Brooklyn College of Pharmacy - Pharmakon Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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AVDJ WVU! XGVX L-O4 -C455 Ps-aAr:UvLf-,mom ZLQQQ dll. 1 1 without his help and cooperation our season would not be as successful as it turned out to be. He was our guiding light and his inspiring force urged the team on to bigger and better effortsf There is still another whomnwe can not forgetfour own Smiling Joe Baum, '22, who whipped the quintet into shape. His straight forwardness will not be forgotten, and his gratituous coaching will always stand out among the great deeds and services of the alumni. With a nucleus of but two first' string men and three substitutes, Smiling Joe built up a fighting cage team that will bring back fond-memories. He, in his own characteristic way instilled the We have just begun to fight spirit into our men. We revere him for-all that he did, and hope that he will be with us for many years. Pharmacy Beats Jamaica Training ln Its Opening Game 4 THE BASKETBALL season was duly ushered in on Tuesday evening Novem- ber 23rd., 1926, Jamaica Training School for Teachers supplying the opposi- tion. The game, was played atthe One Hundred and Sixth Infantry Regiment Armory, as a preliminary to the American League basketball clash between Brook- lyn and Philadelphia, the former's franchise now being held by the Celtics. The Pharmacy rooters, who formed no small part of the crowd of 4,000 which watched the proceedings were pleased with the finished manner in which our team performed. Although the boys won. by a comparatively small score, 25 to 16, they completely outclassed the Queens athletes in every phase of the game. Taking the lead from the outset, the wearers of the Crimson and Gold held it-to the finish, despite the fact that the embryonic teachers led by Nucatola, former Newtown basketball and baseball, luminary, tried its best to overcome this advantage. Whitey Beck with three field goals and two fouls was the out- standing star of the court tilt. Dutch Fistel, who has turned out to be one of the most consistent scorers in the college history closely followed with a total of seven points. Captain Fichman's floor work and passing were the features of the game and were big factors in the victory I WHO TAUGHT Jamaica Training Brooklyn College of Pharmacy G. F. P. ' G. F. P. Nucatola 1 2 4 Fichman 2 0 4 Spillane 2 0 4 Fistel ' 2 3 7 Skripak 1 1 , 3 Berman 0 3 3 Seidler 0 0 0 Goldberg 0 0 0 McEnerny 1 - 2 4 ' Berick 1 1 3 Cassidy ' 0' 0 0 Beck 3 2 8 Mosserel ' 0 1 1 Stein 0 0 0 Totals 5 6 16 Totals 8 9 25 1 Cooper Union Day School Swamped n KEEPING UP its good work our basketeers ran up a one sided score in defeat- ing the Cooper Union Day Five to the tune of 43 to 25. The contest was staged on the court 'of P. S. 117, before a good turnout of students. Page 220 N :OAR v E555

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I I YQ! O Y Cqggf Pl-1Aff1uVuAKON 22?-?3 ? C-2 .Ji , .3 ,Q Basketball ITH one of the most I imposing basketball schedules ever arranged, the team made a showing that any college can boast of. Mere words cannot justly describe the pride we feel when we think of the suc- cessful results with which our boys were rewarded. Individually and collective- . ly they had been groomed so magnificently that their fame spread, not only as p A a remarkable court quintet , ' but as a team who, as true DR. J. S. GOLDWAG sportsmen, Stood in 34 Class CCACH J. BAUM by themselves. ' l After an intensive training period wherein the candidates were forced to under- go various hardships, namely travelling from all parts of the city to a court situated in a remote part of Brooklyn, Coach Baum whipped together a team consisting of: SENICRS JUNICRS . Too'rs FICHMAN HDUTCH77 IFISTEL ' WHITEYH BECK LEFTY7, BERICK I PAUL STEIN RUBEN GOLDBERG A F1RPo BERMAN RICH1E RICHER CoUNT ' CONDE . HPEE WEEH LEVINE Each and everyone of the above mentioned men has given unstintedly of his efforts and ability, played a fair and clean game, in defeat and victory alike, sacrificing personal glory for the prime requisite of a successful quintet, namely team work. - . The schedule provided for our team was arranged by Manager Phil Nemser, with the able cooperation of Morris Haven, Assistant Manager. They succeeded in lining up some of the foremost and leading teams of the East, and incidently had a great deal to do with the formation of the new Eastern Intercollegiate Pharmacy League. , ' A brief resume of the 1926-'27 season indeed brings joy and satisfaction to the hearts of all those connected or interested in the basketball achievements of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy. The final counting upfvof-splints shows us to have out-tallied our opponents by 614 to 487.4 We closed our season with 13' victories and 7 defeats. -Our most notable victories were over Cooper Union, iElizabeth A. C., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and B. C. P. Alumni. We werfe defeated by Brooklyn Law School Cone pointb and University Club. Cf the individual scorers Whitey Beck finished first, Dutch Fistel second and Toots Fichman, a close third. At one time during the season the quintet had a winning streak of five consecutive victories, the barristers breaking it by a one point victory after two sensational extra sessions were consumed. In closing, we must not forget the Leaders, the men responsible for our success. As Director of Athletics, Dr. Joseph S. Coldwag did his utmost, and we feel that Page 219 'fax 4943: 4254 - - 55:1

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rw frfvf xcvx 'E 495 P1-if-HIQMAKON gag-73 r Both teams played a hard and fast game much more than the final count seems to indicate Beck and Fistel were the higr scoreis each finding the net for a half dozen baskets The latter coupled with Fichman our erstwhile Captain scintillated throughout the combat Dutch worked the dummy twice much to the mortification of the Cooper Union cagers and by overhand throws counted Here again Toots playing was above the ordinary and proved to be a thorn in the Engi neer s side The good work and marksmanship of Miller and Wood of the losers went a long way in giving color to the combat due to their uncanny ability to manufacture points from mid field both managing to garner a total of twenty points The display of teamwork and the passing of the quintet gave all evidence of the smooth working machine that Smiling Joe Baum had perfected A cr1ss cross pass was worked much to our advantage as time and again the leather was secured on the tap, snapped across the court 1n the general direction of our adversaries territory and there converted into a goal CUTSMARTING THE ENGINEERS Cooper Union Wood Colvin Miller Muller - Orovan Lewin Spinelli Totals Brooklyn Levine Fichman Fistel Richer Berman Beck Stein Bereck Conde PHI1 IP NEMSER Manager College of Pharmacy Totals Elizabeth A C Noses Out Brooklyn HE TEAM lost its first game of the season when it bowed to the Elizabeth T35 A. C. Representatives away from home by a count of 39 to 34 Although the clubmen outweighed the Crimson and Gold considerably they were forced to step briskly every minute of play in order to eke out the victory. The game was closely contested throughout both quintets exhibiting a brilliant defense. At half-time the homesters led by four points thus giving them an ad- . vantage which our cagers were unable to overcome. .Many a time we carried the T ball down the field and converted into tallies but weight and uncanny knowledge of their own court enabled the J erseyites to play havoc with our defense. Whitey T Beck and Dutch Fistel played crack games while Whittaker stood out for the T' . victors Y YADN Page 221 ' A Q25 1 Sify 7 Q,-v