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

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2 A X952 L 'JJDJSS Cfg-if PHAQMAKON gf? 7 C' sf' sl The Captain Speaks HF. OLD GRY A school cannot turn out a good team if it lacks a permanent home court and a paid coach is true as a rule 5 but rules are proven by their exceptions and our own case therefore proves the rule. D We lacked facilities, practiced but once or twice a week, and yet according to our record had. a successful season. Our record was entirely due to the ability of the men on the team. What team could boast of a pair of guards such as Joe Beck and Lefty Berick? Beck's place as a star on the basis of his two years record is unassailable. Lefty has another year to prove that his fine showing was no flash in the pan. . Berman, at center, showed a great improvement over last year and there were few centers who outjumped him. , Fistel and myself, former team mates were together again during the pastyear and showed by our records that none of our old teamwork had been forgotten. But enough of the individuals on the team. The factors in our success were the grit and harmony of the members of the team and also a more important factor, the enthusiasm and good, will of the members of the Faculty. Do you think that our boys could have played HTOOTSH FICHMAN as splendidly as they did and make such supreme efforts, CAPTAIN at crucial moments of the game, if it had not been for the presence and cheering of the Faculty, as well as that of the students? When a team knows that it has the support of the teaching staff and student body, and that an active support, it fights the harder and I credit them with winning games although not actively participating. ' On behalf of the team, I take this opportunity to thank Dean Anderson, Doctor Goldwag, our' Faculty Advisor and the others of the teaching staff and student body for lending their whole hearted support to the team throughout the season. The players point of view is necessarily different from that of the spectator and I propose to take you behind the scenes in the two of our hardest fought games of the season, with our ancient and honorable foe-Brooklyn Law. ' FIRST LAW GAME The most interesting and dramatic game played by Pharmacy was the Brook- 'lyn Law game. Inspired by the cheers and by the noise made by the Gallery Gods and by the spectators, we rose in that second half and tied the score after everyone but the team and' a few outsiders had given the game up as lost. .When we scored three baskets in a row, in the first session, it proved our un- doing for we played with such enthusiasm and carried the game to our foes in such fashion that we tired ourselves out inside of ten minutes. During the next ten minutes, even though we called two time outs, we could not keep up with the pace set by Chipurnoi who was aided by Feinberg and Salz. The first half ended 16-7 in favor of the lawyers. Tired but not discouraged we went out with'al1 our plans formulated as to how we would play. Our plan was to try heaving the ball from the field until we would draw our opponent up to us and then break through. How well this worked can be easily seen, for after ten minutes had passed Berman Fistel and myself each tallied one field goal apiece from the center df the field Thid brought the Law team in and then Berick and Fistel countered with baskets from around the basket to tie the score. At this point Beck who was plavinfi' a wonderful guard game had to go out onaccount of personal fouls '1'l1iq w-1: disheartening but luckily for us the game ended there. i R 1 K Page 2 36 ' .QU F HO Q , A A me

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YHVQXF rsqf 'Qui ing Pl-IAQMAKON 233-3 329-, 'lv' 4' rr Z9 Columbia Bests Brooklyn In Rough and Tumble Contest n AR. BELOW its usual form, our basketeers found it impossible to win its last League game when they encountered the representatives of the Columbia College of Pharmacy on its .home court. The game was one of the dullest and hstless seen during the entire season Columbia's knowled e of its unusuall large court, and not its form, went a long way in deciding 'fhe ultimate victoiil The final score, 30 to 27 seems to indicate a stern game but on the contrary a good percentage of the score was compiled by points caged viathe free throw route. The boys made as total of 11 while their adversaries made good 8 of a possible 20 awarded to them. ' Confronted with the opportunity of tying the Philadelphia cohorts for the League lead and consequently forcing a playoff, the team played so loosely as to convey an impression that the responsibility that they labored under was far too great, while the Blue, who had nothing to gain or lose played in its usual strong antd ilod-like manner, thus considerably slowing down our vaunted whirlwind a ac . The Crimson and Gold found it difficult to score and it was onlyafter eight minutes of loosely played basketball that any one of the contestants tallied, as per usual it was our quintet that broke the ice and assumed a brief lead. - After another prolonged period of rough and tumble playing the New Yorkers slowly forged ahead. However, towards the end of the first canto a pretty exhibition was staged, the team, who was three points behind, made a belated rally and not only outplayed the Lion quintet, but succeeded in knotting the count 12-12 just as the whistle blew. On the resumption of play, the Brooklyn offense again went to pieces and although the brilliant individual efforts of Fichman, Stein and the guarding of Berick were above par, the rest of the team were unable to corroborate when the .needed tallies were required. Columbia found it a difficult task to carry the ball into our territory and .re- sorted to flinging the ball from all angles. Hand was the most successful, -finding the loop for three consecutive long distance heaves, giving his team anundisputed advantage which they maintained till the end of the fray, despite the frantic pleadings and urgings of the loyal Brooklyn rooters. u U ' During the middle of the half, our team endeavored to regain its top form, and with Beck leading them they made a determined bid for the game at this stage. Beck was removed and this took the fight out of the boys and went a long way in deciding the eventual winner, although the Brooklynites made audying finish as Stein playing in Beck's place and Fistel crushed through for successive baskets towards the end, placing the team three points behind the Morningside Heights passers who proceeded to freeze the sphere for the remaining minutes. AN OFF NIGHT Columbia College of Pharmacy Brooklyn College of Pharmacy G. F. P. G. F. P. . Finkelstein 3 3 9 Fichman 1 2 -4 Hand 4 1 9 Flstel 3 2 3 Cohen V 1 1 3 Berman 2 3 7 Sahr 0 0 0 Beck 0 ? 2 3 3 9 stem 2 Chew Berick 0 0 0 - . F T t 1 s 11 27 V Totals 11 8 30 0 3 S Q Page 235 W AWGN- 1f:'DJ 7 C-FP '4254 ' fu' C

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A ' 4 L A FJ!-IAIQ-P1,-qrqQN EUS? N A l 5 'G I new 9,2 N' v i . , , . Since one extia five minute period is called for in the rule book, we Went out I 1 determined to fight as hard as possible. This period, started with Fistel getting I a goal on a very pretty pass from Berick. Then Salz, who had been playing a I fine defensive game, came down from the side and unseen by the referee snatched the ball from my hands while on an outside ball and made good on a difficult shot from the side. That ended the first extra period. This tie in the score again meant that we play another five minutes or, call the game then and there. We df201d9d to Play. Our boys were pretty well spent and not having the eight sub- stitutes to put in had to play as we were but Nadel, the Law Coach put in an almost new and fresh team. We would have liked to quit but simply couldn't. The team was playing .entirely on grit and nerve. ' . Chipurnoi, the Law Team Captain, then made good on a foul and placed them in the lead. When I got hold ofthe ball next time I took a desperate heave at the basket from the side and granting my prayers it went in. Someone jumped out from the side lines and kissed me. ' I thought that I was a hero but it was not to be. On the next play, Jacobs a substitute for the lawyers took the ball and then made a basket. An argument arose and after consulting :the timekeepers we found that the game had gone over the extra five minutes., But the referee said that he d1d not hear the whistle and ruled that the goal counted, so we lost a bitterly fought and wonderfully played game. p SECOND LAW GAME A n Whenever Law met Pharmacy in my two years of playing, it seemed inevitable that arguments prevailed over Drugs no matter what the circumstances were. This game was unlike the other in the fact that we were leading until oneminute would have ended the game. Although there were no 4-extra periods this game was as bitterly fought but not as exciting as the first game. , Jacobs who was the hero of the first game, although he did not score the win- ning points played by far the most spectacular ball of the two teams. Nadel displayed rare generalship when he started the second team. This team while not in the class of the first team played remarkably well, in fact, they made a better showing against us than the first team. ' When we started the game against the seconds we thought we would run up a score against them to fortify ourselves when the regulars came in.. But the subs shattered our lans for the held our score down and came u with theirs until P Y . P at the end of their playing period' in the first half the score was in their favor by Eve points. . The first team then came in and we started to play. We really outplayed them from the start although We had the misfortune to miss easybaskets. But what we did was to erase three of their points which left them a margin of two. . The second half started with Law caging two baskets. Chipurnoi and.Fe1n- berg were playing a bang up game. Again we started and after some brilliant passing by Beck and Berick, Fistel and Beck countered with goals. Berman seemed to be suffering from a case of stage fright and was not playing up to his usual form. But nevertheless We took the lead and seemed to take the heart. out of our opponents. A . . Here is where Nadel's generalship and basketball sense came in good stead. Realizing that the first team was making no progress agalnst US and HS time WELS growing short, he ran the subs in again. With about three minutes to play, Sid Dubroff, recent Savage Institute star, dropped in a nifty basket from over one half of the court, which is soricite dftafplgze to shoot from. Then Lane came through with two foul ones in a .row al er ba g missed tries in the first half. The game ended soon after and again we ost y one oint 18-17. - p This game bears out that axiom that the best team does not always win for I h b tt of the two teams on the court that evening. sincerely believe that we were t e e er r . . i 5 l I Pagf 237 5-fi E gg Jul! - Q A A I I - fr' A ll 1 Q