Albion High School - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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,-nl . X Turning in one of the best season's records since Coach Del Anderson took over the coaching position, the Albion college Britons roared to a tally of six victories against two defeats and one tie. The record allowed the Britons to tie with the Alma Scots, the MIAA champions, for second place in all-state standings in competition with 2l other colleges', junior colleges' and universities' fielding teams. The Briton scoring machine tallied l83 points against 86 for the opposition. Twice the Britons were able to preserve their perfect mark by turning in victories without letting the opposition make one point. ln the race for the MIAA crown, Albion tied for third place with Hope, following Alma and Kalamazoo. Bill Van Deusen was voted a first-string beth on the All- MIAA defensive team, while teammates Frank Joranko, lke Guilford and Lin Reed won honorable mention. After by-passing Defiance college, 30-O, and Ashland college, l9-O, in games in Ohio, the Britons opened ath- letic relations with Michigan Tech by nosing them out, I4-l3, with the accurate toe of Dan Carmien adding the necessary point. Hillsdale then tied Albion, 7-7, after the Britons led until the closing minutes of the fray. Before a packed Homecoming day crowd, Albion rolled to its greatest score of the season by flattening Adrian, 33-6.4: The Britons then met their match for speed in the Kalamazoo Hornets and bowed, 35-28. ln a thick fog the Britons toyed with Olivet, 26-6, and then in a driving rain-storm were edged out by Alma, 7-O. A blinding snowstorm and an icy field at Holland failed to stop the Britons as they topped Hope, 26-12, in the season's finale. FINITBALL Line coach Henry Beckenbach Backfield coach Walter Head coach Delmar Anderson Sixth row: Parker, Grant, Valentine, Ceranski, Watts, Gamble, Nottoli, Ambler, Shank Fifth row: Armstrong, Van Deusen, Stuart, MacDonald, Lamkin, linger, Leutz, Gervais, Joranko, Rowan Fourth row: Reed, Paniccia, Bruno, Walker, Guilford, Jordan, Fry, Swan, McDonald Third row: Mr. Anderson, Marvin, Van Epps, Wilcox, Siefka, Hidenfelter, Shurmur, Carson, Stinson, Shurlow, Blumenthal, Mr. Second row: Mr. Beckenbach, Bates, Majdeski, Bow, Frey, Bennett, Brautigan, Horvath, Monahan, Thompson, Brown, Jameson First row: Maas, Martin, Hoffman Sprandel Meader, Wurm- Larimer, Carmien, Sprandel Stanton, 1'

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The Briton basketball team captured its first MlAA basketball title since l947-49 last winter by annexing a victory streak of l3 consecutive wins and mounting a season's record of l4 victories against seven losses. After opening the season with a victory, the Britons slumped into a losing streak that carried two MIAA games and the annual trip east and through Ohio. How- ever, in the first game back in Michigan the Britons snapped the streak and turned in a win over Kalamazoo college. From then on, it was only on the victory side of the ledger for the Britons. John Porter, Albion's sharp-shooting and quick- stepping guard, paced the team to the MIAA title by setting new records for MIAA scoring with l5S points and a total of 277 points in a single season. Dick Allen, the elongated center, completed his col- legiate basketball career by accumulating a scoring total of 725 points to set a new Albion college record for four years. lt exceeded the mark set last year by Lou Black. ln all, the Britons tossed some I476 points through the hoops during their 2l game tour to average a score of 70.28 points. However, the scores ranged from a low of 48 against Adrian to a high of lOl against Hope. Named as co-captains of the team for the year were Allen and Bob Eggleston, Porter's running mate. Eggles- ton was fourth in team scoring and was particularly noted for his defensive tactics and elusive ball-handling.