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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ln its opening meet of the season at the Knights of Columbus games in the Boston C-arden, the Amherst relay team, composed ot Charlie -lackson, Dick Wolfe, Bill Neill and Bill Scott, finished third. XVilliams, winning in a time of 3:31,-f, was first, the Llni- versity of Connecticut, second, and XY esleyan rounded out the field in fourth place. The ,lefl team was handicapped from the opening gun, when the lead-off man tripped and fell ofl the track, putting the Amherst team about sixty yards behind. The remaining members of the quartet made up forty yards to finish only twenty yards behind Wlilliams. ln these same games, Ted llager pole vaulted twelve feet to finish in the upper half of a tough field. ln a five-team field at the Millrose games in New York, the ,leffs placed fottrth. As in the previous meet Wesleytan was the only team to fall below the ,lefT's time. Wheaton College finished first with a time of 31295, while the Amherst time was 3:32.5. Returning to the Boston Carden for its final meet in the Boston A.A. meet, the Sabrina team finished second by the margin of ff S second. The winning time for R,P.l, was 31331, Running in the last four hundred and forty yards, Dick Xlllolfe moved the team tip from third to second and managed to catch the runner from R.l',l. but could not pass him. Neill and XX'olfe will he the tw o returning men for next yearfs relay team. E L A Y tlil f,dltlfltltlL'Yl, ffililis. lntlcsott, olfr, Staff. Liiiiilm' tffotttlii. -s. I DOOR TRACK lutvi Row' folilt, l3it'ison, Heller, Neill, Sntioxn Row. Liiriilev fffotttlil. 'l'ult'ttfiitt', fllttltlleloit, lflilft, Kxil'fntfiicl', Ricfiiivifetm t',flss f C0tlL'l1 l, ln the initial meet of the season, held at the Cage, the Cru- saders of lloly Ct'4j1'ss downed the .leffs hy a margin of ofl-53. The visitors took every first place and three of the seconds in the running events, hut the ,leflmen won the eight lap relay, with llerb Middleton, Ted Sheftel, llill Scott, and Bill Neill turning in a time of 21-lf'l.8. Amherst captured all three places in the thirty-five pound weight throw Amherst also won in the pole vault and broad iumps, A powerful and well-balanced New Hampshire team beat out Amherst and Springfield in a triangular meet held at the Cage. All three teams won or tied for fave firsts in the f-f- event meet. Ted Hager broke the college broad jump record with a leap of Page One fH1mdred Six 22 feet at 3 inches. The two mile run was won by Kim Valentine while Neill and .Nfiddleton got firsts in the 220 yard dash and -ffl yard low hurdles, respectively. The Sahrinas closed their track season with a lopsided 74-39 victory over the University of Connecticut in Pratt Cage. Wil- liams equalled his own college high iump record in the meet when he cleared the har at 6 feet and inch. Hager was the leading point getter by tying for first in the pole vault and win- ning the broad jump. Bruno Giordano of the Ukes broke the Amherst College record when he won the two mile race in ff:-f7.'l. Herb Middleton captained the team for the season.