1954 Men's Golf - Year In Review

1954 Men's Golf - Year In Review
Coaching Staff Don Veller, Head Coach Click here to see individual photos	1954 Spring Sports Baseball: Cooter Mills, Track: Ken Jarrett Golf: Jimmy James, Tennis: Hal Schaus

1954 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

Harry Atherson, 5-8, 160, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Bunk Berry, 5-8, 140, Tallahassee

Vincent Druding, 5-10, 175, Chicago, Ill.

Vernon Edgar, 5-9, 155, Lakeland

Mel Fleischer, 5-10, 160, Sanford

Gus James, 5-11, 180, Chicago, Ill.

Neil LaBar, 6-1, 170, Panama City

Bob Shuman, 6-0, 168, Atlanta, Ga.

Jack Veghte, 5-11, 165, Gloversville, N.Y.

1954 Roster - By Name

L
T                                       PY
R Name                  Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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  Harry Atherson        5-8   160  So        Ann Arbor, Mich.
* Bunk Berry            5-8   140  Fr        Tallahassee (Leon)
  Randy Church          5-8   170  So   *    Dothan, Ala.
  Vincent Druding       5-10  175  So        Chicago, Ill.
* Vernon Edgar          5-9   155  So        Lakeland
* Mel Fleischer         5-10  160  Fr        Sanford
  Tom Hall              6-4   171  So        Glendale, W.Va.
  Gus James             5-11  180  So        Chicago, Ill.
* Jimmy James           5-11  150  Sr-R ***  Miami
  Neil LaBar            6-1   170  Fr        Panama City (Johnson City)
  Ken Peterson          5-10  200  Jr        South Bend, Ind.
* Bob Shuman            6-0   168  Fr        Atlanta, Ga.
* Jack Veghte           5-11  165  Fr        Gloversville, N.Y.

Letter winners from the Tallahassee Democrat, May 30, 1954, page 9.

1954 Schedule and Results

DATE	POST GAME	BOX SCORE	LOC	OPPONENT	SCORE
03/10		Box	A	Stetson Four-way	W 18.5-7.5
03/10		Box	N	Miami Four-way, DeLand	L 18.5-24.5
03/10		Box	N	Rollins College Four-way, DeLand	L 18.5-22.0
03/13	Postgame	Box	N	Florida Intercollegiate March 11-13, 1954, DeLand	5th Place
03/20		Box	H	Auburn	W 14.5-12.5
03/22	Postgame	Box	H	Western Illinois	W 21-6
03/23	Postgame	Box	H	Davidson College	W 30.5-5.5
03/27	Postgame	Box	A	Rollins College	L 13-14
04/03	Postgame	Box	H	Stetson	W 13-5
04/05	Postgame	Box	H	Wake Forest	W 18-9
04/14	Postgame	Box	H	Illinois State	W 27-0
04/24	Postgame	Box	H	Rollins College	W 20.5-6.5
04/26	Postgame	Box	H	Southwestern-Memphis	W 18-3
04/28	Postgame	Box	N	Georgia Tech Athens, Ga.	L 10-17
05/01		Box	N	Southern Intercollegiate April 29-May 1, 1954, Athens, Ga.
05/14			H	Jacksonville NAS	T 0-0

EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
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FSU record is    9- 4-1   8- 0-1   1- 1     0- 3

1954 EOY Stats
Name                 Tournaments Rounds Par Low Strokes Wins Top10   Ave
========================================================================
Ken Peterson                 1      0     0   0      0    0     0   0.00
Bunk Berry                  10     12    10  69    851    0     1  70.92
Jack Veghte                  9      9     6  69    648    0     0  72.00
Jimmy James                 10      6     3  68    432    0     0  72.00
Mel Fleischer                6      3     2  71    218    0     0  72.67
Bob Shuman                   5      2     0  73    147    0     0  73.50
Vernon Edgar                 7      4     1  72    301    0     0  75.25
Randy Church                 1      1     0  78     78    0     0  78.00

1953-54 Men's Golf

Name	03/10/1954 Stetson	03/10/1954 Miami	03/10/1954 Rollins College	03/13/1954 Florida Intercollegiate Par 72	03/20/1954 Auburn
Harry Atherson
Bunk Berry				2 /70-70-71-71=282
Randy Church
Vincent Druding
Vernon Edgar
Mel Fleischer
Tom Hall
Gus James
Jimmy James				/ 0=308
Neil LaBar
Ken Peterson				/ 0=314
Bob Shuman
Jack Veghte				12 /75-74-71-73=293

Name	03/22/1954 Western Illinois Par 72	03/23/1954 Davidson College Par 72	03/27/1954 Rollins College	04/03/1954 Stetson Par 72	04/05/1954 Wake Forest Par 72
Harry Atherson
Bunk Berry	/71=71	/72=72	/69=69	/69=69	/70=70
Randy Church	/78=78
Vincent Druding
Vernon Edgar	/78=78	/72=72	/ 0=0		/77=77
Mel Fleischer			/ 0=0		/75=75
Tom Hall
Gus James
Jimmy James	/73=73	/74=74	/ 0=0	/74=74	/72=72
Neil LaBar
Ken Peterson
Bob Shuman		/74=74	/ 0=0		/73=73
Jack Veghte	/71=71	/72=72	/ 0=0	/71=71	/69=69

Name	04/14/1954 Illinois State Par 72	04/24/1954 Rollins College Par 72	04/26/1954 Southwestern-Memphis Par 72	04/28/1954 Georgia Tech Par 72
Harry Atherson
Bunk Berry	/71=71	/74=74	/ 0=0	/73=73
Randy Church
Vincent Druding
Vernon Edgar		/74=74	/ 0=0	/ 0=0
Mel Fleischer	/72=72	/ 0=0	/71=71	/ 0=0
Tom Hall
Gus James
Jimmy James	/71=71	/ 0=0	/68=68	/ 0=0
Neil LaBar
Ken Peterson
Bob Shuman		/ 0=0		/ 0=0
Jack Veghte		/72=72	/ 0=0	/ 0=0

Name	05/14/1954 Jacksonville NAS
Harry Atherson
Bunk Berry
Randy Church
Vincent Druding
Vernon Edgar
Mel Fleischer
Tom Hall
Gus James
Jimmy James
Neil LaBar
Ken Peterson
Bob Shuman
Jack Veghte

Florida Intercollegiate, 5th place
03/13/1954, March 11-13, 1954, DeLand

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Rnd4  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Bunk Berry                   2     70    70    71    71    282
Jack Veghte                 12     75    74    71    73    293
Jimmy James                                                308
Ken Peterson                                               314

Florida State 21, Western Illinois 6
03/22/1954, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Bunk Berry                         71     71
Jack Veghte                        71     71
Jimmy James                        73     73
Vernon Edgar                       78     78
Randy Church                       78     78

Florida State 30.5, Davidson College 5.5
03/23/1954, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Bunk Berry                         72     72
Jack Veghte                        72     72
Vernon Edgar                       72     72
Jimmy James                        74     74
Bob Shuman                         74     74

Rollins College 14, Florida State 13
03/27/1954, Winter Park

Bunk Berry and Jimmy James (FSU) beat Bill Boogess and Ledbetter (R) 6-3
Mel Fleischer and Vernon Edgar (FSU) tied Stewart and Remsburg (R) 4.5-4.5
Jack Veghte and Bob Shuman (FSU) lost to Dinga and Falken (R) 6.5-2.5

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Jimmy James                          0
Mel Fleischer                        0
Vernon Edgar                         0
Jack Veghte                          0
Bob Shuman                           0
Bunk Berry                          69

Florida State 13, Stetson 5
04/03/1954, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Bunk Berry                         69     69
Jack Veghte                        71     71
Jimmy James                        74     74

Florida State 18, Wake Forest 9
04/05/1954, Tallahassee

Arnold Palmer (68) and Phil Welchman (72) (WF) beat Bunk Berry (70) and Jimmy James (72) (FSU), 6-3
Jack Veghte (69) and Bob Shuman (FSU) beat Joe Turner and Al Birmingham (WF), 7.5-1.5
Vernon Edgar and Mel Fleischer (FSU beat Sandy Burton and Sonny George (WF), 7.5-1.5

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Jack Veghte                        69     69
Bunk Berry                         70     70
Jimmy James                        72     72
Bob Shuman                         73     73
Mel Fleischer                      75     75
Vernon Edgar                       77     77

Florida State 27, Illinois State 0
04/14/1954, Tallahassee

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Bunk Berry                         71     71
Jimmy James                        71     71
Mel Fleischer                      72     72

Florida State 20.5, Rollins College 6.5
04/24/1954, Tallahassee

Bunk Berry and Jimmy James (FSU) beat Bill Bodgess and Bruce Ramsburg (R), 5.5-3.5
Vernon Edgar and Jack Veghte (FSU) beat Ed Dinga and Marlene Stewart (R), 7.5-1.5
Bob Shuman and Mel Fleischer (FSU) beat Dick McFarland and Dennis Folken (R), 7.5-1.5

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Jimmy James                          0
Bob Shuman                           0
Mel Fleischer                        0
Jack Veghte                         72
Bunk Berry                          74
Vernon Edgar                        74

Florida State 18, Southwestern-Memphis 3
04/26/1954, Tallahassee

Bunk Berry and Jimmy James (FSU) beat McLean and Frank Cauthron (SWM), 6.5-2.5
Vernon Edgar and Jack Veghte (FSU) beat Lewis Bledsoe and Jim Dees (SWM), 9-0
Mel Fleischer (FSU) beat Jim Napier (SWM), 2.5-.5

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Bunk Berry                           0
Vernon Edgar                         0
Jack Veghte                          0
Jimmy James                         68
Mel Fleischer                       71

Georgia Tech 17, Florida State 10
04/28/1954, Athens, Ga.

Bunk Berry and Jimmy James (FSU) beat Arthur Edge and Ned Edge (GT), 7-2
Dick Edwards and Gabe Hill (GT) beat Vernon Edgar and Mel Fleischer (FSU), 9-0
George Johnson and John Maddox (GT) beat Bob Shuman and Jack Veghte (FSU), 6-3

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Jimmy James                          0
Vernon Edgar                         0
Mel Fleischer                        0
Jack Veghte                          0
Bob Shuman                           0
Bunk Berry                          73