Michiganensian. [1921]

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WESBROOK
Twice Conference singles champion, and once
doubles. Has a high national rating, and is
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Maize and Blue.
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1920 Varsity Tennis Season
Tennis during the 1920 season enjoyed the most successful year that the game
has had at Michigan since it was first recognized as a varsity sport some twenty
years ago.
The matches for the year not only exceeded in number all those of previous
years but were also with the strongest college teams in this part of the country.
The schedule was the largest and beyond a doubt the best that a Michigan
tennis team has had.
Along with this increase and betterment of competition came a better tennis
team. The squad which represented the Varsity was made up of well balanced
players and in being headed by Captain Walter Wesbrook had the foremost college
player in the country for a leader. Incidentally Wesbrook's rating for the year
was 28th,which was many places above the rating of the next nearest college player.
Wesbrook also won the Western Conference singles championship for the second
time as well as having shown up to advantage during the summer against the country's best amateurs.
The results of the dual matches were not at all unfavorable. Of the nine
contests, but one defeat was administered to the Varsity-that at the hands of
Chicago by the score 5 to I. Nevertheless the scores of the individual matches
are indicative of the closeness of this match. Victories were scored in six other
contests, one resulted in a tie, and one had to be called off because of rain.
This constitutes a summary of the outstanding features of the I920 season.
While it is true that the 1920 season was the best in every way up to that time,
there is every reason to believe that the I92I season will exceed it. The schedule
for the year is even larger than that of last. It not only includes the best Conference teams, namely Chicago, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Illinois, and Northwestern,
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