Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Riek XY'ilsiin in his second season at the helm of the ,letis court tortiines had eight returning letternien and ten sophomores turn out lor practice in Noveinher, Captained hy Roh Chamher- lain last year! high scorer, the squad faced a tough sixteen- game schedule including the Big Green, Boston Llniversitv, Yale and Arinv as well as the remainder of the Potted lvv Circuit. Despite pre-seasoii prospects however, the hot-and-cold chili tailed to turn in a .5110 season hy dropping nine of their sixteen encounters Dartmouth 62-Amherst 46 The liartmoutli live got oti to a quick start at Hanover in the ,leflk lirst appearance lay holding the latter scoreless for the tirst eight minutes iii play, Rowe and Fields were hig men in giving the Green a quick ten point lead that was never seriously Chal- lenged, The l'lanoverians held the douhle-pivoting Aniherst at- tack tn ill points in the whole lirst hall while sinking 34. Une oi the few hriglit spots in the game was Bennetts work oil the hoards, Amherst 36-Coast Guard 32 With the exception oi Captain Roh Chamberlain, Coach Rick Xlfilson started an all-soplimiiore live in the Purples second en- counter against Coast Guard at New London. The contest was a defensive hattle most oi the wav, with hoth clubs laattling under the laackhoards Derv Bennett was high scorer with IU points. Boston University 66-Amherst Sl The Boston Llniversitv Terriers came from laehind in the sec- ond halt to whip the Amherst quintet on-ii, ln the first halt the N965 ,lei T Yi tfiiaeli lin is XY'ii.sox, Captain Hoi: Ciivxiiai iu..xiw, and Manager Him l'.iiRk ,letis iumped out to an early lead and held it through the com- hined efforts of Hawkins, who led the evening with I4 tallies, and some line rehounding done hy ,lay Ceraglitv and Dery Ben- nett. Sopliomore Ken Xli riglit put the -leiis ahead at the seven- teen minute mark hy a score of 25-I5 hut from there on, how- ever, B. Ll. hegan to lind the range, closed the gap, and after the halt romped ahead. Amherst 74-W.P.I. 67 Rapid tire, turn-about scoring and lack of any comfortable margin characterized the play at Wbrcester on january 7th with guard Ken W'right sinking twenty points for the Purple. Tech Prine Oiit'7'liiiiiiiet1

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FIRST Row' Caiiy, 'l1'00tlcuv.l-', Tlllfltilllltlfl, Chifmmii, 'li'inteiev, Paint' Sinzuii, Dresser, lohiistvii ilftlfill SECOND Row' cally. Suvres. Sutlieilmiii, Slvilpiro, ,-llietmi, Rollilieitl, elirimri, Hull, 'lI'iiisIoit'. 'THIRD Row FRE HMA CROSS COU TRY liiilwi sl Uiiiioiieiils 39 Middlebury 23 IH Xkesleyan 42 47 lDeerlield li 38 Little Three Xll'illiams 3-t XVesleyan -W Lumley tCot1cht, Tiiriiliiirke, Sclileichei, Caswell, Btlillmloiiit-iii, Feiituii, jenleiiis, tiovlititv, Ttzniier, .-Illt-ri FRESHMAN SOCCER Coach Steve Rostas directed the freshman soccer team to Little Three honors for the third successive year. The squad took form after thirty prospects turned out for practice, and 'the early predictions of a potentially powerful team proved correct. ln the opener against Xlffilliston Academy, the -letf yearlings took advantage of their strong otlense and won 2-tl, both goals being placed by center forward Asch Eames, Against the University of Massachusetts the frosh, while remaining unscored upon, racked up three tallies with Eames turning the hat trick. Cn October 29 these same hooters stopped a strong Wesleyan 'bid for a notch on the Little Three Crown by a 2-0 score, The goals were by Edmonds and Spen- cer and the jelis' unscored-upon status was kept intact with a sen- imply 'll'vclnicl, liittitiiaii, E sational save by goalie Charlie Strait in the linal period. flloro, flleslcei, Strait, Limit The freshman cross-country squad linished its season with one win and two losses, taking a second in the Little Three meet. Trained hy student coach Charles Turneburke, the squad man- aged to win only one dual meet. Amherst completely dominated the contest over Wesleyan, placing seven men in the lirst ten. Al johnson placed tirst, and Bill Sayres second. ,lohnson finished the season with three lirsts in as many starts to submit a promis- ing record lor tuture varsity competition. However, the squad did not have the balance in the subsequent places to come through tor the wins. Reporting for the Little Three meet in November, the fresh- man squad seemed to be a good prospect for the Little Three championship by virtue of their decisive victory over Wlesleyan earlier in the year, but the XVilliams harriers proved too much tor the ,letls and took the meet by four points. Amherst iinished second, in front ot X'v'esleyan, again by a comfortable margin. FIRST Row' Qiotnlwiii, 5iiiiioii.i's .Ntwt'iitt'i Shines itfitlvt i, lliill, 'll'ect, Fiiitit-vet, SECOND Row' SEITNHIVI- mms Iitltit, 'll't'tim'i, Hiiilcimll, Kittliel, lllil, THIRD Row Resins tCotichl, sl-with Loiiii, fllxiiiioe, FOURTH Row: Dillon, Bassett, Shelton, 'Ti't1IIiizgford. ln the linal game against W'il- t - '15 - . . A. .. ey liams, the Amherst lrosh clinched ' f - -all .. .-.Z . . , S .-P ., 4::,:1--f - ' ' ' ,. Q the coveted title by their 2-l vic- i..,' .md 'lm fmt Pdynni ' tory. Spencer and Xvallingtord ac- st m ri mm .-,,,, - . , . ' - L' '-' . .- .ig bi. 'Kei counted lor the Little ,leti markers. 3 'nt gig. ' at The XVilliams victory marked the 4. .. 'wt ' 1... .-4' . . f .4--1 me as s seventh straight win for Jeri year- gi ' A Q' ling booters, This '53 aggregation will Ht neatly into the future plans ol Coach .X'larsh's championship varsity. ,-Zuilversl Oppoiieiiis 2 XY'illiston 3 U. of Mass. U 2 Wfesleyan 2 XVilliams lltttlt' Niiielv-iiiiit

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i l:lRN'l Row- lliiinclf, Ritlieitiilcev, lileiiii, ticiiiillily Clitiiiilveilttiii tiiitpfl , Ntwlwilf, Hiiwliiiis, lfwiiietf, 'll'iitthf, Siittoxii Row etla tfiiiiiievi l1'ilso:i tfiutitlil l'lIiittet', Scliiislei, Cluifnvi, Fisliev fl1lt.'llllV4.'Y, lliitilley, Fif:liiilvitl-', Pail: tflltiiititlcil, Keller l,lss f iltii 1 'llt1vf:ell fpluf 'Vin 1 scored heavily in the first quarter but a flurry of baskets by the jeff quintet captured the lead at 2-1--Qll at the whistle, The engi- neers hacked away at the jeff margin during the third quarter. With ten minutes left the home team pulled ahead and XY'right's four quick baskets clinched the game with time running out Amherst 64-St. Michaels 52 Ahead 31-28 at halftime, the Sabrinas put on a tremendous surge in the first five minutes of the second half. lt was a rough- and-tumble brawl all the way, with both teams eschewing any set offensive pattern. Seven of the -leff baskets came as a result of their quick break and many more were tallied on the follow- ups. XX right sparked the victory with 19 points while Don Nesbitt was outstanding on the backboards, University of New Hampshire 53-Amherst 5l ln a thrilling game at Pratt cage, New Hampshire edged the ,leffs in the final thirty seconds of play. The Vllildcats sprouted to an early 11-3 margin but the shooting of Chamberlain and Hawkins evened things up so that the New Hampshire quintet left the floor at halftime ahead, 3-1-31. The Sabrinas hir a scor- ing famine for ten minutes in the final quarter before Wlright broke the iinx tying the count at 49--19. Conversions on both sides tied things at 51-51 but Center Haubrich tapped-in for the XVildcats in the final seconds to thwart the home team. Utica College 57-Amherst 47 The Sabrinas dropped their second straight to a lightly-re- garcled Utica five at Pratt Cage in their poorest exhibition of the year. Two quick push shots by Captain Bob Chamberlain and a tap-in by C-eraghty kept the Purple in control until the six min- ute mark when the visitors shot to a 33-21 margin at the half. Rick XVilson emptied the bench in the second half to try to find a winning combination but luck was against the ,lerfs while Utica continued In display the Midas touch, Yale 69-Amherst 5I Amherst played its best ball against the Bulldogs in the first eight minutes of play at the Payne-XY'hitney Gymnasium. The score zoomed to fo-ff in favor of the Purple due to the effective shooting of Chamberlain, llawkins and W'right but thereafter the ,leff quintet hit a scoreless six minutes. The Elis closed the gap and after building a five point lead minutes before the half, drew steadily away. Burnett stood out for his work on the boards while Wlright and Hawkins tossed in 11 points each, Amherst 49-Army 44 The Amherst five proved to some doubting ,leff rooters that stepping into the big time is not always disastrous for a small college. The ,leff's 3200 field goal average combined with deadly foul shooting was largely responsible for the victory. W'ith 13 points apiece, Xyright and Chamberlain paced the Lord ,leffs while Hawkins tossed in ffl. The -leffs were calm in the hectic closing minutes of the game when the Cadets threatened to wrest away the lead. XX'ith four minutes to go, the Knights tied the score at 40-all but their defense cracked as Chamberlain netted three quick field goals. Amherst 46-Union 39 The Varsity quintet defeated Union in a dubious battle on home ground, The ,leffs showed little form in the contest while Union proved iittery under pressure, The margin of victory lay Ttitle One fkltimireti One