Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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18 SPRING SPORTS

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Bm i The Owls ' Bret Weaver eyes a crucial putt in a match with Germantown. This shot began the Owl surge which enabled them to defeat the Red Devils by 18 strokes after a fairly even start. GOLF 1975 7-1 311 Auburndale 336 Lewis 75 296 Collierville 380 Lewis 70 296 Bartlett 375 Robbins 69 301 Germantown 319 Robbins 72 297 Harding 299 Stimson 71 1st Shelby County Tournament 1st Big Ten Tournament 2nd District Tournament (to CBHS) After trapping his second shot on the 18th hole, Courtnay Rudolph blasts the ball to the fringe of the green to finish with a 75 in the match against Bartlett. THE 1975 GOLF TEAM: Gregg Drew, Sam Lewis, Putter Robbins, Courtnay Rudolph, Marshall Clark, Bret Weaver, Dan Brown, Cecil Godman, Rob Preston, Bruce Stein, Buddy Stimson, and John Atwood. GOLF 17

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TENNIS 1975 5-2 7 Jackson Central-Merry 2 5 BGA 4 4 MBA 5 1 McCallie 8 8 Jackson Central-Merry 1 9 Germantown 8 CBHS 1 1st Chattanooga Rotary Tournament 1st Big Ten Tournament 1st District Tournament 1st Regional Tournament 2nd State Tournament Owls Finish Second In State To Eventual National Champs Larry Richmond Wins Regional Tournament The 1975 tennis season seemed promising from the start. Sixty-five men tried out for the sixteen-man team, and among these were three top returnees: Larry Richmond, Dick Milford, and Tiger Buford. After a week and a half of tryouts, the team was chosen. These were the guys who would practice hours daily from March to June. Dual matches began in April; first was a 7-2 victory over Jackson Central-Merry. A week later the Owls ventured to Nashville for two dual matches, one with Battle Ground Academy, the other with Montgomery Bell Academy. First Battle Ground fell to the netmen. Phil Adams and Henry Hancock won their doubles match to give the Owls a narrow 5-4 victory over BGA. On the next morning, though, the Owls did not fare so well. The players had risen early that morning; and by noon they had been handed their first defeat, 5-4 to Montgomery Bell. One week later the team found itself in Chattanooga. Here the Owls were to face McCallie in a dual meet and were to compete in the Annual Chattanooga Rotary Tournament. McCallie trounced MUS 8-1. But the Owls played better in the tournament. They placed fourth in the South. Returning home with this impressive ranking, the Owls overwhelmed lesser Germantown and CBHS teams in dual matches, closing out the regular season with near perfect play. Finally the MUS netmen turned to three successive weeks of post- season tournaments. With authority the Owls captured the district and regional championships, playing the finals of both tournaments among themselves. The Owls were promptly assigned a State Tournament berth. At Nashville the MUS season drew to a close when the Owls fell at last to Baylor, which went on to win the national championship only a few weeks later. THE 1975 TENNIS TEAM: (back row) Chris Garner, Larry Richmond, Andy Cowan, Sam Varner, David George, Andrew Wu, Dick Milford, Coach Stacks; (front row) Tiger Buford, Andy Humphries, Phillip Adams, Henry Hancock, Bob Ruch, and Bill Miller. TENNIS 19