Marion Military Institute - Orange and Black Yearbook (Marion, AL)

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7 ennia eam I9 8- 59 FRONT ROW: Steppcch, Fisher, Wadle . . . BACK ROW: P. Barber, H. LeBlanc, Bill Rountree, Moior lnlow, Allen Norman. The Marion Institute Tennis Team was led for the second year in a row by Team Captain Bill Fisher, playing in Cut-out, the number one 5 position. C. X ' The Cadets toiled to meet any by ,D - Junior Colleges this year, tangling GMRS with only four year schools, and 1 emerged with a respectable five won, eight lost record. The M. I. team had the honor of being in- , lf T vited' to the campus ot Alcibama L? College at Montevallo to provide the opposition for that school's V first venture in history into inter- collegiate tennis llvlorion 9, Monte- f' B. FISHER vallo Ol. The team also wos invited li Cgpfqin to Pensacola, Florida, to open MAJOR 'NLOW 'K 'T what is hoped will be a continuing 3 rivalry with the Cadets of the Na- STEPPACH val Air Station. :Q . r Y' J rfti i' X ' agxg 3' r V Q YV y ,,.... . . t bf ,. 1, tx g 1 Q , i X . f l ' kr v 'X A ' mn tl ,, V . ,.,, , .sw X s- ., ...,, , s U I gi. N it t T i .fs il X, NORMAN MLANC BARBER Roumnes

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34.2 I9 -19 9 gay- W.. I v 7 I I A 5 LEFT TO RIGHT: A. W. Smith, W. J. Langley, T. E. Trippe, W. P. Ferris J. N. Ogden, W. W. Hurulson, and Capt. Murfee, Coach. For the first time in the history of Marion Institute the golf team went undefeated, with only one tie to mar its otherwise perfect record. Bill Ferriss, doubtless the finest golfer ever to play for Marion Institute held dovvn the number I position. He won every match but two and these he tied While averaging 72 strokes per round for the year, Ferriss and Trippe, who played number 3 man, qualified in the championship flight in Anniston and Selma Invitational Tournaments. Playing number 2, 3, 4, and 5 for the cadets were Jim Ogden, Tommy Trippe, Bill Langley, and Arthur Smith. In the last match of the season Ferriss and Ogden, playing number I and 2 respectively, had a best ball of IO under par on the Selma Country Club course. Smith played only I match, won it, and also 4 silver goblets in the Selma Invitational Tournament. I. Marion 9V2 .,.. Lanier BV2 2. Marion I-'W2 .. .Howard 395 3. Marion QVQ , U, M. S. BV2 4. Marion I2V2 .., Pensacola 5V2 5. Marion I5 ,. Tuscaloosa 3 6. Marion I IV2 . , Tuscaloosa 6V2 7. Marion I4 . .. Troy State 4 8. Marion I4 ,.,, Selmg 4 9. Marion 9 Howard 9 IO. Marion I2V2 .,. Lanier 5V2 II. Marion I5V2 .. U. M. S. QV2 IQ. Marion I6 ,. ,.,. .Troy State 2 13. IVIGVIOV1 I7 St. Bernard I Bill Ferriss finished fourth in the National Junior College Golf Tournament Odessa, Texas. He was selected on the NJCAA All-American Golf Team

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