Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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William Carvill introduced cricket to Haver- ford students in 1836, but interest here in the game waned, and by 1840 had disappeared. Re- introduction of cricket in 1856 was followed by founding of two rival cricket clubs within the college. These two, the Delian and Lycaean Clubs, were open only to upperclassmen. During the Winter of 1857, irate rhinies formed the Dorian Cricket Club, and the following Spring they upset the Lycaean Club in their first joint encounter. The asture Delian Club fell victim to the upstart Dorians in their first contest with them in the Fall of 1858. The Delian and Lycaean Clubs formed the Uniteds in a final effort to defeat the Dorians, but this venture failed; the Uniteds lost, and the Dorian Club survived to become the Haverford College Cricket Club. On 5th month 7th, 1864, Haverford played a match against thje University of Pennsylvania. The Ford Cricketeers scored 89 runs and soundly The 1964 season will be Coach Norman Bram- all ' s thirty-eighth at Haverford. During his tenure, tennis has been one of the more winning sports in Haverford ' s intercollegiate athletic program. The 1963 team finished with a 7-4-1 record after 1962 had seen the first losing tennis contingent in twenty years. The caliber of Haverford tennis is never likely to equal that of the 1947-50 teams which won four Middle Atlantic Conference championships, defeated Swarthmore four years running without losing more than one match in any meet, and battled on even terms with schools like Penn, Princeton, Navy and Virginia. Nevertheless Coach Bramall should expect to hang up better than even records for the next few years. For the second time in five years Haverford may be represented by a team devoid of senior members. Four juniors who filled the number 3, 4, 5, and 6 positions on last year ' s team will form s defeated Penn. Since that time, Haverford Cricket Clubs have toured England and Canada and played Australia ' s XI on Cope Field. Haverford ' s original match with Penn was the College ' s first inter- collegiate sports jiarticipation. This year marks the centennial of intercollegiate competition at Haverford and the centennial of the Haverford- Penn cricket rivalry, the oldest intercollegiate ball- game rivalry in the United States. Under the seasoned direction of Howard Comfort, the Cen- tennial XI, captained by J. B. Ruppenthal and managed by W. B. Yelon, will oppose Philadelphia Textile I nstitute, the Alumni, Maryland C. C. Cor- nell, British Commonwealth C. C, and the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Tim Sterett the nucleus of the squad. Captain Jim House, Steve Kasser, Howie Pancoast, and Rick Bazelon are ably supported by the best freshman crop in the last four years. Doug Meikeljohn and Dave Koteen are excellent varsity prospects. The two remaining varsity posts will be filled by them or soph Steve Wertime and the team ' s lone senior member Don Ratajczak. The 1964 Fords are faced with the perrenial problem of Ford tennis teams — lack of an out- standing no. 1 player. Again Bramall ' s boys will have to rely on depth to pull them through. The difference between the no. 1 and no. 6 men should be very slight. A young varsity and a strong J.V. lineup in 1964 point toward continued winning ways in the next few years to come. Jim House 145

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IP ' ? Although hopes are high, this year ' s track team is faced with extensive rebuilding problems. Fifty percent of last year ' s team — responsible for over fifty percent of last year ' s point total — has graduated or dropped out of Haverford, while there are only eight returning lettermen. The situation is all the piore serious considering that last year ' s team won only the Albright meet, and that by only one point. Captain Ramsey Liem, who finished fourth in the M.A.C.T. F.A. pole vault championships last spring, should dominate the event this year. He will also second returning senior Chris Kauffman in the broad jump. Kauffman, a versatile one-man track team, is expected to participate in the high jump and the javelin throw well. Other high jump- ers include Marsh Robinson and Bob Richardson, while Mark Coleman and Mark Slotkin will com- pete in the javelin throw. Max Bockol should dominate the shot put, while Coleman and Robin- son are expected to throw the discus. Chuck Lawrence, last year ' s M.A.C.T. F.A. champion in the 100-yard dash, will be hard to beat in this event. He will also run the 220, assisted by freshman Bob Martin. Martin is ex- pected to dominate the 440, closely followed by Stu MacDougal and Do Leppink. The high and low hurdles will be run by Leppik, Vance Senecal, and Tom Trapnell. Freshman Doug Neal should do well in the 880. assisted by Pete Taylor. The mile and two-mile events will probably be dominated by Bob Woodward, while crosscountry stars Howie Stine. Bob Hillier, Sam Hopkins, and Rob Simmons will assist. Unlike last year ' s team which could boast a Stu Levitt or a Chuck Powers — the present team has no outstanding individual athletes. And like last year ' s team it has little evenly distributed depth. As Captain Liem stressed at the opening of the season, the success of the track team this spring will depend on the sustained concerted effort of all the members of the squad. And perhaps, as in the case of the cross-country team this fall, an overall homogeneity and enthusiastic willingness to participate will result in unexpected success. Rob Simmons