North Park University - Cupola Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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go now you blue bibbs anderson ' s boys took it on the chin this year as the viking squad ended the season with a poor total of three wins and sixteen losses, the boys were usually in the game all the way, but they didn ' t have the last-half vitality they needed and dropped a lot of close ones, it was a green team, as is exem- plified by the fact that on it were only three returning lettermen, two of whom saw action for only one semester, leading the returning let- termen was captain paul Johnson, scrappy all- around forward who usually could be counted on for at least ten points, paul led the team in time played; if it hadn ' t been for the refs he ' d have had a lot more time in, but by the fourth quarter he was usually on the bench with five fouls, vern funk graduated at mid- year, but before his departure managed to score 124 points for a 10.3 average, his 28 points led to a victory over herzl and scoring honors for total points in one game, art ed- strom joined the team at mid-season, in time to help the squad in their last 8 games with his exceptional rebounding and cool floor play. art will be back for one semester next year. get that ball

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hoopsters ' 5 1 - ' 52 iron row: r. soger, t. beers, w. anderson, r. lofgren, r. hegstrom back tow. r. lofgren, j. Johnson, r. munson, a. swanson, j. aspegren, e. dwye goethe, h. nelson, d. kjell, b. Carlson. Carlson, v iunk, d. the three viking wins were at the expense of elgin (twice), 56-49 and 50-49, and herzl, 71- 65. the big man in the first elgin encounter was ed dwyer, 6 ' 3 freshman center, who con- trolled both boards. ed was the standout freshman player; he led the team in scoring with his accurate hook and jump shots, and augmented his value to the team with his rebounding. the herzl game was played in our own gym, where vern funk and dave goethe rose to the occasion and hit 28 and 14 points respect- ively, however, herzl gave the vikings a good scare; behind 39-22 at half-time, they came back with a second half splurge that almost overcame our lead. forward dave goethe fouled out in the third quarter with 14 points under his belt. his loss at mid-semester, coupled with that of freshman guard jerry John- son, was a tough blow to a team which needed their scoring punch, jerry was a consistent scorer, totalling 128 points for a 10 point aver- age in that vital department. the second elgin game, played at von steuben in front of an enthusiastic crowd, proved to be the thriller of the year, hero of the game was rollie carlson, sophomore sub- stitute center, who coolly dunked the second of two free throw attempts with time run out to enable the vikings to eke out a 50-49 win. complete control