Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-19
M Golfers Seek
Double Triumph
In Big 10 Meet
Wolverines Lead
in Both Team and
individual Races
BY NJ. r. DRUKENBRoD

ANN ARBOR, May 19.-Michi-
CANS golf squad entered today's
final SO holes of the Big Ten tour
,nament hopeful of capturing both
the individual and the team cham
pionships.
II the Wolverines do win one
title they should take the other to
keep intact their record in this
I23-year-old competition. Michigan
has carried off Big Ten team hon
ors five times in the past, and on
each occasion a member of the
squad topped the Individual stand
ings. The last time was in 1886,
with Chuck Kocsis their ace.
The splendid play yesterday of
Ben Smith, slender junior from
Florida, is chiefly responsible for
the Wolverines double opportu-
nifty this time. Following a morn
ing Is, Smith came back with a
one-under-par II, low round of
the day. and his 146 total put him
out IN front by one stroke.
UNI ONE UNDER OHIO
With Smiths teammates follow
ing his lead, the Michigan lineup
came through with a total of 612,
one under that of the second-place
Ohio State team. IL looks like a
battle TO the finish between them
today. although Minnesota. with
I619 for its four low men. may
have to be reckoned with. North
western is fourth with 625, fol-
lowed by Illinois. the defending
champion. with 628.
Smith faces a real battle today,
with fine players within four
strokes of him. Only one stroke
back of him with 147's are two
players who were overlooked when
the tournament started. Spero
Dallas. the little southpaw from
Minnesota, and James Mccarthy,
the big red-headed end on the ILL
nois football team last fall.
Trailing them by another stroke
lis John Holstrom. the Illinois golf
captain. whose par II in yester-
days second round gave him 14S.
A fine putter and an experienced
campaigner, Holstron is rated by
many the most dngerous man in
the tournament.
FIRST TIME FOR MCCARTHY
Although ne is a Junior, Nc
Carthy, probably the longest hit
ter here, is playing in this tourna-
ment for the first time. A broken
hand suffered in spring football
practice kept him out of the 1871
tournament. He won medal hon.
ors in the Western Junior in 1910
and last year went to the semi
final in the same event.
Low with 70 yesterday morn
ing. Mccarthy took 80 going out
in the second round. He recovered
with a sub-par 35 coming in,
though, TO put himself in the thick
OF the battle again.
Smith dropped a stroke here
and there along the route yester-
day, but the one that gave him
the biggest pain in the neck was
an extra putt on the eighteenth
in the afternoon. 1t deprived him
of a birdie four and 20. which
he figured was in the bag.
OTHER MICHIGAN SCORES
Second man on the Wolverine
squad was John Leidy. who had
I78-76-154. David Osler, the
southpaw. contributed 79-77-156,
and Billy COPYRIGHT. son of the
Michigan golf coach. 77-79-156.
After going one over par or each
of the first five holes in the morn
ing and turning with Al. young
COPYRIGHT rallied to collect a par
80 coming in.
Chandler Simonds Of Detroit.
the fifth member of the Michigan
squad, had a pair of SOS.
: John Krisko. a powerful driver,
paced the second-place Ohio team,
with a lac total He played the
second round in 70.