Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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SOFTBALL Bob Kaiser is out by a step in a very close play at first base in the playoff game bo- tween the Austin Erfs and Simpson Ani- mals. Ready and willing but not quite good enough was the story of this game as the Cast-offs went down to defeat by the score of 12-0. In order not to disappoint the photogra- pher, John Giordano slides across home- plate in a cloud of dust even though the ball is nowhere in sight.

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INTRAMURAL SPORTS A tense moment in one of the intramural softball games captures the strict attention of the onlookers. This picture exemplifies the keen interest and enthusiasm in sports which the Intramural program has created at Villanova. But Fatherl Seems to be the cry of the moment as Father Dunne, moderator of Intramural sports, settles an argument dur- ing the first playoff game of the softball tournament. A record 54 teams took part in the tourney.

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Champions of the 1954 intramural softball tournament were the Austin Erfs. Behind the superb pitching of their Captain Jack Car- clla, the Erfs won the Austin Field Crown and then defeated both the Simpson Animals and the Marauders, champions of the Simpson and Mendel Leagues respectively, in the championship playoffs. • — A A V ' w S, • I' Vv • .. There seems to be no doubt at all as to how umpire Jack Helm called the last pitch. Runner ups in the annual softball tourney were the Maurauders who reached the finals by winning the Mendel Field crown. 215