Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

Page 190 text:

VARSITY GOLF 482'

Page 189 text:

Q NE day, four years ago, Giles Wetherill, an ex- 'I1 champion of New England high schools and Michael Hitrovo, an ex-soldier, fenced a few bouts E-f I ' J l in Kelly Hall for fun, and from this meeting grew the idea of varsity fencing. The lirst attempt to organize was made in the following spring of 1926 and in the fall regular fencing classes were started. During the winter only a few men came out for the new sport and the whole affair wore an atmosphere of casual play. There was a lack of equipment, Werherill having only a few foils. However, that winter a gift of fifteen foils was received from Mr. Strauss of New York, the father of one of the students here. In the fall of 1927 masks and jackets were purchased and regular classes inaugurated. About 25 men and 20 women signed for participance in these first classes. In the spring of 1929 these enthusiasts, organized under the name of the Antioch Fencing Club and held its first unofiicial meet with Wittenberg. This, as well as the meet in the fall of the same year, resulted in overwhelming victories for Antioch. In 192930 the Antioch fencing team had six oiiicial meets with three institutions, the University of Cincinnati, Ohio Northern University, and Wittenberg. In the spring of 1929, these three schools together with Antioch, formed the Ohio Intercollegiate Fencing Association, which promises a lively time for our fencing teams in the future. The men of Antiochls present teams are being coached by Michael Hitrovo and the Women by Robert Overstreet. 187

Page 191 text:

,E NTIOCH is scarcely a country club, but it does boast rl some enthusiastic and worthy golfers among its Q4 students. The faculty-student golf meets have, in ' 'ee' -7- the past, been annual or semi-annual events in which the student interest has been very evident. That the legendary Antioch Golf Course-in the wilds of the glen- Was ever attempted is proof that golf has a considerable fol- lowing that will spare no effort in the furtherance of their favorite pastime. The desire on the part of the golfing element for inter- collegiate competition led, in the spring of 1926, to its adaption as a varsity sport. This season has been the fifth for the team. In these seasons, a small group, without attracting a great deal of attention, established a creditable record against opponents ranging in power from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania State. There have been, at all times, at least four golfers who could play well enough to compete with the best that most colleges have had to pit against them. 'The interest in golf is retarded by the lack of near-by facilities. For practice or play, one must go either to Xenia or Springfield. This lack of a course has made for a Notre Dame schedule with most of its matches in foreign territory. The ill-fated Antioch Golf Course was an effort to bring golf Within the reach of more students. The 1930 schedule consists of a match with Kenyon at Gambier on May 7, a return match at either Springfield or Xenia, and probable matches with Wittenberg. The present team, including Henry Fisher, Iohn Burroughs, Irving Burr, and Warren Burr is being managed by Orlo Williams. 189