Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Terriers N. E. Champs Coach Raymond Settele tries to clear the bar The 1957 spring track team completed another suc- cessful season by winning the New England Champion- ship meet for the fourth year in a row. The Terriers won six of the 15 events and finished 17 points ahead of their nearest competitor. Eino Keerd, Dave Settele, Larry Cafarella and Gene Ellis were the victorious Terriers. The Thinclads opened their season by finishing third in a triangular meet with Army and NYU. Settele won both the 190-yard high-hurdles and 220 low-hurdles. Cafarella won the shot put event with a toss of 50 feet, 95 inches. Other point gatherers were: Keerd who won the discus with an effort of 138 feet and Ellis who fin- ished second in the 880. Army piled up 88M points, NYU 47, and the Terriers 3'7M. The Terriers posted their Hrst victory of the season, 832 to 55M over Tufts. Settele led the way as he fin- ished first in the high and low hurdles, tied for first in the pole vault, and came in second in the broad jump, and third in the high jump. Keerd was first in the dis- cus and hammer while Cafarella set a new meet record in the shot put with a heave of 51 feet, 3 inches. In the distance events, George Hillier won the two mile while Don Lendry won the mile. The relay team of Ellis, Don Cobleigh, Henry Dionisio and Fred Dunbury breezed to an easy victory. Keerd was the only Terrier to place in the Penn Re- lays, coming in fifth in the shot put event. 330

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1 A hit or a miss? Kwik MacLeod peers in for his sign Coming into the hot corner Ed Asaley and Len Dempsey drove in five runs be- tween them to spark the Terriers to a 9-Q win over Bates. VVenzel went nine innings for the first time in his varsity career to subdue Brandeis by the same score. Daring base running highlighted a 7-5 Terrier win over UMass as Koppel and O'Hara stole home back to back. MacLeod, who fired a four hitter, was the Winning pitcher. The Terriers prevailed over Providence in an 8-7 slugfest. Wenzel relieved Stone in the first inning and scattered 10 hits to chalk up the win. Possiel stopped Colby on four hits as the Terriers gained a 3-1 victory. O'Hara blasted one over the fence while Carl Cohen connected for his first round tripper of the season. Tufts continued its six game winning streak by dump- ing the Terriers, 8-5. 0,Hara hit the seats for the second game in a row. Don MacLeod turned in the greatest performance of his varsity career, retiring the first Q5 batters to face him in a one hit, 6-0 decision over the University of New Hampshire. A triple by the second batter to face him in the ninth inning ruined the slender Canadianis bid for a perfect game. MacLeod set six batters down on strikes. Terrier hitters exploded with a rash of base hits in the late innings to down Brandeis, 13-8. Bill Stone picked up his third win in relief. A three run outburst in the sixth gave Springfield a 6-4 win over the Terriers. MacLeod was pinned with the loss. Losses to Boston College and Holy Cross in the final week of the season crushed Terrier hopes of competing in the NCAA tournament. 329

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4fh year in a Row Settele at his speciality A powerful Dartmouth team handed the Terriers their second setback by a 81-59 score. Settele captured the hurdle events and finished second in the broad jump. Settele staged one of the greatest one man shows in local track history as he sparked the Terriers to vietory over Holy Cross and Syracuse in a triangular meet. Scttele won the 120-yard high hurdles C:15.5Dg Q20 low hurdles Q:Q3.8jg high jump Cfive feet, 10 inchesjg broad jump Q20 feet, six inchesj and tied for first in the pole vault with an effort of 11 feet, six inches. Coblcigh won both sprint events with times of 310.1 and 1220. Kcerd was first in the hammer and discus. The Terriers concluded their regular season com- petition by racking up '77 points, defeating arch-rivals Holy Cross and Boston College, who amassed 55 and 27 points respectively. Cobleigh won both dashes, having to come from behind in the 100 to nip Holy Crossis Bob Daly at the wire in :10.1. Keerd picked up 13 points by winning the discus and hammer while Jerry Condon captured the pole vault and shot put events. Settele sparkled again as he copped firsts in the high hurdles and broad jumps. Dunbury gave the Terriers another first in the javelin while Ellis breezed to an easy victory in the mile. The 1957 Championship team