University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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taiesiift mae Smmling-XVhite Ccoaehj, Grant, Reilley, wvhllhlllll, Oderman, lillis, Hoyt, Cass, Olmsted, Koncek Siliilly-llulihard, Conley, 'l'rilmou Ceaptj, Arnold, jones, Bowen. Al 'l'lCR Sl'IVlCRAl, XVICICKS of general coach training and running on the indoor track, the Huskies traveled north to engage Nlass. State in the initial meet of the I9-l2 campaign. 'lille Bay Staters were just a little too strong for an opening meet and the Huskies came home on the short end of a 52-38 score. Trihou captured the individual honors for the meet as we established a new cage for the 1000 yard dash. A Going to Amherst again two weeks later, the Huskies evened things up as they topped the l,ord .leffs from Amherst 60-53. llill Trihou set a new mile record for the Amherst cage, and Nummy Olmsted set a new Conn. mark in the hammer throw with a toss of -l-6 feet. Leaving the hoard track and the rowing machine for the cinders and the open air, the Blue and White had hut two weeks of outdoor practice hefore they clashed with the men from Rhody. Outscored, hut not outfought, the Huskies placed in every event. lioh Bowen was high man for the day as he snagged a pair of lirsts in the 880 and the mile run. 14

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ll94I2 iva irsiiify . ' U fix Y 1 Qnrtoss - f toitiiiuufiry Bowen, Warren, Bahiver, Roswig fmglxj, Oderman, Fischer fcoachj, Coogan, An- derson, Flaherty. CROSS-COUNTRY-A new coach, Carl Fischer, and a team badly weakened by graduation losses, began the season under the handicap of lack of time for conditioning and practice. The Huskies bowed to a superior Northeastern team and went down to a 39-18 defeat. Bob Bowen, running third, was the first Connecticut man to cross the tape. Still in the toughening process, the Fischermcn dropped the second meet with the lVIaine Golden Bears. They finally hit their strideg the U-Conns broke into the win column with a 33-22 triumph over W.l'.l. Bob Bowen ran a magnificent race, only to falter on the home stretch and finish a scant step behind Don Hollesey, the VV.l'.l. ace. The Blue and YVhite failed to take second place in the annual Connecticut Valley meet at Springfield by a single point from the Red and White of lVIassachusetts. The team took losses in the next two meets, as an injury-riddled team bowed in successive meets to hlanhattan and Rhode Island. The season was brought to a close by the New Englands, where the Harriers finished twelfth. The freshman team possessed many potential runners, and these, combined with the nucleus of the present sea- son's team should give Coach Fischer a fairly well-balanced group for the 1943 season. SOCCER-Opening the season with only a week of practice, the scantily clad Blue and XVhite Booters dropped their first match of the season to their next door rivals, lWass. State, 2 to 1. i Drilling on fundamentals and passwork, the U-Conns came roaring back to trounce Clarke -l-0. Captain Hutch- inson, the diminutive left wing, was responsible for a pair of these goals alone. N - Brown and VVPI both eked out fourth period one point wins over the Huskies and the Fischer chargers dropped another contest to the Cardinals from YVesleyan on a very sloppy and disagreeable day. Riding the rails to Boston, the Blue and NVhite hit their stride again as they completely outclassed and outbooted the lfngineers from M.I.'l'., 5-0, with every man in the starting front line accounting for one tally. Springfield and Tufts both came to Storrs with strong veteran teams and they returned home victors. ' The season was closed with a 3-0 win over the Coast Guard on a rain-bogged field in New London. Cunning- ham. Hutchinson, and Roberg all tallied for Connecticut. Galgowski turned in an outstanding defensive job in the goal and Tuttle set up many scoring plays from his wing position, and at the conclusion of the season these two men were selected to captain the I9-H booters. 13

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The Cardinals over the WVhitemen. In a me decided until The W. P.I. side as for t the final event of closed the season with .1 the schedule and they eked out a 62-Sl decision and hockey for action, Springfield College squeezed had been completed. in a triangular meet with lVIass. State and avenging their only indoor loss of the season. Old school records fell by the way- soared over the high jump bar at 6'lX4 and Nummy Olmsted threw the hammer l38'8 individual record of the season' as well as being high man for the day with a total of h 13 ts. Thus ended the first season of varsity track under the tutelage of Don White. At the post- eason dance and fiesta, Coach VVhite announced the co-captains for the 1943 team would be Cass, Olmsted and Bowen. l lljircesllnimfaum l Vllqirnaucllx Third Rnfw-VV h i t e fcoachj, Dyer, Kassita, Jessup, Koneck, Smith A Cmgr.j. Srrond Rww-Killeen, . Ayre, Melia, Hansen, Ryan, Kurz, Hurenchek, Kehoe. Front Ro-w - Flaherty, Robbins, Grady, VV. Dropo, Moran, lves, Fredericks.