Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

Page 308 text:

VARSITY FOOTBALL Gang himi' darting across the last white line. Again NIcDonald failed to convert the point, and the final score read B. U. 12, Tampa 0. This last game was just what the doctor ordered for the Terriers, in that the players had the time of their lives at the winter resort. The Tampa townsfolk took them right into their hearts and nothing appeared to be too good for the Hanleymen who went swimming at their pleasure, took tours around the country and had a general all-round grand trip which will long be re- membered by these boys of the 1939 grid squad. The game closed the home-and-home series with the Spar- tans which is to be regretted as they were a truly fine team and offered the Scarlet and VVhite keen competi- tion. The competitive campaign was over after this con- test, but the football season wouldn't be complete without the annual football dinner that has become an institution around Boston University since Pat Hanley came here as head coach six years ago. The date of the dinner was moved up this winter from December to January in order to ensure the appearance of Dr. Eddie Anderson, the Coach of the Y ear from Iowa. At the dinner, held in the New Hayden Memorial Auditorium instead of in the Chamber of Commerce building, there was much fanfare, perhaps too much, since the meeting lasted half the night. Instead of deal- ing with football directly, the speakers were talking about everything under the sun. This experience should serve as a lesson to the arrangers of the next banquet who should certainly delete much of the incoherent talk if the affair is to improve in quality. The highlight of the 1939-40 affair was the election of Jim lNIcDonald of Revere to succeed Paul Sullivan as captain of the next eleven. The announcement of the new leader was no surprise to many of those in attend- ance as the veteran end played an outstanding game all fall, despite the fact he injured his leg in midseason. Prize boner of the evening was the time allotted to Dr. Anderson on the air. He was given a half-hour by the broadcasting studio, but other speakers chewed up most of the time with introductions, etc., so that when I 304 the esteemed visitor finally was allowed to rise and say a few words, he was able to speak over the air only ten minutes. ,Later in the winter the 194-0 football schedule was published showing another eight-game card with no fewer than six contests slated for the home front. The season will open against Norwich on Sept. 28 at Nicker- son Field. Then follows a home contest with Upsala, a trip to New York to play hlanhattan, a home en- counter with the University of Cincinnati, another journey to VVestern Reserve in Cleveland, and games with Boston College, Springfield, and VVestern Mary- land on the home lot. It's a difficult schedule and Coach Hanley wanted to get his squad out early for spring practice, but he was delayed almost a month through somebody's oversight in not having Nickerson Field in shape until lNIay 1. April 25th saw the gridmen holding practice at the Commonwealth Armory. Many shifts were contemplated for the team this spring with the Terrier mentor trying to make up as versatile a backfield as the great 1937 club. The back- field of that team was composed of Solly N echtem, Lou Blazynski, Capt. Leon Spivack, and Gary Famiglietti. Due to the late start, Hanley was very much per- turbed for fear he would not accomplish as much as he had hoped to. There were several freshman football players of the preceding Coach Bob McKelXfey team that had to be looked over and tested for positions on the varsity. VVith final examinations bearing down on all undergraduates, Hanley was lucky to get three weeks of outdoor drills for his men, which leaves him in a bad predicament next fall. The schedule opens early, on Sept. 28, instead of the first Saturday in October and cuts down pre-season practice. But Hanley always finds a Way to get his players in condition for competition and will undoubtedly field a well-drilled eleven against Norwich. A better season is predicted for the Terriers, largely because of experience gained by the sophomores of the previous campaign. Beat B. Cf' l

Page 307 text:

WB. U. - Rah-Rah-Rall -Teamv VARSITY FOOTBALL TAMPA This game was to complete a home-and-home series which began at Nickerson Field a year ago when the Terriers won 31-7. The first score came when Frank Provinzano, VVinchester sophomore, who has seen little regular action this fall as halfbaek, intercepted an en- emy forward pass at midfield. Then Ralph Salvati. the fullback who has been left out of the limelight because of sensational sophomore VValter IVilliams, galloped through tackle on a -I9-yard run to the one-foot line, Rlld plunged over on the next play for the first. score. Another B. U. touchdown came in the fourth quarter with Johnny Wfedemeyer, the line-bucking halfback, long pass t.o thatxman Auanis who scored standing up. Lukachik's attempt for the extra point went wide. The first half ended shortly after with the score in favor of the Eagles 12-0. The next half supplied many thrills, but tl1e Scarlet and Ivhite didn,t make much headway. In the final period Ananis got away again on a. 16-yard romp and scored a third touchdown. Then, as if he hadn,t caused enough trouble for B. U. that afternoon, he dropkicked the extra. point to make it a perfect 19-0 sweep. These B. C.-B. U. games are terribly sentimen- tal, and the B. U. dressing room after tl1e game was pervaded by a thick, gloomy atmosphere. In fact, a visitor might have discovered tears rolling down the cheeks of some of B. U.'s brawny athletes. However, the appearance of Coach Hanley quickly brought the gallant. band of Boston University Terriers back to a normal condition. H3031 if sfff' ' ' . . -'Y '- T VL- 5 ., F -if. -' -- ff s ' '21 . ff' ' 5:--L . '.:. '.. ' ..f'.:f'-'.- f-,.v..- 2 ' V211 i is'-..i'51ir f - - . .. .3 .. . . - -. . :K ,, . 1: . . ' 5 F. e- 'X -ii - f 'M . eu:'f'P r 5-1'-lit J 1 W -Y is - TSSM -x ' ' Q- 'QRv31'2f4 i ,5 1. 9-'-. - -f ,,, 1s'-,fe .4 ' t.-2.,.fe'- . ff -, '- v l. y: MK, -K Q 5 ., Kg JK, vi, 2, . . ' ..,.t , gf 2. -... - .. ,H . K: lg- , ,. .., e. V 511,-.a,K qs , i ,g,.Kgg-9.x,ffKUf- - - 4- , -'Sf ii ms , SK-are A. . as ,-- .v 1-W, s' . -K w ' M' V44 .-2 'aa.1'.:.,v f.,.: ei , yi.: . ff' .ESQ .li Clif 1 L' '5 r 'wax . 'i?5gE1f3.?:f , gr f '-ii'W1fy'F'51lL-. . if 'PN ,fi 2? ft'2gi92e,'v9'fL'?'-ef45.3 ji-2.15 ' 'z Qt - if fi - , :rs Q-1j..'.z2' . A, ,.-f' f- 1-Q-N31 i2 E.:'-'-.U QA.,-..f , v ff - ,5gg5'f?352f?'Qf??31f.F?'7'iZi5 7 .siiim 'L' vias K 5:91 V 3, K 1 LU K . e-,.5K.5E 5iKKKK,KFZK ...K :.:K3xK,gf,:1,g,, K5g1:j K . Keg. K,KQ,,.K1i,7.KKKK 1 K K Kiatw. . ,A . .,K,KK.,., K :Tj eg: ,f r'r..f-13,14 . N KK , , ,K K KK ' ' 5551: . K. K --KAQQE K ,Q,K7,K.'K K - K ,. ' f' z,-g:5KK , KK KK , . . . , 51:1-Kwg,,gt'gged 111.5 - , ' .' F ' J I .. 1 . r ., fe 1 e -+ -L-F . . . ., -f . Y - , 5 . A -. pa-M -5 fx.- , H fx - . . 4. 'E-.Y-.3621 . .. -. Q wg, ., ,' I KK X K 1- ., f K. K - , . .-,.a:-,je ' 1 it I if l flax-e ' if Q 1 r -ff Y f Gifs . on E' ' ' 1, ra: . . 1. X . ' Y f X- I f . -' 5 K. - . Q -4 K ' K.: his 1' gk. . KK m, - . ! .fqf '-,,.,. , K ff' ' f R fi 3 --j ? E fi, 23 -3,55 al a, -- ' . T' 7'. I N - tj-f - - . ig' W' V. ,.:ffg:,.+ fa n Ki K ,K , WKKIK, is .KK , KKKK: KZKQQKKK L KK .KKU KKKKKQ K K KK , .K K K K . K K K ...Ei :TL 5... 4 , K fur f V' I M 'w'f,4P L nfs w- 9-gn 1'i-Qu Q.

Page 309 text:

y VARSITY BASEBALL Collard Coach, Daltman '40, Sawyer '41, Rnwson '41, Hartley '41, McCuddyI'42, El:TiiS3l '42, Giblin '42, 0'Connell '41, Barry '41, Cummings '41, Fine '-42. Thomas '42, s s ' Z. :mc . gr. Hoax- '41, Hines '41, Poltrino '41, Clmmbers '41, Johnson '41, DeMt-rritt '42, Levine '40, Hallornu '42, McCarthy '4Z?, Leighton '42, Abrams '40 VARSITY BASEBALL activity was unfurled upon Terrier athletes Wednesda.y afternoon, March 13 when approx- imately fifteen battery candidates reported at the Bos- ton University gymnasium for the initial practice. Coach Mel Collard planned to have things going in full swing when infielders and outfielders as well answered his call, Monday, March 18. VVhen all candidates had appeared at the gym more than t.hirty Scarlet and White hopefuls were competing for the nine starting positions on the Terrier baseball squad. If we can get our pitchers in shape for the season, we should enjoy a fairly successful campaign, was Coach Collard's opinion as the baseball players were limbering up. Prospects for the current diamond squad shape up brighter than for last year's team which won only four games while being trounced in ten. It would be some- what difiicult to have a poorer season than that en- countered by the varsity nine last spring. Just as practice was becoming sharper Coach Mel Collard entered the Veteran's Hospital in Chelsea for a routine physical checkup on lllarch 18. The examina- tion showed that a minor operation would be necessary and this kept him in the hospit.a.l for slightly more than a week. Vlihile he was recuperating, freshman baseball coach Lou Ross took over the tutoring duties of the varsity diamond squad. He continued the pre-season limbering-up and conditioning exercises at the gym. Before entering the Veteran's Hospital, Colla.rd wist- fully stated with his tongue in l1is cheek, I hope to have the boys out at Nickerson Field during the spring vacat.ion if possible. If the diamond is suitable, I'll have them on the field VVednesday, hlarch 27, otherwise we'll have to wait until they return for classes and have I 305 them go out for practice Monday the first of April. Spring vacation quickly passed and the first week in April skipped by and still the baseball squad remained in t.he cramped quarters of the B. U. gym trying to pre- pare for a long 15-game schedule in which they tackle some of the strongest teams in New England. In addi- t.ion to the delay caused by unfavorable weather con- ditions which have forced the diamond men to remain indoors so late, still another setback has compelled them to stay intown to practice. The viaduct which cuts through a portion of Nickerson Field in WVeston is under construction. Because the viaduct will be bur- rowed under part of the Boston University athletic grounds at Riverside the water and sewerage systems were shut off temporarily in order to allow the workers to finish a portion of their project there. With this un- foreseen hindrance blocking the diamondmen's exodus from the St. Botolph street gymnasium to Nickerson Field, outdoor practice prior to the season's opening game on Saturday, April 13 with Brown at Providence has been cut to a minimum. Coach Mel Collard did not expect too much from the practice sessions at the gym when he first called his men together before working out at Nickerson. The limited room in the gym doesn't give the play- ers much opportunity to show me what they can do, but the squad has looked as good as ca.n be expected when you consider the crowded quarters in which We are forced to hold practice, said Collard. One of the biggest handicaps which the Scarlet and White baseball director will ha.ve to overcome is to find competent replacements for members of last year's varsity squad who were counted upon to be regulars this spring. lllerrill Sidmore, Johnny VVedemeyer, 1 .