University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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The Tank COACH MATT MANX producer of con- sistently brilliant syimming aggregations, knotcn as one of the finest coaches in the United States. 1936 RECORD 6:1 Michigan 59 Michigan 58 Michigan 53 Michigan 50 Michigan 43 Michigan 48 Michigan 41 Indiana 25 Michigan State College . 26 Indiana 31 Ohio State 34 Iowa 41 Ohio State University . . 36 New York Athletic Club 43 CAPTAIX FRAXK FEHSEXFELD captured first place at the 1QJ6 aiional Collegiate meet in high board diring, taking also a third on the lose boards. Frank is a sure point winner ajaj ist any and alt com- petition. Big Ten Meet Michigan 2nd., 37 points. National Collegiate Meet Michigan, 1st., points. YAXDERVELDE DREW OSGOOD BLAKE RIEKE MOWERSOX KEELER MCCARTHY KASLEY FEHSEXFELD COACH MAXX BARXARD DIEFEXDORF GRADY JOHXSTOX Page 313

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Michigan in Consistency, the hobgoblin of little minds, failed to phase the 1936 Michigan swimming team. After numerous gloomy predictions throughout the season the Wolverines lost the Western Con- ference championship to their arch-rivals from Iowa by two points. Two weeks later they came back at full strength under the leadership of their four champion divers to take their seventh national crown. The divers took fifteen of the squad ' s 30 points in the Nationals, while Kasley and the medley relay team were making up most of the remaining points. Thus it was that Matt Mann found himself in the strange position of coaching a national champion that could not take its rivals nearer home. Iowa, the team which had beaten them in the Conference meet, trailed by nine points in the Nationals. In the Conference scramble at Minneapolis, in spite of their defeat, the Wolverines succeeded in holding the breast-stroke, 440 and medley relay crowns. Jack Kasley ' s world-beating performance there in the breast-stroke helped to soothe the sting of defeat. The Wolverines plunged into their 1936 season eager to prove that they were able to maintain their pace of the previous year. With Frank Fehsenfeld making his debut as captain, Michigan swamped the swimmers from Indiana. Barnard took the 220 and 440 yard free style, while Kasley butterflied the 220 yard in 2:26, breaking his own National Intercollegiate record. The rest of the team followed suit and captured every first place. The experts heralded another truly great Michigan team. Jack Kasley set three new pool records when theMaize and Blue journeyed to Lansing to humble the Michigan State athletes to the tune of 58-26. According to the unofficial records, in this meet for the first time in ten years a Michigan State swimmer won first place in a duel meet with Michigan. Six firsts in nine events were too much for the powerful Ohio State team to cope with and Michi- gan walked off with a 5034 victory. Once more Kasley was in the spotlight when he broke his own intercollegiate record. Harry Rieke was also bathed in this most enjoyable galre when he splashed through to win in the back stroke. The always dangerous Iowa State natators caused Coach Matt Mann the most worry of the season. In a touch and go meet which hung in the balance up until the final moment Michigan triumphed 43-41. The Wolverines won the medley, diving, breast-stroke, back-stroke, two dis- tance swims and five third places to give them their two-point lead. Captain Fehsenfeld started the victory procession by a win backed with Johnston ' s third place. Barnard swam his best race of the year to tie the Big Ten record in the 220 yard event, and the 300 yard medley team clinched the victory. Here is a sample of the crowds that attend the dual meets in Michigan ' s splash-proof pool. The stands are erected in the auxiliary gymnasium, to provide room for Michigan ' s swim fans. The pool this year was the scene of many record-breaking per- formancse. Page 312

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ED VANDERVELDE shown at the crest of the killing butterfly breast-stroke, which has done so much to lower existing records. One of the most effective cogs in Michigan ' s powerful 1936 swimming machine was Captain Frank Fehsenfeld, National Collegiate diving champion for the past two years. Beside being an excellent captain, Frank was a mainstay of the team and was always good for points in competition. Although Jim Patterson of Ohio State beat him out for first honors in the Big Ten events, Fehsenfeld reversed the tables at New Haven in the National Collegiate, thereby making his senior year a successful one. Jack Kasley, Junior breaststroke marvel, butterfield his way to a first place in every meet, breaking and rebreaking collegiate and world ' s records nearly every time he entered competition. He boasts the unusual distinction of holding Big Ten, National Intercollegiate, and world records in the zoo yard event, is champion of the world in the 50, 100, 200 meter, and 220 yard breaststroke. Harry Rieke, backstroke point-getter, is developing into a dangerous threat to the present stars in his event. He has demonstrated this clearly by winning from Salie of Ohio State, a very good man, as well as finishing first in his last three swims in dual meet competition. Harry, who is only a sophomore, placed third at the Big Ten meet. Frank Barnard and Bob Mowerson lead the Wolverine free-style swimmers. Barnard shines in the 220 and 440. He finished the former event in third place and won the latter in Conference competition. Mowerson races 100 yards in about 55 seconds. Particularly promising men on the squad include sprinters Dick Blake, Mark McCarty, Paul Keeley and Ed Drew; Vander Velde and Cody, backstrokers; and Ben Grady who finished fourth in high board diving at the National Collegiate this year, after taking points in both high and low board events in 1935. Der Johnston and Ned Diefendorf, both seniors, complete Mann ' s famous diving quartet. Both placed the last two years in the National Collegiate meet and represented sure points through out the season. Their positions, and those of the other seniors, will be difficult to fill, even when it is remembered that Michigan has an unusually fine freshman squad. Michigan ' s famous diving foursome of Diefendorf, Fehsenfdd, Johnston and Grady. All four placed in the iQj6 Nationals. They ran into trouble this year in the Corference Meet but dominated all competition in dual meets. DF.IFENDORF FEHSENFELD JOHNSTON GRADY Page 314