Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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UNE XII LE IIELAY x il' 4 .1 ,N -VW.: . r -1'-X, 'AFM 'MQ' ,E .... - X is Q. Coach Thompson, Luukko, Danielson. Lythcott, Howard, Learci, nzanugvr. I'uy1' our l111f1rlrr1l forty-.x-1'.1' TYYO RIILE RELAY LSI Nm, Waillucc. Bridgn-s, Burnap, Danielson, Pierce, Leard, managrr.

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VARSITY previous loss of Briggs and Webster from school left a weak spot in the high jump, but Bill Lukko readily came to the front i11 this event. George Lythcott, Oklahoma flier, tied the speedy meet record of seconds for the 300-yard dash. Bates 73M-Colby HM. In one of the most thrill-packed contests ever held in the Gray Gymnasium, a meet which excited a. large group of spectators until the last event, a track squad from Northeastern tied the locals. W'in. Keck started the team off by tying the cage record in the -L0-yard dash. The mile event provided a major upset when Dana W'allace jumped Hawk Zamparelli, national ten-mile champion, on the last lap and held tl1e lead to win by the narrowest of margins. Charlie Cooke sprained a muscle while tying for first in the pole vault. Teck of Northeastern passed Howard of Bates in the last fifteen yards for a. second place in the 600, and soon after, and by an even closer margin, overtook the favored Garnet runner, Danielson, to win the 1,000-yard run. Canney, also of the invader pulled the, unexpected by out-putting Kishon's heave made against Colby, the nationally- known weight star being in N ew York at the If-LA meet at the time. His marks made the previous week against Colby were allowed into competition. W'ith the meet depending upon it, Bill Lukko exerted himself to narrowly out-broadjump Rollins of the visitors with wl1on1 he had been deadlocked at 21 feet, eight inches. The final event was a three-heat affair. In the last chapter of the 300-yard dash, Henderson, who had the pole, was able to nose out Lythcott of Bates, whose time proved good enough for third. The second heat found W'in. Keck a second too slow. W'ith tl1e score, Northeastern-50, Bates-49, the necessary tie for first was produced heroically by Ed. Howard, who, pushed by a tired Lukko, banged around tl1e oval in the needed time-34 seconds Hat. Bates 5+-Nortlieasfei-11 54. The Hnal encounter, at Orono, found a balanced University of Blaine squad although in the minority as regards first places. edging the Garnet. Kishon, while breaking the discuss record. starred as high point man with fifteen scores, but his fellow weight men failed to gain a single second or third as expected. Other sur- prise setbacks occurred when hfurray sprinted to take over Keck of the visitors in the dash and when Lythcott, after being pushed off the track, 111et defeat in the 600. The distance trio of Danielson tl,000J and Wallace tmilejb and Bridges QQ milej came through in fine style in outracing lIaine's many cross-country runners. Blaine-6415, Bates-5Q1Q. The local's three-lappers swept the field in the high jump. but were unable to present the taking of an unforeseen five points by Vonnell in the running broad jump. This meet, as ot.hers ill tl1e past between the two great rivals, was not decided until the last race. and then only by inches and fifths of seconds. TRACK Ijllyl' one I1 ll mlrefl forty-fire

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VARSITY TENNIS vw 1- 'Z' , I .FJ .V B , 'l Front Rolf: Reed l'capIa1'n l, Castiline, Canavan, Nixon. Back Rozr: Coach Buschmann, Dankner, Kenney, J. Leard, mgr The 1936 Varsity Tennis Team lived up to its early season promise by losing only one match to Bowdoin at Brunswick, 2-7. RIaine l1ad to yield twice to tl1e Garnet, 5-4 and 6-3 in hard fought sets. Keen competition. fine sportsmanship. and hard play, together with the feeling of friendliness between the two teams made these matches outstanding. A weak Colby team succumbed twice before the hard hitting Bobcats. In the state tournament at Urono. Nixon '39 was runner-up in singles, but he and Burt Reed '38 won the doubles title. Captain Howard Buzzell and Coach Busclnnann had a difficult task in selecting the number one man from among the hard hitting trio of Reed. Caster- line,Carter and that clever court N apoleonf, Nixon. Carter was too erratic to maintain the chief position. How evenly Reed and C asterline were matclied was demonstrated at the state tournament in the quarter-Hnals when Reed finaly over- came C asterline, 7-5, 7-5. In the dual matches with 1Iaine both Reed and Nixon lost to Brooks by the same score, 7-5, 7-5. Reed and Nixon, Buzzell anci Carter. and Revey and Casterline all played good doubles during the season. Eight letters were awarded: Howard Bailey, '36, manager Howard Buzzell '36: James Carter '36, Lewis Revey '36g Norman Dankner '37g Arnold Kenseth '37, Donalc Caster- line ,38g Burton Reed '38, BIilton Nixon '39. Unless all signs and omens fail the next few years will be known as TEN N IS years at Bates. Last summer Burt Reed won the Jarvis Field and the Fair Haven Tournaments. Nixon was the winner of the South Portland Purposduck Club Tournament. C asterline won the Tournament at the lIeadowbrook Country Club. In addition to last year's letter men Canavan. former Captain of the BI. C. I. tennis team, Kimnach, number o11e at Cushing Academy in 1935. and Libby all of the class of 339 and Howland, Sutherland, and Kenney of the class of '40 have come out for the team. 'Q -I Page our llllllI1V'Udf0I'fy-StlFII