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Egstad, H. M. (ed.) / The Wisconsin alumni magazine
Volume 35, Number VII (April 1934)
With the Badger sports, pp. 201-203
Page 201
W I T H T) E B d>t 2/pores Poser Named on Honor Fives 1392-1366. Included in their list of victims are Harvard, Poser Named on Honor Fives Princeton, Illinois and Ohio State. WITH the close of the basketball season last month, sports writers in every large city announced their se- lections of all-Conference and all-Western teams. Rolf (Chub) Poser, brilliant guard on the 1933-34 Wisconsin Crews Await Warm Weather squad was an almost unanimous selec- tion for a guard post on every team, J WITH SPRING in the air, Coach Murphy is anxiously tioncforlaguardi pt Asontev tressam, waiting warmer days when he can take his freshman includingtheAssociated Press and. ,and varsity crews out on the water for regular work-outs. Poser playeda most stea dy brand of A spell of warm weather in March enabled Murphy to ball throughout the entire season. He - S E I [ X get several boat loads out in the barges, but the presence was not a high scorer by any means, l | s ! l E W of a certain amount of ice on the lake prevented him from making only 77 points, but his floor doing much with the shells. play was superb. Time and time again w l I g Just what the crews will have in the way of inter-colle he would feed the ball to his mates giate competition is pretty indefinite at this time. Nego- who had a better chance to tip it in na0 tiadions are under way with the Minnesota boat club for whorhad a baskett.r Prbab inceto tiper it in i a race either at the Twin Cities or on Lake Mendota and cent of the plays with the exception with the University of Washington for a race at Madison. of the tip-offs were started by Chub. He is a junior and will have one more year of competition. Bill Southworth was named on the first All-Western hockey team selected by a group of coaches and sports writers. Southworth played defense for the Badgers during the last two POSER seasons. Considering the fact that the All- Western Guard Badgers' record was none too good this year, this selection for the first peam is high tribute to Southworth's abilityaas a de ense man. gith 3641. and Fallon, wing, were given honorable mention on the same honor team selections. If Washington goes to the Poughkeepsie regatta in June, a Marksmen Win Matches race will be held with them while they are en route. The regular schedule of intranmural rowing will also W ISCONSIN'S R. 0. T. C. marksmen walked away with be followed this spring after the success of last year's pro- both the 6th Corps Area and the Camp Perry Mid.- gram. It is hoped that a series of inter-fraternity races can West Section intercollegiate rifle matches. In the Corps be held and possibly awards made to the winners. Area matches the Badgers scored 3695 points while the Wisconsin freshmen team captured fifth place out of eight teams with a total of 3509. Illinois was second with 3641. c ue a rtists Xw o This win entitles Wisconsin to represent the Corps Area Badger t3nc arst s an in the National Intercollegiate team matches. T RAILING Purdue 4-2 at the close of the afternoon ses- The University of Iowa furnished the keenest competi- sion of their matches on March 17, Wisconsin's billiard tion in the Camo Perry matches, but the Badger squad team came from behind and won all three evening games, eked out a win y the score 724-722. Knox College at taking the first leg of the home and home match, 5 to 4. Galesburg, Ill., was also defeated on this same road trip The tournament was played at the Purdue Memorial Union by a score of 914-802. John Peot was Wisconsin's high at Lafayette, Ind. scorer in both meets as he has been throughout the season. Franklin Wilcox and Harlan Kelley won two out of The R. 0. T. C. squad has won a total of 31 matches three of their matches and James McPhee won 1 out of this year and lost only six. Their most recent defeat was 3. All three Wisconsin players are lawyers and were at the hands of the University of Minnesota, last year's matched against the Purdue team of three engineers. national intercollegiate champions by a score of 1383-1344. The Purdue team will come to the Wisconsin Union for Not to be outdone by their classmates, the R. 0. T. C. the return match on April 14 and the team winning the pistol team has been winning matches in fine fashion. To largest aggregate number of games in both matches will date this squad has engaged in seven matches and has be declared champion. the Amateur Billiard association lost but one, that to the University of Missouri by a score of will present a trophy to the winner. Page 201
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