Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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 TENNIS I ennis was thoroughly established as a successful minor sport at Wesleyan by the fine showing of the 1928 squad. Tennis interest had not been high until last spring when Wesleyan was represented by a squad of “racqucteers” that equaled the best in the conference. 1928 TENNIS SCHEDULE Graceland..................................Cancelled Central.........................................Here Carthage.......................................There Penn............................................Here Parsons........................................There Carthage........................................Here Penn...........................................There Parsons....................................Cancelled Central....................................Cancelled Page 94

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W y- .VA Als V .' XJVK’?W ttKr7XE7X YK —lW M Joe Long should be “in” this year hopping the “sticks.” He has the ideal form of a hurdler, but a slow start hampers his time. He will be assisted by a freshman, Hone, a Prison City product, who undoubtedly will win points toward meet victories. In the various jumps, (looch seems to be the main stay. He should win the high jump with ease in a majority of the season's contests. He is also adding distance to his broad-jumping efforts. “Jig” Zillmer and Bradshaw arc also making fine pre-meet showings in both the jumps. Lcpley and Dresser are lettermen who should show up well in the pole vault after a previous year’s experience. A veteran half-mile relay team composed of Tackclson, Woods, Bradshaw, and Berry should be about the best in the conference this year. The mile relay team needs another man to give it conference strength. At the indoor meet held at Des Moines early this spring Wesleyan scored seven and a fraction points. Lack of an indoor track hampers Wesleyan’s chances to ably compete in an indoor meet. Woods took second in the 50-yard dash and “Tack” finished fourth in the same event. Hone won third in the low hurdles. Zillmer and (iooch tied for third in the high jump and Lepley tied for the same place in the pole vault. Bingham will select about five men to take to the Drake Relays the last of April. Should any of these men show, place or win, as the race-track parlance goes, Wesleyan should be immensely proud. Bl Pag? 93

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The squad was headed by Dale Can's, a freshman, who brought fame to himself as well as to the school by winning the Iowa Conference singles championship. He had an enviable record of never having played a deuce set, four games being the most an opponent ever ran up on him in one set during the season’s play. Hills, number two on the squad, was put out of the conference by the man that Can’s beat in the finals. Hills and Can's paired for doubles play in a fine manner, (iottschalg and Musgrave completed the squad and ably assisted in winning matches through their persistent hard playing. Nine matches were on the 1928 schedule, but three of these were cancelled for various reasons. Four matches were won—Central, Parsons, and two contests with Carthage. In one of these, Parsons was “cleaned by a 5 to 1 score. The first meet with Penn resulted in a tie match. Can’s and Hills winning their singles and doubles. Later at Penn the Quakers gave Wesleyan the only defeat of the season. 4-2. Sure wins from Parsons and Central would have been in order had not these schools cancelled their meets. In the Conference meet, held at Simpson, Can's mowed down men from Western Union, Penn, and Columbia to reach the final match with Meyers of Columbia. Meyers gave the Wesleyanite a hard fight, but by heady and persistent playing. “DeDe won 6-3, 6-4, for the championship of the Iowa Conference. Hills was put out of running in the second round by Meyers after winning from a Western Union man in the first round. Hills and Can's lost their doubles match to the meet winners, Western Union, in the first round. Prospects for this year’s tennis team are exceedingly bright. The entire squad of last year is back and a supply of freshmen is on hand to offer some stiff competition to the veterans. Page 95