Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Led by Coach Tug Kennedy, the swimming team completed its most successful post-war season hy winning seven out of its ten dual meets and placing fourth in the N.E.l.s. The jefls heat the University of Connecticut taking seven of nine firstsy then edged out ,Xl.l.T, hy winning the final relay. ln their third contest the team heat XY'.P.l,, 44-Tl. Captain Steven- son highlighted the afternoon hy breaking the Nfl 4-lll record. The following weekend Stevenson shattered the college 4-lil record as the Purple inerinen defeated Nlcllill, the Canadian champions, Tug Kennetlys men suffered their first defeat when they played host to LaSalle, The visitors, hoasting fotir .-Xll-Amer, icans, smashed two pool records The Explorer medley relay team set a new mark while the 220-yard hreaststroke standard was lowered I3 seconds by the vaunted joe Yerdeur. By conquering Trinity the Sahrinas registered their fifth vic- tory. Stevenson was a douhle winner again while sophomore Merc Tate took the 50 and llllf yard sprints. Wesleyan fell hy a 52723 score in the first Little Three contest. Stevenson and Tate were once more douhle winners while Paul Ceithner was out- standing in the hreaststroke. The Purple and Xlifhite triumphed over Tufts, 53-22, The next day they traveled to Brunswick only to fall hefore a powerful Bowdoin team, The final dual meet with Xvilliams saw the favored Eph swim- mers take the day by a narrow victory in the free-style relay, The jeff' medley team of Xvasie, George Hiller and john Keydel set a new college mark and Hugh Wfells and Vifasie followed up with record-breaking performances in the diving and hackstroke respectively. The Amherst entries finished fourth in the N.El.s. Stevenson hroke his own college 440 record while XY'ells took third place in the diving. anager lliiii lliwitixs, Coach Tut, Kixxiiiv, and Captain llvvi Sli viii vos liiilicisl Upfioiigyifs Vw Ll. of Connecticut ffl 39 .Nl,l.T, 31, -l-f Wflfl. QU 45 Xlcfjill 311 '20 Lasalle 4h 42 Trinity 32 52 XY'eslc-yan 23 53 Tufts 22 33 BOXvtl1'ilI'1 42 35 Xvilliams ll! FIRST Row Sftuilmil, Hull, Tate, Hiller, Sfetiensoii lffttlif l, Keyilcl 'll'i1sit' Stliliziiiyt-ii, tieifliiiei Coiiiuif Srriovo Row Tuul.-iii l,lss l flliii i, Kitiiiicr, fHcr:oi1, lituim, Hililulrfl, Elton, Tcriioii, ,Keeiicy Tfmliev Keniituly tfitnitlii, 'lliiiliiiiiri N'eit'poit ifiiiiiieil, Liu 'Hufil-'iris f,.lliHlt1t1e'Yf, 'X 93 1 l l i 3 . -, V y. .,, .. ,X . , , ., ., 1 ,- N . In ,, I - 4, :U te, Y . ,Q 1 ' tv? if ' Tfii35i' : l: ' it i sis- - .. p 34, , .,..4 Page One 7-liiiidrcii ,Fire

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L- -f-- D ---- wma haptain lsr iiii, Luaeli .Xftltts and Manager .Nfw Ytxitiit lhe Amherst wrestling team, coached hy ,lee Xfaras, had a successful seasiin, liising only tww meets hy cliise scores and tying une l-Sith Nfinter in the hrst three meets and llill Hartman during few days later the Sahrinas recorded five pins as they Ove whelmed Hcistiin University, 28-N. r. .Xmherst continued in the winning column with a 23-S triumph river X1 I T as ltirllslf put the finishing touches to a twenty-one match winning streftli hy pinning his man, Coast Guard admin' istered the ,letls first defeat hy a score ot 17-fp, In the first Little Three contest Amherst aggressiveness and ciintlitii,ining paid nfl as the Cardinals fell hy a 2-1--1 ciiunt. l lartma n started the scoring hy pinning his man while Tatt lleehe, lliiiyer llewey and Keith decisicined their upputients, The seasi,in's final dual meet saw XY'illiams retain their Little Three title, defeating the .lefls 11--12. ln the clesest match ofthe afterniiiin Keith iiutp-,tinted XY'illiams' Callaghan, S-T, This decif siiin and a pin ht lieehe were the iginlv lefl victiwries, In the Xew Englands Amherst tied with Springfield for second place hehind XYilhams. Taft, Keith, and Moose McGrath reached the final in their weight divisiivns and McGrath emerged as N li l. heavvweiuht champiiin the latter half of the seasiin held down the 121 pound slot. l 'llL Nl Charley Taft was the regular starter at 128 pounds and ,luhn Beehe cumpeted at IRM, Paul lloyer and Huh Dewey' did must of the work at 1-fi and fia piiunds respectively, Captain Sandy' Keith, last year's NE l, champien at ftwi piiunds, was undefeated in dual ciimpetitiiin. The team lost the services of ,lim Roush at 175 mid-wav in the season hecause of his graduation, hut Greg .NlcGrath stepped into the pust and did an ahle itih. His hrother, .Xfrinse Nfctlrath, again wrestled unlimited The first meet with Hriiwn, ended in a 12-12 deadliick hut a llltsl Kiiw tfiwil ulssf fittittlw Keeler if rl .-lixitfur ,-lliltifs if initliv Nfttiifie iTr.zivit'if, Fmtxflit' Vliiiifrfeii -,. -, A f fa ws ifiniiu, Huvtv 'Hu Rr.t.lx' ,Tlttiiufli ,dit-Xiilfflillil ill tlppoiieiifs 12 llriiwti 12 28 lliistiin l.lnix'ersitt' S 23 X1 l,T S 111 Ciiast Guard 17 24 Xtesleyan 4 211 Tufts ti 12 XY'illiams flu New England lntercullegiates- .Xmherst, second place tie, Kcifli R ff , illltlllell vu--Q i ttfilfif r, l7eu'L'Y, BCi.'ltc Tuff, Keeler Tll. S, SECOND ROW: ,Tlttivizflr T 'lf' tQTleiiiiiislii1ii', Roush, Lerner 1.-Isnt flfilr an j ww ., ,- 1, ...nt Q.. Page One 2Hlf1liil'c'tl Four

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