzenmeyer of Ann Arbor and Bob Phillips of Alma are the returning letter-men from the T941 squad. The outcome of the golf squad in the MIAA Field Day at Kalamazoo this year, in which the golf matches will be played on the Milham Park Course, will to a large extent determine whether Alma is successful in defending its All-Sports Trophy won a year ago. The golf schedule for this year: May 5-Central Michigan, May 9-University of Michigan, May T3-Central Michigan, May 21-22-MIAA Field Day at Kalamazoo. 60

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With the largest track squad in Alma sporting history, Coach Gordon A. Macdonald worked hard with his tracks prospects in preparation for the MIAA Field Day at Kala- mazoo this year. There was but one thought in all their minds, that was to break the reign of Albion and Kalamazoo in track. This year, the outcome of the track squad was a main factor in whether Alma will be able to win for the second straight year the coveted All-Sports Trophy given each year to the school in the MIAA, which achieved the largest total of points in the combined sports of football, basketball, track, golf, and tennis. Mainstays of the track squad were three seniors: Jack King, Robert Kirby, and Lynn Wilson. King, track captain, is the Bay City speedster whose drive and competitive spirit in the middle distance running events have added many vital points in Alma's track meets in recent years. Kirby, hailing from Charlevoix, specialized in the field events, being one of the strongest iavelin and discus throwers in the conference. Wilson, an Owosso product, was rated the outstanding high-jumper of the MIAA in recent years, his other speciality being the broad-iump. This year the squad was bolstered by several freshmen. Among these were: Durrell Emling, Bud Kohler, Harold Mayhew, Jack Mundell, Bob Marx, Wayne Dorsett, Bruce Butler, Marray Hanna, and Homer Fulton. Among the other outstanding upperclassmen on whom were pinned Alma's title hopes were Gayle Saxton, Neil MacNeil, Ed Baklarz, Bill Pink, Keith Carey, Frank Navarre, Warren Hagenbuch, and Walter Mattison. The Scot thin-clads started working out before the end of the basketball season in preparation for the MIAA Indoor meet and the coming outdoor events. Handicapped by lack of indoor equipment, the Scots worked themselves into top shape for the indoor meets only to be handicapped at the last minute by the quarantine loss of Neil Mac Neil, their number one hurdler, and the leg injury of Captain King. Thus handicapped, the Scots managed to place a close third behind Albion and Kala- mazoo in the MIAA Indoor Meet at East Lansing early this spring. Gayle Saxton set a net indoor pole vault record of II ft. 52- in., and Lynn Wilson won the high jump. The freshman strength loomed large in this meet. 59

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The 1941 golf team was the strongest in Alma's golfing history. Well-rounded in performance, and shooting consistently good golf, the team played its way through to the golf championship of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association in the Field Day Meet, in which the golf matches were played on the Battle Creek course. Theff title was a vital factor in the Scots' winning the All-Sports Trophy in 1941. lt was the first time that Alma has won the golf crown. The championship team was composed of Ted Welgoss, Bert Katzenmeyer, Robert Phillips, and Cyril Firth. Other members of the squad were Richard Krall, Sidney Kane, .lack Lea, and Don Peters. Although all members of the title team were eligible to return, Uncle Sam has taken Ted Welgoss from this year's team. 1941 GOLF CHAMPIONS Left to right: Cy Firth, Robert Phillips, Albert Katzenmeyer, and kneeling, Ted Welgoss. 6'I