Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Coach Ben Ogden, Sapatola, Feldman, Rappaport, Kunin, Cooneo, Bramble, Hubka, A llen, Sherman, Reiff, Rutecky, McCauley, Park Track Joe McCauley takes his position for the sprint In this year ' s short spring season Ben Ogden ' s trackmen are scheduled to meet Swarthmore and Lehigh and may possibly clash with Haverford and New York University. Newcomer Sheldon Feldman will enter the low and high hurdles, shot put, running broad jump, and javelin. Sophomores Ray Reiff and Pinky Wood double in the high jump and pole vault with Reiff also trying the 50-yard dash and Wood the running broad jump. Bill Budd, the only other upperclassman on the team, will take part in the high jump. Gene Parks, another Freshman, will enter the broad jump, high jump, pole vault and track. Warren Allen and Herb Spatola will do the mile run, Joe McCauly the 50-yard dash, and Joe Harris the quarter-mile. In the field events the shot put and javelin claim Hubka, Wick, and Bebetsky. Jim Joyce joins Budd, Parks, Wood, and Reiff in the high jump. The trackmen hope to equal last year ' s season in which they won two out of three meets.

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St. Joe moves the ball around Blumenthal snares the ball The Codymen rose to their greatest heights of the year in their last victory of the season, stopping the vaunted Western Michigan five, which had previously scored sixteen consecutive wins against collegiate fives, 55-51. Budd and Koecher totaled 34 points. Two days after the announcement of their N. C. A. A. Invitation, the Owls, slightly off as a result of the strain of their past games, failed in their attempt to retain the City Title. The fighting Hawks of St. Joseph ' s downed Temple, 48-46, to revenge their 1943 loss. They led at halftime, 28-20, splurging in the closing minutes of that period for a lead they never lost. Joyce scored 21 points in this game, the highest total for an Owl player during the 1943-44 campaign. Climaxing a highly successful season with an easy win over Catholic University, the Owl courtmen came out third in the Eastern N. C. A. A. tournament. the 14 wins for 23 starts does not look too impressive, we must realize that the team is composed almost entirely of Freshmen but who can say what today ' s Freshmen will do tomorrow? Fast action

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Ray Reiff performs on the parallels Gym With the shortage of manpower, the Owl gym team consisted of just four members. Because of this small squad the team was unable to compete with other schools. But the team was determined to see some action. Coach Max Younger trained his men just three weeks and sent a four-man team to Annapolis to compete in the national championships. Powerful Navy took first honors but the Owls gave a fine performance and came in fourth. Captain Ray Reiff came in fourth in the all-around; Eugene Park took second on the side horse; Sidney Hantman, t he Owl ' s rope-climbing entry, came in eighth, and josh Lipschultz, the only senior member, performed on the flying rings. Coach Max Younger, Reiff, Park, Lipschultz, Hantman