American University - Talon / Aucola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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JUNIOR VARSITY HASKETRALL First row: S. Balchun, W. Patten, A. Nencioni, R. Hite, D. Essex, J. Kranking. Second row: Coach Schulze, S. Dalsheim, J. Boothby, E. Hart, F. Karner, J. Whalen. Coach HUGO DUTCH SCHULZE Manager JOHN WHALEN Coach Dutch Schulze may well be proud of his smooth-running, hard-fighting Eaglets, who not only ended up first in the league but went on to conquer the Mason-Dixon Conference crown by subduing a scrappy Catholic U. outfit, 38-36. A glance over Jayvee statistics shows a 15 conference game winning streak over the past two-year period and a 1 7 won - 9 lost total for the ' 47- ' 48 season. Directing the quintet from the floor were co-captains Al Nencioni and Dick Hite. Jim Boothby, Don Essex, Jim Kranking, Bill Patten, Steve Dalsheim and Si Balchun made up the rest of the squad. Competitors met the AUites under the banners of Georgetown, Western Mary- land, Loyola, Catholic U., Randolph-Macon, William and Mary (of Norfolk), and BullK Devittj and Woodward Prep. Teamwork was the keynote of the J. V. Basketball Season and the fans really enjoyed watching the brand of ball that the Schulzcmen played, as was made apparent by the steady increase in preliminary attendance as the season progressed. Sixty-two

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T. GRIFFIN P. NEGLEY B. LAMON J NEER J. WAKEFIELD A. U. 4S UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 52 67 RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE 37 67 UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON 58 52 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE 59 66 MOUNT ST. MARY ' S COLLEGE 48 83 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 48 52 WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE 54 61 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 56 45 SIENA COLLEGE 52 54 LOYOLA COLLEGE 48 57 MARYLAND STATE TEACHERS COL. 28 43 LOYOLA COLLEGE 49 64 RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE 38 52 RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE 33 VARSITY BASKETBALL

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SWIMMING Coach BERT COURAGE Manager STEVE BECKER Under the newly-established mentorship of Bert Courage, the A.U. mermen set about to maintain the championship label they were awarded in their inaugural year of 1947 as a result of copping second place in the Mason-Dixon Conference and top honors in the Metropolitan Washington Invitational. Carrying the orange and blue into collegiate aquatic relations were : Free style — Art Butler, Gus Culberson, Bud LaFever, and Larry LaFever; Breast stroke — Ken Hiltz, Tony Inglis, and Jim Patten; Back stroke — Johnny Briggs, Phil Dixon, and Carl Tinkham; Divers — Tex Carter and Ted Hines. La Salle, Loyola, and Johns Hopkins provided the stiffest competition of the season while Catholic University, Davis and Elkins, and Dickinson College proved inferior to the Couragemen. The outstanding performer of the season was Johnny Briggs, who emerged with an undefeated record in the back stroke and as the best all-around swimmer. Gus Culberson and Jim Patten made exceptionally good showings considering the fact that this was their first year of competitive swimming. Once again, this season, the American University played host to the Junior National A. A.U. Championship Meet and the Metropolitan Invitational Inter- Scholastic and Inter-Collegiate Swimming Meet. First row: P. Dixon, L. LaFever, R. Mead, C. Tinkham. Second row: S. Becker, J. Briggs, A. Butler, J. Patten, Larry LaFever, E. Culberson. Sixty-three