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Jl une, 1937 The Notre Dame Alumnus 255
ing ever taken by Notre Dame in
golf. Later Purdue lost a 10 to 8
match to Indiana, and Notre Dame
ran away with the Hoosiers in the
State tournament.
Wisconsin, already defeated 19%
to 7%, visited the William J. Burke
course and proceeded to bum it up,
winning 14 to 13. Bowden Davis of
the Badgers set an amateur course
record of 68, four under par, to win
_ his match with Capt. Lou Fehlig, ana
he set the pace for the rest of the
team. A well-balanced Illinois team
gained a tie with the Irish in the
final match of the season.
Tom Sheehan, Jr., of Notre Dame,
who had not been named on the Irish
foursome for the team reckonings,
won the state individual title with
299 for 72 holes. The team scored
1218 to Indiana's 1272 for the team
championship.
The Rev. George L. Holderith,
C.S.C., coach of the golfers, has arranged
for a dual match with Yale at
Pittsburgh, June 26, t\vo days before
the National Intercollegiate opens.
The Irish sextet for the nationals
and the Yale match will include Capt.
Lou Fehlig, Captain-Elect Gene Milbourn,
Al Mailhes, Billy Castleman,
Bud Donovan, and Tom Sheehan.
Fehlig is the only senior in this
group.
The record:
Notre Dame, 9:
Notre DamOt 5;
Notre Dame, 17;
Notre Dame, 14 :
Notre Dame. 20
Washington Univ., 9.
Purdue, 13.
CliicaRO, 1.
Ohio State, 7.
Minnesota, 7.
Notre D.ime, 19V^: Wisconsin. 7^.
Notre Dame, 22Vi : Detroit. 4\i.
Notre Dame. 12>4 ; Northwestern, SVi.
Notre Dame, 13 : Wisconsin, 14.
Notre Dame, 14 : Michican State, 4,
Notre Dame, lS\i : Illinois, ISlA.
State meet won by Notre Dame, 1218: Tom
Sheehan (ND) 299. Individual Champion.
TENNIS
The tennis year, as reported, not
only showed an improvement over
last season, but it held out great
hopes for next year. Ed Kilrain,
hard fighting Junior, was named captain
to succeed "Wild Bill" Fallon.
The addition of a couple of very
promising Sophomores to the fine returning
nucleus gives Coach Pedro de
Landero hope of the first better-than-
.500-season in several years.
The record:
Notre Dame, 5; Indiana, 4.
Notre Dame, 3: Western State Teachers, 6,
Notre Dame, 0: Chtcaf;o, 9.
Notre Dame, 7: Purdue, 2.
Notre Dame, 4 : St. Louis U., 3.
Notre Dame, 3: Kentucky, fi,
Notre Dame. 1: MichiKnn State, 8.
Notre Dame, 1: Northwestern, 8.
MONOGRAM MEN
Monogram certificates for old mon-
OTram men are available for $2.00
through the Athletic Office or Elmer
Layden, Notre Dame, Indiana. •
Varsity Wins O'Brien Game
Of more interest to alumni than
the final result of the Johnny O'Brien
Memorial football game at the stadium.
May 2, are three other factors:
size of the crowd, the appearance of
both the old grads and the 1937 varsity.
The crowd came up to highest expectations,
totaling some 10,000. It's
hard to say whether the varsity was
disappointing, or the Old Timers were
above all pre-game estimates. At any
rate, all the varsity could get in 60
minutes were seven points, and four
first downs.
The touchdown came after Mario
(Motts) Tonelli, "Pony Express"
backfield fullback, had broken off his
tackle and run about 10 yards. He
tossed a lateral to Nevin (Bunny)
McCormick, right halfback, who
dodged and shifted his v.ay to the
goal line with the help of some fine
downfield blocking. It was a total
gain of 33 yards. Andy Puplis kicked
the extra point from placement.
McCormick took Lany Danbom's
ensuing kickoff on his five yard line
and broke into the clear, running to
the Old Timers' 46 before Wally
Fi-omhart, 1935 all-Western quarterback,
nailed him with a headon tackle
down around the heels. The varsity
at this point put on its only sustained
drive of the afternoon to press to the
five-yard line. Puplis scored, but the
play was called back because of holding,
and Bill Shakespeare, 1935 all-
American, kicked the alumni out of
danger.
Old Timers Didn't Threaten
The Old Timers couldn't do a gi-eat
deal for themselves, never threatening
seriously, but they played a defensive
game which showed that they
had forgotten none of the tricks that
won them the all-Western and ail-
American mention as many as nine
years ago. The great majority of
those who were able to return for the
game have not been in a football
uniform since they hung up the moleskin
at the end of their collegiate
careers.
But to see Bert Metzger, 154pound
watch-chai-m guard who sold
some 3,000 tickets for the game himself,
mow down a varsity back behind
the line of scrimmage with a
daring shoestring tackle; to see Ed
Krause, 1933 all - Western tackle,
Capt. Fred Miller, of the 1928 team,
and Joe Kurth, 1931 and 1932 ail-
American, pile up one varsity play
after another, made one wonder why
the 1937 crop, consisting of lads
Old Timers Display
Fine Defensive Skill.
around 19 and 20 years of age who
have been playing football daily for
a month, were unable to make a more
impressive showing.
One explanation is, of course, that
the Old Timers, in most cases the top
men of their day at their positions,
knew their defensive assignments and
played somewhat mechanically in executing
these assignments. And we
do not mean by this that they played
woodenly, for they were hitting in
there with all the zeal and zest of
old. In the second place. Coach Elmer
Layden limited his varsity plays to
about six or seven, most of them of
a simple variety not intended to deceive
the Old Timers. But each of
these was a potential touchdown, if
blocking assignments had been perfectly
executed, and none of them
went for touchdowns, McCormick
making his on a lateral pass. And
that didn't come until the fourth
quarter, after the returning stars had
played some 20 or 25 minutes.
Many Former Stars Play
The following team started the
game for the Old Timers: Paul Host,
1932 captain, left end; Fred Miller,
1928 captain and ail-American, left
tackle; John Lautar, 1936 captain
and all-Western, right end; Wally
my Yarr, 1931 captain and all-American
center; Bert Metzger, 1930 all-
American, right guard; Joe Kurth,
1931 and 1932 ail-American, right
tackle; Tom Conley, 1930 captain
and all-Western, right end; Wally
FVomhart, 1935 all-Western, quarterback
and acting captain; Mike Koken,
1930, 1931, and 1932 varsity left
halfback; Dan Hanley, sophomore
fullback in 1930 who finished his career
in 1934, right halfback; and
Fred Carideo, 1935 varsity fullback.
Howard "Cap" Edwards, who was
coaching the old stars, substituted
this team at the end of the first quarter:
Joe O'Neill, 1936 varsity, left
end; Al Culver, 1930 varsity, left
tackle; Jack Cannon, 1929 all-American,
left guard; Joe Nash, 1929 star,
center; Bob Terlaak, 1930 sophomore,
right guard ; Ed (Moose)
Krause, 1932 and 1933 all-Western,
right tackle; and Nick Vairo, 1934
captain, right end; Emmett Murphy,
1932 quarterback, called the signals;
Bemie Leahy, 1931 halfback star
teammed with George Melinkovich,
1934 star rii^ht halfback, and Larry
Danbom, 1936 varsity plunger, took
over the fullback duties.
The third Old Timers team to take
the field consisted almost entirely of