Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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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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This backstroker really breaks the water Coach Frank Wiechec Swimming Handicapped by the shortage of manpower and the lack of time to have adequate pre-season practice , the 1944 Temple University swimming team lost all four of its meets on an abbreviated schedule. Opening at home, the Owls lost to Lehigh, 46-29. Two away meets followed, the Cherry and White losing to Swarthmore, 50-24, and Lehigh at Bethlehem, 42-32. Penn State ' s mermen defeated the Templars, 52-23. Coach Frank Wiechec, athletic trainer of the University, was inducted into the Navy on the day of the final meet. His 1943 squad racked up the best record in Temple ' s history—seven wins and a loss. Captain Ed Carroll featured the season by his work, totaling 26 points in freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke races to be high-scorer. Ray Reiff, diver, was second in scoring, going undefeated for twenty points. The relay qua rtet was also unbeaten. Hawaiians Norman Chu and George Alama, Carl Kiebach, Jack Burns, Reiff, and Al Jackson shared the freestyle sprints; Don Bullock, infantile paralysis victim who swam without the use of his legs, and Bob Cole swam in the 440-yard freestyle races; John Babetske and Sol Frost handled the breaststroke assignments; Hank and Ray Cohen were the backstrokers; and Sam Paltin dove for the team. George Alama Don Bullock Norman Chu They ' re off