Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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FBESHRIAN TR KI It lfronf Rolf: Vonnon, Talpor, Russell, Pomeroy. Vrooker. Dick. Holmes, Shepherd. Sl'f'f?llfl Rolf! Manager l.eard, Wheeler, Ziegler, Rollins, Hussey, llilihard, Vlough, Nloser. flfmcli lho Tlzirvl Ifmr: Kennedy, Nlaggs, Lelyveld, Kiraiehen, Martin, Andrews, Simonetti. SEASON'S RECORD Bates '40 Opponent 62 Deering-51 75 South Po1'tlal1rleeef38 732 Runiford-341 87 Collmy '40-Q1 431 Blaine I1-0-Silfj Sl Sophomores-36 The hest freshmen squad in recent years. an all-around squad of ahout twenty-tive men climaxed a season marred hy only a defeat at Orono. with a smashing win over its sophomore rivals. No less than twenty men contributed o11e or more points to the seasons total of 422. all the while showing at least one good performer ill each event. Either hy taking a first or heing a Victorious relay man. sixteen frosh earned their numerals. an all-time record. Norman Dick. with 56 points was outstanding as were Lyn Hussey-49 points. Charles Crooker and llal Holmes with 4-Q each. Rollins in the mile. Andrews with the discus. Russell with the shot. Sheppard in the LO00. fonnon with the 35-pound hammer. and Tabor in the high jump were other competitors rarely headed. Barney Klar- cus' record in the 300-yard dash was the sole mark to fall, Dick cracking it hy one-fifth of a second. I'uy1v' om ffl 1

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FII FSIIWIAN BASKETBALL Bates Freshmen 39-U. of Maine Freshmen 38 Fehruary l3.sA determined Freshmen team led hy Captain Tardifl' were well primed for this game. Fresh from the close victory over 1Iaine Central Insti- tute the following night they were eager and determined to open the college Basket- hall competition within the State with a victory for Bates. The game started off all Blaine. as they scored eleven points hefore our Freshmen team scored. At the end of the first period lNIaine Freshmen were lead- ing H to 9. The second period was equally hard fought with the half ending, Maine Freshmen Q4-Bates Freshmen QU. F2 -4 The second half opened with the Bates Freshman playing great hall. The third period found them playing their greatest all round hall of the season. They scored nine points and prevented the Ifniversity of BIaine from scoring. The period ended. Bates Freshmen leading. Q9-Q4. The fourth period found the Freshmen going out front in what appeared to he a comfortahle lead. only to have the lIaine Freshmen. through the medium of long shots. come up to within one point. Bates Freshmen 29-U. of Maine Freshmen 24 Fehruary 26.-Back on their home floor for the first time since early in the season, the Freshmen displayed the fine type Basketball that they had evidenced all season. to defeat a determined 1NIaine Freshman team. Trailing at the end of the first half ll to IQ, the Freshmen came hack strong to win Q9-224. Bates Freshmen 34-Kents Hill 39 March 5.-Displaying fine aggressive play, the Freshmen jumped into an early lead. IYith Stover. Kenney and Bullock dropping them in from all angles and the entire team playing great defensive hall. the half ended, Freshmen QI- Kents Hill IQ. The second half found the Freshmen weakening against a strong, deter- mined, Kents Hill team. Fired with an unheatahle enthusiasm, Kents Hill grad- ually pulled up and went ahead in the last minutes of play to he the first and only tea111 to defeat the Freshmen all year. It was a hard game for the Freshmen to lose. Iip to this trip the freshmen were undefeated, and they were determined to keep a clean record. Considering the fact that the team had been unahle to practice for two weeks, due to examinations. one did not wonder at the almost hopeless task. In addition to this, the small floors and low ceilings were wholly different from anything the Freshmen were accustomed to. This. however, served more as a challenge than an ohstacle to a determined freshmen group. All three games proved to he hard. cleanly played, with the outcome in douht until the final whistle. It was the enthusiasm and determination that pulled the freshmen through each game in the closing minutes hy two or three points. The entire freshman team played great hall. It was a wonderful, and highly successful trip, hoth in terms of game outcome and good fun tl1e hoys had in playing. Freshmen Q3-Houlton Q3 16-Presque Isle 13 ' Q9-Ricker Flassical Institute Q7 Freshmen 25-Maine Central Institute 23 Fehruary lQ.- -In what proved to he the most exciting game on the schedule to dale. lioger IYhitmore came through in the last seconds of play with a. field goal that enahled tl1e freshmen to win and maintain their class record. This game proved more conclusively that the freshmen were a strong finish- ing team. for at no time did they lead until the winning basket was scored. The first quarter found them hehind 9-3. and the half ended with iNIaine Central Institute out front l5h10. The third period found the freshmen pulling up to within one point score, 1Iaine Central4Institute 17-Freshmen 16. From this point on it was anyhody's hall game until the last seconds. Pqqr our 11 nmlrrrl forly-fu'0

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YA ll S I T Y TllAl'K f'-ron! lflllll' l,j'lll eott, Howard, Vonnell. Kishon, Danielson, Hamilton, liurnap. Luukko. Swwonri Ifoafx' Manager Leard, Nash. Morris, Briggs, Woodward, Vooper. Gould, Keck, Voaeh Thompson, Till-ffl Ifrnr: l ri Poyff one llmulrrflfn edman. Bridges. Hove. Pieree. Hull, Du Wors, Wallaee, Kadjperooni. The indoor traek seasonis opening gun found the mile relay team competing at the Boston Garden in the annual Knights of Volumhus meet. The quartet, eomposed of c-ross-eountry captain. Art Danielson '37. Rd Howard '38. and Bill Luliko '38. two other veterans. and a fast-stepping neweomer in sophomore George Lytheott. won easily from Northeastern in speedy time. A two-mile group. running chiefly for experience. including' V. llurnap TSS. D. YYallaee '39, A. Daniel- son 'STQ and D. llridges 339. finished fifth in a field of seven. with the anchor Illiill elieking off the fastest time. In its seeond attempt. despite the distraetion resulting from exams and earni- val week. the mile four met and defeated teams from Amherst and New Hampshire. exeeptionally strong eontenders. The Garnet sprinters took the lead from the start and hroke the tape in 3:Q8:7. tl1e second fastest indoor 1760 in Bates' his- tory. The two-mile team. with an addition in a reformed dash man. Al Pierce 339. trailed Fordham. Tufts. and Harvard. This time Dana YYallaee '39 was eloeked as the fastest for the five laps. Tl1e season's first indoor meet. while showing spectators several excellent performanees. produeed few surprises and resulted in a Clear Cut win for Kishon and Vo. The Boheats evidenced unusual strength in nahhing numerous firsts, while lack of reserves enahled the visitors to eop niany of the extra Counters. The rlysfour